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CHI 2010 Press Only Schedule

You are invited to attend some CHI 2010 “Press Only” events.

MONDAY, April 12th, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

A Conversation and Demonstration with ... the SKINPUT Team
Chris Harrison (PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University) and Microsoft Research
Desney Tan and Dan Morris, Microsoft Research
Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Inman Room (Lower Level 3)

SKINPUT, a skin-based input system, is designed to overcome the problems of interacting with small mobile devices. The size of human fingers dictates, to a great degree, how small portable devices can get. SKINPUT, the brainchild of Chris Harrison, provides an alternative touch screen for mobile devices. Harrison, along with Desney Tan and Dan Morris will present SKINPUT at the CHI 2010 conference.

See press release: SKINPUT: Human Body Touch Screen Debuts at Computer-Human Interaction Conference


MONDAY, April 12th, 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Sneak a Peek at the Media Showcase Interactive Demonstrations
Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta: Grand Ballroom (CHI 2010 Commons)

This session is intended just for the Press to gather information about this year’s interactive demonstrations.

See Media Showcase Press Release: Impact of Data and Design Confluence Examined at ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference


TUESDAY, April 13th, 10:30 - 11:30 PM

A Conversation and Demonstration with ... the SKINPUT Team
Chris Harrison (PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University) and Microsoft Research
Desney Tan and Dan Morris, Microsoft Research
Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Inman Room (Lower Level 3)

SKINPUT, a skin-based input system, is designed to overcome the problems of interacting with small mobile devices. The size of human fingers dictates, to a great degree, how small portable devices can get. SKINPUT, the brainchild of Chris Harrison, provides an alternative touch screen for mobile devices. Harrison, along with Desney Tan and Dan Morris will present SKINPUT at the CHI 2010 conference.

See press release: SKINPUT: Human Body Touch Screen Debuts at Computer-Human Interaction Conference


WEDNESDAY, April 14th 10:30 - 11:30 AM

A Conversation with ... Drs. Allison Druin and Ben Bederson, University of Maryland and Hilary Hutchinson, Google, Inc.
Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Inman Room (lower level 3)

As Internet use expands from scientists and researchers to children and the general public, the need for improved search techniques grows. That is why leading research scientists from the University of Maryland and Google, Inc. consulted with children to understand the ways online searching needs to be improved. Their findings on improving online search techniques will be presented at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference, CHI 2010.

In addition to learning from children, Dr. Allison Druin and Dr. Ben Bederson have created the International Children’s Digital Library, a multilingual free digital library of children’s books. This library currently consists of over 4,000 books in over 50 languages, with more than three million users from over 160 countries worldwide, Drs. Druin and Bederson will receive the prestigious SIGCHI Social Impact award at CHI 2010.

See press release: Researchers Consult Children to Improve Search Techniques; Experts Seek to Understand the World From Kids’ Viewpoint at ACM Human-Computer Interaction Conference