HOIT 2003: The Networked Home and the Home of the Future

HOIT 2003 Program

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Conference telephone contact (until April 5, 2003): (949) 824-1134

NOTE: Only the names of the presenters are listed on the program. Several papers have co-authors, who are mentioned in the abstracts.

April 6

Registration, Reception, and Dinner

The Sutton Place

4500 Macarthur Blvd.

New port Beach, CA 92660

(949) 476-2001

April 7 and 8

Main Conference Location:

Beckman Center

National Academies of Sciences & Engineering

UC Irvine Campus

100 Academy

Irvine, CA. 92612-3002

(949) 721-2200

Sunday, April 6, 2003

Location: The Sutton Place (Conference Hotel)

3:30- 5:30 p.m.

Registration (at The Sutton Place)

5:30-6:30

Reception and Dinner (at The Sutton Place)

6:30, Dinner

7:30, Conference Welcome and Presentation

Presentation: Harrison (Lee) Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project: Online Americans: Who They Are, What They Do, and What Internet Means to Them

Monday, April 7, 2003

Location: The Beckman Center, UCI (7:15 am until 5:30 pm)

7:00, (NOTE: Hotel guests will be bused from the hotel to the Beckman Center)

7:15-8:00, Breakfast (The Beckman Center)

8:00- 9:30

Session 1: Home based Technology- New Horizons

(Session Chair: Andy Sloane, University of Wolverhampton)

Paul Abel, Intel Corp.: How Will the Use of Technology in the Home Evolve?
Andy Crabtree, University of Nottingham: Supporting Communication Within Domestic Spaces
Guy Dewsbury, Lancaster University: Designing Dependable Digital Domestic Environments
Jonathan Matthews, Interact Lab, University of Sussex: 'SnapShots': A Collaborative Visualisation Tool for Complex Family Events

9:30- 9:45, Coffee Break

9:45-11:00

Keynote Session

(Session Chair: Alladi Venkatesh, University of California, Irvine)

Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University: The Internet and Social Life: Details Make a Difference
Catherine Sheldon, Hewlett-Packard Company: The HP Media Center PC - A Case Study

11:00-12:15

Sessions 2 and 3 (Parallel Sessions)

Session 2: Internet in Everyday Life

(Session Chair: Ruby Roy Dholakia, RITIM, University of Rhode Island )

Wendy Schafer, Virginia Tech: Delving Deeper into Access: Marginal Internet Usage in a Local Community
Kathy Keeling, University of Manchester: Stories, Myths, and Metaphors: Explaining self-exclusion and Internet Use in the Home
Anders Hektor, Swedish IT-User Center: Information Activities on the Internet in Everyday Life

Session 3: Artifacts and Smart Appliances

(Session Chair: Brigitte Priessl, German Institute for Economic Research )

Kajsa Ellegaard, Tema Institute, Linkoping University: ICT-Applications as Tools for Flexible Everyday Life: methodological considerations for making ICT-related activities seen in everyday life
Marianne Graves-Petersen, University of Aarhu: Everyday Artefacts-Challenges and Opportunities for HCI
Gloria Brown Simmons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Smart Appliances for Community Medicine

12:15-12:45, Short Lunch

12:45- 2:15

Sessions 4 and 5 (Parallel Sessions)

Session 4: Mobile Technologies and Communications Networks

(Session Chair:Lynne Baillie, Teelcommunications Research Centre, Vienna and Napier University)

Umer Farooq, Virginia Tech: Mobilizing Community Networks
Hilary Smith, University of Sussex: Managing personal and work e-mail in the same box: Overcoming the tensions through new metaphors
Zwick, Detlev University of Rhode Island: Mobile Technologies and Boundaryless Spaces: Slavish Lifestyles, Seductive Meanderings, or Creative Empowerment?
Jan Lucenius, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland: Implementing Mobile Access to Heterogeneous Home Environment

Session 5: Applications

(Session Chair: Geoff Cragg, University of Calgary)

Kibum Kim, Virginia Tech: TeacherBridge: Knowledge Management in Communities of Practice
Thomas Horan, Claremont Graduate University, Digital Connections Between Home and Community: Multi-wave Research Findings and Policy Directions
Jacqui Taylor, Bournemouth University: A Survey of Computer Use in the Homes of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Year
Richard Beckwith, Intel Research: Designing for one's dotage: Ubicomp and Residential Care Facilities

2:15- 3:30

Keynote Session

(Session Chair: Jeffrey Cole, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles)

Barry Wellman, NetLab, University of Toronto: Toward Networked Individualism: The Internet in Everyday Life
Keith Hampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: ICT Mediated Place-Based Community

3:30-3:45, Break

3:45- 5:00

Session 6: Demographics and the Internet

(Session Chair: Nancy Bell, Microsoft)

Ruby Roy Dholakia, RITIM, University of Rhode Island: Gender Asymmetry in the Adoption of Internet and E-Commerce
Mary Gilly, University of California, Irvine: Seniors and the Internet: Consuming Technology to Enhance Life and Family Involvement
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, Author/ Journalist, The Multi-Tasking Man

5:00-5:45

Session 6a: Special Session

(Session Chair: James E. Short, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Simon Penny, University of California, Irvine: Embodied Interactions and Digital Cultural Practices

5:45, Return to Hotel (The Sutton Place)

Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Location: The Beckman Center, UCI

7:00, (NOTE: Hotel guests will be bused from the hotel to the Beckman Center)

7:15-8:15, Breakfast (The Beckman Center)

8:15- 9:30

Session 7: Evolving Digital Worlds

(Session Chair: Claire Dormann, Vrijie Universiteit)

Kathy Buckner, Napier University: Using E-mail for Social and Domestic Purposes: Effectiveness in Fulfillment of Interpersonal Communication Motives
Lynne Baillie, Telecommunications Research Centre, Vienna (FTW) and Napier University: The Home Workshop
Kaveri Subrahmanyam, California State University, Los Angeles: Evolving Digital Worlds: How Teens are Influenced by the Digital Environments They Construct

9:30-10:45

Keynote Session

(Session Chair: Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine)

John Robinson, University of Maryland: The Internet, Time and the Rest of Life
John M. Carroll, Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Bridges as Community Glue

10:45- 11:00

Break

11:00-12:15

Microsoft Presentation on Home Technology

(Session Chair: Alladi Venkatesh, University of California, Irvine)

Nancy Bell, Pam Heath, Wallace Henry, Microsoft Corporation: The Changing World of Home Technology: A Microsoft Perspective

12:15-1:00, Lunch

1:00-2:15

Sessions 8 and 9 (Parallel Sessions)

Session 8: Consumers on the Internet

(Session Chair: Mary Wolfinbarger, University of California, Irvine )

Girish Punj, University of Connecticut: Influence of Electronic Decision Aids on Consumer Shopping in Online Stores
Solveig Wikstrom, Stockholm University: In Search of Viable E-Solutions
Janice-Denegri-Knott, Bournemouth University: Consumers behaving badly: deviation or innovation? A conceptual exploration of empowered communications online-- The case of consumer producer relationships on the we

Session 9: Family Dynamics

(Session Chair: Kaveri Subramanyam, California State University, Los Angeles)

Claire Dormann, Vrijie Universiteit: Affective Experiences in the Home: Measuring Emotion
Jesus Favela, CICESE Research Center: Pervasive Computing at Home
Sanjoy Mazumdar, University of California, Irvine: Views of Home Design and Technology

2:15-3:45

Session 10: Smart Home Technologies

(Session Chairs: Anders Hektor, Swedish IT-User Center, Nita)

Markus Ritala, Electronics Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology: Context Aware User Interface System for Smart Home Control
Berry Eggen, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: Home Radio - Extending the Home Experience beyond the Physical Boundaries of the House
Ralph Schroeder, Chalmers University, Goteborg: Strangers and Friends in Networked Immersive Environments: Virtual Spaces for Future Living
Thomas McLeish, Massachsetts Institute of Technology: A Network for Customizable + Reconfigurable Housing

3:45-4:15, Coffee Break and Final Thoughts/Synthesis- Alladi Venkatesh and Andy Sloane

4:15

Trip to Ladera Ranch-- A Wired Community

7:00

Return to Hotel, End of Conference

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