"The Seventh
ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA 2012)
will be held in Santa Barbara, California on March 28th-30th, 2012. The
ETRA conference series focuses on all aspects of eye movement research
and applications across a wide range of disciplines. The symposium
presents research that advances the state-of-the-art in these areas,
leading to new capabilities in gaze tracking systems, gaze aware
applications, gaze based interaction, eye movement data analysis, etc.
For ETRA 2012, we invite papers in all areas of eye tracking research
and applications."
ETRA 2012 THEME: MOBILE EYE TRACKING
Mobile devices are becoming more powerful every day. Embedding eye
tracking and gaze-based applications in mobile devices raises new
challenges and opportunities to many aspects of eye tracking research.
ETRA 2012 invites papers tackling the challenges, or exploring new
research opportunities of mobile eye tracking.
GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST
Eye Tracking Technology
Advances in eye tracking hardware, software and algorithms such as:
2D and 3D eye tracking systems, calibration, low cost eye tracking,
natural light eye tracking, predictive models, etc.
Eye Tracking Data Analysis
Methods, procedures and analysis tools for processing raw gaze data as
well as fixations and gaze patterns. Example topics are: scan path
analysis, fixation detection algorithms, and visualization techniques of
gaze data.
Visual Attention and Eye Movement Control
Applied and experimental studies investigating visual attention
and eye movements to gain insight in eye movement control, cognition and
attention, or for design evaluation of visual stimuli. Examples are:
usability and web studies using eye tracking, and eye movement behavior
in everyday activities such as driving and reading.
Eye Tracking Applications
Eye
tracking as a human-computer input method, either as a replacement to
traditional input methods or as a complement. Examples are: assistive
technologies, gaze enhanced interaction and interfaces, multimodal
interaction, gaze in augmented and mixed reality systems, and
gaze-contingent displays.
SUBMISSIONS
Authors
are invited to submit original work in the formats of Full paper (8
pages) and Short paper (4 pages). The papers will undergo a rigorous
review process assessing the originality and quality of the work as well
as the relevance for eye tracking research and applications. Papers
presented at ETRA 2012 will be available in the ACM digital library.
Submission formats and instructions are available at the conference web
site.
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct. 07th, 2011 Full Paper abstracts submission due
Oct. 14th, 2011 Full Papers submission due
Nov. 21st, 2011 Full Papers acceptance notification
Dec. 07th, 2011 Short Papers submission due
Jan. 16th, 2012 Short Papers acceptance notification
Jan. 23rd, 2012 Camera ready papers due
CONFERENCE VENUE
ETRA
2012 will be held at the gorgeous Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara,
California, a 24-acre, mission-style resort hotel facing the Pacific
Ocean, located on one of Southern California’s most beautiful
coastlines.
SPONSORSHIP
ETRA
2012 is co-sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group in
Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), and the ACM Special Interest Group
on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH).
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto - University of São Paulo, Brazil
Howell Istance - De Montfort University, UK
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Jeffrey B. Mulligan - NASA, USA
Pernilla Qvarfordt - FX Palo Alto, USA
PROGRAM AREA CHAIRS
Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University, USA
Päivi Majaranta, University of Tampere, Finland
Joe Goldberg, Oracle, USA
Shu-Chieh Wu, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Qiang Ji, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Moshe Eizenman, University of Toronto, USA
Päivi Majaranta, University of Tampere, Finland
Joe Goldberg, Oracle, USA
Shu-Chieh Wu, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Qiang Ji, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Moshe Eizenman, University of Toronto, USA
