Conferences

Since 2001 we have organized several local conferences on Human-Computer Interaction in Oviedo. The main goals of this series of events are:

A description of each of those conferences is included in this document, as well as the academic and research material developed as a result (posters, programs, presentations and videos), which is available for download.

Usability Engineering 2009 (May, 2009)

[Next conference: Thirtheenth Conference on HCI (May, 2008)]

Poster of the Fourtheenth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held at the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) and the School of Engineering of Gijon (EPSIG, Gijón) in May, 2009.

Our invited keynote speakers for this conference were Dr.Yoshiro Kawahara (The University of Tokyo, Japan) and MSE Hiroshi Tamura (Hakuhodo, Tokyo, Japan)

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Usability Engineering 2008 (May, 2008)

[Next conference: Twelveth Conference on HCI (March, 2007)]

Poster of the Thirteenth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held at the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in May 19 - 20, 2008.

Our invited keynote speakers for this conference were Dr. Steven Furnell, Dr. Nathan Clarke (The Network Research Group, University of Plymouth, UK), MSE Dipak Surie (Cognitive Computing Group, University of Umeå, Sweden), Dr. Wojciech Wiza, Angelika Farat, Magdalena Kitowska, Monika Szankowska (The Poznan University of Economics, Poland) and Dr. Avouris Nikolaos (The Human-Computer Interaction Group, University of Patras, Greece).

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Usability Engineering 2007 (April, 2007)

[Next conference: Eleventh Conference on HCI (March, 2006)]

Poster of the Second Usability Engineering.

The conference was held at the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in April 12, 2007.

Our invited keynote speaker for this conference is Dr. Wojciech Wiza (Department of Information Technology, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland).

The video El Rescate del Cerebro de PDVSA will be discussed during the conference. The video shows one of the most massive hacker attack and electronic sabotage in the History.

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Usability Engineering 2006 (March, 2006)

[Next conference: Tenth Conference on HCI (December, 2005)]

Poster of the First Usability Engineering Conference.

The conference was held at the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in March 20 - 24, 2006. It included 12 presentations.

Our invited keynote speakers for this conference were Dr. Steven Furnell, Dr. Paul Dowland, Dr. Nathan Clarke, Dr. Bogdan Guitha (The Network Research Group, University of Plymouth, UK) and Dr. Wojciech Wiza (Department of Information Technology, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland).

The international lectures of this conference were video recorded. Please visit the Mediateca (Audiovisual center of the University of Oviedo) to download the videos.

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Tenth Conference on HCI (December, 2005)

[Next conference: Ninth Conference on HCI (April, 2005)]

Poster of the Tenth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held at the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in December 13 - 15, 2005. It included 24 presentations.

Our invited keynote speaker was MSE Dipak Surie, who visited us from the Cognitive Computing Group, University of Umeå (Umeå, Sweden).

The international lectures of this conference were video recorded. Please visit the Mediateca (Audiovisual center of the University of Oviedo) to download the videos.

This conference included the following short tutorials:

  • Podcasting (BSE Carlos Tejo Alonso ).
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) (BSE Jaime García Marsá).
  • European Youth Projects (BSE Carlos Tejo Alonso ).

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Ninth Conference on HCI (April, 2005)

[Next conference: eighth Conference on HCI (December, 2004)]

Poster of the Ninth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in April 19 - 21, 2005. It included 21 presentations.

The conference's invited lecturer was MSE Orlando López, chairman of the software development company Dicampus (Gijon, Spain).

This conference included a tutorial on developing accessible web sites using CSS by Raúl Martín.

This was our first conference recorded in video and live broadcasted by the University of Oviedo. Please visit the Mediateca (Audiovisual center of the University of Oviedo) to download the videos.

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Eighth Conference on HCI (December 2004)

[Next conference: Seventh Conference on HCI (July, 2004)]

Poster of the Eighth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in December 14 - 16, 2004. It included 27 presentations.

The conference's invited lecturer was MSE Rachid Kadouche, who visited us from the Handicom Lab, Institut Nationale des Télécommunications (Paris, France).

This conference also included the following tutorials:

  • The Inxena Video Games Framework (BSE Juan Francisco Valdés).
  • Scientific Document Edition using Latex (MSE Jorge Manrubia).
  • Heuristic Usability Testing (MSE Marcos González).
  • Developing solid code (MSE Jorge Manrubia).

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Seventh Conference on HCI (July 2004)

[Next conference: Sixth Conference on HCI (December, 2003)]

One of the posters of the Seventh Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

This was our longest conference ever (one week and a half long!) being held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in July 12 - 21, 2004.

This conference included 22 presentations and a tutorial on Human-Computer Interaction with additional 10 different presentations.

The conference's invited lecturer was Dr. Wojciech Wiza, who visited us from the Department of Information Systems of the Poznan University of Economics (Poland).

This was the first time that we included a one day session of presentations in English.

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Sixth Conference on HCI (December 2003)

[Next conference: Fifth Conference on HCI (July, 2003)]

Poster of the Sixth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

This was our first three day long conference, being held in the Faculty of Education Science (Oviedo) in December 15 - 17, 2003. The conference included 19 presentations.

The conference's program included a tutorial on Remote Usability by BSE Marcos González.

This was our first conference including special social events not related with Human-Computer Interaction such as funny films and documentaries.

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Fifth Conference on HCI (July 2003)

[Next conference: Fourth Conference on HCI (December, 2002)]

Poster of the Fifth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

The conference was held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) from July 7 - 8, 2003. This conference included 16 presentations.

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Fourth Conference on HCI (December 2002)

[Next conference: Third Conference on HCI (July, 2002)]

Poster of the Fourth Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

Our fourth conference was held from December 20 - 21, 2002 in the Faculty of Education Science (Oviedo). The conference included 13 presentations.

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Third Conference on HCI (July 2002)

[Next conference: Second Conference on HCI (December, 2001)]

Poster of the Third Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

This was our first conference longer than one day. It was held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in July 8 - 10, 2002. This conference included 20 presentations.

The conference's invited lecturer was MSE Carlos Ballesteros, who visited us from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Pampa (Argentina).

The conference included a special session on video games by BSE Marcos González.

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Second Conference on HCI (December 2001)

[Next conference: First Conference on HCI (July, 2001)]

Poster of the Second Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

This was our first winter edition, being held in the Faculty of Education Science (Oviedo) in December 18, 2001. This conference included 21 presentations.

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First Conference on HCI (July 2001)

Our first conference was held in the Technical School of Computing Science of Oviedo (EUITIO, Oviedo) in July 26, 2001. This conference included 11 presentations.

The conference's invited lecturer was Dr. Jesús Lorés, chairman of the Spanish Association for Human-Computer Interaction (AIPO) who visited us from the University of Lérida (Spain).

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