Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices

Mobile applications are having a profound impact on organizations and individuals. Organizations no longer need to provide every employee with a wired connection to perform their job functions. Individuals can use mobile devices to access the information systems they need anywhere at anytime. But mobility and mobile device use is also adding to problems of information overload. Information management becomes more difficult and complex in mobile environments as well. Since mobile devices can be taken anywhere, the user’s environment can change rapidly from moment to moment. There can also be a significant number of people, objects, and activities vying for a user’s attention aside from the mobile application itself.

Designing effective interaction methods is a challenging part of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and mobile devices make this challenge even greater. Mobile applications require efficient ways to record and access information under circumstances that are often quite different from those where desktop computers are used. The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for examining how people interact with mobile information systems and the devices that are used to access them. Submissions addressing all aspects of HCI with mobile devices are welcome.

Possible Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel interaction and interface design for mobile devices (e.g., phones, PDAs)
• Usability testing methods for wireless applications
• HCI security (HCI-SEC) for mobile devices and interactions
• Field tests of mobile information systems
• Case studies looking at the design and usability of mobile applications
• Formal user studies of mobile device interaction techniques
• Designing privacy into mobile applications and devices
• Notification cues and information displays for handheld devices
• Wearable systems and computing
• Input and output methods for small and ultra-mobile devices (e.g., PDA’s, watches, rings)