From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:43:12 +0800
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Subject: Oct 13-14 IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers(ISWC)
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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 03:22:15 -0500
From: <testarne@media.mit.edu>
To: technomads@UCSD.EDU
Subject: Oct 13-14 IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC)


Actually, Steve, can you use this one instead?

						Thad Starner
						MIT Media Laboratory
						Wearable Computing Project

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Oct 13-14 IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC)

The International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) is the first
annual conference on computers that are worn as clothing.  The
conference is peer reviewed and sponsored by the IEEE Computer
Society.  The purpose of ISWC is to bring together researchers,
product vendors, research sponsors, and other interested persons to
share information and advances in wearable computers and augmented
reality.  The conference will include paper presentations,
exhibitions, and poster sessions.

	Registration is now open at

http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/wearcon/

	Reserve your space before SEPTEMBER 1ST for the best hotel rates.

	A list of topics from the CFP and the advance program is below.

	Please forward!

						Thad Starner
						MIT Media Laboratory
						Wearable Computing Project
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>From the CFP:
CONFERENCE TOPICS
The topics for ISWC may include:

        o  Applications, including affective computing, augmented
           reality, computer-supported collaborative work,
           computer-supported cooperative living, ubiquitous
           computing, personal imaging, consumer applications,
           industrial applications, medical applications, military
           applications, and software agents
        o  Ergonomics
        o  Future of wearable computing
        o  Hardware, including head-mounted display technologies,
           batteries, power management, heat dissipation
           techniques, industrial design techniques, and
           manufacturing packaging issues
       	o  Human interface issues, including hands-free user
       	   speech recognition, mobility-challenged users, user
       	   modeling, user evaluations, and health issues
        o  Networks, including wireless networks, on-body networks,
           the World Wide Web, and networked vs. standalone
           computers
        o  Operating system issues
        o  Social implications
        o  Software architectures
        o  Training, including performance support systems

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International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Advance Program

Monday, October 13, 1997

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee, Put Up Posters I

8:30 - 8:40 Opening Remarks

8:40 - 10:10 Evaluation Studies

Evaluation of three input mechanisms for wearable computers by
B. Thomas, S. Tyerman, and K. Grimmer

Wearable computers for performance support by
J. Ockerman, L. Najjar, and C. Thompson

A field usability evaluation of a wearable system by
J. Siegel and M. Bauer

10:10 - 10:30 View Posters I, Demos, Coffee

10:30 - 12:00 Industrial and Business Applications

Mobile approach support system for future machine tools by
R. Daude and M. Weck

Factory Automation Support Technology (FAST):  A new paradigm of
continuous learning and support using a wearable by
C. Thompson, L. Najjar, and J. Ockerman

Wearable computers for three-dimensional CSCW by
 M. Billinghurst, S. Weghorst, and T. Furness III

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 New Hardware, Software Technology

Eyeglass-mounted displays for wearable computing by
M. B. Spitzer, N. M. Rensing, R. McClelland, and P. Aquilino

Intrabody buses for data and power by
R. Post, M. Reynolds, M. Gray, J. Paradiso, and N. Gershenfeld

Software organization for dynamic and adaptable wearable systems by
S. Fickas, G. Kortuem, and Z. Segall

3:00 - 4:00 View Posters, Demos, Coffee

4:00 - 6:00 Invited Talks

Dick Urban, DARPA
Rick Satava, DARPA
Jerry Bowskill, BT
David Mizell, Boeing

6:00 - 6:30 Take Down Posters I, Demos

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Tuesday, October 14, 1997

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee, Put Up Posters II

9:00 -10:00 Personal Applications

An historical account of wearable computing by
S. Mann

A touring machine:  Prototyping 3D mobile augmented reality
systems for exploring the urban environment by
S. Feiner, B. MacIntyre, T. Hollerer, and A. Webster

10:00 - 10:30 View Posters II, Demos, Coffee

10:30 - 12:00 New Sensors, Displays

Tactual displays for wearable computing by
H. Tan and A. Pentland

Affective wearables by
R. W. Picard and J. Healey

A sensate liner for personnel monitoring applications by
E. Lind, S. Jayaraman, R. Rajamanickam, R. Eisler, and T. McKee

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Communications

Canard:  A framework for community messaging by
P. Chesnais

Metronaut:  A wearable computer with sensing and global
communication capabilities by
A. Smailagic

The wearable remembrance agent:  A system for augmented memory by
B. Rhodes

3:00 - 4:00 View Posters II, Demos, Coffee

4:00 - 5:30 Using Wearable Sensors

A wearable computer based American Sign Language recognizer by
T. Starner, J. Weaver, and A. Pentland

Stochasticks:  Augmenting the billiards experience with
probabilistic vision and wearable computers by
T. Jebara, Cyrus Eyster, J. Weaver, T. Starner, and A. Pentland

Towards situated computing by
R. Hull, P. Neaves, and J. Bedford-Roberts

5:30 - 6:00   Take Down Posters II, Demos

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