The Location of SVC

Hayama - a marine resort town

Yokosuka - an Americanized town with U.S. Navy base

Kamakura - an old town once was a capital of Japan with big Buddha statue and a famous shrine

Yokohama - on the way back to Narita … a big Chinatown, a museum and many more

and, of course, Mt. Fuji

Why APCHI?

Purpose of HCI Researches

Create New Concepts toward the Future Symbiotic Environment

Enhance Related HCI Technologies

Let the Technologies Adapt to the Human Nature to Improve the Quality of Life

Major HCI Societies/Organizations

IFIP/TC13

INTERACT

ACM SIGCHI

HCI International

HCI

SICE Human Interface Symposium

Its Purpose and Significance

Localize the computer technology/culture to AP region

Specify the direction of the computer industries toward the future in this region

Provide R&D people, especially the young researchers, in this region a chance to get acquainted with the state-of-the-arts of HCI

Also provide them a chance to present their R&D activities and get informative feedback

APCHI History

First APCHI

1996 in Singapore

Second APCHI

1997 in Australia (in conjunction with INTERACT’97)

Third APCHI

1998 in Japan

Organizing APCHI’98

APCHI’98 Statistics

Total of 191 participants from 10 countries.

AP region: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China, Korea, Japan

Europe: the Netherlands, Denmark, England

America: USA

Financial Assistance Program

FA Program: 2000 Swiss francs from IFIP and the support from APCHI’98 budget

IFIP support: China 2, Korea 1

APCHI support: Australia 2, USA 2, the Netherlands 1, Finland 1, UK 1

Student Housing Program: to provide inexpensive housing for students

Australia 1: Japan 2

Sponsorship for APCHI’98

Sponsorship: Information Processing Society of Japan

Co-sponsorship: IFIP/TC13 (with financial support)

and other academic societies and organizations

ACM Japan Chapter

British HCI Group (U.K.)

CHISIGNZ (New Zealand)

Ergonomics Society of Singapore (ESS)(Singapore)

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(IEICE)

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

Japan Ergonomics Society(JES)

Japanese Psychological Association

Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Japan Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST)

Japanese Society for Science of Design

Japanese Cognitive Science Society

Joint Conference on Educational Technology (JCET)

The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)

Southeast Asian Ergonomics Society (SEAES)

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)(Malaysia)

Corporate/Organizational Supports

International Communication Foundation

Fujitsu Ltd.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Microsoft

NEC Corp.

Software Research Associates, Inc.

Sony Corp.

Yamaha Motors

(in alphabetical order)

APCHI'98 Organization

[Conference Chair.]

Masaaki Kurosu, Shizuoka U

[Conference Vice Chairs]

Jun Munemori, Osaka U

Yoichi Takebayashi, Toshiba

Aki Takeuchi, Sony

Hirotada Ueda, Hitachi Denshi

[Promotion Board]

Masaaki Kurosu(Chair.), Shizuoka U

Hiromu Hayashi, Fujitsu Laboraroties

Teruhisa Ichikawa, Mitsubishi Electric

Haruhisa Ishida, ASCII/Tama Art U

Kazuo Iwano, IBM Research, Tokyo Research Lab

Hideko Kunii, RICOH

Masao Managaki, NEC

Yutaka Matsusita, Keio U

Jun Munemori, Osaka U

Kazuhiko Okada, NTT

Ikuo Oyake, Oki Electric

Kenji Suzuki, KDD R&D Labs

Yoichi Takebayashi, Toshiba

Aki Takeuchi, Sony

Akiyoshi Tanaka, Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo

Hirotada Ueda, Hitachi Denshi

Kazunobu Yamamoto, Fuji Xerox

[Program Chair]

Jiro Tanaka, U of Tsukuba

[Treasurer]

Ken-ichi Okada, Keio U

[Conference Administration]

Masaki Nakagawa(Chair), Tokyo U of Agri. and Tech.

Nobuko Kishi(Vice Chair), Tsuda College

Makoto Hirose, Fuji Xerox

Jun Ito, Sony

John Itoh, Ricoh

Eiji Kuwana, NTT

Yasushi Nakauchi, National Defense Academy

Akifumi Oikawa, Graduate U for Advanced Studies

Akira Okamoto, Ricoh

Rodney Webster, Hitachi

[Student Volunteers]

Kimihide Ando, Shizuoka University

Koji Aoyama, Shizuoka University

Koji, Miyagi, Tsukuba University

Takashi Miyashita, Tsukuba University

Shino Ooba, Tsuda Women’s College

Mitsuko Homma, Tsuda Women’s College

Jun Inamori, University of Electro Communication

Jin Kanda, Tokyo Univerisity of Agriculture and Technology

[International Liason]

Kumiyo Nakakoji, Software Research Associates

[Publications/Publicity]

Toshihiko Yamakami, NTT Data

Takehiko Ohno, NTT

[Poster/Demonstration Chair]

Toshiyuki Masui, Sony CSL

[Workshop/Tutorial Chair]

Hiroshi Tsuda, Fujitsu Labs

APCHI'98 Program Committee Members

Jiro Tanaka (Chair), U of Tsukuba, Japan

Uday Athavankar, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Sandrine Balbo, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, Australia

Sarah Bloomer, The Hiser Group, Australia

John M. Carroll, Virginia Tech, USA

Frank S. Cheng, Lucent Technologies, USA

Andy Cockburn, Canterbury U, New Zealand

Kevin Cox, City U, Hong Kong

D. James Dooling, AT&T Labs, USA

Xiaolan Fu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jonathan Grudin, U of California, USA

Judy Hammond, U of Technology Sydney, Australia　

Yoshinori Hara, NEC USA, USA　

Linda Herman, Ergonomics Design & Usability Consultants, Singapore

Masahito Hirakawa, Hiroshima U, Japan

Makoto Hirose, Fuji Xerox, Japan

Tohru Hoshi, Hitachi, Japan

Steve Howard, Swinburne U of Technology, Australia　

Hiroshi Ishii, MIT, USA　

Noriyuki Kamibayashi, Fuji Xerox, Japan　

Halimahtun Mohd Khalid, UNIMAS, Malaysia　

Jinwoo Kim, Yonsei U, Korea

Nobuko Kishi, Tsuda College, Japan　

Eiji Kuwana, NTT, Japan　

Masaaki Kurosu, Shizuoka U, Japan　

John C.M. Lee, Hong Kong U of Science & Technology, Hong Kong　

Ying K. Leung, Swinburne U of Technology, Australia　

Kee Yong Lim, Nanyang Technological U, Singapore　

John Long, University College London, UK　

Allan MacLean, Xerox Research Centre Europe, UK

Kenji Mase, ATR, Japan　

Toshiyuki Masui, Sony CSL, Japan

Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan

Aura C. Matias, U of the Philippines, Philippines

Jackie Moyes, The Hiser Group, Australia

Jun Munemori, Osaka U, Japan

Masaki Nakagawa, Tokyo U of Agri. & Tech., Japan

Kumiyo Nakakoji, Software Research Associates, Japan　

Yasushi Nakauchi, National Defense Academy, Japan　

Kazuhisa Niki, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan　

Shogo Nishida, Osaka U, Japan　

Sadao Obana, KDD, Japan

Ken-ichi Okada, Keio U, Japan　

Akira Okamoto, Ricoh, Japan　

Gary Olson, U of Michigan, USA　

Judy Olson, U of Michigan, USA

Rikio Onai, NTT, Japan

Jonathan Ostwald, U of Colorado, USA

Thiagarajan Palanivel, Ergonomics Research Inc, USA

Chris Phillips, Massey U, New Zealand

Junichi Rekimoto, Sony CSL, Japan

Jill Rojek, Microsoft, USA

Shiro Sakata, NEC, Japan

Gavriel Salvendy, Purdue U, USA　

Keiichi Sato, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Paulien Strijland, Apple, USA　

Tamara Sumner, Open U, UK　

Kenji Takahashi, NTT, Japan　

Yoichi Takebayashi, Toshiba, Japan

Aki Takeuchi, Sony, Japan

Yuzuru Tanaka, Hokkaido U, Japan　

Hiroyuki Tarumi, Kyoto U, Japan　

Hiroshi Tsuda, Fujitsu Lab, Japan　

Hirotada Ueda, Hitachi Denshi, Japan

Kwangyun Wohn, KAIST, Korea　

Toshihiko Yamakami, NTT Data, Japan　

Toshiki Yamaoka, Toshiba, Japan　

Michiaki Yasumura, Keio U, Japan　

Kan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Events

Technical Session: 52 presentations

Discussion Session: 21presentations

Poster Session: 20 presentations

Workshop: 2 sessions

Tutorial: 2 sessions

Program of APCHI’98

July 14th (Tue)

15:00-18:30

Tutorial 1: Kee Young Lim

Tutorial 2: Nuray Aykin

18:00-19:30

Dinner

20:00-22:00

Night Workshop: Hiroshi Ishii

July 15th (Wed)

7:30-9:00

Breakfast

10:00-12:00

Invited Talk: Hiroshi Ishii

11:30-13:30

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Session 1-1: Usability and Modeling

Session 1-2: Multimedia and Hypermedia Applications

Session 1-3: Augmented Reality

14:50-16:20

Session 2-1: Usability Evaluation

Session 2-2: Education and Applications

Session 2-3: Multimedia and Agent

16:30-19:00

Poster and Demo

18:00-19:30

Dinner

19:00-21:00

Night Workshop: Yasuhiro Horibe and Hiroyuki Miki

July 16th (Thu)

7:30-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:30

Plenary Session: Gerhard Fischer

10:50-12:20

Session 3-1: Usability and Design

Session 3-2: Communication

Session 3-3: Scripting

11:30-13:30

Lunch

13:20-14:50

Session 4-1: Task Analysis and Collaboration

Session 4-2: 3D Modeling

15:20-16:50

Discussion 1-1: Development

Discussion 1-2: Education Systems

Discussion 1-3: World Wide Web

Discussion 1-4: Interface and Direct Manipulation

17:10-18:40

Discussion 2-1: Virtual Reality

Discussion 2-2: Cognitive Modeling and Group Applications

Discussion 2-3: Cross Cultural Issues

Discussion 2-4: Visualization

19:00-21:30

Banquet

July 17th (Fri)

7:30-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:30

Session 5-1: Groupware Toolkit and Design

Session 5-2: Mobile Systems

Session 5-3: Multimodal Interface

10:50-12:50

Session 6-1: Theory and Practice

Session 6-2: Gesture

Session 6-3: World Wide Web

11:30-13:30

Lunch

13:50-15:30

Plenary Session: Alan C. Kay

Some Photographs for Your Memory

Entrance of Shonan Village Center (SVC)

Entrance of Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Registration Desk

Tutorial by Dr. Kee Yong Lim

Tutorial by Dr. Nuray Aykin

Technical Presentation

Presentation by Dr. Hiroshi Ishii

Poster Presentation

Lunch Time

Presentation by Dr. Gerhard Fischer

Dr. Nakakoji, Dr. Nakauchi and Prof. Kishi (from left)

Internet Access Facility

Presentation by Dr. Alan C. Kay

Dr. Jiro Tanaka and Me (Masaaki Kurosu) (from right)

Student Volunteers

Ms. Kawamoto of SVC