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USID2009 Call for Papers

Design for All: Usability, Accessibility & Creativity

New technologies of the Information Age making products and services evolve very quickly but the human diversity in age, culture and abilities making it difficult for all the consumers to take advantage of new possibilities of technologies. The human diversity in age, culture and abilities posses challenges for all planners, designers, technologist and entrepreneurs, to focus their attention to the design for human diversity, social inclusion and equality.

As part of the USID2009 pre-conference event, USID India invites students, researchers and professionals to submit their research papers on the following key areas under the main theme of the USID2009 conference “Design for All: Usability, Accessibility & Creativity”

On line Services e.g. (Financial, Travel & Ticketing, Online search/enquiry services etc.)
Mobile Applications (e.g. Mobile Communication, GPS, etc.)
Enterprise Software products and applications
Consumer products and applications (e.g. appliances, gadgets etc.)
Medical & Health care products/applications (Diagnostics and Patient Info. Systems etc.)
Physical spaces (Architecture, Public places etc.)

GUILDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

All submissions must be in English and must include title and author information, including author affiliations.
Faxed submissions are not acceptable.
Late submissions will not be reviewed.
The written paper should include a short abstract, keywords, body, and references (for more detail, please see the USID2009 Conference Publication Format .
Submissions must not contain proprietary or confidential material and should not cite proprietary or confidential publications.
All submissions must be in the camera-ready format (PDF). Due to tight publication schedules, revisions will not be possible. The submitted PDF version will be considered the final version of the paper.
We recommend that you register using an e-mail address for communication between the review panel and the individuals. Important information will be distributed via e-mail for individuals invited to attend the conference, which must be acted on in a timely fashion.
Submit your papers at usid_callforpapers@usidfoundation.org

ELIGIBILITY

Open to the professionals, academicians, researchers and students.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date of Registration: July 10th, 2009

Final Submission: July 31st, 2009

For registration send email to usid_callforpapers@usidfoundation.org with your name, institution/organization, and the theme.

REVIEW CRITERIA & PROCESS

Each paper submission will be distributed to and reviewed by experts. Care will be taken to avoid conflicts of interest/affiliation when matching reviewers and participants.

Submissions are reviewed based on:

Originality of the content
Quality of the content
Relevance to the theme
Clarity of the written presentation

SELECTED PAPER FOR PRESENTATION & PUBLICATION

Papers which has been selected for Presentation* during USID2009 conference as well as for publication in the USID2009 Conference Proceedings

Regn. No.	Name	Topic	Company	Read Paper
Paper-P-00015	Biju Damodharan Sharvari Ghosh	Enabling access for all - the Yahoo! Mail way	Yahoo
Paper-P-00024	Shilpa Sharma	Mobile Phone Communication in Rural India	OnMobile
Paper-P-00046	Raman Khanna	Design principles to accommodate expert & novice behavior for enterprise applications	Design for Use
Paper-S-00048	Abhinav Asthana Padmanabhan Thangaraj	A scalable web-based platform for sharing and navigating 360 degree cylindrical panoramas	BITS-Pilani Goa
Paper-S-00050	Ityam Vasal Kumar Mayank Suyog Deshpande Pradeep Yammiyavar	Development of a tangible table top group interactive device to enhance the real time experience of enjoying music	IIT Guwahati

* The authors need to be available on their own expenses to present their papers during the USID2009 conference. They are allowed free of charge entry to the conference on the specific day of their presentation.

SELECTED PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION

Papers which has been selected for publication in the USID2009 Conference Proceedings DVD

Regn. No.	Name	Topic	Company	Read Paper
Paper-P-00011	Sushmita Munshi Rony Philip	Drivers of Asian Youth: Findings from User Research in India and China	Accenture, India
Paper-P-00014	Sukhdev Balaji	Creating brand differentiation through enhanced user experience	Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore
Paper-P-00030	Srinivasu Chakravarthula Lavanya L	New era of Web Accessibility Testing	Yahoo India, Bangalore
Paper-S-00034	Anirudh Roy Popli	Mobiles for Development - Low cost applications for sustainable development!	IIM Bangalore
Paper-S-00055	Kumar Mayank Suyog Deshpande	Use of m-commerce to facilitate micro finance services	IIT Guwahati
Paper-S-00058	Rohit Ashok Khot	iCaptcha : image tagging for free	IIIT Hyderabad
Paper-S-00059	Neha Madame Prof Anirudha Joshi	Online system for Polyhouse farmer and consultant	IDC, IIT Bombay
Paper-P-00073	Afshan Kirmani	Design Luring Forms	MindTree
Paper-P-00076	Afshan Kirmani	Efficiency In Design Case Study: Mobile Sales Force Automation	MindTree

REGISTERED PAPERS

Regn. No.	Reg. Date	Name	Topic	Company
Paper-P-0001	18 June	Hiteshwar.V.Vadlamudi	Mobile Applications & Enterprise Software products and applications	Sasken
Paper-P-0002	22 June	Pramod Khambete Dr Sanjay Tripathi Prof. Uday Athvankar	Exploration of Factors Influencing the Choice of Touch Points in Sustained Service Provider–Customer Relationships in the Indian Context	Tech Mahindra IDC, IIT Bombay
Paper-P-0003	23 June	Vidyuth Subbaiah K	Online Services- Ecommerce User Experience	Infosys Technologies Ltd
Paper-S-0004	23 June	Prithu Sah	A strategically designed persuasive tool for an iphone	NID, Ahmadabad
Paper-P-0005	23 June	Mrudula Sreekanth	Enterprise Software product and applications : "The thin line between product and Ux Strategy"	SAP Labs India, Bangalore
Paper-P-0006	24 June	Saurabh Tewari	Constructing True Public Spaces	UNESCO
Paper-S-0007	24 June	Usha Singh Samir Bellare	Medical & Health care products/applications (Diagnostics and Patient Info. Systems etc.)	NID, Bangalore
Paper-P-0008	25 June	Roger C. Mader Jake Samuelson	Design Strategy: Building Concentric Circles of Connection	Doblin Inc., New York
Paper-P-0009	25 June	Uday M. Shankar	Effective UI Design for Mobile Internet	Nokia, Bangalore
Paper-S-00010	25 June	Pallavi Mahajan	'Accessibility of the public places for the Differently Abled	NID, Ahmedabad
Paper-P-00011	26 June	Sushmita Munshi Rony Philip	Drivers of Asian Youth: Findings from User Research in India and China	Accenture, India
Paper-P-00012	26 June	Jitendra J Jain Shibu Ram	Collaborating Usability Practices in Web 2.0	Accenture, India
Paper-P-00013	26 June	G. Nandhagopal, Arun Jesudoss Stephen Christian, Prakash Ramanathan, Selvamuthukumaraswamy Swaminathan, Noorul Ameen, Sereen John Thottan	User interface in Integrated platforms: The need of the hour	iNautix Technologies, Chennai
Paper-P-00014	28 June	Sukhdev Balaji	Creating brand differentiation through enhanced user experience	Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore
Paper-P-00015	29 June	Biju Damodharan Sharvari Ghosh	Enabling access for all - the Yahoo! Mail way	Yahoo
Paper-P-00016	29 June	Saurabh Srivastava Shweta Srivastava	Transportation information and planner	NID Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Paper-S-00017	29 June	Rutuja Rasam	Designing a device for taxis and rickshaws	IDC, IIT Bombay
Paper-P-00018	29 June	Priya K Iyer	Do products select users? Yes...	Freelancer
Paper-P-00019	30 June	Lalithya Puvvula	Electronics in India: From a Usability Perspective	Convergys Information Management
Paper-S-00020	30 June	Shreyasi S. Paul	Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Web	Modern College Of Engineering
Paper-P-00021	30 June	Hareesh Kanchanepally	If I knew what I know ... and be globally competitive.	Convergys Talent Solutions
Paper-P-00022	1 July	Jhonson.PD Aparna Kongot	Easy View - Data Grid Display	TechMahindra, Bangalore
Paper-P-00023	2 July	Priyanka Pundhir	Accessibility as a Business Differentiator	Infosys, Bangalore
Paper-P-00024	2 July	Shilpa Sharma	Mobile Phone Communication in Rural India	OnMobile
Paper-S-00025	2 July	Amit Patil	Mobile Applications and Physical Spaces	National Institute of Design
Paper-P-00026	2 July	B.Vignesh Kumar	Online Services On Mobile Platforms	Nokia India
Paper-P-00027	3 July	Kshitiz Singh Vikas Vaishnav	Introducing Augumented Reality Environments into indian lifestyle	University of Michigan, Compassites Software
Paper-S-00028	3 July	Prithu Sah	Medical & Health care products/applications & Mobile Applications	NID, Ahmedabad
Paper-P-00029	3 July	Santosh Ostwal	Consumer Products and Applications	Ossian Agro
Paper-P-00030	7 July	Srinivasu Chakravarthula Lavanya L	New era of Web Accessibility Testing	Yahoo India, Bangalore
Paper-P-00031	8 July	Gayathri Karanam	Accessibility in Enterprise Software and applications	CA, Hyderabad
Paper-S-00032	8 July	Nitish	Design of a smart home that improves the usability and possibility to monitor energy consumption in a efficient way.	IIT guwahati
Paper-S-00033	8 July	Sharbani Ghosh Prof Ravi Poovaiah Dr Ajanta Sen	Remote Play for kids	IIT Mumbai
Paper-S-00034	8 July	Anirudh Roy Popli	Mobiles for Development - Low cost applications for sustainable development!	IIM Bangalore
Paper-P-00035	8 July	Rakesh Paladugula	The Power Of Web With Accessibility	Iridium Interactive
Paper-S-00036	8 July	Prabuddha Vyas	Empowering people by the way of safety and security Designing Experiences in Banking for Senior Citizen	NID Bangalore/Nokia
Paper-S-00037	8 July	Girish Dalvi	Intuitive, User Centric Font Classification Scheme for Word Processing Software's	Ph.D Candidate
Paper-P-00038	9 July	Saurabh Malav	IT Accessibility in India for differently abled user, Current status, Challenges and future ahead	Freelancer
Paper-S-00039	9 July	Samir D. Bellare	Mobile Application- FM Radio on mobile phones- Giving more choice to the users	NID, Bangalore
Paper-P-00040	10 July	Manasi Kore	Improving the Internet experience for non-tech savvy middle-aged Indians	Cognizant Technology, Pune
Paper-P-00041	10 July	Harsha Kutare	Tangible Interactions	Tata Elxsi
Paper-S-00042	10 July	Huda Jaffer Honey Bajaj Priyanka Kodikal	Confines- exploring boundaries in public spaces	Srishti school of Art
Paper-P-00043	10 July	S.Sheik Abubaker Siddig	Consumer Products and Applications	Sasken Communication
Paper-P-00044	10 July	Thulasiraman Sampath	Medical & Health care products/applications: One point solution for a healthy life	SASKEN Communication
Paper-P-00045	10 July	Hetna Naik	Mainframe UI- Challenges in design to accommodate everyone from baby boomers to Gen X, Y	CA, Hyderabad
Paper-P-00046	10 July	Raman Khanna	Design principles to accommodate expert & novice behavior for enterprise applications	Design for Use
Paper-P-00047	10 July	Nishant Jain	Better wireframing techniques for Enterprise Applications	Design for Use
Paper-S-00048	10 July	Abhinav Asthana Padmanabhan Thangaraj	A scalable web-based platform for sharing and navigating 360 degree cylindrical panoramas	BITS-Pilani Goa
Paper-P-00049	10 July	Aunindra Kumar Sinha Garima Chawla	Redefining the mobile based experience in terms of usability, accessibility and creativity	Infosys, Bangalore
Paper-S-00050	10 July	Ityam Vasal Kumar Mayank Suyog Deshpande Pradeep Yammiyavar	Development of a tangible table top group interactive device to enhance the real time experience of enjoying music	IIT Guwahati
Paper-P-00051	10 July	Preeti Saluja	Redesign of online enquiry system for different age groups	Tata Elxsi Limited, Bangalore
Paper-P-00052	10 July	Vijayender Ch	'MatureWeb': Towards More Usable Web Applications	Infotech Enterprises
Paper-S-00053	10 July	Divyanshu Bansal	Conflict Management in Collaborative Systems: Making 'Collaboration in Web' usable for all.	IIT Guwahati
Paper-S-00054	10 July	Sobia Rafiq Huda Jaffer	Why 'Building Green' should be obvious	Manipal Institute of Technology Srishti School of Art
Paper-S-00055	10 July	Kumar Mayank Suyog Deshpande	Use of m-commerce to facilitate micro finance services	IIT Guwahati
Paper-P-00056	10 July	Kiran Kulkarni	Investigating Product Value and User experience of new Social Products by Diary study techniques	Yahoo
Paper-S-00058	10 July	Rohit Ashok Khot	iCaptcha : image tagging for free	IIIT Hyderabad
Paper-S-00059	10 July	Neha Madame Prof Anirudha Joshi	Online system for Polyhouse farmer and consultant	IDC, IIT Bombay
Paper-P-00060	10 July	Yallanki Nireesha Mithun Roy	Topic is 'Usability for Online Services'	MphasiS, Bangalore
Paper-P-00061	10 July	Nilesh Vadhavkar Girinath G.	Medical & Health care products/applications	MphasiS, Bangalore
Paper-S-00062	10 July	Kumaresan P	Enterprise Software products and applications'	IIT Bombay
Paper-P-00063	10 July	Rajlakshmi D. Borthakur	Online Services: Support Site Experience	Infosys
Paper-S-00064	10 July	Roopa R	Mobile Communications	RYMEC, Bellary
Paper-P-00065	10 July	Chirag Solanki	Financial, Travel & Ticketing, Online search/enquiry services	Igloo360
Paper-S-00066	10 July	Pavan Garre Dinoop Dayanand	Enhancing the User Experience of a Food Ordering System	NID, Bangalore
Paper-P-00067	10 July	Sarit Arora Narayan Gopalan Mitul Bhatt	Physical spaces (Architecture, Public places etc.)	HFI, Mumbai
Paper-P-00068	10 July	Prabhjot Singh Sugga	Building Practices: rReview of vernacular and traditional building technologies and its adaptation in modern era	DesignWorks
Paper-S-00069	10 July	Vijay Pavan	Technology based system to support Self Help Groups of Andhra Pradesh	IIT Bombay
Paper-P-00070	10 July	Satyajit Das	Mobile Applications (e.g. Mobile Communication, GPS, etc.)	Freelancer
Paper-P-00071	10 July	Elizabeth John Neha Yadav	Home Appliances ( AC, Ref, Microwave, Washer)	NID
Paper-P-00072	10 July	Avvinaash M	Mobile Application	Sasken Communication
Paper-P-00073	10 July	Afshan Kirmani	Design Luring Forms	MindTree
Paper-P-00074	10 July	Ranjeet Kumar	Designing experience for Time Line Calender	SumTotal Systems
Paper-P-00075	10 July	Sapna Jayaram	e-Publishing: Electronic Content Delivery System	Impelsys
Paper-P-00076	10 July	Afshan Kirmani	Efficiency In Design Case Study: Mobile Sales Force Automation	MindTree

PUBLICATION OF SELECTED PAPERS

The papers short listed by the review panel will be presented during the USID2009 and all accepted papers will be published in the USID2009 Conference Proceedings. Teams will be notified of acceptance or rejection the week of August 25 2009. Authors of selected papers will be expected to attend the conference in order to present their submissions to other conference attendees. USID Foundation will also notify the authors through email or phone and also through post.

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PAPER REVIEW PANEL

Dr.Sekhar Muddana

Research Staff Member, CA Labs

Sekhar Muddana is currently working in Hyderabad as a Research Staff Member with CA Labs a small research group within CA. Prior to CA he worked in several start up companies in the USA. He did his Bachelors in computer science from University of Baroda, Masters and Doctorate from Clemson University . He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University and also worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is interested in various aspects of human computer interaction, natural language processing, software engineering and theory of computation.

Gerrit Meixner

Lecturer: University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Germany
Researcher: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Innovative Factory Systems (IFS), Center for Human-Machine-Interaction (ZMMI)

Gerrit Meixner got his diploma (2005) and his master degree (2007) in computer science at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier. Currently he is finishing his PhD thesis in the field of model-based user interface development at the University of Kaiserslautern. Since March 2007, he works as a researcher in the field of human-computer-interaction at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He was co-organizer of the USEWARE 2008 conference and chair of the MDDAUI workshop at IUI 2009. He has published more than 20 papers (conferences, journals and books) in the field of HCI. Since April 2009 he is lecturer for model-based user interface development at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier.

Dr. Daniel Goerlich

Senior Consultant, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Innovative Factory Systems (IFS), Center for Human-Machine-Interaction (ZMMI)

Daniel Goerlich has studied computer sciences and psychology at the Humboldt University in Berlin/Germany. Since July 2005, he was a member of the scientific research staff at the Center for Human-Machine-Interaction, specialized on the structuring of user interfaces, software tool support for Useware development processes, and the analysis of future technologies.
After his graduation as a Dr.-Ing. in June 2009, Dr. Görlich is now a Senior Consultant, responsible for project acquisitions, project management and HCI consulting.

Deepa Bachu

Offering Leader & Group Manager, Global Business Division, INTUIT Technologies

Deepa Bachu is an Offering Leader and Group Manager in the Global Business Division of INTUIT Technologies. Her responsibilities include innovating for the emerging markets using Customer Driven Innovation – building solutions that enrich customers’ lives by solving important and unmet needs. Deepa has 14 + years in User Experience, Innovation and Product Development. After working at the Intuit headquarters for 5 years Deepa moved to India where she guides innovation and strategy for version 1 products.
Deepa is an innovation and design evangelist. She has presented at several conferences and is an active member of design and innovation organizations.

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Paper Review Panel