<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> *** Apologies for multiple copies, please redistribute ***</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Since our last reminder just before the Eastern holiday weekend</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> we have received requests from researchers to extend the</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> submission deadline for the COGAIN Symposium.</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> As a result we have decided to grant an extra week</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> so that the new deadline is April 29th, and the acceptance notice</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> will be sent by May 15th.</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Also, more information about the COGAIN 2017 program has been</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> posted at </span><a href="http://cogain2017.cogain.org" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://cogain2017.cogain.org</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">. That includes information</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> about the pre-conference workshop on gaze interaction by Carlos</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Morimoto, the keynote lecture by Hans Gellersen, and the COGAIN</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Association meeting.</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> We look forward to meet you in Wuppertal,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Andreas and Carlos</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> General co-chairs</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> *** THE 2017 COGAIN SYMPOSIUM ***</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Website: </span><a href="http://cogain2017.cogain.org" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://cogain2017.cogain.org</a><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Where : Wuppertal, Germany</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> When : August 19th and 21st</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Submission deadline: April 29th, 2017</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Notification due : May 15th, 2017</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Final version due : May 20th, 2017</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> The Symposium on Communication by Gaze Interaction is being organized</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> by the COGAIN Association (</span><a href="http://cogain.org" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://cogain.org</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">) and will take place at</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, on August 21st, 2017, as</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> part of the 19th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 2017 -</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> </span><a href="http://ecem2017.uni-wuppertal.de" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://ecem2017.uni-wuppertal.de</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">). </span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> The COGAIN Symposium focuses on all aspects of gaze interaction, from</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> general computer applications and gaze estimation systems to basic eye</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> movement research that are related or might have impact on</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> understanding and improving human communication with other humans and</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> human interaction with machines. The symposium presents research that</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> advances the state-of-the-art in these areas, leading to new</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> capabilities in gaze interaction, gaze enhanced applications, gaze</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> contingent devices, gaze tracking systems, eye movement data analysis,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> etc. </span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> We invite authors to submit a two-page extended abstract (plus one</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> page with references only) according to the information for authors</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> (</span><a href="http://cogain2017.cogain.org/?authors" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://cogain2017.cogain.org/?authors</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">). Topics of interest include</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> all aspects of gaze interaction and communication by gaze including,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> but not limited to </span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Eye-controlled assistive technology</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze interfaces for wearable computing</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze-contingent devices</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze-aware applications</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze-enhanced games</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze interaction with mobile devices</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Gaze interaction paradigms</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Usability and UX evaluation of gaze-based interfaces</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * User context estimation from eye movements</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Eye data quality and gaze estimation metrics</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Eye movement data analysis</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * Eye movement classification algorithms</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> * 3D gaze estimation</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">SPECIAL THEME: GAZE INTERACTION IN AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Eye Tracking technology is continuously evolving. In the past five</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> years we have seen huge developments in wearable eye trackers, making</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> them more comfortable, reliable, and easier to use. In parallel, AR</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> and VR systems have also reached the consumer market. Combined, these</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> two technologies create new possibilities for everyday gaze</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> interaction applications. </span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> We invite submissions that explore new gaze interaction strategies and</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> gaze-aware applications that enhance current means of using AR and VR</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> computing platforms, such as in attentive interfaces, gaming,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> augmented perception, and smart environment control. </span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">ORGANIZATION</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> General co-chairs</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> - Andreas Bulling [Max Planck Institute, Germany]</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> - Carlos H. Morimoto [University of São Paulo, Brazil]</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> Program co-chairs</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> - John Paulin Hansen [Technical University of Denmark]</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> - Roman Bednarik [University of Eastern Finland]</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">==============================================================</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">Please visit </span><a href="http://cogain2017.cogain.org" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://cogain2017.cogain.org</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> for more information</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">==============================================================</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><a href="mailto:personal-members-list@cogain.info" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">personal-members-list@cogain.info</a><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""> -- personal-members-list mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class=""><a href="http://mail.cogain.info/mailman/listinfo/personal-members-list_cogain.info" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px;" class="">http://mail.cogain.info/mailman/listinfo/personal-members-list_cogain.info</a></body></html>