Workshop Aim

Technical Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) research lacks appropriate research methods along the entire development lifecycle spanning design, development, deployment, evaluation and monitoring. Mobile HCI has a great set of research methods that have proven their suitability in mobile research. However, applying Mobile HCI research methods unchanged in technical ICTD will fail due to the specific cultural, infrastructural and governmental context of developing countries.

The aim of this workshop is to elaborate on the application of Mobile HCI methods for technical ICTD research and to come up with a set of appropriate research methodologies for technical ICTD and a roadmap of action items of how to improve current technical ICTD research.

Topics

In this workshop we want to bring together people who are active in Mobile HCI and ICTD research to elaborate on Mobile HCI methods and discuss their application for technical ICTD. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Submission Instructions

We accept original and unpublished contributions that are not under review somewhere else in the following two categories

Submissions should be submitted as PDF file following the Mobile HCI 2010 main proceedings format to joerg.doerflinger(at)sap.com.

Authors of accepted presentation papers are invited to demonstrate their submission in during the workshop. Each presentation should not exceed 10 minutes and will be followed up by a 5 minute round of discussion.

To participate at the workshop at least one author of accepted papers needs to register for the Mobile HCI 2010 conference itself. Mobile HCI 2010 registration site

All submitted papers will be judged based on their novelty, clarity, and relevance. Contributions will undergo a double blind review process. Authors of accepted submissions will have the opportunity to update their submissions based on the reviews before the final electronic copy is due. Accepted papers will be circulated to all attendees before the workshop date. The best paper will be nominated for inclusion in a Special Issue of the International Journal on Mobile HCI (IJMHCI).

The workshop proceedings will be published on this workshop website. Selected outcomes and contributions will be considered to be published in a workshop summary paper.

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