Videos

Videos are a great way to present innovations in ubiquitous computing, especially for those systems that would be particularly difficult to deploy at the conference for a live demonstration. Authors who are considering submissions in other participation categories are also encouraged to consider submitting formal videos that illustrate their work. As with other submission categories, Video submissions should not have been previously presented in any other formal video program.

The video program will be playing continuously at the conference and on the conference hotel television channel, and will be published on a DVD+R and distributed to conference attendees (although copyright will be retained by the authors). A panel of international reviewers will review videos for their technical content, interest and relevance to the ubiquitous computing community, communication effectiveness, and production quality.

Accepted electronic formats are: MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, AVI file with MPEG-4, DivX or equivalent codecs used, and Apple QuickTime. High resolutions (close to DVD resolution at 720x576 or 720x480) and high bitrates are encouraged.

Accepted tape formats are: VHS and Super-VHS (NTSC or PAL) or Mini-DV tape (NTSC or PAL).

If the video is accepted, a high quality format, suitable for DVD production, will be required for the final version. Video submissions should be 4 to 8 minutes long. Longer videos will be subject to stricter review criteria. Rough videos in progress will be considered, but will (if tentatively accepted) be subject to a second review process after final production.

In addition to submitting a videotape, authors must also submit a short paper with a maximum of 2 pages in the ACM SIGCHI conference publications format, including all figures and references, for each video submission. This should include the title, authors, affiliations and an abstract of no more than 150 words.

Abstracts of accepted Videos will be published in the Conference Supplement that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main UbiComp 2003 Conference Proceedings.

Video submissions may be uploaded onto an ftp server; contact the Video Co-Chairs via email for more detailed instructions on how to access the ftp server to upload video files and abstracts. Submissions may also be submitted on physical media (tape or CD/DVD) to the address listed below; abstracts for these submissions should be submitted electronically. Please do NOT send video files as an email attachment under any circumstances!

Co-Chairs:		Peter Ljungstrand (PLAY, Sweden, peter.ljungstrand@interactiveinstitute.se)
		Jason Brotherton (Ball State University, USA, brothert@bsu.edu)

E-mail: videos-2003@ubicomp.org

Formats accepted:

MPEG, AVI or QuickTime files. VHS, SVHS, Mini-DV tape (NTSC or PAL).

Abstract Page limit:

2 pages (ACM SIGCHI conference publications format)(example latex class found here)

Submission Deadline: May 16 closed ¹
Acceptance Notification: June 27
Final Version Due: August 22

Send video tapes and disks to:
Peter Ljungstrand
UbiComp 2003 Videos
PLAY Studio, Interactive Institute
Hugo Grauers gata 3
SE-41296 Göteborg
SWEDEN
Phone: +46-31-7721039 [might be needed for courier mail forms]