今年中国人机交互方面的研究人员在国际人机交互顶级会议CHI上中了6篇paper和1篇note(第一作者),应该是大陆地区历史上取得的最好成绩(目前还未统计poster等,台湾、香港地区也尚未统计)。前两年中国科院戴国忠老师团队中过几篇note和一篇paper(田丰老师),以及清华计算机系的史元春老师团队和北大査红彬老师团队,还有人民大学信息学院的张新勇老师(不过当时中paper的时候还在日本,不过今年回到人大的时候又中了一篇)。
Papers/Notes: HCI in China
Thursday, April 15
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Predicting Chinese Text Entry Speeds on Mobile Phones
Ying Liu, Nokia Research Center, China
Kari-Jouko Räihä, Unit for Computer-Human Interaction, Department of Computer Science, University of Tampere, Finland
Chinese Online Communities: Balancing Management Control and Individual Autonomy
Qinying Liao, IBM Research, China
Yingxin Pan, IBM Research, China
Michelle X. Zhou, IBM Research, China
Fei Ma, IBM Research, China
How Socio-Economic Structure Influences Rural Users' Acceptance of Mobile Entertainment
Jun Liu, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
Ying Liu, Nokia Research Center, P.R.China
Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
Hui Li, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
Xia Wang, Nokia Research Center, P.R.China
Dingjun Li, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
Papers/Notes: Something Eye Catching
Wednesday, April 14
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Modeling Dwell-Based Eye Pointing Target Acquisition
Xinyong Zhang, Renmin University of China, Peking University, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Xiangshi Ren, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Hongbin Zha, Peking University, China
Effects of Automated Transcription Quality on Non-native Speakers' Comprehension in Real-time Computer-mediated Communication
Yingxin Pan, IBM Research, China
Danning Jiang, IBM Research- China, USA
Lin Yao, Chinese Academy Institute, China
Michael Picheny, IBM Research - Waston, USA
Yong Qin, IBM Research - China, China
Dandelion: Supporting Coordinated Collaborative Authoring in Wikis
Changyan Chi, IBM Research - China, China
Michelle X. Zhou, IBM Research - China, China
Min Yang, IBM Research - China, China
Wenpeng Xiao, IBM Research - China, China
Yiqin Yu, IBM Research - China, China
Xiaohua Sun, IBM Research - China, China
Multitasking Bar: Prototype and Evaluation of Introducing the Task Concept into a Browser
Qing Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Huiyou Chang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
第二、五、六篇是IBM中国研究院的,作者里面只有Michelle X. Zhou听说过,其他不熟悉;
1. 由外企在华研究机构(或有过海外经历)的研究人员主导。为什么呢?首先是这些研究人员的研究视野比一般本土研究人员要广,知道CHI是人机交互领域的顶级会议,要把最好的文章往这上面投,而且在这类会议上有比较丰富的投稿经验;其次,也是很重要的一点,这些人员在英语写作上占优势,而CHI这类会议对文字表达要求也是非常高的;最后,也是最重要的,这些研究本质上是做的比较透的,有真材实料的,比起一些国内为了拼职称而发表的会议论文是要强不不少的;
2. 由于还没见到原文,从题目上看,我也注意到这几篇paper有一半主要还是围绕定性的用户行为分析展开的,偏重于设计,用户体验方面的实证研究,另一半是对人机交互相关技术本身来谈的。当然,日后原文看过以后,我会再具体分析一下。