The 2017 COGAIN Symposium

The 2017 Meeting and Symposium on Communication by Gaze Interaction is being organized by the COGAIN Association and will take place at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, as part of the 19th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 2017). The event consists of the following points:

• A pre-conference workshop about "Gaze interaction: methods and best practices" given by Carlos H. Morimoto, on August 19th;
• A keynote lecture about "Eye movement as material for interaction design" given by Hans Gelllersen, on August 21st;
• The COGAIN Symposium on August 21st.
• The COGAIN Association meeting on August 21st.

The COGAIN Symposium focuses on all aspects of gaze interaction, from general computer applications and gaze estimation systems to basic eye movement research that are related or might have impact on understanding and improving human communication with other humans and human interaction with machines. The symposium presents research that advances the state-of-the-art in these areas, leading to new capabilities in gaze interaction, gaze enhanced applications, gaze contingent devices, gaze tracking systems, eye movement data analysis, etc.

We invite authors to submit a two-page extended abstract (plus one page with references only) according to the information for authors. Topics of interest include all aspects of gaze interaction and communication by gaze including, but not limited to

• Eye-controlled assistive technology
• Gaze interfaces for wearable computing
• Gaze-contingent devices
• Gaze-aware applications
• Gaze-enhanced games
• Gaze interaction with mobile devices
• Gaze interaction paradigms
• Usability and UX evaluation of gaze-based interfaces
• User context estimation from eye movements
• Eye data quality and gaze estimation metrics
• Eye movement data analysis
• Eye movement classification algorithms
• 3D gaze estimation

Special Theme: Gaze Interaction in Augmented and Virtual Reality

Eye Tracking technology is continuously evolving. In the past five years we have seen huge developments in wearable eye trackers, making them more comfortable, reliable, and easier to use. In parallel, AR and VR systems have also reached the consumer market. Combined, these two technologies create new possibilities for everyday gaze interaction applications.

We invite submissions that explore new gaze interaction strategies and gaze-aware applications that enhance current means of using AR and VR computing platforms, such as in attentive interfaces, gaming, augmented perception, and smart environment control.