Workshop Call for Participation
There are now hundreds, if not thousands, of applications, websites, mobile applications, and devices that promise to help people maintain or change their behaviors. These systems use a variety of strategies, including objective monitoring, goal setting, competition, cooperation, comparisons, self-monitoring, and both positive and negative reinforcement.
What we lack, however, is a good system of matching these individual systems to the individuals who will benefit from most from them, or even a basis for making that matching. There’s no reason to think that any one system is the best choice for everyone, and indeed, there’s evidence that personality traits at least predict which form of behavior change technology people say would work best for them. Further complicating matters, it is not even clear if individuals are very good at choosing the systems that actually could most affect their behavior.
This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners -- both in the domain of HCI and the domains in which we try to change behavior, e.g., sustainability and health -- to better characterize the challenges and opportunities associated with individual differences and behavior change, to discuss recent results and in-progress work, and to lay out a roadmap for addressing these challenges. The goal of this workshop is to connect the diverse group of behavior change researchers and practitioners interested in personalization to share their experiences, ideas, and discuss how to move the field forward.
Toward that end, we invite submissions of various types, including study designs, case studies of existing systems, recent research, and position papers. Please send your submission as a PDF of 2-4 pages in the CHI archive format. Each submission should include a brief bio and specifically address what the authors hope to get out of the workshop, including specific outcomes or topics you wish to be discussed.
The submission deadline is Friday, January 17th, 2014. You may submit it to [email protected].
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the organizers at [email protected].
There are now hundreds, if not thousands, of applications, websites, mobile applications, and devices that promise to help people maintain or change their behaviors. These systems use a variety of strategies, including objective monitoring, goal setting, competition, cooperation, comparisons, self-monitoring, and both positive and negative reinforcement.
What we lack, however, is a good system of matching these individual systems to the individuals who will benefit from most from them, or even a basis for making that matching. There’s no reason to think that any one system is the best choice for everyone, and indeed, there’s evidence that personality traits at least predict which form of behavior change technology people say would work best for them. Further complicating matters, it is not even clear if individuals are very good at choosing the systems that actually could most affect their behavior.
This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners -- both in the domain of HCI and the domains in which we try to change behavior, e.g., sustainability and health -- to better characterize the challenges and opportunities associated with individual differences and behavior change, to discuss recent results and in-progress work, and to lay out a roadmap for addressing these challenges. The goal of this workshop is to connect the diverse group of behavior change researchers and practitioners interested in personalization to share their experiences, ideas, and discuss how to move the field forward.
Toward that end, we invite submissions of various types, including study designs, case studies of existing systems, recent research, and position papers. Please send your submission as a PDF of 2-4 pages in the CHI archive format. Each submission should include a brief bio and specifically address what the authors hope to get out of the workshop, including specific outcomes or topics you wish to be discussed.
The submission deadline is Friday, January 17th, 2014. You may submit it to [email protected].
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the organizers at [email protected].
