Organizers

Ali Gheitasy

Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience, University of West London, UK - ali.gheitasy[at]uwl.ac.uk

Ali Gheitasy is a PhD student and teaching assistant in University of West London. His research focuses on sociotechnical gaps (Sociability, Usability & UX) and social capital formation in online collaborative consumption (OCC) to provide a better design. He holds MSc in Computing Interaction Design and BSc in Information Systems from the University of West London. Currently, he is member of SCIUX (Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience). He also manages the resources of the SCIUX lab.

Anders Mørch

Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway - anders.morch[at]iped.uio.no

Anders Mørch is professor in Informatics at Department of Education (IPED), University of Oslo, Norway. He received his PhD in informatics from the University of Oslo and an M.S. in computer science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He developed educational software at NYNEX Science and Technology Center, New York. His research interests are technology-enhanced learning and social media, collaboration and learning in virtual worlds, end-user tailoring and evolutionary application development.

Antonio Piccinno

Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy - antonio.piccinno[at]uniba.it

Antonio Piccinno is assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of University of Bari "Aldo Moro". He is member of the Interaction, Visualization, Usability & UX (IVU) Lab. Since July 2001, after he got his laurea degree in Computer Science, he has been working at the Department of Computer Science of University of Bari, with different positions: research collaborator, fixed term researcher, lecturer, and finally as assistant professor. In March 2005 he got the PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bari. Antonio Piccinno’s research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction, particularly on End-User Development, Visual Interactive Systems, Theory of Visual Languages, Adaptive Interfaces, Component-Based Software Development, Multimodal and Multimedia Interaction.

Stefano Valtolina

Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - valtolin[at]di.unimi.it

Stefano Valtolina is assistant Professor at the Computer Science (DI) Department of Università degli Studi di Milano. He obtained his PhD in 'Informatics' from Università degli Studi di Milano and an MSc in Computer Science from the same university. His research interests include: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Creative Design, as well as studies in semantic, social and cultural aspects of information technologies with an emphasis on the application of this knowledge to interaction design. Stefano Valtolina’s research activity is directed toward the study of aspects of Human Computer Interaction and Database Management investigating methods, interactive systems, and tools for Knowledge Management and Fruition.


Scientific Secretariat

Barbara Rita Barricelli

Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - barricelli[at]di.unimi.it

Important Dates

Position paper submission deadline: March 17, 2014

Notification to Authors: March 28, 2014

Early Registration: April 10, 2014

Workshop: May 27, 2014

Useful Links

AVI 2014

EasyChair submission system

Call for Papers (PDF version)

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