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25 Sep 2023


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Subject: 	[wkwi] CFP i-com Special Issue on “The Future of 
Human-Computer Interaction”
Date: 	Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:11:04 +0000
From: 	Koch, Michael michael.koch@unibw.de
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Call for Submissions to
*i-com Special Issue on “The Future of Human-Computer Interaction”*
Issue Editor(s): Michael Herczeg + Michael Koch
Review Board: Editors and Editorial Board of i-com
https://i-com-journal.org/calls/special-issue-on-the-future-of-human-compute...
+++ Submission Deadline: 15.01.2024 +++
Human-Computer Interaction has had a short but lively history and 
evolution. After the monstrous world of mainframes and text-based 
terminals came a counter-movement in form of various graphics-based 
personal computer types, which also turned the individual citizen into a 
computer user. For many years, a focus on creative, but also ergonomic 
solutions can be found. Efficient graphics workstations formed a 
separate branch of this evolution, which diffused into personal computer 
platforms through the media and gaming industry. The Internet, 
especially its mobile variants, then led to a substantial 
miniaturization of powerful and highly interactive computers, the design 
of which is again characterized more by creative, but also a chaotic 
proliferation of technology and functionality than by well defined 
qualities. The fact that computers have not only gained a foothold in 
all areas of life, but have also become game changers, was hardly 
foreseeable to the extent that we are experiencing today. The one 
zillion dollar question now is how the next upheavals will look in terms 
of devices, operating systems and networking; R&D, marketing and 
ownership; but above all in their design as more or less intelligent 
interactive systems like followed by current Human-Centered AI or by 
embedded systems like in the Internet of Things approaches. Perhaps we 
may soon have to speak generally about “Human-Technology Communication” 
than just about the more reduced term “Human-Computer Interaction”, 
whatever that means to our future.
In a special issue of the i-com journal we would like to present 
interesting but scientifically explainable and technologically sound 
forecasts for the next decades to discuss them further in our HCI 
community. We plan to revisit these views into the future in about five 
years.
We are looking for experienced authors who, based on many years of 
experience and developments in their field of work, can write short, 
personal sketches or essays or reviews with a strong part about the 
future. However, we will as well appreciate to receive contributions 
from younger experts in the field, who maybe see completely new paths of 
more revolutionary than evolutionary work and who perhaps also perceive 
previous developments as dead ends in order to inspire new paths to 
follow. The contributions may illuminate the topic from different 
scientific perspectives such as computer science, psychology, media 
design, sociology, education, business administration, labor and 
organizational science.
Contributions in English language should be 1.500-5.000 words (if the 
review part in the contribution is larger then up to 10.000 words are 
possible), with a focus more on courageous “informed visions” and less 
on “excessive literary work” with a horizon chosen as 10, 25 or 50 years 
into the future.
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About i-com: (Also see https://i-com-journal.org/)
i-com is an international scientific journal that is devoted to 
different topics around Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
The journal seeks to build bridges between research and practice as well 
as between teaching and business, emphasizing interdisciplinary teamwork 
and application-oriented solutions. We particularly aim at publishing 
cross-disciplinary research showing the practical application of the 
research.
The first volume of i-com has been published in 2001.
Since Volume 23 (2023) the journal is Golden Open Access.
Selected Metrics:
- Scopus Cite Score (2022): 2.8
- Scopus Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) (2021): 0.563