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CfP: NDM9 The 9th bi-annual International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making
Deadline: 31 October 2008
Source: http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/ndm9/, 10 October 2008
Submitted by
William Wong
Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) encapsulates the problems and challenges associated with making decisions in demanding situations. These decisions are often dependent on, or supported by, computing technology.
The conference will focus on contemporary research on NDM where interaction with computing technology is an essential feature. It would be interesting to hear of studies where computers and technology have been both a hindrance, and benefit, to NDM. We would like the conference to contribute to our understanding of how computers might ultimately improve NDM. For example, how does future plans for electronic medical records influence doctors' diagnosis? how do new interactive information visualisation and representations bias or lead poor judgements? what do pilots do to overcome limitations in their flight management systems to support spatial-temporal reasoning? what expertise is needed to watch against traps that technology create for decision makers? In addition, we also welcome reports of developments in NDM research, including: macro-cognition, cognitive task analysis, micro-macro relationships and alternative approaches.
A set of conference proceedings will be published and distributed at the conference. It will also be available electronically on CD. The best conference papers will be selected for further development and (subject to peer review) published in a special issue of the International Journal of Human Computer Interaction on Naturalistic Decision Making with Computers.
We are seeking contributions in the following areas:
- Long Papers of up to 5000 words, to be presented in 30 minute slots of 20 min presentation + 10 Q&A. We also anticipate that we will have a special session on 'target and commentary'. The target papers will be distributed to possible commentators who will write a commentary which will be given in advance of the conference to the authors of the target papers. This target and commentaries will form the basis of a special debate session at the conference.
- Posters will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract between 500 to 1000 words. Successful submissions should be turned into posters, in either A1 or A0 size, for the poster presentation. The abstract will be published in the conference proceedings.
- Lab and Organisation Overviews will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract between 500 to 1000 words, and will be presented as posters as well. Successful submissions should be turned into posters, in either A1 or A0 size, for the poster presentation. The abstract will be published in the conference proceedings.
- Panels: Contributions for panel sessions are also invited to address timely or controversial issues. Panels will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract between 500 to 1000 words, and the abstract will be published in the conference proceedings.
- Demonstrations: Contributions are also sought for demonstrations of software or special equipment. Short videos of the demonstrations of up to 2 minutes in duration will be published in the conference CD/DVD. The videos should be formatted for distribution over the internet, and in either .mov or .wav formats.
- Doctoral Consortium Contributions of up to 5000 words in the long paper format. Up to 12 PhD students who are at the end of Year 1 / starting Year 2 of their PhD will be sponsored to attend the conference, and present their papers at a special Doctoral Consortium session that will be led by a panel of 3-4 senior members of the community. Doctoral Consortium Contributions of up to 5000 words in the long paper format.
KEY DATES
Friday 31 Oct 2008: Deadline for Paper and Poster Submissions
Friday 19 Dec 2008: Notify authors of accept / reject decision
Friday 27 Feb 2009: Camera-ready Papers due
 Associated Link:
NDM London 2009
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