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UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) is the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of human-computer interfaces. Sponsored by ACM's special interest groups on computer-human interaction (SIGCHI) and computer graphics (SIGGRAPH), UIST brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse areas that include traditional graphical & web user interfaces, tangible & ubiquitous computing, virtual & augmented reality, multimedia, new input & output devices, and CSCW.

How can physical work, play, and living spaces be enhanced through digital information systems? How can the long biological experience of humans in manipulating physical objects be exploited as an interface to information systems? Researchers propose that contemporary models that focus on the computer as a separate appliance will seem like an anachronism in the digitally enhanced future. Sensing, computing, and communication functions will become invisible and integrated into the manufacture of many objects and the architectural arrangements of spaces. UC can also be defined as an art of technology transparency or tangible computing. In the words of Bill Buxton (1998): "Rather than turning inward to an artificial world, ubiquitous media encourages us to look outward. It expands our perception and interaction in the physical world."

GroupLab, led by Dr. Saul Greenberg, comprises faculty, students and visiting researchers with interests in Human Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Within Human Computer Interaction (HCI), we investigate a broad range of activities. These include tangible computing, domestic computing, and ubiquitous computing. We also investigate nuances of evaluation methodologies. Within Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), we are particularly interested in supporting co-located and geographically distributed small teams. We concentrate on the design and evaluation of technology to support people's effortless movement across their many styles of collaboration: across time; across place; between casual and formal interactions; and between individual and group work.

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