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Since a number of years it became apparened that many PhD students in computer science and especially in human computer interaction work on topics related to user interfaces in the car. We think it is a good idea to forster a community in this area and hence we run the 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2009) in Essen, Germany. The conference is in the week after Mobile HCI and takes place Mon/Tue 21 – 22 September 2009.
Submission deadline: 02 June 2009
creating a community in „user interfaces in the car“ is an very good idea.
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