Call for Participants
                   
Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Security Systems
part of CHI2003, April 5-10, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Organizers:
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Andrew Patrick, National Research Council of Canada, Andrew.Patrick@nrc.gc.ca 
A Chris Long, Carnegie Mellon University, chrislong@acm.org 
Scott Flinn, National Research Council of Canada, Scott.Flinn@nrc.gc.ca 

Important Dates:
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Position Papers Due: January 17, 2003
Notification of Acceptance or Rejection: February 7, 2003
Workshop Date: April 6, 2003  

Description:
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The human factor is often described as the weakest part of a security system and 
users are often described as the weakest link in the security chain. This 
workshop will seek to understand the roles and demands placed on users of 
security systems, and explore design solutions that can assist in making 
security systems usable and effective. In addition to examining end-users, this 
workshop will also examine the issues faced by security system developers and 
operators. The primary motivation for the workshop is that previous research on 
HCI and Security (HCISEC) has been scattered in different conferences and 
journals, and information sharing has been difficult. The goal of the workshop 
is to build a network of interested people, share research activities and 
results, discuss high priority areas for research and development, and explore 
opportunities for collaboration.

Security is a large topic so there are many areas where HCI is important. Three 
obvious areas of interest are authentication (passwords, biometrics, etc.), 
security operations (intrusion detection, vigilance, policies and practices, 
etc.), and developing secure systems (developing for security, understanding 
users, installation and operation support, etc.). We are interested in receiving 
submissions on these topics, and suggestions of other possible topic areas are 
also welcome.

Contributions should be in the CHI 2003 Extended Abstracts style, 2 to 4 pages 
long. Participants will be selected based on the contribution to the goals of 
the workshop, the shared interests of the other participants, and likelihood to 
promote discussion and collaboration.

Contact Information:
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The workshop homepage is located at 
http://www.iit.nrc.ca/~patricka/CHI2003/HCISEC/index.html

Please send inquiries and submissions to Andrew Patrick, 
Andrew.Patrick@nrc.gc.ca



FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP (subject to change)

Participation Solicitation and Selection:
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The goal is to bring together researchers and practitioners to facilitate 
information sharing and collaboration. We will solicit participation from people 
known to be interested in the HCISEC field, and advertise more widely (e.g., the 
Development Consortium, various security fora). Papers will be selected by the 
workshop organizers based on the contribution to the goals of the workshop, the 
shared interests of the other participants, promoting diversity and variety in 
topics and approaches, and likelihood to promote discussion and collaboration. 

Method of Interaction:
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This workshop will include brief paper presentations, group discussion about the 
papers to identify key points, breakout sessions, reports from breakout groups, 
and a final group discussion and follow-up planning session. A summary of the 
workshop will be prepared as a poster for display during the conference. 
Participants will also have the option of a group dinner at the end of the day 
to encourage further networking and discussion. 

Schedule for the Workshop:
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9.00-9.15	Introduction and context setting by organizers
9.15-10.15	Introductions, statements of interests, and presentations by attendees 
          	(time will be adjusted according to number of attendees)
10.15-10.30	Coffee Break
10.30-11.30	More presentations
11.30-12.30	Discussion of presentations, themes, shared interests
12.30-13.30	Lunch
13.30-13.45	Summarize morning discussions, organize breakout groups
13.45-15.00	Breakout group discussions (topics to be based on themes identified earlier)
15.00-15.45	Breakout group summaries
15.45-16.00	Coffee break
16.00-17.00	Summary, compose poster and report, decide on follow-up opportunities
17.00-17.30	Wrap up and leave.
18:30-22:00	Group dinner