Kari-Jouko Räihä http://www.cs.uta.fi/hci/ WP 8: Training Kari-Jouko Räihä http://www.cs.uta.fi/hci/ COGAIN Kick-Off 5.-6.9.2004 Tampere, Finland

Objectives Share knowledge on eye tracking principles, applications and equipment Disseminate the knowledge and research results from COGAIN fast and efficiently for end users, general public, developers and researchers

Tasks 1/2 T8.1 Tutorials on gaze-based interaction Targeted at researchers Contents will be developed on the basis of existing modules T8.2 User training in gaze communication Tutoring material applicable for both guided and self-study learning of the gaze communication tools will be developed and offered to the users

Tasks 2/2 T8.3 Scientific conferences T8.4 Educational programme COGAIN partners will actively participate in conferences The research results will be published in scientific conferences and journals T8.4 Educational programme Undergraduate courses will be catalogued A master’s programme will be planned and promoted Eventually a joint, multidisciplinary European Ph.D. programme in Gaze Interaction will be developed

Deliverables D8.1 Tutorials ready to be offered to major conferences and COGAIN Camp (Month 6 – February 2005)

Milestones M8.1 COGAIN Camp training (both for users and for researchers) (Month 12 – by August 2005) M8.2 Active promotion of joint educational possibilities (Month 18 – February 2006)

Measurable Indicators Indicator Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Courses and 1 2 3 3 3 tutorials offered Jointly organised special sessions and 2 4 4 4 4 open workshops Number of students involved in joint 4 8 15 20 25 educational programs White papers and manuscripts 5 8 10 10 10 peer reviewed Number of jointly written publications 0 1 3 5 7

Current Status First tutorial available Special sessions organised NordiCHI 2004, Tampere, October 2004: Gaze-Based Human-Computer Interaction (Räihä, Hyrskykari, Majaranta) Special sessions organised IST Conference, Den Haag, November 2004: Networking session proposed (Hansen + other partners) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI), Las Vegas, July 2005: Communication by gaze interaction - from AAC to mainstream HCI (Hansen + other partners contributing) Dagstuhl Seminar, Schloss Dagstuhl, September 2005: Efficient Text Entry (Harbusch + Räihä contributing)

Estimated Involvement (first 18 months) Partner Months UTA 4 RISOE 0,5 DTU 1 TU-DRESDEN 1 UNI KO-LD 0,3 POLITO 1 SU 1 Tobii 0,5 UOD 1 DMU 0,3

To Do Keep us informed of tutorials, workshops, seminars, publications Use the network for peer reviewing publications Collecting a catalog of undergraduate courses offered will start soon Once the catalog exists, new Erasmus contracts to be signed to enable participation in courses

Discussion Comments, ideas? Contact person for this WP: Päivi Majaranta Email address: wp8@cogain.org