CHI Logo CHI 98: Advance Program
April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA

Exhibits

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Additional activities for attendees

The Exhibits provide an opportunity for conference attendees to learn about a broad spectrum of HCI offerings featuring the latest in HCI-oriented products and services from commercial vendors, institutions and publishers. Visit the Exhibits area for opportunities to meet technical representatives from exhibiting companies and to learn about a broad spectrum of new products.

Exhibit hours are:

Tuesday                 10:00 am to  6:00 pm
  Highlight on Exhibits 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Wednesday                8:30 am to  6:00 pm
Thursday                 8:30 am to  4:00 pm

Exhibitors (as of 2 April)

Links are to exhibitor web sites.

Academic Press
Come visit Academic Press/AP Professional! Browse our excellent selection of books in the HCI area, and take advantage of our meeting discounts!

ACM
ACM, the First Society in Computing, sponsors the CHI 98 conference. Visit the ACM both where ACM's world-class journals and magazines will be on display. Information about ACM's dynamic special interest groups, "main event" conferences, tutorials, workshops and special interest groups will also be available.

Addison Wesley Longman
 

Applied Science Laboratories
Full range of equipment to measure eye movement and pupil dynamics. Can generate data or create a video tape showing precisely where on a computer display a person is looking.

ErgoLight Usability Software
A software package used by experts in usability testing, to automatically collect and analyze data on instances of difficulty in operating a Windows application.

Haptic Technologies, Inc.
Haptic Technologies, Inc., will be demonstrating the Haptic Development Package, a complete software and hardware solution which enhances the desktop computer environment with the sense of touch.

The Hiser Group
The Hiser Group supplies user centred design consulting to multinational organizations. The Hiser Element Toolkit enables organizations to incorporate our techniques into their development process. Visit our booth for CHI specials.

Human Factors International, Inc.
Human Factors International, Inc. offers full spectrum support in software usability. We provide consulting and training in GUI/Web design, standards, usability testing and quick expert reviews.

IBM
Featured are demonstrations of new technicques and interfaces by the researchers and engineers who built them. Human Factors professionals, designers and consultants will be available to discuss career opportunities.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
John Wiley & Sons is a global publisher of print and electronic products. Stop by the booth to see our wide range of computer books, software and journals.

ITU Research, Inc.
ITU Research provides a totally new kind of 6 DOF input device: Touch Cube, the first desktop input device that permits multiple finger gesture based commands in 3D environments.

The KOHL Group
The KOHL Group is a Human Factors consulting firm established in 1984. Members of our staff will be available at our booth to discuss our capabilities and job opportunities.

The MIT Press
The MIT Press publishes a range of books relating to Computer Human Interaction. Highlights include Kyng and Mathiassens' Computers in Context, and Carroll's Minimalism Beyond Nurnberg Funnel.

Microsoft Usability
Microsoft Corporation will display hands-on demonstrations of some of their latest product releases and will have individuals from areas including Product Design, User Interface Design and Usability available to discuss career opportunities.

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers has key titles in HCI such as Maybury/Wahlster: Readings in Intelligent User Interfaces, Olsen: Developing User Interfaces and Beyer/Holtzblatt: Contextual Design. Please visit us.

Nokia
Nokia is a leading international telecommunications company focused on the key growth areas of wireline and wireless telecommunications. Nokia is a pioneer in digital technology and wireless data communications, continuously bringing innovations to the highly competitive and growing telecommunications.

Noldus Information Technology, Inc.
Noldus Information Technology offers computer software and integrated systems for recording and analysis of interactions. The Observer is a comprehensive package for data collection, analysis and management from live observation or video.

Nortel
Nortel's Corporate Design Group will show innovative product concepts, ranging from personal communications devices to network management applications. These illustrate our guiding principles:
  • Conspicuous customer value
  • Self-evidence
  • Profound simplicity

Nova Solutions, Inc.
Computer support furniture where the monitor is placed below the work-surface.

Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall is proud to highlight the Second Edition of the best selling book, Human Computer Interaction by Dix/Beale/Abowd/Finley, as well as the innovative new book by Finlan Culwin, Java GUI Programmer's Primer. Please stop by to see our many other quality text and reference titles on everything from Software Engineering to Web Page Design.

Rand
The Health Plan Decision Helper makes it simple for consumers to compare health plans. This easily customized Web-based application features an animated host, cool graphics and individualized decision support.

Springer-Verlag
We're a worldwide publishing company, offering a 20% CHI discount. Stop by our booth for titles in human-computer interaction, ergonomics, speech, vision, color theory, programming, graphics and more. Also pick up free copies of the journals "HCI Letters" and "Virtual Reality." And talk to an editor about publishing your book!

Sun Microsystems
Visit Sun's booth to see how good design and attention to usability lead to great products! Preview new design directions! Learn about the CHI community at Sun!

Taylor & Francis/Lawrence Erlbaum
Taylor & Francis is an international publisher and distributor of scientific, technical and professional books and journals. Please stop by our booth to view a demo of our new Ergonomics Abstracts on CD-ROM.

Trilogy
Trilogy HCI's innovative approaches help to bring commerce solutions to Fortune 500 customers in several major industries. Meet the team and explore the opportunities at the next great software company.

Usability Systems, Inc.
Come by our booth for a demo of Usabilityware. For over 10 years specializing in usability industry tools, usable stationary and portable lab systems, logging software and more.

UserWorks, Inc.
User interface design and evaluation services, portable usability lab sales and rentals, in-house lab and focus group room rentals. A Lab-in-Bag and ObServant data logging software will be on display.

Virtual Technologies, Inc.
 



April 2, 1998
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