by Erwin Schoitsch

The annual ERCIM/EWICS DECOS Dependable Cyber-physical Systems Workshop (formerly “Dependable Embedded Systems Workshop”), in conjunction with SAFECOMP 2011, was held in Naples, Italy on 22 September 2011. The workshop was organized by the ERCIM Dependable Embedded Systems Working Group, together with EWICS TC7 (European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems Technical Committee 7) and the DECOS Interest Group (DIG)(Dependable Embedded Components and Systems, an IP in FP6).

by Constantine Stephanidis

HCI International 2011, the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, was held in Orlando, FL, USA, 9-14 July 2011.

This year, HCI International and the affiliated Conferences explored a wide variety of new hot topics which reflect and contribute to a paradigm shift towards ubiquitous interaction, intelligent environments and interactive technologies supporting virtually any aspect of human life and activities in a global and social perspective.