Physiological computing

Abstract

Applications involving the measurement of human physiological responses to environment are becoming increasingly popular in HCI. This is due in part to the increasing availability of low-cost, high-specification sensing technologies. Areas such HCI evaluation, affective computing and biofeedback-based brain-computer interaction are all benefiting from the rich data source physiological sensing technologies make available. However, guidelines on the gathering and analysis of these measurements are virtually non-existent, which makes it difficult for new researchers to practise in this area. This timely workshop will bring together both practising and potential researchers using this method to gather knowledge on the techniques, technologies and applications of physiological computing.