ETRA 2023 Workshops

With eye tracking becoming pervasive, researchers face fundamentally new challenges regarding privacy and ethics. However, these critical topics have received little attention in the eye tracking community so far. An active discussion about ethical and social implications as well as issues of data privacy is important for the further development of pervasive eye tracking technology and its acceptance in society.

Organizers:: Mayar Elfares, Céline Gressel, Murat Karaboga, Helmut Lurtz, Rebekah Overdorf, Michael Raschke, Andreas Bulling

The main aim of the Eyes4ICU workshop is to explore and push forward boundaries of gaze-based interaction, communication, and user understanding. Although gaze-based interaction has been used in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) for a decade, the recent advances in eye tracking method and technology combined with AI are striving for new interaction paradigms. Eyes4ICU workshop will gather interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners in machine learning, psychology, neuroscience, and application fields to advance eye tracking methods, eye movements models, and gaze-based interactive applications. As a result the Eyes4ICU workshop will advance gaze-based communication and interaction research essential for designing universal, inclusive intelligent technologies for human-computer interactions.

Organizers:: Anke Huckauf, Roman Bednarik, Maria Bielikova, Andreas Bulling, Dan Witzner Hansen, Peter Kiefer, Izabela Krejtz, Robert Moro, Krzysztof Krejtz

The first applications of eye tracking and eye-based human-computer interfaces mainly concentrated on making use of the eyes in traditional desktop settings. However, this changed in the last decade with a growth of interest in smart eyewear. With recent advances in low-cost mobile eye trackers, gaze-based techniques for mobile computing have become increasingly important. PETMEI 2023 focuses on the pervasive eye tracking paradigm as a trailblazer for mobile eye-based interaction and eye-based context-awareness. We want to stimulate and explore the creativity of these communities with respect to the implications, key research challenges, and new applications for pervasive eye tracking in ubiquitous computing. The long-term goal is to create a strong interdisciplinary research community linking these fields together and to establish the workshop as the premier forum for research on pervasive eye tracking.

Organizers:: Yao Wang, Ludwig Sidenmark, Teresa Hirzle, Yue Jiang, Andreas Bulling

Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking. Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking. Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction research. One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or accompanying physiological sensor recordings. Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes. To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization. All together eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization.

Organizers:: Michael Burch, Günther Waller, Maurice Koch, Kun-Ting Chen

The study of eye gaze data has great potential for research in com puter programming and computing education, as well as for software engineering practice. The Eleventh International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP 2023) will again focus on advancing the methodological, theoretical, and applied aspects of eye movements in programming. The goal of the workshop is to further develop the methodology of using eye gaze tracking for programming, both theoretically and in applications. The question what gaze behavior can tell us about cognitive processes during programming is profoundly related to the role of human factors involved in programming.

Organizers:: Teresa Busjahn, Florian Hauser, Jürgen Mottok, Norman Peitek

With its duality of being an active input technology and a passive sensor, eye tracking provides unique opportunities for education and learning. Actively, the technology can serve as an input strategy for interactive learning environments. Passively, it can be applied to observe learning states and gain a better understanding of learners' cognitive processes. Given its scalability, it can, or instance, help to improve collaborative learning, e.g., by establishing connections between learners during online lectures. Teachers or lecturers can also gain feedback about their learning material by analyzing students' eye gazes. However, many open challenges remain for the application of mobile eye tracking in learning and educational scenarios, including technical constraints and privacy concerns. This workshop specifically targets researchers and practitioners who are interested in using eye tracking in education and learning. This includes researchers from all areas of psychology, human-computer interaction, computer science, eye tracking methodology, and other related fields.

Organizers:: Marian Sauter, Tobias Appel, Michael Burch, Teresa Hirzle

The Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN) Association is a network of excellence that integrates cutting-edge expertise on interface technologies for the benefit of users with and without disabilities. Through the integration of research activities such as this yearly symposium, the network aims to develop new technologies and systems, improve existing gaze-based interaction techniques, and facilitate the implementation of systems for everyday communication. COGAIN has a long history: founded in 2008 on the back of the COGAIN project – a network of excellence supported by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies (IST) 6th framework program, that ran between 2004 and 2009 – the COGAIN Association aims to promote research and development in the field of gaze-based interaction in computer-aided communication and control.

Organizers:: Augusto Esteves, Joshua Newn, Minoru Nakayama, Christopher Clarke

This workshop offers a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted dimensions of diversity and fairness in eye tracking research, emphasizing the critical value of inclusivity and equitable representation. We will delve into the latest advancements in eye tracking techniques that ensure the inclusion of diverse individuals, such as people from different ethnicities, age groups, and cultural backgrounds. Fair deployment of eye tracking algorithms should involve ethical considerations, such as safeguarding privacy, and maintaining transparency about the purpose and use of collected data. In this interactive workshop, we will foster a safe and inclusive environment where participants are encouraged to freely express their thoughts and perspectives beyond the topics mentioned above. Discussion allows for the exchange of ideas, the exploration of different viewpoints, and the generation of innovative concepts. Together, we can cultivate an inclusive workplace that harnesses the power of diversity in an increasingly interconnected eye tracking research community!

Organizers: Yao Rong, Nora Castner