Abstract

The eighth edition of the HCI SI conference, organised by the research community in the field of HumanComputer Interaction Slovenia and the ACM SIGCHI Chapter Bled, took place at the University of Maribor on January 26 2024. Elisabeth Lex from Graz University of Technology delivered the keynote address, while a total of seven research papers and four posters were presented. Dne 26. januarja 2024 je na Univerzi v Mariboru potekala osma konferenca HCI SI, ki so jo organizirali skupnost raziskovalcev na področju interakcije človek-računalnik v Sloveniji in ACM SIGCHI Chapter Bled. Glavno predavanje je imela Elisabeth Lex z Tehnične univerze v Gradcu, medtem ko so avtorji predstavili skupaj sedem raziskovalnih člankov in štiri plakate.

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1. Introduction

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2. Presented research

A total of seven research papers and four posters were presented at the conference.

Papers:

• Filip Sprostan, Matjaž Kljun and Klen Čopič Pucihar – Manipulating and augmenting digital content through physical counterpart • Gregor Grbec, Nino Bašić and Marko Tkalcic – Ranking Footballers with Multilevel

Modeling

• Karolina Trajkovska, Maheshya Weearsinghe, Klen Čopič Pucihar and Matjaž Kljun –

Name and Face Recall Cognitive Failure: Presenting a Short Literature Review and System

Design

• Kristina Stojmenova Pečečnik, Marko Kofol and Jaka Sodnik – Method for Inferential

Continuous Assessment of Driver’s Situational Awareness

• Matic Klopčič and Kristina Stojmenova Pečečnik – Accurate proximity sensor for parking assistance • Nikola Kovačević, Jordan Aiko Deja, Maheshya Weerasinghe, Klen Čopič Pucihar and

Matjaž Kljun – Retzzles: Do Jigsaw Puzzle Actions on Interactive Display Maps Increase

the Retention of Map Information? • Nuwan Attygalle, Una Vuletic, Matjaž Kljun and Klen Pucihar – Towards Hand Gesture

Recognition Prototype Using the IWR6843ISK Radar Sensor and Leap Motion

• Špela Bricman and Ines Kožuh – User Experience and Interface Design for a Digital Pet

Adoption Platform

Posters:

• Aleksandr Shishkov and Simon Kolmanič – Progressive Education: Augmented Reality

Visualization of Human Anatomy on HoloLens 2

• Anastasiia Dziuba and Uroš Sergaš – Cross-country analysis on connection between

Financial Lifestyle and Happiness

• Jordan Aiko Deja, Sandi Štor, Ilonka Pucihar, Klen Čopič Pucihar and Matjaž Kljun –

Teach Me How to ImproVISe: Co-Designing an Augmented Piano Training System for

Improvisation

3. Keynote Speaker Biography

Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Lex is a tenured associate professor at Graz University of Technology (TUG) and PI of the Recommender Systems and Social Computing Lab at TUG. She is a dean of study for the master’s program Computational Social Systems. Her areas of expertise include (psychology-informed) recommender systems, user modelling, behavioural analytics, information retrieval, machine learning, data science, and web mining. Elisabeth Lex received her Ph.D. in computer science from Graz University of Technology in 2011. After completing the Ph.D. program, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Universidad National de San Luis, Argentina, and RWTH Aachen, Germany. She has worked on several projects founded by the EU and Austria and has published more than 100 scientific publications in venues such as WebConf, HT, RecSys, UMAP, ECIR, ISMIR, as well as in journals such as Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval, UMUAI, EPJ Data Science, Frontiers in AI, Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), or the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Elisabeth regularly gives invited talks about her research and acts as Senior PC member, PC member, co-organiser, track chair, and co-track chair at venues such as WebConf, IUI, RecSys, UMAP, Web Science, or HT. More information is available on https://elisabethlex.info/.

4. Organisation

Conference Chairs

• Simon Kolmanič, University of Maribor, Slovenia • Matjaž Kljun, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Klen Čopič Pucihar, University of Primorska, Slovenia & Faculty of Information Sciences,

Novo mesto, Slovenia

Program Chairs

Web Chairs

Proceedings Chairs

Local Organiser • Nuwan Attygalle, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Uroš Sergaš, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Elham Motamedi, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Arsen Matej Golubvijk, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Waqas Ali, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Simon Kolmanič. University of Maribor

Program Committee

• Grega Jakus, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Jaka Sodnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Jordan Aiko Deja, University of Primorska, Slovenia & De La Salle University, Philippines • Klen Čopič Pucihar, University of Primorska, Slovenia & Faculty of Information Sciences,

Novo mesto, Slovenia & Stellenbosch University, South Africa • Kristina Stojmenova, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Luka Čehovin Zajc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Matevž Pesek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Matjaž Kljun, University of Primorska, Slovenia & Stellenbosch University, South Africa • Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Niko Lukac, University of Maribor, Slovenia • Nuwan T Attygalle, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Uroš Sergaš, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Vida Groznik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Waqas Ali, University of Primorska, Slovenia

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