Acm International Conference On Tangible Embedded And Embodied Interaction

ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI)

Conference positioning

ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI) is a top computer-science conference venue for tangible interfaces, embodied interaction, fabrication, materials, sensors, and experiential design. It rewards a tangible-interaction paper where the physical artifact and interaction evidence are inseparable. Treat this skill as a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool for conference submission strategy, not as a substitute for the current year's CFP, author kit, ethics policy, or submission portal.

Because CS conferences change deadlines, templates, page limits, review workflow, artifact rules, AI-use policy, and rebuttal formats every cycle, always verify the live official instructions before making a submission-ready recommendation. Start from the official source anchor recorded for this venue in ../../resources/conference-roster.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md.

When to trigger

• The author names TEI / ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction as the target venue.
• A manuscript in tangible interfaces needs a conference-fit read before being formatted or submitted.
• The paper must be re-framed from journal style or arXiv style into a selective CS conference narrative.
• The author needs an evidence-gap, anonymity, artifact, rebuttal, or re-routing diagnosis for this venue.

Scope & topic fit

• Core fit: tangible interfaces, embodied interaction, fabrication, materials, sensors, and experiential design.
• Best submissions make a precise contribution type visible: algorithm, theorem, system, dataset, benchmark, empirical finding, design artifact, tool, or socio-technical analysis.
• The paper should explain why the result matters to TEI's reviewers, not just why it is interesting to the authors' lab or product context.
• Position related work against the most recent conference-cycle papers in this venue and its closest siblings; stale comparisons are a common early-review weakness.
• If the contribution is interdisciplinary, state which part is CS research and which part is domain evidence.

Venue-specific calibration

• Reviewer lens: Treat TEI as a tangible interaction venue whose reviewers expect the scope and evidence to match its own community. Do not submit a generic CS paper until the introduction names the exact subcommunity, contribution type, and proof or empirical standard.
• Contribution hook to foreground: the venue-specific contribution bar.
• Scope vocabulary to use naturally in the abstract and introduction: tangible interfaces, embodied interaction, fabrication, materials, sensors, and experiential design.
• Distinctive fingerprint for reviewer calibration: tangible, interfaces, embodied, interaction, fabrication, materials, sensors, experiential, design, venue-specific, contribution.
• Official anchor domain: tei.acm.org. Quote annual rules only after opening that source and the current-year CFP/author kit.

Close-neighbor routing guardrail

• Use this profile only when the manuscript's central contribution is genuinely in tangible interaction and the author can say why TEI reviewers are the primary audience, not merely a convenient deadline.
• Closest roster neighbors to compare before final routing: acm-international-joint-conference- on-pervasive-and-ubiquitous-computing (UbiComp), acm-international-conference-on-mobile- human-computer-interaction (MobileHCI), acm-sigaccess-conference-on-computers-and- accessibility (ASSETS), acm-symposium-on-virtual-reality-software-and-technology (VRST).