Craig Anslow is a Senior Research Fellow at Middlesex University, London, UK. Craig is an organizer of the workshop on Collaboration Meets Interactive Surfaces (CMIS): Walls, Tabletops, Mobiles, and Wearables co-located at the ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS). Craig's research interests include collaborative information visualization, visual analytics applications, multi-surface environments, emergency management, criminal intelligence, and software engineering. Craig has published at international conferences notably ITS, British HCI, VISSOFT, VL/HCC, SIGCSE, and SPLASH. Craig received a PhD in Software Engineering from the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2013.

Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I: Devices and Techniques for Collaboration through Interactive Surfaces.- Tabletop 3D Object Manipulation with Touch and Tangibles.- Spontaneous Gesture Production Patterns on Multi-Touch Interactive Surfaces.- Content Sharing Between Spatially-Aware Mobile Phones and Large Vertical Displays Supporting Collaborative Work.- Interactive Exploration of Three-Dimensional Scientific Visualizations on Large Display Surfaces.-  CubIT: Design and Evaluation of a Collaboration-Tool for Large Interactive Wall Surfaces.-  Shared Facades: Surface-Embedded Layout Management for Ad Hoc Collaboration using Head-Worn Displays.- Is it in your Eyes? Explorations in using Gaze Cues for Remote Collaboration.- Part II:  Case Studies and Applications.- Usage of Interactive Event Timelines in Collaborative Digital Tabletops Involving Automation.-  Activity-Based Collaboration for Interactive Spaces.- Remote Proxemics.- CollaborativeBusiness Process Modeling in Multi-Surface Environments.- Interactive Digital Cardwalls for Agile Software Development.- Collaborative Interaction with Geospatial Data: A Comparison of Paper Maps, Desktop GIS and Interactive Tabletops.- Envisioning the Emergency Operations Centre of the Future.- Security in User Interfaces Distributed Amongst Dynamic Sets of Devices and Users.- Surface Applications for Security Analysis.- Collaboration Around an Interactive Tabletop in Rehabilitation Settings.- Visual to Non-Visual Collaboration on a Dynamic Tactile Graphics Display.-  Rich Digital Collaborations in a Small Rural Community.

This edited volume brings together researchers from around the world who investigate interactive surfaces and interaction techniques within large displays, wearable devices, software development, security and emergency management.  Providing both theory and practical case studies, the authors look at current developments and challenges into 3D visualization, large surfaces, the interplay of mobile phone devices and large displays, wearable systems and head mounted displays (HMD'S), remote proxemics and interactive wall displays and how these can be employed throughout the home and work spaces.

Collaboration Meets Interactive Spaces is both for researchers and industry practitioners, providing readers with a coherent narrative into the current state-of-the-art within interactive surfaces and pervasive display technology, providing necessary tools and techniques as interactive media increasingly permeates everyday contexts.