Human Centered Computing (HCC) is an emerging field that aims 
at bridging the existing gaps between the various disciplines
involved with the design and implementation of computing systems 
that support people's activities. HCC aims at tightly integrating
human sciences (e.g. social and cognitive) and computer science 
(e.g. human-computer interaction (HCI), signal processing,
machine learning, and computer vision) for the design of computing 
systems with a human focus from beginning to end.
This focus should consider the personal, social, and cultural contexts 
in which such systems are deployed.
In this presentation, I discuss the existing challenges in HCC and 
describe what I consider to be the three main areas of interest: 
media production, analysis (especially retrieval issues), and 
interaction. In addition, I will identify the 
core characteristics of HCC, describe example applications, 
and propose a research agenda for HCC.