Games, play, embodiment and the Wii

London Knowledge Lab
Institute of Education, University of London
23-29 Emerald St. London WC1N 3QS
Thursday, 20th of May, 4 – 6 pm
Free to attend
RSVP to Diane Carr  d.carr@ioe.ac.uk

Games theorist Bart Simon (Concordia University) is visiting the UK during May. Bart’s current work involves researching and theorising aspects of bodies, gesture, play and the Wii. Andrew Burn and Jenn Sheridan from the IOE are part of a team working on an AHRC funded project, ‘Playgrounds’, which involves thinking about some of these same issues. At this informal event Andrew, Jenn and Bart will update us on their works-in-progress. There will be plenty of time for discussion and questions.  Read more on Call: Informal London event: Games, play, embodiment and the Wii…

Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability

Nottingham Trent University
26th and 27th October

Call for papers

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners working with interactive technologies to explore and innovate within the areas of Education, Health and Disability. We have a particular focus on the use of gaming hardware and software to implement accessible solutions, interaction design using new input/output devices and the increasing impact of ubiquitous computing on our everyday well being. Read more on Call: Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability…

European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010
the 28th Conference of the
European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
(EACE)
in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI
24-27 August 2010, Delft, The Netherlands.
(http://ecce2010.tudelft.nl/)

Caring technology for the future

Call for Participation – Papers, Posters and Doctoral Consortium

ECCE 2010 aims to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to exchange new ideas and practical experience in all areas of cognitive ergonomics. By presenting and discussing innovative research, ECCE 2010 participants will explore knowledge and research areas in cognitive ergonomics with the aim of developing and enhancing the relationship between cognitive sciences and technical information processing system developments. More details will be made available soon on the conference website.

SCOPE

The roles of cognitive ergonomics in the development of IT artefacts and complex systems have become more and more important and widespread. So far, theoretical, empirical, and practical aspects of cognitive ergonomics have been studied in various domains that make intensive use of IT. Recent trends of cognitive ergonomics indicate that human interaction with IT-based systems is increasingly complex and thus needs more sophisticated social, cognitive and affective support, and that diverse user groups should be considered from system requirements analysis and initial design stages, paying attention to personalization, care and complexity.

ECCE2010 conference theme is: caring technology for the future. Computer technology is increasingly being used in a care context, for example in healthcare centers, in the home, at work, but also in crisis situations. In these contexts, caring technology is developed to improve individuals’ mental and physical health or quality of live, to enhance persons’ resilience in critical situations and to support recover of undesirable states. The conference will explore new type of cognitive ergonomics issues in this area. Through this conference, it is envisaged that participants will report on inventions, or innovative ideas and concepts to study and develop cognitive ergonomics in future caring technology. Besides this focus, we also welcome the research works in all other areas of cognitive ergonomics. Read more on Call: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010: Caring technology for the future…

CALL FOR PAPERS

Second International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation (HuCom 2010 @ GDN)

June 21 – 24, 2010, Delft, The Netherlands

http://mmi.tudelft.nl/HuCom10/

IMPORTANT DATES:

• April 1, 2010: Paper Submissions Due
• April 16, 2010: Notification of paper acceptance/rejection
• May 1, 2010: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers
• June 21 – 24, 2010: Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation

PUBLICATION:

We are pleased to solicit original and unpublished papers for publication and presentation in the Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation. Articles describing novel ideas and applications in all areas related to human factors and computational models in negotiation are of interest. We also invite submissions of statements of interests or position papers. Read more on Call: Second International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation (HuCom 2010 @ GDN)…

Call for Proposals: Willow Grove PR2 Beta Program

Willow Garage invites proposals from research organizations interested in using the PR2 to accelerate robotics research, drive open source robotics development, and contribute to the open source robotics community. Approximately ten PR2s will be made available to research organizations that will make rigorous and creative use of the robot in existing or planned research projects. Read more on Call: Willow Garage to give away 10 PR2 open-source robots…