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Call: 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014)

Call for Papers and Participation

The 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014)

May 19-23, 2014
The Commons Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP (Pending)

(Extended Paper Submission Deadline:  January 14, 2014)
http://cts2014.cisedu.info  or  http://cisedu.us/rp/cts14

INVITATION:
You are cordially invited to participate in and attend the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems to be held May 19-23, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.  Participation is extended to researchers, designers, educators and interested parties in all CTS disciplines and specialties.

PURPOSE:
The Conference will include invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research in collaboration technologies, collaboration systems, the Internet of things, people social networks and media, virtual worlds, services computing, social clouds, and related issues. … read more. “Call: 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014)”

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London’s fireworks will be multi-sensory, available via augmented reality app

[From Slate’s design blog The Eye, where the post includes more pictures; follow the links for more information, including pictures and video.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy, safe, productive, and otherwise very wonderful 2014 to everyone in the presence and ISPR community! ]

London fireworks AR app

The First-Ever Fireworks Show You Can Taste and Smell

By Kristin Hohenadel
Dec. 27 2013 3

It’s that time of year when every major city in the world vies to outdo the competition with an over-the-top fireworks display. This year Dubai is trying to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest fireworks show on the planet. Not to be outdone, the mayor of London is planning to offer up the world’s first multisensory fireworks display that promises not to just be a feast for the eyes and ears but the nose and mouth as well.… read more. “London’s fireworks will be multi-sensory, available via augmented reality app”

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Call: SEARIS 2014: Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems

Call for Papers

SEARIS 2014 7th Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems
30th of March in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
In conjunction with IEEE Virtual Reality 2014

Deadlines and Dates:

January 10, 2014:  Abstract submission
January 24, 2014:  Short/long paper submission
February 10, 2014:  Notification of acceptance
February 21, 2014:  Camera-ready versions
March 30, 2014:  Workshop (please check http://www.searis.net for updates)

Description:

SEARIS provides a forum for researchers and practitioners working on the design, development, and support of realtime interactive systems (RIS). These systems span from Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) environments to novel Human-Computer Interaction systems (such as multimodal or multitouch architectures) and entertainment applications in general. Their common principle is a strong user centric orientation which requires real-time processing of simulation aspects as well as input/output events according to perceptual constraints.… read more. “Call: SEARIS 2014: Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems”

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Remote surgery via Google Glass and VIPAAR (Virtual Interactive Presence in Augmented Reality)

[From the UAB News, where the story includes a 2:50 minute video; a report that includes a 1:57 minute video is also available from CBS News]

Google Glass remote surgery

UAB does virtual surgery with VIPAAR and Google Glass

By Bob Shepard
October 29, 2013

A University of Alabama at Birmingham surgical team has performed one of the first surgeries using a virtual augmented reality technology from VIPAAR in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The combination of the two technologies could be an important step toward the development of useful, practical telemedicine.… read more. “Remote surgery via Google Glass and VIPAAR (Virtual Interactive Presence in Augmented Reality)”

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Call: MobileHCI 2014 – 16th International Conference on HCI with Mobile Devices and Services

Call for Participation

MobileHCI 2014
September 23-26, 2014
Toronto, Canada

http://mobilehci.acm.org/2014/

The 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI) is the premier forum for innovations in mobile, portable and personal devices and with the services to which they enable access. MobileHCI brings together people from diverse areas which provides a multidisciplinary forum for academics, hardware and software developers, designers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with and through mobile devices, applications, and services. MobileHCI maintains a small number of tracks along with a wide range of other program aspects to encourage the exchange of research results, ideas and future research endeavours.… read more. “Call: MobileHCI 2014 – 16th International Conference on HCI with Mobile Devices and Services”

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Spike Jonze’s film ‘Her’ and new forms of (sexual) interaction

[From The New York Times; for more on the film “Her,” which is earning high praise from critics, see the official web site, a detailed background article in Vulture, and “8 futuristic tech predictions from Spike Jonze’s new film ‘Her’” in Digital Trends. For more on the topic, see “Telepresence and Sexuality: A Review and a Call to Scholars” in Human Technology.]

Joaquin Phoenix in Her

[Image: Joaquin Phoenix, as Theodore in “Her,” a love story about a man and a computer-operating system]

‘Interactive’ Gets a New Meaning

By Alex Hawgood
December 24, 2013

It may be the most memorable sex scene of the season.

In “Her,” the near-future romance film written and directed by Spike Jonze, there is an awkwardly remarkable moment in which the lead character, Theodore (played by Joaquin Phoenix), has an intimate encounter with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson) after returning home inebriated from a failed blind date with another woman.… read more. “Spike Jonze’s film ‘Her’ and new forms of (sexual) interaction”

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Call: AISB 2014 Symposium: Machine Learning, Expressive Movement, Interaction Design, Creative Applications

Call for Participation, AISB 2014 Symposium:
Machine Learning, Expressive Movement, Interaction Design, Creative Applications

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) 2014 Convention
Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
1st – 4th April 2014

Symposium dates: 1 and 2 April 2014

Workshop website:
http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas02mg/GestureWorkshop/?page_id=15

Submission deadline: 21st January 2014

OVERVIEW

Machine Learning (ML) is a set of techniques widely used for data analysis and understanding of complex phenomena. A subset of ML methods that are real time or that look at continuous data have been designed to carry out a wide variety of tasks such as gesture recognition, movement prediction, gesture spotting, animation, social signal processing, style generation. These in turn can be applied in diverse areas including novel human computer interaction methods, human robot interaction, musical performance, digital arts and entertainment. All of these application areas involve specific constraints in the design of ML methods, regarding movement complexity (e.g.… read more. “Call: AISB 2014 Symposium: Machine Learning, Expressive Movement, Interaction Design, Creative Applications”

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Robot scientist pushes limits of virtual reality

[From the Korea Herald]

You Burm-jae

[Image: You Bum-jae, director of the Center of Human-Centered Interaction for Coexistence at KIST, and humanoid robot Mahru. (KIST]

Robot scientist pushes limits of virtual reality

Developer of Mahru calls for efforts to inspire students in science, promote innovative technologies

Published : 2013-12-25
By Oh Kyu-wook

In a remote hospital, a patient waits in bed for an operation. Standing bedside is not a surgeon but a human-faced machine, equipped with three-dimensional cameras, high-precision sensors and ultra-tiny instruments.

A large screen projects the face of a doctor, who controls the procedure through the robotic surgeon to check on the patient’s condition in real time using the latest telepresence technologies.

The virtual operation, already in use in some parts of the world, is only a part of changes that robotics scientist You Bum-jae projects cognitive, human-mimicking and network-based machines can bring to daily life.… read more. “Robot scientist pushes limits of virtual reality”

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Call: multi.player 2 – International conference on the social aspects of digital gaming

multi.player 2
Compete – Cooperate – Communicate

International conference on the social aspects of digital gaming

Date: Thursday, 14. August – Friday, 15. August 2014

Venue: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster, Germany

Jointly organized by:

  • ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) Working Group “Digital Games Research”
  • ERC (European Research Council) research group “The social fabric of virtual life” at the University Münster

In the last decade, there has been an increase in ‘social’ multiplayer gaming activities, including rises in co-located gaming and online gaming. This increase in multiplayer gaming has led to a range of new research evaluating the sociality of virtual worlds, massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs), multiplayer shooters, e-sports, and cooperation in party oriented console gaming. However, despite the growth in the field over the few years, many aspects of social gaming still remain largely unexplored.

Building from the topics of discussion generated at multi.player… read more. “Call: multi.player 2 – International conference on the social aspects of digital gaming”

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The televised yule log, past and present

[From the Village Voice; details about a new yule log video featuring purrrfect cat Lil Bub in front of the hearth are available from Time; information about where to watch various versions of yule log videos is available from the Los Angeles Times and Channel Guide Magazine; and you can read about and watch Yule Log 2.0, containing artistic reimaginings of the classic televised log fire, at Cool Hunting.

ISPR and I personally wish you all a joyous holiday season!

–Matthew Lombard ]

Lil Bub yule log video

The History of the Televised Yule Log, Which Was Invented in New York City

By Tessa Stuart Mon., Dec. 23 2013

Gather ’round, children, and I will tell you a holiday story, the story of the WPIX Yule Log. The yule log, the ceremonial incineration of a whole tree, has been a Christmas tradition for centuries.… read more. “The televised yule log, past and present”

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