Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects
at IUI 2011

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
February 13th 2011

http://www.smart-objects.org/

Deadline for paper submissions: 12 November, 2010

THEME

There is this undeniable ongoing trend to put computing capabilities into everyday objects and places. Well known examples range from smart kitchen appliances and objects (smart coffee machines, smart knifes and cutting boards) up to smart meeting rooms and even city-wide infrastructures.

These smart objects are fully functional on their own, but added value is obtained through communication and distributed reasoning. While other venues have focused on the many technical challenges of implementing smart objects, far less research has been done on the topic of how the intelligence situated in these smart objects can be applied to improve their interaction with the users. This field of study poses unique challenges and opportunities for designing smart interaction.… read more. “Call: Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects at IUI 2011”

Modeling Human Communication Dynamics
NIPS Workshop, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Friday, December 10th, 2010

http://projects.ict.usc.edu/hcd2010/

Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2010

Face-to-face communication is a highly interactive process in which the participants mutually exchange and interpret verbal and nonverbal messages. Both the interpersonal dynamics and the dynamic interactions among an individual’s perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes are swift and complex. How people accomplish these feats of coordination is a question of great scientific interest. Models of human communication dynamics also have much potential practical value, for applications including the understanding of communications problems such as autism and the creation of socially intelligent robots able to recognize, predict, and analyze verbal and nonverbal behaviors in real-time interaction with humans.

Modeling human communicative dynamics brings exciting new problems and challenges to the NIPS community.  The first goal of this workshop is to raise awareness in the machine learning community of these problems, including some applications needs, the special properties of these input streams, and the modeling challenges.  … read more. “Call: Modeling Human Communication Dynamics”

Call for Papers

13 October 2010: Devices that Alter Perception (DAP 2010)

http://devices-alter.me/10/

Sensors, actuators, implants, wearable computers, and neural interfaces can do more than simply observe our bodies: these devices can also alter and manipulate our perceptions. This workshop will promote the design and critique of systems whose explicit purpose is to alter human percepts. Participants will be asked to present abstracts, images, videos and demonstrations that focus on devices that shape perceptual phenomena. The goals of the workshop are to: (1) document an emerging field of device design; (2) facilitate the development of these devices by sharing designs; (3) better understand the process of perception and how it informs the design of devices; and (4) debate the aesthetics, perceptual change, social and ethical issues as well as functional transformation the presented works envision for the future.… read more. “Call: Devices that Alter Perception (DAP 2010)”

23-24 June 2011: EKSIG 2011: SkinDeep – Experiential Knowledge and Multi Sensory Communication

International Conference 2011 of the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN!

EKSIG 2011 will address the theme of “SkinDeep – Experiential Knowledge and Multi Sensory Communication”. The conference will be convened by the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge (EKSIG), and hosted by the University for the Creative Arts, UK.

Organisers: Kerstin Mey, Kristina Niedderer, Seymour Roworth-Stokes, Linden Reilly
Venue: University for the Creative Arts, UK
Conference home page: http://www.experientialknowledge.org
Contact: info@experientialknowledge.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite submissions for the theme “SkinDeep – Experiential Knowledge and Multi Sensory Communication”. With this theme, we aim to provide a forum for debate about the multi faceted, multi sensory and multi modal possibilities of communicating knowledge in the creative and practice-led disciplines.… read more. “Call: EKSIG 2011: SkinDeep – Experiential Knowledge and Multi Sensory Communication”

International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS)

Call for papers
Special Issue on: “Haptic and Audio-Visual Stimuli: Enhancing Experiences and Interaction”

Guest Editors:
Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Esko Dijk, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Multimodal stimulation is capable of creating strong effects on users, because the effects of the various stimuli can reinforce each other. This form of stimulation can be used to enhance entertainment experiences, as well as well-being and relaxation experiences. The causes of these strong effects and the exact relation to intensity, spatial distribution and timing of the stimuli are the subject of many investigations. One example application is using haptic and tactile actuator elements to provide the player of a game with a more thrilling experience. Linked to the visual and auditory information of the game, haptic stimuli are provided.… read more. “Call: Special issue on Haptic and Audio-Visual Stimuli: Enhancing Experiences and Interaction”