Call for papers for Special Issue of Interacting with Computers on Presence and Interaction Editors: John Waterworth(1), Eva Lindh Waterworth(1), Fabrizia Mantovani(2) & Giuseppe Riva(3) 1 Department of Informatics, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden 2 CESCOM, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy 3 ICE-NET Lab., Universit  Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy Call Description The user experience of information technology is profoundly affected by the extent to which we experience ourselves to be really present in the mediated world that the technology makes available to us. This feeling of presence, which can be operationally defined as the perceptual illusion of…

2nd International Workshop on Natural Language Visualisation 12-14 September 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany Call For papers To be held in conjunction with KES2011: 15th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems Co-Chairs: Dr. Minhua Ma, The Glasgow School of Art, UK Bob Coyne, Columbia University, USA Aims and Scope Natural language understanding usually involves transforming language from one representation into another, for example, from one language into another language in machine translation, or from language to action in natural language interfaces where natural language commands are performed by a machine, or from language to visual representations in natural…

THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTER GAMES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ATHENS 2011 April 6th-9th, 2011 Call for Papers We hereby invite scholars in any field of studies who take a professional interest in the phenomenon of computer games to submit papers to the international conference “The Philosophy of Computer Games 2011”, to be held in Athens, Greece, on April 6th-9th 2011. Accepted papers will have a clear focus on philosophy and philosophical issues in relation to computer games. They will also attempt to use specific examples rather than merely invoke “computer games” in general terms. The over-arching theme of the conference is…

CFP: TRANSNATIONAL HCI: Humans, Computers and Interactions in Transnational Context A workshop at CHI 2011 May 8, 2011, Vancouver BC, Canada Recent studies in Human-Computer Interaction have turned to examining computing in non-Western contexts, increasingly recognizing that technologies and activities of their participants are not bounded by single geographies, cultures, or borders. In our interactions with everyday technologies, we are increasingly tied to people and machines in other countries, cultures and networks. Such activities require us to consider technologies not just in national, but also in a transnational context. That is, humans, computers and interactions not limited to single countries…

CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE World Haptics Conference 2011 4th Joint Eurohaptics Conference and IEEE Haptics Symposium June 22-24, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.haptics2011.org/ Dear Colleagues: The fourth IEEE World Haptics Conference (http://www.haptics2011.org/) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 22-24 June, 2011 (note: tutorials and workshops will be held on June 21, 2011). This is a joint meeting of the EuroHaptics Conference and the IEEE Haptics Symposium and brings together researchers from different disciplines who are interested in all aspects of haptics. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to Design of haptic interfaces Tactile displays and sensing Haptic rendering…

Call for Papers: Symposium on Adapted and Personalised Interaction at AISB 2011 Thursday, 7th April, 2011 This symposium is aimed to bring together all strands of research in the intersection of AI and human-computer interaction (HCI) to look specifically at developing interactive systems that adapt to the needs of individual users. The scope of the symposium is deliberately broad and can cover anything from systems that can adapt to make themselves more accessible to disabled users, through systems designed to manage the emotional responses of users, to games that adapt themselves to provide a more enjoyable playing experience.…