Journal of Robotics: Cognitive and Neural Aspects in Robotics with Applications 2011

Call for Papers

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jr/si/cnar11/

It is our pleasure to announce a new call for papers for the second special issue of Journal of Robotics in year 2011. The call for publications on cognitive and neural sciences related to robotic systems appeared to be a successful challenge.

Robotics has been widely applied for various fields such as automation and other control and engineering systems. Recent developments of humanoid and human-like robots are a milestone in the field of robotics, and they can be a platform for breaking new ground of robotics applications for human-friendly medical and welfare systems. Cognitive and learning aspects for such robots are, however, still underdeveloped compared to highly controlled mechanism of the recent robotic systems.

Similarly to the previous call of CNAR, the main challenges of this new call for special issue are the cognitive aspects of robotics, especially the neural and fuzzy basis of the human intelligence and the fundamental model of the human cognitive and motor functions from the brain sciences point of view.… read more. “Call: Journal of Robotics issue on Cognitive and Neural Aspects in Robotics with Applications”

Workshop on Computational Models for Spatial Language Interpretation and Generation (CoSLI-2)

In conjunction with CogSci 2011
Boston, USA, 20-23 July

Submission Deadline:  13 May 2011

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Competence in spatial language modeling is a cardinal issue in disciplines including Cognitive Psychology, Computational Linguistics, and Computer Science. Within Cognitive Psychology, the relation of spatial language to models of spatial representation and reasoning is considered essential to the development of more complete models of psycholinguistic and cognitive linguistic theories. Meanwhile, within Computer Science and Computational Linguistics, the development of a wide class of so-called situated systems such as robotics, virtual characters, and Geographic Information Systems is heavily dependent on the existence of adequate models of spatial language use.

Achieving competence in spatial language requires that appropriate meanings be assigned to spatial terms used in language, such as location, motion, orientation, perspective, projective, topological, distance, or path descriptive markers.… read more. “Call: Workshop on Computational Models for Spatial Language Interpretation and Generation (CoSLI-2)”

INTERNATIONAL GAMES INNOVATION CONFERENCE (IGIC 2011)
November 2-4, 2011 at Chapman University, California, USA
(Near Disneyland Resort and Newport Beach)

The IEEE Consumer Electronics Society cordially invites you to submit papers to IGIC 2011, a joint industry-academia conference.

IGIC 2011 is a platform for disseminating peer-reviewed papers that describe innovative research and development of game technologies and related areas.

Participation from academia, industry and government are welcome.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract Deadline: May 31
Final Two-page Paper: August 31
http://ice-gic.ieee-cesoc.org/2011/cfp.htm

Papers reporting innovations and new developments in all areas related to games are invited, including but not limited to the following:

• Multi-player Games: cloud based games, networked games, location awareness, infrastructure, performance, latency, architecture, security
• Game Platforms: mobile/handheld, computers, consoles, portable consoles, cloud servers, network servers, system architecture, network architecture
• Beyond Entertainment: health, exercise, education, training, business, advertising, social change, usability beyond games
• Development and Production: design of games, tools, interdependencies of software & hardware, graphics, animation, content generation, artificial intelligence, cinematography
• Interfaces: interoperability, wearable devices, biometrics, 3D effects, haptics, gaze, proximity, audio, gesture
• Technology: multi-core processors, mobile SoC, memory, 3D display, 3D graphics, augmented reality, virtual reality, storage, vision, imaging, wireless, RF, MEMS, nano devices
• User Experience: playing experience, behavioral impact, social impact, player modeling, learning, cultural impact, lessons from games

Selected papers will be invited to expand to full length for submissions to the IEEE Transactions of Consumer Electronics after the conference.… read more. “Call: International Games Innovation Conference (IGIC 2011)”

ICIDS 2011: Call for Papers
The Fourth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
November 28 – December 1, 2011: Vancouver, Canada

http://icids2011.wp.rpi.edu/

Submission Deadline: June 24, 2011

ICIDS is the premier international conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS), bringing together researchers from a wide variety of fields to share novel techniques, present recent results, and exchange new ideas.  Having been hosted successfully in Europe for the past three years, ICIDS 2011 marks the conference’s first venture to an entirely new continent: North America.

Enabled by the advent of interactive digital media, Interactive Digital Storytelling redefines the experience of narrative by allowing its audience to actively participate in the story. As such, IDS offers interesting new possibilities for games, training, and learning, through the enriching of virtual characters with intelligent behavior, the collaboration of humans and machines in the creative process, and the combination of narrative knowledge and user activity into novel, interactive artefacts.… read more. “Call: ICIDS 2011 – Fourth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling”