CALL FOR PAPERS 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence – ICAART 2013 Website: http://www.icaart.org/ February 15 – 18, 2013 Barcelona, Spain Important Deadlines: Regular Paper Submission: September 4, 2012 (extended) Authors Notification (regular papers): October 24, 2012 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: November 14, 2012 Sponsored by: INSTICC- Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication INSTICC is Member of: fiPa- Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents WfMC- Workflow Management Coalition OMG- Object Management Group In Cooperation with: AAAI- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence The purpose of the 5th International Conference on Agents and…

WORKSHOP “The Social Car” (socially-inspired C2X interaction) Portsmouth, NH, USA; October 17th 2012 colocated with AutomotiveUI 2012 (http://www.auto-ui.org/12) Workshop website: http://www.pervasive.jku.at/AutoUI12_SocialCar/| Submission deadline extended to: September 3rd, 2012 (firm) WORKSHOP SUMMARY This workshop aims at discussing the potential of cars’ socializing one with the other (similar to how humans are exchanging information), and not just translating the Internet of things (IoT) paradigm into the car domain. With the introduction of the concept of “social cars” we attempt to make a blueprint of next generation in-vehicle technologies. This is different from what the Internet of things (IoT) community is talking about…

COMMUNICATION THEORY INTEREST GROUP Call for Submissions 2013 Central States Communication Association Conference Kansas City Marriott Downtown Kansas City, Missouri Communicating the Possible April 2 – April 7, 2013 The Communication Theory Interest Group welcomes submissions of competitive papers and panel proposals for the 2013 CSCA Conference. Any topic related to communication theory is welcome. We encourage submissions that not only focuses on the convention theme, “Communicating the Possible, but also on scholarship that highlights key intersections uniting communication scholars from varying areas of study and intellectual traditions. The Communication Theory Interest Group is especially interested in submissions that: Extend…

Robot Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Voting The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions of robots to society. The time has come to select the Robots that will take their place in the Robot Hall of Fame. The finalists have been selected under four categories but we need your help to determine which robot will be inducted into the…

BCS SPECIALIST GROUP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LONDON, OCTOBER 5th 2012 REAL AI 2012: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. BCS MACHINE INTELLIGENCE COMPETITION: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. What can AI do for you and your business? The BCS AI Specialist Group (SGAI) is pleased to announce a day on Artificial Intelligence in Action at the BCS London office on Friday October 5th, which we think will be an eye-opener for those who are not up to date with recent practical developments in this important field.…

First call for Digital Creativity Vol 24 No 2 (spring 2013) Special issue: Performance Art and Digital Media Call for Papers: This special edition of Digital Creativity will investigate the role of Performance Art and Performance Studies for the development of new forms of interaction. There has been a lively debate on the role of media in performances and how new technology has affected live and recorded performances. However, we are interested in the reverse perspective: how are fields such as HCI, video games, and social media platforms shaped by performance practices and theories? The focus will be on performance…