The 14th Annual International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (ACM HotMobile 2013) Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE 26-27 February, 2013 Jekyll Island, GA, USA http://www.hotmobile.org/2013/ ACM HotMobile 2013, the 14th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications continues the series of highly selective, interactive workshops focused on mobile applications, systems, and environments, as well as their underlying state-of-the-art technologies. HotMobile’s small workshop format makes it ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial approaches.…

Designing and Evaluating Sociability in Video Games Workshop at the ACM CHI 2013 Conference April 28, 2013 in Paris, France SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 4th, 2013 http://hcigames.businessandit.uoit.ca/chi2013-sociabilitygames/ This one-day workshop will take place at ACM CHI 2013. OVERVIEW Computer games are at the forefront of technological innovation; their popularity in research continuously increasing. Their wide presence and use makes computer games a major factor affecting the way people socialize, learn and possibly work. As increasingly more people become involved with computer games, researchers need to address various questions on topics as diverse as social impact, ethical questions, design, flow, presence, and…

Call for Papers: 2013 Rutgers Media Studies Conference: Extending Play Can we still define play as an organizing principle in today’s technologically mediated world? Play can be hard work and serious business, and it’s time to push beyond the conceptualization of play as merely the pursuit of leisure and consider how the issues of power, affect, labor, identity, and privacy surround the idea and practice of play. The Rutgers Media Studies Conference: Extending Play invites submissions that seek to understand play as a mediating practice, and how play operates at the center of all media. We are interested in all…

Call for Participation Game Jam at CHI 2013 Paris, France, April 27 – 28 : 9:00am – 6:00pm Deadline for submissions is January 11th, 2013 Website: http://exertiongameslab.org/workshops-events/chi-2013-game-jam Contact: alan@exertiongameslab.org Game Jams – energized, fast-paced get-togethers of developers and artists to make digital games – have emerged as a way to generate and provoke novel game ideas. To introduce the HCI community to this collaborative fast-paced approach to quick results, we will be holding a 2-day Game Jam that focuses on new physical interfaces. During this hands-on workshop, participants will collaborate with other researchers and practitioners across the CHI community to…

An Art, Science and Technology Seminar, co-organised by the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London and the Centre for Creative Collaborations, with the support of King’s College London Public Engagement THE VIRTUAL OBJECT AND HAPTIC INTERFACES When: Wednesday, 28th November 2012, 2PM Where: Centre for Creative Collaboration (C4CC), 16 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG http://www.creativecollaboration.org.uk/where.php With me, Dr Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, Lecturer in Digital Art History, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London and Dr David Prytherch, a glass sculptor and Senior Research Fellow in Haptics and Computer Interfaces, User-lab, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham City University How…

Rivista di Estetica | http://labont.it/rivista-di-estetica July 2014: Screens Advisory editors: Mauro Carbone and Anna Caterina Dalmasso (mail to: annacate.dalmasso@gmail.com‎ and rivista.estetica@gmail.com) Deadline for submission: April, 30, 2013 Description: Nowadays screens have become, more or less consciously, our reference optical apparatus. Therefore, understanding our present experience of screens shall help us understand our present experience of seeing.…