International Journal of Technoethics Call for Submissions (deadline: May 1, 2013) Editor-in-Chief: Rocci Luppicini, University of Ottawa, Canada Published: Quarterly The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) would like to invite you to submit a manuscript for the next submission deadline: May 1, 2013. The following describes the mission, coverage, and guidelines for submission to IJT. Mission The mission of the International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) is to evolve technological relationships of humans with a focus on ethical implications for human life, social norms and values, education, work, politics, law, and ecological impact. This journal provides cutting-edge analysis…

WORKSHOP CALL FOR PAPERS HRI-2013 Workshop on Probabilistic Approaches for Robot Control in HRI URL: http://robotics.usc.edu/~hri/parc-hri CONFERENCE: 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI-2013) LOCATION: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo, Japan IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: Friday, January 25, 2013 [EXTENDED] Notification: Monday, January 28, 2013 Camera-ready deadline: Sunday, February 3, 2013 Workshop: Sunday, March 3, 2013 …

Conference Call for Papers INPUTS / OUTPUTS: Inter-disciplinary Approaches to Causality in Engagement, Immersion, Presence and Related Concepts in Performance and Human Computer Interaction  26 June 2013 Brighton, UK Deadline for contributions 22nd February 2013 Engagement is much sought after in the public discourse of politics, theatre and education. Immersion, presence, and motivation attract further research to the engagement continuum.  The goal of this symposium is to inspire an interdisciplinary spectrum of academics, practitioners and funders interested in deeper engagement (and related terms) toward novel collaborative solutions and projects. By mixing practitioners and researchers from arts, media and science, the…

Call for Papers: Physical and Digital in Games and Play seminar May 29-31, 2013, University of Tampere, FINLAND Digital games have had a visible role on the contemporary rise of game cultures and game studies, but there are still under-explored research areas in the relation of digital games to other forms of games and play, including e.g. traditional card and board games, play with physical toys, paper-based puzzles, and physical sport games. The research carried out in such areas holds potential for both interesting comparative work in theoretical and empirical game studies, as well as for serving inspiration for experimental…

CALL FOR PAPERS Becoming Nomad: Hybrid Spaces, Liquid Architectures and Online Domains TaPRA Performance and New Technologies Inter-conference Event 2013 on 10 April 2013* at York St John University, York, UK A research event organised by TaPRA Performance and New Technologies Working Group in cooperation with York St John University *A pre-conference workshop run by Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrissey will take place on 9 April 2013. Their Performance Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Realitywill be presented on 10 April. Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Professor Maaike Bleeker Invited Practitioners: Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrissey Conceptions of space and time are necessary coordinates…

W S C G ‘ 2013 21st International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2013 http://www.wscg.eu or http://www.wscg.cz in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS; SIGGRAPH and ACM listed will be held in Pilsen [Plzen] (http://www.pilsen.eu/en) close to Prague [Praha] the Golden European City, Czech Republic on June 24-27, 2013 Program Co-Chairs: Manuel M. Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia & VSB-Technical University, Czech Republic Important dates: Paper submission: March 5, 2013   13:00 GMT (London time) Poster submission: April 29, 2013   13:00 GMT (London time) Topics included: Computer graphics…