International Conference Series in Games and Literary Theory Inaugural Conference University of Malta Institute of Digital Games and the Department of English 31st October-1st November 2013 This inaugural event in the Digital Games and Literary Theory Conference Series follows on from a successful International Workshop held at the University of Malta last year. That event established the scope, appeal and timeliness of interdisciplinary research involving Game Studies and Literary Theory. While there are ample conference opportunities for discussion of the impact of Game Studies on other fields in the Humanities and on the amenability, in turn, of Game Studies to…

CALL FOR PAPERS, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND POSTERS 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON (RE)CREATING LIVELY CITIES THROUGH AMBIENT TECHNOLOGIES: ARTS, CULTURE AND GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCES (CLCAT) http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/relci2013 IN CONJUCTION WITH INTERACT 2013, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – 6th-9th September 2013 Deadline for 2-5 pages position papers: 12th May 2013 (strict deadline) Artur Lugmayr (Tampere Univ. of Technology), Tampere, Finland, lartur@acm.org Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Urban Informatics Research Lab, QUT, Brisbane Australia, h.choi@qut.edu.au Kirralie Houghton, Urban Informatics Research Lab, QUT, Brisbane Australia, kirralie.houghton@qut.edu.au Digital and interactive technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday lives of people around the world. Application of technologies such as real-time, context-aware,…

ACM Creativity and Cognition 2013 17th-20th June, 2013, Sydney, Australia. University of Technology, Sydney http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com Registration OPEN Registration for the conference is now open at http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com/?page_id=541 Early Registration is available until May 8 2013. WORKSHOPS Workshops Chair: David A. Shamma (Yahoo!) Workshops are excellent ways of interacting with a small group of researchers and practitioners dealing with a particular topic. Creativity and Cognition is very excited to have 5 workshops proposed to run in conjunction with the conference. These will all run on the 17th of June.…

CASA| Computer As Social Actor http://casa-workshop2013.blogspot.com August, 28th Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Satellite event of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2013) We invite all researchers that focus their research on Artificial Intelligence and Human Computer Interaction to participate in this workshop and to share their views on the development of technological components, design methodologies, and the adoption of CASA solutions and services. By discussing different approaches to human-machine and human-human interaction technologies we aim at investigating the social abilities of technologies and we attempt to define the concept of Social Actorship. The CASA Workshop will focus on…

CALL FOR CASES Cases on Societal Effects of Persuasive Games A book edited by Dr. Dana Ruggiero (Bath Spa University, United Kingdom) To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/XMwQW8 Proposal Submission Deadline: June 15, 2013 Introduction Video games are a vibrant and integral part of society that is growing, and it is important to study their possible effects on society. Academics such as Ian Bogost, Mary Flanagan, Jane McGonigal, and Michael Evans support the idea that video games can change perceptions about certain topics. Using theoretical models in conjunction with case studies, this casebook will demonstrate how game designers, researchers,…

Natural User Interfaces (NUI) Documentation FINAL CALL / 3 MIN We kindly invite NUI designers and users to participate and distribute our 3 min survey on Natural User Interfaces (NUI). [English] http://tinyurl.com/cwm6uzv (9 short multiple choice questions)…