Call for submissions Pages on Arts and Design (PAD) #12 Bodies of interaction: Physical, virtual and social interfaces http://www.padjournal.net/about/ PAD (Pages on Arts and Design) is an international, open access, and peer-reviewed e-journal published twice a year. PAD publishes original and qualified intellectual production in all area of design and arts research. It provides an international and interactive forum for the exchange of ideas, debate and criticism. PAD [publishes] findings from researchers and professionals across different countries and cultures of the Mediterranean areas and encourages research on the impact of cultural factors on design theory and practice. The publication of…

Call for Papers/Participation – ACE’14 Workshop on “Designing Systems for Health and Entertainment: What are we missing?” In conjunction with ACE 2014:  http://www.ace2014.info/ Tuesday, November 11, 2014 in Madeira, Portugal More info:  http://designingsystemsforhealthandentertainment.wordpress.com/ DESCRIPTION: Systems that aggregate health and entertainment goals are proliferating, but little is known about the way to design and evaluate these systems and how to manage the different (if nor opposite) needs of these two main areas. This workshop will promote the discussion of issues surrounding these areas, enabling a better understanding of the how’s and why’s of designing systems for health and entertainment, as well…

CALL FOR PAPERS ACM GROUP 2014 Workshop on Collaboration and Coordination in the Context of Informal Care (CCCiC GROUP 2014) November 9, 2014 Sanibel Island, Florida (USA) http://group2014.cccic2014.org IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline:  August 15, 2014 Notification of acceptance:  September 26, 2014 Camera ready:  October 17, 2014 Workshop day:  November 9, 2014 WORKSHOP THEMES CCCiC is an International Workshop Series addressing issues of design and development of systems to support coordination, communication, and collaboration between informal caregivers, their friends, family members, and health professionals. The first chapter of the series took place at CSCW 2014 in Baltimore and the next edition…

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video http://pucitvandvideoexperiences.wordpress.com/ SCOPE Interactive experiences for online video and television is a research area of increased interest to an international community of academics and industrial practitioners. This area engages a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design to media studies, media psychology and sociology. Novel interaction mechanisms, multi-screen solutions and insights on large-scale analysis of user feedback and viewers experiences are explored in this year’s conference program of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television…

Journal of Engineering Design Special Issue on Interaction and Experience Design The aim of the special issue is to focus on novel research and development in the field of Engineering Design to design experiences in products, processes and systems. This is a call for design projects and research that encompass aspects of interaction design, psychology, culture and human factors to achieve satisfying, engaging and meaningful user experiences. In particular we are interested in the following topics: Interaction paradigms to better meet the emotional requirements of users Metrics and models for the assessment of user response Methods and principles for product…