5th International Symposium on Communicability, Computer Graphics and Innovative Design for Interactive Systems (CCGIDIS 2015)
Madrid, Spain :: May 27 – 29, 2015

http://www.alaipo.com/CCGIDIS-2015/symposium_CCGIDIS_2015.html

CCGIDIS 2015 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, workshops, doctoral consortium, demo session, poster presentations, and research-in-progress.

INTRODUCTION AND TOPICS

Communicability is the cornerstone for the success of the interaction among human beings and the technological (r)evolution in scientfic visualization, hypermedia online, virtual reality, augmented reality, etc., devices in which a huge part of humankind is immersed. In these devices there is a convergence and intersection of disciplines deriving from the formal and factual sciences. The main goal is to improve the interaction process with the new technologies on a daily basis.

Since its origins computer graphics has always been involved in the global village foreseen by McLuhan and has accompanied all the stages of the technological (r)evolution in the professional computer sector and telecommunications.… read more. “Call: 5th International Symposium on Communicability, Computer Graphics and Innovative Design for Interactive Systems (CCGIDIS 2015)”

Call for Contributions:
4th International Visual Methods conference
16-18 September 2015

The University of Brighton is delighted to host the Fourth International Visual Methods Conference in September 2015. Our programme builds on the foundations laid by the three successful Visual Methods conferences that have taken place at the Open University and the University of Leeds in the UK and at Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand over the past six years.

Deadline for panels and ‘other’ contributions: 16th January 2015

Deadline for papers: 30th January 2015

We are very pleased to announce two confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Gillian Rose, Professor of Cultural Geography, Open University and Joe Lambert, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Storytelling. Rose G (2012) Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Interpreting Visual Materials, third edition, Sage. Lambert J (2013) Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, fourth edition, Routledge.… read more. “Call: 4th International Visual Methods conference”

Call for Participation – Proposal for Catalogue Entries and further artworks

Art.CHI
http://art-chi.org

The Art.CHI workshop brings together artists working in interactive media who wish to explore and discuss the HCI issues around their work. In addition to the workshop we are also publishing a catalogue of Art.CHI work at CHI2015.

So in this call we are asking for Catalogue submissions in the same format as our previous artworks call.

In addition we have one or two places available at the workshop and are extending the call for artwork presentations to 19th January

The catalogue submissions and artwork proposals can include many different forms including sound, vision, performance, dance and theatre, as well as works that are not so easily categorized. The submissions should include the following (in CHI Extended Abstracts format http://chi2015.acm.org/authors/format/):

• Description of the work including written texts, images, sound, video
• Artist’s statement giving background to the ideas and creation Process
• Inspiration, sources, materials, any research related to the Artwork
• Artist Profile: short bio, track record including previous exhibitions

Proposals should be sent by email to David England, d.england@ljmu.ac.uk… read more. “Call: Art.CHI”

Special issue of Entertainment Computing
“Fun and Engaging Computing Technologies for Health”

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/entertainment-computing/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-fun-and-engaging-computing-technologies/

BACKGROUND

Health technologies and systems have been changing significantly in the last few years. There has been a transition from clinical and institutionally centralised scenarios to a more and more personalized and ubiquitous approach that uses joyful and engaging experiences to foster patients and caregivers acceptance and adoption. However, little is known about the effectiveness of these systems, the way in which to better design, develop, and evaluate them, and how different, and sometimes opposite needs – fun and health – can be managed throughout its development. The main goal of this special issue is to investigate these topics, the design and development of fun and engaging health systems, and the diverse aspects surrounding them, to enable a better understanding of the area, as well as to identify new avenues of research in the field.… read more. “Call: “Fun and Engaging Computing Technologies for Health” – Special issue of Entertainment Computing”

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing on “HCI at the Boundary of Work and Life”

Guest Editors: Erik Grönvall, Luigina Ciolfi, Gabriela Avram, Chiara Rossitto, Louise Barkhuus

http://hciworkandlife.wordpress.com/

This special issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer) on “Human-Computer Interaction at the Boundary of Work and Life” aims to explore how HCI themes, concepts, design and technical sensibilities can be extended and applied to practices blurring the boundary between work and life. Technology has moved from workplaces to become part of nearly every aspect of everyday life. Similarly, HCI research spans not only work settings and practices, but also other life domains, from family life, to gaming, tourism and other leisure activities. However, the neat distinction between which activities are work-related and which are not is becoming less and less meaningful, as often the spheres of work and life blur into each other.… read more. “Call: “HCI at the Boundary of Work and Life” – Special issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing”