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Month: May 2015

  • Call: EUCOG2015 – Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Systems

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    Call for Papers EUCOG2015 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Systems 25-26 September 2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://www.eucognition.org/index.php?page=eacs-barcelona-2015-gen-info Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 1st, 2015 Organisers: Jordi Vallverdú & Vincent C. Müller THEMES “Cognitive systems” is to be broadly understood as an interlinked research of natural and artificial cognitive systems. We welcome participants from all disciplines that are relevant for fundamental issues of present and future robotics and AI, especially cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience and philosophy. We are especially interested in bioinspired techniques, models and methods. AI and cognitive science autonomous vehicles cognitive systems in…

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  • Oculus hack transfers your facial expressions onto your avatar

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    [This should enhance social presence in interesting ways; the story is from MIT’s Technology Review and includes the 0:56 minute video mentioned. –Matthew] [Image: The software combines data from sensors tracking the upper and lower parts of the face and matches the result onto a 3-D model of a face.] Oculus Rift Hack Transfers Your Facial Expressions onto Your Avatar Facebook teams with researchers to transfer your smiles and frowns into virtual reality. By Tom Simonite on May 20, 2015 Virtual reality is set to get a vital dash of social reality. Researchers at the University of Southern California and…

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  • Call: New Friends 2015 – 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education

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    Call for contributions New Friends 2015 The 1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education 22-23 October 2015 – Almere, The Netherlands The application of social robots in therapy and education is an emerging field as these ‘new friends’ become more sophisticated, available and affordable. In recent years there has been an enormous increase of projects in which they are used successfully for groups with special needs, like people with dementia, hospitalized children and children with autism. This increases the demand for expertise from a wide range of disciplines, like psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, AI, robotics and…

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  • Explore a VR recreation of Van Gogh’s masterpiece ‘The Night Cafe’

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    [I wonder what Van Gogh would think about this use of modern technology to expand on his work; this is from Good magazine, where the story includes more images and a 1:23 minute video; follow the link to the Oculus Mobile VR Jam for more information. –Matthew] Explore This Gorgeous Virtual Recreation of a Van Gogh Masterpiece by Rafi Schwartz May 13, 2015 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is widely held as one of the most significant and influential artists of all time. Van Gogh’s explorations of light and color blazed a luminescent path upon which subsequent artists have spent…

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  • Call: Third International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2015)

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    CALL FOR PAPERS The Third International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2015) Daegu, Korea, October 21-24, 2015 http://hai2015.org/ Due to the volume of requests, we have extended the submission deadline to May 22nd, 2015, 23:59 PDT People are increasingly interacting with computerized agents. Examples include autonomous and tele-presence robots in homes, healthcare, or search and rescue, virtual characters in the expanding gaming industry or for serious games, and agents representing other people through on-line social and interactive meeting places. Although these broad areas have their own unique research challenges, there is a clear commonality to be addressed in the investigation…

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  • Will robots replace our urban pets?

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    [Along with practical and ethical concerns, this raises interesting issues regarding the boundaries of ‘medium as social actor’ presence. It’s from IEEE Spectrum; the image is from coverage by The Sydney Morning Herald (which also includes two videos). –Matthew] [Image: Three-year-old Samantha Kraft was among the first Australians to receive Sony’s AIBO robotic dog in 2001. Photo: David Gray] Robots Might Be the Necessary Future of Urban Pet Ownership By Evan Ackerman Posted 13 May 2015 We all love our pets. We love them a crazy, ridiculous amount that is often entirely out of proportion to reality: you don’t want…

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  • Call: Workshop on “In-vehicle Auditory Interactions” at ICAD 2015

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    Call for Participation Workshop on “In-vehicle Auditory Interactions” at ICAD (International Conference on Auditory Display) 2015 Graz, Austria, July 6, 2015 http://sites.google.com/a/mtu.edu/icad2015-in-vehicle-auditory-interactions-workshop ABSTRACT: The scope and prevalence of in-vehicle technologies has dramatically expanded, which increases drivers’ visual, physical, and mental workload. In an attempt to reduce this workload, but allow for necessary interactions, auditory displays have been used in vehicles over the years, but only for basic information transmission. The goal of our joint workshop is to discuss the use of auditory displays for interaction in the vehicle at a more advanced level in order to offer better driver experience…

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  • Love in the time of bots

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    [This article from The Washington Post explores how compelling ‘artificial’ social interaction can be, and the implications of that as technology evolves; the provocative film Ex Machina, which I just saw with a group of presence scholars, carries the logic even further, to a physically embodied rather than virtual technology. –Matthew] Love in the time of bots By Dominic Basulto March 17, 2015 Convincing people to have a romantic relationship with a computer might be easier than it sounds. At this year’s SXSW in Austin, a chatbot on Tinder convinced a number of users that she was a cute 25-year-old woman…

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  • Call: 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment conference (ACE 2015)

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    Call for papers, posters, creative showcase, workshops, and children’s creativity labs 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE) conference 16-19 November Iskandar, Malaysia The complete CFP is available at http://ace2015.info/ KEY DATES: Paper and Workshop Submission deadline: June 5, 2015 Creative Showcase, Poster and Creativity Lab Submission Deadline: July 17, 2015 ACE is a leading forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research in entertainment computing. Interactive entertainment is one of the most vibrant areas of interest in modern society and is amongst the fastest growing industries in the world. In the past decade ACE has become the leading scientific forum for dissemination of…

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  • Squarepusher’s new music video guides viewers through a dystopic VR universe

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    [This post from the Creative Review blog provides insights into the current and possible future status of VR music videos (it even mentions “sense of presence” in the last paragraph); you can experience the Stor Eiglass video with Samsung Gear VR headsets, Google Cardboard, on phones and tablets (I found it pretty compelling on an iPad), or via YouTube’s new 360º platform – the Android app is here; the iOS app is here; and the interactive video (and more information) is here. –Matthew] Squarepusher’s new music video guides viewers through a dystopic VR universe Posted by Rachael Steven, 13 May…

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  • Call: International Workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing (iUBICOM)

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    Call for papers International Workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing (iUBICOM) 13 July 2015 in Lincoln, UK In conjunction with the 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference Following seven successful previous iUBICOM (International workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing) workshops, we present the 8th iUBICOM workshop. Our theme for this year’s workshop is “Personalised Information Modelling and Retrieval”. The rapid proliferation of data through various sources such as the Web, ubiquitous and embedded devices, presents individuals and organisations with huge amounts of stored and collected information to process and make sense of in different ways. This raises several challenges for…

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  • Hologram of man in wheelchair used to prevent illegal parking in handicap spots

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    [A clever and powerful use of presence is described in this story from People; the 1:36 minute video is available via link below. –Matthew] Holograms Used to Spook Ignorant Drivers Who Illegally Park in Handicap Spots (VIDEO) By Jacqueline Andriakos @jandriakos 05/05/2015 If you’ve ever considered parking illegally in a handicap space, this message is for you. Russia-based nonprofit Dislife.Ru recently developed a powerful social experiment called More than a Sign to raise awareness of the rights of people with disabilities and to encourage drivers not to wrongfully take spaces reserved for them. The organization partnered with advertising agency Y&R…

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