Call for Participation: Posters, Demos, Tutorials and Workshop Papers

ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services 2015 (MobileHCI)
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-27 2015
http://mobilehci.acm.org/

Mobile HCI is the premier forum for innovations in mobile, portable and personal devices and with the services to which they enable access. There are still a number of ways for you to participate in MobileHCI 2015, either by making a submission or simply attending.

MobileHCI brings together people from diverse areas, providing a multidisciplinary forum for academics, hardware and software developers, designers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with and through mobile devices, applications, and services. MobileHCI maintains a small number of tracks along with a wide range of other program aspects to encourage the exchange of research results, ideas and future research endeavours.

Submission Deadlines: May 8, 2015: Posters, Demos, Tutorials and Workshop Papers

For details of each call, visit: http://mobilehci.acm.org/2015/index.html#calls… read more. “Call: MobileHCI 2015 – International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services”

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Designing for Peripheral Interaction: seamlessly integrating interactive technology in everyday life”
SPECIAL ISSUE in the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) journal (IxD&A)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1st July, 2015

http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call26

GUEST EDITORS

Saskia Bakker (1), Doris Hausen (2), Elise van den Hoven (3, 1), Ted Selker (4)

(1) Industrial Design Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
(2) Human-Computer-Interaction Group, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
(3) Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
(4) Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley, USA

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: 1st July, 2015
Reviews available: 1st August, 2015
Revisions due: 1st September, 2015
Notification: 1st October, 2015
Camera ready versions due: 20th October, 2015
Publication: second half of November, 2015

OVERVIEW

In everyday life, we can easily perform various activities without focused attention. For example, we can tie our shoelaces or know what the weather is like without consciously thinking about it.… read more. “Call: “Designing for Peripheral Interaction: Seamlessly integrating interactive technology in everyday life” (Special issue of IxD&A)”

Call for Papers: TRANSOR workshop, “The Significance of Simulation”
University of Southern Denmark, Kolding Campus. June 18-19, 2015.

Sponsored by the Research Network TRANSOR (Transdisciplinary Studies in Social Robotics – http://www.transor.org).

Keynote Address: John Sullins (Sonoma State University, California),
“Building Artificial Phronesis: A New Approach?” (provisional title)

BACKGROUND / RATIONALE

As social robots continue their rapid development and deployment, “simulation” has emerged as a key focus in a number of ways. For example, robots are currently incapable of experiencing emotions as conscious and embodied beings: in many examples, however, “artificial emotions” can be emulated and expressed by social robots in diverse ways that suffice to persuade their human interactors that the robot in fact feels a basic emotion such as care. Building in artificial emotions is critical for, e.g., the therapeutic roles of carebots such as Paro; at the same time, however, there are important ethical considerations as to whether or not artificial emotions thereby qualify as an unethical form of simulation or trickery.… read more. “Call: “The Significance of Simulation” (TRANSOR workshop)”

IMMERSION 2015
Immersive Education Initiative Conference
September 7-10
Paris-Sorbonne University (“the Sorbonne”)
Paris, France

http://immersiveeducation.org/i2015

Call for Participation

As a special event that is open to the public, the first two days of IMMERSION 2015 features general-interest keynote addresses, talks, panel discussions and exhibits. The event concludes with hands-on workshops and a special 2-day technical conference specifically for researchers, academics, teachers and corporate trainers.

• SPEAKERS AND EXHIBITORS: Prospective IMMERSION 2015 speakers and exhibitors are encouraged to review last year’s IMMERSION 2014 event.
• RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS AND TRAINERS: In addition to reviewing last year’s IMMERSION 2014 event, prospective IMMERSION 2015 corporate and academic researchers, teachers and trainers are further encouraged to review past Immersive Education Summits.

To participate please review the topics of interest below, and then submit your short abstract for consideration here. Please note that the deadline for all abstracts is May 15, 2015.… read more. “Call: IMMERSION 2015”

Virtual Reality, Real Impact!

An event at Teeside University
TS One
200 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3RF

Tuesday 19 May 2015 – Doors open 6.30pm, Event 7pm-9pm

Price £3.00

Tickets and more information: http://pintofscience.co.uk/event/virtual-reality-real-impact/

“Do not try and bend the spoon: that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no spoon!”

Virtual Reality, Real Impact! – Can virtual reality actually be fun?
Dr Fred Charles (Principal Lecturer in Visualisation)

We will cover the current status of Virtual Reality and the importance of interaction by players with virtual worlds, meaning how AI technologies and techniques allow for different types of interaction between the player, the virtual world and the virtual characters populating these virtual worlds. Even more essential to creating compelling experiences for the player using VR is how the player in the virtual world can interact, interfere and influence what happens, whether consciously or not.… read more. “Call: Virtual Reality, Real Impact! (Event at Teeside University)”