1st International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living and eHealth (AALEH 2016)

January 9, 2016
Las Vegas, NV, USA

Held in conjunction with the
14th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2016)

http://aaleh2016.itmexicali.edu.mx/

The advances in computing, communications and sensing technologies have allowed the development of eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services to mainly benefit the elderly and individuals with disabilities. These services are a helpful tool to address the inherent problems of the ageing societies. Among the enabling technologies of eHealth and AAL services, we have wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, ambient intelligence, and cyber-physical systems, just to name a few. The development of eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living services requires the seamless integration of computing and communication technologies, and the use of efficient algorithms and platforms. In addition, these services may also enforce the use of new approaches and paradigms for ubiquitous computing and closed-loop solutions.… read more. “Call: 1st International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living and eHealth (AALEH 2016)”

CALL FOR PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS
37^th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Theme: Wonder Tales

March 16-20, 2016
Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel

Submissions deadline: October 31, 2015

The ICFA welcomes papers on any aspect of the fantastic – including fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, horror, gothic, and fairy tales.

Please join us for ICFA 37, March 16-20, 2016, when our theme will be “Wonder Tales.” Folklorists often use this term to refer to the stories commonly known as “fairy tales” due to the genre’s emphasis on the marvelous and its invocation of wonder, but what is wonder and where can it be found? Many events, characters, or objects generate a response of wonder— transformations and resurrections — but wonder also may be generated in technological advances and from the “sense of wonder” in science fiction. Papers might explore wonder tales and their modern incarnations, readers’ responses of wonder to fantastic texts, uses of wonder within fantastic texts, how wonder is invoked across media and genres, and the relationship between wondering (marveling) and wondering (questioning).… read more. “Call: 37th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 37) – Wonder Tales”

Call for Papers

International Workshop on Advancements in Social Signal Processing for Multimodal Interaction (ASSP4MI@ICMI2015)
17th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2015)
November 13, 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA

http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/icmi2015-assp4mi
http://icmi.acm.org/2015/

Extended Deadline: 27th Of July 2015

OVERVIEW

The last decade has shown a significant increase in research in affective computing and social signal processing (SSP). This body of work is inherently multimodal (e.g. eye gaze, vocal and facial expressions) and multidisciplinary (e.g. psychology, linguistics, computer science) of nature by addressing foci that call for these approaches. Major foci are the understanding and automatic detection and interpretation of emotional and social behavior in spontaneous interactions, as well as the generation of socially normative behavior in specific situations. The interpretation of multimodal behaviors also makes it possible to endow systems, such as virtual agents or robots, with socially intelligent capabilities.

The developments in the field are remarkable, especially with respect to methods and applications, which are tightly intertwined.… read more. “Call: International Workshop on Advancements in Social Signal Processing for Multimodal Interaction (ASSP4MI at ICMI2015)”

NextMed / MMVR22
The 22nd Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference
April 7 – 9, 2016 • Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel • Los Angeles, California

http://www.nextmed.com/en/

Submission deadline: October 5, 2015

2016 Call for Presentations

In 1992, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality first presented a daring vision of patient care and medical education transformed by computer technology. The evolving NextMed / MMVR continues to engage researchers committed to intelligent healthcare—engineers, physicians, scientists, educators, students, industry, military, and futurists—with its creative mix of unorthodox thinking and validated investigation.

For our 22nd conference, the Organizing Committee welcomes presentations on:

• Medical simulation and modeling
• Data visualization and fusion
• Virtual and augmented reality
• Imaging devices and methods
• Robotics, haptics, sensors
• Human-computer interfaces
• Data and decision networks, AI, mobile health
• Wearable and implantable electronics
• Projection systems
• Learning and technology
• Simulator design and validation
• Physical and mental rehabilitation tools
• Serious games
• Surgical registration and navigation
• Peri-operative guidance
• Remote and battlefield care
• Patient and public health monitoring and education

The Presenter Logistics explain how you can participate.… read more. “Call: NextMed / MMVR22 – Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference”

[In this case CASA can stand for “Cars Are Social Actors”! -Matthew]

Workshop on the attribution of cognitive abilities to vehicles
(in conjunction with The 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications)

WEBSITE

http://www.viktoria.se/automotiveui-2015-workshop-on-the-attribution-of-cognitive-abilities-to-vehicles

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: July 20 (extended)
Notification of acceptance: July 27
Camera ready version due: Aug. 03
Workshop date: Sept. 1

BACKGROUND

Humans tend to modulate their behaviour based on beliefs about the agent they interact with (Branigan et al., 2011), including cognitive abilities. This remains true when interacting with robots (Vollmer et al., 2013; Kopp, 2010) and interactive vehicles (Thill et al., 2014). Present-day and future cars arguably offer skills and abilities that one would normally ascribe to intelligent agents, either contributing to the driving task in many ways (e.g. through adaptive cruise control or congestion assistance), or even taking it over entirely.… read more. “Call: Workshop on the attribution of cognitive abilities to vehicles (at AutomotiveUI 2015)”