AAAI 2017 Workshop on What’s next for AI in games At the Thirty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-17) San Francisco, California, USA Workshop Date: February 4 or 5, 2017 (TBD) http://movingai.com/aigames17/ Deadline for paper submissions: October 31, 2016 (extended deadline) Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wnaig2017 ABSTRACT: With the recent success of AlphaGo, computers now dominate the field of classic board games. While many researchers have already broadened their games-related research beyond the goal of achieving high performance in traditional games, the recent achievement of this milestone result makes it an appropriate time to reflect as a field on what is next in…

Call for Papers 3DUI 2017, IEEE 12th Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 18th & 19th March Los Angeles, California, USA http://3dui.org Abstract submissions due: November 22, 2016 (midnight PST) Since IEEE 3DUI 2016, there has been an explosion of new technology that requires 3D user interface solutions. There are therefore many open 3D user interface research questions and more new technologies required. The IEEE 3DUI 2017 Symposium is the conference to showcase your results to the community. For that purpose, IEEE 3DUI 2017 solicits high-quality Papers and Technotes within the scope of 3D User Interfaces. The symposium will last for…

MuseumNext Europe Rotterdam, The Netherlands 26-28 June, 2017 https://www.museumnext.com/get-involved/call-for-papers/ Deadline Friday 6 January (5pm GMT) MuseumNext is a global conference series on the future of museums, taking place in the world’s cultural capitals since 2009. The conference is a catalyst for innovation, transformation and collaboration in museums, galleries and heritage sites, with more than 900 individuals from 32 countries joining us in 2016. Each MuseumNext conference has a theme, around which our community comes together to discuss the future of museums. For our European Museum Conference this theme is inspired by the wish to celebrate those people, ideas and technologies…

Call for Papers – MOCO 2017 International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO17) Intersecting Art, Meaning, Cognition, Technology 28-30th June, London UK Goldsmiths University of London http://moco 17.movementcomputing.org Submission deadline:  23 January 2017 We would like to invite submissions for paper presentations, performances, workshops and more to the 4th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO) which is to be held in London. MOCO is an interdisciplinary conference that explores the use of computational technology to support and understand human movement practice (e.g. computational analysis) as well as movement as a means of interacting with computers (e.g. movement interfaces). This…

Call for Papers VGVE 2017 Video Games and Virtual Ethics Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London July 21-22, 2017 http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/vgve2017/ Essay submissions are due by 1 March 2017 Is it morally wrong to play violent video games? Academics across numerous disciplines have taken an interest in these issues. Excellent work can be found in philosophy, psychology, media studies, sociology, and literary studies. However academics within these disciplines often do not talk to each other about their shared interest in games. With this conference, our aim is to promote cross-disciplinary dialogue on these issues. Invited speakers: Christopher…

Call for Papers CSCL 2017: The 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning June 18-21, 2017 Drexel University & The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Conference theme: Making a Difference – Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL Deadline approaching. Papers due November 4th Computer Supported Collaborative Learning is a premier conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences that focuses on the study of social learning processes with and without technology as well as the development and evaluation of tools to enhance or improve collective thinking and learning. The conference is a major international event bringing together…