Call for Papers Critical Robotics-Exploring a New Paradigm Workshop 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2018) Oslo, Norway Sunday September 30, 2018 https://critical-robotics.weebly.com Submission deadline: August 10, 2018 Critical Robotics-Exploring a New Paradigm is a workshop held at the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI) in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday September 30, 2018. We invite you to participate and submit a position paper. In recent years, we have witnessed a rise in voices advocating more human-centered and holistic approaches in research on robotic technology. Towards this end, the adoption of broader perspectives and the exploration of critical questions…

Call for Papers WellComp 2018: First International Workshop on Computing for Well-Being in conjunction with ACM UbiComp 2018 Singapore October 8, 2018 http://WellComp.org/ Submission Deadline: July 20, 2018 WORKSHOP THEME AND GOALS In the advancing ubiquitous computing age, computing technology has already spread into many aspects of our daily lives, such as office work, home and house-keeping, health management, transportation, or even cities. We have been experiencing that much of the influence from those technologies are both contributing better quality of life (QoL) of our individual and organizational lives, and causing new types of stress and pain at the same…

Call for Papers GOODTECHS 2018 – 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good November 28-30, 2018 Bologna, Italy http://goodtechs.eu Paper Submission deadline: 31 July 2018 SCOPE By social good we refer to a “good” or a service that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way. Some classic examples of social goods are, of course, healthcare, safety, environment, democracy, and human rights, but we can add to this classic list even communication, art, entertainment and much more. In this context, the popularity of portable computing devices, like smartphones, tablets, or smart watches…

[Submitted to ISPR Presence News by the Konin Language Studies journal] Call for Papers Change, development and achievement in the L2 classroom: Thinking back and looking ahead Special Issue of Konin Language Studies http://www.ksj.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/?page_id=1085&lang=en Submission deadline: January 31st, 2019 As has been stated by Marianne Celce-Murcia (2001, p. 3), “[t]he field of second (or foreign) language teaching has undergone many fluctuations and shifts over the years. Different from physics or chemistry, in which progress is more or less steady until a major discovery causes a radical theoretical revision, language teaching is a field in which fads and heroes have come…

Call for Papers Virtual Reality for Pro-Social Attitude Change Special issue of New Media & Society http://www.tanjaaitamurto.com/VirtualRealityCFP.html GUEST EDITORS Tanja Aitamurto, Stanford University Andrea Stevenson Won, Cornell University Shuo Zhou, University of Colorado TENTATIVE TIMELINE Extended abstract submission deadline: October, 10, 2018 Notification on submitted abstracts: November 10, 2018 Article submission deadline: February 1, 2019 In recent years, virtual reality (VR) has become a more common medium both in professional and personal consumer use. As a parallel development, the cost of producing and publishing VR content has become easier with new platforms such as YouTube Virtual Reality and Facebook 360°.…

Call for Papers Zip-Scene Conference – Analogue and Digital Immersive Environments Perspectives on Digital Interactivity and Narrative in Performing Arts and VR Venue: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary Dates: 8-10 November, 2018 http://mome.hu/hu/h%C3%ADrek/1704-zip-scene-conference-analogue-and-digital-immersive-environments-call-for-papers Extended deadline for abstracts/bios: June 25, 2018 TOPIC: Game mechanics and other engaging interactive design strategies to raise the level of interactivity in immersive performance art and VR productions SHORT DESCRIPTION: Digital Interactivity provides novel opportunities for narratives in performance art and VR productions. This means emerging artistic practices, opportunities for critical reflection, and a reconsideration of the roles of the author and the…