Call for Papers Rethinking, Reworking and Revolutionising The Turing Test Interdisciplinary Conference 2018 November 15th-16th The University of Edinburgh https://turingtest2018.wordpress.com/ Abstract submission deadline: September 14th, 2018 THE CONFERENCE The aim of the conference is to facilitate dialogue between researchers in philosophy of mind, cognitive science and informatics by providing a venue to present their research on an area of common interest. Members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to participate. The conference focuses on the role that the Turing Test has played, and above all can still play, in artificial intelligence research. Ever since it was proposed in 1950, the…

Call for Papers Joint Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies and Intelligent Cinematography and Editing November 11-12th, 2018 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/intwiced18/ Paper deadline: August 6th, 2018 Please consider contributing to the joint workshop of WICED (Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and Editing) and INT (Intelligent Narrative Technologies), which will be collocated with the 14th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2018) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We invite submissions in the form of long papers (8 pages), short papers (4 pages), and posters (1 page). The workshop website can be found here: https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/intwiced18/…

Call for Papers Artifact: Journal of Design Practice Artifact: Journal of Design Practice aims to publish high-quality academic papers focused on practice-based design research that explores conditions, issues, developments and tasks pertaining to design in a broad sense. As an international design research journal, Artifact targets the global design research community with the aim of strengthening knowledge sharing and theory building of relevance to design practice. All articles and research notes are subject to double-blind peer-review. The journal is cross-disciplinary in scope and welcomes contributions from all fields of design research including product design and visual communication, user experience, interface,…

Call for Papers ACM IUI 2019: 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Los Angeles, CA, USA March 17-20, 2019 http://iui.acm.org/2019/ Paper abstract deadline: October 1, 2018 Workshop proposal deadline: August 14, 2018 ACM IUI 2019 is the 24th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is…

Call for Springer Book on Social Robots Social Robots. An Interdisciplinary Compendium on Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects Abstract submission deadline: August 15 Overview: Social robots not only work with humans in collaborative workspaces – they start accompanying us into personal settings like home and health care. Does this imply that social robots should become more human, for example by enabling them to interpret and respond to human emotions? Should they even simulate emotions? The book covers the phenomenon of social robots from the historic roots over today’s best practices to future perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary compendium: while focusing…

Call for Papers and Panels Game Studies Area: 2019 PCA/ACA National Conference April 17th through April 20th, 2019 Washington, DC https://pcaaca.org/ Submission deadline: October 1, 2018 The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held April 17th through April 20th, 2019 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The database for proposal submissions is now open. I. TOPICS OF INTEREST The organizers seek proposals and papers covering all…