CALL FOR PAPERS – IEEE PerCom 2019 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Kyoto, Japan, March 11-15 2019 http://www.percom.org Paper Registration deadline: September 14, 2018 Paper Submission deadline: September 21, 2018 IEEE PerCom, now in its seventeenth year, is established as the premier annual scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Pervasive computing and communications have evolved into highly active areas of research; they have found their way into many current commercial systems due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems,…

[Lightly edited by ML] Call for Papers International Journal of Culture Technology http://ijct.iacst.org/ IJCT (International Journal of Culture Technology) aims to be the most comprehensive international journal on the various aspects of culture technology and its applications. IJCT provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to present recent progress in the area of culture technology. The goal of this journal is to bring together the research results from academia and industry to share ideas, works, problems and solutions related to the multifaceted aspects of culture technology. Authors are invited to submit original papers in all areas related to culture…

Call for Long/Short Papers, Abstracts, Demos and Posters 2nd Workshop on INTERFACE AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR VR/AR (DAIVAR) In conjunction with the IEEE Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality (AIVR) Conference 10th-12th December 2018 Taichung, Taiwan http://www.artur-lugmayr.com/activities/current-activities/daivar2018/ Workshop proceedings published in an Scopus indexed proceedings series Best papers will be published as edited book, or journal special issue Submission Deadline: 14th October 2018 Submission System: http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Submissions/2018DAIVAR/ The objective of this workshop is to invite scholars and practitioners to discuss synergies between interface and experience design in artificial intelligent reality virtual and augmented environments. The aim is to gather a…

CALL FOR PAPERS ECSCW 2019 – The 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Salzburg (Austria) 8-12 June 2019 https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2019/ Paper submission deadline: October 26, 2018 ECSCW is a single-track conference that contributes to developing an interdisciplinary and global community, sponsored by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies. The conference format facilitates critical discussion across disciplinary and national borders in the field. An overview of earlier ECSCW conferences (and proceedings) is available at http://www.ecscw.org. Submitted papers documenting original, rich, and in-depth contributions to CSCW will follow a journal-level review process. Accepted submissions will be published in Computer Supported…

CALL FOR PAPERS GOODTECHS 18 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good Special Session on Serious Games to Improve Quality of Life Bologna, Italy 28 – 30 November 2018 http://goodtechs.eu/ Extended submission deadline: 3rd September 2018 Gamification techniques and serious games are often used to capture and maintain user’s attention. This is particularly important when dealing with young patients or people with special needs. Patient’s collaboration is crucial for doctors to perform a good diagnosis, and to provide an efficient therapy, but it cannot always be taken for granted. Moreover, serious games are proved to…

CALL FOR PAPERS The Journal Scientia et Fides (ISSN: 2300-7648; E-ISSN: 2353-5636) Special Issue on Transhumanism, edited by Leandro M. Gaitán (Universidad de Navarra) Submission deadline: March 1, 2019 During the last two decades, the transhumanist metanarrative has been generating a lot of controversy, both in academic circles and in public opinion. Its proposal of a radical transformation and even of overcoming the human condition by technological means, entails a diversity of both theoretical and practical problems. From the theoretical perspective, some problems are the potential advantages and risks of transhumanism, personal identity, new alterities (robots, cyborgs, etc.), equality and…