Call for Abstracts The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) 2019 Conference June 5-7, 2019 Mexico City, Mexico http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2019 Deadline from Paper Abstracts: February 15, 2019 Deadline for Symposia Proposals: February 1, 2019 The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) [http://www.iacap.org/] is delighted to announce that submissions are now being accepted for its 2019 annual meeting [http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2019] June 5-7, to be held at and sponsored by the Institutes of Mathematics and Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). The meeting is being organized by, Sergio Rajsbaum: Institute of Mathematics, UNAM. (http://www.matem.unam.mx/~rajsbaum/) Luis Estrada González: Institute of Philosophy, UNAM.…

Call for Abstracts Interdisciplinary Workshop on ROBOTS & AI IN SOCIETY Socio-psychological, cultural-economic, and ethico-political aspects of living with artificial autonomous agents Western Sydney University (Parramatta 1PSQ) 8-9 November 2018 The workshop is co-located with the 18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents https://iva2018.westernsydney.edu.au/ EXTENDED submission deadline: 29 October 2018 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE FUTURE-READY Autonomous agents and artificial intelligences promise to soon play a central role in our lives: not only will they assist us as social companions and co-workers, but they will also stimulate deep cultural and political transformations in our civilization. Artificial…

CALL FOR PAPERS TOWARDS CONSCIOUS AI SYSTEMS AAAI Spring Symposium Stanford, CA March 25 – 27, 2019 http://diid.unipa.it/roboticslab/consciousai/ DEADLINE: November 2, 2018 SUBMISSION: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sss19 (look for this symposium) The study of consciousness remains a challenge that spans multiple disciplines. Consciousness has a demonstrated, although poorly understood, role in shaping human behavior. The processes underpinning consciousness may be crudely replicated to build better AI systems. Such a ‘top-down’ perspective on AI readily reveals the gaps in current data-driven approaches and highlights the need for ‘better AI’. At the same time, the process of designing AI systems creates an opportunity to better explain…

CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications February 25 – 27, 2019 Prague, Czech Republic http://www.hucapp.visigrapp.org/ New Submission Deadline: October 22, 2018 HUCAPP is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. In Cooperation with ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction European Association for Computer Graphics French Association for Computer Graphics With the presence of internationally distinguished keynote speakers: Daniel McDuff, Microsoft, United States Diego Gutierrez, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Jiri Matas, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Republic Dima Damen, University…

Call for Papers Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence (PJCV) Special issue on philosophical issues raised by the use of existing and emerging military and civilian forms of technologies in armed conflict Expressions of interest (prospective title and 100 word proposal) due: November 1, 2019 The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence (PJCV) welcomes contributions concerning the philosophical issues raised by the use of existing and emerging military and civilian forms of technologies in armed conflict. The special issue is guest edited by Dr. Alexander C. Leveringhaus (University of Surrey). The selected articles will be published by Trivent Publishing in…