Call for Papers

Fifth Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality
At IEEE Virtual Reality 2019
Osaka, Japan
23 March 2019
https://wevr.adalsimeone.me

Important Dates:
Abstract submission: 18 January 2019
Submission Deadline: 25 January 2019
Notification:  1 February 2019
Camera-Ready: 15 February 2019

Traditionally, Virtual and Augmented Reality has been conceived for purpose-built highly instrumented laboratories. However, the commercial release of consumer grade Virtual and Augmented Reality head-mounted displays has allowed a wider user base to experience VR and AR in everyday environments such as their own home or work environments. If consumer VR and AR is to evolve beyond the laboratory, a rethinking of the way we design and implement interactive VR and AR systems for these environments application scenarios is needed.

The workshop on Everyday Virtual and Augmented Reality focuses on the investigation of well-known VR and AR research themes in all those contexts and scenarios other than research laboratories and specialist environments.… read more. “Call: Fifth Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality, at IEEE VR 2019”

Call for Submissions

GROUP 2020 – ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
PACM HCI affiliated conference
January 6-8, 2020, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
https://group.acm.org/conferences/group20/

Paper abstract and title submission deadline: February 22, 2019

For over 25 years, the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP) has been a premier venue for research on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Socio-Technical Studies. The conference integrates work in social science, computer science, engineering, design, values, and other diverse topics related to group work, broadly conceptualized. Group 2020 continues the tradition of being truly international and interdisciplinary in both organizational structure as well as participants.

Key goals for the program are to encourage and facilitate researchers within CSCW and HCI to interact across disciplinary boundaries. We encourage high-level research contributions from interdisciplinary groups to present work that might be difficult to place within one simple category.… read more. “Call: GROUP 2020 – ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Virtual Reality Interventions for Health and Well-Being in the Elderly
https://home.liebertpub.com/cfp/virtual-reality-interventions-for-health-and-well-being-in-t/166/

Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2019
*Submitting Authors: Please indicate in your Cover Letter that your paper is for the VR in the Elderly Special Issue.

Loneliness is pervasive among older adults. Feelings of loneliness contribute to an increased risk in developing dementia, and a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, and death. By 2030 the United States will have more residents over 65 than children. This figure indicates a growing reliance on our local and national system of caregivers, healthcare providers, and senior communities, placing stress on the clinical and social infrastructure needed to support older adults.

To meet these growing needs, VR technology is rapidly expressing itself as an integral tool. The majority of studies using VR Interventions for seniors have focused on treatment and rehabilitation, but exciting new translational research is beginning to move towards prevention.… read more. “Call: VR Interventions for Health and Well-Being in the Elderly – Special issue of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking”

Call for Participation

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants:
Exploring the Intersection of Philosophy and HCI
A CHI 2019 workshop
Glasgow, UK,
Saturday May 4th, 2019
https://authentic.sice.indiana.edu/philosophy-hci-workshop/

Submission deadline: 12 February 2019

Download the workshop proposal.

Philosophy has provided a vital perspective for HCI on how we navigate, experience, understand, and judge the world around us and its artifacts. Lately, HCI scholars have also sought to use philosophy’s program of answering what it means to live a “good” life to investigate the ethical and moral implications of the technologies we design. As philosophy in its many forms continues to open up new influences and our relations with technology broaden, we believe it is timely to have a meta-discussion about what links philosophy and HCI. As we understand it, philosophy’s strength lies in its diversity, depth, and interpretive flexibility.

The goal of this one-day workshop (Saturday May 4th, 2019) will be to sustain this thread by bringing together HCI scholars who have been drawn to philosophy to develop a shared agenda on how to understand it and carry it forward.… read more. “Call: Philosophy and HCI workshop at CHI 2019”

Human-Machine Communication: What Does/Could Communication Science Contribute to HRI?

A Workshop at HRI 2019, the 14th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction
Daegu, Korea
March 11-14, 2019

HRI 2019: http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2019
Workshop: https://www.combotlabs.org/hmchri2019.html

Submission deadline: February 1, 2019

OVERVIEW

In the discipline of Communication Science, human-machine communication (HMC) has recently emerged as a new context of study. Although historically focused on human communication, communication scientists also (increasingly) examine processes of (a) message production, reception, evaluation, and effects, (b) construction and negotiation of meanings, and (c) coordination of action between humans and digital interlocutors, which may include social robots, artificial intelligence agents, and human-robot assemblages (e.g., cyborgs, machine-augmented persons, and actor networks).

Although both HRI and Communication Science often trace their origins to the transdisciplinary cybernetics of the 20th century, they have since developed in relative isolation, with scant scholarly exchange concerning the similarities and differences in their assumptions, insights, and approaches.… read more. “Call: “Human-Machine Communication: What Does/Could Communication Science Contribute to HRI?” An HRI 2019 Workshop”