Call for book chapters – Springer Human Computer Interaction Series Advances in Longitudinal HCI Research: Theoretical perspectives, methods, and case studies Deadline for submission of chapter abstracts: August 1, 2019 Longitudinal studies have been traditionally seen as too cumbersome and labor-intensive to be of much use in research on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). However, recent trends in market, legislation, and the research questions we address, have highlighted the importance of studying prolonged use, while technology itself has made longitudinal research more accessible to researchers across different application domains. This book is aimed as an educational resource for graduate students and researchers…

Call for Abstracts Pretend Play and E-Cognition 19 and 20 September 2019 University of Antwerp, Belgium https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/filop/events/pretend-play-ecognition/ Abstract submission deadline:  31 May 2019 ABOUT This conference seeks to explore if and how E-Cognition theories, which aim to understand cognition through the interplay between the brain processes, bodily capacities and environmental contexts, can improve our understanding of pretend, imaginative and creative practices. E-Cognition refers to a young field of interdisciplinary research on embodied, embedded, enactive, extensive and ecological cognition, and includes ecological psychology, sensorimotor theory and dynamical systems theory. It assumes that cognition is shaped and structured by dynamic interactions between…

Call for Papers Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Springer, Philosophical Studies) Submission deadline: 9th September 2019 This edited collection is designed to explore the new opportunities and risks for human flourishing associated with the widespread adoption of digital technologies in domains such as healthcare, education and employment, media and entertainment, and social development and governance. For example, mobile apps can help us track increasingly fine-grained features of our physical health using advanced data analytics, but can also create an endless source of distraction that may impact negatively our mental health. In the same way, information and communication technologies,…

Call for Papers 8th Workshop Automotive HMI: User Interface Research in the Age of New Digital Realities Colocated with MuC (Mensch-Computer-Interaction) 2019 (http://muc2019.mensch-und-computer.de/) September 8, 2019 (9AM-5PM) Hamburg, Germany http://www.andreasriener.com/MuC2019WS/ Submission deadline: June 6, 2019 Even though many aspects of automated driving have not yet become true, many human factors issues have already been investigated. However, recent discussions revealed common misconceptions in both research and society about vehicle automation and the levels of automation. This might be due to the fact that automated driving functions are mis-named (cf. Autopilot) and that vehicles integrate functions at different automation levels (L1 lane…

Call for papers Mediated Conversation minitrack of HICSS-53, held January 2020 at the Grand Wailea in Maui https://mediatedconversation.wordpress.com/ This minitrack is part of the Digital and Social Media track of HICSS, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, which will host its 53rd annual conference (see HICSS-53) on January 7-10, 2020, at the Grand Wailea in Maui. Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2019 Submission: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ The Mediated Conversation minitrack focuses on the study of conversations taking place on digital and social media. Conversations are at the core of human communication. Mediated conversations can use text, audio, images or video, or…

Call for Papers Social Emotions – Theories and Models (SE-THEMOS19) Tues September 3rd, 2019 Cambridge, UK http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/se-themo19.html A workshop at Affective Computing and Intelligent Interfaces ACII2019 (http://acii-conf.org/2019/) Submission deadline: May 31st, 2019 Social agents with both graphical and robotic embodiments are being researched on an increasing scale, with applications in public interaction, education, health and therapeutic areas. This raises quite sharply both a requirement for the detection of social emotions – whether emotion that is socially and culturally regulated or emotion in group settings – and the modelling and expressing of such emotions on the social agent side. The aim…