CALL FOR PAPERS

HUMAN-SYSTEMS INTERACTION Session
2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Yellowstone Conference Center
Big Sky, Montana
March 7-14, 2020

Abstracts due July 1, 2019

Dear all,

We are now calling for abstracts for the session Human-Systems Interaction at the IEEE Aerospace Conference in Big Sky, Montana. This session consistently draws a fascinating group of innovators in our field for stimulating discussions in a fantastic setting.

TOPICS

Humans are the most critical element in system safety, reliability and performance. Their creativity, adaptability and problem-solving capabilities are key to resilient operations across the different aerospace applications. This session focuses on the technologies and techniques leading to effective interfaces between humans and spacecraft, robots, and other aerospace systems.

Specific topics of interest for this session include HCI-HMI, multimodal sensory integration such as vision, haptics and audio, situational awareness, tele-operation interfaces, data and scientific visualization, virtual and mixed reality environments, augmented reality and natural user interfaces as applied to design, production, operations, and analysis, as well as training and for decision support.… read more. “Call: Human-Systems Interaction Session at 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference”

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 in HCI and will be published in the Springer Human-Computer Interaction Series: http://www.springer.com/series/6033.

We invite HCI researchers and practitioners to contribute to the following suggested (but not limited) topics:

• the theoretical underpinnings of longitudinal HCI research: when a longitudinal study is appropriate, what research questions can be addressed and what challenges are entailed in different longitudinal research designs,
• advances and challenges in methods of longitudinal data collection and analysis: how can we maintain participant adherence and data reliability in longitudinal studies, how to conduct efficient longitudinal studies through the large-scale deployment of technology through app stores and otherwise, how to use particular methods of data collection and analysis in longitudinal settings (e.g.,

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 the brain, body, and both the physical and social environments.

The pretend play practices include playing with objects ‘as if’ they were another, role playing, make-believe play, having imaginary friends, making-up new games, creating rules in games, confabulating, storytelling, making fictional scripts, and acting.… read more. “Call: Pretend Play and E-Cognition conference”

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, including virtual or augmented reality environments, connect us to communities across the globe that speak another language, but paradoxically may distance us from the people sitting right next to us. In each of these instances we observe an ethical choice about how we, as individuals, communities and society, should use the growing collection of digital technologies to protect and promote our digital well-being.… read more. “Call: Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Multidisciplinary Approach (book chapters)”

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 keeping assistant, L2/L3 traffic jam assist, L4 valet parking). The user interface is one of the most critical issues in the interaction between humans and vehicles – and diverging mental models might be a major challenge here. Today’s (manual) vehicles are ill-suited for appropriate HMI testing for automated vehicles.… read more. “Call: 8th Workshop Automotive HMI: User Interface Research in the Age of New Digital Realities”