[Apologies for the late notice (I just saw this); if you’re interested consider contacting the organizers about a late submission. –Matthew] CALL FOR PROPOSALS THE PICTURESQUE: Visual Pleasure and Intermediality in-between Contemporary Cinema, Art and Digital Culture International film and media studies conference organized by the Sapientia University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), within the framework of the research project supported by the UEFISCDI 25-26 October, 2019 http://film.sapientia.ro/en/conferences/the-picturesque-visual-pleasure-and-intermediality Deadline for proposals: July 15, 2019 Continuing our series of conferences dedicated to rethinking intermediality in contemporary cinema and visual culture, we propose to initiate a discussion around aspects of intermediality that may unfold…

DISSELF II: Self-Perception in Human and Artificial Agents Faculty of Arts and Humanities – University of Porto 23 October 2019 disself2019.wordpress.com/ Abstract submissions deadline: 15th of August 2019 Keynote Speakers: Makila AUVRAY – Institut des Système Intelligents et Robotique, Paris. Anna CIAUNICA – MLAG-Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto. António MARQUES (TBC) – Politécnico do Porto, Escola Superior de Saúde. Verónica ORVALHO – Department of Computer Science, University of Porto. Manos TSAKIRIS – Royal Holloway, University of London. David HARIS SMITH – McMaster University, Canada. The capacity to integrate self-related information across multiple sensory channels is fundamental to building cohesive…

Call for Papers ACM IUI 2020: ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2020 Conference Cagliari, Italy March 17-20, 2020 http://iui.acm.org/2020/ Contact: program2020@iui.acm.org Upcoming deadlines: Abstract: Oct 1, 2019 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 8, 2019 ACM IUI 2020 is the 25th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging…

Call for Applications Workshop on ‘A Phenomenology of Virtuality?’ Universidad Diego Portales Santiago, Chile 22nd-24th January 2020 Application deadline: 17th September 2019 Dear all, This is a Call for Applications for a workshop on ‘A Phenomenology of Virtuality?’ at the Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, 22nd-24th January 2020. In a second of three workshops on virtuality, this one will concentrate on the question as to whether a phenomenology of virtuality is possible and, if so, what would it look like? Indeed, with the high rise and influence of recent virtual technologies such as social media and online gaming, as well…

Call for Participation The 6th Experimental AI in Games Workshop In conjunction with Artificial Intelligence in Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) 2019 October 8-9, 2019 Atlanta, Georgia http://www.exag.org Submission deadline: July 19, 2019 Interested in games and AI? The Experimental AI in Games (EXAG) workshop aims to foster experimentation in game AI research and all forms of game development. In addition to presenting traditional academic talks and live demos of AI technology, EXAG welcomes a diverse community of researchers and practitioners with activities including a show-and-tell demo and gameplay session. The sixth workshop on Experimental AI in Games is being held…

Call for papers The 13th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games: The Aesthetics of Computer Games St Petersburg, Russia October 21-24, 2019 http://gameconference.mediaphilosophy.ru/pcg2019.html and gamephilosophy.org Conference Committee: Program Chair: Feng Zhu (King’s College London) – feng.zhu@kcl.ac.uk Conference Chairs: Alina Latypova (St Petersburg State University) – latypova.al@gmail.com Konstantin Ocheretyany (St Petersburg State University) – kocheretyany@gmail.com Submission deadline: 11th August, 2019 We invite submissions to the 13th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games, organised by the Game Philosophy Network, together with the Centre for Media Philosophy and Laboratory for Computer Games Research, in St Petersburg, Russia, on October…