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Month: March 2020

  • Call: 12th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2020)

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    CALL FOR PAPERS The 12th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2020) November 14-16, 2020 Golden, Colorado https://sites.psu.edu/icsr2020/ Submission deadline: June, 1st, 2020 GENERAL INFORMATION The 12th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2020) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. ICSR 2020 will take place in Golden Colorado on November 14-16, 2020. Accepted papers will be included in ICSR 2020 Proceedings published by Springer LNAI series. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Entertaining Robots’, which is meant to be…

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  • Virtual choirs connect people during social distancing

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    [Here are two stories about how singers are creatively using technology to evoke a sense of being together when they have to be physically separated. More about virtual choirs can be found in stories in Kent Online and CNN and a 2:48 minute radio segment from ABC News in Australia. –Matthew] [Image: The Sofa Singers. Credit: twitter.com/@swissmiss] [From Positive News] Online choir spreads joy and togetherness during coronavirus outbreak When it became impossible to run his real-life choirs as normal this week, vocal leader James Sills launched The Sofa Singers. The virtual group invites people from all over the world…

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  • Call: Real Artificial Intelligence 2020, 1-day event showcasing practical applications of AI

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    Call for Participation Real Artificial Intelligence 2020 A special one-day event showcasing Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence Friday 2nd October 2020 http://www.bcs-sgai.org/realai2020/ British Computer Society London Office https://www.25copthall.com/location/ BCS-SGAI, the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence, is the organiser of one of the longest running annual series of AI conferences in Europe: the AI-20xx series. In recent years we have seen a rise in popularity of one aspect of the conference: the industry case studies. These have presented AI as it is actually implemented out there in the real world, with all the triumphs and challenges that brings.…

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  • TytoHome telehealth diagnostic kit even more valuable during pandemic

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    [As this story from Wired notes, a device that lets people collect diagnostic data and video conference with a doctor from home is of great value in general and especially in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic. See the original story for two more pictures. I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy in this strange and scary time. –Matthew] Review: TytoCare TytoHome Medical Kit Soon, this easy, in-home diagnostic device will be standard home equipment for every family. Rating:8/10 WIRED: Small and easily storable. Simple to operate. Accurate. Eliminates the need for doctor’s visits. Lets care providers monitor patients…

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  • Call: 16th annual Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS)

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    Call for Papers The 16th annual Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS) Boise State University Boise, Idaho, USA June 29th and 30th, 2020 https://sites.google.com/view/yrrsds2020/ Submission deadline: May 7th 2020 The 16th annual Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS) will be held at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, USA (collocated with SIGdial) on June 29th and 30th, 2020. YRRSDS is an annual workshop for graduate students, postdoctoral students, and junior researchers working on spoken dialogue systems in both academia and industry. The workshop serves as an interdisciplinary forum for creative thinking about current issues in spoken…

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  • What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics

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    [This story from Ars Technica describes how an accidental simulation of an epidemic in the virtual World of Warcraft helped epidemiologists understand how people respond in similar real (nonmediated) crises. See the original story for a second image and a 1:23 minute video. –Matthew] [Image: Players gathered in an in-game urban center during the epidemic. Infected individuals walk among the uninfected, the recently dead, and the skeletons of those who died earlier.] What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics Revisiting a seminal 2007 paper modeling WoW‘s Corrupted Blood incident. Jennifer Ouellette March 16, 2020…

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  • Call: Creative Research special issue of the journal p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e

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    CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Special issue of the journal p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e dedicated to Creative Research http://www.p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e.org/?page_id=4698 Submission deadline: March 31st, 2020 Creative Research (also called Art Research) is a research area that has been expanding in the past few decades. However, it’s not always easy to clarify what this concept encompasses, because creative research approaches are very diverse. It is also sometimes difficult to have research in that field recognized by institutions. This is the reason why we decided to dedicate a special issue of the journal p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e to that topic. We welcome any academic, artistic, or hybrid contribution that will shine…

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  • Forced cancellations jumpstart virtual fashion technology

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    [The Coronavirus pandemic is prompting many new efforts to create presence experiences; this link-filled story from Vogue Business (which explicitly refers to presence) describes some of these efforts in the fashion industry. See the original version for a second image and a short video. –Matthew]   [Image: Artwork hand printed by Hannah Cousins, exclusively for Vogue Business; see the original story for the uncropped, animated gif version.] Forced cancellations jumpstart virtual fashion technology Amid a moratorium on events and calls for more sustainable practices, tech that facilitates virtual fashion presentations is thrust into the spotlight. By Maghan Mcdowell 17 March…

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  • Call: ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2020)

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    Call for Papers VRST 2020 ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Ottawa, Canada November 1 – 4, 2020 https://vrst.acm.org/vrst2020/ Paper submission deadline: June 29, 2020 Posters and demos submission deadline: August 3, 2020 The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned with VR/AR software and technology. The VRST symposium brings together the main international research groups working on AR/VR/MR, along with many of the world’s leading companies that provide or utilize AR/VR systems. The VRST 2020 conference will be held…

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  • Augmented Reality aids in the fight against COVID-19

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    [The short story below from Hackaday, and especially the 17:53 minute video within it, illustrates the power of presence-evoking technologies in the fight against viruses including COVID-19. The video is also available on YouTube, where the description includes links to a source publication, a description of the data used in the video, and details about the technology demonstrated. See also a related post in ISPR Presence News from May 2018. –Matthew] Augmented Reality aids in the fight against COVID-19 By Dan Maloney March 12, 2020 “Know your enemy” is the essence of one of the most famous quotes from [Sun…

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  • Call: AI-2020 – SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence

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    CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AI-2020: 40th International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence Cambridge, UK December 15th-17th 2020 http://www.bcs-sgai.org/ai2020/ Organised by BCS SGAI: The British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (a EurAi Member Society). The leading series of UK-based international conferences on Artificial Intelligence and one of the longest running AI conference series in Europe. Deadline for submissions: 3rd July 2020 AI-2020 is the FORTIETH annual SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence. The scope of the conference comprises the whole range of AI technologies and application areas. AI-2020 reviews recent technical…

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  • The Coronavirus has brought the dawn of the virtual happy hour

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    [This story from Forbes describes new efforts to counter the effects of social distancing by using presence-evoking technologies to recreate the sense of connection and community we get from non-mediated informal social gatherings. The original version includes an 8:34 minute audio version and for a related story see NPR. –Matthew] The Coronavirus Has Brought The Dawn Of The Virtual Happy Hour Abram Brown, Forbes Staff March 15, 2020 Around 3 in the afternoon on Friday, things were starting to feel tense to Kris Nelson, the chief operating officer of Srax. The Los Angeles advertising company had instructed its employees to…

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