Call for Abstracts: “Robots for Humans: Empowerment Through Co-Creative and Social Robots”A Workshop at IEEE RO-MAN 2025, the 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive CommunicationAugust 29, 2025Eindhoven, The NetherlandsWorkshop: https://r4h-workshop.github.io/RO-MAN 2025 Conference: http://ro-man2025.org/ Deadline for submissions: July 21, 2025 We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the workshop “Robots for Humans: Empowerment Through Co-Creative and Social Robots”, which will be held in conjunction with the RO-MAN 2025 Conference, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on August 29th, 2025. The workshop aims to explore the intersection of social robotics, creativity, and human empowerment. We focus on how co-creative and…

Call for Papers: The 1st International Workshop on AI-empowered Digital Health and Well-being Promotion (AI-DHWP)At the 10th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (IEEE CyberSciTech 2025)October 21-24, 2025Hakodate City, Hokkaido, Japanhttps://aidhwp.github.io/ Deadline for submissions: June 27, 2025 (Can be extended) INTRODUCTION With the spread of information technology in healthcare, there is growing interest in using AI to support health management and well-being in daily life. As more data become available from wearables, sensors, and online platforms, new possibilities emerge for understanding health conditions, human behaviors, and predicting health risks. This workshop focuses on AI-empowered and human-centered approaches that apply to…

Call for Papers: VINCI 2025 – The 18th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and InteractionDecember 1-3, 2025Linz, Austriahttps://www.vinci-symp.org/ Deadline for submissions: June 27, 2025 (extended!) VINCI ’25 includes tracks of Technical Papers, Art Papers, and Art and Media Galleries, as well as a new special track on Cultural Heritage. We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, animations, virtual reality, web, artistic projects, or other visual media. Research papers should address cognitive and design aspects, underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and case studies.…

Call for Papers: Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds III WorkshopSeptember 12–13, 2025University of Europe for Applied Sciences and RegenbogenfabrikBerlin, Germanyhttps://philevents.org/event/show/137157 (also the Gamesnetwork electronic list) Deadline for submission of abstracts: August 10, 2025 Both traditional games and games that take place in virtual environments rely on play-states designed around their perceptual features. This is apparent by the fact that they prominently rely on phenomenal spatial structures, but also by a variety of perceptual roles that enter into elements like storytelling, sound, kinesthetic feedback and immersive design. How should the character of perception in games and virtual environments be understood?…

Call for Papers: 2025 INTERFACEing conference: Embodied Experience, Emotions, and CreativitySeptember 17-19, 2025Doğuş University, Istanbul, Turkey [and online; see below]https://interface.org.tw/index.php/if/pages/view/CallforPapers-INTERFACEing2025EXT Organized by Prof. Dr. Barış ÇOBAN (Doğuş University, Turkey) and Associate Prof. Dr. Charlène CLONTS (Kyushu University, Japan) Deadline for submissions of individual papers and panel proposals: July 30, 2025 INTERFACE invites scholars, practitioners, and artists to the 2025 INTERFACEing conference to explore the dynamic interrelations between the body, mind, emotions, and creativity across disciplines. This gathering aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue spanning literature, linguistics, media, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and the arts. The conference theme is grounded in phenomenology and…

Call for Papers: AI, Misinformation, and the Future of Algorithmic Fact-CheckingA special issue of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (JOBEM)https://beaweb.org/wp/jobem-ai-misinformation-and-the-future-of-the-algorithmic-fact-checking/ Special Issue Editor:Don Shin, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University – don.h.shin@ttu.edu Deadline for submissions: December 30, 2025Publication Date: September 2026 In early 2024, an AI fact-checking system flagged a viral image of a protest scene as “misleading content,” drastically reducing its reach on social media. The image, showing police officers confronting demonstrators, was not altered or generated by AI—the caption attached to it falsely claimed it depicted a protest in a different country.…