Month: June 2026


  • Call: 13th Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems

    Call for Papers: 13th Joint Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems – IntRS’26Held in conjunction with the 20th ACM Conference on Recommender SystemsSeptember 28–October 2 2026Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAIntRS’26 Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/intrs26/ACM Conference on Recommender Systems: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys26 Important Dates:Submission deadline: July 20, 2026Author notification: August 14, 2026Camera-ready version: August 28, 2026 Research on Human-AI collaboration involves several critical areas of investigation, such as Human-in-the-loop, Symbiotic AI, Explainable AI, User-centered design, and Intelligent Interfaces. Overall, this area of research is aimed at developing systems that can work effectively with human users, considering their preferences, cognitive abilities, and ethical values.…

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  • VR, AI are transforming the classroom experience in South Florida

    [A virtual school founded in 2021 in South Florida offers all of its courses in virtual reality, as reported in this story from WPLG Local 10 in Miami. See the original version for a 2:56 minute video report. For more information and press coverage see the Optima Academy Online website; there’s also some relevant discussion on the homeschool subreddit. –Matthew] Virtual reality and AI are transforming the classroom experience in South Florida By Saira Anwer, ReporterMay 15, 2026 School is getting a high-tech makeover in South Florida, where students are stepping into virtual classrooms powered by artificial intelligence and virtual…

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  • Call: Patching Up for the journal Intermediality

    Call for Papers: Patching Up / RapiécerIssue n° 50 (Fall 2027)Intermediality. History and Theory of the Arts, Literature, and Technologieshttp://intermedialites.com/en/call-for-papers-no-50-patching-up-rapiecer/ Editors:Karine Bellerive, Université du Québec à Montréal and Université de SherbrookeSandrine Lambert, Concordia University No payment from the authors will be required Deadline to submit proposals: June 15, 2026Announcement of selected proposals: July 10, 2026Submission of completed texts for peer review: November 15, 2026Publication of the texts approved by the Editorial Committee: Fall 2027 Patching up means adding pieces—patches—to maintain, repair, and extend the life of something; at times, it goes beyond simply filling a gap to become a creative…

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  • You’re an ‘avatar in a VR game,’ scientist claims

    [Although it can be hard to detect (optical illusions provide a glimpse), it’s clear that we don’t perceive the reality around us directly, but a subjective version of it constructed by our senses and brain. Consistent with philosophy’s simulation argument that what we perceive as reality is likely a sophisticated computer simulation, the fascinating story below from Popular Mechanics via Yahoo! News uses a relatable presence metaphor, the logic of evolutionary game theory, and recent developments in the field of physics to argue for an “interface theory” of perception in which we can only experience the interface, not the complex…

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