Call for Papers CUI@CSCW: Collaborating through Conversational User Interfaces Workshop at the 2020 ACM Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) conference 17th or 18th October Held virtually http://speech-interaction.org/CSCW2020/ KEY DATES Submission deadline:  30th August (23:59 Anywhere on Earth) Notifications:  13th September Workshop:  17th or 18th October (TBC) ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The virtual CUI@CSCW workshop will bring together the burgeoning communities centred on the design, development, application, and study of Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs). We will examine the challenges involved in transforming CUIs into everyday computing devices capable of supporting collaborative activities across space and time. Additionally, we intend to…

Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Special issue on First-Person Research in HCI https://dl.acm.org/journal/tochi/firstpersonhci Guest Editors: Audrey Desjardins (University of Washington) Andres Lucero (Aalto University) Marta Cecchinato (Northumbria University) Oscar Tomico Plasencia (ELISAVA and Eindhoven University of Technology) Carman Neustaedter (Simon Fraser University) Abstract submission deadline:  September 8, 2020 Full paper submission deadline:  October 22, 2020 As an addition to the array of HCI methodological tools, first-person research methods offer a chance for researchers to not only investigate the mundane, ongoing, and ubiquitous presence of technology in everyday life, but also to acknowledge their own positionality in research…

CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL TRACK ON XR & IMMERSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS at IEEE 2020: An International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Learning 8-11 December 2020 Online/Virtual http://tale2020.org/special-track-1/ Submission Deadline: 17 August 2020 Organized in conjunction with the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN at http://immersivelrn.org), the Special Track on XR & Immersive Environments for Learning at IEEE TALE 2020 will focus on the use of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and related technologies for creating environments and experiences that excite, inspire and engage learners in immersive ways. Of interest are reports of both research studies and applications…

Call for Papers Understanding Each Other when Communicating in Emerging Technology Mediated Environments Communication Studies https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/comm-emerging-tech/ Special Issue Editor(s): Rhonda McEwen, PhD, University of Toronto Mississauga, [email protected] Michelle Lui, PhD, University of Toronto Mississauga, [email protected] Submission deadline: 15 January 2021 Classic definitions of communication focus on the process of exchange of information — instrumental and expressive — and with the goal of mutual understanding of the content among the participants. The structure and format of in-person communication is a particular instantiation of engagement for which we have accumulated a wealth of research within the field. As we move to remote…

Call for Papers Living Through a Crisis: Special Issue on How COVID-19 Has Transformed the Way We Work, Learn, and Live Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices https://www.springer.com/journal/10606/updates/18188320 Guest Editors: Kori Inkpen, Microsoft, [email protected] John Tang, Microsoft, [email protected] Geraldine Fitzpatrick, TU Wien, Austria, [email protected] Juho Kim, KAIST, South Korea, [email protected] Paul Luff, King’s College London, UK, [email protected] Naomi Yamashita, NTT Research Labs, [email protected] Deadline for submission: 4th December 2020 Submission guidelines: http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606 The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed all aspects of our lives, including the way we work, the nature of our schools, and…

Call for Contributions and Participation Storytelling and the Body 2nd Global Inclusive Conference Friday 12th March 2021 – Saturday 13th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal http://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/storytelling/storytelling-and-the-body/conferences/ 300 word proposals, presentations, abstracts and other forms of contribution and participation should be submitted by Friday 4th September 2020 NOTE: Due to the postponement of this event in relation to the Covid pandemic, we are delighted to be able to unexpectedly reopen the Call for Submissions for the newly rescheduled dates. Bodies of all kinds surround us. Glamorous bodies, modified bodies, healthy or unhealthy bodies, engineered bodies, trafficked bodies, in/visible bodies, dismembered bodies, persecuted…