Call for Papers UPA’19 – 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON UBIQUITOUS PERSONAL ASSISTANCE in conjunction with UbiComp 2019, London, UK 09 September 2019 https://upa19.weebly.com/ upa(at)tk.tu-darmstadt.de Submission Deadline: 21 June 2019 The Fourth International Workshop on Ubiquitous Personal Assistance (UPA’19) aims to share experiences of current research endeavors on digital personal assistance. We invite submissions of papers focused on advancing towards digital assistants that provide a high level of personalization, through proactive and effective support of users’ activities, in an unobtrusive manner. In particular, we wish to put forward the discussion on how digital assistants can provide unobtrusive guidance and support for…

Call for Papers The Society of Learning Algorithms Conference series: Science and Art of Simulation (SAS) High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Germany (HLRS) November 11-13, 2019 https://philo.hlrs.de/openconf/openconf.php Submission deadline: July 1, 2019 Debates about learning algorithms quickly get on one of two tracks: Either machine learning is regarded as a statistical procedure for data analysis, then questions arise as to the traceability and reliability of these procedures. Or machine learning is placed in the context of artificial intelligence, then questions arise as to the appropriateness of the claims and visions associated with it. The link between both debates, however, lies in…

CALL FOR PAPERS HUMAN-SYSTEMS INTERACTION Session 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference Yellowstone Conference Center Big Sky, Montana March 7-14, 2020 Abstracts due July 1, 2019 Dear all, We are now calling for abstracts for the session Human-Systems Interaction at the IEEE Aerospace Conference in Big Sky, Montana. This session consistently draws a fascinating group of innovators in our field for stimulating discussions in a fantastic setting. TOPICS Humans are the most critical element in system safety, reliability and performance. Their creativity, adaptability and problem-solving capabilities are key to resilient operations across the different aerospace applications. This session focuses on the technologies…

Call for book chapters – Springer Human Computer Interaction Series Advances in Longitudinal HCI Research: Theoretical perspectives, methods, and case studies Deadline for submission of chapter abstracts: August 1, 2019 Longitudinal studies have been traditionally seen as too cumbersome and labor-intensive to be of much use in research on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). However, recent trends in market, legislation, and the research questions we address, have highlighted the importance of studying prolonged use, while technology itself has made longitudinal research more accessible to researchers across different application domains. This book is aimed as an educational resource for graduate students and researchers…

Call for Abstracts Pretend Play and E-Cognition 19 and 20 September 2019 University of Antwerp, Belgium https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/filop/events/pretend-play-ecognition/ Abstract submission deadline:  31 May 2019 ABOUT This conference seeks to explore if and how E-Cognition theories, which aim to understand cognition through the interplay between the brain processes, bodily capacities and environmental contexts, can improve our understanding of pretend, imaginative and creative practices. E-Cognition refers to a young field of interdisciplinary research on embodied, embedded, enactive, extensive and ecological cognition, and includes ecological psychology, sensorimotor theory and dynamical systems theory. It assumes that cognition is shaped and structured by dynamic interactions between…

Call for Papers Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Springer, Philosophical Studies) Submission deadline: 9th September 2019 This edited collection is designed to explore the new opportunities and risks for human flourishing associated with the widespread adoption of digital technologies in domains such as healthcare, education and employment, media and entertainment, and social development and governance. For example, mobile apps can help us track increasingly fine-grained features of our physical health using advanced data analytics, but can also create an endless source of distraction that may impact negatively our mental health. In the same way, information and communication technologies,…