Call for Applications New Agents and Agencies: Science, Technology, and Subjectivity 2018 Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Summer School July 8-12 2018 Tel Aviv University http://www.vanleer.org.il/en/content/call-applications-new-agents-and-agencies-science-technology-and-subjectivity Deadline for submission: February 15, 2018 Dear all, We are pleased to invite applications for the 2018 Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Summer School on New Agents & Agencies: Science, Technology & Subjectivity. With the rise of new technology-centered environments – such as social media, virtual worlds, online marketing, gaming, smart homes, and city surveillance – we face the growing presence of nonhuman agents and new forms of human agencies. We invite doctoral students and postdoctoral…

Call for Papers CHI 2018 Workshop – Reshaping Touch Communication: An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda Submission deadline: 2/2/2018 Notification: 22/2/2018 Workshop date: 21/4/2018 Workshop website: https://intouchchi.wordpress.com CHI 2018, April 21-26, Montréal, Canada https://chi2018.acm.org INTRODUCTION This one-day workshop brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and designers to examine new forms of touch communication enabled by digital touch technologies, address key social questions and challenges for HCI, reshape future research agendas, and build a cross disciplinary community that fosters subsequent collaboration. The workshop will focus on three themes: touch and sensory embodiment; affective communication; and ethical and methodological challenges in HCI design,…

Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals VS Games 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications 5. – 7. September, Würzburg, Germany https://vsgames.org/2018/ Deadline for Papers: 30. April 2018 Deadline for Workshop Proposals: 1. February 2018 SCOPE The conference will explore games and virtual worlds in relation to: Novel technologies Applications Methodologies, theories and frameworks Evaluation approaches and studies TOPICS OF INTEREST AI applications for serious games Serious games methodologies User-modelling in serious games Pervasive gaming Interactivity issues Game design Alternate reality games Virtual environments Augmented reality Visualisation techniques Human-computer interaction Mobile games Education and learning…

Call for Papers 15th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics July 29 – 31, 2018 Porto, Portugal http://www.icinco.org/ ICINCO is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication Submission Deadline: March 13, 2018 SCOPE The purpose of the 15th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics, Automation, Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modelling and Control, and Industrial Informatics.…

Call for Papers Symposium – Games For Mental Health in the LowLands WHAT: Oral and poster presentations on games for the assessment, training and treatment of mental health. WHEN & WHERE: 26th February 2018, Leuven (Belgium) DEADLINE for registration and submission: February 9th, 2018 NOTIFICATIONS of admission: February 15th; 2018 WEBSITE: www.kuleuven.be/gamesformentalhealth OBJECTIVE The objective of this symposium is to gather young researchers, active in the domain of game-based applications for the assessment, training, and treatment of mental health (GM4H). The symposium gives young G4MH researchers the opportunity to present their work and to meet other young researchers working in…