​Call for Papers “Virtual Environments and Advanced Interfaces” (VEAI’2015) http://sites.google.com/a/my.westminster.ac.uk/veai2015/​ Workshop within the 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2015) Liverpool, 26-28 October 2015 http://cse.stfx.ca/~iucc2015/index.html OVERVIEW The workshop on “Virtual Environments and Advanced Interfaces” within the 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2015) that will be held on 26-28 October 2015 in Liverpool, UK aims to promote the discussion about ways of enhancing human computer interaction and communication in Immersive Virtual Environments. To address relevant challenges, VR software and hardware need to be adopted in embedded environments to allow intuitive interaction between users and/or…

Call for Papers Yearbook of Moving Image Studies: Image Embodiment: New Perspectives of the Sensory Turn Deadline for Abstracts: August 1, 2015 Deadline for Articles: January 11, 2016 The double-blind peer-reviewed Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS) is now accepting articles from scientists, scholars, artists and film makers for the second issue entitled “Image Embodiment: New Perspectives of the Sensory Turn.” YoMIS will be enriched by disciplines like media and film studies, image science, (film) philosophy, art history, game studies and other research areas related to the moving image in general. Theories addressing the embodiment of the human mind discuss…

Designing Digital Creative Commons for the Performing Arts 14th July 2015, Lincoln, UK The workshop will run as part of the British HCI 2015 conference held 15-17th July 2015 at Lincoln, UK. This workshop aims to bring together HCI designers, creative technologists, Performing Arts practitioners and theorists to discuss issues and opportunities in designing digital tools for communication, artistic collaboration, sharing and co-creation between artists, and between artists and actively involved creative audiences. There are numerous existing online platforms that provide immediate and easy access to a vast range of tools for creative collaboration, yet their majority create and maintain…

Call for Papers EUCOG2015 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Systems 25-26 September 2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://www.eucognition.org/index.php?page=eacs-barcelona-2015-gen-info Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 1st, 2015 Organisers: Jordi Vallverdú & Vincent C. Müller THEMES “Cognitive systems” is to be broadly understood as an interlinked research of natural and artificial cognitive systems. We welcome participants from all disciplines that are relevant for fundamental issues of present and future robotics and AI, especially cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience and philosophy. We are especially interested in bioinspired techniques, models and methods. AI and cognitive science autonomous vehicles cognitive systems in…

Call for contributions New Friends 2015 The 1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education 22-23 October 2015 – Almere, The Netherlands The application of social robots in therapy and education is an emerging field as these ‘new friends’ become more sophisticated, available and affordable. In recent years there has been an enormous increase of projects in which they are used successfully for groups with special needs, like people with dementia, hospitalized children and children with autism. This increases the demand for expertise from a wide range of disciplines, like psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, AI, robotics and…

CALL FOR PAPERS The Third International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2015) Daegu, Korea, October 21-24, 2015 http://hai2015.org/ Due to the volume of requests, we have extended the submission deadline to May 22nd, 2015, 23:59 PDT People are increasingly interacting with computerized agents. Examples include autonomous and tele-presence robots in homes, healthcare, or search and rescue, virtual characters in the expanding gaming industry or for serious games, and agents representing other people through on-line social and interactive meeting places. Although these broad areas have their own unique research challenges, there is a clear commonality to be addressed in the investigation…