Call for Participation Workshop on “In-vehicle Auditory Interactions” at ICAD (International Conference on Auditory Display) 2015 Graz, Austria, July 6, 2015 http://sites.google.com/a/mtu.edu/icad2015-in-vehicle-auditory-interactions-workshop ABSTRACT: The scope and prevalence of in-vehicle technologies has dramatically expanded, which increases drivers’ visual, physical, and mental workload. In an attempt to reduce this workload, but allow for necessary interactions, auditory displays have been used in vehicles over the years, but only for basic information transmission. The goal of our joint workshop is to discuss the use of auditory displays for interaction in the vehicle at a more advanced level in order to offer better driver experience…

Call for papers, posters, creative showcase, workshops, and children’s creativity labs 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE) conference 16-19 November Iskandar, Malaysia The complete CFP is available at http://ace2015.info/ KEY DATES: Paper and Workshop Submission deadline: June 5, 2015 Creative Showcase, Poster and Creativity Lab Submission Deadline: July 17, 2015 ACE is a leading forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research in entertainment computing. Interactive entertainment is one of the most vibrant areas of interest in modern society and is amongst the fastest growing industries in the world. In the past decade ACE has become the leading scientific forum for dissemination of…

Call for papers International Workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing (iUBICOM) 13 July 2015 in Lincoln, UK In conjunction with the 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference Following seven successful previous iUBICOM (International workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing) workshops, we present the 8th iUBICOM workshop. Our theme for this year’s workshop is “Personalised Information Modelling and Retrieval”. The rapid proliferation of data through various sources such as the Web, ubiquitous and embedded devices, presents individuals and organisations with huge amounts of stored and collected information to process and make sense of in different ways. This raises several challenges for…

Call for Papers The First International Workshop on ENgagement in HumaN Computer IntEraction (ENHANCE 2015) http://enhance2015.isir.upmc.fr/ @ the 6th Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2015) http://www.acii2015.org/index.html SCOPE Research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction is taking an ascending curve in the conception of machines, like robots or virtual agents, endowed with social and emotional intelligence. Conceiving social robots or agents means that they should be able to interact naturally with humans. Thus, they should be equipped with capabilities that enable them to understand the user’s actions, behaviours, and mental and emotional states just like a human naturally does. Engagement…

Call For Papers Cyberworlds 2015 International Conference 7-9 October Gotland, Sweden http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org/ Flyer of Call For Papers is available at here. Abstract submission (compulsory): 15 May 2015 OVERVIEW AND TOPICS Created intentionally or spontaneously, cyberworlds are information spaces and communities that immensely augment the way we interact, participate in business and receive information throughout the world. Cyberworlds seriously impact our lives and the evolution of the world economy by taking such forms as social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The topics covered by Cyberworlds 2015 will include but are not limited to: Networked…

ICIDS 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE DIGITAL STORYTELLING Nov. 30 – Dec. 4, 2015. Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark View this call online at: http://icids2015.aau.dk SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 19th, 2015 This year, the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 8) will take place in Denmark at Aalborg University’s campus in central Copenhagen. ICIDS has its origin in a series of related international conferences that ran between 2001 and 2007 (http://www.icids.org). Since 2008, ICIDS became the premier annual venue that gathers researchers, developers, practitioners and theorists to present and share the latest innovations, insights and techniques in the expanding field of…