International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2011) Link: http://isami.usal.es/ When:  Apr 6, 2011 – Apr 8, 2011 Where:  Salamanca, Spain Submission Deadline:  Nov 15, 2010 Call For Papers Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a recent paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable. Another main concern of AmI originates from the human computer interaction domain and focuses on offering ways to interact with systems in a more natural way by means user friendly interfaces. This field is evolving quickly as can be witnessed by the…

The Board of Directors of the International Society for Presence Research is pleased to announce that ISPR 2011, the 13th International Workshop on Presence, will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland October 26-28 next year. The conference will be held at the Craighouse Campus of Edinburgh Napier University (see a visual tour here). Much more information about the conference will be posted on the ISPR web site and in ISPR Presence News soon, but please reserve the date!

Special Issue of “Entertainment Computing” by Elsevier “Video Games as Research Instruments” Call for Papers Submission deadline: 10th October, 2010 Video games have a history of being used to study phenomena in HCI and other disciplines. The use of video games as research tools is becoming more widespread in areas such as addiction, user experience, immersion, strategy and decision making. They offer an excellent way to motivate participants in HCI studies, and by using online casual games researchers can potentially access hundreds of participants. We invite submissions to this special issue of Entertainment Computer that address the methodological aspects of…

Call for Pervasive 2011 Conference Papers Pervasive 2011, the Ninth International Conference on Pervasive Computing, will be held June 12-15, 2011 in San Francisco, California. The paper submission deadline is Monday October 11, 2010 at midnight US/Pacific time. Pervasive is a premier international conference for cutting edge research on the architecture, design, implementation, application and evaluation of pervasive computing technologies. The conference places strong emphasis on both the technological innovation aspects of the field of pervasive computing as well as the ways in which these emerging technologies affect and influence everyday life.

“Providence is always on the side of the last reserve” Napoleon Bonaparte WHAT ARE THE PROVIDENCE EXPERIMENTS? The Providence Experiments are a unique series of workshops and events that fuse experimentation, visualisation, ritual, psychological intervention and immersive game. Test subjects will be thrust into bizarre events that offer the willing participant the opportunity to undergo a challenging yet positive artistic transfor…mation. Over one lunar calendar month, you will receive spontaneous transmissions, puzzles, choices and oddities that may pervade any and every part of your life. Prepare your mind for anything. This experience will be designed specifically for YOU. Perception of…

Games and HCI: A long romance Call for papers and industry submissions What:  A Workshop as part of OZCHI 2010, Brisbane, Australia The workshop is about the design of the game interface, its philosophies, its foibles, its moments of achievement and delight with a view to the next generation of game design. We are interested in taking this “long engagement” to its logical next step, where the two partners in the relationship (game interface design and HCI) act as equal participants in the design and evolution of new and innovative experiences. Where:  OZCHI 2010 Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point…