First call for Papers, Workshops and Tutorials USAB 2010: HCI in Work & Learning, Life & Leisure (all aspects of Human-Computer Interaction and Usability) Co-located with the Alps Adria Psychology Conference 2010 Klagenfurt University, 16.-17. September 2010 http://usab2010.uni-klu.ac.at The 6th Symposium of the Workgroup  HCI&UE of the Austrian Computer Society will take place in Carinthia (Southern Austria) this year from Sept. 16th to Sept. 17th. The topics are structured alongside (but not limited to) the following three dimensions: 1) Special user groups (children, elderly, healthcare professionals, tourists, students, teachers.)  2) Issues on practical application of HCI in the work place…

On behalf of the organizing committee of the Third International Workshop on Perceptual Quality of Systems (PQS), we would like to invite you to attend this exciting event that will happen in Dresden, September 6-8, 2010 (http://www.ias.et.tu-dresden.de/akustik/PQS2010/). Third International Workshop on Perceptual Quality of Systems is a direct successor to the successful workshop series inaugurated in Herne in 2003, and in Berlin in 2006. The quality of systems which address human perception is difficult to describe. An engineering approach to quality includes the consideration of how a system is perceived by its users, and how the needs and expectations of…

Call for Submissions: EICS-MIXER: The Challenges of Engineering Mixed Reality Systems: A Bottom-Up Workshop To be held the *20th of June 2010 as a workshop of the EICS 2010 conference – BERLIN Organizers: Emmanuel Dubois, Philip D. Gray, Laurence Nigay Contact: [email protected] Web site: http://ihcs.irit.fr/dubois/Research/Events/EICS_Mixer/EICS_Mixer.htm THEME, GOALS, AND RELEVANCE Currently one of the most challenging aspects of interactive systems is the integration of the physical and digital aspects of interaction in a smooth and usable way. The design challenge of such Mixed Reality (MR) interactive systems lies in the fluid and harmonious fusion of the physical and digital worlds. Examples…

CALL FOR PAPERS INAUGURAL ISSUE SUBMISSION DUE DATE: 1st May 2010 International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/IJPOP Co-Editors-in-Chief: Steve Goschnick & Sandrine Balbo Published: Semi-annual (both in Print and Electronic form) Mission of IJPOP: The International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP) is cross-discipline in range yet singularly focused on empowering individuals to conceptualise, design, program, configure and orchestrate Internet-powered mashups, game mods (modifications), aggregate and structure personal media and build standalone cloud-based and client-side applications (on smartphones, netbooks, laptops, desktops, home network and novel appliances) into self-fashioned tools and products that…

Call for Papers International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association http://www.igi-global.com/ijgbl Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Patrick Felicia Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) Mission of IJGBL The mission of the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) is to promote knowledge pertinent to the design of Game-Based Learning environments, and to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the field of Game-Based Learning. The main goals of IJGBL are to identify, explain, and improve the interaction between learning outcomes and motivation in video games, and to promote best practices for…

2010 IEEE International Symposium on Robots and Human Interactive Communication IEEE RO-MAN 12th-15th September, 2010 Viareggio, Italy http://www.ro-man2010.org The 19th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication will be held in Viareggio, Italy at “Principe di Piemonte” Congress Center. The theme of the conference is Thinking and acting together: Cognitive and cooperative interaction between human and robots PAPERS Prospective authors should submit their papers electronically in PDF format. Six pages in the standard IEEE format are allowed for each paper, including figures. A maximum of 2 additional pages is permitted at extra charge. Each paper can be accompanied…