Call for Papers

Human-Centered AI workshop
At NeurIPS 2021 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Monday 13 December 2021
Online
https://sites.google.com/view/hcai-human-centered-ai-neurips/home

Submission deadline (Extended): 25 September 2021 AoE

Human-Centered AI (HCAI) is an emerging discipline that aims to create AI systems that amplify and augment human abilities and preserve human control in order to make AI partnerships more productive, enjoyable, and fair. Our workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the NeurIPS and HCI communities and others with convergent interests in HCAI. With an emphasis on diversity and discussion, we will explore research questions that stem from the increasingly wide-spread usage of machine learning algorithms across all areas of society, with a specific focus on understanding both technical and design requirements for HCAI systems, as well as how to evaluate the efficacy and effects of HCAI systems.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• CECILIA ARAGON, University of Washington, US.

Call for Conference Papers
IEEE VR 2022: the 29th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
12-16 March, 2022
Christchurch, New Zealand [and online; see NOTE below]
http://ieeevr.org/2022/

IMPORTANT DATES

• Monday November 1, 2021: Conference paper abstracts due (REQUIRED)
• Friday November 5, 2021: Conference paper submissions due
• Wednesday December 22, 2021: Conference paper notifications of results returned to authors
• Friday January 21, 2022: Camera-ready material due from authors of accepted conference papers

LINKS

• Paper abstracts and complete papers must be submitted electronically through the online submission system: https://new.precisionconference.com/~vr
• All paper submissions must be in English. All IEEE VR Conference Paper submissions must be prepared in IEEE Computer Society VGTC format (http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html/ and submitted in PDF format.

OVERVIEW

The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) is the premier international event for the presentation of research results in the broad areas of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/XR).… read more. “Call: IEEE VR 2022: The 29th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop “sociAL roboTs for peRsonalized, continUous and adaptIve aSsistTance” (ALTRUIST 2021)
Held in conjunction with ICSR 2021, the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics
Online
November 10th-13th, 2021
http://altruist21.istc.cnr.it

Submission deadlines: October 8th, 2021

The workshop “sociAL roboTs for peRsonalized, continUous and adaptIve aSsistTance” (ALTRUIST 2021) will be held online in occasion of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021), November 10th-13th, 2021.

AIM

Increased life expectancy is an achievement of modern societies thanks to the technological progress in health, living places and quality of food. One of the consequences of an ageing society is the growing incidence of chronic diseases. This trend imposes the need for innovative approaches to assistance, including the ability of self-management, which has become an increasingly important requirement of healthcare in Europe and beyond.

Innovative interventions embedded with e-health applications are extremely important to improve the Active and Healthy Ageing of the population.… read more. “Call: ALTRUIST 2021 – Workshop on sociAL roboTs for peRsonalized, continUous and adaptIve aSsistTance”

CALL FOR CHAPTERS for the edited book:
Humanizing Artificial Intelligence. Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Control
Publisher: De Gruyter

Submission deadline: October 30, 2021

Success in artificial intelligence (AI) would be the biggest event in human history…and perhaps also the last event in human history.” The words of Stuart Russell, one of the most important AI scientists, identify a crucial problem of our time: the control of AI. Alan Turing also stated, “If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be? […] This new danger is certainly something which can give us anxiety.” Investments in AI are quite significant around the world. Research is developing at an incredibly fast pace and in an ever less controllable manner. Building a human-like AI, or super-intelligent AGI (artificial general intelligence), is becoming a logical possibility and even a strategic asset.… read more. “Call: Chapters for “Humanizing Artificial Intelligence. Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Control””

Call for Contributors

Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Communication
Editor: Seungahn Nah (University of Oregon), snah@uoregon.edu
Publisher: Edward Elgar

Abstract submission deadline: October 31, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) has garnered growing scholarly attention in the communication field and beyond as AI becomes omnipresent in everyday lives from search engine through voice recognition technology to mobile news apps. Although research on the intersection between AI and communication is plethora, this emerging field remains unexplored in terms of conceptual, theoretical, methodological approaches as well as ethical, legal, practical, and policy issues. This research handbook epitomizes a rich body of studies concerning communicating of, by, and with AI from interdisciplinary perspectives and international scopes. Specifically, the research handbook deals with a wide range of the following topics and issues but are not limited to:

• Meta-analysis or systematic review of studies regarding the intersection between AI and communication
• Conceptual and theoretical essays concerning the interrelationship between AI and communication
• Methodological approaches to analyzing artificial intelligence and communication
• News media coverage of artificial intelligence (single, multiple, and cross-country comparison)
• Online discourse concerning artificial intelligence across the digital communication platforms
• Public opinion, attitude, perception, and behavior
• Public adoption and use
• Public trust and credibility
• Public knowledge and literacy
• Public discussion and news use
• Diffusion of AI
• AI-Mediated Communication
• Human-AI Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction
• Human-Virtual and Augmented Reality
• AI in Education
• Ethical (e.g., algorithmic bias), legal (e.g., privacy), and policy issues
• Practical Issues (e.g., AI design)

Call for Papers:
Ethics in Robotics and Intelligent Machines
HUMANA.MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies

Edited by:
Fiorella Battaglia (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich)
Barbara Henry (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)
Alberto Pirni (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)

Deadline for submissions: September 30th 2022

Ethical issues are among the most interesting in emerging technologies. Theoretical and technological advances are more and more building machines that are so efficient as to share the same environment with human beings. This makes ethics a crucial step in the process of developing robotics and intelligent machines. Without ethical reflection, there is a risk of delaying technological developments. Ethical reflection starts upstream at the very beginning of the enquiry by questioning researchers about what they are doing, why, and for whom. It explores their values and broadens the research focus by engaging other stakeholders; it includes intuitions to be weighed against other intuitions, and it tests them against theology, sapiential knowledge, arts, and normative theories.… read more. “Call: “Ethics in Robotics and Intelligent Machines” issue of Humana.Mente”

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Special Issue for the Journal of Interior Design
Under the auspices of the Interior Design Educators Council

Exploring the Future of Interior Design in a Virtual-Physical Continuum
Newton D’Souza, Florida International University & Upali Nanda, HKS Architects, co-editors

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19391668/homepage/virtual-physical-continuum

Registration of Interest Due (Optional): April 1, 2021
Full Submissions Due: January 1, 2022
Final Submissions to Publisher: October 2022
Publication: March 2023

Conventionally, places are characterized by physical features (i.e., furniture layout, quality of daylighting, etc.) and behaviors of people who occupy them (i.e., eating, meeting friends, etc.). The advent of virtual technologies (computers, Internet-of-things, etc.) and the social distancing behaviors adopted during the pandemic (Zoom meetings, remote learning) have changed our conventional sense of place. While virtual technology has disrupted our traditional behaviors in corresponding physical locations, it has also transformed virtual experiences such as online shopping, remote work, tele worship, telemedicine, home Yoga, home entertainment, virtual happy hours, and home-schooling among others.… read more. “Call: “Exploring the Future of Interior Design in a Virtual-Physical Continuum” issue of Journal of Interior Design”

Call For Papers

ICVARS 2022: 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations
March 25-27, 2022
Brisbane, Australia
http://www.icvars.org

Submission deadline: November 1, 2021

The 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations (ICVARS 2022) is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world.

The conference will be held in Brisbane, Australia during March 25-27, 2022 and follows successful ICVARS 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. The main objective of ICVARS 2022 is to present the latest research results of computer scientists and engineers related to Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations topics.

PROCEEDINGS

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the ICVARS 2022 Conference Proceedings, which will be published in the International Conference Proceedings Series, and indexed by EI Compendex, Scopus, and submitted to be reviewed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science).… read more. “Call: ICVARS 2022: 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations”

Call for Workshops and Tutorials

MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
December 5-8, 2021
Leuven, Belgium
https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/cfp-workshops/

Submission deadline: September 15, 2021 (AoE)

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

The International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2021) welcomes proposals for workshops. A MUM Workshop is a forum for attendees with shared interests to present, discuss, and develop new ideas around a specific theme or domain related to Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. It is the perfect opportunity for putting the best minds in the field together to build new communities, to explore new ideas, and to develop emerging topics.

All workshops will take place on the Sunday before the conference, on the 5th of December. Because workshops are meant to encourage ideas exchange, we encourage proposals that go beyond being a mini-conference and that engage participants in hands-on activities and in discussion.… read more. “Call: Workshops, Tutorials for MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia”

Call for Abstracts

IET 2022: Intercultural Ethics and Technology Conference
January 27-28, 2022
Online
https://www.esdit.nl/conferences/IET2022/

Submission deadline: September 22, 2021

Dear all,

On January 27 and 28, 2022, there will be an international online conference on Intercultural Ethics, with a specific focus on the ethics of technology and intercultural philosophy. Our aim is to bring together the ethical approaches and frameworks from various cultural backgrounds and traditions, in order to organize an intercultural ethical dialogue, especially on (but not limited to) technology and its social and cultural implications.

The conference will be organized by the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies research program: a 10-year program in which 5 universities collaborate to investigate how new and emerging technologies challenge our ethical frameworks and approaches (for more information: see www.esdit.nl). It will be hosted from the University of Twente, the Netherlands.… read more. “Call: IET 2022: Intercultural Ethics and Technology Conference”