Call for Papers

Workshop on Language-Based AI Agent Interaction with Children
At IWSDS 2023, the 13th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology
In Los Angeles, USA & Virtual (Hybrid Format)
February 21, 2023
Workshop: https://aichildinteraction.github.io/
IWSDS 2023: https://sites.google.com/view/iwsds2023/home

Paper Submission Deadline: December 21st, 2022

In this workshop, we aim to bring together researchers looking into multimodal interactions between children and artificial agents to discuss research problems that center around interactivity and go beyond just processing child speech. We are interested in discussing approaches to collecting and annotating datasets involving child speech, intent classification in child speech, designing dialogue flow with artificial agents that primarily interact with children, as well as repair strategies, active listening behavior, and other aspects of dialogue modeling. Moreover, multiparty conversations involving several children, children, and their adult caregivers or several artificial agents are of particular interest to this workshop.… read more. “Call: Workshop on Language-Based AI Agent Interaction with Children at IWSDS 2023”

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An Exploration of Quantum Art with Generated Techniques, “PlotChains” and the Future of Storytelling
An event from LA ACM SIGGRAPH (A Professional Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics)
In-Person presentation and Holiday Social in L.A. for MEMBERS ONLY,
Hybrid Event with Zoom Streamed presentation — Free FOR ALL
December 13, 2022
http://la.siggraph.org/event/exploration-quantum-art-generated-techniques-plotchains-and-future-storytelling

The In-Person presentation and Holiday Social is for MEMBERS ONLY. You need to already be on our members list. The in-person event is catered. The venue is the VIRTULARIUM Studio (El Segundo, South of LAX). The in-person is nearly sold out.
OR, watch the Hybrid Event on Live Zoom Stream. All are encouraged to REGISTER for free for the Zoom Stream. Registration is now open.

You must register with ZOOM REGISTRATION to attend this event.

PRESENTERS:

Jon 9
Creative Technologist
VIRTULARIUM Studio Holonyne Corporation

Ina Conradi
Artist – New Media
Media Art Nexus (MAN) at Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Mark Chavez
Artist – New Media
Media Art Nexus (MAN) at Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Victoria Vesna
Artist and Professor
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
Director of the Art Sci center at the School of the Arts & Architecture, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)

DESCRIPTION:

Enjoy A.I.… read more. “Call: Free online: An Exploration of Quantum Art with Generated Techniques, “PlotChains” and the Future of Storytelling (LA SIGGRAPH)”

Call for Papers

“Visual War Journalism in a Digital Age”
Special issue of Digital Journalism
Special issue Editor: Stuart Allan, Cardiff University, UK
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/digital-journalism-visual-war/

Abstract deadline: December 1, 2022
Manuscript deadline: April 17, 2023

The ongoing crisis engendered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has recast anew longstanding concerns about the relative strengths and limitations of war and conflict reporting. Journalists are risking their lives to bear witness in often harrowing circumstances – some finding themselves deliberately targeted by the Russian military – on behalf of their distant readers, listeners or viewers. Intent on crafting compelling narratives, many are actively refashioning conventional approaches to digital reportage in order to better engage and focus public attention on the plight of those whose lives are caught-up in this catastrophe.

Just as familiar conceptions of visual journalism are undergoing reappraisal, more traditional understandings of war correspondence appear increasingly open to experimentation and innovation, particularly across social media sites and apps.… read more. “Call: “Visual War Journalism in a Digital Age” special issue of Digital Journalism”

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Inaugural Conference of the Technology Ethics eXchange of the NorthEast (teXnē)
May 18-19, 2023
Online and in-person at the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
https://philevents.org/event/show/105273

Submission deadline: February 3, 2023

The Technology Ethics eXchange of the NorthEast (teχnē) invites submissions of extended abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on research and teaching on the ethics of technology, to be hosted at Harvard on May 18-19, 2023.

Potential topics for submissions include but are not limited to:

• Philosophical research on AI ethics, the ethics of computing, or the ethics of technology generally
• Social research on the impacts of technologies
• Interdisciplinary research in responsible computing and responsible technology development
• Scholarship on educational initiatives in responsible computing and STEM ethics, such as courses, modules, workshops, or masterclasses
• Pedagogical reports of success stories, challenges, and strategies for teaching ethics to students in technology-focused concentrations

There will be three keynote speakers, to be announced shortly.… read more. “Call: Inaugural Conference of the Technology Ethics eXchange of the NorthEast (teXne)”

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Third Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference:
Foundations of AI to empower learners: Theory, models, and impact
Free and fully online
USA: December 5, 6, 7
EU: December 5, 6, 7
Australia: December 6, 7, 8
https://empoweringlearners.ai

The past year has resulted in incredible breakthroughs in AI technology. How these advancements impact learning and education is an area of important consideration. For example, one area that has received extensive media coverage of Generative AI and its capability to create images and videos from short text inputs. Similarly, AI now exists that can produce papers that challenge existing plagiarism detection software. For educators, advancements in creativity raise consequential questions about how education, teaching, and learning are impacted.

The Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference is now in its third year. This year, over 130 speakers and six keynotes from around the world will explore learning, teaching, AI, creation, and innovation in the education sector.… read more. “Call: Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference – Theory, models, and impact (free, online)”

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Special Issue on
Smart Learning Ecosystems: Toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality
to be published at the
Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)

IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents  with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing)  Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7CQ3GKSSG

CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call55

Guest Editors:

• Mihai Dascalu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
• Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy
• Francesca Pozzi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

Important dates:

• Deadline: December 15, 2022
• Notification to the authors: January 31, 2023
• Camera ready paper: February 20, 2023
• Publication of the special issue: first half March 2023

OVERVIEW

The guest editors are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners from all over the world involved in the development of Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education, as engines of social innovation and territorial development.… read more. “Call: “Smart Learning Ecosystems: Toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality” for IxD&A Journal”

Call for Papers

Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Exploration
Special issue of Topoi
Journal: https://www.springer.com/journal/11245/

Submission deadline: June 1, 2023

We are inviting submissions of papers for a Special Issue of the journal Topoi, entitled Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Explorations. The special issue aims to explore the relations between affective states and environmental artifacts and structures. Papers, which should not exceed a maximum of 9000 words, should be written in English, fit for blind review, and must be submitted through the online submission system Editorial Manager, by choosing the category “ S.I.: Affectivity and technology (Fasoli/Heersmink/Piredda)” from the menu “Article Type”. Please read the Submission Guidelines before submitting your paper. The deadline for paper submission is June 1st, 2023.

For any questions, please contact one of the Guest Editors:

• Marco Fasoli (fasoli@uniroma1.it)
• Richard Heersmink (r.heersmink@tilburguniversity.edu)
• Giulia Piredda (piredda@iusspavia.it

Call for Abstracts

26th Cyberpsychology, Cybertherapy & Social Networking Conference
Being together in Paris, improving digital mental health worldwide
July 11-13, 2023
On-site in Paris, France

Conference website: https://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy26/
Twitter: @CYPSYConference
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087103711076
Instagram page: cypsy26
Contact: cypsy26@u-paris.fr

Deadline for abstracts: January 16, 2023

We are very pleased to invite you to join us at the 26th Cyberpsychology, Cybertherapy & Social Networking Conference CYPSY26 that will take place on July 11 to 13, 2022 at the headquarters of Université Paris Cité in Paris, France. The conference will be on-site only (not virtual/online).

Jointly organized by the Interactive Media Institute, the Université Paris Cité, the Centre Borelli and the Canada research Chair in clinical cyberpsychology, this conference is an international networking and sharing platform for researchers, clinicians, policymakers and funding agents to share and discuss advancements in the growing disciplines of CyberTherapy, Cyber Psychology and Social Networking.… read more. “Call: 26th Cyberpsychology, Cybertherapy & Social Networking Conference”

Call for Papers

Party! The 19th Annual Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar
May 4-5, 2023
Tampere University, Finland
Free of charge
https://springseminar.org/

Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2023

As part of its 20th Anniversary festivities, Tampere University Game Research Lab invites scholars to an international seminar exploring the diverse connections between parties/partying and games/play.

Various age-old rituals, ceremonies and celebrations can be understood as play, or at least to include aspects of play. Today important life events like weddings or memorial services are organized in virtual game spaces, and many kinds of festivals, carnivals, and fiestas are routinely participated and followed via live streams. Less prestigiously, activities such as ‘pregaming’, house parties, and afterparties can also be understood as/through play – or as scaffoldings for playfulness.

Previous research shows how party games are among genres that have often been overlooked by game scholars (Coavoux, Boutet & Zabban 2017).… read more. “Call: Party! The 19th Annual Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar”

Call for Papers

The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2023
March 12-14, 2023
Glasgow, UK
https://augmented-humans.org/

Submission deadlines:
Full/short [apers:  December 2, 2022
Posters/demos and workshop proposals:  January 13, 2023

Hi everyone,

The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference will be held in Glasgow, UK in the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC, University of Glasgow) on March 12-14th, 2023, focusing on physical, cognitive, and perceptual augmentation of humans through digital technologies. The plural – humans – emphasizes the move towards technologies that enhance human capabilities beyond the individual and will have the potential for impact on societal scale.

There are many ways to participate in the conference. [Below and on the conference website] you can find the tracks offered by Augmented Humans in addition to their respective deadlines and notification dates. Of particular note is the full/short paper deadline coming up on the 2nd December 2022.… read more. “Call: The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2023”