Call for Papers 2020 IEEE VR Fourth Workshop on K-12+ Embodied Learning through Virtual & Augmented Reality (KELVAR) Organized in conjunction with the IEEE Virtual Reality 2020 Conference March 22-26, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; http://ieeevr.org/2020/ Website: https://sites.google.com/site/vrkelvar/vr2020 Submit link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kelvar2020 Submission Deadline: January 21, 2020 DESCRIPTION K-12+ (K-12 and higher ed) education is currently undergoing a technological revolution creating opportunities for Virtual-, Augmented-, and Mixed-Reality based learning (hereafter referred to as XR [extended reality] technologies. Technology integration will continue to increase as mobile devices penetrate all socioeconomic strata, and as XR technologies become affordable to schools, vocational education providers, universities,…

Call for Papers ACM DIS 2020 Designing Interactive Systems 2020 6-10 July 2020 Eindhoven, Netherlands http://dis.acm.org/2020 Deadline for Full paper and Pictorials Abstract and Title: January 24, 2020 The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) is the premier, international arena where designers, artists, psychologists, user experience researchers, systems engineers and many more come together to debate and shape the future of interactive systems design and practice. Designing Interactive Systems 2020 (DIS 2020) will take place in Eindhoven, Netherlands from July 6-10, 2020. The Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will be the organizing institution. The…

Call for Papers Special Track on Playful Immersive Learning Experiences iLRN 2020: 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network June 21-25, 2020 San Luis Obispo, California, USA http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2020 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore® Conference theme: “Vision 20/20: Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight in XR and Immersive Learning” Main submission deadline: January 6, 2020 iLRN 2020: The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is a burgeoning global network of researchers and practitioners collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. Its annual conference is the…

Call for Submissions ACM 20th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents September 9-12th 2020 University of Glasgow, Scotland https://iva2020.gla.ac.uk/ iva20@easychair.org SUBMISSION DATES Papers: 5th April 2020 Extended Abstracts: 24th May 2020 Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) Annual Conference is the premier international event for interdisciplinary research on the design, application, and evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) with a specific focus on the ability to socially interact. IVAs are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities including communicating using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. IVAs are also capable of real-time perception, cognition, emotion and action that allows…

Call for Papers Cognitive, Affective, and Conversational HCI Mini-track at the Americas Conference on Information System (AMCIS) 2020 Track: Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI) Salt Lake City, Utah August 13-15, 2020 https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-13 Deadline for paper submissions: February 28, 2020 Understanding and adapting to the cognitive and affective states of users can enable systems to interact more effectively, and creates new possibilities for information systems. Emerging systems are able to incorporate information from these sensors to create more humanlike responses, to improve decision processes, and to gain a deeper understanding of how the user is thinking or feeling. The cross-disciplinary nature of the…

Call for Papers ACM UMAP 2020 28th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: “Responsible Personalization” Genoa (Italy) July 14-17, 2020 https://www.um.org/umap2020/ Abstracts due: January 31, 2020 (mandatory) Papers due: February 7, 2020 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with…

Call for Papers SALENTO AVR 2020: 7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics “Where the digital world is blended with the real world“ June 8 – 11, 2020 Lecce, Italy http://www.salentoavr.it/ Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2020 The 7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics (SALENTO AVR 2020) intends to bring together the community of researchers and scientists in order to discuss key issues, approaches, ideas, open problems, innovative applications and trends on virtual and augmented reality, 3D visualization and computer graphics in the areas of medicine, cultural heritage, arts, education, entertainment,…

Call for Papers First Pacific Asia Workshop on Game Intelligence & Informatics (GII) To be held in conjunction with The 24th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (https://www.pakdd2020.org/) 11-14 May 2020 Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre https://web.northeastern.edu/guii/gii/ Important Dates: Submission deadline: January 22, 2020 Camera-ready copies: March 6, 2020 Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2020 SCOPE AND TOPICS Understanding the game state and player action is a fundamental objective for any game researcher, because it sheds light on various aspects about the players and the game, such as skills, strategies, engagement, intention, retention, difficulty level and decision-making.…

Call for Submissions International Academic Conference on Meaningful Play 2020 October 1-3, 2020 East Lansing, Michigan, USA http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/ Submission deadline: June 15, 2020 Whether designed to entertain or to achieve more “serious” purposes, games, virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality have the potential to impact players’ beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, emotions, cognitive abilities, physical and mental health, and behavior. Meaningful Play 2020 is a conference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices. Meaningful Play brings scholars and industry professionals together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. The conference…

Call for Contributions 8th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI 2020) 15-18 June 2020 Oldenburg, Germany http://ichi2020.de/ We cordially invite you to submit your contribution to the Eighth IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI 2020) that will take place June 15-18, 2020 in Oldenburg, Germany. ICHI 2020 is a premier community forum concerned with the application of computer science, information science, data science, and informatics principles, as well as information technology, and communication science and technology to address problems and support research in healthcare, medicine, life science, public health, and everyday wellness. The conference highlights the most novel…

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2020) March 13-15, 2020 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China http://iasle.net/icsle-2020/ Main conference paper ABSTRACT enter on EasyChair: January 10, 2020 Main conference paper submission: January 17, 2020 Workshop/Panel proposal submission: January 17, 2020 The International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2020) will be held during March 13-15, 2020 at the Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss issues related to the optimization of learning environments to enhance learning. The focus is on the interplay of pedagogy, technology and…

Call for Papers Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2020 3-4 September 2020 Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://saiconference.com/IntelliSys Submission Deadline: 15 December 2019 IntelliSys 2020 will focus in areas of intelligent systems and artificial intelligence and how it applies to the real world. IntelliSys provides a leading international forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields with the purpose of exploring the fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence. It is part of the conference series started in 2013. The conference programme will include paper presentations, poster sessions and project demonstrations, along with prominent keynote speakers and…