Call for Abstracts “Do Robots Talk?” – The Philosophical Relevance of Describing Human-Machine Communication A symposium at the AISB-20 Annual Convention Organized by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB; http://www.aisb.org.uk/) St Mary’s University Twickenham, London 6-9 April 2020 https://dorobotstalk.home.blog Abstract deadline: January 10, 2020 OVERVIEW: In many general as well as philosophical debates about the role of NLP [Natural Language Processing] driven technology, for example chatbots, there is a distinct lack of differentiation in describing what the context and content of human-machine communication consists in. For many authors, interactions with chatbots are simply…

Call for Papers Philosophical Reflection and Technological Change Annual theme issue of Human Affairs http://www.humanaffairs.sk/call-for-papers/ Deadline for abstracts: 31 December, 2019 Human Affairs is an international journal for humanities and social affairs, with a special emphasis on philosophy, which was founded in 1990. It focuses on contemporary human affairs, with the goal to advance human self-understanding and communication. Beginning with issue 4 in October 2019, the journal publishes an annual issue dedicated exclusively to philosophy. It is edited at Keele University, UK, by James Tartaglia and Stephen Leach (Consciousness and the Great Philosophers (Routledge 2017), The Meaning of Life and…

CALL FOR PAPERS: IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES The 16th Annual Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar March 30th-31st 2020 Abstract deadline: January 13, 2020 We have seen an explosion of designed participatory immersive experiences in numerous fields — from live action role-playing games to enveloping museum exhibitions, from amusement park experiences to immersive theatre, and from enveloping visual art to escape rooms. From leisure and art this mode of designed engagement has spread to marketing, work, education, and even spirituality in the form of curating worship. The “experience economy” now employs carefully structured human interaction, often with playful flourishes, to create…

[See Calls for Papers for other presence-related AISB 2020 symposia at https://aisb20.wordpress.com/2019/10/28/symposia-cfp/ –Matthew] Call for Papers Responsibility and control: Communication and conversation through technology Part of the AISB-20 Annual Convention 2020 St. Mary’s University Twickenham, London 6-9 April 2020 AISB: https://aisb20.wordpress.com Symposium: https://racct.wordpress.com/ The convention is organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB); http://www.aisb.org.uk/ Deadline for extended abstracts: January 10, 2020 OVERVIEW Technologies are being developed that permit novel forms of communication. These include neuroprosthetic devices aimed at addressing speech disability, and devices hoping to develop direct brain-to-brain communication. Besides these, we have…

Call for Papers Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Robot Interaction (SCRITA) Special issue of the International Journal of Social Robotics http://scrita.herts.ac.uk/2019/specialissue.html Submission deadline: January 31, 2020 The International Journal of Social Robotics is running a Special Issue based on the Workshop Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Robot Interaction (SCRITA) that was held at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2019. The Special Issue will explore different aspects of Human-Robot Interaction that can affect, enhance, undermine, or recovery human trust towards robots. Topics include but are not limited to: Impact of Social Cues…

Call for Papers Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR) Dark Side Special Issue: Evils within virtual worlds https://jvwr.net/category/cfps/topical-issues-cfps/ Submission deadline: November 15, 2019 Evil – the intentions, motivations, forces or actions with malevolence, immorality, badness, wrongness, or harmfulness which are inflicted against humanity.  How do evil and darkness manifest themselves in virtual worlds? This is the topic of this special issue. The Dark Side issue is for papers highlighting the interesting topic of how, why, and in what ways Augmented and Virtual Worlds are associated with so-called evil or wickedness or with dark intentions. Authors and researchers keen on this…

Call for Proposals ICELW 2020 – The 13th International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace June 10-12, 2020 Columbia University New York, NY, USA http://www.icelw.org/ Submission deadline: December 16, 2019 ICELW brings together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss a broad spectrum of topics relating to e-learning in the workplace and the use of technology to improve job performance. Our aim is to present the most relevant and promising ideas in research and practice, then build on them to bring about excellence and innovation in workplace e-learning. All accepted ICELW papers are eligible for potential journal publication…

Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (JDMI) https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/index Call for Articles for Issue Number 4 Submission of full articles: 10 November 2019 Notification of acceptance: 10 December 2019 Revised version: 15 December 2019 Publication: 30 December 2019 PRESENTATION AND SCOPE The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access journal that addresses research on enhancing user experience in digital media applications in creative, cultural and social contexts. It focuses on the socio-technological challenges seen from a transdisciplinary perspective, grounded in media studies and interaction design, as well as in communication, human-computer interaction, cultural studies, design, psychology, sociology and…

Call for Presentation Abstracts International Conference: Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies February 20, 2020, 8 AM – 5 PM Constitution Hall, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (Building 1), Gedimino pr. 53 Vilnius, Lithuania Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30 While the unprecedented technological advances in information technologies, robotics, AI, and related fields in recent decades have had a number of positive effects in almost every area of human life, they have also brought significant concerns in how the rapidly growing development and utilization of smart technologies impinge on future law, ethics, and (legal) education. Some of the…

Artificial Intelligence and its Discontents Call for Papers for a special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yisr20) Guest Editor: Colin Shunryu Garvey, Fellow, Human-Centered AI Institute, Stanford University Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2019 This is increasingly the Age of AI. Artificial Intelligence, the suite of technologies that make machines capable of performing tasks considered “intelligent” when performed by people, is colonizing an increasing number of domains, from Internet search and social media to the natural sciences and even criminal sentencing. AI may soon become ubiquitous, coextensive with civilization itself, a taken-for-granted feature of modernity like electricity or running water.…

Call for Proposals 2020 25th Anniversary Special! TCC (Technology, Colleges and Community) Worldwide Online Conference Vision 2020 April 14-16, 2020 Homepage: tcchawaii.org Hashtag: #tccsilver Submission deadline: December 20, 2019 Submission form: http://bit.ly/tcc2020proposal In celebration of its 25th anniversary, TCC 2020@25 will feature a Day in the Life of TCC with continuous plenary sessions throughout 24 hours on Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday will feature usual participant presentations. Additionally, a commemorative pre-conference symposium held on-site at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (March 17-18) will be delivered online to interested parties. TCC Hawaii invites faculty, support professionals, librarians, counselors, student affairs professionals,…

Call for Papers GamiFIN 2020: 4th Annual International GamiFIN Conference April 1-3, 2020 Levi, Lapland, Finland Conference website: http://gamifinconference.com/ Full CFP: http://gamifinconference.com/cfp2020/ NEWS DEADLINE EXTENDED. New deadline: November 3, 2019 Fast-track option to AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction| Electronic Markets | Internet Research Elisa Mekler and Andreas Lieberoth announced as Keynote speakers! IMPORTANT DATES November 3, 2019: Submissions deadline for papers December 20, 2019: Notifications of acceptance sent to authors of papers January 15, 2020: Submissions deadline for posters and doctoral consortium January 31, 2020: Acceptance for posters and doctoral consortium entries February 28, 2020: Registration deadline for authors March…