CALL FOR PAPERS HUMANA.MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies http://www.humanamente.eu Vol 12, issue 36 Living with Artificial Intelligence. An Analysis of Moral and Philosophical Implications in our Everyday Life Edited by Maurizio Balistreri (University of Turin) Nicola Liberati (University of Twente) Deadline for Submissions: December 31, 2019 This issue aims to focus the attention on two different main elements: the moral questions emerging through the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in our everyday world, and the way AI can redefine what it means to be a human being by reshaping the way we look and understand ourselves. Especially, this issue will…

CALL FOR PAPERS Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer Science, SCI-indexed, IF: 1.924) Special Issue on Virtual and Mixed Reality in Culture and Heritage https://www.syros.aegean.gr/users/dgavalas/SI_PUC_VR_MR.pdf Submission deadline: July 31, 2019 The rapid advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has profoundly impacted the cultural industry, among others. Cultural institutions are commonly on the forefront of technological innovations, persistently exploring compelling ways to address new audiences and introduce novel means of interaction with cultural assets, thus transforming, enriching and enhancing the perceived cultural experience. The potentials of the new tools trigger new transdisciplinary perspectives for presentation, representation, management, interpretation, personalization and effective…

Call for Papers: FROG – Future and Reality of Gaming 2019 13th Vienna Games Conference Theme: Mixed Reality October 18th -20th 2019 Vienna City Hall, Vienna, Austria http://www.frogvienna.at/ Submission deadline: September 6, 2019 Video games allow us to immerse ourselves in worlds that are reflective of cultural phenomena. They provide spaces to socialise with other players and enable us to actively engage in creative processes of co-creation. It is this characteristic that makes games equally enthralling and critically compelling. The future of games aspires to be an oscillation of virtual and concrete. Recent trends showcase that this process also works…

Call for Posters Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination October 25-26, 2019 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey http://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/index.php/2019/05/06/call-for-poster-proposals-exploring-the-minds-eye-conference/ Submission deadline: July 12, 2019 We are pleased to invite submissions to Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination for poster presentations. The conference will be held at Bilkent University, Ankara on October 25-26, 2019 and it is organized by the Departments of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience. The deadline for poster submissions is Friday, July 12, 2019 (midnight, GMT). Poster proposals should be between 500-1000 words and they should be submitted as a PDF file at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=img2019 Travel…

Call for Nominations/Self-nominations iLRN’s State of XR and Immersive Learning Expert Panel https://immersivelrn.org/ilrns-state-of-xr-and-immersive-learning-expert-panel-call-for-nominations-self-nominations/ Deadline for expressions of interest: July 1, 2019 iLRN’s State of XR and Immersive Learning project (see https://immersivelrn.org/about-us/state-of-xr-and-immersive-learning/) combines a systematic review and synthesis of the scholarly evidence and knowledge base on extended reality (XR) and immersive learning with a Delphi-inspired environmental scanning and forecasting exercise in the vein of the well-known NMC (now EDUCAUSE) Horizon Report. Planned for release in early 2020, the inaugural State of XR and Immersive Learning Report is being produced by iLRN in collaboration with the IEEE ICICLE XR for Learning and…

Call for Papers PERSONAL AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING Theme issue on Everyday Automation Experiences https://www.facebook.com/notes/personal-and-ubiquitous-computing/theme-issue-on-everyday-automation-experiences-cfp/10156023570570458/ Submission deadline: 31 October 2019 AIM AND SCOPE Automation is now part of our lives. Homeowners orchestrate their appliances in their smart homes, drivers negotiate control with their cars, public transport passengers use autonomous buses, shoppers use self-checkout, and factory workers see themselves in the role of monitoring rather than controlling. The emergent role of automation has an impact on the way how people can be supported in perceiving, monitoring and configuring technologies in a variety of situations. The design, creation, and evaluation of (semi-)automated everyday…

Call for Papers: Futures Thinking Inaugural Conference 1-3 October 2019 University of Oxford, Wolfson College Abstract deadline (extended): 1 July 2019 Ubiquitous technologies have resulted in unprecedented access to media for many but have also altered the way humans engage with and consume content, specifically the way in which we read. For example, recommender systems automatically filter content, based on an intelligent machines’ expectations about our preferences; and digital platforms allow us to share, alter, manipulate, and understand content in myriad ways that were not possible with traditional forms of media. Although humans may now read more than ever before,…

Call for Papers Fourteenth International ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction February 9-12, 2020 Sydney, OZ https://tei.acm.org/ IMPORTANT DATES August 3, 2019, 17pm AEST Papers submission deadline October 19, 2019 Notification of acceptance February 9-12, 2020 TEI conference in Sydney, OZ RELATED DATES May 1, 2019 SIGCHI Student Travel Award December 15, 2019 ACM-W Scholarships for Attendance at Research Conferences GENERAL INFO TEI2020 is the 14th annual conference dedicated to presenting the latest results in tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. The ACM-TEI conference has gained substantial visibility and activity over the past decade. It brings together researchers, practitioners,…

Call for Papers II. Zip-Scene Conference on Analogue and Digital Immersive Spaces Topic: Interactive Narratives – the Future of Storytelling and Immersion in mixed reality mediums and performing arts 10-12 November, 2019 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary http://zip-scene.mome.hu/ #kaleidoscopicview Abstract and bio deadline (extended): July 1, 2019 New digital tools provide novel opportunities for interactive digital narratives (IDN) in mixed reality environments, performance art and analogue immersive spaces. But does this mean that we can tell existing stories in a better way in these environments? Or should we change our way of thinking about how we perceive…

Call for Papers CONVERSATIONS 2019 3rd International Workshop on Chatbot Research November 19, 2019 University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands https://conversations2019.wordpress.com/ Paper submission deadline: August 25, 2019 Chatbot researchers are invited to CONVERSATIONS 2019, a full-day workshop on chatbot research. This is the third time we arrange this workshop where chatbot researchers meet to collaborate and share their experience and insights from their work. The workshop is free of charge, and a good place to actively participate in this rapidly advancing field. Participants are encouraged to submit papers presenting new empirical or theoretical work, as well as research on chatbot design,…

Call for Papers Workshop on emotions and emergent states in groups @ 8th International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2019) Cambridge, UK September 3, 2019 https://groupemotion.github.io/ Submission deadline (extended): June 24, 2019 Abstract The study of affect in groups, although a major goal of affective computing, has received relatively less attention compared to modeling individual affect. This is primarily because studying affect in an interactive, multiparty setting is more complex, and often, not very well defined outside specific applications. As group members explicitly and implicitly interact to coordinate their actions and achieve objectives, so-called emergent states also…

Call for Papers BCI for (Media) Art and Games: Aalborg Workshop Workshop in conjunction with ArtsIT 2019 – 8th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation November 6-8, 2019 Aalborg, Denmark: http://artsit.org/ BCI for Art and Games: http://artsit.org/brainart/ Submission Deadline: 10 August 2019 SCOPE Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have been used for entertainment, gaming, and artistic expression. These application areas for BCI have been explored in the previous decades. Although commercial applications hardly exist, the general public has been able to get acquainted with BCI and use BCI in artistic installations in urban public spaces, in museums, or during public…