Call for Papers Robophilosophy 2020 International Research Conference Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics: Challenges, Methods and Solutions August 18-21, 2020 Aarhus University, Denmark http://www.robophilosophy-conference.org/ Paper submission deadline: February 1, 2020 Workshop descriptions deadline: January 15, 2019 FOCUS Once we place so-called ‘social robots’ into the social practices of our everyday lives and lifeworlds, we create complex, and possibly irreversible, interventions in the physical and semantic spaces of human culture and sociality. The long-term socio-cultural consequences of these interventions is currently impossible to gauge. While the use of ‘social’ robots in service functions, i.e. within the care-, education-, and entertainment sector, promises…

CALL FOR PAPERS Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2020 conference June 21-24 London, UK https://idc.acm.org/2020/call-for-papers/ Deadline for submission of paper abstracts: January 13, 2020 We welcome and encourage contributions to Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2020 conference, held on June 21-24. IDC is the premiere international conference for researchers, educators and practitioners to share the latest research findings, innovative methodologies and new technologies in the areas of inclusive child-centered design, learning and interaction. LOCATION IDC 2020 will be held in the heart of London, UK in Bloomsbury. THEME AND GENERAL TOPICS The theme for ACM IDC 2020 is “Designing for…

Call for Papers VRIC ConVRgence 2020: 22nd Virtual Reality International Conference – Laval Virtual April 22-24, 2020 Place de Hercé Laval, France http://www.laval-virtual.com/ ; https://easychair.org/cfp/VRIC-ConVRgence2020 Abstract registration deadline: January 10, 2020 Submission deadline: January 17, 2020 The annual ConVRgence (VRIC) – Laval Virtual scientific conference – is a global forum for researchers and engineers from industry, academia and research institutes to discuss and exchange ideas, methods and results on Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, new usage scenarios and emerging technologies. The scope of the conference covers a variety of topics ranging from theoretical developments to industrial applications and case…

Call For Late-Breaking Reports, Videos, Demos, alt.HRI, Student Design Competition 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2020) March 23-26, 2020 Cambridge, UK http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2020/ Submission deadline: December 10, 2019 The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction is a premier, highly-selective venue presenting the latest advances in Human-Robot Interaction. The 15th Annual HRI conference theme is “Real World Human-Robot Interaction”. The conference seeks contributions from a broad set of perspectives, including technical, design, behavioural, theoretical, methodological, and metrological, that advance fundamental and applied knowledge and methods in human-robot interaction.

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…