Call for Abstracts (300-500 words) Casts and Casting: Perspectives from Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. A workshop supported by the British Society of Aesthetics University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield 10-11 November 2018 Abstract submission deadline: 17 September 2018 Speakers will include: Catharine Abell (Philosophy, Manchester); Anna Blackwell (Centre for Adaptations, De Montfort); Craig Bourne (Philosophy, Hertfordshire) & Emily Caddick Bourne (Philosophy, Hertfordshire); Beccy Collings (Film, Television and Media, UEA); Nils-Hennes Stear (Philosophy, Southampton); Kathleen Stock (Philosophy, Sussex). This workshop focuses on philosophical questions arising from the casting of particular actors in particular roles in, e.g., film, television and theatre. By focussing…

Call for Papers The 8th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT’18) December 17 – 19, 2018 Kochi, India http://www.mirlabs.org/wict18 http://www.mirlabs.net/wict18 Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP etc. History of WICT series: http://www.mirlabs.net/wict18/previous.php WICT 2018: Scopus & UGC Approved Proceedings: All accepted and registered papers will be published in AISC Series of Springer, indexed in ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Springerlink. (Listed in UGC approved list, please refer List 1- Page 32 – S.No. – 1375) (http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/8919877_Journals-1.pdf) IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: August 31, 2018 Notification of paper acceptance: October 15, 2018 Registration…

Call for Papers Special Track on XR & Immersive Learning Environments IEEE TALE 2018 (“An International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education”)  Wollongong, NSW, Australia 4–7 December 2018 https://www.tale2018.org/xr FINAL extended submission deadline: 24 August 2018 The Special Track on XR & Immersive Environments for Learning at IEEE TALE 2018 will focus on the use of virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and related technologies for creating environments and experiences that excite, inspire and engage learners in immersive ways. Of interest are reports of both research studies and applications covering the entire spectrum of immersive platform types, including desktop, mobile, wearable and…

Call for Papers Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art (ISCMA 2019) 4th – 7th January 2019 School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong https://www.cityu.edu.hk/iscma Submission deadline: 1st September 2018 We are now calling for papers for Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art (ISCMA), which will take place between 4th – 7th January 2019 at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. “Art Machines” will bring together Academics, Artists and Professionals in the field of Computational Media Art in a four-day symposium whose core theme will be the topic of Machine Learning…

Call for Papers EICS 2019: The 11th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems 18-21 June, 2019 Valencia, Spain https://eics.acm.org/2019/ Submission deadlines: July 24, 2018, October 26, 2018, February 5, 2019 (see below) EICS 2019 is the eleventh international conference devoted to engineering usable and effective interactive computing systems. Work presented at EICS covers the full range of aspects that come into play when “engineering” interactive systems, such as innovations in the design, development, deployment, verification and validation of interactive systems. Topics of interest include the design and development of systems incorporating new interaction techniques and multimodal interaction, multi-user,…

Call for Papers Rethinking, Reworking and Revolutionising The Turing Test Interdisciplinary Conference 2018 November 15th-16th The University of Edinburgh https://turingtest2018.wordpress.com/ Abstract submission deadline: September 14th, 2018 THE CONFERENCE The aim of the conference is to facilitate dialogue between researchers in philosophy of mind, cognitive science and informatics by providing a venue to present their research on an area of common interest. Members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to participate. The conference focuses on the role that the Turing Test has played, and above all can still play, in artificial intelligence research. Ever since it was proposed in 1950, the…

Call for Papers Joint Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies and Intelligent Cinematography and Editing November 11-12th, 2018 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/intwiced18/ Paper deadline: August 6th, 2018 Please consider contributing to the joint workshop of WICED (Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and Editing) and INT (Intelligent Narrative Technologies), which will be collocated with the 14th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2018) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We invite submissions in the form of long papers (8 pages), short papers (4 pages), and posters (1 page). The workshop website can be found here: https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/intwiced18/…

Call for Papers Artifact: Journal of Design Practice Artifact: Journal of Design Practice aims to publish high-quality academic papers focused on practice-based design research that explores conditions, issues, developments and tasks pertaining to design in a broad sense. As an international design research journal, Artifact targets the global design research community with the aim of strengthening knowledge sharing and theory building of relevance to design practice. All articles and research notes are subject to double-blind peer-review. The journal is cross-disciplinary in scope and welcomes contributions from all fields of design research including product design and visual communication, user experience, interface,…

Call for Papers ACM IUI 2019: 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Los Angeles, CA, USA March 17-20, 2019 http://iui.acm.org/2019/ Paper abstract deadline: October 1, 2018 Workshop proposal deadline: August 14, 2018 ACM IUI 2019 is the 24th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is…

Call for Springer Book on Social Robots Social Robots. An Interdisciplinary Compendium on Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects Abstract submission deadline: August 15 Overview: Social robots not only work with humans in collaborative workspaces – they start accompanying us into personal settings like home and health care. Does this imply that social robots should become more human, for example by enabling them to interpret and respond to human emotions? Should they even simulate emotions? The book covers the phenomenon of social robots from the historic roots over today’s best practices to future perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary compendium: while focusing…

Call for Papers and Panels Game Studies Area: 2019 PCA/ACA National Conference April 17th through April 20th, 2019 Washington, DC https://pcaaca.org/ Submission deadline: October 1, 2018 The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held April 17th through April 20th, 2019 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The database for proposal submissions is now open. I. TOPICS OF INTEREST The organizers seek proposals and papers covering all…

Call for REFLECTION STATEMENTS (1-2p. CHI EA format) and INTEREST 2nd Workshop on Augmented Reality for Intelligent Vehicles colocated with AutoUI 2018 (http://www.auto-ui.org/18) September 23, 2018 Toronto, Canada http://www.andreasriener.com/AutoUI18WS_ARV/ Submission deadline: August 6, 2018 Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to improve road safety, support more immersive (non-) driving related activities, and finally enhance driving experience. AR may also be the enabling technology to help on the transition towards automated driving. However, augmented reality still faces a number of technical challenges when applied in vehicles, and also several human factors issues need to be solved. In this workshop, we will…