Call for Workshop Proposals Media Architecture Biennale 2018 Workshops Beijing, China 13-16 November 2018 https://mab18.org/ Abstract submission deadline: May, 15th 2018 We are looking for people who are excited about the role of media and technology in the urban environment and want to share this excitement with an interdisciplinary audience. The Media Architecture Biennale is a biannual event, featuring workshops, a conference and an exhibition, that attracts interaction designers, lighting designers, architects, artists, researchers and industry practitioners. The workshops at the Media Architecture Biennale are an interactive, dynamic forum leading up to the conference and exhibition, with an opportunity for…

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Special Track on X-Reality & Immersive Learning Environments Jointly organised with the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) IEEE TALE 2018, 4-7 Dec 2018, Wollongong, Australia Full call available at: http://tale2018.org/xreality Deadline: 11 June 2018 The Special Track on X-Reality and Immersive Learning Environments 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…

Call for Papers: ACM UMAP Workshop – HAAPIE 2018 The 3nd International Workshop on Human Aspects in Adaptive and Personalized Interactive Environments, in conjunction with the 26th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2018), Singapore, 8-11 July 2018 Full details are available online: http://haapie.cs.ucy.ac.cy IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 20 April 2018 Notification: 15 May 2018 Camera-ready: 27 May 2018 MOTIVATION & GOALS State-of-the-art approaches in adaptation and personalization research consider user models that mostly maintain information regarding the “traditional” user characteristics (i.e., experience, knowledge, interests, context), and related contextual or technology aspects (i.e., displays, connectivity, processing power).…

Call for Papers 2018 Workshop on Non-Player Characters and Social Believability At Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2018 Malmö University Sweden August 7-10 2018) http://fdg2018.org/ Workshop website: http://www.npc-workshop.org/cfp-2018.php Paper submission deadline: May 21 2018 The 2018 workshop on Non-Player Characters and Social Believability intends to be a point of interaction for researchers and game developers interested in modeling, discussing, and developing systems for Non-Player Character (NPC) social behavior and social affordances. This can include behaviour generation based on social and behavioural science theories and models, systems and approaches for social believability, social affordances when interacting with NPCs, and more. We…

Call for Papers Workshop on Intelligent Conversational Agents in Home and Geriatric Care Applications Held in conjunction with Federated AI Meeting (FAIM) 14th-15th of July, 2018 Stockholm http://taln.upf.edu/pages/ica_ws/ Submission Deadline: May 15, 2018 Communication is of crucial importance in home and geriatric care. Caregivers are expected not only to facilitate information, guidance and instruction, but also to interact as trustworthy companions of caretakers. In the light of the fact that more and more individuals are increasingly in need of home and geriatric care, ensuring adequate service for all has become a societal challenge. With the increasing maturity of verbal and…

CALL FOR PAPERS, IDEAS, and PARTICIPATION First IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Industries (ai4i 2018) September 26-28, 2018 The Hills Hotel Laguna Hills, California http://www.ai4i.org Workshop proposals deadline: May 14, 2018 (Regular, Short, Abstract) Paper submission deadline: June 17, 2018 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is concerned with computing technologies that allow machines to see, hear, talk, think, learn, and solve problems. On one hand it allows business decisions to be driven by real-time models that enable unprecedented levels of accuracy and efficiency. On the other hand, general and domain specific problem solving can be integrated by semantic technologies. In…

Call for Papers 2nd International Workshop on the ApplicatioN of Semantic WEb technologies in Robotics – AnSWeR 2018 Co-located with the International Semantic Web Conference 2018 (ISWC 2018) Date: October the 8th, 2018 Venue: Monterey, California, US (co-located with ISWC2018) Hashtag: #answer2018 Twitter: @answerworkshop Site: http://answer.kmi.open.ac.uk/ Workshop chairs: Emanuele Bastianelli – The Open University, UK Masoumeh (Iran) Mansouri – Örebro University, Sweden Ilaria Tiddi – The Open University, UK Steering Committee: Mathieu d’Aquin – Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland Daniele Nardi – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: Friday, June 1st Notification to authors: Wednesday, June…

Call for Chapters: Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments Submission of Proposals Deadline: June 15, 2018 We are inviting proposals for chapters for an edited book “Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments” to be published by IGI Global in 2019. My colleagues and I have been researching the way virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are having an impact on ways people communicate and learn with technology. Virtual Learning Environments at schools and in Higher Education Institutes embracing these emerging technologies are being adopted quickly. The challenge is to identify where and how these applications are able to provide…

Call for Papers ICTS4eHealth 2018 – 3rd edition of the IEEE International Workshop on ICT Solutions for e-Health In conjunction with the Twenty-Third IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications Praiamar Natal Hotel & Convention, Natal, Brazil June 25-28, 2018 www.icts4ehealth.icar.cnr.it Submission deadline: April 16, 2018 (extended – firm deadline!) MISSION: e-Health is one of the major research topics that have been attracting cross-disciplinary research groups. The deployment of new emerging ICT technologies for Health, especially based on Cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and Computational Intelligence, is attracting the interest of many researchers. The use of Cloud computing, IoT technologies,…

CALL FOR PAPERS CHIRA 2018: 2nd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications September 19 – 21, 2018 Seville – Spain http://www.chira.scitevents.org/ Submission Deadline:  May 2, 2018 CHIRA is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication SCOPE The purpose of the International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA) is to bring together professionals, academics and students who are interested in the advancement of research and practical applications of interaction design & human-computer interaction. Five parallel tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Computer-Human Interaction, including Interaction Design, Human Factors,…

Call for Papers Conference on Affect, Interfaces, Events (AIE 2018) August 29- 30, 2018 Aarhus, Denmark http://aie.au.dk/aie-2018/ Deadline for submissions: April 16th, 2018 The proliferation of digital and interactive technologies in most aspects of our daily lives produces an intensified distribution of affect. Existential conditions change through affective interface foldings of bodies, subjectivities and technologies. The conference Affects, Interfaces, Events investigates how affective interface events on a micro- and macro-level reinforce or challenge these changes. A major concern of the conference is to consider interface modulations on an affective, social, aesthetic, and political level. We welcome contributions (papers, designs and…

Call for Papers Human-Work Interaction Design 2018 (HWID’18) – Designing Engaging Automation 5th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference August 20-21, 2018 Aalto University, Espoo, Finland https://blogs.aalto.fi/hwid2018 In continuation with the series of the Human Work Interaction Design working conferences, the fifth edition will take place in Espoo, Finland, on the 20th and 21st of August, 2018. The venue is the brand new School of Arts, Design and Architecture building in Aalto University, Otaniemi campus. IMPORTANT DATES: Full paper submission deadline: April 15th (extended) Poster submission deadline: April 30th Acceptance notifications: May 11th Early bird registration deadline: May 31st Conference: August…