The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Call for Papers for a Quick Turnaround Issue ‘Assembled 2016’ http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/2011-06-12-18-46-09/10-cfps/43-cfp-assembled-general-call-for-papers Deadline: November 25, 2016 The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://www.jvwresearch.org/) is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the various disciplines and approaches that intersect with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds ignite a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range of creative and scholarly research. Note: this is a good opportunity for authors for a quick turnaround of…

Call For Papers: 1st Workshop on Theory-Informed User Modeling for Tailoring And Personalizing Interfaces (HUMANIZE) https://humanize2017.wordpress.com March 13, 2017, Limassol (Cyprus) In conjunction with IUI 2017 http://iui.acm.org/2017/ MOTIVATION AND GOALS When designing (user) interfaces, practitioners rely on knowledge and experience about the interfaces’ intended users and their needs (in the form of a theory-informed model, such as the user’s cognitive style or personality) in order to provide the optimal interface for its users. In contrast to this, in content recommendations, a more data-driven approach is taken without the need to have to rely on user knowledge. Combining these two approaches,…

[Among other topics here, note the presence-related “planning for perception” –Matthew] Call for Papers ICAPS 2017 ROBOTICS TRACK The 27th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2017) June 18-23, 2017, Pittsburgh (PA), USA http://icaps17.icaps-conference.org/robotics-track (icapsrobtrack2017@gmail.com for inquiries) Abstracts due: November 18, 2016 Papers due:  November 22, 2016 Notification: January 26, 2017 ICAPS will run a Robotics track as part of the main conference, following the successes of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 edition.  The Robotics track will emphasize the opportunities that emerge from integrating the fields of AI planning and autonomous robotics. The ICAPS-2017 Robotics track provides an opportunity…

CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Intelligent Interfaces for Ubiquitous and Smart Learning – SmartLearn 2017 (http://smartlearn.dibris.unige.it/) in conjunction with the 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces – IUI 2017 (http://iui.acm.org/2017/), March 13-16, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: 16 December 2016 Notification of authors: 8 January 2017 Camera-ready version due: 13 January 2017 Workshop date: 13 March 2017 DESCRIPTION New technologies are changing the way we learn and teach. Emerging technologies such as social semantic web, cloud computing, and the growing popularity of mobile devices, embedded devices and adaptive context-aware technologies are leading to a paradigm shift…

Call for Papers Computers in Human Behavior Digital interlocutors: Theory and practice of interactions between human and machines http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-in-human-behavior/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-digital-interlocutors-theory-and-practice-of Submission deadline: October 1, 2017 Robots and other machine communicators are emerging in all aspects of everyday life. They are increasingly performing social and workplace roles such as teachers, caregivers, surveillance, decision-makers and personal companionship. They have the ability to improve quality of human life through assistance, enabling, for instance, independent living or providing support in work-intensive, difficult and possibly complex situations. They also can be used as educators and motivators. This special section of Computers in Human Behavior aims to…

CALL FOR PAPERS INTETAIN 2017 9th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment June 20-22, 2017 – Funchal, Madeira http://www.intetain.org Digital technologies are woven deep into the fabric of our everyday existence. Play and entertainment serve a crucial role in determining how such technologies evolve, having served both as catalyst for the development of novel devices and interaction paradigms, as well as proposing novel uses for technology. The 9th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2017) celebrates the future of Interactive Entertainment by inviting researchers to submit contributions around developments and insights in art, design, science,…

Call for Papers Codes & Modes: ReFraming Reality, Virtuality & Non-Fiction Media March 17th & 18th 2017 Hunter College, City University of New York http://ima-mfa.hunter.cuny.edu/reframe/ Deadline: December 1st, 2016 Amidst the flurry of techno-utopian industry hype surrounding Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, not enough attention has been paid to long-term socio-cultural or neurobiological impacts of these new technologies. How can theorists, activists and artists develop a useful framework to explore the complex implications of using these technologies? This version of the Codes and Modes Symposium aims to create an intervention into the uncritical excitement…

Call for Abstracts Phenomenology and Virtuality Conference 29-30 May 2017, KU Leuven, Belgium Deadline: 31st January 2017 What is virtuality? How do we experience it? What is its relation to perception and imagination? What is its status with regard to the real and irreal, actual and possible, present and absent? Can we give a phenomenological account of virtuality? Finally, how are present-day virtual technologies changing not only our daily lives, but perhaps even the ways we think and behave? It is such questions that this two-day international conference on Phenomenology and Virtuality seeks to address. This call for abstracts is therefore…

HCI International 2017 Vancouver, Canada, 9 – 14 July 2017 Vancouver Convention Centre http://2017.hci.international/index.php Deadline: 4 November 2016 (extended) Welcome to the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. HCI International 2017, jointly with the affiliated Conferences, held under one management and one registration, will take place at Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada, under the auspices of 15 distinguished international boards. HCII2017 invite you to participate and contribute to the international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI, through the following modes of communication: Plenary / Keynote Presentation, Parallel…

The 10th annual International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace June 14-16, 2017 at Columbia University in New York http://www.icelw.org/index.html Proposals due: December 16, 2016, by 6:00 PM Eastern Time ICELW 2017 Call for Proposals The ICELW 2017 Call for Proposals is below. To submit a proposal, please follow the instructions on our ICELW 2017 Submissions Page. Please note that accepted ICELW papers are eligible for potential journal publication in the International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC). iJAC publishes a special ICELW-themed issue each year. WHO SHOULD PRESENT OR PARTICIPATE? Anyone with a background in online learning in the…

SPECIAL ISSUE ON: COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR ARTIFICIAL MINDS Journal of Cognitive Systems Research http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cognitive-systems-research/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-cognitive-architectures-for-artificial-mind INTRODUCTION The design and adaptation of Cognitive Architectures (CA) is a wide and active area of research in Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence and, more recently, in the areas of Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Robotics, and Computational Cognitive Systems. Cognitive architectures have been historically introduced i) to capture, at the computational level, the invariant mechanisms of human cognition, including those underlying the functions of reasoning, control, learning, memory, adaptivity, perception and action, ii) to form the basis for the development of cognitive capabilities through ontogeny over extended periods…

Call for Papers Context in the Home A Workshop of the Context-17 Conference Paris, France, 20-23 June 2017, http://context17.lip6.fr/ Workshop website: http://venus.inrialpes.fr/context4home/ Submission due: December 30th, 2016 DESCRIPTION This workshop will bring together researchers and professionals from different domains to discuss key issues in the implementation, evaluation and practical use of context for the development of smart objects, services, and applications that are useful, usable, and desirable in domestic settings. We welcome work on core enabling technologies such as hardware and software infrastructures that support, include or use context, open data for context benchmarking, bottom-up VS top-down approaches to context…