Interdisciplinary Conference: Emotional Machines. Perspectives from Affective Computing and Emotional Human-Machine Interaction September 21-22, 2017 at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Stuttgart, Germany http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/philo/termine/emotionalmachines Free with registration Humans have emotions, machines do not. This seems to be a truism: Human beings are made of flesh and blood; they do not just act rationally but impulsively and emotionally. They make decisions, feel attracted to objects or subjects or repelled by them. They mourn others, are in a good mood or suffer from depression. But what about machines? At first glance machines and emotions seem to be at odds with each…

Call for Papers: Design for Health Design for Health is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design in the context of health and wellbeing. The Journal is published twice a year and provides a forum for design and health scholars, design professionals, health-care practitioners, educators and managers worldwide. Design for Health is affiliated with the Design4Health conference, established in 2011. The Journal aims to publish thought provoking work based on rigorous research. It invites high quality, original submissions that make a contribution to knowledge and practice in the context of the design of health products, services and interventions that…

Parallel Worlds: Designing Alternative Realities in Videogames Saturday 30 September 2017 Victoria & Albert Museum, London Building on the sell-out success of last year’s Parallel Worlds Videogame Design conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, we’re excited to announce our follow up event, providing a critical and cultural platform to discuss one of the most important fields in contemporary design. Parallel Worlds will take place on Saturday 30 September 2017, bringing together an eclectic line up of leading designers, artists and thinkers whose work is connected by the worlds we build through games and play. Speakers confirmed so…

Call for Chapters: Collective Book PHILOSOPHY AND THE MOVING IMAGE Editors: Chris Rawls (Roger Williams University), Diana Neiva (University of Porto) and Steven S. Gouveia (University of Minho) Preface: Professor Thomas E. Wartenberg (Mount Holyoke College) Submission deadline: November 13, 2017 Topics and issues of interest include (but are not limited to): Classical and contemporary film theory (formalist, psychoanalytic, feminist, cognitive, structuralist, etc.) Definitions of cinema (essencialist – e.g. medium specificity – and nonessentialist) Philosophical themes in film (ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, epistemology, etc.) Genre(s) (the issues on film genres, avant-garde, documentary, pornography, horror, drama,…

Call for Papers ACM TVX 2018: The ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video Theme: ‘Immersive Media Experiences’ 26 – 28 June Seoul, Republic of Korea https://tvx.acm.org/2018/ Deadlines: Workshops proposals – 30 Nov. 2017 Full & Short Papers proposals – 2 Feb. 2018 The ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video (ACM TVX) is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into online video and TV interaction and user experience. The conference brings together international researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia…

Call for Abstracts/Articles Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS): Image Evolution. Technological Transformations of Visual Media Culture Deadline for Abstracts: November 5, 2017 Deadline for Articles: May 27, 2018 The double-blind peer-reviewed Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS) is now accepting abstracts from scientists, scholars, artists, film makers, game designers or developers for the fourth issue entitled »Image Evolution. Technological Transformations of Visual Media Culture«. YoMIS will be enriched by disciplines like media and film studies, image science, (film)philosophy, phenomenology, semiotics, design and fine arts, art and media history, game studies and other research areas related to static, moving and…

Call for Papers PT-AI 2017 – “Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence” November 4-5, 2017 University of Leeds, Weetwood Hall conference centre http://www.pt-ai.org/2017/ Submission of abstracts: September 6, 2017 Organisation: Vincent C. Müller, University of Leeds & Anatolia College/ACT (This is the 3rd PT-AI conference, see http://www.pt-ai.org) ABSTRACTS We request anonymous abstracts of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the proceedings. (We plan to provide a copy of the proceedings to the corresponding author.) We foresee slots…

Call for Papers: ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2018) to be held in Tokyo, Japan, 7th-11th March 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018/ Abstract deadline (compulsory): 1st Oct, 2017 Papers deadline: 8th Oct, 2017 ACM IUI 2018 is the 23rd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. In 2018, IUI will be held in the Hitotsubashi Hall in central Tokyo Japan from March 7th – 11th and will co-locate with the Japanese IPSJ Interactions conference. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community…

Call for Participation “Multisensory Experiences & Spaces” Half-day Tutorial 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS’17) October 17 Brighton, UK https://iss2017.acm.org/program/tutorials_workshops/ We would like to invite you to participate in our tutorial on “Multisensory Experiences & Spaces” at the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS’17), on October 17 in Brighton, UK (https://iss2017.acm.org/) Just come and join us! No need for any paper contribution or prior experience in this field, just be open to learn and try something new! This will be a half-day tutorial. TUTORIAL OVERVIEW: Designing multisensory experiences is fascinating academics and…

Call for Papers Models and Simulations 8 15-17 March 2018 University of South Carolina http://www.meetabout.org/ms8/ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2017 The Department of Philosophy in collaboration with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the USC Nanocenter are hosting the 8th Models and Simulations conference (MS8) at Columbia, South Carolina. This continues a successful series of meetings focusing on the role of modeling, simulation, and computational methods in the natural and social sciences, in engineering and technology. Earlier meetings have taken place in Paris (2006), Tilburg (2007), Virginia (2009), Toronto (2010), Helsinki (2012), Notre Dame (2014), and Barcelona…

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Technology for Bonding in Human-Animal Interaction Workshop at ACI 2017 conference at Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Workshop date: 21.11.2017 Workshop website: www.turre.fi/tech4bonding Information on ACI 2017 conference: www.aci2017.org Contribution statements through an online questionnaire: September 11th, 2017 WHAT IS THIS WORKSHOP ABOUT? [See detailed Background section below too] Technology offers exciting new opportunities for supporting and expanding human-animal interaction and bonding. What is related to these opportunities and how to design for bonding? We invite you to this 1-day workshop at the ACI 2017 conference to explore and discuss the following questions as well as ideate…

Call for Papers Game Studies Area: 2018 PCA/ACA National Conference March 28 -31, 2018 Indianapolis, Indiana http://conference.pcaaca.org/ Deadline: October 1, 2017 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 Wednesday, March 28 through Friday, March 31, 2018 at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. Below, please find: I. Topics of Interest II. Suggestions for First Time Submitters III. Submission Process IV. Information about the Conference V. Contact Information —–…