Central and Eastern European Games Studies conference 20-22 October 2016 Lublin, Poland http://ceegs.eu THEME AND SCOPE: LUDIC RHIZOMES Much of the recent history of game studies, both in Central/Eastern Europe and elsewhere, has been invested in the construction of the field’s unique identity that sharply distinguishes it from other disciplines. Between the narratology/ludology wars of the early 21st century, the debates of the artistic status of the medium, and the predictions of cultural dominance in the years to come, game critics have devoted an extraordinary amount of discursive energy to firmly establishing the singularity of their medium, often with fervency…

CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP ON ETHICS IN THE DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT AGENTS (EDIA 2016) To be held in conjunction with ECAI 2016, 29th to 30th of August 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands http://ii.tudelft.nl/edia2016/ SCOPE The development of intelligent agents is experiencing a fruitful period of incredible progress and innovation. Nowadays, intelligent agents decide, act and interact in shared and dynamic environments under domain constraints, where they may interact with other agents and human beings to share tasks or execute tasks on behalf of others. Search engines, self-driving cars, electronic markets, smart homes, military technology, software for big data analysis, and…

AIIDE-16 The Twelfth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment October 8­-12, 2016 San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Submission deadlines: May 15, 2016: Workshop proposals May 27, 2016: Regular Paper & Demonstration Abstract Deadline May 31, 2016: Regular Paper & Demonstration Submission Deadline June 1, 2016: Late-Breaking Abstract Deadline June 13, 2016: Late-Breaking Paper Deadline June 30, 2016: Accept/Rejection Notification August 3, 2016, 5pm PDT: Camera-ready Version Deadline https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiide16 General Chair: Nathan Sturtevant, University of Denver Program Chair: Brian Magerko, Georgia Tech AIIDE-­16 – the Twelfth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment – is intended…

CALL FOR PAPERS ICIDS 2016 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE DIGITAL STORYTELLING November 15 -18, 2016 http://icids2016.ict.usc.edu The Institute for Creative Technologies The University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA Dear colleague, This year, the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2016) will take place at the Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. It also features a collaboration with the ninth edition of Intelligent Narrative Technologies (INT9), a related series of gatherings that holds Artificial Intelligence as its focus. ICIDS has its origin in a series of related international conferences that ran between 2001…

Future Technologies Conference 2016 – FTC 2016 6-7 December 2016 San Francisco, United States Sponsored by HPCC Systems Conference Website: www.SAIConference.com/FTC2016 FTC attracts researchers, scientists and technologists from some of the top companies, universities, research firms and government agencies from around the world. Join us for FTC 2016, the world’s pre-eminent forum for reporting technological breakthroughs in the areas of Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Security, Robotics, Electronics and Communications. Click here for conference topics. The conference is predicated on the successful conferences by The Science and Information (SAI) Organization that have been held in the UK since 2013. FTC 2016 combines…

Call for Papers for SMPTE 2016 SMPTE 2016 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition Hollywood, California 24-28 October, 2016 https://www.smpte.org/ATC Deadline for Submissions of Abstracts is 22 April, 2016 The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®), a leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, is seeking proposals for technical papers for the SMPTE 2016 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2016) – Monday, 24 Oct. – Friday, 28 Oct. 2016 in Hollywood, California. The Technical Conference takes place 25-27 October. This is the year of the SMPTE centennial celebration so be part…

Call for Papers for a Special Issue “Intelligent Machines and Human Beings: Challenges of a new Relationship” Journal of Ethics and Information Technology Some scholars claim that the technological development of intelligent machines will soon outdo the human capacities in various fields of expertise within the next 50 years, for example in games such as chess, automated driving systems, the health sector, and war robots. Very complex artificial systems will become a socio-political milestone concerning the relationship between human beings and machines. This includes new forms of alterity and otherness: long gone are the days when the term “robot” mainly…

MetaPlastic Arts&Design Virtual Worlds 2016 Special Session of THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS (CW2016) Chongqing, China, 28-30 September, 2016 In-cooperation with International Federation for Information Processing and Eurographics Association WEB: www.cyberworlds-conference.org CALL FOR PAPERS ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 25 April 2016 OBJECTIVE Special Session on Arts, Design and Virtual Worlds will analyze and trace the advancements of new art and design theories and practices in virtual worlds. TOPICS include but are not limited to:…

OzCHI 2016: The 28th Australian National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction November 29 – December 2 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/2016/ Submission deadlines: 24 June 2016 Long Papers 1 July 2016 Workshop Proposals 26 August 2016 Doctoral Consortium, Short Papers OzCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, a non-profit event. It is Australia’s leading forum for work in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction. OzCHI attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines including user experience designers, information architects, software…

CALL FOR PAPERS Morality Play The Design of Games for Moral Engagement Workshop at DiGRA/FDG 2016 http://mp.digra-fdg2016.org/ Paper submission: 25 April, 2015 Questions of morality are a pervasive topic for media and the arts. Across every medium we see artists engaging audiences with challenging moral questions concerning topics such as war, crime, corruption, fidelity and the abuse of power. Questions of morality have long been central to how we understand ourselves, our lives, and our cultural contexts; and in turn our art forms have reflected, embodied, and challenged beliefs about right and wrong. Games, however, seem to have long existed…

ACM ISS 2016 Interactive Surfaces and Spaces November 6-9, 2016 Niagara Falls, Canada http://iss2016.acm.org/ WELCOME! We welcome you to the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, taking place from November 6 to 9 in Niagara Falls, Canada. As the 11th event in an annual series starting in 2006, ACM ISS (formerly known as ACM ITS) is the premier venue for research addressing the design, development and use of new and emerging tabletop, digital surface, interactive spaces and multi-surface technologies. Over the years ISS has been a venue for research and applications of interactive surfaces as well as…

Call for Proposals: Distance Education http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ed/distance-education-call-for-proposals Deadline: 15 April 2016 The journal Distance Education is calling for EOIs from individuals and teams for the development of a guest-edited themed issue to go to press in May 2017. The journal publishes research and scholarly content in the field of open, flexible, distance and elearning. It is owned by the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc., and published by the Taylor and Francis Group. It was first published in 1980, and as such it is the oldest of all journals currently being published in the field. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS Guest…