Call for Papers Yearbook of Moving Image Studies: Image Embodiment: New Perspectives of the Sensory Turn Deadline for Abstracts: August 1, 2015 Deadline for Articles: January 11, 2016 The double-blind peer-reviewed Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS) is now accepting articles from scientists, scholars, artists and film makers for the second issue entitled “Image Embodiment: New Perspectives of the Sensory Turn.” YoMIS will be enriched by disciplines like media and film studies, image science, (film) philosophy, art history, game studies and other research areas related to the moving image in general. Theories addressing the embodiment of the human mind discuss…

Designing Digital Creative Commons for the Performing Arts 14th July 2015, Lincoln, UK The workshop will run as part of the British HCI 2015 conference held 15-17th July 2015 at Lincoln, UK. This workshop aims to bring together HCI designers, creative technologists, Performing Arts practitioners and theorists to discuss issues and opportunities in designing digital tools for communication, artistic collaboration, sharing and co-creation between artists, and between artists and actively involved creative audiences. There are numerous existing online platforms that provide immediate and easy access to a vast range of tools for creative collaboration, yet their majority create and maintain…

Call for Papers EUCOG2015 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Systems 25-26 September 2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://www.eucognition.org/index.php?page=eacs-barcelona-2015-gen-info Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 1st, 2015 Organisers: Jordi Vallverdú & Vincent C. Müller THEMES “Cognitive systems” is to be broadly understood as an interlinked research of natural and artificial cognitive systems. We welcome participants from all disciplines that are relevant for fundamental issues of present and future robotics and AI, especially cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience and philosophy. We are especially interested in bioinspired techniques, models and methods. AI and cognitive science autonomous vehicles cognitive systems in…

Call for contributions New Friends 2015 The 1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education 22-23 October 2015 – Almere, The Netherlands The application of social robots in therapy and education is an emerging field as these ‘new friends’ become more sophisticated, available and affordable. In recent years there has been an enormous increase of projects in which they are used successfully for groups with special needs, like people with dementia, hospitalized children and children with autism. This increases the demand for expertise from a wide range of disciplines, like psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, AI, robotics and…

CALL FOR PAPERS The Third International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2015) Daegu, Korea, October 21-24, 2015 http://hai2015.org/ Due to the volume of requests, we have extended the submission deadline to May 22nd, 2015, 23:59 PDT People are increasingly interacting with computerized agents. Examples include autonomous and tele-presence robots in homes, healthcare, or search and rescue, virtual characters in the expanding gaming industry or for serious games, and agents representing other people through on-line social and interactive meeting places. Although these broad areas have their own unique research challenges, there is a clear commonality to be addressed in the investigation…

Call for Participation Workshop on “In-vehicle Auditory Interactions” at ICAD (International Conference on Auditory Display) 2015 Graz, Austria, July 6, 2015 http://sites.google.com/a/mtu.edu/icad2015-in-vehicle-auditory-interactions-workshop ABSTRACT: The scope and prevalence of in-vehicle technologies has dramatically expanded, which increases drivers’ visual, physical, and mental workload. In an attempt to reduce this workload, but allow for necessary interactions, auditory displays have been used in vehicles over the years, but only for basic information transmission. The goal of our joint workshop is to discuss the use of auditory displays for interaction in the vehicle at a more advanced level in order to offer better driver experience…

Call for papers, posters, creative showcase, workshops, and children’s creativity labs 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE) conference 16-19 November Iskandar, Malaysia The complete CFP is available at http://ace2015.info/ KEY DATES: Paper and Workshop Submission deadline: June 5, 2015 Creative Showcase, Poster and Creativity Lab Submission Deadline: July 17, 2015 ACE is a leading forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research in entertainment computing. Interactive entertainment is one of the most vibrant areas of interest in modern society and is amongst the fastest growing industries in the world. In the past decade ACE has become the leading scientific forum for dissemination of…

Call for papers International Workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing (iUBICOM) 13 July 2015 in Lincoln, UK In conjunction with the 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference Following seven successful previous iUBICOM (International workshop on Ubiquitous and Collaborative Computing) workshops, we present the 8th iUBICOM workshop. Our theme for this year’s workshop is “Personalised Information Modelling and Retrieval”. The rapid proliferation of data through various sources such as the Web, ubiquitous and embedded devices, presents individuals and organisations with huge amounts of stored and collected information to process and make sense of in different ways. This raises several challenges for…

Call for Papers The First International Workshop on ENgagement in HumaN Computer IntEraction (ENHANCE 2015) http://enhance2015.isir.upmc.fr/ @ the 6th Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2015) http://www.acii2015.org/index.html SCOPE Research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction is taking an ascending curve in the conception of machines, like robots or virtual agents, endowed with social and emotional intelligence. Conceiving social robots or agents means that they should be able to interact naturally with humans. Thus, they should be equipped with capabilities that enable them to understand the user’s actions, behaviours, and mental and emotional states just like a human naturally does. Engagement…

Call For Papers Cyberworlds 2015 International Conference 7-9 October Gotland, Sweden http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org/ Flyer of Call For Papers is available at here. Abstract submission (compulsory): 15 May 2015 OVERVIEW AND TOPICS Created intentionally or spontaneously, cyberworlds are information spaces and communities that immensely augment the way we interact, participate in business and receive information throughout the world. Cyberworlds seriously impact our lives and the evolution of the world economy by taking such forms as social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The topics covered by Cyberworlds 2015 will include but are not limited to: Networked…

ICIDS 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE DIGITAL STORYTELLING Nov. 30 – Dec. 4, 2015. Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark View this call online at: http://icids2015.aau.dk SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 19th, 2015 This year, the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 8) will take place in Denmark at Aalborg University’s campus in central Copenhagen. ICIDS has its origin in a series of related international conferences that ran between 2001 and 2007 (http://www.icids.org). Since 2008, ICIDS became the premier annual venue that gathers researchers, developers, practitioners and theorists to present and share the latest innovations, insights and techniques in the expanding field of…

Call for Participation: Posters, Demos, Tutorials and Workshop Papers ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services 2015 (MobileHCI) Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-27 2015 http://mobilehci.acm.org/ Mobile HCI is the premier forum for innovations in mobile, portable and personal devices and with the services to which they enable access. There are still a number of ways for you to participate in MobileHCI 2015, either by making a submission or simply attending. MobileHCI brings together people from diverse areas, providing a multidisciplinary forum for academics, hardware and software developers, designers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions…