[From the BCS-HCI elist]

Dear colleagues,

The Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) is a joint project launched by professional computing societies to examine the current curricular guidelines for academic degree programs in computing and provide a vision for the future of computing. “Humans and Organizations” is one of the 6 knowledge domains in all curricular guidelines, with “User Experience Design” or “Human-Computer Interaction” as an important knowledge area.

We have now produced a final draft report and invite you and your colleagues to review the draft report and complete the survey. The stakeholders of the report are, industry and employers, current and potential students and their care givers, government policy makers and academia.

Please feel free to distribute this draft report to your mail lists and any other stakeholders you consider appropriate. The survey must be completed by June 15th 2020. All comments will be taken into account as we produce the final report.… read more. “Call: HCI and Academic Computing Education in the future – Computing Curricula 2020”

Call for Papers:

Moral and Political Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
For the journal Moral Philosophy and Politics
Guest editor: Mathias Risse, Harvard University

Papers should be submitted before November 1, 2020

Many experts consider it likely that some kind of general artificial intelligence becomes possible in the 21st century (the kind of AI that approximates human abilities across a broad range). To be sure, many ethical issues arise already with regard to the kind of innovation that becomes possible through a combination of machine learning, Big Data, computational capacities and robotics. Governments have new tools at their disposal for screening citizen. The private sector collects data through use of electronic devices, to such an extent that some observers talk about commodification of all of human reality. Deepfakes undermine the use of a medium that for decades has functioned as a kind of epistemic backstop.… read more. “Call: “Moral and Political Philosophy and AI” articles for Moral Philosophy and Politics”

CALL FOR PAPERS

1st Workshop on Actors, Agents, Assistants, Avatars (4A’20)
https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/4a

Organized within the framework of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2020), Track 2
Sofia, Bulgaria
6-9 September, 2020
http://www.fedcsis.org/
https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/css

Paper submission deadline (sharp/no extension): May 15, 2020

NOTE: COVID-19 Information: We would like to assure everybody that FedCSIS 2020 will take place, the submitted and accepted papers will be published and sent for indexations as usual. In case the conference cannot be staged in real setting of beautiful Sofia, we will provide a virtual web-based avenue for it. We look forward to receiving your contributions as usual and guarantee that FedCSIS 2020 will be another memorable and rewarding conference. Nevertheless, we would like to stress that in case of inability to be physically present at the FedCSIS Conference, due to travel restrictions, the FedCSIS paper authors will be allowed to remotely present their papers.… read more. “Call: 1st Workshop on Actors, Agents, Assistants, Avatars (4A’20) at FedCSIS 2020”

Request for Proposals

Facebook Research
Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices
https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/explorations-of-trust-in-ar-vr-and-smart-devices-request-for-proposal/

Applications due by June 12, 2020

Facebook is pleased to invite university faculty to respond to this call for research proposals on exploring unique challenges, threats, attacks, mitigations, and other considerations in the burgeoning space of AR, VR, and smart devices.… read more. “Call: Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices – Facebook Research”

ICOTTS’20 – The 2020 International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems
29 – 31 October 2020
Cartagena, Colombia
Proceedings by Springer. Indexed by Scopus, ISI, etc.
https://www.icotts.org/

Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2020

SCOPE

Multidisciplinary conference, transversal to all the activity sectors that involve Information Technologies and systems in the Tourism area, namely: Competitiveness of destinations based on digital technology, Hospitality, Destinations Management, Business & Finance, Public Administration; Economics; Management Science; Education; Health & Rehabilitation; Agriculture & Food Technology.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• Promote a collaborative environment between the academic and tourism community in search of improvement and attractiveness of innovation, business and investments;
• Promote dialogue between the scientific community and the main national and international science and technology travel agencies;
• Enabling the digital transformation of Tourism business;
• Promote the integrated advancement of the different areas of science with the aim to improve the quality of life of citizens and the society in general;
• Encourage young science talents to publish their work in the conference areas, especially in Latin countries;
• Present and debate results from different science and innovation groups in Tourism and/or Information Technologies and Systems, allowing the emergence of new doctoral candidates.

Call for Participation

Announcing the 2020 XR Access Symposium
July 20-21, 2020 | Virtual Event

Cornell Tech and the XR Access Initiative are pleased to announce the 2020 XR Access Symposium! This will be held virtually on July 20 and 21, 2020. If you’re interested in virtual or augmented reality or accessibility, keep reading!

At the first Symposium, organized by Cornell Tech and Verizon Media in Summer 2019, over 120 researchers, technologists, advocates, and industry leaders gathered for talks, demos, and working group sessions that generated actionable plans for making XR more accessible. For the past year, that’s been our mission: to ensure that as XR technologies become more pervasive in our work, school, and social lives, they’ll be designed and developed to be accessible by and for people with disabilities.

At the 2020 XR Access Symposium, we’ll review the community’s progress over the past year, highlight the latest advancements in XR accessibility research, and lay out concrete steps we can all take toward a more accessible future.… read more. “Call: 2020 XR Access Symposium”

Call for Papers

ECCE 2021 – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS
32nd annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE)
6-29 April, 2021
Siena, Italy
http://www.congressi.unisi.it/ecce2021

Submission Deadline: 15 June 2020

NOTE: The COVID pandemic has severely impacted the preparation of the ECCE 2020 conference and we have had to postpone the event to 26-29 April, 2021. Please consider the updated dates and deadlines of ECCE 2021. Authors who have already submitted their manuscripts are not required to make a new submission.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

ECCE 2021 is delighted to welcome the following keynote speakers:

Elisa Giaccardi – Delft University of Technology
Liam J. Bannon – University of Limerick
Pasquale Fedele – Liquidweb
Norbert A. Streitz – Smart Future Initiative

CALL FOR PAPERS

CCE 2021 is the 32nd annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE).

This leading conference in human-media interaction and cognitive ergonomics provides an opportunity for both researchers and practitioners to exchange new ideas and practical experiences from a variety of domains.… read more. “Call: ECCE 2021 – European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics”

Call for Abstracts

Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data
Organisers: University of Hertfordshire
Dates: 28-30 June 2021
Place: London / Virtual / Hatfield, UK
https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

Deadline for early abstracts: 30 June 2020 (Abstract Submission Form)

NOTE: This conference is planned as a hybrid in-person and virtual event. The keynote will be held in London. In-person presentations will take place in the University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London.

The role of computers in the design, control and making of the public life [and space] is increasingly dominant, their presence pervasive, and their relationship with people characterised by a growing complexity. Batty 2017

The scenario described by Batty is underpinned by a plethora of phenomena. It includes the Internet of Things, ubiquitous computing, computer-led infrastructure, big data and AI. In essence, the built environment has become a site for the production, processing and sharing of information daily through the software interlaced with it.… read more. “Call: Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2020)
Bournemouth, UK
Dates TBD, 2020
http://casa2020.bournemouth.ac.uk/

First submission deadline: May 24, 2020

NOTE: Notice: Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the submission dates have been extended. Please see the Call for Papers and Important Dates for more details. The conference will be postponed in September 2020 and we will fix the conference dates shortly and keep you informed. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

The 33rd International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2020) will be held in September, 2020 in Bournemouth, UK. The conference is organized by Bournemouth University together with the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). CASA is the oldest international conference in computer animation and social agents in the world. It was founded in Geneva in 1988 under the name of Computer Animation (CA). In the past few years, CASA was held in Belgium (2007), Korea (2008), Netherlands (2009), France (2010), China (2011), Singapore (2012), Turkey (2013), United States (2014), Singapore (2015), Switzerland (2016), Korea (2017), China (2018) and France (2019).… read more. “Call: 33rd International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2020)”

Call for Papers

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction

We are proud to announce the launch of the new and updated ACM THRI website (https://thri.acm.org/).

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) is the leading peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of human-robot interaction. THRI continues its cultivation of leading intellectual advancements from its origins as the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction (JHRI). In January 2018, JHRI became an ACM publication and was rebranded as ACM THRI, fostering the widest possible readership of HRI research and information. THRI is committed to excellence, sustainability, and inclusion in its scholarship and review processes.

We are currently accepting high-quality submissions from all fields including robotics, computer science, engineering, design, and the behavioral and social sciences. Submissions can address topics including how people interact with robots and robotic technologies, how to improve these interactions and make new kinds of interaction possible, and the effects of such interactions on organizations or society.… read more. “Call: ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction”