Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (JDMI)
https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/index

Call for Articles for Issue Number 4
Submission of full articles: 10 November 2019
Notification of acceptance: 10 December 2019
Revised version: 15 December 2019
Publication: 30 December 2019

PRESENTATION AND SCOPE

The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access journal that addresses research on enhancing user experience in digital media applications in creative, cultural and social contexts. It focuses on the socio-technological challenges seen from a transdisciplinary perspective, grounded in media studies and interaction design, as well as in communication, human-computer interaction, cultural studies, design, psychology, sociology and information sciences. As an international peer-reviewed research journal, it provides an open forum for: the discussion and monitoring of trends and transformations in the digital media landscape; the presentation of new design models and emergent technologies for the innovation of the user experience; the presentation of results from empirical studies and innovative research approaches.… read more. “Call: Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (JDMI)”

Call for Presentation Abstracts

International Conference: Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies
February 20, 2020, 8 AM – 5 PM
Constitution Hall, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
(Building 1), Gedimino pr. 53
Vilnius, Lithuania

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30

While the unprecedented technological advances in information technologies, robotics, AI, and related fields in recent decades have had a number of positive effects in almost every area of human life, they have also brought significant concerns in how the rapidly growing development and utilization of smart technologies impinge on future law, ethics, and (legal) education. Some of the significant issues are, for example, machine bias in law, autonomous transportation and legal responsibility, the concept of legal personhood and AI machines, Big Data, autonomous weapons, the black box problem, machine/robot rights, and the future of (legal) education. This interdisciplinary conference aims to understand the mentioned issues more properly in their relation to the problem of how to regulate the development of smart technologies and robotics in order to increase the welfare of society without violating its fundamental values such as safety, security, and privacy.… read more. “Call: International Conference: Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies”

Artificial Intelligence and its Discontents
Call for Papers for a special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
(https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yisr20)

Guest Editor: Colin Shunryu Garvey, Fellow, Human-Centered AI Institute, Stanford University

Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2019

This is increasingly the Age of AI. Artificial Intelligence, the suite of technologies that make machines capable of performing tasks considered “intelligent” when performed by people, is colonizing an increasing number of domains, from Internet search and social media to the natural sciences and even criminal sentencing. AI may soon become ubiquitous, coextensive with civilization itself, a taken-for-granted feature of modernity like electricity or running water.

But this does not mean that all is well: AI has, and has always had, its discontents; those who doubt, question, challenge, reject, reform and otherwise reprise “AI” as it is practiced and promoted. With the hope of scaffolding deeper understandings of both the epochal transformations being wrought by AI technologies and the range of responses these changes, this special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews will bring together reflections from practitioners, assessments from scientists in fields transformed by AI, and historically-informed accounts of AI and its critics, both past and present, in order to capture something of the significance of this historical moment for future generations.… read more. “Call: “AI and its Discontents” issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews”

Call for Proposals 2020

25th Anniversary Special!
TCC (Technology, Colleges and Community) Worldwide Online Conference
Vision 2020
April 14-16, 2020
Homepage: tcchawaii.org
Hashtag: #tccsilver

Submission deadline: December 20, 2019
Submission form: http://bit.ly/tcc2020proposal

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, TCC 2020@25 will feature a Day in the Life of TCC with continuous plenary sessions throughout 24 hours on Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday will feature usual participant presentations. Additionally, a commemorative pre-conference symposium held on-site at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (March 17-18) will be delivered online to interested parties.

TCC Hawaii invites faculty, support professionals, librarians, counselors, student affairs professionals, graduate students, administrators, and consultants interested in learning technologies to submit proposals for papers and general sessions presentations.

THEME

Learning technologies continue to influence how we learn, create and share. Online tools transform communication, networking, and collaboration. Learning today is global, life-long, ubiquitous, and irrespective of time and place.… read more. “Call: TCC (Technology, Colleges and Community) 2020 Worldwide Online Conference”

Call for Papers

GamiFIN 2020: 4th Annual International GamiFIN Conference
April 1-3, 2020
Levi, Lapland, Finland

• Conference website: http://gamifinconference.com/
• Full CFP: http://gamifinconference.com/cfp2020/

NEWS

• DEADLINE EXTENDED. New deadline: November 3, 2019
• Fast-track option to AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction| Electronic Markets | Internet Research
• Elisa Mekler and Andreas Lieberoth announced as Keynote speakers!

IMPORTANT DATES

• November 3, 2019: Submissions deadline for papers
• December 20, 2019: Notifications of acceptance sent to authors of papers
• January 15, 2020: Submissions deadline for posters and doctoral consortium
• January 31, 2020: Acceptance for posters and doctoral consortium entries
• February 28, 2020: Registration deadline for authors
• March 8, 2020: Deadline for camera-ready
• April 1-3, 2020: Conference

THEMES

Gamification is a multi-faceted phenomenon that affects many domains of human life. Therefore, we welcome submissions related to this ludic transformation of reality under several domains and related (but not limited) to the following keywords:

• Users: e.g.

Call for Papers

Virtual Teaching Conference: VR, AR and 360° Video in Higher Education
March 8-10, 2020
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/cte/symposiums/virtualteaching/vt_conference_call_papers.php

See conference web site for Calls for Panels and Showcase Presentations

Submission Deadline: November 22, 2019

Virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360° video are making the transition from the arcade and the playroom into the classroom, providing opportunities to enhance traditional learning with elements of simulation and gamification. The Virtual Teaching: VR, AR, and 360° Video in Higher Education conference provides a forum for the presentation of essays and research regarding the use of these technologies in higher education, providing an opportunity to share insight into the challenges and successes experience in the application of these technologies.

The conference will take place at the University of South Carolina in historic Columbia, SC, located midway between the Atlantic beaches and the foothills of the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains.… read more. “Call: Virtual Teaching Conference: VR, AR and 360 Video in Higher Education”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Game Studies Area: 2020 PCA/ACA National Conference
April 15-18, 2020
Philadelphia, PA, USA
https://pcaaca.org/area/game-studies
http://www.facebook.com/groups/190087978463831/

Paper and panel proposals deadline: November 1, 2019

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 April 15th through April 18th, 2020 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA.

The database for proposal submissions is now open. The deadline for proposals is November 1st.

I. TOPICS OF INTEREST

The organizers seek proposals and papers covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and game studies. Proposals can address any game medium (computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Please see our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/190087978463831/ for our mission announcement.… read more. “Call: Game Studies Area: 2020 PCA/ACA National Conference”

Call for Abstracts

ALONE TOGETHER AGAIN (ATA): A Second International Pandisciplinary Symposium on Solitude in Community
Szczecin, Poland
Thursday 16 April – Saturday 18 April 2020
https://ata.usz.edu.pl/

Abstracts deadline January 15, 2020

“We must meet; we must communicate with one another; we must, it would seem, be alone together” (John Macmurray)

We welcome contributions to the second international pandisciplinary symposium on solitude in community: Alone Together Again. (To see the photographs of the first conference click here). This is organised by the University of Szczecin and York St John University, under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Szczecin. All papers and discussions will be held in English.

We welcome papers on any issues related to solitude, silence and loneliness, from any discipline. At the end of the first symposium, several topics were suggested as in particular need for further research and discussion.… read more. “Call: Alone Together Again (ATA): A Second International Pandisciplinary Symposium on Solitude in Community”

Call for Papers

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2020
15-18 September, 2020
Malta
http://fdg2020.org

Workshop, panel and competition proposals deadline: 2 December 2019
Abstract and paper deadlines: 13 and 27 January 2020

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2020 is proud to invite research contributions in the form of papers, games and demos, doctoral consortium applications, as well as panel, competition, and workshop proposals. We invite contributions from within and across any discipline committed to advancing knowledge on the foundations of games: computer science and engineering, humanities and social sciences, arts and design, mathematics and natural sciences. Papers, Games and Demos will receive double-blind peer reviews. All other submissions will be single-blind. All papers are guaranteed at least three reviews. Games and Demos are guaranteed two reviews. There will be no rebuttal. As in previous years, we aim to publish the FDG 2020 proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.… read more. “Call: Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2020”

Call for Abstracts

2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2020)
Lausanne, Switzerland
April 23-25, 2020
http://www.ihiet-ai.org

Submission deadline: 25 October 2019

You are cordially invited to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2020) will be held at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 23-25, 2020.

IHIET-AI 2020  Conference aims to provide a global forum for presenting and discussing novel human-interaction, healthcare, sport medicine and engineering approaches, tools, methodologies, techniques, and solutions for integrating people, concepts, trends and applications in healthcare and artificial intelligence all areas of human interaction endeavor in industry, economy, government, and education, including but not limited to energy, transportation, urbanization and infrastructure development, digital manufacturing, social development, human health, sustainability, new generation of service systems, as well as safety, risk assessment, healthcare, and cybersecurity in both civilian and military contexts.… read more. “Call: 2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications”