Call for Papers: Computer Speech and Language (CSL) Special Issue on Speech and Language for Interactive Robots AIMS AND SCOPE Speech-based communication with robots faces important challenges for their application in real world scenarios. In contrast to conventional interactive systems, a talking robot always needs to take its physical environment into account when communicating with users. This is typically unstructured, dynamic and noisy and raises important challenges. The objective of this special issue is to highlight research that applies speech and language processing to robots that interact with people through speech as the main modality of interaction. For example, a…

Call for Papers Affective Agents Workshop (AAW) Workshop homepage: http://gaips.inesc-id.pt:8081/iva14-waa/ To be held in conjunction with IVA (Intelligent Virtual Agents) 2014 in Boston, MA, USA, 27-29 August 2014 Conference homepage: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/ SCOPE Many researchers in the virtual agents and social robotics communities are exploring the integration of affective computing into their systems. However, the majority of this research focuses on only one aspect of affective computing, such as the detection, modeling, or expression of emotion. The goal of this workshop is to create collaborations between the experts in each of these areas to share their latest findings so as to…

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Call for Participation for Playful Virtual Characters Workshop 2014 Boston, MA Tuesday August 26, 2014 (Full day workshop) Url: http://www.northeastern.edu/games/playful-virtual-characters-iva-workshop-2014/ This workshop is part of the IVA Conference 2014. It focuses on Playful Virtual Characters. Important Dates: Submissions Due: July 1, 2014 Notification: August 1, 2014 Camera Ready: August 15, 2014 This workshop will focus on Characters that can be described as Playful. We focus on narrative characters that can be part of a story or standalone characters and have history, goals, rich complex personality, and attitudes. The workshop will borrow from theatre improvisation and Live Action Role-Playing games (LARPs)…

[Please consider filling out this new telepresence survey and distributing the message below via your personal and professional social networks!  –Matthew ] Request for your help with a research project: Have you ever felt present in or connected to the people or things in a media experience like watching a movie or TV show, reading a book, using Skype, etc.? We’re studying these and other common experiences with technology and would very much appreciate and value your help with a short survey. It’s online, completely anonymous and will take from 5 to 20 minutes. If you’re interested and willing, please…

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: PAPERS and STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS ACM TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED AND EMBODIED INTERACTION (TEI) 2015 January 16-19, 2015 in Palo Alto, California, USA http://tei-conf.org/ UBMISSION DEADLINES Papers:  01 August 2014, 11:59 pm PST Studios & Workshops:  22 August 2014, 11:59 pm PST The work presented at TEI focuses on physical interaction with computing technology and addresses theories, design, user experience, interfaces, interaction, and technical development. The intimate size of this single-track conference provides a unique forum for exchanging ideas and presenting innovative work through talks, demonstrations, posters, art installations and performances, and participating in hands-on studios and workshops. With…

The International Conference on Education Technologies and Computers (ICETC 2014) Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland September 22-24, 2014 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/icetc2014/ The conference aims to enable researchers to build connections between different digital applications. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: Distance and E-Learning in a Global Context E-Learning Platforms, Portals E-Testing and new Test Theories Educating the Educators Groupware Tools Immersive Learning Intelligent Tutoring Systems E-Learning Success Cases E-learning…

OzCHI 2014 Designing Futures: the Future of Design 2-5 December 2014 Sydney, Australia 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 engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts, social scientists or managers. We look forward to your involvement at this year’s OZCHI conference. This year’s theme…

Call for Papers Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts International Conference – DRHA 2014 EXTENDED Deadline Proposals (300 word abstract): Monday, 28th April 2014 The University of Greenwich and the Department of Creative Professions and Digital Arts, will host the DRHA2014 [Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts] International conference for the first time in its history, from 31st August 2014 -3rd September 2014. Theme: Communication Futures: Connecting interdisciplinary design practices in arts/culture, academia and the creative industries Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts [DRHA] is an annual conference whose goal is to bring together the creators, users,…

[Note: The submission deadline has just passed, though it may be worth inquiring. –Matthew ] The End of Place as We Know It: Shifting Perspectives on Literature and Place Keynotes: Professor Edward Casey and Professor Timothy Morton University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September 17-19, 2014 Literatures of place have often been considered conservative and reactionary. We see this expressed in the longing for a pastoral return to a former Golden Age, in the nostalgic desire to rediscover the home of a long lost childhood, or in that of national extremism as expressed through a practice of territorial and racial purity. However,…

Call for Submissions: POST SCREEN: International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures November 28-29, 2014 Lisbon, Portugal The Artistic Studies Research Center of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon University invites researchers and artists to submit, until May 31st, a proposal for a paper or artwork to the upcoming POST SCREEN: International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures to be held in 28 and 29 of November 2014, in Lisbon, Portugal. The Post-Screen 2014 is an International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures and is the first edition of several international meetings related to the use…

The Art of Living with ICT: Exploring the Range of Options from “Adoption” to “Rejection” iMinds-SMIT Lecture Series – Friday April 25th, 2014 Speakers: Andrew Feenberg, Pieter Lemmens, Søren Riis, Ike Kamphof, Mark Coeckelbergh, Yoni Van Den Eede http://smit.vub.ac.be/event/103/The_Art_of_Living_with_ICT Our lives are nowadays impregnated with information and communication technologies and digital media, to the extent that it is all but impossible to distinguish between who “we” are and what those “media” are. We define ourselves, even give meaning to life, by way of technology. This process of meaning-making can be framed as a project, a work that one must carry…