Special Issue of Interacting with Computers Sensor/Recognition-based Learning in Contextual Surroundings Guest Editors: Gheorghita Ghinea, Brunel University, UNITED KINGDOM Wu-Yuin Hwang, National Central University, TAIWAN Jiangang Cheng, Tsinghua University, CHINA Cristina Hava Muntean, National College of Ireland, IRELAND Aims Recent advances in sensors and recognition technology give a great potential for creating brand new environments for interaction and learning. These could offer users flexible and tangible ways to interact with or learn from meaningful information in authentic environments. Therefore the sensors and recognition technologies can facilitate users to have authentic interaction with surroundings and explore problems by using useful information…

Call for papers The 11th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference – HCC 11 July 30th – August 1st, 2014, Turku, Finland ICT and Society It is crucial to understand how ICT innovation is associated with change in society! Human Choice and Computers – a series of conferences organised by the International Federation of Information Processing’s (IFIP) Technical Committee 9 (TC9) – focuses on this critical issue. It works to shape socially responsible and ethical policies and professional practices in the information society. The themes pertinent to the work of IFIP TC9 will be covered at this conference. In…

Call for Papers / Panels Society for Phenomenology and Media 16th Annual Conference March 12-15, 2014 Hochschule Furtwangen University and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany The Society for Phenomenology and Media (SPM) is pleased to receive abstracts (200 words maximum) for consideration of inclusion in its 16th annual international conference. The conference will be sponsored by Hochschule Furtwangen University, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and the Husserl Archives-Freiburg. It will be held in Freiburg im Breisgau at the university. Proposals for 3-person panels are now also being accepted. These should be organized around specific media-for example: film, the Internet, mobile communication, medieval manuscripts, print media (books, newspapers,…

Call for papers International symposium: “The digital subject:  In-scription, Ex-scription, Tele-scription” University of Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, Archives nationales, November 18-21, 2013 Organizers: Pierre Cassou-Noguès (Department of philosophy, LLCP, SPHERE, EA 4008) Claire Larsonneur (Department of anglophone studies, Le Texte Étranger, EA1569) Arnaud Regnauld (Department of anglophone studies, CRLC – Research Center on Literature and Cognition, EA1569) This symposium is part of a long-term project, “The digital subject,” endorsed by the LABEX Arts-H2H (http://www.labex-arts-h2h.fr/) and follows a first symposium on Hypermnesia held in 2012.  We are exploring the ways in which digital tools, be they real or fictional, from Babbage…

Dear all, In conjunction with the Games and Literary Theory Conference 2013, being held at the University of Malta on October 31st and November 1st, a PhD seminar is being organized on November 2nd. http://gamesandliterarytheory.wordpress.com/phd-seminar/ For any questions, contact [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there! Daniel (Daniel Vella <[email protected]>) — PhD seminar in connection with the Games And Literary Theory Conference 2013, Malta, Oct 31st – Nov 2nd Games and Subjectivity: Text, Experience, Identity and the Self Lecturers Espen Aarseth, IT University of Copenhagen Hans-Joachim Backe, Ruhr Universität Bochum Joyce Goggin, University of Amsterdam Jonas Linderoth, Gothenburg University…

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENDED Pictorial and Spatial Representation Special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology Guest editors: Valeria Giardino and Gabriel Greenberg NEW DEADLINE for submissions: 15 October 2013 The Theme Pictorial and spatial representation play an essential role in a vast range of human communication and reasoning, exemplified by the widespread use of diagrams, maps, pictures, iconic gestures, comics, and film. In this special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology, we seek to bring together work from philosophy and cognitive science (including psychology, linguistics, and computer science) that breaks new ground in the study…

CALL FOR PAPERS COOP 2014 Eleventh International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems 27-30 May, 2014 Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société Sud-Est Nice, France http://coop2014.wordpress.com/ IMPORTANT DATES 8 November 2013 – Deadline for paper submissions 1 February 2014 – Notification of acceptance/rejection 15 February 2014 – Camera ready Papers  27-30 May 2014 – COOP 2014 conference in Nice INTRODUCTION COOP is one of the key European conferences on Cooperative Systems, Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Collaborative Computing and is affiliated to EUSSET – the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies. COOP 2014 will be…

Call for Papers Graphics Interface 2014 May 7th to 9th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Graphics Interface (GI), May 7-9, 2014, will be held in Montreal, Quebec. This will be the 40th Graphics Interface conference. GI is the oldest continuously-scheduled conference in the field, and attracts high-quality papers on recent advances in interactive systems, human-computer interaction, and graphics, from around the world. GI 2014 will be held in conjunction with the Computer and Robot Vision 2014 and Artificial Intelligence 2014 conferences. Registration will permit attendees to attend any keynote or talk in the three conferences, which will be scheduled in parallel tracks.…

IEEE VR 2014 Call for Papers Abstracts due- Sept 5, 2013 Long & Short Paper submissions due: September 12, 2013 http://ieeevr.org/2014/ IEEE VR 2014 seeks original, high-quality papers in all areas related to virtual reality, including augmented reality, mixed reality, and 3D user interfaces. Each paper should be classifiable as mainly covering research, applications, or systems, using the following guidelines for each: Research papers should describe results that contribute to advances in state-of-the-art software, hardware, algorithms, interaction, or human-factors. Application papers should explain how the authors built upon existing ideas and applied them to solve an interesting problem in a…

The iDMAa Call for Papers deadline is approaching. Please consider submitting a paper and share this call with faculty or graduate students who would be interested in participating. The eleventh annual International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference will be held November 6-8, 2013 in Laguna Beach, California. iDMAa invites you to share your thoughts and work in digital media and arts. The deadline for accepting submissions for panel proposals and presentations is midnight, Sunday, September 1, 2013. To ensure rich dialog and exchange, we ask that presentations conform to 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide format. (See the link…

Workshop on “Exploring the User Experience of Autonomous Driving” October 27th, 2013, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Held in conjunction with 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Automotive’UI 13) http://workshops.icts.sbg.ac.at/autoui2013 Call for Papers Position Paper Submission Deadline:  Wed, Sep 18th, 2013 Notification on Position Papers:  Mon, Sep 23th, 2013 Workshop Date:  Sunday, October 27th, 2013 This workshop will explore the emerging themes of autonomous driving, social driving and novel user interface approaches. The aim being to define the future landscape for research within and across each these areas. It aims to collect different, radical, innovative, versatile and…