European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics ECCE 2012, Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland 28 – 31 August 2012 http://www2.napier.ac.uk/companions/ECCE12.html We invite long or short papers, posters, doctoral work-in-progress and proposals for workshops and tutorials in the areas of cognitive ergonomics, human technology interaction and cognitive engineering. This year’s theme is Re-thinking cognition. Cognition is no longer viewed as being merely “rules and representations” but is now seen to be situated, distributed, shared, embodied and embedded. We invite researchers to consider how these new treatments have shaped and perhaps, even, overturned their thinking and practice.…

First Call for Papers GAME-ON North America 2012 7th Annual International North-American Conference on AI and Simulation in Games August 16-18, 2012 Digipen Institute of Technology Organized by The European Technology Institute Hosted by Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond-Washington, USA Co-Sponsored by EUROSIS Digipen Institute of Technology See: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/320 AIM AND TOPICS Games have become an important part of our everyday life, not only as a means of entertainment, but also by providing a unique venue for recreation, training, health intervention and artistic creation. The aim of the 7th annual North American Game-On Conference (GameOn’NA 2012) is to bring together…

CALL FOR PAPERS: CASA 2012 WORKSHOP ON AUTONOMOUS SOCIAL ROBOTS AND VIRTUAL HUMANS PLACE: NEC, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore DATE: May 9, 2012 Web: http://conference.ntu.edu.sg/casa2012/Workshops/AutonomousSR-VH/Pages/AboutWorkshop.aspx The Institute for Media Innovation (IMI), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) are pleased to announce Autonomous Social Robots and Virtual Humans workshop, alongside the 25th Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2012), is to be held on May 9, 2012 at the Nanyang Executive Centre (NEC) on the NTU campus in Singapore. Autonomous social robots and autonomous virtual humans have a lot in common as they can…

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st Workshop on Social Web of Intelligent Things and People – (SWITP 2012) in conjunction with ECAI 2012, Montpellier, France, August 27-31, 2012 http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/switp/index.html IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers: May, 28 2012 Notification of authors: June, 28 2012 Delivery of camera-ready copy: July, 5 2012 Workshop: August 27 or 28, 2012 GOALS SWITP aims at exploring a Future Social Web where things play an active role as social agents, building a personal life memory, a sense of personal identity, and ultimately a social intelligence and behavior, based on their interaction with users and with their interrelatedness with…

Call for Participation International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-12) Pisa, Italy – November 13-15, 2012 http://www.ami-12.org The AmI-12 conference brings together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia working in the field of technologies and applications of Ambient Intelligence. Ambient Intelligence represents a vision of the future where we shall be surrounded by invisible technological means, sensitive and responsive to people and their behaviors, deliver advanced functions, services and experiences. Ambient intelligence combines concepts of ubiquitous technology, intelligent systems and advanced user interfaces putting the humans in the center of technological developments.…

Call for Papers and Posters AI-2012: Cambridge, UK, December 11th-13th 2012 Organised by BCS SGAI: The British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (an ECCAI Member Society) The leading series of UK-based international conferences on Artificial Intelligence and one of the longest running AI conference series in Europe. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS http://www.bcs-sgai.org/ai2012/ AI-2012 is the thirty-second SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence. The scope of the conference comprises the whole range of AI technologies and application areas. AI-2012 reviews recent technical advances in AI technologies and shows how these advances have been applied to…

ROBOTS and AVATARS EXHIBITION FACT, Liverpool 16 March – 27 May 2012 Robots and Avatars – our colleagues and playmates of the future. Join us in a near future where robots, avatars and telepresence form part of an exciting new reality. Robots and Avatars Exhibition will showcase the most exciting visions and innovations from international artists, designers and architects, exploring their impact on the future of work and play. Robots and Avatars departs from pop culture imagery and re-imagines these technologies for a new reality: how do we envisage our future relationships with robotic and avatar colleagues and playmates, and…

2012 Simulation Summit Ottawa Conference Centre | Ottawa, Ontario November 17 and 18, 2012 http://www.royalcollege.ca/public/events/simulationsummit 2012 Highlights: Hear viewpoints, experiences and strategies from leaders in the field Discover the latest in simulation innovations, research and applications to enhance patient safety Build your network for ongoing learning and development This year we will be hosting the event over a Saturday and Sunday with pre and post hands-on learning event options …

Dear participants and friends, We are glad to announce that the road to the 43rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Annual Conference “The Journey of Change: Mapping the Process” that will take place between the 2nd and the 6th of July 2012 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania is now finally open.…

The Virtual Worlds Research Network announces its inaugural conference to take place in Edinburgh, UK, May 16-18, 2012. In recent decades, the development and use of virtual worlds has grown from a niche interest to a phenomenon that affects tens of millions of people. As the nature of virtual worlds has evolved and their user base vastly increased, the research potential of virtual worlds has been recognized by a wide range of academic disciplines. The rapid development of research in and about this medium from investigators with various academic backgrounds means that cross-disciplinary communication and knowledge-sharing is extremely important to…

34th Annual Humanities and Technology Association Conference Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 04 – 06 October 2012 The Humanities and Technology Association is an interdisciplinary scholarly society that explores the impact of technology on human life from a broad range of perspectives. We welcome papers that investigate the cultural interaction of the humanities, science, engineering, and technology. While progress in science, engineering, and technology can benefit the individual as well as society at large, it also has the power to be detrimental. Modern technologies are capable of redefining identity, the nature of social and political bonds, as well as plundering…