FIRST CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2013 Global Issues and Ethical Concerns in Human Enhancement Technologies A book edited by Dr. Steven John Thompson (Johns Hopkins University, USA, and University of Maryland University College, USA) To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com Introduction Society is struggling with issues regarding rapid advancements in Human Enhancement Technologies (HET), especially in terms of definition, effects, participation, regulation, and control. These are global matters that legislators must sufficiently address at some point, as was evidenced partly by debate within the 2008 European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA), among…

Workshop on Geographic Human-Computer Interaction – CALL FOR PAPERS April 27-28, 2013 (at CHI 2013) Paris, France http://geohci2013.grouplens.org @geohci Position Statements Due: January 11, 2013 Thanks to rapid developments in mobile and spatial technologies, researchers and practitioners in human-computer interaction (HCI), a large sub-field of computer science, are quickly becoming interested in geographic research questions and application areas. Similarly, geographers are exploring the impact of software and computing on space, and members of the Geographic Information Science (GIScience) and Cartography communities are exploring how lessons from HCI can be integrated into their work. However, despite this rapid topical convergence, there…

CALL FOR PAPERS Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions: Users, Problems and Technologies Third IUI4DR Workshop in Conjunction with IUI 2013 Santa Monica, California March 19, 2013 Website: http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/IUI4DR/ Abstract Submission Deadline:  9 Jan 2013 OVERVIEW This workshop aims to look at interaction from the viewpoint of users in developing regions.  We will identify interesting research challenges and usability obstacles experienced by this user population at the workshop. Related workshops were conducted in 2008 and 2011, and several interesting themes emerged, for example low-literacy and multimodal interfaces. In 2013, we will build on past workshops by focusing on different themes…

Call for Papers: IEEE ISTAS13 – Living in a Smart World Theme: “Wearable Computing and Augmediated Reality in Everyday Life.” ABOUT: ISTAS ’13 will be a transdisciplinary event for engineers, designers, scientists, artists, researchers in the social sciences, law and humanities, decision makers, entrepreneurs, inventors, commercializers, etc., as well as polymaths, and anyone who is a DASSTEMist (Designer, Artist, Sustainist, Scientist, Technologist, Engineer, and Mathematician). FORMAT: Consider submitting a paper or attending this conference that will touch at the very heart of some of the hottest socio-technical implications surrounding new media. This event is a transdisciplinary meeting inclusive of all…

Call for Papers: Ludomusicology Conference 2013 12-13 April 2013, University of Liverpool Theme: Challenges and Innovations Submission deadline: 13 January, 2013 The Ludomusicology research group will be hosting a two day conference on video game audio to take place on the 12th and 13th of April, 2013 at Liverpool University. Building upon the foundation of last year’s successful RMA Study Day, the conference will include research papers and discussion workshops. We are seeking proposals for papers on the topic of video game music and sound. Papers may contain interdisciplinary import of any type. Paper proposals are welcome from both academics…

Call for Papers 4th Global Conference Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues Institution: Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Mansfield College, University of Oxford Location: Oxford (United Kingdom) Date: 9.-12.9.2013 Deadline: 22.3.2013 Questions of space and place affect the very way in which we experience and recreate the world. Wars are fought over both real and imagined spaces; boundaries are erected against the “Other” constructing a lived landscape of division and disenfranchisement; while ideology constructs a national identity based upon the dialectics of inclusion and exclusion. The construction of space and place is also a fundamental aspect of the creative arts either through the art…

CHI 2013 Interactivity: Call for Participation All details on the Submissions page: http://chi2013.acm.org/authors/call-for-participation/interactivity/ Quick Facts Submission: 9 January 2013 (5:00pm PDT) using the PCS Submission System, see PCS Submission FAQ Notification: 10 February 2013 Publication-Ready due: 17 February 2013 Simplified submission for “paper” and “note” authors: No need to write a separate Extended Abstract. Two categories within Interactivity: Interactivity – Research Interactivity – Explorations Submission: Unanonymized extended abstracts of up to 4 pages in Extended Abstract Format describing the work (& exhibit/installation/performance for Explorations) Mandatory video A supplement describing what attendees will experience as well as technical and space requirements…

Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the new website of International Journal of Intelligent Games and Simulation: IJIGS. IJIGS is a free online journal, which was established in 2001. It is the first international journal of its kind that has raised awareness of the need for more sophisticated intelligence in computer games suited for the next generation of computer games and interactive digital media applications. The editorial board encourages all authors working in any discipline related to Computer Games Development and Games applications to submit original and quality papers to the next issue of the IJIGS Journal. All manuscripts will be peer…

Call For Papers ECLAP 2013 Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access and Entertainment 8-10 April 2013 ESMAE/Teatro Helena Sá e Costa Rua da Alegria, 503 – 4000-045 Porto (Portugal) Conference web page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013 Call for Papers, Deadline: 31st January 2013 The Information Technology age has facilitated many significant changes in the field of cultural heritage and continues to be a dynamic and exciting forum for the emergence of new possibilities. This wave of change has had particularly significant consequences in the field of the Performing Arts, where the vast potential for digital content and new information technology…

Journeys Across Media The Body and The Digital Friday 19th April 2013, University of Reading 2013 will mark the 11th anniversary of the annual Journeys Across Media (JAM) Conference for postgraduate students, organised by postgraduates working in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading. JAM 2013 seeks to focus on and foster current research relating to the Body and the Digital, as today they are interactive and interdependent facets in the media of film, theatre and television; and more widely, in the areas of performance and art. It is a relationship which continues to develop…

Art Expo at Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 13) Tuesday 10th – Friday 13th September 2013 The Glyndwr University Research Centre for Creative and Applied Research for the Digital Society (CARDS) Wrexham, North East Wales, UK CALL FOR ENTRIES We are pleased to announce that as part of INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS (ITA 13), Glyndwr University will present its first Art Expo promoting the work of artists and designers working in new or emerging media or using creative technologies in their work. The Expo is intended as a knowledge-sharing and ideas generation event and will form part of the conference…

THE JOY OF LEARNING – EDEN 2013 Annual Conference, Oslo 12th  to 15th June 2013 Oslo, Norway Website: http://www.eden-online.org/2013_oslo.html Organized by: European Distance and E-learning Network – EDEN Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 5th February 2012 E-learning, open and distance education have been increasingly important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. The challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. The human elements are moving to the forefront, employing creative methods and smart solutions. In Europe, despite economic and social pressures, there is a collective drive towards realising the creative potential. Standards…