Call for Papers 6th Intl. Conf. on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2013) We cordially invite submissions to the Sixth International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2013), hosted from 29th June – 2nd July 2013 in Munich. This biennial meeting serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – both physical and virtual – and information and communication technologies. C&T 2013 welcomes participation of researchers, designers, educators, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology.…

Call for Participation: Physicality 2012 4th International Workshop on Physicality co-located with British HCI 2012 conference 11 September 2012, University of Birmingham, UK Physicality 2012 is the 4th International Workshop aimed at exploring design challenges, theories and experiences in developing new forms of interactions that exploit human physical interaction with digital technology. Physicality-based interactions extend feedback beyond the visual, thus emulating the experiences gained through our interaction with the world via our non-visual senses and control capabilities such as gesture, speech, touch and haptic. Also, the body parts used for interaction stretch out from the finger to the palm, arm…

Call for Participation IEEE Virtual Reality 2013 March 16th-20th, 2013 Orlando, FL. USA http://ieeevr.org/2013/ We invite you to participate in the IEEE Virtual Reality 2013 conference, the premier international conference and exhibition on Virtual Reality. At the conference you will find the brightest minds, the most innovative research, the leading companies and the most stimulating discussions in the fields of virtual environments, augmented reality, 3D user interfaces, all gathered in Orlando, Florida. We invite you to submit your work, show your products and join us for a fascinating week of presentations, exhibits, workshops, tutorials and special events. For its second…

CALL FOR PAPERS 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence – ICAART 2013 Website: http://www.icaart.org/ February 15 – 18, 2013 Barcelona, Spain Important Deadlines: Regular Paper Submission: September 4, 2012 (extended) Authors Notification (regular papers): October 24, 2012 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: November 14, 2012 Sponsored by: INSTICC- Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication INSTICC is Member of: fiPa- Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents WfMC- Workflow Management Coalition OMG- Object Management Group In Cooperation with: AAAI- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence The purpose of the 5th International Conference on Agents and…

WORKSHOP “The Social Car” (socially-inspired C2X interaction) Portsmouth, NH, USA; October 17th 2012 colocated with AutomotiveUI 2012 (http://www.auto-ui.org/12) Workshop website: http://www.pervasive.jku.at/AutoUI12_SocialCar/| Submission deadline extended to: September 3rd, 2012 (firm) WORKSHOP SUMMARY This workshop aims at discussing the potential of cars’ socializing one with the other (similar to how humans are exchanging information), and not just translating the Internet of things (IoT) paradigm into the car domain. With the introduction of the concept of “social cars” we attempt to make a blueprint of next generation in-vehicle technologies. This is different from what the Internet of things (IoT) community is talking about…

COMMUNICATION THEORY INTEREST GROUP Call for Submissions 2013 Central States Communication Association Conference Kansas City Marriott Downtown Kansas City, Missouri Communicating the Possible April 2 – April 7, 2013 The Communication Theory Interest Group welcomes submissions of competitive papers and panel proposals for the 2013 CSCA Conference. Any topic related to communication theory is welcome. We encourage submissions that not only focuses on the convention theme, “Communicating the Possible, but also on scholarship that highlights key intersections uniting communication scholars from varying areas of study and intellectual traditions. The Communication Theory Interest Group is especially interested in submissions that: Extend…

Robot Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Voting The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions of robots to society. The time has come to select the Robots that will take their place in the Robot Hall of Fame. The finalists have been selected under four categories but we need your help to determine which robot will be inducted into the…

BCS SPECIALIST GROUP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LONDON, OCTOBER 5th 2012 REAL AI 2012: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. BCS MACHINE INTELLIGENCE COMPETITION: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. What can AI do for you and your business? The BCS AI Specialist Group (SGAI) is pleased to announce a day on Artificial Intelligence in Action at the BCS London office on Friday October 5th, which we think will be an eye-opener for those who are not up to date with recent practical developments in this important field.…

First call for Digital Creativity Vol 24 No 2 (spring 2013) Special issue: Performance Art and Digital Media Call for Papers: This special edition of Digital Creativity will investigate the role of Performance Art and Performance Studies for the development of new forms of interaction. There has been a lively debate on the role of media in performances and how new technology has affected live and recorded performances. However, we are interested in the reverse perspective: how are fields such as HCI, video games, and social media platforms shaped by performance practices and theories? The focus will be on performance…

CALL FOR PAPERS 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013) Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA May 6-10, 2013 http://aamas2013.cs.umn.edu/ ABOUT AAMAS AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous agents and multiagent systems. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 by merging three highly respected meetings: the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS); the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL); and the International Conference on Autonomous Agents (AA). The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally respected archival forum for scientific research in the theory and…

The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers, panels and completed papers on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held Wednesday, March 27, through Saturday March 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Below, please find: I. Topics of Interest II. Submission Process III. Information about the Conference IV. Contact Information 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,…

The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a 3-day conference, January 24-26, 2013, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. The human body is our basic instrument for life, the basis for the creation and use of all our other tools or technologies. As the body has shaped technology, so technology is increasingly reshaping the body: not only by reshaping our bodily habits through which we experience and act in the world but also through the incorporation of prosthetic devices and drug enhancements. Regarding the body as a sensitive sentient soma, rather than…