Symposium: Texture in Film Sat 9th March 2013 09:00 to 18:00 Center for Film Studies University of St Andrews Scotland, UK Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson Texture is more commonly discussed in relation to visual art and design, music and literature than film. In these other disciplines, texture may refer to the tactile quality of a surface, the way a surface is changed by light, paint or other materials, the composition of fabric or narrative (as in the root of the word, to make/weave), the pattern of sound (rhythm and register) and the ‘concrete’ properties of language (metre, diction, syntax). Texture…

Call for Papers: Organic Experiences: (Re-)shaping Interactions with Deformable Displays — A CHI2013 workshop. Website: www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/deformable2013 Submission deadline: January 11, 2013 The next generation user experiences will rely on visual and physical output technologies that extend beyond the rigid, flat surfaces with which we are familiar to produce devices that both users and machines can deform and shape. Such experiences will allow users to physically push, pull, bend, fold, or wrap devices to facilitate new modes of interaction and better represent content. This workshop will provide a forum to examine the three primary themes of research in this area: prototyping…

2nd Interaction Design and Human Computer Interaction Workshop within the framework of the 5th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC) 4-5 June 2013 | Department of Design & Multimedia, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Interaction Design is about designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives. (Rogers, Sharp and Preece, 2011) Human computer interaction (HCI), a component of Interaction Design, is concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for the human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them (ACM SIGCHI, 1992). Most people…

Call for Participation for CHI’13 workshop on Experiencing Interactivity in Public Spaces (EIPS) Mobile and ubiquitous systems create opportunities for new kinds of interactivity in public spaces. This one-day workshop will bring together researchers, designers, practitioners and media artists to discuss new forms of experiences with publicly used interactive systems. We will discuss a broad sample of existing systems and prototypes, and issues related to user experiences in public spaces. We will have intensive group work sessions with both analytical and creative approaches. Paper submission deadline: January 11th, 2013 Notifications: February 8th, 2013 Workshop: April 28th in Paris Please visit…

The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy “Minds, Machines and Morals” University of Maryland at College Park July 15-17 2013 This generation has borne witness to a veritable explosion in the use of computing technologies in almost every aspect of life. Philosophers, scientists, and technologists/engineers have an important role to play in addressing the foundational questions that arise on the inexorable march toward intelligent machines. This year’s theme is “Minds, Machines and Morals.” Questions regarding the status of machines as moral agents and patients press on us as we envision a future filled with self-driving cars,…

ACM CREATIVITY AND COGNITION 2013 17-18 June 2013 University of Technology, Sydney http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com Call for PAPERS, POSTERS and DEMONSTRATIONS Call for GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Deadlines Approaching: 17th December 2012 for Papers and Posters 1st March 2013 for Demos and Graduate Student Symposium The University of Technology, Sydney will host the International Conference on Creativity and Cognition from the 17th to the 20th of June 2013. The organising committee would like to invite you to join us in Sydney for another conference in this very successful series. For 2013 the conference theme will be ‘Intersections and Interactions’, due to the inter-disciplinarity…

Thirteenth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents IVA 2013 http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/iva2013/ August 29-31st Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate in dynamic social environments. IVA 2013 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modelling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behaviour. In addition to presentations…

The 4th Augmented Human International Conference (AH 2013) In-Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI Stuttgart, Germany, March 7-8, 2013 http://hcilab.org/ah2013/ Proceedings to be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series The 4th Augmented Human (AH) International Conference in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 7-8, 2013, focusing on augmenting human capabilities through technology for increased well-being and enjoyable human experience. As in previous years, the conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library as a volume in its International Conference Proceedings Series with ISBN. TOPICS Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing Bionics, Biomechanics and Exoskeletons…

18-19 October 2013: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE, Chicago, USA Deadline (abstracts): December 6, 2012 On behalf of the International Advisory Board, I am pleased to announce the Call for Papers and Call for Work for the Fourth International Conference on the Image and the Call for Submissions to the peer-reviewed International Journal of the Image. The Image Conference will be held 18-19 October 2013 in Chicago, USA. The Image Conference is a forum at which participants will interrogate the nature and functions of image-making and images. The conference has a cross-disciplinary focus, bringing together researchers, teachers and practitioners…

Call for Papers, abstract deadline January 31st, 2013 Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds Tampere, Finland, May 21st and 22nd 2013 Keynote speakers: Marie-Laure Ryan (author of Possible Worlds, Artificial Intelligence and Narrative Theory [1991], Narrative as Virtual Reality [2001] and Avatars of Story [2006]; editor of Cyberspace Textuality [1999] and Narrative across Media [2004]) Jarmila Mildorf (author of Storying Domestic Violence [2007]; editor of Magic, Science, Technology, and Literature [2006] and Imaginary Dialogues in English [2011]) The postclassical turn in narratology has led to 1) a new emphasis on minds, both fictional and interpretative, and 2) the theoretical discovery of…

The 14th Annual International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (ACM HotMobile 2013) Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE 26-27 February, 2013 Jekyll Island, GA, USA http://www.hotmobile.org/2013/ ACM HotMobile 2013, the 14th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications continues the series of highly selective, interactive workshops focused on mobile applications, systems, and environments, as well as their underlying state-of-the-art technologies. HotMobile’s small workshop format makes it ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial approaches.…

Designing and Evaluating Sociability in Video Games Workshop at the ACM CHI 2013 Conference April 28, 2013 in Paris, France SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 4th, 2013 http://hcigames.businessandit.uoit.ca/chi2013-sociabilitygames/ This one-day workshop will take place at ACM CHI 2013. OVERVIEW Computer games are at the forefront of technological innovation; their popularity in research continuously increasing. Their wide presence and use makes computer games a major factor affecting the way people socialize, learn and possibly work. As increasingly more people become involved with computer games, researchers need to address various questions on topics as diverse as social impact, ethical questions, design, flow, presence, and…