Call for Papers Ubi-MUI2011: International ACM Workshop on Ubiquitous Meta User Interfaces http://www.dai-labor.de/Ubi-MUI2011/ In conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona, US, Nov 28 – Dec 1 http://www.acmmm11.org/ Intelligent Environments have the vision of enhancing our everyday environment and interaction with its objects by sensing, computing, and communication capabilities. Major characteristics of such environments are the increasing number of intelligent devices (ubiquity), their complexity, and their integration into the background (transparency). Devices will disappear or blend into the background and will be invisible to the user. However, because of this transparency, users fail to develop an adequate mental model for…

North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) 2011 Conference The Spirit of the Past, Present, and Future of Learning! October 5, 2011 Pre-Conference October 6-8, 2011 Conference Valley Forge Convention Center, Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, Pennsylvania From the GAMESNETWORK listserv: The North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) has posted their call for proposals for their 2011 conference (early Oct. in Valley Forge, PA). This is a group of educators, corporate trainers, and other folks who use games and simulations to teach or train.  It is a conference focused more on the practical side and less on the research side of…

Call for Papers: CSCW 2012 The ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (http://cscw2012.org/) is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and communities. CSCW encompasses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. Although work is an area of focus, CSCW embraces research and technologies supporting a wide range of recreational and social activities using a diverse range of devices. The conference brings together top researchers and practitioners from…

Call for Papers TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED AND EMBODIED INTERACTION (TEI) 2012 February 19-22, 2012 at Queen’s Human Media Lab in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. http://tei-conf.org/12 IMPORTANT DATES 1st September 2011: Papers, Studio Proposals 1st November 2011: Graduate Consortium, Art Exhibits, Design Challenge (CFP to follow) 6th January 2011: Early registration deadline 9th-22nd February 2012: TEI Conference in Kingston, Ontario, Canada TEI 2012 is the sixth international conference dedicated to presenting cutting edge research in tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. The work presented at TEI addresses design challenges, theories, experiences, systems, and new developments, with specific emphasis on all the physical aspects of…

Workshop: Personal Identities after the Information Revolution University of Hertfordshire, UK, 17 June 2011 Part of the AHRC project The Construction of Personal Identities Online http://philosophyofinformation.net/pio.html Workshop Themes and Focus Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are building a new habitat (infosphere) in which we are spending an increasing amount of time. So, how individuals construct and maintain their personal identities online (PIOs) is a problem of growing and pressing importance. Today, PIOs can be created and developed, as an ongoing work-in-progress, to provide experiential enrichment, expand, improve or even help to repair relationships with others and with the world, or…

Advanced Interaction Technology Special Session of Fourth International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE ‘2011) The British University in Dubai, UAE 6th-8th December 2011 http://www.dese.org.uk/ Over the last decade interaction has been moving away from the desktop to new ways of interacting. People expect to interact on the go, and in different locations, and preserve their user experience no matter what technology they are using. In this special session we call for papers that address new and emerging technologies for advanced interaction. Papers should be no more than 6 pages long and address current research in one or more…

Dear Colleagues, Chapter proposals are invited for an edited book on Virtual Worlds in Online and Distance Education, to be published by Athabasca University Press as part of Terry Anderson’s Issues in Distance Education series. The book’s scope will encompass the use of virtual worlds for fully online/distance and blended modes of education in post-secondary settings across the globe. There will be two types of chapters, namely chapters addressing specific themes and issues (5,000-8,000 words) and chapters reporting on case studies (2,000-4,000 words). The Call for Proposals is available online at the following web site: http://www.virtualclassrooms.info/vwwg/vwwgbook.html…

The SMPTE Second Annual International Conference on Stereoscopic 3D for Media & Entertainment 21-22 June 2011 Co-located with DV Expo East, taking place on 22 June 2011 Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York City SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) is pleased to invite you to the only scientific event focused solely on the critical technologies needed for widespread and sustained 3D adoption. Once again, we’ll feature the latest work of leading scientists, researchers, and engineers. Better still, we’ve co-located our event with DV Expo East, which takes place on 22 June 2011, and will feature technology exhibits,…

Call for Participation The 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2011) 26-29 October 2011 Basel, Switzerland Full Call: CFP_ISMAR_2011.pdf More information: http://www.ismar11.org/ Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) allow the creation of fascinating new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on industry and society. The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays, sensors, to name just some of the most important influences. MR/AR concepts are applicable to a wide range of applications. Since 1998,…

CALL FOR PAPERS PETMEI 2011 – 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Eye Tracking and Mobile Eye-Based Interaction September 18, 2011 in Beijing, China http://www.petmei.org/ in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2011) Recent developments in mobile eye tracking equipment and automated eye movement analysis point the way toward unobtrusive eye-based human-computer interfaces that are pervasively usable in everyday life. We call this new paradigm pervasive eye tracking – continuous eye monitoring and analysis 24/7. The potential applications for the ability to track and analyse eye movements anywhere and any time call for new research to further…

Visualisations and Simulations Symposium Date: 16-17 June 2011 Duration: 2 days Venue: Anatomy Theatre & Museum, King’s College London http://www.pocos.org/index.php/pocos-symposia/simulations-and-visualisations The popular use of three dimensional models for visually representing information in archaeology, historic buildings, cultural heritage organisations, and academic research has created new challenges for managing and preserving such material. The two-day symposium on Visualisations and Simulations will provide a forum for participants to review and discuss the latest developments in the field, witness real-life case studies, and engage in networking activities. The symposium will promote discussion of the following key topics: Intellectual “Transparency” In 3D Cultural Heritage Models…