Grand Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2011 on “Realistic Interaction in Online Virtual Environments” EMC2 have teamed up with Huawai to present a Grand Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2011 on “Realistic Interaction in Online Virtual Environments”, which we believe may be of interest to you and your colleagues. The challenge provides a captured dataset that provides scope for research into a variety of areas, including the challenges main focus “real-time realistic interaction between humans in online virtual environments”. The provided dataset consists of recordings of a number of Salsa dancers, of differing expertise, from a variety of modalities, including microphones, cameras,…

Workshop: “Collaborative usage and development of models and visualizations” at ECSCW 2011 (European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work) Date: 24 or 25 September, 2011 (still pending) Venue: Aarhus University, Denmark http://www.imtm-iaw.rub.de/events/ecscw/index.html.en Download the workshop description here. The usage of graphical representations of work and business process such as process models can be considered a common practice in modern organizations. As their development can become a complex task it is reasonable to draft them collaboratively. Also they become increasingly useful when used by larger groups throughout an organization. However despite modeling being a popular approach in practice, models are hardly…

Telepresence Options Magazine – Your Guide to Visual Collaboration Telepresence Options is pleased to announce the launch of Telepresence Options Magazine. The new magazine which is available in hard copy and a digital edition covers the latest in telepresence and effective visual collaboration technologies. Readers can reserve a free hard copy and access the digital edition immediately at:  www.TelepresenceOptions.com/magazine The Spring 2011 issue includes: What is Telepresence? The ROI of Telepresence in a World of Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty Robotic Telepresence: A Primer & Tale of the Tape Understanding the Telepresence Marketplace Creating Telepresence Environments – A Design Guide …

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Special issue 2012, Volume 28: Call for articles Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective Submissions are invited for a forthcoming special issue of AJET to be published in early 2012, entitled Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective, edited by Mark J.W. Lee (Charles Sturt University and University of New England), Dr Barney Dalgarno (Charles Sturt University) and Dr Helen Farley (University of Southern Queensland) for the DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group. As announced in AJET Editorial 27(1) and to be publicised through various listservs and society news bulletins, Virtual worlds in…

GAME-ON North America 2011 6th Annual International North-American Conference on AI and Simulation in Games September 28-30, 2011 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, USA Organized by The European Technology Institute Co-Sponsored by EUROSIS Conference web site: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/294 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Aim 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 6th annual North American Game-On Conference (GameOn’NA 2011) is to bring together academics, researchers and commercial game developers from North America…

Journal of Robotics: Cognitive and Neural Aspects in Robotics with Applications 2011 Call for Papers http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jr/si/cnar11/ It is our pleasure to announce a new call for papers for the second special issue of Journal of Robotics in year 2011. The call for publications on cognitive and neural sciences related to robotic systems appeared to be a successful challenge. Robotics has been widely applied for various fields such as automation and other control and engineering systems. Recent developments of humanoid and human-like robots are a milestone in the field of robotics, and they can be a platform for breaking new ground…

Workshop on Computational Models for Spatial Language Interpretation and Generation (CoSLI-2) In conjunction with CogSci 2011 Boston, USA, 20-23 July Submission Deadline:  13 May 2011 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Competence in spatial language modeling is a cardinal issue in disciplines including Cognitive Psychology, Computational Linguistics, and Computer Science. Within Cognitive Psychology, the relation of spatial language to models of spatial representation and reasoning is considered essential to the development of more complete models of psycholinguistic and cognitive linguistic theories. Meanwhile, within Computer Science and Computational Linguistics, the development of a wide class of so-called situated systems such as robotics, virtual characters, and…

INTERNATIONAL GAMES INNOVATION CONFERENCE (IGIC 2011) November 2-4, 2011 at Chapman University, California, USA (Near Disneyland Resort and Newport Beach) The IEEE Consumer Electronics Society cordially invites you to submit papers to IGIC 2011, a joint industry-academia conference. IGIC 2011 is a platform for disseminating peer-reviewed papers that describe innovative research and development of game technologies and related areas. Participation from academia, industry and government are welcome. CALL FOR PAPERS Abstract Deadline: May 31 Final Two-page Paper: August 31 http://ice-gic.ieee-cesoc.org/2011/cfp.htm Papers reporting innovations and new developments in all areas related to games are invited, including but not limited to the…

ICIDS 2011: Call for Papers The Fourth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling November 28 – December 1, 2011: Vancouver, Canada http://icids2011.wp.rpi.edu/ Submission Deadline: June 24, 2011 ICIDS is the premier international conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS), bringing together researchers from a wide variety of fields to share novel techniques, present recent results, and exchange new ideas.  Having been hosted successfully in Europe for the past three years, ICIDS 2011 marks the conference’s first venture to an entirely new continent: North America. Enabled by the advent of interactive digital media, Interactive Digital Storytelling redefines the experience of narrative by…

Conference Images of Animate Movement. Representations of Life May 26 – 28, 2011 eikones NCCR Iconic Criticism – Power and Meaning of Images Basel University The fascinating paradox that we can see life in abstract images is the starting point of this conference. In a drawing of just a few lines, we can immediately recognize a human figure walking. A moving quadrangle can be seen as a crawling caterpillar. And some well-placed moving points are directly joined together in the form of a dancing couple. Again and again, we are astonished that we can actually see a creature moving in…

From Black Box to Second Life: Theatre and Performance in Virtual Worlds A day of Round Table presentations and discussions Friday 20 May 2011, 10am till 5pm @ Performance Studio 3, School of Arts and New Media, University of Hull – Scarborough Campus and Live stream at: http://www.livestream.com/icpcluster This event is free and open to all. Please come along. For more info and to RSVP email: M.Chatzi@hull.ac.uk Conveners: Dr Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka Maria X] (Hull), Dr Mark Childs (Coventry), Dr Iryna Kuksa (Staffordshire), and Dr Toni Sant (Hull) Contributors: Stelarc (video keynote),  Joff Chafer (Coventry), the Conveners, Cat Fergusson-Baugh (Hull),…