Call for Papers The 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2024) November 4-8, 2024 San José, Costa Rica https://icmi.acm.org/2024/call-for-papers/ Abstract deadline: April 26th, 2024 Paper submission: May 3rd, 2024 The 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2024) will be held in San José, Costa Rica. ICMI is the premier international forum that brings together multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) and social interaction research. Multimodal AI encompasses technical challenges in machine learning and computational modeling such as representations, fusion, data, and systems. The study of social interactions encompasses both human-human interactions and human-computer interactions. A unique aspect of ICMI is…

Call for Papers PLEY – The 5th Eye Tracking in Games and Play Workshop* Co-located with ETRA 2024 – ACM Symposium of Eye Tracking Research & Applications June 4 – 7, 2024 (exact day TBA) Glasgow, UK and online Workshop: https://pleyws.wordpress.com/ ETRA 2024: http://etra.acm.org/2024/ * Previously, the ‘Eye Tracking in Games and Play Workshop’. For the 5th edition we expanded the scope to also include all facets of play within the area of sports. Paper submission deadline: February 19, 2024 Among the many application areas of eye tracking, games and sports have become an increasingly popular domain for leveraging this…

Call for Participation Time in a Bottle: Containers and Criticisms of Nostalgia A Hybrid Symposium Organized by the NOSTAGAIN NETWORK February 2, 2024, 10:00 – 18:00 (EST) Montreal, Canada and online (free) https://nostagain.ca/2024/01/16/program2024/ My name is Richy Srirachanikorn from the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) lab. Co-founded there since 2022, The NOSTAGAIN NETWORK is now proud to launch its hybrid symposium on the Friday 2nd February at Concordia University, Montréal. It will last from 10:00 – 18:00 (EST). We have compiled a super fantastic line-up of 24 presenters from junior to seasoned scholars, professional artists, and research creationers to explore…

Call for Participation The 6th Furhat Conference on Social Robotics Robots for all Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM CEST https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-on-social-robotics-6/ On behalf of the Furhat team, I am excited to invite you to join us for the sixth edition of the International Furhat Conference series. This two-hours online conference gathers leading scientists, innovators and creators that will showcase the latest work related to the area of social robotics. The speaker lineup includes: Christoph Bartneck (Assoc. prof, University of Canterbury, UK) David J. Gunkel (Professor, Northern Illinois University, USA) Håkan Lidbo (Musician, producer and sound artist, Stockholm, Sweden) Ross…

Call for Manuscripts Symbolic Interaction and AI Studies in Symbolic Interaction https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/series-detail/studies-in-symbolic-interaction/ Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI), an umbrella term that includes any device capable of emulating or even exceeding human capabilities, emerged as computer technologies became more sophisticated and complex. While AI currently evokes frightened responses associated with human replacement, it has a history of being useful regarding human enterprises. For instance, mathematical analysts have used AI to find patterns in huge sets of data. However, recent rapid developments in AI have utilized the pattern-matching capacity to create words, images, and sounds independent of human…

Call for Papers European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (ECTEL) 2024 September 16-20, 2024 Krems an der Donau, Austria https://ea-tel.eu/ectel2024/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 15, 2024 The European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (ECTEL) engages researchers, practitioners, educational developers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders and policy makers to address current challenges and advances in the field. ECTEL 2024 will take place on 16-20 September 2024 in Krems, Austria with the theme “What is the role of TEL to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all?” ECTEL 2024 will be a face-to-face conference. In a world undergoing rapid transformation due to technological…

Call for Book Chapters Aesthetics, Digitalization, And Artificial Intelligence For “Philosophia Digitalis” series by Brill / mentis-Verlag Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 30, 2024 The digital revolution affects all areas of our lives and does not stop at art, artistic creation, and aesthetic experience. The German art magazine “Monopol” ranked artificial intelligence (AI) second on its annual list of the 100 most influential figures in the art world in 2023. For five months of 2023, American screenwriters went on strike to change their precarious working conditions and to obtain regulation for the use of AI in the (re)writing of…

Call for Abstracts: Doing and Undoing the Anthropology of Place in an Increasingly Digitalized World [Media Anthropology Network] A panel at EASA 2024, the 18th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists Barcelona, Spain July 23-26, 2024 https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14648 https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2024/programme#14648 Submission deadline: January 22, 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, We warmly invite you to submit a paper to the EASA Panel “Doing and Undoing the Anthropology of Place in an Increasingly Digitalized World” [Media Anthropology Network] at the EASA conference in Barcelona (July 23-26, 2024). Please submit your proposal here (deadline January 22): https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2024/programme#14648 Convenors: Monika Palmberger (University of…

Call for Abstracts Playing in VR: Imagination, Affordances and Aesthetic Experience International Conference May 21-22, 2024 University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium https://philevents.org/event/show/118793 Confirmed speakers include: Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis Pawel Grabarczyk, Technical University of Copenhagen Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College Tom McClelland, Cambridge University Nele Van de Mosselaer, Tilburg University Submission deadline: March 18, 2024 ABOUT: Virtual reality (VR) has been discussed in depth within current philosophical fields, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics or aesthetics. In metaphysics, for example, the debate focuses on the ontological status of VR objects, and imagination is discussed in the context of…

Call for Papers IEEE CoG 2024: The 2024 IEEE Conference on Games August 5-8, 2024 Milan, Italy https://2024.ieee-cog.org/ Submission deadline for full papers: March 1, 2024 Submission deadline for auxiliary papers: April 28, 2024 The annual IEEE Conference on Games (IEEE CoG) aims to be a leading venue for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and novel approaches to bring innovation in and through games. Games are a great domain to study and develop novel ideas in design, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, psychology, education, sociology, and creativity, as well as their applications in real-world problems. IEEE CoG 2024 will take…

Call for Papers RO-MAN 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Pasadena, California, USA [and possibly online; see below] August 26-30, 2024 https://www.ro-man2024.org/ Important Dates: Special Session Proposals: Submission Deadline: January 19, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: February 2, 2024 Workshops & Tutorial Proposals: Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: March 8, 2024 Regular Papers, Special Session Papers: Submission Deadline: March 10, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: May 10, 2024 Camera-ready Deadline: June 7, 2024 Late Breaking Reports: Submission deadline: May 17, 2024 Notification of acceptance: June 7, 2024 The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot…

Call for Submissions ACM 24th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents September 16-19, 2024 University of Glasgow, Scotland https://iva.acm.org/2024/ Submission deadline: April 5, 2024 Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) Annual Conference is the premier international event for interdisciplinary research on the design, application, and evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) with a specific focus on the ability to socially interact. IVA 2024, the 24th Annual Conference, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, September 16-19, 2024. Note IVA 2024 will be co-located with the conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII). IVAs are interactive characters that exhibit human-like capabilities including communicating…