Call for Participation

Children, Interaction, and Design networking event
Friday March 3, 2023 at 10-2.30pm
Edinburgh, Scotland
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/children-interaction-and-design-networking-event-tickets-504606921887

Dear colleagues,

Please find details below of an event taking place on Friday 3rd March in Edinburgh. We hope this will be of particular interest to practitioners and those working at the intersection of design and technology for children and young people.

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Are you a researcher, practitioner, or industry member working or interested in the field of children, interaction and design? If so, the University of Edinburgh’s Children and Technology group invite you to a face-to-face networking event at Dynamic Earth – a leading visitor attraction in Edinburgh.

The event includes welcome coffee and lunch and an opportunity to learn and discuss ideas with others interested in how design influences the way diverse children of all ages interact, think, feel, communicate and learn, including implications for emerging technologies.… read more. “Call: Children, Interaction, and Design networking event”

CALL FOR PAPERS

CHI 2023 Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences
At ACM Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference

Workshop:
Hamburg, Germany and online (hybrid)
April 23, 2023
http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at

CHI 2023 Conference:
April 23-28, 2023
Hamburg, Germany
https://chi2023.acm.org/

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of position papers: February 14, 2023
Decision to authors: March 3, 2023
Camera-ready versions due: March 31, 2023
Workshop: April 23, 2023

Automated systems are becoming increasingly common and transitioning towards active communication partners, embodied as vehicle cockpits, connected homes, self-checkout machines and manufacturing tools. With the advent of more flexible and powerful settings of automation, for example collaboration between teams of humans and robots, the question arises how to make also these accessible to everyday usage scenarios. This workshop sets out to investigate different forms of human engagement with automated technology in various domains: (1) monitor and intervene, (2) team up and cooperate, and (3) orchestrate and delegate.… read more. “Call: CHI 2023 Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences”

Call for Papers

PETRA 2023: The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) Conference
Corfu Island, Greece
July 5-7, 2023
http://www.petrae.org/

Paper submission deadline (extended): February 15, 2023

ABOUT:

The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference is a highly interdisciplinary conference that focuses on computational and engineering approaches to improve the quality of life and enhance human performance in a wide range of settings, in the workplace, at home, in public spaces, urban environments, and other. Outcomes of this conference have a broad impact in application areas that include, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy systems, security and safety, robotics, biomedicine, environment and conservation, and many others. PETRA brings together very different types of technologies to also address important social and healthcare issues for sensitive populations, such as the elderly, persons suffering from chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Cerebral Palsy, and other disabilities or traumas.… read more. “Call: PETRA 2023, 16th Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference”

Call For Papers

“The Imperfectly Relatable Robot: An interdisciplinary workshop on the role of failure in HRI”
Co-located with HRI 2023, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Workshop:
March 13, 2023 (half day workshop, afternoon session)
Hybrid format
https://sites.google.com/view/hri-failure-ws/home

HRI 2023:
March 13-16, 2023
Stockholm, Sweden
https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2023/

Deadline for workshop abstract submission: February 14, 2023 (extended)

What happens when robots fail? How does this impact human expectations of social robots? What if encountering a robot who is a little less than perfect might actually make it more relatable?

Focusing on failure as a way to improve human-robot interactions represents a novel approach that calls into question human expectations of robots, as well as posing ethical and methodological challenges to researchers. In this space, interdisciplinary conversations are the key to untangling these challenges and bringing themes of power and context into view.… read more. “Call: “The Imperfectly Relatable Robot: An interdisciplinary workshop on the role of failure in HRI” at HRI 2023”

Call for Submissions

Experiential Learning in Communication Division
2023 National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Convention
November 16-19, 2023
National Harbor, Maryland, USA
https://www.natcom.org/nca-109th-annual-convention-freedom

Deadline: March 29, 2023

The Experiential Learning in Communication Division welcomes your submissions for our sessions in National Harbor, Maryland, Nov. 16-19, 2023. Experiential learning involves creating and facilitating direct, practical learning experiences for students and asking them to reflect on the learning process. This division focuses on the practice of experiential learning with the goal of understanding the process and impacts of the communication process in our world. Forms of experiential learning include:

• Community-Based Learning
• Internships and Practicum
• Study Abroad
• Service-Learning
• Simulations (Immersive Technology, Narrative Experiences, etc.)

The division would like to especially encourage 1) research and essays related to the role, value, opportunities, challenges, and assessed outcomes of experiential learning, 2) research and essays that highlight the contribution of experiential learning to communication theory and practice, 3) SPARK interactive session contributions (a hallmark of the Experiential Learning Division) designed to share teaching and project ideas related to service-learning and other types of experiential pedagogy, and 4) submissions from those in divisions across the association that feature experiential learning as a core pedagogy.… read more. “Call: Experiential Learning in Communication at 2023 National Communication Association conference”

Call for Papers

“Atmospheres in Film”
Special issue of Ambiances, International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space
https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/4423?lang=en

Submission deadline: February 17, 2023

Ambiances, International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space is accepting submissions for its special issue 2023 on “Atmospheres in Film”.

PRESENTATION

The term “atmosphere” may derive from the scientific lexicon, but for more than 20 years now it is commonly used in the humanities and social sciences (eg. philosophy, human geography, urban studies, theatre and performance studies, cinema studies, information and communication sciences, such as psychology, phenomenology or aesthetics). As such, the word (which has affinities with other similar terms such as ambiance or mood), expresses a key relationship between the sensible and the ephemeral. As Gernot Böhme says: “the space of moods is atmospheric space, that is, a certain mental or emotive tone permeating a particular environment, and it is also the atmosphere spreading spatially around me, in which I participate through my mood” (Böhme, 2002).… read more. “Call: “Atmospheres in Film” special issue of Ambiances”

Call for Papers

Well Played Journal
Special Issue: AR and VR Games
https://press.etc.cmu.edu/news/well-played-journal-special-issue-cfp-ar-and-vr-games

Edited by Ira Fay and Dan Roy

Submission deadline: April 30, 2023

AR and VR games are growing in popularity and access, while also increasing in the variety of experiences players can have. They offer multiplayer embodied experiences, ranging from augmented reality games that tap into GPS and have you walking around like Pokemon Go, to virtual reality games in a headset like Beat Saber, to mixed reality experiences that are location-specific like Ghostbusters: Dimension.

We welcome submissions of analyses and studies of AR and VR games that highlight this new avenue of gameplay experiences. We would also like to encourage designers of such games to submit post-mortems of their own work, as well as breakdowns of their design philosophy and lessons learned in their practice.… read more. “Call: AR and VR Games issue of Well Played Journal”

Call for Participation

“Secret Agents: The Real and Imagined Inner Lives of Interactive Robots”
Utrecht University Embodied AI Talk by dr. Tom Williams
February 2, 2023
15:00 to 16:00 CET
Online on MS teams

Registration can be done here: https://forms.gle/SvmJAwgwWMhpPtdH9. We will email the Teams link to the registered participants

For more information about the Embodied AI Initiative: https://embodiedaiuu.wixsite.com/home

ABSTRACT

Robots are Secret Agents. By this I mean that while computer scientists and roboticists may not view their robots as being fully autonomous, interactive, and adaptive, everyday users perceive them as such nonetheless. This creates a whole host of user expectations that may be hard to live up to — and that may cause problems when violated. In this talk, I’ll begin by explaining how robot design choices impact how people perceive robots and expect them to behave. I’ll then explain why robots are not simply agents, but are also moral and social agents, and explain the work the MIRRORLab has been doing to understand and address the unique perceptions and expectations that come along with these more nuanced types of agency.… read more. “Call: Free online talk: “Secret Agents: The Real and Imagined Inner Lives of Interactive Robots””

[See also the Call for ACII 2023 Workshop proposals, which has the submission deadline of February 17, 2023. –Matthew]

Call for Papers

ACII 2023: International Conference on Affective Computing + Intelligent Interaction
MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, USA
September 10-13, 2023
https://acii-conf.net/2023

Main track submission deadline: April 14, 2023

The Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (AAAC) invites you to join us at our 11th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), which will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on September 10th – 13th, 2023.

The Conference series on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction is the premier international venue for interdisciplinary research on the design of systems that can recognize, interpret, and simulate human emotions and, more generally, affective phenomena. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore (conditional on the approval by IEEE Computer Society) and indexed by EI.… read more. “Call: ACII 2023: International Conference on Affective Computing + Intelligent Interaction”

Call for Papers

Technical Papers for IBC 2023
September 15-18, 2023
RAI Amsterdam
Technical papers: https://show.ibc.org/conference/technical-papers-2023
IBC 2023: https://show.ibc.org/

Submission deadline for 300-word synopses: February 10, 2023

IBC is the world’s most inspiring content and technology event. It draws together the global media, entertainment and technology industry for a compelling live experience that enables every attendee to gain critical insights, share expertise and unlock business opportunities. Created ‘by the industry, for the industry’ – a principle established on its founding in 1967 that carries through to today – IBC has continued to evolve with each new trend and technology over its 55-year history. Attracting representatives from 24 countries in its first year, IBC now welcomes exhibitors, speakers and visitors from more than 170 nations.

The Technical Papers Programme at IBC 2023 welcomes entries from all industry sectors across the media, entertainment and technology industry and from every discipline, whether you are a professional or a professor, a member of a R&D team, working alone or within a global brand and from across any part of the broadcast, communications, electronic media and entertainment fields.… read more. “Call: Technical Papers for IBC 2023”