Call for Abstracts AI and Communication Practices MedieKultur Special Issue https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/announcement/view/1069 Deadline for abstract submission: May 1, 2023 Theme editors: Ib T. Gulbrandsen (Associate Professor, Roskilde University), Martina S Mahnke (Associate Professor, Roskilde University), Emma Christensen (Postdoc, Roskilde University), Julie Vulpius (Postdoc, Roskilde University), and Simon Karlin (PhD Fellow, Roskilde University) Issue editor: Martina S Mahnke (Associate Professor, Roskilde University) Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only shaping contemporary communication processes but is actively contributing to and participating in them. Customer service chatbots communicate with us, prediction and surveillance models communicate about us, and content generators communicate instead of us. AI…

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media Special Edition: Live Performance in Digital Environments Guest Editors: Dr Kerry Francksen and Prof Sophy Smith Submission deadline: June 30, 2023 Digital performance practices continue to proliferate in response to a fast-moving technological landscape; one where artists have persisted in their adaptations towards a post-pandemic vista. Yet, whilst our attention was sharply focused through the pandemic (as highlighted in the recent ‘Covid-19: Theatre Goes Digital’ Special Issue), it is the case that having to use technologies fundamentally changed how artists and practitioners composed and realised their artwork. As we…

Call for Papers HRI4Wellbeing: The 2nd Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction for Wellbeing: Applications in the Real World Co-located with IEEE RO-MAN 2023: 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea and Online August 28, 2023 Workshop: https://hri4wellbeing.github.io/ RO-MAN 2023: http://ro-man2023.org/ Submission deadline: June 15, 2023 The main topic of our workshop will be robotic applications for wellbeing in the real world, which is strongly in line with the RO-MAN 2023 theme of “Design a New Bridge for H-R-I”, which seeks to address the challenges of developing intelligent robots for human health. Robots are becoming…

Call for Papers MUM 2023, 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia December 3-6, 2023 Vienna, Austria https://mum-conf.org/2023 Submission deadline: August 22, 2023 MUM 2023, the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, will be held in Vienna, Austria, December 3rd – 6th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of…

Call for Special Collection Papers: “Virtual Reality in Medical Education“ Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking https://home.liebertpub.com/cfp/call-for-special-collection-papersandnbsp-virtual-reality-in/458/ Guest Editors: Frank D. Buono, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA (buono@yale.edu) Asher Marks, MD, Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA (marks@yale.edu) Deborah Lee, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (webdeb@med.umich.edu) Submission deadline: July 31, 2023 Virtual reality (VR) technologies have been around for over 30 years. Recent advances in hardware and software are rapidly accelerating the possibilities for impactful uses in healthcare and health education.…

Call for Abstracts and Papers 2023 OkIP International Conference on Advances in Health Information Technology (AHIT) October 2- 5, 2023 Tiako Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA and Online https://eventutor.com/e/AHIT003 Submission deadline: May 23, 2023 Oklahoma International Publishing (OkIP) is pleased to host the 2023 International Conference on Advances in Health Information Technology (AHIT). The conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to emphasize the dissemination of ongoing research and development in the field. Proposals describing original works in the areas (see Scientific Track areas below) and related technologies are solicited. AHIT will include a peer-reviewed program of technical, industrial,…

Call for Papers ISMAR 2023: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality October 16 to 20, 2023 Sydney, Australia [and online] https://ismar23.org/ Abstract submission deadline: June 5, 2023 Paper submission deadline: June 12, 2023 OVERVIEW We invite you to the 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), which will be held from October 16 to 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. IEEE ISMAR is the premier conference for Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR), which attracts the world’s leading researchers from both academia and industry. ISMAR explores the advances in commercial and research…

Call for initial abstracts for Book Chapters: Virtual Reality Gaming: Embodiment, Presence, Immersion Submission deadline: August 1, 2023 Virtual Reality (VR) is not a new technology by any stretch of the imagination. Regardless of how futuristic VR might appear in popular culture, VR encompasses a rich and varied history that began to surface in the 1980s and 1990s when VPL Research produced a number of commercial devices (e.g. the DataGlove and Audiosphere). As exciting as these systems were, the technology simply could not live up to the hype (Evans, 2018). The level of ‘immersion’ associated with these developments was just…

Call for Papers Workshop on HCI for Digital Democracy and Citizen Participation IFIP Working Group 13.8 on Interaction Design and International Development Preceding INTERACT 2023 (https://interact2023.org) York, UK and online August 28 or 29, 2023 (TBC) https://ifipwg138.wordpress.com/hci-democracy/ Deadline for four-page position papers: May 31, 2023 MOTIVATION This workshop will explore and discuss how Human Computer Interaction (HCI) as a field of knowledge and practice can contribute to develop platforms for digital democracy and participation. These issues are mainly seen at two levels: (1) the optimal design of the digital environment of citizen participation platforms, and (2) explore how HCI can…

Call for Papers Practice-research in Games 2023 (PinG’23) June 22, 2023 University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK https://bit.ly/PinG-23 Important Dates: Deadline for Abstract Submissions: Friday 19th May 2023 Notification of Acceptance: Friday 26th May 2023 Deadline for Camera-Ready Submission: Tuesday 13th June Conference Date: Thursday 22nd June Chairs: Peter Howell, Matthew Higgins (University of Portsmouth) Practice-research in Games 2023 (PinG’23) is a one-day conference for game design professionals. The event will provide a platform for showcasing, disseminating, examining, and discussing practice-research from across the games research, design, and development spectrum. This event is based in the UK, but we invite work…

[NOTE: Follow the link for several other tracks related to presence. –Matthew] Call for Papers ACADEMIC MINDTREK 2023 CONFERENCE Human-Nature Interaction track October 3-6, 2023 Tampere (Finland) and online https://www.mindtrek.org/2023/academic-2023/ Deadline for full papers & workshops: June 8, 2023 Deadline for posters, demos & doctoral consortium submissions: August 17, 2023 Chairs: Ferran Altarriba (Tampere University), Velvet Spors (Tampere University), Katherine Isbister (University of California, Santa Cruz), Pat Brundell (University of Nottingham) On behalf of my co-chairs at the Academic Mindtrek 2023 conference I invite you to  submit your work to our Human-Nature Interaction track. The conference will take place in…

Call for Contributions OzCHI 2023: Australasian Computer-Human Interaction Conference Theme: Design from a distant world Victoria University of Wellington, School of Design Innovation, Te Aro campus Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington, Aotearoa | New Zealand December 4-6, 2023 http://www.ozchi.org/2023/index.html Submission deadlines: Long papers: June 14, 2023 Short papers: August 16, 2023 Workshops: July 12, 2023 Doctoral colloquium: August 23, 2023 Demos: October 4, 2023 It’s been a long time but OzCHI is returning to New Zealand! The theme for this year’s OzCHI is Design from a Distant World, recognising that Australia and New Zealand are physically distant from much of the…