Call for Abstracts and Symposia Proposals IACAP 2023 – The International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) 2023 Conference July 3-5, 2023 CEVAST, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic https://www.iacap.org/iacap-2023-prague-czech-republic/ Important dates: Submission deadline (abstracts: 1000 words): March 19, 2023 (extended) Notification of acceptance: May 8, 2023 Submissions link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=iacap2023 After the highly successful IACAP 2022 meeting at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara California (hosted by the School of Engineering, and in collaboration with the Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics), IACAP is delighted to announce our return to Europe in 2023 with CEVAST and the Czech Academy of Sciences,…

Call For Papers DCDC23: Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities 2023 Conference Radical reimagining: Interplays of physical and virtual July 11-13, 2023 Durham University and EventsAir (Hybrid) https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/research-events/discovering-collections-discovering-communities-dcdc/ https://www.jisc.ac.uk/dcdc-conference Submission deadline: March 31, 2023 Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) is an annual conference for the gallery, archive, library, museum and academic sectors. Open and inclusive in its ethos, DCDC provides a platform for colleagues to come together in joint conversation, looking beyond their own specialisms to forge new partnerships and enhance the social, cultural and economic impact of our unique collections. The National Archives and Jisc are delighted to welcome the British…

CALL FOR PAPERS AutomotiveUI 2023: The 15th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany September 18-21, 2023 (with Doctoral Colloquium on September 17, 2023) https://www.auto-ui.org/23/ Abstract submission deadline: April 12, 2023 Full paper submission deadline: April 19, 2023 AutomotiveUI is the premier forum for human factors and UI/UX research in the automotive/mobility domain. AutomotiveUI brings together researchers and practitioners interested in technical and human aspects of vehicular user interfaces and applications. AutomotiveUI is seeking contributions that address topics like novel vehicle user interfaces, models of and concepts for enhancing the driver experience,…

Call for Papers Special Session on: “EXTENDED REALITY AS A GATEWAY TO THE METAVERSE: PRACTICES, THEORIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2023) October 25-27, 2023 Milan, Italy Session: https://metroxraine.org/special-session-17 Conference: https://metroxraine.org/ Submission deadline for abstracts (1-2 pages): March 15, 2023 Final paper submission deadline: April 30, 2023 SPECIAL SESSION DESCRIPTION The fast development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) solutions over the last few years are transforming how people interact, work, and communicate. The eXtended Reality (XR) term encloses all those…

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Call for Papers “Humanoid Robots in Healthcare: Exploring real world applications” Special session at IEEE RO-MAN 2023: 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication August 28-31, 2023 Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea and Online http://www.ro-man2023.org Submission deadline: March 31, 2023 Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to submit your papers to a special session at the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication – RO-MAN 2023 in Busan, Korea: “Humanoid Robots in Healthcare: exploring real world applications” (code 5x7h1). TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Experiences and approaches in…

Call for Papers ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) August 5 and 6, 2023 Los Angeles, CA http://sap.acm.org/2023/ Deadline for abstract submission: April 14, 2023 Deadline for paper submission: April 21, 2023 The ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. This includes such disciplines as cognitive psychology, perceptual psychology, psychophysics, behavior-analysis, and neuroscience on the perceptual side and computer graphics, computer vision, visualization, virtual reality and human-computer interfaces on the visual computing side. The interdisciplinary focus of this conference acknowledges…

CALL FOR PAPERS GAME-ON®’2023 The 24th annual Simulation and AI in Games Conference SETU – South East Technological University (https://www.setu.ie/) Carlow, Ireland September 6-8, 2023 Organised by The European Technology Institute and SETU Sponsored by EUROSIS, AREA42, KU Leuven BIOTEC, University of Skovde, University of Žilina, and GODAN For latest information see: www.eurosis.org or https://www.eurosis.org/conf/gameon/2023/index.html Paper submission deadline: April 21, 2023 CONFERENCE AIM The aim of the 24th annual European GAME-ON® Conference (GAME-ON®’2023) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring together researchers and game developers in order to exchange ideas on programming and programming techniques, which will…

Call for Participation Interactive Realities: Bridging Complex Systems in Artificial and Natural Environments An INTERSELF workshop March 3, 2023, 09:00 – 18:30 UTC/GMT Amphitheatre of FCiências.ID (Lisbon, Portugal) & Online (Zoom) https://interselfworkshop.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt Deadline for registration: March 2, 2023 This workshop brings together world-leading scholars and junior researchers from philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, robotics, and computational neuroscience to address the following (non-exhaustive) key questions: What is ‘Reality’ and what is ‘Virtual Reality’? What do we gain and what do we lose by using virtual realities technologies? What is the relationship between virtual and ‘real’ realities and the human sense of self and…

Call for Participation DANCING WITH TECHNOLOGY: Towards a Choreography of Blended Experiences A Full-day Hybrid Workshop at the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX) 2023 Nantes, France June 12, 2023 Workshop: http://blendedexperiences.com/ IMX 2023: https://imx.acm.org/2023/ Submission deadline: March 20, 2023 Interaction between, across, and through digital technologies integrated into everyday activities can be stilted, clumsy, awkward, and hard to navigate, much like a complicated dance performance. What does it take to choreograph these experiences so that they seamfully blend digital and physical space to make complex interactions as easy and graceful as dancing with an experienced ballroom dancer?…

Call for Submissions Essay Challenge: On creating AI in Virtual Worlds Lab42 https://lab42.global/essay-virtualworlds/ Submission deadline: March 31, 2023 Dear all, From the early days of computing, scientists and dreamers alike were captivated by the idea of creating machines that could think and reason like humans. As the decades passed, a sense of tension grew as pioneers in the field made strides in developing increasingly sophisticated AI systems, while skeptics warned of the dangers of creating machines that might outstrip human intelligence. The tension reached a fever pitch in the 1990s, with the rise of expert systems and neural networks, and…

Call for Participation Technology, Art and the Posthuman: The End or a New Beginning for Humanism A (free) transdisciplinary conference May 13, 2023 & May 14, 2023 John Cabot University, Guarini Campus, Rome, Italy https://calendar.johncabot.edu/event/technology-art-and-the-posthuman-the-end-or-a-new-beginning-for-humanism-1/ Submission deadline: March 6, 2023 A transdisciplinary conference seeks to foster transdisciplinary and intercultural conversations among artists, technologists, humanists, and natural scientists presenting their work in areas such as literature, philosophy, ethics, psychology, music, fine arts, bodywork, and intercultural knowledge. The conference accepts papers and art works that encourage scholars, artists, intellectuals, scientists, and technologists to reflect on the emerging cultural and humanist paradigm that…