Call for Papers The 13th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT’23) WICT 2023 Theme: ICT in the Generative AI World December 14-15, 2023 Onsite and On the World Wide Web http://www.mirlabs.org/wict23/ Onsite Venues: Olten, Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi Paper submission deadline: September 30, 2023 ABOUT WICT 2023 After the success of the 12th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2022), we are organizing WICT 2023 to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the…

Call for Unpublished Work for Meta-Analysis on Human-like Chatbot Characteristics https://sosci.iwm-tuebingen.de/callforunpublishedwork/ Submission deadline: September 15, 2023 Dear colleagues, As part of my dissertation project, I am currently conducting a meta-analysis on the impact of human-like characteristics of text-based chatbots on user-related outcomes. Human-like characteristics refer to verbal (e.g., conversational style), visual (e.g., human-like picture), or chronemic (e.g., dynamic response times) social cues. User-related outcomes include variables that refer to users’ attitudes, perceptions, positive or negative affect, the user-chatbot relationship, trust, or user behavior. Specifically, I want to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the overall effect of human-like…

[Note: Use the ‘Language’ link at the journal’s website to find out more about Enrahonar.  –Matthew] CALL FOR PAPERS: Monograph: “Current narratives in digital society: Disinformation, fake news and ethical-political dynamics” For the Journal Enrahonar-Quaderns de Filosofia, an international journal of theoretical and practical reason Guest editors: Miguel Palomo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Walter Federico Gadea Aiello (Universidad de Huelva) Submission deadline: March 31, 2024 Please submit your paper through OJS: https://revistes.uab.cat/enrahonar Fake news, infodemic, deepfakes, hoaxes, post-truth, conspiracy theories… are all notions that have begun to form a part of the range of terminology needed to explain the reality…

CALL FOR PAPERS 7th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI) at the 22nd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2023) November 6 – 9, 2023 Rome, Italy NL4AI Workshop: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ AIxIA 2023: http://www.aixia2023.cnr.it/ IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline:  September 11, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance:  September 29, 2023 Camera-ready version deadline:  October 9, 2023 Workshop (at AIxIA 2023):  November 6 – 9, 2023 INTRODUCTION: The goal of the NL4AI workshop is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities…

Call for Papers “Transformational Experiences. The Role of Immersive Arts and Media in Individual and Societal Change” An issue of AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images Edited by Federica Cavaletti and Katrin Heimann https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/anicon/announcement/view/826 Submission deadline: December 15, 2023 We live in times of humanitarian and environmental crises. The effects of climate change add to the economic, physical, and mental suffering caused by social discrimination (e.g. gender, class, and race inequalities), while ultimately not only affecting those lowest in the power structure. These crises are unlikely to be resolved with technology alone – as post-work society and similar frameworks encourage to…

Call for Papers Technology special issue of the Journal of Continental Philosophy https://www.pdcnet.org/jcp/Journal-of-Continental-Philosophy Submission deadline: August 18, 2023 Reflections on technology throughout the twentieth century centered largely on instrumental or anthropological accounts of machines, analog technologies, and industrial automation. As powerful new digital forms of technology recast modes of human activity and experience, contemporary reflections on technology have become much more expansive, encompassing not only machines and artefacts but entire ways of thinking, being, and relating to the world. Recent developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning (as well as robotic automation, behavioral analytics, cloud computation, etc.) have only made…

Call for Papers IDEATExR – 2nd Annual ISMAR workshop for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Transparency, and Ethics in XR To be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2023) Sydney, Australia and Online Workshop: https://ideatexr.carrd.co/ October 16, 2023 ISMAR 2023: https://ismar23.org/ October 16-20, 2023 Submissions deadline: July 23, 2023 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Due to the important, evolving, and shifting nature of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR, this workshop has five main goals: To provide a vehicle through which to understand better the pulse of the community surrounding these issues…

CALL FOR PAPERS VJ 2023 – 13th Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts November 28-30, 2023 University of Aveiro, Portugal https://videojogos2023.spcvideojogos.pt Submission deadline: July 31, 2023 SCOPE Don’t be superstitious about thirteen! The number 13 may be an unlucky number for some, but it is the time that our divine conference Videojogos will also occur. Welcome to the 13th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts. This year’s event takes place at the University of Aveiro from November 28-30, 2023. It is organized by the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro, DigiMedia research centre, jointly with…

[Note: There’s a 1:38 minute video explainer on the Immersive Experience Network website (also available on YouTube). –Matthew] Call for Participation Immersive Experience Network Huddle 4: Designing Immersive Experiences October 9, 2023, 10 am – 7 pm London https://immersiveexperience.network/immersive-experience-design-symposium The Immersive Experience Network’s Huddle 4 is going to be a big deep dive into one of the most requested topics that creators have been asking us to explore: Designing Immersive Experiences. This is such a huge topic that we want to ask you, the creator community, to tell us what specific areas you want to explore and who you want to…

Call for Papers Embodied Conversational Systems for Human-Robot Interaction Special Issue of the Dialogue & Discourse journal https://www.carlstrathearn.co.uk/d-d-special-edition Submission deadline: October 1, 2023 Submission link: http://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org/index.shtml We are delighted to announce the Special Issue on Embodied Conversational Systems for HRI in the Dialogue & Discourse journal. TOPIC AREA Conversational systems such as chatbots and virtual assistants have become increasingly popular in recent years. This technology has the potential to enhance Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and improve the user experience. However, there are significant challenges in designing and implementing effective conversational systems for HRI that need to be addressed (cf. Devillers et…

Call for Papers 1st Workshop on Multimodal Virtual Agents for Mental Health and Wellbeing – A new world with foundation models To be held in conjunction with the 23rd ACM International Conference on Virtual Agents (IVA 2023) Würzburg, Germany September 19-22, 2023 https://iva.acm.org/2023/1st-workshop-on-multimodal-virtual-agents-for-mental-healthand-wellbeing-a-new-world-with-foundation-models/ Submission deadline: July 19, 2023 We are pleased to announce the 1st IVA Workshop on “Multimodal Virtual Agents for Mental Health and Wellbeing – A new world with foundation models”, which will be held in conjunction with the 23rd ACM International Conference on Virtual Agents taking place in Würzburg, Germany, from Sept 19th -22nd, 2023. The workshop…

CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL SESSION: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Social Good: Opportunities and Challenges (DSAI4SG’2023) https://www.wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2023/?page=special-session To be held in conjunction with The 10th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2023) October 26 to 28, 2023 Istanbul Technical University, Turkey https://www.wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2023/ All Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. (Scopus, DBLP, ISI,…) Hybrid mode: Onsite and Online options: In order to accommodate a large number of situations, we are offering the option for either physical presence or…