Call for papers Psychologically Inspired Cognitive Systems Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cognitive-systems-research/about/call-for-papers Manuscript submission deadline: April 30, 2023 SPECIAL ISSUE INFORMATION: We live in a rapidly changing world. The current challenge for artificial cognitive systems, including virtual and physical artifacts, is to rise to the human level of social-emotional intelligence and become socially acceptable for humans. Therefore, this special issue is intended to promote, facilitate, and integrate studies from many disciplines, unified by the challenge of developing psychologically inspired cognitive systems. Solutions in the form of embodied agents are expected based on symbolic cognitive modeling, deep learning models,…

Call for Contributions GSGS 2023 – 8th International conference on Gamification & Serious GameS June 26-30, 2023 Neuchâtel, Switzerland https://gsgs.ch Submission deadline: January 27, 2023 CONTEXT The GSGS addresses the demand of really user-centered products by falling within the needs of the industrial fabric and the innovation produced by the applied research. This annual event backs the fundamental relation between pragmatic academy and economy, at a regional scale for short and dynamic projects as well as at a national or global scale to set up long-term synergies. CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL GAMIFICATION The main idea consists in answering the real needs…

Call for Papers The First Workshop on Human-AI Interaction through Play Held in conjunction with the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2023 Conference April 11-14 ,2023 Lisbon, Portugal Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/hai-play-2023-workshop/home FDG 2023: http://fdg2023.org IMPORTANT DATES: Submission date:  January 27, 2023 Notifications sent:  February 17, 2023 Camera-ready:  March 3, 2023 Workshop Date:  April 11, 2023 MOTIVATION AND GOALS Human-AI Interaction is a rapidly growing research area. As Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) increasingly take over tasks previously performed only by humans, it leads to more situations where humans and machines need to cooperate. Compared to their traditional supportive role,…

Call for Papers Ludo2023 – Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound University of Edinburgh, Scotland [and online; see below] March 23-25, 2023 https://www.ludomusicology.org/2022/11/11/ludo2023-call-for-papers/ Abstract submission deadline: January 6, 2023 The Ludomusicology Research Group is pleased to announce the Ludo2023 Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, to be held at the University of Edinburgh, 23-25 March next year. The organizers of Ludo2023 are now accepting proposals for research presentations. We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games. This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Sound and Music Beyond the…

CALL FOR PAPERS Fourteenth International Conference on The Image Special Focus: Images Do Not Represent Us, They Create Us: The Image and its Transforming Power University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain and Online November 15-16, 2023 https://ontheimage.com/2023-conference/call-for-papers Format: A mix of live, pre-recorded, and in person (at scale that’s allowed) presentations and social interaction spaces. Submission deadlines: Advance Proposal Deadline: 15 January 2023 Early Proposal Deadline: 15 April 2023 Regular Proposal Deadline: 15 August 2023 Late Proposal Deadline: 15 October 2023 Founded in 2010, The Image Research Network is brought together around a shared interest in the nature and function…

Call for Papers Workshop on Language-Based AI Agent Interaction with Children At IWSDS 2023, the 13th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology In Los Angeles, USA & Virtual (Hybrid Format) February 21, 2023 Workshop: https://aichildinteraction.github.io/ IWSDS 2023: https://sites.google.com/view/iwsds2023/home Paper Submission Deadline: December 21st, 2022 In this workshop, we aim to bring together researchers looking into multimodal interactions between children and artificial agents to discuss research problems that center around interactivity and go beyond just processing child speech. We are interested in discussing approaches to collecting and annotating datasets involving child speech, intent classification in child speech, designing dialogue flow…

Call for Participation An Exploration of Quantum Art with Generated Techniques, “PlotChains” and the Future of Storytelling An event from LA ACM SIGGRAPH (A Professional Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics) In-Person presentation and Holiday Social in L.A. for MEMBERS ONLY, Hybrid Event with Zoom Streamed presentation — Free FOR ALL December 13, 2022 http://la.siggraph.org/event/exploration-quantum-art-generated-techniques-plotchains-and-future-storytelling The In-Person presentation and Holiday Social is for MEMBERS ONLY. You need to already be on our members list. The in-person event is catered. The venue is the VIRTULARIUM Studio (El Segundo, South of LAX). The in-person is…

Call for Papers “Visual War Journalism in a Digital Age” Special issue of Digital Journalism Special issue Editor: Stuart Allan, Cardiff University, UK https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/digital-journalism-visual-war/ Abstract deadline: December 1, 2022 Manuscript deadline: April 17, 2023 The ongoing crisis engendered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has recast anew longstanding concerns about the relative strengths and limitations of war and conflict reporting. Journalists are risking their lives to bear witness in often harrowing circumstances – some finding themselves deliberately targeted by the Russian military – on behalf of their distant readers, listeners or viewers. Intent on crafting compelling narratives, many are actively refashioning…

Call for Papers Inaugural Conference of the Technology Ethics eXchange of the NorthEast (teXnē) May 18-19, 2023 Online and in-person at the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University https://philevents.org/event/show/105273 Submission deadline: February 3, 2023 The Technology Ethics eXchange of the NorthEast (teχnē) invites submissions of extended abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on research and teaching on the ethics of technology, to be hosted at Harvard on May 18-19, 2023. Potential topics for submissions include but are not limited to: Philosophical research on AI ethics, the ethics of computing, or the ethics of technology generally Social research on the impacts of technologies…

Call for Participation: Third Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference: Foundations of AI to empower learners: Theory, models, and impact Free and fully online USA: December 5, 6, 7 EU: December 5, 6, 7 Australia: December 6, 7, 8 https://empoweringlearners.ai The past year has resulted in incredible breakthroughs in AI technology. How these advancements impact learning and education is an area of important consideration. For example, one area that has received extensive media coverage of Generative AI and its capability to create images and videos from short text inputs. Similarly, AI now exists that can produce papers that…

Call for Papers Special Issue on Smart Learning Ecosystems: Toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality to be published at the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents  with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing)  Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7CQ3GKSSG CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call55 Guest Editors: Mihai Dascalu, University Politehnica of Bucharest Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy Francesca Pozzi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy Important dates: Deadline: December 15, 2022 Notification…

Call for Papers Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Exploration Special issue of Topoi Journal: https://www.springer.com/journal/11245/ Submission deadline: June 1, 2023 We are inviting submissions of papers for a Special Issue of the journal Topoi, entitled Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Explorations. The special issue aims to explore the relations between affective states and environmental artifacts and structures. Papers, which should not exceed a maximum of 9000 words, should be written in English, fit for blind review, and must be submitted through the online submission system Editorial Manager, by choosing the category “ S.I.: Affectivity and technology (Fasoli/Heersmink/Piredda)” from the menu “Article Type”.…