[Note that the deadline has just passed.  –Matthew] CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Enhancing Cross-Reality Applications and User Experiences Workshop International Conference On Advanced Visual Interfaces (Avi) 6 June 2022 More information: https://cr-workshop.github.io ; Frank Maurer (University of Calgary, Canada), fmaurer@ucalgary.ca Position paper deadline is April 3, 2022 (extended) We are running a workshop on Enhancing Cross-Reality Applications and User Experiences at the AVI Conference @ the AVI Conference. We invite all researchers to join this workshop and learn from late-breaking work in applications focused on different points on the reality-virtuality continuum. We also invite submissions on technical and systems papers that describe…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Thinking Sonic Environments: Soundscapes of Nature, Communities, and Artworks. (International on-site conference) Dates: September 21 – 22, 2022 Venue: Prague, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences Language: English https://sonicphilosophy.net/gigs/thinking-sonic-environments-conference/ Confirmed keynote speaker: Professor Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Main organizer: Martin Nitsche (CAS Institute of Philosophy, Prague, CZ) Submission deadline: May 25, 2022 The main goal of our conference is to provide a space for transdisciplinary discussions of various approaches to description and exploration of sonic environments. Such discussions have already been started decades ago in the area of acoustic ecology and sound studies and…

Call for Papers Virtual Creativity (Journal) ISSN 23979704 , ONLINE ISSN 23979712 https://www.intellectbooks.com/virtual-creativity First published in 2010 2 issues per volume Current issue: Volume 11. Issue 2 Virtual Creativity (VCR) is an academic peer-reviewed journal focusing on creativity in online virtual worlds and other related platforms where the virtual is examined as a central theme in contemporary media art practices and applied contexts. Pieces exploring the subject of digital creativity are sought from the broad perspective of Art, Science and Technology, in what is a widespread field of discourse. One focus of the journal is an examination of creative activity…

Call for Papers “The Role of Embodiment in the Perception of Human & Artificial Creativity” A Workshop at the 13th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC 2022) June 27-28, 2022 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Workshop: https://lauramariahherman.wixsite.com/workshopiccc22 ICCC’22 workshops: https://computationalcreativity.net/iccc22/workshops-2/ Submission deadline: May 2, 2022 The role of embodiment in creativity has not been addressed in depth in the literature, and has been considered even less so in connection with AI, with a few exceptions. Still, the perception of the embodiment of the creator is generally deemed a key aspect of the observer’s response to an artwork. If true, this poses interesting challenges…

Call for Papers Human-Building Interactions Nature Scientific Reports Guest Edited Collection https://www.nature.com/srep/guestedited#human-building-interactions Guest Editors: Burçin Becerik-Gerber – University of Southern California, USA Gale M. Lucas – University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, USA Hae Young Noh – Stanford University, USA John E. Taylor, Georgia Tech, USA Submissions welcome until the end of September 2022 Advancements in sensing, actuation, and communication are converging to bring about new modes of interaction, experience, and entertainment. This convergence will lead towards different kinds of engagements with the spaces in which we live, work, play, and learn. The built environment is becoming an…

CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, ARTWORKS AND PERFORMANCES DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts September 4-7, 2022 Kingston School of Art, London, UK https://www.drha.uk/2022/ Deadline extended until April 30th, 2022 DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts –will bring together artists, scholars, educators, curators, digital researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in the ways digital technology intersects with the arts and humanities. The 2022 conference theme is ‘Digital Sustainability’ in light of the immediate challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the longer-term shadow of climate catastrophe. Since its…

[Note: For other HICSS tracks and minitracks related to presence see https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/ –Matthew] Call for Papers Mediated Conversation minitrack https://mediatedconversation.wordpress.com/ HICSS – Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences January 3-6, 2023 Hyatt Regency Maui, Hawaii, USA http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ Submission deadline: June 15, 2022 Dear colleague, We invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Mediated Conversation minitrack. This minitrack focuses on the study of conversations taking place on digital and social media. Conversations are at the core of human communication. Mediated conversations can use text, emoticons, audio, images, or video, or any combination thereof. The minitrack welcomes research on conversations…

Call for Panelists “Training the Trainer: Best Practices for Virtual Meeting Platforms” At NCA 2022, the 108th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association November 17-20, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA https://www.natcom.org/nca-108th-annual-convention-honoring-place-people-liberation-advocacy-community-and-environment Submission deadline: March 28, 2022 Panel organizer and chair: Penny Joyner Waddell, PennyJoynerWaddell@gmail.com Regardless of whether you are involved with a business, K-12 education, community college, technical college, or a university, professional development is expected and required by most industry leaders. Responding to NCA’s 2022 Theme of PLACE, this training session will address Community, Environment, and Location as it pertains to training and development. Post-COVID, virtual meeting platforms…

Call for Panelists “Virtual Reality in the Communication Studies Classroom” At NCA 2022, the 108th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association November 17-20, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA https://www.natcom.org/nca-108th-annual-convention-honoring-place-people-liberation-advocacy-community-and-environment Submission deadline: March 27, 2022 Panel organizer and chair: Lori A. Walters-Kramer, Monmouth College, lwalterskramer@monmouthcollege.edu My colleagues and I want to organize a panel that centers on the use of Virtual Reality in educational contexts (the classroom, the Speech Lab, etc.). Examples of possible topics include but are not limited to the following, using VR to familiarize students with different communication contexts (public speaking, group, interpersonal), helping students address their…

Call for Participation LA ACM SIGGRAPH Presents… Visions of the Metaverse 2022: Powering the Metaverse: The Hardware Platforms Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 Time: 7 – 9pm PDT Location: Zoom Virtual Event https://lasiggraph.org/event/powering-metaverse-hardware-platforms DESCRIPTION: Join Host/Moderator Larry Rosenthal, Vice Chair of LA Siggraph, as they welcome Industry Leaders from the Companies that are creating, building, and selling the tools for the Metaverse.  April’s webinar will focus on the Hardware systems, and May’s webinar will focus on the Software and tool Platforms. Both Webinars will be presented via Zoom and have a Live VR Meet-and-Greet afterwards online in the LA SIGGRAPH…

Call for Papers for Minds and Machines Special Issue on Computing Cultures: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives Following the 6th History and Philosophy of Computing Conference (HaPoC) Conference https://www.springer.com/journal/11023/updates/18800754 Guest Editors: Juan Luis Gastaldi (ETH Zurich) and Luc Pellissier (Université de Paris-Est Créteil) Submission deadline: June 28th, 2022 Digital machines of the 20th century were inspired by the biological individual, replacing the cultural and social image of machines from the 19th century with a solipsistic mental one. However, the growing cultural import of computing practices has become ever more pressing with the spectacular deployment of computers in all the dimensions of…

CALL FOR PAPERS – HBU 2022 12th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding (HBU) Focus theme: Applications for Clinical and Behavioral Sciences Held in conjunction with ICPR 2022, the 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition August 21-25, 2022 Montréal Québec Workshop: https://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/hbu/2022/ ICPR 2022: https://www.icpr2022.com/ Paper submission deadline: May 3rd, 2022 Notifications: June 1st, 2022 Camera-ready submission deadline: June 24th, 2022 Workshop: August 21st/25th, 2022 (to be confirmed) ABOUT Domains for human behavior understanding (e.g. multimedia, human-computer interaction, robotics, affective computing and social signal processing) predominantly rely on advanced pattern recognition techniques to automatically interpret complex behavioral patterns generated when…