Call for Papers Special Issue on Human-centred AI in healthcare: Challenges appearing in the wild To appear on ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction http://bit.ly/HCIAIHealth Deadline [extended]: November 12th, 2021 DESCRIPTION: Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise to improve our healthcare systems. Current AI-based systems already support drug development, triage, screening, diagnosis, and patient follow-up; and the potential is to completely reconfigure the way our healthcare systems work. In the face of such strong potential, many scientists have devoted their research to the development of AI-based systems, and PubMed has seen a tenfold increase in the number of publications mentioning AI,…

Call for Papers ENVIRONMENTS BY DESIGN: HEALTH, WELLBEING AND PLACE THEME: CONNECTIVITY – Joining-up approaches to Health and Wellbeing across design and health disciplines Dates: 1-3 December, 2021 Place: Virtual https://architecturemps.com/northumbria/ Deadline for abstracts: 25 October, 2021 [Round Two] The COVID-19 pandemic, and the social distancing and ‘lockdown’ measures that have been implemented in response, have refocused the attention of many on the importance of connections to human health. This includes not only the social connections which have been shown to prevent mental health problems (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2010) but also connections to nature which have been shown to result…

[Note: There are several other Areas that might be relevant for presence, including Communication & Digital Culture, Psychology and Popular Culture, Radio and Audio Media and Virtual Identities and Self-Promoting. See https://pcaaca.org/areas for details. –Matthew] Call for Papers: Game Studies Area 2022 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference April 13-16, 2022 Seattle, WA [see below re: COVID-19] https://pcaaca.org/area/game-studies https://pcaaca.org/conference/2022 Deadline for Paper Proposals and Grant Applications: November 15, 2021 COVID-19 PLANNING AND RESPONSE UPDATES: The Popular Culture Association is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely.  At this point, we are proceeding with plans for our 2022 conference to be held,…

Call for Contributions ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7-9 September, 2022 St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022 SCOPE The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online…

Call for Papers Digital Society, Springer – Special issue on Blockchain for Trustworthy Digital Identity Systems: Socio-Technical Perspectives We welcome contributions addressing, from a socio-technical perspectives, the social, legal, economic, political, ethical, and philosophical implications of Blockchain-Based Identity Management Systems. Please for the full CfP see: https://www.springer.com/journal/44206/updates/19729104 Important information: Deadline: 31 May 2022 – Feel free to submit in advance Guest editors: Antonio Carnevale – CyberethicsLab Piercosma Bisconti – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Federica Russo – Unviersity of Amsterdam As the world population zooms past the 7 billion mark, the number of people with internet access balloons as well.…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS PHI IMMERSIVE RESIDENCY PHI Studio (https://phi.ca/en/studio/) Montreal, Quebec, Canada January 11th, 2022 to March 5, 2022 https://phi.ca/en/phi-residencies/phi-immersive/ Deadline to apply: November 1, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. PHI IMMERSIVE RESIDENCY is an eight-week residency with PHI Studio in Montreal, Canada focused on the conceptualization stage of a proposed project. Selected artist(s) will work alongside PHI Studio experts to develop, plan, and prototype an interactive artwork or immersive experience. The selected project will receive personalized support, space, and select resources to develop and elaborate their concept within a broader context and create a prototype to prepare the project for…

Call for Papers Interacting with Computers Special Issue Human Computer Interaction and the Coronavirus Pandemic Editors: Helen Petrie, University of York Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology Russell Beale, University of Birmingham Deadline for extended abstracts: 27 October 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed the lives of people across the globe. It has affected almost every aspect of our lives including work, education, entertainment, and social life. For HCI it has had a profound effect on the way we work, in terms of practice, research and education. For many months now many of us have been unable to meet…

CALL FOR PAPERS COMPSAC 2022 IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Computers, Software and Applications Theme: Computers, Software, and Applications in an Uncertain World June 27 – July 1, 2022 Torino, Italy https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2022/ Main conference submissions due: December 30, 2021 [See also specific COMPSAC 2022 Calls including: EATA: Emerging Advances in Technology & Applications CELT: Computer Education & Learning Technologies HCSC: Human Computing & Social Computing SCH: Smart & Connected Health] COMPSAC is the IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Computers, Software and Applications. It is a major international forum for academia, industry, and government to discuss research results and…

Call for Papers Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022 International Conference Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors Birmingham, UK and online [see below] https://conference.ergonomics.org.uk Submission deadline – long papers: 1 November 2021 Submission deadline – short papers: 14 January 2021 With two days online and two days in-person, EHF2022 will include all that’s best about these two formats. 11-12 April: Engaging and informative lively online sessions attracting a large international audience. 25-26 April: Face to face live lectures, discussion and debate on contemporary topics. Location: Birmingham. THEMES EHF2022 will showcase the following themes: Automation Climate change and sustainability Future mobility…

Call for Short Abstracts Seeking panelists for submission for Communication Education Interest Group on remote learning instructor-student interactions or instructor immediacy Central States Communication Association (CSCA) 2022 Annual Conference Theme: Re-Connect Madison, Wisconsin, USA March 30 – April 3, 2022 CSCA 2022: https://www.csca-net.org/aws/CSCA/pt/sp/convention_overview Initial submission deadline: Monday October 4, 2021 From Aimee Miller-Ott, aeott@ilstu.edu We are seeking participants for a panel we want to submit to the Central States Communication Association for their 2022 conference. We conducted a study on students’ perceptions of college instructors’ immediacy behaviors through Zoom instruction. We are looking to create a panel that focuses either on…

Call for Papers AAMAS-2022, the 21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 9-13 May 2022 Auckland, New Zealand [see third paragraph below] https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/ Abstract submission deadline: 1 October 2021 Paper submission deadline: 8 October 2021 AAMAS (International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems) is the largest and most influential conference in the area of agents and multiagent systems. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners in all areas of agent technology and to provide a single, high-profile, internationally renowned forum for research in the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent…

Call for Papers Technology and Society issue The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) Review Journal Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 17, 2021 The GCAS Review Journal is looking for authors for the second edition for winter 2022. We are looking for authors interested in addressing the question and interests concerning technology and society. The pieces can be in the general humanities as we are looking for a diverse range of papers in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology, economics, etc. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Online technologies and the future of education Artificial intelligence and…