CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION “Transitional Interfaces in Mixed and Cross-Reality: A new frontier?” Hybrid Workshop at 2021 ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference (ACM ISS 2021) November 14, 2021 Łódź, Poland and online [see “PROGRAM & SUBMISSIONS” below] https://idux-jetter.org/ti-iss2021/ Submission deadline: October 18, 2021, 23:59 AoE ORGANIZERS Hans-Christian Jetter (University of Lübeck, Germany), Jan-Henrik Schröder (University of Lübeck, Germany), Jan Gugenheimer (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Télécom Paris, France), Mark Billinghurst (University of South Australia, Australia and University of Auckland, New Zealand), Christoph Anthes (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus, Austria), Mohamed Khamis (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom),…

Call for Papers “Spatiality and Temporality” International Conference Organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research 12-13 February 2022 London/Online http://spatiality.temporality.lcir.co.uk/ Deadline for proposal submissions: 1 November 2021 We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming “Spatiality and Temporality” International Conference. The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest related to the conference topic. We invite proposals from various disciplines including philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, culture studies, literature and architecture. The conference will explore spatiality and temporality as fundamental categories of human experience and cognition and it will discuss various interpretations of…

Call for Participation 2nd International Furhat Conference on Social Robot Interactions Thursday 14th October 2021 3pm CEST, 9am ET, 9pm BJT Online and Free https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-social-robot-interactions/ On behalf of the Furhat team, I am very happy to invite you to attend the second edition of the International Furhat Conference series. Held virtually, this half-day conference gathers leading scientists that will showcase the latest research in social robotics, as well as innovators who will share their experiences of developing engaging robot interactions. We will also showcase some of the latest features of the new updates to the Furhat platform, and aim to…

Call for Papers Human-Centered AI workshop At NeurIPS 2021 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Monday 13 December 2021 Online https://sites.google.com/view/hcai-human-centered-ai-neurips/home Submission deadline (Extended): 25 September 2021 AoE Human-Centered AI (HCAI) is an emerging discipline that aims to create AI systems that amplify and augment human abilities and preserve human control in order to make AI partnerships more productive, enjoyable, and fair. Our workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the NeurIPS and HCI communities and others with convergent interests in HCAI. With an emphasis on diversity and discussion, we will explore research questions that stem from the…

Call for Conference Papers IEEE VR 2022: the 29th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 12-16 March, 2022 Christchurch, New Zealand [and online; see NOTE below] http://ieeevr.org/2022/ IMPORTANT DATES Monday November 1, 2021: Conference paper abstracts due (REQUIRED) Friday November 5, 2021: Conference paper submissions due Wednesday December 22, 2021: Conference paper notifications of results returned to authors Friday January 21, 2022: Camera-ready material due from authors of accepted conference papers LINKS Paper abstracts and complete papers must be submitted electronically through the online submission system: https://new.precisionconference.com/~vr All paper submissions must be in English. All IEEE VR…

CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop “sociAL roboTs for peRsonalized, continUous and adaptIve aSsistTance” (ALTRUIST 2021) Held in conjunction with ICSR 2021, the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics Online November 10th-13th, 2021 http://altruist21.istc.cnr.it Submission deadlines: October 8th, 2021 The workshop “sociAL roboTs for peRsonalized, continUous and adaptIve aSsistTance” (ALTRUIST 2021) will be held online in occasion of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021), November 10th-13th, 2021. AIM Increased life expectancy is an achievement of modern societies thanks to the technological progress in health, living places and quality of food. One of the consequences of an ageing society is the…

CALL FOR CHAPTERS for the edited book: Humanizing Artificial Intelligence. Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Control Publisher: De Gruyter Submission deadline: October 30, 2021 Success in artificial intelligence (AI) would be the biggest event in human history…and perhaps also the last event in human history.” The words of Stuart Russell, one of the most important AI scientists, identify a crucial problem of our time: the control of AI. Alan Turing also stated, “If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be? […] This new danger is certainly something which can…

Call for Contributors Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Communication Editor: Seungahn Nah (University of Oregon), snah@uoregon.edu Publisher: Edward Elgar Abstract submission deadline: October 31, 2021 Artificial intelligence (AI) has garnered growing scholarly attention in the communication field and beyond as AI becomes omnipresent in everyday lives from search engine through voice recognition technology to mobile news apps. Although research on the intersection between AI and communication is plethora, this emerging field remains unexplored in terms of conceptual, theoretical, methodological approaches as well as ethical, legal, practical, and policy issues. This research handbook epitomizes a rich body of studies concerning…

Call for Papers: Ethics in Robotics and Intelligent Machines HUMANA.MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies Edited by: Fiorella Battaglia (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich) Barbara Henry (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa) Alberto Pirni (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa) Deadline for submissions: September 30th 2022 Ethical issues are among the most interesting in emerging technologies. Theoretical and technological advances are more and more building machines that are so efficient as to share the same environment with human beings. This makes ethics a crucial step in the process of developing robotics and intelligent machines. Without ethical reflection, there is a risk of delaying technological developments. Ethical reflection starts…

CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue for the Journal of Interior Design Under the auspices of the Interior Design Educators Council Exploring the Future of Interior Design in a Virtual-Physical Continuum Newton D’Souza, Florida International University & Upali Nanda, HKS Architects, co-editors https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19391668/homepage/virtual-physical-continuum Registration of Interest Due (Optional): April 1, 2021 Full Submissions Due: January 1, 2022 Final Submissions to Publisher: October 2022 Publication: March 2023 Conventionally, places are characterized by physical features (i.e., furniture layout, quality of daylighting, etc.) and behaviors of people who occupy them (i.e., eating, meeting friends, etc.). The advent of virtual technologies (computers, Internet-of-things, etc.) and…

Call For Papers ICVARS 2022: 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations March 25-27, 2022 Brisbane, Australia http://www.icvars.org Submission deadline: November 1, 2021 The 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations (ICVARS 2022) is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. The conference will be held in Brisbane, Australia during March 25-27, 2022 and follows successful ICVARS 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.…

Call for Workshops and Tutorials MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia December 5-8, 2021 Leuven, Belgium https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/cfp-workshops/ Submission deadline: September 15, 2021 (AoE) CALL FOR WORKSHOPS The International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2021) welcomes proposals for workshops. A MUM Workshop is a forum for attendees with shared interests to present, discuss, and develop new ideas around a specific theme or domain related to Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. It is the perfect opportunity for putting the best minds in the field together to build new communities, to explore new ideas, and to develop emerging…