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…

Call for Abstracts IET 2022: Intercultural Ethics and Technology Conference January 27-28, 2022 Online https://www.esdit.nl/conferences/IET2022/ Submission deadline: September 22, 2021 Dear all, On January 27 and 28, 2022, there will be an international online conference on Intercultural Ethics, with a specific focus on the ethics of technology and intercultural philosophy. Our aim is to bring together the ethical approaches and frameworks from various cultural backgrounds and traditions, in order to organize an intercultural ethical dialogue, especially on (but not limited to) technology and its social and cultural implications. The conference will be organized by the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies…

Call for Papers Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie [Yearbook of Technology Philosophy] 2023 “The Human Factor” https://groups.google.com/g/isr-hps-sts/c/lIPVL3Z_24E Submission deadline: January 15, 2022 Optional topic proposals/outlines accepted until October 15, 2021 The perfection of technology makes “man” appear in a variety of different lights. According to many narratives, perfected technology (finally) sets humans free, thanks to services ideally suited to them. But perfected technology also leads to something like an inverse anthropology: the more perfect, the more determined things ideally are or should be, the more noticeably the human factors, the degrees of freedom of human behavior, appear as a source of irritation. The…

Call for Papers GENDERING ROBOTS: ONGOING (RE)CONFIGURATIONS OF GENDER IN ROBOTICS Special issue of International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR) https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/updates/19292566 Submission deadline: January 31st, 2022 Dear colleagues, After the success of the GenR 2021 workshop at RO-MAN 2021 last week, I am pleased to announce that the homonym Special Issue “GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics” is now open for submissions on the International Journal of Social Robotics (IJSR)! The Special Issue opened on August 12th and will stay open until January 31st, 2022. All submitted papers will be reviewed as soon as they are received and…

Call for Participation Desktop Augmented Reality Demo & Workshop (Free) By Perception Holo-SDK Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12:00 – 13:30 EDT Online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/desktop-augmented-reality-demo-workshop-tickets-168067262707 We would like to invite you to a demonstration and workshop on an exciting piece of new technology ‘Desktop Augmented Reality (AR)’ by Perception Holo-SDK. ABOUT THE EVENT: This session will demonstrate Desktop Augmented Reality (AR) technology and invite participants to reflect and evaluate the use of this technology in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs). Developed by Perception Holo-SDK, desktop AR enables viewers to enjoy two-dimensional computer visuals in three-dimensions and so offers a more immersive…

Call for Abstracts The third Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology December 9-10, 2021 Budapest University of Technology and Economics https://www.budpt.eu/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 August 2021 Dear all, The third Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology will be held December 9-10, 2021, at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Proposal abstracts are due by 31 August 2021. Instructions and details are online: https://www.budpt.eu/. There are no fees of any kind. As in 2019, the presenters will be offered an opportunity to publish a full paper in the WoS SSCI-indexed InfTars (“Information Society”: inftars.infonia.hu) journal after the workshop.…

Call for Papers and Panels Communication and Technology Interest Group Central States Communication Association (CSCA) CSCA 2022 Annual Convention Madison, Wisconsin March 30-April 3, 2022 Theme: Re-Connect https://www.csca-net.org/aws/CSCA/pt/sd/news_article/379056/_PARENT/layout_details/false Submission deadline: October 8, 2021 The Communication and Technology Interest Group invites submissions of competitive papers, extended abstracts, and panel proposals for the 2022 CSCA Convention. The purpose of the Communication and Technology Interest Group is to promote dialogues and scholarships on the role of technology in communication. In conjunction with the convention theme, we are seeking innovative and insightful research that explores how we communicate “through” and “with” technology and the…

Call for Papers Workshop on Modeling and Animating Realistic Crowds and Humans (MARCH) At IEEE AVIVR 2021, 4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality November 15-17, 2021 (concrete date TBD) Taichung, Taiwan and online [see LOCATION AND DATE below] https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-aivr2021-march Submission deadline: August 27, 2021 LOCATION AND DATE The workshop IEEE-MARCH will take place during the 4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (IEEE AIVR) that will be held on November 15-17, 2021 in Taichung, Taiwan. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference will be either online or hybrid, and the workshop will most…

Call for Applications AI GameDev Europe’s first research-driven competition to enhance game technology – for AI scientists and start-ups Award Ceremony: December 2, 2021 https://www.aigame.dev/ Abstract submission deadline: September 26, 2021 Cyber Valley, Square Enix, and IT-Farm are launching AI GameDev, a competition for start-ups and scientists who feel their ideas could contribute to or whose work focuses on developing the most exciting AI technologies for the entertainment and gaming industry. Do you think you can make an impact on this sector with a paper you’ve already published, a specific project or technology you’ve been working on, or something completely…

[An online event this week…  –Matthew] Call for Participation LSR 2021: 6th International Congress on Love & Sex With Robots August 18-20th, 2021 Online via Zoom https://www.lovewithrobots.com/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-6th-international-congress-on-love-and-sex-with-robots-tickets-156421519977 Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction, the past few years have witnessed a strong upsurge of interest in the more personal aspects of human relationships with artificial partners. This is demonstrated well by the interest of the general public, coverage in print media, TV documentaries and feature films, but also within the academic community. This topic is relevant now and increases year over year as artificial intelligence innovates and…

Call for Papers SACAIR2021 – South African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research Theme: Artificial Intelligence for Science, Technology and Society Dolphin Coast, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa 6 – 10 December 2021 http://2021.sacair.org.za/ Abstract submission deadline: 10 September 2021 Full paper submission deadline: 24 September 2021 The Organising Committee of the South African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research (SACAIR2021) invites the submission of full papers for presentation at the conference, to be held at Simbithi Country Club, Simbithi Eco-Estate, Dolphin Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, from 6 – 10 December 2021. The conference theme is ‘Artificial Intelligence for Science, Technology and Society’. The SACAIR series…

Call for Papers 17th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022) March 7-10, 2022 Sapporo, Japan and online [see “CONFERENCE CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19” below] https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2022/ Full paper submission deadline: October 1, 2021 The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction is a premier, highly-selective venue presenting the latest advances in Human-Robot Interaction. The 17th Annual HRI conference theme is “Breaking Boundaries.” The conference seeks contributions from a broad set of perspectives, including technical, design, behavioural, theoretical, methodological, and metrological, that advance fundamental and applied knowledge and methods in human-robot interaction. Full papers will be archived in the ACM…