Call for Papers ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces 2021 Łódź, Poland and online [see Note below] November 14 to 17 http://iss.acm.org/2021/ NOTE: ISS 2021 will be a hybrid event: Accepted papers are invited to present at the conference, and authors can choose whether or not they wish to present. Because of the evolving situation with COVID-19 and the difficulties of running a physical in-person conference, ACM ISS will allow remote participation. While we do not know what the exact format of the conference will be, we will ensure everyone can present their papers at ISS. ACM ISS 2021 has two separate…

Call for Papers: AI Perspectives Ongoing Topical Collection: Human-centered AI https://aiperspectives.springeropen.com/call-for-papers–human-centered-ai AI technologies are defining our everyday lives in ways which few other technologies have been done before. In more and more contexts, these AI technologies directly interact with humans in various ways, from self-driving cars to surveillance systems to medical diagnosis systems and human-robot teams. It is apparent from these impacts already observed that Human-centered AI can potentially have a lot of positive but also negative social impacts. To address and mitigate potential negative repercussions of AI, the international research community has started a variety of initiatives. For instance,…

Call for Papers/Posters/Demos VRST 2021 ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Osaka, Japan and online December 8 – 10, 2021 https://vrst.acm.org/vrst2021/ Paper submission deadline: July 15, 2021 Posters and demos submission deadline: August 15, 2021 The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is the premier international symposium for the presentation of new research results, systems, and techniques among researchers and developers on augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR, XR for short) software and technology. VRST brings together the premier international research groups working on XR, along with many of the world’s leading companies that provide…

Call for Entries in ISMAR 2021 Contest to provide Natural Social Interactions at the Hybrid Conference of the Future ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality October 4-8, 2021 Bari, Italy http://www.ismar21.org Contest entries due: July 19, 2021 OVERVIEW This is an open invitation to anyone interested in Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) to participate in the ISMAR Contest. The ISMAR Contest will be held during IEEE ISMAR 2021, the premier conference for AR and MR, October 4-8, 2021. PURPOSE The purpose of the ISMAR Contest is to stimulate innovative and creative…

Call for Studies: XR Distributed Research Network (XRDRN) https://www.xrdrn.org/about/ The XR Distributed Research Network (XRDRN) is a platform for researchers in the Cross-Reality (XR/VR/AR) discipline, created in response to the Covid-19 emergency lockdown. The aim is to provide a home for researchers to upload their current XR research projects and find participants for their research. XR research often requires participants, but during the pandemic, the only way researchers can get participants is by distributing activities online. Many researchers have noted difficulty and effort in both publicising their projects and recruiting participants. We hope researchers will upload their projects, and also…

Call for Participation Workshop: Ethics, Anthropomorphism, and Robots University of Porto – Institute of Philosophy 23 June 2021 at 14h30-18h00 (Porto time: UTC+1 which is 9:30am-1pm EST) Online https://ifilosofia.up.pt/index.php/activities/workshop-ethics-anthropomorphism-and-robots Zoom link available by request: ifilosofia@letras.up.pt Keynote speakers: Sven Nyholm, Utrecht University Katie Evans, Sorbonne Université Organizer and keynote speaker: Luca M. Possati, University of Porto How should human beings and robots interact with each other? Can we consider robots and AIs as ethical agents? Humans create robots and AI (artificial intelligence) to achieve their objectives. Therefore, robots and AI should be adapted to human needs and preferences. However, this view presupposes…

Call for papers Workshop on Reviewable and Auditable Pervasive Systems (WRAPS) Location: Virtual Website: https://wraps-workshop.github.io/ In conjunction with UbiComp (https://www.ubicomp.org) Important dates (All deadlines are 23:59 AoE): Paper submission: extended to 22nd June, 2021 Author notification: 15th July, 2021 Final camera ready due: 23rd July, 2021 Workshop date: 25/26th September, 2021 (exact date/time to be confirmed) This workshop will bring together a range of perspectives into how we can better audit and understand the complex, sociotechnical systems that increasingly pervade our world. From tools for data capture and retrieval, technical/ethical/legal challenges, and early ideas on concepts of relevance – we…

CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE RO-MAN 2021 GenR WORKSHOP GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics IMPORTANT DATES & INFO Deadline for Paper Submission: June 30th, 2021 Paper Acceptance Notification: July 21st, 2021 Camera Ready Paper: July 28th, 2021 Main Conference Date: August 8th-12th, 2021 Workshop Date: August 12th, 2021 Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ro-man21-genr-workshop/home Twitter : @GenR_ROMAN Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=genr2021 Full call for papers: https://easychair.org/cfp/GenR2021 STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES Within the GenR workshop, we aim to provide researchers investigating gender in robotics with a platform to share their work and invite interested scholars to reflect with us on inclusive and ethical practices…

Call for Participation Human Factors Interventions for Surgical Systems A Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences Virtual Symposium Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 05:00 – 07:30 EDT Free https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-factors-interventions-for-surgical-systems-tickets-155955728783 ABOUT THIS EVENT Novel technologies have the potential to impact the health field, from augmenting education to greater efficacy in medical procedures. Despite this potential, it is important that they provide a positive user experience both for clinicians and patients. This can be achieved through a user-centred design process where user needs are considered every step of the way. To gain more understanding around this important process, our…

Call for Papers MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia December 5-8, 2021 Leuven, Belgium and online [see Note below] https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/ Submission deadline for long and short papers: August 6, 2021 NOTE: This year, we have all been confronted with significant changes caused by the corona virus outbreak. Based on vaccination data coming from Europe, the USA, and other countries, we are confident that MUM 2021 will be able to be organized physically. However, we plan for it to be a hybrid in-person event with support for remote participation for those who might not be able to…

Call for Papers “Gender and Human-Machine Communication” Special Issue of Human-Machine Communication https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/callforpapers.html Editors: Leopoldina Fortunati (leopoldina.fortunati@uniud.it), Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy Autumn Edwards (autumn.edwards@wmich.edu), School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America Submission deadline: January 15, 2022 DESCRIPTION: The reproductive sphere, historically the place of domestic appliances and classic media (television and radio), is now populated by various types of machines: from computers to mobile phones to social robots to virtual and voice-based assistants. Domestic work, especially in its immaterial aspects (affection, emotion, sex, information, care and support,…

CALL FOR PAPERS HUMAN’21 – 4th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext Official workshop of the ACM Hypertext Conference ’21 Sponsored by ACM SIGWEB August 30, 2021 Online Workshop website: https://human.iisys.de/human21 HUMAN on Twitter: @HUMAN_HT Twitter hashtag:  #HUMAN21 Submission deadline:  July 23, 2021 INTRODUCTION HUMAN’21 is the third workshop of a series for the ACM Hypertext conferences. It is sponsored by SIGWEB and affiliated with the 32nd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. It has a strong focus on the user and thus is complementary to the strong machine analytics research direction that could be experienced in previous conferences.…