GLOBAL LASER / KICKOFF Pandemic Encounters ::: being [together] in the deep third space Saturday, May 23rd, 12pm ET-US Online Location/Registration: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pandemic-encounters A Networked Performance Installation by Paul Sermon in collaboration with Randall Packer, Gregory Kuhn. The project is organized by the Third Space Network in collaboration with Leonardo LASER Hosts. (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) Pandemic Encounters is a networked performance installation inhabited by the live chroma-figure of Paul Sermon. Participants are invited to enter into the deep third space to engage & perform a ritual action as a reflection on the Covid-19 state of being [together] remotely.…

From Peter Andrew Clarke NELSON (peteracnelson@hkbu.edu.hk) Hello everyone, I would like to invite you to a small game studies seminar called Mod Theory that I will be streaming over the next two weeks. Mod Theory began in 2019 as an experimental method for discussing landscape in computer games, with a focus on platform studies and the political unconscious. Prompted by the geographical restrictions of 2020 and our interest in using virtual environments as a place for theoretical discussion, this new seminar series will be held in the sandbox environment Garry’s Mod (Facepunch Studios 2003), streamed live, then edited and re-uploaded.…

[From the BCS-HCI elist] Dear colleagues, The Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) is a joint project launched by professional computing societies to examine the current curricular guidelines for academic degree programs in computing and provide a vision for the future of computing. “Humans and Organizations” is one of the 6 knowledge domains in all curricular guidelines, with “User Experience Design” or “Human-Computer Interaction” as an important knowledge area. We have now produced a final draft report and invite you and your colleagues to review the draft report and complete the survey. The stakeholders of the report are, industry and employers, current…

Call for Papers: Moral and Political Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence For the journal Moral Philosophy and Politics Guest editor: Mathias Risse, Harvard University Papers should be submitted before November 1, 2020 Many experts consider it likely that some kind of general artificial intelligence becomes possible in the 21st century (the kind of AI that approximates human abilities across a broad range). To be sure, many ethical issues arise already with regard to the kind of innovation that becomes possible through a combination of machine learning, Big Data, computational capacities and robotics. Governments have new tools at their disposal for screening…

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st Workshop on Actors, Agents, Assistants, Avatars (4A’20) https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/4a Organized within the framework of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2020), Track 2 Sofia, Bulgaria 6-9 September, 2020 http://www.fedcsis.org/ https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/css Paper submission deadline (sharp/no extension): May 15, 2020 NOTE: COVID-19 Information: We would like to assure everybody that FedCSIS 2020 will take place, the submitted and accepted papers will be published and sent for indexations as usual. In case the conference cannot be staged in real setting of beautiful Sofia, we will provide a virtual web-based avenue for it. We look forward to…

Request for Proposals Facebook Research Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/explorations-of-trust-in-ar-vr-and-smart-devices-request-for-proposal/ Applications due by June 12, 2020 Facebook is pleased to invite university faculty to respond to this call for research proposals on exploring unique challenges, threats, attacks, mitigations, and other considerations in the burgeoning space of AR, VR, and smart devices.…

ICOTTS’20 – The 2020 International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems 29 – 31 October 2020 Cartagena, Colombia Proceedings by Springer. Indexed by Scopus, ISI, etc. https://www.icotts.org/ Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2020 SCOPE Multidisciplinary conference, transversal to all the activity sectors that involve Information Technologies and systems in the Tourism area, namely: Competitiveness of destinations based on digital technology, Hospitality, Destinations Management, Business & Finance, Public Administration; Economics; Management Science; Education; Health & Rehabilitation; Agriculture & Food Technology. GENERAL OBJECTIVES Promote a collaborative environment between the academic and tourism community in search of improvement and attractiveness of innovation, business…

Call for Participation Announcing the 2020 XR Access Symposium July 20-21, 2020 | Virtual Event Cornell Tech and the XR Access Initiative are pleased to announce the 2020 XR Access Symposium! This will be held virtually on July 20 and 21, 2020. If you’re interested in virtual or augmented reality or accessibility, keep reading! At the first Symposium, organized by Cornell Tech and Verizon Media in Summer 2019, over 120 researchers, technologists, advocates, and industry leaders gathered for talks, demos, and working group sessions that generated actionable plans for making XR more accessible. For the past year, that’s been our…

Call for Papers ECCE 2021 – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 32nd annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) 6-29 April, 2021 Siena, Italy http://www.congressi.unisi.it/ecce2021 Submission Deadline: 15 June 2020 NOTE: The COVID pandemic has severely impacted the preparation of the ECCE 2020 conference and we have had to postpone the event to 26-29 April, 2021. Please consider the updated dates and deadlines of ECCE 2021. Authors who have already submitted their manuscripts are not required to make a new submission. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ECCE 2021 is delighted to welcome the following keynote speakers: Elisa Giaccardi – Delft…

Call for Abstracts Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data Organisers: University of Hertfordshire Dates: 28-30 June 2021 Place: London / Virtual / Hatfield, UK https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/ Deadline for early abstracts: 30 June 2020 (Abstract Submission Form) NOTE: This conference is planned as a hybrid in-person and virtual event. The keynote will be held in London. In-person presentations will take place in the University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London. The role of computers in the design, control and making of the public life [and space] is increasingly dominant, their presence pervasive, and…

CALL FOR PAPERS Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2020) Bournemouth, UK Dates TBD, 2020 http://casa2020.bournemouth.ac.uk/ First submission deadline: May 24, 2020 NOTE: Notice: Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the submission dates have been extended. Please see the Call for Papers and Important Dates for more details. The conference will be postponed in September 2020 and we will fix the conference dates shortly and keep you informed. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. The 33rd International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2020) will be held in September, 2020 in Bournemouth, UK. The conference is organized by…

Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction We are proud to announce the launch of the new and updated ACM THRI website (https://thri.acm.org/). ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) is the leading peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of human-robot interaction. THRI continues its cultivation of leading intellectual advancements from its origins as the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction (JHRI). In January 2018, JHRI became an ACM publication and was rebranded as ACM THRI, fostering the widest possible readership of HRI research and information. THRI is committed to excellence, sustainability, and inclusion in its scholarship and review processes. We are currently accepting high-quality…