Call for Participation ART HISTORY IN QUARANTINE CONFERENCE: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS, DIGITAL FUTURES April 10, 2020 via Zoom #AHINQUARANTINE https://dahj.org/conference In the age of shelter-in-place, digital literacy is no longer optional. In just a few weeks, we have seen an unprecedented infrastructural shift to video conferencing, online pedagogy, and project management software. What presents itself as a challenge to everyday art history is also digital art history’s greatest opportunity-for experimentation, learning, and moving forward, together. With this in mind, we hope to pose a number of pressing questions to our global community: What does a civilization in “social distancing” mean for…

Call for Papers: NERD for – New Experimental Research in Design 23-24 October 2020 Hamburg, Germany https://designabilities.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/nerd-for-new-experimental-research-in-design-hamburg-23-24-october-2020/ Submission deadline: May 15, 2020 The particular epistemic and innovative potentials of Design Research are increasingly recognized within the wider academic sphere and are in constantly growing demand by businesses, institutions and politics alike. Yet, design research also is a field and practice that, due to its in-between nature, lacks the clear boundaries and formal dogmatisms of more traditional research disciplines, as well as their implicit notions of secured knowledge and linear progress. Recognizing this inherent openness as one of its key qualities,…

Call for Abstracts* Robo-Philosophy 2020 Workshop – Social Models for Social Robotics August 18-21, 2020 (Exact day to be announced) Aarhus University, Denmark Workshop Website: https://fja.sciencesconf.org Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/submission_new?a=24384940# Guidelines: https://conferences.au.dk/robo-philosophy/submission-guidelines/ Submission deadline: May 1 * NOTE: Depending on the development of the COVID-19 pandemic the conference may be carried out as an E-conference. Therefore, for organizational reasons, we would appreciate it if you could let us know in advance if you plan to submit. Do not hesitate to contact the organizers if you have any questions. TOPIC Social robotics is one of the most important emerging technologies with potentially profound…

Call for Papers ECGBL 2020: 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning 24 – 25 September 2020 Brighton, UK https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ Abstract submission deadline:  STILL ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS [as of March 31, 2020] NOTE: ACPI is continuing to prepare for our conferences scheduled for the remainder of the year and into next year. We are aware that the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 may affect your ability to attend an event in person, but we are integrating interactive virtual participation where attendance is not possible. We urge you to continue to submit your abstracts and papers in line with the published dates (extensions will…

NEXT-GEN STORYTELLING IN A VIRTUALLY CONNECTED WORLD Tuesday April 14, 2020, 7:00 PM PDT Join us online to learn about Next-Gen storyteller and director Brett Leonard and friends take us down the rabbit hole with this online interactive panel. DESCRIPTION Recent events are driving a mass migration into cyberspace. Next-Gen storyteller and director Brett Leonard and friends take us down the rabbit hole with this online interactive panel. We will explore XR storytelling, new forms of online social interaction and implications for our future. This will be a rich multimedia experience including case studies and live demonstrations. Brett Leonard –…

Call for Papers FTC 2020 – Future Technologies Conference 2020 5-6 November 2020 Vancouver, Canada https://saiconference.com/FTC2020/CallforPapers Submissions due: 01 May 2020 The Future Technologies Conference presents the best of current systems research and practice, emphasizing innovation and quantified experience. FTC has emerged as the foremost world-wide gathering of academic researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students, top research think tanks and industry technology developers. Join us for FTC 2020, the world’s pre-eminent forum for reporting technological breakthroughs in the areas of Computing, Electronics, AI, Robotics, Security and Communications. Previous conferences successfully brought together technology geniuses in one venue to not only present…

Call for Submissions Acta Ludologica www.actaludologica.com Dear colleagues, I would like to announce to you the current Call-for-Papers of the Acta Ludologica’s winter issue. Acta Ludologica is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice a year (both online and print), recently indexed in the ICI Journals Master List. It focuses on the discourse of games and digital games, including theoretical and empirical studies, research results and their implementation into practice, as well as professional publication reviews and scientific reviews of digital games. Submissions are accepted only in English, no fees for publishing. Journal issues contain scientific reflections on media and…

Call for Papers Digital Identities, Digital Ways of Living: Philosophical Analyses Special issue of the journal Phenomenology and Mind and San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2020 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan October, 12th – 14th 2020 Deadline for submissions: June 10th, 2020 [NOTE: Amid global concerns about Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are closely monitoring the situation with respect to our planned School. However, please consider submitting your paper anyway since accepted papers will be published on a special issue of the journal Phenomenology and Mind (expected publication date: July 2021) even in the unlucky case in which the School needs to…

CALL FOR PAPERS The 12th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2020) November 14-16, 2020 Golden, Colorado https://sites.psu.edu/icsr2020/ Submission deadline: June, 1st, 2020 GENERAL INFORMATION The 12th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2020) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. ICSR 2020 will take place in Golden Colorado on November 14-16, 2020. Accepted papers will be included in ICSR 2020 Proceedings published by Springer LNAI series. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Entertaining Robots’, which is meant to be…

Call for Participation Real Artificial Intelligence 2020 A special one-day event showcasing Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence Friday 2nd October 2020 http://www.bcs-sgai.org/realai2020/ British Computer Society London Office https://www.25copthall.com/location/ BCS-SGAI, the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence, is the organiser of one of the longest running annual series of AI conferences in Europe: the AI-20xx series. In recent years we have seen a rise in popularity of one aspect of the conference: the industry case studies. These have presented AI as it is actually implemented out there in the real world, with all the triumphs and challenges that brings.…

Call for Papers The 16th annual Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS) Boise State University Boise, Idaho, USA June 29th and 30th, 2020 https://sites.google.com/view/yrrsds2020/ Submission deadline: May 7th 2020 The 16th annual Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS) will be held at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, USA (collocated with SIGdial) on June 29th and 30th, 2020. YRRSDS is an annual workshop for graduate students, postdoctoral students, and junior researchers working on spoken dialogue systems in both academia and industry. The workshop serves as an interdisciplinary forum for creative thinking about current issues in spoken…

CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Special issue of the journal p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e dedicated to Creative Research http://www.p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e.org/?page_id=4698 Submission deadline: March 31st, 2020 Creative Research (also called Art Research) is a research area that has been expanding in the past few decades. However, it’s not always easy to clarify what this concept encompasses, because creative research approaches are very diverse. It is also sometimes difficult to have research in that field recognized by institutions. This is the reason why we decided to dedicate a special issue of the journal p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e to that topic. We welcome any academic, artistic, or hybrid contribution that will shine…