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CALLS (Posted Jan 28, 2009) AHRC Postgraduate Conference, De Montfort University & Loughborough University. 1st and 2nd July 2009, Loughborough University, School of Art and Design The conference addresses various aspects of interdisciplinary approaches in Art & Design research, as well as practical and theoretical methods for interlinking with other disciplines. The objective is to explore interdisciplinarity as a new trend that brings together different disciplines, forging new connections and contributions to collective knowledge. Ultimately, the aim is to promote and encourage interdisciplinarity as a way to enhance creativity in research. Contemporary culture is full of disciplinary overlaps; concepts and linkages once abandoned re- emerge, meanings are transformed and re-configured. Similarly, there is a tendency towards interdisciplinary research in art and design. New styles emerge from unique interlinking of versatile approaches and techniques within and beyond art and design practices. This trend facilitates bridging disciplines, traditions and cultures and provides new opportunities for researchers and practitioners like Simone O'Callaghan promoting interdisciplinarity in her work. According to Wolfgang Welsh´s idea of `transculturality´, an amalgamation of theories and disciplines is created through focusing on different spheres present in one culture. `Transculturality´ consists of multi- and inter-culturality that transgresses cultural spheres and articulates internal and external networking. It refers to Mieke Bal´s `migratory aesthetics´: travelling, in concepts, from one discipline to another. The hybridization of culture causes nomadism - intersecting, mingling spaces, exchanging information between cultures. This form of travelling is an opportunity to link up rather than cause divergence, producing diversity rather than uniformity. Transiting of various layers, multiculturalisms create a transcultural network - an overlap that allows exchange, understanding and transition. Concepts are more capable of affiliations, their force is transculturally effective, not limited to a specific context or culture but rather trans-, meta- and inter- disciplinary, promoting exchange instead of separation. Therefore, it is essential to explore why and how to bridge the gap between different disciplines. This conference aims to address the challenges and trends of interdisciplinary research that contributes to art and design. It encourages presentations of methodological and theoretical insights, as well as practical projects based on interdisciplinarity as a method of transferring ideas and stimulating creativity across disciplines. It will also discuss various aspects of working with unfamiliar concepts and approaches from multi-dimensional fields. We seek any inventive and creative interdisciplinary insights with a broad understanding of the topic. Theoretical developments (what and why) * Why interdisciplinarity? Methods and Tools (how) * How to cross from one discipline to another? How to connect varying or similar paradigms? How to
make a whole from a plurality of disciplines? How to translate the sources: modify or stay 'true' to
them? Practice-based research through examples * The relationship of theory to practice in interdisciplinary research. We invite papers from current and graduated research students as well as academics and practitioners in art and design. We are also looking for artworks and design solutions from digital visualisations to physical installations, which could highlight significant features of interdisciplinary research. Researchers and professionals beyond art and design disciplines are also invited to present research that contributes to art and design in novel and interdisciplinary ways. (Posted Jan 26, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS - Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Theme: Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds Deadlines: Abstract - June 15, 2009. Guest Editors: Serge Soudoplatoff, ESCP-EAP, Hetic Whether it may be server as `land´, avatar enhancements, like a sword in an online game, an object that signifies social status in a 3DChatroom, or a currency that exists only in cyberspace, the range of virtual assets is as diverse as the scope of assets we gather in the physical world. The total amount of assets in virtual worlds, including online games, is estimated to be in the vicinity of US$2 billion. The trade of millions of objects has given birth to virtual economies. Some, like Second Life, have a fluctuating currency tied to real world monetary exchange. Others, like Gaia, reward users for hours of play with gifts, which can be auctioned, following e-bay style, for real money. QQ coins, the Chinese digital currency, are now so included in e-business that it is disrupting established banking practices there. On the other hand, the regulatory framework surrounding these phenomena is often ill defined, and even worse, exploitative of millions of users. In Second Life, the End User License Agreement (EULA), explained by VW´s commentator Julian Dibbell as "that egregious tool of corporate tyranny over the defenseless voiceless customer" was successfully contested by Mark Bragg. Nevertheless, the statement that virtual goods constitute `property´, and hence can be `owned´ is still farfrom solid. Given such vagaries, what motivates people to invest their time and money and continue to trade together? How is the value of a digital object determined? What can be learned about identity, reputation and social capital in respect to virtual products and services? In some virtual environments, `currency´ is little more than a limited license right. Notwithstanding, models such as Project Entropia, demonstrate that the membrane between real and virtual trade is permeable. So, to what extent are virtual goods and services co-related to the real economy? How is the global financial crisis impacting on virtual expenses? Clearly, there is a need for a better understanding of virtual commerce (v-commerce) while it is still in its infancy. Today the buying action is performed through a web site; what about tomorrow? Shall we see a proliferation of virtual shopping centers? Might the promise of virtual objects become an incentive for real world action? And what would be the tax implications? How are national jurisdictions determined in the virtual world? The seventh issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is dedicated to explore the issue of economy in virtual worlds in its broadest sense. We welcome articles from academic researchers and practitioners in areas such as communications, sociology, psychology, anthropology, information systems, political science, game studies and cultural studies. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Guidelines and Deadlines We welcome submissions in the form of full research papers, research-in-brief papers, "think-pieces", essays, monographs, interactive online exhibits with accompanying detailed descriptions, and other forms of scholarship. For specific submission instructions and detailed descriptions of the different submission formats visit: -- Jeremiah Spence Editor Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. jeremiah.spence@jvwresearch.org (Posted Jan 26, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS The 2009 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Software tools for computer graphics Web links: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS: The sponsors of the congress include (this is a partial list but it also includes the 2008 sponsors pending their final approval for 2009), Academic Sponsors: Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility (of Argonne National Lab); United States Military Academy Network Science Center (NSC); SECLAB, Unina/Italy; Computational Biology & Functional Genomics Lab., Harvard U.; Int'l. Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; Horvath Lab., UCLA; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute; Functional Genomics Lab., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Lab., Georgia Institute of Tech. and Emory U.; Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Lab., U. of Texas at Austin; Biomedical Cybernetics Lab., HST of Harvard U. & MIT; Center for the Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of Tech.; Harvard Statistical Genomics & Computational Lab., Harvard U.; Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Program, George Mason U.; Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, U. of Iowa; Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), U. of Iowa; U. of North Dakota; PSU of Saudi; and NEMO/European Union. Corporate Sponsors include: Google, Inc.; Salford Systems; Synplicity, Inc.; Supermicro, Inc.; NIIT Technologies. General Co-Chair and Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Tel: (706) 542-3480 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ . Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (CGVR) must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs. The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera- Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS: Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration (ie, CGVR'09), and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). email your session proposal to Prof. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by January 16, 2009. IMPORTANT DATES: Jan. 16, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'09) MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.) The Program Committee for CGVR is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference (CGVR) offering to help with. Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. PURPOSE / HISTORY: CGVR'09 is an annual research conference about computer graphics and virtual reality. It is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other conferences (WORLDCOMP'09). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research topics into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the event. CGVR'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows, a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (recreational destinations, Golf courses, ...) (Posted Jan 22, 2009) FINAL CALL Submission of paper: January 31st, 2009 Special Issue of Virtual Reality on "Mediated Presence: Virtual Reality, Mixed Environments Guest Editors: Prof Luciano Gamberini PhD and Anna Spagnolli PhD Matthew Lombard PhD Often described as a sense of "being there" in a mediated environment, presence is broadly defined as a psychological state or subjective perception in which a person fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in an experience. It is a rich, fascinating subject of scientific investigation, artistic exploration and diverse application, with increasingly important implications for the ways in which people interact and technologies are developed. Designing technologies and imagining practices to modify, prolong and reconfigure the possibilities of being present has been a continuous endeavour of the human species, from early attempts at constructing communication and transportation devices, to the many current technologies we continue to develop to reach other places and people. Originally focused on bringing "presence" from the real world to a simulated one, the phenomenon is today analyzed and investigated in the context of diverse environments and involves questioning simple distinctions between "'real" and "artificial". This opening to a wide range of mediated environments is accompanied by a growing involvement of different research fields that are continuously updating and modifying the contours of presence scholarship. The phenomenon of presence is challenging from a scientific point of view as much as it is viable in everyday life, where people participate in simultaneous mediated experiences, feeling present or copresent in digital locations without any need for explicit instructions and orchestrating technical and cognitive resources to control and enhance presence. What it means to be present in mediated environments is then an extremely relevant and enticing question, bearing all sorts of implications for the design and application of diverse technologies. This special issue aims at illustrating the variety of research questions and approaches that are needed in order to tackle the phenomenon of mediated presence in virtual reality, mixed environments and social network. Topics include: o Presence in shared virtual environments and online communities The special issue will appear in the Springer journal Virtual Reality SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should typically be around 8,000 words and of standard journal content: reports of original research, or review papers. Submissions will be peer reviewed in accordance with the journal's normal process. Papers should be submitted online in Microsoft Word format and uploaded to DEADLINES (extended): (Posted Jan 15, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london/2009/offer_a_paper We invite offers of papers, demonstrations or short performances, workshops or papers. A brief summary only is required in the first instance, deadline 31 January 2009. This should be submitted electronically to easychair.org, an automated online submission system by 31 January 2009. You will be asked to register with the system before uploading your summary. We require a summary of the paper on not more than one page. The title, authors' name, affiliation and contact details including email address must be shown at the top of the page. Subject coverage * Enabling the arts through digital technologies Publication Acceptance and deadlines Registration Sponsorship and demonstrations Please contact info@eva-conferences.com. (Posted Jan 14, 2009) CALL FOR CHAPTERS: "E-Research Collaboration: Frameworks, Tools and Techniques" Co-Editors: Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg URL For Chapter Call: http://www.mynetresearch.com/Resources.aspx?id=%2012 FOCUS OF THIS BOOK With advancements of information and communication technologies, physical boundaries of local social networks have evaporated. Online social networks replicate and enhance the benefits of traditional social networks across time and space and accelerate and globalize the process. The collaboration efforts among researchers in this environment are called e-research collaboration. E-Research Collaboration can be defined as: the use of information communication technologies which enable the collaboration among individuals/group engaged in a research project. These technologies can range from email to enterprise packages and online software services. While we have seen the unprecedented growth of social networking tools such as MySpace, Facebook and Linkedin, these were primarily designed for social purposes. It is only in the last year that we have begun to see the emergence of research-based social networking tools. These tools, for example, MyNetResearch and 2Collab, can facilitate collaborative environments to orchestrate interaction within networks of researchers, partners, and customers to boost creativity and innovation. E-Research collaboration technologies can supply seamless connectivity to allow work anywhere and anytime. The mechanisms of e-research collaboration are an emergent phenomenon. We invite researchers to submit analytical, case-study, conceptual, experiential ethnographic or narrative papers to enhance our understanding of the frameworks, practices and tools and techniques in e-research collaboration. Thanks, Murugan Murugan Anandarajan, Ph.D (Posted Jan 13, 2009) RAVE: Real Action, Virtual Environments. Barcelona March 4th 2009 You can contribute to the event by sending a full paper or an abstract for a presentation. Full papers will be gathered for an special issue of PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments (MIT Press). Full papers deadline is 09 Jan 2009 For further information http://rave09.peachbit.org Best regards RAVE09 team. -- (Posted Jan 13, 2009) Security in Virtual Worlds and 3D Webs: Models for Development and Management Call for Chapter Proposals Proposal Submission Deadline: January 31, 2009 A book edited by Dr. Alan Rea Introduction Although one finds much discussion and research on the features and functionality of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), the 3D Web, and Virtual Worlds in both scholarly and popular publications, very little is written about the issues and techniques one must consider when creating, deploying, and managing them securely. A secure environment is especially crucial when sensitive business data is manipulated via these applications. Reports of cross-site scripting exploits in poorly implemented Webtops, risks of embedded viruses in social computing platforms, such as Facebook or MySpace, and technical and social engineering exploits in Multi-user Virtual Environments (MuVEs) represent the security challenges contemporary organizations face as they deploy business processes and share data across the virtual sphere. This project will bring together the issues that managers, practitioners, and researchers must consider when planning, implementing, and managing these promising virtual technologies for secure business processes and organizational initiatives. Objective of the Book In this book we will discuss the uses and potential of these virtual technologies and examine secure policy formation and practices that can be applied specifically to each. Authors will contribute guidelines, techniques, cases, and methods that explore security in Virtual Words and 3D Webs. The book will focus on research and discussions about planning, implementing, managing, and supporting these powerful technologies using accepted system development models, secure testing techniques, and robust monitoring tools. Moreover, discussions on security policy creation to guide development, as well as user interaction with these technologies will play an important role in the book. The book will also use cases to illustrate successful, and unsuccessful, implementations of RIAs, Webtops, and Virtual Worlds. Of course, this book would not be complete without looking forward to the potential security considerations and questions that must be asked as more organizations move into virtual offerings. Ultimately, this project will provide the latest research on virtual security in order to provide researchers, practitioners, and students the necessary background in theory and practice to deploy, plan, manage, and maintain robust and safe virtual offerings. Target Audience This book appeals to those interested not only in security but also advanced virtual offerings whether these are RIAs, the 3D Web, or Virtual Worlds. Security researchers, as well as researchers from diverse fields--computer science, information systems, psychology, sociology, and telecommunications--will find valuable research questions posed within the context of privacy, security, and trust as well. But this book appeals to more than just researchers. Practitioners and managers looking to offer robust virtual platforms will also benefit from the pragmatic techniques, case discussions, and implementation guidelines. In addition, upper-level and graduate-level students will find this research useful in their course work and research. Finally, this book will be a welcome addition to academic libraries' researchcollections. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following EUR Case Studies of Secure or Insecure Virtual Applications EUR Developing Secure Virtual Offerings EUR Hacker Attacks on Virtual Offerings EUR Identity or Data Theft in Virtual Offerings EUR Implementing Secure Virtual Offerings EUR Issues of Privacy and/or Trust in Virtual Offerings EUR Managing secure virtual offerings EUR Secure Policy Formation in Virtual Offerings EUR Secure Virtual Models EUR Security in 3D Web applications EUR Security in Virtual Worlds EUR Social Engineering in Virtual Worlds Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 31, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of their proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 15, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 30, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of books under IGI Publishing, IRM Press, Information Science Publishing, CyberTech Publishing, and Information Science Reference. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit http://www.igi-global.com. Inquiries and submissions (Word document or RTF) can be sent electronically to: Dr. Alan Rea (Posted Jan 8, 2009) AISB 2009 6-7th April 2009 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland Symposium: Killer robots or friendly fridges: the social understanding of Artificial Intelligence http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/krff.html Call for papers OVERVIEW At the start of the 21st century, it is timely to reflect not just on the technical achievements and pitfalls of the now mature discipline of Artificial Intelligence, but also on its wider social understanding. While there have always been ill informed concerns about "robots taking over the world", the reality is both more prosaic and more complex. People have long anthropomorphised complex artefacts which are capable of seemingly autonomous interaction. However, recent advances in the deployment of believable characters and affective systems, both in graphical and robotic form, have rekindled problematic social and ethical questions about our relationships with machines. This symposium offers a fresh opportunity for interdisciplinary perspectives on the social understanding of Artificial Intelligence, with the strong potential to bring together contemporary research in key technical, social, psychological and philosophical domains TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: SUBMISSIONS **Submitted papers will also be considered for a special issue of AI and Society ** We are seeking submissions of original papers that fit well with the symposium theme and topics. Papers should be no more than 6 pages in length in the AISB convention format (available at http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/download.html). Papers should be submitted in .pdf format to the Easychair site at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=krff09 by the submission deadline given below. At least one author of each accepted paper will be required to register and attend the symposium to present their work. All papers from the AISB convention will be published in the AISB proceedings, with an ISBN number. Authors of papers must sign a copyright declaration (to follow). However, this declaration is not exclusive - it gives AISB the right to publish the paper, but does not prevent the author from publishing it in other venues. IMPORTANT DATES PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CONTACT DETAILS (Posted Jan 7, 2009) "Images of Virtuality: Conceptualizations and Applications in Everyday Life" SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS Following on last year's International Working Conference of IFIP 9.5 Working Group on Virtuality and
Society: "Massive Virtual Communities" at Leuphana University Lueneburg, this workshop will focus on conceptualizations and applications of virtuality in everyday life, including socialization, governance, education, entrepreneurship and entertainment. Relevant topics and themes include, but are not limited to: Schedule The workshop will be a full day event and will be open to a maximum of 50-60 participants. It will
include short presentations of full research papers (15-20min) while a discussant will be allocated and
invited in each presentation in order to organize a 10 min discussion. Proceedings Both full and in-progress research contributions will be included in a CD-ROM published with an ISBN.
Workshop contributions will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue of a related
International Journal. Participants should submit their position papers (6-10 pages) for the main workshop session or
extended abstracts (no more than 2 pages) for the pre-workshop day event, by email to
[log in to unmask] no later than January 31, 2009. Instructions to authors can be found here:
http://www.imagesofvirtuality.org/submit.html * Angeliki Poulymenakou (group leader of the ISTLab/OIS, Associate Professor in Information Systems Management, at Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, akp@aueb.gr) * Chrisanthi Avgerou (Information Systems and Innovation Group, London School of Economics and
Political Science, UK, IFIP TC 9 Chair) For more information check the workshop's web site: http://www.ImagesOfVirtuality.org (Posted Jan 6, 2009) 2nd WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, WSKS 2009 Facebook Group [join us]: Call for papers: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/cfp.htm Program Committee: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/pc.htm Proceedings: Springer LNAI, Springer CCIS + 10 Special Issues in ISI SCI/SSCI Journals 15 Sponsoring International Journals Download Brochure: Important Dates WSKS 2008 Proceedings: LETTER from Program and Organizing Committees The 2nd World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2009), is an international scientific event devoted to promoting the dialogue on the main aspects of the Knowledge Society towards a BETTER WORLD for all. This annual Summit brings together key stakeholders of the Knowledge Society development worldwide, from Academia, Industry, Government, Policy Makers, and active citizens to look at the impact and prospects of the Information Technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of living, working, learning, innovating and collaborating in today´s hyper- complex world. The Summit provides a distinct, unique forum for cross-disciplinary fertilization of research, favoring the dissemination of research new scientific ideas relevant to international research agendas as the EU (FP7), OECD or UNESCO. Eleven general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the Summit that are linked to 11 Main Tracks and 52 Mini Tracks: Track 1. Information Technologies - Knowledge Management Systems - E-business & Business, Organizational and Inter-organizational Information Systems for the Knowledge Society Track 2. Knowledge, Learning, Education, Learning Technologies and E-learning for the Knowledge Society Track 3. Social & Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society - Emerging Technologies for the Society and the Humanity Track 4. Culture & Cultural Heritage - Technology for Culture Management - Management of Tourism and Entertainment - Tourism Networks in the Knowledge Society Track 5. E-Government and e-Democracy in the Knowledge Society Track 6. Innovation, Sustainable Development and Strategic Management for the Knowledge Society Track 7. Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology Track 8. Intellectual and Human Capital Development in the Knowledge Society Track 9. Advanced Applications for Environmental Protection and Green Economy Management Track 10. Future Prospects for the Knowledge Society: from Foresight Studies to Projects and Public Policies Track 11. Technologies and Business Models for the Creative Industries We need a better world. We contribute with our sound voices to the agenda, policies and actions. We invite you to join your voice with ours and all together to shape a new deal for our world. Education, Sustainable Development, Health, Opportunities for well being, Culture, Collaboration, Peace, Democracy, Technology for all. Open Minds for a Better World. Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras (Posted Jan 5, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS and Call For Workshop/Session Proposals The 2009 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems,
and e-Government Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O e-Learning: O e-Business: O Enterprise Information Systems: O e-Government: Web links: ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS: Currently being prepared - it will include a number of active research laboratories and centers that have helped to shape our field. The Academic Co-Sponsors of the last offering of EEE included research labs at Harvard University, UCLA, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign,Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, University of Texas at Austin, MIT, George Mason University, University of Iowa, Russian Academy of Sciences, NEMO/European Union, and others.Corporate Co-Sponsors included, Google, Salford Systems, Synplicity, Supermicro, NIIT, and others. General Co-Chair and Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Tel: (706) 542-3480 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by uploading them to The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (EEE) must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs. The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS: Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration (ie, EEE'09), and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). email your session proposal to Prof. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by January 16, 2009. IMPORTANT DATES: Jan. 16, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.) The Program Committee for EEE is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference (EEE) offering to help with. Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. PURPOSE / HISTORY: EEE'09 is an annual research conference about e-learning, e-business, enterprise information systems, and e-government. It is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other conferences (WORLDCOMP'09). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research topics into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the event. EEE'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows, a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (recreational destinations, Golf courses, ...) (Posted Jan 2, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS - special issue of Learning, Media and Technology issue theme: Learning in Virtual Worlds Edited by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski Virtual worlds are learning worlds. There is substantial evidence that people learn in virtual worlds. While most learning in these spaces is informal, existing outside the school curriculum, formalised learning environments have also been developed in textual worlds, MOOs, MUSHes, MUDs and multi-media spaces like ActiveWorlds(R), Second Life(R), World of Warcraft (R) to support educational goals in primary, secondary, higher and lifelong learning contexts. The extensive writings on virtual reality and virtual worlds over the past four decades have covered the breadth of the phenomena and experiences of learning via CMC in these situated spaces; this call for papers seeks scholarship that builds upon and extends those accounts. We seek research that deals with learning and research in social networks or among friends, learning through play, learning through artistic creation and learning in unconventional virtual realities. We seek papers that examinelearning or modes of learning that occurs in unexpected ways. For example, workshops have been transformed with the inclusion of new materials, like clay or other art equipment, encouraging participants to express themselves through different modes of communication. Such physical practices mirror the opportunities afforded in virtual environments, increasing potential outcomes by breaking down borders of expression, creating a place for play, and expanding discourse. We seek research that aims to capture similar alternative practices in learning within virtual worlds. While all forms of scholarship and research are welcome, we prefer theoretically and empirically grounded study in the social or behavioral sciences. We seek a special issue that exemplifies methodological pluralism. The use of visual evidence and representations is also encouraged. Submission guidelines: This special issue is edited by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski. Please contact them at [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] to discuss your submissions. The editors welcome contributions from new researchers and those who are more well-established. Submitted manuscripts will be subject to peer review. Length of papers will vary as per disciplinary expectations, but we encourage papers of around 6000 words. Short discussion papers of 2000 words on relevant subjects are also welcomed for the 'Viewpoints' section. Learning, Media and Technology submission guidelines and referencing styles will be followed [see: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17439884.asp] The guest editors will consider papers received by March 15, 2009.
Fewer than 10 papers will be (Posted Dec 29, 2008) AISB'09 Symposium: AI & GAMES Edinburgh Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOPE Computer games now form an important sector of the computing and entertainment industries, and they are very sophisticated in many ways. The need for better artificial intelligence (AI) in games is deeply felt, however, and recognised by the industry. Conversely, games offer new challenges and excellent application domains for AI technology and research. Games are increasingly used for education, serious games or game-based learning, where story and AI techniques create a believable, engaging experience for learners. This symposium focuses on the application of artificial intelligence or intelligent-like techniques, frameworks and theories to the creation of interactive engaging intelligent games. It will address three main areas and the following questions: Intelligent Games # How intelligent games are designed and engineered Technology for Intelligent games Users and Intelligent Games We welcome researchers from academia, education and industry, in particular those involved with the design, development and evaluation of AI and games. Their expertise could be in a range of areas including: AI, machine learning, planning, narrative, education and training, multimedia, game design and development, characters design, interaction design and evaluation for children, adults and any other relevant area. FULL PAPER SUBMISSION PAPERS PUBLICATIONS Please note that such papers would be resubmitted and re-reviewed for the special issue using the journal guidelines and the normal standards for acceptance. Further details will be announced to selected papers after the symposium. POSTER, DEMO & TUTORIAL SUBMISSION Also we are interested in setting a demonstration session where both industry and research tools for AI & GAMES or applications are presented. Please send one page briefly describing the tool/application. Finally we would encourage researchers from academia, education and industry to request a tutorial slot in which to present and demonstrate in details a tool (e.g. API or SDK) or application (e.g. a customizable gaming environment) relevant for AI & GAMES research and creation. Please send one page briefly describing the proposed tutorial and its expected impact. Please submit a paper using the EasyChair AI&GAMES Web page at (Posted Dec 22, 2008) The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://jvwresearch.org) is soliciting "think pieces" in "In thinking about the spaces of virtual worlds, and the practices we witness within them, how can we define what counts as culture? Can we see any common cultural trends emerging in different virtual worlds, or are practices as disparate as the worlds and groups we find within them?" The formatting guidelines are: * 1000-1300 words total * The "think pieces" are brief essays or papers intended to spur discussion amongst the scholarly community. * The pieces should aim to ask provocative questions for future research and debate, rather than provide definitive answers. * We encourage the use of visual aids such as images, video clips, or links to content in virtual worlds. * Abstract (no more than 300 words) and keywords (a minimum of 3) * APA Style (unless it is inappropriate for the type of essay being submitted) * The website currently only accepts .doc and .rtf formats. * Single-spaced The deadline for submissions is: January 9, 2008, 5pm CST Please send your submissions directly to: Mia Consalvo (consalvo@ohio.edu) and Mark Bell (Posted Dec 19, 2008) CFP: JISE Special Issue - Impacts of Web 2.0 and Virtual World Technologies on IS Education Whether it's a social networking site like Facebook, a video stream delivered via YouTube, or collaborative discussion and document sharing via Google Apps, more people are using Web 2.0 technologies to communicate, express ideas, and form relationships centered around topical interests. Virtual Worlds immerse participants even deeper in technological realms rife with interaction. Instead of simply building information, people create entire communities comprised of self-built worlds and avatars centered around common interests, learning, or socialization in order to promote information exchange. Holding business meetings in Second Life is becoming commonplace, MMORPGs are becoming the entertainment venue of choice, and upcoming generations of students may find the traditional academic means of information exchange--lectures and discussions--less appealing than most, instead opting for a rich multimedia experience infused with information. With classrooms quickly filling with the Google generation accustomed to being connected to information and social networks all the time in many forms, how can we best use these technologies to transform, supplement, or even supplant current pedagogical practices? Will holding office hours in chat rooms make a difference? What about streaming classroom discussions via iTunes? How about demonstrations of complex concepts in a Virtual World so students can experiment endlessly? In this JISE special issue, we will explore these questions and more. We are looking for research studies, instructional cases, teaching tips, and other discussions that examine the role Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds should--or perhaps should not--play within our physical, virtual, or mixed classroom environment. How can these technological tools be best used in our pedagogical toolbox? Are there instances where they are a good fit or perhaps merely an instructional band-aid? Please consider sharing your insights, research, or teaching tips as we examine the promises presented, and the perils posed, by these ever-growing innovative, immersive (perhaps invasive), and pervasive technologies. Initial submissions due: January 20, 2009 (Posted Dec 18, 2008) Call for Papers: Playful Experiences Seminar, Tampere 2.-3. April, 2009 * UPDATE: the seminar commentators will be Aki Järvinen (ITU Copenhagen) and Oskar Juhlin (Interactive Institute). What does it involve to enter the state of play? How games and other playful phenomena stand out among other everyday experiences, and can playful experiences be designed? Is there a way we can learn to understand games better by looking at phenomena that are not games, but where playful behaviours are common? How are play and function intertwined in Facebook, iPhone, Habbo Hotel and the other topical interactive products and services? As, on the one hand, so-called gamer generations are spreading understanding of play and games literacy into society, and, on the other, digital information and communication technologies are having an impact on various use contexts and in different social processes, there will be increasing needs for understanding playfulness that is not restricted to games in the classic sense. Play as an attitude and mode of engagement is appearing in social Internet services, and also working life is becoming increasingly open towards playful and creative modes of thought and activity. `Playful Experiences´ seminar invites presentations from multiple points of view, promoting wider - theories and methods for understanding play experiences; The seminar is fifth in the annual series of game studies working paper seminars organised by the Games Research Lab in the University of Tampere, this time co-organised with Nokia Research Center. Due to the work-in-progress emphasis, we strongly encourage submitting late breaking results, working papers and/or submissions from graduate students. Early considerations from projects currently in progress are most welcome, as the purpose of the seminar is to have peer-to-peer discussions and thereby provide support in refining and improving research work in this area. After the seminar, separate consideration will be given to various options of publishing the seminar papers. The papers to be presented will be chosen based on extended abstract review. Full papers are distributed prior the event to all participants, in order to facilitate discussion. The two-day event consists of themed sessions that aim to introduce current research projects and discuss ongoing work in studies of games, play and their relation to surrounding phenomena. The seminar will be chaired by professor Frans Mäyrä (Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere). There will be two invited paper commentators: assistant professor Aki Järvinen (ITU Copenhagen) and studio director Oskar Juhlin (Mobility Studio, Interactive Institute). The seminar will be held in Tampere, Finland and will be free of charge; the number of participants will be restricted. Important Dates - Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2009 Submission Guidelines The extended abstract submissions should be between 500-1000 words (excluding references). Abstracts should be sent to <playfulexp{at}gmail.com> as plain text only (no attachments). Guidelines for submitting a full seminar paper will be provided with the notification of acceptance. Our aim is that everyone participating has been able to read materials submitted to the seminar, therefore the maximum length for a full paper is set to 6000 words (excluding references). Note also that the presentations held at the seminar should also encourage discussion, instead of only repeating the information presented in the papers. Tentatively, every paper will be presented for 10 minutes and discussed for 20 minutes. Seminar web site: http://playfulexperiences.wordpress.com/ Co-organised by: http://gamelab.uta.fi & http://research.nokia.com/ University of Tampere / Hypermedia Laboratory / Games Research Lab Nokia Research Center / Media Laboratory / Human Practices and Design (Posted Dec 17, 2008) "Stepping into Science" Next in Popular "Stepping into Virtual Worlds" Series Using virtual worlds to teach and promote a love of science is the topic of the next installment of the popular "Stepping into Virtual Worlds" conference series, to be offered January 16th, 2009 in the virtual world of Second Life. Hundreds of people have attended this series, which began with "Stepping into History" in June and has included conferences focusing on literature and on healthcare. The series is sponsored by Alliance Library System and LearningTimes. The day-long conference is open to the public, with more information available at www.steppingintovirtualworlds.org. It will take place entirely in the virtual world of Second Life. "Many believe that the next step for the Internet is going 3-D" notes John Howard, conference director. "These workshops are intended to give people a glimpse into the possibilities available when people can actually "step into" the web, rather than just reading about it." During this conference, participants will make virtual "field trips" to some of the best and most creative locations in Second Life that are using virtual worlds to promote science. During these field trips, they may be able to speak with those responsible for creating the simulations, and have time to explore them on their own. One field trip for this conference is Genome Island, a simulation where visitors can learn about genetics in various ways including actually entering a giant cell. Another will allow participants to experience a life-size tsunami as it crashes ashore, destroying all the buildings on the beach. Some other features of this conference will include: · A keynote presentation by Troy McConaghy. Troy's educational background is in physics, applied mathematics, space exploration, and astrodynamics. He's been involved with science-related projects in Second Life for over three years and was a founding member of the SciLands, Second Life's science-themed continent. · Breakout sessions presented by scientists using virtual worlds for collaborative work, and teachers using virtual worlds as a teaching tool. · A panel discussion, allowing participants to question and interact with a variety of experts in the use of virtual worlds in the promotion of science. "Second Life is a great communications tool for scientists and science educators," according to Troy McConaghy, keynote speaker, "because it combines audio, video, 3D models, simulations, and real-time interaction under one immersive interface. It's changing the way science is advanced and taught. This conference will give you a glimpse at the cutting edge of this new technology." Those participating in the conference will also be invited to be part of a live audience for "Science Friday," the popular NPR radio show that is hosted in Second Life and broadcast live to radio stations across the United States. The participants at a virtual world conference participate from their own computer, while an 'avatar,' or virtual representative of them, navigates through the 3-D environments and interacts with other avatars. Howard points out, however, that there is nothing virtual about the interactions at these conferences. "Behind every avatar is a person" he says. "And the networking and learning that can happen, with people from all over the world, is very real." Alliance Library System, co-sponsor of the "Stepping Into" series, is a multi-type library system headquartered in East Peoria, Illinois. Alliance has been a leader in developing ways for libraries to expand their missions and serve patrons in virtual worlds. Alliance is on the web at www.alliancelibrarysystem.com. LearningTimes, is the leading producer of online communities and online conferences for education The cost for this day-long conference is $65, and participants may
register for the conference at (Posted Dec 17, 2008) Second Call for Papers Special Issue of Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments Reflections on the Design and Implementation of Virtual Environment Systems Guest Editors: Anthony Steed, Dirk Reiners, and Marc Latoschik Virtual environment technologies are now being used by a wide range of laboratories, industries, educational establishments and hobbyists around the world. With the burgeoning power of home consoles, personal computers and mobile devices, we are hardly limited by the power of our technology, but we remain limited in the expressive power and ease of use of our software. This is not for lack of software; there are dozens, perhaps hundreds of virtual environment systems in use today, ranging from Open Source tool kits maintained by the community through networked game engines, both hobbyist and commercial through to fully-fledged "VR" systems with very broad support for devices. However, this range of software is also a potential achilles heel: there is a huge amount of functional replication in these software, subtle and not so subtle architectural differences which make porting a problem, and incompatible libraries that can not be exchanged. In this special issue, we invite the community to reflect on what features and design strategies have already or should underpin virtual environment systems of the future. We acknowledge that the field is broad, and it is not our intention to spark a debate on whether there should be a unified architecture for VE systems. We do want to solicit frank discussions about what features or conventions in existing software have proved their worth. Thus, topics of interest would include: - Comparisons between software architectures or classes of architecture We would discourage authors from sending papers that describe new software or architectures unless that software and the paper are based on a critical analysis of a problem domain and contain critiques of existing approaches. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2009 Please send documents in .pdf form to presence@mit.edu Email attachments are preferred. Include contact information for the corresponding author in the body of the email. Papers should Contact: Email: A.Steed@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Posted Dec 16, 2008) Next Generation Experience Design Guest Editors Mark Blythe, University of York "In the old days and by the old days I mean two years ago..." Youtube, Facebook, Second Life, Wikipedia, Google Earth and even Google itself are all less than a decade old and yet for many they are as taken for granted and indispensable as books or pens and paper. It is not only the pace of technological change which is unprecedented but also the speed of distribution and acceptance. These technologies affect every aspect of our lives: work, play, sex, politics and religion. Small wonder then that studies of human computer interaction (HCI) have adopted a term as wide as "user experience" to address their impact. HCI has begun to consider such areas as: fun, enjoyment, beauty, aesthetics and affect. As users become more concerned with the social and environmental impact of their technologies "user experience" is being conceived in still wider terms to include such topics as: ethics, politics and sustainability. "User experience" has become the default label for almost every study in HCI. It appears to have replaced usability as a focus for interaction design in both academia and industry. Courses in User Experience Design are offered at many universities and job titles such as "User Experience Engineer" are commonplace. Yet there are a very wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches to user experience some of which are radically opposed to one another. A variety of methods and techniques have been developed from social science disciplines such as psychology, which tend to break user experience into component elements in search for general models and rules. Others employ more holistic and situated approaches, taking contextual factors into consideration. These two types of approaches have their advantages and disadvantages - together they provide new opportunities to transform HCI into the practice and science of experience with technology. This special issue will reflect the diversity of approaches to user experience and explore the limits of current methods. We encourage submissions of both empirical and theoretical work. Possible topics include but are not limited to - Fun, enjoyment and affect The deadline for submissions is the 20th of February. Submissions may take the form of research papers or shorter technical notes and should be submitted electronically at the Journal's Manuscript Central site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tham Important Dates: Paper submission 20th February 2009 For instructions for authors etc. see: (Posted Dec 15, 2008) Designs on eLearning 2009 http://www.designsonelearning.net/index.htm Call for papers Following on the success of previous Designs on eLearning international conferences since 2005 in the use of technology for teaching and learning in Art, Design and Communication, Designs on eLearning 2009 will be held at the University of the Arts, London between 2nd and 4th September 2009. The conference aims to cast light on established practice in the field, on innovations in teaching and learning with technology, on the challenges and successes presented by the visual nature of our discipline, and on the benefits of online and blended learning. Conference Themes include 1. Mobile computing and its impact on Art, Design and Communication 2. Serious Gaming and Virtual worlds in education 3. Virtual Learning Environments in Art, Design and Communication 4. Copyright and legal issues affecting the visual arts 5. The Social and Educational Interface 6. Innovations in teaching and learning in Art, Design and Communication Details of the conference including full list of themes, registration and online submission of papers can be found at http://www.designsonelearning.net/index.htm Submission Designs on eLearning invites the submission of abstracts for consideration for full research papers, short papers and posters by 31 March 2009. Full papers will be allotted 30 minutes in the conference programme.Short papers will be allotted 20 minutes.Full papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. In the case of Short papers, only the Abstract will be published. The conference Review Committee, in a blind review process, will make a decision in April based on the Full paper abstract whether to proceed to full papers. The submission deadline for the full paper will be 15 July 2009. All abstracts should consist of a description of the proposed paper including reference to the problem, methodology and conclusions of the work described. The abstract should not exceed 300 words in length. Posters There will be a limited space available for the display of information relating to work in progress, ongoing projects and research findings relating to the use of computers in teaching and learning in art, design and communication. The Designs on eLearning Committee will consider abstracts of no more than 300 words for proposed posters. The website is now open for online submission at. The conference proceedings will be published in Proceedings of Designs on eLearning 2009 with an (Posted Dec 12, 2008) Intetain 2009, Amsterdam, 22-24th June 2009 Third International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment Call for Papers ================== The Human Media Interaction (HMI) department of the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST) are pleased to announce the Third International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment to be held on June 22-24, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. INTETAIN 09 intends to stimulate interaction among academic researchers and commercial developers of interactive entertainment systems. We are seeking long (full) and short (poster) papers as well as proposals for interactive demos. In addition, the conference organisation aims at an interactive hands-on session along the lines of the Design Garage that was held at INTETAIN 2005. Individuals who want to organise special sessions during INTETAIN 09 may contact the General Chair, Anton Nijholt. The global theme of this third edition of the international conference is "Playful interaction, with others and with the environment". Contributions may, for example, contribute to this theme by focusing on the Supporting Device Technologies underlying interactive systems (mobile devices, home entertainment centers, haptic devices, wall screen displays, information kiosks, holographic displays, fog screens, distributed smart sensors, immersive screens and wearable devices), on the Intelligent Computational Technologies used to build the interactive systems, or by discussing the Interactive Applications for Entertainment themselves. We seek novel, revolutionary, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to: == Supporting Technology == == Intelligent Computational Technologies == =========================== INTETAIN 09 accepts long papers and short poster papers as well as demo proposals accompanied by a two page extended abstract. Accepted long and short papers will be published in the new Springer series LNICST: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. The organisation of INTETAIN 09 is currently working to secure a special edition of a journal, as happened previously for the 2005 edition of the Intetain conference. Submissions should adhere to the LNICST instructions for authors, available from the INTETAIN 09 web site. == Long papers == == Short papers == == Demos == Submission deadline: =================== General Program Chair: Local Chair: Web Master and Publication Chair: Steering Committee Chair: ======================== We actively seek proposals from both industry and academia for interactive demos to be held during a dedicated session at the conference. Demos may accompany a long or short paper. Also, demos may be submitted at a later deadline instead, with a short, two page extended abstract explaining the demo and showing why the demo would be a worthwhile contribution the INTETAIN 09's demo session. == Format == Videos showing the demonstration setup in action are very welcome. == Review == == Topics == ============================ Stefan Agamanolis Distance Lab, Forres, UK (Posted Dec 11, 2008) Call for contributions to "Presence for everyone" Presence Researchers: As part of the outreach work of the Peach project, (www.peachbit.org), a publication titled "Presence for Everyone" is being produced to be ready for spring 2009. This work will consist of a collection of short writings and visual images that illustrate the range of work being carried out within Presence research and the impact it could have on society. It will highlight important ideas and themes that will shape Presence research in the years to come, rather than focusing on the current "state of the art" of Presence technologies. The target audience is the public at large, rather than only academic readers. We are inviting suggestions for short (600 words max) articles. These may highlight some research work that is being undertaken, or discuss wider themes. In the first instance, and to receive a more detailed author's brief, please email i.helgason (at) napier.ac.uk, by the end of December, giving a suggested title or topic. About Peach: Peach is three year Coordination Action on Presence (ending May 2009) funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Starlab under the Future Emerging Technologies (FET) - Information Society Technology (IST) program nursery of novel and emerging scientific ideas. Our main objective is to stimulate, structure and support the interdisciplinary Presence research community and produce visions and roadmaps for the field. Ingi Helgason Centre for Interaction Design +44 (0) 131 455 2750 Peach : www.peachbit.org
(Posted Dec 9, 2008) CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2009 E-Infrastructures and Technologies for Lifelong Learning: Next Generation Environments 1. Introduction The emerging knowledge society places new requirements on the education sector to support the needs of individuals and organisations. In the area of lifelong learning in particular, which is one of the most important motors driving education in the 21st century, e-learning has become a collaborative and community-based process. This calls for tools to support the autonomous and dynamic creation of lifelong learning communities and new distributed e-learning services. To this end, the integration of innovative models, methods and technologies for the creation, storage, use, and exchange of knowledge resources and user-generated content, learning activities and units of learning, competence development programs and networks for lifelong learning is being investigated world wide. Advanced technologies that employ decentralised solutions where both resources and computation can be distributed have been developed in the form of online communities created by online collaborative tools; blogs, wikis, webcasts, webinars and social networking applications. These applications facilitate the development of a technical, organisational infrastructure for lifelong learning in formal or informal learning contexts. This e-infrastructure is composed mostly of open-source, standards-based, sustainable and innovative technologies and provides easy access to facilities that enable the lifelong development of competencies and expertise in the various occupations and fields of knowledge. The focus of advanced technologies is moving from building large monolithic systems towards
defining and constructing small components which can be integrated. This method permits the
development of modular and flexible distributed systems, in which components can be added,
removed or replaced more easily than in traditional models of e-learning systems, allowing new
applications or systems to be composed from collections of available services. Furthermore, these technologies can be seamlessly integrated with pedagogic theories in order to be adopted into the everyday practices of educational organisations and independent learners, delivering lifelong learning and engaging learners in an empowering way. Objective of the Book The books aims to provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art technologies for e-learning and lifelong learning. It will cover theoretical approaches, models, architectures, systems and applications. It will address many issues in the field, providing readers with insight on the various stages of the technological life cycle, as well as applications in real world settings. It will act as a one-stop reference by providing a holistic view of the various issues in the area of advanced technologies for lifelong learning ranging from organisational issues to lifelong learning delivery issues. In the evolving educational landscape it is important to support informed decision-making and planning by successfully matching technologies, curriculum targets, lifelong learner needs, and organisational requirements for technology integration. Target Audience The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of e-learning and lifelong learning systems, e.g. educational technologists and software developers, managerial staff involved in assessing the benefits of the various technologies for e- learning and lifelong learning, researchers working on the areas of technology-enhanced learning, web-based learning environments and personalised learning, instructors and e-learning systems developers interested in learning how to embrace new lifelong learning technologies effectively. Moreover, the book will provide a source of reference and a guide for students taking courses or working on projects related to large scale information systems, distributed systems and content delivery systems for e-learning and lifelong learning. Recommended Topics The book will aim to cover all aspects of lifelong learning systems, including creating, managing and modelling content and information, organisational strategy and management, technologies, curriculum development, instructional design, learning delivery, open problems, research issues. It will present original work and will be useful to a wide range of audience from different backgrounds working as a one-stop reference for those interested in technologies for e-learning and lifelong learning. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Creating, managing and modelling content and information for e-learning and lifelong learning - Organisational strategy and management issues in developing and supporting lifelong learning - Technological issues - Curriculum development issues in lifelong learning - Instructional design issues and impact in lifelong learning - e-learning and lifelong learning delivery issues - e-learning and lifelong learning research methods and approaches - Models of distributed systems for lifelong learning - Security, trust and privacy considerations in lifelong learning e-infrastructures - Decentralised user modelling for lifelong learning - Collaborative web technologies for lifelong learning - Free and open source software in lifelong learning infrastructures - Web 2.0 technologies and lifelong learning - User modelling and personalisation for lifelong learning - Networked organisations for lifelong learning - Semantic web technologies for lifelong learning - Service-oriented architectures for e-learning and lifelong learning - Interoperability and standards for e-learning and lifelong learning - Communities of practice and communities of learning. - Approaches to integration and personalisation of educational systems for lifelong learning Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 28, 2009, a 2-3 page Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Dr. George D. Magoulas UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ---------------------
(Posted Dec 8, 2008) ::: Call For Papers * Deadline 19th December 2008 ::: Re:live - Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology The media art history conference Re:live has currently confirmed keynote speakers Stelarc and Zhang Ga. There are a number of events happening prior to the commencement of the Re:live, making Melbourne the place to be in November 09. ::: Currently planned events ::: ::: Call ::: Following the success of Media Art History 05 Re:fresh in Banff and Media Art History 07 Re:place in Berlin, Media Art History 09 Re:live in Melbourne will host three days of keynotes, panels and poster sessions Media Art History 09 - Re:live, a refereed conference, is calling for papers, panels and posters on the histories of digital, electronic and technological media arts. With the theme of Re:live we are especially interested in expanding the range of topics to include sustainability, live arts and the technological arts of life, both organic and nonorganic. --How do the media arts change? Through innovation, accident, discovery, mutation or crisis? How did contemporary media arts come to look and sound like they do? What options and potentialities and eccentricities in the history of media have been lost or overlooked or suppressed? What hopes have been realised and which dashed? What is the history of speculation on alternate histories, and how have they altered the course of media art history? ---Participants are encouraged to look at the themes suggested to address in submitting abstracts at www.mediaarthistory.org ----We particularly wish to encourage presentations from and about these histories in the Asia-Pacific region. Proposals are welcomed from artists, curators, arts organizers and researchers in media, art history, performance studies, literature, film, and science and technology studies. Abstracts of 200 words can be submitted as text, rtf, pdf or doc files via the dedicated website with updates and online paper submission system at www.mediaarthistory.org. Sean Cubitt and Paul Thomas, conference co-chairs. (Posted Dec 3, 2008) Special Issue of Virtual Reality on "Mediated Presence: Virtual Reality, Mixed Environments and Social Networks" Guest Editors: Prof Luciano Gamberini PhD and Anna Spagnolli PhD Matthew Lombard PhD Often described as a sense of "being there" in a mediated environment, presence is broadly defined as a psychological state or subjective perception in which a person fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in an experience. It is a rich, fascinating subject of scientific investigation, artistic exploration and diverse application, with increasingly important implications for the ways in which people interact and technologies are developed. Designing technologies and imagining practices to modify, prolong and reconfigure the possibilities of being present has been a continuous endeavour of the human species, from early attempts at constructing communication and transportation devices, to the many current technologies we continue to develop to reach other places and people. Originally focused on bringing "presence" from the real world to a simulated one, the phenomenon is today analyzed and investigated in the context of diverse environments and involves questioning simple distinctions between "'real" and "artificial". This opening to a wide range of mediated environments is accompanied by a growing involvement of different research fields that are continuously updating and modifying the contours of presence scholarship. The phenomenon of presence is challenging from a scientific point of view as much as it is viable in everyday life, where people participate in simultaneous mediated experiences, feeling present or copresent in digital locations without any need for explicit instructions and orchestrating technical and cognitive resources to control and enhance presence. What it means to be present in mediated environments is then an extremely relevant and enticing question, bearing all sorts of implications for the design and application of diverse technologies. This special issue aims at illustrating the variety of research questions and approaches that are needed in order to tackle the phenomenon of mediated presence in virtual reality, mixed environments and social network. Topics include: o Presence in shared virtual environments and online communities The special issue will appear in the Springer journal Virtual Reality SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should typically be around 8,000 words and of standard journal content: reports of original research, or review papers. Submissions will be peer reviewed in accordance with the journal's normal process. Papers should be submitted online in Microsoft Word format and uploaded to DEADLINES (extended):
(Posted Nov 18, 2008) 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTS/PROCESS/SYSTEM MODELING/SIMULATION/OPTIMIZATION (3rd IC-EpsMsO) Contributions related to any aspects from Modeling, Simulation & Optimization of Experimental Results, Processes and Systems are enthusiastically encouraged. The Conference Proceedings will have an ISBN number. Web address: http://www.epsmso.gr 3rd Announcement & Call for Papers The Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Energy (LFME), University of Patras, Greece, is organizing the 3rd International Conference on Experiments/Process/System Modeling/Simulation/Optimization (3r IC-EpsMsO) to be held in Athens, Greece, from July 8th to July 11th, 2009. The Chairman of the 3rd International Conference on Experiments/Process/System Modeling/Simulation/Optimization (IC-EpsMsO), Professor Demos T. Tsahalis, also Director of LFME, invites all scientists and engineers from the academic, scientific engineering and industrial sector to participate in the Conference and to contribute both in the promotion and dissemination of the scientific knowledge. Contribution invited Contribution related to any aspects from Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Experimental Results, Processes and Systems are enthusiastically encouraged. The contributions will be published in the Conference Proceedings which will have an ISBN number. Indicatively, the following subjects are considered: Acoustics and Vibrations, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Banking and Finance, Biomechanics/Biomedicine, Car Industry, CFD, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Components and Instrumentation, Computational Mathematics and Applications, Dynamical Systems and Celestial Mechanics, Earthquake and Seismic Analysis, Economics and Management, Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, Environmental Systems, Expert Systems, Food Industry, Industrial Engineering, Integrating Manufacturing, Marine and Off-Shore Control, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Nanotechnology and Microsystems, Neural Networks, Optimization Methods and Applications, Production Industry, Robotics, Signal Processing, Telecommunications, Textile Industry, Transportation Systems, Utilities. Abstracts of papers proposed for oral or poster presentation at the 3rd IC-EpsMsO should be approximately 200 words in length and must be submitted together with the abstract cover sheet (please refer to Conference´s website). Before acceptance, all contributions will be assessed by experienced reviewers. Conference Language Important Dates
(Posted Nov 14, 2008) 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14) & CyberPsychology Conference June 21st to 23rd 2009 in Lago Maggiore, Verbania, Italy The Interactive Media Institute in collaboration with the Istituto Auxologico Italiano is proud to announce the call for abstracts for CyberTherapy14 & CyberPsychology. The submission deadline is January 15th, 2009. Pre-conference Workshops: June 21st, 2009 All deadlines are firm and will be respected. To submit your abstract, register for the conference or obtain additional information, please visit the CyberTherapy14 &CyberPsychology website at http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com and click on CyberTherapy 2009. Note that abstracts will be published in a regular issue of the journal Cyberpsychology and Behavior (indexed in Medline and PsychInfo) and presentations will be available in PDF on the CT14 web site shortly after the conference. This year, the Proceedings, an important record of the each year's conference, is published by IOS Press in Amsterdam (http://www.iospress.nl) as part of its Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (Posted Nov 5, 2008) CALL FOR PAPERS: PERSONAL AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING JOURNAL ***************************************************************** Location awareness is a feature of an increasing part of digital games, which introduce them to everyday life. Such games often come under various names including but not limited to: mobile, pervasive, ubiquitous or augmented reality. However what makes all of them location aware is that the player physically navigates within a game world which blends the real world and virtual elements. This combination significantly changes what players, designers and developers have until now understood about digital games. Furthermore as GPS-enabled phones have become more widely available the number of start-ups developing games within this area has also increased. This has all given rise to the need for researchers to not only focus on prototypes and demonstrate the technology but also to aim for a comprehensive understanding of player experiences in location aware games. This special issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing will focus on the methodological issues in studying player experiences of location aware games. All instances of the iterative research cycle are included from modeling to studying, to understanding the underlying assumptions and remodeling and studying again. Key questions are: what is the particular nature of the player experiences in a location aware game compared to online games, board games or traditional outdoor-games? How do player experiences unfold as they physically navigate within space? What improves or detracts from the mental and physical presence of a player within a particular location of a mixed game world? If we take into account the permeability of the magic circle when influenced by aspects of everyday life, what impact does this have on player experiences? How can we study location aware player experiences? What indicates experiences for the observer? How do we get access to the phenomena? What methods have to be deployed, adapted, or combined? Is it possible to maintain the standards of scientific work outside the lab in an uncontrollable world? As a result the key objective of this special issue is to advance knowledge and the competencies for modeling and studying player experiences of location aware games. TOPICS o Models: what is the nature of location aware players´ experiences, what are the various aspects? How do we model them? What are the methodological implications? o Methods for studying player experiences: how to study the experience taking into account, the situated, dynamic and distributed nature of location aware games. o Context of evaluation: what is the purpose of the study? Why do we evaluate the game? Do we want to inspire idea creation for design in the early phases of the development? Do we want to falsify our hypotheses on cause-effect relations of particular game mechanics, and to optimize existing game concepts? Do we study game play in everyday life to gain a deeper understanding of the game within a specific culture or to inform marketing decisions? o Evaluation criteria: playability, functionality and usability are different, but mutual dependent aspects of the quality of a game. How do we achieve and evaluate that? How do we approach the idea of controlling the unpredicatability and complexity of location-aware games when conducting studies in the wild? o Technologies and tools for evaluation: What technologies and tools support data collection and data analysis of mobile games? What experiences have people applying such methods? What kind of technologies and tools are required? The special issue has been inspired by the interest in the first workshop on this topic, which was organized in conjunction with HCI2008 "Evaluating Player Experiences in Location Aware Games" (see: http://www.ipcity.eu/?page_id=213). We would like to see a deepening of the discussion and a more thorough analysis of the field. We hope to improve the debate between researchers and practitioners from a variety of scientific, engineering, and design disciplines (e.g. ubiquitous computing, game studies, cultural studies, and HCI) in order to shed light on the current methodological approaches to location aware player experiences, to share experiences and to draw attention to the key issues, challenges, possibilities, limitations and possible solutions. In order to reach our goals we propose to encourage submissions within the following areas: o Extended empirical reports from the field describing and analyzing models of player experiences, game concepts, settings, methodological issues foreseen or those which emerged during the evaluation process; o Theoretical studies of methodological issues, especially the physicality, dynamics and complexity of player activities based on sound empirical analyzes; o Experience and best practice reports from organizers and producers of location aware games and the methodological quality issues related to evaluation methods, often referred to as quick´n dirty methods. ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** SUBMISSION DETAILS Submissions should be no more than 6000 words in length. All Submissions to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pelag09 The review process consists of submission of an abstract and outline of paper, which, if accepted, will be followed by a full paper. A mentoring process is also available to ensure that full assistance can be provided to authors from submission of the abstract through to the completion of the final version based on reviewer´s comments. Authors should accord with the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing authors´ instructions available from: http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/journal/779 Information about the format and style required for papers can be found at More information about the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing can be found at All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by at least three reviewers and the selection for publication will be made on the basis of these reviews. ***************************************************************** Abstract and outline: 2nd December 2008 ***************************************************************** Please direct all inquiries to the special issue editors: Barbara Grüter, Hochschule Bremen, Unversity of Applied Sciences, Germany Rod McCall, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Lynne Baillie, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK) and FTW, Austria Anne-Kathrin Braun, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany ***************************************************************** Annika Waern, SICS, Interaction Lab, Sweden Jörg Niesenhaus, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany Jussi Holopainen, Nokia Research Center, Finland Markus Montola, Nokia Research Center, Finland Matthew Chalmers, University of Glasgow, UK Steffen P. Walz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland Zachary O. Toups, Interface Ecology Lab | Texas A&M University, United States (Posted July 30, 2008) 4th Global Conference Friday 13th March - Sunday 15th March 2009 Call for Papers This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine, explore and critically engage with the issues and implications created by the growing adoption of information technologies for inter-human communication and focus on examination of the continuing impact of emergent cybermedia for human communication and culture. In particular the conference will encourage equally theoretical and practical debates which surround the cultural contexts within which cybermedial and technological advances are occurring. Papers, presentations, workshops and reports are invited on any of the following themes: 1. Cyberspace and Cyberculture Theories and Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture. Identifying Key Features and Issues. 2. Cybercultures, Cybersubcultures and Online Communities The Rise of Web 2.0. Emerging Practices in Social Networking. The Shaping of Individual and Collective Identities. Cyber-activism and Social Mobilisation. The Role and Use of Multi-user Virtual Environments for Disadvantaged and other Minorities. Multi-national and Cross-continental Communities and Spaces. The changing Social Identity in Cyberspace. 3. Videogame Cultures The Future of Interactive Entertainment. The Aesthetic Aspects of Videogames. The Spatiology of Videogames and Virtual Worlds. Social Dimension of Online Gaming and Presence in Virtual Worlds. Interaction, Interactivity and Innovative Interfaces. The History of Virtual Worlds and their Cultures. 4. Digital and Interactive Arts Performative and Collaborative and Use of Crossmedia. Digital Culture. Interactive Storytelling. 5. Cybercultures and Politics Virtual Policies in 3-D Multi-user Worlds. Cyber-Democracy and the Impact on National and Global Politics. New Media in Political Context. New Forms of Citizenship. 6. Cybermedia and Innovation in Cyberjournalism Histories and Theories of New Media. Cyberjournalism. Crossmedia and Digital Publishing. Digital Communications and Free Speech. 7. Educational Use of 3-D Videogames and Virtual Worlds Serious Games and Simulations. Virtual Communities and Collaborative Work. Cultures of Online Learning. Case Studies on Educational Use of Cybermedia and Videogames. Papers on any other topic related to the theme will also be considered. 500 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 19th September 2008. The abstract will be double blind peer reviewed (where appropriate). If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 6th February 2009. 500 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Joint Organising Chairs Daniel Riha Rob Fisher The conference is part of the "Critical Issues" programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume. For further details about the project please visit For further details about the conference please visit (Posted February 28, 2008) Call For Papers International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART) Special Issue on: "Immersive Virtual, Mixed, or Augmented Reality Art" Guest Editors: For the past fifteen years, virtual reality (VR) and, more recently, mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) environments that immerse their participants in imaginary space, have emerged to define an area that blurs the lines between the seemingly different worlds of research, creativity, and technological practice, while exploring the interdependencies between the virtual and the physical. From the immersive, yet more esoteric, CAVE®-based projects of the mid-nineties to the contemporary open experiences spread out in virtual as well as physical space, creative VR/MR/AR applications are challenging the ways we perceive both digital art and the science and engineering behind them. Early enthusiasm with the use of projection-based display structures and the development of authoring solutions for application-building has brought a level of maturity, characterized by the emergence of new technical and conceptual forms. It is this particular moment in the evolution of immersive VR/MR/AR art practice that this special issue seeks to capture. Hence, in this special issue, we aim to bring forth the topic of immersive art in its current maturity, present the newest developments and explore its evolving forms, aspiring to shape a framework that will help us to develop the next generation of environments. Therefore, this special issue will not include contributions that deal solely with describing a narrow and specific piece of art or research without reference to a conceptual framework or a critical analysis; rather we encourage contributions that take a broad and integrative view of relevant topics, encompassing both theoretical and empirical perspectives of digitally-generated creative spaces. Subject Coverage Submissions are invited that touch on but are not limited to the following themes:
Contributions are encouraged from different disciplinary perspectives, including fine arts, computer science, performance art, theatre, design, architecture, communications and social sciences, philosophy, cognitive psychology, and enabling technologies. Contributions should take a broad and integrative view of relevant topics, rather than merely describing a narrow and specific piece of art or research. Notes for Prospective Authors Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page Important Dates Submission intent (title and 300-word abstract): 1 September, 2008 Deadline for full paper submission: 31 October, 2008 Review results returned to authors: February 29, 2009 Deadline for camera-ready papers: June 30, 2009 Editors and Notes You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following: Maria Roussou Maurice Benayoun with a copy to: IEL Editorial Office Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor. Notice Board: CALLS - ARCHIVES |