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ACM IUI 2020 - Third Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
by Oana Inel 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

* Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message* ACM IUI 2020 - CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS In conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2020) Cagliari, Italy March 17, 2020 https://iui.acm.org/2020/ WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Casey Dugan, IBM Research Carmen Santoro, CNR-ISTI, HIIS Laboratory Simone Stumpf, City, University of London workshops2020(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:workshops2020@iui.acm.org> CALL FOR PROPOSALS We are pleased to invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Tutorials are designed to provide fundamental knowledge and experience on topics related to intelligent user interfaces, and the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Note: We encourage you to contact the chairs with your ideas (workshops2020(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:workshops2020@iui.acm.org>), and work together to prepare an exciting proposal. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops and tutorials, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Project centric" workshops that may be closely related to the scope of an existing large scale (e.g. NSF, EU, etc. funded) project. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. - Tutorials on a specific topic relevant to IUI; for example, methods and approaches in HCI and/or AI, specific techniques or algorithms to develop intelligent user interfaces, etc. Workshops and tutorials will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of proposals for full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop or tutorial. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop and tutorials chairs. Workshops with few submissions by Friday, 20 December 2019 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. The organizers of accepted workshops and tutorials are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop and tutorial organizers will maintain their own website with information about the workshop or tutorial and the IUI 2020 web site will refer to the this website. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process. A workshop and tutorials summary will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2020, however, there will be no archived published proceedings of workshop papers this year. We strongly encourage workshop organizers to arrange a volume of online proceedings for their workshop papers themselves, for example, by using www.ceur-ws.org<http://www.ceur-ws.org/>. PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop or tutorial proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Please either use the Word interim template with Libertine fonts downloaded and embedded, or the LaTex sigconf template. The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word acronym and a full title. Please indicate “(Workshop)” or “(Tutorial)” after the title, as appropriate. - Description of workshop or tutorial topic: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI2020 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop or tutorial is of particular interest. - Previous history: List of previous workshops or tutorials that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops or tutorials and the number of participants. - Organizer(s): Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organiser(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. Also please provide a list of other workshops or tutorials organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop or tutorial. If possible, include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in the workshop or tutorial. - Workshop or Tutorial format: A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, teaching activities, hands-on practical exercises, general discussion. Please also list here any material you will make available to tutorial participants, e.g. slides, access to hardware/software, handouts, etc. - Planned outcomes of the workshop or tutorials: What are you hoping to achieve by the end of the workshop or tutorials. Please list here any planned publications or other outputs arising workshops, including your plans for making workshop papers available. - Length: Full-day or half-day. Please submit your proposal via https://new.precisionconference.com/ selecting the IUI 2020 Workshops and Tutorials track. IMPORTANT DATES Discuss your topic with the workshop and tutorials chairs: ASAP (workshops2020(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:workshops2020@iui.acm.org>) Proposals due: Monday, 9 September 2019 Decisions Sent: Monday, 14 October 2019 ** TENTATIVE dates of the review cycle ** Workshop Submissions:Tuesday, 17 December 2019 Go/No-go Decision on Workshops: Friday, 20 December 2019 Notifications to authors: Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Camera-ready for Workshop/Tutorial summary: Friday, 17 January 2020 Workshops/Tutorials held: Tuesday, 17 March 2020

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Reminder CfP: Psychoanalysis, Sexualities and Networked Media (Deadline 09 September)
by Jacob Johanssen 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

*Psychoanalysis, Sexualities and Networked Media* Edited by Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University, jacob.johanssen(a)stmarys.ac.uk*)* For psychoanalysis, sexuality, how it is both individually thought about and lived and how it is culturally constructed, is key to understanding both the human psyche and social change. Freud believed that the sexual behaviour of an individual, from the earliest stages of development onwards, provided key insights into how they related to others and themselves in life more generally. While Freud stressed that there is no ‘normal’ sexuality and heterosexuality was a myth, his particular theories of female sexuality were nonetheless critiqued by feminist thinkers. Initially for Freud, the symptom itself was a distorted or covered manifestation of sexual activity which related to conflicts. Those ideas were developed by post-Freudian psychoanalysts in numerous ways. It is psychoanalysis that fundamentally contributed to the theorisation and understanding of the role that sexual desires and fantasies play in our (un)conscious forms of relating to ourselves and others. While psychoanalytic schools have come to understand sexuality in different ways, other disciplines such as queer theory, cultural studies and philosophy have grappled with and drawn on those conceptualisations of sexuality. Particular notions that are often taken for granted in every day discourse – perversion, fetishism, voyeurism – were (and are) developed by psychoanalysts. The call for papers for a special issue of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society takes psychoanalytic theories of sexuality / sexualities and how they were adapted/critiqued by other disciplines as a starting point for analysing contemporary networked media, online spaces and digital phenomena. In the past two decades, the Internet and networked devices have not only transformed societies but also human agency and subjectivity. How we communicate and relate to others has been shaped by our engagement with and immersion in digital media, devices and platforms. Social media in particular can be seen as enablers of unprecedented levels of human communication and cooperation which result in a sense of recognition and security for individuals, at the same time users have become data points which are commodified, surveyed and tracked by companies, governments and other entities. Contemporary online communication is also often marked by strong levels of hatred, aggression and polarisation which are characterised by the symbolic, and sometimes physical, destruction of the other. This proposed special issue of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society places a specific focus on sexualities in contemporary online spaces. Sexualities have become more flexible and fluid thanks to technology as they are facilitated through hook up apps like Tinder, or Grindr. In reproductive terms, devices connected to the Internet such as fertility and health check apps have also become available. The Internet facilitates an informative and pleasurable engagement with sexualities, be it through online content, or communities around sexual identities for example. Subjects reveal aspects about their sexualities online more than ever before. At the same time, much of mainstream pornography has been critiqued as depicting women as oppressed, sexualised objects aimed to satisfy a male gaze. Clinicians have also noted that pornography can impact young people’s sexual development in harmful ways. Perhaps somewhat related to the widespread engagement with some forms of pornography, women are discussed in certain online spaces (such as forums on Reddit or 4chan) in highly misogynistic terms. Such language is often inspired by right-wing discourse and imagery which has gained increasing visibility online. The #MeToo movement on the other hand has made use of social media for activist purposes in order to resist and expose the widespread sexual assault and harassment conducted by men. It has attracted criticism for some of the methods and narratives deployed which have led to false accusations for example. It is safe to say that the representation of and engagement with sexualities has exploded due to digital technologies. There is scope to interpret such aspects in depth through psychoanalysis in combination with other approaches. Possible topics include but are not limited to: - Psychoanalytic approaches to sexuality - Psychoanalysis and other conceptualisations of sexuality (e.g. Foucauldian, Deleuze-Guattarian, queer theoretical) - Clinical perspectives on sexuality and digital media - Repression and its status today - Pleasures, unpleasures – Eros and the death drive - #MeToo and activism against sexualised violence - The Alt-Right and online misogyny - Online pornography - Livestreaming and camming - Hook-up apps - The Internet of Things (fertility devices, sex toys, sex robots, etc.) - Social media - Games and gaming cultures - Virtual reality and forms of simulation Please send abstracts of no longer than 500 words to Jacob Johanssen ( jacob.johanssen(a)stmarys.ac.uk) by 09 September 2019. Accepted full papers will be due in February 2020. The special issue will be published in December 2020. Article length: 6-8,000 words *About the journal* *Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society* is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Palgrave (https://www.palgrave.com/gb/journal/41282) It explores the intersection between psychoanalysis and the social world. It is a journal of both clinical and academic relevance which publishes articles examining the roles that psychoanalysis can play in promoting and achieving progressive social change and social justice. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society benefits a worldwide community of psychoanalytically informed scholars in the social and political sciences, media, cultural and literary studies, as well as clinicians and practitioners who probe the relationship between the social and the psychic. It is the official journal of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society.

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Call for Papers - Critical Robotics Research
by Niamh Ni Bhroin 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, We hope this Call for Papers might be of interest to some of you on this list: We invite contributions for a Special Issue on Critical Robotics Research, to be published by the AI & Society Journal of Culture, Knowledge and Communication (Springer) http://link.springer.com/journal/146. This special issue seeks research contributions that explore the topic of Critical Robotics Research as an important emerging paradigm in the area of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and related fields, including in particular the emerging field of Human-Machine Communication (HMC) (Guzman, 2018). In recent years, the design, use and study of robots and AI have increased in a variety of social settings, ranging from, e.g., therapy and care for older adults, to education and domestic life. In parallel with these developments, voices have been raised advocating for more human-centered and holistic approaches to research on robot technology (Ljungblad, Serholt, Barendregt, Lindgren, & Obaid, 2016; Šabanović, 2010). In particular, the need to critically address underlying technology-driven values (Fernaeus, Jacobsson, Ljungblad, & Holmquist, 2009; MacKenzie & Wajcman, 1999), and to question the role of machines in the process of communication (Guzman, 2018) have been emphasized. More interdisciplinary work is also required to assess the design and use of robots in an increasing range of social settings. The aim of this special issue is therefore to foster research contributions that explore the design and use of robots in social domains through holistic, interdisciplinary and ethical perspectives. Contributions that critically investigate the use of robots, and make visible the challenges and dilemmas of robot use both in communication with, and in the immediate surroundings of, humans, are especially encouraged. For more information, including relevant topic areas, please consult the full text of the Call for Papers which is available here: www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/Critical+Robotic…<http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/Critical+…> Important Dates: Abstract submission: November 1, 2019; Manuscript submission: April 1, 2020; Notifications: July 1, 2020; Submission final versions: September 1, 2020; Target publication date: February 2020 Submissions should be sent by email to: sofia.serholt(a)ait.gu.se<mailto:sofia.serholt@ait.gu.se> We hope that you will consider submitting an article to this Special Issue. We would also kindly ask that you forward information about the call to other colleagues who might be interested. Thanks in advance and best wishes, Sofia, Sara and Niamh. Niamh Ní Bhroin Researcher/Coordinator of the Living the Nordic Model research project Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo n.n.bhroin(a)media.uio.no<mailto:n.n.bhroin@media.uio.no> http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/personer/vit/niamhn/index.html Want to know more about Living the Nordic Model? See our website: https://bit.ly/2QDCJn3 Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/2A4dxzm Follow us on Twitter: @Modelliving

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International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC) | http://bit.ly/MINA2020IMSC - New conference & screening dates: 17-19 January 2020 | Call for submission open till 30 September 2019
by Max Schleser 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC) [1]http://bit.ly/MINA2020IMSC New conference & screening dates: 17-19 January 2020 Call for submission open till 30 September 2019 Venue: New International Conference Centre & New Auditorium University of Nottingham Ningbo China Link: [2]https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/confere nce/international-mobile-storytelling-congress.aspx The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), the Mobile Innovation Network & Association (MINA) and Mobile Studies International (MSI) collaborate to initiate an event for the world of mobile storytellers: International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Consisting of workshops, a conference, and a smartphone film festival, the congress aims to promote mobile storytelling for effective communication in different areas ranging from community and civic engagement to new forms of storytelling, creativity and developments towards story making (Schleser and Berry 2018) and/or story-living (Google New Lab 2017). To be held on 17-19 January 2020 in Ningbo, China, IMSC focuses mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking, mobile innovation and mobile creativity. IMSC provides a forum for practitioners and scholars to showcase projects and discuss changes, challenges and chances of mobile storytelling. This call is interested in storytelling and its broad application in the digital world. We see narrative and non-narrative methods as innovation sandboxes to illuminate community engagement and creative transformation(s). We aim for a combination of theoretical and creative practice research explorations responding to and interacting with the opportunities and potential of emerging media and screen production. Presentations and showcases can include work-in-progress, project presentations, academic papers and conceptual provocations or pose questions at the intersection of storytelling and screen production. We welcome proposals for workshops to run in conjunction with the International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Paper & project abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed. We accept video presentations but require presenters to join a Q&A session via Adobe Connect. Selected academic papers will be published as a volume (with the tentative title of Advances in Mobile Storytelling: Research and Practice co-edited by Schleser and Xu) of a book series of IGI Global while selected projects will be showcased by the 8th Mobile Innovation and Mobile Creativity Symposium and the 9th International Mobile, Pocket and Smartphone Film Screening & Festival. Abstract for Research Papers, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or Showcase Submission Deadline: 30 September 2019 Please submit your academic paper abstracts (in APA style, at least 350 words are expected and a short biographical note 250 words) We will inform you of the selection results by 1 November 2019 Submit via [3]https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imsc2020 For further information regarding the Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film & Cinematic VR, Research Paper, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or Showcase, please contact Dr Max Schleser via mschleser(a)swin.edu.au | For further information regarding the academic papers, please contact Dr Xiaoge Xu via xiaoge.xu(a)nottingham.edu.cn Mobile Innovation Network and Association | Mobile Studies International | University of Nottingham Ningbo China | The Centre for Transformative Media Technologies References 1. https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/mLjVBQULK7g/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http:… 2. https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/9YyEJQnhf6k/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https… 3. https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/mRL3qsxaDoM/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https…

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