Creativity & Cognition

[CFP] The Fifth Asia Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference

2009-07-12T01:49:00.000-07:00

http://ia-cap.org/ap-cap09/index.php

CALL FOR PAPERS
http://ia-cap.org/ap-cap09/cfp_apcap_2009.pdf

Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy 2009 will be
held on October 1st-2nd, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The
conference will be hosted at the University of Tokyo's
Sanjo Conference Hall. Keynotes speeches will be given
by Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University) and
Professor Shinsuke Shimojo (Caltech). This year APCAP
2009 will be held in conjunction with the Devices
that Alter Perception workshop, which will form a special
track.
The conference invites papers from philosophy, computer
science, robotics, and media arts. Practitioners of these
and related fields like artificial intelligence, ethics,
human-computer interaction, and society-technology
studies will debate and demonstrate new research. The
conference will foster a scholarly dialogue between
designers and critics of computing systems.

TIMELINE
• July 15th, 2009: Deadline for abstract submission
• August 15th, 2009: Abstract acceptance notification
• September 1st, 2009: Early registration deadline
• September 15th, 2009: Camera-ready papers due
• September 21st, Papers available online
• October 1st-2nd, 2009: AP-CAP 2009 Conference

CONFERENCE FORMAT
The conference will consist of parallel tracks spanning a
number of topics of relevance to both computing and
philosophy. Abstracts should be written specifically with
one of the conference’s eight tracks in mind. Abstract
reviews will be double-blind (both for authors and
reviewers).

ONLINE MATERIALS
The call for papers, information for attendees, Word and
LaTeX templates, online paper submission form and
registration are all hosted at:
http://ia-cap.org/ap-cap09/
Following acceptance, papers will be made available
online for commentary and also public voting in order to
award the AP-CAP 2009 best paper prize.

SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract limited
to 1,000 words. The deadline for abstract submission will
be July 15th, 2009 at 23:59 GMT. At submission time,
authors should indicate a track for abstract consideration.
Camera-ready papers are due on September 15th and
should be A4 paper size and less than 10 pages and under
2 megabytes in size.

[CFP] Interact 09 workshop : Touch Affordance

2009-05-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.touchaffordances.org/?page_id=11

Call for papers!

By Dries

Interfaces involving touch-based interactions (e.g. (multi)touch screens, NFC/RFID, ubiquitous interfaces) require very simple user actions. However, such interfaces often are unfamiliar to users and therefore do not trigger correct interactions. This leads to the question of how to design simple, intuitive touch-based interfaces. In most cases the interaction is made clear by adding (graphic) signage. However, in this workshop, the concept of touch affordances will be approached from a broader perspective.

The goals of this workshop are to:
• start up a community around this topic
• create a common understanding of touch affordances
• generate new research ideas

The creative, generative workshop will have four sessions:
1. Keynote presentation and wrap-up of position papers
2. Introduction to creative part of the workshop and a brainstorm exercise.
3. Group exercise: developing low-fi touch affordance prototypes
4. Prototype testing

Anyone interested in touch-based interfaces and interaction is invited to participate. Participants are asked to submit a position paper (about 4 pages) about their work or vision related to the field of touch affordances. Examples of relevant issues are:
• Methods to communicate touch-based interaction in an intuitive, implicit way
• Success stories of intuitive touch interfaces
• The value of “touch” with regard to user perception
• The impact of a touch-related interface on user experience

[CFP] CHI2010

2009-04-30T02:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.chi2010.org/authors/index.html

CHI 2010 Call for Participation
The Human-Computer Interaction Archive
Submit by September 17, 2009, 5pm PDT
Papers and Notes (archival format, 10 pages maximum for papers, 4 pages maximum for Notes)

The CHI 2010 Papers and Notes program committee will consist of subcommittees that each focus on a subset of topics in human-computer interaction. As an author, you decide which subcommittee reviews your paper. Choose the subcommittee that your believe offers the appropriate audience to review your research. You also will specify a contribution type that guides how the paper should be evaluated by reviewers. Authors should carefully assess the subcommittees and other changes described in the Papers and Notes Call for Participation. Ask any clarifying questions well ahead of the deadline.

Contemporary Trends
Contemporary Trends provoke, intrigue, and inspire the CHI audience. These submissions record the history of HCI practice and innovation outside of the scope of traditional archival papers.

Submit by July 17, 2009
Courses
Workshops (Organizers)

Submit by October 9, 2009
NEW! Media Showcase (Video trailer and demonstration supplement)
Doctoral Consortium
Panels

Submit by early January, 2010 (exact date TBD)
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Work-in-Progress
alt.chi

Competitions
Competitions provide students with an opportunity to work on challenging problems, to exchange ideas, and to compete for awards that provide recognition of excellence.

Submit by Early January (exact date TBD), 2010
Student Research Competition
Student Design Competition

CHI Madness
Recent CHI conferences have a short opening session each day with 30-second synopses of all Papers/Notes and Case Studies that will be presented that day. This session is known as CHI Madness. The CHI Madness Guide for next year's

[CFP]IJART Special Issue on: "Creativity and Interdisciplinarity – a Discursive Tension?"

2009-04-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1159

International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART)

Call For papers

Special Issue on: "Creativity and Interdisciplinarity – a Discursive Tension?"

Guest Editors:
Dr Sophia Lycouris, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Dr Mark Wright, University of Edinburgh, UK
on behalf of Research Group CIRCLE (www.eca.ac.uk/circle)

Interdisciplinarity and creativity are the buzz words of the moment. However, these terms are often employed without consideration for their complementary value. The policy agendas that drive current developments in research are often instrumentalist, conflating creativity with innovation and interdisciplinarity with novel epistemologies. Such research often engages new technologies, with a consequent emphasis on novelty for its own sake. Related research debates are interestingly and inevitably manifesting as a result of the accelerated interactions within and between disciplines. This special issue invites contributions which explore relationships between interdisciplinary research methodologies and creative practices informed by various forms of technology, both old and new.

Subject Coverage

Responses are sought to questions which include, but are not limited to:

If 'interdisciplinarity' is in itself a modality of research, rather than a set of defined methodologies, then what are the implications of such a context for the final outcome of research?
How do we apply interdisciplinary methodologies to specialist knowledge without inappropriately transplanting concepts from one discipline to another?
What are the implications of 'interdisciplinarity' for research relying on a sophisticated structuring of elements that originate in different disciplinary fields, far beyond the basic processes of assembling, arranging or collecting such elements?
Does an emphasis on rhizomic connections, linkages, overlaps and crossovers and lateral thinking (outside the box) inevitably lead to novel and creative apprehension? What are the forms and value of such novelty and creativity?
There is significant anxiety concerning the translation of interdisciplinary methods into ways of working, how to establish productive relationships and applications amongst familiar elements and the exploration of unfamiliar terrains. How do we evaluate what works and what does not? How do we deal with the gaps between disciplines - do we attempt to build bridges or exploit the consequent tensions?
Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

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

Deadline for abstracts (optional): 1 June, 2009

Deadline for full paper submission: 25 June, 2009

Review results returned to authors: 20 September, 2009

Deadline for camera-ready papers: 1 October, 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:

Dr Sophia Lycouris
Research Group CIRCLE
Edinburgh College of Art
Graduate Research School
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh EH3 9DF
UK
Tel: +44-131-2216291
E-mail: s.lycouris@eca.ac.uk

Dr Mark Wright
Research Group CIRCLE
University of Edinburgh
School of Informatics
Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh EH8 9AB
UK
Tel: +44-7708497570
E-mail: mark.wright@ed.ac.uk

(please Cc the email to: Inderscience Editorial Office, E-mail: editorial@inderscience.com)

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor

[CFP] CSCW 2010

2009-03-31T05:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.cscw2010.org/papersnotes.php

Papers & Notes
Deadlines
June 1st, 2009, 5pm PDT: Submissions due
July 17th, 2009: Author response
July 31st, 2009: Notification of acceptance
TBA: Camera ready versions of accepted papers and copyright release forms due
Submissions and Reviewing: https://precisionconference.com/~sigchi/

(See also Guide to Successful Submissions)

CSCW is an international and interdisciplinary conference that has a special focus on how technology intersects with social practices. We invite submissions that detail existing sociotechnical practices, and/or inform the design or deployment of collaborative systems. The purview of CSCW includes, but is not limited to, technologically enhanced collaboration, cooperation, and communication. It includes socio-technical activities at work, in the home, in education, in medicine, in the arts, for socializing and for entertainment. Potential areas of interest for stimulating new ways of thinking about, studying or supporting shared activities include:

Emerging trends – studies of, or new designs for: virtual worlds, collaborative information seeking, social networking, online gaming, collaborative and collective intelligence, information management, collaboration and creativity, etc.
Critical analyses – analyses of current trends in collaborative and/or social applications.
Crossing boundaries - studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, cultures, generations, etc. to help better understand how to collaborate across social boundaries.
Novel designs & prototypes - descriptions of the design and architecture of new collaborative systems.
Theories & models - critical analysis or organizing theory with clear relevance to the design or study of collaborative systems.
Empirical investigations - findings, guidelines, ethnographic descriptions based on studies of current technologies, current practices or use of existing communication, collaboration and social networking technologies.
Methodologies & tools – mixed or new methods, approaches and tools applied to studying or building collaborative systems.
System design - architectures, interaction design, technical foundations, toolkits, etc. that enable building new collaborative systems.
Research that advances our understanding of web2.0/social computing from a theoretical, empirical or design perspective.
Papers and Notes should detail research contributions to knowledge in the field of CSCW – that is, research into communication or collaboration technologies and how such technologies mediate people’s social activities. Papers and Notes will be presented at the CSCW conference and will be included in the conference Proceedings and as archival works in the ACM Digital Library.

Papers and Notes should present original, unpublished research; in accordance with ACM policy, CSCW does not accept submissions that have been published previously in refereed or formally reviewed publications or currently under consideration for such publication.

Papers (10 pgs.) and Notes (4 pgs.) will be reviewed by the same committee of reviewers and will go through the same review process. Authors should choose the type of submission that better fits the scope and contribution of their work. Guidelines for deciding whether a Paper and Note is the most appropriate for your submission are described below.

All Papers and Notes should relate the presented work to previous research or experience, highlight which aspects of the work are novel, and make clear the most significant contribution(s). Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, quality of research, quality of writing, and contribution to conference program diversity. The different length of Papers (10 pages) and Notes (4 pages) allows authors to choose an appropriate submission based on the amount of contribution or scope of the work. Submissions will be evaluated according to the submission type (Paper or Note) selected by the author - there will be no mechanism for re-considering a submitted Paper as a shorter Note. We recommend that submitters consider carefully whether their work in its current state is more appropriate for a Paper or a Note.

Papers Notes
A Paper must break new ground and provide complete and substantial support for its results and conclusions as a significant contribution to the field. Successful submissions typically represent a major advance for the field of CSCW. A Note must report new results and provide support for the results as a contribution to the field. Compared to Papers, Notes may offer a more limited discussion of related work, or they may provide a novel design without a full blown evaluation or less exhaustive explanation of implementation detail. While Notes are held to the same standard of scientific quality as Papers, the scope and scale of the contribution is more focused and succinct than Papers.
Papers must be no longer than 10 pages, including the abstract, all figures and references, and must be formatted according to the detailed submission instructions found here. Notes must be no longer than 4 pages, including the abstract, all figures, and references, and must be formatted according to the detailed submission instructions found here.
Any questions about submitting a Paper or a Note should be directed to papers-notes@cscw2010.org.

Papers and Notes will be reviewed “as is”, on the basis of the submission. However there will be an author response process where the primary contact author will have access to the reviews of the submission and can respond with clarifications and reactions to the reviews before the final accept/reject decision is made. Submitters should plan to be able to access the PCS system during this “rebuttal” period, and should allocate time to formulate a thoughtful response. Papers and Notes will be accepted or rejected on the basis of reviews and author responses - the schedule does not allow time for authors to make substantive revisions to submissions.

Papers and Notes are subjected to a blind review process: the submitted copy should have all authors’ names and affiliations removed, and should avoid any obvious identifying features. While authors should leave citations to their own relevant work unanonymized, they should reference it in a way that doesn’t readily identify them as the authors. For example use “Prior work by [ref]” instead of “In our prior work.”

Papers and Notes must include an abstract of no more than 100 words. Authors who are submitting Papers or Notes are also encouraged to consider submitting videos that illustrate their work, either as a short video figure (judged as part of your submission) or as a standalone longer video (that you should submit as an independent video submission). The video figure must be no more than two minutes in length and 30MB in size. Good quality video figures will appear in the Video Proceedings. Please refer to the Call for Videos for details on Full Videos and how to produce videos of acceptable quality.

CSCW 2010 Papers and Notes submissions must be received by 5pm PDT June 1st, 2009. Submissions received after this deadline will not be considered. Submissions must be uploaded online at the ACM SIGCHI conference site: https://precisionconference.com/~sigchi/

Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All submitted materials for rejected work will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted Papers and Notes will be kept confidential until the date of the conference with the exception of the paper’s title, authors and abstract which will be used as part of the advanced program description. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication, and should cite no publications that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication.

Final versions of accepted Papers and Notes and copyright release forms must be formatted according to the detailed instructions.

CSCW 2010 will continue the “Best of CSCW” awards program. This program will run in accordance with SIGCHI guidelines. After first review, papers or notes of a suitable standard will be nominated for secondary review in order to award “Honorable Mention” and “Best” status to outstanding submissions. Approximately 5% of submissions may be nominated for best Paper or Note and 1% of total submissions are awarded “Best of CSCW” status.

Papers & Notes Co-Chairs
Steve Whittaker
University of Sheffield

Elizabeth F. Churchill
Yahoo! Research

papers-notes@cscw2010.org

[CFP] AI EDAM Special Issues on Creativity

2009-03-19T02:00:00.000-07:00

http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/SpecialIssues/Maher-Kim-Bonnardel.html

AIEDAM Special Issue, Spring 2010, Vol. 24, No. 2
Creativity: Simulation, Stimulation and Studies
Edited by: Mary Lou Maher, Yong Se Kim & Nathalie Bonnardel

This special issue of AIEDAM will be devoted to papers concerned with Creativity.

Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing rely on creative thought to produce new and exciting products in new and exciting ways. The study of creativity provides many opportunities for interdisciplary research between Engineering, Cognitive Science and Computer Science. This special issue aims to capture a snapshot of some of the best work in this intersection of areas.

For this issue, while papers with normal AI content are desired, we will broaden the scope to also include papers that explicitly discuss creative thinking, types of reasoning, and explicit use of knowledge. We are interested in papers about creative results, creative processes, or both.

Suitable topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

Computational models, techniques, or systems for simulating individual or team creativity in engineering (e.g., creative design);
Computational models, techniques or systems for simulating influences on creativity in society;
Computational techniques, systems or environments for stimulating individual or team creativity in engineering;
Models of creative reasoning;
Studies of creative reasoning;
Techniques for evaluating products and processes for decisions about creativity.
The special issue will include an invited paper by Professor Gerard J. Puccio, Chair of the International Center for Studies in Creativity.

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by at least three reviewers. The selection for publication would be made on the basis of these reviews.

Information about the format and style required for AIEDAM papers can be found at www.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/Instructions/.

However, note that all submissions for special issues go to the Guest Editors, and not to the Editor in Chief.

Important dates:
Intend to submit (Abstract & Title): As soon as possible
Submission deadline for full papers: 15 April 2009 ***
Reviews due: 15 June 2009
Notification and reviews to authors: 15 July 2009
Revised version submission deadline: 1 November 2009
Issue to publisher: 1 December 2009

Guest editors:
Please direct all enquiries and submissions to the guest editors:

Dr Mary Lou Maher
Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition
School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning
University of Sydney
NSW 2006, Australia.
Email: mary [at] arch.usyd.edu.au

Dr Yong Se Kim
Creative Design Institute
Sungkyunkwan University
Korea.
Email: yskim [at] skku.edu

Dr Nathalie Bonnardel
Department of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology
University of Provence
13621 Cedex Aix-en-Provence, France.
Email: Nathalie.Bonnardel [at] univ-provence.fr

[CFP] ACM Creativity & Cognition 2009

2009-02-18T09:14:00.000-08:00

http://www.creativityandcognition09.org/fullpapers.htm

FULL PAPERS

PROGRAM CHAIR
Mark Gross, USA mdgross@cmu.edu

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Ron Wakkary, Canada
Hilary Johnson, UK
Jack Ox, USA

CONFERENCE THEMES AND TOPICS
Authors should submit papers related to the main conference theme 'Everyday Creativity' and the suggested topics given below. The conference organizers hope that these threads will both inspire and shape submitter's presentations:

* Collective creativity and creative communities
* Shared languages and participatory creativity
* Incubating creativity and supporting Innovation
* DIY and folk creativity
* Democratising creativity
* New materials for creativity
* Enriching the collaborative experience

The creative experience broadly includes sensations, embodiment, emotions, perceptions, and behaviours. This is especially true in interacting with representations, materials and technologies that support and underpin individual and collaborative creativity. We welcome papers that consider both the nature of the materials and the experiential vision of creativity support tools as a medium for emotions, sociability and pleasure, as well as ethnographic field work, and first-hand accounts or investigations.

PRIZES
Two prizes are awarded for papers. One to the greatest technical/ scientific contribution and one to the most creative contribution. Prizes are generously provided by the Creativity and Cognition Studios.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
April 24, 2009

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Papers must be submitted via electronic submission system.
Papers should be a maximum of 10 pages in ACM SIGCHI two-column conference format.

THE CORRECT TEMPLATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS AVAILABLE AT: http://sigchi.org/chipubform/
Useful guidelines can be found at: http://www.chi2009.org/Authors/Guides.html
Please note that illustrations can be in color for the ACM Digital Library, but will be printed in black and white for the conference proceedings.

[CFP]IASDR 2009 - Seoul

2009-02-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.iasdr2009.org/m21.asp
Papers - Full papers (oral session) and Short papers (poster session)

Deadlines
Abstract deadline: February 28, 2009
Notification of abstract acceptance: March 31, 2009
Full paper deadline: June 1, 2009
Notification of full paper acceptance: August 1, 2009
Full paper submission deadline: September 1, 2009

There will be two categories for the paper submissions-one is an oral-session full paper category, and the other is a poster-session short paper category. When you submit your paper, you will be required to indicate either one of these options, and the reviewers will review the abstracts according to the selected option. However, if an abstract was submitted to the full paper category and if the abstract does not meet the criteria for the full paper quality, there is possibility to be suggested for considering poster presentations when that is judged to be the better option. The oral-session full paper category will have stronger rigor in the reviewing criteria comparing to the ones for the poster paper category. We will post more details of the review criteria and this distinction between full papers and poster papers on the web site near future.

The theme of IASDR 2009 is Rigor and Relevance in Design. Design has been evolved into a unique but highly influencing discipline in this rapidly changing society. But it has also struggled to find its own rigor and relevance as a disciplined field as its own. In this conference, we invite various perspectives and research outcomes that may address the issues of establishing our own rigor and relevance of design research and practice in the field of Design, as well as discussions and research activities related to all the important design subjects as follows:

Design Theories and Methodologies
Design Philosophy, Ethics, Values, and Issues
Design Education
Design Management and Strategy
Sustainability, Culture, History, and Society in Design
Human Behaviors, Perception, and Emotion
Semantics, Aesthetics and Experience in Design
Interaction and Interface Design
Design Tools and New Media
Universal Design/Inclusive Design
Design Creativity
Design Project Cases
Other Design-related Areas

In your submission of the abstract, you will be required to select one of these categories.

Abstracts for long papers (oral presentation): abstract max of 400 words
Abstracts for short papers (poster presentation): abstract max of 200 words

Creativity & Cognition 2009 Archive

2008-11-30T03:29:00.000-08:00

Creativity and Cognition Studio
home : http://www.creativityandcognition.com/
archive : http://www.creativityandcognition.com/content/view/140/133/

Slide decks - Second Life in Context / Responsive Environments for INteractive Arts
http://場.viveka.id.au/2008/09/04/slide-decks-second-life-in-context-responsive-environments-for-interactive-arts/

Creativity and Cognition Conference 2007
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/