Si sta avvicinando la scadenza (14 gennaio 2011) per questo interessante workshop:

CHI 2011 WORKSHOP – BRAIN AND BODY INTERFACES: DESIGNING FOR MEANINGFUL INTERACTION

Ulteriori dettagli sulla call li trovare all’indirizzo: http://brainandbody.physiologicalcomputing.net/

La scadenza è il 13 dicembre… ci si potrebbe far eun pensierino

Se avete tempo di provarci:

3rd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2010)
November 8, 2010
co-located with ISWC 2010 Shanghai (China)

Paper submission: August 27, 2010

http://sdow.semanticweb.org/2010/

Per chi volesse affilare le armi prima di gettarsi nella mischia dell’Impact Factor, segnalo questo simposio, organizzato dalla LIHE (International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education – http://lihe.wordpress.com/):
LIHE – Writing for Journal Publication (ulteriori informazioni qui)

Ma là le cose vanno avanti, ed anche bene.

Tanto che è stata aperta un post-doc.

Per chi fosse interessato, riporto qui sotto l’invito:

Post-doc position available at the Laboratoire de cyberpychologie de l’UQO for an upcoming project on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and virtual reality (VR). The project will involve mostly the prevention and treatment of PTSD among military personnel using VR, but other research interests will also be studied, such as presence and applications of VR to other anxiety disorders.

The Laboratoire de cyberpychologie de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais is a unique research and CBT-training centre. Located in the city Gatineau (in the province of Québec, just across the rive from Cadana’s capital Ottawa), it is largely funded by the Canada Research Chairs, SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR, CFI and many other provincial and private organizations. Researchers have at their disposal the infrastructure to conduct clinical and experimental research using cutting edge technology, such as a fully immersive room, high end VR head-mounted display and wireless psychophysiological devices. Virtual environments are developed in the lab by a team of 3D artists and computer engineers. Trained CBT therapists can deliver therapy and use virtual reality whenever if is appropriate for their patients. The research team is dynamic and multidisciplinary. More detailed information about the lab, its member and their research projects is available at http://w3.uqo.ca/cyberpsy.

The ideal candidate would have experience in PTSD and / or VR and would have excellent writing skills in English, but other backgrounds and skills will be considered.

Sul sito, dovrestre trovare tutte le informazioni utili per la candidatura.

Link

USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES FOR NEXT GENERATION USER INTERFACES

• Special issue editors: Orit Shaer (Wellesley College), Robert J.K. Jacob (Tufts University),Mark Green (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) and Kris Luyten (Hasselt University)
• Contact oshaer@wellesley.edu
• Deadline for Submissions: 7 November 2008
• Additional information: http://tochi.acm.org/si/uidl.shtml

In the last decade, new classes of devices for accessing information have emerged along with increased connectivity. In parallel to the proliferation of these devices, new interaction styles have been explored. Among these new styles are virtual reality, mixed reality, 3D interaction, tangible user interfaces, context-aware interfaces and recognition- based interfaces. As a result of this increasing diversity of devices and interaction styles, developers of next-generation interfaces experience difficulties such as the lack of appropriate interaction abstractions, the need to create different design variations of a single user interface and the integration of novel hardware. As part of the user interface software research community effort to address these difficulties, the concept of a User Interface Description Language (UIDL), which has its foundations in user interface management systems and model-based authoring, has reemerged as a promising approach. UIDLs allow user interface designers to specify a user interface, using high- level constructs, which abstract away implementation details. UIDL specifications can then be automatically or semi automatically converted into concrete user interfaces or user interface implementations. Several UIDLs, mostly using XML as the general language, have been developed in recent years in order to simplify the development of next generation interfaces. However, many questions regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of UIDLs for next generation user interfaces remain open.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to User Interface Description Languages for Next Generation User Interfaces. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include:

• Requirements for supporting the design and implementation of next generation user interfaces.
• Characteristics and comparison of interaction styles.
• Models for specifying the structure and behavior of next generation interfaces.
• Architectural frameworks for emerging interaction styles.
• Lessons learned from developing, evaluating and using particular UIDLs.

Further information, including TOCHI’s submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.acm.org/tochi/.

Submissions are to be made through the ACM online manuscript system at:
http://acm.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi/.

Important Dates:

Deadline for authors to submit full papers: 7 November 2008
Deadline for reviewers to submit comments: 20 December 2008
Notification to authors: 25 January 2009
Deadlines for submission of revised version: 2 March 2009

Per dettagli: http://www.cnr.it/cnr/events/CnrEventi?IDn=1673

Siamo in anticipo, lo so… Ma si tratta di una 1st call, e visto il tema ("multimodal interaction") direi che è ora di iniziare a lavorarci.

Ora tocca rimetterci mano, seguendo i consigli/commenti dei revisori. Sono stati benevoli e ricchi di consigli, quindi mi aspetta un compito divertente

La scusa è provare a proporre stimoli costruttivi dal basso, nel contesto italiano della rete, al fine di sfruttare in modo più utile e valido internet per la produzione, gestione e divulgazione di conoscenza scientifica e l’inevitabile entrata del mondo accademico nella Società della Conoscenza, considerando l’importanza della ricerca scientifica e tecnologica, e la sua capacità di condizionare con grande velocità la società e la vita quotidiana.

Come dice Gian:

“Soggetti attivi nella rete si incontrano, in modo nuovo, per riflettere sulle sfide che internet lancia alla divulgazione scientifica, la produzione di conoscenza e l’Open Culture nel mondo accademico.”

Ci saranno 14 persone in gamba, con un sacco di cose da dire, oltre al mio intervento:

1. David Orban – Open democracy and Open Research
2. Leandro Agrò – Dal blogroll all’idearoll
3. Massimo Menichinelli – Open Culture -> Open Systems Culture
4. Paolo Massa – Stato dell’arte dei Scientific Network
5. Matteo Brunati – Piattaforma semantic mediawiki e semantic web
6. Bonaria Biancu – L’accesso aperto e l’università
7. Federico Fasce – Blogger d’assalto e divulgazione scientifica
8. Alberto D’Ottavi –
9. Paolo Guglielmoni – Cultura come Virus
10. Andrea Benassi –
11. Matteo Cantamesse – Network informali e ricerca scientifica: dogma shifting?
12. Federico Bo – Ipotesi per un’Università 2.0
13. Francesca Valsecchi – Condivisione della conoscenza come competenza progettuale
14. Tommaso Dorigo – Fare divulgazione scientifica con un blog: opportunita’ e limiti (video)
15. Luca Comello – Leonardo Emergente (video)

L’evento si terrà  17 MAGGIO 2008, dalle 9.30 alle 17.00, alla SCUOLA POLITECNICA DI DESIGN in Via Ventura, 15 – 20134 MILANO [Mappa]

Per info e contatti: http://scinet.bzaar.net/contatti/

EDIT: Su richiesta di Gian, aggiorno il nome ed l’url, rispettivamente Sci(bzaar)net e http://sci.bzaar.net/

http://www.pwdocs.com/secondskin/