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8th Annual International Conference on Sociology, 5-8 May 2014, Athens, Greece

Description: The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 8th Annual International Conference on Sociology, 5-8 May 2013, Athens, Greece. The conference website is: http://www.atiner.gr/sociology.htm. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students from all areas of Sociology, Social Work and other related fields. Theoretical and empirical research papers will be considered. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number ...

7th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 14-17 April 2014, Athens, Greece

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2nd Conference on Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems, SysTol'13

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VIII Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and XI Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications

Description: Back in 1992 the first Iberoamerican Optics Meeting (Reunión Iberoamericana de Óptica - Reunião Iberoamericana de Óptica, RIAO) successfully took place in Spain. Along the years organized together with the Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications (Encuentro Latinoamericano de Óptica, Láseres y sus Aplicaciones, OPTILAS) the RIAO/OPTILAS meeting have steadily grown establishing it self as the major scientific meeting in optics and photonics in Iberoamerica. It as been a privileged forum for friendly intense committed discussions and sharing of ideas and experiences in the field of optics and photonics and the establishment of so many sound and long lasting ...

Seventh IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science

Description: CFP RCIS 2013 - Seventh IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science Invitation: (Apologies for multiple postings.) Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to RCIS 2013. The submission deadline is January 27, 2013. Additional call for papers (e.g. the call for posters and demos, tutorials, doctoral consortium papers) will be posted in this website : http://rcis-conf.com/rcis2013/calls.php ===================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS RCIS 2013 Seventh IEEE International Conference on RESEARCH CHALLENGES in INFORMATION SCIENCE *** Date and Location: 29-31 May, 2013, Paris, FRANCE http://rcis-conf.com/ ====================================================== ...

128th Convention of the Modern Language Association

Description: American Name Society Panel at the Modern Languages Association Annual Meeting January 3-6, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts (USA) In conjunction with the M.L.A., the American Name Society is pleased to announce its second call for critical papers on literary onomastics (the study of names and naming in literature). From character names, place names, author names, and literary pseudonyms, to the names of literary works themselves (e.g. novels, novellas, plays, poetry, autobiographies, etc.), paper proposals dealing with names of any and all types are warmly welcomed. Furthermore, as we are committed to representing the international diversity of modern literary onomastics, the call ...

Keywords: literature, onomastics, naming/names

9th Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation

Description: We are pleased to announce the ninth Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation VRIPHYS 2012. VRIPHYS is one of the well-established international conferences in the field of computer animation and virtual reality. The workshop provides an opportunity for researches in virtual reality and computer animation to present and discuss their latest results and to share ideas for potential directions of future research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: animation, e. g. physically-based, vision-based, knowledge-based and geometric approaches virtual and augmented reality planning, learning, optimization for animation interfaces for creating and editing animations perception in animation ...

Keywords: virtual reality, interaction, physical simulation, computer animation

The 9th International Conference on Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence

Description: The aim of the MDAI conference series is to provide a forum for researchers to discuss models for decision and information fusion (aggregation operators) and their applications to AI. In MDAI 2012, we encourage the submission of papers on decision making, information fusion, social networks, data mining, and related topics. Applications to privacy technologies as well as real world problems are welcome. MDAI 2012 is the 9th MDAI conference. Previous conferences were celebrated in Barcelona (2004), Tsukuba (2005), Tarragona (2006), Kitakyushu (2007), Sabadell (2008), Awaji Island (2009), Perpinyà (2010), and Changsha (2011). MDAI is rated as a CORE B conference ...

Keywords: artificial intelligence, decision modeling, aggregation operators

The Eleventh International Symposium on Comparative Literature November 13th-15th, 2012 Creativity and Revolution

Description: <p>Seeks to explore various aspects of interaction between creativity and revolution and welcomes proposals for theoretical and analytical studies on the role of creativity in generating the dynamic relation between creativity and revolution</p> Organized by: Department of English Language and Literature, Cairo University <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 30 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+The+Eleventh+International+Symposium+on+Comparative+Literature+November+13th-15th%2C+2012+Creativity+and+Revolution&amp;dates=20120330%2F20120331&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1s3h08&amp;location=Cairo%2C+Egypt&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://edcu.edu.eg/symposium-2012.php">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: language, literature, creativity, comparative, revolution

ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2012

Description: The field of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces is rapidly evolving. Hardware prices are falling, core sensing technology is improving, software toolkits are maturing, and interaction paradigms are slowly beginning to solidify. As a result, interactive tabletops and surfaces are increasingly making their way beyond laboratories and appearing in a wide variety of private and public spaces including museums, offices, schools, airports, hotels, medical centers, and homes. Such surfaces employ a variety of technologies (capacitive sensing, computer vision, motion sensors, etc.) and appear in varied form-factors (large walls and tabletops, tablets and slates, flexible materials, on-demand projection, etc.). The ACM conference ...

Keywords: hci, interaction, surfaces, tabletop

Multimodal Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human Computer Interaction

Description: ======================================================================= Call for Papers ICPR 2012 Satellite Workshop on Multimodal Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human Computer Interaction http://neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de/MPRSS2012 The 1st International Workshop on Multimodal pattern recognition of social signals in human computer interaction (MPRSS 2012) will be held at November 11th, 2012 in Tsukuba, Japan as a satellite event of the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012). Important dates =============== June 15, 2012 Submission deadline August 1, 2012 Notification of acceptance December 1, 2012 Camera ready version for Springer proceedings November 11, 2012 Workshop Motivation and workshop topics ============================== Building intelligent artificial companions capable to interact ...

Keywords: human machine interaction, social signal processing, pattern recognition

The 11th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

Description: ============================================================================== ISMAR 2012 Call for Participation The 11th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Nov 5 - 8, 2012, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA http://ismar.vgtc.org/ ============================================================================== The fields of Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) seek to interactively mix virtual media with a person’s perception of the physical world around them. Whether interactively combining physical and virtual objects and environments in 3D, or reacting to location or other aspects of a users context, these paradigms enable fascinating new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on industry and society. This year we are proud ...

Keywords: computer graphics, visualization, Human Computer Interaction

W-ETE-2012 (THE WISDOM IN THE EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES ERA)

Description: <p>in the Emergent Technologies Era, we need, even before even the defining, to establish which of the following questions is appropriate when debating / researching on the nature of the wisdom:- Re-defining the wisdom?-Re-thinking the wisdom?</p> Organized by: Romanian Society for Philosophy, Engineering and Technoethics & JDV Centre for Science-Religion Studies <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 31 December 2011 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.pheade.ro/2012">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: technologies, emergent, era, w, anthropology, wisdom, ete

Call For Papers: International Conference on Social Robotics

Description: International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2012) Call For Papers - 1st Call 29-30 October 2012 Chengdu, China Official Web Page: www.icsoro.org Enquiries: icsr.conference@gmail.com ------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES Invited Session Proposal Submission: 1 April 2012 Regular/Invited Paper Submission: 1 May 2012 Demonstration Proposal Submission: 6 June 2012 Notification of Paper Acceptance: 15 July 2012 Final Manuscript Submission: 15 August 2012 Registration, Social Tour and Reception Party: 28 October 2012 Conference: 29-30 October 2012 ------------------------------ ICSR2012 Theme: Wellness The International Conference on Social Robotics brings researchers and practitioners together to report and discuss the latest progress in the field of social robotics. ...

Keywords: human robot interaction, exoskeletons, social robot, robotics

Beatles as Literature

Description: <p>Ever pondered Ringo's existential torpor? The gender politics of Girl? The Beatles as Literature welcomes original takes on the Beatles' music, and/or myth from the psychological to the political, supernatural and historical.</p> Organized by: PAMLA <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 22 April 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Beatles+as+Literature&amp;dates=20120422%2F20120423&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1ssasi&amp;location=Seattle%2C+Wa%2C+United+States&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.pamla.org/2012/guidelines-and-procedures">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: literature, anthropology, beatles

ETHOS/ PATHOS/ LOGOS The Sense and Place of Persuasiveness in Linguistic, Literary and Philosophical Discourse

Description: <p>The aim of the symposium is to investigate how the construction of ethos, pathos and logos are expressed, both in public forms of address (e.g. political discourses) and literary texts pertaining to different generic conventions.</p> Organized by: University of Ploiesti <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 15 April 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+ETHOS%2F+PATHOS%2F+LOGOS+The+Sense+and+Place+of+Persuasiveness+in+Linguistic%2C+Literary+and+Philosophical+Discourse&amp;dates=20120415%2F20120416&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1sa3x8&amp;location=Ploiesti%2C+Prahova%2C+Romania&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://conferenceupg.blogspot.com">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: discourse, linguistic, sense, place, philosophical, logos, anthropology, literary, ethos, pathos, persuasiveness

Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Description: AutomotiveUI, the International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, is the premier forum for UI research in the automotive domain. AutomotiveUI brings together researchers and practitioners interested in both the technical and the human aspects of in-vehicle user interfaces and applications. AutomotiveUI’12 will investigate novel in-vehicle services, issues related to driver distraction, approaches to improving driver performance, and the varying needs of different user groups. Additionally, AutomotiveUI’12 will explore the relationship between these topics and automotive user interface standards. In-car interactive technology is becoming ubiquitous and cars are increasingly connected to the outside world. Drivers and passengers ...

Keywords: automotive, hci, interaction

Politics of Erasure. Memory, Representation, Tyranny and Ethos.

Description: <p> The conference offers an opportunity for scholars, art and art history students, artists and curators to meet and exchange ideas on contemporary intentional erasure strategies in art.</p> Organized by: University of Wroclaw <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 30 June 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Politics+of+Erasure.+Memory%2C+Representation%2C+Tyranny+and+Ethos.&amp;dates=20120630%2F20120631&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1sxmxi&amp;location=Wroclaw%2C+Poland&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://opposite.uni.wroc.pl/aktualnosci.htm">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: representation, memory, history, art, erasure, tyranny, ethos

10th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation

Description: 10th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '12) October 8–10, 2012 Hollywood, CA Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS Important Dates ■Complete paper submissions due: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 9:00 p.m. PDT ■Notification of acceptance: Friday, July 20, 2012 ■Final papers due: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 ■Posters due: TBA Symposium Organizers Program Co-Chairs Chandu Thekkath, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Amin Vahdat, Google and University of California, San Diego Program Committee Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin—Madison Mike Dahlin, University of Texas, Austin Jason Flinn, University of Michigan Steve Gribble, University of Washington Tim Harris, Microsoft Research ...

Keywords: operating systems

International Conference Interaccion 2012

Description: Interacción 2012 is the 13th edition of the International Conference promoted by the Spanish Asociación para la Interacción Persona-Ordenador (AIPO), whose main objective is to promote and disseminate the recent advances in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. This conference will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas on design and application of techniques and methodologies with a multidisciplinary approach. TOPICS OF INTEREST - Accessibility - Adaptability - Fine Arts and Interaction - Digital Libraries and e-Books - E-Commerce and Interaction - Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing - Collaborative Systems (CSCW/CSCL) - Model-Based Interface Development - Interaction Devices - Ergonomics ...

Keywords: multimedia, cscw, human-computer interaction, usability