First Announcement and Call for Papers
1st IFIP
Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS-2008)
"New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing"
(IFIP
2008, Track on Computer Games and Entertainment)
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Hold in conjunction with
20th September 7-10, 2008,
Milano, IT Symposium Co-Chairs: Paolo Ciancarini, IT Ryohei Nakatsu, JP Marco Roccetti, IT Program Co-Chairs: Lyn Pemberton, UK Matthias Rauterberg, NL Jaap van den Herik, NL Program Committee: (to be confirmed) Christoph Bartneck, NL Brad Bushman, US Marc Cavazza, UK Adrian Cheok, SG Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, DE Sidney Fels, CA Nahum Gershon, US Jan Klabbers, NL David Obrazalek, CZ Zhigeng Pan, CN Claudio Pinhanez, US Andy Sloane,
UK Bill Swartout, US Naoko Tosa, JP Gino Yu, HK M. Gerla (USA) N. Lee (USA) M. Merabti (.UK) A. El Rhalibi (UK) H. Yu (JP) |
Scope and Topics New challenges in entertainment computing are coming up and need some attention to be discussed. One of the booming areas is gaming on PC and other dedicated hardware, entertainment robots are available, virtual and second life is very attractive to millions of people. How can and should these products be designed to the benefits of different cultural regions on earth? There are many disciplines involved in contributing to these challenges: from computer science to social science. Often these disciplines have their own field of focus, have their own conferences, or only deal with specialized sub-problems. The 1st
IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium attempts to bring the
various fields together and explore boundaries and new frontiers. This
symposium will be a single track, highly selective set of presentations and
discussions of visionary concepts, advanced technology, and top selling
products. Topics The symposium will include,
but is not limited to, the following topics: 1) serious gaming (e.g. what
is this all about) 2) entertainment in
aeronautics (e.g. gaming without gravity) 3) violent and adult gaming
(e.g. cultural barriers and business) 4) cultural computing (e.g.
how to address cultural developments) 5) entertainment beyond
gaming (e.g. next generation of products) 6) interactive TeleVision
(e.g. ambient entertainment) Paper submission Papers presenting original
research in conference topics are being sought. A full paper (8 to 10 pages)
or short paper (4 pages) written in English should be sent by 31 January 2008 (deadline extended).
Proceedings of IFIP ECS 2008
will be published by Springer Science and Business Media (SSBM). More information can
be found in due course at http://www.wcc2008.org. Acceptance will be based on
quality, relevance and originality of the work. Authors will be notified of
acceptance or rejection via e-mail by 10 March 2008. Full versions of
accepted papers (camera-ready) must be written in English, and will be due by
7 April 2008. |
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Submission via: IMPORTANT DATES Deadline: 21 January 2008 Notification: 10 March 2008 Camera Ready: 7 April 2008 |
Organized by IFIP Technical Committee 14 "Entertainment Computing" |