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                !!!Deadline extended!!!
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                    CALL FOR PAPERS

           *** Interactive Storytelling'08 ***

          1st Joint International Conference on
            Interactive Digital Storytelling

          26-29 November 2008, Erfurt, Germany
           http://www.ai.fh-erfurt.de/ICIDS08

         NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 30, 2008
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*** The first joint conference of the two previous European conference
series:
- TIDSE ("Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling") and
- ICVS ("Virtual Storytelling -- Using Virtual Reality Technologies for
Storytelling")


*** SCOPE***

Interactive Digital Storytelling is a huge step forward in games and
learning. This can be seen through its ability to enrich virtual
characters with intelligent behaviour, to allow collaboration of humans
and machines in the creative process, and to combine narrative knowledge
and user activity in interactive artefacts. In order to create novel
applications, in which users play a significant role together with
digital characters and other autonomous elements, new concepts for
Human-Computer Interaction have to be developed. Knowledge for interface
design and technology has to be garnered and integrated.

Interactive Digital Storytelling involves concepts from many aspects of
Computer Science, above all from Artificial Intelligence, with topics
such as narrative intelligence, automatic dialogue- and drama
management, robotics and smart graphics. In order to process stories in
real time, traditional storytelling needs to be formalized into
computable models, by drawing from narratological studies, and by taking
into account the characteristics of programming. Consequently, due to
its technological complexity, it is currently hardly accessible for
creators and end-users. There is a need for new authoring concepts and
tools supporting the creation of dynamic story models, allowing for rich
and meaningful interaction with the content. Finally, there is a need
for theoretical foundations considering the integration of so far
disjunctive approaches and cultures.

Research papers, case studies and demonstrations are invited that
present novel scientific results, new technology, best practice
showcases, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in the
multidisciplinary research field of interactive digital storytelling and
its related application areas, e.g. games, virtual- / online worlds,
e-learning, edutainment, and entertainment.

Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
. Interactive Digital Storytelling: theories, methods and concepts
. Automated drama- / story engines and run-time systems
. Virtual Storytelling -- using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and
Mixed Reality to tell and experience stories
. Believable virtual characters in real-time narrative environments
. Authoring tools and creation concepts for interactive narratives
. Semantic technology and knowledge tools for Interactive Digital
Storytelling
. Mobile, Geographical Information Systems and location-based
technologies for interactive storytelling
. Novel and entertaining computer interfaces for interactive storytelling
. Real-time direction, staging, lighting, camera work, special effects,
audio
. Collaborative environments for interactive storytelling
. Novel narrative forms inspired by new technology
. Evaluation and user experience reports of interactive storytelling
applications
. Interdisciplinary approaches to simulation and storytelling
. Case studies and demonstrations of concrete examples and applications

Special invited key aspects for this year, motivated through the
conference venue, are:
. Children's media
. Interactive audio


*** SUBMISSIONS ***

All submissions should follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) format (see "Authors Instructions" at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Papers must be in
English. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered
for review. Submissions (of all categories) that receive high ratings in
the review process will be selected for publication by the program
committee. They shall be published as Springer LNCS conference
proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of source
files (WORD/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright form are required.

Submission categories:
Full papers (8-12 pages in the proceedings)
Short Papers (4-6 pages in the proceedings)
Demonstrations and Posters (2-4 pages in the proceedings, plus
additional material)

Submission system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=interactivestorytelling08


*** IMPORTANT DATES ***

June 30th, 2008:        New submission deadline
July 31st, 2008:        Author notification of the review result
August 31st, 2008:      Submission of the print-ready version
November 26-29th, 2008: Conference Interactive Storytelling '08


*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***

Co-Chairs: Ulrike Spierling, Nicolas Szilas

André, Elisabeth - University of Augsburg, Germany
Aylett, Ruth -- Heriot-Watt University, UK
Bolter, Jay David -- Center for New Media Research and Education,
Atlanta, USA
Bushoff, Brunhild -- sagasnet, Munich, Germany
Cavazza, Marc -- University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
Champagnat, Ronan -- L3i, IUT de La Rochelle, France
Cheok, Adrian David -- National University of Singapore, Singapore
Crawford, Chris -- Storytron.com, USA
Donikian, Stéphane -- IRISA / INRIA, Rennes, France
Göbel, Stefan -- ZGDV e.V., Darmstadt, Germany
Gordon, Andrew -- USC Institute for Creative Technology, Marina del Rey, USA
Grimm, Paul -- Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt, Germany
Großmann, Holger -- Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
Hartmann, Knut -- Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Flensburg,
Germany
Iurgel, Ido -- CCG, Centro de Computação Gráfica, Guimarães, Portugal
Jantke, Klaus P. -- Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
Lindley, Craig -- Blekinge Technical College, Sweden
Magerko, Brian -- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Marsella, Stacy -- USC Information Sciences Institute, Marina Del Rey, USA
Masuch, Maic -- Trier University of Applied Sciences, Trier, Germany
Müller, Wolfgang -- University of Education, Weingarten, Germany
Nakatsu, Ryohei -- National University of Singapore, Singapore
Natkin, Stephane - Cedric, France
Nitsche, Michael -- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Païva, Ana -- INESC-ID, Portugal
Pan, Zhigeng -- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Petta, Paolo -- Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence,
Vienna, Austria
Pisan, Yusuf -- University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Réty, Jean-Hugues -- University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France
Riedl, Mark -- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Schäfer, Leonie -- European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Schneider, Oliver - IGDV, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany
Seif El-Nasr, Magy -- Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
Spierling, Ulrike -- University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt, Germany
Sporer, Thomas -- Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
Stern, Andrew -- Procedural Arts, LLC, Portland, USA
Su, Wen-Poh -- Queensland University of Technlogy, Brisbane, Australia
Sumi, Kaoru -- National Institute of Information & Communications
Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Szilas, Nicolas -- TECFA, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Wages, Richard - NOMADS Lab, Cologne, Germany
Young, Michael R. -- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Zagalo, Nelson -- University of Minho, Braga, Portugal


*** CONTACT ***

Prof. Ulrike Spierling
FH Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences
http://www.ai.fh-erfurt.de/spierling
spierling at fh-erfurt.de

-- 
Susan Gold
goldfile at gmail.com

³In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!² - J. G. Ballard

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