[game_edu] CfP: Entertainment Interfaces 2011 at Mensch & Computer (Chemnitz, Germany)

[Bill Crosbie]

From: "Niesenhaus, Jörg" <joerg.niesenhaus at uni-due.de>
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:41:04 +0000
Subject: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] CfP: Entertainment Interfaces 2011 at Mensch &
Computer (Chemnitz, Germany)
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 CALL FOR PAPERS: Entertainment Interfaces Track at Mensch & Computer 2011
 Chemnitz, Germany, 11.-14. September 2011
 WEBSITE: http://entertainmentinterfaces.uebermedien.org/
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 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 20th March 2011

 ORGANIZERS
 - Maic Masuch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
 - Matthias Rauterberg, Technical University Eindhoven, the Netherlands
 - Joerg Niesenhaus,  University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

 AIMS AND SCOPE
 The track "Entertainment Interfaces" offers researchers, developers, and
designers a platform to present innovative ideas in the area of interactive
entertainment with a focus on interaction in games and other entertainment
products and to discuss design challenges and the evaluation of
entertainment interfaces. The aims of the track are to strengthen the
awareness of the relevance of user-friendly and innovative interfaces for
entertainment applications in the research community and in the public, to
encourage the research activities and the education in this field, and to
foster the knowledge transfer between researchers and developers. We like to
emphasize the interdisciplinary background of the "Entertainment Interfaces"
track and welcome contributions from the areas of computer science,
psychology, design and engineering sciences as well as contributions from
developers and designers working in the field of interactive entertainment.
The track will take place together simultaneously with the German HCI
conference "Mensch & Computer 2011" and the German Usability Professionals
(UPA) track in Chemnitz. Attendees of the Entertainment Interfaces track
will be able to join all other tracks at no extra cost.

 COLLABORATION WITH JOURNAL OF ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING
 Selected English papers will be invited to a publication in one of the
upcoming issues of the Journal of Entertainment Computing (
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/717010/description#description).
Authors submit via the Entertainment Interfaces conference tool. Reviews and
the selection of the best papers will be done in the conference tool and
selected papers will be invited to a publication in the Journal of
Entertainment Computing.

 TOPICS
 The topics include but are not limited to:

 Entertainment Interface Design
 - Game Interface Design
 - Tangible and Gesture-Based Interfaces
 - Auditive Interfaces
 - User Interfaces for Serious Games

 Entertainment Interface Diversification
 - Emotional and Physiological Entertainment
 - Interfaces for Social Games and Entertainment
 - Interfaces for Health Games
 - Entertainment Interfaces for Convergent Media Products

 Entertainment Technology
 - Game Environments
 - Pervasive and Ubiquitious Game Technology
 - VR Entertainment Technology
 - Game Editing and Prototyping Tools
 - Interactive Storytelling

 Entertainment Interface Evaluation
 - Game Usability & Playability
 - Interface Evaluation Methods
 - Eye-tracking and Physiological Measurement Methods
 - Measurement of Fun in Games

 SUBMISSIONS
The submission categories are:

 *Full Papers
 Regular written papers (6 to 10 pages) will present research results or
practical experiences and will be peer-reviewed and published in the
proceedings.

 *Call for Demonstrations
 Demonstrations can be realized in the form of a live demonstration of a
system or tool and should be explained in a short description (up to 4
pages). The contributions will be peer-reviewed and published in the
proceedings.

 *Posters
 Posters offer the possibility to present research findings or practical
examples and will be shown in interactive poster sessions. Next to the
poster a short description (up to 4 pages) is needed. The poster
contributions will be peer-reviewed and published in the proceedings.

 *Call for Workshops
 Entertainment Interfaces will offer a series of workshops to cover
innovative topics in the area of interactive entertainment. We invite you to
submit workshop proposals (up to 4 pages) to pioneer new areas of research
and application.

 For more information about the submission formats please visit:

http://entertainmentinterfaces.uebermedien.org/entertainment-interfaces/submission-details-types-of-contribution/

 IMPORTANT DATES
 20th March 2011: Submission of Full Papers, Demonstrations, Posters and
Workshops
 12th June 2011: Final submission of the camera-ready papers

 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 - Regina Bernhaupt (Université Toulouse III, Paul Sabatier, France)
 - Alessandro Canossa (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
 - Christian Geiger (University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf, Germany)
 - Stefan Goebel (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)
 - Marc Hassenzahl (Folkwang University Essen, Germany)
 - Nicole Kraemer (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
 - Rainer Malaka  (University of Bremen, Germany)
 - Lennart Nacke (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
 - Gareth R. White (Universiy of Sussex, UK)

 CONTACT
 Joerg Niesenhaus
 - Interactive Systems and Interaction Design -
 Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Sciences
 Faculty of Engineering
 University of Duisburg-Essen
 47057 Duisburg, Germany
 Phone: ++49 (0)203 379 -1420, Fax: -3557
 Mail: joerg.niesenhaus at uni-due.de
 http://interactivesystems.info/niesenhaus <http://interactivesystems.info/>
Jörg Niesenhaus M.Sc.
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