[agents] First CFP - International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (Deadline: June 8)

[Gonzalo Méndez]

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First Call For Papers

The 5th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
November 12th - 15th, 2012
Technology Park of San Sebastián, Spain
http://icids2012.vicomtech.tv/


ICIDS is the premier international conference on Interactive Digital
Storytelling (IDS), bringing together researchers interested in
presenting recent results, sharing novel techniques, and exchanging
ideas about this exciting new media. IDS redefines the narrative
experience by empowering the audience to significantly participate in
the story due to advances in technology. As such, it offers new
possibilities for communication, education and entertainment, through
the enriching of characters with intelligent behavior, the
collaboration of humans and machines in the creative process, and the
combination of disciplines for improving the user experience.

ICIDS emphasises on several aspects of Computer Science, specially on
research in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Environments and
Human-Computer Interaction; topics include automated reasoning,
computational creativity, multi-agent systems, narrative intelligence,
natural language generation and understanding, user modelling, and
smart graphics. Furthermore, IDS is inherently a multidisciplinary
field. To create novel applications in which users play a significant
role during the development of a story, new concepts and theoretical
works on Digital Humanities, New Media Studies and Interactive Arts
are needed.

We welcome research papers and demonstrations – including interactive
narrative art – presenting new scientific results, innovative
technologies, case studies, creative insights, best practice
showcases, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in
the research field of Interactive Digital Storytelling and its
possible applications in other fields, e.g. videogames, virtual/online
worlds, e-learning, training, and edutainment.

Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:

• Theories of Interactive Storytelling
• Story Generation and Drama Management
• Authoring Modes and Tools for Interactive Digital Storytelling
• Virtual Characters, Virtual Humans and Autonomous Agents
• Interactive Cinematography and Television
• Narrative User Interfaces
• Procedural Content Generation and Real-Time Techniques
• Interactive Sound and Music
• Narrativity in Digital Games
• Ubiquitous/Mobile Narratives
• Collaborative Environments and Multi-User Systems
• Emotional Design and the use of Non-Visual Senses
• Robotics, Virtual/Mixed Reality and Interactive Visual Effects
• Semantic Knowledge for Representation and Reasoning
• Social and Cognitive Approaches
• Web-Based and Text-Based Approaches
• Evaluation and User Experience Reports


Submissions

All submissions must follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
format, available at:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0
Papers must be written in English, and only electronic submissions in
PDF format will be considered for review.

The submission categories accepted are:
• Full papers (8-12 pages in the proceedings) describing interesting,
novel results or completed work in all areas of IDS and its
applications.
• Short papers (4-6 pages in the proceedings) presenting exciting
preliminary work or novel thought-provoking ideas that are in their
early stages.
• Demonstrations and posters (2-4 pages in the proceedings) describing
working, presentable systems or brief explanations of a research
project.
• Workshop proposals (2-4 pages, not appearing in the proceedings)
describing a workshop to be held in association with ICIDS. See the
Workshop Proposals section below for additional submission details.

Submissions (of all categories except workshop proposals) that receive
high ratings in the peer review process will be selected for
publication by the program committee as Springer LNCS conference
proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of
source files (Microsoft Word/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright
form will be required.

All submissions will be processed using the EasyChair system. Authors
are advised to register a new account well in advance of the paper
submission deadline:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icids2012

The review process for ICIDS will be double blind. Authors should
remove all identifying information from their submissions.


Workshop Proposals

Workshops can vary in length from half a day to a day. Proposals for
workshops should be from two to four pages in length and include the
following information:
• A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying its goals.
• A preliminary format and proposed schedule for organizing the
workshop, including its desired length, intended audience, and a short
draft of the call for participation.
• The names, affiliations and email addresses of the proposed
organizing committee. This committee should consist of two to four
people knowledgeable in the area.
• The primary contact for the organizing committee.
• If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.

Workshop organizers must submit their proposals via email to the
Workshops Chair.

For additional information, please contact Gonzalo Méndez at:
gmendez at fdi.ucm.es


Important Dates

June 1, 2012 Deadline to register an author account with EasyChair.

June 8, 2012 Submission deadline for full and short papers,
demonstrations and posters proposals. The precise deadline for paper
submissions is 11:59PM on June 8, 2012, Hawaii Standard Time. Authors
are strongly advised to upload their submissions well in advance of
this deadline.

June 15, 2012 Submission deadline for workshop proposals.

July 6, 2012 Accept/reject notifications sent to all workshop organizers.

July 16, 2012 Accept/reject notifications sent to all registered authors.

August 24, 2012 Camera-ready copy due.

November 12 - 15, 2012 ICIDS Celebration. Workshops on 12th November.
Main conference from 13th to 15th November, both included.


Organizing Committee

General Chair
David Oyarzun (Vicomtech, Spain)

Program Co-Chairs
Federico Peinado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
R. Michael Young (North Carolina State University, USA)

Local Arrangements Chair
Ane Elizalde (Vicomtech, Spain)

Workshops Chair
Gonzalo Méndez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)


More Information

Questions about the conference should be directed to the organizers
via email at: icids at vicomtech.org

Additional information about the conference can be found online at:
http://icids2012.vicomtech.tv/