[agents] Deadline Extension (June 18): International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2012) - Second Call for Papers

[Gonzalo Méndez]

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

This conference is hosted in cooperation with the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Other organizations
that support the event are the European Coordinating Committee for
Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI), the Computer Science Society of Spain
(SCIE) and the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence
(AEPIA).


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

Extension: June 18, 2012  Submission deadline (firm deadline!) for
full and short papers, demonstrations and posters proposals. The
precise deadline for paper submissions is 11:59PM on June 18, 2012,
Hawaii Standard Time. Authors are strongly advised to upload their
submissions well in advance of this deadline.

Extension: June 22, 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)


Program Committee

Ruth Aylett (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Byung-Chul Bae (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Brunhild Bushoff (Sagasnet Munich, Germany)
Marc Cavazza (Teesside University, UK)
Ronan Champagnat (IUT La Rochelle, France)
Fred Charles (University of Teesside, UK)
Yun-Gyung Cheong (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chris Crawford (Storytron, USA)
Pablo Gervás (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Andrew Gordon (ICT/USC, USA)
Ian Horswill (Northwestern University, USA)
Charles Isbell (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Ido Iurgel (CCG Campus de Azurém, Portugal)
Klaus P. Jantke (Fraunhofer IDMT, Germany)
Arnav Jhala (UC Santa Cruz, USA)
Christoph Klimmt (Universität Hannover, Germany)
Daniel Kudenko (University of York, UK)
Petri Lankoski (Södertörn University, Sweden)
Sandy Louchart (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Brian Magerko (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Stacey Marsella (ICT/USC, USA)
Inderjeet Mani (Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia, Thailand)
Kevin McGee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Bradford Mott (North Carolina State University, USA)
Janet Murray (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Frank Nack (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Arturo Nakasone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru)
Mark Nelson (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Santiago Ontañón (Drexel University, USA)
Paolo Petta (Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, 
Austria)
David L. Roberts (North Carolina State University, USA)
Remi Ronfard (INRIA, France)
Magy Seif El-Nasr (Northeastern University, USA)
Ulrike Spierling (Hochschule RheinMain, Germany)
Kaoru Sumi (Future University Hakodate, Japan)
Mariët Theune (Universiteit Twente, Netherlands)
Emmett Tomai (University of Texas-Pan American, USA)
Nelson Zagalo (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Jichen Zhu (Drexel University, USA)


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