-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] The Reign Of Catz & Dogz at CHI 2009 CFP Datum: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:25:12 +0100 Von: Thomas Chesney Thomas.Chesney@nottingham.ac.uk Antwort an: Thomas Chesney Thomas.Chesney@nottingham.ac.uk An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

The Reign Of Catz & Dogz at CHI 2009 (Boston, USA, April 2009)

Organizers: Thomas Chesney (University of Nottingham) and Shaun Lawson (University of Lincoln)

Call For Papers

The Reign of Catz & Dogz at CHI 2009 is a one day workshop which intends to explore aspects of interaction with ethologically inspired virtual creatures including anthropomorphised embodied devices such as Aibo and Pleo, and software such as Catz, Dogz and Nintendogs, as well as non-commercial devices that have been developed in many research labs. Despite the commercial success of these artefacts, the academic understanding of human interactions with such systems remains limited. We invite submission of position papers (three to four pages in length) by researchers working on any relevant topic. These include:

-The role of virtual creatures in society -Studies of the benefits of owning virtual pets -Cross cultural studies of aspects of virtual creatures -Zoomorphic social robots -Ethical and cultural aspects of virtual companions -Educational and developmental aspects of owning virtual creatures -Comparisons of virtual with real pets and companion animals -Innovative applications for virtual pets -Cute virtual creatures and kawaii culture -Aesthetics of design of virtual creatures -Hardware and software descriptions of research creatures -Kids and virtual pets versus kids and teddy bears -Evaluations of commercial creatures -Virtual pets as proxies, tool and applications for Web 2.0

Papers will be accepted based on the quality of research and potential interest to attendees. We are particularly keen to receive submissions from researchers outside of computer science and also from researchers addressing intercultural aspects of interactions with virtual creatures.

The workshop will be held at CHI 2009 in Boston (USA) (http://www.chi2009.org/) and will include presentations, discussion panels, demonstrations and interactive activities. For further information please see the workshop website http://www.catz-and-dogz.org.uk/. Note that at least one author of each accepted paper needs to register for the workshop and for one or more days at the main CHI conference.

Papers (and any queries) should be emailed to Thomas Chesney (thomas.chesney@nottingham.ac.uk) by midnight GMT on the 23rd October 2008 (please note the short deadline).

Thomas Chesney

This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann@wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.