2nd Leonardo Satellite Symposium: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks (Jun 2011, Budapest)

We are pleased to invite you to Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks — 2nd Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2011 taking place at the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Deadline for application: 6 February 2011.

Abstract:
We are pleased to announce the second Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2011 on Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks. The aim of the symposium is to foster cross-disciplinary research on complex systems within or with the help of arts and humanities.

The symposium will highlight arts and humanities as an interesting source of data, where the combined experience of arts, humanities research, and natural science makes a huge difference in overcoming the limitations of artificially segregated communities of practice. Furthermore, the symposium will focus on striking examples, where artists and humanities researchers make an impact within the natural sciences. By bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations in general.

13th Intl Conf on Engineering and Product Design Education (Sep 2011, London)

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 3 December 2010.
Update: Deadline for abstracts extended to 10 December 2010.

The London E&PDE2011 conference is a unique opportunity for educators, practitioners and students from design-related fields to meet and exchange experiences in connecting design and business through creativity and innovation. This, the 13th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, will be held at City University, London, an educational institution for business and the professions, conveniently located in Central London – one of the most vibrant business and design centres in the world. Jointly organised by the Institution of Engineering Designers, Design Society and City University London, and supported by industry, this conference is an ideal networking, research and business forum.

Five CFPs in AIEDAM

Five Special Issues in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing:

AIEDAM Special Issue, Fall 2011, Vol.25, No.4
Representing and Reasoning About 3D Space
Edited by: Sean Hanna & Bill Regli
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/SpecialIssues/Hanna-Regli.html
Submission Date: 15 September 2010

AIEDAM Special Issue, Spring 2012, Vol.26, No.2
Design Computing and Cognition
Edited by: Stephan Rudolph, Jeff Heisserman & Steve Culley
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/SpecialIssues/Rudolph-Heisserman-Culley.html
Submission Date: 1 March 2011

AIEDAM Special Issue, Summer 2012, Vol.26, No.3
Sketching, and Pen-based Design Interaction
Edited by: Levent Burak Kara & Maria C. Yang
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/SpecialIssues/Yang-Kara.html
Submission Date: 1 May 2011

AIEDAM Special Issue, Fall 2012, Vol.26, No.4
Intelligent Decision Support and Modelling
Edited by: Andy Dong & Julie Jupp
web page tbd
Submission Date: tbd

AIEDAM Special Issue, Spring 2013, Vol.27, No.2
Studying and Supporting Design Communication
Edited by: Maaike Kleinsmann & Anja Maier
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/SpecialIssues/Kleinsmann-Maier.html
Submission Date: 1 September 2011

Making Modern Consumers: rationalization, mechanization, and digitalization in the Twentieth Century (June 2011, Washington DC)

Website: http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1102&Ite
mid=973
Dates: June 16 – 18, 2011
Proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2010
Location: German Historical Institute
Conveners: Gary Cross (Penn State University), Angelika Epple (University of Bielefeld), Uwe Spiekermann (GHI Washington)

The historiography of twentieth-century consumption usually either analyzes processes of production or centers on narratives of actors. Consumption is presented as an active process, grounded in the changing patterns of needs and wants driven by firms, consumers, or both. While these narratives underline our understanding of rationalization as a process of acceleration, the rapidly developing spheres of consumption and production emerge as more or less autonomous, clearly separated from each other. Our conference will question this perspective.

UX Hong Kong 2011 (February 18)

UX Hong Kong 2011 – www.uxhongkong.com

UX Hong Kong 2011 is a 1 day intimate UX program to learn, discuss, experience, share and immerse with some of the best UX international talent and local community from Hong Kong and Asian region. We have invited speakers to provide snapshots and workshops on the topics of UX strategy, design research, mobile design and the UX toolkit. Everyone attending will have an opportunity to preview all speakers in the morning and then an opportunity to choose 1 workshop in the afternoon to go into a topic more deeply with one of the speakers.

On the day after the conference, participants are welcome to join the speakers for a day out to experience Hong Kong and spend more time with the speakers to talk about UX.

15th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (July 2011, Orlando)

We invite you to submit a paper/abstract to The 15th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2011, to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 19th – July 22nd, 2011 (www.2011iiisconferences.org/wmsci).  Papers/Abstracts Submission and Invited Session Proposals are due (updated) 11 March 2011.

INDEX:Award (Sep 2011, Copenhagen)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS LAUNCHES SEPTEMBER 7
The call for nominations for the fourth cycle of the world’s largest monetary design award, INDEX:Award, launches September 7. The deadline for submitting nominations is December 17, 2010. The nomination procedure is done online, and everyone is invited to nominate.

Please familiarize yourselves with the updated set of rules before nominating.  See also the INDEX: website.