IFIP ICEC 2006

TOPICS:<br />
Any research addressing entertainment computing is welcome, in particular we suggest (but not limited) the categories listed below:<br />
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Interactive Design for Entertainment<br />
Aesthetics, Ontology and Social Reflection Art, Design and Novel Media Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality Computer Games and Game Based Interfaces Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies Entertainment and Healthcare Novel and Evolutionary Platforms / Hardware Devices Social and Human Factors of Entertainment Interactive Digital Storytelling and Interactive Tele-Vision Mobile Entertainment via e.g. Mobile Phones, PDAs etc Narrative Environments and Intelligent Medias New Genres, New Standards Pervasive Entertainment and Game-Playing Robots and Cyber Pets Self Reflecting Entertainment Simulation Applications of Games, and Military Training Sound, Music, Creative Environments<br />
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CASE STUDIES:<br />
Case studies are invited from any entertainment and edutainment application, including:<br />
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Authoring<br />
Computer Games<br />
Cultural Heritage<br />
Home Entertainment<br />
Media System Design<br />
Service Robotics<br />
Affective Interaction<br />
Intelligent Environments<br />
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Conference proceedings will be published with the Springer LNCS<br />
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**** Conference Committee *****<br />
General Conference Chair:<br />
Richard Harper<br />
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International Program Committee Chair:<br />
Matthias Rauterberg<br />
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International Steering Committee: Marc Cavazza (University of Teesside, UK) Tak Kamae (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan) Lizhuang Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Don Marinelli (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Stéphane Natkin (CNAM, France) Ryohei Nakatsu (Kwansei Gakuin University,Japan) Matthias Rauterberg (TU Eindhoven,The Netherlands) Peter Robinson (University of Cambridge, UK) Andy Sloane (University of Wolverhampton, UK) Bill Swartout (University of Southern California, USA)<br />