From announce at ucy.ac.cy Sun Oct 25 13:55:25 2026 From: announce at ucy.ac.cy (Announce) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:55:25 +0000 Subject: [Event@CIG] The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction: First Call for Papers Message-ID: *** First Call for Papers *** The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI 2027) September 20-23, 2027, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://mobilehci.acm.org/2027/submission/ The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI) Conference Series has shaped research, development, and practice in services used on mobile or within mobile contexts for over two decades. We interpret mobility broadly and welcome contributions to any aspect of mobile HCI technology, systems, devices, techniques, applications, experience, methods, tools, theories, models, and new perspectives. The MobileHCI full papers will be published as journal articles in a special issue in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI, https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmhci). The MobileHCI conference seeks submissions targeted toward this year?s conference theme: ?Connecting Realities?. Cyprus is connecting three different continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, and with this year?s theme we want to invite researchers to explore how mobile technologies bridge, blur, or harmonize diverse forms of existence and experience across multiple dimensions. Beyond the traditional dichotomy of virtual and physical realms, this theme expands to encompass the richness of human realities such as cultural contexts, lived experiences, social norms, and personal narratives, that shape and are shaped by mobile interactions. It challenges researchers and practitioners to examine how mobile HCI can enable seamless integration between digital and analog worlds, while respecting the nuances of identity, accessibility, and local practices that result from mobile interactions. Topics of Interest Topics include but are not limited to: ? Systems and Infrastructure: The design, architecture, deployment, and evaluation of systems and infrastructures that support the development of or interaction with mobile technology, including on-device machine learning, multimodal sensing, distributed and privacy-preserving AI, and adaptive or agentic mobile experiences. ? Interaction Devices and Techniques: The design, construction, usage, and evaluation of devices and techniques that create valuable new interactive and intelligent capabilities for mobile human-computer interaction. ? Applications and Experiences: Descriptions of the design, empirical study of interactive applications, or analysis of usage trends that leverage mobile devices and systems. Application areas include health care, mobility, sustainability, social engagement, and civic engagement. ? Mobile AI and Intelligent Interaction: Research on AI-enabled mobile computing, including generative AI, mobile AI agents, multimodal interaction, adaptive mobile interfaces, on-device intelligence, mobile human-AI collaboration, and responsible AI. ? Methods and Tools: New methods and tools designed for, or applied to, studying or building mobile user interfaces, applications, and mobile users. ? Theories and Models: Critical analysis or organizing theory with clearly motivated relevance to the design or study of mobile human-computer interaction; taxonomies of design or devices. ? Provocations and New Perspectives: Well-argued and well-supported visions of the future of mobile computing; non-traditional topics that bear on mobility; underrepresented viewpoints and perspectives that convincingly bring something new to mobile research and practice. ACM Open All MobileHCI 2027 papers will be published under ACM Open. In 2027, ACM transitioned to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 3000 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority (~76%) of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences. Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM. The rates are: ? $500 APC for ACM/SIG members ? $750 for non-members Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, there is the possibility to apply for a financial hardship waiver. Preparing the Submission Novelty The submission must be original work. It cannot have been published elsewhere nor be under concurrent review for publication by another conference or journal. Out-of-scope papers will be desk-rejected. Length Submissions between 5000 and 8000 words are encouraged. Submissions above 12000 words will be desk-rejected if their excessive length is not justified. Submissions under 5000 words are considered short papers. Concise and succinct writing is strongly encouraged, shorter, more focused papers are encouraged and will be reviewed appropriately. References and the appendix do not count toward the paper length. Reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a submission relative to its length, so papers with a length disproportionate to their contribution will likely be rejected. The abstract has to be a paragraph of 150 words or less. Formatting Papers must be in English. Authors are required to use the single-column ACM Manuscript template. Submission preparation is described on the ACM Primary Template website (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). For LaTeX, the correct templates (Overleaf or LaTeX templates) can be found on ACM?s Preparing your article for LaTeX page using \documentclass[manuscript, screen, review] {acmart}. For Word, the correct submission template can be found on ACM?s Preparing your article for Word page i.e., ?submission template.? The TAPS workflow we use is described on ACM?s TAPS workflow page: https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-workflow . All references must be complete, accurate, accessible, and conform to the ACM Publication Format. Anonymity All submissions need to be fully anonymized. This includes any appendices or supplemental material as well as a potential acknowledgments section. Citations to the authors? own previous work are NOT allowed to be anonymized. This allows reviewers to ensure all previous research has been taken into account. However, authors should refer to their own prior work in the third person. For example, ?Smith et al. [1] did ... ? instead of ?We did ... [1]?. Papers that violate the anonymization policy, including within the supplemental materials or external links to datasets, code repositories, etc., will be desk- rejected. Supplementary Materials All videos and supplementary material must be anonymized. Videos can be of any length and should include closed captions and audio descriptions; see Accessible Presentation Guide. Other supplementary material may include, for example, survey text, experimental protocols, source code, and data, all of which can help others replicate the work. Authors should submit any non-video supplementary material as a single .zip file, including a README file with a description of the materials. Reviewers should be able to access the contribution of the paper solely based on the main PDF submission. That is, the paper submission must stand independently without the supplementary material. Accessibility Authors are required to follow SIGCHI?s Guide to an Accessible Submission. If authors have questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions, please contact the Diversity Chairs via diversity2027 at mobilehci.acm.org early in the writing process (the closer to the deadline, the less time the team will have to respond to individual requests). Papers flagged as inaccessible by a reviewer will be reassigned. Note that while we strive to match the best reviewer to each paper ? the best reviewers for the work may not be able to review an inaccessible submission. Use of Generative AI Authors must adhere to the ACM Policy on Authorship regarding the use of generative AI in submissions. Authors are responsible for all content produced (including plagiarism, misrepresentation, or fabrication) by these tools and must disclose their use. ACM Publications Policy By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM?s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy. ACM will investigate alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy. They may result in a full retraction of the paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy. Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improving author discoverability, ensuring proper attribution and contributing to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts. Submitting Review Responsibility Everyone is welcome to submit. By submitting to MobileHCI 2027, all qualified authors also agree to contribute to the review process. Submission Platform Submissions are facilitated via the Precision Conference System (PCS). Authors may submit and edit their materials until the submission deadline. Should authors encounter any difficulties, technical problems, or questions about this process, please contact the Papers Chairs via papers2027 at mobilehci.acm.org . In PCS (https://new.precisionconference.com/), first click ?Submissions? at the top of the page. From the ?Society? dropdown menu, select ?SIGCHI.? Then, from the ?Conference/ journal? dropdown menu, select ?MobileHCI 2027.? Finally, from the ?Track? dropdown menu, select the ?MobileHCI 2027 papers? option. After selecting all three dropdown options, press ?Go.? In the table below, authors will see a new entry for MobileHCI with an ?Edit submission? option; press this and enter all the required details. Metadata Integrity Changes in author names are not allowed after the submission deadline; there are no exceptions. Changes to the order of authors are allowed only before the camera-ready deadline. The metadata is crucial to the integrity of the review process and author representation. If any of the authors needs to be added or removed after the submission deadline, authors would need to withdraw their submissions/papers. Minor changes to the title and abstract are permitted during the revision period. Selection Process We use a refereed process, i.e., an editorial board and a set of external reviewers will review the submitted papers. The editorial board members will make decisions for any submitted papers as either accepted, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejected. These notifications will be sent to the corresponding authors. If the initial decision is ?minor revisions? or ?major revision,? the paper authors will have time for the revision cycle to address the required changes. After resubmission, the final decision on the revised papers will be sent to the authors. Please note that for ?major revision? submissions, the external reviewers may check all the required changes. Reviewing will be conducted in a double- anonymous fashion, i.e., reviewers and authors are anonymous to each other. Upon Acceptance Publication The paper publication is archival, i.e., accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library as part of the Proceedings of ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI). ACM will send authors a copyright form, which they have to complete. Once completed, authors will be provided with the ACM copyright information, which authors of accepted papers are required to sign and put on their papers. Authors are required to submit their camera-ready version through the submission system and process it according to the publication instructions (https://mobilehci.acm.org/2027/publication-instructions/). The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of the conference. Presentation Format Upon acceptance, we will invite authors to present their papers at the conference. Conference Registration For each accepted paper, at least one author must register (full registration) for the MobileHCI 2027 conference by the early bird registration deadline. Demo The Demo Chairs might invite authors of accepted papers to participate in the demo session. For this, authors have to submit an additional document describing the technical requirements for the demo. Questions? If you have any questions related to the papers, please contact the Program Chairs: Markus L?chtefeld, Abdallah El Ali, and Erin Solovey. Email: papers2027[a]mobilehci.acm.org. If you have any questions related to the proceedings, please contact the Publication Chairs: Sven Mayer and Alia Saad. Email: publication2027[a]mobilehci.acm.org. Important Dates (AoE) ? Abstract Submissions: February 10, 2027 ? Paper Submissions: February 17, 2027 ? Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2027 ? Revised Submission: May 13, 2027 ? Final Notification: June 17, 2027 ? Camera-Ready Deadline: July 15, 2027 ? Author Registration Deadline: July 15, 2027 ? Conference dates: September 20-23, 2027 Organization General Chairs ? Marios Constantinides, CYENS, Cyprus ? Tsvik Kuflik, University of Haifa, Israel General Chair Assistant ? Maria Kasinidiou, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs ? Abdallah (Abdo) El Ali, CWI, The Netherlands ? Markus L?chtefeld, Aalborg University, Denmark ? Erin Treacy Solovey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Late Breaking Work and Posters Chairs ? Francesco Chiossi, LMU Munich, Germany ? Passant Elagroudy, DFKI, Germany ? Andrii Matviienko, KTH, Sweden Demo Chairs ? Rifat Mehreen Amin, LMU Munich, Germany ? Joshua Newn, RMIT University, Australia ? Philippe Palanque, Universit? de Toulouse, France Workshops & Tutorials Chairs ? Shadan Sadeghian, University of Siegen, Germany ? Julia Sheidin, Braude College, Israel Doctoral Consortium Chairs ? Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus ? Andrew Kun, University of New Hampshire, USA ? Joel Lanir, University of Haifa, Israel Student Design Competition Chair ? Laura Koesten, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands ? Himanshu Verma, TU Delft, The Netherlands Panels Chairs ? Anirudha Joshi, IIT Bombay, India ? Simon Perrault, SUTD, Singapore and T?l?com Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France ? Monica Perusqu?a-Hern?ndez, NAIST, Japan Industrial Perspectives Chairs ? Edyta Bogucka, Nokia Bell Labs, UK ? Panagiotis Germanakos, SAP, Germany ? Dimitris Spathis, Google, UK Invited Talks Chairs ? Evangelos Karapanos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus ? Alison Renner, Dataminr, USA Publications Chairs ? Sven Mayer, TU Dortmund University, Germany ? Alia Saad, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Science, Germany Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility Chair ? Yael Avni, University of Haifa & Holon Institute of Technology, Israel ? Fernando Loizides, Cardiff University, UK ? Christina Vasiliou, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Finance & Local Chair ? George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chair Jo?o Moreira, Universidade Lus?fona, Portugal Publicity Chair ? Pooja Prajod, CWI, The Netherlands Design Chair ? Jie Li, Human-AI Symbiosis Alliance, The Netherlands Sponsorship Chair ? Yong Zheng, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Student Volunteers Chairs ? Avital Shulner-Tal, University of Haifa, Israel ? Alice Vitali, TU Delft, The Netherlands From nelishia.pillay at up.ac.za Wed Oct 21 14:01:26 2026 From: nelishia.pillay at up.ac.za (Nelishia Pillay) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:01:26 +0200 Subject: [Event@CIG] [EvoCOP 2027] Call for Papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) ************************************************************************************* Call for Papers: EvoCOP 2027 - The 27th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation https://www.evostar.org/2027/evocop/ 31 March - 2 April 2027 held as part of EvoStar (https://www.evostar.org) Venue: Mainz, Germany ** EvoCOP is CORE Rank B ** Submission deadline: November 1, 2026 ************************************************************************************* The 27th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together researchers working on applications and theory of evolutionary computation methods and other metaheuristics for solving difficult combinatorial optimisation problems appearing in various industrial, economic, and scientific domains. Successfully solved problems include, but are not limited to, multi-objective, uncertain, dynamic and stochastic problems in the context of scheduling, timetabling, network design, transportation and distribution, vehicle routing, stringology, graphs, satisfiability, energy optimisation, cutting, packing, planning, and search-based software engineering. Successfully addressed theoretical and translational challenges encompass, but are not limited to, the development and analysis of novel (components of) evolutionary and other metaheuristic algorithms, work on neighbourhood and landscape structures, problem-agnostic and problem-specific variation operators, parallelisation strategies, and hybridizations.?? The EvoCOP 2027 conference will be held together with EuroGP (the 30th European Conference on Genetic Programming), EvoMUSART (the 16th European conference on evolutionary and biologically inspired music, sound, art and design), EvoApplications (the 30th European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation), and EvoLearn (the 1st International Conference on Evolutionary Computation and Learning), in a joint event collectively known as EvoStar (Evo*). Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Previous proceedings can be found in the EvoCOP Conference Proceedings in SpringerLink. The best regular paper presented at EvoCOP 2027 will be distinguished with a Best Paper Award. EvoCOP conference is ranked B in the CORE 2021 ranking: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/2195/ **** Areas of Interest and Contributions **** EvoCOP welcomes submissions in all experimental and theoretical aspects of evolutionary computation and other metaheuristics to combinatorial optimisation problems, including (but not limited to) the following areas: * Applications of metaheuristics to combinatorial optimization problems * Theoretical developments * Neighborhoods and efficient algorithms for searching them * Variation operators for stochastic search methods * Constraint-handling techniques * Parallelization and grid computing * Search space and landscape analyses * Comparisons between different (also exact) methods * Automatic algorithm configuration and design Prominent examples of metaheuristics include (but are not limited to): * Evolutionary algorithms * Estimation of distribution algorithms * Swarm intelligence methods such as ant colony and particle swarm optimisation * Artificial immune systems * Local search methods such as simulated annealing, tabu search, variable neighbourhood search, iterated local search, scatter search and path relinking * Hybrid methods such as memetic algorithms * Matheuristics (hybrids of exact and heuristic methods) * Hyper-heuristics and autonomous search * Surrogate-model-based methods Notice that, by tradition, continuous/numerical optimisation is *not* part of the topics of interest of EvoCOP. Interested authors might consider submitting to other EvoStar conferences such as EvoApplications. **** Submission Details **** Paper submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. The submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing process will be double-blind, please omit information about the authors in the submitted paper. Page limit: 14 + unlimited pages for references and acknowledgments Submission instructions : https://www.evostar.org/2027/submit-paper/ The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the basis of the reviewers? comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register for the conference, attend the conference, and present the work. **** Important Dates **** Submission deadline: November 1 2026 EvoStar: 31 March - 2 April 2027 **** EvoCOP Programme Chairs **** Nelishia Pillay University of Pretoria, South Africa nelishia.pillay at up.ac.za Bing Xue Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand bing.xue at ecs.vuw.ac.nz Please check the website for more information: http://www.evostar.org/ And follow us at: X - https://x.com/EvostarConf and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evostarconference/ Follow SPECIES at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/species-society/ Ng? mihi (Best regards), Bing ---------------------------------------------- Dr Bing Xue (she/her), Fellow of RSNZ, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of EngNZ, MACM, Professor | Ahorangi Deputy Head of School, Research and International | Tumuaki Tuarua, Rangahua, Te Kahupapa ki Tai hoki Deputy Director of Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence School of Engineering and Computer Science | Te Kura M?tai P?kaha, P?rorohiko Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka New Zealand | Aotearoa Phone: +64 4 463 5542 <+64%204%20463%205542> Email: Bing.Xue at vuw.ac.nz; Bing.Xue@*ecs*.vuw.ac.nz Homepage: https://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~xuebing/index.html ---------------------------------------------- -- This message and attachments are subject to a disclaimer. Please refer to? http://upnet.up.ac.za/services/it/documentation/docs/004167.pdf ?for full details. From fmec2024 at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 13:05:46 2026 From: fmec2024 at gmail.com (Jose Gonzales) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:05:46 +0200 Subject: [Event@CIG] CFP: The IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Cyber Security Systems | Scopus Indexed | A Hybrid Event | San Antonio, USA Message-ID: Call for Papers: NGCS 2027 *IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Cyber Security Systems* *San Antonio, USA and Hybrid| 15?18 March 2027* *Theme: AI for Security and Security for AI.* Scope and Contributions NGCS 2027 welcomes original work connecting artificial intelligence, cyber security, and quantum-ready protection. Contributions may develop defenses for AI models, agents, and their supporting infrastructure; use intelligent methods to improve cyber defense; or help organizations prepare their systems and data for post-quantum threats. Alongside research papers, we welcome deployment case studies, benchmark evaluations, negative findings, replication studies, comparative applied studies, validation methods, and assessments of security impact. Papers should provide rigorous evidence and clearly explain their contribution to protection in realistic settings. Research Themes Topics within the following six themes include, but are not limited to: Theme 1: Security for AI Systems - Adversarial attacks, defensive testing, and robustness of learned models - Defenses against malicious prompts, poisoned datasets, and model theft - Protection of AI agents, development pipelines, and model supply chains - Privacy safeguards, explainability, and trustworthy AI operation Theme 2: AI for Cyber Security - Intelligent detection of threats and prioritization of security alerts - Learning-based analysis of malware and software weaknesses - Automated containment, incident response, and restoration - Collaboration between analysts and AI in security operations Theme 3: Quantum-Ready Security - Post-quantum cryptographic methods and adaptable cryptographic systems - Identity, authentication, and key handling resilient to quantum threats - Hybrid protocols and practical transition strategies - Protecting long-lived confidential data from future decryption Theme 4: Secure Software, Cloud and Infrastructure - Security throughout software development, delivery, and deployment - Hardening cloud-native environments and infrastructure definitions - Application defenses, zero-trust approaches, and vulnerability remediation - Runtime safeguards, monitoring, and resilient system design Theme 5: Threat Intelligence and Incident Response - AI-supported threat hunting and integration of intelligence sources - Methods for detecting, handling, and recovering from incidents - Coordinating and automating operational defenses - Threat analysis, attribution methods, and defensive deception Theme 6: Risk, Governance and Human Security - Assessing and managing AI-related and quantum-related security risks - Human behavior, oversight, and decisions in secure system operation - Organizational preparedness and planning for resilience - Security policy, ethical questions, regulation, and governance Submission Guidelines - *Long papers:* 7?8 pages - *Short papers / work in progress:* 4?6 pages - *Poster papers / demos and artifacts:* 1?2 pages - *Format:* A4 IEEE conference template - *Review:* Single-blind - *Submission system:* Sparcly Submission guidelines | Submit your paper Publication Accepted papers that are presented at the conference will be submitted for possible inclusion in *IEEE Xplore*. Inclusion is subject to IEEE Xplore's requirements for scope and quality. Important Dates - *Paper submission:* 20 November 2026 - *Acceptance notification:* 20 January 2027 - *Camera-ready submission:* 10 February 2027 - *Conference:* 15?18 March 2027 Submission deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE). Check the dates page for any updates. Contact intelligent.systems2026 at gmail.com We look forward to your contributions and to meeting you in San Antonio! From fmec2024 at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 14:04:48 2026 From: fmec2024 at gmail.com (Jose Gonzales) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:04:48 +0400 Subject: [Event@CIG] CFP: The IEEE International Conference on Next-generation Gaming and Entertainment Systems (NGES) Message-ID: [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]CFP: The IEEE International Conference on Next-generation Gaming and Entertainment Systems (NGES) https://intelligent-systems.net/game/ San Antonio, USA, March 15?18, 2027 Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE Lone Star Section. Important: Selected papers will be invited to the Q1 Journals. Conference Scope The International Conference on Next-generation Gaming and Entertainment Systems (NGES 2027) explores how intelligent, immersive, and connected technologies are transforming gaming and interactive entertainment. Under the theme ?Immersive Play & Intelligent Worlds,? NGES 2027 welcomes research on innovative systems, engaging player experiences, AI-driven content, creative practices, accessibility, fairness, player well-being, and the cultural impact of emerging entertainment technologies. The conference features two complementary tracks: Systems, Engines & Immersive Technologies and Play Experience, Culture & Entertainment Ecosystems, bringing together technical innovation and human-centered perspectives. Cross-disciplinary and cross-track contributions are strongly encouraged. Main Track 1 ? Systems, Engines & Immersive Technologies This track focuses on the engineering foundations of next-generation gaming and entertainment, including game engines, rendering, simulation, networking, XR platforms, and AI-driven pipelines. It welcomes innovations that enable richer virtual worlds, lower latency, intelligent content creation, and scalable shared experiences across devices and immersive platforms. Main Track 2 ? Play Experience, Culture & Entertainment Ecosystems This track explores the human, creative, and societal dimensions of next-generation gaming and entertainment, including player experience, game design, communities, esports, and creative practices. It welcomes research examining how immersive and intelligent technologies shape engagement, inclusion, identity, well-being, and the evolving cultural and industrial ecosystems of entertainment. NGES 2027 welcomes researchers and practitioners from games research, computer graphics, HCI, AI/ML, XR, networking, multimedia, design, media studies, and industry. Whether your work advances engines and platforms or deepens understanding of play and entertainment culture, we invite you to contribute systems, evidence, design, and critique that shape the next generation of interactive worlds. Important Dates ? Paper submission: November 20, 2026 ? Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2027 ? Camera-ready deadline: February 15, 2027 Main Track 1 ? Systems, Engines & Immersive Technologies - Game engines, tooling & authoring systems - Realtime graphics, rendering & simulation - XR, spatial computing & immersive platforms - Networking, multiplayer & cloud gaming - AI for gameplay, NPCs & procedural content - Generative AI for entertainment production - Cross-platform & edge entertainment systems - Interactive audio, music & multimodal systems - Telemetry, analytics & live-ops infrastructure - Security, integrity & anti-cheat systems - Performance, energy & sustainable systems - Novel controllers, sensing & embodied input Main Track 2 ? Play Experience, Culture & Entertainment Ecosystems - Player experience, immersion & engagement - Game design, narrative & interactive storytelling - Accessibility & inclusive play - Esports, competitive play & spectatorship - Communities, social play & multiplayer culture - Well-being, healthy engagement & player safety - Streaming, creators & participatory entertainment - Industry, studios & creative labor - Monetization, live services & player economies - Cross-cultural play & global entertainment - Games for learning, health & serious play - Ethics, sustainability & responsible entertainment Submission Types ? Research Papers: up to 8 pages ? Short Papers: up to 6 pages ? Posters: up to 2 pages ? Artefacts & Demonstrations: up to 6 pages Contact Information For submission questions, contact: Sadi Alawadi ? saadiabadi at gmail.com / sadi.alawadi at bth.se