Computing 2011 - Culture and Computing 2011 : The Second International Conference on Culture and Computing

International communities have a myriad of problems around topics such as: population demographic shifts, energy use and creation, the environment, and food supply. It is necessary to build a global consensus for resolving problems within these topic areas. Unfortunately, there are difficulties in communication among different cultures. Information and communication technologies are required in order to overcome such difficulties.

There are various research directions in the relations between culture and computing: to archive cultural heritages via ICT (cf. digital archives), to empower humanities researches via ICT (cf. digital humanities), to create art and expressions via ICT (cf. media art), to realize a culturally situated agent (cf. cultural agent), to support multi-language, multi-cultural societies via ICT (cf. intercultural collaboration), and to understand new cultures born in the Internet and Web (cf. net culture).

The International Conference on Culture and Computing (Culture & Computing) will be held in Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, to provide an opportunity to share research issues and discuss the future of culture and computing. To understand the proceedings at the previous conference, please visit http://www.ai.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/culture2010/inde....

The second conference (Culture & Computing 2011) will be organized with an exhibition on the integration of state of the art cultural computing technologies and Japanese traditional culture, along with a number of co-located events.

Papers are solicited on any aspect on the intersection of culture and computing, but all papers are expected to be suitable for a multidisciplinary audience. We have a single session Main Track and a few parallel session Special Tracks. The Main Track will present a collection of scientific or engineering research results. Examples of suitable paper topics for the Main Track include:

Archiving cultural heritages
Information environments for humanity studies
Art and design by information technologies
Digital storytelling
Intercultural communication and collaboration
Culturally situated agents and simulations
Game and culture
Analysis of new culture in the Internet and Web
Culture and brain science
The Special Tracks are collections of short papers, and are organized in coordination with the Main Track for the purpose of encouraging discussions in hot areas. We have Special Tracks for "Digital Humanities," "Asian Culture based Media Art" and "Computing and Music" at this conference.
Paper

Submitted papers must report original work that has not been previously published. A full paper with a limit of six (6) pages and a special trackpaper with a limit of two (2) pages, should be submitted by the paper submission deadline. Papers should follow the formatting instructions for publishing with IEEE Computer Society's Conference Publishing Services.

Main Track papers (full papers) should be submitted electronically with an abstract (150 words) via EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=culture.... Submissions (PDF) must be written in English and must not exceed 6 pages in IEEE Standard template.

Special Track papers (short papers) should be submitted electronically with an abstract (150 words) via EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=culture.... Submissions (PDF) must be written in English and must not exceed 2 pages in IEEE Standard template.

You can submit the abstract and paper together, but please remember to submit the paper title and abstract before the deadline for titles and abstracts. If you want to submit only an abstract first, please check the "Abstract Only" box in the "Upload Paper" area of the submission page, and upload your paper before the Deadline for papers for review.

All submitted papers will be reviewed by three distinguished researchers in the area of culture and computing. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and be included in the IEEE Computer Society Digital Libraries (CSDL).