This year the conference on Intelligent Environments 09 which will take place in Barcelona on July 20-21st at the Technical University of Catalonia. More info in:

http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie09

I would like to invite those of you who are active in the field of Intelligent Environments and particularly on the design of intelligent spaces for supporting human everyday activities or mediated communication as well as the critical use of these technologies for artistic expression, to submit a paper for the session that me and Prof Rieser chair on the issues of “Art and Design of Intelligent, Hybrid Environments”. Please check out :
http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie09/specialsessions/08
for more info on this session, or maybe on other sessions too.

The paper submission deadline is the 13th of March

Info about the session is pasted below at the end of this message

Also, the submission is in full paper format (max 8 pages). Please check out http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie09/submition_instructions
for more info regarding the submission and the Author Instructions for info about formatting.

If you submit a paper relating to our session, please send it to the normal submission process and forward it to me too.

Best wishes,

Dimitris Charitos

Special Session on The Art and Design of Intelligent, Hybrid Environments

Session Chairs:

Dimitris Charitos, University of Athens, Greece, vedesign@otenet.gr Martin Rieser, De Montfort University, UK, mrieser@dmu.ac.uk

This IE09 session investigates the process of creating intelligent and responsive environmental experiences, supported by ubiquitous computing, mobile communication and location aware technologies. It specifically aims at documenting research conducted into the design of intelligent spaces for supporting human everyday activities or mediated communication as well as the critical use of these technologies for artistic expression.

Ubiquitous computing, mobile and locative media technologies may be seen as systems of technologically mediated communication, providing the opportunity to relate physical environments with digital information in order to create novel hybrid (virtual as well as physical) spatial experiences, which may function as the context for human activity. Moreover, the emergence of intelligent environments has led to new ways of creating, representing and communicating meaning in relation to space, with an artistic intention.

The processes involved in designing such complex systems as well as the augmented environmental experiences they support are not very well understood; nor are the social, psychological and cultural implications of using intelligent environments and how these implications may inform the design process. This session will attempt to address these issues in order to develop an understanding of the design of intelligent spaces for supporting human everyday activities, as well as of the critical use of these technologies for artistic expression.

Possible application areas include but are not restricted to:

* Documenting and investigating the process of  design for hybrid intelligent spaces
* Artist-led insights into creating and experiencing responsive, hybrid intelligent environments (theoretical position papers or documentation of relevant     artistic works)
* The cultural contexts, implications and aesthetics of hybrid intelligent environments
* User Studies which aim at informing the design of intelligent environments by investigating the social and psychological impact of their use
* Precedents for designing intelligent spaces

Contributions that present specific design or artist-led projects and interventions, which are appropriately supported by a theoretical perspective will be encouraged. Studies that provide insights into the impact of hybrid intelligent environment use on human (social) behaviour, navigation/orientation, emotional states etc., are also very relevant, to the extent that they relate to the environmental aspects and parameters that induce this impact on the user. This may consequently inform us about the context and circumstances within which design decisions are being made.

Contact Persons:

Dimitris Charitos, vedesign AT otenet DOT gr
Martin Rieser, mrieser AT dmu DOT ac.uk

Important Dates:

Deadline for Manuscript Submission: March 13, 2009 Acceptance Decisions: April 10, 2009 Final Accepted Manuscript: April 24, 2009

You can submit papers via the conference management system. When submitting, check the box next to this session. You can submit the same paper to one session only.