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6th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO19)
https://moco19.movementcomputing.org/
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10-12th October,  Tempe, Arizona
Arizona State University, USA
Arizona State University [ASU] will host the 2019 the 6th International 
Conference on Movement and Computing [MOCO] which is to be held in 
Tempe, Arizona.
               
The MOCO 2019 theme will be Movement Imaginaries. Paper presentations, 
panels, performances, demos, workshops on all MOCO-related topics are 
welcome. MOCO is an interdisciplinary conference that explores the use 
of computational technology to support and understand human movement 
practice, as well as movement as a means of interacting with computers. 
We welcome submissions with an interdisciplinary understanding of 
movement that ranges from biomechanics to embodied cognition and the 
phenomenology of bodily experience and identities. We therefore invite 
submissions from a wide range of disciplines including, but not limited 
to: Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Dance, Artificial 
Intelligence, Neuroscience, Sports Science, Machine Learning, Cognitive 
Science, Visual Arts, Robotics, Philosophy, Anthropology, Music, 
Affective Computing, Games, Healthcare and Animation.
All proposal abstracts for roundtables, panel sessions, contributed 
papers, and posters must be submitted by Wednesday, February 27, 2019 
(midnight EDT). See http://moco2019.webflow.io/submissions  for more information.
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Important Dates
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NB There will be no deadline extensions
Submission deadline:       27 February 2019
Notification:                      23 May 2019
Camera ready papers:     30 June 2019
ABOUT
https://moco19.movementcomputing.org
https://www.movementcomputing.org/past-conferences/
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Submission
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We would like to invite submissions for paper presentations, 
performances, workshops and more to the 6th International Conference on 
Movement and Computing (MOCO) which is to be held in Tempe, Arizona.
MOCO is open to a wide range of ways of presenting your work. As well as
 papers for oral and poster presentations, we invite submission of a 
wide range of practice work such as demos, performances, games, artistic
 works and movement workshops (in which participants take part in a 
guided movement activity). We encourage submitters to be creative in 
proposals for practice sessions and are open to novel formats.
This requires a wide range of computational tasks including modeling, 
representation, segmentation, recognition, classification, or generation
 of movement information but also an interdisciplinary understanding of 
movement that ranges from biomechanics to embodied cognition and the 
phenomenology of bodily experience. We therefore invite submissions from
 a wide range of disciplines including (but not limited to): 
Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Dance, Artificial Intelligence, 
Neuroscience, Sports Science, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, 
Visual Arts, Robotics, Philosophy, Anthropology, Music, Affective 
Computing, Games, Healthcare and Animation.
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Suggested Topics
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   •  Expressive movement-based interaction
   •  Movement analysis and analytics
   •  Machine learning for movement
   •  Movement representation
   •  Somatic practice and design
   •  Modeling movement qualities and expressive movement
   •  Mechatronics and creative robotics
   •  Design for movement in digital art
   •  Gesture Interaction
   •  Movement generation
   •  Movement and sound interaction
   •  Movement computation in ergonomics, sports, and health
   •  Sensory-motor learning with audio/visual feedback
   •  Embodied cognition and movement
   •  Visualizing and sonifying movement
   •  Modeling kinaesthetic empathy
   •  Embodied and whole body interaction
   •  Expressive movement analysis and synthesis
   •  Design for movement in digital art
   •  Semantic models for movement representation
   •  Movement Notation Systems (e.g. Laban or Eshkol-Wachman) and computation
   •  Dance and technology
   •  Biosensing, biocontrol and movement
   •  Movement _expression_ in avatar, artificial agents, virtual humans or robots.
   •  Music and movement
   •  Philosophical perspectives and reflection on movement and computing
The conference is an opportunity to present a research or study or 
details of collaborative work. Participants will have the opportunity to
 offer a presentation of the results of their research on one of the 
themes of the symposium and to interact with their scientific/ artistic 
peers, in a friendly and constructive environment. 
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TRACKS
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MOCO is open to a wide range of ways of presenting your work. Besides 
papers for oral and poster presentation, we invite submission of 
practice works such as demos, performances, games, artistic works and 
movement workshops (in which participants take part in a guided movement
 activity).
All submissions must be anonymous and will be peer-reviewed.
Accepted contributions will be included in the MOCO proceedings.
Additionally, accepted long and short papers will be indexed and published in ACM digital library.
All submissions must be written in English, in pdf format and submitted online via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=moco2019
Please prepare your submissions in the ACM proceedings format using the templates (in Word and LaTeX) available from http://moco2019.webflow.io/submissions
PAPERS and POSTERS:
Accepted submissions are:
     - Long paper with oral presentation (8 pages maximum, including references)
     - Short paper with oral presentation (4 pages maximum, including references)
     - Extended abstract with poster presentation (6 pages maximum in the extended abstract format, including references)
Authors of papers and posters may submit an accompanying demonstration 
proposal in addition to their regular paper or poster submission, by 
completing the proposal form for practice works (see items 2 and 3 in 
the next section) and sending it along with their submission. Together 
with the form, authors have to provide a link to a video about their 
work. The proposal form for practice works is mandatory for all paper 
and poster submissions including an accompanying demonstration and must 
include details about technical set-up and space requirements. 
PRACTICE WORKS:
We deliberately use a very open term – “practice work” – to encourage 
diverse ideas of what practice in movement and computing is and how such
 practice can be presented. We suggest the following as examples of what
 a practice work might be, but also stress that the list is not 
exhaustive and any types of presentation can be considered, the only 
criteria being excellence of the work and whether it is possible to 
stage the work given the resources, time and space available to the 
conference.
Suggested practice works topics:
* Technology demos
* Performances (e.g., dance, physical performance, music)
* Artworks
* Interactive Installations
* Movement workshops (i.e., a session in which participants engage in movement based activity)
* Games
* Video presentations
Submissions consist of:
1. An extended abstract (2 pages maximum).
2. The proposal form for practice work, including detailed technical 
requirements and possible additional information. Forms are available at
 https://moco19.movementcomputing.org/submissions.html 
3. Supporting media (videos, pictures, audio, and so on), which should 
provide an overview of the practical work and details of the practical 
and technical requirements for putting the work on (this is very 
important to ensure that we can accommodate the work within the 
resources of our conference).
Extended abstract for practice work with presentation format to be 
suggested by the author for example demonstration, performance, art 
work, movement workshop, game or other practice presentation (2 pages 
maximum + Demo proposal form).  Please note that we are an academic 
conference with a low fee which means we cannot pay for commissioned 
performances and art work. Also, we cannot guarantee facilities for all 
possible sessions, so please give full details of your needs in the 
proposal form so we can judge whether it is possible.
Submissions will be by extended abstract (2 pages maximum) and a 
proposal form which will give details of the practical requirements for 
putting on the work (this is very important to ensure that we can 
accommodate the work within the resources of our conference).
Please note that we are an academic conference with a low fee which 
means we cannot pay for commissioned performances and art work. Also, we
 cannot guarantee facilities for all possible sessions, so please give 
full details of your needs in the proposal form so we can judge whether 
it is possible.
DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM :
Doctoral papers are an opportunity for PhD students to present their 
work in progress on their doctorate, share and develop their research 
ideas in a supportive environment and with the participation of experts 
in the field. Students will have the opportunity to establish a 
community, together with other doctoral students at a similar stage of 
their research. Accepted papers will have an oral presentation in a 
dedicated session. We encourage students to submit a paper even if they 
are early in their doctoral work.
Papers should not be longer than 4 pages including the references. The 
first author must be an actual PhD student. Doctoral Consortium papers 
will be indexed and published in the ACM digital library. Videos and 
other supplementary materials are highly welcomed. Students accepted to 
present their work at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend it.
DANCE STUDIES ASSOCIATION (DSA) REGISTRATION:
MOCO extends a special invitation to DSA graduate students to apply to 
the doctoral consortium. Graduate student presenters will receive 
feedback from a wide variety of members of the extended ASU/MOCO 
community This is an excellent place to present or propose an MFA thesis
 work, or to summarize and reflect on a series of works. Potential 
applicants should keep in mind MOCO considers computation broadly; and 
may relate to notational, archival projects, performance/installation 
works with responsive media systems, or studies relating to dance which 
features for example media studies, annotation, or computational 
analysis.
As part of this cooperation, and with DSA support, MOCO will waive 
registration fees for three Graduate Student DSA member applicants; 
those interested in applying for this competitive support will be 
provided an opportunity to indicate this on their application.
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CONFERENCE LOCATION
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ASU is a massive Research One university, giving the conference access 
to a great diversity of programs, practices, and scholars working here. 
MOCO at ASU presents a unique opportunity to build upon existing fields 
of interests and forge new avenues for research and knowledge creation 
that resonate across the arts and sciences and branch into health, 
philosophy, education and other application areas that include both 
computational techniques and human movement. The range of 
interdisciplinary labs and centers and the beautiful October weather 
make this an ideal locale for the conference. ASU is located about 
fifteen minutes from the Phoenix Airport.
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Contact
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If you have any questions please contact:
moco2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
or
Grisha Coleman
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Committee
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    •    Conference Chair: Grisha Coleman (ASU)
    •    Scientific Chairs: Sofia Dahl & Cumhur Erkut (Aalborg University)
    •    Performance & Practice Chair: Christian Ziegler (ASU)
    •    Doctoral Symposium Chair: Garett Laroy Johnson (ASU)
    •    Local Organizers: Kimberlee Swisher, Stacey Moran, Julie Ackerly, Jessica Raijko, Adam Nocek, Pavan Turaga
    •    Steering Committee: Frédéric Bevilacqua (IRCAM), Sarah Fdili 
Alaoui (LRI-Université Paris-Sud 11), Jules Françoise (CNRS, Université 
Paris-Sud Université Paris-Saclay), Philippe Pasquier (Simon Fraser 
University), Thecla Schiphorst (Simon Fraser University)
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