MOCO2022

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Call For Papers

8th International Conference on Movement and Computing
Conference: 22-24 June 2022, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Further information and conference details:
https://moco22.movementcomputing.org/

**Please read details below for updated and clarified length and template guidelines; references no longer count toward the overall length!**

In collaboration with our host, Columbia College Chicago, we are pleased to invite submissions for paper presentations, performances, workshops and more to the 8th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO) which will be held 22nd-24th June in Chicago, IL.

MOCO is a conference aiming to better understand how bodily movement interacts with computational technology. This year’s theme is Artificial Embodiment: Windy Shifts. Wind chaotically rippling across the prairies of Illinois has a wildly different characteristic movement than the linear predictability of the Shift key on a computer keyboard. Yet, both result in a transformation of the landscape, an opening of new possibilities. Referencing the famed winds of the midwest where our conference event takes place alongside an oft-used keyboard affordance (through which many attendees may access the event), this theme highlights human physical intelligence and the artificial systems that attempt to measure and recreate it.

We are curious about which aspects of the moving human can and cannot be measured, as well as those that can and cannot be represented in artificial systems. For example, telepresence robots that attempt to give remote humans physical presence in work, social, or public physical spaces are a type of artificial embodiment that grapples with natural and artificial modalities of movement. These are just some examples of technologies that we may be shifting toward due to the prevailing winds of current events that necessitate interaction at a distance. We are excited to explore these concepts in person and online at Columbia College in Chicago this coming June.

Information about previous conferences can be found at
https://www.movementcomputing.org.

IMPORTANT DATES

~~Title + Abstract Submission Deadline: 18 February 2022~~
~~Accepting Full Submissions Through: 4 March 2022~~
~~Notification of Acceptance: 20 April 2022~~
~~Registration Opens: 15 April 2022~~
~~Accepting Late-Breaking Works Through: 25 April 2022~~
Camera-Ready Deadline: 6 May 2022
Conference: 22 - 24 June 2022

All deadlines are 11:59 PM (AOE: Anywhere on Earth time)

SUBMISSIONS

MOCO is an interdisciplinary community where artistic and technical contributions are synergistic and equally valued. Thus, we invite submissions that span academic approaches, applied practices, and fields of study, unified by the concepts of movement and computing. We encourage submitters to carefully articulate the relationship of their work to this lens through both scientific and artistic methods of inquiry. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Cultural movement practices and technology
Dance and technology
Entrainment and movement
Embodied cognition and movement
Embodied interaction
Full body interaction
Gesture and sound
Glitch feminism
Individual and group movement capture
Interactive, experiential performances and installations
Learning detection through bodily movement
Machine learning for movement
Mechanisms of coordination dynamics
Movement analysis and analytics
Movement as a proxy of human brain
Movement in social interaction
Movement computation in education
Movement computation in ergonomics, sports, and health
Movement computation and race
Movement expression in virtual humans and robots
Movement notation systems (e.g. Laban or Eshkol-Wachman)
Music and movement
Philosophical perspectives on movement and computing
Robotics
Sensory augmentation of movement
Sensorimotor learning
Surveillance and biometrics
Tangible interaction
Technique analysis
Theoretical approaches to movement understanding
Telepresence and togetherness
Wearable devices for movement tracking, e.g., Apple Watch
Topics of special relevance in 2022:

Artificial embodiment in online education, workspaces, and social gatherings
Telepresence

Via online hosting platforms, e.g., Zoom
Via physical devices, e.g., Beam
In live art and performance, e.g., NOWHERE

Social distancing and its impact on embodiment, movement, and computing systems

In order to support our interdisciplinary community, MOCO is open to a wide range of formats for presenting work. In addition to papers for oral and poster presentations, we invite submission of practice works such as demos, performances, games, artistic works and movement workshops. We are open to novel formats and we encourage submitters to be creative in proposals for practice sessions. We anticipate being able to provide limited support for student travel for accepted work across all categories. The submission categories are:

PAPERS AND POSTERS

The conference is an opportunity to present original research and details of collaborative work. Participants will have the chance to offer a presentation of the results of their research on one of the themes of the conference and to interact with their scientific/artistic peers in a friendly and constructive environment.

All submissions should be original and anonymized and will be peer-reviewed in a double blind review process by members of the MOCO community. All submissions will receive at least two reviews which will be reviewed by the publications and proceedings chairs. Reviewers will allot 4-8 weeks for completing reviews. Minor revisions will be accepted.

MOCO 2022 will follow the workflow of ACM, which is new this year. Before preparing your submission, please read the instructions on the ACM page carefully.

This means the submission format will look different than in past MOCO conferences. We have also replaced the page count with a word count for each submission type. Important: Word counts do not include references.

All MOCO submissions will use the ACM Primary Article Templates AND Publication Workflow for publication of BOTH the proceedings and extended abstracts. This ACM page gives a rationale behind this choice. Additional Information is also provided on this page.

Long paper with oral presentation (8,000 words, excluding references)
Short paper with oral presentation (4,000 words, excluding references)
Extended abstract with poster presentation (2,000 words, excluding references)

PRACTICE WORKS

We deliberately use a very open term – “practice work” – to encourage diverse ideas of what practice in movement and computing is – and could be – 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 other types of presentations can be considered, the only criteria being excellence of the work and appropriateness to the conference and theme. MOCO has limited means to present live work. Accepted Practice Works that require significant resources, time, and/or space will need to be presented in alternative formats, e.g. video, structured discussion, or at independent or remote venues that can be made accessible to MOCO attendees.

Practice Works (500-3,000 words, excluding references)

Suggested practice work formats:

ARTWORKS

Live performances

Dance
Music
Theater
Performance art
Internet-based performance

INSTALLATIONS

Interactive installations
Projections
Kinetic sculptures
Virtual reality and immersive video

DEMOS

Games
Technology demonstrations

Movement tracking systems
Wearables
Robotics

Video presentations

WORKSHOPS

Open-ended movement improvisations
Movement choirs
Physical practice sessions or tutorials

Practice Works Submissions consist of:

An extended abstract (500-3,000 words, excluding references). This document will be published in the conference proceedings for accepted papers and should be a standalone description of the work, including relevant references.
Supporting media (videos, pictures, audio) needed to explain the contribution of the work. Please list prior presentations of the practice work and articulate how this presentation will be distinct.
Optional: Detailed technical requirements and possible additional information. Accepted works will be required to fill out this information in a site-specific technical rider that will be emailed to authors following acceptance.

All submissions should be original and will be peer-reviewed by the MOCO community.

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for graduate students to present their work-in-progress on their advanced studies, especially their terminal degree, e.g., doctorate or MFA, to share and develop their research ideas in a supportive environment with participation from experts in the field. Students will have the opportunity to establish a community with other graduate students at a similar stage of their research.

Accepted students will give an oral presentation in a dedicated session. We encourage students to submit a description of their doctoral work even if they are at an early stage. Videos and other supplementary materials are welcomed and encouraged. Students accepted to present their work at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend (either virtually or in person).

Submissions consist of:

An extended abstract (400-800 words, excluding references). Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference program.
Optional: Supporting media (videos, pictures, audio) that help explain the contribution of the work.

* Doctoral consortium submissions may use any format convenient for the authors.

LATE-BREAKING WORKS

We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will include a late-breaking works session. This session is an opportunity for researchers and students to get feedback on work not-yet ready for publication. These submissions will be juried and may be presented as any of the submission categories of: presentation, practice work, poster, demo, or panel.

SUBMISSION FORMAT AND PROCEDURE

MOCO 2022 will follow the workflow defined by ACM, which is different than in years past. Before preparing your submission, authors are requested to please read through the instructions on the ACM page carefully.

The most significant change is that all submissions must be submitted in the single column review format which is required by ACM, and both papers and extended abstracts will use the same publication format, which is different from the file format submitted for review.

ACM Primary Article Templates AND Publication Workflow for publication.

This ACM page gives a rationale behind this choice.

Please adhere to the following word counts.

Long paper with oral presentation (8,000 words, excluding references)
Short paper with oral presentation (4,000 words, excluding references)
Extended abstract with poster presentation (2000 words, excluding references)
Practice Works (500-3000 words, excluding references)
Doctoral Consortium (400-800 words)

All submissions must be made through EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=moco22

All papers submissions must be as anonymous as possible, including references that may reveal the author(s). The MOCO conference proceedings will be indexed and published in the ACM digital library.

We will be using The ACM Publication System (TAPS) process. This means there are separate templates for submission (when you submit your article for review) and template for publication (when you submit your final, camera ready version for publication).

The correct template for submission is: single-column Word Submission Template or LaTeX template, using \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart}, which creates a single-column document.
The correct template for publication (i.e., after conditional acceptance) in the DL is: single-column Word Submission Template or LaTeX template, using \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}, which creates a double-column document.
Upon conditional acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to revise the manuscript and submit publication-ready source files (Word or LaTeX).

Quick Links

Digital Accessibility

The MOCO committee is asking all authors to work on improving the accessibility of their submissions. Please see the Guide to an Accessible Submission for more details.

If you have any questions please contact us on movementcomputing2022@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS

At this year's MOCO, award-winning artist Yanira Castro is creating a piece that is inspired by the Puerto Rican güiro (a percussive instrument) and apito (a whistle) used in improvisational jibaro music. Her work and process exploring artificial embodiment will be featured at this year's conference.

Additionally, extending our approach from SloMoCo (hosted over the course of 2021), in person and virtual attendance options will be offered in sync and out of sync with the live conference program.

CONTACT

If you have any questions please contact us on
movementcomputing2022@gmail.com

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Kristin Carlson, Illinois State University

PRODUCTION & LOCAL ORGANIZER CHAIR

PAPER & PROCEEDINGS CHAIRS

PRACTICE WORKS/DEMOS/WORKSHOP CHAIRS

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS

PERFORMANCE & SITE ORGANISERS

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Annie Sungkajun, Illinois State University
Amanda Hoffman, Illinois State University

STEERING COMMITTEE

Frédéric Bevilacqua (IRCAM)
Grisha Coleman (Arizona State University)
Sofia Dahl (Aalborg University, Copenhagen)
Cumhur Erkut (Aalborg University, Copenhagen)
Sarah Fdili Alaoui (LRI-Université Paris-Sud 11)
Jules Françoise (LIMSI-CNRS)
Marco Gillies (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Garrett Johnson (Arizona State University)
Vilelmini Kalampratsidou (Rutgers University)
Steven Kemper (Rutgers University)
Sotiris Manitsaris (MINES ParisTech, PSL Université Paris)
Thecla Schiphorst (Simon Fraser University)
Gualtiero Volpe (University of Genova)
Antonia Zaferiou (Stevens Institute of Technology)

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