IE2016

Welcome to Interactive Entertainment 2016

Interactive Entertainment is Australasia's longest running games and digital entertainment conference. The twelfth series of the conference will be held 2-5 February 2016 as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2016) - http://cs.anu.edu.au/conf/acsw2016/. ASCW 2016 will be hosted at Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. Registration for IE2016 will enable delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in ACSW.

Accepted papers presented at the conference will also be published via the ACM conference publication series in addition to the ACM Digital Library

Organising Committee

Program Chairs

Karen Blackmore, University of Newcastle, Australia
Martin Masek, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Program Committee

Laurent Antonczak, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Stephen Barrass, University of Canberra, Australia
Mark Billinghurst, Human Interface Technology Lab (HITLab), New Zealand
Andrew Brown, Griffith University, Australia
Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Girjia Chetty, University of Canberra, Australia
Andrew Ensor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Lauren Ferro, RMIT, Australia
Allan Fowler, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Geoff Hinchcliffe, University of Canberra, Australia
Sam Hinton, University of Canberra, Australia
Michael Hitchens, Macquarie University, Australia
Steffan Hooper, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Cat Kutay, University of NSW, Australia
Gerhard Molin, RMIT, Australia
Keith Nesbitt, University of Newcastle, Australia
Yusuf Pisan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Malcolm Ryan, University of NSW, Australia
Ruth Sancho, Exertion Games Lab, Australia
Shamus Smith, University of Newcastle, Australia
Tomas Trescak, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chek Tien Tan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Kevin Wong, Murdoch University, Australia

Call For Papers

IE2016 welcomes scientists, designers, artists, technicians, students, industry and academics from across the spectrum. We encourage contributions from fields as diverse as computer science, social science, design, communication, media studies, music, engineering, health and mathematics. Anyone interested in the myriad of technologies and issues that impact on interactive entertainment and computer games are encouraged to come along and share their thoughts on "Different Perspectives" in Interactive Entertainment.

Topics

heuristic methodologies
control and evaluation
design practices and method
design history
transmedia
experience measurement
dynamic difficulty balancing
core mechanics
discussions on narrative
networking models

game physics
game graphics
sound design
artificial intelligence
user interface design
serious games
exergaming
development processes
evaluation methodologies
creativity in games

experimental gameplay forms
advances in mobile and portable games
virtual reality
interactive simulation
interactive film
animation in games
history of interactive media
commercial concerns
case studies on interactive applications
games thinking not listed here

CFP PDF Version

Important Dates - EXTENDED

Paper submission due	14th ~~August~~ September 2015
Notification of decisions	25th ~~September~~ October 2015
Camera ready due	~~26th October~~ 2nd November 2015
Registration	9th November 2015
Conference dates	2-5 February 2016

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit original research contributions, following the instructions below:

Step 1 Papers must be between 4 and 10 pages long. Papers are required to conform to the formatting guidelines detailed on the ACSW 2016 Website: Submission Guidelines

Step 2 De-identify the paper. Remove author names, and any additional information in the paper that could be used to identify the paper authors IMPORTANT!.

Step 3 Submission of papers will be via electronically via the "Interactive Entertainment" track on the ACSW2016 EasyChair website.

Note: In general, apply good judgement when preparing your submission, to maintain the integrity of the double-blind process. Submissions that allow the author to be identified may be returned to you for editing, or may be edited by the program chairs to remove the specific identifying material. If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please use the following email address:

admin@ieconference.org

Registration

Registration for IE2016 will be via the Australian Computer Science Week 2016 (ACSW 2016) conference registration. Registering for ACSW 2016 will grant conference attendees access to all sessions for participating conferences.

See the ASCW 2016 website - http://cs.anu.edu.au/conf/acsw2016/

Contact

Please feel free to contact us through admin@ieconference.org.