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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
ICCC 2015: The Sixth International Conference on
Computational Creativity (ICCC)
June 29 – July 2, 2015 (NB: dates have changed!)
Park City, Utah, USA
http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2015/
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Computational Creativity is the art, science, philosophy and engineering of computational systems which, by taking on particular responsibilities, exhibit behaviours that unbiased observers would deem to be creative. As a field of research, this area is thriving, with progress in formalising what it means for software to be creative, along with many exciting and valuable applications of creative software in the sciences, the arts, literature, gaming and elsewhere.
The ICCC conference series organized by The Association for Computational Creativity since 2010 is the only scientific conference that focuses on computational creativity alone and also covers all aspects of it.
Call for Papers (Research Contributions)
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Original research contributions are solicited in all areas related to Computational Creativity research and practice, including, but not limited to:
– Computational paradigms for understanding creativity, including heuristic search, analogical and meta-level reasoning, and re-representation.
– Metrics, frameworks, formalisms and methodologies for the evaluation of creativity in computational systems, and for the evaluation of how systems are perceived in society.
– Perspectives on computational creativity which draw from philosophical, cognitive, psychological and/or sociological studies of human behaviour put into a context of creative intelligent systems.
– Development and assessment of computational creativity-support tools, where the software ultimately takes on some creative responsibility in projects.
– Creativity-oriented computing in learning, teaching, and other aspects of education.
– Innovation, improvisation, virtuosity and related pursuits investigating the production of novel experiences and artefacts within a computational framework.
– Computational accounts of factors that enhance creativity, including emotion, surprise (unexpectedness), reflection, conflict, diversity, motivation, knowledge, intuition, reward structures, and technologies.
– Computational models of social aspects of creativity, including the relationship between individual and social creativity, diffusion of ideas, collaboration and creativity, formation of creative teams, and creativity in social settings.
– Computational creativity in the cloud, including how web services can be used to foster unexpected creative behaviour in computational systems.
– Specific computational applications that address creativity in music, language, narrative, poetry, games, visual arts, graphic design, architecture, entertainment, education, mathematical invention, scientific discovery, programming and/or design.
Paper Types
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Papers should be submitted broadly in one of the following five categories:
Technical papers
These will be papers posing and addressing hypotheses about aspects of creative behaviour in computational systems. The emphasis here is on using solid experimentation, formal proof and/or argumentation which clearly demonstrates an advancement in the state of the art or current thinking in Computational Creativity research. Strong evaluation of approaches through comparative, statistical, social or other means is essential.
System or resource description papers
These will be papers describing the building and deployment of a creative system or resource to produce artefacts of potential cultural value in one or more domains. The emphasis here is on presenting engineering achievement, technical difficulties encountered and overcome, techniques employed, reusable resources built, and general findings about how to get computational systems to produce valuable results. While the presentation of results from the system or resource is expected, full evaluation of the approaches employed is not essential if the technical achievement is high.
Study papers
These will be papers which draw on allied fields such as psychology, philosophy, cognitive science or mathematics; or which appeal to broader areas of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science in general; or which appeal to studies of the field of Computational Creativity as a whole. The emphasis here is on presenting enlightening novel perspectives related to the building, assessment or deployment of systems ranging from autonomously creative systems to creativity support tools. Such perspectives can be presented through a variety of approaches including ethnographical studies, thought experiments, comparison with studies of human creativity and surveys.
Cultural application papers
These will be papers presenting the usage of creative software in a cultural setting, e.g., art exhibitions/books; concerts/recordings/scores; poetry or story readings/anthologies; cookery nights/books; results for scientific journals or scientific practice; released games/game jam entries. The emphasis here is on a clear description of the role of the system in the given
context, the results of the system in the setting, technical details of inclusion of the system, and feedback from the experience garnered from public audiences, critics, experts, stakeholders and other interested parties.
Position papers
These will be papers presenting an opinion on some aspect of the culture of Computational Creativity research, including discussions of future directions, past triumphs or mistakes and issues of the day. The emphasis here is on carefully arguing a position; highlighting and exposing previously hidden or misunderstood issues or ideas; and generally providing thought leadership about the field in general, or in specific contexts. While opinions don’t need to be substantiated through formalisation or experimentation, justification of points of view will need to draw on thorough knowledge of the field of Computational Creativity and overlapping areas, and provide convincing motivations and arguments related to the relevance of the points being addressed and their importance.
All submissions will be reviewed in terms of quality, impact and relevance to the area of Computational Creativity.
Submission Instructions
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Papers should be up to 8 sides in length, and of course papers shorter than 8 sides which make a strong contribution are more than welcome. You are welcome to make your papers anonymous, but this is not a requirement for the submission. To be considered, papers must be submitted as a PDF document formatted according to ICCC style (which is similar to AAAI and IJCAI formats). More instructions for preparation and submission of manuscripts will be provided on the conference web site at
http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2015/
Important Dates
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Submissions due: February 28, 2015
Acceptance notification: April 21, 2015
Camera-ready copies due: May 29, 2015
Conference: June 29 – July 2, 2015
The submission deadline will be strict.
Call for Abstracts (non-peer-reviewed)
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We aim to promote discussion on all aspects related to computational creativity, also without formal review and publication processes. For this purpose, we solicit demos, posters, artwork, and short talks to be presented and discussed in the conference, introducing e.g. work in progress, systems, projects, creative results, or late-breaking scientific results. Submissions of any such presentations are made in the form of a two-page abstract describing the contents and proposed form of the presentation.
Important: Abstract submissions are not peer-reviewed, and they are not published as part of the conference proceedings. Abstracts will be accepted based on their relevance and interest to the field, and availability of space and other resources on the conference site. Scientific work that authors wish to have formally reviewed, published and presented in the conference should be submitted to according to the instructions above.
Abstracts should be up to 2 sides in length. To be considered, abstracts must be submitted as a camera-ready PDF document formatted according to ICCC style. For submission instructions, see the conference web site at
http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2015/
Abstract submissions are due May 8, 2015. Acceptance notifications will be sent by May 15, 2015.
Organising Committee
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General Chair:
Simon Colton, Falmouth University and Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
Programme Chair:
Hannu Toivonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Local Chair:
Dan Ventura, Brigham Young University, USA
Publicity Chair:
Michael Cook, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK