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E-Learn 2009

27. February 2009 by admin.

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education

October 26-30, 2009 * Vancouver, BC Canada

(Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submission Deadline: April 29, 2009 **

Organized by:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
(http://www.aace.org )
Co-sponsored by:
International Journal on E-Learning
( http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel)
______________________________________________________________

** What are your colleagues saying about E-Learn conferences? **
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER–E-Learn 2009 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/EL09poster.pdf

>> CONTENTS & LINKS (details below) <<

1. Submission Information, Deadline April 29th:
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm

5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm

7. Vancouver, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/cities/vancouver/
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

INVITATION:
E-Learn 2009 — World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international,
annual conference which serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and
applications of all topics related to e-Learning in these four sectors.

E-Learn Is Unique:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/unique.htm
E-Learn is an innovative collaboration between the top public and private academic researchers, developers, education and
business professionals, and end users from the Corporate, Healthcare, Government, and Higher Education sectors.

All presentation proposals are reviewed and selected by a respected, international Executive Advisory Board
(http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/exec.htm) and Program Committee, based on merit and the perceived value for attendees.

E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the field, spans all
disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees
from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend E-Learn and submit
proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three
reviewers on the respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the
conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Best Practice Sessions
* Roundtables
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Research/Technical Showcases
* Products/Services Showcases
* Tutorials/Workshops

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
For Call for Presentations, connect to:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form
at: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm

For Presentation and AV Guidelines, see:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

TOPICS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES SHOWCASES & PRESENTATIONS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
Organizations have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their e-learning related
products and services in through Products/Services Showcases & Presentations.

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://www.aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on
CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/
hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of
the art in the discipline. In addition, the Proceedings also are
internationally distributed through and archived in EdITLib–
Education and Information Library, http://www.EdITLib.org/

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for
publication in AACE’s respected journals especially in the
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ),
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), or
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Outstanding Paper Awards within
several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in
the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $465 U.S. (non-members).
Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions
except tutorials. The conference dinner (if offered) will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
( http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/hotel.htm)
located in the heart of Vancouver shopping, dining, and attractions.
Special discount hotel have been obtained for E-Learn participants at $146 (single/double).

VANCOUVER, CANADA: Experience the Shows, Dining, Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/cities/Vancouver/

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due:          April 29, 2009
Authors Notified:             May 29, 2009
Proceedings File Due:   Sept. 25, 2009
Early Registration:         Sept. 25, 2009
Conference:                  Oct. 26-30, 2009

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link
to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

AACE Blog: http://blogs.aace.org/aace
E-Learn Blog: http://blogs.aace.org/elean

If you have a question about E-Learn, please send an e-mail to
AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
AACE–Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://www.AACE.org

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The Fourth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge

24. February 2009 by admin.

Call for Serious Games Entries
http://www.iitsec.org/; http://www.sgschallenge.com

November 30 - December 3, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA

Serious Game developers are invited to submit their original PC-based serious game to the Fourth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge. The goal of the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge is to promote innovative game-based solutions to training problems. Finalists in the Serious Game Showcase & Challenge will be selected by a panel of serious games leaders in the military, industry, and academic fields, and will be invited to showcase their serious game at I/ITSEC 2009, where over 17,000 attendees will view and vote on each of the finalists.

The Challenge is open to a wide range of contestants; categories include student, government, and business. Prizes will be awarded to top contestants in those categories. Entered games can include modifications to existing games and virtual worlds as well as original development. All entries will be judged in four primary areas: Use of Gaming Characteristics, Solution to a Stated Problem; Technical Quality; and Playability/Usability. For the purpose of the Challenge, entries will be considered a serious game if they have gaming attributes, involve an assigned challenge, and employ some form of positive and/or negative reward system.

Check www.sgschallenge.com for important details.
ACT NOW!

Sponsorships are available for the 2009 event

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EuroIMSA 2009 (CFP)

20. February 2009 by admin.

Call for Papers:

The Fifth IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (EuroIMSA 2009)
July 13 - 15, 2009
Cambridge, United Kingdom

SPONSORS

International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)
* Technical Committee on the Web, The Internet, and Multimedia

World Modelling and Simulation Forum (WMSF)

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Prof. Madjid Merabti - Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submissions due February 23, 2009
Notification of acceptance March 23, 2009
Final manuscript due May 8, 2009
Registration and full payment May 22, 2009

PURPOSE
IASTED’s International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications will be an opportunity for international research scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research, ideas, developments, and applications in these fields. EuroIMSA 2009 will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, and tutorials on a wide range of topics. All papers submitted to this conference will be evaluated by at least two reviewers. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality and contribution.

EuroIMSA 2009 will be held in conjunction with the IASTED International Conference on:

* Control and Applications (CA 2009)
* Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing (VIIP 2009)
* Technical, Medical and Scientific Publishing (TMSP 2009)

LOCATION
Cambridge is the home of the famous University, carols in King’s College Chapel and punting on the river Cam. Cambridge is a compact cosmopolitan city with outstanding architecture old and new. The beauty of its ancient centre is preserved with its walkable medieval streets, college courts, gardens and bridges.

Cambridge is a delight to visit in any season: relax in its many pubs, restaurants and cafes whilst exploring the independent shops around the historic market place. There are brand new shopping areas too, with all the high street favourites that you would expect.

Be inspired by the museums and art galleries; spot the stars of the future at a student theatrical production, or see a show at the Arts Theatre. Film, live music of all kinds, poetry readings, public lectures - enter into the intellectual life of the students while you are here.

SCOPE
This conference covers all aspects of Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications including, but not limited to: Web and Internet Systems and Tools Internet Architectures; Web and Internet Tools; Web Design; Internet Search Technologies; Optimization Techniques; Protection and Security; Privacy; Fault Tolerance; Internet Computing; Parallel and Distributed Processing; Java based Applications for Web; Software Agents; Expert Systems; Knowledge-based Systems; Computer Vision; Multimedia Information Systems Multimedia Tools and Architectures; Multimedia Broadcasting Systems on the Web; Operating System Support for Multimedia; Multimedia Communication Systems; Multimedia Networking; Distributed Multimedia Systems; Content-based Multimedia Retrieval; Multimedia Performance and Management; Mobile Multimedia; Video-on-Demand; Digital Video Broadcasting; IP based Networks; ATM Networks; Transport Protocols; Routing Protocols; Quality of Service; Scheduling; Resource Management; Networked Multiplayer Games; Multimedia Technologies and Games; Game Architecture and Development; Graphics and Virtual Worlds; Internet-based Multiplayer Games; Data Management Database Management Systems; Databases and the Web; Intelligent Databases; Multimedia Databases; Digital Libraries; Data Modelling; Data Warehousing; Data Mining; Database Ontology; Coding and Compression; Digital Watermarking; Video Storage Servers; Information Retrieval; Collaborative Systems and Distance Learning Distance Learning; Educational Multimedia; Distributed Learning; Collaborative Learning; Collaborative Systems and Applications; Virtual Reality; Video Conferencing; Computer Animation; Human-Computer Interfaces; Modelling and Simulation; Applications Electronic Commerce; Mobile Commerce; Internet Banking; Business; Medicine; Engineering; Education; Entertainment; Others

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

O. Abuelmaatti - Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
B. T. Abdellatif - France Telecom R&D, France
H.W. Agius - Brunel University, United Kingdom
M. Boulmalf, AlAkhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
T. Brooks - Aalborg University, Denmark
W. Cellary - University of Economics at Poznan, Poland
I.R. Chen - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
K. Cheng - Brunel University, United Kingdom
N. Correia - New University of Lisbon, Portugal
M. Crampes - Ales School of Mines, France
D. Cunliffe - University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
M. D’Arienzo - University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
J. Dittmann - University of Magdeburg, Germany
A. El Kateeb - University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA
A. El Rhalibi - Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
S. Emmanuel - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
S. Ferretti - University of Bologna, Italy
W. Grosky - University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA
V. Grout - University of Wales, United Kingdom
S. Guan - Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, PR China
N. Guimaraes - University of Lisbon, Portugal
W.A. Halang - Distance University of Hagen, Germany
R. Hamzaoui - De Montfort University, United Kingdom
H. Hellwagner - University of Klagenfurt, Austria
M. Herczeg - University of Lübeck, Germany
W.S. Hsieh - Shu Te University, Taiwan
A. Inomata - NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
K. Jakobs - RWTH Aachen University, Germany
J.F. Jensen - Aalborg University, Denmark
M. Kampmann - Ericsson Research, Germany
M.S. Kankanhalli - National University of Singapore, Singapore
K. Benahmed - Béchar University, Algeria
D. Kirovski - Microsoft Research, USA
P.A. Kommers - University of Twente, Netherlands
H. Kosch - University of Passau, Germany
R. Lai - La Trobe University, Australia
A. Lakas - UAE University, UAE
B.H. Lee - KongJu National University, Korea
J. Lee - Chinese University of Hong Kong, PR China
S.Y. Lee - National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
D. Lowe - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
J. Ma - Hosei University, Japan
M. Merabti - Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
D. Millard - University of Southampton, United Kingdom
S. Mirri - University of Bologna, Italy
F. Nait-Abdesselam - University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille, France
G. Neumann - Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
J.A. Onieva - Univ. of Malaga, Spain
C.E. Palau Salvador - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
C.E. Palazzi - University of Padua, Italy
J.H. Park - Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea
E. Petersson - Aalborg University, Denmark
A. Prodan - Iuliu Hatieganu University, Romania
Y. Ryu - Myongji University, Korea
H. Schauer - University of Zürich, Switzerland
F. Seifert - Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
S.C. Shie - National Formosa University, Taiwan
T.K. Shih - Tamkang University, Taiwan
J.M. Spector - University of Georgia, USA
D. Stotts - University of North Carolina, USA
W.T. Sung - National Chin-Yi University of Technology , Taiwan
M.R. Syed - Minnesota State University, USA
F. Vexo - EPFL, Switzerland
V. Wade - Trinity College, Ireland
D. Wang - LaTrobe University, Australia
B. White - Stanford University, USA
L. Wong - National University of Singapore, Singapore
H. Wu - Google, USA
C. Xu - National Lab of Pattern Recognition, PR China
S.N. Yang - Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
S. Yoon - Soong Eui Women’s College, Korea
A. Zhang - State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
J. Zhao - University of Ottawa, Canada
Y.F. Zheng - Ohio State University, USA

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Initial Papers
Submit your paper at: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7292&

All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by February 23, 2009. Receipt of paper submission will be confirmed by email.

Complete the online initial paper submission form designating an author who will attend the conference and providing four key words to indicate the subject area of your paper. One of the key words must be taken from the list of topics provided under Scope. Initial paper submissions should be approximately six pages. Formatting instructions are available at: http://www.iasted.org/formatting-initial.htm

All papers submitted to this conference will be double blind reviewed by at least two reviewers. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality and contribution.

All papers submitted to IASTED conferences must be previously unpublished and may not be considered for publication elsewhere at any time during IASTED’s review period. Authors are limited to a maximum of three paper submissions. Authors are responsible for having their papers checked for style and grammar prior to submission to IASTED. Papers may be rejected if the language is not satisfactory.

Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by March 23, 2009. Final manuscripts are due by May 8, 2009. Registration and final payment are due by May 22, 2009. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings.

TUTORIALS
Proposals for three-hour tutorials should be submitted online by February 23, 2009. Tutorials are to be submitted via the following website address: http://www.iasted.org/tutorialsubmit-671.html

A tutorial proposal should clearly indicate the topic, background knowledge expected of the participants, objectives, time allocations for the major course topics, and the qualifications of the instructor(s).

SPECIAL SESSIONS
Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal via email to: calgary@iasted.org. Proposals should include a session title, a list of the topics covered, and the qualifications and brief biography of the session organizer(s). Papers submitted to the special session must be received by February 23, 2009, unless otherwise stipulated by the Special Session Organizer. A minimum of five papers must be registered and fully paid in order for this session to be included in the conference program. More information on special sessions is available at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/SpecialSession-671.html

JOURNALS
Expanded and enhanced versions of papers published in the conference proceedings can also be considered for inclusion in one of the IASTED journals. Information on the submission of papers to journals is available at: http://www.actapress.com/SubmissionInfo.aspx

Whole proceedings as well as single papers can now be purchased online. Please visit ACTA Press: http://www.actapress.com/

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submissions due February 23, 2009
Notification of acceptance March 23, 2009
Final manuscript due May 8, 2009
Registration and full payment May 22, 2009

For more information, or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:
IASTED Secretariat - EuroIMSA 2009
Building B6, Suite 101, 2509 Dieppe Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3E 7J9
Tel: 403-288-1195
Fax: 403-247-6851
E-mail:
Website: http://www.iasted.org/

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Game Contests: Early Spring 2009

18. February 2009 by admin.

Here are a few game contests upcoming game contests you may want to enter:

IndieCade 2009

Indiecade invites independent game artists and designers from around the world to submit interactive media of all types – from art to commercial, ARG to abstract, mind-bending to mobile, serious to shooter – for consideration. Work-in-progress is encouraged.

A diverse jury of industry leaders will select entries for top prizes at the IndieCade 2009 Festival. All entries for the Festival will also receive consideration for presentation at the other 2009 IndieCade international exhibitions including E3, Siggraph, and More….

Submissions Deadline: April 30, 2009 at Midnight PST.

Game for Change: News Game Contest

Games for Change is pleased to announce the 2009 Knight News Game Award, which will be given to the best News Game(s) of the past several years, and presented at the 2009 Games for Change Festival at the Game Expo on the evening of May 28th. If you would like to submit your game for consideration, please use our Game Submission Form, which will also add your game to the News Game Channel on the G4C site.

As G4C defines it, a news game is a digital game which is journalistic: it enhances people’s ability to make decisions in a democracy

College Prep World and AI Washington

“AiW is proud to co-sponsor a Game Design Competition with College Prep World, an organization dedicated to helping students prepare for and succeed in college. The competition will run through July 1, 2009 and challenges you and a team of 3 or 4 members to design and build an online game that helps students learn to balance their academic, social, and community activities while still trying to maintain good grades! You must be an Art Institute student to participate and your team members can be from different Art Institutes. Each team member stands to win $500 for the grand prize, so get your team together and participate!

Check out the full details of the competition at:

http://dw318.aisites.com/CollegeLife/index.html

Registration deadline is March 1, 2009

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IndieCade 2009

15. February 2009 by admin.

Call for Submissions:
Indiecade invites independent game artists and designers from around the world to submit interactive media of all types – from art to commercial, ARG to abstract, mind-bending to mobile, serious to shooter – for consideration. Work-in-progress is encouraged.

Submissions Deadline: April 30, 2009 at Midnight PST.

http://www.indiecade.com/index.php?/blog/entries/indiecade-open-call-for-submissions/

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2009 NSF/AAAS Visualization Challenge

11. February 2009 by admin.

You See It All

The elegance of the soaring structure, the beauty of the fine detail, the mystery of the hidden pattern, the insight of the novel perspective you see it all. In your work, in your mind’s eye, on the computer screen or the lab bench, through a camera’s lens or an artist’s imagination you see it all. Now show the rest of us and claim the recognition of the world.

ENTRY DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The 2009 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge is co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Awards categories include: Photographs/Pictures, Illustrations/Drawings, Informational/Explanatory Graphics, Interactive Media, and Non-Interactive Media.

Winning entries will be published in a special section of the February 19, 2010 issue of the journal Science and Science Online and on NSF’s website. One winning entry will appear on the front cover of Science.

For more information, see: http://www.nsf.gov/news/scivis
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Room 1245

Arlington, VA 22230

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USC Internships for Summer Students

11. February 2009 by admin.

Each summer there is funding available for interns that want to come to

the University of Southern California to work on various projects at the Institute for Creative

Technologies. This is particularly interesting for people interested in VR-related projects

http://ict.usc.edu/internships

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Rhizome 2010 Commissions Cycle

11. February 2009 by admin.

Rhizome is pleased to announce that the 2010 Commissions cycle is now
open. Founded in 2001, the Rhizome Commissions Program is designed to
support emerging artists with financial and institutional resources.
In the seventh year of funding for the Program, Rhizome will award
grants, with amounts ranging from $1000 to $5000, for the creation of
significant works of new media art. Artists who receive a commission
will also be invited to speak at Rhizome’s affiliate, the New Museum
of Contemporary Art, and to archive their work in the ArtBase, a
comprehensive online art collection.

Applications for will be accepted until midnight April 2, 2009.

To apply and for more information: http://www.rhizome.org/commissions

In the 2010 cycle, Rhizome will award nine grants total. Seven of
these will be selected by a jury and two will be determined by
Rhizome’s membership through an open vote. Reflective of Rhizome’s
commitment to openness and community, this unique process encourages
dialogue among artists and participants and provides members with the
opportunity to survey the current field of practice.

Member voting will begin on April 6th.

Information on Rhizome membership is here:
http://rhizome.org/support/individual.php

The Rhizome Commissions program is supported, in part, by funds from
the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Jerome Foundation,
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the Rockefeller Foundation’s
NYC Cultural Innovation Fund. Additional support is provided by
generous individuals and Rhizome Members.

About Rhizome:
Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and
critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.
Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website
serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices.
Our programs, many of which happen online, include commissions,
exhibitions, events, discussion, archives and portfolios. We support
artists working at the furthest reaches of technological
experimentation as well as those responding to the broader aesthetic
and political implications of new tools and media.

http://rhizome.org

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Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology

11. February 2009 by admin.

Call for submissions

Volume 15, Number 1
Issue thematic title: The Sonic Image
Date of Publication: December 2009
Publishers: Cambridge University Press

Issue co-ordinator: Simon Atkinson (satkinson@dmu. ac.uk)

What is the Œimage of sound¹? How can the Œsonic image¹ be described and
studied? This issue aims to explore the significance of the term for
electroacoustic musics, as theoretical concept and phenomenon of
experience..
Although ideas of musical and sonic imagery appear (explicitly or
implicitly) with some frequency within some musicians¹ descriptions and
discussions of their work, as well as within some music theoretical
discourse, there has been little systematic elaboration of its nature or
implications. In the context of long-standing more general debates regarding
the nature of mental imagery, music, and more broadly, sound, have been
significantly underrepresented.

Questions of relevance include:
€ Can the Œsonic image¹ act as a focus for future interdisciplinary research
that might build bridges between the cognitive and the cultural regarding
our experience of sound?
€ Does the term suggest approaches that might usefully locate musical
practice with technology within broader experience, including media contexts
where sound is recorded and reproduced?
€ In what ways might Œsonic imagery¹ reveal more about mental and cultural
processes involved in listening and the formation of sense and meaning in
contemporary musics?
€ Although musicians freely talk of the Œmusical imagination¹, can this
really exist independently of other modes? If not, what might this reveal to
us regarding the fundamental nature of musical listening?
Alternatively, some might argue that it is a Œwrong concept¹, something too
dependent on thinking not concerned with the specifics of musical or aural
experience, and tied up with excessive baggage of previous philosophical and
cognitive discourse.

This issue of Organised Sound is intended as a catalyst for discussion,
founded on the premise that the practices of electroacoustic music over
recent decades may suggest important questions in this direction, as well as
that its elaboration will require fundamentally interdisciplinary
approaches. Papers are sought that deal with specific musical practices,
genres or listening situations (e.g. acousmatic), that are based upon
analyses of specific works or approaches, or that consider existing
theoretical studies through the lens of this concept/phenomenon. Within the
broad terrain of electroacoustic music studies, arguments might draw upon
the perspectives of fields such as Music Perception, Music Psychology, Music
Cognition, Neuroscience, Semiotics, Semantics, Phenomenology,
Ecologically- informed theory, Aesthetics, Media and Cultural Studies, or the
examination of the ontological status of sound recording and reproduction
within electroacoustic music practices.

As always, submissions related to the theme are encouraged; however, those
that fall outside the scope of this theme are always welcome.

Deadline for submissions is 15 June 2009. Submissions may consist of papers,
with optional supporting short compositions or excerpts, audio-visual
documentation of performances and/or other aspects related to your
submission that can be placed onto a DVD and the CUP website for ³Organised
Sound². Supporting audio and audio-visual material will be presented as
part of the journal’s annual DVD-ROM which will appear with issue 15/3 as
well on the journal¹s website.

—

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 June 2009

SUBMISSION FORMAT

Notes for Contributors and further details can be obtained from the inside
back cover of published issues of Organised Sound or at the following url:

http://journals. cambridge. org/action/ displayMoreInfo? jid=OSO&type= ifc (and
download the pdf)

Properly formatted email submissions and general queries should be sent to:
os@dmu.ac.uk (not to the guest editor)

Hard copy of articles and images (only when requested) and other material
(e.g., sound and audio-visual files, etc. normally max. 15¹ sound files or
8¹ movie files) should be submitted to:

Prof. Leigh Landy
Organised Sound
Clephan Building
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.

Editor: Leigh Landy
Associate Editors: Ross Kirk and Richard Orton
Regional Editors: Joel Chadabe, Kenneth Fields, Eduardo Miranda, Jøran Rudi,
Barry Truax, Ian Whalley, David Worrall
International Editorial Board: Marc Battier, Hannah Bosma, Alessandro
Cipriani, Simon Emmerson, Rajmil Fischman, David Howard, Rosemary Mountain,
Tony Myatt, Jean-Claude Risset, Francis Rumsey, Margaret Schedel, Mary
Simoni

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Archive for February 2009

E-Learn 2009

Top 20 Video Game Writers

The Fourth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge

EuroIMSA 2009 (CFP)

Game Contests: Early Spring 2009

IndieCade 2009

2009 NSF/AAAS Visualization Challenge

USC Internships for Summer Students

Rhizome 2010 Commissions Cycle

Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology