We are pleased to invite you to participate in the prestigious 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, under the auspices of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). ICEC 2008:Pittsburgh will be an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge amongst researchers and developers in the field of entertainment computing. Different submission types are invited that present scientific ideas or improvements to existing techniques in the broad multi-disciplinary field of entertainment and edutainment applications.

Topics:

Any research addressing entertainment computing is welcome, in particular we suggest (but not limited) the categories listed below:

• Interactive Design for Entertainment
• Aesthetics, Ontology and Social Reflection
• Art, Design and Novel Media
• Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality
• Computer Games and Game Based Interfaces
• Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies
• Entertainment and Healthcare
• Novel and Evolutionary Platforms / Hardware Devices
• Social and Human Factors of Entertainment
• Interactive Digital Storytelling, and Interactive Tele-Vision
• Mobile Entertainment via e.g. Mobile Phones, PDAs etc
• Narrative Environments and Intelligent Medias
• New Genres, New Standards
• Pervasive Entertainment and Game-Playing
• Robots and Cyber Pets
• Self Reflecting Entertainment
• Simulation Applications of Games, and Military Training
• Sound, Music, Creative Environments

Case Studies:

Case studies are invited from any entertainment and edutainment application, including:

• Authoring
• Computer Games
• Cultural Heritage
• Home Entertainment
• Media System Design
• Service Robotics
• Affective Interaction
• Intelligent Environments