<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> ***Apologies for cross-posting*** Call for Papers Special Issue on Smart Toys, Smart Tangibles, Robots and other Smart Things for Children in the International Journal of Child Computer Interaction [<a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-child-computer-interaction/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-smart-toys-smart-tangibles-robots-and-other" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-child-computer-interaction/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-smart-toys-smart-tangibles-robots-and-other</a>] Guest Editors Cristina Sylla, Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), ITI/LARSyS, University of Minho, Portugal Alejandro Catala, Research Centre on Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Arzu Guneysu Ozgur, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Computer Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction (CHILI) Lab, Switzerland Pirita Ihamäki, Prizztech Ltd., Finland Katriina Heljakka, University of Turku, Finland Special Issue Description The world of children’s toys has continued to evolve with advances in embedded electronics, digital capabilities, and wireless connectivity. Smart toys, and robots represent an increasingly vibrant range of play objects that combine different capabilities such as networking, processing and intelligent reasoning. These interactive objects posit a growing and promising form of technology capable of sensing and processing data in real-time during CCI. The increasing uses of those interactive objects in CCI and the rise of data-driven methods and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques reinforce intelligent features and adaptivity, but also brings with it many important privacy issues and concerns. This special issue aims at digging into the research challenges concerned with interaction design of smart toys, tangibles, robots and other smart things for children, with a special emphasis on interactive intelligent features and their design and effects on interactions. We welcome and encourage researchers in this cross-disciplinary field to submit original research articles reporting experiments, case studies, reviews, as well as theoretical work investigating the role of smart objects for children. In particular, review contributions are invited on (but not limited to) the following topics: <ul style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"> <li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Smart Toys, Robots and design of interactive intelligent features </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Children Interaction with Smart Devices </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> AI-powered devices and data-driven interactions </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> User expectations of smart technologies </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Creative Technologies and Innovative Interactive Content for smart and intelligent devices </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Design of activities with smart play </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Meaningful play and learning experiences </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Design methods and methodologies </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Privacy issues and concerns </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Costs, benefits and consequences of intelligent features and devices such as sustainability </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color:#000000"> Future trends and directions in the field </li></ul> To prepare your manuscript, please, follow the guide for authors provided by Elsevier: <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/journals/international-journal-of-child-computer-interaction/2212-8689/guide-for-authors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.elsevier.com/journals/international-journal-of-child-computer-interaction/2212-8689/guide-for-authors</a> Please submit at: <a href="https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijcci/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijcci/default.aspx</a> Please select "VSI: Smart Toys when you reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Timeline <ul style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"> <li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#404040"> Deadline for abstract submissions (optional but recommended): 10 October 2020 </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#404040"> Deadline for manuscript submissions: (30 October ~1Nov) 2020 </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#404040"> Feedback Reviews: 31 March 2020 </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#404040"> Paper Resubmission: 30 April 2021 </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#000000; font-weight:700"> Each article will be published upon acceptance, expected publication date:June 2021 </li></ul> For questions, please contact: <a href="mailto:cristina.sylla@ie.uminho.pt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">cristina.sylla@ie.uminho.pt</a> <a href="mailto:alejandro.catala@usc.es" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">alejandro.catala@usc.es</a> <a href="mailto:arzu.guneysu@epfl.ch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">arzu.guneysu@epfl.ch</a></div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div id="Signature"> <div> <div> <table style="font-size:9pt; color:#444444"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="padding-right:5px"> <div> <table style="font-size:9pt; color:#444444"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="padding-right:5px"><a href="http://citius.usc.es/"><img class="EmojiInsert" alt="CiTIUS" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:1f7f5ac3-57cc-43b2-a9c2-8752f4ab2a2d"></a></td> <td><a href="http://citius.usc.es/v/alejandro.catala" style="color:#222222">Alejandro Catalá</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Researcher/Investigador Juan de la Cierva</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="mailto:alejandro.catala@usc.es"><img class="EmojiInsert" alt="E-mail:" width="11" height="11" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:346d4a59-a908-4d9c-b953-dad96e204292"> alejandro.catala@usc.es</a> · <img class="EmojiInsert" alt="Phone:" width="11" height="11" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:040ba518-4940-43a4-bb68-78b89bd838fe"> +34 881816460</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://citius.usc.es"><img class="EmojiInsert" alt="Website:" width="11" height="11" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:26281b2b-c127-4e55-9c63-f8dc0496cef0"> citius.usc.es</a> · <a href="http://twitter.com/acatalaHCI"><img class="EmojiInsert" alt="Twitter:" width="11" height="11" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:389951d4-9ef1-41e2-a270-a00fab6c598c"> acatalaHCI</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>