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padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;"><br class="">Submission deadline: 31 January 2019</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><br class=""><strong class="">xCoAx</strong> is an exploration of the intersection of computational tools and media, with art and culture, in the form of a multi-disciplinary enquiry on aesthetics, computation, communication and the elusive X factor that connects them all.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">The focus of <strong class="">xCoAx</strong> is on the unpredictable overlaps between the chaos and freedom of creativity and the rules and determinism of algorithms, between human nature and machine technology, with the aim to evolve towards new directions in aesthetics.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">In 2019 <strong class="">xCoAx</strong> will take place in Milan, Italy.</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Topics</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">You are invited to submit theoretical, practical or experimental research work that includes but is not limited to the following topics: Computation, Communication, Aesthetics, X, Algorithms / Systems / Models, Artificial Aesthetics, Artificial Intelligence, Audiovisuals / Multimodality, Creativity, Design, Interaction, Games, Generative Art / Design, History, Mechatronics / Physical Computing, Music / Sound Art, Performance, Philosophy of Art / of Computation, Technology / Ethics / Epistemology.</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Submission Categories</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Papers, artworks, performances, ongoing doctoral research (all details for submission at <a href="https://xcoax.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cdac0ad3a46ed1e936aa969e&id=4837efd399&e=184c3e4496" style="color: rgb(132, 49, 121);" class="">http://xcoax.org/</a>)</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Publications</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">All accepted works will be published in a proceedings book with ISBN (see <a href="https://xcoax.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cdac0ad3a46ed1e936aa969e&id=436b9de232&e=184c3e4496" style="color: rgb(132, 49, 121);" class="">http://proceedings.xcoax.org</a> for previous editions) and the authors of the best papers will be invited to a special issue of the Scopus-indexed Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (<a href="https://xcoax.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cdac0ad3a46ed1e936aa969e&id=3fdbc2955c&e=184c3e4496" style="color: rgb(132, 49, 121);" class="">http://artes.ucp.pt/citarj/</a>).</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Keynote Speakers</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Luciana Parisi: Goldsmiths University of London<br class="">Domenico Quaranta</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Doctoral Symposium Chairs</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Philip Galanter: Texas A&M University<br class="">Simona Chiodo: Politecnico di Milano</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Noticia Text', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class=""><br class="">Organizing Committee</h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">André Rangel: CITAR<br class="">Jason Reizner: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar<br class="">Luísa Ribas: CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon<br class="">Mario Verdicchio: Università degli Studi di Bergamo (Chair)<br class="">Miguel Carvalhais: INESC TEC / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; 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