Call for papers and workshops: Pure Data Convention 2011 Paper draft submission: March 28, 2011 Notification of acceptance: May 16, 2011 Final Paper submission: July 11, 2011 The 4th Pure Data Convention will be held August 08-14, 2011, at Liszt School of Music and Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, Germany. In custom of the previous conventions we invite you to submit your papers related to the Pure Data programming environment in the fields of computer science, artistic creation and scientific research. The papers will be rated according to academic standards such as novelty and relevance in a peer review process. The Pd community is a heterogeneous group of users, developers, authors, artists, musicians, programmers; often in more than one role at a time. Papers from widely divergent perspectives are encouraged. Some possible topics could include: - Libraries and externals extending Pd - Tools built in or for Pd - Education - Spatialisation - Pd on mobile devices - Pd embedded in games and applications - Pd as a framework for audiovisual works Please check the website for the of terms of submission. Templates for the Papers (LaTeX, Open/LibreOffice) will be provided soon on the conventions home page: http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/Pure_Data_convention_2011 The conference is held in English, thereby the papers have to be in English. The length of a paper should be 4-8 pages, including an abstract (50-100 words) and up to 5 keywords. Proposals for workshops of all levels, from beginner to special interest, may be directed my email to max.neupert at the domain uni-weimar.de A separate call for music, performances and artworks will follow soon. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anybody who might be interested! The PureData Convention 2011 organization team. Björn Lindig and Max Neupert