IconCMT2023DifferentBrilliant: IconCMT2023: Different Brilliant St. Pölten UAS St. Pölten, Austria, November 28-30, 2023

Conference website	https://iconcmt.fhstp.ac.at/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iconcmt2023different
Abstract registration deadline	October 15, 2023
Submission deadline	October 15, 2023
Conference	November 28, 2023

The 5th International Conference on Creative\Media/Technologies (IConCMT) will take place at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (UAS) from 28 to 30 November 2023 offering exchange in multiple research areas within the field of media & digital technologies.

The program Different Brilliant: Excellent Bachelor and Master Theses offers best-practice insights into approaches of applied and artistic research projects in the field of media, design and media creation.

Innovative Research in Bachelor/Master Theses

Different Brilliant showcases master theses with innovative research approach from Austria’s higher education institutions in the field of design. Different Brilliant provides insights for students to conceptualize their own research methodology. In addition to well established methods like analyses, questionnaires, expert or in-depth interviews, there are new possibilities to discover today. Media, Design and Creation can be investigated through the lens of empirical evidence and artistic practice. To do research in the design space today bridges, modifies and implements methods from various domains.

Purpose

The best five master thesis will be presented in 15 minutes format to the public. All presentations will be in English. Every student of any austrian universiy Austrian universities / higher education institutions as well as students from the (Erasmus) partner universities are invited to apply. Particular interesting are evidence-based results and conclusive research methods.

Special Invitation to students of the Austrian Universitys of the Academic Design Network Austria with the members:

Universität für angewandte Kunst; FH Joanneum; FH Salzburg; Universität f. Weiterbildung Krems; FH Vorarlberg, New Design University; FH St. Pölten; Kunstuniversität Linz; ...

Topics of Interest

Submissions should concern the use of research methods in relation to design, media design and creation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Evidence-based design

• Scientific guided approach to test or proof design applications
• Meta-analysis
• Proof of concept

Empirical design (quantitative / qualitative / mixed methods)

• current state-of-the-art in the area; identification of weaknesses and strengths; comparative analysis and classification; Validation of methodologies;
• Computational Aesthetics, Experimental Aesthetics
• Experimental Development
• Scenario Analysis
• Focus groups
• Interviews
• Experiment
• Post-occupancy Evaluation
• Prototyping
• Grounded Theory

Art-based research

• Prototyping
• Design Fiction
• Mixed Methods
• Transformative Research Frameworks

Cultural Probes

• Artistic approach which inspires the research process and data gathering.

Heterodox methodologies (“New Horizons”)

• New approaches or experiments that challenge existing concepts or methods.

Submission Guidelines

Submission deadline: 30th of september, 2023

Presentation date: 5th IConCMT on the 29th of november 2023

15 min. presentation in English

Eligible for Submission

• Students and graduates of Austrian universities / higher education institutions
• students and graduates from Erasmus partner universities of Austrian universities
• as a graduate: you have finished your master studies not longer than 2 years ago.

Submission Details

• abstracts in English: 200 words (references, figure captions and tables not counted toward the final word count)
• short biography: 100 words
• research question(s) + research design + methods: 300 words
• conclusion / results: 200 words 
• language of the paper: German or English
• APA style citation guidelines ( https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide )
• all papers must be submitted as a PDF document
• all papers must include research question(s), methods, outcomes, summary and key literature 
• font: Arial / Times New Roman
• size: 12pt
• line spacing: 1,5
• running text: normal
• headlines: bold
• accentuations: italic / bold
• graphics / diagrams / illustrations / tables have to be labelled
• The reviewing process will be double-blind. Please omit information about the authors in the submitted paper

Committees

Program Committee

• Rosa von Suess
• Matthias Tratz
• Thomas Grundnigg
• Stefan Moritsch
• Christine Schwaiger
• Markus Winterberger

Organizing committee

• Georg Vogt
• Rosa von Suess
• Hanna Aicher

Venue

The conference IConCMT will be held in St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Rosa von Suess

Submission Contact

rosa.vonsuess@fhstp.ac.at