December 2022 - Hcitaly

ACM IUI 2023 Workshop -- SOCIALIZE 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS

by Giuseppe Sansonetti

(Apologies for cross-postings) ************WORKSHOP CALL FOR PAPERS************** SOCIALIZE Workshop @ ACM IUI 2023 Third Workshop on SOcial and Cultural IntegrAtion with PersonaLIZEd Interfaces (SOCIALIZE) March 27, 2023 Co-located with the 28th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2023 (https://iui.acm.org/2023/ <https://iui.acm.org/2023/>) Sydney, Australia, March 27-31, 2023 Workshop website: http://socialize2023.di.unito.it/ <http://socialize2023.di.unito.it/> Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2023 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2023> For any information: socialize2023(a)easychair.org <mailto:socialize2023@easychair.org> ******************Important Dates******************* Submission deadline: January 9, 2023 Authors notification: January 29, 2023 Camera-ready: February 16, 2023 Workshop date: March 27, 2023 *********************Overview********************** The SOCIALIZE workshop aims to bring together all those interested in the development of interactive techniques that may contribute to fostering the social and cultural inclusion of a broad range of users. More specifically, we intend to attract research that takes into account the interaction peculiarities typical of different realities, with a focus on disadvantaged and at-risk categories (e.g., refugees and migrants) and vulnerable groups (e.g., children, elderly, autistic, and disabled people). Among others, we are also interested in human-robot interaction techniques aimed at the development of social robots, that is, autonomous robots that interact with people by engaging in social-affective behaviors, abilities, and rules related to their collaborative role. **********************Topics*********************** The main topics of the workshop are (but not limited to): * Multi-cultural system design; * Empirical studies on the impact of culture on systems; * Cultural and social influence in recommender systems; * Cultural and social aspects as contextual factors; * Cultural and social influence in online learning platforms (e.g., MOOC); * Methods for automatic assessment of social and cultural background from social media; * Strategies for adapting systems to groups of users with different backgrounds; * Cross-cultural analyses of trust in systems; * Human-robot adaptation for cross-cultural users, including under-represented groups; * Personalized Human-Robot Interaction (HRI); * Adaptation strategies for social HRI; * Machine learning for social robots; * Emotion and personality detection in social HRI; * Social robots as conversational recommender systems; * Social robots in the real world; ********************Submissions******************** We encourage three kinds of submissions: - Full papers (up to 8 pages + references) - Short papers (up to 4-6 pages + references) - Vision and position papers (up to 2 pages + references) in ACM SIGCHI Paper Format (see https://iui.acm.org/2023/call_for_papers.html <https://iui.acm.org/2023/call_for_papers.html>). Papers should be submitted via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2023 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2023>) by January 9, 2023. All submissions will undergo a peer-review process. Reviewers will consider originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity, and relevance to the workshop’s topics. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop. Accepted contributions will be published in a joint volume of dedicated workshop proceedings. For further questions please contact the workshop organizers at <socialize2023(a)easychair.org>. ********************Organization******************** Fabio Gasparetti, Roma Tre University Cristina Gena, University of Torino Giuseppe Sansonetti, Roma Tre University Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: Third Call for Papers

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*** Third Call for Papers *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB. User Modeling Inc., as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. The theme of UMAP 2023 is "Personalization in Times of Crisis”. Specifically, we welcome submissions that highlight the impact that critical periods (such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing wars, and climate change, to name a few) can have on user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems; the focus is on investigations that capture how these trying times may have influenced user behavior and whether new models are required. While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. As always, contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Abstracts: January 19, 2023 (mandatory) • Full paper: January 26, 2023 • Notification: April 11, 2023 • Camera-ready: May 2, 2023 • Conference: June 26 - 29, 2023 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) CONFERENCE TOPICS We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems targeting a broad range of users and domains. For detailed descriptions and the suggested topics for each track please visit the UMAP 2023 website. Personalized Recommender Systems This track invites works from researchers and practitioners on recommender systems. In addition to mature research works addressing technical aspects of recommendations, we welcome research contributions that address questions related to user perception, decision-making, and the business value of recommender systems. Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web This track welcomes works focused on the use of knowledge representations (i.e., novel knowledge bases), graph algorithms (i.e., graph embedding techniques), and social network analysis at the service of addressing all aspects of personalization, user model building, and personal experience in online social systems. Moreover, this track invites works in adaptive hypermedia, as well as semantic and social web. Intelligent User Interfaces This track invites works exploring how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter and more productive, leveraging solutions from human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, information visualization, and knowledge representation and reasoning. Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling This track invites researchers, developers, and practitioners from various disciplines to submit their innovative learning solutions, share acquired experiences, and discuss their modeling challenges for personalized adaptive learning. Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics Researchers, developers, and practitioners have a social responsibility to account for the impact that technologies have on individuals (users, providers, and other stakeholders) and society. This track invites works related to the science of building, maintaining, evaluating, and studying adaptive systems that are fair, transparent, respectful of users’ privacy, and beneficial to society. Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems This track invites submissions focused on personalization and tailoring for persuasive technologies, including but not limited to personalization models, user models, computational personalization, design, and evaluation methods. It also welcomes work that brings attention to the user experience and designing personalized and adaptive behavior change technologies. Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-robot Interaction This track invites works investigating new models and techniques for adapting synthetic companions (e.g., virtual assistants, chatbots, social robots) to individual users. With the conversational modality so in vogue across disciplines, this track welcomes work highlighting the model and deployment of synthetic companions driven by conversational search and recommendation paradigms. Research Methods and Reproducibility This track invites submissions on methodologies to evaluate personalized systems, benchmarks, and measurement scales, with particular attention to the reproducibility of results and techniques. Furthermore, the track looks for submissions that report new insights from reproducing existing works. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Submissions for any of the aforementioned tracks should have a maximum length of *14 pages* (excluding references) in the ACM new single-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). (Papers of any length up to 14 pages are encouraged; reviewers will comment on whether the size is appropriate for the contribution.) The submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 . Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference. At least one author should register for the conference by the early registration date cut-off. UMAP uses a *double-blind* review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' prior work should be in the third person. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected. UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment) as well as the ACM Publication Policies and Procedures (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies). PROGRAM CHAIRS • Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria • Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands TRACK CHAIRS Personalized Recommender Systems • Noemi Mauro (University of Torino, Italy) • Olfa Nasraoui (University of Louisville, USA) • Marko Tkalcic (University of Primorska, Slovenia) Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web • Daniela Godoy (ISISTAN - CONICET/UNICEN University, Argentina) • Cataldo Musto (University of Bari, Italy) Intelligent User Interfaces • Bart Knijnenburg (Clemson University, USA) • Katrien Verbert (KU Leuven, Belgium) • Wolfgang Wörndl (TU Munich, Germany) Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling • Oleksandra Poquet (TU Munich, Germany) • Olga C. Santos (UNED, Spain) Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics • Michael Ekstrand (Boise State University, USA) • Peter Knees (TU Wien, Austria) Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Federica Cena (University of Torino, Italy) • Rita Orji (Dalhousie University, Canada) • Jun Zhao (Oxford University, England) Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-Robot Interaction • Li Chen (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) • Yi Zhang (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) • Ingrid Zukerman (Monash University, Australia) Research Methods and Reproducibility • Dietmar Jannach (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) • Alan Said (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Contact information: umap2023-program(a)um.org

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Special issue on Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for One Health

by Paolo Buono

*** Apologies for multiple posting *** ================================================= Special issue on Human-Centered AI for One Health to be published in the journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine/a… ================================================= Overview -------- Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can already significantly increase the efficiency of processes in many areas today and help people with everyday problems. However, there is still a lack of clarity as to how the benefits of AI can be effectively exploited and, at the same time, providing the reliability, security, traceability, explainability and thus the trustworthiness of the system for humans. AI is usually viewed from the perspective of autonomy: from autonomous behavior to autonomous decision making. In various contexts, a high degree of autonomy can be useful (although not without risks). However, another approach might be to use AI as a means to support and facilitate humans by complementing (and valuing) human cognitive abilities rather than replacing them. One particular approach is even to use human experiential knowledge, contextual understanding, and common sense to advantage, by means of human-in-the-loop, e.g., Deep Reinforcement Learning with the human-in-the-loop. All these approaches are grouped under the umbrella term Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI). This new discipline aims to use AI technologies not only with and for humans, but also to develop them with successful Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) approaches. The ultimate goal is to design systems that complement, empower, and in no way replace human capabilities. This requires a strong integration of privacy, security and safety. HCAI researchers have the potential to create intelligent systems that are more reliable, safe and trustworthy for humans. This is important in all critical areas of life, such as healthcare and medical contexts, as well as health in general. This interdisciplinary field should result from cross-fertilization of research in health sciences, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, decision support systems, and natural language. For this special issue, original and high-quality articles are sought that provide an opportunity to demonstrate the progress of HCAI methods and tools and their application to the maintenance of human health. In particular, the “One Health” idea of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pushed, which is an approach calling for the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally, to attain optimal health for the human and the whole ecological environment. Topics of interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - HCAI approaches to support One Health - New user interfaces and modalities for a seamless interaction between human and AI designed with HCAI approaches, particularly on how a human-in-the-loop can be included - Methods and algorithms enabling a better human-AI collaboration - Methods and tools supporting humans to better understand decisions of AI-driven applications for one health - Empowerment of users of AI systems to reconfigure intelligent systems based on their experiences - Case studies and lesson learned from experimental evaluation of HCAI systems in medical and healthcare domains - Investigations of users’ mental models of AI systems in use - Analysis of users’ requirements and new work practices emerging from the use if AI in medical and healthcare domains - Deep-Reinforcement Learning with the human-in-the-loop Guest Editors ------------- Nadia Berthouze University College London, UK, nadia.berthouze(a)ucl.ac.uk Paolo Buono University of Bari, Italy, paolo.buono(a)uniba.it Maria Francesca Costabile University of Bari, Italy, maria.costabile(a)uniba.it Adela Grando Arizona State University, USA, adela.grando(a)asu.edu Andreas Holzinger University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria, andreas.holzinger(a)human-centered.ai Submission ---------- This is a rolling issue. Manuscripts can be submitted at any time before the deadline. All submissions that pass editorial pre-check are sent to peer-review. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted). Response to the authors will be given at the earliest convenience of the editors. To help authors find a good fit, we encourage them to send proposals of about 1000 words that provide a clear indication of what the paper is about and how HCAI is addressed. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Proposals that are not appropriate are desk rejected to save the authors' valuable time. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Submission of the full paper is via the online Elsevier Editorial System (https://www.editorialmanager.com/aiim). Authors should prepare the manuscript of their full paper according to the Instructions for Authors provided in the Guide for authors section of the journal webpage (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine/0933-…). When submitting the new manuscript, select “VSI: HCAI for One Health” as article type. Important Dates --------------- Proposal closing: 15th May 2023 Special issue closing (full paper final submission deadline): 15th October 2023  Questions? ---------- For questions regarding this special issue, please contact the Managing Guest Editor, Prof. Paolo Buono, paolo.buono(a)uniba.it -- --------------------------------------- Paolo Buono Associate Professor IVU Lab, Department of Computer Science University of Bari, Italy http://ivu.di.uniba.it/people/buono.htm ---------------------------------------

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First CfP SLERD 2023 - 8th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *8th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development** * *2023:SMART LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS AS ENGINES OF THE GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION* *June 19-20, 2023* /*Tallin, Estonia (hybrid)*/ slerd.uniroma2.it <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/> Contacts: 1st: janika [dot] leoste [at] tlu [dot] ee/(conference chair)/ 2nd: aslerd [dot] org [at] gmail [dot] com ========================================================= Deadline for paper submission: *March 5, 2023 *call for papers <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/call-for-papers/> *========================================================= *SLERD 2023 will host also a *Demo Student Contest* -> see call for demo <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/student-design-contest-2023/> **========================================================= * * *SLERD 2023* is organized by /Tallinn University /in collaboration with /ASLERD/ <http://www.aslerd.org>/./ * Please Note: SLERD 2023 will be held in precence but a possibility to attend it virtually is provided (hybrid format). * /*Short Intro*/ The energy crises and war have underscored the need to change our living style, consumption habits, learning methods and tools. The transition towards future education is according to theUnesco thematic action track 4 <https://transformingeducationsummit.sdg4education2030.org/track/digital>encompassing digital transformation which harnesses technology as part of larger systemic efforts. Making technology more inclusive, equitable, effective, relevant, and sustainable. What should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to the achievement of “a better learning for a better world <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…>” as a contribution to theUnited Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld>? How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities and, at the same time, to the empowering of each individual according to his expectations and talents? However , such transformation has to take the environment into account. The sustainable development goals (SDG) do not concern only the industry and economic transition but also learning institutions. It is calledtwin transition <https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news/twin-green-digital-tran…>. The*twin transition*means digital technologies playing a key role in achieving climate neutrality. These transformations have an effect on learning and needed skills; to adapt to a rapidly*transforming technological reality*and labour market, as well as green skills and climate awareness. The topics need an in-depth discourse on their environmental friendliness and the methods we, as teachers, facilitators and learners, use, adapt and design (see, e.g.,Unesco Leading SDG 4 goals <https://www.unesco.org/en/education/education2030-sdg4>). As societies change, these also affect*learning approaches, models and methodologies*best suited for appreciated values such as equity, inclusion, quality and relevance to mention a few values frequently described concerning education. These values mean to mobilise action, ambition, solidarity and solutions to sow the seeds to transform education in a rapidly changing world.The Unesco paper <https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000245656>“/The futures of education for participation in 2050/” paves the way to deal with the change and ambiguity of the current and future times. The complex questions of when, how and why to use digital technologies in and for learning can be approached through multiple perspectives and angles: values;*informal, formal, and non-formal learning settings; infrastructural and systemic as well as technological views*. The general topics of the conference reflect the above-mentioned different perspectives aiming to provide in-depth discourse among academics, students and practitioners. SLERD 2023 is proud to invite colleagues – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems that drive towards green and digital transformation where learning ecosystems, approaches, methods and tools promote smart learning but are also environmentally friendly activating citizens, and in the promoting social innovation and equally accessible quality education. /**//*Topics of interests*/ *SLERD 2023* is proud to invite colleagues - researchers and practitioners - from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems and, contributions on how to build together a brilliant post pandemic future, where smart learning ecosystems and smart education will be even more central in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. can be grouped under three big themes: /*• places for smart education */ * • future of institutional learning • interplay between formal and informal learning • new educational models and settings • continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, processes in learning • role of, and case studies of, games and gamification in smart education • dual education and other alternate scheme approaches • monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) * /*• people in place centered design for smart education*/ * • general frameworks and methodological advances • design, data and other relevant literacies • smart citizen’s literacies, skill and competences • communities and co-design in smart learning • sharing & participatory practices • open access to any resource and disparity • cultural influences * /*• supportive learning technologies for smart education*/ * *• AI for smart learning ecosystems: ethical aspects, tools and H-AI interaction* *• semantic web technologies and applications*** • text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis • real/virtual communities and social network analysis • interoperability and application of open/smart data and services • safety & security in education • IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies • adaptability to educational contexts and citizens • role of VR in education * ========================================================= /*Important dates:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for papers submission: *March**5, 2023* • Notification to the authors: April 16, 2023 • Camera ready paper: April 30, 2023 • Conference: June 19-20, 2023 ========================================== /*Submissions:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- SLERD welcomes contributions composed by min. 4500 words. The max. length of the contributions should not overcome 16 pages. Papers should be written according to: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen… Link to the /*paper submission page on easy chair:*/ https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slerd2023 ========================================================= Information about SLERD 2023 will continuously updated on the ASLERD Linkedin page -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103530/> Facebook page -> link <https://www.facebook.com/people/Aslerd-Association-for-Smart-learning-Ecosy…> ========================================================= Join ALSLERD and share our vision on the future of Smart Learning Ecosystems: Timisoara declaration <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…> See ASLERD website <http://www.aslerd.org> for Request of membership, membership fees and legal =========================================================

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Second Call for Papers

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*** Second Call for Papers *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. The main audience of Euro-Par are researchers in academic institutions, government laboratories and industrial organisations. Euro-Par aims to be the primary choice of such professionals for the presentation of new results in their specific areas. Euro-Par provides an excellent forum for focused technical discussion, as well as interaction with a large, broad and diverse audience. In addition, Euro-Par conferences provide a platform for a number of accompanying, technical workshops for smaller and emerging communities. VENUE AND ORGANIZATION Euro-Par 2023 will be held as a primarily in-person event (although remote presentation and participation will be supported, if needed). The venue place is the 5* St. Raphael Resort, in Limassol, Cyprus. Euro-Par 2023 is organised by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus. The General Chair is George A. Papadopoulos and the Program Chairs are Marios D. Dikaiakos and Rizos Sakellariou. The Organizing Committee is listed on the web site: https://2023.euro-par.org/conference/committees/ . SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Euro-Par 2023 proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. • Papers must be in PDF format and should not exceed 14 pages (including references) • Papers must be formatted in the Springer LNCS style: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… • Papers that don’t meet these requirements might be rejected without a review • Contributions submitted elsewhere or currently under review will not be considered • All submitted papers will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate; papers which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review • Paper submissions are made through EasyChair using the link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=europar2023 IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: February 17, 2023 (AoE) • Paper Submission: February 24, 2023 (AoE) • Author Notification: April 30, 2023 • Camera-Ready Papers: June 2, 2023 • Author Registration: June 2, 2023 ARTEFACTS Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an artefact that will be evaluated separately. TOPICS We invite submissions of high-quality, novel and original research results in areas of parallel and distributed computing covered by the following list of tracks. More information on the tracks can be found on the conference web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/submission-of-papers/call-for-papers/ Track 1. Programming, Compilers and Performance Chairs: • Biagio Cosenza, University of Salerno, Italy • Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria Track 2. Scheduling, Resource Management, Cloud, Edge Computing, and Workflows Chairs: • Marco Aldinucci, University of Torino, Italy • Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Track 3. Architectures and Accelerators Chairs: • Jesus Carretero, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain • Leonel Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal Track 4. Data Analytics, AI, and Computational Science Chairs: • Maciej Malawski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland • Radu Prodan, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Track 5. Theory and Algorithms Chairs: • Chryssis Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Christos Kaklamanis, University of Patras, Greece Track 6. Multidisciplinary, Domain-specific and Applied Parallel and Distributed Computing Chairs: • Francisco F. Rivera, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain • Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Third Call for Workshops and Minisymposia

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*** Third Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. • A tentative program committee (10-15 members) • Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops • Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity i including european project meetings) * organizational aspects • Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) • Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines • Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review • Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest • Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management • Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered • Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper • Registering for the conference • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2023 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. • Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives • Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), • Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. The responsibilities are as follows: • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation • Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers • Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions • Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions • Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) • Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 • Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS • Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) • Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: Second Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos

by Announce Announcements

*** Second Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-late-breaking-results-and-demos/ Submissions due: April 24, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 IMPORTANT DATES ● Submission of papers: April 24, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2023 ● Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 18, 2023 ● Conference: June 26-29, 2023 Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) SUBMISSION FORMATS Demonstrations ● Max. 5 pages + max. 1 additional page for references; ● (Optional) video or external material demonstrating the system; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a demo + poster at the conference. Description: Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 5 pages + 1 page of references in the new ACM single-column style. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2023. Late-Breaking Results ● Max. 7 pages + max. 2 additional pages for references; ● (Required) unpublished page with a list of questions the authors aim to get feedback on; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a (potentially virtual) poster at the conference. Description: Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of up to 7 pages + 2 pages of references in the new ACM single-column style and will be presented to the conference as posters. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a list of questions that the authors aim to get feedback on during the poster session at UMAP 2023. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymised before submission Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): ● LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} in the sample- authordraft.tex file for single-column): ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t… ● Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} for single-column): ◦ https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-… ● MS Word: ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio… Note: Accepted papers will require further revision to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. The ACM Code of Ethics gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-) reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities. Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2023 Demos and Late-Breaking Results at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 (choose “New Submission” and make sure to select “UMAP'23 - LBR and Demos” track). The review process will be single-blind, i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment) as well as the ACM Publication Policies and Procedures (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies). PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION Accepted Demo and Late-Breaking Results papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Papers will be accessible from the UMAP 2023 website through ACM OpenToc Service for one year after publication in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS ● Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy ● Alisa Rieger, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ● Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi, University at Albany – SUNY, USA ● Contact: umap2023-lbr(a)um.org

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CHItaly 2023 - Crossing HCI and AI: Call for Papers

by amon rapp

CHItaly 2023: Call for Papers [Apologies for Multiple Postings] ================================================ CHItaly 2023 - Crossing HCI and AI The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 20–22 September 2023 Location: from Turin to the World, using MetaVerse https://chitaly2023.it/ ================================================ THEME: Crossing HCI and AI ================================================ Besides consolidated HCI contributions, CHItaly 2023 aims at debating the intersection of HCI and AI as an emerging field of research, devoted mostly to Intelligent User Interfaces, i.e., interfaces developed using the approaches from HCI and the tools from AI. We solicit research on methods, approaches and systems relating the Human and the AI, innovative AI-based interfaces and interactions empowering humans, experiences in good and bad practices in applying AI to the interaction. ================================================ CALL FOR LONG AND SHORT PAPERS ================================================ Long papers present original and substantially new research in HCI. Short papers present original and provocative research or novel applications in HCI. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance for HCI rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, or research studies. All paper manuscripts undergo a selective review process. Accepted papers are invited for inclusion in the electronic ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS - pending approval), published in the ACM Digital Library. The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to an international journal. Besides the special theme of CHItaly 2023, the conference is interested in all aspects of HCI: - Crossing HCI and AI - Fundamentals of HCI - Interactive Environments - Interaction Techniques, Modalities and Devices - Applications of HCI A more detailed list is available at https://chitaly2023.it/call_for_papers/ All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. When the deadline is day D, the last time to submit is when D ends AoE. Check your local time in AoE. Main deadlines (AoE): - Submission deadline: March 31th, 2023 - Review notification: June 1st, 2023 - Camera Ready: July 31th, 2023 Papers Chairs: Tania Di Mascio (Università dell’Aquila) Rosa Lanzilotti (Università di Bari) Davide Spano (Università di Cagliari) email: papers(a)chitaly2023.it Submit on easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chitaly2023

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IxD&A Journal: Issue N. 53 is now available for free downloading

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A* *https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 *established in 2005 SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal implements also video presentations of the published contributions. SRJ 2021 = 0.353 (Q1: Architecture/Design; Q2: Social Science, Media Technology; Q3: Human Computer Interaction, Education) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 53 *on:* Gamification of the Learning Process** */guest editors: Davide Carneiro, Pilar Cáceres, Mariana Reimão Carvalho / is now available for free downloading https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-053 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold/Diamond Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IxD&A Journal, issue N. 53 - ToC*/** **/ **/Preface to the special issue on/ *Gamification of the Learning Process */Davide Carneiro, Pilar Cáceres, Mariana Reimão Carvalho/* */p. 5 - 6/* */William Reyes Cabrera, Jesús Pinto Sosa, Ricardo Hernández-Dzib /*The construction and validation of a Questionnaire of Gamification Skills in Teachers (QGST)*/, pp. 7 - 26, Chinonye Leuna Obioha, Izak van Zyl /*Gameful design for skills development for youths in urban marginalised communities*/, pp. 27 - 50, Eduardo Nunes, Bruno Gavaia, Rui Rodrigues, Luís Sampaio, Raquel Silva /*Liber Domus: Development of a Prototype RPG for 6th Grade Mathematics and Science Learning*/, pp. 51 - 69, Eva Mårell-Olsson /*Teachers’ Perception of Gamification as a Teaching Design*/, pp. 70 - 100, Steven Tanimoto /*Three Tiers of Gamification in a College Course on Problem Solving for Global Challenges*/, pp. 101 - 127, Pedro Beça, Mónica Aresta, Rita Santos, Ana Isabel Veloso, Gonçalo Gomes /*Students as Game Creators. Easing the game construction process by using a toolkit to game design*/, pp. 128 - 143, Amuthageetha Nagarajan, Arkendu Sen /*Can Bloom's Higher Order Thinking skills be achieved by Gamified Learning through Social Networking Site (SNS) like Facebook?*/, pp. 144 - 160, Stavros A. Nikou, Anastasios A. Economides, Andromachi Boikou /*Business simulation games: impact on SOLO taxonomy learning outcomes, learning performance and teamwork competency*/, pp. 161 - 175, Carmen Llorente, Antonio Palacios Rodriguez, Victoria Fernàndez Scagliusi /*Learning landscapes and educational Breakout for the development of digital skills of teachers in training*/, pp. 176 - 190, Fábio Silva, João Ramos, Cesar Analide /*Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality for Practical Application Learning with Gamification Elements*/, pp. 191 - 212, José Manuel Sáez-López, Esteban Vázquez-Cano, Javier Fombona, Eloy López-Meneses /*Gamification and gaming proposals, teachers’ perceptions and practices in Primary Education*/, pp. 213 - 229, / -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook -> link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel -> link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for applications - Research Fellowship @ University of Bari Aldo Moro (ITALY)

by berardina nadja decarolis

Applications are invited for a *18-month fellowship* (*assegno di ricerca*) for conducting research within the project "Personalized Assistance through Social Robots for Active Aging", funded by POC PUGLIA FESR-FSE 2014/2020- azione 10.4 “Interventi volti a promuovere la ricerca e per l’Istruzione Universitaria” –“RIPARTI”. The Research Fellow will work on *Computer Vision and AI methodologies for estimating the level of frailty of seniors through the use of a Social Robot*. *URL for application:* https://reclutamento.ict.uniba.it/assegni-di-ricerca/concorsi/2022-pr-01.81 Keywords: *computer vision, social robotics, user modeling* Closing date for applications: *09/Dec/2022* For further information, please contact prof. Berardina Decarolis: berardina.decarolis(a)uniba.i <berardina.decarolis(a)uniba.it> Brief Description: The project is in the context of active aging and aims to develop and evaluate how, using the sensor of a social robot, it is possible to estimate in a precise and continuous way vital parameters, emotional states, and situations of danger and emergency of frail seniors. In particular, techniques based on computer vision and AI will be used to estimate vital parameters (Respiratory rate, Heart rate, Blood pressure), emotional state, risk situations (e.g. man down), and lifestyles (e.g. sedentariness). To achieve these objectives, the researcher will collaborate with expert members of the interdepartmental center CITEL, which incorporates both clinical and technological expertise, and with the project industrial partner represented by Exprivia company. For more information, write to berardina.decarolis(a)uniba.it -- Berardina Nadja De Carolis Associate Professor Dipartimento di Informatica Università degli studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" Via Orabona, 4 70126 Bari - Italy phone: +39 080 544 3282

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