May 2025 - Hcitaly

HCSE@INTERACT 2025 Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering - Call for Papers (Submissions due: May 26 AoE)

by Stefan Sauer

*(Apologies if you receive multiple e-mails on this subject via different channels!)* https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-interact2025 <https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-interact2025> *Call for Papers* International Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering Balancing Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Value *organized by IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodologies for User-Centered Systems Design * *at INTERACT 2025 <https://interact2025.org/> The 20th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction ** * *September 8/9, 2025 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil* Theme The rapid advancement of digital technologies continues to reshape the way humans interact with software systems, raising critical questions about the balance between human values and the interplay of usability, user experience and automation. In this landscape, Human-Centered Software Engineering (HCSE) plays a pivotal role in ensuring that software development remains aligned with user needs, ethical principles, and broader societal impacts. This edition of the HCSE workshop focuses on the intersection of Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Value, emphasizing the need for new approaches in designing socio-technical systems that integrate intelligent automation while preserving human agency and well-being. With AI-driven decision-making, adaptive interfaces, and autonomous systems becoming ubiquitous, it is crucial to explore how software engineering can accommodate these innovations while maintaining transparency, fairness, and user trust. Beyond the traditional themes of IFIP 13.2 workshops, this edition invites contributions fostering discussion among researchers and practitioners, to advance the dialogue on how HCSE can evolve to meet the demands of modern digital ecosystems while staying true to its human-centric principles. Contributions are invited that explore innovative methodologies, design principles, and case studies that highlight how intelligent software systems can be designed to enhance, rather than diminish, human experience. The ultimate goal is to develop approaches that harmonize interaction, artificial intelligence, and human value, fostering the creation of software that is not only powerful and efficient, but also trustworthy, inclusive, and ethically responsible. This workshop is a follow-up of the successful workshops organized at INTERACT 2015 in Bamberg, Germany <https://www.irit.fr/recherches/ICS/events/conferences/workshop-IFIPWG13.2-B…>, INTERACT 2017 in Mumbai, India <http://ifip-tc13.org/wg-13-213-5-workshop-interact17-mumbai/>, INTERACT 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus <https://sites.google.com/view/ifip-wg-13-2-workshop-interact/home>, INTERACT 2021 in Bari, Italy <https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-workshop-interact2021/>, and INTERACT 2023 in York, UK. Target Audience and Expected Outcomes This workshop is open to everyone who is interested in aspects of human–computer interaction from a user-centered perspective. Typical contributions to this workshop focus on methods, processes and approaches for designing, building and testing inter-active systems. We expect a high participation of IFIP Working Group 13.2 members. We particularly invite participants to present position papers describing real-life case studies that illustrate how they rethought HCI’s and SE’s interplay in order to address aspects such as agile development, sustainability, artificial intelligence, ethical considerations, and cybersecurity. Any perspective and related aspects of user interface design are welcome. We are especially interested in work that deals with current trends that change the way humans develop, use, interact and collaborate with technical components in socio-technical systems. We are also interested in methods, theories and tools for managing context of use and autonomous adaptation at design and run-time. Position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. Workshop Format This full-day workshop is in person only. It is organized around presentation of position papers and working activities in small groups. From the set of contributions, a subset of selected case studies will be invited to be presented at the beginning of the workshop and will be used to support the discussion that follows. The morning session will be dedicated to welcoming participants and presenting case studies. Participants will be invited to comment on the case studies and to report similar experiences. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to interactive sessions, where participants will be engaged to work in small groups and propose solutions to the problems of the case studies seen in the morning. Solutions proposed by the participants will be compiled and compared. Based on the lessons learned, participants will be incited to draft an agenda of future work that can be accomplished. We plan to run the workshop onsite in person only. If circumstances require it, we intend to switch to a completely digital format that will be run online. We will continuously adapt to any decision regarding the conference format by the INTERACT 2025 organizers. Submission Instructions In order to attend the workshop, participants are invited to submit position papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the workshop's theme. These position papers (PDF files, 6-10 pages in Springer LNCS format, including abstract) shall report (practical) experiences related to research challenges and results on human-centered software engineering or user-centered development processes for interactive systems with a particular focus on digital-transformation aspects and technologies (such as mobile and wearable devices, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Blockchain, Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Digital Twin, Cybersecurity) and their impact on software properties or software development practices. Submissions are not anonymous and should include all author names, affiliations, and contact information. Authors should also provide in their submission a short summary of their experience in the field and their motivation to participate in this workshop. Submissions will be processed via the workshop web pages that will be managed by the workshop organizers at IFIP WG 13.2. Papers are submitted through the EasyChair website <https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=hcse-interact2025>. Submitted position papers will be reviewed by an international program committee comprising the organizers and selected members of IFIP Working Group 13.2 who are experts in the field. Participants will be invited to attend the workshop based on the result of the reviewing process. Accepted position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must register and attend the workshop. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT 2025 workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. Important Dates Deadline for submission: May 26, 2025 (extended!) Acceptance notification: June 13, 2025 Final version of position paper: July 26th, 2025 Workshop date: September 8 or 9, 2025 Venue The workshop will be hosted in the frame of the 20th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, August 28 September 8 – 12, 2025, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Look at the main conference web site for further information (https://www.interact2025.org/). Organizers Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany Carmelo Ardito, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Contact Please write toorganizers(a)hcse-conference.org <mailto:organizers@hcse-conference.org>if you have any question.

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): First Call for Tutorials

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*** First Call for Tutorials *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 SCOPE AND GOAL The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European forum for presenting and discussing software architecture research and practice. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for tutorials held in conjunction with ECSA 2025. Tutorials will be held right before the main conference on 15-19 September 2025. ECSA edition 2025 hosts tutorials on topics related to software architecture from theoretical foundations to practical applications. Tutorials at ECSA provide a valuable opportunity for conference participants to expand their knowledge and skills in specific research and practical topics under the umbrella of software architecture. Topics of interests may include but are not limited to: • Software Architecture challenges for AI- and ML-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Self-Adaptive Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems • Software Architecture challenges in Big Data and Cloud Computing • Software Architecture challenges in IoT-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges in DevOPS and MLOPS • Software Architecture challenges in Blockchain Engineering • Quality-of-service (QoS) measurements of Software Architectures • Privacy and Security in Software Architectural Design • Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures • Sustainability in Software Architectures • Software Architecture Erosion and Architectural Consistency • Technical Debt in Software Architecture Design • Architecting the Digital Twin • Continuous Architecting TUTORIAL PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS A tutorial proposal must not exceed 8 pages following the LNCS format (see below). Proposals must follow the outline below: • Tutorial title • Contact information of tutorial presenter(s), including name, affiliation, email • Tutorial summary (up to 350 words) for ECSA 2025 website (if tutorial is accepted) • Detailed description of tutorial: * Covered topics * Learning objectives * Key take-aways for audience * Relevance of topic for ECSA * Intended target audience, required experience, and desired number of participants • Implementation of tutorial * Duration - half day or full day (considering that tutorials will be as in-person/physical) * Preliminary schedule including estimated times How tutorial will be conducted (e.g., lecture, hands-on exercises, facilitated group discussion, group activities, role playing, games), including materials to be included in tutorial notes • Background of presenters * Relevant biographical information (250 words maximum), as well as summaries of the presenters’ subject matter experience and experience in teaching the tutorial topic, other tutorials, courses, etc. • Previous editions of tutorial * Where and when the tutorial has been offered previously and numbers of attendees. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Proposals must be submitted via the online EasyChair submission site for the ECSA 2025 conference, selecting the "Tutorials" Track: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ecsa2025 . The extended abstracts of selected tutorials will be published in the Companion Proceedings, subject to the authors' consent. IMPORTANT DATES • Tutorial Proposals: May 23, 2025 • Acceptance Notification: June 20, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Tutorial Co-Chairs • Tomáš Bureš, Charles University, Czech Republic • Martina De Sanctis, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy

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[Call for Paper] CHItaly 2025 Workshop on "COlaboration and Learning through Symbiotic AI" (COL-SAI)

by Antonio Curci

* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward this to anybody who might be interested; thanks! * ========================================================================= Call for Papers COL-SAI: 1st International Workshop on COllaboration and Learning through Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence Co-located with the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter - "Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the Third Millenium" (CHITALY 2025) Salerno, Italy 6 – 10 October 2025 Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/col-sai/home-page ======================================================================== Important Dates Submission deadline: June 16th 2025 Notification: June 30th 2025 Camera-ready: TBD Registration due: TBD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Objectives This workshop aims to explore how humans and AI systems can effectively collaborate, learn from each other, and co-adapt symbiotically. Through discussions and the exchange of perspectives, the workshop has the goal of investigating the key components of the interaction between the two parties. Participants will gain deeper insights into the implications of integrating AI into various aspects of daily life, facilitating problem-solving activities such as learning, decision-making, and co-creation. The workshop will be structured as follows: after an initial introduction by the organizers concerning the topics and objectives, there will be presentations for each contribution (10 minutes circa), followed by questions from the other participants. At the end of the session, there will be a participatory activity, through which we will be able to exchange ideas, comments, and reflections concerning the best practices and challenges of Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence for Collaborative Learning Environments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics The topics that will be addressed in the workshop are the following: The impact of a symbiotic human-AI relationship in collaborative environments. Human-Computer Interaction methodologies and techniques to foster symbiosis between humans and AI. Using AI in human learning processes to assist humans cognitively. Using AI for education and skill development. Methodologies and techniques for transferring knowledge between humans and AI through feedback mechanisms. Ethical considerations in human-AI collaborative environments (bias mitigation, fairness, non-discrimination, etc). AI adaptability for personalized interaction experience based on individuals' requirements. The role of trustworthiness in human-AI collaboration for critical activities. Design and evaluation of systems that foster and support human-AI collaboration. Case studies of AI in real-world applications (medicine, healthcare, education, etc). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions and Evaluation Criteria Contributions for the workshop must be submitted through EasyChair using the following link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=colsai2025, following the LaTeX or Microsoft Word template, available at: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. For more information, visit the CEUR website. We accept two types of submissions: Full paper: at least 10 "standard" pages* and an appropriate number of references. Position paper: between 5-9 "standard" pages*. *(1 standard page = 2500 characters) Each submission will be subjected to a single-blind peer review process, and two reviewers from the Program Committee (PC) will assess each contribution in terms of relevance to the workshop’s topics and its quality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Organizers Miriana Calvano – University of Bari, Italy (miriana.calvano(a)uniba.it <mailto:miriana.calvano@uniba.it>) Andrea Cantone – University of Salerno, Italy (acantone(a)unisa.it <mailto:acantone@unisa.it>) Antonio Curci – University of Bari, Italy (antonio.curci(a)uniba.it <mailto:antonio.curci@uniba.it>) Francesca Pia Perillo – University of Salerno, Italy (fperillo(a)unisa.it <mailto:fperillo@unisa.it>) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This workshop is supported by the co-funding of the European Union - Next Generation EU: NRRP Initiative, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 – Partnerships extended to universities, research centers, companies and research D.D. MUR n. 341 del 15.03.2022 – Next Generation EU (PE0000013 – “Future Artificial Intelligence Research – FAIR” - CUP: H97G22000210007, Spoke 6, WP 6.1).

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CHItaly 2025: CFP Doctoral Consortium

by Emanuele Panizzi

[Apologies for Multiple Postings] ================================================ CHItaly 2025 <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/> - Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the Third Millennium The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 6–10 October 2025 Location: Salerno, Italy https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/ We invite PhD students to submit to CHItaly 2025 Doctoral Consortium. The Doctoral Consortium offers PhD students an opportunity for in-depth research discussion, mentorship, and networking within the field of Human-Computer Interaction. It provides valuable guidance, fosters collaboration, and supports students at all stages of their research. Students will be connected with a mentor who will provide more specific feedback on their research. Deadlines: - Submission: May 31, 2025 AoE - Review notification: June 30, 2025 AoE - Camera-ready: July 31, 2025 AoE Workshop co-Chairs: - Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino, luigi.derussis(a)polito.it - Silvio Barra, University of Naples Federico II, silvio.barra(a)unina.it - Catia Prandi, University of Bologna, catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it How to submit: Submitted papers must be in English and single-author, the supervisor name could be mentioned within the paper. Papers must be 6-page long, including references, using the 1-column CEUR template. Proposals must be submitted through easychair. Please visit CHItaly website for further information on the DC aims, guidance to prepare your submission, and the link to the submission page: https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/doctoral-consortium/ -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Head of Gamification Lab Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): Fourth Call for Papers

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*** Fourth Call for Papers *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) November 13-14, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) (*** please note the change of conference and important dates! ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data. • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering. • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge. • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning. • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps. • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust. • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning. • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning. • Ontologies and reasoning. • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge. • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction. • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy. • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business. • Big knowledge systems and applications. • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining. • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning. • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning. • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Model • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning. • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion. • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): June 20, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 5, 2025 • Camera-ready, copyright forms and author registration: September 20, 2025 • Early (non-author) registration: October 10, 2025 • Conference dates: November 13-14, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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ACM SIGCHI-MedCHI Summer School - "Designing Human-centric Interactive and Intelligent Technology"

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, vi ricordiamo che è ancora aperta la Call for Participation per la prima Summer School promossa dal MedCHI – il comitato ACM SIGCHI per la regione del Mediterraneo – che si terrà a Como, presso la Villa del Grumello, dal 21 al 24 luglio. Vi invitiamo nuovamente a diffondere la call all'interno dei vostri gruppi di ricerca e a condividerla con colleghi potenzialmente interessati. Se alcuni studenti fossero interessati ma avessero bisogno di più tempo per completare la candidatura, potete dire loro di contattare direttamente me o Giuliana. Un caro saluto, Maristella (per il comitato MedCHI) ====================================================================== ACM-SIGCHI MedCHI Summer School on Designing Human-centric Interactive and Intelligent Technology 21 July – 24 July, Como, Italy https://dhit.lakecomoschool.org/ CALL FOR STUDENT APPLICATIONS ====================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ===================================================================== * Applications: May 9th, 2025 (midnight CEST) * Notification of acceptance: May 23rd, 2025 * Registration and payment for accepted students: June 20th, 2025 ====================================================================== OVERVIEW ====================================================================== Promoted by the ACM-SIGCHI Mediterranean Committee (MedCHI), the DHIT Summer School aims to bring together early-stage doctoral students, researchers, and international experts interested in deepening the adoption of smart technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the design of interactive and intelligent technologies, while knowing the activities of the MedCHI committee. The school lectures and activities will cover the following topics: - Advanced interaction paradigms for intelligent systems (embodied interaction, tangible interaction, augmented and virtual reality) - Conversational AI and Design of Conversational Agents - Large Language Models for Interactive Systems - AI for Accessibility and Inclusion - User Modeling and System Adaptivity The Summer School will be held in person, from July 21st to July 24th, 2025. The format includes ex-cathedra lessons and sessions dedicated to engaging participants through interactive activities and group work. The lessons will be organized as short modules to provide relevant elements that participants will embrace and delve into during the following workshops, discussion sessions, and group work activities assisted by tutors. Detailed information on the lecturers and the program is available on the school website: <https://dhit.lakecomoschool.org/> https://dhit.lakecomoschool.org/ ====================================================================== HOW TO APPLY ====================================================================== The school is open to a maximum of 35 participants. Interested applicants have to fill out and submit the form available at https://dhit.lakecomoschool.org/application/, also uploading a motivation letter (max 500 words) and a CV (max 500 words + publications). After receiving the notification of the admission, the selected candidates can proceed with the registration and fee payment. For further information, please visit: https://dhit.lakecomoschool.org/application/ ====================================================================== REGISTRATION FEES ===================================================================== - Euro 450 for students and young researchers from academia and public research institutions - Euro 600 for industry representatives and professionals from other institutions The registration fees cover lectures, course materials, coffee breaks, lunches, and social events. Travel costs and accommodation are not included. ====================================================================== SCHOLARSHIPS ====================================================================== A limited number of scholarships covering application fees and/or accommodation (in a shared room in the nearby “foresteria”) will be granted. Applicants interested in these scholarships must clearly state this in the application form and should explain the reasons why they are applying for the scholarship in the motivation letter. ====================================================================== ORGANIZATION ===================================================================== Recognizing the significance of the School’s topic within the Mediterranean HCI research community, DHIT is promoted by MedCHI, the newly established ACM-SIGCHI committee in the Mediterranean area, whose mission is to strengthen and disseminate globally the values and contribution of the Human-Computer Interaction discipline in the Mediterranean region. The organizers of the school are MedCHI chairs and members: - George Caridakis, University of the Aegean, Greece - Houda El Mimouni, University of Manitoba, Canada - Joel Lanir, University of Haifa, Israel - Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (MedCHI chair) - Valentina Nisi, Istituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisboa, Portugal (MedCHI vice-chair) - Giuliana Vitiello, Università di Salerno, Italy For any questions, feel free to contact Maristella Matera (maristella.matera(a)polimi.it)

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Call for Tools & Demos

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*** Last Call for Tools & Demos *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). SCOPE The theme for ECSA 2025 is “impactful software architecture”. The software architecture discipline has had a critical role in shaping robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. We are interested in learning about software architecture principles and practices, emergence trends and case studies highlighting strategic architectural choices that can lead to enhanced performance, improved collaboration, and long-term sustainability. The overarching question is how these architectural principles and practices, both well-established and emerging, are making an impact in real-world systems, and how that impact is being felt across various domains, from enterprise systems to more novel areas like, e.g., AI-driven or autonomous applications? Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundational principles of software architecture • Relationship of requirements engineering and software architecture • Quality attributes and software architectures • Architecture practices for secure, explainable, and trustworthy software • Architecture design and analysis • Architecture description languages and meta-models • Architecture verification and validation • Management of architectural knowledge, decisions, and rationale • Architecture patterns, styles, and tactics; reference architectures • Architecture viewpoints and views • Architecture conformance • Software architecture virtualization and visualization • Architecture-centric process models and frameworks • Software architecture and agile, incremental, iterative, and continuous development • Component-based models and deployment; middleware • Software architecture and system architecture • Software tools and environments for architecture-centric software engineering • Ethics, cultural, economic, business, social, human, and managerial aspects of software architecture • Architecture and technical debt • Architecting for sustainable and environment friendly systems • Applying AI and LLMs in software architecture and architecting for AI and LLM intensive systems • Software architecture education • Cross-disciplinary approaches to software architecture • Architectures for reconfigurable and self-adaptive systems • Architectural concerns of autonomic systems • Software architecture applied to new and emerging areas, such as the cloud/edge, big data, blockchain, cyber-physical systems, IoT, autonomous systems, systems-of-systems, energy- aware software, quantum computing, AI-enabled systems • Empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and mapping studies in software architecture • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in activities related to software architecture TOOLS AND DEMOS The Tools and Demonstrations (Tools & Demos) Track provides an opportunity for both researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent advances, ideas, experiences, and challenges in the field of Software Architecture by means of Tools & Demos presentations. Tools & Demos papers are intended to address any aspect of: (i) tool support for software architectures, or (ii) demonstrate results about the application of architectural approaches. Papers submitted to this track can belong to two distinct categories: • Tool papers: These papers deal with the development and evaluation of tools to support software architecture. They may present new tools, extensions to existing tools, or evaluations of the effectiveness of tools. The aim is to provide a platform for the exchange of innovative tools and techniques that help design, implement and analyze software architectures. • Demo papers: These papers will demonstrate concepts, techniques or systems related to software architectures. The focus is on presenting practical applications and implementations of architectural approaches. Demo papers may include live demonstrations, prototypes or simulations that emphasize the benefits and potential of specific architecture solutions. Both Tool Papers and Demo Papers contribute to the advancement of the field by providing insights, experiences and practical solutions related to software architectures. Tools and Demos should not be used as a means for commercial advertisement. We will strive to keep ECSA’s tradition to select the Best Tools & Demo Paper, awarded during the conference. The selection of the best tool and demo paper will be made based on the votes of the attendants of the conference. Submissions of Tools & Demos papers should describe the work, how it relates to other industrial or research efforts, including references, what the expected benefits are, a video of the tool or demo (if one exists), and the web-page and/or open-source repository for the tool (if one exists). All submissions must conform to the LNCS template and must not exceed 8 pages. Tools & Demos submissions should provide a link to a video, with audio commentary, of a maximum of ten minutes in length, with high resolution (e.g., details of the tool’s functionality should be clearly visible). The video must be uploaded on a server (e.g., YouTube, Google Drive, Dropbox), and the link must be included in the submission for its evaluation (as a footnote on the first page of the submission or as links after the abstract of the submission). In addition, it is possible to provide open material, e.g., source code and/or a running instance of the tool. The links to the video and (if applicable) the additional material should be included in the contribution after the abstract and before the introduction sections. Paper submissions must be made electronically via the online EasyChair submission site for the ECSA 2024 conference, selecting the “Tools & Demos Track”: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025 . The selection criteria of Tools & Demos papers will consider their originality, relevance for the ECSA audience, technical soundness, and presentation quality. Each submission will be evaluated by at least two PC members, in a single-step review process. The accepted papers will be included in the ECSA 2025 companion volume to be published in Springer LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: May 16, 2025 • Paper submission: May 23, 2025 • Notification: June 20, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: June 27, 2025 Early/Author registration for all accepted contributions: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Tools & Demos Co-Chairs • Mohamed Soliman, Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn University, Germany • Use Zdun, University of Vienna, Austria

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Call for Workshop Papers

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*** Last Call for Workshop Papers *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European forum for presenting and discussing software architecture research and practice. ECSA edition 2025 hosts workshops on topics related to software architecture. The following workshops will be held between September 15-16, 2025: 8th International Workshop on Context-Aware, Autonomous and Smart Architectures (CASA) https://casaecsa.github.io/casa2025/ Software is becoming increasingly aware of its current execution context. Decisions that were traditionally made at design time are being postponed until runtime to improve the services that software provides to its users. In addition, software reasons about the execution environments and its internal state to improve the functionality provided to its users. Some of the keywords that characterize software today are: context-aware, dynamic, autonomous, smart, adaptive, self-managed. In this context, the Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures (CASA) workshop aims to address the issues and challenges raised by the design, implementation, and evaluation of software systems characterized by the above keywords. Novel design and development approaches are needed to address the new issues raised by such systems. New solutions are expected to properly address the trade-offs between the various quality attributes that characterize these systems. Or, existing architectural solutions should be adapted and improved to meet the evolving and dynamic requirements of context-aware, autonomous, and intelligent systems. The workshop aims to bring together software engineers, computer scientists, researchers, practitioners, and educators to discuss and exchange results, case studies, experiences, novel approaches, and visionary ideas on software architectures for context-aware, autonomous, and smart solutions. 1st International Workshop on Architecting Digital Twin of an Organization (ArchDTO) https://archdto.github.io/archdto2025/ The Digital Twin of an Organization (DTO) extends the concept of Digital Twins to create virtual replicas of business models, processes, resources, and interactions. DTOs enable optimization of decision-making, increased efficiency, and adaptability to rapid changes by leveraging real- time data, simulations, AI, and predictive analytics. Despite their transformative potential, DTOs are still in early development, facing significant software architecture challenges such as scalability, interoperability, model robustness, and real-time data integration. This workshop explores the architectural frameworks, design patterns, and software engineering principles needed to build robust DTOs. Topics include frameworks for DTO creation, enterprise modeling methodologies, technological enablers like AI and the Internet of Things, and real-world use cases from academia and industry. Given the novelty of the topic, the workshop consists of two main sessions: (1) presentations of academic and industry papers on DTO architectures, frameworks, and technologies, and (2) an interactive workshop session, where participants will engage in problem-solving, explore case studies, and collaboratively define challenges, solutions, and best practices for architecting DTOs. 1st International Workshop on AI-Assisted Software Architecting (AISA) https://sites.google.com/view/aisasa/home?pli=1 AI-assisted software architecting is transforming how architectural decisions are made, implemented, and maintained. Leveraging artificial intelligence, this paradigm enhances architectural decision making, automates repetitive architecting tasks, and optimizes system designs. The AISA workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to explore AI’s role in various software architecting activities, including architecture analysis, design, decision-making, evolution, and documentation. We will also discuss AI-driven architectural pattern recommendations, best practices, and the application of AI in continuous architecting and self-adaptive architectures. Topics include AI-assisted architecture synthesis, automated architecture pattern selection, refactoring, security enforcement, and integrating AI into DevOps and MLOps pipelines. The workshop will foster discussions and collaborations between academia and industry to identify open challenges, research directions, and practical applications 5th International Workshop on Agility with Microservices Programming (AMP) https://amp-workshops.github.io The AMP workshop aims to collect experiences on microservice adoption and reporting best practices, as well as failure cases, to build community knowledge based on past mistakes and successes. We also emphasize the current trend towards AI-driven software engineering practices and the development of data- intensive applications. The workshop seeks for solutions and experiences both on both AI-assisted tooling, and building data-intensive applications and LLMs using microservices. The workshop is open to experience reports from practitioners and academics. We seek to collect original work on the science and engineering of programming microservices. 1st International Workshop on Software Architecture for Data-Intensive Systems (SADIS) https://sadis2025.smartarch.cz Modern software systems increasingly rely on data-centric processes to fuel intelligent features, scalable services, and real-time insights. As these systems evolve, designing effective software architectures for data-intensive environments becomes critical yet challenging. These architectures must address complex concerns such as handling high-velocity data streams, ensuring security and privacy, integrating heterogeneous data sources and heterogeneous computation fabrics (including GPUs/TPUs and edge devices), and adapting to changing workloads. The workshop aims to bring together academic researchers, industry practitioners, and thought leaders to explore cutting-edge approaches for building, deploying, and maintaining robust data-centric solutions. We invite discussions on a range of topics at the intersection of data-intensive systems and software architecture, including machine learning (ML) pipelines, ML Operations (MLOps) frameworks and patterns, domain-specific languages, reference architectures, and visualization techniques. Emphasis is placed on practical experiences, innovative tools and platforms, and theoretical advancements that tackle the ever-growing demands placed on data-intensive systems. By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange, the workshop seeks to shape the future of data-driven architecture design and empower professionals and researchers to address emerging challenges in this rapidly evolving domain. Workshop on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Systems and Architectures (AROSA) https://www.redcad.org/events/arosa2025/ The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners both from the Academia and from the Industry working in the areas of the adaptation and reconfiguration of distributed systems. Different investigation topics are involved, such as: CBSE, Web service, cloud applications, mobile applications, Functional and Non-Functional requirements (QoS, performance, resilience), monitoring, diagnosis, deci- sion and execution of adaptation and reconfiguration. Different research areas are covered: concepts, methods, techniques, and tools to design, develop, deploy and manage adaptive and reconfigurable software systems. The concept of adaptive and reconfigurable software systems has been introduced in order to describe architectures, which exhibit such properties. An adaptive and reconfigurable software system can repair itself if any execution problems occur, in order to successfully complete its own execution, while respecting functional requirements and quality attributes. In the design of an adaptive and reconfigurable software system, several aspects have to be considered. For instance, the system should be able to predict or to detect degradations and failures as soon as possible and to enact suitable recovery actions. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Please refer to the instructions at the workshops' web sites. IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: May 12, 2025 • Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 • Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: June 20, 2025 • Camera-Ready Submission: June 27, 2025 • Author Registration: June 27, 2025 • Workshop Days: September 15-16, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Workshops Co-Chairs • Tommi Mikkonen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland • Jennifer Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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