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[CFP] Deadline Extension - NLDB 2024 - The 29th International Conference on Natural Language & Information Systems [CFP]

by Federico Torrielli

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://nldb2024.di.unito.it/submissions/ =============== SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN AT https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nldb2024 =============== NLDB 2024 The 29th International Conference on Natural Language & Information Systems 25-27 June 2024, University of Turin, Italy. Website: https://nldb2024.di.unito.it/ *Submission deadline: *22 March*5 April, 2024 (Extended)* About NLDB The 29th International Conference on Natural Language & Information Systems will be held at the University of Turin, Italy, and will be a face to face event. Since 1995, the NLDB conference brings together researchers, industry practitioners, and potential users interested in various applications of Natural Language in the Database and Information Systems field. The term "Information Systems" has to be considered in the broader sense of Information and Communication Systems, including Big Data, Linked Data and Social Networks. The field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) has itself recently experienced several exciting developments. In research, these developments have been reflected in the emergence of Large Language Models and the importance of aspects such as transparency, bias and fairness, Large Multimodal Models and the connection of the NLP field with Computer Vision, chatbots and dialogue-based pipelines. Regarding applications, NLP systems have evolved to the point that they now offer real-life, tangible benefits to enterprises. Many of these NLP systems are now considered a de-facto offering in business intelligence suites, such as algorithms for recommender systems and opinion mining/sentiment analysis. Language models developed by the open-source community have become widespread and commonly used. Businesses are now readily adopting these technologies, thanks to the efforts of the open-source community. For example, fine-tuning a language model on a company's own dataset is now easy and convenient, using modules created by thousands of academic researchers and industry experts. It is against this backdrop of recent innovations in NLP and its applications in information systems that the 29th edition of the NLDB conference takes place. We welcome research and industrial contributions, describing novel, previously unpublished works on NLP and its applications across a plethora of topics as described in the Call for Papers. Call for Papers: NLDB 2024 invites authors to submit papers on unpublished research that addresses theoretical aspects, algorithms, applications, architectures for applied and integrated NLP, resources for applied NLP, and other aspects of NLP, as well as survey and discussion papers. This year's edition of NLDB continues with the Industry Track to foster fruitful interaction between the industry and the research community. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Large Language Models: training, applications, transfer learning, interpretability of large language models. * Multimodal Models: Integration of text with other modalities like images, video, and audio; multimodal representation learning; applications of multimodal models. * AI Safety and ethics: Safe and ethical use of Generative AI and NLP; avoiding and mitigating biases in NLP models and systems; explainability and transparency in AI. * Natural Language Interfaces and Interaction: design and implementation of Natural Language Interfaces, user studies with human participants on Conversational User Interfaces, chatbots and LLM-based chatbots and their interaction with users. * Social Media and Web Analytics: Opinion mining/sentiment analysis, irony/sarcasm detection; detection of fake reviews and deceptive language; detection of harmful information: fake news and hate speech; sexism and misogyny; detection of mental health disorders; identification of stereotypes and social biases; robust NLP methods for sparse, ill-formed texts; recommendation systems. * Deep Learning and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Deep learning architectures, word embeddings, transparency, interpretability, fairness, debiasing, ethics. * Argumentation Mining and Applications: Automatic detection of argumentation components and relationships; creation of resource (e.g. annotated corpora, treebanks and parsers); Integration of NLP techniques with formal, abstract argumentation structures; Argumentation Mining from legal texts and scientific articles. * Question Answering (QA): Natural language interfaces to databases, QA using web data, multi-lingual QA, non-factoid QA(how/why/opinion questions, lists), geographical QA, QA corpora and training sets, QA over linked data (QALD). * Corpus Analysis: multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-modal corpora; machine translation, text analysis, text classification and clustering; language identification; plagiarism detection; information extraction: named entity, extraction of events, terms and semantic relationships. * Semantic Web, Open Linked Data, and Ontologies: Ontology learning and alignment, ontology population, ontology evaluation, querying ontologies and linked data, semantic tagging and classification, ontology-driven NLP, ontology-driven systems integration. * Natural Language in Conceptual Modelling: Analysis of natural language descriptions, NLP in requirement engineering, terminological ontologies, consistency checking, metadata creation and harvesting. * Natural Language and Ubiquitous Computing: Pervasive computing, embedded, robotic and mobile applications; conversational agents; NLP techniques for Internet of Things (IoT); NLP techniques for ambient intelligence * Big Data and Business Intelligence: Identity detection, semantic data cleaning, summarisation, reporting, and data to text. *Student Registration*: We are committed to fostering the participation of young researchers and students in the NLDB 2024 conference. To accommodate as many young minds as possible, we have reduced the student registration fees. We believe that this will provide an excellent opportunity for students to engage with the latest research and industrial applications of Natural Language Processing across information systems. Important Dates: *Full paper submission: *22 March*5 April, 2024 (Extended)* Paper notification: 3 May, 2024 Camera-ready deadline: 10 May, 2024 Conference: 25-27 June 2024 Submission Guidelines: Authors should follow the LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and submit their manuscripts in PDF via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nldb2024) Papers can be submitted to either the main conference or the industry track. Submissions can be full papers (up to 15 pages including references and appendices), short papers (up to 11 pages including references and appendices) or papers for a poster presentation or system demonstration (6 pages including references). The program committee may decide to accept some full papers as short papers or poster papers. All questions about submissions should be emailed to federico.torrielli(a)unito.it (Web & Publicity Chair) General Chairs: Luigi Di Caro, University of Turin Farid Meziane, University of Derby Amon Rapp, University of Turin Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University

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[CfP] SYNERGY Workshop @ AVI 2024

by Tommaso Turchi

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** -------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS: SYNERGY Workshop 2024 -------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the SYNERGY Workshop, to be held in conjunction with ACM AVI 2024. This workshop is dedicated to designing and building Hybrid Human-AI Systems. We invite researchers and practitioners to contribute to this evolving field, where human intelligence synergizes with artificial intelligence. **Exciting Update**: We are thrilled to announce Dr. Yang Li as our Keynote Speaker! Dr. Li, a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google Research and an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington CSE, will share his insights on the intersection of Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence, highlighting the future of Human-AI collaboration. == Important Dates == * Submission Deadline: April 2, 2024 * Notification: April 16, 2024 * Camera Ready: May 3, 2024 * Workshop Date: Afternoon of June 3rd or 4th, 2024 == Submission Guidelines == * Length: 5-10 pages * Format: CEUR-ART 1-column Template * Selected papers may be invited to submit an extended version to a dedicated Special Issue of Springer's "Personal and Ubiquitous Computing" * Submission Website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SYNERGY2024 == Topics Include == The workshop seeks contributions on, but not limited to, the following themes: 1. Human-AI Collaboration Models 2. Augmenting Human Cognition with AI 3. Design Principles for Synergistic Systems 4. Ethics and Trust in Human-AI Interaction 5. Philosophical and Theoretical Approaches 6. Adaptive Interfaces for Human-AI Synergy 7. Software Architectures and Tools 8. Case Studies of Human-AI Synergy == Organizers == * Alan Dix, Swansea University & Cardiff Metropolitan University * Matt Roach, Swansea University * Tommaso Turchi, University of Pisa * Alessio Malizia, University of Pisa For more information, please visit our website at https://synergy.trx.li or contact Tommaso Turchi (tommaso.turchi(a)unipi.it). Join us in Arenzano, Genoa, Italy, for an insightful workshop that aims to explore and shape the future of hybrid human-AI systems! //==============================\\ Tommaso Turchi Department of Computer Science University of Pisa \\==============================//

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ACM UMAP 2024 - Final Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers

by Wanling Cai

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) 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. The ACM UMAP 2024 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place as part of the conference. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers and industry practitioners from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply for presenting their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least one year away from completing their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research area or dissertation topic. This forum will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to: * Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment. * Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice. * Explore career pathways available after completing their doctoral degree. * Network and build collaborations with other members of the community. Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research (see detailed requirements below), which will be evaluated by the doctoral consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC session as part of the conference. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work. A mentoring session will take place during the conference, and the DC students are expected to attend. ** Important Dates ** Paper Submission: March 28, 2024 Notification: April 26, 2024 Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 9, 2024 Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 DC Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days) Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All submissions must be written in English. Submissions should be a single PDF document consisting of: (i) the recommendation letter, (ii) the research description, and (iii) the curriculum vitae. This PDF document should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Doctoral Consortium Papers” track. ** Length and Formatting ** Format and Content Guidelines. Consult the ACM UMAP 2024 general call for full and short papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/> concerning the key topics of this call as well. Each proposal should be a single PDF document, with three required components: (i) a recommendation letter, (ii) a description of your doctoral path, (iii) and a curriculum vitae. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation. Specifically, for each component, please consider the following instructions: 1. Letter of Recommendation (from your primary dissertation advisor, in any format): * Describe your interaction with the student and your assessment of the quality of their work. Explain how the ACM UMAP 2024 doctoral consortium would benefit this student at this point in their doctoral program, as well as the contributions you expect the student to make to the group. * The DC targets students who have a clear idea of their research plans and have started their research but have not yet executed a majority of their research. Please explain the structure of your student’s program and their expected level of progress by July 2024. * Recall that students who are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor (or the equivalent) should instead include a short explanation and a description of where the student is in their doctoral progress and the anticipated timeline. 1. Research description (6 pages at most plus additional pages for references; figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit): using a single-column manuscript formatted according to the guidelines discussed below, please include the following: * Your name, advisor(s) name(s), and the university where you are conducting your doctoral work. * Current year of study and projected completion date (plus information about the regulations of your doctoral program regarding length, any part-time study, etc.). * Context and motivation for your research. * Key related work that frames your research. * Specific research objectives, goals, or questions. * Research approach, methods, and rationale. * Results and contributions to date. * Expected next steps. * Dissertation status and long-term goals. 1. Curriculum vitae (2 pages at most, in any format): a concise summary of your current curriculum vitae, including research publications. Clearly separate published papers from those under review or in press. Please ensure that your submission is complete and conforms to the format and content guidelines above. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be desk-rejected. *Single-Blind Policy*. Proposals will be reviewed single-blind and, therefore, do not need to be anonymized before submission. *Template for the Research Description*. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the research description component should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for students are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. *Accessibility*. DC students are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<https://authors.acm.org/journals/accessibility-recommendations-for-publishi…>. *Submission Policy*. Please consider the following ACM’s publication policies: 1. “By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies>, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…>. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.” 2. “Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID<https://orcid.org/register>, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors<https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/orcid-faqs>. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.” *Camera-ready Information*. Accepted proposals (i.e., the research description component) will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the 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. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted proposal in the doctoral consortium track must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the doctoral student by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted proposal must be presented in person in the doctoral consortium session to be included in the conference proceedings, published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. ** Grants and Support ** ACM UMAP has a long history of supporting students who want to attend the conference. Doctoral students of the accepted DC proposals will have higher priority for the ACM UMAP grant applications. Please periodically consult the page that summarizes grants and support opportunities, available at https://www.um.org/umap2024/grants-and-support/. ** Doctoral Consortium Chairs ** * Martijn C. Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology & JADS, The Netherlands * Styliani Kleanthous, CYENS CoE and Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus * Rodrygo Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Contact information: umap2024-dc at um.org

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[CFP][Last days][Abstract 1-2 pages] IEEE Special Session on “eXtended Reality as a gateway to the Metaverse: Practices, Theories, Technologies and Applications” (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024)

by Giuseppe Caggianese

Dear Colleagues, Last days to submit your contribution to our Special Session on "eXtended Reality as a gateway to the Metaverse: Practices, Theories, Technologies and Applications" - IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024) October 21-23, 2024 - St Albans, London, UK - https://metroxraine.org/special-session-6. I want to remind you that the deadline of *March 15* is for the submission of a 1-2 page Abstract or a Graphical Abstract to show the idea you are proposing. You will have time to finalize your work by the deadline of *April 30*. Please see the CfP below for details and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to this special session. I look forward to meeting you at IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024. Please feel free to reach out if you need more time. I apologize if you have received this CFP more than once. Best wishes, Giuseppe Caggianese ==================================================================================== Call for Papers - Special Session on: “EXTENDED REALITY AS A GATEWAY TO THE METAVERSE: PRACTICES, THEORIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS” https://metroxraine.org/special-session-6 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024) https://metroxraine.org/ October 21-23, 2024 - St Albans, London, UK. ==================================================================================== SPECIAL SESSION DESCRIPTION ------------------------- The fast development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) solutions over the last few years are transforming how people interact, work, and communicate. The eXtended Reality (XR) term encloses all those immersive technologies that can shift the boundaries between digital and physical worlds to realize the metaverse. According to tech companies and venture capitalists, the metaverse will be a super-platform that convenes sub-platforms: social media, online video games, and ease-of-life apps, all accessible through the same digital space and sharing the same digital economy. Inside the metaverse, virtual worlds will allow avatars to carry out all human endeavours, including creation, display, entertainment, social, and trading. Thus, the metaverse will evolve how users interact with brands, intellectual properties, health services, cultural heritage, and each other things on the Internet. A user could join friends to play a multiplayer game, watch a movie via a streaming service and then attend a university course precisely the same as in the real world. The metaverse development will require new software architecture that will enable decentralized and collaborative virtual worlds. These self-organized virtual worlds will be permanent and will require maintenance operations. In addition, it will be necessary to design an efficient data management system and prevent privacy violations. Finally, the convergence of physical reality, virtually enhanced, and an always-on virtual space highlighted the need to rethink the actual paradigms for visualization, interaction, and sharing of digital information, moving toward more natural, intuitive, dynamically customizable, multimodal, and multi-user solutions. This special session aims to focus on exploring how the realization of the metaverse can transform certain application domains such us: (i) healthcare, in which the metaverse solutions can, for instance, improve the communication between patients and physicians; (ii) cultural heritage, with potentially more effective solutions for tourism guidance, site maintenance, and heritage object conservation; and (iii) industry, where to enable data-driven decision making, smart maintenance, and overall asset optimisation. More information can be found here: https://metroxraine.org/special-session-6 TOPICS ---------- The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Hardware/Software Architectures for metaverse - Decentralized and Collaborative Architectures for metaverse - Interoperability for metaverse - Tools to help creators to build the metaverse - Operations and Maintenance in metaverse - Data security and privacy mechanisms for metaverse - Cryptocurrency, token, NFT Solutions for metaverse - Fraud-Detection in metaverse - Cyber Security for metaverse - Data Analytics to Identify Malicious Behaviors in metaverse - Blockchain/AI technologies in metaverse - Emerging Technologies and Applications for metaverse - New models to evaluate the impact of the metaverse - Interactive Data Exploration and Presentation in metaverse - Human-Computer Interaction for metaverse - Human factors issues related to metaverse - Proof-of-Concept in Metaverse: Experimental Prototyping and Testbeds IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------ Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024. Final Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2024. Full Paper Acceptance Notification: June 15, 2024 Final Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024 SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------ Authors should prepare an Abstract (1 - 2 pages) that clearly indicates the originality of the contribution and the relevance of the work. The Abstract should include the title of the paper, names and affiliations of the authors, an abstract, keywords, an introduction describing the nature of the problem, a description of the contribution, the results achieved and their applicability. As an alternative to the traditional abstract, it is possible to submit a Graphical Abstract. For further information, please see here: https://metroxraine.org/initial-author-instructions. When the first review process has been completed, authors receive a notification of either acceptance or rejection of the submission. If the abstract has been accepted, the authors can prepare a full paper. The format for the full paper is identical to the format for the abstract except for the number of pages: the full paper has a required minimum length of five (5) pages and a maximum of six (6) pages. Full Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. Authors of accepted full papers must submit the final paper version according to the deadline, register for the workshop, and attend to present their papers. The maximum length for final papers is 6 pages. All contributions will be peer-reviewed and acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Submissions must be written in English and prepared according to the IEEE Conference Proceedings template. LaTeX and Word templates and an Overleaf sample project can be found at: https://metroxraine.org/initial-author-instructions. The papers must be submitted in PDF format electronically via EDAS online submission and review system: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30746. To submit abstracts or draft papers to the special session, please follow the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the special session to which the paper is directed. The special session organizers and other external reviewers will review all submissions. More information can be found here: https://metroxraine.org/initial-author-instructions CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ----------------------------------- All contributions will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance will be based on quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Extended versions of presented papers are eligible for post-publication; more information will be provided soon. ORGANIZERS ------------- Giuseppe Caggianese National Research Council of Italy giuseppe.caggianese(a)cnr.it Nicola Capece University of Basilicata nicola.capece(a)unibas.it Luigi Gallo National Research Council of Italy luigi.gallo(a)cnr.it For any questions related to the special session, please feel free to contact us via email. Giuseppe Caggianese, Ph.D. ------------------------------------------------------------- Research Scientist National Research Council (CNR) Institute for High-Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR) Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy Telefono: +39 0816139227 Mobile: +39 3371588044 Skype: giuseppe.caggianese Email: giuseppe.caggianese(a)cnr.it

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32nd International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2024): Track on Learning, Education, and Training

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================= CALL FOR PAPERS ================= Track on Learning, Education, and Training at the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2024) ISD is recognized as a premier international venue that brings together the fields of Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Data Science. The theme for ISD 2024 is "Harnessing Opportunities: Reshaping ISD in the Post-COVID-19 and Generative AI Era." August 26-28, 2024 Sopot/Gdansk, Poland https://isd2024.ug.edu.pl/call-for-papers/tracks/#track_6 ============ TRACK TOPICS OF INTEREST ============= ** Activity theory approaches to IS development education ** Computer-supported collaborative learning ** Creativity and innovation in IT-based education ** Curriculum development, including local implementation of AIS/IEEE/ACM curricula ** Digital literacy ** IS Education Managementa ** Generative AI Assistants in IS Education ** Educational systems design, development, and evaluation ** HCI issues in IS development for education ** Instructional design ** Integrated IS application in education ** IS for online education ** Learning platforms: mobile apps, MOOC ** Longitudinal and comparative studies of learning ** Open educational resources in IS development education ** Serious games, gamification, and virtual worlds for learning ** Social and crowd computing in educational contexts ** Social media and learning ** Socio-constructivism in IS development education ** User-generated content in IS development education ** Work-integrated learning =============== IMPORTANT DATES =================== Paper Submission: April 16, 2024 Author Notification: June 4, 2024 Final Paper Submission: June 30, 2024 =============== CONFERENCE FEES =================== The registration fee for presenting authors is 500 EUR, with a 100 EUR discount for active AIS members and students. Discounts apply for additional papers and non-presenting participants. The registration fee includes lunch, coffee breaks, welcome reception and a gala dinner. =============== TYPES OF SUBMISSION =============== ** Full research papers: 12 pages ** Short research papers: 8 pages ** Posters: 4 pages ** Journal-First papers The ISD Proceedings will be available as open access in the Association for Information Systems (AIS) eLibrary. Additionally, Springer will publish a selection of the best papers (by invitation) as a separate volume of the Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization (LNISO) series. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Scopus, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, and Web of Science. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions! Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, Karlstad University, Sweden Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024): Call for Late-Breaking Results and Journal First Submissions

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*** Call for Late-Breaking Results and Journal First Submissions *** 21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024) June 19-20, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: April 8, 2024 AoE ***) The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR) is a biannual conference in the field of software reuse research and technology. ICSR is a premier event aiming to present the most recent advances and breakthroughs in the area of software reuse and to promote an intensive and continuous exchange among researchers and practitioners. The guiding theme of this edition is Sustainable Software Reuse. We now invite submissions for Late-Breaking Results (LBR) and Journal First. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS LBR submissions will be peer reviewed and the accepted ones will be included in the conference proceedings volume to be published by Springer in the LNCS series. An LBR submission may also contain innovative ideas that are being explored and have already shown some promising results. LBR submissions are expected to address one or more of the topics covered in the regular call for papers (https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/call-for-papers/). LBR submissions should be no longer than 12 pages (including references) following the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science format. Submissions will be handled via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icsr2024). Submissions will be **double-blindly** reviewed, meaning that authors should: • Omit all authors' names and affiliations from the title page. • Do not include the acknowledgement section, if there is any, in the submitted paper. • Refer to the authors' work in the third person. • Use anonymous GitHub, Zenondo, FigShare or equivalent to provide access to artefacts without disclosing the authors' identity. JOURNAL FIRST For Journal First, we solicit submissions related to articles that have been accepted for publication by a reputable journal and that meet the following criteria: • The article relates to the topics of the ICSR conference and the recent call for papers. • The article is an original submission to the journal and not an extension of an earlier conference or workshop paper. • The article is an original research article; review articles or commentaries will not be considered. • The article was accepted for publication by a journal on or after 1 January 2022, the acceptance must have been publicly announced, the article must be available at the publisher’s website (e.g., as “articles in advance” or published on a journal’s website), and the article must be written in English. • The article has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, journal-first tracks of other conferences. Accepted submissions will be presented as part of the ICSR 2024 scientific programme. Submissions must be done electronically via Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icsr2024) and include: • Title and author information of the article. • The original abstract and keywords. • DOI of the original publication or, alternatively, a link to the publication at the journal's website. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Chairs At least one author of each submission accepted for the Journal First track must register and attend the conference to present the work. The articles will be listed in the conference program and ICSR 2024 participants will have access to the respective abstracts and a pointer to the original journal article. IMPORTANT DATES • LBR and Journal First submission: April 8, 2024, AoE • Notification: April 29, 2024, AoE • Camera Ready: May 6, 2024, AoE • Author Registration: May 6, 2024 AoE ORGANISATION Steering Committee • Eduardo Almeida, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil • Goetz Botterweck, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland • Rafael Capilla, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain • John Favaro, Trust-IT, Italy • William B. Frakes, IEEE TCSE committee on software reuse, USA • Martin L. Griss, Carnegie Mellon University, USA • Oliver Hummel, University of Applied Sciences, Germany • Hafedh Mili, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada • Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati, USA • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Claudia M.L. Werner, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus • Lidia Fuentes, University of Malaga, Spain

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Invitation "5G security" webinar

by Andrew Zayine

Dear All, The Cyber Forensics & Threat Investigations Research Community invites you to join us for our next webinar: DFIR Stream 0x3: "Security Enhancements for 5G Wireless Networks" by Professor Maode Ma, College of Engineering, Qatar University Thursday, March 14 · 4:00 – 5:00 pm (GMT+00:00) United Kingdom Time More Information: https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0x3 For Students, A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered upon request (after verifying attendance), indicating the number of hours of the seminar (please make sure that you add the correct name in the registration form). This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university. We look forward to your participation in the upcoming webinars. Finally, I would like to remind you that the call for speakers is currently open on the dedicated DFIR stream website, https://dfir.stream/call-for-guest-speakers This event is brought to you by CFTIRC (Cyber Forensics & Threat Investigations Research Community). Best regards, Andrew Zayin Ph.D., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, PMP ACFTI Secretariat -- ________________________________________________________ Association of Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigators https://www.acfti.org Twitter: @acfti

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: First Workshop on "INI-DH: Innovative Interfaces in Digital Healthcare"

by Andrea Antonio CANTONE

****Deadline extended**** The new submission deadline is April 2, 2024 ****Call for papers**** First Workshop on "*INI-DH: Innovative Interfaces in Digital Healthcare Workshop*" https://sites.google.com/view/ini-dh/home To be held as part of AVI2024 https://avi2024.dibris.unige.it/home 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces Arenzano (Genoa), Italy June 3rd -7th 2024 ****Important Dates**** Workshop submissions due: March 15, 2024 April 2, 2024 Results announced: Aprile 15, 2024 April 20, 2024 Camera ready: April 28, 2024 ****Submission webpage**** https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=inidh2024 ****Topic**** In an era defined by digital transformation, the intersection of technology and healthcare is reshaping the landscape of medical practice and patient experience. The “INI-DH: Innovative Interfaces in Digital Healthcare Workshop” is at the forefront of this revolutionary evolution, addressing the key role of visual interfaces in healthcare. The workshop aims to bring together innovators, healthcare professionals, designers, and researchers to explore the multiple applications of visual interfaces in digital healthcare. INI-DH delves into designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge visual interfaces, including intuitive apps, augmented reality tools, and virtual healthcare experiences. The use of user interfaces will be explored with the help of artificial intelligence for creating content, touch screens, voice assistants, chatbots, intelligent assistants, wearables, and viewers for real, augmented, and mixed reality, which support health, health behavior, and well-being. Participants will gain valuable insights into how those interfaces can improve patient care, enhance diagnostics, and streamline healthcare workflows. The selected papers for this workshop are invited to submit to* Special Issue* on Future Internet: *Innovations in Digital Health: Advanced Interfaces Shaping Future Healthcare Experience* https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/6QU02HUU6N Through engaging sessions, attendees will learn about the latest technological advancements, successful case studies, and emerging trends in the digital healthcare space. They will also be able to connect with experts and colleagues, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing. Key topics to be explored in the workshop include visual interfaces for remote patient monitoring, telemedicine consultations, medical data visualization, and the integration of emerging technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality. Ethical considerations and the importance of user-centered design in healthcare applications will also be addressed. --------------- Organizers *Andrea Antonio Cantone *(University of Salerno, Italy) *Paola Barra *(University of Naples Parthenope, Italy) *Teresa Onorati *(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

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[Call for Paper] 2nd Call for paper - Workshop Robots for Humans (R4H) @AVI 2024

by Eleonora Zedda

* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks * ############################################################# 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International Workshop Robots for Humans (R4H) Co-located within the 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI2024) Arenzano (Genoa), Italy June 3rd or 4th 2024 Workshop website: https://r4h-workshop.github.io/ ############################################################# AIMS AND SCOPE The "Robots for Humans" (R4H) workshop bridges the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) communities. With this workshop, we want to bring together these communities by highlighting the commonalities of the two, stressing their differences, and encouraging the contamination of their methods and results. We aim to do so by recognising that human beings can be the bridge between these two communities and the main objective for a human-centred design approach. With these reflections in mind, our workshop invites HCI and HRI researchers to develop proposals for theoretical, technical and design ideas that highlight thoughts on empowerment and the new challenges posed by the design of robots. We ask researchers to propose both perspectives: the utopian, which imagines ideal scenarios, and the dystopian, which explores potential challenges, reflecting on the role of artefact design and interaction in shaping these visions. Join us to explore the intricate bond between humans and robots for thoughtful HRI advancements. ############################################################# TOPICS Topics included in the workshop, but not limited to, are the following: HCI theories and methods and novel approaches applied to HRI, Cognitive Architectures for HRI. Concept papers on the role of technology and robots in empowering or challenging human well-being. Empirical studies for human empowerment with technology (e.g., SAR, Health care, educational context). Participatory design approaches for HRI applications (e.g., user-centred design for computer and robotic applications, human-centred, and interaction-based design) Research methods and challenges for different contexts (e.g., assistive and education) in the HRI field. Interaction with virtual or physical embodied agents, human factors and human-in-the-loop in HRI, group dynamics in HRI. Design relationship between humans and robots (multi-modal communication, robot personalities, gender robotics, empathy). Diversity, power dynamics, gender, racism, social stereotypes and vulnerable targets of users in HRI. Trust, acceptance and explainability in HRI; personalisation and end-user development of robot applications. Ethical issues (e.g. privacy, misuse and abusive interactions), social risks and fairness in HRI. ############################################################# ORGANISATION AND DURATION We plan to conduct a half-day workshop including the following activities: Welcome and opening (10 min.). Keynote speaker: Dr Giulia Perugia (confirmed) (30 min.) and Q&A (10 min.). Papers/Poster presentations (1.15 min.). Coffee Break (15 min). Focus groups (60 min.) moderated by Dr Carlo Mazzola. Closing remarks (15 min.). The workshop is planned to be in-person. Participants will propose discussion topics for a focus group session in the workshop's second part. Led by moderators, subgroups will facilitate idea exchange in designing HRI applications. Participants will then identify the most significant topics for the workshop at the session's conclusion. AVI workshops are scheduled for either the 3rd or 4th of June, 2024. Please check back the workshop website soon for the exact dates and scheduling information. ############################################################# SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA Workshop participants are invited to submit a position papers (max 6 pages excluding references) The accepted papers will be published in the workshop’s proceedings on CEUR Workshop Proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/), indexed by Scopus. All submissions should be submitted by mail to r4hworkshop(a)gmail.com in PDF format using the “CEUR Template”: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt All submissions will be subjected to a thorough peer-review process, focusing on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. The workshop will use a double-blind review process, with three members of the program committee reviewing each submitted paper. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop. Selected accepted papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of a relevant human-robot interaction journal. ############################################################# IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: 27 March Notification of Acceptance: 23 April Camera Ready: 03 May 2024 Registration deadline: 10 May 2024 ############################################################# WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Francesca Cocchella, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Omar Eldardeer, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Marco Manca, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" (ISTI) - National Research Council of Italy (CNR) (Italy) Marco Matarese, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Andrea Rezzani, Free University of Bolzano (Italy) Eleonora Zedda, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" (ISTI) - National Research Council of Italy (CNR) (Italy)

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ExUM Workshop @UMAP 2024 - Call For Papers

by amon

*** Apologies for cross postings *** *ExUM Workshop @UMAP 2024 - Call For Papers - *** DEADLINE APRIL, 24 *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Explainable User Models and Personalised Systems (ExUM@UMAP 2024) co-located with UMAP 2024 (http://www.um.org/umap2024) - The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Monday 1 - Thursday 4 July, 2024 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExUM_Workshop Web: http://swap.di.uniba.it/exum/index.html For any information: marco.polignano(a)uniba.it ========= ABSTRACT ========= Adaptive and personalized systems have become pervasive technologies, gradually playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Indeed, we are now accustomed to interacting with algorithms that leverage the power of Language Models (LLMs) to assist us in various scenarios. From services suggesting music or movies to personal assistants proactively supporting us in complex decision-making tasks. As these technologies continue to shape our everyday experiences, it becomes imperative to ensure that the internal mechanisms guiding these algorithms are transparent and comprehensible. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) recognizes the users' right to explanation when confronted with intelligent systems, highlighting the significance of this aspect. Regrettably, current research often prioritizes the maximization of personalization strategy effectiveness, such as recommendation accuracy, at the expense of model explainability. To address this concern, the workshop aims to provide a platform for in-depth discussions on challenges, problems, and innovative research approaches in the field. The workshop will specifically focus on investigating the role of transparency and explainability in recent methodologies for constructing user models and developing personalized and adaptive systems. By bringing together researchers and practitioners, the workshop aims to foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the development of novel solutions. Through this collective effort, we can advance the understanding and implementation of transparent and interpretable approaches in adaptive and personalized systems, including integrating Language Models (LLMs) to enhance transparency and enable users to comprehend the internal mechanisms guiding these systems. ====== TOPICS ====== Topics of interest include but are not limited to: ∑ TRANSPARENT AND EXPLAINABLE PERSONALIZATION STRATEGIES o Scrutable User Models o Transparent User Profiling and Personal Data Extraction o Explainable Personalization and Adaptation Methodologies o Novel strategies (e.g., conversational recommender systems) for building transparent algorithms o Transparent Personalization and Adaptation to Groups of users o Transparent Personalization based on Large Language Models ∑ DESIGNING EXPLANATION ALGORITHMS o Explanation algorithms based on the item description and item properties o Explanation algorithms based on user-generated content (e.g., reviews) o Explanation algorithms based on collaborative information o Building explanation algorithms for opaque personalization techniques (e.g., neural networks, matrix factorization) o Explanation algorithms based on methods to build group models ∑ DESIGNING TRANSPARENT AND EXPLAINABLE USER INTERFACES o Transparent User Interfaces o Methodologies for designing transparent interaction o Novel paradigms (e.g. chatbots, LLMs) for building transparent models ∑ EVALUATING TRANSPARENCY AND EXPLAINABILITY o Evaluating Transparency in interaction or personalization o Evaluating the Explainability of the algorithms o Designing User Studies for evaluating transparency and explainability o Novel metrics and experimental protocols ∑ OPEN ISSUES IN TRANSPARENT AND EXPLAINABLE USER MODELS AND PERSONALIZED SYSTEMS o Ethical issues (Fairness and Biases) in User Models and Personalized Systems o Privacy management of Personal and Social data o Discussing Recent Regulations (GDPR) and future directions ============ SUBMISSIONS ============ We encourage the submission of contributions investigating novel methodologies to exploit heterogeneous personal data and approaches to build transparent and scrutable user models. In particular, we accept three kinds of submissions: (A) Regular papers (max. 14 pages + references - single-column ACM format) (B) Ongoing projects, Demo and Short papers (max. 7 pages + references - single-column ACM format); Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24 During the submission process select “6th Workshop on Explainable User Models and Personalized Systems (ExUM)” All submitted papers will be evaluated by at least two members of the program committee, based on originality, significance, relevance, and technical quality. Note that the references do not count toward page limits. Submissions should be single-blinded, i.e. authors’ names should be included in the submissions. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. All accepted papers will be published by ACM as a joint volume of Extended UMAP 2024 Proceedings and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the particular workshop and present the paper there. The templates and instructions are available here: ttps:// authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-workflow - LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column) - https://portalparts.acm.org/hippo/latex_templates/acmart-primary.zip - Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column) - https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official#.WOuOk2e1taQ - MS Word: https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a… ================ IMPORTANT DATES ================ * Full paper submission: April 24, 2024 (GMT) * Paper notification: May 8, 2024 (GMT) * Workshop Papers Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 (GTM) ============= ORGANIZATION ============= Cataldo Musto - University of Bari, Italy Amra Delić – University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oana Inel - Zurich University, Switzerland Marco Polignano - University of Bari, Italy Amon Rapp – University of Torino, Italy Giovanni Semeraro - University of Bari, Italy Juergen Ziegler - University of Duisburg Essen ============= PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TO BE EXTENDED) ============= Kathrin Wardatzky, University of Zurich Marco de Gemmis, University of Bari Veronika Bogina, Tel Aviv University Dietmar Jannach, University of Klagenfurt Francesco Barile, Maastricht University Alain Starke, University of Amsterdam Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari Benedikt Loepp Styliani Kleanthous, CYENS CoE and Open University of Cyprus Erasmo Purificato, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Pierpaolo Basile, University of Bari Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Alejandro Bellogin, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Giuseppe Sansonetti, Roma Tre University Riccardo Guidotti, University of Pisa Michael Ekstrand, Drexel University Antonela Tommasel, Aarhus University, ISISTAN Research Institute, CONICET-UNCPBA Kyriaki Kalimeri, ISI Foundation

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