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First Call for UMAP’22 Doctoral Consortium Papers

by Nasim Sonboli

--- Please forward to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP'22) Barcelona, Spain, and Online 4 - 7 July 2022 https://www.um.org/umap2022/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: - Doctoral Consortium Submission: March 31, 2022; - Notification to authors: April 28, 2022; - Camera-ready submission: May 2, 2022; - Conference: July 4-7, 2022; - DC day: July TBD, 2022; Note: All the deadlines must be intended at 11:59 PM AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background and Scope The UMAP 2022 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place as part of the 30th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least fifteen months 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 Ph.D. students 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 and industry practitioners from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice; - Explore career pathways available after completing their Ph.D. degree, and finally - 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 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 and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Brief Review of The General Guidelines for a Doctoral Consortium Paper Candidates must submit their DC proposals –aligning with topics pertaining to the ACM UMAP 2022 key areas– by the submission deadline. Each proposal should be a single PDF, with four required components: a six-page description of your Ph.D., an expected benefits statement, a recommendation letter, and a two-page curriculum vitae. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation. For more details please refer to the website: https://www.um.org/umap2022/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Support ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students who want to attend the conference. Students of accepted DC proposals will have higher priority for UMAP grant applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DC Chairs: umap2022-doctoral(a)um.org - Rita Orji (Dalhousie University, Canada) - Giovanni Stilo (University of L’Aquila, Italy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow UMAP 2022 on Social Media - Twitter: @UMAPconf #umap2022 (https://twitter.com/UMAPconf) - Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/ISWConf> https://www.facebook.com/acmumap

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MIS4TEL 2022: 3rd Call for Paper / 13-15 July 2022 / L'Aquila (Italy)

by MIS4TEL 2022 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ====================================================================== Call for Papers We are glad to invite you to submit a manuscript to MIS4TEL2022, the 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning. The conference proceedings are published by Springer and indexed in Scopus, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. MIS4TEL 2022 will be held in L'Aquila (Italy) on 13th-15th July, 2022, in parallel with the PAAMS'22 International Conference. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be hybrid, meaning that we will also organize remote participation/presentation for whoever cannot travel to L'Aquila. Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ====================================================================== Important dates: - Submission deadline: 22nd April, 2022 - Notification of acceptance: 30th May, 2022 - Camera-Ready papers due: 17th June, 2022 - Conference celebration: 13th-15th July, 2022 ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 -- 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning >>> SCOPE Education is the cornerstone of any society and it serves as one of the foundations for many of its social values and characteristics. State-of-the-art and novel methodologies and technologies allow researchers, designers, and domain experts to pursue Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) solutions targeting not only cognitive processes but also motivational, personality, or emotional factors. Nowadays, we can identify two main legs, providing necessary and complementary strengths to a TEL-oriented design process: appropriate technologies should be applied, and appropriate methods should guide the design of such application. Technologies in TEL are capable of delivering smart, personalized, tailored, and motivating learning solutions. Methods are coming from different fields, such as education, psychology, medicine, computer science, and from diverse communities, where collaboration and co-working are used, such as maker communities and participatory design communities. In addition, Learning Analytics can help manage available (big) data and augment learning opportunities for learners and educators alike, for instance by supporting self-regulated learning or adaptation of the learning material. As to these topics, the annual appointment of MIS4TEL established itself as a consolidated fertile forum where scholars and professionals from the international community, with a broad range of expertise in the TEL field, share results and compare experiences. The 12th edition of the conference calls for novel research in TEL and expands the topics of the previous editions, highlighting the role of the most recent methods and technological opportunities. As in the tradition of MIS4TEL, this edition aims at offering the different perspectives, and complementary voices, coming from the multidisciplinary field of TEL. >>> TOPICS Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: # Technologies and technology-based solutions for TEL # - AI technologies and tools for TEL - Agent-based and multi-agent TEL systems - Knowledge representation, reasoning, and management systems for TEL - Natural language systems for TEL - Recommendation, personalization, and adaptation in TEL systems - Social networks for TEL - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for TEL - Internet of things (IoT) solutions for TEL - Smart solutions or environments for TEL - Wearable technologies for TEL - Robotics for TEL - Virtual reality environments for TEL - Games for TEL or gamified TEL - Sharing and interoperability between TEL environments - Making and fabrication for TEL # Methodologies and experiences for TEL # - Methodologies for personalization, user modeling, and adaptation in TEL- Methodologies for recommendation systems and user modeling in TEL - Methodologies for fostering motivation and engagement in TEL - Methodologies for the design of accessible and usable TEL systems - Methodologies for including different voices in the design process of TEL - Methodologies for informal learning for TEL - Methodologies for fostering TEL in small, medium, and large companies - Methodologies, tools, and frameworks supporting experiments in TEL - Methodologies or approaches from game design and gamification for TEL - Novel experiences and studies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic studies, field studies, experimentations) with methodologies for TEL # Learning analytics for TEL # - Big data and data visualization in TEL - Learning analytics for curriculum design - Learning analytics for personalizing the learner experience - Learning analytics for predicting behavior - Learning analytics for designing learning interventions - Learning analytics for stakeholders >>> SUBMISSIONS # Submitting papers # MIS4TEL papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages, including figures and references. For further details, please see:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission # Review process # MIS4TEL welcomes the submission of papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process. Each contribution will be refereed by three experts in the field using the following set of criteria; relevance, originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant, and previously unpublished sound research efforts related to any of the topics of the conference. # Publication # Accepted papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published by LNNS series of Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.com/series/15179). At least one of the authors will be required to register for MIS4TEL and to attend the Conference in order to present their paper and to have it included in the conference proceedings. ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.** ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE # General Chair # - Marco Temperini - Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) # Technical Program Co-Chairs # - Ivana Marenzi - L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) - Vittorio Scarano - University of Salerno (Italy) # Paper Co-Chairs # - Milos Kravcik - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Germany) - Rosa Lanzilotti - University of Bari (Italy) - Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova (Romania) # Workshop Co-Chairs # - Zuzana Kubincova - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) - Alessandra Melonio - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) # Publicity Co-Chairs # - Agnese Addone - University of Salerno (Italy) - Federica Caruso - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Dalila Durães - University of Minho, Braga (Portugal) - John Jairo Páez Rodríguez - University Francisco José de Caldas of Bogotà (Colombia) # Steering Committee Representatives # - Fernando De La Prieta University of Salamanca (Spain) - Rosella Gennari - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) # Local Organizers Co-Chairs # - Tania Di Mascio - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Pierpaolo Vittorini - University of L'Aquila (Italy) ====================================================================== More information can also be found on the MIS4TEL22 website and social media: Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ======================================================================

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CfP: Workshop on Reflections and Dialogues around Smart Technology (ResiSTo), co-located with MIS4TEL, L'Aquila, Italy | 13th-15th July, 2022

by Syed Mehdi Abbas Rizvi

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ================================================ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS Workshop on Reflections and Dialogues around Smart Technology (ResiSTo) --- Proceedings in Springer Verlag; indexing in Scopus; fast review process --- Co-located with 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL), L'Aquila, Italy | 13th-15th July, 2022 ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES ================================================ Workshop papers submission deadline: 22nd April, 2022 Workshop camera-ready papers: 17th June, 2022 Accepted workshop papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published in the LNNS series of Springer Verlag (https://www.springer.com/series/15179), and will be Scopus indexed. ================================================ THEME ================================================ Smart technologies include, but are not limited to, AI-based devices for digital education, smart things, smart art-work, smart environments, smart cities and smart artefacts, in general. The workshop focuses on the role which reflections, as in design thinking, and dialogues, as in ethnographic research, play in imagining, conceptualising, using, assessing smart technologies for different contexts and people, with a preference for learning contexts and learners. Workshop papers are expected to describe frameworks, methods, toolkits, experiences, studies or provocations with reflections and dialogues around smart technologies. Examples are toolkits which enable young generations to design smart things and reflect across their design (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212868921000660). Other examples are studies concerning design as a means for reflecting on stereotypes (http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/-(448ba68b-ca74-4b06…). The workshop is intended as a forum to share provocations concerning past research work, novel ideas grounded in the literature, work-in-progress prototypes, as well as preliminary results which intercept the theme of the workshop. In other words, workshop papers are expected to report on early or ongoing research activities, which have not yet got the maturity expected for the main-conference submissions. ================================================ TOPICS ================================================ Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: -Reflections in the creation, usage or evaluation of smart technologies -Responsibility or other critical reflections in technology enhanced learning -The role of dialogue in digital education -Field studies and ecological studies for reflecting with/around smart technologies -Playfulness, gamification and critical reflections with/around smart technologies -Responsibility in the design of smart solutions -Critical thinking in the design of smart cities, environments, things, artwork, artefacts -Dialogue and reflections in designing smart technologies at a distance -Dialogue and reflections in using smart technologies at a distance -Dialogue and reflections in assessing smart technologies at a distance -Dialogues and reflections in making or physical computing -Creativity, dialogues, reflections and smart technologies -Biases in smart technologies -Unveiling ethics concerns with/around smart technologies ================================================ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ================================================ Workshop contributions should be 10-page papers or exceptionally 6-page papers, including references; papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS template, available on the main-conference website of MIS4TEL. Papers should be submitted as PDF via Easychair. The Easychair submission page can be accessed at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mis4tel22. Please take care in selecting the correct track i.e., “Workshop on Reflections and Dialogues around Smart Technology (ResiSTo)” when submitting. All submissions will undergo a fast yet careful peer review process by at least two members of the program committee. Publication of an accepted paper in the proceedings requires that at least one author of the paper registers for and participates in the conference. ================================================ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ================================================ Rosella Gennari, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Alessandra Melonio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Mehdi Rizvi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Elisa Rubegni, Lancaster University, United Kingdom ================================================ For more information, contact us at resisto.workshop(a)gmail.com or check out our webpage at https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/tracks/workshops/resisto

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Reminder #CCE2022 - Conference Registration is open

by Lammers, H.A.

Call for Papers Apologies for multiple posting ECCE 2022 - EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 33rd annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) 4-7 October 2022 | Kaiserslautern, Germany http://www.hciv.de/ecce2022 CALL FOR PAPERS ECCE 2022 invites contributions from researchers and practitioners which address the broad spectrum of Cognitive Ergonomics challenges in the analysis, design, and evaluation of virtual and physical interactive systems as part of a rich conference program including keynote talks, paper presentation as well as a doctoral consortium. The 33rd ECCE conference will target state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to cognitive ergonomics and its role in design processes, information presentation and visualization, human factors and simulation, prototyping, cross / extended reality, user interfaces development, evaluations, and emerging ethical issues. The special theme of ECCE 2022 is: “Evaluating the Reality–Virtuality Continuum”. The Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following ones: * Cognitive processes in design * Cognitively-orientated human factors * Consequences of VR/AR/MR usage * Context awareness * Cross / Extended reality (XR): VR, AR, and MR * Decision aiding, information presentation and visualization * Design methods, tools, and methodologies for designing interactive systems * Ecological approaches to human cognition and human-technology interaction * Efficient collaborations * Ethical issues in virtual environments * Human-computer interaction * Human error and reliability * Human factors and simulation * Human-technology interaction in the Internet of Things era * Interactive learning * Intuitive interaction * Motivation, engagement, goal sharing * Multisensory perception * Resilience and diversity * Scalable evaluation spanning the reality–virtuality continuum * Situation awareness * Trust and control in complex virtual systems * User experience design * User interfaces * User research concepts, methods, and empirical studies Submissions All submissions fulfilling the submission requirements will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please visit https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow for all information on formatting and templates to create your manuscript for submission. All submissions will be handled through Easy Chair, URL to be announced. Proceedings will appear on ACM Digital Library. Submission Categories * Long and Short Papers * Demonstrations * Workshops * Submissions to the Doctoral Consortium Important Dates and Deadlines March 15, 2022: Deadline for submissions June 22, 2022: Deadline for camera-ready version submissions July 15, 2022: Early registration deadline October 4, 2022: ECCE 2022 doctoral consortium and workshops October 5-7, 2022: ECCE 2022 main conference General chairs Achim Ebert, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Thomas Lachmann, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

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Faculty Opening -- Department of Computer Science -- University of Cyprus

by Announce Announcements

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AN ACADEMIC POSITION The University of Cyprus was founded in 1989 and admitted its first students in 1992. Within a short time, the University of Cyprus achieved international distinctions. Today, it is ranked as the 108th young university (under 50 years) and among the #401-500 best universities worldwide by the Times Higher Education Rankings. These notable distinctions, achieved in the highly competitive field of research, are the result of commitment and dedication to continuous development and research excellence, the promotion and strengthening of which constitutes a key strategic objective of the University of Cyprus. Moreover, the University continually extends and develops its undergraduate and graduate programs of studies. To best serve its research and educational aims, the University recruits high-caliber academic staff who can make significant contributions to the development of internationally competitive research projects and to the design and delivery of new curricula. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE The University of Cyprus invites applications for one (1) tenure-track academic position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, in the field of “Artificial Intelligence with emphasis in machine learning”. For all academic ranks, a Doctoral degree from an accredited University is required. The minimum requirements for each academic rank are available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/acad.staff.procedures and include: previous academic experience, outstanding research achievements and notable scientific contributions, experience in developing and teaching of high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula. Candidates do not need to be citizens of the Republic of Cyprus. The official languages of instruction are Greek and Turkish. For the above position, fluency in the Greek language is necessary. In case the selected candidate is not proficient in the Greek language, the candidate and the Department shall ensure that the former acquires sufficient knowledge of the Greek language within 3 years from the date of appointment. Each Department sets its own criteria concerning the required level of fluency in the Greek language. In accordance with the applicable legislation, the annual gross salary (including the 13th salary) for full-time employment is: Assistant Professor (Scale A13-A14). €59.173,18- €79.802,36 Lecturer (Scale A12-A13) €44.975,98- €73.185,96 Employee contributions to the various State funds will be deducted from the above amounts. Candidates are invited to submit their applications electronically by uploading the following documents in English and in PDF format at the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment 1. Cover Letter 2. Curriculum Vitae 3. Copy of ID/Passport 4. Copies of degree certificates 5. Review of previous research work and a brief description of future research projects (up to 3 pages) 6. List of publications 7. Representative publications (up to 3 publications which should be submitted separately). For the rank of Lecturer, the submission of representative publications is optional. 8. The names and email addresses of three academic referees, who, upon submission of the application, will be automatically notified to provide recommendation letters (in English), up to seven days following the deadline for submission of applications. The above documents (1-7) must be uploaded as separate PDF documents. No change can be possible upon submission of your application. The deadline for applications is on Wednesday 18th of May 2022. The selected applicants will be required to submit copies of degree certificates certified by the Ministry of Education (if the degrees were obtained from universities n Cyprus) or from the Issuing Authority (if the degrees were obtained from foreign universities). Applications, supporting documents and recommendation letters submitted in response to previous vacancy announcements will not be considered and must be resubmitted. Applications not providing all the required documents specified in the online application form at the above link will not be considered. The applicant shall ensure that their application has been successfully submitted. Upon submission, the candidate will receive an automated confirmation email. For more information, please contact the Human Resources Services (tel.: 00357 22 89 4146) or the Department of Computer Science (+357 22 89 2669).

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): First Call for Papers

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*** First Call for Papers *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) is the second of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Artificial Intelligence, Computation and Data Analytics • Artificial Intelligence methods for medical device testing. • Algorithms, methods and services for condition-specific intervention (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dementia, post cancer treatment, allergies, mental health). • Algorithms, methods and services for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Crowd-sourcing and social media analysis for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Medical Data and/or Medical Image Analysis. • Electronic Medical Records Analysis. • Computational methods for medical devices. Human Computer Interaction and Cognition • Human-Machine Interaction for healthcare and well-being. • Cognitive Mechatronics for healthcare and well-being. • Models for human-device interaction for medicine. • Cobotics for healthcare and well-being. • Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being. Assistive Devices • Precision medicine. • ICT for in-silicon trials. • Implantable medical devices. • Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments. ICT & Wellbeing • Age-friendly systems for active and healthy ageing (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection). • ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition). • Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention). • Smart Systems and services promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment. • IoT and smart real-time surveillance systems for monitoring, auditing and control to prevent the spread of the pandemic. • eHealth smart solutions in the fight against a COVID-19 like pandemic. • IoT and Smart Healthcare systems with an environmentally friendly and sustainable footprint. Health Infrastructure and Healthcare Operation Services • Distributed and connected digital healthcare services. • IoT services for real-time monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • Wearable devices and IoT systems for remote monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • mHealth services and applications using mobile and wearable devices to collect community and clinical health data, and deliver healthcare information to practitioners, researchers and patients. • Sustainable city environments for emergency health management. • 5G and beyond for healthcare in sustainable smart cities. • Wireless Sensor Networks for advanced smart healthcare in sustainable cities. Quality in Healthcare Systems • New experimental validation methods with end-users. • Systems and services for ensuring patient’s commitment to the medication schedule. • Digital health systems and tools for health care professional training and workforce development. • Communication systems and services improving the quality of patient and healthcare provider contact before, during and after admission. • Methods and Technology for Improving the quality of services-oriented care delivery systems. • Methods, Digital Tools and/or Services for inclusive-for-all healthcare systems. • Co-Creation of healthcare systems for social well being of people with special needs, older adults and/or deprivileged or disadvantaged people. • Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self- management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care). Privacy, Security & Standardization • Standardization, certification, labelling, and communication issues (related to ageing well, to sensory impairment). • Privacy and Security/Regulation compliant services in health care systems (e.g., HIPAA). • Security and privacy of digital health systems and service. • Socio-economic issues of smart healthcare in sustainable societies. • Privacy, security and ethics in eHealth smart solutions and surveillance at scale in the fight against a COVID-19 pandemic. High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Submissions We invite Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. As was the case for IHAW 2021, the proceedings of IHAW 2022 will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in the technical sessions of the conference. As was also the case for IHAW 2021, the authors of the best papers accepted for IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions for a special issue in a high quality journal (currently under negotiation). Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icihaw2022 . Important Dates • Submission Deadline: July 18, 2022 (AoE) • Notification: September 26, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: October 10, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: October 10, 2022 Organizers Honorary General Chair • Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Scientific Vice-Chair • Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Publicity Chair • Jessica Allingham, Lakehead University, Canada Finance Chair • Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD, Cyprus

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Fourth Call for Contributions

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*** Fourth Call for Contributions *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed six (6) pages (US letter size) double-column, including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed four (4) pages (US letter size) double column, including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022 • Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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Funded PhD positions at University College Cork

by Ciolfi, Luigina

Cari Colleghi, Allego la call relativa a due borse di dottorato di ricerca ad University College Cork (Irlanda) in ambito HCI e CSCW. Saluti, Lui === Applications are open for fully funded PhDs (duration: 4 years) under ADVANCE CRT<https://www.advance-crt.ie/>. ADVANCE CRT is a Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training focused on Future Networks and the Internet of Things with applications in sustainable and independent living. Through co-supervision between the Schools of Computer Science & IT (Dr Klaas-Jan Stol, Prof Dirk Pesch) and Applied Psychology (Prof Luigina Ciolfi) at University College Cork, excellent applicants are sought for two proposed doctoral research projects with HCI/CSCW orientation as part of the 2022-2023 ADVANCE CRT recruitment round: Project 1: Understanding Digitally-Mediated Hybrid Work Practices of IT Professionals (DigiHyPe) Supervisors: Dr Klaas-Jan Stol (School of Computer Science & IT) (Lead Supervisor); Prof Luigina Ciolfi (School of Applied Psychology) (Second Supervisor). This project aims to examine the digitally-mediated experiences and practices of IT professionals tackling the “new normal” of hybrid work in IT organisations, particularly in relation to collaborative projects and teamwork. The Covid-19 pandemic has shifted working patterns in the high-tech sector in significant and unprecedented ways: initially through fast pivoting to working from home, and more recently through novel attempts to develop “hybrid” work policies, with employees negotiating and adopting new spatial, temporal, and organisational patterns of work and with new practices emerging within teams and organisations. Collaboration and cooperation among colleagues are likely to emerge in novel ways, due to the novel configuration of knowledge and resources, mutual awareness, availability patterns, communication and coordination mechanisms, and of the digital tools being used for all of this. While there is considerable research on forms of flexible work such as ‘remote working’, we are now entering an age of hybrid work at scale. Furthermore, hybrid work is emerging in all its complexity not only in terms of locations, but also of scheduling, communication patterns, team building, etc. Thus, there is an urgent need to investigate “modern” remote working, characterized by large-scale, dynamic, and highly tailored configurations of how IT professionals collaborate. To that end, this project has the following primary research goals: * To identify new and emerging practices of collaborative digitally-mediated hybrid work in the high- tech/software sector, and their impact on both professionals and organisations. * To understand how digital tools and services are used as part of these practices to support collaboration, coordination and cooperation. * To identify the requirements, opportunities, and challenges of future technologies that can improve support for collaborative hybrid work and the individuals and teams that perform it. * To develop a novel ‘framework of collaboration in hybrid work’ that synthesises findings from detailed analyses of the field studies, which provides guidance to organisations that seek to improve their collaboration mechanisms, and to provide a theoretical foundation for future research and development. It is envisaged that the research will comprise a series of field studies at organisations, using a mixed- methods approach. Potential research methods include case study, ethnography, and the Delphi method. This project will build on, extend, and challenge prior knowledge on digitally-mediated flexible work and on collaboration and cooperation in the IT sector, particularly within software development teams. There is an established body of work across Software Engineering/Information Systems and HCI/CSCW that has built an in-depth understanding of these issues via field-based methods, and which also provides a set of concepts and frameworks to be applied to the study of flexible forms of work and to the design of software to support it. This project will contribute to this established corpus of empirical research by critiquing and expanding existing concepts, tools, and frameworks detailing the practices of collaboration and cooperation in flexible work situations in the IT sector. As the world around us is changing, the current historical juncture in time offers an exciting and unique opportunity to contribute in significant ways and to have a direct impact on organisational practice in the IT sector, and more broadly on the ongoing opportunities to shape the future of work and the digital tools that will be used going forward. Full description of the project can be found in the ADVANCE CRT 2022-2023 Project Booklet<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-LKj5y9x0EC7VDJjDj90MUda3X7inlkl/view?usp=…>, under Dr Stol’s list of potential projects. Project 2: InterArct Supervisors: Prof Dirk Pesch (School of Computer Science & IT) (Lead Supervisor); Prof Luigina Ciolfi (School of Applied Psychology) (Second Supervisor). The InterArct project focuses on novel approaches to human computer interaction with art and performance installations in museums and galleries. In order to interact with art installations, many formats are possible, ranging from local, physical to remote interaction. At the same time, the interaction with art should also be accessible to people’s different abilities. The Covid pandemic has led to the closure or limited access to museums and with the potential of future pandemics, remote interaction and/or virtual interaction with exhibits could address some of this in the future as well. Furthermore, contemporary artists are increasingly incorporating digital interactive elements into their practice, and look at available new technologies for inspiration and exploration. In the InterArct project, we plan to develop an inclusive, accessible and flexible approach to interaction with contemporary art exhibits. We envisage leveraging gesture and facial recognition through a range of technologies (depending on researcher skills) such as radio signal based, image recognition based, wearable sensor based or other approaches. The project will build on prior work done by the two supervisors on radio signal based event and activity detection and programmable and reactive interaction with museum exhibits. The project will seek suitable contemporary art venues and practitioners and future contemporary art installations to demonstrate the capabilities of the developed technologies. The project aims to collaborate with the Glucksman Art Gallery on the University College Cork campus as an exhibition and experimentation space. The project will have strong societal impact as it has the potential to make interaction with contemporary art much more accessible. The work, while focused in this project on art, can also have a wide range of other applications in interaction with everyday objects in homes, businesses, supporting people with disabilities for example. Full description of the project can be found in the ADVANCE CRT 2022-2023 Project Booklet<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-LKj5y9x0EC7VDJjDj90MUda3X7inlkl/view?usp=…>, under Prof Pesch’s list of potential projects. For information on ADAVANCE CRT funding support, the application process, eligibility criteria, and full list of potential projects, see: https://www.advance-crt.ie/apply/ The deadline for applications is the 1st of April 2022 — Prof Luigina Ciolfi (she/her) Professor of Human Computer Interaction School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland Tel +353 (0)21 490 4597 My UCC Research Profile<http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A011/LCiolfi@ucc.ie> Member, British Psychological Society; Senior Member & Distinguished Speaker<https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/ciolfi_15069>, ACM; Steering Committee Member, EUSSET<http://eusset.eu/> | Associate Editor, The CSCW Journal<http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606> | Personal Website<https://luiginaciolfi.net/> My working day may not be your working day. Please don’t feel obliged to reply to this e-mail outside of your normal working hours

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[CFP] AVI 2022 workshop on Designing for Meaningful Interactions and Digital Wellbeing

by Luigi De Russis

Call for Papers - Designing for Meaningful Interactions and Digital Wellbeing (Design4DWB 2022) AVI 2022 Workshop 06 June 2022 - Rome, Italy More info: https://sites.google.com/view/design4dwb/home <https://sites.google.com/view/design4dwb/home> --- ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Nowadays, tech companies adopt attention-capture dark patterns like recommendations and content autoplay to grab people's attention and maximize the time spent on different digital services, from social networks to video sharing platforms. Such a controversial business model exploits the individual's psychological vulnerabilities to increase advertisements revenue, and has several measurable consequences on individuals' sense of agency, often resulting in people's lack of control over technology use. In this context, public media and researchers in different areas, from philosophy to human-computer interaction, agree on the importance of considering a new kind of psychological digital wellbeing. The purpose of this workshop is to provide the academic and industrial communities a venue for discussing ongoing research and ideas on the design of interfaces that allow people to take advantage of digital platforms in a meaningful and conscious way, without the need for external interventions (e.g., timers) that indiscriminately block the user's interaction. This could be done with either novel Digital Self-Control Tools (DSCTs), which allows people to limit their technology use through the redesign of interactive elements, or by finding ways to motivate key stakeholders to avoid or mitigate attention-capture dark patterns from the beginning of their design processes. This workshop is part of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022). CALL FOR PARTICIPATION We invite researchers and practitioners in interdisciplinary domains intersecting HCI, AI, psychology, design, and/or STS to engage in dialog on the topics above. A key priority of our workshop will be to invite submissions from an intellectually diverse and global group of participants to further discussions on how appropriate human-centered design can contribute to digital wellbeing in this context. In particular, we solicit participation across more and less technical researchers in HCI who are motivated to address the list of topics below. Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a position paper (2-4 pages) describing and highlighting their contributions to the workshop topics. The topics of interest for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Definition and analysis of attention-capture dark patterns. - Novel interfaces for meaningful interaction. - Novel DSCTs that focus on redesigning the user's interaction rather than blocking it. - Design methods and tools for digital wellbeing. - Strategies and tools for measuring people's digital wellbeing. - Responsibility and role of tech companies. - Social, educational, and political factors. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE This one-day workshop will be interactive and informal. It will combine presentations of accepted position papers with discussions and hands-on sessions, aimed at generating ideas for future research directions. The workshop is planned to be in-person, at the conference. Virtual participation will be made possible. SUBMISSIONS Submissions of position papers should be of 2-4 pages, in the ACM Primary Article Submission Templates (single column, https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). PDFs of submissions can be emailed to Alberto Monge Roffarello (one of the organizers) at alberto.monge(a)polito.it. They will be reviewed by all organizers based on relevance, originality, and overall quality. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop. Virtual participation will be made possible. All workshop participants will need to register for the workshop. Accepted and presented papers will be made available on CEUR Workshop Proceedings, if possible, while workshop results will be published on our website. Notifications will be mailed to the authors within 15 days of receipt (and no later than the date reported below). IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 27 March 2022 Notification: 27 April 2022 Camera-ready and registration due: 08 May 2022 Workshop date: 06 June 2022 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alberto Monge Roffarello, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy R. X. Schwartz, University of Virginia, USA Panagiotis Apostolellis, University of Virginia, USA

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Scomparsa di Michele Risi

by Giuliana VITIELLO

Cari tutti, Purtroppo è venuto a mancare prematuramente il collega e amico Michele Risi http://docenti.unisa.it/michele.risi. Molti all'interno della nostra comunità lo hanno conosciuto e hanno avuto modo di apprezzarne le grandi doti umane e il suo elevato profilo scientifico. Michele mancherà a tutti noi... Giuliana Vitiello e Genny Tortora ====== Prof. Giuliana Vitiello, PhD Director HCI-UsE Lab Department of Computer Science University of Salerno Italy phone +39 089 963317 cell +39 3666758965 https:// <https://docenti.unisa.it/003730/home> docenti.unisa.it/giuliana.vitiello

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