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Interact 2023 CfP

by Fabio Paternò

Call for Papers: INTERACT 2023 INTERACT 2023 is the 19th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). August 28 – September 1, 2023 York, United Kingdom https://interact2023.org/ INTERACT is a highly international conference and welcomes papers on all aspects of human-computer interaction. The theme of the conference is “Design for Equality and Justice”. Increasingly computer sciences as a discipline is becoming concerned with issues of equality and justice – from fake news to rights for robots, from the ethics of driverless vehicles to the gamergate controversy. The HCI community is well placed to be at the leading edge of such discussions within the wider computer science community and in the dialogue between computer science and the broader society. Equality and justice are both particularly important concepts for both the City of York and the University of York. Both institutions have distinguished histories of working for equality and justice. The call for papers is now open for the following categories: Deadline 25 January 2023 Full papers Courses Workshops Deadline 19 April 2023 Short papers Posters Panels Interactive Demos Doctoral Consortium Industrial Experiences

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1st CFP: Special issue on "Hybrid Games and Interaction Design" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= Special Issue on *Hybrid Games and Interaction Design* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call56 ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• Nelson Zagalo, DigiMedia, University of Aveiro, Portugal • Fotis Liarokapis, University of Technology, Cyprus • Micael Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Ana Patrícia Oliveira, University of Aveiro, Portugal/ =========================================== *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *January 15*, 2023 • Notification to the authors: February 20, 2023 • Camera ready paper: March 15, 2023 • Publication of the special issue: April, 2023 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- Board games gained significant momentum throughout the past two decades, with some of the best creations earning millions of dollars in funding platforms during 2021, in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, digital games have surpassed all other media, from film to music, in investments and returns. Board and digital games are two forms of play which use the same base of design – the game design – so it was without surprise that a new hybrid approach, that mixed both media, would appear. Over the past five years, we have seen games with Augmented Reality, board games using smartphones as assisting tools, tablets being used as boards, or even games using real food–edible games. This combination of digital and physical components and strategies in games contributes to a new experience of play which enhances not only the player’s immersion and interaction, but also the contents, presentation, atmosphere, and control of the game. There are some questions emerging in this discussion, namely about the complementary relationship between physical and digital games: What are the borderlines between real and virtual dimensions in hybrid games? How can hybrid games provide a more participatory gaming experience while players become engaged with digital and physical components at the same time? Which model of interaction design of hybrid games best favors player experience, communication, and engagement? In this special issue, we want not only to present the current state-of-the-art of the hybrid games, as the possibilities beyond current days, making use of speculative approaches to design, as design fiction, but we want to dig deeper through the lenses of interaction design, in order to understand the new needs in the realm of technologies. Furthermore, we want to understand the full impacts and effects of this move on human interaction with game artifacts and consequently find out what should we expect from the discipline of interaction design while using ludic approaches in the next decade. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted to Gamification of the Learning Process' includes, but is not limited to: • Hybrid digital/physical games • Methods of hybrid game design • Design Fiction and Hybrid Interaction Design • Interaction design relation with game design • Play Hybridism • Hybrid systems; • Hybrid design models; • Hybrid game mechanics and patterns; • Hybrid storytelling models; • Hybrid Game interaction models; • Cognition and game design; • Aesthetics of Hybrid Digital/Physical Games; • Board games and Digital Games; • Hybrid-games design; • Hybrid game User Experience; • Players’ physical/digital behavior modelling; • NPC behavior and Physical Characters =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: http://ixdea-2018.uniroma2.it/ojs/index.php/ixdea/login <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php> (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: "SI: Hybrid Games and Interaction Design") More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors, publication ethics and malpractice are published. For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as: /Hybrid Games and Interaction Design/ • nzagalo [at] ua [dot] pt -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • N.57 'Competence based education: from school to responsible citizenship, wellbeing and democracy.' Guest editors: Stefania Bocconi, Stefano Cacciamani, Romina Cachia, Arianna Sala, Nadia Sansone • N.58 'Age Against the Machine: A Call for Designing Ethical AI for and with Children' Guest editors: Sumita Sharma, Eva Durall Gazulla, Marianne Kinnula, Nitin Sawhney • N. 59 'AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age' Guest editors: Renate Andersen, Vita Santa Barletta, anders Mørch, Alesandro Pagano 'Design Education for Hybrid Environments: Pedagogies, frameworks, and tools for crafting next-generation physical-digital spaces' Guest editors: Daniel Rosenberg Munoz, Dina El Zanfaly, Peter Scupelli, Daragh Byrne ----------------------------------------------------------

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WUD-SIGCHItaly 2022: partecipazione e programma

by Sabina Akram

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

by Announce Announcements

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

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): First Call for Posters and Demos

by Announce Announcements

*** First Call for Posters and Demos *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. We invite participants to submit original and unpublished works as posters and/or demos to the Euro-Par 2023 conference presenting the latest breakthroughs which have been developed in H2020, Horizon Europe, EuroHPC JU, national, regional and international R&D projects. Topics of interest should cover the conference scope and tracks (please visit the conference web site for more information about the topics covered by Euro-Par). The poster/demo sessions will provide an excellent opportunity for students and researchers to present early- stage research results and receive valuable feedback on their ongoing research from the community. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS The authors are invited to submit poster and/or demo papers formatted in the Springer LNCS style: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui… and not exceeding 4 pages (including references, etc.) Submissions to the poster and demo track will be evaluated through a comprehensive peer-review process by the Poster and Demo Track Program Committee. The posters and demos will be evaluated in terms of technical merit, innovation, and the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The authors of accepted poster and demo papers must register and present them at the conference. Accepted poster and demo papers will be included in the workshop proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS after the conference. BEST POSTER AND DEMO AWARD All posters and demos will be considered for the Best Poster Award and the Best Demo Award, respectively. Decisions will be based on the quality of the submission, as well as live interactions with the Committee during the conference. IMPORTANT DATES • Deadline for Submission of Posters/Demos: May 20, 2023 • Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2023 Poster & Demo Chair George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (pallis-AT-ucy.ac.cy)

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WUD-SIGCHItaly 2022: partecipazione e programma

by De Russis Luigi

Carissim*, Come annunciato annunciato qualche settimana fa, il prossimo WUD-SIGCHItaly si terrà questa settimana, giovedì 10 Novembre in modalità ibrida (a Torino e online). Di seguito potete trovare le informazioni dettagliate sull’evento, al quale rinnoviamo l’invito a partecipare, insieme al programma. Il World Usability Day, come sapete, è la giornata mondiale organizzata dalla Usability Professionals Association che si tiene ogni anno il secondo giovedì di Novembre per "disseminare" l'importanza del lato umano nella tecnologia. Ogni anno c'è un tema diverso e il tema di quest’anno è OUR HEALTH (https://worldusabilityday.org/). Come gli scorsi due anni, l’evento del WUD non è legato alle singole città ma a respiro nazionale e sotto il cappello del nostro chapter SIGCHItaly. Gli organizzatori dell’evento di quest’anno sono Luigi De Russis (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino), Cristina Gena (Dipartimento di Informatica dell’Università di Torino) e i passati presidenti del SIGCHItaly Maristella Matera (Politecnico di Milano) e Massimo Zancanaro (Università di Trento). Claudio Mattutino e Valentina Di Noi, entrambi affiliati all’Università di Torino, supportano l’evento come Social Media Manager e web master, rispettivamente. Il WUD-SIGCHItaly si svolgerà il 10 novembre dalle ore 9 alle 13:15 nell’aula 2 della Palazzina Einaudi (c/o Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi di Torino) e in streaming su WebEx. L’evento è gratuito e ci si può registrare dal sito: http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/. A tutti gli iscritti, il giorno prima, verrà comunicato il link per accedere da remoto all’evento. Questo il programma della mattinata: Ore 9 Saluti istituzionali Ing. Francesco Tresso, assessore alla cura della città, protezione civile, servizi civici e decentramento Prof. Marco Pironti, vice-direttore alla Terza Missione, Dip. Info, Università degli Studi di Torino Prof.ssa Elena Baralis, Direttrice del dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino Prof.ssa Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano e già Presidente di SIGCHItaly INVITED SPEAKER Ore 9:45 dottor Matteo Cestari, Omitech srl "Dall'usabilità all'interazione antropologica” L'usabilità, presuppone l' "uso" come volontà strumentale di utilizzare uno strumento con un’interfaccia per volontà e per raggiungere un fine voluto dall'utilizzatore. Nell'uso della robotica sociale invece spesso l'interazione avviene anche su iniziativa dell'automa, più o meno antropomorfo. Con questi strumenti diventano rilevanti nell'interazione anche meccanismi antropologici, quali la simulazione dell'empatia, la non invasività, lo spazio di interazione. Ore 10:30 prof.ssa Elisa Ficarra, Università di Modena e di Reggio Emilia, AI for Health Ore 10:50-11:10 break Ore 11:10 prof. Fabio Paternò, ISTI CNR, Pisa, Automazioni Create dai Caregivers per Supportare la Vita Quotidiana degli Anziani nelle loro Case Ore 11:30 prof.ssa Irene Ronga, Dip. di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Oltre la teleriabilitazione: strumenti di motivazione e gratificazione per pazienti neurologici coinvolti in percorsi di riabilitazione a distanza Ore 11:50 prof. Amon Rapp, Dip. di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Tecnologie di self-tracking per la salute, il benessere e lo sport: opportunità e rischi dei dispositivi finalizzati a tracciare i dati personali e a cambiare i comportamenti delle persone Ore 12:10 prof.ssa Franca Garzotto, Politenico di Milano, How can interactive technology help persons with communication disorders? Ore 12:30 dottor Marco Mores, Fraternità e amicizia - Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS, e prof.ssa Rosella Gennari, Libera Università di Bolzano, Progettare tecnologie per il benessere sociale: un'esperienza con persone disabili Ore 12:55 prof.ssa Rosa Lanzilotti e prof. Giovanni Dimauro, Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Why Human-Centered AI systems in healthcare? Some reflections A presto e buon inizio di settimana! Luigi De Russis e Cristina Gena

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SMI 2023 CfP

by Michela Mortara

Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute as you see fit. CALL FOR PAPERS: SHAPE MODELING INTERNATIONAL (SMI) 2023 GENOVA, 4-6 July 2023 [ https://smiconf.github.io/2023/ | https://smiconf.github.io/2023/ ] Shape Modeling International (SMI) provides an international forum for the dissemination of new mathematical theories and computational techniques for modeling, simulating and processing digital representations of shapes and their properties to a community of researchers, developers, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields. Conference proceedings will be published in a Special Issue of Computer & Graphics Journal, Elsevier. Papers presenting original research are sought in all areas of shape modeling and its applications. This year SMI will be held in Genova, July 4-6, as part of the [ http://igs2023.imati.cnr.it/ | International Geometry Summit ] , together with SGP, SPM, GMP and GD. SMI also participates in the Replicability Stamp Initiative, an additional recognition for authors who are willing to go one step further, and in addition to publishing the paper, provide a complete open-source implementation. For more details, check the SMI2023 website. IMPORTANT DATES SMI 2023 (23:59 UTC/GMT): Abstract submission: March 13, 2023 Full paper submission: March 20, 2023 First review notification: April 20, 2023 Revised papers: May 8, 2023 Second review notification: May 22, 2023 Camera ready full papers due: June 5, 2023 Conference: July 4-6, 2023 SUBMISSION: Papers should present previously unpublished, original results that are not simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The SMI conference will use a double-blind review process. Consequently, all submissions must be anonymous. All papers should be submitted using the easychair website. Submissions should be formatted according to the style guidelines for the Computers &Graphics Journal and should not exceed 12 pages, including figures and references. We strongly recommend using the LaTeX template to format your paper. We also accept papers formatted by MS Word according to the style guidelines for Computers & Graphics. The file must be exported to a pdf file for the first round of submission. For format details, please refer to the Computers & Graphics Journal Guide for Authors. SMI CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Hui Huang Shenzhen University, China Giuseppe Patanè CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy Jorg Peters University of Florida, USA SMI TECHNICAL PAPERS CHAIRS: Georges-Pierre Bonneau University of Grenoble-Alpes, France Ligang Liu University of Science and Technology of China Michela Mortara CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy SMI COMMUNICATION CHAIRS: Ergun Akleman Texas A&M University, USA Silvia Biasotti CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy Yang Liu Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China LIST OF TOPICS (non restrictive): Curves and surfaces Implicit surfaces Triangle and polygonal meshes Parametric and procedural models Acquisition and reconstruction Compression and streaming Healing and resampling Segmentation Medial and skeletal representations Correspondence and registration Feature extraction and classification Shape analysis and synthesis 3D retrieval Shape statistics Exploration of shape collections Shape transformation and deformation Behaviour and animation models Computational topology Learning techniques for shape modeling Geometric deep learning Digital fabrication and 3D printing Simulation 3D Digital Twins Interactive modeling, design and editing Sketching and 3D input modalities AR/VR environments Semantics of shapes Shape modeling applications (product design, biomedicine, GIS, geoscience, art, education and training, cultural heritage, gaming, and others) _________________________________________________________________________________ Michela Mortara Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche "E. Magenes" (IMATI) Genova +010 6475 686 www.imati.cnr.it

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

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

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

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*** First Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ Submissions due: April 24, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 IMPORTANT DATES ● Submission of papers: April 24, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2023 ● Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 18, 2023 ● Conference: June 26-29, 2023 Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) SUBMISSION FORMATS Demonstrations ● Max. 5 pages + max. 1 additional page for references; ● (Optional) video or external material demonstrating the system; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a demo + poster at the conference. Description: Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 5 pages + 1 page of references in the new ACM single-column style. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2023. Late-Breaking Results ● Max. 7 pages + max. 2 additional pages for references; ● (Required) unpublished page with a list of questions the authors aim to get feedback on; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a (potentially virtual) poster at the conference. Description: Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of up to 7 pages + 2 pages of references in the new ACM single-column style and will be presented to the conference as posters. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a list of questions that the authors aim to get feedback on during the poster session at UMAP 2023. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymised before submission Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): ● LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} in the sample- authordraft.tex file for single-column): ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t… ● Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} for single-column): ◦ https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-… ● MS Word: ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio… Note: Accepted papers will require further revision to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. The ACM Code of Ethics gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-) reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities. Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2023 Demos and Late-Breaking Results at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 (choose “New Submission” and make sure to select “UMAP'23 - LBR and Demos” track). The review process will be single-blind, i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION Accepted Demo and Late-Breaking Results papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Papers will be accessible from the UMAP 2023 website through ACM OpenToc Service for one year after publication in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS ● Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy ● Alisa Rieger, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ● Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi, University at Albany – SUNY, USA ● Contact: umap2023-lbr(a)um.org

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FW: Level A/B/C position in Cyber Security or Software Development is now live

by Alessandro Soro

Dear Friends, I would like to share the job opening below in the School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology (AU). While the position below is centred on cybersecurity or software development, the School of CS is home to one of the largest Australian groups working in all manners of HCI, interaction design, and participatory design, and a successful applicant from our HCI community would find here huge opportunities to thrive. Feel free to get in touch for any further info, and please circulate through your networks if possible. Many thanks, Alessandro Associate Professor Alessandro Soro | School of Computer Science Unit Coordinator IFB398 (Capstone Project) and IFN692 (Interaction Design for Emerging Technologies) Academic Lead International & Engagement (School of Computer Science) Faculty of Science | Queensland University of Technology S Block, Level 10, Room 1050, Gardens Point Campus E: alessandro.soro(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:alessandro.soro@qut.edu.au> | P: +61 07 3138 9569 CRICOS No. 00213J From: Paul Roe <p.roe(a)qut.edu.au> Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2022 9:14 PM To: fos.csac(a)qut.edu.au; fos.cshdr(a)student.qut.edu.au Subject: Level A/B/C position in Cyber Security or Software Development is now live Hi Everyone, Our new Associate Lecturer / Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (Cyber Security or Software Development) is now live on QUT careers and soon SEEK. Job Ref - 221162 https://qut.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.listJobs Please encourage people to apply and distribute this position description; note this is intended to promote equal opportunity for women in STEMM and is open to women applicants only. Thanks, Paul Professor Paul Roe (Acting) Head of School - Computer Science Faculty of Science | Queensland University of Technology S Block, Level 10, 1034, Gardens Point Campus ph +61 7 31389323 | email p.roe(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:p.roe@qut.edu.au> CRICOS No 00213J

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Esito votazioni SIGCHI Italy

by Maristella Matera

Carissime/i, ho il piacere di comunicarvi che Giuliana Vitiello è la nuova presidentessa del SIGCHI Italy, avendo ricevuto 35 voti a suo favore (su 36 voti totali). Nel congratularmi con Giuliana, ne approfitto per ringraziare Massimo Zancanaro, l'Extended Committee (Luigi De Russis, Rosa Lanzilotti, Davide Spano, Anna Spagnolli, Giuliana) e tutti coloro che negli ultimi quattro anni mi hanno sostenuto offrendo spunti, suggerimenti e aiuti concreti per le iniziative intraprese durante il mio mandato. La mia percezione è che, grazie alla partecipazione di molti, la comunità sia ulteriormente cresciuta (non solo nel numero dei membri), perché sono cresciuti in tutti noi la consapevolezza dell'importanza di fare ricerca nel settore dell'HCI e l'impegno nel disseminare il valore della nostra ricerca. Sicuramente Giuliana riuscirà a cogliere nuovi spunti e guiderà l'associazione in modo da rafforzare ulteriormente la visibilità dell'HCI e della nostra associazione in contesti nazionali e internazionali. Sono certa che tutti noi sapremo offrire a Giuliana tutto il sostegno di cui avrà bisogno! Un caro saluto a tutti, Maristella

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Elezione Presidente SIGCHI Italy - Votazioni aperte fino al 25 Ottobre

by Maristella Matera

Carissime/i, sono ora aperte le votazioni per il prossimo Presidente della nostra associazione, ACM SIGCHI Italy. La candidata è Giuliana Vitiello. Riporto nuovamente in allegato la sua lettera di candidatura. Gli iscritti ***ad ACM e a SIGCHI*** possono ora votare accedendo al modulo: https://forms.gle/WyPzaVQPB6RyLiQT6 Vista la necessità di controllare l'appartenenza dei votanti ad ACM e SIGCHI (pena la validità della votazione), il voto non è segreto ma è riservato. I garanti del voto saranno: il presidente uscente (me stessa), il vice-presidente (Massimo Zancanaro), un segretario (Davide Spano). Tutti si impegnano alla riservatezza dell'identità dei votanti e del voto espresso. Le votazioni si chiuderanno martedì 25 Ottobre alle ore 18.00. Un caro saluto, Maristella

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Final Call for Late Breaking Results

by Announce Announcements

*** Final Call for Late Breaking Results *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Virtual Event https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) *** Deadline: November 1st, AoE (firm!) *** IHAW 2022 accepts now submissions for late breaking results. The instructions to authors remain the same, as for the regular submissions. Accepted papers will be published in the same proceedings volume with the regular submissions and will be eligible both for the Best Paper Award and to be selected for the special journal issues that will be prepared after the conference. 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: November 1, 2022 (AoE, firm!) • Notification: November 15, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 24, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 24, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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WUD-SIGCHItaly 2022: save the date!

by Cristina Gena

Carissim*, il World Usability Day, come sapete, è la giornata mondiale organizzata dalla Usability Professionals Association che si tiene ogni anno il secondo giovedì di Novembre per "disseminare" l'importanza del lato "umano" nella tecnologia. Ogni anno c'è un tema diverso e, il tema di quest’anno è *OUR HEALTH* (https://worldusabilityday.org/ <https://worldusabilityday.org/>). Come gli scorsi due anni, abbiamo programmato l’evento del WUD non legato alle singole città, ma a respiro nazionale e sotto il cappello della nostra organizzazione.Organizzano l’evento 2022 *Cristina Gena* (Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino) e *Luigi De Russis* (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino), co-adiuvati dalla presidentessa SIGCHItaly Maristella Matera e dall’ex presidente Massimo Zancanaro. Giovedì 10 novembre dalle ore 9 si terrà online, e in presenza a Torino, il terzo WUD-SIGCHItaly, seguiranno ulteriori email per dettagli e aggiornamenti. Sul sito (http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/ <http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/>) sarà possibile registrarsi gratuitamente all’evento. Il programma, in fase di ulteriore definizione, avrà come relatore di apertura il dottor Matteo Cestari, CEO di Omitech srl, startup innovativa di service robotics, attiva nell’utilizzo dei robot all’interno di ospedali e case di cura. Seguiranno interventi di Franca Garzotto, PoliMI Rosella Gennari, UniBZ** Elisa Ficarra, UniMORE Marco Mores, FRATERNITA' E AMICIZIA - Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS Fabio Paternò, CNR Amon Rapp, UniTO Irene Renga, UniTO ... Segnate la data per ora, a giorni pubblicheremo il programma dettagliato! Un caro saluto Cristina Gena e Luigi De Russis

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Open professor position in HCI at KU Leuven Groep T (Belgium)

by Adalberto Simeone

Apologies for cross-posting. KU Leuven has a vacancy for a full-time (junior or senior) professor in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction at Group T Leuven Campus. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent applied research record and with educational competence within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The new faculty member will become a member of the research Department of Computer Science, which is internationally renowned for its research in informatics, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematical engineering, digital humanities, and teacher education (https://wms.cs.kuleuven.be/cs/english/research). The new professor will moreover become a member of the Faculty of Engineering Technology that offers academic yet implementation-oriented engineering programs at seven campuses across Flanders. Main teaching duties will be situated at Group T Leuven Campus (https://www.kuleuven.be/grouptcampus), an international and entrepreneurial engineering campus in Leuven city centre. Website unit<https://iiw.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/emedia> Details are available at: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60146995?hl=en&lang=en We encourage candidates to contact us for more information on the contents of the job: * Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Vandewalle, chair of the Department of Computer Science (Stefan.Vandewalle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:Stefan.Vandewalle@kuleuven.be> , +32 16 32 76 54) or * Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dewulf, campus chair of Group T Leuven campus (Wim.Dewulf(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:Wim.Dewulf@kuleuven.be> , +32 16 37 28 81) -- Adalberto L. Simeone Associate Professor ARIA - Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be<https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be/> Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven Follow me on Twitter @Adal_LS<http://twitter.com/Adal_LS> https://www.adalsimeone.me<https://www.adalsimeone.me/>

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IS-EUD 2023 - Call for Papers

by Carmen Santoro

Call for Papers 9th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2023) 6-8 June 2023, Cagliari, Italy https://cg3hci.dmi.unica.it/iseud2023/ End-User Development (EUD) aims to empower end-users who are not necessarily experts in technology development, to create their own technology to address their specific needs. These technologies might include mobile, web or software systems, IoT solutions, physical computing devices or machine learning systems. IS-EUD is a bi-annual event, that gathers researchers interested to extend our knowledge about how to design end-user development technologies and to provide scientific accounts of phenomena surrounding end-user development practices. Topics The conference welcomes contributions that: • describe new, simple and efficient environments for end-user development • describe new processes, methods and techniques for empowering users to create, modify and tailor technology artefacts • present case studies and design implications on challenges and practices of end-user development • develop theoretical concepts and foundations for the field of end-user development Papers We invite two types of paper submissions: -Regular papers, up to 16 pages (not counting references), describing original unpublished research making a substantial contribution to the research field -Short papers, up to 8 pages (not counting references), describing original unpublished research, making a small but solid contribution to the field All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. The review process for this category is double-blind, thus submissions must be anonymized. Accepted papers (both regular and short) will appear in the archival proceedings of IS-EUD 2023, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be presented in plenary sessions of the conference. Submission The review process for this category is double-blind, thus submissions must be anonymized. Papers must be carefully formatted according to the Springer LNCS format. Authors may submit and update their submission through the EasyChair system until the submission deadline (two different tracks, for regular and short papers, will be available for submission in Easychair). Important dates: Regular and Short papers submission: 1 March 2023 Notification: 23 March 2023 Camera-ready: 16 April 2023 Program Chairs Carmen Santoro, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy Simone Stumpf, University of Glasgow, UK

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Chair di SIGCHI Italy: candidature ed elezioni

by Maristella Matera

Carissime/i, A fine Ottobre scade il mio mandato di chair del SIGCHI Italy; è quindi giunto il momento di eleggere chi svolgerà questo ruolo per il prossimo biennio. Procederemo nel seguente modo: * Entro *** Venerdì 14 Ottobre***: chi volesse candidarsi potrà esprimere la propria candidatura inviando a me un breve testo di presentazione e di descrizione della propria visione sul futuro e sugli obiettivi dell'associazione. * 15 Ottobre: le candidature saranno distribuite alla comunità attraverso questa mailing list. * 20-25 Ottobre: i membri con diritto di voto potranno esprimere online la loro preferenza (seguiranno istruzioni). Ricordo che potranno votare coloro che risultano iscritti ad ACM e al SIGCHI. Alla pagina http://sigchitaly.eu/en/members/ è disponibile l'elenco che abbiamo definito in base alle segnalazioni che ci sono pervenute. In caso di variazioni, e cioè mancati rinnovi dell'iscrizione o nuove iscrizioni non ancora segnalate, vi preghiamo di inviare un messaggio a me e a Davide Spano (davide.spano(a)unica.it). Cari saluti a tutti, Maristella Matera

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: First Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

by Announce Announcements

*** First Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop and tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format via the Easy Chair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23, not exceeding 5 pages, and following the ACM single-column format. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSALS ● For tutorials: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-tutorials/ ● For workshops: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-workshops/ WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ACM UMAP 2023, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modeling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: ● Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement ● Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes ● Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation ● Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics ● Joint panels for different workshops We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ● Proposal submission: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of proposal acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Send the workshop description & website URL: February 23, 2023 ● Workshop Date: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● New user modeling technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. exploiting data mining and big data analytics for user modeling, evaluation methodologies, data visualization, etc.) ● User modeling and personalization techniques for specific domains (e.g., health sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage, education, internet of things, mobile, music, information retrieval, etc.) ● Application of user modeling and personalization techniques for information retrieval and recommender systems ● Eliciting and learning user preferences by taking into account users’ emotional state, physical state, personality, trust, cognitive factors An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorial presenters can have one page in the adjunct proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2023 Camera-ready tutorial summary: May 18, 2023 Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 18, 2023 Tutorial Day: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS CHAIRS ● Veronika Bogina, Haifa University, Israel sveron AT gmail.com ● Antonela Tommasel, ISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN antonela.tommasel AT isistan.unicen.edu.ar

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

by Announce Announcements

*** First Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: - Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) - Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. - A tentative program committee (10-15 members) - Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops - Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including european project meetings) * organizational aspects - Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) - Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities - Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it - Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines - Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review - Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest - Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2020 conference co-chairs in time - Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference - Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management - Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered - Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper - Registering for the conference - Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2020 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. (Submission address and deadline at the end) MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: - Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) - Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. - Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives - Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), - Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. - Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it - Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation. - Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers. - Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions - Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time - Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions. - Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium. - Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) - Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 - Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS - Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) - Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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

by Announce Announcements

*** Preliminary Call for Papers *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB. User Modeling Inc., as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. The theme of UMAP 2023 is "Personalization in Times of Crisis”. Specifically, we welcome submissions that highlight the impact that critical periods (such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing wars, and climate change, to name a few) can have on user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems; the focus is on investigations that capture how these trying times may have influenced user behavior and whether new models are required. While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. As always, contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). Important Dates • Paper Abstracts: January 19, 2023 (mandatory) • Full paper: January 26, 2023 • Notification: April 11, 2023 • Camera-ready: May 2, 2023 • Conference: June 26 - 29, 2023 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) Conference Topics We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems targeting a broad range of users and domains. Detailed descriptions and the suggested topics for each track will be available shortly in the extended version of the CFP on the UMAP 2023 website. Personalized Recommender Systems This track invites works from researchers and practitioners on recommender systems. In addition to mature research works addressing technical aspects of recommendations, we welcome research contributions that address questions related to user perception, decision-making, and the business value of recommender systems. Adaptive, Semantic, Knowledge, and Social Graphs This track welcomes works focused on the use of knowledge representations (i.e., novel knowledge bases), graph algorithms (i.e., graph embedding techniques), and social network analysis at the service of addressing all aspects of personalization, user model building, and personal experience in online social systems. Moreover, this track invites works in adaptive hypermedia, as well as semantic and social web. Intelligent User Interfaces This track invites works exploring how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter and more productive, leveraging solutions from human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, information visualization, and knowledge representation and reasoning. Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling This track invites researchers, developers, and practitioners from various disciplines to submit their innovative learning solutions, share acquired experiences, and discuss their modeling challenges for personalized adaptive learning. Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy Researchers, developers, and practitioners have a social responsibility to account for the impact that technologies have on individuals (users, providers, and other stakeholders) and society. This track invites works related to the science of building, maintaining, evaluating, and studying adaptive systems that are fair, transparent, respectful of users’ privacy, beneficial to society, and accountable for their impacts. Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems This track invites submissions focused on personalization and tailoring for persuasive technologies, including but not limited to personalization models, user models, computational personalization, design, and evaluation methods. It also welcomes work that brings attention to the user experience and designing personalized and adaptive behavior change technologies. Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-robot Interaction This track invites works investigating new models and techniques for adapting synthetic companions (e.g., virtual assistants, chatbots, social robots) to individual users. With the conversational modality so in vogue across disciplines, this track welcomes work highlighting the model and deployment of synthetic companions driven by conversational search and recommendation paradigms. Research Methods and Reproducibility This track invites submissions on methodologies to evaluate personalized systems, benchmarks, and measurement scales, with particular attention to the reproducibility of results and techniques. Furthermore, the track looks for submissions that report new insights from reproducing existing works. Submission and Review Process Submissions for any of the aforementioned tracks should have a maximum length of *14 pages* (excluding references) in the ACM new single-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). (Papers of any length up to 14 pages are encouraged; reviewers will comment on whether the size is appropriate for the contribution.) Additional review criteria and submission link will be available shortly on the conference website: https://www.um.org/umap2023/ . Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference. At least one author should register for the conference by the early registration date cut-off. UMAP uses a *double-blind* review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' prior work should be in the third person. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected. UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment). Program Chairs • Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria • Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands Contact information: umap2023-program(a)um.org

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1st CFP: Special issue on "Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= Special Issue on *Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call55 <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call55> ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• Mihai Dascalu, University Politehnica of Bucharest • Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy • Francesca Pozzi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy/ =========================================== *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *December 15, 2022* • Notification to the authors: January 31, 2023 • Camera ready paper: February 20, 2023 • Publication of the special issue: first half March 2023 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The guest editors are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners from all over the world involved in the development of Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education, as engines of social innovation and territorial development. At the core, the adjective “smart” comprises terms like intelligent, purpose oriented, supportive, artful, clever and the like. Thus, smart does not necessarily include the usage of technology (neither does it exclude technology!). After the shock of the pandemic, learning ecosystems – and in particular schools, universities, and territorial learning communities – all over the world – are facing a new phase characterized by the search for and the experimentation of ways to their “new normality“. In such a context, collaboration is emerging as an approach and an attitude of considerable relevance that stays also at the basis of the polyphonic construction of the future of learning ecosystems. Alongside collaboration, on the technological side, it continues to rise the relevance of intelligent systems, generically collected under the label of Artificial Intelligence (AI); concurrently, on the pedagogical side, competences have become the goal of future education, also in the attempt to close the skill gap, which represents one of the greatest dangers for the transition towards smarter productive systems and societies. Competences and AI, by the way, are also topics that intersect and influence each other and rise questions of ethical nature. So, what should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to the achievement of “a better learning for a better world” as a contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities and, at the same time, to the empowering of each individual according to his expectations and talents? This special issue, which is supported by the Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (ASLERD), welcomes papers that report on work aimed to contribute to the discussion about these issues. Submission of substantially extended version of the papers presented at SLERD 2022, are welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: places for smart education, people in place centered design for smart education, supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. All of which, can also include studies that nurtures a post-pandemic view and strategy for a better learning world. *Places for smart education* future of institutional learning interplay between formal and informal learning new educational models and settings continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, process in learning role of and case studies of games and gamification in smart education dual education and other alternate scheme approaches monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) *People in place centered design for smart education* general frameworks and methodological advancement competence based learning, evaluation and certification design, data and other relevant literacies literacies, skill and competences of future citizens communities and co-design in smart learning ecosystems sharing & participatory practices open access to any resource and disparity cultural influences *Supportive technologies and tools for smart education* intelligent tutoring systems and interfaces semantic web technologies and applications text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis AI for smart learning ecosystems: critical aspects and opportunities real/virtual communities and social network analysis interoperability and application of open/smart data and services safety & security in education IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies adaptability to educational contexts and citizens role of VR in education =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: http://ixdea-2018.uniroma2.it/ojs/index.php/ixdea/login <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php> (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: "SI: Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality") More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors, publication ethics and malpractice are published. For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as: /Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality/ • mihai [dot] dascalu [at] upb [dot] ro • marti [at] unisi [dot] it • francesca [dot] pozzi [at] itd [dot] cnr [dot] it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • N.56 'Hybrid Games and Interaction Design' Guest editors: Nelson Zagalo, Micael Sousa, Ana Patrícia Oliveira, Fotis Liarokapis • N.57 'Competence based education: from school to responsible citizenship, wellbeing and democracy.' Guest editors: Stefania Bocconi, Stefano Cacciamani, Romina Cachia, Arianna Sala, Nadia Sansone • N.58 'Age Against the Machine: A Call for Designing Ethical AI for and with Children' Guest editors: Sumita Sharma, Eva Durall Gazulla, Marianne Kinnula, Nitin Sawhney ----------------------------------------------------------

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Call for Late Breaking Results

by Announce Announcements

*** Call for Late Breaking Results *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Virtual Event https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) *** Deadline: November 1st AoE (firm!) *** IHAW 2022 accepts now submissions for late breaking results. The instructions to authors remain the same, as for the regular submissions. Accepted papers will be published in the same proceedings volume with the regular submissions and will be eligible both for the Best Paper Award and to be selected for the special journal issues that will be prepared after the conference. 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: November 1, 2022 (AoE, firm!) • Notification: November 15, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 24, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 24, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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PhD position in Skill transfer between interfaces at Université Grenoble Alpes and ESTIA Research, France

by Céline COUTRIX

(Apologies for any cross-posting) A full-time doctoral research position is open in co-supervision in the IIHM group (http://iihm.imag.fr) of LIG lab (https://www.liglab.fr), in Grenoble (France) and in the ESTIA-Recherche team (https://www.estia.fr/recherche), in Bidart (France). The fellowship is co-funded by Carnot LSI (https://carnot-lsi.com/) and ARTS (https://www.ic-arts.eu/) institutes for 36 months. Gross salary is approximately between 20K€ et 23K€ brut per year. The doctoral research will be co-advised by Céline Coutrix (http://iihm.imag.fr/coutrix/) and William Delamare (https://profils.estia.fr/w.delamare/) * Scientific Context The student is expected to integrate both the IIHM and the ESTIA-Recherche research groups (around 18 months each). The IIHM group is concerned with the design, implementation, and evaluation of interaction techniques that are effective, usable, and enjoyable. The group is present in the main Human-Computer Interaction conferences: CHI, UIST, AVI, Interact, EICS, etc. It has long-lasting connections to other research groups in France and abroad, and is well connected to the industry. IIHM is part of the LIG lab, which is equipped with the latest machines for physical fabrication of prototypes. ESTIA-Recherche mobilizes multiple disciplines to address the concept of intelligent and empowering interfaces for the engineering of complex systems. The multidisciplinary team focuses on scientific, technological, and societal themes to respond to cross-functional projects. ESTIA-Recherche hence studies and designs Human-Human, Human-System, and System-System interactions to contribute to energy and digital transitions and to the evolution towards the industry of the future. * Research Plan The PhD’s objective is to imagine novel ways to interact with augmented objects that best leverages users’ expertise with the existing objects in their environment. The Internet of Things (IoT) started to replace our traditional objects, both personal (e.g., smart home) and professional (e.g., smart office), with connected objects including augmented capabilities. Users are already able to use voice or direct touch to interact with these objects. Yet, users already developed extensive expertise with their traditional objects’ current physical interfaces. The PhD student will explore how users’ expertise can transfer from the UI of traditional objects to novel remote UIs (deformable tangible interaction, or mid-air inputs for instance). * Candidate We seek candidates with profound interest in Human-Computer Interaction, strong motivation, and creativity. A successful candidate: - Has a strong master’s degree in computer science or another area related to Human-Computer Interaction, - Has excellent written and oral communication skills, - Has excellent software and/or hardware skills. Curiosity toward cognitive sciences, statistics, and fabrication are not mandatory, but are a plus. * Application Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Applicants should submit (1) a full CV, (2) copies of their university degree and/or study transcripts, (3) name and contact information of at least one reference, and (4) a brief description of their research interests. Please send your application via e-mail to Céline Coutrix and William Delamare: celine.coutrix(a)cnrs.fr, w.delamare(a)estia.fr. If you have any further questions, please contact Céline Coutrix and William Delamare: celine.coutrix(a)cnrs.fr, w.delamare(a)estia.fr

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[CFP] 8th International Workshop on Accessible Devices and Services (ADS'23): October 16th, 2022 (extended)

by Catia Prandi

8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE DEVICES AND SERVICES (ADS'23) Co-Located with IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2022) Las Vegas, USA, 8-11 January 2023 https://ccnc2023.ieee-ccnc.org/workshop/ads23 Important Dates - Papers submission due (firm deadline): October 16th, 2022 (extended) - Acceptance notification: October 28th, 2022 - Final Camera ready due: November 11th, 2022 Theme and Scope Networked consumer devices and services can represent a technological and digital barrier for consumers with disabilities. At the same time, they can be exploited so as to become enabling tools for those users. The workshop addresses a range of research issues involving the accessibility of devices and services/content. This workshop invites scientists, engineers and decision makers from government, industry and academia to present technical papers on their research and development results in areas of accessibility, including but not limited to the following topics: - Accessible devices/assistive technologies - Accessible services: e-learning, e-government, e-health, e-commerce, e-banking, etc. - Accessible content: e-books, accessible TV, accessible broadcasting, etc. Paper Submissions We encourage researchers from industry and academia to submit original works. Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. All paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font). Three (3) additional page are allowed with a charge of USD100 each. Papers exceeding 9 pages will not be accepted at EDAS. Papers should be submitted in PDF format. See IEEE CCNC 2023 conference website for more details: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30034&track=113958 Organization General Chairs: - Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy, ombretta.gaggi(a)unipd.it<mailto:ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it>) - Mike Paciello (The Paciello Group, USA, mpaciello(a)paciellogroup.com<mailto:mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>) Program Chairs: - Catia Prandi (University of Bologna, Italy, catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it<mailto:catia.prandi2@unibo.it>) _________________________________________ Catia Prandi, PhD. Senior Assistant professor (RTD B), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna

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[Poster, Demo and Doctoral Consortium tracks - MUM '22] submission deadline is extended to October 7

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our tracks have the following submission deadlines (extended) (all AoE) - Posters, Demos, and the Doctoral Consortium: October 7, 2022 Accepted posters and demos will appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. For further details on each individual track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon

2 years, 6 months

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[EICS 2023] Second Round CfP for the 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS)

by Carmen Santoro

Call for papers for the Second Submission round for EICS 2023 : The 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems June, 2023 - Swansea, UK https://eics.acm.org/2023/ Submission deadline for the Second round of PACM EICS 2023: October 24, 2022 EICS 2023 is the fifteenth international ACM SIGCHI conference devoted to engineering interactive computing systems and their user interfaces, addressing one or more software quality factors, such as usability, user experience, reliability, security, etc. Work presented at EICS covers all stages of the engineering life-cycle of interactive systems - inception, requirements, design, specification, coding, data analytics, validation and verification, deployment and maintenance. EICS has the longest tradition of bringing together researchers who contribute to better ways of creating interactive computing systems, stemming from the conference on command languages in the seventies. The conference is best known for rigorously contributing and disseminating research results that hold the midst in between user interface design, software engineering and computational interaction. EICS focuses on models, languages, notations, methods, techniques and tools that support designing, developing, validating and verifying interactive systems. The conference brings together people who study or practice the engineering of interactive systems, drawing from design, HCI, software engineering, requirements engineering, software development, modeling, and programming. Submissions advance the state of the art of the engineering of interactive systems. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Modeling, specification and analysis of interaction and interactive systems * Model-based development of interactive software * Requirements engineering for interactive systems * Methods, processes, principles and/or tools for building interactive systems (e.g., design, implementation, prototyping, evaluation, verification and validation, testing) * Software architectures for interactive systems * Formal methods within interactive systems engineering * Certification issues of methods, tools, and processes to create interactive systems * Frameworks, toolkits, domain-specific languages and APIs for interactive systems * Languages and notations for describing user interfaces and interactions * Integrating engineering issues in the design process of interactive systems * Engineering design tools * Engineering evaluation tools * Supporting design in interactive development processes * Computational-Interaction Systems and Techniques * Interactive data-driven systems * Engineering interactive applications with emerging technologies (e.g., adaptive, context-aware, tangible, haptic, touch and multitouch input, voice, gestures, EEG, multimodal input, mobile and wearable systems, AI, (augmented, mixed, virtual) realities...) * Engineering hardware/software integration in interactive systems (e.g., fabrication and maker processes, physical computing, cyber-physical systems…) * Engineering interactive systems for various user categories (e.g., children, elderly, people with disabilities,…) * Engineering interactive systems for various application domains (e.g., health, home, entertainment, desktop, avionics, space, nuclear, civil protection, law enforcement, emergency services and calamity management...) * Engineering interactive systems for specific properties (user experience, usability, safety, security, dependability, …) * Engineering smart interactive systems (e.g. recommending, adaptive, intelligent) * Building Human-centred AI systems (integrating explainable AI, intelligible design, human-in-the-loop, adaptive and context-aware, interactive agents…) A newcomer’s guide to EICS is available at https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3300960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL PAPERS and TECHNICAL NOTES SUBMISSIONS EICS full papers and technical notes are published as articles in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM - EICS series). There are three submission deadlines per year, and authors can choose when to submit. Papers follow the traditional journal model of reviewing: papers may be accepted after submission and review, or may be recommended for revisions and re-submission to the next round to enable authors to refine papers based on reviewer recommendations. Submissions for the journal of this venue should present original and mature research work within the scope of the conference. New from this year: accepted journal papers can be either regular research papers, or technical notes. Technical Notes are shorter, more focused contributions, that focus specifically on system contributions and technical work. Elucidating technical details of complex interactive systems, preferably ensuring the work can be reproduced or put to practice, is a primary objective of a Technical Note. Tech Notes require an illustrative example of the system, and they can, but do not need to, be validated by formal user evaluations or user studies. Validation can also be done through e.g. simulation, feasibility, or comparisons.Tech Notes will be judged on their technical merits and relevance to interactive systems concerns. There are no length restrictions on Full Papers and Technical Notes, nor any limit to the number of references that may be included. We advise authors to ensure the length of their papers is in function of the contributions. Concise and clear is often to be preferred above lengthy and verbose. Full Papers should be written in the ACM format, see https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions The PACM-EICS submission deadline for the Second round of submissions is 24 October 2022. Papers are submitted using https://new.precisionconference.com PACM-EICS Full Papers and Technical Notes chairs for EICS 2023, Kris Luyten and Carmen Santoro

2 years, 7 months

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MobileHCI'23 - Open places in the Organizing Comiittee

by Carmen Santoro

Dear all, We have a few open positions in the Organizing Committee (OC) of ACM MobileHCI’23, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 26-29 September 2023. As promised in our bid, to increase representation from diverse backgrounds in the OC, these positions will be filled by an open call to the community. Currently, open positions include: • Demos & Exhibits Chairs • Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Workshops Chairs • Tutorials Chairs • Panels Chairs • Industrial Perspectives Chairs • Publications Chairs • Accessibility Chairs • Publicity / Web Chairs • Sponsorship Chairs • Student Volunteer Chairs • Local Arrangements Chairs Our aim is to pair up experienced members of the community with early career researchers, hoping to build up experience in a conference organization role. Therefore we encourage applications across the spectrum of experience in OC positions. We are particularly keen to welcome applications at a global level, though candidates at a local level will be prioritised for some of the roles which may benefit from physical proximity to the conference in the run-up to the actual dates (e.g. accessibility, sponsorship, local arrangements, student volunteers). Kindly fill in the form here, to indicate your availability for one or more of the available positions. https://forms.gle/U5NKVUDGXjqkWxdk6 The deadline is October 14 (Friday). Diversity and Inclusion: Please note that as we strive to provide inclusive and equal opportunities in organising MobileHCI'23, this form asks for some information on your inherent and acquired characteristics, as outlined in the ACM Diverse Teams guidance. Providing this information is optional for some characteristics (e.g. gender, ethnicity) and mandatory for others (e.g. professional experience). If you feel that you would still like to participate in the open call without providing some of the mandatory information in this form, please contact the conference general chairs by email. Please do not hesitate to contact the general chairs about any questions or issues, and remember to spread the word to other colleagues who might be interested! Please read carefully: Your information and rights. By submitting this form, you agree to have the information you provided processed by the conference general chairs for the sole purpose of assigning OC roles. Information provided in this form is strictly confidential to the general chairs and will not be shared with any third parties. Your information will be collected and processed in the EU and is protected under GDPR. You can exercise all of your rights under GDPR, including the right to withdraw at any time, to view your information or to delete part or all of your information, by contacting the general chairs. Any collected information will be permanently deleted after the OC roles assignment is complete and in any case no later than January 1st 2023. Thank you for your interest! The MobileHCI'23 General Chairs Damianos Gavalas (dgavalas(a)aegean.gr) Andreas Komninos (akomninos(a)ceid.upatras.gr) Carmen Santoro (carmen.santoro(a)isti.cnr.it)

2 years, 7 months

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) *** Final Deadline: October 3rd AoE (firm!) *** 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: October 3, 2022 (AoE, firm!) • Notification: October 24, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 7, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 7, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

2 years, 7 months

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Cambiamenti nella membership SIGCHI

by Luigi De Russis

Care tutte, cari tutti, Mi permetto di condividere con voi alcuni recenti cambiamenti relativi alla membership SIGCHI, dato che molti di voi sono membri. La membership SIGCHI porta con sé alcuni benefit e i due più recenti sono: 1. Accesso agli articoli pubblicati su TOCHI tramite la Digital Library (in aggiunta all’accesso ai proceedings delle varie conferenze sponsorizzate o co-sponsorizzate da SIGCHI); 2. Sconto del 20% sulla versione a pagamento di Overleaf. Inoltre, dal 1 Luglio 2022 i costi di iscrizione/rinnovo sono diminuiti: - La professional membership ora costa 30 dollari l’anno (era 55), con ulteriori sconti per i paesi in via di sviluppo economico. - La student membership ora costa 10 dollari l’anno (al posto di 19). L’elenco completo e aggiornato di tutti i benefit che la membership porta con sé è disponibile alla pagina https://sigchi.org/community/membership/ <https://sigchi.org/community/membership/>. Buon fine settimana! Luigi De Russis --- Luigi De Russis Assistant Professor (RTDb) Department of Control and Computer Engineering Politecnico di Torino, Italy ACM SIGCHI Vice President for Finance phone: +39 011 0907170 email: luigi.derussis(a)polito.it <mailto:luigi.derussis@polito.it> web: http://elite.polito.it/people/derussis twitter: @luigidr

2 years, 7 months

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CFP: ASSETS International Workshop on “Designing with and for People with Intellectual Disabilities”

by Leandro Guedes

*DPID 2022*: The 1st ASSETS International Workshop on “Designing with and for People with Intellectual Disabilities” An online event with asynchronous and synchronous activities on October 19th, 2022, from 9am to 1pm Athens time www.luxia.inf.usi.ch/dpid/ luxia(a)usi.ch --------------- *Call for Participation* --------------- This half-day workshop aims to focus on community building, enabling researchers to share experiences on designing for and with people with Intellectual Disabilities, providing internal support, and establishing new collaborations. Our pre-workshop plans propose asynchronous activities to support networking and to understand participants’ preferences and needs. Workshop outcomes will help fill a gap in the available guidelines on including people with intellectual disabilities in research, which should lead to more accessible protocols and personalised and better fit-for-purpose technologies. Areas of interest for the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following topics: - Verbal and non-verbal communication (e.g., language, AAC, signals, feedback) - Methods for working with participants (e.g., experience reports, co-design, focus groups, scaffolding, active support) - Design and development of hardware and software (e.g., inclusive applications, assistive technology, multisensory experiences, AR/VR) - Assessment techniques (e.g., cards, multiple choices, open-ended questions, satisfaction surveys) We are pleased to announce that this workshop is open to everyone interested in the topic, regardless of experience and expertise level. Participants will be able to apply in multiple ways: - Filling in a form available on our website expressing interest - Sending an abstract by e-mail (150 words) - Submitting an experience report via video (5-minute maximum), text, or audio by e-mail --------------- *Important Dates* --------------- Submission Deadline: Friday, September 23th at 11:59pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth Time Zone) Acceptance Notifications: Wednesday, September 28th Asynchronous Activities Period: Monday, October 3rd – Friday, October 14th Synchronous Workshop Date: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022, from 9am to 1pm Athens time We are happy to inform you that ASSETS is providing Diversity and inclusion scholarships for eligible participants: https://assets22.sigaccess.org/dei_scholarship.html --------------- *Workshop Organizers* --------------- Leandro Soares Guedes, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland Ryan Colin Gibson, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Kirsten Ellis, Monash University, Australia Laurianne Sitbon, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland Thank you, The DPID Workshop Organizing Committee 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------- *Leandro Soares Guedes* Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) East Campus - Lugano - TI - Switzerland http://leandro.guedes.com.br/ ---------------------------------------------------------------

2 years, 7 months

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38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2022): Call for Participation

by Announce Announcements

*** Call for Participation *** 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2022) 3–7 October, 2022, 4* Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/ The IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to present, discuss, and debate the most recent ideas, innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges facing software maintenance and evolution. Join us on October 5 through 7 in Limassol, Cyprus for a program containing over 100 presentations - including three exciting keynotes: • Roberto Di Cosmo Software Heritage: a revolutionary infrastructure for Open Science and Open Source • Paige Rodeghero '“Hello, World!” Teaching, Onboarding and Supporting Novices & Newcomers • Mark Harman Challenges in testing and evolving large systems In addition to the Research Track, the program includes tool demos, the ROSE festival, industry presentations, PhD posters, Journal First presentations, registered reports, and NIER presentations. This year, we have also placed a focus on Diversity and Inclusion. For details, including how to get there, visit the conference web site. Organisation General Chairs • Rainer Koschke, University of Bremen, Germany • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Paris Avgeriou, University of Groningen, The Netherlands • Dave Binkley, Loyola University Maryland, USA Local Organising Chair and Industry Liaison • Georgia M. Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands • Christian Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Tool Demonstrations Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Gilles Perrouin, University of Namur, Belgium Industry Track Chairs • Andrea Capiluppi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands • Shi Han, Microsoft Research Beijing, China Journal First Track Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Amjed Tahir, Massey University, New Zealand Doctoral Symposium • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand • Mark Hills, East Carolina University, USA Joint Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Chairs • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Christoph Treude, University of Melbourne, Australia Most Influential Paper Awards Chairs • Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy • Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA Diversity and Inclusion • Hadil Abukwaik, ABB Corporate Research, Germany • Sonia Haiduc, Florida State University, USA Registered Reports • Maria Teresa Baldassarre, University of Bari, Italy • Mike Papadakis, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2 years, 7 months

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Deadline Extended: Workshop on Designing Accessible Systems for Users with Multiple Impairments

by Sayan Sarcar

*Based on popular demand, we have extended the submission deadline to Friday 30th September* We invite researchers and assistive technologists to share their perspectives related to challenges in designing accessible systems and assistive technologies that consider the multidimensional and often complex needs of users with multiple impairments. Workshop date: 23rd October 2022 (via Zoom) Historically, the accessibility community has focused on designing assistive technologies and systems related to single categories of impairments. While this approach is justifiable and contributes to the advancement of the field, many researchers argue that designing technologies for one impairment at a time contributes to an oversimplification of disability and does not reflect the real-world experiences of a significant number of users who live with multiple impairments. How can the accessibility field leverage theories and concepts from other disciplines (e.g. disability studies, medical humanities, social work, engineering, education) to support more appropriate and inclusive technologies for users with complex needs? How can future assistive technologies consider diverse sensory, cognitive, and physical characteristics? Please note that any prior experience with users with multiple impairments is not a requirement for participating in this workshop. More information about abstract submission and registration can be found here: https://www.mpdas-assets22.org/home Deadline to submit your contribution: *30th September 2022* Looking forward to having you join us! -- Workshop Organizing Committee

2 years, 7 months

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Lectureship in Human Computer Interaction Vacancy at University College Cork, Ireland

by Ciolfi, Luigina

Cari Colleghi, Inoltro le informazioni su questa job opportunity a University College Cork: Lectureship in HCI with an emphasis on sustainability. Application deadline: October 13th. Saluti, Lui From: Maye, Laura <laura.maye(a)UCC.IE> Date: Thursday, 15 September 2022 at 14:29 Subject: Lectureship in Human Computer Interaction Vacancy at University College Cork, Ireland We at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork, Ireland are seeking multiple candidates for lectureship positions, including one Lectureship in Human-Computer Interaction. These positions are available under UCC Futures Programme – Sustainability. Designed to make a significant contribution to the defining global challenge of our time, this recruitment will drive a creative, inclusive, interdisciplinary approach to sustainability research, providing transformative leadership that further enhances UCC’s reputation for outstanding research and research-informed teaching in this important area. The deadline for applying for these positions has been **EXTENDED** to 13 October 2022. For further information on these posts, please visit the following link: https://www.ucc.ie/en/compsci/vacancies/overview/ You may need to select the vacancy type. If this happens, choose “Academic UCC Futures” from the dropdown list. Kind regards, Laura Maye ---- Dr. Laura Maye, Lecturer School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland Email: laura.maye(a)ucc.ie Site: lauramaye.com

2 years, 7 months

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IxD&A Journal N. 52: Meet the Authors Event

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A* *https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 - a SCOPUS and Web of Science - Emerging Sources (Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal - founded in 2005* *that implements also video presentations of the published contributions. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *On-line Event* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 52 *on:* Beyond the Pandemics and the Wars: SLERD Reload */co-guest editors: Mihai Dascalu, Tania Di Mascio, Oscar Mealha with a focus section on /*Educational Location-based Applications */ / ///co-guest editors: Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Esteban W. G. Clua, Jimmy Jaldemark, Heinrich Söbke/ *Meet the authors * authors list <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=27> on the /*22nd of September - 15:00 CET*/ /(event coordination by: Janika Leoste & Oscar Mealha)/ to attend the presentations, for free, please fill the reservation form -> link <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX-uRa4W3uOAWE_Dw6buL1PInXdGF49GI…> Articles are available for free downloading at -> link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=ToC_5…> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin ->link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook ->link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel ->link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ///// /////========================================================= IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> =========================================================

2 years, 7 months

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

by Announce Announcements

*** Last 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: September 26, 2022 (AoE) • Notification: October 24, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 7, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 7, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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co-financed (by BMW Group) scholarship for a PhD at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (deadline: October 9, 2022)

by Haller Michael

Dear students, I am very excited that at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, we are looking for one PhD candidate with a focus on Human Computer Interaction and the Design and Development of Next Generation interfaces. This PhD will be co-financed by BMW Group which also means that you can stay at the company for at least 6 months. The goal of this thesis is the design and development of an experiential (cognitive) car seat acting as an input sensitive, fully interactive device which interfaces the driver with digital content. Equipped with pressure-sensitive textile patches, the seat with will recognize full-body interactions allowing the driver to interact with the car. Our university has a strong international outlook, as testified by its multilingual courses (English, Italian, German) and a high number of students and teaching staff from abroad. The prospective PhD student will work together with a team in the field of next-generation interfaces. The candidate must fulfill the following conditions to be eligible for employment: - a Master's (MSc) degree in Computer Science or a closely related area, - Human-computer interaction and/or computer graphics background with interest in game development (e.g., Unity, Unreal), - fluency in written/spoken English. The position is available for 3 years starting in fall 2022 (or as soon as possible thereafter). Application deadline: October 9, 2022 (12:00, CEST) Website: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/computer-science/phd-computer-science/ For further information, please check out the website and/or just send me an email. Best wishes, —Michael ------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Michael Haller Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Media Interaction Lab Piazza Domenicani 3 39100 Bolzano | ITALY E-Mail: michael.haller(a)unibz.it Web : www.unibz.it | www.mi-lab.org

2 years, 7 months

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CfP: Workshop on Designing Accessible Systems for Users with Multiple Impairments

by Sayan Sarcar

We invite researchers and assistive technologists to share their perspectives related to challenges in designing accessible systems and assistive technologies that consider the multidimensional and often complex needs of users with multiple impairments. Workshop date: 23rd October 2022 (via Zoom) Historically, the accessibility community has focused on designing assistive technologies and systems related to single categories of impairments. While this approach is justifiable and contributes to the advancement of the field, many researchers argue that designing technologies for one impairment at a time contributes to an oversimplification of disability and does not reflect the real-world experiences of a significant number of users who live with multiple impairments. How can the accessibility field leverage theories and concepts from other disciplines (e.g. disability studies, medical humanities, social work, engineering, education) to support more appropriate and inclusive technologies for users with complex needs? How can future assistive technologies consider diverse sensory, cognitive, and physical characteristics? Please note that any prior experience with users with multiple impairments is not a requirement for participating in this workshop. More information about abstract submission and registration can be found here: https://www.mpdas-assets22.org/home Deadline to submit your contribution: 15th September 2022 Looking forward to having you join us! -- Workshop Organizing Committee [image: width=] <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

2 years, 7 months

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VL/HCC 2022: Final Call for Participation

by Emanuele Panizzi

*IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing * *VL/HCC 2022: Final Call for Participation* (Apologies for multiple postings) *IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing* *Rome, Italy* *12-16 September 2022* *https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2022* <https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2022> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION* - Registration: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration - Accommodation: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/accomodation *PROGRAM* The updated program is now available below: - Complete program: https://conf.researchr.org/program/vlhcc-2022/program-vlhcc-2022/ *The Symposium is planned to be in person. In any case, we monitor the Covid situation and will act according to the authorities' decisions to ensure the safest and most comprehensive participation.* *KEYNOTES* We are thrilled to announce the following keynotes: 1. Creating Responsible and Human-Centered AI - *Saleema Amershi* <https://conf.researchr.org/details/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-vl-hcc-main-confer…> 2. The Power of Diagrams: Observation, Inference, and Overspecificity - *Gem Stapleton* <https://conf.researchr.org/details/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-vl-hcc-main-confer…> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) 2022* From the beginning of the computer age, people have sought easier ways to learn, express, and understand computational ideas. Whether this meant moving from punch cards to textual languages, or command lines to graphical UIs, the quest to make computation easier to express, manipulate, and understand by a broader group of people is an ongoing challenge. The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing is the premier international forum for research on this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. The 2022 symposium is scheduled to take place September 12-16 in Rome, Italy. Our special emphasis for 2022 is *Human-Centric AI*. VL/HCC 2022 is 100% Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC). VL/HCC is indexed in Scopus, DBLP, IEEE Explore, WoS. We look forward to your participation in VL/HCC! Paolo Bottoni, VL/HCC 2022 General Co-Chair Gennaro Costagliola, VL/HCC 2022 General Co-Chair --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *VL/HCC 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* General Co-Chair Paolo Bottoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy General Co-Chair Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy Program Co-Chair Michelle Brachman, IBM Research, United States Program Co-Chair Mark Minas, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany Publicity & Social Media Chair Emanuele Panizzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Finance Chair Maria De Marsico, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Publications Chair Kim Monch, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany Web Chair Mattia De Rosa, University of Salerno, Italy Graduate Consortium Co-Chair Andrew Fish, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Graduate Consortium Co-Chair, Thomas LaToza, George Mason University, United States Tutorial and Workshop Co-Chair Alessio Malizia, University of Pisa, Italy Tutorial and Workshop Co-Chair Vittorio Fuccella, University of Salerno, Italy -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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co-financed (by BMW Group) scholarship for a PhD at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

by Haller Michael

Dear students, I am very excited that at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, we are looking very soon for one PhD candidate with a focus on Human Computer Interaction and the Design and Development of Next Generation interfaces. This PhD will be co-financed by BMW Group which also means that you can stay at the company for at least 6 months. The topic will be about the "Entertainment in the car by using a cognitive seat with tactile feedback”. Our university has a strong international outlook, as testified by its multilingual courses (English, Italian, German) and a high number of students and teaching staff from abroad. The candidate must fulfill the following conditions to be eligible for employment: - a Master's (MSc) degree in Computer Science or a closely related area, - Human-computer interaction background, - fluency in written/spoken English. The position is available for 3 years starting in fall 2022 (or as soon as possible thereafter). More further information, just send me an email. Best wishes, —Michael ------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Michael Haller Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Media Interaction Lab Piazza Domenicani 3 39100 Bolzano | ITALY E-Mail: michael.haller(a)unibz.it Web : www.unibz.it | www.mi-lab.org

2 years, 7 months

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[CFP] MUM '22 Doctoral Consortium

by Catia Prandi

====== MUM ’22 Doctoral Consortium ====== LINK: https://www.mum-conf.org/2022/dc/ Submission deadline: October 3rd, 2022 (AoE) ______________________________________ MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. To apply for participation in the doctoral school, we ask you to submit a 2 to 3 pages long paper using the ACM interim template. The paper should describe the context and motivation of your PhD research, the problem and aims that drive your research and your research objectives and/or questions. It should further describe and explain your (proposed) research approach and methods, a tentative timeline, and include a discussion of any results you may already have. Please also include the context of your PhD, i.e. the university programme in which you conduct your PhD, the status of your PhD, the expected completion date, and any other relevant information on your PhD situation. Submissions will not be peer-reviewed. The process will be headed by a panel of 5 experts including the DC chairs, who will be present (in person wherever possible) at the MUM 2022 conference DC discussion to advise students and guide the discussion following the students presentations of their work (more details on how the event will be organise will follow in the next weeks). We will select participants to the DC prioritising those who would likely benefit most, i.e. students who have a clear plan as a foundation for discussion, but are not already too advanced in their PhD, to still be able to benefit from advice in developing their dissertation (e.g. Students that are in the pre Doctoral Proposal defence - so that the discussion at the DC might help them refine if not shape it). Submissions must be submitted via EasyChair. Accepted students will be asked to prepare a presentation of their PhD research (the length of the presentation will vary depending on submission and acceptance rates). Besides the submitted document and presentation, students will be asked to prepare a poster which will be included in the MUM 2022 poster track to give students the opportunity to showcase and discuss their work beyond the DC session. Moreover, the contributions will be made available on the conference webpage to make them accessible to the public (but not included in the proceedings). Doctoral School Chairs: Valentina Nisi, University of Lisbon Catia Prandi, University of Bologna _________________________________________ Catia Prandi, PhD. Senior Assistant professor (RTD B), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna

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

by Announce Announcements

*** Seventh 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: September 12, 2022 (AoE) • Notification: October 17, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: October 24, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: October 24, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

2 years, 7 months

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Borsa di dottorato al Politecnico di Milano - Interfacce Conversazionali per il Web

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, vi segnalo che al Politecnico di Milano è disponibile una posizione per il Dottorato in Information Technology (XXXVIII ciclo) su tematiche HCI. La ricerca riguarderà l'utilizzo di Conversational AI per la progettazione di interfacce utente innovative per il Web. Sarà svolta in collaborazione con il Comune di Milano e il Dipartimento di Sustainable Design Engineering (SDE) presso TU Delft. La scadenza per far domanda è il 12 Settembre. Il candidato ammesso potrà immatricolarsi fino a Dicembre 2022; potranno quindi far domanda anche laureandi che hanno pianificato di conseguire il titolo entro Dicembre. Trovate maggiori informazioni ai seguenti link: * Tema della ricerca: https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/fileadmin/user_upload/bandi/ciclo38/bandi_a… * Bando (in Italiano e Inglese): - https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/fileadmin/user_upload/bandi/ciclo38/bandi_a… - https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/fileadmin/user_upload/bandi/ciclo38/bandi_a… Non esitate a contattarmi per ulteriori informazioni. Cari saluti, Maristella

2 years, 8 months

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Call for talks: IxDA's Interaction 23 conference in Zurich. Submission deadline Sept 4, 2022.

by Anton Fedosov

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the program committee team, I’d like to draw your attention to the upcoming Interaction 23<https://interaction23.ixda.org/> week to be held in Zurich from 25th February until 3d March 2023. Interaction 23 is a premier venue for interaction design practitioners, researchers, and educators to discuss emergent practice-based challenges, share best practices in the discipline, and call for a change through design. It is organized by the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). This year’s CfP<https://interaction23.ixda.org/call-for-proposals> theme includes several topical areas highly relevant to HCI research community: decentralization by design, supporting decision-making practices, creating new work experiences, and lowering environmental impact of technologies. Check-out Interactions 23 call for proposals below and submit an idea for a talk, a workshop or a panel by 4th September 2022. Submissions are in a very lightweight format! Interaction 23 is a great way to establish and strengthen the links between academia and a wide community of (interaction) design practitioners. We hope many of you decide to participate. Best regards, Thomas Link, Karmen Franinović, Daniel Boos, Anton Fedosov, and the Interactions 23 Team. Dr. Anton Fedosov People and Computing Lab (ZPAC) antonf(a)ifi.uzh.ch<mailto:antonf@ifi.uzh.ch> antonfedosov.com<https://antonfedosov.com/> University of Zurich Department of Informatics Binzmühlestrasse 14 CH-8050 Zürich Switzerland Call for Proposals for Interaction 23 Allegra, Ciao, Salut and Grüezi, Greetings from Switzerland, the land where Grid systems, Helvetica and melted cheese are at home. And exactly because solid defining factors of the past are icons around the world, we invite you to join us in (re)defining the power of design in our Interaction 23 conference. Interaction 23 is a call – a call to formulate essential design positions about how we want to (re)define life across the planet. The inevitable transformations of personal lives and social structures have gathered momentum. To be defined/designed… The last two years saw the redefinition of collaborative efforts, workplace culture and collaboration in general. Moving into the era of ‘hybrid everything’, Interaction 23 - the conference to be defined by you - will support participants joining physically and virtually from all over the world. We seek talks, panels, sessions, and workshops by individuals from all walks of life, in any language, anywhere in the world. What can be redefined? What must be redesigned? Interaction design contributes to (re)designing the role of technology in perpetuating social and environmental justice and injustice, but also has much to learn from other disciplines. That’s why we’re inviting submissions from fields working with people, design, environment, and technology. We are looking for speakers offering diverse perspectives, specific case studies, visions or hands-on design approaches in one of the areas to be (re)defined by design: * design decision-making processes * decentralisation for the better * create new work experiences * the environmental impact of technology * estabslishing design ethics * (re)defined by design Read the call for proposals: https://interaction23.ixda.org/call-for-proposals<https://interaction23.ixda.org/call-for-proposals>

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[CFP] - few days left - Extended Deadline - International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - IEEE SITIS 2022

by Giuseppe Caggianese

****** FEW DAYS LEFT TO THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE ****** Call for Papers International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 Submit your paper by August 19, 2022 (extended) https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ************************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder that the submission deadline to contribute to the IHEX Workshop hosted at SITIS 2022 is fast approaching. The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. I'm looking forward to meeting you, virtually or in your presence, at IEEE SITIS 2022. Best wishes, Giuseppe Caggianese CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission August 19, 2022 (extended) Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 19, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]

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[Call for Full and Short Papers - MUM '22] submission deadline is extended for a week

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our track has the following submission deadlines (in AoE): - Full and Short Papers: August 16, 2022 August 23, 2022 For further details on the papers track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/papers/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon [image: width=] <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Call for papers: Programming Abstractions and Interactive Notations, Tools, and Environments 2022 (PAINT-22)

by Luigi De Russis

Programming Abstractions and Interactive Notations, Tools, and Environments 2022 (PAINT-22) Co-located with SPLASH 2022 (Mon 5 - Sat 10 December 2022 Auckland, New Zealand) https://2022.splashcon.org/home/paint-2022#Call-for-Papers Call for Papers and Demos (Submissions: Thu 1 Sep 2022) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Introduction *** Programming environments that integrate tools, notations, and abstractions into a holistic user experience can provide programmers with better support for what they want to achieve. These programming environments can create an engaging place to do new forms of informational work - resulting in enjoyable, creative, and productive experiences with programming. *** Topics of Interest *** In the workshop on Programming Abstractions and Interactive Notations, Tools, and Environments (PAINT), we want to discuss programming environments that support users in working with and creating notations and abstractions that matter to them. We are interested in the relationship between people centric notations and general-purpose programming languages and environments. How do we reflect the various experiences, needs, and priorities of the many people involved in programming — whether they call it that or not? Areas of interest to PAINT include but are not limited to: * Design and implementation of program representations and their means of interaction for end-users of all ages * Design and implementation of visual programming environments * Block-based environments and their application * Projectional editors and their application * Languages and their environments with mixed notations * Meta tools or tool creation frameworks * Methods to support working with abstractions, such as example-based programming * Input and output devices for interacting with programming environments * Theories of the above *** Important Dates *** * Submissions: Thu 1 Sep 2022 * Notifications: Sun 2 Oct 2022 * Camera-ready: Mon 24 Oct 2022 * Workshop: during SPLASH 2022 (Mon 5 - Sat 10 December 2022), to be determined *** Format *** The actual format of PAINT will depend on it being held hybrid or online. ___Remote participation will be ensured.___ We plan to organize the workshop as a one-day workshop (or up to two days with shorter slots if online) as a combination of short presentations and demos combined with structured feedback inspired by the Writer’s Workshop format: * Participants are expected to have visited the materials beforehand. * A moderator leads and directs the discussion. * We review the pieces and their ideas one at a time. * In general, the authors whose work is under review are silent. * When discussing form, the following kinds of questions will be asked: - What did you gather / understand from the piece? - What aspects of the piece worked well to present the ideas? - What aspects need improvement? (These comments must be in the form of suggestions, not criticisms.) * When discussing the ideas, the following kinds of questions will be asked: - What are the ideas? - Which ideas seem like good ones (and why)? - Which ideas need improvement or elimination? (Make positive suggestions when you can.) * At the end the authors ask questions of the group. This is the basic format, but we adjust the flow according to the needs of the group and the way the discussion is going. It is formal to ensure all the important points are covered. For more information about the workshop format, please have a look at Richard P. Gabriel’s book “Writers’ Workshops & the World of Making Things” (http://dreamsongs.com/Files/WritersWorkshopTypeset.pdf). *** Types of Submissions *** PAINT welcomes two types of contributions: * Research papers should present new, previously unpublished research in one or more of the topics described above. Six to eight pages might be considered a good target for the contributions expected at PAINT. However, there is no page limit on submitted papers. As a general rule, the number of pages should match the size of the contribution. It is the responsibility of the authors to keep the reviewers interested and motivated to read the paper. Reviewers are under no obligation to read all or even a substantial portion of a paper if they do not find the initial part of it interesting. Papers must be prepared in LaTeX, adhering to the ACM format available at http://sigplan.org/Resources/Author/#acmart-format using the sigplan option. * Demos show early implementations of novel and compelling tools, techniques, devices, and systems. Submissions should be in the form of a video no longer than 5 minutes that participants can watch prior to the workshop and then discuss. Papers and demos are to be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=paint22). *** Publication *** Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. (To be confirmed: Proceedings will be post-workshop to give authors the opportunity to incorporate feedback obtained at the workshop.) AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

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HCSE 2022 - Call for Participation - Aug 24-26 in Eindhoven NL

by Stefan Sauer

Apologies for cross-postings! Dear colleagues in HCI and SE, We kindly invite you to attend *HCSE 2022 - 9th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering* August 24-26, 2022 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands - live and in presence! We have compiled an*interesting program <https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/hcse2022/program.html>* including * one Keynote by Panos Markopoulus on "Past, Present and Future of Ambulatory Assessment Methods in Human-Computer Interaction" * one Invited Talk by Ilaria Bortone on "The Potential of Human-Centered Software Engineering in Promoting a Tailored and Adapted Rehabilitation" * 11 peer-reviewed paper presentations of Full Research Papers and Late-breaking Results * one Demo and Poster Presentations * a Walking Meeting and an Interactive Session / Panel on Redefining HCSE as a Venue * a Welcome Reception and a Conference Dinner The conference will be hosted by TU/e, Eindhoven University of Technology. Detailed information about attending the conference (registration, venue) and the program can be found on our *website *https://hcse-conference.org/ This is an excellent opportunity to learn about latest research results, exchange ideas, and meet again colleagues that you may not have seen for a while or make new relationships. We are looking forward to seeing you in Eindhoven! Regina Bernhaupt - Carmelo Ardito - Stefan Sauer HCSE 2022 Co-Chairs

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[Call for Papers - MUM '22] International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. The conference is currently being planned as an in-person event only. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our tracks have the following submission deadlines (all AoE): - Papers: August 16, 2022 - Workshops and Tutorials: September 2, 2022 - Posters, Demos, and the Doctoral Consortium: September 29, 2022 Accepted papers, posters, and demos will appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. For further details on each individual track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Agnese Augello

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ========================================== Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder to contribute to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org ). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Agnese Augello CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk -- Agnese Augello, Ph.D. ICAR - Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad alte prestazioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Ugo la Malfa 153 - 90145 Palermo +39-091-23894276 (Tel) +39-091-6529124 (Fax) agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it <a.augello(a)pa.icar.cnr.it> agnese.augello(a)cnr.it

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IxD&A Journal N. 51 - Meet the Authors Event: videos now available

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A - a SCOPUS and Web of Science - Emerging Sources (Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal -* https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 that implements also video presentations of the published contributions. SRJ 2021 = 0.353 (Q1: Architecture/Design; Q2: Social Science, Media Technology; Q3: Human Computer Interaction, Education) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Videos of the on-line event are now avilable* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 51 *on:* Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education */guest editors: Ingi Helgason, Enrique Encinas, Ivica Mitrovic, Michael Smyth/ // *Meet the authors * authors list <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=10&link=5…> Videos can be accessed from the IxD&A Journal website -> https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051 or from the IxD&A Youtube Channel -> link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> (play list issue 51: link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TzgE7itwr8&list=PLe5rmM-FoE9HDjZPTpr1585-T…>) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep updated join IxD&A Linkedin group -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ///// /////========================================================= IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> =========================================================

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Borsa di Dottorato su Adaptive Human-Computer Interaction

by Fabio Paternò

Abbiamo una bella borsa di dottorato di tre anni alla scuola di informatica del'università di Pisa per un/a giovane interessato/a a svolgere studi e ricerche nel settore adaptive human-computer interaction, quindi l'interessante area di studio che riguarda soluzioni nell'ambito dell'interazione tra le persone e le tecnologie digitali, e come adattarla in modo in modo da migliorarne usabilità, accessibilità e esperienza dell'utente. La scadenza è il 23 agosto alle 13. Per maggiori informazioni mi potete contattare o guardare a https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/it/concorsi-d-ammissione-a-a-2022-2023… Fabio _________________________________________________________________________ Fabio Paternò, PhD Tel: +39 050 3153066 Research Director Mobile: +39 348 3962624 HIIS Laboratory, CNR-ISTI Email: fabio.paterno(a)isti.cnr.it Via G. Moruzzi, 1 http://giove.isti.cnr.it/~fabio/ 56124 Pisa, Italy http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8355-6909 _________________________________________________________________________

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

by Announce Announcements

*** Sixth 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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: August 22, 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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CFP - Extended Deadline - International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Giuseppe Caggianese

************** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED ************** Call for Papers International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 Submit your paper by August 19, 2022 (extended) https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ************************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, the submission deadline to contribute to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org) is extended to August 19. The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Giuseppe Caggianese CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission August 19, 2022 (extended) Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 19, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission to Special Sessions and Workshops Papers

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission to Special Sessions and Workshops Papers *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline: July 20, 2022 AoE (firm!)) The IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. It is still possible to submit papers to the following Special Sessions (more information available here, https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-sessions/ ): • Special Session 1: 5G technology and cloud native solutions for smart grids and smart cities applications  • Special Session 2: Smartification from Pilot Projects to New Trends in Urban Ecosystems  • Special Session 3: Advances toward air pollution monitoring and mitigation solutions for smart cities as well as the following Workshops (more information available here, https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/workshops/ ): • First International Workshop on MARV: Multimodal and AI-Responsible data processing and deliVery in smart cities • First International Workshop on Sustainable Digital Transformation of Urban Landscape through Disruptive Technologies & Standards • Second International Workshop On Intelligent IoT Solutions for Smart Cities • First International Workshop on Smart and Circular Cities • First International Workshop on Improving Quality of Life for People with Disabilities (PwD) through the use of Technologies in Smart Cities Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Submission Deadline: July 20, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Acceptance Notification: August 7, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Camera-Ready Deadline: August 15, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Author Registration Deadline: August 15, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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EXTENDED DEADLINE - CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Noemi Mauro

*** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal ( https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current) Extended deadline for proposals: 1st August 2022 Submission website: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639… We are aware of some issues with the new submission systems since it changed in the last few days. If you encounter any problems, please contact noemi.mauro(a)unito.it .We apologize for this inconvenience. Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site ( https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639…). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…> and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates Proposals due: 1st August 2022 Response to authors: 16th August 2022 Full papers due: 15th November 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th February 2023 Revised papers due: 15th April 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st July 2023 Final papers due: 1st August 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: - Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; - Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; - Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; - Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; - Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); - Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es

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Summer school "AFIRM CHI22" places still available

by anna spagnolli

*AFIRM CHI22 - Young Researcher Meetup in Human-Computer Interaction* Padova, August 22-26 2022 https://rjc21.afihm.org Some place is still available! The meetup offers a set of interconnected workshops to provide enticing and convincing project illustrations. Such skills can be exploited to improve your dissertation, grant requests, and publications. Moreover, the meetup has a residential, team-based format that allows the participants to form new contacts and leave with an enlarged professional network. Ideal participants are Ph.D. students with a project in all areas of human-computer interaction, with a background in computer science, psychology, or design. The fee (172€) includes registration, single room accommodation, and meals for the whole duration of the meetup. The activities amount to approximately 30 hours of work, equalling 1 credit according to ECTS standards; the attendance is attested by a certificate issued by the summer school organizers upon completion of the activities. To see the program and access the application form, please visit https://rjc21.afihm.org. For more information and inquiries, please contact anna.spagnolli(a)unipd.it. The meetup is sponsored by UNIPD, Dept. of General Psychology and AFIHM. The Italian and French associations SIGCHI Italy and AFIHM endorse this initiative. -- ******************************* Anna Spagnolli Ph.D. Associate professor Dept of General Psychology & Human Inspired Technology Research Centre Università degli Studi di Padova via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova ITALY phone: +39 049 8276644 fax: +39 049 8276600

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Three PhD positions in Music Technology at CIMIL - University of Trento

by Luca Turchet

*** Apologies for cross-posting, please distribute *** One PhD and two Industrial PhD fully-funded positions are available at the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory <https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/> of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of University of Trento: https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/openings/ To apply to the PhD calls it is necessary to have achieved a master degree by the end of October 2022 as well as to possess demonstrated English skills (e.g., via a master degree in English or via certificates such as TOEFL). All positions will start in November 2022 (or shortly after upon request). More PhD positions are planned to open in the near future. *1) PhD in "Connecting online musicians and audiences to reduce travels and pollution"* The PhD will focus on the creation of musical interactions in shared augmented/virtual environments, for performance settings. Related topics that may be investigated include music emotion recognition, binaural audio, virtual acoustics and 5G networking. Required skills: - M.Sc. degree in computer science, electronics, mathematics, physics, telecommunications or related fields - programming - sufficient music knowledge (e.g., proven experience in playing a musical instrument) - excellent English skills (read, written, and spoken) - strong self-motivation and independence Desirable but not strictly necessary skills: - XR frameworks (unity 3D, unreal, etc.) - human-computer interaction - audio digital signal processing - spatial audio - machine learning - networking - affective computing - music information retrieval - 5G slicing Deadline: 5th of August Main place of work: Trento (Italy). An abroad period at a company or academic institution is mandatory. Link to the call (go to page 217): http://old.iusspavia.it/documents/20181/0/Research+Programme+SDC+38/11f9a1c… The position is sponsored by the new National PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate change. Further information about the National PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate change can be found here: https://www.phd-sdc.it/ *2) Industrial PhD **"Design of a 5G slice for networked music performances" **at company Athonet * The PhD will focus on the design, simulation, and evaluation of a 5G slice for networked music performances in the context of both private and public 5G networks. As mobile networks are developing towards the support of new and augmented ways of interaction (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality), the corresponding requirements become more and more strict on the communications latency. Indeed, 5G is expected to represent a milestone in such a direction, enabling sub-10ms and 1ms access delay for applications involving human perception or robotic control. Such 5G setup will be implemented in the form of a network slice dedicated to the specific subset of applications requiring very low latency. However, no works in the literature specify the nature and setup of such a network slice. Required skills: - M.Sc. degree in telecommunications, computer science, electronics, mathematics, physics, or related fields - networking - programming - excellent English skills (read, written, and spoken) - strong self-motivation and independence Deadline: 23rd of August. Main places of work: Vicenza (Italy), Trento (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden) The PhD will be supervised by the team members of Athonet ( https://www.athonet.com/) as well as by researchers of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory of University of Trento https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/ Link to the call (go to page 32): https://www.unitn.it/alfresco/download/workspace/SpacesStore/79c1fd23-ddd2-… Further information is available at: https://www.unitn.it/en/phd-nrrp-calls *3) **Industrial PhD** "Networked music performance system for high numbers of musicians" **at company Maestranze Artistiche* The PhD will focus on the creation of a networked music performance system capable of supporting the collaborative music making of large numbers of musicians. Required skills: - M.Sc. degree in computer science, electronics, mathematics, physics, or related fields - Programming - sufficient music knowledge (e.g., proven experience in playing a musical instrument) - excellent English skills (read, written, and spoken) - strong self-motivation and independence Desirable but not strictly necessary skills: - knowledge of the JUCE framework - Web Audio, - Node.js Deadline: 23rd of August. Main place of work: Trento (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden). The PhD will be supervised by researchers of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory of University of Trento https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/ Link to the call (go to page 52): https://www.unitn.it/alfresco/download/workspace/SpacesStore/79c1fd23-ddd2-… Further information is available at: https://www.unitn.it/en/phd-nrrp-calls ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Luca Turchet* Associate Professor Head of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory *https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/* <https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/> Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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Dottorato di interesse nazionale in Design per il Made in Italy: Identità, Innovazione e Sostenibilità

by PATRIZIA MARTI

Buongiorno, Inoltro con preghiera di diffusione il bando per il nuovo dottorato di ricerca di interesse nazionale in Design per il Made in Italy: Identità, Innovazione e Sostenibilità. https://www.architettura.unicampania.it/ricerca/dottorato-di-ricerca-in-des… <https://www.unicampania.it/index.php/didattica/dottorati%20-di-ricerca/iscr…> Il dottorato partirà con il 38° ciclo e prevede 5 curricula che credo siano di interesse per la comunità di HCItaly: - Design per l'inclusione, - Innovazione sostenibile di sistemi di prodotti, servizi e processi per il Made in Italy - Made in Italy e transizione tecnologica e digitale - Made in Italy: manifattura e nuovi modelli economici e di business - Patrimoni Culturali del Made in Italy L'Università di Siena mette a disposizione una delle borse. Buona estate a tutti patrizia -- Professor Patrizia Marti, PhD Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Science, University of Siena www.patriziamarti.it

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CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Giuseppe Caggianese

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ========================================== Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder to contribute to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org ). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Giuseppe Caggianese CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk Giuseppe Caggianese, Ph.D. ------------------------------------------------------------- Researcher 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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Summer school "AFIRM CHI22" places still available

by anna spagnolli

*AFIRM CHI22 - Young Researcher Meetup in Human-Computer Interaction* Padova, August 22-26 2022 https://rjc21.afihm.org Some place is still available! The meetup offers a set of interconnected workshops to provide enticing and convincing project illustrations. Such skills can be exploited to improve your dissertation, grant requests, and publications. Moreover, the meetup has a residential, team-based format that allows the participants to form new contacts and leave with an enlarged professional network. Ideal participants are Ph.D. students with a project in all areas of human-computer interaction, with a background in computer science, psychology, or design. The fee (172€) includes registration, single room accommodation, and meals for the whole duration of the meetup. The activities amount to approximately 30 hours of work, equalling 1 credit according to ECTS standards; the attendance is attested by a certificate issued by the summer school organizers upon completion of the activities. To see the program and access the application form, please visit https://rjc21.afihm.org. For more information and inquiries, please contact anna.spagnolli(a)unipd.it. The meetup is sponsored by UNIPD, Dept. of General Psychology and AFIHM. The Italian and French associations SIGCHI Italy and AFIHM endorse this initiative. -- ******************************* Anna Spagnolli Ph.D. Associate professor Dept of General Psychology & Human Inspired Technology Research Centre Università degli Studi di Padova via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova ITALY phone: +39 049 8276644 fax: +39 049 8276600

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VL/HCC 2022: Call for Participation

by Emanuele Panizzi

*IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing * *VL/HCC 2022: Call for Participation* (Apologies for multiple postings) *IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing* *>>> 12-16 September 2022 <<<* *Rome, Italy* *https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2022* <https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2022> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT LINKS* *REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION* early bird registration before/on *August 21st, 2022* - Registration: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration - Accommodation: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/accomodation *PROGRAM* The program is tentative and subject to change. - Complete program: https://conf.researchr.org/program/vlhcc-2022/program-vlhcc-2022/ *The Symposium is planned to be in person. In any case, we monitor the Covid situation and will act according to the authorities' decisions to ensure the safest and most comprehensive participation.* *KEYNOTES* We are thrilled to announce the following keynotes: 1. Creating Responsible and Human-Centered AI - Saleema Amershi <https://conf.researchr.org/details/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-vl-hcc-main-confer…> 2. The Power of Diagrams: Observation, Inference, and Overspecificity - Gem Stapleton <https://conf.researchr.org/details/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-vl-hcc-main-confer…> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) 2022* From the beginning of the computer age, people have sought easier ways to learn, express, and understand computational ideas. Whether this meant moving from punch cards to textual languages, or command lines to graphical UIs, the quest to make computation easier to express, manipulate, and understand by a broader group of people is an ongoing challenge. The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing is the premier international forum for research on this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. The 2022 symposium is scheduled to take place September 12-16 in Rome, Italy. Our special emphasis for 2022 is *Human-Centric AI*. VL/HCC 2022 is 100% Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC). VL/HCC is indexed in Scopus, DBLP, IEEE Explore, WoS. We look forward to your participation in VL/HCC! Paolo Bottoni, VL/HCC 2022 General Co-Chair Gennaro Costagliola, VL/HCC 2022 General Co-Chair --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *VL/HCC 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* General Co-Chair Paolo Bottoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy General Co-Chair Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy Program Co-Chair Michelle Brachman, IBM Research, United States Program Co-Chair Mark Minas, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany Publicity & Social Media Chair Emanuele Panizzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Finance Chair Maria De Marsico, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Publications Chair Kim Monch, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany Web Chair Mattia De Rosa, University of Salerno, Italy Graduate Consortium Co-Chair Andrew Fish, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Graduate Consortium Co-Chair, Thomas LaToza, George Mason University, United States Tutorial and Workshop Co-Chair Alessio Malizia, University of Pisa, Italy Tutorial and Workshop Co-Chair Vittorio Fuccella, University of Salerno, Italy -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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Summer school "AFIRM CHI22" places still available

by anna spagnolli

*AFIRM CHI22 - Young Researcher Meetup in Human-Computer Interaction* Padova, August 22-26 2022 https://rjc21.afihm.org Some place is still available! The meetup offers a set of interconnected workshops to provide enticing and convincing project illustrations. Such skills can be exploited to improve your dissertation, grant requests, and publications. Moreover, the meetup has a residential, team-based format that allows the participants to form new contacts and leave with an enlarged professional network. Ideal participants are Ph.D. students with a project in all areas of human-computer interaction, with a background in computer science, psychology, or design. The fee (172€) includes registration, single room accommodation, and meals for the whole duration of the meetup. The activities amount to approximately 30 hours of work, equalling 1 credit according to ECTS standards; the attendance is attested by a certificate issued by the summer school organizers upon completion of the activities. To see the program and access the application form, please visit https://rjc21.afihm.org. For more information and inquiries, please contact anna.spagnolli(a)unipd.it. The meetup is sponsored by UNIPD, Dept. of General Psychology and AFIHM. The Italian and French associations SIGCHI Italy and AFIHM endorse this initiative. -- ******************************* Anna Spagnolli Ph.D. Associate professor Dept of General Psychology & Human Inspired Technology Research Centre Università degli Studi di Padova via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova ITALY phone: +39 049 8276644 fax: +39 049 8276600

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EXTENDED DEADLINE - CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Federica Cena

** *EXTENDED DEADLINE - CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal* * *** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current>) Extended deadline for proposals submission: 11th July 2022 Submission website: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639… <https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639…> We are aware of some issues with the new submission systems since it changed in the last few days. Please, send also the proposal to noemi.mauro(a)unito.it <mailto:noemi.mauro@unito.it>. We apologize for this inconvenience. Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639… <https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.1388639…>). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…>and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates *Proposals due: 11th July 2022* NEW *Response to authors: 22nd July 2022 * Full papers due: 15th October 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 Final papers due: 1st July 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: * Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; * Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; * Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; * Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; * Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); * Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es * -- Federica Cena, Ph. D. Associate Professor Dipartimento di Informatica Universita' di Torino Corso Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706779 www.di.unito.it/~cena/ https://unito.webex.com/meet/federica.cena

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CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Giuseppe Caggianese

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ========================================== Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to send a contribution to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Giuseppe Caggianese CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk Giuseppe Caggianese, Ph.D. ------------------------------------------------------------- Researcher 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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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

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*** Last Call for Special Sessions and Workshops Papers *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline: July 20, 2022 AoE (firm!)) The IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. It is still possible to submit papers to the following Special Sessions (more information available here, https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-sessions/ ): • Special Session 1: 5G technology and cloud native solutions for smart grids and smart cities applications  • Special Session 2: Smartification from Pilot Projects to New Trends in Urban Ecosystems  • Special Session 3: Advances toward air pollution monitoring and mitigation solutions for smart cities as well as the following Workshops (more information available here, https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/workshops/ ): • First International Workshop on MARV: Multimodal and AI-Responsible data processing and deliVery in smart cities • First International Workshop on Sustainable Digital Transformation of Urban Landscape through Disruptive Technologies & Standards • Second International Workshop On Intelligent IoT Solutions for Smart Cities • First International Workshop on Smart and Circular Cities • First International Workshop on Improving Quality of Life for People with Disabilities (PwD) through the use of Technologies in Smart Cities Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Submission Deadline: July 20, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Acceptance Notification: August 7, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Camera-Ready Deadline: August 15, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Papers Author Registration Deadline: August 15, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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Call for Participation - ACM UMAP 2022

by Nasim Sonboli

Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === ACM UMAP 2022 is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. For the first time in the history of the conference, UMAP ’22 will be run in a hybrid mode between **July 4-7, 2022**, with the opportunity for speakers and attendees to participate on-site or online. IMPORTANT DATES === * **Early-bird registration: May 27, 2022** * Regular registration: May 28 – June 24, 2022 * On-site registration: from June 28, 2022 * Conference: July 4-7, 2022 REGISTRATION === Registration is open at https://www.um.org/umap2022/registration. Register on or before **Jun 28** for a regular registration rate. On-site registration is available after June 28th. Online registration is available with fixed rates. To celebrate the co-location of 3 ACM conferences in Barcelona (ACM Hypertext <https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/>, ACM UMAP, and ACM WebSci <https://websci22.webscience.org/>), UMAP supports a joint registration discount. We also are making UMAP more equitable this year. In striving for a conference cost that is affordable for all, we also have deeply discounted rates available for those registering in countries designated by ACM as “economically developing”. These tickets are supported by SIGWEB to provide fair access. Know more about joint registration, grants, and support at https://www.um.org/umap2022/grants-and-support/ PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: === **Program**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/program/ **Keynotes**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/speakers/ **Nuria Oliver**, ELLIS Unit Alicante Foundation, Alicante, Spain **Ben Shneiderman**, Dept of Computer Science & Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA ** Francesco Ricci**, Free University of Bozen–Bolzano, Italy **Paper sessions** * Research papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-papers/ * Theory, Opinion, and Reflection papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-theory-opinion-and-reflection-papers/ **Other Sessions** * Late-breaking results: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#lbr * Demonstrations: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#demo * Doctoral symposium: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/ **Tutorials**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-tutorials/ * Ethical Considerations in User Modeling and Personalization (ECUMAP) * Semantics-aware Content Representations for Reproducible Recommender Systems (SCoRe) * User Control in Adaptive Information Access (UCAIA) **Workshops**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-workshops/ * Adaptive and Personalized Privacy and Security (APPS) * Third International Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) * Explainable User Modeling and Personalized Systems (ExUM 2022) * Fairness in User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (FairUMAP 2022) * Workshop on Group Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (GMAP) * 7th International Workshop on Human Aspects in Adaptive and Personalized Interactive Environments (HAAPIE 2022) * The 13th International Workshop on Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage (PATCH 2022) – Towards Hybrid CH Experience ORGANIZATION === **General Chairs** * Alejandro Bellogín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain * Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy * Olga C. Santos, UNED, Spain **Others Chairs**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/organization/ *Nasim Sonboli (Tufts University) *Helma Torkamaan (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) UMAP Publicity and Web Chairs

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India HCI 2022 || Call for Papers

by Korok Sengupta

India HCI 2022 <https://www.indiahci.org/2022/> is the 13th edition of the international conference series on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Sponsored by the HCI Professionals Association of India and in cooperation with ACM’s special interest group on computer-human interaction (SIGCHI), India HCI brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse areas that include traditional graphical & web user interfaces, tangible & ubiquitous computing, virtual & augmented reality, multimedia, new input & output devices, computer games, privacy, security, visualization, health, accessibility and aging, design, user modeling, engineering interactive systems, ICT for development, CSCW, and more. India HCI provides a special spotlight on papers that are relevant to South Asia, including those related to culture, language, socio-economic situations, and the industry of the region. The intimate size, single track, and comfortable surroundings make this conference an ideal opportunity to exchange research results and implementation experiences. THEMES: Significantly novel enabling technologies such as innovative input devices, displays, new interaction techniques, or new media that extend the boundaries of traditional interaction, such as natural user interfaces and interactions, mixed reality, mobile interaction, computer games, health, accessibility, and aging, user modeling. 1) User studies that engage qualitative research methods and/or offer critical perspectives on technology design, deployment, and/or use. 2) Engineering interactive systems design, ubiquitous computing (including wearables), social software, ICT for development (ICTD), and computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW). 3) Innovative user interfaces for difficult interaction contexts or challenging applications. Examples include managing large, complex information sets, usable privacy and security, multi-user interaction, crowdsourcing, automotive user experiences, and in-vehicle interactions (devices and interface automation, instrumentation evaluation, interactive systems, benchmarking driver performance and behavior), or techniques that span devices distributed in time and space. 4) Breakthrough user experiences leveraging techniques such as machine learning, computer vision, computer graphics, speech processing, networking, or human perception and cognition (e.g., analyzing driver distractions). 5) Innovative software architectures, design tools, toolkits, programming systems, and development environments that support the development and use of the above technologies in user interfaces. 6) User studies that engage qualitative research methods and/or offer critical perspectives on technology design, deployment, and/or use. Important Dates: *August 3, 2022: Papers due* August 14, 2022: Notification of desk rejects/quick rejects September 1, 2022: Authors will receive initial reviews of their papers September 8, 2022: Rebuttals due September 15, 2022: Authors will be notified of the committee’s decision October 3, 2022: Paper needing shepherding decisions October 5, 2022: Final camera-ready papers are due, and at least one author must register for the conference (All deadlines close at 23:59 IST) There will be three independent reviewers for each paper. In addition, a meta-review will be done by a program committee member. For more details, visit: https://www.indiahci.org/2022/paper-presentations/ If you have any queries please contact the Paper Chairs: Anirudha Joshi <anirudha(a)iitb.ac.in> Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Pushpendra Singh <psingh(a)iiitd.ac.in> ######################################## Korok Sengupta <https://koroksengupta.github.io/> -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctoral Researcher Analytic Computing Group University of Stuttgart U32-314 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Skype: korok.sengupta -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- India HCI 2022: Outreach and publicity Chair <https://www.indiahci.org/2022/organizing-commitee/> --------------------------------------------------------------------

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IxD&A Journal: Issue N. 52 is now available for free downloading

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A* *https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 *established in 2005 SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal implements also video presentations of the published contributions. SRJ 2021 = 0.353 (Q1: Architecture/Design; Q2: Social Science, Media Technology; Q3: Human Computer Interaction, Education) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 52 *on:* Beyond the Pandemics and the Wars: SLERD Reload** */guest editors: Mihai Dascalu, Tania Di Mascio, Oscar Mealha /with a focus section on/ /*Educational Location-based Applications* /guest editors: //Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Esteban W. G. Clua, Jimmy Jaldemark, Heinrich Söbke/ is now available for free downloading https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-052 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold/Diamond Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IxD&A Journal, issue N. 52 - ToC*/** **/ **/Preface to the special issue on/ *Beyond the Pandemics and the Wars: SLERD Reload */Mihai Dascalu, Tania Di Mascio, Oscar Mealha/* *p. 5 * */Duarte Luis Sousa, Pedro Filipe Campos, Vanessa Cesário/* Design Implications for Interactive and Analogue Technologies supporting Distance Education: A Longitudinal Mixed-Method Study during the Pandemic, */pp. 6 - 22/* */Carlo Giovannella/* Between Awareness and Acceptance: a more mature School Teachers’ Perspective on Integrated Learning one year after the pandemic outbreak, */pp. 23 - 43/* */Saul Delabrida /* A Hybrid Project-Based Learning course approach from face-to-face and remote experiences, */pp. 44 - 60/* */Cèlia Llurba, Gabriela Fretes, Ramon Palau/* Exploring the possibilities of real-time Emotional Recognition technology for secondary school students, */pp. 61 - 80/* */Erkki Rötkönen, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Naska Goagoses, Tariq Zaman, Helvi Itenge, Daniel Yong Wen Tan, Erkki Sutinen/* Creating Smart Connected Learning Ecosystems: A Hybrid Model for Design-Based Learning, */pp. 81 - 100/* */Laurentiu-Marian Neagu, Eric Rigaud, Vincent Guarnieri, Emanuel Ioan Radu, Sébastien Travadel, Mihai Dascalu, Razvan Rughinis/* OntoStrength: An Ontology for Psychomotor Strength Development, */pp. 101 - 118/* */Ingrid Mulder, Alberto Magni /* A collaborative learning infrastructure to build capacity for urban transformations, */pp. 119 - 140, /* * */Preface to the focus section on/ Educational Location-based Applications */Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Esteban W. G. Clua, Jimmy Jaldemark, Heinrich Söbke/* */Yasaman Nekoui, Eduardo Roig/* Children and the Mediated City. Place Attachment Development Using Augmented Reality in Urban Spaces, */pp. 144 - 157/* */Pedro Silveira, Davidson Cury, Crediné Silva de Menezes/* Exploring Education Techno-Monitoring Futures: A Participatory Speculative Critical Design Case, */pp. 158 - 178/* */Diego Ricca, Bianca Lupo, Jairo Diniz, Leonardo Veras, Clice Mazzilli/* In Pursuit of Inclusive and Diverse Digital Futures: Exploring the Potential of Design Fiction in Education of Children, */pp. 179 - 197/* */James Raber, Richard E. Ferdig, Enrico Gandolfi, Robert Clements/* Insights for Educational Practice from a Thematic Analysis of Student Experiences with Speculative Design Mini-Projects about Personal Issues, */pp. 198 - 220/* Regular papers */Eva Eriksson, Anne Linda Kok, Wolmet Barendregt, Camilla Gyldendahl Jensen, Elisabet M. Nilsson /* Teaching for Values in Interaction Design: A Discussion About Assessment, */pp. 221 - 233/* */Oguz Orkun Doma, Sinan Mert Sener/* Dreamscape Bricks VR: An Experimental Virtual Reality Tool for Architectural Design, */pp. 234 - 258/* * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook -> link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel -> link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2022): Last Call for Contributions

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*** Last Call for Contributions *** 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2022) 3–7 October, 2022, 4* Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/ Goals and Scope The IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in software maintenance and evolution. We invite high quality submissions describing significant, original, and unpublished results related to but not limited to any of the following software maintenance and evolution topics (in alphabetical order): • Change and defect management • Code cloning and provenance • Concept and feature location • Continuous integration/deployment • Empirical studies of software maintenance and evolution • Evolution of non-code artifacts • Human aspects of software maintenance and evolution • Maintenance and evolution of model-based methods • Maintenance and evolution processes • Maintenance and evolution of mobile apps • Maintenance and evolution of service-oriented and cloud computing systems • Maintenance versus release process • Mining software repositories • Productivity of software engineers during maintenance and evolution • Release engineering • Reverse engineering and re-engineering • Run-time evolution and dynamic configuration • Software and system comprehension • Software migration and renovation • Software quality assessment • Software refactoring and restructuring • Software testing theory and practice • Source code analysis and manipulation • Technical Debt ICSME welcomes innovative ideas that are timely, well presented, and evaluated. All submissions must position themselves within the existing literature, describe the relevance of the results to specific software engineering goals, and include a clear motivation and presentation of the work. There are still a couple of tracks with open calls for submissions. These are listed below with more information, including submission instructions, available on the conference web site (submission dates are midnight, AoE, UTC-12). The submission link for all tracks is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsme2022 . Please use this link and choose the appropriate track for your submission. Doctoral Symposium • Paper Submission: July 8th, 2022. • Notification: August 1st, 2022. • Camera-Ready: August 19th, 2022. Please refer to https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/call-for-doctoral-symposium/ . Joint Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival • Artifact Submission: August 26th, 2022. • Notification: September 16th, 2022. Please refer to https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/call-for-joint-artifact-evaluation-… . Organisation General Chairs • Rainer Koschke, University of Bremen, Germany • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Paris Avgeriou, University of Groningen, The Netherlands • Dave Binkley, Loyola University Maryland, USA Local Organising Chair and Industry Liaison • Georgia M. Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands • Christian Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Tool Demonstrations Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Gilles Perrouin, University of Namur, Belgium Industry Track Chairs • Andrea Capiluppi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands • Shi Han, Microsoft Research Beijing, China Journal First Track Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Amjed Tahir, Massey University, New Zealand Doctoral Symposium • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand • Mark Hills, East Carolina University, USA Joint Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Chairs • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Christoph Treude, University of Melbourne, Australia Most Influential Paper Awards Chairs • Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy • Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA Diversity and Inclusion • Hadil Abukwaik, ABB Corporate Research, Germany • Sonia Haiduc, Florida State University, USA Registered Reports • Maria Teresa Baldassarre, University of Bari, Italy • Mike Papadakis, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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

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*** Fifth 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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 Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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[Call for Full and Short Papers - MUM '22] Full and Short Papers deadline is two months away

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our track has the following submission deadlines (in AoE): - Full and Short Papers: August 16, 2022 For further details on each individual track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Fwd: CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Giuseppe Caggianese

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ========================================== Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to send a contribution to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Giuseppe Caggianese CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, information access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments - Computational Interaction for XR - Quality and User Experience in XR - Cognitive Models for XR - Semantic Computing in environments - XR-based serious games - Virtual Agents in eXtended environments - Adaptive Interfaces - Visual Reasoning - Content Modelling - Responsible Design of eXtended Environments - XR systems for Human Augmentation - AI methodologies applied to XR - ML approaches in XR - Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk Giuseppe Caggianese, Ph.D. ------------------------------------------------------------- Researcher 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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Assegno di ricerca disponibile nell'ambito del progetto di ricerca PRIN TIGHT (responsabile Dott.ssa Barbara Leporini)

by Giulio Galesi

Presso il laboratorio di Segnali e Immagini dell'ISTI-CNR è disponibile un assegno di ricerca di un anno su progettazione e sviluppo di applicazioni e soluzioni informatiche, anche in ambito mobile, per favorire e supportare le persone con disabilità visiva nella propria autonomia. La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 24 giugno. Per maggiori informazioni consultare il bando al url: https://www.isti.cnr.it/images/pdf/jobs/2022/bando_ISTI_AR_010-2022.pdf Giulio Galesi -- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - ISTI Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa ITALY phone: +39 050 621 3117 fax: +39 050 621 2810 e-mail: giulio.galesi(a)isti.cnr.it

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PhD fellowship available at the HIIS Laboratory, CNR-ISTI

by Fabio Paternò

We are looking for candidates for one three-year PhD scholarships that will be carried out at the at the Human Interfaces in Information Systems (HIIS) Laboratory at CNR-ISTI (http://hiis.isti.cnr.it/): The fellowship is associated with the PhD school at the Computer Science department of the University of Pisa (https://dottorato.di.unipi.it/) in the Human-Computer Interaction area, with preference for topics related to Adaptive Human-Computer Interaction. The HIIS Laboratory is a creative and multi-disciplinary interactive technologies research laboratory, with deep and extensive research collaborations, industrial partners, and a supportive working environment. Pisa is a lively small town located in Tuscany, near the coast, characterised by the presence of a rich research ecosystem (three Universities and many research centres) very active in the ICT area. We are therefore looking for deserving candidates. It is useful to have some programming knowledge, interest and passion for the considered topics, and to carry out research activities. The application procedure will be soon available. Applicants must have earned a master degree by the end of October 2022. For further information any interested potential candidate can contact fabio.paterno at isti.cnr.it

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VL/HCC 2022: Author Registrations and Satellite Events

by Emanuele Panizzi

VL/HCC '22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Updates The author registration and the entry fees are open and published for VL/HCC authors and detailed information could be found at the link below: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration <https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration> Also, we have announced two satellite events for which broadcasting is open and you could find further details about the events in the link below: https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-workshops-and-tutori… <https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-workshops-and-tutori…> The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing is the premier international forum for research on this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. The 2022 symposium is scheduled to take place September 12-16 in Rome, Italy. Our special emphasis for 2022 is Human-Centric AI. VL/HCC 2022 is 100% Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC).* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel Members and Organizers - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Federica Cena

*** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current>) Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities Guest Editors Noemi Mauro, University of Torino Federica Cena, University of Torino Cynthia Putnam, DePaul University Maria Soledad Pera, Boise State University David Roldán Álvarez, University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals The full Call for Papers and submission instructions can be found here: https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf <https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf> To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci>). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…>and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates Proposals due: 1st July 2022 Response to authors: 15th July 2022 Full papers due: 15th October 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 Final papers due: 1st July 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: * Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; * Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; * Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; * Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; * Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); * Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es -- Federica Cena, Ph. D. Associate Professor Dipartimento di Informatica Universita' di Torino Corso Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706779 www.di.unito.it/~cena/ https://unito.webex.com/meet/federica.cena

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline Extension: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) ***) The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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HAID 2022 - Reminder: Call for Works in Progress and Call for Demos

by Stefano Papetti

[Apologies for cross-posting] [Please forward to interested colleagues] Dear colleagues, This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for *Work in Progress *and*Demo* submissions is approaching *(June 26, 2022)*. Acceptance notifications will be sent on June 30, 2022. For the Work in Progress initiative we *encourage submissions from “newcomers”* such as master students or early-stage PhD Students e.g. whose supervisor is not part of the HAID discourse, especially from *underrepresented groups*. At the time of submission, authors will be asked to indicate whether they want to be paired with an experienced HAID researcher during the conference (on site or online) to help develop the work-in-progress into a co-authored future HAID submission. Demo submissions can be either standalone or associated with a paper or work in progress submission. --- HAID 2022 particularly welcomes contributions, both theoretical and empirical, in the following areas: Design of audio and haptic feedback for health & well-being Musical haptics & augmented instruments Contributions in the following areas are also welcome: Novel haptic and auditory interfaces Perception & evaluation of multimodal and cross-sensory interactions Design principles for haptic and auditory interfaces Design of audio and haptic feedback for entertainment and creative applications Affective and semiotic roles of haptics and audio in interaction Leveraging auditory-tactile correspondences in interaction design HAID 2022 will be held during August 24–26, 2022 at Queen Mary University of London (UK), and will be a hybrid event with in-person activities and online streaming sessions. It is organised by the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) <https://c4dm.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/>in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) <https://www.robotics.qmul.ac.uk/>, and it is supported by the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, EuroHaptics Society, Audio Engineering Society (AES), and Springer. Please stay tuned to all the latest news at: * HAID 2022 webpage https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/ <https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/> * HAID Google group https://groups.google.com/g/haid-community <https://groups.google.com/g/haid-community> * HAID Twitter page https://twitter.com/HAID_conference <https://twitter.com/HAID_conference> --- Looking forward to meeting you in London! The HAID 2022 Programme Chairs Stefano Papetti and Charalampos Saitis The HAID 2022 General Chairs Charalampos Saitis and Ildar Farkhatdinov

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13 PhD positions in HCI at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

by María Menéndez-Blanco

Dear students, Dear HCI colleagues, At the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, we are looking for 13 PhD candidates with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction (deadline 1st July 2022). Topics include "Ethics, Societies, and AI", "the Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces", "Design and Physical Computing", and "Agents and Computational Linguistics". Ethics, Societies, and AI: ========================== - E1: Human Creativity and Machine Learning for public awareness of AI - E2: Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Public Administration Data and Social Policies - F7-I C&C: Interfacing Creativity and Computation Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces: ===================================================== Note: Four of these will be co-financed by the industry (BMW, SEFAR), which means that selected candidates can stay at the company for at least six months. - A2: Smart Knitted SpaceSuit - F5: How to bring the Metaverse into the vehicles for a novel video conferencing experience (co-financed by BMW Group) - F6: Entertainment in the car by using a cognitive seat with tactile feedback (co-financed by BMW Group) - ASE1: Unobtrusive thin-film sensors inside mono-filaments and woven textiles (co-financed by SEFAR AG) - ASE2: Unobtrusive physiological sensors for cognitive car seats (co-financed by BMW Group) Physical Design and Computing: ============================== - A7: IoT Design and Development with End Users for a Sustainable Future - E3: Teaching Physical Design and Computing Agents and Computational Linguistics: ===================================== - D1: Virtual Digital Assistants for Healthcare - D2: Emotions in Multilingual Texts - D3: Neural models of collaborative behaviours in conversational agents The language of the PhD. programme is English, and the university implements a trilingual model providing prospective students with a suitable environment to learn German and Italian. Our school is committed to fostering a caring and diverse environment, with students coming from over twenty countries (70% international students) and with a reasonable gender distribution, which we are committed to improving (24% women). We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and skills. The scholarship includes: - University Fees 3-year personal grant (approx. € 17,000 NET per year) - 50% pay increase to support international mobility for a period variable between six months and one year according to the type of projects - Personal budget for research and travel expenses (Euro 2,500) - State of the art technical equipment. A more detailed description of these projects (except ASE1 and ASE2) can be found here: https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/PhD-Project-proposals_CS_38cycle.… For more details about the projects ASE1 and ASE2 please check out https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/scheda-descrittva_ASE_38ciclo_EN_… Application deadline: 1 July 2022 at 12:00 midday (CEST). Further details on the application procedure and selection process can be found on the following link: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/computer-science/phd-computer-science/ and for the proposals ASE1/2 under the following link: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/sciencetechnology/phd-advanced-systems-en… If you have any questions you can reach us at: - maria.menendezblanco(a)unibz.it and Antonella.DeAngeli(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Ethics, Societies, and AI) - gennari(a)inf.unibz.it and luisa.petti(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Physical Design and Computing) - michael.haller(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces) Best regards, Antonella De Angeli, Maria Menendez Blanco, Rosella Gennari, Michael Haller

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RTDA at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

by Haller Michael

Dear HCI friends, I am very excited that at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, we are looking for a RTDA position with the focus on the design and development of next-generation interfaces. Our University has a strong international outlook, as testified by its multilingual courses (English, Italian, German) and a high number of students and teaching staff from abroad. We offer you an exciting environment and continuous innovation. Key Qualifications --------------------------------------------------------------- - PhD in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, or Electronic Engineering - Experience in designing and implementing user interfaces - Strong technical competencies in at least one of the following areas: Human Computer Interfaces, Embedded Systems - Outstanding academic performance - Excellent communication (English) and presentation skills as well as self-confidence We offer you --------------------------------------------------------------- - The opportunity to join our research lab in the development of cutting-edge technologies & interfaces - The opportunity to become part of our core team of dedicated researchers & engineers - An inspiring work environment - Collaboration with international customers (e.g., BMW / KTM / SEFAR) and travel opportunities - The possibility to shape the job according to your skills & talents Your activity will include the technical support of projects, ranging from basic to applied research. The tasks will be carried out at the Media Interaction Lab (www.mi-lab.org), which is now also located at the NOI Techpark (https://noi.bz.it/en), a science and technology park, hosting four research institutes, four Faculties of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and 40 scientific laboratories. The position is available for 3 years starting in fall 2022. The gross salary is approx. 42.000 EUR per year. More information about this call can be found here: https://www.unibz.it/en/home/position-calls/positions-for-academic-staff/58… More further information, just send me an email. Best wishes, —Michael ------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Michael Haller Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Media Interaction Lab Piazza Domenicani 3 39100 Bolzano | ITALY E-Mail: michael.haller(a)unibz.it Web : www.unibz.it | www.mi-lab.org

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CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Agnese Augello

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ************************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to send a contribution to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Agnese Augello CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, inform ation access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: · Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments · Computational Interaction for XR · Quality and User Experience in XR · Cognitive Models for XR · Semantic Computing in environments · XR-based serious games · Virtual Agents in eXtended environments · Adaptive Interfaces · Visual Reasoning · Content Modelling · Responsible Design of eXtended Environments · XR systems for Human Augmentation · AI methodologies applied to XR · ML approaches in XR · Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk -- -- Agnese Augello, Ph.D. ICAR - Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad alte prestazioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Ugo la Malfa 153 - 90145 Palermo +39-091-23894276 (Tel) +39-091-6529124 (Fax) agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it <a.augello(a)pa.icar.cnr.it> agnese.augello(a)cnr.it

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[ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media, HT 2022] Call for Participation

by Ujwal Gadiraju

Hi all, --- Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === The ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media is a premium venue for high-quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. For the first time in the history of the conference, HT ’22 will be run in a hybrid mode between **June 28 - July 1, 2022**, with the opportunity for speakers and attendees to participate onsite or online. IMPORTANT DATES === * **Early-bird registration: May 27, 2022** * Regular registration: May 28 – June 24, 2022 * On-site registration: from June 28, 2022 * Conference: June 28 - July 1, 2022 REGISTRATION === Registration is open at https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/registration/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_regi…>. Register on or before **May 27** to benefit from an early-bird discount! Make sure to book your hotel stay at the Hotel Four Points by Sheraton conference hotel. The hotel is at the center of the conference activity, and will allow you to network easily with other conference attendees. See how to get access to a discount rate at https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/venue/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_venu…> PRELIMINARY PROGRAM === **Keynotes** * **m.c. schraefel**, University of Southampon * **Dene Grigar**, Washington State University Vancouver * **Nuria Rodríguez**, Universidad de Málaga **Paper sessions** * Research papers: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * Blue Sky Ideas papers: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-blue-sky-ideas-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> **Other Sessions** * Late-breaking results: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-late-breaking-results-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * Demonstrations: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-demo-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> **Workshops**: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-workshops/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * HUMAN’22 – 5th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext * The Narrative and Hypertext (NHT) * Open Challenges in Online Social Networks * 7th edition of The International Workshop on Social Media World Sensors (SIdEWayS) ORGANIZATION === **General Chairs** * Alejandro Bellogín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain * Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy **Others Chairs**: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/organization/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_orga…> --- Best, Ujwal ____________________________________ Dr. Ir. Ujwal Gadiraju Assistant Professor Web Information Systems Delft University of Technology The Netherlands W: https://wis.ewi.tudelft.nl/gadiraju W: https://www.ujwalgadiraju.com E: u.k.gadiraju(a)tudelft.nl https://www.academicfringe.org

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Call for Papers

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Call for Papers *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline Extension: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!)) The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 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/ (*** Submission Deadline Extension (firm!): 6 June, 2022 ***) 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 eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new 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 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • 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 nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new 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: 6 June 2022 CEST (***extended and firm!***) • Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 15 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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International Summer School "Digital Interactive Smart Spaces" - Como Lake & Milan - July 2022

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, volevo richiamare la vostra attenzione sulla Summer School di cui trovate sotto la call già fatta circolare da Franca Garzotto. E’ una scuola incentrata su temi HCI, promossa dal SIGCHI Italy, con speaker internazionali di rilievo. E’ una delle poche opportunità di questo tipo in Italia. Le iscrizioni sono ancora aperte. Non esitate a contattare me o Franca per qualsiasi informazione. Cari saluti, Maristella -------------------- Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the International Summer School “Digital Interactive Smart Spaces” that will be held in Como and Milan in July 2022, organized by Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with the Lake Como School for Advanced Studies and EIT Digital. The School is devoted to Master/PhD students, researchers and professionals, who want to i) deepen their knowledge on Smart Spaces technology, and its potential/limitations; ii) to improve their competence on interaction design for Smart Spaces, and explore how applications can be developed to maximize usability, accessibility, and eﬀectiveness; iii) better understand the business opportunities in this arena and the social challenges involved. The Summer School is organized in 2 weeks. The first week (July 11-15, 2022) has a research focus, with outstanding speakers from prestigious universities and research centers in Europe and abroad, and will be held on the Como Lake at Villa del Grumello (www.villadelgrumello.it/it/<https://www.villadelgrumello.it/it/>) . The second week (July 18-22, 2022) has a business and industry perspective, with top-level speakers from large and medium companies in Italy and EU, and will be held in Milano at Politecnico Main Campus (https://www.polimi.it/en/ ). It is possible to attend both weeks, or the first week only. Please refer to the Summer School web site for the detailed program and further information https://uise.lakecomoschool.org/ Thanks for your attention Kind regards Franca Garzotto and Maristella Matera --- Maristella Matera – PhD Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria http://matera.faculty.polimi.it/

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Call for Participation - ACM UMAP 2022

by Helma Torkamaan

Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. For the first time in the history of the conference, UMAP ’22 will be run in a hybrid mode between **July 4-7, 2022**, with the opportunity for speakers and attendees to participate onsite or online. IMPORTANT DATES === * **Early-bird registration: May 27, 2022** * Regular registration: May 28 – June 24, 2022 * On-site registration: from June 28, 2022 * Conference: July 4-7, 2022 REGISTRATION === Registration is open at https://www.um.org/umap2022/registration. Register on or before **May 27** to benefit from an early-bird discount! To celebrate the co-location of 3 ACM conferences in Barcelona (ACM Hypertext, ACM UMAP, and ACM WebSci), UMAP supports a joint registration discount. We also are making UMAP more equitable this year. In striving for a conference cost that is affordable for all, we also have deeply discounted rates available for those registering in countries designated by ACM as “economically developing”. These tickets are supported by SIGWEB to provide fair access. Know more about joint registration, grants and support at https://www.um.org/umap2022/grants-and-support/ PRELIMINARY PROGRAM === **Keynotes** * **Nuria Oliver**, ELLIS Unit Alicante Foundation, Alicante, Spain * **Ben Shneiderman**, Dept of Computer Science & Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA * More keynotes will be announced soon **Paper sessions** * Research papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-papers/ * Theory, Opinion, and Reflection papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-theory-opinion-and-reflection-papers/ **Other Sessions** * Late-breaking results: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#lbr * Demonstrations: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#demo * Doctoral symposium: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/ **Tutorials**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-tutorials/ * Ethical Considerations in User Modeling and Personalization (ECUMAP) * Semantics-aware Content Representations for Reproducible Recommender Systems (SCoRe) * User Control in Adaptive Information Access (UCAIA) **Workshops**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-workshops/ * Adaptive and Personalized Privacy and Security (APPS) * Third International Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) * Explainable User Modeling and Personalized Systems (ExUM 2022) * Fairness in User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (FairUMAP 2022) * Workshop on Group Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (GMAP) * 7th International Workshop on Human Aspects in Adaptive and Personalized Interactive Environments (HAAPIE 2022) * The 13th International Workshop on Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage (PATCH 2022) – Towards Hybrid CH Experience ORGANIZATION === **General Chairs** * Alejandro Bellogín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain * Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy * Olga C. Santos, UNED, Spain **Others Chairs**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/organization/ -- Helma Torkamaan Researcher Email: helma.torkamaan(a)uni-due.de

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Early Bird Registration - SLERD 2022: 7th conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development.

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing// /========================================================= /Early bird registration deadline: *May 31, 2022*/ ========================================================= *7th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development** **Toward a Polyphonic Construction of a new normality* *July 5-6, 2022 Hybrid format * Conference program <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/programme/> (preliminary) Registration form <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/registration-form/> ========================================================= *Keynotes* • *Philippe Dessus*/**(Université Grenoble Alpes)/ /(///*Intelligent Classrooms to Understand Instructional Events: an Ecological Approach*/)/ • *Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta*/(University College London)/ /(//*/Actioning the universal principles of ethical AI: an example of ethical AI in education/*) /• /*Yves Punie*/**(EC JRC – Unit Human Capital and Employment) // /(///*Shifting to competence-based learning and digital education in Europe. A view from European research and policy.*/)/ ========================================================= SLERD 2022 will host HYBRID open debates on: *“***Competence based learning as an essential foundation for European citizenship, wellbeing and democracy.*”* <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-dibattito-aperto/> -> Panelists <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-panelists/> *“****AI and education: ethical challenges and opportunities**”* <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-dibattito-aperto/> -> Panelists <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-panelists/> Although the partecipation in the open debates is free we kindly invite people interested to attend to fill the registration form -> registration form <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-registration-form/> on the 4th of July SLERD 2020 will host, as /satellite event/, an open debate (in Italian) on: *“Le tecnologie digitali per le life-skills a scuola (Digital technologies for life-skills at school)” *-> registration form satellite event <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-registration-form/>*** * =========================================================

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PhD program (including HCI, VR, Serious Games, Persuasive Technology)

by Luca Chittaro

The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Udine, Italy, welcomes candidates applying for 14 three-year positions (11 of which supported by scholarship). Applicants will focus their research project on topics that can be chosen in a wide range listed here https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence has also opened funded agreements with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (www.fbk.eu/en/) and CRO Aviano (www.cro.sanita.fvg.it/it/) The deadline for applications is *July 20, 2022, 14:00 CET * Detailed instructions as well as a link to the official call and application forms are available here: ENGLISH VERSION: https://www.uniud.it/en/research/doctorate-res/ammissione/active-notice/lug… VERSIONE ITALIANA: https://www.uniud.it/it/ricerca/lavorare-nella-ricerca/dottorato-ricerca/am… Prospective applicants can contact the Coordinator for further details and/or one or more PhD Supervisors for project-related questions. All contacts can be found in the PhD web site https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Luca Chittaro HCI Lab (http://hcilab.uniud.it) Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics tel: +39 (0432) 558.450 University of Udine luca.chittaro(a)uniud.it Via delle Scienze, 206 http://www.dmif.uniud.it/chittaro 33100 Udine -- ITALY

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Nuovi ranking per IxD&A (Interaction Design & Architecture(s)) Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

Con piacere vi annuncio che la rivista interdisciplinare, "open access" e indipendente *Interaction Design & Architecture(s) * https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 nel 2021 è salita considerevolmente nei ranking internazionali e occupa il primo posto tra le riviste italiane in tutti i settori di riferimento: /SJR 2021 = 0.353 // // //• Architecture/Design: Q1 - 32nd in the World - 1st in Italy// //• Media Technology: Q2 - 25th in the World - 1st in Italy// // //• Social Science: Q2 - 246th - 1st in Italy// // //• Human Computer Interaction: Q3 - 86th in the World - 1st in Italy // //• Computer Science Application: Q3 - 447th in the World - 1st in Italy // // //• Education: Q3 - 701th in the World - 1st in Italy / Ciò nonostante, anche con il vostro aiuto e la vostra partecipazione, c'è ancora molto da fare ... Carlo Giovannella (Scientific Editor) Interaction Design and Architecture(s) - IxD&A Journal https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 is a SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal, founded in 2005, that implements also video presentations of the published contributions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook -> link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel -> link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Deadline extended] CfP for the workshop "New trends in Sports and HCI" at MobileHCI 2022

by Eleonora Mencarini

*** Apologies for cross-posting*** Dear colleagues, The deadline of the “New trends in sports and HCI” workshop at MobileHCI’22 has been postponed to *June 9, 2022, AoE*. CALL FOR PAPERS The field of HCI for sports is evolving under the push of new technological developments and worldwide natural events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. Recent technological advancements have widened the possibilities of HCI in the sports domain by paving the way to augmented humans, inbodied interactions, esports, new forms of sociality thanks to virtual reality and the metaverse, and new ways for engaging the audience thanks to AI. Whereas contextual factors, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, seem to pull the sports trends in opposite directions: on the one hand, they foster the indoorisation and individualization of sports, as we can see by the spreading of home training systems such as bike rollers and related apps; and, on the other hand, they encourage practicing outdoor sports to take advantage of the ‘restorative power’ of nature. With this workshop, we invite the HCI community to discuss the current trends for portable technologies for sports and trace future directions for HCI research in this field. TOPICS OF INTEREST - Possible topics for submissions may include (but are not limited to):‬‬ - Wearable/mobile technologies for sports - Interactive systems for the indoorisation of outdoor sports - Phenomenology of sports (how to report the sports experience) - Augmented feedback for sports - Augmented human capabilities in sports - Immersive technologies for sports - Exergames - Gamification techniques for sports - Superhuman sports HOW TO APPLY? We invite paper submissions (*minimum 12.500 characters long/about 5 pages*) in the form of a research, reflection, pictorial, provocation, or design fiction using the ACM SIGCHI template via Easy Chair. A program committee will assess the submissions based on their potential to spark an interesting discussion. Proceedings of the accepted submissions will be published with CEUR and indexed in Scopus. IMPORTANT DATES *[NEW] submission deadline: June 9, 2022, AoE* Notification: June 24, 2022 Workshop: October 1, 2022 ATTENDANCE The “New Trends in HCI and Sports” will take place *online*. The workshop activities and discussions will be organized accordingly. ORGANIZERS Eleonora Mencarini, FBK (Italy) Amon Rapp, University of Torino (Italy) Ashley Colley, University of Lapland (Finland) Florian Daiber, DFKI (Germany) Micheal D. Jones, Brigham University (U.S.A.) Felix Kosmalla, DFKI (Germany) Stephan Lukosch, University of Canterbury (New Zealand) Jasmin Niess, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Evangelos Niforatos, TU Delft (The Netherlands) Paweł W. Woźniak, Chalmers University (Sweden) Massimo Zancanaro, University of Trento (Italy) For further information, visit our website: mobilehci22-hci-and-sports.dfki.de If you have any questions, please drop an email at: mencarini(a)fbk.eu Best regards, the New Trends in HCI and Sports workshop organizers <https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=it&utm_medium=web&utm_sour…> <https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/terms/> <https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/> <https://www.google.com/gmail/about/policy/>

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VL/HCC 2022: Graduate Consortium - Extended Deadlines Announcement

by Emanuele Panizzi

*VL/HCC '22 Graduate Consortium* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Dates* - * Submission by e-mail: 8th June 2022- Notification of final decision: 13th June 2022 - Camera-ready deadline: 19th June 2022- Consortium date: 12th September 2022* (all deadlines are *23:59, AoE*) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Participation* The primary goal of this year's event is to stimulate graduate students' and other researchers' thinking about “*Human-Centric AI*”, addressing issues such as how to ensure that tools and explanations for AI fit the needs of the broad populations they need to serve. Research areas could involve the design, building, or evaluation of technologies involving or relating to human-centric AI and issues of human-centric AI, such as trust and fairness. This goal aligns with the theme of the 2022 VL/HCC main conference. Other areas within the remit of VL/HCC are also welcome. *Why You Should Participate* - Present your work to a smaller, more attentive audience - Get detailed, critical, constructive feedback from a diverse panel of experts - Meet other students working on similar problems - Travel funding may be available to help cover your cost of attending VL/HCC (details below). *Who Can Participate?* The consortium is open to both master's and PhD students worldwide. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis, as well as from members of groups identified by NSF as underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. If multiple applicants from a particular university apply for the consortium this year, then no more than two per university will be selected to participate. To be eligible, each applicant may have participated no more than once in the VL/HCC graduate consortia of past years. *Application Process* Email the following items with *_VLHCC22-GC_* in the subject line to *Andrew Fish at [andrew.fish `at' brighton.ac.uk <http://brighton.ac.uk>]* and *Thomas LaToza [tlatoza `at' gmu.edu <http://gmu.edu>]:* - A 2-page research abstract, formatted as a PDF in the standard IEEE Conference Proceedings format. NOTE: Accepted participants' abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings. To make it easier for you to write a successful abstract, we provide examples from past years below. Your curriculum vitae (CV), as a second PDF file. This CV should mention whether you have previously participated in any graduate consortia at any conferences. - A letter of recommendation sent directly by your thesis advisor. This letter should summarize your accomplishments and describe how far along you are in your master's or PhD program, why attending the GC this year would be important for you, and please ask them to mention if you have already attended VL/HCC GC in any past year. In addition, if you are a member of a group designated by NSF as underrepresented, then the letter may mention this fact. *Selection Process* For one-third of the slots, students who have participated once before will be given priority. The remaining slots will be given to students who are new to the event. Each student from the returning group will be linked with new students in a mentoring arrangement. See _Who Can Participate?_ above for additional selection criteria. *Posters* Selected students will be asked to present a poster on their work at the Showpieces Reception during the main conference. Details will be provided to accepted applicants. *Travel Support* We expect to be able to offer partial funding for travel expenses for US participants to attend, contingent on the availability of funds. *Schedule* The consortium event will be a full day the Monday before the main conference. All participating students are expected to attend the main conference as well as the graduate consortium. Other conference attendees are invited to attend the consortium, to listen to the presentations, to interact with participants, and to give feedback to presenters. More details will be provided, closer to the event, including times and locations. *Examples of Successful Applications* To be successful, a submission to the VL/HCC Graduate Consortium generally has to have the following parts: 1. The paper starts with a sentence or two that describes a real-world setting. 2. It then identifies a problem in that setting. 3. The remainder of the paper's introduction outlines an approach for solving that problem. 4. In a subsequent section, the paper describes a prototype or preliminary study showing the feasibility of that approach. 5. The paper explains why more work is still required in addition to this prior work. 6. The paper concludes by describing future work that will build on this prior work in order to finish completing the approach. 7. Somewhere along the way, the paper explains how the approach builds on, or differs from, other related work. We have annotated three excellent submissions that exemplify the pattern described above (PDFs available via links at https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-graduate-consortium). We hope that you will find these examples thought-provoking and helpful as you design your own submission this year. - [Information on the Web: How End Users Make Use of Data] - [Roles in Online Collaborative Problem Solving] - [Re-forming the Internet with its End Users] *Panel Members and Organizers* - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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VL/HCC 2022: Graduate Consortium - Extended Deadlines Announcement

by Emanuele Panizzi

*VL/HCC '22 Graduate Consortium* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Dates* - * Submission by e-mail: 8th June 2022- Notification of final decision: 13th June 2022 - Camera-ready deadline: 19th June 2022- Consortium date: 12th September 2022* (all deadlines are *23:59, AoE*) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Participation* The primary goal of this year's event is to stimulate graduate students' and other researchers' thinking about “*Human-Centric AI*”, addressing issues such as how to ensure that tools and explanations for AI fit the needs of the broad populations they need to serve. Research areas could involve the design, building, or evaluation of technologies involving or relating to human-centric AI and issues of human-centric AI, such as trust and fairness. This goal aligns with the theme of the 2022 VL/HCC main conference. Other areas within the remit of VL/HCC are also welcome. *Why You Should Participate* - Present your work to a smaller, more attentive audience - Get detailed, critical, constructive feedback from a diverse panel of experts - Meet other students working on similar problems - Travel funding may be available to help cover your cost of attending VL/HCC (details below). *Who Can Participate?* The consortium is open to both master's and PhD students worldwide. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis, as well as from members of groups identified by NSF as underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. If multiple applicants from a particular university apply for the consortium this year, then no more than two per university will be selected to participate. To be eligible, each applicant may have participated no more than once in the VL/HCC graduate consortia of past years. *Application Process* Email the following items with *_VLHCC22-GC_* in the subject line to *Andrew Fish at [andrew.fish `at' brighton.ac.uk <http://brighton.ac.uk>]* and *Thomas LaToza [tlatoza `at' gmu.edu <http://gmu.edu>]:* - A 2-page research abstract, formatted as a PDF in the standard IEEE Conference Proceedings format. NOTE: Accepted participants' abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings. To make it easier for you to write a successful abstract, we provide examples from past years below. Your curriculum vitae (CV), as a second PDF file. This CV should mention whether you have previously participated in any graduate consortia at any conferences. - A letter of recommendation sent directly by your thesis advisor. This letter should summarize your accomplishments and describe how far along you are in your master's or PhD program, why attending the GC this year would be important for you, and please ask them to mention if you have already attended VL/HCC GC in any past year. In addition, if you are a member of a group designated by NSF as underrepresented, then the letter may mention this fact. *Selection Process* For one-third of the slots, students who have participated once before will be given priority. The remaining slots will be given to students who are new to the event. Each student from the returning group will be linked with new students in a mentoring arrangement. See _Who Can Participate?_ above for additional selection criteria. *Posters* Selected students will be asked to present a poster on their work at the Showpieces Reception during the main conference. Details will be provided to accepted applicants. *Travel Support* We expect to be able to offer partial funding for travel expenses for US participants to attend, contingent on the availability of funds. *Schedule* The consortium event will be a full day the Monday before the main conference. All participating students are expected to attend the main conference as well as the graduate consortium. Other conference attendees are invited to attend the consortium, to listen to the presentations, to interact with participants, and to give feedback to presenters. More details will be provided, closer to the event, including times and locations. *Examples of Successful Applications* To be successful, a submission to the VL/HCC Graduate Consortium generally has to have the following parts: 1. The paper starts with a sentence or two that describes a real-world setting. 2. It then identifies a problem in that setting. 3. The remainder of the paper's introduction outlines an approach for solving that problem. 4. In a subsequent section, the paper describes a prototype or preliminary study showing the feasibility of that approach. 5. The paper explains why more work is still required in addition to this prior work. 6. The paper concludes by describing future work that will build on this prior work in order to finish completing the approach. 7. Somewhere along the way, the paper explains how the approach builds on, or differs from, other related work. We have annotated three excellent submissions that exemplify the pattern described above (PDFs available via links at https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-graduate-consortium). We hope that you will find these examples thought-provoking and helpful as you design your own submission this year. - [Information on the Web: How End Users Make Use of Data] - [Roles in Online Collaborative Problem Solving] - [Re-forming the Internet with its End Users] *Panel Members and Organizers* - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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

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*** Last 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/ (*** Submission Deadline Extension (firm!): 6 June, 2022 ***) 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 eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new 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 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • 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 nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new 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: 6 June 2022 CEST (***extended and firm!***) • Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 15 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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[Call for Papers - MUM '22] International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our tracks have the following submission deadlines (all AoE): - Papers: August 16, 2022 - Workshops and Tutorials: September 2, 2022 - Posters, Demos, and the Doctoral Consortium: September 29, 2022 For further details on each individual track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon

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[EICS 2023] First round CfP for the 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

by Carmen Santoro

Call for papers for the first submission round for EICS 2023 : The 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems June, 2023 - Swansea, UK Submission deadline for the first submission round of PACM EICS 2023: July 22, 2022 Full Papers *and* Technical Notes EICS 2023 is the fifteenth international ACM SIGCHI conference devoted to engineering interactive computing systems and their user interfaces, addressing one or more software quality factors, such as usability, user experience, reliability, security, etc. Work presented at EICS covers all stages of the engineering life-cycle of interactive systems - inception, requirements, design, specification, coding, data analytics, validation and verification, deployment and maintenance. EICS has the longest tradition of bringing together researchers who contribute to better ways of creating interactive computing systems, stemming from the conference on command languages in the seventies. The conference is best known for rigorously contributing and disseminating research results that hold the midst in between user interface design, software engineering and computational interaction. EICS focuses on models, languages, notations, methods, techniques and tools that support designing, developing, validating and verifying interactive systems. The conference brings together people who study or practice the engineering of interactive systems, drawing from design, HCI, software engineering, requirements engineering, software development, modeling, and programming. Submissions advance the state of the art of the engineering of interactive systems. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Modeling, specification and analysis of interaction and interactive systems * Model-based development of interactive software * Requirements engineering for interactive systems * Methods, processes, principles and/or tools for building interactive systems (e.g., design, implementation, prototyping, evaluation, verification and validation, testing) * Software architectures for interactive systems * Formal methods within interactive systems engineering * Certification issues of methods, tools, and processes to create interactive systems * Frameworks, toolkits, domain-specific languages and APIs for interactive systems * Languages and notations for describing user interfaces and interactions * Integrating engineering issues in the design process of interactive systems * Engineering design tools * Engineering evaluation tools * Supporting design in interactive development processes * Computational-Interaction Systems and Techniques * Interactive data-driven systems * Engineering interactive applications with emerging technologies (e.g., adaptive, context-aware, tangible, haptic, touch and multitouch input, voice, gestures, EEG, multimodal input, mobile and wearable systems, AI, (augmented, mixed, virtual) realities...) * Engineering hardware/software integration in interactive systems (e.g., fabrication and maker processes, physical computing, cyber-physical systems…) * Engineering interactive systems for various user categories (e.g., children, elderly, people with disabilities,…) * Engineering interactive systems for various application domains (e.g., health, home, entertainment, desktop, avionics, space, nuclear, civil protection, law enforcement, emergency services and calamity management...) * Engineering interactive systems for specific properties (user experience, usability, safety, security, dependability, …) * Engineering smart interactive systems (e.g. recommending, adaptive, intelligent) * Building Human-centred AI systems (integrating explainable AI, intelligible design, human-in-the-loop, adaptive and context-aware, interactive agents…) A newcomer’s guide to EICS is available at https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3300960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL PAPERS and TECHNICAL NOTES SUBMISSIONS EICS full papers and technical notes are published as articles in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM - EICS series). There are three submission deadlines per year, and authors can choose when to submit. Papers follow the traditional journal model of reviewing: papers may be accepted after submission and review, or may be recommended for revisions and re-submission to the next round to enable authors to refine papers based on reviewer recommendations. Submissions for the journal of this venue should present original and mature research work within the scope of the conference. New from this year: accepted journal papers can be either regular research papers, or technical notes. Technical notes are shorter, more focused contributions, that focus specifically on system contributions and technical work. Elucidating technical details of complex interactive systems, preferably ensuring the work can be reproduced or put to practice, is a primary objective of a Technical Note. Tech Notes require an illustrative example of the system, and they can, but do not need to, be validated by formal user evaluations or user studies. Validation can also be done through e.g. simulation, feasibility, or comparisons.Tech Notes will be judged on their technical merits and relevance to interactive systems concerns. There are no length restrictions on full papers and Technical notes, nor any limit to the number of references that may be included. We advise authors to ensure the length of their papers is in function of the contributions. Concise and clear is often to be preferred above lengthy and verbose. More information about the next PACM-HCI (EICS series) review and publication process can be found at http://eics.acm.org/pacm. Full Papers should be written in the ACM format, see https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions The PACM-EICS submission deadline for the first round of submissions is 22 July 2022. Papers are submitted using https://new.precisionconference.com PACM-EICS full papers and technical notes chairs for EICS 2023, Carmen Santoro and Kris Luyten -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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International summer school for doctoral students in HCI - Padova 22-26 agosto 2022

by Davide Spano

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro ----- 2nd bienniAl Franco-Italian young Researcher Meetup in Computer-Human Interaction **Si prega di distribuire questa email alle scuole di dottorato in cui sono affrontate le tematiche HCI. Sono aperte le iscrizioni alla scuola internazionale estiva per dottorandi/e in human-computer interaction che si terrà a Padova il 22-26 agosto, in collaborazione con SIGCHI Italy e l'associazione francese di interazione persona-computer AFIHM. La scuola è residenziale ed oltre a permettere il networking tra dottorandi dellla stessa generazione tramite co-living e lavori in team, offre una serie di laboratori per migliorare la capacità di presentare le proprie proposte progettuali/pubblicazioni e le illustrazioni che le corredano. Tutte le attività sono in inglese. Il costo è di 172€ comprensivo di vitto (colazioni, pasti principali e coffe break) e alloggio in stanza singola. I posti sono limitati e si accolgono iscrizioni fino al 20 giugno tramite il modulo online disponibile sul sito: https://afirmchi2022.afihm.org/ L'esito della domanda di partecipazione e le modalità di pagamento saranno comunicate successivamente agli/alle interessati/e. Per informazioni, contattare anna.spagnolli(a)unipd.it La scuola è supportata finanziariamente da UNIPD, Dipart. di Psicologia Generale e AFIHM. Le associazioni SIGCHI Italy e AFIHM patrocinano l'iniziativa. -- [image: photo] Prof. Lucio Davide Spano Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di Cagliari Via Ospedale 72, 09124, Cagliari, Italy Tel: +39 070 675 8760 | Skype: davide.spano5 Website <http://people.unica.it/davidespano> | RG <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucio_Spano> | ORCHID <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-0463>

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CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Noemi Mauro

*** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal ( https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current) Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities Guest Editors Noemi Mauro, University of Torino Federica Cena, University of Torino Cynthia Putnam, DePaul University Maria Soledad Pera, Boise State University David Roldán Álvarez, University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals The full Call for Papers and submission instructions can be found here: https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…> and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates Proposals due: 1st July 2022 Response to authors: 15th July 2022 Full papers due: 15th October 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 Final papers due: 1st July 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: - Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; - Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; - Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; - Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; - Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); - Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es

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

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*** Fourth 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 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) 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. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). 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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research position on game-based motivational digital systems

by Massimo Zancanaro

*RESEARCH POSITION available on * *GAME-BASED MOTIVATIONAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS * At Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Digital Society Center, MoDiS Unit *RESEARCH POSITION (3 years) *available within the FBK Digital Society research center, Motivational Digital Systems <http://modis.fbk.eu/> research unit. The *areas of research investigation* include: game design, games user research, artificial intelligence for games, player modeling, game analytics and game studies. *Job description*: The research activity will aim at the design and validation of motivational games to study their effectiveness in terms of users’ engagement, awareness, and behavior change. In particular, the activities will focus on the following topics: - Design and development of motivational games and gamification initiatives targeting different users’ groups and sustainability challenges; - Design and execution of experimental studies to analyze the achieved impact and to evaluate the user experience; - Participation to the design and development of models, techniques, and tools supporting dynamic and personalized game content generation. The activities will be carried out within the scope of the following EU projects: Stand By Me and Stand By Me 2.0, coordinated by Amnesty International, aimed at contrasting violence against women and girls through educational programmes in high schools; NEVERMORE, coordinated by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, aimed at studying and developing innovative holistic and participatory solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; other research projects carried out by the MoDiS unit. *Application deadline: 23rd May 2022* *More information and online application* can be found at this link <https://jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_A_Research_position_in_the_field_of_Game_b…> -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all’indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

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IxD&A Journal N. 51: Meet the Authors Event

by Carlo Giovannella

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