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Final CfP: HAID 2022 - International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design - London, UK, 24-26 August 2022

by Stefano Papetti

[Apologies for cross-posting] [Please forward to interested colleagues] Dear list members, HAID 2022 - 11th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design 24–26 August 2022, London, UK https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/ <https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/> The submission portal for Papers is now open: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/HAID2022/Submission/Index <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/HAID2022/Submission/Index> Please note that the *final deadline**for Papers* submissions is *22 May 2022* (previously May 13). We have also extended the *deadline for Demo and Work in Progress* submissions to *26 June 2022*. HAID 2022 will be held 24–26 August at the Mile End Campus of Queen Mary University of London in the UK, and will be a hybrid event with in-person activities and online streaming sessions. HAID 2022 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/>. The workshop is supported by the Audio Engineering Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, EuroHaptics Society, 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> See 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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[CFP] ACM GoodIT 2022

by Catia Prandi

[apologies for multiple copies] ______________________________________________________________________ ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed 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: 23 May 2022 • Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/ _________________________________________ Catia Prandi, PhD. Senior Assistant professor (RTD B), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna

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Due posizioni senior post-doc (30 mesi) a University College Cork, Irlanda

by Ciolfi, Luigina

Two Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher positions (30 months) to work on a new project on Responsible Software Engineering funded by Lero – the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. Deadline for applications: Friday, 10 June 2022. The Researchers will be based at University College Cork (School of Applied Psychology) and will work directly with a group of HCI and Software Engineering Lero colleagues in University College Cork and University of Limerick. They will also have the opportunity to work with Lero Research Groups in other Irish universities to the mutual benefit of their Lero Projects and the RSE Project. The post details and application process is available here: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=056… If you experience any problems with that link, you can also see the vacancy and details at this webpage https://ore.ucc.ie/ using the Reference Number 056191. Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor John McCarthy, john.mccarthy(a)ucc.ie<mailto:john.mccarthy@ucc.ie> Position Summary We invite applications from suitably qualified Senior Post-Doctoral Researchers to work on a multi-disciplinary project on Responsible Software Engineering (RSE). People live with Algorithms, AI, Big Data, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, and Decision-Support Systems. But we also live with news reports, direct experiences and concerns about scamming or phishing, about how our confidential/health records can be subject to cyber-attacks, and even about how our very on-line interactions may harm us (opening email attachments, neglecting a field in our on-line job application that automatically disqualifies us for the job). These sociotechnical systems play roles in how we live, search for information, organise, socialise, and work together. They have a strong presence in our lives, often without our knowledge, and they can impinge on how secure, trusting or comfortable we feel with the decisions we make and the (system-mediated) actions we take. Although there is growing body of research on Software Ethics (e.g. ethical compliance, frameworks and disposition), the scope of our interest in this research project extends beyond the ethical. Arguably, people will only be able to take advantage of the social value of technologies like AI when trust and trustworthy practices align. With these opportunities and reservations in mind, this project focuses on Responsible Software Engineering, and the reflexive practices and values entailed in it, with a view to giving focussed attention to ‘representing and enriching lived experience, supported by software, and not bounded by it’. Aligning ‘responsibility’ with ethical and societal concerns (concerns like unlawful discrimination and undermining democracy) foregrounds critical reflection on what it means to improve the state of the world through software engineering and practice, including how to (and ‘who’ to) judge whether one state of the world is better than another. Civic education can play an important role in answering these questions and in preparing future citizens to continue to answer them. With these interests in mind, the RSE Project has been developed by Lero colleagues from a number of disciplinary backgrounds including: Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Applied Psychology, Sociotechnical Systems, Information Systems, and Public Engagement. The project is organised around four challenges: - To develop understanding(s) of reflexively responsible Software Engineering. - To understand Responsible Software Engineering as an embedded socio-technical practice by assessing the current state of RSE practice in cutting-edge software development projects. - To derive, develop and evaluate tools and practices for experiential practice-based understanding of Responsible Software Engineering. - To specify the education needed for citizens to be able to act knowledgeably in modern IT society; an integral part of reflexive RSE, founded in trusting and trustworthy relationships. We wish to appoint 2 Senior Post-Doctoral Researchers to work together full-time on this project for 30 months. Between them, the Senior Post-Doctoral Researchers will have the skills to deliver on the four challenges above. Core strengths in Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction would be particularly valuable. However, we would welcome applications from researchers in cognate areas who make the case in their application for the relevance of their skills and experience to the project. Moreover, it would be helpful to us if candidates with, say, a strong Software background (Software Engineering, Information Systems, etc.) could demonstrate experience and/or interest in the complementary research area (e.g. HCI, Interaction Design, CSCW) and vice versa. Applicants should have obtained their PhD in a relevant area and be able to demonstrate ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team. Project Title: Responsible Software Engineering (RSE) Post Duration: 30 months Salary: €48,242 - €51,035 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale) For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/. Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor John McCarthy at john.mccarthy(a)ucc.ie<mailto:john.mccarthy@ucc.ie>. Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment(a)ucc.ie<mailto:recruitment@ucc.ie>, quoting the job-title and project name. Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 10 June 2022. No late applications will be accepted. Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector. UCC is committed to creating and fully embracing an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. As a University we strive to create a workplace that reflects the diversity of our student population where people from a wide variety of backgrounds learn from one another, share ideas, and work collaboratively. UCC is committed to being an employer that recognises the value of diversity amongst its staff. We encourage applicants to consult our policies at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/policies/ and initiatives at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/implementation/ and we welcome applications from everyone, including those who are underrepresented in the protected characteristics set out in our Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policy. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER — Prof Luigina Ciolfi (she/her) Professor of Human Computer Interaction School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland Tel +353 (0)21 490 4597 My UCC Research Profile<http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A011/LCiolfi@ucc.ie> Member, British Psychological Society; Senior Member & Distinguished Speaker<https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/ciolfi_15069>, ACM; Steering Committee Member, EUSSET<http://eusset.eu/> | Associate Editor, The CSCW Journal<http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606> | Personal Website<https://luiginaciolfi.net/> My working day may not be your working day. Please don’t feel obliged to reply to this e-mail outside of your normal working hours

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I: Interacting with Computers and BCS Interaction Group Online Seminar Series

by Fabio Paternò

Da: Helen Petrie <> Inviato: mercoledì 11 maggio 2022 13:08 A: anne.adams(a)open.ac.uk; Lynne Baillie <L.Baillie(a)hw.ac.uk>; Javier Bargas-Avila <bargas(a)google.com>; R.Beale(a)cs.bham.ac.uk; Regina Bernhaupt <r.bernhaupt(a)tue.nl>; rbrooks(a)beamerbrooks.com; Earthy, Jonathan <jonathan.earthy(a)lr.org>; Adrian Friday <a.friday(a)lancaster.ac.uk>; jgwizdka(a)acm.org; Marc.Hassenzahl(a)uni-siegen.de; Eva Hornecker <eva(a)ehornecker.de>; hourcade(a)cs.uiowa.edu; Effie Law <lai-chong.law(a)durham.ac.uk>; Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir <marta(a)ru.is>; yolee10(a)gmail.com; dlin(a)isu.edu.tw; liuzhj <liuzhj(a)dlmu.edu.cn>; roderick.mccall(a)list.lu; ian.r.oakley(a)gmail.com; F.Paterno(a)isti.cnr.it; jcread(a)uclan.ac.uk; mc(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk; shiyc(a)tsinghua.edu.cn; Sharon Tettegah <stettegah(a)ucsb.edu>; kaisa.vaananen(a)tuni.fi; p.van-schaik(a)tees.ac.uk; Jose Abdelnour-Nocera <Jose.Abdelnour-Nocera(a)uwl.ac.uk>; jbowen(a)waikato.ac.nz; Nervo Verdezoto Dias <verdezotodiasn(a)cardiff.ac.uk>; Simon Attfield <S.Attfield(a)mdx.ac.uk>; Simone Stumpf <simone.stumpf(a)glasgow.ac.uk>; Shaun Lawson <shaun.lawson(a)northumbria.ac.uk>; Marco Winckler <Marco.Winckler(a)univ-cotedazur.fr>; Paula Kotze <paula.kotze(a)gmail.com>; Wesson, Janet (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South) <Janet.Wesson(a)mandela.ac.za>; Flint, Tom <t.flint(a)napier.ac.uk>; Alessio Malizia <alessio.malizia(a)unipi.it>; Gavin Robert Sim <GRSim(a)uclan.ac.uk>; Charlotte Magnusson <charlotte.magnusson(a)certec.lth.se>; Lynne Hall (Staff) <lynne.hall(a)sunderland.ac.uk>; jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk; Katrina Attwood <katrina.attwood(a)york.ac.uk> Cc: Ian Borthwick <ian.borthwick(a)bcs.uk>; COCKSHULL, Francesca <Francesca.Cockshull(a)oup.com>; Florence Leroy <Florence.Leroy(a)bcs.uk> Oggetto: Interacting with Computers and BCS Interaction Group Online Seminar Series Hi All, As mentioned in the board meetings, we are starting a seminar series, particularly for authors with papers coming out in IwC (although others are also very welcome to present. First seminar is from Alan Dix, which I’m sure will be interesting. Please publicise to your networks (I attach a PDF version, I will put together a webpage in the next few days). If you would like to give a presentation or suggest someone, please let me know. More notes from the board meetings in the next couple of days. Cheers Helen Monthly online seminars on HCI and UX The Interaction Group of the British Computer Society and the journal Interacting with Computers are pleased to announce a monthly online seminar series on research on human-computer interaction and user experience. Seminars will be via Zoom on the last Monday of each month (apart from August), usually at 13:00 – 14:00 UK time (currently UTC + 1), but modulated to the time zone of the speaker. Presentations will be a mixture of those from authors of papers coming out in the journal and other HCI/UX researchers and practitioners presenting their recent work. All those interested in HCI/UX are welcome to attend (and to present). For more information, please contact Helen Petrie (helen.petrie(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:helen.petrie@york.ac.uk> ). Inaugural Seminar Monday 23rd May, 13:00 – 14:00 BST (UTC +1) Zoom link: <https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96975743704?pwd=a3p1U0dYMFNOWEhHWW9iU2pheEVZUT…> https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96975743704?pwd=a3p1U0dYMFNOWEhHWW9iU2pheEVZUT… Professor Alan Dix, Computational Foundry, Swansea University What Next for UX Tools: from screens to smells, from sketch to code, supporting design for rich interactions Every interaction with a digital device is set in some form of physical and human context, and yet the most commonly used tools for UX design are focused purely on the screen. Rather than being a scaffold to build better interfaces, wireframes can feel like the barriers in a cattle ranch, herding us towards a small range of design options, looking inwards towards the device rather than outwards towards our users. The situation is even more difficult when we want to design interactions that involve other senses, such as sound, smells, and touch; or new forms of interaction, such as flexible displays, autonomous cars, smart buildings, and digital fabrication. In this talk I’ll describe both some of my own personal journey and the InContext project that is thinking about more wholistic tools for design that incorporate rich context, multiple modalities, and end-to-end connections between design and development. The talk will outline both our own thinking and outcomes from a series of InContext workshops, most recently at CHI 2022. We do not have answers to all the open questions, but I will also demonstrate several early prototypes addressing different facets of design that are underrepresented in current generation design tools. Most important, I hope that this will open up a roadmap of ideas that others may also follow to create better tools for the next generation of UX designers and developers. June seminar Monday 27th June 10:00 BST (UTC +1) NOTE THE DIFFERENT TIME, a morning coffee seminar Zoom link: <https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99129384591?pwd=TmR3N2NmQ1E4ak5JU3lQYW96ZkdGZz…> https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99129384591?pwd=TmR3N2NmQ1E4ak5JU3lQYW96ZkdGZz… Professor Patrick Rau, Tsinghua University, China Talking with an Internet of Things conversational agent Internet of things conversational agents (IoT-CAs) are making human– computer interactions ubiquitous. In this study, we experimentally examined the effects of IoT-CA use on face-to-face conversations between close partners. One hundred and thirty-six participants (68 close relationship dyads) participated in the experiment. We prepared an IoT chat environment and provided chat topics for each dyad. The dyads were randomly assigned into one of two IoT-CA use pattern groups (joint use: two persons using an IoT-CA together; individual use: one person using an IoT-CA alone) and three interaction conditions (no IoT-CA use; conversation content-relevant IoT-CA use; conversation content-irrelevant IoT-CA use). The results showed that compared with no IoT-CA use, IoT-CA use did not have negative effects on conversation experiences but produced feelings of greater closeness to the IoT-CA in the partners. Furthermore, joint IoT-CA use in the content-relevant condition (IoT-CA made comments relevant to interpersonal interactions) helped increase interpersonal self-disclosure.

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Deadline Extension: Special issue on "Online Social Environments for Active Ageing" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/========================================================= Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *DEADLINE EXTENSION -> June 6, 2022 (new deadline)* ========================================================= Special Issue on *Online Social Environments for Active Ageing* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *** Since issue N. 47 integrates video presentations and issues e-certificates blockchain anchored*** *---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call53> ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• //Ana Isabel Veloso, University of Aveiro, Portugal/ /• Carlos Santos//, University of Aveiro, Portugal/ /• Sonia Ferreira//, Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal / /• Liliana Costa//, University of Aveiro, Portugal/ =========================================== *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *June 6*, 2022 /*(extended)*/ • Notification to the authors: July 25, 2022 • Camera ready paper: August 31, 2022 • Publication of the special issue: first half of September, 2022 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The guest editors are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners to discuss the design, development, and evaluation of digitally mediated products for active ageing, senior's citizen sense of belonging and perceived wellbeing.The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely challenging to address several research contexts and suddenly the “Online Social Environments for Active Ageing” were started to be perceived somewhat as the "new" environment. Three big factors contribute – processual, social, individual – to determine the technological environments evolution and its relationship with the active aging. For sure the pandemic has generated a higher awareness about their potential, and it is likely that they will no longer be the same after the pandemic. Papers that report work that nurtures a post-pandemic view, namely, case studies, reviews and methodological proposals; pandemics/social confinement/ COVID-19; the socio-techno-ethical dimensions associated to the adopted digitally mediated strategies to overpass the boundaries of social distancing measures; digital policy strategies for active aging; impact of entrepreneur experiences are especially welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing, Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing and Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing. All of which, can also include studies that nurtures a post-pandemic view and strategy for a better Active Ageing. *- Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing* * Information and Digital Literacy * Use or Non-use of Socio-Gerontechnology * Acceptance and Use of Technology * Intergenerational Differences in Uses and Gratifications * Physio-, Psycho- and Social Digitally-mediated Approaches to Active Ageing * Ethics assessment in the use of digitally-mediated interventions for active ageing *- Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing * * Designing Online Communities for Active Ageing * CoDesign and Community Centred Design Approaches * Accessibility tools and features * Experience Design for Active Ageing * Media Design Kits in Active Aging and Wellness * Development of Digital Services for Active Ageing *- Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing* * Process evaluation of digitally-mediated interventions * Prototype evaluation (Information, Interaction and Visuals) * Impact evaluation and Measure of Behaviour Changes * Social and ICT Usage Metrics * Scale Development and Validation =========================================== /*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* ---------------------------------------------------------- Submission page: link <https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login> (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: *“Online Social Environments for Active Ageing"*) 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: */"Online Social Environments for Active Ageing"/ * • aiv [at] ua [dot] pt • carlossantos [at] ua [dot] pt • sonia [dot] ferreira [at] esev [dot] ipv [dot] pt • lilianavale [at] ua [dot] pt -----------------------------------------------------------------------------** * *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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HCSE 2022 - Extended submission period until May 23 - 9th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering - Call for Papers

by Stefan Sauer

***Extended Submission Period for Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results until May 23, 2022!*** *We have added an extended submission period and for Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results and aligned the further review and publication process for all types of submissions:* **** *** Submission: Friday,May 23th, 2022 (*NEW!*)** ** * Notification to authors: Monday, June 13th, 2022*(*NEW!*)* * Camera-ready due: Monday, June 27th, 2022 *(*NEW!*)* ** **** Apologies for cross postings **** * *************************************************************************** HCSE 2022 9th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering 24th to 26th of August, 2022, Eindhoven, The Netherlands http://www.hcse-conference.org *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS HCSE is a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design (http://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups/working-group-13-2/). We aim at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in strengthening the scientific foundations of user interface design, examining the relationship between software engineering and human-computer interaction and on how to strengthen human-centered design as an essential part of software engineering processes. Other topics of interest include: * contributions to the theory and best practices of user-centered design * involvement of end-users, clients and stakeholders in the design and development process of interactive systems * innovative methods for identifying end-user requirements for interactive systems * integration of user experience (and any other user interface property) in development processes * methods for designing, building and assessing interactive systems beyond the desktop (e.g. the living room, ubiquitous and multi-display, cockpits, etc.) * models and model-based approaches for building interactive systems * methods and tools for low-code and no-code development paradigms * integration of multiple properties (e.g. usability, (cyber)security, reliability, user experience, privacy, accessibility, etc.) in software development and making them more accessible to developers and users * context-aware and adaptive interactive systems (e.g. in areas such as digital collaboration, digital and worker assistance) * design and integration of novel interaction techniques such as augmented, virtual, and mixed reality * support for new kinds of human-machine interaction (HMI) for increasingly autonomous systems and systems that use or provide artificial intelligence (e.g. autonomous driving or human-robot collaboration) * socio-technical aspects of interactive software development * artificial intelligence and machine learning to support the development of interactive systems * software architectures and architectural patterns for interactive systems * rational design, design patterns and traceability of design choices. HCSE 2022 welcomes contributions as technical full papers, late breaking results, demonstrations and posters. All papers are peer-reviewed and selected contributions will appear in the proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series. In the present edition of HCSE 2022 we are particularly interested in studies focused on multi-stakeholder concepts and how to cope with multi-stakeholders taking into account not only micro perspective, but on the systemic change level. This research area is central to the host of the current edition of the conference, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Industrial Design, Systemic Change group. In addition, building on the activities carried out by the WG13.2 during the workshop held at the INTERACT 2021 IFIP TC-13 conference, special consideration will be given to issues related to “changing the context of use”, which has significant impact on how to design and develop with a user-centered perspective and how usage of these systems changed for example in the current pandemic situation. As in past editions, the focus of the working group is on user interface properties (such as usability, ux, privacy, trust, security, reliability, adaptability, among others) and how to design, develop and evaluate based on a user-centered development process. We are interested in understanding how different stakeholders and developers value diverse user interface properties and how they manage conflicts between them (when one property might degrade the value of another) on a systemic change level. Our aim is to cover a large set of user interface properties and try to reveal their inner dependencies. We are particularly interested in the development of theories, methods, tools and approaches for dealing with multiple properties that should be taken into account when developing interactive systems. HCSE welcomes the following types of contributions: * Technical full papers (up to 20 pages) should describe substantial research contributions of novel work that has produced advanced results including validation of results. * Late-breaking results (up to 12 pages) are short papers that present work in progress, new practice and experience reports containing good (and bad) practices and/or recent practical evaluations of methods, techniques and tools. * Demonstrations and posters (5–8 pages, plus poster design draft) should present ongoing work and/or late-breaking results related to the use of innovative tools and cutting-edge systems not described in other paper submissions. Demonstration papers should provide description of tools including user tasks and evidence of use to end-users. Demo submissions should summarize the system’s significance and its performance and should either include screenshots or link to an online-accessible resource. The poster design draft should show the planned design and content of the poster that will be presented at the conference. Industry contributions to demos and posters are particularly welcome and highly encouraged. SUBMISSIONS AND REVIEWING PROCESS All contributions should be submitted via the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=hcse2022conference). All submissions will be peer-reviewed for their topical relevance, originality, technical contribution, and presentation quality by the members of the international program committee. Technical full papers and late-breaking results short papers will be reviewed double-blind, demonstrations and posters single-blind. Authors must prepare their submission files accordingly! For poster submissions, both paper and poster design draft will be assessed for review. It will be possible for the program committee to suggest accepting submissions in other than their original submission categories. PRESENTATIONS If we hold a physical conference, under the current circumstances, all accepted submissions will be presented at the conference in technical sessions. It will be possible for authors of accepted technical full papers and late-breaking results short papers to give tool demos as well without submitting additional demo papers. The conference will NOT enable hybrid participation. PROCEEDINGS Accepted contributions must be formatted according to the guidelines of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series of Springer (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-12-73062-0). Authors are requested to prepare submissions as close as possible to final camera-ready versions. IMPORTANT DATES Technical full papers, late breaking results * Submission: Monday, May 23th, 2022 (*NEW!*) * Notification to authors: Monday, June 13th, 2022*(*NEW!*)* * Camera-ready due: Monday, June 27th, 2022 *(*NEW!*)* Demos, posters * Submission: Monday, May 30th, 2022 * Notification to authors: Monday, June 13th, 2022 * Camera-ready due: Monday, June 27th, 2022 CONFERENCE DATES: August 24th – 26th, 2022 ORGANIZERS General Conference Chairs: Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Carmelo Ardito, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany *

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concorso RTD-B (include tematiche HCI)

by Luca Chittaro

Cari membri di HCITALY, segnalo il seguente bando di concorso, che include "Interazione utente-elaboratore" fra le competenze di particolare rilievo per la posizione: https://www.uniud.it/it/ateneo-uniud/concorsi-bandi-uniud/concorsi/bandi-do… (scadenza: ore 13:00 /ora italiana /del 24/03/2022) Saluti Luca Chittaro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 University of Udine - Confidentiality Notice This message is exclusively addressed to the recipients. All the information contained in this message, including any attachments, is confidential in compliance with Regulation (UE) 2016/679 and Legislative Decree 196/2003. Therefore, forwarding, disclosing and making the above-mentioned information available without prior authorization from the sender is forbidden in any form or manner. If you have received this message in error, we kindly invite you to delete it permanently and to notify the sender. Università di Udine - Dichiarazione di Riservatezza Il presente messaggio è indirizzato esclusivamente ai destinatari. Tutte le informazioni contenute, compresi eventuali allegati, sono confidenziali ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 e del D. Lgs. 196/2003. Pertanto ne sono vietati l'inoltro, la divulgazione e la messa a disposizione in qualunque forma o modo, in mancanza di preventiva autorizzazione del mittente. Qualora il messaggio Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo cortesemente ad eliminarlo in modo definitivo dando immediato riscontro.

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ECCE 2022 conference Call for Work in Progress Papers

by Lammers, H.A. (Elly)

Call for Work in Progress Papers Apologies for multiple posting ECCE 2022 - EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 33rd annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) 4-7 October 2022 | Kaiserslautern, Germany http://www.hciv.de/ecce2022 ECCE 2022 invites contributions from researchers and practitioners which address the broad spectrum of Cognitive Ergonomics challenges in the analysis, design, and evaluation of virtual and physical interactive systems as part of a rich conference program including keynote talks, paper presentation as well as a doctoral consortium. The 33rd ECCE conference will target state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to cognitive ergonomics and its role in design processes, information presentation and visualization, human factors and simulation, prototyping, cross / extended reality, user interfaces development, evaluations, and emerging ethical issues. The special theme of ECCE 2022 is: “Evaluating the Reality–Virtuality Continuum”. ECCE 2022 will feature three great keynote speakers: Patrick Baudisch, Kristina Höök, and Sebastian Pannasch. WORK IN PROGRESS PAPERS We are delighted to announce the new "Work in Progress" track of ECCE 2022, which gives researchers the opportunity to present exciting new contributions for which the research work has not yet been fully completed. This means that, for example, papers can be published where only a basic prototype has been developed so far, only a preliminary user study or none at all has been conducted, or which outline concepts and prospects for planned research. Topics of interest rank around the special theme of ECCE 2022. A list of possible topics can be found on the conference webpage. IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES May 31, 2022: Deadline for submissions of Work in Progress papers June 30, 2022: Deadline for camera-ready version submissions August 15, 2022: Early registration deadline October 4, 2022: ECCE 2022 doctoral consortium and workshops October 5-7, 2022: ECCE 2022 main conference SUBMISSIONS All Work in Progress submissions fulfilling the submission requirements will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions must be PDF only and must be sent by email to the ECCE 2022 program chairs: ecce2022-wip(a)hciv.de<mailto:ecce2022-wip@hciv.de>. Further details can be found on the ECCE 2022 webpages. Proceedings will appear on ACM Digital Library. REGISTRATION The registration for ECCE 2022 is now open. It is also possible to make reservations for hotel rooms with special conference discounts. Alle details on how to register can also be found on the ECCE 2022 webpages. GENERAL CHAIRS Achim Ebert, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Thomas Lachmann, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

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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. The position will start before the end of 2022. 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 We start reviewing applications in May 2022, but 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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ACM C&C Workshop: Virtual and in-person co-design activities, alternative or complementary approaches? – Call for research statements

by Simone Mora

Virtual and in-person co-design workshops: from alternative to complementary approaches. https://virtual-physical-codesign.webflow.io June 20th, 2022 Venice, Italy Workshop co-located with ACM Creativity&Cognition 2022 https://cc.acm.org/2022/ OVERVIEW The pandemic has forced us to re-think the ways we design and facilitate co-design. Activities once relying on in-person interaction, often mediated by physical artifacts (e.g. brainstorming cards, postITs, playing tokens), had to be quickly redesigned as virtual experiences – often with trade-offs involved. Can in-person and virtual workshops co-exist and complement each other? We invite a diverse pool of participants, including technologists, educators, psychologists, and sociologists to share their experiences and reflect on how to bring together virtual and in-person co-design workshops. Through discussion and hands-on sessions with physical, digital, and hybrid co-design toolkits created by the organizers we aim to reflect on the following research questions: • What are the challenges of transforming location, methods, and toolkits that are designed for in-person workshops into the digital? • How the diverse affordances available in the physical and digital realms impact on the ability of co-design tools and methods to foster participants’ creativity, collaboration and learning skills. • How does the virtual space influence the interaction between participants, e.g. virtual breakout rooms vs. different tables or corners in a real workshop room? • How do workshop facilitators can to adapt to virtual and hybrid settings? DATES • Research statement submission May 12st (extended) • Notification of acceptance May 15th • C&C Early Registration May 20th • Workshop June 20th ORGANIZERS • Simone Mora, MIT Senseable City Lab • Monica Divitini, NTNU • Albrecht Kurze, Chemnitz University of Technology • Arne Berger, Hochschule Anhalt • Martina Mazzarello, MIT Senseable City Lab • Dries de Roeck, Studio Dott. CONTRIBUTIONS Participants shall submit a 1-page research statement with a summary of their experience in the field and topics they would like to discuss during the workshop. Participants are also invited to bring and demo their own toolkits (contact us). We also encourage young researchers with little experience to participate. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Physical, digital and hybrid co-design workshop methods and toolkits • Evaluation of co-design methods and tools • Experience facilitating co-design workshops in formal and informal settings • The use of co-design workshops in education Please email your research statement to virtual-physical-codesign(a)mit.edu Best, Simone -- Simone Mora, PhD Research Scientist Senseable City Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology T +1 (617) 902-8703‬ W http://senseable.mit.edu

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

by Franca Garzotto

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 -- prof. Franca Garzotto i3Lab (Innovative Interactive Interfaces Laboratory) Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Politecnico di Milano http://i3lab.polimi.it ph: +39 02 23993505 email: franca.garzotto(a)polimi.it<mailto:franca.garzotto@polimi.it>

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MIS4TEL 2022: Call for papers - 2nd Deadline Extension / 13-15 July 2022 / L'Aquila (Italy)

by MIS4TEL 2022 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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

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AVI 2022: Call for Participation, 6-10 June 2022, Frascati, Rome, Italy

by Syed Mehdi Abbas Rizvi

(Apologies for multiple postings) AVI 2022 Call for Participation International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces >>> 6-10 June 2022 <<< Villa Tuscolana Park Hotel, Frascati, Rome, Italy https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES • Early Bird Registration open till 15th May 2022 • Registration link: https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/conference/registration --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) - 30TH ANNIVERSARY Since 1992, AVI has been a biennial appointment for a vast international community of experts with a broad range of backgrounds. Throughout three decades, the Conference has attracted leading researchers of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from all over the world, offering a forum to present and disseminate new technological results, paradigms, and visions for HCI and user interfaces. Because of advanced technology and new possibilities for user interaction, AVI has broadened the topics it covers, still keeping its primary focus on the conception, design, implementation, and evaluation of novel visual interfaces. While rooted in Italy, AVI is an international conference concerning the nationality of participants, authors of papers, and program committee members. The mixture of carefully selected research contributions paired with cordial Italian hospitality creates a unique conference atmosphere, which has made AVI an internationally recognized brand. AVI 2022 is under the patronage of Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Informatica, Italy. We look forward to your participation in AVI2022! Paolo Bottoni, AVI 2022 General Chair Emanuele Panizzi, AVI 2022 Program Chair --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This year’s AVI conference includes keynote presentations, Long and Short Paper Track, Posters and Demo, 10 workshops, 3 tutorials and a social dinner. A tentative program is available at https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/program Details are as follows. RESEARCH PAPERS This year at AVI 2022, as usual, we received high quality papers reporting exciting new research. 41 long and short papers will be presented at the conference. The detailed program for the AVI 2022 Long and Short Paper Track will be available soon. POSTER & DEMO The AVI 2022 Poster Track allows researchers and practitioners to present their work in progress, whereas Demo Track allows authors to demonstrate a completed or ongoing research effort. This year 38 posters and demos will be presented at AVI. WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS This year AVI 2022 will host 10 co-located workshops: • Designing for Meaningful Interactions and Digital Wellbeing, June 06, Afternoon • AVI-CH 22 the 4th workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces for Cultural Heritage, June 06 Full day • 3rd International EMPATHY Workshop: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems, June 06, Full day • Enhancing cross-reality applications and user experiences, June 06 - Afternoon • CoPDA2022 - Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: AI for Humans or Humans for AI?, June 07, Full day • HCI and worker well-being in manufacturing industry, June 07, Full day • Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII), June 07, Full day • Visuo-Haptic Interaction, June 07, Full day • 3rd Workshop on Audio-Visual Analytics, June 07, Morning • Advanced Visual Interfaces for Augmented Video (AVIxAV), June 07, Afternoon For more details, see https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/workshops AVI 2022 will also host 3 tutorials: • Open Research Data and Analysis - How to Implement and Publish in European Project Context, June 06 - Morning • Haptics to Enrich Visual Interfaces: From Theory to Prototyping, June 06 - Full day • Collaborative Sketching with Tangibles: Let's Stop Soulless Meetings, June 07 - Morning For more details, see https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/tutorials SOCIAL EVENT A social event will be hosted by AVI 2022 on 9th June at a restaurant on a barge moored on the Tiber banks, in the heart of Rome: Baja. For more details about the tentative venue, see www.bajaroma.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION Early bird registration is open until 15th May 2022. All accepted papers (conference and workshops) should be associated with a proper (i.e., non student) registration. Student registration should be accompanied by a proper certification of the student status (copy of the University card, letter from the advisor on letterhead, signed and stamped, etc.). Student registrations are not acceptable for presenting authors, i.e. if the only author attending the event and presenting the paper is a student, they still need to register in the normal category i.e., ACM member or non-member. For more information and for registering please see this link: https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/conference/registration For any issue or question about the registration procedure, please contact: eventi(a)consultaumbria.com and congressi(a)consultaumbria.com (both in CC) directly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUE & ACCOMMODATION AVI 2022 will be held at Park Hotel Villa Tuscolana, in Frascati (pronounced [fraˈskaːti]), a city and comune in the metropolitan city of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located 20 kilometers (12 mi) south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills, close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific laboratories. Frascati produces the white wine with the same name. It is also a historical and artistic center. Villa Tuscolana Park Hotel is a 4-star historical hotel and convention center immersed in an elegant atmosphere and surrounded by a beautiful panoramic view of the Eternal City. Strategically located near Rome, Villa Tuscolana Park Hotel is the ideal accommodation solution for visiting the city, 5 minutes from the train station with hourly trains to get to downtown Rome in 30 minutes. Special rates are available for the attendees of AVI 2022 for the whole week and those willing to travel with their own families. For more details see https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022/conference/venue-accommodat… --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVI organizing committee and AVI steering committee are anxiously looking forward to seeing you at the conference ! AVI2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Paolo Bottoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Program Chair Emanuele Panizzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Long Papers Chairs Célia Martinie, University of Toulouse 3, France Fabio Pittarello, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy Short Papers Chairs David Bell, Brunel University London, UK Marco Romano, University of Salerno, Italy Poster Chairs Marianna Di Gregorio, University of Salerno, Italy Antti Knutas, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Demo Chairs Marco Angelini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Silvio Barra, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy Workshop & Tutorial Chairs Giuseppe Desolda, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy Alan Serrano-Rico, Brunel University London, UK Publicity Chairs Mehdi Rizvi, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Laura Maye, University College Cork, Ireland Online Experience Chairs Enrico Bassetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Alba Bisante, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy AVI STEERING COMMITTEE Paolo Buono University of Bari, Italy Tiziana Catarci Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Maria Francesca Costabile University of Bari, Italy Maristella Matera Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Massimo Mecella Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Kent Norman University of Maryland, USA Genny Tortora University of Salerno, Italy Giuliana Vitiello University of Salerno, Italy Marco Winckler Université Côte d'Azur, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For any issue or question specifically about the registration procedure, please contact: eventi[at]consultaumbria[dot]com and congressi[at]consultaumbria[dot]com (both in CC) directly. For any other information or queries, please see our website: https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/avi2022 or write to us at avi2022[at]easychair[dot]org

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Extended deadline 10 May 2022 – CfP: QUARE 2022 The 1st workshop on Measuring the Quality of Explanations in Recommender Systems, at SIGIR 2022

by Alessandro Piscopo

[apologies for double posting] QUARE 2022: The 1st workshop on Measuring the Quality of Explanations in Recommender Systems, co-located with SIGIR 2022 (https://sigir.org/sigir2022/), July 11-15, 2022, in Madrid, Spain and Online Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/quare-2022/home Location: Hybrid - Madrid, Spain and Online IMPORTANT DATES: ----------------------------- Extended paper submission deadline: 10 May 2022 Author notification: 17 May 2022 Final version deadline: 15 June 2022 Workshop date: 15 July 2022 WORKSHOP ORGANISERS: ---------------------------------------- - Alessandro Piscopo (BBC, UK) <alessandro.piscopo(a)bbc.co.uk<mailto:alessandro.piscopo@bbc.co.uk>> - Oana Inel (University of Zurich, CH) <inel(a)ifi.uzh.ch<mailto:inel@ifi.uzh.ch>> - Sanne Vrijenhoek (University of Amsterdam, NL) <s.vrijenhoek(a)uva.nl<mailto:s.vrijenhoek@uva.nl>> - Martijn Millecamp (AE NV, BE) <martijn.millecamp(a)hotmail.com<mailto:martijn.millecamp@hotmail.com>> - Krisztian Balog (Google Research) <krisztianb(a)google.com<mailto:krisztianb@google.com>> CALL FOR PAPERS: ---------------------------- Recommendations are ubiquitous in many contexts and domains due to a continuously growing adoption of decision-support systems. Explanations may be provided along with recommendations with the reasoning behind suggesting a particular item. However, explanations may also significantly affect a user's decision-making process by serving a number of different goals, such as transparency, persuasiveness, scrutability, among others. While there is a growing body of research studying the effect of explanations, the relationship between their quality and their effect has not been investigated in depth yet. For instance, at an institutional level, organisational values may require a different combination of explanation goals; also, within the same organisation some combinations of goals may be more appropriate for some use cases and less for others. Conversely, end-users of a recommender system may be bearers of different values, and explanations can affect them differently. Therefore, understanding whether explanations are fit for their intended goals is key to subsequently implementing them in a production stage. Furthermore, the lack of established, actionable methodologies to evaluate explanations for recommendations, as well as evaluation datasets, hinders cross-comparison between different explainable recommendations approaches, and is one of the issues hampering widespread adoption of explanations in industry settings. This workshop aims to extend existing work in the field by bringing together and facilitating the exchange of perspectives and solutions from industry and academia, and aims to bridge the gap between academic design guidelines and the best practices in the industry regarding the implementation and evaluation of explanations in recommender systems, with respect to their goals, impact, potential biases, and informativeness. With this workshop, we provide a platform for discussion among scholars, practitioners, and other interested parties. TOPICS AND THEMES: -------------------------------- The motivation of the workshop is to promote discussion upon future research and practice directions of evaluating explainable recommendations, by bringing together academic and industry researchers and practitioners in the area. We focus in particular on real-world use cases, diverse organisational values and purposes, and different target users. We encourage submissions that study different explanation goals and combinations of those, how they fit various organisation values and different use cases. Furthermore, we welcome submissions that propose and make available for the community high-quality datasets and benchmarks. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Evaluation * Relevance of explanation goals for different use cases; * Soliciting user feedback on explanations; * Implicit vs. explicit evaluation of explanations and goals; * Reproducible and replicable evaluation methodologies; * Online vs. offline evaluations. * Personalisation * User-modelling for explanation generation; * Evaluation approaches for personalised explanations (e.g., content, style); * Evaluation approaches for context-aware explanations (e.g., place, time, alone/group setting, exploratory/transaction mode). * Presentation * Evaluation of different explanation modalities (e.g., text, graphics, audio, hybrid); * Evaluation of interactive explanations. * Datasets * Generation of datasets for evaluation of explanations; * Evaluation benchmarks. * Values * Evaluation of explanations in relation to organisational values; * Evaluation of explanations in relation to personal values. SUBMISSIONS: ---------------------- We welcome three types of submissions: * position or perspective papers (up to 4 pages in length, plus unlimited pages for references): original ideas, perspectives, research vision, and open challenges in the area of evaluation approaches for explainable recommender systems; * featured papers (title and abstract of the paper, plus the original paper): already published papers or papers summarizing existing publications in leading conferences and high-impact journals that are relevant for the topic of the workshop * demonstration papers (up to 2 pages in length, plus unlimited pages for references): original or already published prototypes and operational evaluation approaches in the area of explainable recommender systems. Page limits include diagrams and appendices. Submissions should be single-blind, written in English, and formatted according to the current ACM two-column conference format. Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf<https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official> templates are available from the ACM Website<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> (use “sigconf” proceedings template for LaTeX and the Interim Template for Word). Submit papers electronically via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=quare22. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee and accepted papers will be published on the website of our workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/quare-2022/home. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the workshop (attendance may be either remote or in-person) and present the work. ________________________________ Dr Alessandro Piscopo Principal Data Scientist [Shape Description automatically generated] [signature_1413759244]

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In presenza al CHI?

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, so che molti di noi parteciperanno in presenza alla conferenza CHI (New Orleans) e sarebbe bello incontrarsi! Per questo propongo di riunirci mercoledì 4 maggio, alle 12.30, vicino ai desk di registrazione - dovrebbero essere fuori dalla Hall J del convention center. A presto per chi ci sarà! Maristella

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2nd CfP: International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID 2022) London, UK, 24-26 August 2022

by Stefano Papetti

[Apologies for cross-posting] [Please forward to interested colleagues] Dear list members, HAID 2022 - 11th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design 24–26 August 2022, London, UK https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/ The*submission portal *for Papers is *now open:* https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/HAID2022/Submission/Index Please note that the new*deadline *for*Paper submissions *is*13 May 2022*. We have also extended the *deadline *for*Workshop proposals *to*29 April 2022*. HAID 2022 will be held 24–26 August at the Mile End Campus of Queen Mary University of London in the UK, and will be a hybrid event with in-person activities and online streaming sessions. This edition of HAID introduces the *Work in Progress* initiative (*deadline 10 June 2022*), the objective of which is to increase the inclusiveness of our community. HAID 2022 is organised by the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ). The workshop is supported by the Audio Engineering Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, EuroHaptics Society, and Springer. Please stay tuned to all the latest news at: * HAID 2022 webpage https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/ * HAID Google group https://groups.google.com/g/haid-community * HAID Twitter page https://twitter.com/HAID_conference See you in London! The HAID 2022 Programme Chairs Stefano Papetti and Charalampos Saitis -- signature Stefano Papetti MHbook — — Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich University of the Arts — Dr. Stefano Papetti Research Associate Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology — Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, P.O. Box, CH-8031 Zurich Phone +41 43 446 5516 stefano.papetti(a)zhdk.ch — www.zhdk.ch, www.icst.net — Musical Haptics - Open Access ebook - Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-58316-7>

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FedCSIS 2022 Final Call For Papers

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MIS4TEL 2022: Call for papers - Deadline extended / 13-15 July 2022 / L'Aquila (Italy)

by MIS4TEL 2022 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ====================================================================== Call for Papers We are glad to invite you to submit a manuscript to MIS4TEL2022, the 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning. The conference proceedings are published by Springer and indexed in Scopus, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. MIS4TEL 2022 will be held in L'Aquila (Italy) on 13th-15th July, 2022, in parallel with the PAAMS'22 International Conference. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be hybrid, meaning that we will also organize remote participation/presentation for whoever cannot travel to L'Aquila. Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ====================================================================== Important dates: Due to many requests, the submission deadline has been extended to *** 29th April, 2022 *** - Notification of acceptance: 30th May, 2022 - Camera-Ready papers due: 17th June, 2022 - Conference celebration: 13th-15th July, 2022 ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 -- 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning >>> SCOPE Education is the cornerstone of any society and it serves as one of the foundations for many of its social values and characteristics. State-of-the-art and novel methodologies and technologies allow researchers, designers, and domain experts to pursue Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) solutions targeting not only cognitive processes but also motivational, personality, or emotional factors. Nowadays, we can identify two main legs, providing necessary and complementary strengths to a TEL-oriented design process: appropriate technologies should be applied, and appropriate methods should guide the design of such application. Technologies in TEL are capable of delivering smart, personalized, tailored, and motivating learning solutions. Methods are coming from different fields, such as education, psychology, medicine, computer science, and from diverse communities, where collaboration and co-working are used, such as maker communities and participatory design communities. In addition, Learning Analytics can help manage available (big) data and augment learning opportunities for learners and educators alike, for instance by supporting self-regulated learning or adaptation of the learning material. As to these topics, the annual appointment of MIS4TEL established itself as a consolidated fertile forum where scholars and professionals from the international community, with a broad range of expertise in the TEL field, share results and compare experiences. The 12th edition of the conference calls for novel research in TEL and expands the topics of the previous editions, highlighting the role of the most recent methods and technological opportunities. As in the tradition of MIS4TEL, this edition aims at offering the different perspectives, and complementary voices, coming from the multidisciplinary field of TEL. >>> TOPICS Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: # Technologies and technology-based solutions for TEL # - AI technologies and tools for TEL - Agent-based and multi-agent TEL systems - Knowledge representation, reasoning, and management systems for TEL - Natural language systems for TEL - Recommendation, personalization, and adaptation in TEL systems - Social networks for TEL - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for TEL - Internet of things (IoT) solutions for TEL - Smart solutions or environments for TEL - Wearable technologies for TEL - Robotics for TEL - Virtual reality environments for TEL - Games for TEL or gamified TEL - Sharing and interoperability between TEL environments - Making and fabrication for TEL # Methodologies and experiences for TEL # - Methodologies for personalization, user modeling, and adaptation in TEL- Methodologies for recommendation systems and user modeling in TEL - Methodologies for fostering motivation and engagement in TEL - Methodologies for the design of accessible and usable TEL systems - Methodologies for including different voices in the design process of TEL - Methodologies for informal learning for TEL - Methodologies for fostering TEL in small, medium, and large companies - Methodologies, tools, and frameworks supporting experiments in TEL - Methodologies or approaches from game design and gamification for TEL - Novel experiences and studies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic studies, field studies, experimentations) with methodologies for TEL # Learning analytics for TEL # - Big data and data visualization in TEL - Learning analytics for curriculum design - Learning analytics for personalizing the learner experience - Learning analytics for predicting behavior - Learning analytics for designing learning interventions - Learning analytics for stakeholders >>> SUBMISSIONS # Submitting papers # MIS4TEL papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages, including figures and references. For further details, please see: https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission # Review process # MIS4TEL welcomes the submission of papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process. Each contribution will be refereed by three experts in the field using the following set of criteria; relevance, originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant, and previously unpublished sound research efforts related to any of the topics of the conference. # Publication # Accepted papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published by LNNS series of Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.com/series/15179). At least one of the authors will be required to register for MIS4TEL and to attend the Conference in order to present their paper and to have it included in the conference proceedings. ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.** ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE # General Chair # - Marco Temperini - Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) # Technical Program Co-Chairs # - Ivana Marenzi - L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) - Vittorio Scarano - University of Salerno (Italy) # Paper Co-Chairs # - Milos Kravcik - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Germany) - Rosa Lanzilotti - University of Bari (Italy) - Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova (Romania) # Workshop Co-Chairs # - Zuzana Kubincova - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) - Alessandra Melonio - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) # Publicity Co-Chairs # - Agnese Addone - University of Salerno (Italy) - Federica Caruso - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Dalila Durães - University of Minho, Braga (Portugal) - John Jairo Páez Rodríguez - University Francisco José de Caldas of Bogotà (Colombia) # Steering Committee Representatives # - Fernando De La Prieta University of Salamanca (Spain) - Rosella Gennari - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) # Local Organizers Co-Chairs # - Tania Di Mascio - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Pierpaolo Vittorini - University of L'Aquila (Italy) ====================================================================== More information can also be found on the MIS4TEL22 website and social media: Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ======================================================================

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

by Syed Mehdi Abbas Rizvi

(Apologies for multiple postings) ================================================ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS Workshop on Reflections and Dialogues around Smart Technology (ResiSTo) --- Proceedings in Springer Verlag; indexing in Scopus; fast review process --- Co-located with 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL), L'Aquila, Italy | 13th-15th July, 2022 ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES ================================================ Workshop papers submission deadline: 8th May, 2022 (extended) Workshop camera-ready papers: 17th June, 2022 Accepted workshop papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published in the LNNS series of Springer Verlag (https://www.springer.com/series/15179), and will be Scopus indexed. ================================================ THEME ================================================ Smart technologies include, but are not limited to, AI-based devices for digital education, smart things, smart art-work, smart environments, smart cities and smart artefacts, in general. The workshop focuses on the role which reflections, as in design thinking, and dialogues, as in ethnographic research, play in imagining, conceptualising, using, assessing smart technologies for different contexts and people, with a preference for learning contexts and learners. Workshop papers are expected to describe frameworks, methods, toolkits, experiences, studies or provocations with reflections and dialogues around smart technologies. Examples are toolkits which enable young generations to design smart things and reflect across their design (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212868921000660). Other examples are studies concerning design as a means for reflecting on stereotypes (http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/-(448ba68b-ca74-4b06…). The workshop is intended as a forum to share provocations concerning past research work, novel ideas grounded in the literature, work-in-progress prototypes, as well as preliminary results which intercept the theme of the workshop. In other words, workshop papers are expected to report on early or ongoing research activities, which have not yet got the maturity expected for the main-conference submissions. ================================================ TOPICS ================================================ Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: -Reflections in the creation, usage or evaluation of smart technologies -Responsibility or other critical reflections in technology enhanced learning -The role of dialogue in digital education -Field studies and ecological studies for reflecting with/around smart technologies -Playfulness, gamification and critical reflections with/around smart technologies -Responsibility in the design of smart solutions -Critical thinking in the design of smart cities, environments, things, artwork, artefacts -Dialogue and reflections in designing smart technologies at a distance -Dialogue and reflections in using smart technologies at a distance -Dialogue and reflections in assessing smart technologies at a distance -Dialogues and reflections in making or physical computing -Creativity, dialogues, reflections and smart technologies -Biases in smart technologies -Unveiling ethics concerns with/around smart technologies ================================================ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ================================================ Workshop contributions should be 10-page papers or exceptionally 6-page papers, including references; papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS template, available on the main-conference website of MIS4TEL. Papers should be submitted as PDF via Easychair. The Easychair submission page can be accessed at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mis4tel22. Please take care in selecting the correct track i.e., “Workshop on Reflections and Dialogues around Smart Technology (ResiSTo)” when submitting. All submissions will undergo a fast yet careful peer review process by at least two members of the program committee. Publication of an accepted paper in the proceedings requires that at least one author of the paper registers for and participates in the conference. ================================================ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ================================================ Rosella Gennari, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Alessandra Melonio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Mehdi Rizvi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Elisa Rubegni, Lancaster University, United Kingdom ================================================ For more information, contact us at resisto.workshop(a)gmail.com or check out our webpage at https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/tracks/workshops/resisto

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Fourth Call for Contributions

by Announce Announcements

*** Fourth Call for Contributions *** 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 The Call-for-Contributions for the 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) is OPEN! 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 . Special Sessions Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-special-sessions/ . Workshops Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-workshop-proposals/ . Tutorials Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-tutorial-proposals/ . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2022 • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Submission Deadline: April 25, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Selection: April 29, 2022 • Tutorial Proposals Submission Deadline: May 27, 2022 • Tutorial Proposals Selection: June 3, 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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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Third Call for Papers

by Announce Announcements

*** Third 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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Fwd: SIGCHI Futures: Reflection and Action

by Luigi De Russis

Carissimi/e, dato che queste mail rivolte a tutti i membri SIGCHI non sembrano arrivare proprio a tutti, mi permetto di inoltrare quella che ho appena inviato a proposito del 40esimo anniversario di SIGCHI e delle iniziative che si vogliono portare avanti per il futuro dell’organizzazione. Credo che soprattutto il secondo punto della mail possa essere interessante per i più giovani della comunità italiana! Rimango a disposizione in caso di curiosità o domande. A presto e buona Pasqua! Luigi --- Luigi De Russis Assistant Professor (RTDb) Department of Control and Computer Engineering Politecnico di Torino, Italy ACM SIGCHI EC's Adjunct Chair for Community Support phone: +39 011 0907170 email: luigi.derussis(a)polito.it <mailto:luigi.derussis@polito.it> web: http://elite.polito.it/people/derussis twitter: @luigidr > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Luigi De Russis <luigi.derussis(a)POLITO.IT> > Subject: SIGCHI Futures: Reflection and Action > Date: 14 April 2022 at 17:37:41 CEST > To: SIGCHI-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG > Resent-From: <d025734(a)polito.it> > Reply-To: Luigi De Russis <luigi.derussis(a)POLITO.IT> > > Dear SIGCHI members, > > We would like to share some upcoming events and updates in celebration of SIGCHI’s 40th anniversary! > > 1. Open Session: Imagining SIGCHI Futures > SIGCHI is turning 40 this year! This milestone gives us an opportunity to not only celebrate and reflect on how far HCI has come as a field but also imagine potential future trajectories. In this online open session, we will take stock of SIGCHI’s past and present and envision how it might evolve over the next few decades along the dimensions the community cares about most, such as infrastructures for mentorship, sustainability, accessibility, among others. This will be a precursor to our SIGCHI Turns 40 SIG at CHI 2022, where we will continue to develop aspirations and, importantly, concrete avenues towards a thriving SIGCHI community. > > Friday, April 22 @12pm UTC (in your time zone <https://dateful.com/eventlink/3195715725>) Zoom <https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/92741561141?pwd=a25paExZZktrQVM5MGw0S0xaREZBUT09> > > Monday, April 25 @11:59pm UTC (in your time zone <https://dateful.com/eventlink/2818649841>) Zoom <https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/97683167594?pwd=a1BLYmg1aWhkNjJzVE5PVGVtMy9uUT09> > > > 2. Futuring SIGCHI Committee > To sustain discussions around SIGCHI’s 40th, the open session and the SIG will inform the workings of the new Futuring SIGCHI Committee. This committee aims to be a sandbox for (those who self-identify as) early-career professionals to create creative, well-motivated, public-facing pilot projects that help address community challenges and set SIGCHI up for better, stronger futures. Members will be able to iterate on and expand successful pilots to eventually integrate them into SIGCHI structures and long-term practices. You can read more about the committee on our Medium blog post <https://medium.com/sigchi/imagining-sigchi-futures-3ada9218ab01>. > > If you are interested in joining the Futuring SIGCHI Committee, let us know by completing the open call on our Submittable form <https://sigchi.submittable.com/submit/209146/open-call-for-volunteering>. > Feel free to reach out to sigchi-4all(a)acm.org <mailto:sigchi-4all@acm.org> if you have any questions or suggestions! > > All the best, > > Luigi De Russis (Adjunct Chair for SIGCHI Community Support) > Naveena Karusala (Chair, Futuring SIGCHI Committee) > On behalf of the SIGCHI Executive Committee > > > > You can unsubscribe at any time through this link: > Unsubscribe <https://optout.acm.org/unsubscribe.cfm?rl=SIGCHI-MEMBERS&RE=LUIGI.DERUSSIS@…>

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HCSE 2022 - New submission deadline April 25 - 9th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering - Call for Papers

by Stefan Sauer

***Submission deadline for Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results is extended until April 25, 2022!*** *** ** * **** Apologies for cross postings **** * *************************************************************************** HCSE 2022 9th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering 24th to 26th of August, 2022, Eindhoven, The Netherlands http://www.hcse-conference.org *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS HCSE is a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design (http://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups/working-group-13-2/). We aim at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in strengthening the scientific foundations of user interface design, examining the relationship between software engineering and human-computer interaction and on how to strengthen human-centered design as an essential part of software engineering processes. Other topics of interest include: * contributions to the theory and best practices of user-centered design * involvement of end-users, clients and stakeholders in the design and development process of interactive systems * innovative methods for identifying end-user requirements for interactive systems * integration of user experience (and any other user interface property) in development processes * methods for designing, building and assessing interactive systems beyond the desktop (e.g. the living room, ubiquitous and multi-display, cockpits, etc.) * models and model-based approaches for building interactive systems * methods and tools for low-code and no-code development paradigms * integration of multiple properties (e.g. usability, (cyber)security, reliability, user experience, privacy, accessibility, etc.) in software development and making them more accessible to developers and users * context-aware and adaptive interactive systems (e.g. in areas such as digital collaboration, digital and worker assistance) * design and integration of novel interaction techniques such as augmented, virtual, and mixed reality * support for new kinds of human-machine interaction (HMI) for increasingly autonomous systems and systems that use or provide artificial intelligence (e.g. autonomous driving or human-robot collaboration) * socio-technical aspects of interactive software development * artificial intelligence and machine learning to support the development of interactive systems * software architectures and architectural patterns for interactive systems * rational design, design patterns and traceability of design choices. HCSE 2022 welcomes contributions as technical full papers, late breaking results, demonstrations and posters. All papers are peer-reviewed and selected contributions will appear in the proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series. In the present edition of HCSE 2022 we are particularly interested in studies focused on multi-stakeholder concepts and how to cope with multi-stakeholders taking into account not only micro perspective, but on the systemic change level. This research area is central to the host of the current edition of the conference, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Industrial Design, Systemic Change group. In addition, building on the activities carried out by the WG13.2 during the workshop held at the INTERACT 2021 IFIP TC-13 conference, special consideration will be given to issues related to “changing the context of use”, which has significant impact on how to design and develop with a user-centered perspective and how usage of these systems changed for example in the current pandemic situation. As in past editions, the focus of the working group is on user interface properties (such as usability, ux, privacy, trust, security, reliability, adaptability, among others) and how to design, develop and evaluate based on a user-centered development process. We are interested in understanding how different stakeholders and developers value diverse user interface properties and how they manage conflicts between them (when one property might degrade the value of another) on a systemic change level. Our aim is to cover a large set of user interface properties and try to reveal their inner dependencies. We are particularly interested in the development of theories, methods, tools and approaches for dealing with multiple properties that should be taken into account when developing interactive systems. HCSE welcomes the following types of contributions: * Technical full papers (up to 20 pages) should describe substantial research contributions of novel work that has produced advanced results including validation of results. * Late-breaking results (up to 12 pages) are short papers that present work in progress, new practice and experience reports containing good (and bad) practices and/or recent practical evaluations of methods, techniques and tools. * Demonstrations and posters (5–8 pages, plus poster design draft) should present ongoing work and/or late-breaking results related to the use of innovative tools and cutting-edge systems not described in other paper submissions. Demonstration papers should provide description of tools including user tasks and evidence of use to end-users. Demo submissions should summarize the system’s significance and its performance and should either include screenshots or link to an online-accessible resource. The poster design draft should show the planned design and content of the poster that will be presented at the conference. Industry contributions to demos and posters are particularly welcome and highly encouraged. SUBMISSIONS AND REVIEWING PROCESS All contributions should be submitted via the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=hcse2022conference). All submissions will be peer-reviewed for their topical relevance, originality, technical contribution, and presentation quality by the members of the international program committee. Technical full papers and late-breaking results short papers will be reviewed double-blind, demonstrations and posters single-blind. Authors must prepare their submission files accordingly! For poster submissions, both paper and poster design draft will be assessed for review. It will be possible for the program committee to suggest accepting submissions in other than their original submission categories. PRESENTATIONS If we hold a physical conference, under the current circumstances, all accepted submissions will be presented at the conference in technical sessions. It will be possible for authors of accepted technical full papers and late-breaking results short papers to give tool demos as well without submitting additional demo papers. The conference will NOT enable hybrid participation. PROCEEDINGS Accepted contributions must be formatted according to the guidelines of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series of Springer (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-12-73062-0). Authors are requested to prepare submissions as close as possible to final camera-ready versions. IMPORTANT DATES Technical full papers, late breaking results * Submission: Friday, April 25th, 2022 (*NEW!*) * Notification to authors: Monday, May 16th, 2022 * Camera-ready due: Monday, June 13th, 2022 Demos, posters * Submission: Monday, May 30th, 2022 * Notification to authors: Monday, June 13th, 2022 * Camera-ready due: Monday, June 27th, 2022 CONFERENCE DATES: August 24th – 26th, 2022 ORGANIZERS General Conference Chairs: Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Carmelo Ardito, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany *

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IxD&A Journal: Issue N. 51 is now available for free downloading

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 - * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 51 *on:* Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education** */guest editors: Ingi Helgason, Enrique Encinas, Ivica Mitrovic, Michael Smyth / is now available for free downloading https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /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 Journal, issue N. 51 - ToC*/** **/ *Preface* /Ingi Helgason, Enrique Encinas, Ivica Mitrovic, Michael Smyth/ p. 5 - 7 (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051-001psi) /Alma Leora Culén and Nicholas Sebastian Stevens/ *Speculative and Critical Approach to Designing Technological Futures through HCI Education* pp. 8 - 31 /Joseph Lindley and David Philip Green/ *The Ultimate Measure of Success for Speculative Design is to Disappear Completely* pp. 32 - 51 /Inês Veiga/ *Transistórias: how a critical and speculative perspective contributes to rethink sustainability education in product design* pp. 52 - 80 /Jordi Tost, Paula L. Schuster, Frank Heidmann/ *Prototyping Inconvenience: A pedagogical experiment on designing for debate in design education* pp. 81 - 110 /Michael W. Beach and Tyler Fox/ *Value Sensitive Speculative Design: Exploring More-Than-Human Relations in the Age of Climate Catastrophe* pp. 111 - 131 /Eva Eriksson, Anne-Marie Hansen, Elisabet M. Nilsson/ *Envisioning Future Scenarios: Teaching and Assessing Values-based Design Approaches* pp. 132 - 151 /Natalia Pérez-Orrego, John Arango-Flórez, Claudia Fernandez-Silva, Juan David Mira-Duque/ *Be provoking. Schooling critical and speculative designers* pp. 152 - 171 /Lenneke Kuijer and Holly Robbins/ *Teaching alternative Paradigms through Critical Design* pp. 172 - 201 /Eva Durall Gazulla/ *Exploring Education Techno-Monitoring Futures: A Participatory Speculative Critical Design Case* pp. 202 - 218 /Sumita Sharma, Heidi Hartikainen, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Netta Iivari, Grace Eden, Essi Kinnunen, Jenni Holappa, Marianne Kinnula, Tonja Molin-Juustila, Jussi Okkonen, Sirkku Kotilainen, Ole Sejer Iversen, Rocío Fatás Arana/ *In Pursuit of Inclusive and Diverse Digital Futures: Exploring the Potential of Design Fiction in Education of Children* pp. 219 - 248 /Kay Kender and Peter Purgathofer/ *Insights for Educational Practice from a Thematic Analysis of Student Experiences with Speculative Design Mini-Projects about Personal Issues* pp. 249 - 269 /Laurens Boer and Tom Jenkins/ *Fostering Creative Confidence with SCD in Interaction Design Education* pp. 270 - 302 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *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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CfP: QUARE 2022: The 1st workshop on Measuring the Quality of Explanations in Recommender Systems, at SIGIR 2022

by Alessandro Piscopo

[apologies for double posting] QUARE 2022: The 1st workshop on Measuring the Quality of Explanations in Recommender Systems, co-located with SIGIR 2022 (https://sigir.org/sigir2022/), July 11-15, 2022, in Madrid, Spain and Online Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/quare-2022/home Location: Hybrid - Madrid, Spain and Online IMPORTANT DATES: ----------------------------- Paper submission: 3 May 2022 Author notification: 15 May 2022 Final version deadline: 15 June 2022 Workshop date: 15 July 2022 WORKSHOP ORGANISERS: ---------------------------------------- - Alessandro Piscopo (BBC, UK) <alessandro.piscopo(a)bbc.co.uk<mailto:alessandro.piscopo@bbc.co.uk>> - Oana Inel (University of Zurich, CH) <inel(a)ifi.uzh.ch<mailto:inel@ifi.uzh.ch>> - Sanne Vrijenhoek (University of Amsterdam, NL) <s.vrijenhoek(a)uva.nl<mailto:s.vrijenhoek@uva.nl>> - Martijn Millecamp (AE NV, BE) <martijn.millecamp(a)hotmail.com<mailto:martijn.millecamp@hotmail.com>> - Krisztian Balog (Google Research) <krisztianb(a)google.com<mailto:krisztianb@google.com>> CALL FOR PAPERS: ---------------------------- Recommendations are ubiquitous in many contexts and domains due to a continuously growing adoption of decision-support systems. Explanations may be provided along with recommendations with the reasoning behind suggesting a particular item. However, explanations may also significantly affect a user's decision-making process by serving a number of different goals, such as transparency, persuasiveness, scrutability, among others. While there is a growing body of research studying the effect of explanations, the relationship between their quality and their effect has not been investigated in depth yet. For instance, at an institutional level, organisational values may require a different combination of explanation goals; also, within the same organisation some combinations of goals may be more appropriate for some use cases and less for others. Conversely, end-users of a recommender system may be bearers of different values, and explanations can affect them differently. Therefore, understanding whether explanations are fit for their intended goals is key to subsequently implementing them in a production stage. Furthermore, the lack of established, actionable methodologies to evaluate explanations for recommendations, as well as evaluation datasets, hinders cross-comparison between different explainable recommendations approaches, and is one of the issues hampering widespread adoption of explanations in industry settings. This workshop aims to extend existing work in the field by bringing together and facilitating the exchange of perspectives and solutions from industry and academia, and aims to bridge the gap between academic design guidelines and the best practices in the industry regarding the implementation and evaluation of explanations in recommender systems, with respect to their goals, impact, potential biases, and informativeness. With this workshop, we provide a platform for discussion among scholars, practitioners, and other interested parties. TOPICS AND THEMES: -------------------------------- The motivation of the workshop is to promote discussion upon future research and practice directions of evaluating explainable recommendations, by bringing together academic and industry researchers and practitioners in the area. We focus in particular on real-world use cases, diverse organisational values and purposes, and different target users. We encourage submissions that study different explanation goals and combinations of those, how they fit various organisation values and different use cases. Furthermore, we welcome submissions that propose and make available for the community high-quality datasets and benchmarks. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Evaluation * Relevance of explanation goals for different use cases; * Soliciting user feedback on explanations; * Implicit vs. explicit evaluation of explanations and goals; * Reproducible and replicable evaluation methodologies; * Online vs. offline evaluations. * Personalisation * User-modelling for explanation generation; * Evaluation approaches for personalised explanations (e.g., content, style); * Evaluation approaches for context-aware explanations (e.g., place, time, alone/group setting, exploratory/transaction mode). * Presentation * Evaluation of different explanation modalities (e.g., text, graphics, audio, hybrid); * Evaluation of interactive explanations. * Datasets * Generation of datasets for evaluation of explanations; * Evaluation benchmarks. * Values * Evaluation of explanations in relation to organisational values; * Evaluation of explanations in relation to personal values. SUBMISSIONS: ---------------------- We welcome three types of submissions: * position or perspective papers (up to 4 pages in length, plus unlimited pages for references): original ideas, perspectives, research vision, and open challenges in the area of evaluation approaches for explainable recommender systems; * featured papers (title and abstract of the paper, plus the original paper): already published papers or papers summarizing existing publications in leading conferences and high-impact journals that are relevant for the topic of the workshop * demonstration papers (up to 2 pages in length, plus unlimited pages for references): original or already published prototypes and operational evaluation approaches in the area of explainable recommender systems. Page limits include diagrams and appendices. Submissions should be single-blind, written in English, and formatted according to the current ACM two-column conference format. Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf<https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official> templates are available from the ACM Website<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> (use “sigconf” proceedings template for LaTeX and the Interim Template for Word). Submit papers electronically via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=quare22. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee and accepted papers will be published on the website of our workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/quare-2022/home. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the workshop and present the work. ________________________________ Dr Alessandro Piscopo Principal Data Scientist [Shape Description automatically generated] [signature_154124144]

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