- Hcitaly - ISTI

by Massimo Zancanaro

Care tutte e cari tutti, Tra poche settimane, scade il mandato della nostra attuale chair Maristella Matera. Come sapete, è tradizione del nostro chapter incoraggiare che la posizione di chair venga riproposta per un secondo mandato e quindi, in qualità di vice-chair vorrei incoraggiare Maristella a candidarsi per un secondo mandato. In ogni caso, la candidatura è aperta a tutti i soci e le socie iscritti ad ACM e al SIG CHI Chapter (oltre ovviamente alla nostra associazione). Vi chiederei quindi di mandare a me (facendo reply a questa email) le eventuali candidature con un breve profilo e motivazione. La raccolta delle candidature si chiuderà Mercoledì 21 Ottobre e contestualmente verranno aperte le votazioni fino a Venerdì 30 Ottobre. La procedura di spoglio verrà fatta dal me e dalla secretary/treasurer Franca Garzotto. Vi ricordo che per regolamento, per votare è necessario essere membri ACM oppure SIG CHI e registrati al sito web http://sigchitaly.eu/en/members/ come Voting Members (nel caso scrivete a me per aggiornare la lista). Saluti, -M. -- Massimo Zancanaro Professor of Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction - Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science - University of Trento Head of Intelligent Interfaces and Interaction (i3) research unit - Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all’indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

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INVITO convegno 25° KM TRACKS (23 novembre 2020, dalle ore 9.00 in live web) - hcitaly

by JEKPOT - Customer Office

Gent.ma Maristella, nel congratularmi per il rinnovo del mandato come chair del SIGCHI Italy, in occasione del 20° anniversario di JEKPOT, è con grande orgoglio e piacere che la invito al 25° KM TRACKS (23/11/2020, dalle ore 9.00 in live web), edizione speciale del convegno su knowledge management e tecnologie per gestire, comunicare, proteggere la conoscenza organizzativa di cui unisco più sotto il programma. Linvito è naturalmente rivolto a tutti i colleghi del SIGCHI (una cosa buona del live web è che non abbiamo problemi di posti!). A disposizione per qualsiasi chiarimento. Cordiali saluti / Best regards Dr. Carlo Sorge General manager, <http://www.jekpot.com/> JEKPOT SRL, T. 0382 572287, Via Ardengo Folperti 44/d, 27100 Pavia PV, Italy Editor in chief, <http://www.jekpot.com/kappaemme> KappaeMme Journalist, OdG Lombardia - Per sapere chi siamo e che cosa facciamo: leggi la <http://www.jekpot.com/testi/000JEKPOT2019.pdf> Brochure o visita il <http://www.jekpot.com/> Sito web - Per gestire il trattamento dei propri dati personali: vai sul sito <http://www.jekpot.com/pagine/privacy.htm> Privacy Se non visualizzi correttamente il messaggio vai al web dell'evento <http://www.jekpot.com/pagine/km25-kmt.htm> I N V I T O 25° KM TRACKS Lunedì 23 Novembre 2020 dalle ore 9.00 in live web 25° KM TRACKS Knowledge management e tecnologie per gestire, comunicare e proteggere la conoscenza organizzativa chaired by Carlo Sorge direttore responsabile KappaeMme Platinum Sponsor Consoft Informatica Technical partner GoToWebinar by LogMeIn Media partner KappaeMme by JEKPOT INGRESSO GRATUITO PREVIA REGISTRAZIONE WEB ENTRO IL 19 NOVEMBRE <http://www.jekpot.com/pagine/km25-kmt-04.htm> LEGGI IL PROGRAMMA E ISCRIVITI EVENTO Km Tracks nasce nel 2000 come convegno sul knowledge management (KM), fondativo di JEKPOT. Il KM è una teoria manageriale per l'incremento della competitività delle organizzazioni e la professionalità dei suoi collaboratori, declinata su un approccio di innovazione culturale, organizzativa, tecnologica e sull'ottimizzazione dei processi connessi con la gestione, la comunicazione e la protezione della conoscenza organizzativa, cioè dati, informazioni, documenti, beni digitali e intangibili come competenze, emozioni, relazioni, valori delle persone. Una teoria che JEKPOT ha fatto propria sviluppando una metodologia di rappresentazione della conoscenza organizzativa per segmenti (km tracks: esplicito, tacito, creabile, cross) abilitata dalla tecnologia. Il convegno prospetta contenuti di natura scientifica (rivenienti da call for papers), operativi (progetti basati su soluzioni) e culturale rappresentati per tipologia (management track, communication track, protection & cross track). DESTINATARI Chief Information Officer e IT manager, EDU, HR, KM, MARCOM, R&D manager direttori e responsabili di grandi organizzazioni private/pubbliche e PMI Ricercatori di organizzazioni e istituzioni Giornalisti (evento accreditato CNOG: 3 CF al mattino + 3 CF al pomeriggio) AGENDA 9.00 - 9.30 Registrazioni e accesso al convegno 9.30 - 9.45 Welcome da Pavia (videoconferenza) Marco Ferretti professor UNIVERSITA' DI PAVIA 9.45 - 10.00 Vision KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ALLO STATO DELL'ARTE Carlo Sorge general manager JEKPOT, giornalista, direttore responsabile KappaeMme 10.00 - 10.15 Scenario KM glory - Interview: LA GESTIONE DELLA CONOSCENZA SUL WEB Oreste Signore past office manager W3C ITALY, expert in (semantic) web technologies MANAGEMENT TRACK 10.15 - 10.30 GESTIONE DELLA CONOSCENZA E QUALITA' DEI DATI Domenico Natale President Commission UNI/CT504 Ingegneria del software UNINFO 10.30 - 10.45 KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND SOCIAL LEARNING IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY IN CROWDSOURCING Adriano Solidoro researcher UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO BICOCCA 10.45 - 11.00 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT Massimo Cimbali project manager JEKPOT 11.00 - 11.30 Break COMMUNICATION TRACK 11.30 - 11.45 RIPENSARE LA DISTANZA: MODELLI, CONOSCENZA E PERSONE Stefania Bandini professor UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO BICOCCA 11.45 - 12.00 COMUNICARE IN LIVE WEB NELLE EMERGENZE E NEL DAY BAY DAY - La soluzione Armando D'Angelo digital transformation manager CONSOFT INFORMATICA 12.00 - 12.15 COMUNICARE IN LIVE WEB NELLE EMERGENZE E NEL DAY BAY DAY - L'esperienza Enrico Parisini chief information officer CONSERVE ITALIA, president ASSI 12.15 - 12.30 DALLE SOCIAL NETWORK AGLI SCENARI DI MULTI-SOCIAL NETWORK: OPPORTUNITA' E PROBLEMATICHE Antonino Nocera professor UNIVERSITA' DI PAVIA 12.30 - 13.00 Panel e Test di apprendimento 13.00 - 14.00 Break 14.00 - 14.30 Registrazioni sessione pomeridiana 14.30 - 14.45 KM glory - Interview: LE FOTOGRAFIE COME VETTORE PER TRASMETTERE CONOSCENZE Roberto Polillo photographer 14.45 - 15.00 COLLABORARE CON L'INTERAZIONE MEDIATA DA ARTEFATTI: CHE COSA, PERCHE' E COME Marco Bettoni km consultant KM COMMUNITY PROTECTION & CROSS TRACK 15.00 - 15.15 LA SITUAZIONE DEGLI ATTACCHI DIGITALI INTENZIONALI IN ITALIA: I DATI 2020 DELL'OSSERVATORIO ATTACCHI DIGITALI (OAD) IN ANTEPRIMA Marco Bozzetti president AIPSI 15.15 - 15.30 INDAGINI A TUTELA DEL PATRIMONIO AZIENDALE: LA GESTIONE DELLA CONOSCENZA A FINI INVESTIGATIVI Nicola Borzi giornalista investigativo freelance 15.30 - 15.45 STRATEGIE DI COINVOLGIMENTO DEI COLLABORATORI NEI PROCESSI DI INNOVAZIONE Marco Pedroni professor UNIVERSITA' DI FERRARA 15.45 - 16.30 KM AWARD 2020 & CONCLUSIONI Marco Ferretti professor UNIVERSITA' DI PAVIA Carlo Sorge general manager JEKPOT, giornalista, direttore responsabile KappaeMme Armando D'Angelo digital transformation manager CONSOFT INFORMATICA 16.30 - 17.00 Test di apprendimento & Closing RELATORI Carlo%20Sorge Stefania%20Bandini Marco%20Bettoni Marco%20Bozzetti Nicola%20Borzi Carlo Sorge Stefania Bandini Marco Bettoni Marco Bozzetti Nicola Borzi Massimo%20Cimbali Armando%20D'Angelo Marco%20Ferretti Domenico%20Natale Antonino%20Nocera Massimo Cimbali Armando D'Angelo Marco Ferretti Domenico Natale Antonino Nocera Marco%20Pedroni Enrico%20Parisini Roberto%20Polillo Oreste%20Signore Adriano%20Solidoro Marco Pedroni Enrico Parisini Roberto Polillo Oreste Signore Adriano Solidoro IN COLLABORAZIONE CON AIPSI, ANIPA, ASSI, ASSINTEL, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CLUBTI, CONSERVE ITALIA, CONSOFT INFORMATICA, ITALIANOTIZIE24, KM COMMUNITY, UNINFO, UNIVERSITA' DI FERRARA, UNIVERSITA' DI MILANO BICOCCA, DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE - UNIVERSITA' DI PAVIA, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO TI ASPETTIAMO ! 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ACM IUI 2021: Call for tutorials - Deadline extended

by Axel Soto

ACM IUI 2021 - CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, Texas April 13-17, 2021 https://iui.acm.org/2021/ Tutorial CO-CHAIRS Osnat Mokryn, University of Haifa Vijay Rajanna, Sensel Emails: ossimo(a)gmail.com vijay.drajanna(a)gmail.com CALL FOR PROPOSALS We are pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the tutorials is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Tutorials are designed to provide fundamental knowledge and experience on topics related to intelligent user interfaces, and the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Note: We encourage you to contact the chairs with your ideas (emails above), and work together to prepare an exciting proposal. We encourage proposals for a wide range of tutorials, including but not limited to: - "Hands-on" or "project-centric" tutorials around a specific problem or topic. - Tutorials on a specific topic relevant to IUI; for example, methods and approaches in HCI and/or AI, specific techniques or algorithms to develop intelligent user interfaces, etc. Tutorials will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of proposals for half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours) tutorials. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the tutorial chairs. We encourage you to consider virtual and semi-virtual options for the tutorial in the submission. The organizers of accepted tutorials are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Tutorial organizers are also required to set up their own website with information about the tutorial and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to this website. PROPOSAL FORMAT Tutorial proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Please either use the Word interim template with Libertine fonts downloaded and embedded, or the LaTex sigconf template. The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word acronym and a full title. - Description of tutorial topic: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI2021 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the tutorial is of particular interest. - Organizer(s): Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organiser(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Also please provide a list of other tutorials organized by the organizers in the past. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the tutorial. If possible, include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in the tutorial. -Tutorial format: A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as teaching activities, hands-on practical exercises, and general discussion. Please also list here any material you will make available to tutorial participants, e.g. slides, access to hardware/software, handouts, etc. - Planned outcomes of the tutorial: What are you hoping to achieve by the end of the tutorial. - Length: Half-day or Full-day. Please submit your proposal via https://new.precisionconference.com/ selecting the IUI 2021 Tutorials track. IMPORTANT DATES Discuss your topic with the workshop and tutorials chairs: ASAP (tutorials2021(a)iui.acm.org) Proposals due: Wednesday, 25 November 2020 Reviews Sent: Monday, 15 December 2020 Revised Proposal Submissions: Wednesday, 30 December 2020 Notifications to authors: Tuesday, 14 January 2021 Camera-ready for Tutorial summary: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 Tutorials held: Tuesday, 13 April 2021

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SAVE THE DATE: 12 novembre ore 9,30 - WUD-SIGCHItaly 2020

by Cristina Gena

Carissim* Il World Usability Day è la giornata mondiale organizzata dalla Usability Professionals Association che si tiene ogni anno il secondo giovedì di Novembre per "disseminare" l'importanza del lato "umano" nella tecnologia. Ogni anno c'è un tema diverso e, il tema di quest’anno è Human-Centered AI (https://worldusabilityday.org/ <https://worldusabilityday.org/>). Visto il forte interessamento del SIGCHItaly per questo tema, testimoniato dal recente workshop HCI4AI (http://sigchitaly.eu/en/hci4ai-syllabus/participating/ <http://sigchitaly.eu/en/hci4ai-syllabus/participating/>), abbiamo pensato di organizzare l’evento del WUD non legato alle singole città, ma a respiro nazionale e sotto il cappello della nostra organizzazione. Il 12 novembre dalle ore 9,30 alle 12,30 si terrà online il primo WUD-SIGCHItaly, seguiranno ulteriori email per dettagli e aggiornamenti sul nostro sito (http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/ <http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/>). Il programma, in fase di definizione, vede la giornata aprirsi con un intervento dell’assessore torinese Marco Pironti, uno dei promotori della recente nascita dell’Istituto Italiano di Intelligenza Artificiale. Seguirà l’invited talk di apertura di Olivero Stock di FBK. Chiuderà la giornata l’intervento di Francesca Costabile su Teaching HCI for AI. Segnate la data per ora, a breve pubblicheremo il programma completo! Cristina Gena, Maristella Matera, Massimo Zancanaro, per il team HCI4AI ***************************************** Cristina Gena, PhD Associate professor - Computer Science Department Head of the Smart HCI Lab@ICxT Innovation Center Università di Torino Via Pessinetto 12, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706827 web: www.di.unito.it/~cgena/ <http://www.di.unito.it/~cgena/> Webex: https://unito.webex.com/meet/cristina.gena <https://unito.webex.com/meet/cristina.gena> Skype: cristinagena *****************************************

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Info su insegnamenti di HCI per AI

by Maria Francesca Costabile

Cari Tutti, lo scorso 7 luglio si e' svolto il workshop Teaching HCI for AI: Co-design of a Syllabus, che era stato pubblicizzato anche su questa mailing list. Coi Chair e Vice-Chair di SIGCHI Italy abbiamo pensato di raccogliere informazioni sugli insegnamenti che trattano di HCI per AI svolti lo scorso anno accademico 2019-2020 e e su quelli che si svolgeranno nel corrente 2020-2021 nei corsi di laurea triennali, magistrali e di dottorato. Finora noi abbiamo le seguenti informazioni: A:A: 2019-2020: Docente: Luigi De Russis (Politecnico di Torino) Titolo insegnamento: Human-AI Interaction Corso di studio: Dottorato di ricerca nell'area Informatica del Politecnico di Torino. A. A: 2020-2021: Docenti: Rosa Lanzilotti, Giuseppe Desolda, Nadja De Carolis (Università di Bari Aldo Moro) Titolo Insegnamento: Human-Computer Interaction for AI Corso di studio: Dottorato di ricerca in Informatica e Matematica dell'Università di Bari Aldo Moro. Docenti: Maristella Matera (Politecnico di Torino), Luigi De Russis (Politecnico di Torino), Massimo Zancanaro (University of Trento and FBK) Titolo Insegnamento: Human-Computer Interaction for AI Corso di studio: Dttorato di ricerca nell'area Informatica del Politecnico di Milano. ------------- Vi chiediamo cortesemente di segnalarci altre iniziative simili, non solo di insegnamenti per corsi di dottorato ma anche di insegnamenti a triennali, magistrali, master erogati nelle università italiane. Vi chiediamo di farlo inviando una email a me, Maristella e Massimo con Oggetto: Insegnamento di HCI per AI riportando nel testo della email Docente(i) Titolo insegnamento Corso di studio e possibilmente anche il link ad una pagina web dove si possono avere ulteriori informazioni. La lista degli insegnamenti erogati sarà pubblicata sul sito di SIGCHI Italy. Ringraziandovi in anticipo per la collaborazione, salutiamo cordialmente, M.F. Costabile, M. Matera e M. Zancanaro -- ------------------------------------------------ Prof. Maria Francesca Costabile Dipartimento di Informatica Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Via Orabona 4 70125 Bari - Italy tel +39-080-5443300 fax +39-080-5443300 email maria.costabile(a)uniba.it www http://ivu.di.uniba.it/people/costabile.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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HWID'21: AI and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in Low Desire Society

by Barbara Rita Barricelli

Human Work Interaction Design 2021 (HWID'21) Artificial Intelligence and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in Low Desire Society Working Conference of the IFIP WG 13.6 Human Work Interaction Design Beijing, China - May 15-16, 2021 http://www.hwid2021.com/ Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers are considering to enable a remote partecipation modality. Rates and instructions will be published later this year on the website. -------------------------------------------------------------- In continuation with the series of the Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) working conferences, this sixth edition's theme is Artificial Intelligence and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in the ‘Low Desire’ Society. --- THEME, SCOPE, AND FOCUS HWID has been endeavouring to enhance the positive work experiences at workplaces by providing employees pleasurable and meaningful user experiences via the tools used at work. HWID'21 directs attention to the ‘low desire’ phenomenon, which is that people have lower desire for success, no ambitions, needs, or expectations, they push back against working around the clock, avoid conflicts, yearn to be free of strong feelings, and do not to take anyone or anything too seriously. HWID'21 attempts to look into the relationship between happiness and IT-enabled overworking, the resulting work experiences, and how to provide solutions from the perspective of Human Work Interaction Design. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a difference to the workplace and complicating the situation further. On one hand, AI replace human workers by working faster with fewer errors than humans, which enable AI to do many of the boring and redundant jobs. On the other hand, many organisations are already beginning to use the AI as a design element to enhance human intelligence, and design positive experiences in the workplace. As a result, there are growing concerns that AI will take away jobs from humans. The theme of HWID'21 emphasizes the insights into the relationship between low desire and work experience, and how AI will moderate their relationship because parts of the work might be taken away by AI. Examples of relevant questions include: - Is the ‘low desire’ phenomenon making work less interesting? - How to improve work experience supported by AI? - How to support the symbiosis of human and AI in workplace through HWID? - How to maintain work motivation? - How to evaluate the impact of AI on work experience? - How to address ethical factors (e.g. privacy, safety and equity) of using AI in the workplace? This working conference aims to answer these and more questions by involving professionals working in academia, national labs, and industry who are engaged in human work analysis and interaction design for the workplace. We will discuss tools, procedures, and professional competences needed to face issues and opportunities provided by AI in a Low Desire Society. --- SUBMISSIONS We invite two types of submissions: Full papers (max 15 pages, excluding references) and Poster submissions (max 4 pages, excluding references). For both types of submissions, the authors must use the LNCS templates available on Springer website(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-procee…. Please submit your anonymized paper in PDF format on OCS: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/HWID2021 Each paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. The collection of all accepted papers will be distributed to the participants as digital proceedings. During the review process, the reviewers will be asked to evaluate whether an extended version of the paper is suitable for an IFIP Springer book (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology) that will be edited and published after the conference. We aim at including most of the accepted papers. --- IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission deadline: February 14th, 2021 Poster submission deadline: February 21st, 2021 Acceptance notifications: March 14th, 2021 Early bird registration deadline: March 21st, 2021 Final versions of papers and posters: April 4th, 2021 --- ORGANIZERS General Chairs - Barbara Rita Barricelli, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy - Xiangang Qin, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China Program Chairs - Ganesh Bhutkar, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India - Arminda Guerra Lopes, ITI/LARSyS/Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Funchal, Portugal - Fei Lyu, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China - Frederica Gonçalves, ITI/LARSyS, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal - Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, University of West London, London, United Kingdom - Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Poster Chairs - Shrikant Salve, MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, India - Stefano Valtolina, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy HWID Legacy chairs - Philippe Palanque,ICS-IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France - Torkil Clemmensen, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark HWID membership chair - Judith Molka-Danielsen, Molde University College, Norway - Pedro Campos, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Local Organizing Chairs - Ronggang Zhou, Beihang University, Beijing, China - Wenjun Hou, Beijing University of Posts&Telecommunications, Beijing, China --- CONTACT Ganesh Bhutkar: ganesh.bhutkar(a)vit.edu -- *Barbara Rita Barricelli* Assistant Professor Department of Information Engineering Università degli Studi di Brescia http://barbara-barricelli.unibs.it -- Informativa sulla Privacy: http://www.unibs.it/node/8155 <http://www.unibs.it/node/8155>

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INTERACT 2021 -18th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Preliminary Call for Papers

by Carmelo Ardito

INTERACT 2021 -18th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Aug 30th - Sep 3rd, 2021, Bari, Italy www.interact2021.org Preliminary Call for Papers -------------------------------------------------- INTERACT is the International Conference promoted by the IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human–Computer Interaction. INTERACT is held every two years. The theme of INTERACT 2021 “Sense, Feel, Design” highlights the new challenges of interaction design. Technology is today more and more widespread, pervasive and blended in the world we live in. On one side, devices that sense humans' activities have the potential to provide an enriched interaction. On the other side, the user experience can be further enhanced by exploiting multisensorial technologies. Not only the traditional human senses of vision and hearing, but also senses of touch, smell, and taste, as well as emotions are to be taken into account when designing for future interactions. INTERACT 2021 represents the right venue to debate such new challenges. Conference proceedings are published in Springer LNCS series, available in the Springer Digital Library. We invite you to submit your original work to INTERACT 2021 in the following tracks: Tracks with submission deadline January 27th, 2021 - Full Papers (abstract due by January 20th, 2021) - Workshop proposals Tracks with submission deadline April 16th, 2021 - Short Papers - Posters - Interactive Demos - Industry Case Studies - Courses - Panels - Doctoral Consortium All contributions are peer reviewed, juried or curated by the members of the international program committee. Papers accepted in all the tracks will be published in the proceedings edited by Springer in the LNCS series. A selection of papers accepted and presented in workshops organized by the IFIP TC-13 Working Groups will be published as post proceedings in a Springer LNCS volume. Submission Information will be available at the Conference Website. Carmelo Ardito (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Rosa Lanzilotti (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy) Alessio Malizia (University of Hertfordshire, UK) [Technical Programme Co-Chairs of INTERACT 2021] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information please visit the web site: http://interact2021.org/ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Carmelo Ardito, PhD Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione Politecnico di Bari via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy E-Mail: carmelo.ardito(a)poliba.it Personal Home Page: http://ivu.di.uniba.it/people/ardito.htm Research Group: SisInf Lab - Information Systems Laboratory http://sisinflab.poliba.it/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Informativa Privacy - Ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate e ad uso esclusivo del destinatario. Qualora il messaggio in parola Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La preghiamo di eliminarlo senza copiarlo e di non inoltrarlo a terzi, dandocene gentilmente comunicazione. Grazie. Privacy Information - This message, for the Regulation (UE) 2016/679, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation.

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ACM CSCW 2021 Call for Papers

by Ciolfi, Luigina

Cari Colleghi, Sperando di fare cosa gradita, inoltro la Call for Papers per ACM CSCW 2021. La conferenza si terrà molto probabilmente online o in formato ibrido. Saluti, Luigina Ciolfi CSCW 2021 General Co-Chair CSCW is the premier international venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. We invite authors to submit their best research on all topics relevant to collaborative and social computing. Accepted papers are published in two annual CSCW issues of the Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI). Submissions are accepted at four deadlines per year. The upcoming deadline is October 15, 2020, which will be followed by January 15, April 15, and Jul 15, 2021. Submissions accepted for publication in the October 2020, January 2021 and April 2021 cycles will be invited to present at CSCW 2021. Papers accepted from July 2021 onwards will be invited to present at CSCW 2022. *Please consult the CSCW website for comprehensive details.* <https://cscw.acm.org/2021/index.php/papers/> *CALL FOR PAPERS* We invite authors to submit papers that inform the design or deployment of collaborative or social systems; introduce novel systems, interaction techniques, or algorithms; or, study existing collaborative or social practices. The scope of CSCW 2021 includes social computing and social media, crowdsourcing, open and remote collaboration, technologically-enabled or enhanced communication, such as video-conferencing and other remote-presence technologies, CSCL, MOOCs and related educational technologies, multi-user input technologies, collocated work practices, work articulation and coordination, awareness, and information sharing. This scope spans socio-technical domains of work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, sociality, entertainment, and ethics. Papers can report on novel research results, designs, systems, or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities. CSCW encourages papers that make a contribution to building CSCW systems, including (but not limited to) engineering and technical enablers for CSCW applications, methods and techniques for new CSCW services and applications, and evaluation of both early-stage and fully-built CSCW systems in lab or field settings. To support diverse and high-quality contributions, CSCW uses a minimum of two-cycle review process with opportunity for major revisions reviewed by the same reviewers. Additionally, no arbitrary length limit is imposed on submissions. Accepted papers are published in the Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) journal. We invite contributions to CSCW across a variety of research techniques, methods, approaches, and domains, including: - Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. - System development. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. - Theory. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems, within and beyond work settings. - Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies of practices, communication, collaboration, or use, as related to collaborative technologies. - Data mining and modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. - Methodologies and tools. Novel methods, or combinations of approaches and tools used in building collaborative systems or studying their use. - Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. - Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. - Ethics and policy implications. Analysis of the implications of socio-technical systems and the algorithms that shape them. - Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. *Please reach out to papers2021(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2021@cscw.acm.org> <papers2021(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2021@cscw.acm.org>> for queries about paper submissions.* CSCW 2021 Communication and Outreach Co-Chairs Nazanin Andalibi, Mateusz Dolata, and Konstantinos Papangelis CSCW 2021 Papers Co-Chairs Shaowen Bardzell, Siân Lindley, Aleksandra Sarcevic CSCW 2021 General Co-Chairs Jeremy Birnholtz, Luigina Ciolfi — Luigina Ciolfi, PhD Professor of Human Centred Computing Postgraduate Research Tutor, Computing Sheffield Hallam University Tel. +44 114 225 6826 - Personal Website<https://luiginaciolfi.net/> – SHU Webpage<http://shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/luigina-ciolfi> - New Books: “Human-Computer Interactions in Museums<http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?produ…>”, "Made To Work<https://www.routledge.com/Made-To-Work-Mobilising-Contemporary-Worklives/Gr…>" - The CultureLabs Project<https://culture-labs.eu/> - UK Representative and STSM Chair, EU COST Action “SharingAndCaring”<http://sharingandcaring.eu/> - General Co-Chair, CSCW 2021 - MBPsS; Member, EUSSET<http://eusset.eu/>; Senior Member, ACM - Associate Editor and Book Review Editor, The CSCW Journal<http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606> (Springer)

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Esiti dell'analisi condotta con i docenti universitari sulla didattica durante il periodo del lockdown

by Carlo Giovannella

Probabilmente qualcuno di voi ha partecipato all'indagine e quindi spero di farvi cosa gradita segnalandovi la pubblicazione del preprint dedicato all'analisi condotta con i docenti delle università italiane durante il periodo del lockdown, simile a quella che abbiamo pubblicato qualche tempo fa dedicata alle scuole. Nella seconda parte dell'articolo gli esiti delle due indagini vengono messe a confronto ... e penso (spero) che tale comparazione possano indurre a riflettere sulle necessarie azioni da intraprendere ! L'articolo è consultabile su Research Gate The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic seen through the lens of the Italian university teachers and the comparison with school teachers’ perspective https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344521085_The_effects_of_the_Covid…'_perspective Cordialità Carlo Giovannella

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for papers (update on paper format)

by Axel Soto

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Papers *** * College Station, TX * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org ## IMPORTANT UPDATE Please check the updated paper format and length restrictions for short and long papers on https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 2, 2020 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 9, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute methodology or theory for the evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas—academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations—and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and a doctoral consortium for graduate students. ### COVID-19 statement We are monitoring the situation regarding the global pandemic and associated travel restrictions. If needed, we will offer a virtual presentation option if the conference cannot take place due to the global pandemic, or if registered authors from specific parts of the world cannot attend the conference. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: full and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however full papers should make more substantial and significant contributions, while short papers can contain more focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2021". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Internet of Things (IoT) * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media and other Web technologies * Mobile applications * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation systems * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Speech-based interfaces * AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents, virtual assistants) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * User experiments * User studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analyses * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 2, 2020: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 9, 2020: Papers deadline * Dec 14, 2020: Notification * Feb 8, 2021: Camera ready due * Apr 13, 2021: Conference starts ## Submission Guidelines Check the submission guidelines on the conference page: https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Program Chairs * John O’Donovan, University of California, Santa Barbara * Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University * Paul Teale, Texas A&M * Jeeeun Kim, Texas A&M * Aaron Adler, Raytheon BBN Technologies * Manoj Prasad, Microsoft * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org

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Extended Deadline is approaching: special issue on "Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing //========================================================= *Extended Deadline is approaching: September 27, 2020* / ========================================================= Special Issue on *Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call46 ========================================================= *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *September 27*, 2020 • Notification to the authors: November 10, 2020 • Camera ready paper: November 20, 2020 • Publication of the special issue: end of November, 2020 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The shock caused by the pandemic on learning processes all around the world has no equal in the history of education. During previous pandemics the application of the social distancing has already led to the closure of schools but it was not possible to even imagine the continuation of teaching activities as it is happening in the present days, albeit within a virtual dimension. On average, in less than two weeks after the lock down all the actors of the educational processes - students, teachers and families - have been forced to use technologies that many of them would have never considered before as relevant for learning. In a short time, educational technologies that have always struggled to establish themselves as a significant support to the learning processes have become the standard. A so abrupt transition from physical to virtual has contributed to amplify the regret for the many opportunities lost in the past by several national and supranational educational systems in supporting and coordinating the development of technologies that could have generated a significant impact on the learning ecosystems. At the same time it has emerged the critical state of the tertiary education that has not been able to renew in depth pedagogical and didactic approaches to educate present and future teachers to significantly integrate technologies into traditional educational processes. Nonetheless, thanks to the many environments derived from the domain of the collaborative work, to the vast plethora of apps considered in the past as niche products, to the good will of many teachers, to a constant learning by doing (that in many cases has become a continuous field experimentation) schools and universities are accompanying their students towards the end of the school/academic year. This special issue aims at gathering the most significant studies and experiences that have been carried on during the pandemic period to make sure that at least a part of such body of knowledge will not be completely lost. We need them, and we need to reflect on them, hoping that they could guide us in the development of a new way of thinking about learning ecosystems and, more in general, about educational processes. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted to 'Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19' includes, but is not limited to: • Research and case studies on organizational aspects • Research and case studies on didactic aspects • Research and case studies on monitoring and evaluation aspects and strategies • Research and case studies on the unconventional use of conventional technologies, or on the use of unconventional technologies to support educational processes • Research and case studies on the functional rethinking of physical or phygital places for learning • Research and case studies on the transformation of learning ecosystems and of the perceptions' of the main actors of the learning processes. • Future visions =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: *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: "SI: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19") 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: /Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19/ • carlo [dot] giovannella [at] uniroma2 [dot] it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • Autumn 2020 focus section on 'Augmenting Space: The role of immersive technologies in future cities' Guest editors: Callum Parker, Soojeong Yoo, Waldemar Jenek, Youngho Lee • Winter 2020 'Tools, Pedagogical and Ludic Strategies, Co-Design supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education' Guest editors: Oscar Mealha, Traian Rebedea, Matthias Rehm • Springer 2021 'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology' Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun ----------------------------------------------------------

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EICS 2021 Call for Papers (Round 2)

by Davide Spano

Apologies for cross-posting. EICS 2021 : Engineering Interactive Computing System The 13th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems 8-11 June, 2021 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands https://eics.acm.org/eics2021/ EICS 2021 is the thirteenth international conference devoted to engineering interactive computing systems and their user interfaces, addressing one or more software quality factors, such as usability, user experience, reliability, security, etc. Work presented at EICS covers all processes at any stage of the development life-cycle (requirements, specification, validation and verification , testing, deployment, maintenance). Any of the following topics of interest may be addressed as long as their engineering contribution is made explicit and highlighted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOPICS EICS 2021 focuses on models, languages, notations, methods, techniques and tools that support designing and developing interactive systems. The Conference brings together people who study or practice the engineering of interactive systems, drawing from: Design, HCI, Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Modelling, Programming. Submissions are invited that advance the state of the art of the engineering of interactive systems. Topics include, but are not limited to: Modeling,Specification and Analysis * Modelling and analysis of interaction and interactive systems (including user interface) * Requirements engineering for interactive systems * Specification of interactive systems (methods, principles and tools) * Software architectures for interactive systems * Formal methods within interactive systems engineering * Certification issues of interactive systems Methods, Tools, and Processes * Frameworks, toolkits, domain-specific languages and APIs for interactive systems (e.g., API usability, interaction-driven API design) * Languages and notations for describing user interfaces and interactions * Processes for engineering interactive systems (e.g., design, implementation, prototyping, evaluation, verification and validation, testing) * Integrating engineering issues in the design process of interactive systems * Engineering design tools * Engineering evaluation tools * Supporting design in interactive development processes * Computational-Interaction Systems and Techniques * Design and engineering issues in interactive data-driven systems Applications and integrations * Engineering interactive applications with emerging technologies (e.g., adaptive, tangible, touch and multitouch input, voice, gesture, EEG, multimodal input, mobile and wearable systems, machine learning, (augmented, mixed, virtual) realities) * Engineering hardware/software integration in interactive systems (e.g., fabrication and maker processes, physical computing, cyber-physical systems, etc.) * Engineering interactive systems for various user categories (e.g., children, elderly, people with disabilities) * Engineering interactive systems for various application domains (e.g., home, entertainment, desktop, avionics, space, nuclear, military) * Engineering interactive systems for specific properties (user experience, usability, safety, security, dependability, …) * Engineering smart interactive systems (e.g. recommending, adaptive, intelligent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS Topics described above may be described in contributions of one, or more, of the following types: * Proof of Concept - demonstration of the applicability of an approach/tool/method/architecture/framework/design space * Case Study - collect detailed project data to demonstrate the benefits/shortcomings of the approach/artefacts used. May include datasets derived from the study. * Comparative Study - monitor several projects to collect data on impact of the technology/method * Formal Analysis - uses a formal analysis method or tool to analyse an artefact, e.g formal proof, model-driven approach, graph-based approach, user, UI and/or interaction modelling. Applying an approach. * Theory/Formal Method - describes a new method/engineering approach for addressing research questions in EICS. * Literature Review/Survey - Evaluate published studies that analyse the behaviour of similar methods/tools. Systematic mapping, systematic literature review etc. * Experiment - perform a qualitative/quantitative analysis of a project/artefact. A newcomer’s guide to EICS is available at https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3300960. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL PAPER SUBMISSIONS EICS papers are now published as articles in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (EICS series) <https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=J1598&picked=prox>, Vol. 7, Issue EICS. Paper submissions still follow the normal conference review process, but this process is iterated multiple times per year. Submissions to this venue should present original and mature research work. There are no length restrictions on papers, nor any limit to the number of references that may be included. Papers may be accepted after submission and review, or recommended for revisions and re-submission to the next round to enable authors to refine papers based on reviewer recommendations. Submissions should indicate the type and topics of the contribution from the lists above so that the paper will be reviewed according to the criteria given above. Submissions which do not match the above topics and types of contributions will be desk-rejected. More information about the next PACM-HCI (EICS series) review and publication process can be found at http://eics.acm.org/pacm. Papers should be written in the ACM format, see: https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmhci/author-guidelines Upcoming deadlines for full papers to be presented at EICS 2021 are (AoE-Anywhere on Earth): - EICS 2021 round 2: Submission deadline October 23rd, 2020 - EICS 2021 round 3: Submission deadline February 19th, 2021 Submissions can be made through http://new.precisionconference.com Detailed dates for EICS 2021 round 2: - Submission deadline: October 23rd, 2020 - Notification to authors December 18th, 2020 Further information about EICS 2021 can be found here: https://eics.acm.org/2021

4 years, 7 months

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[CFP] Special issue on ''Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction Development"

by Catia Prandi

Apologize for unintended cross-mailing. ************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************** ''Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction Development" Special issue of MPDI Sustainability <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability>, Open Access Journal Link to the CFP: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Human_Computer_I… <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Human_Computer_I…> This Special Issue will contribute to an integrated understanding of the relevance of HCI methodologies and practices in the design and development of sustainable infrastructures and tools, engaging communities and stakeholders, in critical initiatives to foster sustainable development. Contributors from different fields are invited to submit their articles on this topic, presenting how HCI researchers and practitioners can contribute to the broader research on developing sustainability. Guest editors: Catia Prandi, University of Bologna Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna ************************** IMPORTANT DATES ******************************** - Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020 Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Please, feel free to contact: catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it <mailto:catia.prandi2@unibo.it> in case of interest. ****************************************************************************** _________________________________________ Catia Prandi, PhD. Assistant professor (RTD A), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna

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ACM IUI 2021: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended)

by Axel Soto

ACM IUI 2021 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended) In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, TX, USA April 13 - 17, 2021 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). This year we are particularly interested in workshops that have an interactive aspect. Preference will be given to workshops with interactive and hands-on sessions where participants can team up or work together towards the common goal of the workshop. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. == PROPOSAL FORMAT == Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2021(a)iui.acm.org), and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Please submit your proposal via the PCS 2.0 submission system (https://new.precisionconference.com). The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to the IUI audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from (sigconf): http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2021. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by January 3 2021 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2021 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshops and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2021 workshop chairs. == IMPORTANT DATES == Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP Workshop date: Proposals Due: September 22, 2020 Decisions sent: October 07, 2020 Submissions due: December 23, 2020 Reporting of status: January 03, 2021 Final go/no-go decisions: January 05, 2021 Notification to authors: January 31, 2021 Camera-ready for workshop summary [ACM Companion] February 10, 2021 Camera-ready for accepted papers February 28, 2021

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User-research vacancy

by De Angeli Antonella

Are you interested in research on participatory design, have excellent communication skills in English and Italian and a passion for social innovation? At the Human Technology Lab of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano we have a vacancy for a user-researcher to investigate the adoption of the immuni app in Italy and elaborate strategies to increase it. Interested in the position? Send an e-mail to antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it<mailto:antonella.deangeli@unibz.it> and to Maria.MenendezBlanco(a)unibz.it<mailto:Maria.MenendezBlanco@unibz.it> to discuss possibilities. We want to hear both from post-doc researchers with experience on qualitative and quantitative research and from newly graduated MSc/MA students with knowledge on human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, design or related fields. The position is initially offered for one year with possibility of extension subject to funding availability. PhD grants will be available for the Academic Year 2021-22 with a selection in July 2021. Kind regards, Antonella _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antonella De Angeli, PhD Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Dominikanerplatz 3 - piazza Domenicani, 3 39100 - Italy UniBZ

4 years, 7 months

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[CFP] Special Issue on the Internet of Sounds - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

by Luca Turchet

*Special issue on the Internet of Sounds - *Journal of the Audio Engineering Society *** Apologies for cross-postings*** *Aims and scope* We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (http://www.aes.org/journal/) on the subject of Internet of Sounds. Acknowledging the ever-rising importance of the Internet of Things (IoT) in our environment, we believe that the time has come to bring together researchers who are considering the use of IoT components to pursue research in Sound and Music computing. The Internet of Sounds (IoS) is an emerging research field positioned at the intersection of the IoT, Sound and Music Computing and Semantic Audio domains. IoS can also be seen as the union of two paradigms, the Internet of Musical Things and the Internet of Audio Things, which respectively address musical and non-musical domains in networked contexts. This Special Issue aims to present high-quality original research reporting the current state of the art of IoS systems as well as their interactions with end-users. We are interested in submissions covering different aspects related to the use of sound and music processing in relation to local or remote networks, including technological, perceptual, and artistic perspectives. *Topics* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: • Wireless acoustic sensor networks • Detection and classification of sounds in acoustic sensor networks • Visualization and Sonification of acoustic sensor networks • Ecoacoustics • Privacy and security in acoustic sensor networks • Networked music performances • Smart Musical Instruments • Musical haptics for the Internet of Musical Things • Participatory live music performances • Music education applications for the Internet of Musical Things • Intelligent music production in Internet of Musical Things contexts • Ubiquitous music • Web Audio for the Internet of Sounds • Spatial audio for the Internet of Sounds • Sonification for Internet of Sounds applications • Protocols and exchange formats for the Internet of Sounds • Improving accessibility and inclusiveness within the Internet of Sounds • Open audio databases for Deep Learning and Data Mining • Challenges in the management and delivery of large audio databases • Visualization, access and indexing of audio databases • Cloud-based services for musical and audio applications *Important dates* • Manuscript submission due: March 1st, 2021 • First round decision made: May 15th, 2021 • Revised manuscript due: June 15th, 2021 • Final paper due: July 15th, 2021 • Publication: October 2021 *Guest Editors* • Luca Turchet (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento) • George Fazekas (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London) • Cristina Rottondi (Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Polytechnic University of Turin) • Carlo Fischione (Department of Network and Systems Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology) *Author guidelines* Please submit complete 6 to 8-page papers by March 1, 2021. All submissions will be peer-reviewed according to standard JAES review procedures. We welcome original research including revised and expanded versions of “IWIS 2020” or AES conference papers addressing the theme of this special issue. Please follow the Author Guidelines found at: http://www.aes.org/journal/authors/guidelines/. Papers should be submitted online at: http://www.aes.org/journal/submit/. When submitting a paper, please choose the category “Special Issue (Internet of Sounds)” rather than Research Paper or Engineering Report. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luca Turchet Assistant Professor Head of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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UMUAI Special issue on Personalization and Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactive Communication

by Cristina Gena

UMUAI Special issue on Personalization and Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactive Communication The Journal of Personalization Research. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction *** Apologies for cross-postings** MOTIVATION AND SCOPE In order to make Human-Robot interactive communication socially acceptable, legible, and natural from the user’s point of view, it is of paramount importance to endow a robot with the ability to model the users’ preferences, needs, and motivations. Creating robotic systems capable of correctly recognizing, and consequently, modelling the human behavior and preferences is a very critical and challenging task, especially in the domain of assistive and social robotics and when working with vulnerable user populations. A robot should be able to cope with local uncertainties of the environment, variations of the human desires and motivations, and volatilities of the interaction itself. The embodiment condition of a robot requires the abilities to extract such relevant information from the interaction history but also from the indirect observation of the user. Thus, a user modeling component should cope with these challenging and evolving requirements. With respect to software agents, the embodiment condition requires also to consider the physical characteristics of the interaction, such as the user preferences regarding robot’s physical movements in the space (e.g., proxemics, speed, and trajectories). A personalized and adaptive interaction, differently from pure reactive strategies, strongly relies on the learning of such computational model of human behavior and on the integration of these into the decision-making algorithms of the robot. This includes also the possibility of endowing the robot with meta-cognition capabilities such as the capability of reasoning on the other individuals’ intentions, desires, and beliefs, as well as their internal states, personality, and emotions (often referred to as Theory of Mind - ToM). The ability of a robot to adapt its behavior according to social expectations, specific cultural norms, and possible individual preferences, will determine the success and large-scale use of such robotics application. This Special Issue aims at examining and promoting recent developments in the Personalized and Adaptive interactive communication in robotics, so providing to the UMUAI journal with a different perspective related to the specific characteristics of the interaction with a physical robot. The submitted papers will undergo peer review process before they can be accepted. Notification of acceptance will be communicated as we progress with the review process. LIST OF TOPICS • Context and situation awareness for robots • User modelling for HRI • User cognitive state assessment and monitoring • Activity, intention, and emotion recognition • Engagement evaluation and re-engagement strategies • Adaptation in physical interaction • Personalized dialogue with robots • Socially Aware Navigation • Adaptive Task Planning • Cognitive Architectures and Theory of Mind for adaptive interaction • Reinforcement learning for robotic adaptation • Adaptation in multimodal interaction • Non-verbal social signals in adaptation • Affective and emotion-adapted HRI • Personalized Social Assistive Robotics • Performance evaluation for adaptive robotic behavior SUBMISSION Authors must submit an extended abstract via EasyChair by the deadline indicated below. It must be at most 3 pages long, not counting references, and formatted according to the journal template. The guest editors of the special issue will then screen all submitted extended abstracts and will invite authors of submissions that pass this screening to submit a full manuscript to be submitted via the journal’s submission system. UMUAI formatting guidelines are available here: http://www.umuai.org/submission.shtml#instructions <http://www.umuai.org/submission.shtml#instructions> The abstract submission needs to be done through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=siumuai2020 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=siumuai2020> After abstracts have been accepted, the final full submission needs to be done through the UMUAI journal submission system: http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/11257 <http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/11257> SCHEDULE Extended abstract deadline – November 1st, 2020 Deadline for abstract review - November 15th, 2020 Full Paper Submission – January 15th, 2021 First review notification – March 15th, 2021 Deadline for revised manuscript– June 15th, 2021 Final notice of acceptance/rejection – July 15th, 2021 Camera-ready Deadline – September 15th, 2021 Publication – October, 2021 GUEST EDITORS Silvia Rossi – University of Naples Federico II (Italy), silvia.rossi(a)unina.it <mailto:silvia.rossi@unina.it> Mariacarla Staffa – University of Naples Federico II (Italy), mariacarla.staffa(a)unina.it <mailto:mariacarla.staffa@unina.it> Maartje De Graaf – Utrecht University (Netherlands), m.m.a.degraaf(a)uu.nl <mailto:m.m.a.degraaf@uu.nl> Cristina Gena - University of Turin (Italy), cristina.gena(a)unito.it <mailto:cristina.gena@unito.it> ***************************************** Cristina Gena, PhD Associate professor - Computer Science Department Head of the Smart HCI Lab@ICxT Innovation Center Università di Torino Via Pessinetto 12, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706827 web: www.di.unito.it/~cgena/ <http://www.di.unito.it/~cgena/> *****************************************

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First CFP: Special issue on "Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= Special Issue on *Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education * to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call47 ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• Óscar Mealha, University of Aveiro, Portugal • Matthias Rehm, Aalborg University, Denmark • Traian Rebedea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania/ *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *December 21*, 2020 • Notification to the authors: January 20, 2021 • Camera ready paper: February 10, 2021 • Publication of the special issue: end February, 2021 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The guest editors and the ASLERD Association are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners that foster the development of smart learning ecosystems and smart education to help learning places to recover their central role in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. We welcome contributions from people that fight to reify the above vision and to achieve a better learning for a better world as a contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). This is a particularly pertinent moment of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic that still prevails with an enormous, still unmeasurable impact, on learning ecosystems. Papers that report on work that nurtures a post-pandemic view and strategy for a better learning world are specially welcome. This special issue is supported by the Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (ASLERD) and welcome the submission of substantially extended version of the papers presented at SLERD 2020. (video recording of SLERD2020 presentations and of the open debate are available though the ASLERD Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmI-nIFxngonR7b3W4xSEpA/videos) ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: places for smart education, people in place centered design for smart education, supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. *Places for smart education* • future of institutional learning • interplay between formal and informal learning • new educational models and settings • continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, process in learning • role of and case studies of games and gamification in smart education • dual education and other alternate scheme approaches • monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) • People in place centered design for smart education *People in place centered design for smart education* • general frameworks and methodological advancement • design, data and other relevant literacies • literacies, skill and competences of smart citizens • communities and co-design in smart learning • sharing & participatory practices • open access to any resource and disparity • cultural influences • Supportive technologies and tools for smart education *Supportive technologies and tools for smart education* • intelligent tutoring systems and interfaces • semantic web technologies and applications • text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis • real/virtual communities and social network analysis • interoperability and application of open/smart data and services • safety & security in education • IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies • adaptability to educational contexts and citizens • role of VR in education =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: *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: "SI: Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education") 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: /Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education/ • oem [at] ua [dot] pt • matthias [at] create [dot] aau [dot] dk • traian [dot] rebedea [at] cs [dot] pub [dot] ro -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • Springer 2021 'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology' Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun ----------------------------------------------------------

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Call for papers AIUCD 2021

by Maria Simi

Segnalo la Call For Paper della decima conferenza dell'Associazione italiana per l' Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale AIUCD 2021 – DHs for society: e-quality, participation, rights and values in the Digital Age Di interesse per la comunità di HCI-Italy è sicuramente la tematica “Tecnologie assistive per l’inclusione”. https://aiucd2021.labcd.unipi.it/en/home-english/ <https://aiucd2021.labcd.unipi.it/en/home-english/>

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Request for Proposals — Bid on ACM IUI 2023

by Axel Soto

Request for Proposals — Bid on ACM IUI 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------- Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) is the premier conference series sponsored by ACM (SIGCHI and SIGAI) and has been held annually since 1993 as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. To involve the greater IUI community in conference organization and better plan for the conference, we request proposals for hosting and organizing IUI two years ahead of time. We regularly rotate the conference locations to engage with IUI research communities around the globe. Below shows the location and time of the three most recently scheduled IUI conferences: IUI 2020 (cancelled) Cagliari, Italy March 17-20 IUI 2021 College Station, Texas April 13-17 IUI 2022 Helsinki, Finland March 22-26 Why host IUI? There are several benefits of hosting and organizing an IUI conference. First, conference hosts/organizers have an opportunity to publicize their work, build relationships, and interact with the international IUI community. Second, this is a great opportunity for the organizers/hosts to introduce their students and colleagues to the IUI community and help grow the community as a whole. Third, hosts/organizers can use the opportunity to build local IUI communities, connecting representatives from both academia and industries. Bid Requirements All proposals must be written in English with a readable font not smaller than 12 point and margins not less than one inch on all sides. The proposal should address each aspect outlined below but not exceed 15000 characters (approx. 5-6 pages). Based on the merits of the proposals and factors such as ensuring a diversity of conference locations, the board will choose the top candidates and then a finalist will be chosen and announced at IUI 2021. Please note that the bid requirements have been modified from previous years. Please read the requirements below carefully before writing up your bid. Hosts/Organizers The conference hosts/organizers should have knowledge of the IUI community, such as having attended and published regularly at IUI, and have experience with conference organization. One of the main IUI goals is to bring together people from diverse backgrounds. For that reason, the bid proposal must suggest ONLY the conference general chairs. The IUI steering committee will work with the selected bid proposers on building the conference organizing team. We especially encourage that the key conference organizers consist of people from both industry and academia, representing both AI and HCI since the work presented at IUI is at the intersection of these disciplines. Please include short bios of the proposed conference general chair(s). Location Since IUI is an international forum, we expect that attendees will travel from different parts of the world to the conference location. It is important that the proposed location is conveniently located for all attendees to reach by available means of transportation. Time IUI conferences have been held at various times during late winter through early spring, most typically in March though earlier times will be considered. Your bid should include a proposed time with key dates (e.g., paper submission and notification). The choice of time should also take into account the weather conditions of the proposed location to avoid potential weather-caused travel delays and potential conflicts with other conferences and their submission deadlines. Please note that HRI 2023 will take place the week of March 20, 2023, and thus this week is not available for IUI 2023 bids. Virtual Attendance and the Impact of COVID-19 We hope that by the time of the 2023 conference that it will be possible to hold a physical conference similar to those held before 2020. Organizers should still prepare for decreased attendance and to offer virtual participation options for those who may not yet be comfortable traveling long distances. Conference Venue Please describe the proposed conference venue, including the following aspects: * Capacity. In recent years, IUI has typically had around 250 attendees, though IUI 2018 had a record high of over 350 participants and IUI 2019 had a similar number. No conference has been held since COVID, however current ACM recommendations are to anticipate a 30-40% decrease in attendance in the near term. IUI has typically taken place over four days, the first of which consists of workshops and tutorials hosted in parallel separate rooms (10-20 people). To encourage interaction among the attendees, during the main conference, it is also desirable to have additional space at the venue to put up IUI posters for the attendees to visit during coffee breaks. * Facilities. The venue should provide basic conference facilities, such as high speed internet access that can support the participants in parallel effectively and LCD projectors. * Location. The venue should be centrally located for attendees to reach quickly by ground transportation and have access to other amenities (e.g., restaurants). * Accessibility. The venue should be accessible to attendees with disabilities. * Reception and poster session dinner. Traditionally, IUI opens with a welcome reception on the night before the 1st day of the conference. The first night of the conference features a dinner reception with the poster and demo session. The location(s) of the receptions are not required to be co-located with the venue, however the location criterion above should still be used to minimize the travel for the attendees. * Social event. Traditionally, IUI has a social event + dinner on the second day of the main conference * Special events. Traditionally, during the conference the “test of time” paper award is given to the most influential IUI paper, which is accompanied by a plenary talk session for its authors. TiiS papers published in the last year are also integrated into the technical program, there is a “town hall meeting” where IUI community issues are discussed, and there is IUI steering committee lunch with current and upcoming conference and program chairs. These events need to be considered while planning the conference Accommodation Most attendees will need accommodation during the conference period. One of the responsibilities of the conference hosts/organizers is to locate and reserve a bulk of affordable lodging for attendees. Please describe the proposed accommodation options, including the price range of the hotel rooms and the distance to the main venue. Provisionary Budget Plan The proposal should also include a provisional budget, outlining the cost of major items, including the rental of the conference venue, cost/per person for the reception and banquet, and the estimated conference registration fee. Please consider including meals for participants in the budget, especially if there are limited food options near the conference venue. Important Dates Jan 8, 2021: Bids are due. Please submit your bid to steering-chair(a)iui.acm.org Feb 5, 2021: Notifications are sent to all submissions. For further information, please contact: jeff(a)jeffreynichols.com

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Deadline extension: Special issue on "Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing //========================================================= *Deadline extension: September 27, 2020* / ========================================================= Special Issue on *Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call46 ========================================================= *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *September 27*, 2020 • Notification to the authors: November 10, 2020 • Camera ready paper: November 20, 2020 • Publication of the special issue: end of November, 2020 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The shock caused by the pandemic on learning processes all around the world has no equal in the history of education. During previous pandemics the application of the social distancing has already led to the closure of schools but it was not possible to even imagine the continuation of teaching activities as it is happening in the present days, albeit within a virtual dimension. On average, in less than two weeks after the lock down all the actors of the educational processes - students, teachers and families - have been forced to use technologies that many of them would have never considered before as relevant for learning. In a short time, educational technologies that have always struggled to establish themselves as a significant support to the learning processes have become the standard. A so abrupt transition from physical to virtual has contributed to amplify the regret for the many opportunities lost in the past by several national and supranational educational systems in supporting and coordinating the development of technologies that could have generated a significant impact on the learning ecosystems. At the same time it has emerged the critical state of the tertiary education that has not been able to renew in depth pedagogical and didactic approaches to educate present and future teachers to significantly integrate technologies into traditional educational processes. Nonetheless, thanks to the many environments derived from the domain of the collaborative work, to the vast plethora of apps considered in the past as niche products, to the good will of many teachers, to a constant learning by doing (that in many cases has become a continuous field experimentation) schools and universities are accompanying their students towards the end of the school/academic year. This special issue aims at gathering the most significant studies and experiences that have been carried on during the pandemic period to make sure that at least a part of such body of knowledge will not be completely lost. We need them, and we need to reflect on them, hoping that they could guide us in the development of a new way of thinking about learning ecosystems and, more in general, about educational processes. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted to 'Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19' includes, but is not limited to: • Research and case studies on organizational aspects • Research and case studies on didactic aspects • Research and case studies on monitoring and evaluation aspects and strategies • Research and case studies on the unconventional use of conventional technologies, or on the use of unconventional technologies to support educational processes • Research and case studies on the functional rethinking of physical or phygital places for learning • Research and case studies on the transformation of learning ecosystems and of the perceptions' of the main actors of the learning processes. • Future visions =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: *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: "SI: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19") 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: /Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19/ • carlo [dot] giovannella [at] uniroma2 [dot] it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • Autumn 2020 focus section on 'Augmenting Space: The role of immersive technologies in future cities' Guest editors: Callum Parker, Soojeong Yoo, Waldemar Jenek, Youngho Lee • Winter 2020 'Tools, Pedagogical and Ludic Strategies, Co-Design supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education' Guest editors: Oscar Mealha, Traian Rebedea, Matthias Rehm • Springer 2021 'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology' Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun ----------------------------------------------------------

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ACM IUI 2021: 2nd Call for papers

by Axel Soto

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Papers *** * College Station, TX * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 2, 2020 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 9, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute methodology or theory for the evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas—academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations—and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and a doctoral consortium for graduate students. ### COVID-19 statement We are monitoring the situation regarding the global pandemic and associated travel restrictions. If needed, we will offer a virtual presentation option if the conference cannot take place due to the global pandemic, or if registered authors from specific parts of the world cannot attend the conference. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: full and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however full papers should make more substantial and significant contributions, while short papers can contain more focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2021". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Internet of Things (IoT) * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media and other Web technologies * Mobile applications * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation systems * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Speech-based interfaces * AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents, virtual assistants) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * User experiments * User studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analyses * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 2, 2020: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 9, 2020: Papers deadline * Dec 14, 2020: Notification * Feb 8, 2021: Camera ready due * Apr 13, 2021: Conference starts ## Submission Guidelines Check the submission guidelines on the conference page: https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Program Chairs * John O’Donovan, University of California, Santa Barbara * Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University * Paul Teale, Texas A&M * Jeeeun Kim, Texas A&M * Aaron Adler, Raytheon BBN Technologies * Manoj Prasad, Microsoft * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org

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IxD&A Journal N. 44 is 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 - * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *N. 44* *Regular papers* is available for free downloading -> link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11&link=T…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /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. 44 - ToC* /** Preface**** **pp. 5 - 6** **Paula Alexandra Silva, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Denis Renó, Ana Margarida Almeida, Luís Pedro, Fernando Ramos* Understanding the role of digital communication and mediation strategies in community-led territorial innovation: a systematic review, *pp. 7 - 28//** **John M. Carroll, Sooyeon Lee, Madison Reddie, Jordan Beck and Mary Beth Rosson *Human-Computer Synergies in Prosthetic Interactions*, pp. 29 - 52//** **//ilker Erkan *Early Design Stage Analysis with Brain Imaging Method,* pp. 53 - 70//** ** Maka Eradze, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana, Nikola Milikic, Mart Laanpere and Kairit Tammets *Contextualising Learning Analytics with Classroom Observations: A Case study*///, pp. 71 - 95/**** Donatella Persico, Flavio Manganello, Marcello Passarelli** **/**Participatory approaches to Learning Design: the gap between theory and practice**/, pp. 96 - 108** **Wolmet Barendregt, Sara Ekström, Svea Kiesewetter, Lena Pareto, Sofia Serholt *Demystifying Robots in the Co-Design of a Tutee Robot with Primary School Children*, pp. 109 - 128//** **/ /Agneta Gulz, Susanne Kjällander, Sofia Frankenberg, Magnus Haake *Early Math in a Preschool Context: Spontaneous Extension of the Digital into the Physical*, pp. 129 - 154//** **/ ========================================================= IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> =========================================================

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IxD&A journal: new URL to submit papers and next deadlines.

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 - * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This short message is to inform you that due to problems occurred, during the summer break, to the ojs management system used by the reviewing process of IxD&A Journal we had to upgrade it and now the system is available again at the following URL: *https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login* **apologize for the inconveniences that may have been experienced by some of you** ======================================================== On occasion we remind you next journal deadlines: *September 2, 2020* special issue on '*Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19* <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call46>' focus session on '*Augmenting Space: The role of immersive technologies in future cities* <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call4…>' Always active the open call for 2021 special issues and focus sections <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call2…> and the submission of regular papers (authors' guidelines <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7>). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last available IxD&A issue that can be downloaded: issue n.44 <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11&link=T…>. In preparation: issue n. *45* special issue on 'Designing for ownership in technology-enhanced learning (TEL): a core element for learners’ SRL and agency <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call45>' focus session on 'End-user development challenges for creative computing <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call44>'

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HCSE 2020: posters and demos submission is by Aug 31, 2020 - 8th Intl. Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering

by Carmelo Ardito

Dear colleagues, there is still time to submit posters and demos to HCSE 2020, the 8th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering. Please see the *CfP* below for details and visit the conference *website* for further and updated information. http://hcse-conference.org/ Following current regulations in the Netherlands, the conference is still planned to be held physically in Eindhoven, November 30th to December 2nd, 2020. We are looking forward to meeting you at TU/e in Eindhoven for HCSE 2020. Please stay well and healthy! Best wishes, Regina Bernhaupt - Carmelo Ardito - Stefan Sauer General Organizers of HCSE 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *HCSE 2020* *Call for Papers* *8th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering* *November 30th - December 2nd, 2020 - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands* http://www.hcse-conference.org <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hcse-c…> *HCSE*is a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fifip-tc13.…>in cooperation with IFIP Working Group 13.5 on Human Error, Resilience, Reliability, Safety and System Development <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fifip-tc13.…>. 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 ●design and architectural patterns for interactive systems ●involvement of end-users, clients and stakeholders in the 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 ●integration of multiple properties (e.g. usability, security, reliability, user experience, privacy, accessibility, etc.) in software development ●socio-technical aspects of interactive software development ●software architectures for interactive systems ●rational design and traceability of design choices. HCSE 2020 welcomes contribution 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 2020* 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. 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 other) 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 - *SUBMISSION CLOSED*) should describe substantial research contributions of novel work that has produced advanced results including validation of results. ●Late-breaking results(up to 12 pages -*SUBMISSION CLOSED*) 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* Contributions should be sent via *EasyChair* (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse2020 <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair…>). 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* 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. *Proceedings* Accepted contributions must be formatted according to the guidelines of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spring…>series of Springer. Authors are requested to prepare submissions as close as possible to final camera-ready versions. *Important Dates* *Technical full papers, late breaking results* Submission: *July 6^th *, 2020 (*CLOSED*) Notification to authors: *August 24^th *, 2020 (*SENT*) Camera-ready due: *September 30^th *, 2020 *Demos, posters* _Submission: __*August 31^st *__, 2020 (extended!)_ Notification to authors: *September 21^st *, 2020 Camera-ready due: *September 30^th *, 2020 Conference dates: *November 30^th – ***December *2^nd *, 2020 *Organizers * *General Conference Chairs:* Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Carmelo Ardito, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Carmelo Ardito, PhD Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione Politecnico di Bari via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy E-Mail: carmelo.ardito(a)poliba.it Personal Home Page: http://ivu.di.uniba.it/people/ardito.htm Research Group: SisInf Lab - Information Systems Laboratory http://sisinflab.poliba.it/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Informativa Privacy - Ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate e ad uso esclusivo del destinatario. 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