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37th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025): First Call for Papers

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*** First Call for Papers *** 37th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025) September 17-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ictss-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) IFIP-ICTSS is a well-established conference where researchers, developers, testers, and users from industry get together to present and discuss the most recent innovations, experiences and open challenges related to testing software and systems and measuring software quality. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ■ Aspects of testing: test derivation, test selection, test generation, test coverage, test concretization, test implementation and execution, test result analysis, test oracle, verdict computation, test management, active testing and passive testing, monitoring and runtime verification. ■ Testing new technologies: this year we encourage submissions focused on testing Large Language Models (LLMs), audit machine learning systems (especially for applications to Health) and Quantum systems (programs, computers, and simulators). ■ Diversity on testing: diverse generation, selecting diverse test suites, foundations of testing and diversity, applications of entropy and Kolmogorov complexity on test suite diversity. ■ Theoretical approaches: formalisms (such as automata, state machines, process algebra, logics, Markov-chains...), testing frameworks, results for compositionality, refinement, soundness and completeness, addressing complex systems, heterogeneous or hybrid systems. ■ Modelling languages (such as UML, MATLAB, Simulink, Modelica...) and associated tooling for model-based testing: test generation from models, model-based oracles. Scalability, traceability, quantification issues. Automated support of any parts of the testing activities, testing processes, test-driven development, sound metrics and measurements. ■ Testing of quality aspects: Functional, interoperability, unit, integration, performance, load, conformance, non-regression, reliability, robustness. ■ Security Testing: methodologies and techniques for continuous security assessment, security monitoring, security review, penetration testing, verification of certification compliance; automation of security testing processes. ■ Cross domains and combination of techniques: using other techniques such as proof, model-checking, symbolic execution, abstract interpretation, static analysis, simulation, model learning, machine learning, expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms... to improve quality and reduce the effort in testing processes. ■ Application aspects and case studies: Communicating systems such as cyberphysical systems, systems of systems, embedded systems, web services systems, smart grids, cloud computing systems, business information systems, real-time systems, distributed and concurrent systems. Case studies and industrial applications involving qualified empirical evaluations. IFIP-ICTSS Invites: Full papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research contributions with sufficient evidence for the interest of the proposed approach. Industry papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research or experience report conducted within an industrial environment or in collaboration with an industry partner. Short papers or work-in-progress papers (up to 6 pages plus at most 1 extra page for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing academic work in progress or tool implementations, as well as testing processes, achievements and feedback on testing methods for industrial case studies. Journal-First. The aim of the Journal-First (JF) submission category is to further enrich the program of ICTSS, as well as to provide an overall more flexible path to publication and dissemination of original research that is within the scope of ICTSS. A submission in this category must adhere to the following criteria: ■ It should be clearly within the scope of the conference. ■ It should be recent: it should have been accepted and made publicly available in a journal (online or in print) by January 1, 2023 or more recently. ■ It has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, Journal- First tracks of other conferences or workshops. ■ The submission has to be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract and has to provide a concise summary of the published journal paper. ■ It must be marked as such in the submission’s, and must explicitly include full bibliographic details (including a DOI) of the journal publication they are based on. Since the referenced journal papers have already been reviewed and accepted by the corresponding journals, submissions in the JF category will not be reviewed again for technical content. Submissions will be judged on the basis of the above criteria, but also considering how well they would complement the conference’s technical program. Accepted submissions in this category will be part of the proceedings of ICTSS 2025, with the title equal to the original title of the article with the prefix. The submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ictss2025 The papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS volume. Authors should consult Springer’s Instructions for Authors of Proceedings (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and use either the LaTeX or the Word templates provided on the authors’ page. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf. Authors are encouraged to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Journal Special Issue Best papers of the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their article at a special (topical) issue of the Springer Nature of Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979). Deadline will be near the end of December 2025 with a tentative publication date for the middle 2026. Collocation ICTSS 2025 will be collocated with the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025). IMPORTANT DATES ■ Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) ■ Author Notification: June 30, 2025 (AoE) ■ Camera-ready Versions and Author Registration: July 14, 2025 (AoE) ORGANISATION Conference Chairs ■ Silvia Bonfanti, University of Bergamo, Italy ■ George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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Announcing the Accepted Workshops for IUI 2025

by Eleonora Zedda

We are pleased to announce the list of the accepted workshops for IUI 2025. Here is the full list of accepted workshops: * *HAI-GEN 2025*: 6th Workshop on Human-AI Co-Creation with Generative Models * *MIND*: Workshop on Blending Agents and Direct Manipulation for LLMs * *HealthIUI*: Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Health User Interfaces * *SOCIALIZE*: Workshop on Social and Cultural Integration with Personalized Interfaces * *STEP-HAI*: Strengthening Engineering Psychology for Human-AI Interactions * *BEHAVE AI*: Workshop on Best Practices and Guidelines for Human-Centric Design and Evaluation of Proactive AI Agents * *AXAI*: Adaptive eXplainable AI We look forward to the engaging discussions and insights these sessions will bring. For further details on each workshop, please visit our official page: IUI 2025 Accepted Workshops <https://iui.acm.org/2025/accepted_workshops.html>.

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WUD SIGCHI-Italy 2024: ancora pochi giorni per registrarsi all'evento!

by Angela Locoro

Buongiorno, il World Usability Day (WUD) SIGCHI-Italy <https://hintlab.polimi.it/wud-sigchi-italy-2024/> si avvicina! L'evento si svolgerà Giovedì 14 Novembre dalle ore 9:15 alle 13:40 nell’aula “Emilio Gatti” del Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (Edificio 20) del Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5 - 20134 Milano, e in streaming su WebEx. L'evento è gratuito e ci si può registrare al link: https://forms.office.com/e/ixiuTqqCNv entro l’8 Novembre. Ancora per pochi giorni! Ricordiamo che la mattinata sarà dedicata alla sostenibilità e all'accessibilità, declinate secondo gli studi più innovativi dell'HCI. Esperti di sostenibilità e accessibilità, voci aziendali, interventi di ricercatori della nostra community arricchiranno questo evento denso di idee verso il "design per un mondo migliore". Ecco il programma completo: Ore 9:15 Saluti iniziali Prof.ssa Giuliana Vitiello, Università degli Studi di Salerno e Presidentessa del SIGCHI-Italy Prof.ssa Cristina Gena, Università degli Studi di Torino, organizzatrice di numerose precedenti edizioni del WUD SIGCHI-Italy Introdurranno brevemente alla giornata gli organizzatori: Prof.ssa Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano Prof.ssa Angela Locoro Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof.ssa Barbara Rita Barricelli, Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof.ssa Daniela Fogli, Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof. Stefano Valtolina,Università degli Studi di Milano INVITED SPEAKER Ore 9:30 Dott.ssa Eleonora Mencarini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Azioni collettive e piani per il futuro: come la Sustainable HCI può contribuire a contrastare il cambiamento climatico. Ore 10:30-11:00 break La parola alle aziende Ore 11:00 Jie Yuan e Andrea Cardillo, Microsoft Italia, L'accessibilità in Microsoft e l'impatto dell'intelligenza artificiale Ore 11:20 Dr. Carlo Boccazzi Varotto, Hackability, Cambiare le cose: l'importanza di un approccio strutturato al co-design per sviluppare soluzioni per l'accessibilità, generando innovazione e impatti sociali ed economici. Sostenibilità Ore 11:40 Prof.ssa Catia Prandi, Università degli Studi di Bologna. Citizen Science in HCI: un approccio inclusivo per promuovere la consapevolezza e l’impegno civico Ore 12:00 Prof.ssa Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano. Progettare per la sostenibilità: come il design di applicazioni Web a basso consumo energetico influisce sull'esperienza utente Ore 12:20 Prof.ssa Tania di Mascio, Università dell’Aquila. Educare l'intelligenza artificiale seguendo le traiettorie di sviluppo dei bambini Accessibilità Ore 12:40 Prof. Alberto Arenghi, Università degli Studi di Brescia. Universal Design: un approccio trasversale per migliorare la qualità della vita Ore 13:00 Prof. Dragan Ahmetovic, Università degli Studi di Milano. Accessibilità delle informazioni tecnico-scientifiche per le persone con disabilità visive Ore 13:20 Prof.ssa Ines Di Loreto, Université de Technologie de Troyes (Francia). Interazione Multisensoriale per l'Apprendimento e la Riabilitazione Maggiori informazioni e la locandina dell’evento sul sito Web dell’iniziativa <https://hintlab.polimi.it/wud-sigchi-italy-2024/>. Vi aspettiamo! Un caro saluto e a presto, Angela Locoro, Maristella Matera, Barbara Rita Barricelli, Daniela Fogli, Stefano Valtolina

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Open positions in Human Computer Interaction and Human Centered AI at MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi, UAE

by Prof. Elizabeth Churchill

Dear HCI colleagues, Announcing the formation of a new department of HCI at MBZUAI<https://mbzuai.ac.ae/> in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I have recently joined the university to set up an HCI Department focused on HCI & AI, and human centered AI more generally. More information is below: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is the world’s first graduate AI university. It is a research-oriented university with 365 students (from 49 nationalities; 30% female), and over 81 world-leading faculty members. MBZUAI is already ranked in the world’s top 20 by CSRankings for AI<https://csrankings.org/#/index?ai&vision&mlmining&nlp&inforet&world>, a remarkable achievement for a young university dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in AI research and teaching. MBZUAI is also committed to deep research and leadership in the area of “human centered AI”, and with that commitment in mind has launched a new department of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). We have open faculty roles at all levels: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor. Research areas of interest include but are not limited to: Ubiquitous, Wearable, Tangible, and Affective Computing; Assistive Technologies and Human Augmentation (including sensory, cognitive and physical enhancement, and HCI aspects of neurotechnology and biomedical engineering); Interface Design; Interaction Design (including the design of chatbots, voice assistants, virtual agents, and advances in multimodal input); Service Design; Human Data Interaction and Complex System Visualization; Human-Agent and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI); Computational Sociology; and AI-driven Social and Societal Technologies. Domains of interest include but are not limited to: Health and Healthcare; Education; Entertainment; Business and Organizational Applications of AI; Smart Buildings and Smart Cities; Assistive Technology, and Culture and Cultural Heritage. If you or anyone you know is interested, our call for applications can be found here: https://apply.interfolio.com/140925 Please also feel free to reach out if you have questions. Prof Elizabeth F. Churchill Prof. Elizabeth Churchill Department Chair and Professor of Human Computer Interaction T: +971 2 811 3010 E: Elizabeth.Churchill(a)mbzuai.ac.ae www.mbzuai.ac.ae<http://www.mbzuai.ac.ae> Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Masdar City, Building 1B, 3rd Floor Abu Dhabi, UAE [cid:MBZUAI_Logo_4d283c4f-1a0d-4aed-8a25-b17ff8b431f8.png] The world’s first specialized research-based AI university

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[Call for papers] Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems

by Luigi De Russis

Call for Papers – Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems Special issue of Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) https://ixdea.org/digital-wellbeing-for-teens-designing-educational-systems/ Overview Recently, researchers have been exploring the unexpected issues arising from the excessive use of personal devices and social media apps, particularly as companies adopt “attention-capture” tactics like guilty-pleasure recommendations and automatic content playback. These strategies exploit users’ psychological vulnerabilities to increase advertising revenue, resulting in significant impacts on users’ perceived agency and often leading to a sense of losing control over their technology use. This has led to the emergence of a new focus on “digital wellbeing,” studied in fields such as Human-Computer Interaction and psychology. Traditional approaches by practitioners and researchers to tackle these issues involve developing Digital Self-Control Tools (DSCTs), such as mobile apps and browser extensions, that help users track their usage patterns and implement interventions like timers and lock-out mechanisms to regulate device use. However, both researchers and users are beginning to emphasize that achieving digital wellbeing requires more than just self-monitoring strategies; it is a journey of personal growth that necessitates education. Topics of Interest The goal of this special issue is to discuss ongoing research and ideas at the intersection of digital wellbeing and education. It aims to foster the development of strategies and interactive tools that mentor users, especially children and teenagers, towards a more meaningful and conscious use of technology. This can be accomplished in various ways, such as by designing new Digital Self-Control Tools with educational components, developing serious games, or creating collaborative platforms to introduce and support digital wellbeing learning in schools. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: * participatory and co-design of digital wellbeing systems; * tools and strategies to teach digital wellbeing at school; * strategies and tools for measuring students’ digital wellbeing; * novel DSCTs that include educational aspects; * gamification strategies for digital wellbeing; * ethical, social, and political factors. Submission All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted anonymized either in .doc or in .pdf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Prospective participants are invited to submit an 8-20 pages paper (including authors’ information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). Important dates Deadline: December 31st, 2024 Notification to the authors: February 28th, 2025 Camera ready paper: March 30th, 2025 Publication of the special issue: June 2025 (tentatively) Guest Editors Chiara Ceccarini, University of Bologna (Italy) Catia Prandi, University of Bologna (Italy) Alberto Monge Roffarello, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

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Esito votazioni

by Maristella Matera

Care tutti e cari tutti , ho il piacere di comunicarvi che Giuliana Vitiello si riconferma presidentessa del SIGCHI Italy, avendo ricevuto 43 voti a suo favore (su 43 voti totali). Nel congratularmi con Giuliana per la fiducia che la nostra associazione le ha rinnovato, colgo l'occasione per sottolineare che gli obiettivi ambiziosi di questo secondo mandato richiedono il sostegno e la partecipazione di ciascuno di noi. Negli ultimi anni, la nostra associazione è cresciuta, nel numero di membri e nella varietà e visibilità delle nostre attività. Il mio auspicio, per Giuliana e per tutti, è che i prossimi anni siano altrettanto ricchi di opportunità. Un caro saluto a tutti, Maristella

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PhD Offer in HCI in Fribourg (Switzerland): PhD Candidate in Silver Economy and Silver Tech

by Angelini Leonardo

Dear all, We are looking for a PhD candidate in Human-Computer Interaction to join our team, the Digital Business Center at the School of Management in Fribourg (CH). The candidate will have the opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary European project. Please share this within your networks! Mission and Field of Activity: * Contribute to advancing knowledge on the silver economy and its impact on people over 65. * Study the desirability, use, and acceptance of new technologies by older adults. * Conduct in-depth literature reviews and engage in field research to gather valuable insights and data related to the silver economy and technology acceptance among older adults. * Use qualitative and quantitative research methods to analyze and interpret data, providing valuable conclusions and recommendations. * Prepare high-quality scientific papers to disseminate research findings, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field. * Support the development of project proposals focused on the silver economy and technology acceptance, ensuring alignment with research goals and societal needs. * Write a doctoral thesis in the areas described above. Your Profile: * Master’s degree in management, design, computer science, or a related field considered equivalent in relevance and expertise. * Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods, enabling you to apply appropriate, rigorous data collection and analysis methods. * Familiarity with new digital technologies and a genuine interest in them, particularly for creating prototypes and mock-ups. * Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team, particularly in health or social work fields. * Previous experience in research projects is an asset, demonstrating your ability to conduct independent research tasks, collaborate within a team, and achieve quality results. * A record of publications in prestigious academic journals or conferences will be considered a major asset. * Proficiency in French or English, with a good knowledge of the other language. Knowledge of other official Swiss languages (German and Italian) is a plus. Additional Information: * Fixed-term contract for 3 years, renewable * Activity rate: 90% to 100% * Contact: Maurizio Caon, Head of the Digital Business Center, +41 26 429 67 44 * Start date: 01.01.2025 * Application deadline: 01.12.2024 To apply, follow this link: https://www.hefr.ch/fr/emploi/doctorant-e-en-silver-economie-et-silver-tech/ Best regards, Leonardo █ Leonardo Angelini ▪ PhD ▪ Assistant Professor HEG ▪ Haute école de gestion ▪ Chemin du Musée 4 ▪ 1700 Fribourg HEIA ▪ Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture ▪ Perolles 80 ▪ CH-1705 Fribourg HES-SO ▪ University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland +41 (0)26 429 67 45 (landline) ▪ Digital Business Center<https://www.heg-fr.ch/en/research-and-mandates/center/digital-business-cent…> ▪ HumanTech<http://humantech.institute/> ▪ Silver&Home<http://www.silverhome.ch/> ▪ Leonardo Angelini<http://leonardo.angelini.home.hefr.ch/>

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Sorry for the wrong message - Deadline approaching for the second round of submissions to ICPRAM 2025

by Maria De Marsico

Sorry for the wrong message **** Sorry for multiple posting **** Deadline is approaching for the second round of submissions to ICPRAM 2025 - 14-th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods February 23-25, Porto - Portugal *Call for Papers* Scope <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#scope> | Conference Areas <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#conference_areas> | Keynote Lectures <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#keynote_speakers> | Paper Submission <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#paper_submission> Publications <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#publications> | Important Dates <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallforPapers.aspx#important_dates> | Secretariat <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#secretariat> | Venue <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallforPapers.aspx#venue> Conference Chair <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#conference_chair> | Program Chair <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#program_co-chairs> | Program Committee <https://icpram.scitevents.org/CallForPapers.aspx#program_committee> ICPRAM is sponsored by INSTICC <http://www.insticc.org/> – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication *SCOPE* The International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods is a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners on the areas of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, both from theoretical and application perspectives. Contributions describing applications of Pattern Recognition techniques to real-world problems, interdisciplinary research, experimental and/or theoretical studies yielding new insights that advance Pattern Recognition methods are especially encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the proceedings of ICPRAM with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in presenting a demo or lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. *CONFERENCE AREAS* Each of the topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas: *1*. THEORY AND METHODS *2*. APPLICATIONS *AREA 1: THEORY AND METHODS* - Advanced Learning Methods - Linear Models and Dimensionality Reduction - Machine Learning Methods - Model Representation and Selection - Shape Representation - Signal Processing - Bayesian Models and Stochastic Methods - Classification and Clustering - Deep Learning and Neural Networks - Ensemble Methods - Feature Selection and Extraction - Knowledge Acquisition and Representation *AREA 2: APPLICATIONS* - Audio and Speech Analysis - Motion Tracking and Action Recognition - Natural Language Processing - Robotics - Sensors and Early Vision - Virtual Environments - Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - Biometrics - Data Mining and Algorithms for Big Data - Document Analysis - Image and Video Analysis and Understanding - Industry Related Applications - Information Retrieval - Medical Imaging - *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * *Nelly Bencomo*, <https://icpram.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#1>Durham University, United Kingdom *Amparo Alonso Betanzos*, <https://icpram.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#2>University of A Coruña, Spain *Alberto Del Bimbo*, <https://icpram.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#3>Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy *Thomas B. Moeslund*, <https://icpram.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#4>Aalborg University, Denmark *PAPER SUBMISSION * Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity. When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism <https://icpram.scitevents.org/NormsPlagiarism.aspx> thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS <http://www.insticc.org/primoris> and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates <https://icpram.scitevents.org/Guidelines.aspx>. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail. *PUBLICATIONS* All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index. *IMPORTANT DATES* Conference Date: *23 - 25 February, 2025* <https://icpram.scitevents.org/Glossary.aspx#RP> *Regular Papers <https://icpram.scitevents.org/Glossary.aspx#RP>* Paper Submission: October 22, 2024 (expired) Authors Notification: *December 4, 2024* Camera Ready and Registration: *December 20, 2024* <https://icpram.scitevents.org/Glossary.aspx#PP> *Position Papers /Regular Papers <https://icpram.scitevents.org/Glossary.aspx#PP>* Paper Submission: *November 13, 2024* Authors Notification: *December 20, 2024* Camera Ready and Registration: *January 13, 2025* *Workshops* Workshop Proposal: October 17, 2024 (expired) Paper Submission: *November 15, 2024* Authors Notification: *January 6, 2025* Camera Ready and Registration: *January 22, 2025* *Special Sessions* Special Session Proposal: October 17, 2024 (expired) *Tutorials* Tutorial Proposal: *January 17, 2025* *Demos* Demo Proposal: *January 17, 2025* *Panels* Panel Proposal: *January 17, 2025* *Abstracts* Abstract Submission: *January 7, 2025* Authors Notification: *January 20, 2025* Camera Ready and Registration: *January 28, 2025* *SECRETARIAT* *ICPRAM Secretariat * Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C 2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +351 265 520 186 e-mail: icpram.secretariat(a)insticc.org <%20icpram.secretariat(a)insticc.org> Web: https://icpram.scitevents.org *VENUE* The conference will take place at the Vila Galé Porto hotel which is located in the beautiful and historical city of Porto in Portugal. Porto is considered to be one of the most beautiful historical towns in Portugal, with its remarkable architectural heritage shaped by history. *CONFERENCE CHAIR* *Ana Fred*, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), Portugal *PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS * *Modesto Castrillon-Santana*, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain *Maria De Marsico*, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Full Professor Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science Chair of IAPR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee IEEE Senior member Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it tel: +39 06 49918312

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Deadline approaching for the second round of submissions to ICPRAM 2025 - 14th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods

by Maria De Marsico

*Modesto Castrillon-Santana*, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain *Maria De Marsico*, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Full Professor Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science Chair of IAPR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee IEEE Senior member Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it tel: +39 06 49918312

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Research grant (assegno di ricerca) at Genoa University on information visualization and learning analytics

by Ilaria Torre

Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you about a research grant (assegno di ricerca) available at the University of Genoa in the field of information visualization and learning analytics. The deadline for the application is on 8 November 2024, at noon (Italy time). Please find the details below. - Title of the research grant: Video augmentation, information visualization methods and learning analytics. - Project: the research grant is part of the PRIN 2022 PNRR, NEXT GENERATION EU, EKEEL Project - Empowering Knowledge Extraction to Empower Learners. - Short description: The automatic extraction of concepts and relationships from video lectures enables the generation of semantic graphs representing the structure of content and its connections. Such graphs can be used for the development of methods and applications to support video-based learning and learning processes. In this context, the grant has two main goals: 1) design, development, and testing of innovative methods and applications for video augmentation and knowledge visualization based on the semantic graphs extracted as part of the project, 2) analysis of the experimental data using qualitative-quantitative methods and pattern recognition techniques to study learners’ behavior. - Location: University of Genoa, Department of 'Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS)', Italy. The activity can be held remotely if required by the candidate. - Start date: 2 December 2024 or later, if required. - Total amount for 1 year: € 23.250,00 - Supervisor: Prof. Ilaria Torre - Admission criteria: Master's degree in computer science or a related field (details in the call). - Application deadline: 8th November 2024 (12:00 pm Italy time) - Link to the call for applications: https://concorsi.unige.it/home/?__language=en Click on "Assegnisti" --> D.R. n. 5140 del 24.10.2024 Programma n.3<https://concorsi.unige.it/home/procedure/4972> I kindly ask you to forward this call to anyone who might be interested and please feel free to contact me if you need any additional information. Best regards Ilaria Torre -- Ilaria Torre Associate Professor, University of Genoa, IT Department of Computer Science, Bio-engineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering Head of the MSc in Digital Humanities - Interactive systems and digital media, Polytechnic School Office +39 010 3532818 Email ilaria.torre(a)unige.it<mailto:ilaria.torre@unige.it>

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Votazioni per l'elezione del chair di SIGCHI Italy

by Maristella Matera

Care tutte e cari tutti, come anticipato, si aprono oggi le votazioni per l'elezione del chair di SIGCHI Italy. L'unica candidata è Giuliana Vitiello, trovate in allegato la sua lettera di candidatura. Le votazioni si svolgeranno da ora a tutto giovedì 31 Ottobre a questo indirizzo: https://bit.ly/sigchiItaly_votazioni2024 Vi ricordiamo che per votare è necessario essere "voting member" si SIGCHI Italy (https://sigchitaly.eu/members/). Segnalate a me o a Massimo Zancanaro se, pur essendo iscritti ad ACM o a SIGCHI (condizioni necessarie per l'iscrizione a SIGCHI Italy) il vostro nome non risulta ancora in elenco. In chiusura, sottolineiamo l'importanza del voto, anche in presenza di una sola candidatura. Un caro saluto, Maristella e Massimo

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WUD SIGCHI-Italy 2024: partecipazione e programma

by Angela Locoro

Buongiorno, come annunciato qualche settimana fa, il prossimo WUD SIGCHI-Italy si terrà giovedì 14 Novembre in modalità ibrida (a Milano e online). Di seguito potete trovare le informazioni dettagliate sull’evento, al quale rinnoviamo l’invito a partecipare. Il WUD SIGCHI-Italy <https://hintlab.polimi.it/wud-sigchi-italy-2024/> in presenza si svolgerà il 14 novembre dalle ore 9:15 alle 13:40 nell’aula “Emilio Gatti” del Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (Edificio 20) del Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5 - 20134 Milano, e in streaming su WebEx. L’evento è gratuito e ci si può registrare al link: https://forms.office.com/e/ixiuTqqCNv entro l’8 Novembre. A tutti gli iscritti che parteciperanno online verrà comunicato il link per accedere da remoto all’evento. La mattinata di interventi inizierà con la keynote della ricercatrice Eleonora Mencarini, che esporrà il lavoro dei ricercatori e dei progettisti nel campo dell'HCI per contribuire a comunicare le ripercussioni del cambiamento climatico. L'intervento approfondirà l'evoluzione della HCI sostenibile, dalla sua nascita fino alle tendenze attuali, evidenziando la co-creazione di politiche pubbliche, l'integrazione della biodiversità nel design e lo sviluppo di competenze multidisciplinari per affrontare la complessità del cambiamento climatico. Nell’intervento verranno ripercorse le tappe fondamentali di questo percorso, portando ad esempio uno scenario insolito per la tecnologia: i rifugi alpini, avamposti del cambiamento climatico, per i quali la comprensione del fenomeno da parte di cittadini e decisori politici è la chiave per mettere in atto strategie di anticipazione in grado di fronteggiare l’incertezza che la crisi climatica comporta e sperimentare nuovi modi di abitare le terre alte. Il programma degli interventi proseguirà poi con due voci aziendali: Jie Yuan e Andrea Cardillo di Microsoft Italia e Carlo Boccazzi Varotto di Hackability. I temi toccati negli interventi aziendali saranno relativi all’intelligenza artificiale accessibile e ai progetti realizzati e in corso, incentrati sulla collaborazione con altre aziende e istituzioni, per portare un’innovazione capace di creare un impatto sociale duraturo. Seguiranno poi le due sessioni sui temi della Sostenibilità e dell’ Accessibilità. Nella prima verranno toccati e discussi i temi della citizen science e del suo ruolo nell'HCI, mostrando come il coinvolgimento diretto dei cittadini nei progetti di ricerca possa promuovere la consapevolezza civica e l'impegno su temi di sviluppo sostenibile. Seguiranno poi interventi su quali sfide e responsabilità presenti il buon design del software relativamente al consumo di risorse fisiche e di come quindi sia cruciale progettare applicazioni web consapevoli del loro consumo energetico. Verrà infine toccato il tema di come l’intelligenza artificiale possa supportare l’equità e ridurre le disuguaglianze di genere e disabilità, attraverso l’educazione degli algoritmi ad allinearsi più e meglio all’apprendimento umano. La seconda sessione esplorerà il concetto di design universale, come approccio progettuale che mira a rendere spazi, oggetti e servizi accessibili al maggior numero possibile di persone oltre i limiti dell'accessibilità tradizionale. Verrà sollevata la questione dell’accessibilità delle informazioni tecnico-scientifiche per le persone con disabilità visive, specie quando si trattano informazioni non testuali ma grafiche, schematiche e messe in formule. Di ciò verranno illustrati i metodi tradizionali e le soluzioni innovative per garantire un accesso equo. Infine, entreremo nel mondo dell’interazione multisensoriale per l’apprendimento e la riabilitazione, dove verranno presentati esempi pratici di interfacce tangibili e serious game, utilizzati in ambito riabilitativo e nella gestione delle crisi, con un focus sull'efficacia di questi strumenti in contesti educativi e sanitari. Questo il programma della mattinata: Ore 9:15 Saluti iniziali Prof.ssa Giuliana Vitiello, Università degli Studi di Salerno e Presidentessa del SIGCHI-Italy Prof.ssa Cristina Gena, Università degli Studi di Torino, organizzatrice di numerose precedenti edizioni del WUD SIGCHI-Italy Introdurranno brevemente alla giornata gli organizzatori: Prof.ssa Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano Prof.ssa Angela Locoro Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof.ssa Barbara Rita Barricelli, Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof.ssa Daniela Fogli, Università degli Studi di Brescia Prof. Stefano Valtolina,Università degli Studi di Milano INVITED SPEAKER Ore 9:30 Dott.ssa Eleonora Mencarini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Azioni collettive e piani per il futuro: come la Sustainable HCI può contribuire a contrastare il cambiamento climatico. Ore 10:30-11:00 break La parola alle aziende Ore 11:00 Jie Yuan e Andrea Cardillo, Microsoft Italia, L'accessibilità in Microsoft e l'impatto dell'intelligenza artificiale Ore 11:20 Dr. Carlo Boccazzi Varotto, Hackability, Cambiare le cose: l'importanza di un approccio strutturato al co-design per sviluppare soluzioni per l'accessibilità, generando innovazione e impatti sociali ed economici. Sostenibilità Ore 11:40 Prof.ssa Catia Prandi, Università degli Studi di Bologna. Citizen Science in HCI: un approccio inclusivo per promuovere la consapevolezza e l’impegno civico Ore 12:00 Prof.ssa Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano. Progettare per la sostenibilità: come il design di applicazioni Web a basso consumo energetico influisce sull'esperienza utente Ore 12:20 Prof.ssa Tania di Mascio, Università dell’Aquila. Educare l'intelligenza artificiale seguendo le traiettorie di sviluppo dei bambini Accessibilità Ore 12:40 Prof. Alberto Arenghi, Università degli Studi di Brescia. Universal Design: un approccio trasversale per migliorare la qualità della vita Ore 13:00 Prof. Dragan Ahmetovic, Università degli Studi di Milano. Accessibilità delle informazioni tecnico-scientifiche per le persone con disabilità visive Ore 13:20 Prof.ssa Ines Di Loreto, Université de Technologie de Troyes (Francia). Interazione Multisensoriale per l'Apprendimento e la Riabilitazione Maggiori informazioni e la locandina dell’evento (disponibile a breve) sul sito Web dell’evento <https://hintlab.polimi.it/wud-sigchi-italy-2024/>. Un caro saluto e a presto! Angela Locoro, Maristella Matera, Barbara Rita Barricelli, Daniela Fogli, Stefano Valtolina

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Elezione del chair di SIGCHI Italy

by Maristella Matera

Care tutte e cari tutti, Tra poche settimane scade il mandato della nostra attuale chair Giuliana Vitiello. 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 Giuliana 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 SIGCHI, oltre ovviamente alla nostra associazione. Vi chiederei quindi di mandare a me (rispondendo a questa email) eventuali candidature accompagnate da un breve profilo e motivazione. La raccolta delle candidature si chiuderà Lunedì 28 Ottobre e contestualmente verranno aperte le votazioni fino a Giovedì 31 Ottobre. La procedura di spoglio verrà fatta dal me e da Massimo Zancanaro, attuale segretario/tesoriere dell’associazione. Vi ricordo sin da ora che, da regolamento, per votare è necessario essere membri ACM oppure SIGCHI ed essere inclusi nella lista dei Voting Members alla pagina Web http://sigchitaly.eu/en/members/. Coloro che si fossero iscritti ad ACM SIGCHI ma non risultassero nella lista online sul nostro sito Web possono contattarmi. Un caro saluto a tutti, Maristella

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): First Call for Paper Submission and Workshop Proposals

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*** First Call for Paper Submission and Workshop Proposals *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). SCOPE The theme for ECSA 2025 is “impactful software architecture”. The software architecture discipline has had a critical role in shaping robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. We are interested in learning about software architecture principles and practices, emergence trends and case studies highlighting strategic architectural choices that can lead to enhanced performance, improved collaboration, and long-term sustainability. The overarching question is how these architectural principles and practices, both well-established and emerging, are making an impact in real-world systems, and how that impact is being felt across various domains, from enterprise systems to more novel areas like, e.g., AI-driven or autonomous applications? The Program Committee of the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture seeks submissions of original and unpublished high-quality papers describing fundamental and applied research; new methods, approaches, and processes; novel applications; education and training in software architecture; and experience reports on all topics related to software architecture. We particularly encourage papers that demonstrate that diversity in gender, culture, religion, country, etc. are key factors for success and innovation in software architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundational principles of software architecture • Relationship of requirements engineering and software architecture • Quality attributes and software architectures • Architecture practices for secure, explainable, and trustworthy software • Architecture design and analysis • Architecture description languages and meta-models • Architecture verification and validation • Management of architectural knowledge, decisions, and rationale • Architecture patterns, styles, and tactics; reference architectures • Architecture viewpoints and views • Architecture conformance • Software architecture virtualization and visualization • Architecture-centric process models and frameworks • Software architecture and agile, incremental, iterative, and continuous development • Component-based models and deployment; middleware • Software architecture and system architecture • Software tools and environments for architecture-centric software engineering • Ethics, cultural, economic, business, social, human, and managerial aspects of software architecture • Architecture and technical debt • Architecting for sustainable and environment friendly systems • Applying AI and LLMs in software architecture and architecting for AI and LLM intensive systems • Software architecture education • Cross-disciplinary approaches to software architecture • Architectures for reconfigurable and self-adaptive systems • Architectural concerns of autonomic systems • Software architecture applied to new and emerging areas, such as the cloud/edge, big data, blockchain, cyber-physical systems, IoT, autonomous systems, systems-of-systems, energy- aware software, quantum computing, AI-enabled systems • Empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and mapping studies in software architecture • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in activities related to software architecture PAPER SUBMISSIONS ECSA 2025 seeks four types of papers for the research track: • Research papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) which describe novel contributions to software architecture research (submissions should cover work that has a sound scientific/technological basis and has been validated) • Education and training papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that address methodologies, experiences and best practices for teaching and training software architecture • Experience reports (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that cover innovative implementations, novel applications, insightful performance results and experience in applying software architecture research advances to practical situations and systems • Short papers (max. 8 pages in LNCS style) that present novel and preliminary work-in- progress or challenges in a topic of software architecture research, education, and training. Submissions must have a sound basis, but not necessarily be validated in full. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. All contributions must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. Plagiarism checking will be conducted and any paper reporting more than a 20% match with published work will be desk-rejected. To note is that research papers, education and training papers, and experience reports that are rejected in their categories may be re-evaluated as short papers only if the committee decides on rejection of the full paper on the basis that it presents preliminary work. The research track of ECSA 2025 supports an Open Science policy. We encourage all contributing authors to disclose (anonymized and curated) data/artifacts to increase reproducibility. Note that sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance. Upon submission to the research track, authors are required: • To make their artifacts available to the program committee (via a link to an anonymous repository) and provide instructions on how to access this data in the paper; or • To include in the paper an explanation as to why this is not possible or desirable; and • To indicate why they do not intend to make their data or study materials publicly available upon acceptance, if that is the case While sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance, authors are required to include a Data Availability statement after the Conclusions section in a section named "Data Availability". This statement should explain whether or not data and/or artifacts are available or how they could be accessed (or not). Upon acceptance, papers with Open Science artifacts (e.g., data, tools, etc.) will be invited to upload their artifacts into the ECSA Zenodo community (https://zenodo.org/communities/ecsa) to make them accessible and visible to the ECSA community. Sharing artifacts via the ECSA Zenodo community is required for authors to be eligible for the best Open Artifact award. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Research Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". The proceedings will be published by Springer as part of the LNCS series. We also plan to organize a Journal Special Issue on the theme of ECSA 2025 and to invite authors of selected papers to submit an extended version of their research. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials held in conjunction with ECSA 2025. Workshops and tutorials will be held on September 15-16, 2025 (right before the main conference on September 17-19, 2025). ECSA workshops allow researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore innovative software architecture (scientific or engineering) ideas and challenges at an early stage. Topics of interest are, but are not limited to: • Software Architecture challenges for AI- and ML-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Self-Adaptive Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems • Software Architecture challenges in Big Data and Cloud Computing • Software Architecture challenges in IoT-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges in DevOps and MLOps • Software Architecture challenges in Blockchain Engineering • Software Architecture challenges in Quantum Software • Quality-of-service (QoS) measurements of Software Architectures • Privacy and Security in Software Architectural Design • Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures • Sustainability in Software Architectures • Software Architecture Erosion and Architectural Consistency • Technical Debt in Software Architecture Design • Architecting the Digital Twin • Continuous Architecting • Agile Software Architecting • Human Aspects of Software Architecting • Software Architecture Assessment • AI assisted Software Architecting • Agile Modeling All proposals must conform to a maximum of 8 pages following the LNCS format (see below), including references, appendices, and figures. The proposal must include the following information in the order specified: • Workshop title and acronym • Contact information for the workshop organizers (name, affiliation, email) and the main contact • Abstract (up to 200 words) for the ECSA 2025 website (if the workshop is accepted) • Motivation and Objectives ○ Relevance of the workshop to the field of software architecture ○ Anticipated goals and outcomes (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies) • Format ○ Workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions) and plans for generating discussions ○ Duration - half day, one day or two days ○ Preliminary workshop schedule ○ Special services, logistic and/or equipment constraints • Participation ○ Target Audience and expected background ○ Plans regarding the mix of industry and research participation ○ Expected minimum and maximum number of workshop participants ○ Plans for participant solicitation and dissemination • Submission ○ Types of contributions (e.g., extended abstracts, position papers, research papers, etc.) and their estimated number. ○ Review and evaluation process deciding about the acceptance of submissions ○ Program committee, including tentative and already committed members ○ Strategy for the proceedings • Organizers ○ Brief description of each organizer’s background, including relevant past experience in organizing conferences and workshops ○ Brief organizers’ bios • Previous editions ○ Where and when the workshop has been offered previously, the past numbers of submitted and accepted papers, numbers of attendees ○ Number of registered attendees and websites of previous editions (if any) • Draft Call-for-Papers (1 page) Submissions must follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). All proposals should be submitted before the submission deadline (see below) using the online submission site: EasyChair ECSA 2025 Workshop track (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025). ECSA 2025 will use a single review process for workshop proceedings. For accepted papers, the minimum number of pages for each workshop paper is 8 and the maximum is 16 pages in the LNCS format. The proceedings of the workshops will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES Main Conference • Abstract submission: March 14, 2025 • Paper submission: March 21, 2025 • Notification: May 9, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: June 23, 2025 Workshops • Workshop proposals: February 15, 2025 • Workshop proposals notification: March 7, 2025 • Workshop papers abstracts: May 12, 2025 • Workshop papers submission: May 19, 2025 • Workshop papers notification: June 20, 2025 • Workshop papers camera-ready: June 27, 2025 • Workshop dates: September 15-16, 2025 Early/Author registration for all accepted contributions: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Program Co-Chairs • Nour Ali, Brunel University London, UK • Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Pisa Workshop Co-Chairs • Tommi Mikkonen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland • Jennifer Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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I: IE2025 Call for Papers

by Fabio Paternò

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 2025) Darmstadt, Germany 23th-26th of June 2025 https://www.ie2025.fraunhofer.de/ Important Dates: Conference paper submission: 1 December 2024 Communication of results: 20 February 2025 Camera ready versions 28 March 2025 Workshops paper submission 1 March 2025 Workshops results: 5 April 2025 Workshops camera ready 15 April 2025 Conference Program: IE is a multidisciplinary event welcoming contributions from a diversity of various relevant areas, including sensors and actuators, signal processing (incl. audio and images), networking, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, software engineering, context-awareness, internet of things, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, applied in domains such as healthcare, education, culture, building environments and smart cities. The event will include the followings. - full (8-page) and short (4-page) papers - 2 special sessions - workshops - 3 tutorials - a doctoral colloquium - an industrial forum - demos & videos session Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Smart spaces Smart cities Smart communities Mobile computing Multimodal interaction Robotic companions Artificial intelligence Computational intel. Middleware Architecture Virtual/Mixed reality Collaborative tools Sensors and actuators Industry 4.0 Smart buildings Smart education Smart healthcare tech Pervasive computing Context awareness Energy Efficiency Ambient Assisted Living Evaluation and Corpora Evaluation Paradigms Data Acquisition Labelling and Data Sets User Studies Signal Processing (incl. audio and images) Special Sessions: IE2025 will have 2 special sessions - Ecological and Human Synergies Intelligent Design for the Anthropocene - Empowering the Elderly through Intelligent Technologies: Sociotechnical Approaches for Inclusive Aging Workshops: The conference will start with a series of workshops?: - QUITE - Quantum, IoT, and Technologies for Secure Environments - WITLE - Workshop on Intelligent Teaching and Learning Environments - WISHWell - Workshop on Intelligent Environments Supporting Healthcare and Well-being - WORIE- Workshop on the Reliability of Intelligent Environments - ALLEGET - Workshop on Artificial intelligence and machine learning for Emerging Topics - WISSA - Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Smart Agriculture - DiDiT - Workshop on Distributed Digital Twins - CLEAR-AI - Compliance, Legal, and Ethical Aspects of AI Regulation Tutorials: IE2025 will host 3 tutorials in person - Which Missing Feature Should I Acquire If My Data Is Streaming? - An Introduction to Active Feature Acquisition on Data Streams - Introducing a Quality Enhanced Process for Developing Intelligent Environments - Tutorial on Explainable and Robust AI for Industry 4.0 & 5.0 (X-RAI) Publications: As in previous editions, we expect all papers accepted at the main conference to be published by IEEE-indexed proceedings (currently in negotiation with IEEE, as in previous editions). All papers accepted in the workshops will be published as a volume of the IOS Press Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments book Series of IOS Press, which is published Open Access and indexed by Clarivate (Web of Science). Both the articles in the IEEE proceedings and the IOS Press books will be ISI-indexed. As in previous years, selected papers will be invited to be extended and submitted to journals for publication. Keynote Speakers: IE2025 includes keynote lectures by the following distinguished speakers. - Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA - Sumio Morioka, Interstellar Technologies, Japan - Dirk Kutscher, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Hong Kong Doctoral colloquium: The aim of the colloquium is to provide research students an opportunity to meet other people in a similar position, make relatively informal presentations, receive feedback from experts in the field, exchange ideas and experiences with each other, and make connections and have fun! All accepted presentations will be submitted as short (4-page) papers and published in the IE2025 IEEE Proceedings. A prize will be awarded for the best colloquium paper. Industrial Forum: In the Industrial Forum, colleagues from the industry domain will have the opportunity to showcase their projects while attracting funding or further expand collaborations with industry and academia at an international level. A limited number of presentation/demo slots of up to 30 minutes including questions and answers will be available for industry partners. During these slots, it will be possible for companies to present products/solutions/projects related to Intelligent Environments. Proceedings: - Papers accepted in the main conference as either short or full paper will be published in IEEE proceedings and available through IEEE Xplore. - Papers accepted in workshops will be published as a volume of the IOS Press Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments book Series of IOS Press. Proceedings will be indexed by Web of Science and SCOPUS. Journal publication: A selection of papers will be invited to extent and submit extended versions to special issues of high-quality journals: Awards: The following 8 awards will be presented at IE2025 - Best full paper award - Best short paper award - Beatrice WORSLEY award (best quality paper with a female co-author) - Best presentation awards by a female presenter and a male presenter - Award for the most influential paper in the last 5 years - Best doctoral colloquium paper award - Best demo & video award Organizers: Honorary Chair: Dieter W. Fellner (TU Darmstadt, Germany) General Chair: Arjan Kuijper (Fraunhofer IGD/TU Darmstadt, Germany) Program Chairs: Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan) Stephan Sigg (Aalto University, Finland) Local Organizing Committee Chair: Florian Kirchbuchner (Fraunhofer- IGD, Germany) Workshop Chairs: Raul Aquino Santos (University of Colima, Mexico) Silvia Faquiri (Rus) (Fraunhofer- IGD, Germany) Posters and Short Papers Chairs: Paula Lago (Concordia University, Canada) Goran Vojkovi? (University North, Croatia) 　 Dennys Matthies (Technische Hochschule L?beck, Germany) Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Xi (James) Zheng (Macquarie University, Australia) Andres Munoz Ortega (University of Cadiz, Spain) Demos and Video Chairs: Daniela Micucci (University degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Sergio Staab (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Special Session Chairs: Aditya Santokhee (Middlesex University, Mauritius) Sunil Choenni (Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands) Robin Horst (Fraunhofer IGD, Germany) Keynotes and Tutorials Chairs: Slawomir Nowaczyk (Halmstad University, Sweden) Biying Fu (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Journal Special Issues Chairs: Sira Yongchareon (Auckland University of Technology, NZ) Jeannette Chin (UEA -UK) Publicity & WWW & Social Media Chairs: Paula Lago (Concordia University, Canada) Jeannette Chin (UEA -UK) Hamada Rizk (Osaka University, Japan) Awards and Prizes Chairs: Ruizhi Liao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Carlos Rodr?guez Dom?nguez (University of Granada, Spain) Professional Society Liaison Chair: Juan Carlos Augusto (Middlesex University, UK) Industrial Forum Chair: Khuong Minh Vu (National University of Singapore) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science: Reseaerch Vacancies

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University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science Postdoctoral Research Associates in Multi Robotic Systems Application Deadline: October 18, 2024 No. of Positions: Four (4) The University of Cyprus announces four (4) Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, focusing on Multi-robotic Systems (MRS), for full-time employment. The successful candidates are expected to conduct top-quality research on collaborative drone operations (including cooperative aerial robotic flight planning, task execution and reasoning, as well as cooperative distributed control) with applications in urban air mobility and disaster management. Job Details  The successful candidates are expected to: •Conduct research in the area of Multi-Robot Systems (MRS), within the context of research and/or innovation projects. •Use machine learning techniques including reinforcement learning, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), and transformer models for MRS tasks and scenarios that are adaptable and reusable to exploit acquired knowledge and tools. •Develop next-generation autonomous systems for effective, safe, and secure operation during MRS missions, enhancing overall operational performance. •Execute simulation-based scenarios using ROS-Gazebo for dataset generation, training, testing, and evaluation of novel algorithms. •Implement and field-test state-of-the-art drone fleets using both open-source (Ardupilot/PX4) and proprietary (DJI) flight controller platforms. •Provide technical expertise for the development and implementation of multi-robotic systems. •Collaborate with external partners, including industry and first responder organizations, to evaluate newly developed technologies in these areas. •Engage in the preparation of research and/or innovation proposals. •Prepare reports and EU-funded project deliverables. Application  Interested candidates can submit their applications online through the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment •Cover letter explaining the interest of the applicant in pursuing a career at the KIOS CoE, along with employment availability date •Short summary of prior work experiences, activities and accomplishments (can be combined with the cover letter) (2 pages maximum) •A detailed curriculum vitae in English •Copies of transcripts of BSc/MSc/PhD or other degree(s) •Copy of an English language certificate •Identify at least two referees that can provide reference letters

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I: [IFIP TC13]: Reminder: Call for Proposals to Host INTERACT 2027

by Fabio Paternò

Da: ifip-tc13-members(a)googlegroups.com <ifip-tc13-members(a)googlegroups.com> Per conto di Paula Kotze Inviato: martedì 8 ottobre 2024 11:42 A: ifip-tc13-members(a)googlegroups.com Oggetto: [IFIP TC13]: Reminder: Call for Proposals to Host INTERACT 2027 Priorità: Alta Dear TC13 This is just a reminder about the Call for Proposals to Host INTERACT 2027. We have received on expression of interest (EoI) at this stage, but as decided at the TC13 Meeting in Milan, the Call will remain open until the end of October 2024 for first EoIs. Therefore, if you know of any group that is interested to host INTERACT 2027, please forward the information to them. Thank you and keep well. Paula From: Paula Kotze <paula.kotze(a)gmail.com <mailto:paula.kotze@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 3:38 PM To: ifip-tc13-members(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ifip-tc13-members@googlegroups.com> Cc: 'paula.kotze(a)gmail.com' <paula.kotze(a)gmail.com <mailto:paula.kotze@gmail.com> >; 'Marco Winckler' <marco.winckler(a)inria.fr <mailto:marco.winckler@inria.fr> > Subject: Call for Proposals To Host INTERACT 2027 Importance: High Dear TC13 I hope you are all doing well! The organisation of INTERACT 2025 is well under way. Feedback on the progress will be given during our TC13 Meeting in Milan. Time has, however, also come for us to look to the future and find a host for organising INTERACT 2027. Attached, please find the First Call for Proposals to host INTERACT 2027. We would ideally like to receive the first expression of interest by 30 August 2024, to enable the INTERACT Steering Committee to discuss the expressions during our TC13 Meeting in Milan. However, if for some reason, proposers cannot meet this date, we are open for submissions later, with the proviso that we are informed about the possibility of such submissions, preferably by no later than 7 October 2024. Please distribute this call within your communities and encourage them to make proposals for hosting INTERACT 2027. Queries about the call and/or submissions can be sent to me (paula.kotze(a)gmail.com <mailto:paula.kotze@gmail.com> ), with a Cc to Marco Winckler, the INTERACT Steering Committee Chair (marco.winckler(a)inria.fr <mailto:marco.winckler@inria.fr> ). Thank you for your support in this regard. Keep well. Paula ------------------------------------------ Prof Paula Kotzé E-Mail: paula.kotze(a)gmail.com <mailto:paula.kotze@gmail.com> Website: www.paulakotze.com <http://www.paulakotze.com/> Phone: +27 (0)82 454 8013 University of Pretoria: Extraordinary Professor, Department of Informatics - www.up.ac.za <http://www.up.ac.za/> IFIP: IFIP Fellow (www.ifip.org <http://www.ifip.org/> ), Chair IFIP TC13 - http://ifip-tc13.org/, IFIP TC13 Pioneer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IFIP TC13 members" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ifip-tc13-members+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ifip-tc13-members+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ifip-tc13-members/002f01db1966%24652bced0% 242f836c70%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ifip-tc13-members/002f01db1966%24652bced0 %242f836c70%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .

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20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) : Third Call for Contributions

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*** Third Call for Contributions *** 20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) May 5-7, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2025.persuasivetech.org (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) In a world in which technology is increasingly present in people’s lives, and changing human behavior and attitudes is often the key to solving many societal and personal problems, studying how technology might be used to influence humans (in their behavior, attitudes and information processing), is paramount. Persuasive Technology is a vibrant interdisciplinary research field, focusing on the design, development and evaluation of interactive technologies aimed at influencing people’s attitudes and/or behaviors through persuasion, but not through coercion or deception. The research community aims at enriching people’s lives in various domains such as health and sustainability by supporting people in setting and achieving their own goals, thus helping them change their behavior. The 2025 conference will be hosted in Limassol, Cyprus at the 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina. The previous successful conferences have been organized in Wollongong, Limassol, Eindhoven, Stanford, Oulu, Claremont, Copenhagen, Columbus, Linköping, Sydney, Padua, Chicago, Salzburg, Amsterdam, and Waterloo. The conference series seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia working with various topics of persuasive technology. We welcome the following categories of papers and extended abstracts: • Technical papers that introduce novel persuasive technology approaches and solutions alongside evidence of their potential. • Empirical studies which seek to provide evidence and explanation of methods, principles and theories in persuasive systems. • Conceptual-theoretical papers which primarily seek to contribute to the general understanding of the field’s core themes and specificities. • Other papers, e.g. literature reviews or experience reports. SCOPE The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: • Persuasive systems’ design • Behavior change support systems • Interaction with persuasive systems, interfaces, visualization • Interactive agents in persuasive systems • (Generative) AI for persuasive technology • Tailored and personalized persuasion • Gamification for persuasion • Evaluation and validation of persuasive applications • Fitting methods for development, evaluation and implementation of persuasive systems • Optimizing engagement with persuasive systems • Software architectures and technical infrastructures for persuasive systems • Smart environments, e.g. IoT, and persuasion • Digital Marketing, eCommerce, eTourism and SMART ecosystems • Motivational, cognitive and perceptual factors in persuasive technology • Application domains for persuasive technologies such as safety, healthy living, sustainable behaviors, learning and training, marketing and commerce, work environments, organizations • Positive technology • Humanizing and/or dehumanizing effects of persuasive technology • Values and ethics in persuasive technology • Privacy, perceived security and trust in persuasive technology • Resilience and counter-persuasion • Detecting persuasive strategies in social media posts • Encouraging adherence to safety measures in pandemic situations Questions that we hope to be addressed include, but are not limited to: • How to recognize and demonstrate the real life effects of persuasive technology on people’s attitudes and behaviours? • How to conduct studies that not just show their effectiveness but are also able to explain in more detail why a design or intervention works? • How to design an evaluation study so that it yields insights that are applicable to other designs or interventions? • How theoretical insight can help improve application and/or intervention planning and design? • How can design and intervention studies improve theory? SUBMISSION TYPES Regular Papers This format is suitable for original research, which is completed work at the time of submission and, regardless of the length of the paper, is a self-sufficient scientific contribution. Papers can be full papers (12 pages, excluding references) or short papers (6 pages, excluding references) in Springer LNCS format, and describe work not presented, published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Accepted papers will be included in the Springer LNCS conference proceedings and be devoted a timeslot for oral presentation. Selected papers will be invited for submission to Behaviour & Information Technology journal (Taylor & Francis). Extended Abstracts We also welcome extended abstract submissions to showcase the results of already conducted studies where authors do not wish to publish them as regular papers in the conference proceedings but rather present them at the conference for discussions that can shape the final version (that may be submitted elsewhere later). The studies will be also be devoted a timeslot for oral presentation in a special session. Extended abstracts must not be more than 2 pages in CEUR format (including references). Accepted abstracts will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1 column style, see here). Selected papers in this category, based on their quality, level of timeliness and relevance, and completion, will also be invited for submission to Behaviour & Information Technology journal. Poster Presentations This format is suitable for descriptions of smaller studies, project outlines, literature reviews or work-in-progress. Authors should submit a 2-page abstract in CEUR format (1 column style). Accepted posters will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings). Posters will be displayed and presented during a dedicated session of the conference. Demonstrations and Artefacts The Persuasive 2025 track on Demonstrations and Artefact is intended to foster discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners from academia and industry by demonstrating or presenting hardware and software products or artefacts, including those in virtual settings (e.g., simulation systems, VR, and games), that range from early research prototypes to mature production-ready systems. The contribution should be the result of original, innovative work, including solving novel technical or research problems, and/or creating novel individual or industrial UI/UX. Accepted demonstrations or presentations shall be presented live during the conference. Doctoral Consortium Papers The Doctoral Consortium is a special session of the conference where PhD students can receive advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students present and discuss their research with other PhD students and a panel of established researchers in the area of persuasive technology. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit a 4-page abstract in CEUR format (1 column style) describing their research question, its position with respect to the state of the art, their research plans and methodology, ideas, and results achieved so far. Accepted abstracts will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings) unless opted out by the student. Workshops and Tutorial Proposals Workshops are meant to gather a number of people to work interactively on an emerging topic and exchange ideas. Tutorials are intended to help people attending the conference organize a related scientific meeting on a specific topic or instruct on a specific practice. Approved workshops and tutorials will be announced on the conference website. Tutorials and workshops will take place during a half- or full-day session before the conference. If you want to organize a workshop, please submit a proposal as a maximum 4-page description in Springer LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings- guidelines), including a description of the topic, motivation, organization (including the list of organizing members, how the organizers will form a program committee, duration of the workshop and mode of delivery: in-person/hybrid), expected outcome, and supporting materials (if applicable). Workshop and tutorial descriptions will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings) https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html. Workshop organisers must commit to creating their Call for Papers and their website within one week of the notification. Please email your proposal by December 01, 2024, to the workshop chairs: Wenzhen Xu (wenzhen.xu(a)r.hit-u.ac.jp), Rhoda Abadia (Rhoda.Abadia(a)unisa.edu.au), and Kaoru Sumi (kaoru.sumi(a)acm.org). The organizing committee will review the proposals and communicate the results by December 15, 2024. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: • Submission deadline: January 03, 2025 (AoE) • Decision notification: February 15, 2025 • Camera ready submission: February 28, 2025 Workshop and tutorial proposals: • Submission deadline: December 1, 2024 (AoE) • Decision notification: December 15, 2024 Workshop papers, posters, demos, artefacts, and doctoral consortium submission: • Submission deadline: March 1, 2025 (AoE) • Decision notification: March 15, 2025 • Camera ready: March 28, 2025 Registration: • Author registration deadline for the main track: February 28, 2025 • Author registration deadline for the rest of the categories: March 28, 2025 • Early bird registration: April 5, 2025 PUBLICATION Accepted papers of the main track (both Full and Short) will be published by Springer in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (https://www.springer.com/gp/ computer-science/lncs). Workshop and demo descriptions, extended abstracts , abstracts from posters, and doctoral consortium abstracts will be published as an adjunct CEUR proceedings. Extended versions of the best papers and selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to a special issue on Persuasive Technology 2025 in Behaviour and Information Technology, a Taylor & Francis publication. ORGANISATION General Chairs • Evangelos Karapanos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Raian Ali, HBKU, Qatar • Khin Than Win, University of Wollongong, Australia Demo, Poster and Artefacts • Ruben Hgouveia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal • Hanne Spelt, Philips, Netherlands Workshops and Tutorial Chairs • Rhodora Abadia, University of South Australia, Australia • Kaoru Sumi, Future University of Hakodate, Japan • Wenzhen Xu, Hitotsubashi University, Japan Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Sriram Iyengar, University of of Arizona, USA • Roberto Legaspi, KDDI, Japan • Shahla Meedya, Australian Catholic University, Australia Proceedings Chairs • Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska, University of Wollongong, Australia • Kiemute Oyibo, University of York, Canada Society for Persuasion and Technology Steering Committee • Raian Ali – Chair Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar • Luca Chittaro – General Member Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Italy • Roberto Legaspi – General Member Research Scientist, Collaborative AI Lab, Human-centered AI Laboratories KDDI Research, Inc., Japan • Harri Oinas-Kukkonen – General Member Professor, Information Systems Science and Dean of Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland • Kiemute Oyibo – General Member Assistant Professor, Interactive Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada • Khin Than Win – Secretary Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia

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CFP Track Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT '25) - ACM SAC 2025 [Firm Deadline]

by Salvatore Gatto

Track on Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT ‘25) Sicily, Italy, March 31 – April 4, 2025 Part of the 40thACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC ‘25) https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025 <https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025> https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/ <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/> Theme and Scope Modern devices and technologies can represent a digital barrier for users with disabilities, but they can be exploited to become enabling tools for them. Accessibility of devices and technologies is a critical topic to allow inclusion of all users, especially due to the European laws that impose accessibility for new products and the definition of an updated version of WCAG (Web Accessibility Guidelines). This track invites scientists, engineers, and decision-makers from government, industry, and academia to present technical papers on their research and development results in areas of accessibility. This track can interest many researchers since it would give the chance to face a wide range of topics, i.e., web or mobile technologies, with different points of view, taking into account specific technological constraints and digital barriers. It is well-known that the so-called “curb cut effect” can be applied to any technological and digital context (in terms of devices, content, and services): technologies that were originally meant to benefit people with disabilities can help any other users. Moreover, the history and the evolution of several technologies have been influenced and/or motivated by the special needs of people with disabilities. We welcome submission on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: * Accessible devices/assistive technologies: assistive technologies refer to all the assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities that enable users to perform tasks they were formerly unable to accomplish. On the one hand, the widespread diffusion of new devices and technologies stimulates researchers to find and apply new solutions to make them accessible to anyone. On the other hand, experiences in accessibility-related fields have been exploited and have provided benefits to users equipped with non-conventional devices when they emerged in the market. * Accessible solutions for e-learning, e-commerce, e-banking, etc: e-services and content often require specific technologies, being bounded by specific constraints when accessed by people with disabilities equipped with assistive technologies. Specific interaction modalities may affect interactive service access, while richness and quantity of content may affect the users’ ability to process information. * Accessible content: e-books, accessible TV, accessible broadcasting, etc. * Accessibility of games. * AI for Accessibility: AI can be exploited both for personalization (i.e., integrating AI-based personalization to support specific and special needs) and “enabler” (i.e., exploiting LLM to support the creation of accessible applications). Submission Guidelines We would like to invite authors to submit papers on research on the Accessibility area, with particular emphasis on assessing the current state of the art and identifying future directions. Original papers addressing any of the listed topics of interest (or related topics) will be considered. Each submitted paper will be fully refereed and undergo a double-blind review process by at least three referees. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings and published in the ACM digital library, being indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus. The track accepts full papers (max 8 pages), posters (max 2 pages), and SRC abstracts (max 2 pages). Submissions should be properly anonymized to facilitate blind reviewing. Papers that will receive high reviews (that is acceptable by reviewer standard) but will not be accepted due to space limitations can be invited for poster session. Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must pay the registration fee and guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. No-show of scheduled papers will result in excluding the papers from the ACM Digital Library. See the track website https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025 <https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025>for more details. Important Dates * October 13, 2024: Submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts [Firm deadline!] * November 20, 2024: Notification of papers, posters, and SRC research abstracts * November 29, 2024: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers * December 6, 2024: Authors registration due Organization * Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua * Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna * Mike Paciello, AudioEye, WebABLE * Catia Prandi, University of Bologna Submission Portal Please submit your contribution through our online submission portal available at https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission.php <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission.php>(regular papers) and https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission_src.php <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission_src.php>(SRC abstracts). Contact us For any inquires regarding the call for papers, please contact gaggi(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:gaggi@math.unipd.it>. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the ACM SAC 2025 Conference!

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The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025): First Call for Papers

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*** First Call for Papers *** The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025) September 9-11, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/i3e2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) Conference theme: “Pervasive digital services for people’s well-being, inclusion and sustainable development” OVERVIEW Next-gen digital services contribute to people’s well-being, inclusion, and sustainable development, re-shaping e-business, e-services, and e-society. Such services are pervasive both since they run on a large variety of heterogeneous devices and they permeate various aspects of daily life, by offering accessible and personalised experiences to all individuals. The proposed theme advocates for the design, implementation and operations of novel digital solutions that satisfy the needs of different individuals, while contributing to their well-being and to preserving the Planet. I3E 2025 will collect contributions about the creation and management of user-centric accessible platforms, applications, and services that empower individuals to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The proposed theme aims at emphasizing how it is possible to leverage different technologies to address pressing societal challenges such as, for instance, healthcare access, education, poverty alleviation, sustainable usage of resources, and social equity, towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. TOPICS OF INTEREST Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: e-Business • Innovative e-business models • Inter-organizational systems • Business process integration • Business process re-engineering • e-Marketplaces, e-Hubs and portals • Digital goods and products • User behaviour modeling • Mobile business • Enterprise application integration • e-Negotiations, auctioning and contracting • Supply, demand, and value chains • e-Commerce content management • Dynamic pricing models • Trust and security • Mobile Commerce • Business Intelligence • Business Ontologies and Models • E-Business Models e-Services • e-Service composition • Inter-organizational services • e-Collaboration and e-Services • Service-oriented computing • Web services • Semantic web services • Service workflows • Virtual organizations and coalitions • Virtual enterprises and virtual markets • Web 2.0 applications • Agent-oriented e-Services • P2P co-operation models • Ubiquitous, mobile, and pervasive services • Application service management • Services and service management in the cloud-edge continuum • Next-gen AI services • Enterprise Ontologies • Accessibility • Usability e-Society • e-Government (e.g. G2G, G2B, or G2C) • Digital cities and regions • e-Democracy and e-Governance • e-Inclusion to information society • e-Health and e-Education • Public e-Services for citizens and enterprises • One-stop government service integration • Mobile public services • Multimedia and multilingualism • Digital culture and digital divide • Privacy and security • Legal societal and cultural issues • Public-private partnerships • International dimension of e-Gov • E-society and AI • Digital Transformation • Social Computing • Green Computing • Sustainable Technologies • Humanitarian & Emergency Management • Digital Inclusion • Digital Literacy SUBMISSION Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Therefore, submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates to prepare their papers (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Authors can submit their proceedings articles using the EasyChair platform. Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i3e2025 . Length of papers The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12 pages) and short papers (7 pages). We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Special Issues Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper for fast-track review and publication in journal special issues (currently under negotiation). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) • Author Notification: June 23, 2025 • Camera-ready: June 30, 2025 • Author Registration: June 30, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chairs • Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus • Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku • Ilias Pappas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology • Marinos Themistocleous, University of Nicosia Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University of Cyprus • Stefano Forti, University of Pisa • Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia

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WUD-SIGCHI Italy 2024: save the date!

by Angela Locoro

Carissimi, anche quest'anno, il 14 Novembre, si terrà il World Usability Day, la giornata mondiale dedicata a diffondere sensibilità e cura verso l'aspetto umano nella tecnologia. Il tema è Designing for a Better World ( https://worldusabilityday.org/) e focalizza l’attenzione sugli aspetti di sostenibilità e accessibilità nella progettazione digitale per spazi pubblici, infrastrutture cittadine (trasporti, architettura urbana), materiali di produzione e partecipazione civica. Siamo dunque lieti di annunciarvi che, nell’ambito di questa iniziativa, il SIGCHI Italy organizzerà il WUD-SIGCHI Italy 2024 che si terrà, in presenza e online, giovedì 14 novembre dalle ore 9 presso il Politecnico di Milano. Gli organizzatori sono Maristella Matera (Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria) del Politecnico di Milano, Angela Locoro (Dipartimento di Economia e Management), Barbara Rita Barricelli e Daniela Fogli (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione) dell'Università degli Studi di Brescia e Stefano Valtolina (Dipartimento di Informatica) dell'Università degli Studi di Milano. Forniremo a breve il link al sito dell’iniziativa sul quale saranno disponibili ulteriori dettagli relativi ad aula e programma e dal quale sarà possibile registrarsi gratuitamente all’evento. Il programma, in fase di definizione, si aprirà con i saluti della Presidentessa del SIGCHI Italy, Giuliana Vitiello, e dell’organizzatrice di numerose precedenti edizioni del WUD SIGCHI Italy, Cristina Gena. La relatrice di apertura sarà la Dottoressa Eleonora Mencarini della Fondazione Bruno Kessler, che tratterà il tema dell'HCI sostenibile. I relatori successivi toccheranno da vicino le tematiche della sostenibilità e dell’accessibilità. Un caro saluto e a presto! Barbara Rita Barricelli, Daniela Fogli, Angela Locoro, Maristella Matera, Stefano Valtolina ----------------------------- *Angela Locoro, PhD* Professore Associato Dipartimento di Economia e Management Università degli Studi di Brescia

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Final Call for papers for Intelligent User Interfaces 2025 (ACM IUI’25)

by Eleonora Zedda

Final Call for papers for IntelligentUser Interfaces2025 (ACM IUI’25) Wewelcome youto submityourhigh-qualitywork to IUI’25 thatwilltake place in Cagliari, Italy, on March 24-27, 2025! Importantdates: Abstract submissiondeadline: October3nd, 2024 Paper submissiondeadline: October10th, 2024 Please visit the website for more information: https://iui.acm.org/2025/ The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the annual premiere venue where researchers and practitioners meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies, techniques and systems. Contributions are welcome from all relevant arenas, including academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. We strongly believe that diverse insights are critical to the vitality of the IUI community and the conference will accept papers for both long and short oral presentations. Contributions to IUI are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Human-centered AI methods, approaches, and systems * Explainable AI methods * Democratization of AI * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Recommendations in IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User modelling for intelligent interfaces * User-adaptive interaction and personalization * IUI for crowd computing and human computation * Human control in daily automations Computational innovation * Interactive machine learning * Human-in-the loop AI testing and debugging * Human-centered recommendation and recommender systems * Generative models * Human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning * Intelligent user interfaces for generative AI Innovative User Interfaces * Affective interfaces * Intelligent aesthetic interfaces * Intelligent collaborative interfaces * Intelligent AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent visualization and visual analytics * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Intelligent tangible interfaces * Intelligent conversational interfaces Intelligent Multimodal Systems * Embodied agents * Multimodal AI assistants * Intelligent multimodal interfaces * Evaluations of Intelligent User Interfaces * User experiments and studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analysis * Mixed-methods evaluations Intelligent Applications * Education and learning-related technologies * Healthcare and wellbeing * Automotive * Assistive technologies * Entertainment * Workplace happiness * Social media * Information retrieval * Internet of things (IoT) * Smart homes * Generative AI Large Language Models * End-user interaction with LLMs and Multimodal models (e.g., chatbots, image generation) * LLMs in the workplace * Trustworthy LLMs * Bias in LLMs * The effects of LLMs use on creative tasks * Personalized user interaction with LLMs * Prompt Engineering * User control and steering of LLMs (e.g. RLHF) Looking forward to your submissions! IUI’25 Technical Programme Chairs Luis Leiva, Davide Spano, Katrien Verbert program2025(a)iui.acm.org <mailto:program2025@iui.acm.org> IUI’25 General Chairs Toby Li, Fabio Paterno, Kaisa Väänänen chairs2025(a)iui.acm.org <mailto:chairs2025@iui.acm.org>

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[CFP] Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems - Special issue of IxD&A

by Chiara Ceccarini

Call for Papers – Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems Special issue of Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) https://ixdea.org/digital-wellbeing-for-teens-designing-educational-systems/ ———— Overview Recently, researchers have been exploring the unexpected issues arising from the excessive use of personal devices and social media apps, particularly as companies adopt “attention-capture” tactics like guilty-pleasure recommendations and automatic content playback. These strategies exploit users’ psychological vulnerabilities to increase advertising revenue, resulting in significant impacts on users’ perceived agency and often leading to a sense of losing control over their technology use. This has led to the emergence of a new focus on “digital wellbeing,” studied in fields such as Human Computer Interaction and psychology. Traditional approaches by practitioners and researchers to tackle these issues involve developing Digital Self-Control Tools (DSCTs), such as mobile apps and browser extensions, that help users track their usage patterns and implement interventions like timers and lock-out mechanisms to regulate device use. However, both researchers and users are beginning to emphasize that achieving digital wellbeing requires more than just self-monitoring strategies; it is a journey of personal growth that necessitates education. Topics of Interest The goal of this special issue is to discuss ongoing research and ideas at the intersection of digital wellbeing and education. It aims to foster the development of strategies and interactive tools that mentor users, especially children and teenagers, towards a more meaningful and conscious use of technology. This can be accomplished in various ways, such as by designing new Digital Self-Control Tools with educational components, developing serious games, or creating collaborative platforms to introduce and support digital wellbeing learning in schools. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: • participatory and co-design of digital wellbeing systems; • tools and strategies to teach digital wellbeing at school; • strategies and tools for measuring students’ digital wellbeing; • novel DSCTs that include educational aspects; • gamification strategies for digital wellbeing; • ethical, social, and political factors. Submission All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted anonymized either in .doc or in .pdf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Prospective participants are invited to submit an 8-20 pages paper (including authors’ information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). Important dates Deadline: October 15th, 2024 Notification to the authors: January 15th, 2025 Camera ready paper: February 15th, 2025 Publication of the special issue: March 2025 (tentatively) Guest Editors Chiara Ceccarini, University of Bologna (Italy) Catia Prandi, University of Bologna (Italy) Alberto Monge Roffarello, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) _________________________________________ Chiara Ceccarini, PhD. Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A) Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bologna

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PhD Position in Virtual Agents in Cross Reality

by Adalberto Simeone

We have an opening for a PhD position in the domain of Virtual Agents in Cross-Reality. Funding is available for one year initially, but the candidate will be actively supported in applying for external funding. PhD Position in Virtual Agents in Cross-Reality (ref. BAP-2024-623) Deadline: 11/10/2024 For more info, refer to https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60387872?lang=en or via email to adalberto.simeone(a)kuleuven.be The ARIA team (Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients) in the Human-Computer-Interaction section of the department of Computer Science at KU Leuven studies the behaviour of users in interactive Virtual Environments, with the aim of improving the experience of users immersed in them. The lab is internationally renown for its radical new ideas and pioneering work in the domain of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR), having published at top venues in the HCI and XR fields. At ARIA we seek not only to understand how we can improve the fundamental components of interaction in immersive environments, but also how to push the boundaries of XR itself so that it might open up new possibilities that did not exist before. At ARIA, the greatest asset we seek in a researcher is the ability to be creative and have a vision of a better future. We are also fully integrated in the network of European and International XR research and collaborate often with other top researchers in the field. Unit website<https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be/> Project Powered by recent advancements in modern AI techniques such as Large Language Models, Virtual Agents (also known as Virtual Characters or Virtual Humans) are poised to be the next step in this evolution. An Embodied Virtual Agent distinguishes themselves from "regular" chatbots as it is an AI "construct" that exists in an immersive environments, therefore it possesses a body (or avatar) and can interact with the environment, with other agents, and with human users. Virtual Agents will represent a fundamental characteristic of our lives in the society of the near future: they will become widely present as assistants, helpers, friends and companions. However, the current state-of-the-art in terms of approaches to "drive" the behaviour of a Virtual Agent still has large potential for improvement. Modern computer games that features so-called "Non-playing Characters" (NPCs) typically do not offer opportunities for substantial meaningful interactions with users, as they largely act in static roles. Conversely, research prototypes do not always feature populated environments, even when the subject of the study takes place in places where our real-world experience would tell us that it is very likely to encounter other people in such public settings (for example as in a virtual train station or a virtual museum). The candidate will thus study how modern AI techniques can enhance the believability, or the feeling of actually "being there" in the environment depicted by the virtual experience. We seek to understand what kind of behaviour a virtual agent should exhibit to enhance the overall feeling of a realistic experience. This will involve an investigation of how Virtual Agents can be integrated as (virtual) "extras" in public settings: what behaviours should they exhibit, what interactions should they be able to perform with the environment, with other agents, and with human users. Successively, we seek to understand what aspects are of greater importance when such Virtual Agents take secondary roles in an immersive experience, such as the ability to sustain short circumstantial conversations or interactions with human users. We offer a full-time PhD scholarship of one (1) year. The candidate will be expected to actively seek and work towards the attainment of further external funding to support the continuation of the PhD, in terms of writing a research proposal. The candidate will be supported by the supervisor, as well as the rest of the ARIA team, in this effort. The candidate will also be expected to contribute to the supervision of Master's students and a limited amount of teaching support activities. Profile * The candidate must have a Master's degree in Computer Science or neighbouring fields, obtained no more than three years ago. Experience that relates to Human-Computer Interaction, VR, or 3D Interaction is desirable. * Candidates must have excellent demonstrable programming skills, especially in what concerns the development of 3D applications, such as with Unity or Unreal Engine. * They must be proficient in oral and written English, possess excellent communication skills, and be creative, team-oriented, proactive and result driven. * The positions can start immediately. * Interested candidates should send their CV, their transcripts, contact information of at least 2 referees, and a motivation letter using the KU Leuven system. The motivation letter should clearly outline the candidate's interests in VR and Virtual Agents and their thoughts for potential research in that direction. * Including in the motivation letter links to code repositories or videos of examples of prior work on 3D applications (be them VR, AR, or also desktop 3D application) is highly recommended. Offer * A one-year PhD scholarship, extendible upon successful attainment of external funding for up to three more years, for a total of four years. * A stimulating environment in one of Europe's most renowned and innovative universities, in a well-equipped research team of international reputation. * Access to state-of-the-art motion tracking and VR laboratories, equipped with 16 Vicon cameras, tracking equpment, hi-end VR workstations and head-mounted displays. * The research will be based at the Department of Computer Science at the Arenberg Campus in Heverlee (just outisde to city centre of Leuven). Interested? For more information please contact Prof. dr. Adalberto Simeone, tel.: +32 16 37 71 59, mail: adalberto.simeone(a)kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than October 11, 2024 via the online application tool<http://www.kuleuven.be/eapplyingforjobs/light/60387872> https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60387872?lang=en -- Adalberto L. Simeone Associate Professor ARIA - Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be<https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be/> Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven https://www.adalsimeone.me<https://www.adalsimeone.me/>

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38th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2025) :Call for Special Tracks

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*** Call for Special Tracks *** 38th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (IEEE CBMS 2025) June 18-20, 2025, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain https://2025.cbms-conference.org Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based medical systems, and one of the main conferences within the fields of medical informatics and biomedical informatics. IEEE CBMS 2025 invites proposals for organization of special tracks that will be held in parallel with the general conference track. The themes of the special tracks should not overlap with the general conference topics and should focus on emerging research fields. All tracks are expected to enable stimulating discussions of state-of-the-art, emerging, visionary, and perhaps controversial topics. Their papers should report on significant unpublished work and must meet the same standards as main conference papers. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. We expect all accepted tracks to adhere to the conference paper submission and reviewing schedule, as outlined in the dates indicated below. Special Tracks chair(s) will be interacting with organisers of accepted workshops to ensure a high-quality workshop program. In the case of detecting several similar submissions, the CBMS 2025 organization can propose the fusion of those proposals. Special Track requirements The organizers of a special track must comply with a set of principles and obligations, listed below: • A specific webpage with information about the special track will be created by CBMS after the acceptance notification. The organizers must provide the following information to be added to such webpage: special track description, list of topics, call for papers, submission information (must be the same as CBMS 2025 regular track), special track organizers, special track program committee members, any other relevant information. • The organizers of the special track are responsible for the peer-review process within their track. They must add their own Program committee members/reviewers to the submission platform, ensure that receive all the reviews on time, check the quality of the reviews, and establish the acceptance/rejection decision. The final decision will be sent by CBMS 2025 PC Chairs. They also must pay special attention to potential conflicts of interest and ensure that all the general ethical rules of research are followed. • At least one of the organizers of the special track must register and attend to CBMS 2025 in Madrid. The organizer(s) who attend CBMS will also chair the specific session that will be assigned in the agenda to their track. • The organizers of the special track are responsible for the publicity of their track to try to win as many submissions as possible. Please bear in mind that a special track with less than 4 accepted papers could be canceled. In this case, the accepted papers will be moved to the regular track. Important Dates • Deadline for special track proposal: November 8, 2024 (AoE) • Special track notification acceptance: November 15, 2024 Submission Guidelines Each proposal must include: • Special track title • Rough estimate of the expected ST size as number of sessions (with 4-5 papers per session) • A brief biography of ST organizer(s) • List of Special Track program committee members • A draft of Special Track “Call for papers” (important dates must be the same of the main conference) • One or two appropriate journals or follow up publications: tracks are expected to organize a special issue, if planned. The proposal must be sent to info[at]cbms-conference[dot]org CBMS 2025 Special Track Chairs • Alba García Seco de Herrera • Gilberto Ochoa-Ruiz • Sharib Ali Other Information For more information, please contact info[at]cbms-conference[dot]org.

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