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CFP: Multimedia Tools and Applications - Special Issue on New Frontiers in Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI (deadline: 30th November 2021)

by chitaly2021

We are happy to announce the call for papers: *we apologize for cross postings* ========================================================= Special Issue on New Frontiers in Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI to be published in the journal Multimedia Tools and Applications https://www.springer.com/journal/11042 ========================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------- Overview: ----------------------------------------------------------- This special issue considers research in the area of multimedia-based and multimodal systems for advanced human-computer interaction (HCI). It aims at exploring and expanding on its frontiers. Therefore it especially seeks high-quality contributions from research areas at the frontiers of multimedia HCI, such as arts and humanities, education, cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence. The special issue will also host the extended versions of selected best papers presented at the 2021 Edition of CHItaly, the biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, held from 11 to 13 July 2021 in Bolzano, Italy. Such papers will undergo a regular review process as detailed in the Submission Guidelines below. ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Frontiers in Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI: Theories, Concepts and Models · HCI design and evaluation methods for multimedia and multimodal systems · Multimodal interaction technologies · Collaborative and social computing and HCI · Accessibility and inclusive multimedia Frontiers of Arts, Humanities, Education, Society for Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI · Design & arts and multimedia-based HCI · Humanities and multimedia-based HCI · Learning, education and multimedia-based HCI · Values, ethics, society and multimedia-based HCI Frontiers of Physical, Digital or Hybrid Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI · Game- and gamification-based multimedia-based HCI and multimodal systems · Augmented, virtual or mixed reality and multimedia-based HCI in multimodal systems · Smart things, smart ambients or smart cities and multimodal HCI · Tangible design, industrial design or product design and multimedia-based HCI · Beyond cobots: assistive or proactive robots and multimedia-based HCI Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence for Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI · Human-in-the-loop machine/deep learning and multimedia-based HCI in multimodal systems · Agent-based systems or multi-agent systems and multimedia-based HCI · Data or process analysis, modelling or visualisation and multimedia-based HCI · Natural language processing and multimedia-based HCI · Recommendation, personalisation or adaptation and multimedia-based HCI ----------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors:  --------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Alessandra Melonio (Lead Guest Editor) Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Email: alessandra.melonio(a)unibz.it<mailto:alessandra.melonio@unibz.it> Dr. Maria De Marsico Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it<mailto:demarsico@di.uniroma1.it> Dr. Cristina Gena Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy Email: cristina.gena(a)unito.it<mailto:cristina.gena@unito.it> Dr. Rosella Gennari Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Email: gennari(a)inf.unibz.it<mailto:gennari@inf.unibz.it> ----------------------------------------------------------- Important dates/Tentative Schedule: ----------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: November 30, 2021 Final manuscript due: August 30, 2022 ----------------------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines ----------------------------------------------------------- Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the Instructions for Authors available from the Multimedia Tools and Applications website<https://springer.com/11042>. Authors should submit through the online submission site at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/default.aspx<https://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/default.aspx> and select “SI 1224 - New Frontiers in Multimedia-based and Multimodal HCI” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the special issue. All submitted papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance of contribution, technical quality, scholarship, and quality of presentation, by at least three independent reviewers. It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Please note that the authors of papers presented at CHItaly 2021 are invited to submit an extended version of their contributions by taking into consideration both the reviewers’ comments on their conference paper, and the feedback received during presentation at the conference. It is worth clarifying that that the extended version is expected to present a significant contribution beyond the conference paper, and contain at least 30% original scientific contribution, e.g., in the form of new algorithms, experiments or qualitative/quantitative comparisons. Neither verbatim transfer of large parts of the conference paper nor reproduction of already published figures will be tolerated. Authors must explain in the introduction to the paper the new contribution to the field made by the submission, and the original conference publication should be cited in the text. The extended versions of CHItaly papers will undergo the ordinary review process, and be accepted only if well-suited to the topic of this special issue and meeting the scientific level of the journal. [cid:5e2cd432-4bcb-4f75-bea8-031c88c81df6]

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[CFP] MUM 2021: Deadline Extension to August 13

by Adalberto Simeone

The paper submission deadline for the 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/cfp-papers/) has been extended to August 13, but you still need to submit the abstract by the 6th. You will then be able to update your submission until the 13th AOE. ********************************************************************************** MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia December 5-8, 2021 Leuven, Belgium ********************************************************************************** # Important Dates > August 6 | Abstract Submission (Long and Short papers) > August 13 | Paper Submission (Long and Short papers) > September 28 | Notification > October 10 | Camera Ready > December 5-8 | Conference MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. This year, we have all been confronted with significant changes caused by the corona virus outbreak. Based on vaccination data coming from Europe, the USA, and other countries, we are confident that MUM 2021 will be able to be organized physically. However, we plan for it to be a hybrid in-person event with support for remote participation for those who might not be able to travel to Belgium. We are currently considering which solution to use to be as inclusive as possible to those who will prefer to present and participate remotely. We will monitor the unfolding of the events in the short term and update the conference modality accordingly. We welcome submissions of high-quality papers that offer original and unpublished contributions relevant to the field of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. Paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications * Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges * Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services * Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field * Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services * Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems * Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia * Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising * Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems * Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems * Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems * User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems * Papers should be grounded in existing literature and knowledge, and should be written for an * interdisciplinary audience. Papers must be submitted via EasyChair at the latest by August 6th, 2021 * AoE. An application for inclusion of the conference proceeding in the ACM International Conference * Proceeding Series is currently being processed. # Keynotes Professors Yvonne Rogers (Director of UCLIC) and Antonio Krueger will give this year's keynotes. More info coming soon on the website of the conference. # Submission and Templates The correct template for submissions is the ACM Primary Article Template in single-column format (in PDF format). Submissions should be prepared using either the single column Word Submission Template or the single column LaTeX template (using the “manuscript, review, anonymous” style available in the template). Submissions can be of variable length. Paper length must be based on the weight of the contribution with 16 pages (excluding references) in single column format being valued as long papers in past editions and 7 pages (excluding references) in single column format being valued as short papers in past editions. Successful submissions of around 16 pages typically represent significant empirical, theoretical or methodological advances in the field. Successful submissions of around 7 pages offer more focused contributions; they are not intended to be work in progress reports but, instead, they offer complete, rigorously developed work, with a solid contribution to the field. Short papers have a smaller scope or more focused contribution than long papers. Submissions should not have been previously published or be concurrently under submission. Papers must be anonymized. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind review process managed by the Program Chairs. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers, chosen from the pool of members of the Program Committee listed below. This pool of reviewers features both experts from the previous edition, as well as new researchers to address new emerging research areas and underrepresented communities. Papers will be assigned through a bidding process. Authors are encouraged to submit an optional video of maximum 5 minutes to support their submission. To ensure videos can be viewed by all reviewers, authors should preferably use the H.264 encoding and the MP4 file format. To accommodate the upload limits of EasyChair (max. 50mb per file), the bit rate of videos can be lowered. # Reviewing process There will be a single round of reviews with three potential outcomes: desk-rejects (papers that are significantly out of scope, not written in English, etc.), rejection, and conditional acceptance. No rebuttal phase is planned. Authors of conditionally accepted papers will find in the reviews a list of revisions and requested changes they need to satisfy to have their paper be officially accepted into the program. At least one author from each accepted paper must register to the conference. # Organisers: Adalberto L. Simeone, KU Leuven, Belgium, General Chair Raf Ramakers, Hasselt University, Belgium, Program Chair Cristina Gena, Università di Torino, Italy, Program Chair > https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/committee/ # More information: Website: https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/cfp-papers/ Twitter: @MUMconf E-mail: mailto:general2021@mum-conf.org or mailto:papers2021@mum-conf.org -- Adalberto L. Simeone Assistant Professor ARIA - Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/Adal_LS https://www.adalsimeone.me/

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): First Call for Papers and Special Sessions

by Announce Announcements

*** First Call for Papers and Special Sessions *** 2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022) May 25-27, 2022, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/eais2022/ (Proceedings to be published by the IEEE Xplore Digital Library; Special Journal Issue with Evolving Systems, Springer) IEEE EAIS 2022 will provide a working and friendly atmosphere and will be a leading international forum focusing on the discussion of recent advances, the exchange of recent innovations and the outline of open important future challenges in the area of Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems. Over the past decade, this area has emerged to play an important role on a broad international level in today's real-world applications, especially those ones with high complexity and dynamic changes. Its embedded modelling and learning methodologies are able to cope with real-time demands, changing operation conditions, varying environmental influences, human behaviours, knowledge expansion scenarios and drifts in online data streams. Conference Topics Basic Methodologies Evolving Soft Computing Techniques. Evolving Fuzzy Systems. Evolving Rule-Based Classifiers. Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. Adaptive Evolving Neural Networks. Online Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms. Data Stream Mining. Incremental and Evolving Clustering. Adaptive Pattern Recognition. Incremental and Evolving ML Classifiers. Adaptive Statistical Techniques. Evolving Decision Systems. Big Data. Problems and Methodologies in Data Streams Stability, Robustness, Convergence in Evolving Systems. Online Feature Selection and Dimension Reduction. Online Active and Semi-supervised Learning. Online Complexity Reduction. Computational Aspects. Interpretability Issues. Incremental Adaptive Ensemble Methods. Online Bagging and Boosting. Self-monitoring Evolving Systems. Human-Machine Interaction Issues. Hybrid Modelling, Transfer Learning. Reservoir Computing. Applications of EAIS Time Series Prediction. Data Stream Mining and Adaptive Knowledge Discovery. Robotics. Intelligent Transport and Advanced Manufacturing. Advanced Communications and Multimedia Applications. Bioinformatics and Medicine. Online Quality Control and Fault Diagnosis. Condition Monitoring Systems. Adaptive Evolving Controller Design. User Activities Recognition. Huge Database and Web Mining. Visual Inspection and Image Classification. Image Processing. Cloud Computing. Multiple Sensor Networks. Query Systems and Social Networks. Alternative Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches. Special Sessions Distinguished researchers working in theory, analysis and applications of evolving adaptive and intelligent systems and related areas are encouraged to submit proposals within the technical scope of IEEE EAIS 2022. Researchers interested in organising special sessions are invited to submit a formal proposal to the Special Sessions Chair Gabriella Casalino (gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it) and to the General Chair George Angelos Papadopoulos (george(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy), by specifying: - Special Session Lead Organiser email address, details and mini-bio - Co-Organiser(s) details and mini-bio (optional) - Special Session title - Aim and scope of the Special Session (~half a page) - A list of main topics of the Special Session - A list of potential/expected contributors Submissions Submitted papers should not exceed 8 pages plus at most 2 pages overlength. Submissions of full papers are accepted online through Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eais2022). The EAIS 2022 proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible inclusion in a special issue of Evolving Systems - An Interdisciplinary Journal for Advanced Science and Technology (Springer). Important Dates • Special Session submission: October 1, 2021 • Special Session acceptance: October 10, 2021 • Paper submission: January 10, 2022 • Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 19, 2022 • Camera ready submission: March 20, 2022 • Authors registration: March 20, 2022 • Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2022 Social Media FB: https://www.facebook.com/IEEEEAIS Twitter: https://twitter.com/IEEE_EAIS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/2022ieeeconferenceonevolvingand681556007867… Organization Honorary Chairs • Dimitar Filev, Ford Motor Co., USA • Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus • Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK Program Committee Chairs • Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari, Italy • José A. Iglesias, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

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ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Call 2021 (2) - Application form open!

by Fabio Paternò

ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" Fellowship Programme ERCIM offers fellowships for PhD holders from all over the world. The next round is open! Deadline for applications: 30 September 2021. Topics cover most disciplines in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Applied Mathematics. Fellowships are of 12-month duration spent in one ERCIM member institute. Detailed description of the programme, application guide and application form : http://fellowship.ercim.eu/ <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffellowship… 1%7CSanna.Downing%40vtt.fi%7C1ef308820ada405612dd08d842bf52da%7C68d6b592500843b59b0423bec4e86cf7%7C0 %7C0%7C637332736822207490&sdata=D96GB9BjR5AVrsp3aFjQGk1PqFgZcz7146412HIhMLQ%3D&reserved=0> Conditions Applicants must: * have obtained a PhD degree during the last 8 years (prior to the application year deadline) or be in the last year of the thesis work with an outstanding academic record. Nevertheless, before starting the grant, a proof of the PhD degree will be requested. * complete, submit the application form and send via the online system: * a detailed curriculum vitae * a list of publications * two scientific papers in English * contact details of two referees * start the fellowship no later than 1 May 2022. -- Emma Lière <mailto:emma.liere@ercim.eu> <emma.liere(a)ercim.eu> https://www.ercim.eu ERCIM - 2004 route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis 06410 Biot - France Voice: +33.4.92.38.75.74 Fax: +33.4.92.38.50.11

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[CFP] Int. Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (Paper Deadline: Aug 6)

by Adalberto Simeone

Apologies for Cross-Posting ********************************************************************************** MUM 2021, 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia December 5-8, 2021 Leuven, Belgium ********************************************************************************** # Important Dates > August 6 | Submission (Long and Short papers) > September 28 | Notification > October 10 | Camera Ready > December 5-8 | Conference MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. This year, we have all been confronted with significant changes caused by the corona virus outbreak. Based on vaccination data coming from Europe, the USA, and other countries, we are confident that MUM 2021 will be able to be organized physically. However, we plan for it to be a hybrid in-person event with support for remote participation for those who might not be able to travel to Belgium. We are currently considering which solution to use to be as inclusive as possible to those who will prefer to present and participate remotely. We will monitor the unfolding of the events in the short term and update the conference modality accordingly. We welcome submissions of high-quality papers that offer original and unpublished contributions relevant to the field of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. Paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications * Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges * Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services * Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field * Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services * Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems * Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia * Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising * Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems * Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems * Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems * User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems * Papers should be grounded in existing literature and knowledge, and should be written for an * interdisciplinary audience. Papers must be submitted via EasyChair at the latest by August 6th, 2021 * AoE. An application for inclusion of the conference proceeding in the ACM International Conference * Proceeding Series is currently being processed. # Keynotes Professors Yvonne Rogers (Director of UCLIC) and Antonio Krueger will give this year's keynotes. More info coming soon on the website of the conference. # Submission and Templates The correct template for submissions is the ACM Primary Article Template in single-column format (in PDF format). Submissions should be prepared using either the single column Word Submission Template or the single column LaTeX template (using the “manuscript, review, anonymous” style available in the template). Submissions can be of variable length. Paper length must be based on the weight of the contribution with 16 pages (excluding references) in single column format being valued as long papers in past editions and 7 pages (excluding references) in single column format being valued as short papers in past editions. Successful submissions of around 16 pages typically represent significant empirical, theoretical or methodological advances in the field. Successful submissions of around 7 pages offer more focused contributions; they are not intended to be work in progress reports but, instead, they offer complete, rigorously developed work, with a solid contribution to the field. Short papers have a smaller scope or more focused contribution than long papers. Submissions should not have been previously published or be concurrently under submission. Papers must be anonymized. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind review process managed by the Program Chairs. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers, chosen from the pool of members of the Program Committee listed below. This pool of reviewers features both experts from the previous edition, as well as new researchers to address new emerging research areas and underrepresented communities. Papers will be assigned through a bidding process. Authors are encouraged to submit an optional video of maximum 5 minutes to support their submission. To ensure videos can be viewed by all reviewers, authors should preferably use the H.264 encoding and the MP4 file format. To accommodate the upload limits of EasyChair (max. 50mb per file), the bit rate of videos can be lowered. # Reviewing process There will be a single round of reviews with three potential outcomes: desk-rejects (papers that are significantly out of scope, not written in English, etc.), rejection, and conditional acceptance. No rebuttal phase is planned. Authors of conditionally accepted papers will find in the reviews a list of revisions and requested changes they need to satisfy to have their paper be officially accepted into the program. At least one author from each accepted paper must register to the conference. # Organisers: Adalberto L. Simeone, KU Leuven, Belgium, General Chair Raf Ramakers, Hasselt University, Belgium, Program Chair Cristina Gena, Università di Torino, Italy, Program Chair > https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/committee/ # More information: Website: https://www.mum-conf.org/2021/cfp-papers/ Twitter: @MUMconf E-mail: mailto:general2021@mum-conf.org or mailto:papers2021@mum-conf.org -- Adalberto L. Simeone Assistant Professor ARIA - Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven Follow me on Twitter @Adal_LS<http://twitter.com/Adal_LS> https://www.adalsimeone.me<https://www.adalsimeone.me/>

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BHCC 2021 - Call for Contributions

by Sihang Qiu

Website: https://www.bhcc-symposium.com/ Third Symposium on Biases in Human Computation and Crowdsourcing 10 - 12 November 2021, Delft, Netherlands (Online) BHCC 2021 is an event of the Academic Fringe Festival (https://www.academicfringe.org/) Organized by TU Delft and CHI Nederland --- Apologies for cross-posting --- *Overview* The goal of this symposium is to analyse both existing human biases in hybrid systems, and methods to manage bias via crowdsourcing and human computation. We will discuss different types of biases, measures and methods to track bias, as well as methodologies to prevent and solve bias. We welcome the submission of research papers and abstracts which describe original work that has not been submitted or currently under review, has not been previously published nor accepted for publication elsewhere, in any other journal or conference. We welcome the submission of the following types of contributions: - Full papers should be at most 10 pages in length (including figures, tables, appendices, and references), - Short papers should be at most 5 pages in length (including figures, tables, appendices, and references), - Abstracts should contain just a title and the abstract, and should detail demos or relevant work or ideas which are under development. They can not contain references. More details: https://www.bhcc-symposium.com/submission *Important Dates* Time zone: Anywhere on Earth (AoE) - Full Papers and Short papers due: 26 August 2021 - Abstracts due: 2 September 2021 - Notifications: 22 October 2021 - Conference: 10-12 November 2021 *Submission* We implement a double-blind review process. Submissions must be anonymous and the submission must be made via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bhcc2021 We are committed to create an equal opportunity environment, without regard to race, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or any other status. For this reason, if you feel that you are in a disadvantaged situation or you require assistance please reach out to us (bhcc2021(a)easychair.org). We’ll be more than happy to help and allow everyone to submit a paper. We are keen to create a fair working environment for the crowd workers and annotators. For this reason, each submission should clearly state the policies implemented to pursue this aim; each paper should be clear about the amount of work required for an annotator to submit the task, the payment, the time spent by the annotators to finish the task, and all the relevant details aimed at making clear that workers and annotators obtained a fair compensation and treatment for their work.

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CFP: HHEE @ ACM HT 2021: HCI and Hypermedia for Enhanced Education with interactive multimedia

by Ilenia Galluccio

Dear colleague, we would like to attract your attention to HHEE @ ACM HT 2021: HCI and Hypermedia for Enhanced Education with interactive multimedia **Please forward to anyone who might be interested** Apologies for cross-posting. CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------- Workshop on HCI and Hypermedia for Enhanced Education with interactive multimedia - HHEE 2021 (http://hhee.dibris.unige.it/) in conjunction with the 32nd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media - HT 2021 (https://ht.acm.org/ht2021/), 30 August – 2 September 2021 | Virtual event. IMPORTANT DATES (23:59 AoE - Anywhere on Earth) --------------- Paper deadline: Fri, July 23 Notification to authors: Mon, August 16 Workshop date: Mon, August 30 Camera-ready due: Sun, September 5 (note: papers will be made available to conference and workshop participants earlier) DESCRIPTION ------------ Education, together with the whole society, is experiencing a leap towards virtualization, speeding up a process that was already under way. Online learning is thus becoming a usual practice and experience for millions of students, and we can expect that this will impact on future education and learning models. Multimedia content and video-based learning are increasingly taking a central role, thus it becomes of paramount importance to take full advantage of them by providing and automating services that help to overcome issues, such as linear viewing and poor engagement, and to exploit the advantages through enhanced interactivity, multimodal interfaces, new visualization tools, knowledge graphs, summarization, personalized hypervideo. In this scenario, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Computing, and Natural Language Processing can play an essential role to exploit educational resources in order to enable a new wave of enhanced educational services and improve the consumption itself of multimedia content. TOPICS ------- We are looking for contributions that address the challenges of interactive hypermedia and intelligent user interfaces for education, advance the state of the art in theories, methods, and technologies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - multimodal intelligent user interfaces for education - adaptive learning environments - adaptive hypervideo - interactive knowledge graphs - multimedia-enriched knowledge graphs - knowledge extraction from educational resources - summarization and explanation - error detection, feedback and accountability - intelligent textbooks - augmented video services - semantically-enhanced educational services - modeling, visualization and exploration of multimedia resources - tracking and analysing learners behaviour with video content - learning analytics for improving multimodal learning services - cloud-based learning environments SUBMISSIONS: ----------------------- Accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings of the HT21 conference and will be published in the ACM Digital Library. We encourage the submission of original contributions investigating hypermedia for enhanced education with interactive multimedia: - Full research papers (max 10 pages, including references); - Short papers (max 5 pages, including references) for position papers and research-in-progress papers. Note on length: appendices count toward the page limit. ACM HHEE ’21 uses a double blind review process Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors’ own prior work should be made in the third-person. Authors should submit their papers as single-column. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. Using LaTeX is highly recommended to minimize the extent of reformatting for camera-ready. * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column): https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t… * Overleaf (use\documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column): https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-… * MS Word: https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio… Submissions should be submitted as PDF files via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht21. When submitting, please select the track “Workshop on HCI and Hypermedia for Enhanced Education with interactive multimedia”. Authors are required to present their paper at the workshop. All the papers presented at the workshop will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Mauro Coccoli, University of Genoa, IT Ilenia Galluccio, University of Genoa, IT Ilaria Torre, University of Genoa, IT CONTACT ----------------- e-mail: hhee2021(a)easychair.org Web page: http://hhee.dibris.unige.it On behalf of the workshop organisers Best Regards Ilenia Galluccio PhD Candidate University of Genoa

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Call for PhD applications (including HCI, VR, Persuasive Technology, Serious Games)

by Luca Chittaro

The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Udine, Italy, welcomes candidates applying for 14 three-year positions (11 of which supported by scholarship). Applicants will focus their research project on topics that can be chosen in a wide range listed here https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence has also opened funded agreements with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (www.fbk.eu/en/), CRO Aviano (www.cro.sanita.fvg.it/it/) and ISTC-CNR (www.istc.cnr.it/en). The deadline for applicationa is *July 21, 2021. * Detailed instructions as well as a link to the official call and application forms are available from https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/ Prospective applicants can contact the Coordinator for further details and/or one or more PhD Supervisors for project-related questions. All contacts can be found in the PhD web site https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Luca Chittaro HCI Lab (http://hcilab.uniud.it) Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics tel: +39 (0432) 558.450 University of Udine luca.chittaro(a)uniud.it Via delle Scienze, 206 http://www.dmif.uniud.it/chittaro 33100 Udine -- ITALY University of Udine - Confidentiality Notice This message is exclusively addressed to the recipients. All the information contained in this message, including any attachments, is confidential in compliance with Regulation (UE) 2016/679 and Legislative Decree 196/2003. Therefore, forwarding, disclosing and making the above-mentioned information available without prior authorization from the sender is forbidden in any form or manner. If you have received this message in error, we kindly invite you to delete it permanently and to notify the sender. Università di Udine - Dichiarazione di Riservatezza Il presente messaggio è indirizzato esclusivamente ai destinatari. Tutte le informazioni contenute, compresi eventuali allegati, sono confidenziali ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 e del D. Lgs. 196/2003. Pertanto ne sono vietati l'inoltro, la divulgazione e la messa a disposizione in qualunque forma o modo, in mancanza di preventiva autorizzazione del mittente. Qualora il messaggio Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo cortesemente ad eliminarlo in modo definitivo dando immediato riscontro.

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IntRS'21 Joint Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems - 2nd Cfp

by Giovanni Semeraro

Joint Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems IntRS'21: https://intrs2021.wordpress.com/ Held in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2021) Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25th September 2021. Full day. Submission deadline: Jul. 20th, 2021 Author notification: Aug. 20th, 2021 Camera-ready version: Aug. 31st, 2021 Submission site --------------------- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=intrs2021 Recommender systems are developed to help users in finding items that match their interests, needs, and preferences. Since the emergence of recommender systems, the majority of research in this area focused on improving predictive accuracy of recommendation. Much less attention has been paid to how users interact with the system and the efficacy of interface designs from users perspectives. The field has reached a point where it is necessary to look beyond algorithms, into users interactions, decision making processes, and overall end user experience. The IntRS workshop series focuses on the human side of recommender systems. Its goal is to integrate modern HCI approaches and theories of human decision making into the construction of recommender systems. It focuses particularly on the impact of interfaces on decision support and overall satisfaction. IntRS workshops have been previously held at RecSys 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. The aim of the IntRS21 workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners exploring the topics of designing and evaluating novel intelligent interfaces for recommender systems in order to: (1) share research and techniques, including new design technologies and evaluation methodologies, (2) identify next key challenges in the area, and (3) identify emerging topics. This workshop aims at establishing an interdisciplinary community with a focus on the interface design issues for recommender systems and promoting the collaboration opportunities between researchers and practitioners. We particularly encourage demos and mock-ups of systems to be used as a basis of a lively and interactive discussion in the workshop. In our opinion, the workshop will complement the technical aspects mainly discussed at the Conference with specific topics related to cognitive modeling and decision making. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to: o Interaction, user modeling, and decision-making - Cognitive Modeling for recommender systems - Human-recommender interaction - Decision theories and biases (e.g., priming, framing, and decoy effects) - Detection and mitigation of decision biases (e.g., in item presentations) - Preference detection (e.g., eye tracking for automated preference detection) - Emotions and mood in recommender systems (e.g., emotion-aware recommendation) - Personality in recommender systems (e.g., personality-aware recommendation) - Trust inspiring recommender systems and interfaces (e.g., explanation-aware recommendation) - Controllability, transparency, and scrutability - Argumentation and persuasive recommendation (e.g., argumentation-aware recommendation) - Cultural differences (e.g., culture-aware recommendation) - Mechanisms for effective group decision making (e.g., group recommendation heuristics) - Decision theories for effective group decision making (e.g., hidden profile management) - Voting Advice Applications o User Interfaces - Visual interfaces for recommender systems - Explanation interfaces for recommender systems - Collaborative multi-user interfaces (e.g., for group decision making) - Spoken and natural language interfaces - Trust-aware interfaces - Social interfaces - Context-aware interfaces - Ubiquitous and mobile interfaces - Conversational interfaces - Example- and demonstration-based interfaces - New approaches to designing interfaces for recommender systems - User interfaces for decision making (e.g., decision strategies and user ratings) o Evaluation - Case studies - Benchmarking platforms - Empirical studies and evaluations of interfaces for recommender systems - Empirical studies and evaluations of new interaction designs - Evaluation methods and metrics (e.g., evaluation questionnaire design) Submissions ---------------- Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=intrs2021 We encourage two types of submissions, which address novel interface issues in recommender systems: - Short/Demo papers. The maximum length is 8 pages in the new single-column format. - Long papers. The maximum length is 14 pages in the 8 pages in the new single-column format. Submitted papers will be evaluated according to their originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. For short papers we will encourage alternative modes of presentation such as demos, playing out of scenarios, mockups, and alternate media such as video. Demonstration sessions will provide the opportunity to show innovative interface designs for recommender systems. Accepted papers will be included in workshop proceedings to be published on the CEUR-WS.org site. Note that at least one author of each accepted paper needs to register and attend the workshop. Organizers -------------- Peter Brusilovsky peterb(a)pitt.edu School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, USA Marco de Gemmis marco.degemmis(a)uniba.it Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy Alexander Felfernig alexander.felfernig(a)ist.tugraz.at Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria Elisabeth Lex - elisabeth.lex(a)tugraz.at Graz University of Technology, Austria Pasquale Lops pasquale.lops(a)uniba.it Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy Giovanni Semeraro giovanni.semeraro(a)uniba.it Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy Martijn C. Willemsen - M.C.Willemsen(a)tue.nl Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

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Paper Invitation: [Applied Sciences] Special Issue "Human and Artificial Intelligence"

by Giuseppe Sansonetti

***** Apologies for multiple postings ***** Dear Colleagues, The following special issue of which we are the guest editors will be published in Applied Sciences (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci>), and is now open to receive submissions of full research articles and comprehensive review papers for peer-review and possible publication: Special Issue: "Human and Artificial Intelligence <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Human_Artificial_Intell…>" Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Human_Artificial_Intell… <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Human_Artificial_Intell…> Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Micarelli (Roma Tre University, Italy) Dr. Giuseppe Sansonetti (Roma Tre University, Italy) Dr. Giuseppe D’Aniello (University of Salerno, Italy) Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2021 In recent years, significant advances have been made toward the realization of General Artificial Intelligence, especially in the Machine Learning (ML) (e.g., Deep Learning) domain. Several real-world tasks, however, cannot yet be solved by machines alone. Systems are hence needed that rely on the integration of Human and Artificial Intelligence to solve the most complex problems. In many academic and industrial intelligent agents, communication between humans and computers is a key factor. Many challenges, however, can hinder successful cooperation between the two actors. ML algorithms, for instance, fail to provide explanations for their actions, while human cognitive overload and human out-of-the-loop syndrome may result in lower performance. It is open to both original research articles and review articles covering all the relevant progress in these fields (though is not limited to the following): New technologies and frameworks that support human–machine interaction and human–machine collaborative intelligence; Machine learning (e.g., deep learning) to understand human behavior; Explainable Artificial Intelligence; Human factors in Artificial Intelligence; Human teaming with autonomous systems; Situation-aware intelligent systems; Artificial intelligence for cyberphysical–social systems; Emotion Artificial Intelligence (e.g., sentiment analysis); Brain–computer modeling for human–machine cooperation; Decision support systems in different domains (e.g., logistics, smart factory, healthcare); Personalized systems (e.g., user profiling, e-learning, recommender systems). Applied Sciences is an online, peer-reviewed, open access journal, published quarterly by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. The journal is covered by Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) [search for "Applied Sciences-Basel"], Scopus, INSPEC (IET) and other databases. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 17 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 5.7 days (median values for papers published in the first six months of 2018). An Article Processing Charges (APC) of 2000 CHF for Applied Sciences apply to accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute has established an institutional membership with MDPI, for more information see http://www.mdpi.com/about/memberships <http://www.mdpi.com/about/memberships>. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/instructions <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/instructions> We look forward to hearing back from you soon. Kind Regards, Alessandro Micarelli Giuseppe Sansonetti Giuseppe D'Aniello

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