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Hybrid International CHItaly 2021: 2nd Call for Workshop Proposals / 11–13 July 2021 / Bolzano, Italy

by chitaly2021

[ Sorry for multiple-posting] ================================================ CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 11–13 July 2021 https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/ Location: From Bozen-Bolzano through the Internet to the World In cooperation with SIGCHI Italy and ACM-SIGCHI ================================================ THEME ================================================ The theme for the 14th Edition of the Biannual Conference (https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it) of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (http://sigchitaly.eu/en/general-info/) was defined in summer 2019 as “Frontiers of HCI”. At that time, we were thinking about disciplinary and national boundaries. Little did we know of the many frontiers this hybrid conference would have to overcome to create a safe space for HCI related discussions. To overcome this challenge, CHItaly combines physical and digital events while providing synchronous and asynchronous spaces for dialogue. So far, CHItaly has physically hosted HCI scholars working in the Mediterranean and other European countries. The aim of CHItaly 2021 is to connect research and geographical areas, so as to explore frontiers and cross-fertilise HCI research in practice. From this perspective, a hybrid conference can become an incredible experimentation space which you are all invited to shape. To reach its aims, the conference 1. solicits contributions from diverse research communities relevant to HCI, such as Science and Technology Studies, Technology Enhanced Learning, Interaction Design and Digital Fabrication, Design and the Arts, besides traditional fields such as computer science, engineering and psychology 2. opens its physical and digital doors to industry, civic societies and citizens. Join CHItaly either virtually or physically to expand the frontiers of HCI. ================================================ SPECIFICATIONS ================================================ Workshops in CHItaly are events which will open the main conference providing a physical and digital forum for discussion on new and emerging HCI topics, relevant for the theme of CHItaly 2021. All workshops will be half-day, and will be held in the morning of July 12th. A paper describing each accepted workshop will be included in the main conference Proceedings (submission deadline, format and requirements will be defined later). ================================================ STRUCTURE OF THE PROPOSAL ================================================ - Workshop title - Workshop acronym (if any) - Workshop edition and, if not on the first one, previous venues, number of attendees and links to the websites - List of organizers (with short bio) and main contact person - Motivation and objectives - List of topics - Target audience and expected number of attendees - Workshop setting (paper presentations, discussions, group works, …) - Dedicated proceedings (if any): type of paper, reviewing process, venue (Journal special issue, CEUR-WS, …) - PC tentative list ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ================================================ February 1, 2021 - Submission deadline February 15, 2021 - Review notification Deadlines are meant till 11.59 pm CET. ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS ================================================ Submission deadline: April 23th Notifications to contributors: May 14th Camera-ready/final version deadline: May 24th Workshops: July 12th Deadlines are meant till 11.59 pm CET. ================================================ SUBMISSION: HOW TO ================================================ Proposals should be submitted in PDF form (no specific template is required) at this address: workshops.chitaly2021(a)unibz.it ================================================ WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================================================ Barbara Rita Barricelli, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy (barbara.barricelli(a)unibs.it) Catia Prandi, Università di Bologna, Italy (catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it) ================================================ CHITALY 2021 TRACKS ================================================= This year, CHItaly 2021 has several tracks, besides the track for workshops: long and short research papers, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/cfp.html interactive experience, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/interactive_experiences.html doctoral consortium, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/dc.html

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Post-doc position on “Remote music pedagogy in virtual reality”

by Luca Turchet

Dear all, (Please excuse any cross posting) The Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory at University of Trento is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for 2 years on the topic “Remote music pedagogy in virtual reality”. The project aims at developing prototypes of virtual reality systems targeting novel kinds of interactions between music teachers and students in networked contexts. The project is funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology as well as the European Space Agency. To apply, please visit: https://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/bando/65337/department-of-information-engine… Best wishes Luca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luca Turchet Assistant Professor Head of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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[CFP] 2nd International Workshop on the Internet of Sounds

by Luca Turchet

*2nd International Workshop on the Internet of Sounds* *(part of Audio Mostly 2021)* September 1-3, 2021. Trento, Italy < Apologies for cross-posting > < Please distribute > *Call for papers and demos* After the success of the first edition, we are pleased to invite the community to submit to the 2nd International Workshop on the Internet of Sounds (IWIS 2021). The Internet of Sounds is an emerging research field positioned at the intersection of the Internet of Things and Sound and Music Computing domains. The workshop will be hosted at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of University of Trento. The aim of the workshop is to bring together academics and industry to investigate and advance the development of Internet of Sounds technologies by using cutting-edge tools and processes. The event will consist of presentations from academics and keynotes, poster presentations, demonstrations, as well as tutorials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Wireless acoustic sensor networks - Detection and classification of sounds in acoustic sensor networks - Visualization and Sonification of acoustic sensor networks - Ecoacoustics - Privacy and security in acoustic sensor networks - Smart Musical Instruments - Musical haptics for the Internet of Musical Things - Participatory live music performances - Networked music performances - Music education applications for the Internet of Musical Things - Intelligent music production in Internet of Musical Things contexts - Ubiquitous music - Web Audio for the Internet of Sounds - Spatial audio for the Internet of Sounds - Sonification for Internet of Sounds applications - Protocols and exchange formats for the Internet of Sounds - Improving accessibility and inclusiveness within the Internet of Sounds - Open audio databases for Deep Learning and Data Mining - Challenges in the management and delivery of large audio databases - Visualization, access and indexing of audio databases - Cloud-based services for musical and audio applications We consider contributions in the form of a full paper (min 5 pages, max 8 pages), a poster paper (min 2 pages, max 4 pages), or a demo proposal (max 2 pages). Authors are welcome to submit to all three tracks. We encourage the submission of work in progress as well as more mature work. The event is being run alongside the Audio Mostly Conference ( https://audiomostly.com/) an interdisciplinary conference also hosted at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of University of Trento between 1 and 3 of September. The participants to the workshop will have access to all the sessions of the Audio Mostly conference. The paper templates are available at https://audiomostly.com/2021/call/instructions/ *Important dates* - Papers and demos submission deadline: May 1, 2021 - Author notification: June 15, 2021 - Camera ready due: July 15, 2021 - Workshop dates: September 1-3, 2021 *Publications* All accepted full papers will appear in the proceedings of the Audio Mostly Conference. They will be included in the ACM Digital Library and will be indexed by Scopus, ACM, Web of Science, and DBLP. *Awards* The Organizing Committee will select the winners for the Best Paper, Best Student Paper and Best Demo awards. To be eligible for the best student paper award, the presenting and first author of the paper must be a full-time student. *Organizing Committee* - Luca Turchet (University of Trento) - Mathieu Lagrange (University of Nantes) - Chris Chafe (Stanford University) - Victor Lazzarini (Maynooth University) - Carlo Fischione (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) - Paolo Casari (University of Trento) *Logistics* Registration: https://audiomostly.com/2021/info/registration/ How to reach the venue: https://audiomostly.com/2021/info/info-attendees/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luca Turchet Assistant Professor Head of the Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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IxD&A Journal N. 46 is available for free downloading

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A - a SCOPUS and Web of Science - Emerging Sources (Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal - * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 46 *on:* Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19 */guest editors: ASLERD/ is now available for free downloading -> link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11&link=T…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IxD&A Journal, issue N. 46 - ToC* /** Preface **- link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11&link=T…>** **to the special issue/ /*The Year of Living Dangerously* by ASLERD Executive Committee Carlo Giovannella (President), Mihai Dascalu, Gabriella Dodero, Oscar Mealha, Matthias Rehm pp. 5 - 12 ****Kee-Man Chuah and Fitri Suraya Mohamad** Emergency Remote Teaching Scenarios, Struggles and Soundboxes: A Case Study on Malaysian Teachers **pp. 13 - 28** **Jenna Conan Simpson** Distance learning during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining K-12 students’ and parents’ experiences and perspectives, **pp. 29 - 46** **Terje Väljataga, Katrin Poom-Valickis, Kirsti Rumma, Kati Aus** Transforming higher education learning ecosystem: teaching staff perspective, **pp. 47 - 69** **Chun-Hua Tsai, Guillermo Romera Rodriguez, Na Li, Jenay Robert, Alex Serpi, John M. Carroll** Experiencing the Transition to Remote Teaching and Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic, **pp. 70 - 87 ** **Mohammad Rokibul Kabir, Md. Aminul Islam, Shahera Afroz Deena** Explaining the adoption of technology-based design of higher education during and after COVID 19 period from a developing country perspective **pp. 88 - 119** **/ /Carlo Giovannella and Marcello Passarelli//** The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic seen through the lens of the Italian university teachers and the comparison with school teachers’ perspective, **pp. 120 - 136** **Andrea Manciaracina ** A tool for designing hybrid learning contexts in higher education, **pp. 137 - 155 ///Eleonora Faggiano and Federica Mennuni/**/** A tool for designing hybrid learning contexts in higher education, **/**/pp. 156 - 174 /****/ ========================================================= IxD&A Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> =========================================================

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ACM UMAP 2021: Third Call-for-Papers - Updated submission information

by Oana Inel

--- Apologies for cross-posting --- ———— Updated Submission and Review Process Information ———— ============================ Call for Papers - ACM UMAP 2021 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Re-Evaluating Evaluation in Personalization Research" Hybrid: Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Online June 21-25th (tentative), 2021 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper due: January 24, 2021 ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with past years’ chairs. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization and adaptation may be applied. This includes a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation, recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks, personalized health, entertainment, and many more. We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation; the conference web site provides a detailed list. Below we present a short (but not proscriptive) list of topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2021 is “Re-Evaluating Evaluation” we encourage submissions in all areas that offer a critical analysis of evaluations of personalized systems. We particularly want to acknowledge that some of the research might be influenced by Covid-19 related constraints (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies), and welcome submissions which introduce novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation in any area. The topics listed below are not intended to limit possible contributions. Final decisions will be made on the basis of suitability for, and fit to, the overall conference (not for specific tracks). Additionally, there is no quota for the maximal number of accepted papers per track. Topics include (but are not limited to): • Personalized Recommender Systems • Track chairs: Alejandro Bellogin, Sole Pera, Ludovico Boratto • Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web • Track chairs: Maria Bielikova, Panagiotis Germanakos, Ben Steichen • Intelligent User Interfaces • Track chairs: Katrien Verbert, Denis Parra • Personalized Social Web • Track chairs: Julita Vassileva, Jie Zhang • Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning • Track chairs: Ella Haig, Manolis Mavrikis • Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy • Track chairs: Christine Bauer, Michael Ekstrand • Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Track chairs: Jaap Ham, Rita Orji SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 Long (14 pages + references) and Short (7 pages + references) papers in the new ACM single-column style. Appendices count toward the page limit, we recommend that supplementary material is linked to an external source using an anonymised URL. Original research papers addressing the theory and/or practice of UMAP, and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. * Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate its innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. * Short papers should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories, but only within each category. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM SIG publications. The templates and instructions are available here: Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow.<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow> Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,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… NB: Accepted papers will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. UMAP 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. All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed for students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper: January 24, 2021 Notification: March 8, 2021 Camera-ready: April 11, 2021 Video submission: May 5th, 2021 Conference: June 21-June 25, 2021 (tentative) Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Judith Masthoff, University of Utrecht Eelco Herder, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Program chairs Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, and Demo/Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements.

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First CfP SLERD 2021 - 6th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *6th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development - SLERD Reload** **Smart Learning Ecosystems and the Regional Development after the pandemic.* *June 24-25, 2021* /*Bucharest, Romania (blended)*/ slerd2021.uniroma2.it <http://slerd2021.uniroma2.it/> Contacts: 1st: traian[dot] rebedea[at] cs[dot] pub[dot] ro /(conference chair)/ or mihai [dot] dascalu [at] upb [dot] ro 2nd: aslerd [dot] org [at] gmail [dot] com ========================================================= Deadline for paper submission: *March 15, 2021 *call for papers <http://slerd2021.uniroma2.it/call-for-papers/> *========================================================= * *SLERD 2021* is organized by /University Politehnica of Bucharest /in collaboration with /ASLERD/ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLERD>/./ * Please Note: The intention of the organizing committee is to hold SLERD 2021 as a blended conference with the possibility to alternatively attend it physically or virtually. If the pandemic is not attenuated, as expected by June 2021, SLERD will take place in a fully blown virtual conference format such as the previous 2020 SLERD. * *SLERD 2021* is proud to invite colleagues - researchers and practitioners - from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems and, contributions on how to build together a brilliant post pandemic future, where smart learning ecosystems and smart education will be even more central in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. /*Short Intro*/ In 2020 the pandemic has affected the learning processes all over the world and learning ecosystems have reacted showing different degrees of resilience and promptness with emergence of similarities, differences and inequalities. Among the similarities, a tendency of the individuals to remain in a comfort zone and a general unpreparedness to operate in a full virtual space. Suddenly the two dimensions that characterizes the smart learning ecosystems - physical and virtual - started to be perceived somewhat as antithetical and it came out that the e-maturity of a learning ecosystem is not sufficient to explain and predict its transformation. Many factors concur - processual, social, individual - to determine the technological evolution of learning ecosystems and their smartness. For sure the pandemic has generated a higher awareness about the intrinsic nature of the smart learning ecosystems and it is likely that they will no longer be the same after the pandemic. Some scholars refer to an age characterized by a so-called “new normality”. What should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart learning ecosystems” are already changing? How such changes may be related to the achievement of “a better learning for a better world” as a contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ? How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities?/ Smart /referred to /learning ecosystems,/ in ASLERD and SLERD contexts, does not simply means “technology enhanced”. The smartness is a more complex multilayered construct related to the wellbeing of the players operating in the ecosystems and is affected by the improvement of any relevant aspects of the learning processes and ecosystem functioning, especially if connected with territorial development and social innovation. Technologies are mediators. Hopefully they should be included but they are not a “sine qua non”. The achievement of the learning ecosystems’ smartness is a process that need a long term vision, multidisciplinary competences, an attitude to understand people and contexts and to mediate point of views, a dynamic resilience to keep on track to achieve, step by step, the foreseen goals. /* *//*Topics of interests*/ can be grouped under three big themes: /*• places for smart education */ * • future of institutional learning • interplay between formal and informal learning • new educational models and settings • continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, processes in learning • role of, and case studies of, games and gamification in smart education • dual education and other alternate scheme approaches • monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) * /*• people in place centered design for smart education*/ * • general frameworks and methodological advances • design, data and other relevant literacies • smart citizen’s literacies, skill and competences • communities and co-design in smart learning • sharing & participatory practices • open access to any resource and disparity • cultural influences * /*• supportive learning technologies for smart education*/ * • intelligent tutoring systems and interfaces • semantic web technologies and applications • text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis • real/virtual communities and social network analysis • interoperability and application of open/smart data and services • safety & security in education • IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies • adaptability to educational contexts and citizens • role of VR in education * ========================================================= /*Important dates:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for papers submission: *March**15, 2021* • Notification to the authors: April 30, 2021 • Camera ready paper: May 15, 2021 • Conference: June 24-25, 2021 ========================================== /*Proceedings:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- *Proceedings*, as for previous editions, will be published by *Springer* in the Series *Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies* <https://www.springer.com/series/8767> that will be indexed by SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink. (Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development is among the top used publications on SpringerLink that concern one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)) *Extended version of selected papers* will be also included in a *special issue of IxD&A Journal <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102>* (ISSN 1826-9745, e-ISSN 2283-2998) that is indexed by SCOPUS and Emerging Sources of Web of Science SLERD welcomes short (max. 8 pages) and long contributions (max. 12 pages). Papers should be written according to the */Spinger Instruction for Authors/* of the series /Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies/: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen… Link to the /*paper submission page on easy chair:*/ https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slerd2021 ========================================================= Join ALSLERD and share our vision on the future of Smart Learning Ecosystems: Timisoara declaration <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…> See ASLERD website for Request of membership, membership fees and legal =========================================================

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

by Paolo Buono

INTERACT 2021 Aug 30th - Sep 3rd, 2021, Bari, Italy https://interact2021.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERACT 2021 is the 18th International Conference promoted by the IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human–Computer Interaction. INTERACT is held every two years. The theme of INTERACT 2021 is “Sense, Feel, Design”, highlighting new challenges of interaction design. Technology is today more and more widespread, pervasive and blended in the world we live in. On one side, devices that sense humans' activities have the potential to provide an enriched interaction. On the other side, the user experience can be further enhanced by exploiting multisensorial technologies. Not only the traditional human senses of vision and hearing, but also senses of touch, smell, and taste, as well as emotions are to be taken into account when designing for future interactions. INTERACT 2021 is the right venue to debate such new challenges. Another new topic of this edition is Human-AI Interaction, focusing on the design of human-centered intelligent systems. Conference proceedings are published in Springer LNCS series and are available in the Springer Digital Library. We invite you to submit your original work to INTERACT 2021 in the following tracks: Tracks with submission deadline *January 27th, 2021* - Full Papers (abstract due by January 20th, 2021) - Workshops Tracks with submission deadline *April 16th, 2021* - Short Papers - Posters - Interactive Demos - Courses - Doctoral Consortium - Industrial Experiences - Panels All contributions are peer reviewed, juried or curated by the members of the international program committee. INTERACT 2021 will be held in Bari, a beautiful city on the Adriatic coast of Southern Italy. The hotel Villa Romanazzi Carducci will host the conference. With its liberty-period villa immersed in a nice park characterized by a variety of trees along various pathways, this hotel provides a great context for welcoming the INTERACT participants. All precautions to ensure participants’ health safety will be taken. The evolution of the pandemic will be carefully monitored and those who could not travel due to COVID-19 will be allowed to present and participate online to the conference. Paolo Buono (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy) Catherine Plaisant (University of Maryland, USA and INRIA, France) [General Co-Chairs] Carmelo Ardito (Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy) Rosa Lanzilotti (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy) Alessio Malizia (University of Hertfordshire, UK) [Technical Programme Co-Chairs of INTERACT 2021] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please, visit the web site: https://interact2021.org

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ACM UMAP 2021: Second Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

by Oana Inel

— Apologies for cross-posting — 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2021) Utrecht, Netherlands, and Online June 21-25, 2021 https://www.um.org/umap2021/ CALL FOR WORKSHOPS Important Dates: Proposals due: January 15, 2021 Notification to proposers: January 29, 2021 Workshop Day(s): June TBA, 2021 Submission email: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> ACM UMAP 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modelling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Information about Hybrid Conference Format ACM UMAP 2021 is planned to be a hybrid event, which welcomes everyone who is willing, able and allowed to travel in Utrecht, the Netherlands. However, there will also be an opportunity to attend the conference and the workshops online. Please check the conference website for updates: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ Workshops can therefore be held by the presenters at Utrecht (with synchronous online streaming), or designed as fully virtual workshops. The workshops will most probably be scheduled to start in the mornings or evenings local time (UTC+1). Workshop Format In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: • Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement • Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes • Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation • Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics. • Joint panels for different workshops Instructions for Proposers Workshop proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should be organized as follows: • Workshop title and acronym • Workshop chair(s), including affiliation, email address, homepage, and experiences in organizing such events • Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest • Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time • Workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions • Intended audience and expected number of participants • List of (potential) members of the program committee • Requested duration (half day or full day) • Proposed workshop format (e.g. hybrid or fully virtual) • When available, past editions of the workshop, including URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics Submission and Review Process Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF by email to: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. Schedule • Proposal submission: January 15, 2021 • Notification of proposal acceptance: January 29, 2021 • Send the workshop description & website URL: February 15, 2021 • (Suggested) 1st call for papers: February 20, 2021 • (Suggested) 2nd call for papers: March 2, 2021 • (Suggested) paper submission: March 26, 2021 • (Suggested) notification to authors: April 19, 2021 • Workshop summary camera-ready deadline: May 7, 2021 • Workshop papers camera-ready deadline: May 7, 2021 • Workshop Date: June TBA, 2021 Proceedings and Registration Policy Workshop papers will be included in the Adjunct Proceedings published by ACM. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted workshop paper must register for the conference or the workshop and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed to students who present a student paper. A "Workshop/Tutorial Only” fee will be available as well. CALL FOR TUTORIALS Important Dates: Proposals due: January 15, 2021 Notification to proposers: January 29, 2021 Tutorial Day: June TBA, 2021 Submission email: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> ACM UMAP 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be given in conjunction with the conference. ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, Tutorials are intensive instructional sessions aimed to provide a comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of interest for the UMAP community. Information about Hybrid Conference Format ACM UMAP 2021 is planned to be a hybrid event, which welcomes everyone who is willing, able and allowed to travel in Utrecht, the Netherlands. However, there will also be an opportunity to attend the conference and the tutorials online. Please check the conference website for updates: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ Tutorials can therefore be held by the presenters at Utrecht (with synchronous online streaming), or designed as fully virtual tutorials. The tutorials will most probably be scheduled to start in the morning or evening local time (UTC+1). Tutorial Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • new user modeling technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. exploiting data mining and big data analytics for user modeling, evaluation methodologies, data visualization, etc.) • user modeling and personalization techniques for specific domains (e.g., health sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage, education, internet of things, mobile, music, information retrieval, human-robot interaction etc.) • application of user modeling and personalization techniques for information retrieval and recommender systems • eliciting and learning user preferences by taking into account users’ emotional state, physical state, personality, trust, cognitive factors Instructions for Proposers An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorial presenters can have one page in the adjunct proceedings. Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should contain the following information: • Title and abstract of the tutorial for inclusion on the ACM UMAP 2021 website (200 words maximum) • Tutorial description: • learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2021 • targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills • a brief outline of the tutorial structure • Information about potential practical sessions • Tutorial length: full (6 hours) or half day (3 hours) • Other venues to which the tutorial or part thereof has been or will be presented, in addition to explaining how the current tutorial differs from the other editions • Proposed tutorial format (hybrid or fully virtual) • Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of the tutorial instructor(s), indicating previous training and speaking experience Submission and Review Process Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF by email to: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> All proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs. The features that will be evaluated are: • ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations of UMAP research • clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description • organization, as appearing from the outline • background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the target topics Timeline • Proposals due: January 15, 2021 • Notification of acceptance: January29, 2021 • Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 7, 2021 • Tutorial Day: June TBA, 2021 Proceedings and Registration Policy A “Workshop/Tutorial Only” fee will be available, as well as the option for student registration. Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Berardina Nadja De Carolis, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy berardina.decarolis(a)uniba.it<mailto:berardina.decarolis@uniba.it> Dietmar Jannach, University of Klagenfurt, Austria dietmar.jannach(a)aau.at<mailto:dietmar.jannach@aau.at>

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DEADLINE EXTENDED (JAN 15) - ACM IUI Workshop - SOCIALIZE 2021 - CFP

by Giuseppe Sansonetti

*** Apologies for multiple-posting *** The paper submission deadline has been extended to January 15, 2021 Workshop on SOcial and Cultural IntegrAtion with PersonaLIZEd Interfaces (SOCIALIZE) April 13, held (online) in conjunction with ACM Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2021 - April 13-17 - Virtual Conference Website: http://socialize2021.di.unito.it/ <http://socialize2021.di.unito.it/> OVERVIEW The SOCIALIZE workshop aims to bring together all those interested in the development of interactive techniques that may contribute to foster the social and cultural inclusion of a broad range of users. More specifically, we intend to attract research that takes into account the interaction peculiarities typical of different realities, with a focus on disadvantaged and at-risk categories (e.g., refugees and migrants) and vulnerable groups (e.g., children, elderly, autistic and disabled people). Among others, we are also interested in human-robot interaction techniques aimed at the development of social robots, that is, autonomous robots that interact with people by engaging in social-affective behaviors, abilities, and rules related to their collaborative role. TOPICS The main topics of the workshop are (but not limited to): * Multi-cultural system design * Empirical studies on the impact of culture on systems * Cultural and social influence in online learning platforms (e.g., MOOC) * Cultural and social influence in recommender systems * Cultural and social aspects as contextual factors * Methods for automatic assessment of social and cultural background from social media * Strategies for adapting systems to groups of users with different backgrounds * Cross-cultural analyses of trust in systems * Human-robot adaptation for cross-cultural users, including under-represented groups * Personalized Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) * Adaptation strategies for social HRI * Machine learning for social robots * Emotion and personality detection in social HRI * Social robots as conversational recommender systems * Social robots in the real world SUBMISSIONS Researchers and practitioners in academia or industry are encouraged to submit original manuscripts relevant to the audience of the workshop. Papers must comply with the standard ACM SIGCHI Paper Format (see http://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html <http://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html>). The contributions can be: * Full papers (6 pages excluding references) * Short papers (4 pages excluding references), including substantial work-in-progress, perspective papers, and lessons learned * Challenge, Position, and Demo papers (2 pages excluding references), describing research challenges in theory or practice, defining new promising research directions, and demonstrating innovative software prototypes Manuscripts must be submitted via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2021 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialize2021>) by December 23rd, 2020. All submissions will undergo a peer-review process. Reviewers will consider originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity, and relevance to the workshop’s topics. The reviewing process will be double-blind. At least one author of each accepted position paper must register for and (virtually) attend the workshop. Accepted contributions will be published in a joint volume of dedicated workshop proceedings. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * Antonella Poce, Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education, Roma Tre University * Berardina Nadja De Carolis, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" For more information visit our website at http://socialize2021.di.unito.it/ <http://socialize2021.di.unito.it/> IMPORTANT DATES * Submission date: Jan 15, 2021 (extended) * Acceptance notification: Jan 31, 2021 * Camera-ready: Feb 28, 2021 * Workshop date: Apr 13, 2021 For further questions please contact the workshop organizers at <socialize2021(a)easychair.org <mailto:socialize2021@easychair.org>> Best Regards, Francesco Agrusti, Roma Tre University Fabio Gasparetti, Roma Tre University Cristina Gena, University of Torino Giuseppe Sansonetti, Roma Tre University Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska

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

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing //========================================================= *Extended Deadline is approaching: *//**January 11*, 2020* / ========================================================= Special Issue on *Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education * to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call47 ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• Óscar Mealha, University of Aveiro, Portugal • Matthias Rehm, Aalborg University, Denmark • Traian Rebedea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania/ *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *January 11, 2021* (extended deadline) • Notification to the authors: January 30, 2021 • Camera ready paper: February 15, 2021 • Publication of the special issue: end February, 2021 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The guest editors and the ASLERD Association are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners that foster the development of smart learning ecosystems and smart education to help learning places to recover their central role in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. We welcome contributions from people that fight to reify the above vision and to achieve a better learning for a better world as a contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). This is a particularly pertinent moment of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic that still prevails with an enormous, still unmeasurable impact, on learning ecosystems. Papers that report on work that nurtures a post-pandemic view and strategy for a better learning world are specially welcome. This special issue is supported by the Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (ASLERD) and welcome the submission of substantially extended version of the papers presented at SLERD 2020. (video recording of SLERD2020 presentations and of the open debate are available though the ASLERD Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmI-nIFxngonR7b3W4xSEpA/videos) ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: places for smart education, people in place centered design for smart education, supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. *Places for smart education* • future of institutional learning • interplay between formal and informal learning • new educational models and settings • continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, process in learning • role of and case studies of games and gamification in smart education • dual education and other alternate scheme approaches • monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) • People in place centered design for smart education *People in place centered design for smart education* • general frameworks and methodological advancement • design, data and other relevant literacies • literacies, skill and competences of smart citizens • communities and co-design in smart learning • sharing & participatory practices • open access to any resource and disparity • cultural influences • Supportive technologies and tools for smart education *Supportive technologies and tools for smart education* • intelligent tutoring systems and interfaces • semantic web technologies and applications • text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis • real/virtual communities and social network analysis • interoperability and application of open/smart data and services • safety & security in education • IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies • adaptability to educational contexts and citizens • role of VR in education =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: *https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login* <https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login> (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: "SI: Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education") More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors, publication ethics and malpractice are published. For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as: /Pedagogical Approaches, Ludic and Co-Design Strategies & Tools supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education/ • oem [at] ua [dot] pt • matthias [at] create [dot] aau [dot] dk • traian [dot] rebedea [at] cs [dot] pub [dot] ro -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • Springer 2021 'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology' Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun with a focus section on "Design during and for Pandemics" Guest editors: Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, Guido Giunti • Summer 2021 'Educational Location-based Applications' Guest editors: Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Heinrich Söbke with a focus section on 'Decoding The Smart City' Guest editors: Elise Hodson, Michel Nader Sayún, Teija Vainio • Autumn 2021 'Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education' Guest editors: Ingi Helgason, Enrique Encinas, Ivica Mitrovic, Michael Smyth • Winter 2021 'Smart learning Ecosistems and Regional Development 2021' ----------------------------------------------------------

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