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Recall: Re: CHItaly 2025: Extended Deadline (!) - Long&Short Papers and Pictorials

by Maristella Matera

maristella.matera(a)polimi.it would like to recall the message, "Re: [Hcitaly] CHItaly 2025: Extended Deadline (!) - Long&Short Papers and Pictorials".

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CHItaly 2025: Extended Deadline (!) - Long&Short Papers and Pictorials

by Emanuele Panizzi

The deadline for full&short papers, and pictorials to CHItaly 2025 has been extended to May 15th. [Apologies for Multiple Postings] ================================================ CHItaly 2025 <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/> - Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the Third Millennium The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 6–10 October 2025 Location: Salerno, Italy https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/ We invite researchers to submit full&short papers, and pictorials to CHItaly 2025. Deadlines: - Submission: April 21, 2025 AoE May 15, 2025 AoE - Review notification: June 14, 2025 AoE - Initial Camera-ready: July 7, 2025 AoE - Final Camera-ready: July 31, 2025 AoE Long Papers co-Chairs: - Rita Francese, University of Salerno francese(a)unisa.it - Antonio Piccinno, University of Bari antonio.piccinno(a)uniba.it Short Papers co-Chairs: - Monica Sebillo, University of Salerno msebillo(a)unisa.it - Ilaria Torre, University of Genova ilaria.torre(a)unige.it Pictorials co-Chairs: - Valentina Nisi, University of Lisbon valentina.nisi(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt - Chiara Ceccarini, University of Bologna chiara.ceccarini6(a)unibo.it How to submit: Proposals must be submitted through easychair, further information and the link to easychair can be found on the papers <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/contributions-call-for-papers/> and pictorials <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/contributions-call-for-pictorials/> pages. — The theme of the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2025) is “Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the Third Millennium”. It invites us to reflect on how technological advances continue to redefine our interactions with the digital world. Over the last two decades, the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has evolved rapidly, adapting to innovations that have transformed everyday life. Integrating Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Robotics, voice interfaces, wearable devices, and the Internet of Things has brought HCI to the forefront of scientific inquiry, offering novel possibilities and complex challenges. These technologies are not only changing how we use digital systems but also influencing the ways we think, learn, communicate, and interact on a personal, social, and organizational level. This year’s conference aims to inspire a comprehensive dialogue on how these technologies are reshaping the landscape of HCI and redefining the boundaries of human capabilities. Participants will be invited to engage with questions surrounding ethical implications, accessibility, inclusivity, user experience, and the sustainability of emerging technologies. The theme encourages contributors to share insights on methodologies that adapt to these changes, from user-centred design practices to innovative evaluation methods for complex, adaptive systems. We invite submissions of workshops that contribute to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). — Emanuele Panizzi and Maria Menendez-Blanco Publicity Chairs On behalf of the Chitaly 2025 Organizing Committee <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/327-2/> -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Head of Gamification Lab Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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Reminder: Call for Papers: Transparent Autonomy and Human Work Interaction Design (TA-HWID) Workshop

by Arminda Guerra Lopes, PhD

Dear all, Please find the Call for Papers for our next workshop,* Transparent Autonomy and Human Work Interaction Design (TA-HWID)*, co-located with INTERACT 2025 (https://interact2025.org/), taking place from 8–12 September 2025 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This one-day hybrid workshop will take place on either the first or second day of the conference. I look forward to seeing you in Brazil or online. Best regards, Arminda Guerra ############################################################# CALL FOR PAPERS Transparent Autonomy and Human Work Interaction Design (TA-HWID) Workshop https://wg6.ifip-tc13.org/tahwid/ Hybrid workshop organized by WG13.6 on Human Work Interaction Design Co-located with INTERACT 2025: 20th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 8 - 12 September 2025, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ############################################################# Workshop Theme: To acquire an appropriate level of trust between workers and between workers and autonomous (or AI) systems, supporting transparency is desirable to convey awareness of each other’s intents, reasoning processes, and future tasks. To achieve transparency, existing models recommend bi-directional communication and the explanation of AI outputs and processes. Consequently, workers acquire new tasks to collaborate with non-human teammates. This workshop aims to investigate the impact of transparency mechanisms on human work through the HWID lens. This workshop aims to (a) explore models and methods for human work interaction design of transparent autonomy and approaches to adapt workers’ skills and tasks to these environments, (b) collect case studies that investigate transparent human-autonomy teams through an HWID perspective, (c) initiate a reflection on guidance for designing transparent autonomy in human work interaction design. -------------------------------------------------------------- Participants are asked to submit a position paper describing human work interaction design research, combining work analysis and interaction design, related to models, methods, case studies, or evaluations including (but not limited to): • Transparent human-autonomy collaboration at work • Explainable AI to support workers • Training with or for collaboration with autonomy or AI • User experience with transparent autonomous teammate at work • Novel research methods, such as art-based research on collaboration with AI and autonomy at work -------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines: - Participants must submit a four-page position paper. - Papers should be formatted according to the INTERACT proceedings format: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . - Submissions must be in PDF format (non-anonymized) and submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tahwid2025. - Each submission will undergo a review process by at least two reviewers based on relevance, originality, significance, and quality. - At least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the workshop. - Accepted papers may be included in the INTERACT Workshop Proceedings volume after acceptance of an extended version. -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: - Paper submission deadline: *May 25th, 2025* - Notification of acceptance: within 2 weeks upon submission - Workshop date: September 8th or September 9th, 2025 (to be defined) -------------------------------------------------------------- - Elodie Bouzekri: Assistant Professor at the University of Brest, France. - Torkil Clemmensen: Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. - Antony William Joseph: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland. - Arminda Guerra Lopes: Professor at the Polytechnic University of Castelo Branco, Portugal. - Adriana Moreno Rangel: Associate Professor at the Federal University of Roraima - UFRR, Brazil. - Jose Abdelnour Nocera: Full Professor at the University of West London, UK. ---------------------------------------------------- Arminda Guerra Lopes, PhD Interactive Technologies Institute | LARSyS http <https://iti.larsys.pt/>s://iti.larsys.pt/ <https://iti.larsys.pt/>

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Second deadline extension: Workshop on care ecosystem-centered design at IDC 2025 in Reykjavík | 23 June 2025

by Evropi Stefanidi

Dear all, We are happy to share that the submission deadline for our *full-day in-person workshop on care ecosystem-centered design at IDC 2025 in Reykjavík* has been *extended to May 1st 2025*! Let’s explore how to design technologies /for and with/ children and their care networks—families, teachers, therapists, and beyond. This workshop brings together the IDC community to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of care ecosystem-centered design. Through interactive activities and collaborative discussions, we aim to build a research agenda for multi-stakeholder research with children, and foster a community of researchers and practitioners working in this space. Whether you're already working with children and their caregivers, or are looking to start, this is a space to share, connect, and explore new directions—plus, don't miss our keynote by *Yvonne Rogers* 💬 *Key details:* 📅 Workshop date: *June 23, 2025* 📍 Location: *Reykjavík, Iceland* 📝 *New submission deadline: May 1, 2025* ✏️ Submit a short position paper or a statement of interest to join More info: https://sites.google.com/view/idc25-ecocare/home Looking forward to your contributions and to seeing many of you in Reykjavík! The organizers, Evropi Stefanidi, Lucas M. Silva, Bengisu Cagiltay, Eva Eriksson, Paweł W. Woźniak, and Jasmin Niess

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EXTENDED DEADLINE: IR4U2@SIGIR 2025 - Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users

by Noemi Mauro

**** PLEASE, EXCUSE MULTIPLE POSTINGS **** Call For Papers CFP for the 2nd Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (IR4U2) - Bridging User-centered AI with IR: Making Information Retrieval Accessible for All Please join us at IR4U2, co-located with the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, which will take place 13th-18th July 2025 in Padua, Italy. Important dates All the deadlines are set at 11:59 PM AoE. - Submission: May 4, 2025 - Submission: April 23, 2025 - Author notification: May 21, 2025 - Camera-ready: June 1, 2025 - Workshop day: July 17, 2025 Information Retrieval (IR) remains an active, fast-paced area of research. Nevertheless, most advancements in this domain have primarily favored what we might term 'conventional' users, such as adults from the global north. We envision IR4U2 as a forum to spotlight research and industry efforts that, while sparse, consider diverse, and often understudied, user groups. Among these groups, we find, for example, older adults, young children and adolescents, individuals afflicted by mental health disorders, users with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), individuals with intellectual disabilities, or those with specific learning needs. In this second iteration of IR4U2, we will focus more specifically on a **user-centred AI perspective**, which we believe is vital for informing the design, development, and assessment of IR systems that thoughtfully address the diverse needs of understudied populations, ensuring genuine accessibility and inclusivity. We aim to • Build, extend and maintain a community involving multi-disciplinary Ph.D. students, academics, and industry practitioners aiming to advance understanding of core (AI for) IR technology and its impact on a broad range of understudied users. • Take inventory of the different kinds of use cases, research work, ongoing efforts, and existing resources while reflecting on the progress made since the last IR4U2 iteration. • Define guidelines to promote user-centric design of IR systems. • Outline a general approach to facilitate research endeavors driven by and at the service of specific user groups IR4U2 will be a highly participatory, full-day, in-person workshop. This will involve informal interactions, facilitated group work, and brief presentations of accepted contributions. These contributions will help construct a snapshot of the current works in this area. Topics of interest include: - User-centered design of IR algorithms for understudied users - User-centric design of user interfaces for IR for understudied users - The use of AI for enhancing IR systems for understudied users - The positive and negative impact of AI on IR for understudied users - User modeling to enable IR and recommendation technologies tailored to understudied populations - Data collection and benchmark development of IR catering to understudied populations. - IR applications targeting understudied populations - IR techniques in the era of LLM and generative models with and for understudied populations This is not an exhaustive list, as we are also interested in contributions discussing challenges inherent to designing IR technology at the service of understudied user groups–from the need for multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder collaborations to how to build datasets. Submissions: Peer reviewed contributions. These include research papers presenting empirical explorations, user studies, and/or new algorithms related to the open problems listed in topics of interest, as well as position/vision contributions discussing uses cases, challenges, and future research directions. These contributions should be submitted on EasyChair ( https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ir4u20) at least 4 pages, but up to 12 (excluding references) formatted in CEURART’s single-column template ( https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/one-column-layout-template-for-sub…). Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop and published in workshop proceedings. Editorially-reviewed contributions. To enable potential attendees to articulate their views on the topics of the workshop, share already-published works, bring awareness to ongoing European projects in this area, etc., we ask the submission of a short extended abstract. This type of informal submission (via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoz0WWHx_0EXcPc9AZOTw6zx07gSolQ61… ) will be editorially reviewed by workshop organizers to gauge fit as well as themes of interest for group discussions. Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop, but not published in the proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop. Please feel free to reach out to the ir4u2.research(a)gmail.com with questions. For further information, see https://ir4u2workshop.wixsite.com/ir4u2-2. Organizers: Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Angelo Geninatti Cossatin, University of Turin, Italy Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands Federica Cena, University of Turin, Italy Theo Huibers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Emiliana Murgia, Università di Genova, Italy

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[Two Weeks Left] IEEE Cyber Humanities (IEEE CH 2025) International Conference: Call for papers

by Ilaria Torre

*** Please accept our apologies for cross-postings *** ==================================================== C a l l F o r P a p e r s 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Humanities (IEEE CH 2025) Florence, Italy • Hybrid Conference | September 8–10, 2025 https://www.ieee-ch.org/<https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieee-ch.org%2F&e=ed7a584b…> ==================================================== The IEEE International Conference on Cyber Humanities is an annual event sponsored by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society. DESCRIPTION & SCOPE ------------------- It focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of technologies applied to Social Science and Humanities (SSH) that includes Arts, Heritage, History, Archeology, Linguistics, Libraries, and so forth. SSH Is now considered as a Critical and Complex Human-Cyber-Physical Ecosystem that needs preservation, protection, valorization and resilience for the future generations. The conference explores novel concepts, technologies, solutions and applications along the digital continuum including digitization, curation, preservation, security, reuse and dissemination of Digital Cultural Assets. KEYNOTES SPEKAER ------------------ Moshe Vardi (Rice Univ.) Sally Chambers (British Library/DARIAH-EU) Ernesto Damiani (Khalifa University/Univ. Milan) Pietro Liò (Cambridge Univ.) Massimo Bernaschi (GARR/IAC-CNR) Ines Vodopivec (AI4LAM/Nova University) TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following (more info about the topics on www.ieee-ch.org<https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieee-ch.org%2F&e=ed7a584b&…>): T1 Digitization & Monitoring › Multimodal digitization (3D scanning, photogrammetry, multispectral imaging, X-ray..) › Multispectral Imaging for Non-invasive Analysis of Cultural Artifacts › High-Resolution Digitization of Cultural Assets (Manuscripts, Complex Surface Materials,..) › UAV based digitization, Performing Art digitization › AI-based OCR & text recognition T2-Processing & Curation › Semantic-aware representation of multi-dimensional digital artefacts; › Digital Curation of VR/AR/MR › Participatory Digital Curation › Provenance, Trust, Chain of custody, Reputation, Persistent Identifiers › Metadata/paradata generation and quality › Automatic knowledge extraction and Indexing › NLP, NER, Machine Translation › FAIR Data T3-Storage & Preservation › Preserving Digital twins of Cultural Assets › Blockchain based preservation › Intelligent Self-preserved digital objects › AI-driven preservation, AI models preservation › Long-term Storage Solutions, 5D Optical Storage › Techniques for Accessing Obsolete Digital Formats › Advanced Compression Algorithms for preservation › Preserving multimodal data, big data, transient data › Trusted Digital Repository T4-Protection & Security › Cyber-threat intelligence, OSINT › Cyber Resilience › Cyber-crime detection, Cyber Defense › Cryptography, Watermarking, False artifacts detection › Privacy, Data protection, IPR, DRM › Forensic solutions › Post-quantum security T5-Retrieval & Analysis › AI based Information access and retrieval; › Semantic search, Linked data, interoperability › Knowledge Graph, LLM based search & analysis/ RAG › HMI/US novel approaches › Vectoral Database › Knowledge Discovery and Data mining › Semantic deep learning T6-Reuse & Valorization › Multimedia Digital Library/Archives › Virtual Museums/ Exhibitions › Cultural Information Systems › Digital Archeology, Digital Public History › 3D/Holography › Virtual restoration, Virtual Assistant › Generative AI in digital arts › Interactive storytelling and gamification › VR, AR, MX reality environments; › UX, Design4All and Heritage Accessibly › Intelligent/Smart Contents publishing T7-SSH Research Infrastructures › Green Computing and Sustainability Models › RIs Standardization, Consolidation and Alignment › RIs Nodes and Resources Interoperability › RIs and the European Research Area (EOSC) › Innovative Cross domain Services and Environments › Descriptive and executable Scientific Workflows › Cloud Computing / Ubiquitous Computing for SSH › RIs dependability and resilience T8-Ethical & Legal Aspects › AI Explainability and Ethical AI › Transparency and Explicability; › Digital Literacy; › Automation and Legal Responsibility; › Human Centered Design; › Automation, Privacy and Public Responsibility; › AI and Social responsibility; › Biases in AI based translation, Responsible LLM T9-Societal & Educational Aspects › Humanities Education and Digital Literacy › Digital Divide and Discrimination › Cyber Humanities for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; › AI for Cultural and Creative Industries › Public Engagement and Citizen Science; › Democracy and Social Impact; › Tools for Education and Digital Literacy; › Digital Heritage driven Democracy and Diplomacy › Computational Social Science The complete list of topics can be found at the IEEE CH web site and the call for papers page: http://www.ieee-ch.org<https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieee-ch.org%2F&e=ed7a584b&…> IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper submission deadline: May 5, 2025 Authors’ notification: May 20, 2025 Camera-ready submission: May 28, 2025 Registration deadline (authors): May 30, 2025 -- Ilaria Torre Associate Professor, University of Genoa, IT Department of Computer Science, Bio-engineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering Head of the MSc in Digital Humanities - Interactive systems and digital media, Polytechnic School Office +39 010 3532818 Email ilaria.torre(a)unige.it<mailto:ilaria.torre@unige.it>

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Second Call for Journal First Papers

by Announce

*** Second Call for Journal First Papers *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). ECSA 2025 enriches its partnership with more journals and opportunities than ever before, to incorporate journal-first papers into its program. The journals are: - Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) - IEEE Software - Information & Software Technology (IST) - Transaction on Software Engineering (TSE) We invite authors of journal papers accepted by JSS, IEEE Software, IST, or TSE since December 1, 2023 to submit their work for presentation at ECSA 2025, which will allow authors of journal-first papers to present their work to the community. SCOPE A journal-first paper submitted to ECSA 2025 must adhere to the following criteria: • The paper must have been accepted after peer review by one between JSS, IEEE Software, IST or TSE. • The paper is in the scope of the conference. • The paper has not been presented at and is not under consideration for journal-first programs of other conferences. PAPER SUBMISSION We invite authors of papers that meet the above criteria to submit a proposal that includes a summary of the original paper that highlights the contributions, motivates the relevance for the ECSA, and briefly discusses how the work has developed after the original publication - if it is the case. Please include the DOI of the original journal paper. ECSA offers an opportunity to disseminate your work to a broader community audience. The submission must be 3-4 pages long and conform to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Accepted submissions will be invited to present at the conference. The track chairs will write a summary of the accepted submissions that will be included in the conference proceedings. Proposals must be submitted via the online EasyChair submission site for the ECSA 2025 conference, selecting the "Journal First" Track: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ecsa2025 . EVALUATION Authors will be invited to present their paper at ECSA 2025 if it meets the above criteria. Please note that we plan to include as many journal-first papers as possible in the ECSA main program. However, if we receive an exceptionally high number of submissions, we may have to prioritize presentation proposals according to their fit to the conference theme and sessions structure. As the papers have already been reviewed and accepted by a journal, we will not review the submission for technical content; instead, we will focus on the track’s criteria. PRESENTATION ECSA 2025 is planned to be an in-person/physical conference. The journal-first paper presentations are part of the ECSA conference’s main program. As a journal-first presenter, you will benefit from the conference presentation in many ways, such as, outreach to a broader audience and interactions and discussions with peers. At least one author of each submission accepted for the journal-first program must register and attend the conference to present the paper. IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission: May 23, 2025 • Acceptance notification: June 20, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Journal First Track Chairs • Jesper Andersson, Linnaeus University, Sweden • Romina Spalazzese, Malmö University, Sweden

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Auguri di una serena Pasqua

by Giuliana VITIELLO

Care/i Tutte/i, Nell'augurare a voi e alle vostre famiglie una serena Pasqua, vi ricordo dell'appuntamento del capitolo italiano CHItaly2025 https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it, che quest'anno si terrà a Salerno dal 6 al 10 ottobre. Spero che contribuirete numerosi! Giuliana PS Chi dovesse venire a CHI in Giappone si faccia sentire :-) --- Prof. Giuliana Vitiello, PhD Director HCI-UsE Lab Department of Computer Science University of Salerno Italy phone +39 089 963317 cell +39 3666758965 https:// <https://docenti.unisa.it/003730/home> docenti.unisa.it/giuliana.vitiello

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International Student Design Contest @ SLERD 2025 - deadline extension

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= Invite your students (bachelor, master and Ph)D to live the fantastic experience of the 6th edition of the contest and get academic recognition that can elevate their profile **International Student Design Contest (2025) * */@// //10th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development// / June 12-13, 2025 /*https://www.slerd.org/contest/*/ video presentation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW3ZdvI26u4&t=31s> of the contest /========================================================= /* DEADLINE EXTENSION -> April 30th 2025* (new hard deadline)* * /=========================================================/ Contacts:slerd25-contest@utt.fr <mailto:slerd25-contest@utt.fr>or aslerd.org(a)gmail.com ========================================================= /Winner: /will be awarded with 500 € grant /Finalists: /all have the opportunities to attend the conference for free and present their projects in front of an international audience of experts. ========================================================= *DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT and GOALS* Smart Learning Ecosystems should perform at best on all the dimensions that contribute to the well-being of students and all players involved in the development of a learning process: /infrastructures, food, environment, info/admin services, mobility, safety, social interaction, satisfaction, challenges, self-fulfillment/. Being inspired by the flow theory and by the Maslow’s pyramid, we can state that: ecosystems are smart when /“individuals that take part in the local processes achieve a high level of skills and, at the same time, are also strongly motivated and engaged by continuous and adequate challenges, provided that their primary needs are reasonably satisfied”./ The smartness of learning ecosystems, thus, is not created merely through the availability of digital infrastructures and applications. When technologies are both available and adopted enthusiastically, they can start to make a difference in both simplifying and accelerating progress toward the achievement of system smartness. One has to keep in mind, however, that technologies are smart not because they are capable of replacing human reasoning but, rather because they can help towards achieving a people centered smartness, through streamlining mundane organisational tasks, and enhancing the skills of all actors involved in learning processes. Our duty, with the help of technology, is to support learning ecosystems (formal, informal, non-formal) to develop their people centered smartness towards becoming incubators of social innovation and engines of sustainable regional development./Smartness is a goal/ and we can support our learning ecosystems along the process to achieve it by proposing solutions capable to solve or mitigate problems that prevent the learning ecosystems to be people centered. We expect students, wishing to take part in the contest, to analyze their learning ecosystem, detect problems and find solutions that can help their, and as well other learning ecosystems, to get smarter. Proposals submitted to this call are expected to address thesame general themes of the call for papers of the conference, namely: * places for smart education, * people in place centered design for smart education, * supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. ========================================== Important dates: --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for ideas submission to slerd25-contest(a)utt.fr <mailto:slerd25-contest@utt.fr>: *April **30th, 2025 (extended deadline)* • Selection of the best 3 proofs of concepts and prototypes (finsalists): May 15th, 2025 • Presentation and demo at SLERD 2025 and winner announcement: June 12th and 13th, 2025 ========================================== ========================================== Early bird registration to the main conference, SLERD 2025, is now open: https://www.slerd.org/registration-form/ *Deadline for early bird registration to SLERD 2025: May 15th* SLERD 2025 is featuring the keynotes by: /*Charles B. Hodges (Georgia Southern University)*/ /*EVOLVING LABELS, CONSISTENT ROOTS: THE LASTING POWER OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN*/ /* *//*Helen Crompton (ODUGlobal & Old Dominion University)*/ /*AFFORDANCES and LIMITATIONS of GENERATIVE AI in EDUCATION*/ /* */and more ... stay tuned! ==========================================

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CFP: IR4U2@SIGIR 2025 - Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users

by Noemi Mauro

**** PLEASE, EXCUSE MULTIPLE POSTINGS **** Call For Papers CFP for the 2nd Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (IR4U2) - Bridging User-centered AI with IR: Making Information Retrieval Accessible for All Please join us at IR4U2, co-located with the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, which will take place 13th-18th July 2025 in Padua, Italy Information Retrieval (IR) remains an active, fast-paced area of research. Nevertheless, most advancements in this domain have primarily favored what we might term 'conventional' users, such as adults from the global north. We envision IR4U2 as a forum to spotlight research and industry efforts that, while sparse, consider diverse, and often understudied, user groups. Among these groups, we find, for example, older adults, young children and adolescents, individuals afflicted by mental health disorders, users with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), individuals with intellectual disabilities, or those with specific learning needs. In this second iteration of IR4U2, we will focus more specifically on a **user-centred AI perspective**, which we believe is vital for informing the design, development, and assessment of IR systems that thoughtfully address the diverse needs of understudied populations, ensuring genuine accessibility and inclusivity. We aim to • Build, extend and maintain a community involving multi-disciplinary Ph.D. students, academics, and industry practitioners aiming to advance understanding of core (AI for) IR technology and its impact on a broad range of understudied users. • Take inventory of the different kinds of use cases, research work, ongoing efforts, and existing resources while reflecting on the progress made since the last IR4U2 iteration. • Define guidelines to promote user-centric design of IR systems. • Outline a general approach to facilitate research endeavors driven by and at the service of specific user groups IR4U2 will be a highly participatory, full-day, in-person workshop. This will involve informal interactions, facilitated group work, and brief presentations of accepted contributions. These contributions will help construct a snapshot of the current works in this area. Topics of interest include: - User-centered design of IR algorithms for understudied users - User-centric design of user interfaces for IR for understudied users - The use of AI for enhancing IR systems for understudied users - The positive and negative impact of AI on IR for understudied users - User modeling to enable IR and recommendation technologies tailored to understudied populations - Data collection and benchmark development of IR catering to understudied populations. - IR applications targeting understudied populations - IR techniques in the era of LLM and generative models with and for understudied populations This is not an exhaustive list, as we are also interested in contributions discussing challenges inherent to designing IR technology at the service of understudied user groups–from the need for multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder collaborations to how to build datasets. Submissions: Peer reviewed contributions. These include research papers presenting empirical explorations, user studies, and/or new algorithms related to the open problems listed in topics of interest, as well as position/vision contributions discussing uses cases, challenges, and future research directions. These contributions should be submitted on EasyChair ( https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ir4u20) at least 4 pages, but up to 12 (excluding references) formatted in CEURART’s single-column template ( https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/one-column-layout-template-for-sub…). Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop and published in workshop proceedings. Editorially-reviewed contributions. To enable potential attendees to articulate their views on the topics of the workshop, share already-published works, bring awareness to ongoing European projects in this area, etc., we ask the submission of a short extended abstract. This type of informal submission (via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoz0WWHx_0EXcPc9AZOTw6zx07gSolQ61… ) will be editorially reviewed by workshop organizers to gauge fit as well as themes of interest for group discussions. Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop, but not published in the proceedings. Important dates All the deadlines are set at 11:59 PM AoE. - Submission: April 23, 2025 - Author notification: May 21, 2025 - Camera-ready: June 1, 2025 - Workshop day: July 17, 2025 At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop. Please feel free to reach out to the ir4u2.research(a)gmail.com with questions. For further information, see https://ir4u2workshop.wixsite.com/ir4u2-2. Organizers: Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Angelo Geninatti Cossatin, University of Turin, Italy Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands Federica Cena, University of Turin, Italy Theo Huibers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Emiliana Murgia, Università di Genova, Italy

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