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NEW DEADLINE: Applications for the IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium,

by Maria De Marsico

Dear Colleagues, The IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2023) invites applications for the 2023 edition of the IJCB Doctoral Consortium (DC). Multiple *** travel grants *** are available to support attendance at the DC. The application deadline has been extended to *** August 10, 2023 ***. For more information, visit: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-doctoral-consortium-participa… With kind regards, IEEE IJCB 2023 Organizers The Doctoral Consortium Chairs Tempestt Neal Maria De Marsico -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Full Professor Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science Chair of IAPR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee IEEE Senior member Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it tel: +39 06 49918312

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[ACM MUM 2023] Call for Workshops and Tutorials | Vienna, Austria, December 3-6 2023

by Amal Walied Abdelazeem Yassien

***CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS – MUM 2023*** Deadline for Workshops and Tutorials: August 22nd, 2023 (AoE) **Workshop proposals will be peer-reviewed and archived in the ACM DL** * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * *For the online version of this Call, please visit: https://mum-conf.org/2023/index.php?web=workshops* * MUM 2023, the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia | Vienna, Austria, December 3-6, 2023 * The International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2023) welcomes proposals for workshops. A MUM Workshop is a forum for attendees with shared interests to present, discuss, and develop new ideas around a specific theme or domain related to Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. It is the perfect opportunity for putting the best minds in the field together to build new communities, to explore new ideas, and to develop emerging topics. All workshops will take place on Sunday, the first day of the conference (Seminar rooms with equipment will be provided), on the 3rd of December. Because workshops are meant to encourage ideas exchange, we encourage proposals that go beyond being a mini-conference and that engage participants in hands-on activities and in discussion. We also encourage organisers to open the workshops to conference attendees without a workshop paper, but who would be interested in participating. All tutorials will take place on the Sunday before the conference, on the 3rd of December and you can choose between three formats: 90min, half-day, or full-day. If you are interested in submitting a proposal and wish to discuss your ideas prior to the submission deadline, the workshop chairs welcome any inquiries. You can contact us at workshoptutorial2023(a)mum-conf.org<mailto:workshoptutorial2023@mum-conf.org>. *Important Dates* WORKSHOP AND TUTORIALS SUBMISSION: 22nd of August 2023, AoE WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL NOTIFICATION: 17th of September 2023, AoE *Recommended Timeline for Internal Workshops* WORKSHOP SUBMISSION: 28th of October 2023, AoE WORKSHOP NOTIFICATION: 11th of November 2023, AoE ** Submission Guidelines ** *WORKSHOPS* * Workshop proposal submissions should be in the ACM Primary Article Template. Submissions should be 6 pages or less (excluding references) * It should describe your goals for the workshop, how you plan to run the workshop, and any anticipated long-term outcomes that will impact the field. Additionally, include information on how you will publish your call and reach out to potential participants. * Workshop proposal submissions contain an abstract that is less than 150 words long that clearly states the purpose of the workshop. Submissions will be peer reviewed by experts in the field. * Submissions must be submitted via EasyChair. Please select Workshops and Tutorials track in EasyChair. * Accepted workshop proposals will be included in the conference proceedings published by ACM Press and included in the ACM Digital Library. *TUTORIALS* * Tutorial proposal submissions should be in the ACM Primary Article Template. Submissions should be 6 pages or less (excluding references), and include the following details: * Title * Topics and objectives of the tutorial and how they are relevant to the MUM community * Description of the tutorial activities * Short biography of the organisers * Proposed tutorial length (90min, half-day, full-day) * Room and material requirements * Maximum number of participants * Tutorial proposal submissions contain an abstract that is less than 150 words long that clearly states the purpose of the tutorial. * Submissions will be juried by the tutorial chairs. Submissions must be submitted via EasyChair, please select Workshops and Tutorials track. Accepted tutorial proposals will be included in the conference proceedings published by ACM Press and included in the ACM Digital Library. *BEFORE THE CONFERENCE* *Organisers of the accepted workshops are responsible for the following tasks during the time leading up to the conference* * Announce/disseminate their Workshop: Organisers of an accepted workshop must set up and maintain their own website in which they provide further and updated information about their workshop. The workshop page will be linked to from the official MUM workshop site. * Solicit Submissions from Potential Participants: While some organizers may choose alternate formats, a position paper is generally 2-4 pages long and outlines the submitter’s view on the workshop theme and the reasons for the submitter’s interest in the topic. Proceedings of the workshop's submissions will be in charge of the workshop organizers. Commonly, the workshop's proceedings are included on each workshop's webpage. * Select Participants: Choose participants on the basis of position papers submitted and your goals for the workshop. * Workshop organizers and participants have to register for the conference. * Provide a Participant List: A list of confirmed participants should be sent to the Workshop & Tutorials Chairs (workshoptutorial2023(a)mum-conf.org). * Develop a final agenda of workshop activities. * Develop a plan for any follow-up activities. Link to submission system: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=mum20230 * Workshop Chairs * Philipp Wintersberger, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Thomas Kosch, HU Berlin All questions about submissions should be emailed to: workshoptutorial2023(a)mum-conf.org<mailto:workshoptutorial2023@mum-conf.org>

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Call for Submissions and Travel Scholarships: IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium

by Maria De Marsico

Dear Colleague, We hope this email finds you well. We are excited to announce the Call for Submissions for the Doctoral Consortium <https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-doctoral-consortium-participa…> at the upcoming International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) 2023. Please share the attached call for submissions with your students. The submission deadline is July 26, 2023. In the first part of the message, we report the availability of travel scholarships for eligible graduate and undergraduate students to attend the IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium. In the second part, you find again the call for Submissions to the Doctoral Consortium. We are excited to announce the availability of a limited number of travel scholarships for eligible graduate and undergraduate students to attend the IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium. Selected Ph.D. students will receive scholarships of at least $2,500, while undergraduate and master’s students will be awarded scholarships of at least $400. Scholarships awarded to Ph.D. students are intended to help cover expenses such as round-trip flights (limited to U.S. flag carriers or flights ticketed through an US-carrier (e.g., codeshare flights on international airlines)), accommodation at the conference venue (Grand Hotel Union, Ljubljana, Slovenia) for the conference’s duration, and the IJCB registration fee. Undergraduate and master’s students are also strongly encouraged to apply for these scholarships to cover their conference registration fees, as early exposure to such opportunities can be highly beneficial. Scholarships will be granted to undergraduate and master’s students who demonstrate significant potential to benefit from attending the consortium. Priority will be given to women, students from underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities, in line with the IEEE Biometrics Council commitment to diversity and inclusion. Students wishing to apply must complete the application form here (https://tinyurl.com/IJCB23DCScholarship) by August 15, 2023. Additionally, applicants’ faculty advisors must email a letter of support to tjneal(a)usf.edu by August 15, 2023. The advisor’s letter must explicitly state their willingness to support any costs not covered by the travel scholarship, such as meals, additional flight or lodging expenses exceeding the scholarship amount, incidentals, transportation to and from the airport, and so on. Advisor letters must also provide a statement regarding the availability (or lack thereof) of travel funds for the applicant from other sources. *Eligibility:* A limited number of travel scholarships are available to support undergraduate or graduate students from any US university, regardless of their citizenship or visa status, as well as US citizens studying outside of the US. However, certain individuals are not eligible, including speakers (unless they are students), postdocs, and those supported through a federal grant or scholarship (e.g., NSF’s CyberCorps Scholarship for Service or Graduate Research Fellowship Program). Although students with alternative sources of funding, such as through their advisor’s research funds, are eligible, priority will be given to students with limited or no other means to support conference travel. Ph.D. students that have already received an invitation to attend the IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium will be prioritized, although this is not a requirement. We strongly encourage students that wish to participate in the consortium to take advantage of these scholarships. We especially encourage faculty advisors to support and promote this opportunity among their students from underrepresented groups that are eligible to apply. To further support underrepresented students, we also encourage advisors to explore the Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Alliances. These alliances serve as invaluable resources, offering comprehensive programs designed to address underrepresentation in the computing disciplines. By collaborating with academic institutions, K-12 schools, government agencies, industry leaders, professional societies, and other organizations, these alliances work towards achieving a transformation in computing education. You can find a list of these alliances at https://bpcnet.org/alliances/. Notable resources to aid your BPC efforts are listed below: - National Society of Black Engineers (https://www.nsbe.org/) - Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) ( https://cahsi.utep.edu/) - Institute for Mentorship for African Americans in Computer Science (IAAMCS) (http://iaamcs.org/) - Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) (https://cra.org/cra-wp/) - American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) ( https://www.aises.org/) *Call for submissions* The IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB’23) Doctoral Consortium provides a valuable platform for Ph.D. students to engage with the global research community in Biometrics, allowing them to present their research and discuss their career objectives. This consortium offers an opportunity for doctoral students to establish connections and collaborations with experienced researchers in the field, while gaining insights into potential career paths in both academia andindustry. The IJCB’23 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place during the conference as a parallel event to special sessions on the first day of the conference. Attendance to the consortium is strictly by invitation. An informal introduction by senior researchers acting as mentors will open the DC. Afterwards, student participants will briefly present their research during a spotlight oral session. This will be followed by a mentoring session, providing students with an opportunity for constructive feedback and more focused discussions with senior researchers. Additionally, each student will be assigned a mentor from the committee, with whom they can interact to explore specific areas of interest throughout the event. An informal lunch with senior researchers will also be organized, enabling students to engage in interactive conversations. DC participants will also have the opportunity to participate in a poster session during the main conference (specific details to be determined). *Eligibility* We invite eligible students to apply for the Doctoral Consortium, with the expectation that successful applicants will actively participate in the entire program in-person. Eligible students are those pursuing a Ph.D. who have made progress in their dissertation, with some results already published or nearing publication. We value diversity and equality in terms of research topics, participating institutions, and individuals involved. We particularly encourage women and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Although having a paper appearing in IJCB’23 is not a prerequisite for participation, it is highly encouraged for applicants to have a paper associated with the conference, whose topics could be summarized during the DC. *Submission* To apply for the Doctoral Consortium, please submit: 1. A research statement summarizing the thesis research topic, the working plan, and the progress to date (max 2 pages). 2. A CV (max 1 page). The CV should highlight any publications and conference presentations that are related to the thesis topic. 3. A supporting letter from the thesis advisor that endorses the student’s application to this Doctoral Consortium and briefly describes the progress or status of the student’s thesis work. All materials should be prepared in a single PDF file and submitted through the Doctoral Consortium Track of the IJCB 2023 CMT instance: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCB2023/ *Review and Selection Process* Applications will be evaluated on: 1. Quality of the application and thesis topic. 2. Anticipated benefits (current/potential contributions to science) of the student’s research. 3. Student’s contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, methodology, etc. 4. Endorsement by the thesis advisor. There will be no papers published from the Doctoral Consortium in the proceedings of IJCB. *Financial Support* The students selected to participate in the Doctoral Consortium may be considered for financial support. However, the availability and extent of financial support are subject to the availability of funds and are not guaranteed. Applicants should be prepared to attend IJCB’23 without financial support in the event that funds are not available. It is important to note that the lunch session with senior mentors will be fully covered by the conference anyway, and no expenses associated with lunch will be incurred by the Doctoral Consortium participants or mentors. *Important Dates* • Submission deadline: July 26, 2023 • Notification of acceptance: August 7, 2023 • Doctoral consortium date: TBD We look forward to welcoming the field’s most talented students to the IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium. Please feel free to reply to this email with any questions. Best, Tempestt Neal and Maria De Marsico IJCB’23 Doctoral Consortium Chairs -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Full Professor Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science Chair of IAPR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee IEEE Senior member Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it tel: +39 06 49918312

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CHITALY 2023 - Registration is now open

by amon rapp

CHITALY 2023 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ==================================================== Registration is now open for both the virtual and the physical event. Information about the registration costs are available here: https://chitaly2023.it/registration/ Early registration deadline is August 31, 2023. As of September 1, late/on-site registration rates apply. ==================================================== All the students participating at the doctoral consortium will be awarded by a free registration supported by ACM SIGCHI. More details will be given by email. In addition to the free registrations for the DC, ACM SIGCHI has sponsored 10 free registrations for students attending the conference, who will be selected according to the form below: https://forms.gle/4i4mV2m6bAgZzFoK8 Please, note: students cannot apply if they are registering to the conference as the main author of a submission which will appear in the Conference Proceedings, published in the ACM Digital Library. In that case, they will have to proceed with regular registration. ==================================================== The registration form is accessible at the following link: https://prenotazioni.consultaumbria.com/cmsweb/Login.asp?IDcommessa=26-2023…

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BehavRec Workshop @RecSys 2023: Call for papers

by amon rapp

*** Apologies for cross postings *** *BehavRec Workshop @RecSys 2023 - Call For Papers - *** DEADLINE July, 18 *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- International Workshop on Behavior Change and Persuasive Recommender Systems co-located with the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys ’23) Singapore, 18th-22nd September 2023 Web: https://behavrec.wordpress.com/ Submission site: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=behavrec23 For any information: amon.rapp(a)unito.it ========= ABSTRACT ========= For solving a variety of personal and societal problems, changing human behavior is crucial. Persuasive and behavior change recommender systems are intentionally designed to provide users with suggestions on how to modify their behavior, habits, beliefs and opinions. Research in this area has advanced over the years attracting interest from both practitioners and researchers also due to the increasing availability of personal data, like medical records, physiological parameters, and psychological states, which may enable novel forms of tailored suggestions that can be delivered anywhere at any time, leveraging multiple technologies (e.g., natural language processing) and different devices (e.g., ambient, wearable and mobile devices). The BehavRec workshop aims to provide a forum for discussing open problems and innovative research approaches in this area. Some questions that motivate the workshop are: What kind of data should be used to design “persuasive” recommendations? How should they be delivered? What kind of strategies should be implemented to design timely and contextualized persuasive recommendations? What kind of theories should we rely on to design effective persuasive recommendations? How to support the user’s motivation and help them sustain the desired behavior in the long term? What contextual factors may affect the effectiveness of behavior change recommender systems and should be considered in design? This workshop will deepen the discussion of novel approaches and applications of recommender systems that might want to persuade users into taking beneficial actions in domains as diverse as health and wellness, safety and security, food and environmental sustainability, education and politics. ====== TOPICS ====== Topics of interest include but are not limited to: ∑ RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS – Persuasive and Behavior change recommender systems – Health recommender systems – Food recommender systems – Recommender systems for education – Persuasive conversational recommender systems ∑ USER INTERFACES FOR PERSUASIVE AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS – Visual interfaces – Context-aware interfaces – Ubiquitous, wearable and mobile interfaces – Conversational interfaces ∑ NEW APPROACHES TO DESIGNING AND DELIVERING PERSUASIVE RECOMMENDATIONS – Controllability, transparency, and explainability – Persuasive recommendation (e.g., argumentation-aware recommendation) – Cultural differences (e.g., culture-aware recommendation) – Context-aware recommendation – How to balance the cost and benefit of behavior change recommender systems – Challenges and limitations of implementing behavior change recommender systems ∑ ETHICS, PRIVACY AND THEORIES – Theories of behavior change and persuasion – How to develop ethical and privacy-sensitive behavior change recommender systems – Frameworks and models for developing personalized persuasive technology – Objective and subjective approaches to behavior change recommendations ∑ EVALUATION – Empirical studies and evaluations of recommender systems for behavior change – Evaluation methods and metrics (e.g., evaluation questionnaire design) – Case studies and examples of behavior change recommender systems – Success and failure stories with regard to behavior change recommender systems – Long-term evaluation and evidence of long-term effects of behavior change recommender systems. ============ SUBMISSIONS ============ We accept four kinds of submissions: (A) Regular papers (5-12 pages + references - single-column CEURART style) (B) Position papers, Ongoing projects and Demos (5-8 pages + references - single-column CEURART style); (C) Journal papers (already published - 2 pages including abstract, highlights, and a pointer to the complete paper single-column CEURART style); (D) Manifestations of interest (max 2 pages including a bio of the participant and a brief statement about why they are interest in the workshop) Submission site: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=behavrec23 All submitted papers will be evaluated by two members of the program committee, based on originality, significance, relevance, and technical quality. Note that the references do not count toward page limits. Submissions should be single-blinded, i.e. authors’ names should be included in the submissions. We aim to publish all accepted papers, except from the (C-D) submission type in CEUR WS Proceedings, as a joint volume. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop. The templates and format instructions are available here: https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html ================ IMPORTANT DATES ================ Early submission are strongly encouraged. We adopt a rolling review system: early submissions will be immediately reviewed and the notification will be sent out approximately two weeks after the submission. * Paper submission final deadline: July 18, 2023 (GMT) * Paper notification: August 18, 2023 (GMT) * Camera-ready version deadline: September 10, 2023 ============= ORGANIZATION ============= Amon Rapp University of Torino, Torino, Italy Federica Cena University of Torino, Torino, Italy Christoph Trattner University of Bergen, Norway Rita Orji Dalhousie University, Canada Julita Vassileva University of Saskatchewan, Canada Alain Starke University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

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10th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC 2023): Final Call for Papers

by georgeangelos60＠gmail.com

*** Final Call for Papers *** 10th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC 2023) October 30 - November 1, 2023, 5* Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus http://besc-conf.org/2023/ (*** Submission Deadline: 29 July, 2023 AoE ***) The International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC) is a major international forum that brings together academic researchers and industry practitioners from artificial intelligence, computational social sciences, natural language processing, business and marketing, and behavioural and psychological sciences to present updated research efforts and progresses on foundational and emerging interdisciplinary topics of BESC, exchange new ideas and identify future research directions. The BESC series of conferences are technically sponsored by IEEE SMC (Systems, Man and Cybernetics) Society as well as IEEE CIS (Computational Intelligence Society) and the proceedings are published by IEEE BESC 2023 invites submissions of original, high-quality research papers addressing cutting-edge developments from all areas of behavioural and social computing. The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to share their knowledge, experience, and perspectives on the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Social Computing, Computational Social Science and Applications • Computational models of social phenomena • Social behaviour • Social network analysis • Semantic web • Collective intelligence • Security, privacy, trust in social contexts • Social recommendation • Social influence and social contagions • Quantifying offline phenomena through online data • Forecasting of social phenomena • Science and technology studies approaches to computational social science • Social media and health behaviours • Social psychology and personality • New theories, methods, and objectives in computational social science Digital Humanities • Digital media • Digital humanities • Digital games and learning • Digital footprints and privacy • Crowd dynamics • Digital arts • Digital healthcare • Activity streams and experience design • Virtual communities (e.g., open-source, multiplayer gaming, etc.) Information Management and Information Systems (IS) • Decision analytics • E-Business • Decision analytics • Computational finance • Societal impacts of IS • Human behaviour and IS • IS in healthcare • IS security and privacy • IS strategy, structure and organizational impacts • Service science and IS Natural Language Processing • Web mining and its social interpretations • Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining • Opinion mining and social media analytics • Credibility of online content • Computational Linguistics • Mining big social data • Cognitive Modelling and Psycholinguistics Behaviour and User Modelling, Privacy, and Ethics • Behaviour change • Positive technology • Personalization for individuals, groups and populations • Large scale personalization, adaptation and recommendation • Web dynamics and personalization • Privacy, perceived security and trust • Technology and Wellbeing • Ethics of computational research on human behaviour Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) • E-Learning and M-Learning • Open and Distance Learning • User modeling and personalization in TEL • TEL in secondary and in higher education • New tools for TEL BESC 2023 will also host the following Special Sessions. Papers accepted in any of the Special Sessions will be included in the same IEEE conference proceedings with the papers accepted for the general technical program. ● Computational Social Psychology in Post Covid-19 Period ● Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatic Diagnosis, and Prediction ● Intelligent E-Learning at Post Covid-19 Era ● Big Data and AI-Powered Decision Support Systems in Business ● Understanding the Citizen's Behavior in Cognitive Cities ● Nudges and Behavioural Computing Models for a Sustainable and Equitable Development SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The paper submission system is using Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=besc2023 . All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance to BESC 2023, originality, significance and clarity. Please note: • All submissions should use IEEE two-column style. Templates are available here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html • All papers must be submitted electronically through the paper submission system in PDF format only. BESC 2023 accepts research papers (6 pages), special session papers (6 pages) and Doctoral Symposium papers (4 pages). • The page count above excludes the references (but includes any appendices). • Paper review will be double-blind, and submissions not properly anonymized will be desk-rejected without review. • Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. • Papers must be clearly submitted in English and will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. • Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. • The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text. • All accepted papers will be included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. Top quality papers after presented in the conference will be selected for extension and publication in several special issues of international journals, e.g., World Wide Web Journal (Springer), Web Intelligence (IOS Press), and Social Network Analysis and Mining (Springer), Human-Centric Intelligent Systems (Springer), Information Discovery and Delivery (Emerald Publishing). IMPORTANT DATES • Submission of all papers: 29 July 2023 AoE (*** extended ***) • Notification of acceptance for submitted papers: 15 September 2023 • Camera-Ready Submission: 1 October 2023 • Author Registration: 1 October 2023 ORGANISATION Steering Committee Chair • Guandong Xu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Ji Zhang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Special Session Chairs • Taotao Cai, University of Southern Queensland, Australia • Ting Yu, Zhejiang Lab, China Doctoral Symposium Chair • Barbara Caci, University of Palermo, Italy Panel and Tutorial Chair • Philippe Fournier-Viger, Shenzhen University, China Proceedings Chair • Md Rafiqul Islam, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Publicity Chairs • Chandan Gautam, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore • Thanveer Shaik, University of Southern Queensland, Australia • Sanjay Sonbhadra, ITER, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, India Webmaster • Shiqing Wu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

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[Save the date] UI Engineering Live Talks - Jürgen Ziegler - July 20, 15:30 CET

by Davide Spano

Dear colleagues, we are happy to announce the second episode of the UI-Engineering live talks, which are bimonthly seminars organised by the IFIP WG 2.7/13.4 and given by members or invited experts. This month, prof. Jürgen Ziegler will introduce us to the issues of designing and engineering conversational recommender systems. The talk will be given on the *20th of July, 15:30 CET*. Title: Design and engineering issues in conversational recommender systems Speaker: Jürgen Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/VnVRr9ef8wk?feature=share Abstract: Conversational interaction techniques have gained significant traction in recent years, mainly due to the advances in language technologies. In line with these developments, conversational recommender systems (CRS) have also been gaining increasing attention. In contrast to conventional recommender techniques they afford a higher level of flexibility and user control and are especially helpful in cold-start situations. The talk will elaborate several relevant design and engineering issues for CRS, starting with the question how written interaction with a CRS can be made more efficient and flexible by making use of GUI-elements and by integrating it closely with search and filtering techniques. CRS can elicit user preferences and provide recommendations, but they can also explain them. I will present some insights from a study investigating explanatory needs of users in a CRS. Finally, I will introduce the novel concept of meta-intents which represent high-level dialog-related user preferences that can be instrumental in designing and adapting user-system conversations more effectively. -- [image: photo] Prof. Lucio Davide Spano Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di Cagliari Via Ospedale 72, 09124, Cagliari, Italy Tel: +39 070 675 8760 Website <https://www.unica.it/unica/page/it/luciod_spano> | RG <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucio_Spano> | ORCHID <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-0463>

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[CFP] FINAL DEADLINE EXTENSION - SELECTED PAPERS AWARD - AIRCAD2023 @ ICIAP2023

by Andrea Loddo

Dear colleagues, *>>>>> We are pleased to announce that the deadline for paper submission to the second AIRCAD workshop has been extended to 15/07/2023. <<<<<* *We are also glad to announce that 5 selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (AIRCAD 2023)".* Among such papers, the best paper will be awarded the full waiver. Please find enclosed the call for papers with the new important dates and the selected papers' award details. Please spread the voice! Kind regards [apologies for multiple postings] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - AIRCAD2023 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics in Computer-Aided Diagnosis AIRCAD2023 held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing ICIAP2023, Udine, Italy, 11-15th Sep 2023 https://sites.google.com/view/aircad2023 AIMS AND SCOPE Nowadays, healthcare systems collect and provide most medical data in digital form. The availability of medical data enables a large number of artificial intelligence applications, and there is a growing interest in the quantitative analysis of clinical images using techniques such as Positron Emission Tomography, Computerized Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, mainly applied to texture analysis and radiomics. In particular, thanks to machine and deep learning, researchers can generate insights to improve the discovery of new therapeutic tools, support diagnostic decisions, aid in the rehabilitation process, etc. However, the increasing amount of available data may lead to a more significant effort to make a diagnosis. Moreover, this task is even more challenging due to the high inter/intra patient variability, the availability of various imaging techniques, and the need to consider data from multiple sensors and sources, which brought to the well-known domain shift issue. To address the problems described, radiologists and pathologists today use tools to assist them in analyzing biomedical images. They are known as Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems, and they allow to mitigate or eliminate the difficulties due to inter- and intra-observer variability, represented by various assessments of the same region, under the same assumptions, by the same physician at different times, and various assessments of the same region by several physicians, thanks to appropriate algorithms. Further relevant issues are data access, which may be delayed or even prevented for various reasons, such as privacy, security, and intellectual property, and the representativeness of the captured sample compared to the real population. For these reasons, researchers have recently explored the use of synthetic data, both for training the models and to estimate and teach systems in situations that have not been observed in actual reality. This workshop aims to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of biomedical image processing using machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and radiomics features, placing particular attention on contributions dealing with practical applications, for example, the potential alternative solution against domain shift, or exploiting synthetic images to teach actual CAD systems. In particular, the ultimate goal is to analyze how these techniques can be employed in the typical medical image processing workflow, from image acquisition to classification, including retrieval, disease detection, prediction, and classification. TOPICS The workshop calls for submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: - Biomedical Image Processing - Machine and Deep Learning techniques for image analysis (i.e., segmentation of cells, tissues, organs, lesions; classification of cells, diseases, tumors, etc.) - Image Registration Techniques - Image Preprocessing Techniques - Image-based 3D reconstruction - Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis Systems (CADs) - Biomedical Image Analysis - Radiomics and Artificial intelligence for personalized medicine - Machine and Deep Learning as tools to support medical diagnoses and decisions - Image retrieval (e.g., context-based retrieval, lesion similarity) - CAD architectures - Advanced architecture for biomedical image remote processing, elaboration, and transmission - 3D Vision, Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality applications for remote surgery - Image processing techniques for privacy-preserving AI in medicine. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Accepted papers will be included in the ICIAP 2023 proceedings, which will be published by Springer as Lecture Notes in the Computer Science series (LNCS). When preparing your contribution, please follow the guidelines provided by Springer. The maximum number of pages is 12 pages including references. Each contribution will be reviewed based on originality, significance, clarity, soundness, relevance, and technical content. The submission will be handled electronically via a unique Conference's CMT Website for all the workshops belonging to the ICIAP Medical Imaging Hub: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICIAPMIH2023/ During the submission, you must select the correct Track, which is Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (AIRCAD). Once accepted, the presence of at least one author at the event and the oral presentation of the paper are expected. There are two registration modalities: - Workshops/Tutorials pass, which covers only tutorials and workshops (2 days) - Conference pass, which includes the main conference, workshops/tutorials, and social events (5 days). For more details about the registration, see the ICIAP main conference website. SELECTED PAPERS AWARD After the workshop, 5 manuscripts will be selected considering their quality and the overall ratings provided by the Technical Program Committee. The authors of such selected manuscript will be invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (AIRCAD 2023)" edited by the Journal of Imaging (MDPI), which will be available soon. Among such papers, the one with the highest rating will be recognized with the BEST PAPER AWARD with waived publishing charges. The other manuscript will still get a discount (about 50%) on the open-access publication fee. IMPORTANT DATES - *Paper Submission: July 15, 2023* - Notifications to Authors: July 30, 2023 - Camera Ready Papers Due: August 15, 2023 - Workshop Event: September 11, 2023 ORGANIZERS Albert Comelli, Ri.MED Foundation, acomelli(a)fondazionerimed.com Cecilia Di Ruberto, University of Cagliari, dirubert(a)unica.it Andrea Loddo, University of Cagliari, andrea.loddo(a)unica.it Lorenzo Putzu, University of Cagliari, lorenzo.putzu(a)unica.it Alessandro Stefano, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council of Cefalu’, alessandro.stefano(a)ibfm.cnr.it TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Seyed-Ahmad Ahmadi, NVIDIA (Germany) Stefano Barone, University of Palermo (Italy) Viviana Benfante, University of Palermo, Ri.MED Foundation and CNR (Italy) Monica Bianchini, University of Siena (Italy) Roberto Cannella, University of Palermo (Italy) Renato Cuocolo, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) Giuseppe Cutaia, University of Palermo (Italy) Navdeep Dahiya, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Mario D'Acunto, National Research Council (Italy) Angelo Genovese, University of Milano (Italy) Marco Grangetto, University of Torino (Italy) Jon Ander Gómez Adrián, Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) Riccardo Laudicella, University of Messina (Italy) Salvatore Livatino, University of Hertfordshire (UK) Carsten Marr, Helmholtz Zentrum München (Germany) Mario Molinara, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy) Davide Moroni, National Research Council (Italy) Paolo Napoletano, University of Milan, Bicocca (Italy) Antonio Parziale, University of Salerno (Italy) Giovanni Pasini, Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy) Luca Pireddu, CRS4 (Italy) Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan (Italy) Mubashara Rehman, University of Udine (Italy) Giorgio Russo, IBFM-CNR (Italy) Giuseppe Salvaggio, University of Palermo (Italy) Mattia Savardi, University of Brescia (Italy) Alberto Signoroni, University of Brescia (Italy) Alberto Signoroni, University of Brescia (Italy) Arnaldo Stanzione, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) Nicola Strisciuglio, University of Twente (Netherlands) Enzo Tartaglione, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (France) Francesco Tortorella, University of Salerno (Italy) Lorenzo Ugga, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) Federica Vernuccio, University of Padova (Italy) ___________ Andrea Loddo PhD | Dept. Of Mathematics and Computer Science | University of Cagliari Via Ospedale 72, Cagliari, Italy Office: +39 070 675 8503 *And after all we're only ordinary men*

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Call for Participation: IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2023) Doctoral Consortium

by Maria De Marsico

IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2023) Doctoral Consortium Call for Participants The IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB’23) Doctoral Consortium provides a valuable platform for Ph.D. students to engage with the global research community in Biometrics, allowing them to present their research and discuss their career objectives. This consortium offers an opportunity for doctoral students to establish connections and collaborations with experienced researchers in the field, while gaining insights into potential career paths in both academia and industry. The IJCB’23 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place during the conference as a parallel event to special sessions on the first day of the conference. Attendance to the consortium is strictly by invitation. An informal introduction by senior researchers acting as mentors will open the DC. Afterwards, student participants will briefly present their research during a spotlight oral session. This will be followed by a mentoring session, providing students with an opportunity for constructive feedback and more focused discussions with senior researchers. Additionally, each student will be assigned a mentor from the committee, with whom they can interact to explore specific areas of interest throughout the event. An informal lunch with senior researchers will also be organized, enabling students to engage in interactive conversations. DC participants will also have the opportunity to participate in a poster session during the main conference (specific details to be determined). Eligibility We invite eligible students to apply for the Doctoral Consortium, with the expectation that successful applicants will actively participate in the entire program in-person. Eligible students are those pursuing a Ph.D. who have made progress in their dissertation, with some results already published or nearing publication. We value diversity and equality in terms of research topics, participating institutions, and individuals involved. We particularly encourage women and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Although having a paper appearing in IJCB’23 is not a prerequisite for participation, it is highly encouraged for applicants to have a paper associated with the conference, whose topics could be summarized during the DC. Submission To apply for the Doctoral Consortium, please submit: 1. A research statement summarizing the thesis research topic, the working plan, and the progress to date (max 2 pages). 2. A CV (max 1 page). The CV should highlight any publications and conference presentations that are related to the thesis topic. 3. A supporting letter from the thesis advisor that endorses the student’s application to this Doctoral Consortium and briefly describes the progress or status of the student’s thesis work. All materials should be prepared in a single PDF file and submitted through the Doctoral Consortium Track of the IJCB 2023 CMT instance: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCB2023/ . Review and Selection Process Applications will be evaluated on: 1. Quality of the application and thesis topic. 2. Anticipated benefits (current/potential contributions to science) of the student’s research. 3. Student’s contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, methodology, etc. 4. Endorsement by the thesis advisor. There will be no papers published from the Doctoral Consortium in the proceedings of IJCB. Financial Support The students selected to participate in the Doctoral Consortium may be considered for financial support. However, the availability and extent of financial support are subject to the availability of funds and are not guaranteed. Applicants should be prepared to attend IJCB’23 without financial support in the event that funds are not available. It is important to note that the lunch session with senior mentors will be fully covered by the conference anyway, and no expenses associated with lunch will be incurred by the Doctoral Consortium participants or mentors. Important Dates • Submission deadline: July 26, 2023 • Notification of acceptance: August 7, 2023 • Doctoral consortium date: TBD -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Full Professor Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science Chair of IAPR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee IEEE Senior member Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: demarsico(a)di.uniroma1.it tel: +39 06 49918312

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IxD&A Journal N. 55: Meet the Authors Event

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A* *https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 - a SCOPUS and Web of Science - Emerging Sources (Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal - founded in 2005* *that implements also video presentations of the published contributions. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *On-line Event* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Special issue N. 55 *on:* Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new normality */co-guest editors: Mihai Dascalu, Patrizia Marti, Francesca Pozzi /and/ /*regular papers*/ / *Meet the authors * authors index <https://ixdea.org/55_authors_index/> on the /*10th of July - 15:30 CET*/ /(event coordination by: Liliana Vale Costa & Oscar Mealha)/ to attend the presentations, for free, please fill the reservation form -> link <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxjQSENXkiJ_Z9Dnk3_Enl40TcSTv7O-T…> Articles are available for free downloading at -> https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-055 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin ->link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook ->link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel ->link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /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 Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> =========================================================

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