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WUD-SIGCHItaly 2022: partecipazione e programma

by De Russis Luigi

Carissim*, Come annunciato annunciato qualche settimana fa, il prossimo WUD-SIGCHItaly si terrà questa settimana, giovedì 10 Novembre in modalità ibrida (a Torino e online). Di seguito potete trovare le informazioni dettagliate sull’evento, al quale rinnoviamo l’invito a partecipare, insieme al programma. Il World Usability Day, come sapete, è la giornata mondiale organizzata dalla Usability Professionals Association che si tiene ogni anno il secondo giovedì di Novembre per "disseminare" l'importanza del lato umano nella tecnologia. Ogni anno c'è un tema diverso e il tema di quest’anno è OUR HEALTH (https://worldusabilityday.org/). Come gli scorsi due anni, l’evento del WUD non è legato alle singole città ma a respiro nazionale e sotto il cappello del nostro chapter SIGCHItaly. Gli organizzatori dell’evento di quest’anno sono Luigi De Russis (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino), Cristina Gena (Dipartimento di Informatica dell’Università di Torino) e i passati presidenti del SIGCHItaly Maristella Matera (Politecnico di Milano) e Massimo Zancanaro (Università di Trento). Claudio Mattutino e Valentina Di Noi, entrambi affiliati all’Università di Torino, supportano l’evento come Social Media Manager e web master, rispettivamente. Il WUD-SIGCHItaly si svolgerà il 10 novembre dalle ore 9 alle 13:15 nell’aula 2 della Palazzina Einaudi (c/o Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi di Torino) e in streaming su WebEx. L’evento è gratuito e ci si può registrare dal sito: http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/. A tutti gli iscritti, il giorno prima, verrà comunicato il link per accedere da remoto all’evento. Questo il programma della mattinata: Ore 9 Saluti istituzionali Ing. Francesco Tresso, assessore alla cura della città, protezione civile, servizi civici e decentramento Prof. Marco Pironti, vice-direttore alla Terza Missione, Dip. Info, Università degli Studi di Torino Prof.ssa Elena Baralis, Direttrice del dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino Prof.ssa Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano e già Presidente di SIGCHItaly INVITED SPEAKER Ore 9:45 dottor Matteo Cestari, Omitech srl "Dall'usabilità all'interazione antropologica” L'usabilità, presuppone l' "uso" come volontà strumentale di utilizzare uno strumento con un’interfaccia per volontà e per raggiungere un fine voluto dall'utilizzatore. Nell'uso della robotica sociale invece spesso l'interazione avviene anche su iniziativa dell'automa, più o meno antropomorfo. Con questi strumenti diventano rilevanti nell'interazione anche meccanismi antropologici, quali la simulazione dell'empatia, la non invasività, lo spazio di interazione. Ore 10:30 prof.ssa Elisa Ficarra, Università di Modena e di Reggio Emilia, AI for Health Ore 10:50-11:10 break Ore 11:10 prof. Fabio Paternò, ISTI CNR, Pisa, Automazioni Create dai Caregivers per Supportare la Vita Quotidiana degli Anziani nelle loro Case Ore 11:30 prof.ssa Irene Ronga, Dip. di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Oltre la teleriabilitazione: strumenti di motivazione e gratificazione per pazienti neurologici coinvolti in percorsi di riabilitazione a distanza Ore 11:50 prof. Amon Rapp, Dip. di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Tecnologie di self-tracking per la salute, il benessere e lo sport: opportunità e rischi dei dispositivi finalizzati a tracciare i dati personali e a cambiare i comportamenti delle persone Ore 12:10 prof.ssa Franca Garzotto, Politenico di Milano, How can interactive technology help persons with communication disorders? Ore 12:30 dottor Marco Mores, Fraternità e amicizia - Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS, e prof.ssa Rosella Gennari, Libera Università di Bolzano, Progettare tecnologie per il benessere sociale: un'esperienza con persone disabili Ore 12:55 prof.ssa Rosa Lanzilotti e prof. Giovanni Dimauro, Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Why Human-Centered AI systems in healthcare? Some reflections A presto e buon inizio di settimana! Luigi De Russis e Cristina Gena

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SMI 2023 CfP

by Michela Mortara

Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute as you see fit. CALL FOR PAPERS: SHAPE MODELING INTERNATIONAL (SMI) 2023 GENOVA, 4-6 July 2023 [ https://smiconf.github.io/2023/ | https://smiconf.github.io/2023/ ] Shape Modeling International (SMI) provides an international forum for the dissemination of new mathematical theories and computational techniques for modeling, simulating and processing digital representations of shapes and their properties to a community of researchers, developers, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields. Conference proceedings will be published in a Special Issue of Computer & Graphics Journal, Elsevier. Papers presenting original research are sought in all areas of shape modeling and its applications. This year SMI will be held in Genova, July 4-6, as part of the [ http://igs2023.imati.cnr.it/ | International Geometry Summit ] , together with SGP, SPM, GMP and GD. SMI also participates in the Replicability Stamp Initiative, an additional recognition for authors who are willing to go one step further, and in addition to publishing the paper, provide a complete open-source implementation. For more details, check the SMI2023 website. IMPORTANT DATES SMI 2023 (23:59 UTC/GMT): Abstract submission: March 13, 2023 Full paper submission: March 20, 2023 First review notification: April 20, 2023 Revised papers: May 8, 2023 Second review notification: May 22, 2023 Camera ready full papers due: June 5, 2023 Conference: July 4-6, 2023 SUBMISSION: Papers should present previously unpublished, original results that are not simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The SMI conference will use a double-blind review process. Consequently, all submissions must be anonymous. All papers should be submitted using the easychair website. Submissions should be formatted according to the style guidelines for the Computers &Graphics Journal and should not exceed 12 pages, including figures and references. We strongly recommend using the LaTeX template to format your paper. We also accept papers formatted by MS Word according to the style guidelines for Computers & Graphics. The file must be exported to a pdf file for the first round of submission. For format details, please refer to the Computers & Graphics Journal Guide for Authors. SMI CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Hui Huang Shenzhen University, China Giuseppe Patanè CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy Jorg Peters University of Florida, USA SMI TECHNICAL PAPERS CHAIRS: Georges-Pierre Bonneau University of Grenoble-Alpes, France Ligang Liu University of Science and Technology of China Michela Mortara CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy SMI COMMUNICATION CHAIRS: Ergun Akleman Texas A&M University, USA Silvia Biasotti CNR-IMATI, Genova, Italy Yang Liu Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China LIST OF TOPICS (non restrictive): Curves and surfaces Implicit surfaces Triangle and polygonal meshes Parametric and procedural models Acquisition and reconstruction Compression and streaming Healing and resampling Segmentation Medial and skeletal representations Correspondence and registration Feature extraction and classification Shape analysis and synthesis 3D retrieval Shape statistics Exploration of shape collections Shape transformation and deformation Behaviour and animation models Computational topology Learning techniques for shape modeling Geometric deep learning Digital fabrication and 3D printing Simulation 3D Digital Twins Interactive modeling, design and editing Sketching and 3D input modalities AR/VR environments Semantics of shapes Shape modeling applications (product design, biomedicine, GIS, geoscience, art, education and training, cultural heritage, gaming, and others) _________________________________________________________________________________ Michela Mortara Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche "E. Magenes" (IMATI) Genova +010 6475 686 www.imati.cnr.it

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: First Call for Papers

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*** First Call for Papers *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB. User Modeling Inc., as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. The theme of UMAP 2023 is "Personalization in Times of Crisis”. Specifically, we welcome submissions that highlight the impact that critical periods (such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing wars, and climate change, to name a few) can have on user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems; the focus is on investigations that capture how these trying times may have influenced user behavior and whether new models are required. While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. As always, contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). Important Dates • Paper Abstracts: January 19, 2023 (mandatory) • Full paper: January 26, 2023 • Notification: April 11, 2023 • Camera-ready: May 2, 2023 • Conference: June 26 - 29, 2023 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) Conference Topics We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems targeting a broad range of users and domains. For detailed descriptions and the suggested topics for each track please visit the UMAP 2023 website. Personalized Recommender Systems This track invites works from researchers and practitioners on recommender systems. In addition to mature research works addressing technical aspects of recommendations, we welcome research contributions that address questions related to user perception, decision-making, and the business value of recommender systems. Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web This track welcomes works focused on the use of knowledge representations (i.e., novel knowledge bases), graph algorithms (i.e., graph embedding techniques), and social network analysis at the service of addressing all aspects of personalization, user model building, and personal experience in online social systems. Moreover, this track invites works in adaptive hypermedia, as well as semantic and social web. Intelligent User Interfaces This track invites works exploring how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter and more productive, leveraging solutions from human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, information visualization, and knowledge representation and reasoning. Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling This track invites researchers, developers, and practitioners from various disciplines to submit their innovative learning solutions, share acquired experiences, and discuss their modeling challenges for personalized adaptive learning. Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics Researchers, developers, and practitioners have a social responsibility to account for the impact that technologies have on individuals (users, providers, and other stakeholders) and society. This track invites works related to the science of building, maintaining, evaluating, and studying adaptive systems that are fair, transparent, respectful of users’ privacy, and beneficial to society. Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems This track invites submissions focused on personalization and tailoring for persuasive technologies, including but not limited to personalization models, user models, computational personalization, design, and evaluation methods. It also welcomes work that brings attention to the user experience and designing personalized and adaptive behavior change technologies. Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-robot Interaction This track invites works investigating new models and techniques for adapting synthetic companions (e.g., virtual assistants, chatbots, social robots) to individual users. With the conversational modality so in vogue across disciplines, this track welcomes work highlighting the model and deployment of synthetic companions driven by conversational search and recommendation paradigms. Research Methods and Reproducibility This track invites submissions on methodologies to evaluate personalized systems, benchmarks, and measurement scales, with particular attention to the reproducibility of results and techniques. Furthermore, the track looks for submissions that report new insights from reproducing existing works. Submission and Review Process Submissions for any of the aforementioned tracks should have a maximum length of *14 pages* (excluding references) in the ACM new single-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). (Papers of any length up to 14 pages are encouraged; reviewers will comment on whether the size is appropriate for the contribution.) Additional review criteria and submission link will be available shortly on the conference website: https://www.um.org/umap2023/ . Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference. At least one author should register for the conference by the early registration date cut-off. UMAP uses a *double-blind* review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' prior work should be in the third person. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected. UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment). Program Chairs • Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria • Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands Track Chairs Personalized Recommender Systems • Noemi Mauro (University of Torino, Italy) • Olfa Nasraoui (University of Louisville, USA) • Marko Tkalcic (University of Primorska, Slovenia) Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web • Daniela Godoy (ISISTAN - CONICET/UNICEN University, Argentina) • Cataldo Musto (University of Bari, Italy) Intelligent User Interfaces • Bart Knijnenburg (Clemson University, USA) • Katrien Verbert (KU Leuven, Belgium) • Wolfgang Wörndl (TU Munich, Germany) Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling Oleksandra Poquet (TU Munich, Germany) • Olga C. Santos (UNED, Spain) Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics • Michael Ekstrand (Boise State University, USA) • Peter Knees (TU Wien, Austria) Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Federica Cena (University of Torino, Italy) • Rita Orji (Dalhousie University, Canada) • Jun Zhao (Oxford University, England) Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-robot Interaction • Li Chen (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) • Yi Zhang (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) • Ingrid Zukerman (Monash University, Australia) Research Methods and Reproducibility • Dietmar Jannach (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) • Alan Said (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Contact information: umap2023-program(a)um.org

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: First Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos

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*** First Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ Submissions due: April 24, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 IMPORTANT DATES ● Submission of papers: April 24, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2023 ● Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 18, 2023 ● Conference: June 26-29, 2023 Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) SUBMISSION FORMATS Demonstrations ● Max. 5 pages + max. 1 additional page for references; ● (Optional) video or external material demonstrating the system; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a demo + poster at the conference. Description: Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 5 pages + 1 page of references in the new ACM single-column style. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2023. Late-Breaking Results ● Max. 7 pages + max. 2 additional pages for references; ● (Required) unpublished page with a list of questions the authors aim to get feedback on; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a (potentially virtual) poster at the conference. Description: Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of up to 7 pages + 2 pages of references in the new ACM single-column style and will be presented to the conference as posters. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a list of questions that the authors aim to get feedback on during the poster session at UMAP 2023. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymised before submission Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. 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]{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]{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… Note: Accepted papers will require further revision 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. The ACM Code of Ethics gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-) reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities. Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2023 Demos and Late-Breaking Results at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 (choose “New Submission” and make sure to select “UMAP'23 - LBR and Demos” track). The review process will be single-blind, i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION Accepted Demo and Late-Breaking Results papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Papers will be accessible from the UMAP 2023 website through ACM OpenToc Service for one year after publication in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS ● Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy ● Alisa Rieger, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ● Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi, University at Albany – SUNY, USA ● Contact: umap2023-lbr(a)um.org

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FW: Level A/B/C position in Cyber Security or Software Development is now live

by Alessandro Soro

Dear Friends, I would like to share the job opening below in the School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology (AU). While the position below is centred on cybersecurity or software development, the School of CS is home to one of the largest Australian groups working in all manners of HCI, interaction design, and participatory design, and a successful applicant from our HCI community would find here huge opportunities to thrive. Feel free to get in touch for any further info, and please circulate through your networks if possible. Many thanks, Alessandro Associate Professor Alessandro Soro | School of Computer Science Unit Coordinator IFB398 (Capstone Project) and IFN692 (Interaction Design for Emerging Technologies) Academic Lead International & Engagement (School of Computer Science) Faculty of Science | Queensland University of Technology S Block, Level 10, Room 1050, Gardens Point Campus E: alessandro.soro(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:alessandro.soro@qut.edu.au> | P: +61 07 3138 9569 CRICOS No. 00213J From: Paul Roe <p.roe(a)qut.edu.au> Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2022 9:14 PM To: fos.csac(a)qut.edu.au; fos.cshdr(a)student.qut.edu.au Subject: Level A/B/C position in Cyber Security or Software Development is now live Hi Everyone, Our new Associate Lecturer / Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (Cyber Security or Software Development) is now live on QUT careers and soon SEEK. Job Ref - 221162 https://qut.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.listJobs Please encourage people to apply and distribute this position description; note this is intended to promote equal opportunity for women in STEMM and is open to women applicants only. Thanks, Paul Professor Paul Roe (Acting) Head of School - Computer Science Faculty of Science | Queensland University of Technology S Block, Level 10, 1034, Gardens Point Campus ph +61 7 31389323 | email p.roe(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:p.roe@qut.edu.au> CRICOS No 00213J

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Esito votazioni SIGCHI Italy

by Maristella Matera

Carissime/i, ho il piacere di comunicarvi che Giuliana Vitiello è la nuova presidentessa del SIGCHI Italy, avendo ricevuto 35 voti a suo favore (su 36 voti totali). Nel congratularmi con Giuliana, ne approfitto per ringraziare Massimo Zancanaro, l'Extended Committee (Luigi De Russis, Rosa Lanzilotti, Davide Spano, Anna Spagnolli, Giuliana) e tutti coloro che negli ultimi quattro anni mi hanno sostenuto offrendo spunti, suggerimenti e aiuti concreti per le iniziative intraprese durante il mio mandato. La mia percezione è che, grazie alla partecipazione di molti, la comunità sia ulteriormente cresciuta (non solo nel numero dei membri), perché sono cresciuti in tutti noi la consapevolezza dell'importanza di fare ricerca nel settore dell'HCI e l'impegno nel disseminare il valore della nostra ricerca. Sicuramente Giuliana riuscirà a cogliere nuovi spunti e guiderà l'associazione in modo da rafforzare ulteriormente la visibilità dell'HCI e della nostra associazione in contesti nazionali e internazionali. Sono certa che tutti noi sapremo offrire a Giuliana tutto il sostegno di cui avrà bisogno! Un caro saluto a tutti, Maristella

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Elezione Presidente SIGCHI Italy - Votazioni aperte fino al 25 Ottobre

by Maristella Matera

Carissime/i, sono ora aperte le votazioni per il prossimo Presidente della nostra associazione, ACM SIGCHI Italy. La candidata è Giuliana Vitiello. Riporto nuovamente in allegato la sua lettera di candidatura. Gli iscritti ***ad ACM e a SIGCHI*** possono ora votare accedendo al modulo: https://forms.gle/WyPzaVQPB6RyLiQT6 Vista la necessità di controllare l'appartenenza dei votanti ad ACM e SIGCHI (pena la validità della votazione), il voto non è segreto ma è riservato. I garanti del voto saranno: il presidente uscente (me stessa), il vice-presidente (Massimo Zancanaro), un segretario (Davide Spano). Tutti si impegnano alla riservatezza dell'identità dei votanti e del voto espresso. Le votazioni si chiuderanno martedì 25 Ottobre alle ore 18.00. Un caro saluto, Maristella

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Final Call for Late Breaking Results

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*** Final Call for Late Breaking Results *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Virtual Event https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) *** Deadline: November 1st, AoE (firm!) *** IHAW 2022 accepts now submissions for late breaking results. The instructions to authors remain the same, as for the regular submissions. Accepted papers will be published in the same proceedings volume with the regular submissions and will be eligible both for the Best Paper Award and to be selected for the special journal issues that will be prepared after the conference. ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) is the second of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Artificial Intelligence, Computation and Data Analytics • Artificial Intelligence methods for medical device testing. • Algorithms, methods and services for condition-specific intervention (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dementia, post cancer treatment, allergies, mental health). • Algorithms, methods and services for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Crowd-sourcing and social media analysis for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Medical Data and/or Medical Image Analysis. • Electronic Medical Records Analysis. • Computational methods for medical devices. Human Computer Interaction and Cognition • Human-Machine Interaction for healthcare and well-being. • Cognitive Mechatronics for healthcare and well-being. • Models for human-device interaction for medicine. • Cobotics for healthcare and well-being. • Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being. Assistive Devices • Precision medicine. • ICT for in-silicon trials. • Implantable medical devices. • Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments. ICT & Wellbeing • Age-friendly systems for active and healthy ageing (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection). • ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition). • Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention). • Smart Systems and services promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment. • IoT and smart real-time surveillance systems for monitoring, auditing and control to prevent the spread of the pandemic. • eHealth smart solutions in the fight against a COVID-19 like pandemic. • IoT and Smart Healthcare systems with an environmentally friendly and sustainable footprint. Health Infrastructure and Healthcare Operation Services • Distributed and connected digital healthcare services. • IoT services for real-time monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • Wearable devices and IoT systems for remote monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • mHealth services and applications using mobile and wearable devices to collect community and clinical health data, and deliver healthcare information to practitioners, researchers and patients. • Sustainable city environments for emergency health management. • 5G and beyond for healthcare in sustainable smart cities. • Wireless Sensor Networks for advanced smart healthcare in sustainable cities. Quality in Healthcare Systems • New experimental validation methods with end-users. • Systems and services for ensuring patient’s commitment to the medication schedule. • Digital health systems and tools for health care professional training and workforce development. • Communication systems and services improving the quality of patient and healthcare provider contact before, during and after admission. • Methods and Technology for Improving the quality of services-oriented care delivery systems. • Methods, Digital Tools and/or Services for inclusive-for-all healthcare systems. • Co-Creation of healthcare systems for social well being of people with special needs, older adults and/or deprivileged or disadvantaged people. • Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self- management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care). Privacy, Security & Standardization • Standardization, certification, labelling, and communication issues (related to ageing well, to sensory impairment). • Privacy and Security/Regulation compliant services in health care systems (e.g., HIPAA). • Security and privacy of digital health systems and service. • Socio-economic issues of smart healthcare in sustainable societies. • Privacy, security and ethics in eHealth smart solutions and surveillance at scale in the fight against a COVID-19 pandemic. High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Submissions We invite Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. As was the case for IHAW 2021, the proceedings of IHAW 2022 will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in the technical sessions of the conference. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icihaw2022 . Important Dates • Submission Deadline: November 1, 2022 (AoE, firm!) • Notification: November 15, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 24, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 24, 2022 Organizers Honorary General Chair • Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Scientific Vice-Chair • Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Publicity Chair • Jessica Allingham, Lakehead University, Canada Finance Chair • Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD, Cyprus Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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WUD-SIGCHItaly 2022: save the date!

by Cristina Gena

Carissim*, il World Usability Day, come sapete, è la giornata mondiale organizzata dalla Usability Professionals Association che si tiene ogni anno il secondo giovedì di Novembre per "disseminare" l'importanza del lato "umano" nella tecnologia. Ogni anno c'è un tema diverso e, il tema di quest’anno è *OUR HEALTH* (https://worldusabilityday.org/ <https://worldusabilityday.org/>). Come gli scorsi due anni, abbiamo programmato l’evento del WUD non legato alle singole città, ma a respiro nazionale e sotto il cappello della nostra organizzazione.Organizzano l’evento 2022 *Cristina Gena* (Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino) e *Luigi De Russis* (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino), co-adiuvati dalla presidentessa SIGCHItaly Maristella Matera e dall’ex presidente Massimo Zancanaro. Giovedì 10 novembre dalle ore 9 si terrà online, e in presenza a Torino, il terzo WUD-SIGCHItaly, seguiranno ulteriori email per dettagli e aggiornamenti. Sul sito (http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/ <http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/>) sarà possibile registrarsi gratuitamente all’evento. Il programma, in fase di ulteriore definizione, avrà come relatore di apertura il dottor Matteo Cestari, CEO di Omitech srl, startup innovativa di service robotics, attiva nell’utilizzo dei robot all’interno di ospedali e case di cura. Seguiranno interventi di Franca Garzotto, PoliMI Rosella Gennari, UniBZ** Elisa Ficarra, UniMORE Marco Mores, FRATERNITA' E AMICIZIA - Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS Fabio Paternò, CNR Amon Rapp, UniTO Irene Renga, UniTO ... Segnate la data per ora, a giorni pubblicheremo il programma dettagliato! Un caro saluto Cristina Gena e Luigi De Russis

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Open professor position in HCI at KU Leuven Groep T (Belgium)

by Adalberto Simeone

Apologies for cross-posting. KU Leuven has a vacancy for a full-time (junior or senior) professor in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction at Group T Leuven Campus. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent applied research record and with educational competence within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The new faculty member will become a member of the research Department of Computer Science, which is internationally renowned for its research in informatics, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematical engineering, digital humanities, and teacher education (https://wms.cs.kuleuven.be/cs/english/research). The new professor will moreover become a member of the Faculty of Engineering Technology that offers academic yet implementation-oriented engineering programs at seven campuses across Flanders. Main teaching duties will be situated at Group T Leuven Campus (https://www.kuleuven.be/grouptcampus), an international and entrepreneurial engineering campus in Leuven city centre. Website unit<https://iiw.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/emedia> Details are available at: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60146995?hl=en&lang=en We encourage candidates to contact us for more information on the contents of the job: * Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Vandewalle, chair of the Department of Computer Science (Stefan.Vandewalle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:Stefan.Vandewalle@kuleuven.be> , +32 16 32 76 54) or * Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dewulf, campus chair of Group T Leuven campus (Wim.Dewulf(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:Wim.Dewulf@kuleuven.be> , +32 16 37 28 81) -- Adalberto L. Simeone Associate Professor ARIA - Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be<https://aria.cs.kuleuven.be/> Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven Follow me on Twitter @Adal_LS<http://twitter.com/Adal_LS> https://www.adalsimeone.me<https://www.adalsimeone.me/>

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