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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Last Call for Papers

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*** Last Call for Papers *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org *** Recipient of the Euro-Par Achievement Award 2023: Professor Enrique S. Quintana Ortí *** SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. The main audience of Euro-Par are researchers in academic institutions, government laboratories and industrial organisations. Euro-Par aims to be the primary choice of such professionals for the presentation of new results in their specific areas. Euro-Par provides an excellent forum for focused technical discussion, as well as interaction with a large, broad and diverse audience. In addition, Euro-Par conferences provide a platform for a number of accompanying, technical workshops for smaller and emerging communities. VENUE AND ORGANIZATION Euro-Par 2023 will be held as a primarily in-person event (although remote presentation and participation will be supported, if needed). The venue place is the 5* St. Raphael Resort, in Limassol, Cyprus. Euro-Par 2023 is organised by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus. The General Chair is George A. Papadopoulos and the Program Chairs are Marios D. Dikaiakos and Rizos Sakellariou. The Organizing Committee is listed on the web site: https://2023.euro-par.org/conference/committees/ . SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Euro-Par 2023 proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. • Papers must be in PDF format and should not exceed 14 pages (including references) • Papers must be formatted in the Springer LNCS style: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… • Papers that don’t meet these requirements might be rejected without a review • Contributions submitted elsewhere or currently under review will not be considered • All submitted papers will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate; papers which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review • Paper submissions are made through EasyChair using the link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=europar2023 IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: February 24, 2023 (AoE) • Paper Submission: March 3, 2023 (AoE) • Author Notification: April 30, 2023 • Camera-Ready Papers: June 2, 2023 • Author Registration: June 2, 2023 ARTEFACTS Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an artefact that will be evaluated separately. Accepted Artefacts will be considered for the Euro-Par 2023 Artefact Special Issue in the Journal of Open Source Software (https://joss.theoj.org). TOPICS We invite submissions of high-quality, novel and original research results in areas of parallel and distributed computing covered by the following list of tracks. More information on the tracks can be found on the conference web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/submission-of-papers/call-for-papers/ Track 1. Programming, Compilers and Performance Chairs: • Biagio Cosenza, University of Salerno, Italy • Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria Track 2. Scheduling, Resource Management, Cloud, Edge Computing, and Workflows Chairs: • Marco Aldinucci, University of Torino, Italy • Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Track 3. Architectures and Accelerators Chairs: • Jesus Carretero, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain • Leonel Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal Track 4. Data Analytics, AI, and Computational Science Chairs: • Maciej Malawski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland • Radu Prodan, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Track 5. Theory and Algorithms Chairs: • Chryssis Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Christos Kaklamanis, University of Patras, Greece Track 6. Multidisciplinary, Domain-specific and Applied Parallel and Distributed Computing Chairs: • Francisco F. Rivera, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain • Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy

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IxD&A Journal: Issue N. 54 is now available for free downloading

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 *established in 2005 SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal implements also video presentations of the published contributions. SRJ 2021 = 0.353 (Q1: Architecture/Design; Q2: Social Science, Media Technology; Q3: Human Computer Interaction, Education) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Issue N. 54 *with a focus section **on:* Online Social Environments for Active Ageing** */guest editors: Ana Isabel Veloso, Carlos Santos, Sonia Ferreira, Liliana Vale Costa / is now available for free downloading https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-054 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /IxD&A implements the Gold/Diamond Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors / If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IxD&A Journal, issue N. 54 - ToC*/** **/ **/Preface to the focus section on/ *Online Social Environments for Active Ageing */Ana Isabel Veloso, Carlos Santos, Sonia Ferreira, Liliana Vale Costa/* */p. 5 - 7/* */Carmen Llorente-Barroso, Olga Kolotouchkina, Luis Mañas-Viniegra, Mónica Viñarás-Abad/* ICT-Mediated Learning as a Form of Socio-Emotional Support for Older Adults , */pp. 8 - 33/* */Cláudia Pedro Ortet, Francisco Regalado, Sónia Ferreira, Liliana Vale Costa, Ana Isabel Veloso/* Staying Connected with Aged Populations in Times of COVID-19: An Interview Study of the Role of Portuguese Institutions and Municipalities, */pp. 34 - 53/* */Santos Urbina, Gemma Tur, Irantzu Fernández/* Active ageing with digital technology: seniors' usages and attitudes, */pp. 54 - 84/* */Inês Dias, Elísio Costa, Óscar Mealha/* Involving older adults in the design process: a human-centric Design Thinking approach, */pp. 85 - 110/* Regular Papers */Heidi Elnimr/* A Study of Architectural Barriers and the Potential Role of Assistive Technologies in Long-term Healthcare Centres for People with Alzheimer’s, */pp. 111 - 133/* */Fabian Huber, Nan-Ching Tai, Kuang-Ting Huang/* Wrist-worn Vibrotactile Navigation System for Cyclists, */pp. 134 - 146/* */Wasura D. Wattearachchi, K.P. Hewagamage, Enosha Hettiarachchi/* Emotional Keyboard: To Provide Adaptive Functionalities Based on the Current User Emotion and the Context, */pp. 147 - 174/* */Diego Moreira da Rosa, Milene Selbach Silveira/* May the Patterns Be with You: A Framework for HCI Patterns Development, */pp. 175 - 208/* */Alaa Nousir, Renee (Xinyu) Chen, Anne Liu, Meara Donovan, Eliza Wallace, Lee Jones, Sara Nabil/* COVIDware: Designing Interactive Everyday Things as Tangible Homeware for Social Isolation, */pp. 209 - 240/* */Teemu Korpilahti, Masood Masoodian/* Guidelines for the Visual Design of Mobile Application Icons. An Experiential Case Study, */pp. 241 - 276/* */Hassan Bello, Nor Athiyah Abdullah/* User Satisfaction with Computer-Based Test (CBT): The Mediating Role of CBT Centre Service Satisfaction, */pp. 277 - 298/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *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 Privacy Policy <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CHItaly 2023 - Crossing HCI and AI: Call for Papers

by amon rapp

CHItaly 2023: Call for Papers [Apologies for Multiple Postings] ================================================ CHItaly 2023 - Crossing HCI and AI The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 20-22 September 2023 Location: from Turin to the World, using Metaverse https://chitaly2023.it/ ================================================ SPECIAL THEME: Crossing HCI and AI ================================================ Besides traditional HCI topics, CHItaly 2023 aims at debating the intersection of HCI and AI as an emerging field of research, devoted mostly to Intelligent User Interfaces, i.e., interfaces developed using the approaches from HCI and the tools from AI. In addition to consolidated HCI contributions, we solicit research on methods, approaches, and systems relating the Human and the AI, innovative AI-based interfaces and interactions empowering humans, experiences in good and bad practices in applying AI to the interaction. ================================================ CALL FOR LONG AND SHORT PAPERS ================================================ We welcome research contributions in the form of either long or short research papers. Long papers present original and substantially new research in HCI. Short papers present original and provocative research or novel applications in HCI. All paper manuscripts undergo a selective review process. Accepted papers are invited for inclusion in the electronic ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS - pending approval), published in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of top-quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to special issues in international journals. Besides the special theme of CHItaly 2023, the conference is interested in all aspects of HCI: * Crossing HCI and AI * Fundamentals of HCI * Interactive Environments * Interaction Techniques, Modalities and Devices * Applications of HCI A more detailed list is available at https://chitaly2023.it/call_for_papers/ Submit on easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chitaly2023 Main deadlines: - Submission deadline: March 31th, 2023 - Review notification: June 1st, 2023 - Initial camera-ready submission: June 30th, 2023 - Final submission: July 31st, 2023 All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. When the deadline is day D, the last time to submit is when D ends AoE. Papers Chairs Tania Di Mascio (Università dell’Aquila) Rosa Lanzilotti (Università di Bari) Davide Spano (Università di Cagliari) email: papers(a)chitaly2023.it

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Last Call for Workshops and Minisymposia

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*** Last Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. • A tentative program committee (10-15 members) • Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops • Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity i including european project meetings) * organizational aspects • Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) • Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines • Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review • Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest • Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management • Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered • Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper • Registering for the conference • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2023 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. • Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives • Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), • Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. The responsibilities are as follows: • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation • Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers • Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions • Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions • Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) • Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 • Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS • Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) • Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Third Call for PhD Symposium Applications

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*** Third Call for PhD Symposium Applications *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE The Euro-Par PhD Symposium is a welcoming and supportive forum for PhD students to present their work, meet and interact with peers, and to receive constructive feedback about their work from experts in the Euro-Par community. The program will feature technical presentations by PhD students, and discussions in panel and open formats. Contributions accepted to the PhD Symposium will appear in the Euro-Par companion proceedings. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS We invite submissions from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies. Applicants must be officially enrolled in a PhD Program at the time of submission, and each submission MUST be backed by an endorsement from the official PhD adviser(s). Required submission files are as follows: 1. Proposal (in Springer LNCS format, no longer than 6 pages with references) including: • Title of work, author and affiliation • Abstract of the work • Brief description of work being/planned to be done, including the problem being addressed, the research methodology, and preliminary results (if any) 2. Adviser Statement of Support on institutional letterhead (no longer than 2 pages), including: • Declaration that the applicant is their PhD student, and the length of time of this relationship • Confirmation of support for applicant’s participation • The applicant's expected academic contributions • The level of work that has been achieved by the student (in the course of or before the PhD work) • How the student will prepare for the event • How the student plans to attend the event (i.e. in person or online) • How travel and accommodation costs are to be met, if planning to attend in person • The expected impact of attending the event on the student's work REGISTRATION STUDENTSHIPS We are happy to announce that we can cover the registration fees of 15 student attendees; 15 awards will be funded by the Euro-Par Foundation. To qualify, you should be a PhD student studying Informatics and Computing Science at the time of the event. On top of the above specific criteria for each studentship, the following criteria will be used: • Explicit recommendation by the advisor(s) is paramount, as awards will be given based on the strength of the advisor(s) letter • Priority will be given to in-person attendees Successful applicants may be asked to undertake some tasks to assist the running of Euro-Par 2023. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The submission consists of: • Proposal: A manuscript that address item 1 of the call -- see above. • Adviser letter: A statement of support from the applicant's adviser(s) as described in the call. Both elements are to be submitted together as a single PDF to EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2023 REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS The symposium committee members will review the submitted applications based on originality, technical strength, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference. Submitted documents that do not meet the above requirements might be rejected without a review. All submitted proposals will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate (proposals which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review). IMPORTANT DATES • Submission: May 20, 2023 (AoE) • Notification: July 1, 2023 • Camera-Ready: July 15, 2023 PHD SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS • Herodotos Herodotou, University of Cyprus. Cyprus • Demetris Thrihinas, University of Cyprus. Cyprus

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2nd CfP: CHI2023 Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences

by Fabio Paternò

*************************************************************************** CHI2023 Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences Workshop (hybrid/online), April 23rd, 2023 <http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at> http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at *************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------- Submission of position papers: February 14th 2023 Decision to authors: March 3rd 2023 Camera-ready versions due: March 31th 2023 Workshop: April 23rd 2023 ------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------- Automated systems are becoming increasingly common and transitioning towards active communication partners, embodied as vehicle cockpits, connected homes, self-checkout machines and manufacturing tools. With the advent of more flexible and powerful settings of automation, for example collaboration between teams of humans and robots, the question arises how to make also these accessible to everyday usage scenarios. This workshop sets out to investigate different forms of human engagement with automated technology in various domains: (1) monitor and intervene, (2) team up and cooperate, and (3) orchestrate and delegate. Participants are asked to submit a position paper describing their relevant recent or future work. In agreement with the authors, accepted position papers will be published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings. ------------------------------------------------- TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------------------------------------- Participants are asked to submit a position paper describing their relevant recent or future work. Topics of interest include but are not limited to * Communicating capabilities and risks of an automated system prior to its usage * Creating efficient takeover requests that encourage operators to intervene and emphasize possible outcomes * Encouraging sustained interaction with automated systems * Designing for overall reliability of human-automation teams * Supporting the development of trust in human-automation cooperation * Ensuring and supporting the well-being of human operators * Dealing with authority and responsibility in human-automation teams * Enabling serendipitous automations by non-professionals through intuitive orchestration approaches * Feeling in control and managing conflicts between AI- and user-generated automation ------------------------------------------------- PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------- * Papers must be formatted according to the CEUR-ART style (double-column) and comprise up to 4 pages (excl. references) (templates for Word and Overleaf) * Position papers must be submitted in PDF format (non-anonymized) to <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=automationxp23> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=automationxp23. * The submissions will be reviewed by the organizers (and additional experts, if required) based on relevance, originality, significance and quality. * Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the workshop. All workshop participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the main conference. ------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS ------------------------------------------------- Peter Froehlich, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Matthias Baldauf, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Philippe Palanque, University of Toulouse Virpi Roto, Aalto University Fabio Paternó, C.N.R.-ISTI Wendy Ju, Cornell University Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg and AIT Austrian Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ------------------------------------------------- Web: <http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at> http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at Email: <mailto:everyday-automation@tech-experience.at> everyday-automation(a)tech-experience.at

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Deadline extension: Special issue on "Competence based education: from school to responsible citizenship, wellbeing and democracy" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *DEADLINE EXTENSION -> March 7, 2023 (new hard deadline)* ========================================================= Special Issue on *Competence based education: from school to responsible citizenship, wellbeing and democracy* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: link <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C…> ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call57> ========================================================= *Guest Editors:*  --------------------------------------------------------- -- /• Stefania Bocconi, ITD-CNR, Italy • Stefano Cacciamani, Università della Valle d’Aosta, Italy • Romina Cachia, JRC - EU, Spain • Arianna Sala, JRC - EU, Spain • Nadia Sansone, Unitelma - La Sapienza Roma, Italy/ =========================================== *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *March 7*, 2023 (new hard deadline) • Notification to the authors: April 30, 2023 • Camera ready paper: May 20, 2023 • Publication of the special issue: June, 2023 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The transition to Content and Curricula based Education to the Competence based ones is a challenge and, at the same time, an opportunity for the entire world to promote sustainable development and lifestyles together with “human rights, gender equality, the culture of peace and nonviolence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity”. To fully grasp such opportunity, national and regional governments need to renew educational practices to promote key competences beyond the curricular ones and equip the students not only with digital skills but with a full set of life skills to make them grow as responsible citizens capable to contribute to societal wellbeing, to the safeguard of the democracy and the achievements of the SDGs, taking advantage also of the ICT infrastructures. Not by chance, in the last years, major training agencies and regulatory documents at EU and at international level have been pushing in this direction. For example, the European Commission, in collaboration with international experts, has developed frameworks to set a common language to describe the key competences (DigComp 2.2., EntreComp, LifeComp, DigCompOrg, DigCompEdu and GreenComp) and has developed tools to further empower education stakeholders to foster digital competences at school (SELFIE and SELFIEforTEACHERS) with more or less incisive repercussions on national policies. This special issue intends to promote reflections and studies on visions, frameworks and key enabling factors to make competence based education effective and inclusive to achieve the aforementioned goals. How can the implementation of competence-based education be supported? What are the enablers and challenges for such education? How can targeted research and exchange of knowledge contribute to advance competence-based education? How can competence frameworks inform policy monitoring and policy making? How can we intercept the requests for a real transformation of educational practices in a cultural and constructivist perspective? How is possible to fully exploit the potential of digital technologies to support the development of life skills? What are the appropriate contents and methods to train teachers for a full implementation of competence based learning? How should competences be recognized and certified? How can the impact and effectiveness of competenciesframeworks be measured? ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest are focused on theoretical frameworks, policies, methods of inquiry, innovative practices in competence based education (cbe) and other topics such as: • Competence based frameworks for education • New educational models and/or innovative programs for cbe • Competence based LLL • Certification of competences and portfolios • Cbe for responsible citizenship, social innovation and SDGs • Trainings for students in different educational contexts • Trainings for teachers in different educational contexts • Sharing & participatory practices of cbe • Innovative methods of inquiry in the field of cbe • Models and strategies for the assessment of cbe • Digital technologies supporting progresses in cbe • Networking for cbe • Public policy for cbe • Transformative perspectives of cbe • Good practices from cbe =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines -> link <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: link <https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login> (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: "SI: Competence Based Education") More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors, publication ethics and malpractice are published. For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as: /IxD&A special issue on Competence based education./ • bocconi [at] itd [dot] cnr [dot] it • s [dot] cacciamani [at] univda [dot] it • romina [dot] cachia [at] ec [dot] europa [dot] eu • arianna [dot] sala [at] ec [dot] europa [dot] eu • nadia [dot] sansone [at] unitelmasapienza [dot] it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • N.58 'Age Against the Machine: A Call for Designing Ethical AI for and with Children' Guest editors: Sumita Sharma, Eva Durall Gazulla, Marianne Kinnula, Nitin Sawhney • N. 59 'AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age' Guest editors: Renate Andersen, Vita Santa Barletta, anders Mørch, Alesandro Pagano 'Design Education for Hybrid Environments: Pedagogies, frameworks, and tools for crafting next-generation physical-digital spaces' Guest editors: Daniel Rosenberg Munoz, Dina El Zanfaly, Peter Scupelli, Daragh Byrne ----------------------------------------------------------

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IS-EUD 2023 - Call for Papers

by Davide Spano

Call for Papers 9th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2023) 6-8 June 2023, Cagliari, Italy https://cg3hci.dmi.unica.it/iseud2023/ End-User Development (EUD) aims to empower end-users who are not necessarily experts in technology development, to create their own technology to address their specific needs. These technologies might include mobile, web or software systems, IoT solutions, physical computing devices or machine learning systems. IS-EUD is a bi-annual event, that gathers researchers interested to extend our knowledge about how to design end-user development technologies and to provide scientific accounts of phenomena surrounding end-user development practices. Topics The conference welcomes contributions that: • describe new, simple and efficient environments for end-user development • describe new processes, methods and techniques for empowering users to create, modify and tailor technology artefacts • present case studies and design implications on challenges and practices of end-user development • develop theoretical concepts and foundations for the field of end-user development Papers We invite two types of paper submissions: -Regular papers, up to 16 pages (not counting references), describing original unpublished research making a substantial contribution to the research field -Short papers, up to 8 pages (not counting references), describing original unpublished research, making a small but solid contribution to the field All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. The review process for this category is double-blind, thus submissions must be anonymized. Accepted papers (both regular and short) will appear in the archival proceedings of IS-EUD 2023, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be presented in plenary sessions of the conference. Submission The review process for this category is double-blind, thus submissions must be anonymized. Papers must be carefully formatted according to the Springer LNCS format. Authors may submit and update their submission through the EasyChair system until the submission deadline (two different tracks, for regular and short papers, will be available for submission in Easychair). Important dates: Regular and Short papers submission: 1 March 2023 Notification: 23 March 2023 Camera-ready: 16 April 2023 Program Chairs Carmen Santoro, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy Simone Stumpf, University of Glasgow, UK -- [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 | Skype: davide.spano5 Website <http://people.unica.it/davidespano> | RG <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucio_Spano> | ORCHID <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-0463>

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Third Call for Posters and Demos

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*** Third Call for Posters and Demos *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. We invite participants to submit original and unpublished works as posters and/or demos to the Euro-Par 2023 conference presenting the latest breakthroughs which have been developed in H2020, Horizon Europe, EuroHPC JU, national, regional and international R&D projects. Topics of interest should cover the conference scope and tracks (please visit the conference web site for more information about the topics covered by Euro-Par). The poster/demo sessions will provide an excellent opportunity for students and researchers to present early- stage research results and receive valuable feedback on their ongoing research from the community. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS The authors are invited to submit poster and/or demo papers formatted in the Springer LNCS style: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui… and not exceeding 4 pages (including references, etc.) Submission should be done via Easy Chair, using the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=europar2023 Submissions to the poster and demo track will be evaluated through a comprehensive peer-review process by the Poster and Demo Track Program Committee. The posters and demos will be evaluated in terms of technical merit, innovation, and the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The authors of accepted poster and demo papers must register and present them at the conference. Accepted poster and demo papers will be included in the workshop proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS after the conference. BEST POSTER AND DEMO AWARD All posters and demos will be considered for the Best Poster Award and the Best Demo Award, respectively. Decisions will be based on the quality of the submission, as well as live interactions with the Committee during the conference. IMPORTANT DATES • Deadline for Submission of Posters/Demos: May 20, 2023 • Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2023 POSTER & DEMO CHAIR • George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (pallis-AT-ucy.ac.cy)

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2nd CfP SLERD 2023 - 8th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *8th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development** * *2023:SMART LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS AS ENGINES OF THE GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION* *June 19-20, 2023* /*Tallin, Estonia (hybrid)*/ slerd.uniroma2.it <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/> Contacts: janika [dot] leoste [at] tlu [dot] ee/(conference chair)/ ========================================================= Deadline for paper submission: *March 5, 2023 *call for papers <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/call-for-papers/> *========================================================= *SLERD 2023 will host also a *Demo Student Contest* -> see call for demo <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/student-design-contest-2023/> **========================================================= * * *SLERD 2023* is organized by /Tallinn University /in collaboration with /ASLERD/ <http://www.aslerd.org>/./ * Please Note: SLERD 2023 will be held in precence but a possibility to attend it virtually is provided (hybrid format). * /*Short Intro*/ The energy crises and war have underscored the need to change our living style, consumption habits, learning methods and tools. The transition towards future education is according to theUnesco thematic action track 4 <https://transformingeducationsummit.sdg4education2030.org/track/digital>encompassing digital transformation which harnesses technology as part of larger systemic efforts. Making technology more inclusive, equitable, effective, relevant, and sustainable. What should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to the achievement of “a better learning for a better world <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…>” as a contribution to theUnited Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld>? How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities and, at the same time, to the empowering of each individual according to his expectations and talents? However , such transformation has to take the environment into account. The sustainable development goals (SDG) do not concern only the industry and economic transition but also learning institutions. It is calledtwin transition <https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news/twin-green-digital-tran…>. The*twin transition*means digital technologies playing a key role in achieving climate neutrality. These transformations have an effect on learning and needed skills; to adapt to a rapidly*transforming technological reality*and labour market, as well as green skills and climate awareness. The topics need an in-depth discourse on their environmental friendliness and the methods we, as teachers, facilitators and learners, use, adapt and design (see, e.g.,Unesco Leading SDG 4 goals <https://www.unesco.org/en/education/education2030-sdg4>). As societies change, these also affect*learning approaches, models and methodologies*best suited for appreciated values such as equity, inclusion, quality and relevance to mention a few values frequently described concerning education. These values mean to mobilise action, ambition, solidarity and solutions to sow the seeds to transform education in a rapidly changing world.The Unesco paper <https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000245656>“/The futures of education for participation in 2050/” paves the way to deal with the change and ambiguity of the current and future times. The complex questions of when, how and why to use digital technologies in and for learning can be approached through multiple perspectives and angles: values;*informal, formal, and non-formal learning settings; infrastructural and systemic as well as technological views*. The general topics of the conference reflect the above-mentioned different perspectives aiming to provide in-depth discourse among academics, students and practitioners. SLERD 2023 is proud to invite colleagues – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems that drive towards green and digital transformation where learning ecosystems, approaches, methods and tools promote smart learning but are also environmentally friendly activating citizens, and in the promoting social innovation and equally accessible quality education. /**//*Topics of interests*/ *SLERD 2023* is proud to invite colleagues - researchers and practitioners - from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems and, contributions on how to build together a brilliant post pandemic future, where smart learning ecosystems and smart education will be even more central in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. can be grouped under three big themes: /*• places for smart education */ * • future of institutional learning • interplay between formal and informal learning • new educational models and settings • continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, processes in learning • role of, and case studies of, games and gamification in smart education • dual education and other alternate scheme approaches • monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) * /*• people in place centered design for smart education*/ * • general frameworks and methodological advances • design, data and other relevant literacies • smart citizen’s literacies, skill and competences • communities and co-design in smart learning • sharing & participatory practices • open access to any resource and disparity • cultural influences * /*• supportive learning technologies for smart education*/ * *• AI for smart learning ecosystems: ethical aspects, tools and H-AI interaction* *• semantic web technologies and applications*** • text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis • real/virtual communities and social network analysis • interoperability and application of open/smart data and services • safety & security in education • IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies • adaptability to educational contexts and citizens • role of VR in education * ========================================================= /*Important dates:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for papers submission: *March**5, 2023* • Notification to the authors: April 16, 2023 • Camera ready paper: April 30, 2023 • Conference: June 19-20, 2023 ========================================== /*Submissions:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- SLERD welcomes contributions composed by min. 4500 words. The max. length of the contributions should not overcome 16 pages. Papers should be written according to: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen… Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Series /Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies/ that will be indexed by SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink. Extended version of selected papers will be also included in a special issue of IxD&A Journal (ISSN 1826-9745, e-ISSN 2283-2998) indexed by SCOPUS and Emerging Sources of Web of Science. Link to the /*paper submission page on easy chair:*/ https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slerd2023 ========================================================= Information about SLERD 2023 will continuously updated on the ASLERD Linkedin page -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103530/> Facebook page -> link <https://www.facebook.com/people/Aslerd-Association-for-Smart-learning-Ecosy…> ========================================================= Join ALSLERD and share our vision on the future of Smart Learning Ecosystems: Timisoara declaration <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…> See ASLERD website <http://www.aslerd.org> for Request of membership, membership fees and legal =========================================================

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