THEME
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The theme for the 14th Edition of the Biannual Conference (
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it) of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (
http://sigchitaly.eu/en/general-info/)
was defined in summer 2019 as “Frontiers of HCI”. At that time, we were thinking about disciplinary and national boundaries. Little did we know of the many frontiers this hybrid conference would have to overcome to create a safe space for HCI related discussions.
To overcome this challenge, CHItaly combines physical and digital events while providing synchronous and asynchronous spaces for dialogue.
So far, CHItaly has physically hosted HCI scholars working in the Mediterranean and other European countries. The aim of CHItaly 2021 is to connect research and geographical areas, so as to explore frontiers and cross-fertilise HCI research in practice. From
this perspective, a hybrid conference can become an incredible experimentation space which you are all invited to shape.
To reach its aims, the conference
1. solicits contributions from diverse research communities relevant to HCI, such as Science and Technology Studies, Technology Enhanced Learning, Interaction Design and Digital Fabrication, Design and the Arts, besides traditional fields such as computer
science, engineering and psychology
2. opens its physical and digital doors to industry, civic societies and citizens.
Join CHItaly either virtually or physically to expand the frontiers of HCI.
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RESEARCH PAPERS AND TOPICS
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The research track of the conference will be hybrid, blending digital and physical frontiers. Contributions to the research track are in the form of either long or short research papers.
Long papers present original and substantially new research in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and at the frontiers of HCI. They clearly indicate innovative aspects. Research procedures or technical aspects are presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny
and reproducibility. Results are communicated according to scholarly standards, and implications of the contributions/findings for HCI have to be explicitly discussed.
Short papers present original and provocative research or novel applications in HCI. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance for HCI rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, or research studies. Examples of contributions might
include but are not limited to: early-stage frontier research, techniques, technologies or prototypes with or without an in-depth evaluation; a self-contained innovative qualitative study for HCI; the design of novel systems, services or demos for hands-on
interaction.
Both types of papers are archival publications of original research in the field of HCI, and related to the conference theme and topics.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following ones, divided into traditional topics for HCI and frontier topics, at the intersection with other fields, for the advancement of HCI.
Traditional HCI: Theories, Methods, Studies
• HCI theories
• HCI design and evaluation methods
• HCI studies
• Interaction processes and models
• Collaborative and social computing and HCI
• Affective computing and HCI
• Accessibility and inclusive HCI
Arts, Humanities, Education, Society and HCI
• Design & arts and HCI
• Humanities and HCI
• Cultures, culture production and HCI
• Education and HCI
• Technology enhanced learning and HCI
• Learning analytics and HCI
• Values, ethics and HCI
• Society and HCI
Physical, Digital or Hybrid HCI
• Game and gamification-based solutions and HCI
• Augmented, virtual or mixed reality and HCI
• Smart things, smart ambients or smart cities and HCI
• Internet of Things (IoT) and HCI
• Physical computing, making or digital fabrication and HCI
• Cyber-physical systems, embedded systems and HCI
• Tangible design, industrial design or product design and HCI
• Mobile, wearable and ubiquitous computing and HCI
• Human-robot interaction and HCI
• Beyond cobots: assistive or proactive robots and HCI
Artificial Intelligence and HCI
• AI theories, technologies or tools and HCI
• Human-in-the-loop machine/deep learning and HCI
• Agent-based systems or multi-agent systems and HCI
• Formal methods and HCI
• Data analysis, modelling or visualisation and HCI
• Business processes and HCI including process analysis, modelling and visualisation
• Natural language processing and HCI
• Recommendation, personalisation or adaptation and HCI
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FORMAT AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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For specifications please refer to https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/cfp.htmlTherefore, authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit a camera-ready version in a suitable ACM format for proceedings before the conference. Inclusion in the proceedings is conditional upon submission of the revised manuscript and
registration of at least one presenter within the recommended deadlines.
After the conference, authors of accepted top-quality papers will be invited, through an open call, to submit extended versions of their papers to special issues in highly ranked international journals.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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February 28, 2021 - Submission deadline
April 16, 2021 - Notification to authors
May 3, 2021 - Camera ready version
July 11th-13th, 2021 - Conference
(Deadlines are meant till 11.59 pm CET)
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LONG PAPER CHAIRS
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Rosella Gennari, Informatica, Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy (
gennari@inf.unibz.it)
Maria de Marsico, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy (
demarsico@di.uniroma1.it)
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SHORT PAPER CHAIRS
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Alessandra Melonio, Informatica, Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy (
alessandra.melonio@unibz.it)
Cristina Gena, Università di Torino, Italy (
cristina.gena@unito.it)
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CHITALY 2021 TRACKS
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This year, CHItaly 2021 has several tracks, besides the track for long and short research papers:
• workshops,
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/workshops.html
• interactive experience,
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/interactive_experiences.html
• doctoral consortium,
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/dc.html
• industry event,
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/industry_event.html