[Apologies for cross-posting] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITAC - Information Technology against COVID19 at GoodIT 2021 - ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good September 9-11, 2021 - Rome, Italy https://itac.polimi.it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE: The emergency resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic has led to a radical change in our lives. At home, at school, at work, in free time and beyond: people have been asked to change their habits, adopting a lifestyle that can protect the collective well-being. The persistence of the emergency situation and the lockdown is putting a strain on the population; among the main problems, we cite social distancing for the most vulnerable individuals, distance learning for children, health pressure for doctors and patients, forced closures for traders, the uncontrolled spread of fake news that confuse the population, the tourism stop that hinders culture, etc. The ongoing change requires the adoption of innovative solutions to tackle emerging problems and technology offers great opportunities for social good. The whole society can make use of technological tools to the health, physical, mental and psychological well-being safeguard of individuals. The goal of this session is to assess the state of tools and methods to support the population and institutions during the management of the COVID19 emergency, creating new opportunities for the future. TOPICS: Authors are solicited to submit original, previously unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: - IT for education in a COVID-19 era - Decision support systems and algorithms for COVID-19 data analysis - IT for remotely delivered solutions for Cultural Heritage - Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications in a COVID-19 Era - Health and social care toward protection from contamination - Privacy and trust issues and solutions in a COVID-19 Era - IT solutions for safe and healthy environments - IT solutions addressing the Isolation - IT solutions empowering initiatives by local communities in a COVID-19 Era - Ethical computing in a COVID-19 Era - IT solutions to disseminate reliable and high-quality information in a COVID-19 Era We welcome both theoretical and empirical studies, as well as contributions from industry / organizations dealing with the special session topic. SUBMISSION: Papers should be submitted via the HotCRP submission website: https://goodit2021.hotcrp.com All submissions will be reviewed using a single-blind review process. The identity of referees will not be revealed to authors, but authors can keep their names on the submitted papers, on figures, bibliography, etc. Papers should not exceed 6 pages (US letter size) double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable PDF form. Templates for the standard ACM format can be found here: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: May 1, 2021 Notification deadline: June 22, 2021 Camera-ready deadline: July 10, 2021 Conference: September 9-11, 2021 CHAIRS: - Andrea Masciadri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Marcos Baez, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France Further information at https://itac.polimi.it We will be grateful to you for advertising this special session, for contributing and for inviting your colleagues and/or research students to submit their work. We hope to meet you in Rome in September.