March 2021 - Hcitaly

WUD-SIGHItaly 2020: sono aperte le registrazioni

by Cristina Gena

Carissim* come già anticipato qualche giorno fa, il 12 novembre dalle ore 9,30 alle 13 ci sarà il online il primo WUD del SIGHitaly. L’evento è gratuito e ci si può registrare sul sito: http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/ <http://wud-sigchitaly.di.unito.it/>. Il WUD (World Usability Day), la giornata mondiale sull’usabilità promossa su scala globale dalla User Experience Professional Association (UXPA), 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 Human-Centered AI (https://worldusabilityday.org/ <https://worldusabilityday.org/>). La giornata si aprirà con un intervento dell’assessore torinese all'innovazione Marco Pironti, a cui seguirà l’invited talk di apertura di Olivero Stock di FBK. Chiuderà la giornata l’intervento di Francesca Costabile su Teaching HCI for AI, e la mattinata è ricca di brevi, ma interessanti interventi sul tema della Human-Centered AI,di cui trovate il dettaglio sul sito. Ci fa ovviamente piacere la vostra partecipazione e potete anche diffondere l’invito ai vostri studenti interessati. Segnaliamo infine che nel pomeriggio del 12 novembre e anche nelle giornate del 10, 11 e 13 novembre potete seguire online i WUD days organizzati dalla Società Italiana di Ergonomia, trovate maggiori informazioni sul sito: http://www.wudtorino.org/ <http://www.wudtorino.org/> Buona giornata Cristina, con Maristella e Massimo ***************************************** Cristina Gena, PhD Associate professor - Computer Science Department Head of the Smart HCI Lab@ICxT Innovation Center Università di Torino Via Pessinetto 12, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706827 web: www.di.unito.it/~cgena/ <http://www.di.unito.it/~cgena/> Webex: https://unito.webex.com/meet/cristina.gena <https://unito.webex.com/meet/cristina.gena> Skype: cristinagena *****************************************

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ITAC - Special Session on Information Technology against COVID19 @GoodIT

by Marcos Baez

[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.

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Hybrid International CHItaly 2021: 2nd Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers / 11–13 July 2021 / Bolzano, Italy

by chitaly2021

================================================ CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM PAPERS The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter ================================================ 11–13 July 2021 https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/ Location: From Bozen-Bolzano through the Internet to the World In cooperation with SIGCHI Italy and ACM-SIGCHI ================================================ ================================================ THEME ================================================ 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. ================================================ DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: SPECIFICATIONS ================================================ The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a setting in which PhD students can present and receive feedback on their work. Students at different stages of their research will be able to articulate and discuss their problem statement, goals, methods, and results. The Doctoral Consortium also aims to provide students with useful guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and the other student attendees. Finally, the Doctoral Consortium seeks to motivate students in the development of their scientific curiosity and facilitate their networking within the research community. The topics of the Doctoral Consortium are the same as CHItaly’s. The main scope of the consortium is to enable PhD students to interact with their peers, as well as with more senior researchers, on a wide range of Human-Computer Interaction related topics, and related to the conference theme. The consortium is open to PhD students worldwide at any stage in their research. Students at an initial stage should be able to challenge their ideas and current research directions. Students at a more mature stage should be able to present their thesis and get advice on ways to further improve and better communicate their contributions and findings. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis. ================================================ PAPER FORMAT AND PROCEEDINGS ================================================ Submitted papers must be in English and single-author, but the name of the supervisor could be mentioned within the paper. Papers must be 5-page long using the 1-column CEUR template available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt. Papers must: identify a significant problem in the field of research outline the current status of the problem domain and related solutions describe the contribution of the student by presenting the proposed approach and the results achieved so far Accepted papers will be collected and published in CEUR-WS proceedings. Each author of an accepted paper will present orally his/her contribution the first day of the conference. ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES ================================================ Submissions: April 23th Notifications to contributors: May 14th Camera-ready/final version deadline: May 24th Doctoral consortium: July 12th ================================================ SUBMISSIONS: HOW TO ================================================ DC papers must be sent via mail to dc.chitaly2021(a)unibz.it with 'DC submission' in the e-mail subject. ================================================ FURTHER INFORMATION ================================================ If you have any question, please write an email to the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs: Daniela Fogli, University of Brescia, Italy, email: daniela.fogli(a)unibs.it Fabio Paternò, CNR-ISTI, Italy, email: fabio.paterno(a)isti.cnr.it ================================================ CHITALY 2021 TRACKS ================================================= This year, CHItaly 2021 has several tracks, besides the track for doctoral consortium papers: long and short research papers, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/cfp.html workshops, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/workshops.html interactive experience, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/interactive_experiences.html

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for participation

by Axel Soto

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Participation *** * Virtually hosted by Texas A&M University * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: registration2021(a)iui.acm.org ## Registration deadline April 9, 2021 ## Registration link https://iui.acm.org/2021/registration.html ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning.

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Call for Papers: HCSE-Workshop at INTERACT 2021 (submit by April 30)

by Stefan Sauer

Broken Weblink to workshop homepage fixed! Sorry for the erroneous posting! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *International Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering for Changing Contexts of Use* <https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-workshop-interact2021/> *organized by IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodologies for User-Centered Systems Design* *August 31, 2021 * *https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-workshop-interact2021/* *at INTERACT 2021 <https://www.interact2021.org/>**- The 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction*** *August 30 – September 3, 2021 Bari, Italy* *Call for Papers* *Submissions: **position papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the workshop's theme (PDF files, 6-10 pages in <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>Springer LNCS format)* *Deadline for submission: April 30, 2021* *Theme* The context of use plays an important role in Human-Centered Software Engineering (HCSE) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Typically, user, environment, and platform are considered to make up the core aspects of the context of use. Changing the context of use, for example due to unplanned circumstances like the current pandemic situation, has significant impact on how we use systems, and how we adapt and adopt them even if the systems were not designed for such usages. In HCSE research we have to account for this change, making interactive system development context-aware or design and develop in a way that systems can adapt for novel forms of usage. Recently, we observe developments that strongly change contexts of use. For example, in the area of industrial automation (Industry 4.0) work environments change, new kinds of user assistance evolve, and workers are going to be supported by innovative types of devices and digital assistance tools to accomplish their working tasks. Typical examples are augmented, virtual, and mixed reality applications in training or support situations. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed where and the way how we work, particularly in collaboration with others to keep distance and increase personal safety. In contrast, the trend towards increasingly autonomous systems and systems that use and provide artificial intelligence gives rise to new kinds of interaction, particularly, human-machine interaction (HMI), in areas such as autonomous driving or human-robot collaboration in different domains such as industrial production, logistics, or health. These trends should be accounted for in the way we design and build such interactive systems, possibly coming to evolutionary or even revolutionary solutions. For example, expected or unforeseen changes of usage scenarios and their context of use may be accounted for by flexible and more resilient system solutions and be reflected in the development practices and technical frameworks. Specific kinds of interaction such as HMI, but also social and socio-technical interaction may demand for more prominent and explicit consideration. Quality aspects such as ubiquity, security, and safety may be seen in a different light. Changing contexts of use may even have an impact on the way we think about user motivation and user experience, away from short-term notions like emotions towards long-term traits like users’ values. We want to specifically account for these developments in addition to the general concerns of HCSE. Discussions and interactive working sessions will particularly deal with these concerns. *Objective* In this workshop, we aim to broaden the traditional scope of the workshop series of IFIP Working Group 13.2. We focus on the study of context of use, its long-term evolutionary trends as well as its short-term design and management in a user-centered design process, from a social and user-centered methodological viewpoint as well as from a technical viewpoint. Our aim is to cover a large set of user interface perspectives, aspects, and properties and fuel new ideas and approaches for research and practice. The long-term perspective of this workshop is to foster the development of theories, methods, tools and approaches for dealing with the changing context of use and its impact on HCI and collaboration that should be taken into account when developing interactive and socio-technical systems. This workshop is a follow-up of the successful workshops organized at INTERACT 2017 in Mumbai, India <http://ifip-tc13.org/wg-13-213-5-workshop-interact17-mumbai/>and INTERACT 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus <https://sites.google.com/view/ifipwg132workshopinteract19/>. *Target Audience and Expected Outcomes* This workshop is open to everyone who is interested in aspects of human-computer interaction froma user-centered perspective. Typical contributions to this workshop focus on user interface properties while designing and building interactive systems and study associated methods, processes and approaches. We expect a high participation of IFIP Working Group 13.2 members. We particularly invite participants to present position papers describing real-life case studies that illustrate the role of the context of use in HCI and its impact on thesystem design and use. Any perspective and related aspects of user interface design are welcome. However, we are especially interested in work that deals with current trends that change the way how humans use, interact and collaborate with technical components in socio-technical systems. We are also interested in methods, theories and tools for managing context of use at design and run-time. Position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. *Workshop Format* This full-day workshop is organized around presentation of position papers and working activities in small groups. From the set of contributions, a subset of selected case studies will be invited to be presented at the beginning of the workshop and will be used to support the discussion that follows. The morning session will be dedicated to welcoming participants and presenting case studies. Participants will be invited to comment on the case studies and to report similar experiences. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to interactive sessions, where participants will be engaged to work in small groups and propose solutions to the problems of the case studies seen in the morning. Solutions proposed by the participants will be compiled and compared. Based on the lessons learned, participants will be incited to draft an agenda of future work that can be accomplished. We plan to run the workshop in a hybrid setting, allowing attendees to participate both physically and remotely in the workshop. If circumstances require it, we intend to switch to a completely digital format that will be run online. We will continuously adapt to any decision regarding the conference format by the INTERACT 2021 organizers. *Submission Instructions* In order to attend the workshop, participants are invited to submit position papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the workshop's theme. These position papers (PDF files, 6-10 pages in Springer LNCS <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>forma <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>t <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>, including abstract) shall report practical experiences related to research results on user-centered development processes for interactive systems with a particular focus on context-of-use aspects and the impact on software properties. Submissions are not anonymous and should include all author names, affiliations, and contact information. Authors should also provide in their submission a short summary of their experience in the field and their motivation to participate in this workshop. Papers are submitted through the EasyChair website <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse-interact2021>. Submitted position papers will be reviewed by an international program committee comprising the organizers and selected members of IFIP Working Group 13.2 who are experts in the field. Participants will be invited to attend the workshop based on the result of the reviewing process. Accepted position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must register and attend the workshop. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT 2021 workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. *Important Dates* Deadline for submission: April 30, 2021 Acceptance notification: June 11th, 2021 Final version of position paper: June 28, 2021 Workshop date: August 31, 2021 *Organizers * Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany (sauer[at]uni-paderborn.de) Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (r.bernhaupt[at]tue.nl) Carmelo Ardito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy (carmelo.ardito[at]poliba.it) *Venue* The workshop will be hosted in the frame of the 18th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, August 30 – September 3, 2021, in Bari, Italy. Look at the main conference web site for further information (https://www.interact2021.org/ <https://www.interact2021.org/>). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers: HCSE-Workshop at INTERACT 2021 (submit by April 30)

by Stefan Sauer

*International Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering for Changing Contexts of Use* <https://sites.google.com/site/hcse-workshop-interact2021/> *organized by IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodologies for User-Centered Systems Design* *August 31, 2021 * *https://sites.google.com/site/hcse-workshop-interact2021/* *at INTERACT 2021 <https://www.interact2021.org/>**- The 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction*** *August 30 – September 3, 2021 Bari, Italy* *Call for Papers* *Submissions: **position papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the workshop's theme (PDF files, 6-10 pages in <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>Springer LNCS format)* *Deadline for submission: April 30, 2021* *Theme* The context of use plays an important role in Human-Centered Software Engineering (HCSE) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Typically, user, environment, and platform are considered to make up the core aspects of the context of use. Changing the context of use, for example due to unplanned circumstances like the current pandemic situation, has significant impact on how we use systems, and how we adapt and adopt them even if the systems were not designed for such usages. In HCSE research we have to account for this change, making interactive system development context-aware or design and develop in a way that systems can adapt for novel forms of usage. Recently, we observe developments that strongly change contexts of use. For example, in the area of industrial automation (Industry 4.0) work environments change, new kinds of user assistance evolve, and workers are going to be supported by innovative types of devices and digital assistance tools to accomplish their working tasks. Typical examples are augmented, virtual, and mixed reality applications in training or support situations. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed where and the way how we work, particularly in collaboration with others to keep distance and increase personal safety. In contrast, the trend towards increasingly autonomous systems and systems that use and provide artificial intelligence gives rise to new kinds of interaction, particularly, human-machine interaction (HMI), in areas such as autonomous driving or human-robot collaboration in different domains such as industrial production, logistics, or health. These trends should be accounted for in the way we design and build such interactive systems, possibly coming to evolutionary or even revolutionary solutions. For example, expected or unforeseen changes of usage scenarios and their context of use may be accounted for by flexible and more resilient system solutions and be reflected in the development practices and technical frameworks. Specific kinds of interaction such as HMI, but also social and socio-technical interaction may demand for more prominent and explicit consideration. Quality aspects such as ubiquity, security, and safety may be seen in a different light. Changing contexts of use may even have an impact on the way we think about user motivation and user experience, away from short-term notions like emotions towards long-term traits like users’ values. We want to specifically account for these developments in addition to the general concerns of HCSE. Discussions and interactive working sessions will particularly deal with these concerns. *Objective* In this workshop, we aim to broaden the traditional scope of the workshop series of IFIP Working Group 13.2. We focus on the study of context of use, its long-term evolutionary trends as well as its short-term design and management in a user-centered design process, from a social and user-centered methodological viewpoint as well as from a technical viewpoint. Our aim is to cover a large set of user interface perspectives, aspects, and properties and fuel new ideas and approaches for research and practice. The long-term perspective of this workshop is to foster the development of theories, methods, tools and approaches for dealing with the changing context of use and its impact on HCI and collaboration that should be taken into account when developing interactive and socio-technical systems. This workshop is a follow-up of the successful workshops organized at INTERACT 2017 in Mumbai, India <http://ifip-tc13.org/wg-13-213-5-workshop-interact17-mumbai/>and INTERACT 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus <https://sites.google.com/view/ifipwg132workshopinteract19/>. *Target Audience and Expected Outcomes* This workshop is open to everyone who is interested in aspects of human-computer interaction froma user-centered perspective. Typical contributions to this workshop focus on user interface properties while designing and building interactive systems and study associated methods, processes and approaches. We expect a high participation of IFIP Working Group 13.2 members. We particularly invite participants to present position papers describing real-life case studies that illustrate the role of the context of use in HCI and its impact on thesystem design and use. Any perspective and related aspects of user interface design are welcome. However, we are especially interested in work that deals with current trends that change the way how humans use, interact and collaborate with technical components in socio-technical systems. We are also interested in methods, theories and tools for managing context of use at design and run-time. Position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. *Workshop Format* This full-day workshop is organized around presentation of position papers and working activities in small groups. From the set of contributions, a subset of selected case studies will be invited to be presented at the beginning of the workshop and will be used to support the discussion that follows. The morning session will be dedicated to welcoming participants and presenting case studies. Participants will be invited to comment on the case studies and to report similar experiences. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to interactive sessions, where participants will be engaged to work in small groups and propose solutions to the problems of the case studies seen in the morning. Solutions proposed by the participants will be compiled and compared. Based on the lessons learned, participants will be incited to draft an agenda of future work that can be accomplished. We plan to run the workshop in a hybrid setting, allowing attendees to participate both physically and remotely in the workshop. If circumstances require it, we intend to switch to a completely digital format that will be run online. We will continuously adapt to any decision regarding the conference format by the INTERACT 2021 organizers. *Submission Instructions* In order to attend the workshop, participants are invited to submit position papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the workshop's theme. These position papers (PDF files, 6-10 pages in Springer LNCS <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>forma <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>t <https://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>, including abstract) shall report practical experiences related to research results on user-centered development processes for interactive systems with a particular focus on context-of-use aspects and the impact on software properties. Submissions are not anonymous and should include all author names, affiliations, and contact information. Authors should also provide in their submission a short summary of their experience in the field and their motivation to participate in this workshop. Papers are submitted through the EasyChair website <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse-interact2021>. Submitted position papers will be reviewed by an international program committee comprising the organizers and selected members of IFIP Working Group 13.2 who are experts in the field. Participants will be invited to attend the workshop based on the result of the reviewing process. Accepted position papers will be made available through the workshop website. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must register and attend the workshop. Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction with the other INTERACT 2021 workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups. *Important Dates* Deadline for submission: April 30, 2021 Acceptance notification: June 11th, 2021 Final version of position paper: June 28, 2021 Workshop date: August 31, 2021 *Organizers * Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany (sauer[at]uni-paderborn.de) Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (r.bernhaupt[at]tue.nl) Carmelo Ardito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy (carmelo.ardito[at]poliba.it) *Venue* The workshop will be hosted in the frame of the 18th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, August 30 – September 3, 2021, in Bari, Italy. Look at the main conference web site for further information (https://www.interact2021.org/ <https://www.interact2021.org/>). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Call for WS] MIST4TEL'21 Extended deadline 9th April

by Melonio Alessandra

www.mis4tel-conference.net<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> Hybrid Conference 11th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> ________________________________ Salamanca (Spain) | 6th-8th October, 2021<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> [cid:CC8EEEC9-C61F-49D4-B3AB-C88A7D95CEB7@zyxel.com]<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Following the successful initiative from previous years, the International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL) intends to host a number of workshops on different TEL-related areas also in the next edition of the conference. Therefore, the MIS4TEL 2021 Organizing Committee invites workshop proposals. The aim of the workshops is to provide participants with the opportunity to present and discuss novel research ideas on emerging topics in the scope of the conference. Workshop contributions should be full papers (10 pages) or exceptionally short papers (6 pages); papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC template. Accepted workshop papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published by AISC series of Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.com/series/11156). At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend MIS4TEL 2021 to present the paper in order to have it included in the conference proceedings. [cid:ECA3A5FB-BB61-41AD-B6FE-A4C1930C3AC6@zyxel.com]<http://www.springer.com/> Please note that workshop organizers will be responsible for creating and advertising the Call for Papers, managing the review process and collecting the camera ready papers. A dedicated Easychair installation will be provided by MIS4TEL conference organizers (under a centralized management). For each accepted workshop, one of its organizers will be invited to co-edit the proceedings of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES * Workshop proposal submission deadline: April 9, 2021 * Workshop papers submission deadline: April 30, 2021 (recommended) * Workshop camera-ready papers: June 28, 2021 (mandatory) Please note that workshop proposals will be evaluated on a continuous basis and acceptance / rejection decisions will be sent to the workshop organizers within one week from submission. Early submissions are highly encouraged, so that workshop organizers have sufficient time to attract papers. The proposals should be no longer than 4 pages and include the following information: * Workshop title * Workshop organizers' short bio (including prior experience in organizing workshops) and contact information * Workshop description and topics * Relevance of the workshop to the conference * Information about previous editions of the workshop (if applicable) * Program Committee members (tentative) * Estimated number of submitted papers * Draft CFP Please submit your workshop proposal by email to info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> (Subject: MIS4TEL 2021 Workshop Proposal). Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Zuzana Kubincova - Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova, Romania www.mis4tel-conference.net<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> [cid:BDF9E2A4-EF03-44F6-8C6E-E7A115985F05@zyxel.com] Unsubscribe: info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> ========================== Alessandra Melonio, Ph.D. Research fellow on a fixed-term contract (RTD) Smart Data Factory - Technology transfer Lab Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Office 112, Dominikanerplatz 3, Bozen, Italy NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, Office A1.4.29e, A.-Volta-Straße 9, Bozen, Italy Web: smart.inf.unibz.it<http://smart.inf.unibz.it/> ========================== Im Sinne der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGV n. 679/2016) informieren wir Sie, dass die in dieser E-Mail enthaltenen Informationen vertraulich und ausschließlich für den Adressaten bestimmt sind. 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CfP: CoPDA 2021 "Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: AI for Humans or Humans for AI?"

by Barbara Rita Barricelli

--------------- Call for Papers --------------- CoPDA 2021 - 6th International Workshop on Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: AI for Humans or Humans for AI? https://homes.di.unimi.it/cslab/copda2021/ July 6, 2021 - Limassol, Cyprus In conjunction with IS-EUD 2021 (http://cyprusconferences.org/iseud2021/) -------- Overview -------- This one-day workshop edition addresses the theme "AI for Humans or Humans for AI?". The workshop will explore the relationship between AI, aimed at replacing human beings, and Intelligence Augmentation (IA), focused on empowering human beings in their daily life and work. Balancing between these two perspectives means changing the research paradigm from traditional Human-Centered Design (HCD), to designing the collaboration between humans and computers. This will foster creativity, meaningful work, intersubjectivity, and learning, and eventually improve the quality of life of individuals. However, a variety of issues and ethical problems need to be addressed in this new age – e.g., privacy intrusions, massive unemployment, knowledge and competence loss, lack of control, autonomous weapons, etc. The workshop organizers encourage researchers to submit position papers that will consider these aspects. In summary, the workshop will aim at discussing the importance of HCD in the AI Age by considering several topics including (but not limited to): - Cooperative problem-solving systems - Collaborative learning - Meaningful human control - Distributed cognition - Tacit knowledge and meaning making - Multi-dimensional aspects of learning - Big data and privacy - Learning analytics - Human-machine teaming systems - Explainability and accountability of AI-based decisions - Evaluation of AI-based systems - End-User Development for AI-based systems ------------------- Topics and Keywords ------------------- The workshop will explore specific questions around the relationship between AI and HCD, such as: - Can we identify success stories and inspirational prototypes of systems where humans and AI components have created unique opportunities that neither one could achieve on their own? - Can we identify failures of AI systems that we can learn from? - How can we orient future development when considering the differences and complementarity between adaptive systems (focus on AI) and adaptable systems (focus on HCD)? - Do the concepts of co-evolution and appropriation of human-machine team-ing/cooperative systems change in the AI age? - How can End-User Development methods and techniques be used in AI-based systems to actively involve all stakeholders in design and development process? - How do we measure the overall benefits of AI decision-making support? - What are examples of collective human-centered design environments? - Do insights derived from AI systems (e.g., from Big Data analysis and Learning Analytics) constitute unique contributions that humans are not able to contribute on their own? - Will the current understanding of advanced technologies help us better under-stand who we are as human beings and what are our unique abilities? Keywords: Cultures of Participation (CoP); Artificial Intelligence (AI); Intelligence Augmentation (IA); Human-Centered Design (HCD); Design Trade-Offs; Quality of Life (QoL). ----------- Submissions ----------- Authors are invited to submit a 5-page (including references) position paper (LNCS format). The papers can be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=copda2021 All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. --------------- Important dates --------------- - Apr 30th: Submission deadline for position papers - May 15th: Notification of acceptance - May 31th: Camera ready - Jul 6th: CoPDA 2021 workshop -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- Barbara Rita Barricelli (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) Gerhard Fischer (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) Daniela Fogli (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) Anders Mørch (University of Oslo, Norway) Antonio Piccinno (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy) Stefano Valtolina (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) For any further information, please contact copda2021(a)easychair.org Barbara Rita Barricelli Assistant Professor Department of Information Engineering Università degli Studi di Brescia https://barbara-barricelli.unibs.it -- Informativa sulla Privacy: http://www.unibs.it/node/8155 <http://www.unibs.it/node/8155>

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[EICS 2021] Last days for submitting to DC (March 31th)

by Davide Spano

Apologize for cross posting. ======= DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 31th ========== The EICS’2021 Doctoral Consortium (DC) is intended to bring together PhD students working on foundations, techniques, tools and studies in the Human-Computer Interaction Engineering field. DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present their research goals as well as intermediate results, and to discuss them with leading experts in the field as well as with peers. Students can be in intermediate or advanced stages of their research, but should not have completed their work yet, and should thus still be able to take into account feedback from the DC. The goals of the Doctoral Consortium are to provide PhD students with the opportunity to: - Receive constructive feedback and advice on their research, - Meet experts with different backgrounds working on topics related to the Human Computer Interaction Engineering field, - Interact with other PhD students and exchange ideas and suggestions among participants, - Discuss concerns about research, supervision, job market, and other career-related issues, - Present their work as a poster at the EICS’2021 conference. A submission consists of a short paper (max 4 pages standard ACM SIGCHI format (2020), references excluded), a free-form CV of the PhD candidate and a draft poster. Submissions must be submitted using the PCS system by the deadline (see the firm deadline below). Papers suitable for (virtual or presence) demonstration at the conference should also submit a supplementary video of the system in action. The submission should not be anonymous and must: - identify a significant problem in the field of research, - clearly formulate the research question, - outline the current status of the problem domain and related solutions (main related works) - present clearly (preliminary) ideas, the proposed approach and the results achieved so far, - describe the research methodology that is applied or planned, - make explicit the current status of the doctoral work (e.g. when research started, how long to reach the end, papers already accepted) - outline the expected contributions to the problem domain and highlight their uniqueness. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the Doctoral Consortium Program Committee. The main evaluation criteria are: relevance, originality, significance, technical soundness, accuracy, and clarity. Submissions must be made through the PCS system by the deadline (see the Important dates section below). In addition to the DC chairs, additional leading experts will be invited to the DC to discuss the participants' research DC participants will have their registration fee waived. The SIGCHI Student Travel Grant (SSTG) program also be of interest to help covering traveling expenses. For more information about this grant and for applying online, please visit: https://sigchi.org/conferences/student-travel-grants/gary-marsden-student-d… . # Important dates Submission deadline: Friday, March 12, 2021 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) Notifications: April 16th, 2021 Camera Ready: April, 30th, 2021 # Doctoral Consortium Chairs Regina Bernhaupt (Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands) Kaisa Väänänen (Tampere University, Finland) dc2021(a)eics.acm.org -- [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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Call for papers | MIST4TEL'21 | 6-8 Oct 2021 | Salamanca (Spain)

by Melonio Alessandra

www.mis4tel-conference.net<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> Hybrid Conference 11th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> ________________________________ Salamanca (Spain) | 6th-8th October, 2021<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> [cid:838C96DE-19CE-4F70-A539-FDF4701B03D8]<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> SCOPE Education is the cornerstone of any society and it serves as one of the foundations for many of its social values and characteristics. State-of-the-art and novel methodologies and technologies allow researchers, designers, and domain experts to pursue Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) solutions targeting not only cognitive processes but also motivational, personality or emotional factors. Nowadays, we can identify two main legs, providing necessary and complementary strengths to a TEL oriented design process: appropriate technologies should be applied, and appropriate methods should guide such application. Technologies in TEL are capable of delivering smart, personalized, tailored, and motivating learning solutions. Methods are coming from different fields, such as education psychology, medicine, computer science, and from diverse communities, where collaboration and co-working is used, such as maker communities and participatory design communities. In addition, Learning Analytics can help manage available (big) data and allow to augment learning opportunities for learners and educators alike, for instance by supporting self-regulated learning or adaptation of the learning material. As to these topics, the annual appointment of MIS4TEL established itself as a consolidated fertile forum where scholars and professionals from the international community, with a broad range of expertise in the TEL field, share results and compare experiences. The 10th edition of the conference calls for novel research in TEL and expands the topics of the previous editions, highlighting the role of the most recent methods and technological opportunities (ranging from Artificial Intelligence and agent-based systems to Robotics, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things and wearable solutions, among others) and looking for papers discussing how they can be employed to create novel approaches to TEL, innovative TEL solutions and valuable TEL experiences. As in the tradition of MIS4TEL, this edition aims at offering the different perspectives, and complementary voices, coming from the multidisciplinary field of TEL (e.g., engineering, computer science, education, medicine) from this multidisciplinary field. MIS4TEL 2021 will be held in Salamanca (Spain) on October 6th-8th, 2021, in parallel with the PAAMS'21 International Conference<http://www.paams.net/>. TOPICS Technologies and technology-based solutions for TEL * AI technologies and tools for TEL * Agent-based and multi-agent TEL systems * Knowledge representation, reasoning and management systems for TEL * Natural language systems for TEL * Recommendation, personalisation and adaptation in TEL systems * Social networks for TEL * Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for TEL * Internet of things (IoT) solutions for TEL * Smart solutions or environments for TEL * Wearable technologies for TEL * Robotics for TEL * Virtual reality environments for TEL * Games for TEL or gamified TEL * Sharing and interoperability between TEL environments * Making and fabrication for TEL Learning analytics for TEL * Big data and data visualisation in TEL * Learning analytics for curriculum design * Learning analytics for personalising the learner experience * Learning analytics for predicting behaviour * Learning analytics for designing learning interventions * Learning analytics for stakeholders Methodologies and experiences for TEL * Methodologies for personalisation, user modelling and adaptation in TEL * Methodologies for recommendation systems and user modelling in TEL * Methodologies for fostering motivation and engagement in TEL * Methodologies for the design of accessible and usable TEL systems * Methodologies for including different voices in the design process of TEL * Methodologies for informal learning for TEL * Methodologies for fostering TEL in small, medium and large companies * Methodologies, tools and frameworks supporting experiments in TEL * Methodologies or approaches from game design and gamification for TEL * Novel experiences and studies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic studies, field studies, experimentations) with methodologies for TEL SPECIAL ISSUES Authors of selected papers from MIS4TEL will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to special issue in different journals. [cid:38148EC3-5410-4C81-AF10-E84EA5738157] <http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2255-2863/index> To Be Updated COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR Fernando De la Prieta University of Salamanca Spain TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIR Rosella Gennari Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy Marco Temperini Sapienza University, Rome Italy PAPER CO-CHAIR Tania Di Mascio University of L'aquila Italy Pierpaolo Vittorini University of L'aquila Italy GENERAL CHAIR Sara Rodríguez University of Salamanca Spain PUBLICITY CHAIR Federica Caruso University of L'aquila Italy Nestor Dario Duque Mendes National University of Colombia Colombia Alessandra Melonio Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy Demetrio Arturo Ovalle Carranza National University of Colombia Colombia WORKSHOP CHAIRS Zuzana Kubincova Comenius University of Bratislava Slovakia Elvira Popescu University of Craiova România TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIERS CHAIR Cesar Alberto Collazos Universidad del Cauca Colombia INVITED SPEAKERS [cid:DF9CE750-056E-4B8A-BDD8-2B9904813ACD] Yves Demazeau Senior Researcher at CNRS Grenoble (France) FORMAT All papers must be formatted according to the AISC template, with a maximum length of 10 pages (Main track and Workshops), including figures and references: Microsoft Word Format<ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/word/splnproc1703.zip> Latex Format<ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/svproc/templates/ProcSci_TeX.zip> SUBMISSION All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the MIS4TEL 2021<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mis4tel21> conference management system. [cid:D1A76C26-D19D-484B-94E7-284ED38C6DD3]<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mis4tel21> PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be included in MIS4TEL Proceedings. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be published by Springer Verlag in the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series<http://www.springer.com/series/11156>. [cid:4EC0A648-78AB-40CB-8BAF-470828C5B668]<http://www.springer.com/> ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to ISI Proceedings<http://www.webofknowledge.com/>, EI-Compendex<https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/engineering-village/content/compendex>, DBLP<http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/>, SCOPUS<http://www.scopus.com/>, Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.de/> and Springerlink<https://link.springer.com/> ** IMPORTANT DATES Submission date Notification date Camera-ready deadline Conference dates 30th April, 2021 7th June, 2021 28th June, 2021 6th-8th October, 2021 www.mis4tel-conference.net<https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/> info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> [cid:E2353C4A-AF8F-4684-87E7-F356DA6FDCBE] Unsubscribe: info(a)mis4tel-conference.net<mailto:info@mis4tel-conference.net> ========================== Alessandra Melonio, Ph.D. Research fellow on a fixed-term contract (RTD) Smart Data Factory - Technology transfer Lab Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Office 112, Dominikanerplatz 3, Bozen, Italy NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, Office A1.4.29e, A.-Volta-Straße 9, Bozen, Italy Web: smart.inf.unibz.it<http://smart.inf.unibz.it> ========================== Im Sinne der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGV n. 679/2016) informieren wir Sie, dass die in dieser E-Mail enthaltenen Informationen vertraulich und ausschließlich für den Adressaten bestimmt sind. 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