April 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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CFP: Best Practices of Serious Games Testing workshop, deadline: May 10, 2021

by Miguel Garcia

** Apologies for cross-posting CFP: Best Practices of Serious Games Testing workshop This workshop brings together researchers, practitioners, stakeholders and students from development of serious games (video games with a purpose beyond entertainment, such as educational games), games user research, software engineering in game development, HCI and related areas. Following the spirit of the IEEE/ICIS conference, the workshop aims to discuss practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted on software and user testing and assessment of serious games, in the form of best practices. Suggested topics for the Workshop include (but are not limited to) the following: • Testing methodologies • Testing protocols in the COVID-19 pandemic • Remote testing • Experiences in applying software testing tools • Design and application of surveys and questionnaires • White-box testing • Usability testing • UX testing • QA testing • Playtesting • Presence testing • Engagement testing • Testing using physiological measurements • Formative/Summative evaluation and testing • AI-based testing • Assessment with immersive technologies • Knowledge retention and transferable skills tests/evaluation Participants in this workshop are welcome to submit 2-4 pages for short papers and 5-6 pages for full papers describing research and practical issues on serious game testing and assessment, including a list of 4 best practices. Each participant will present his/her own paper during the workshop. For each accepted paper, one full author registration is required. We encourage work-in-progress submissions as well as more mature work. This Workshop is part of the IEEE/ACIS 21st International Fall Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2021-Fall) October 13-15, 2021, Xi'an, China. Event web page: http://acisinternational.org/conferences/icis-2021-fall/ The workshop will be held online via Zoom. Publications All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE conference proceedings, and will be submitted to be indexed by Scopus, EI, INSPEC and DBLP. The Organizing Committee will peer-review the submitted papers. Format Please write your proposal using the General IEEE conference paper format: https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/conferences/conferen… Schedule Submission deadline: May 10, 2021. Please send your submission to: miguel.garcia(a)algomau.ca Author notification: June 10, 2021 Final manuscripts (camera ready)/ registration due: July 10, 2021. Please consult the main Conference web page for registration: http://acisinternational.org/conferences/icis-2021-fall/ Workshop date: October 13, 2021 Awards The Organizing Committee will select the winners for the Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards. In order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the Workshop. For more information, contact the workshop chair: Dr. Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, Algoma University, Canada miguel.garcia(a)algomau.ca Organizing Committee Bill Kapralos (Ontario Tech University, Canada) Alvaro Joffre Uribe Quevedo (Ontario Tech University, Canada) Luis A. Castro (Sonora Institute of Technology, Mexico) Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez (Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico) Pedro C. Santana-Mancilla (University of Colima, Mexico) Laura S. Gaytan-Lugo (University of Colima, Mexico) -- Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, BEng, MSc, PhD Associate Professor Personal web page: http://people.algomau.ca/garcia/ Algoma University School of Computer Science and Technology Office: WW105G 1520 Queen Street East Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, P6A 2G4

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Extended submission deadline (May 11): Call for Papers: HCSE-Workshop at INTERACT 2021

by Stefan Sauer

*_Submission deadline extended until May 11, 2021. (Apologies for cross-postings.)_*_**_ *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: May 11, 2021 (extended!) 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: *May 11, 2021 (extended!) 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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Hybrid International CHItaly 2021: Unified Call for Workshop Papers / 11–13 July 2021 / Bolzano, Italy

by chitaly2021

*** Apologies for Cross-Postings *** Dear Colleagues, CHItaly is the Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter. It is open to both members and non-members. The CHItaly edition of 2021 is the 14th of the series and will be hosted in Bolzano at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/). Several half-day online (or hybrid) workshops will take place in conjunction with this year's CHItaly conference: *** July 11th *** - W1) Gameful self-reflection: on HCI and the sustainability discourses - W2) Virtual Reality, Inclusion and special language needs (VR Island) - W3) Speculative Design for Transurban Futures (TransUrban) - W4) Critical Tools for Machine Learning: Figuring, fabulating, situating, diffracting machine learning systems design (CritML) *** July 12th *** - W5) Frontiers of Older Humans Computer Interaction - W6) The Role of Digitalization in Improving the Quality of Live in Rural (Industrialized) Regions - W7) GHItaly21-4th Workshop on Games-Human Interaction - W8) Designing for/with/around Nature: Exploring new frontiers of outdoors-related HCI (NatureHCI) - W9) Multi-party Interaction in eXtended Reality (MIXR) The attendance is free of charge for CHItaly main conference attendants and will be subject to a small fee for everyone else (registration fees are available on the CHItaly 2021 website: https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/registration.html). There are still a few places available to join the rich set of satellite events accompanying CHItaly 2021. The deadline for expression of interest or paper submission for all workshops has been extended. Please check each workshop website for details about the new deadline. Details for each workshop are given in what follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W1) Gameful self-reflection: on HCI and the sustainability discourses https://islandfutures.net/chitaly-2021-workshop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Greta Adamo, ITI / LARSyS, Madeira, Portugal (greta.adamo(a)iti.larsys.pt) - Max Willis, M-ITI and ITI / LARSyS, Madeira, Portugal - Leysan Nurgalieva, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland It could be said that sustainability has always been at the center of HCI as a field; the core tenets of HCI, usability and participation are both concerned with securing and maintaining continued, meaningful engagement between customers and publics with the products and services we design. Meanwhile, the concept of sustainability has taken on a more broad ecological meaning, and although a range of HCI academic and industry professionals are focussed on topics such as urban design, circular economy and citizen science that directly address human impacts and environmentally-sensitive quality of life there is much more to this discourse. This workshop invites each and every participant to self-reflect on their previous work, their current directions, and future aims, and ask just how much, or how little our own work, and that of our HCI community is addressing sustainability and sustainable development. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W2) Virtual Reality, Inclusion and special language needs (VR Island) https://easychair.org/cfp/VRISLAND1-VirtualRealitySpecialLanguageNeeds https://padlet.com/stagginigiulia/vfhbeh9yyvwbb7uc ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Giulia Staggini, University of Genoa, Italy (contact person: stagginigiulia(a)gmail.com) - Rita Cersosimo, University of Genoa, Italy This workshop proposal is the result of a speculation about important issues, both in the academic world and everyday life, such as: accessibility to language learning and technology support. In particular, the reasons leading to this proposal are: enhance motivation and cross-cultural competence in students with SLN (Special Language Needs), e.g: dyslexic students and foreigner learners; overcome language obstacles; enhance multi-channel, multi-media, multi-modality and multisensorial language learning; develop digital literacy and digital awareness. This workshop proposal is based on two main objectives: the first one aims to make attendees familiar with accessible teaching methods; the other one is more practical and focuses on an introduction of IVR in everyday teaching of language. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W3) Speculative Design for Transurban Futures (TransUrban) http://bit.ly/TransUrbanWorkshop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Mattia Thibault, Tampere University, Finland (mattia.thibault(a)tuni.fi) - Nikoletta Zampeta Legaki, Tampere University, Finland - Oğuz “Oz” Buruk, Tampere University, Finland - Seda Suman Buruk, independent urban designer, Tampere, Finland - Daniel Fernández Galeote, Tampere University, Finland This workshop aims at expanding the existent research and perspectives on the future of cities by making use of creative, emergent, and participative approaches. The concept of transurbanism emerges from the realisation that the future of humanity and the future of urban spaces cannot be understood is not by tackling them both at the same time. Future cities will be articulated around future citizens, and future citizens will be shaped by their urban environments. In order to investigate a far away transurban future, we will use the tools of speculative design, a well-established practice that uses design as a form of critique and speculation. The participative approach of the workshop will ensure that the different skills, backgrounds and perspectives of the participants will work in synergy to refresh and deepen the way we imagine future cities. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W4) Critical Tools for Machine Learning: Figuring, fabulating, situating, diffracting machine learning systems design (CritML) https://www.uni-kassel.de/go/CritML ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Goda Klumbytė, University of Kassel, Germany (goda.klumbyte(a)uni-kassel.de) - Claude Draude, University of Kassel, Germany - Alex Taylor, University of London, UK The purpose of the workshop is to experiment with how machine learning systems can be imagined and designed in a more situated, inclusive, contextualized and accountable way in order to reduce the systemic socio-cultural biases and develop more socially responsible frameworks of design. The premise of the work is that while computer science has developed sophisticated technical tools to improve machine learning accuracy and expand application fields, it is facing issues in particular with regards to systemic socio-cultural bias. Critical theories, particularly feminist and postcolonial critical theories, have developed tools to address societal bias and its embeddedness in systems of thought and technology, and to trace how these embeddings give rise to new and reproduce existing hierarchies of power in society. This workshop thus aims to translate insights developed by those critical study fields into approaches in machine learning systems design through an experimental workshop. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W5) Frontiers of Older Humans Computer Interaction https://olderhcichitaly2021.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Michela Cozza, Mälardalen University, Sweden (michela.cozza(a)mdh.se) - Alexander Peine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands - Helen Manchester, University of Bristol, UK The Socio-gerontechnology network brings together scholars from various social science and design disciplines interested in critical studies of ageing and technology. The network started from a joint interest of scholars in Science and Technology Studies – beginning to see ageing as an important field for critical studies of technology – and Ageing Scholars – beginning to see digitisation and technology as important but under-researched elements of ageing and later life. Our aim is to provide critical social science insights into ageing and technology that will lead to better policies and designs for older people in a digitising world. In the spirit of the SG Network and in line with the aim of CHItaly2021, this workshop is designed to attract contributions from diverse geographical areas and disciplines, which share a common interest in studying the relationships between age, ageing and technology design and development. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W6) The Role of Digitalization in Improving the Quality of Live in Rural (Industrialized) Regions https://digi-rr.wineme.wiwi.uni-siegen.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - David Unbehaun, University of Siegen, Germany (david.unbehaun(a)uni-siegen.de) - Myriam Lewkowicz, Troyes University of Technology, France - Chiara Bassetti, CNR, Italy - Volker Wulf, University of Siegen, Germany - Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA - Johannes Schädler, University of Siegen, Germany Rural regions are of central importance to the economic, social and political stability of advanced Western societies. When national states do not offer sufficient quality of life to people living in rural regions liberal democracies tend to destabilize. Authoritarian, populist or even extreme rightist movements gain followers and political influence (see for instance the USA, former East Germany, Tchech Republic, Hungary, or Slovenia). In Central Europe some of the rural areas are at the same time industrialized, typically with old, traditional industries. Compared to metropolitan regions, the relative affordability of land, historically derived competitive advantages (e.g. mines, water conducts) as well as skill sets of the entrepreneurs and the work force lead to the location of rather traditional production-oriented industries. While high tech typically moves to or emerges out of metropolitan centers, old industries can often be found in rural regions. However, we believe that rural (industrialized) regions have very specific needs and opportunities when trying to improve the quality of life by means of innovative digital artefacts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W7) GHItaly21-4th Workshop on Games-Human Interaction http://ghi.di.unimi.it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Davide Gadia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (gadia(a)di.unimi.it) - Maria De Marsico, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy - Laura Anna Ripamonti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Dario Maggiorini, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Ilaria Mariani, Politecnico di Milano, Italy GHItaly21 is the fourth edition of a series of workshops focused on the multifaceted issues related to the design and development of human-game interfaces. This entails multidisciplinary competences and skills, and the final quality of the User eXperience depends on how consistently and smartly they are exploited. As a matter of fact, users’ engagement and satisfaction rely on the wise design and skilled evaluation of the produced (multidimensional) artifacts. This gains even more critical importance since the application of video games has long overcome the borders of amusement, to spur new possibilities for, e.g., continuous healthcare and education. In its first three editions (two of them held in conjunction to previous CHItaly conferences), the GHItaly workshops aimed at constituting a bridge among the many different disciplinary areas involved, trying to decrease the still existing cultural gaps and to establish a common ground and a crossroads for related research. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W8) Designing for/with/around Nature: Exploring new frontiers of outdoors-related HCI (NatureHCI) https://sites.google.com/view/naturehci/home ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Eleonora Mencarini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy (mencarini(a)fbk.eu) - Amon Rapp, University of Torino, University of Trento, Italy - Linda Tonolli, University of Trento, Italy - Maurizio Teli, Aalborg University, Denmark - Roberto Cibin, Masaryk University, Czech Republic - Vincenzo D’Andrea, University of Trento, Italy - Massimo Zancanaro, University of Trento, Italy In 2020, when most of the world population has experienced limitations to free mobility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, socialisation and outdoor life started to be strongly desired and dreamed. In this workshop, we are interested in exploring HCI issues and works related to the "outdoors", broadly intended as an open-air setting that includes cities, peripheries, rural areas, wild natural environments, etc. In this perspective, the natural context becomes of particular interest, given also the fact that in the last 10 years, part of HCI research has focused on nature, investigating both the activities that people conduct in the natural context and the impact that human activities have on it. In this workshop, we would like to bring together researchers exploring the role of technology in shaping the outdoor experience, with a special focus on the natural environment. By doing so, we aim to question how the different aspects of nature are treated in HCI research, from outdoor life to the epistemological implications of anthropocentrism, and to start a conversation capable of renovating HCI discourses and practices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W9) Multi-party Interaction in eXtended Reality (MIXR) https://mixr-chitaly2021.github.io ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and contact: - Maurizio Mancini, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy (m.mancini(a)di.uniroma1.it) - Giovanna Varni, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut polytechnique de Paris, France - David Murphy, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland - Fabio Pellacini, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy - Laura Maye, University College Cork, Ireland - Patrick O’Toole, University College Cork, Ireland XR, or eXtended Reality, is an umbrella term that encompasses the areas of AR, VR, and MR, with strong emphasis on immersiveness, multimodality and presence. XR is a multidisciplinary field incorporating subjects such as computer science, psychology, cognitive science, and digital humanities. Within XR, collaborative environments is one of the fastest growing areas, as can be seen by the number of social VR worlds available today. Most of these environments focus on the graphical aspects of the environment, not fully taking advantage of multimodal and multi-party design. Interaction in these environments is largely limited to text chats and, in the case of a few systems, voice interaction. Deeper and more meaningful engagement and interaction in XR can be achieved by leveraging the principles of Social Signal Processing (SSP) and Affective Computing (AC). Due to the simultaneous one-to-one and one-to-many interactions that establish and evolve over time, Multi-party (group) Interaction in XR is a complex process, whose analysis is still an open challenge in SSP/AC. Nowadays, the need for exploring Multi-party Interaction in XR settings is expanding, as people are increasingly meeting remotely through teleconferencing tools for practical reasons (e.g., working and living abroad) or, for example, as a result of the social restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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[IxD&A] Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal has entered in the third age of the scientific communication.

by Carlo Giovannella

We are proud to announce that *Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal *(IxD&A) has entered in its *third age*. After /the paper age/ and the /electronic version age/, the journal made a transition to an "*/e-paper + video/*" age on occasion of the special issue N.47 (dedicated to "Tools, Pedagogical and Ludic Strategies, Co-Design supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education"): Issue N.47 - ToC <http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11&link=T…> After the "/Meet the Authors/" event the videos of the introduction and of the individual presentations have been linked to the ToC webpage and to the webpages of the articles' abstract. On the home-page of IxD&A you can find also a short updated video presentation of the journal given at the "Meet the Authors" event. On the occasion IxD&A Journal has inaugurated also its *youtube channel* youtube channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA> where you can find also the playlist of "Meet the Authors" N. 47 Next IxD&A issues are expected to adopt the same format of issue N.47 Looking forward your future submissions to IxD&A Journal and your contribution to the third age of the scientific communication!

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[Extended CfP] MIXR - 1st International Workshop on Multi-party Interaction in eXtended Reality

by Maurizio Mancini

[apologies for cross-posting] MIXR - 1st International Workshop on Multi-party Interaction in eXtended Reality Hosted @CHItaly 2021 (14th Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter) July 12th, 2021 (morning) Website: https://mixr-chitaly2021.github.io XR, or eXtended Reality, is an umbrella term that encompasses the areas of AR, VR, and MR, with strong emphasis on immersiveness, multimodality and presence. XR is a multidisciplinary field incorporating subjects such as computer science, psychology, cognitive science, and digital humanities. Within XR, collaborative environments is one of the fastest growing areas, as can be seen by the number of social VR worlds available today. Most of these environments focus on the graphical aspects of the environment, not fully taking advantage of multimodal and multi-party design. Interaction in these environments is largely limited to text chats and, in the case of a few systems, voice interaction. Deeper and more meaningful engagement and interaction in XR can be achieved by leveraging the principles of Social Signal Processing (SSP) and Affective Computing (AC). Due to the simultaneous one-to-one and one-to-many interactions that establish and evolve over time, Multi-party (group) Interaction in XR is a complex process, whose analysis is still an open challenge in SSP/AC. Nowadays, the need for exploring Multi-party Interaction in XR settings is expanding, as people are increasingly meeting remotely through teleconferencing tools for practical reasons (e.g., working and living abroad) or, for example, as a result of the social restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. MIXR seeks to progress research on Multi-party Interaction in XR by pursuing the following objectives: - to investigate how social science theories and models of Multi-party Interaction can be applied in or possibly adapted to XR scenarios - to develop techniques for collecting multimodal data of Multi-party Interaction - to promote interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration between scholars in Computer Science and Social Sciences on XR, Social Signal Processing, Affective Computing, Multi-party Interaction Topics We invite participants to submit short (6 pages) papers that focus on Multi-party Interaction in XR. Topics of interest include Multi-Party (team/group) Interaction in XR, covering the following research areas: - Emotion recognition and expression - Movement expressivity - Team emergent states and dynamics - Joint activity/collaboration - Immersive CSCW - Education and creativity - Serious games - Multimodality - Interaction fidelity - Theoretical models - System/interface ergonomics - Novel technologies Important dates May 2nd, 2021 - [Extended] Paper submission deadline May 14, 2021 - Notifications to contributors May 24, 2021 - Camera-ready/final version deadline July 12, 2021 - Workshops (All deadlines are meant till 11.59 pm CET) Submissions/Proceedings Short papers (6 pages) can be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=mixr21# Authors should use the 1 column CEUR-ART style: - The style is available from: Vol-XXX - An Overleaf page is available at: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt - The offline version with the style files is at: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip Accepted papers will be published on the free open-access repository CEUR-WS, which is indexed on SCOPUS. Organizing Committee Maurizio Mancini (University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy) Giovanna Varni (LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut polytechnique de Paris, France) David Murphy (University College Cork (UCC), Ireland) Fabio Pellacini (University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy) Laura Maye (University College Cork (UCC), Ireland) Patrick O’Toole (University College Cork (UCC), Ireland)

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

by Stefan Sauer

*_One week left until paper submission deadline!_*_*(Apologies for cross-postings.)*_ *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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Hybrid International CHItaly 2021: LAST-DAY 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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[CFP] Track in Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence - XVIII Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS [ItAIS2021], 15-16 October 2021, Trento

by Tania Di Mascio

[Apologies for cross-posting] ============================================= ItAIS2021 XVIII Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS 15-16 October 2021, Trento Call for Papers Track in Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence website: http://www.itais.org/conference/2021/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2021/03/T0… ================================================ In a world in which ever more information systems drawing upon machine learning techniques and optimization algorithms become part of everyday life, machine learning contributes to interaction design and execution, often by focusing on specific user behaviors; the aim is to create new systems based on Artificial Intelligence: the AI-s. With respect to users that already have a clear understanding of the functionality and the outputs of traditional systems, a user, interacting with an AI-s, could be different expectations of what the system actually offers. AI-s usually have dynamic behaviors, which often confound users until users prefer to substitute the system or in some cases to refuse them. AI-s often has a tendency to sudden changes of attitude or behavior: they vary in capabilities and interaction paradigms, impacting user engagement and usability. It is not difficult finding examples of AI-s failures that damage users, ranging from "soft" (e.g., autocompletion errors) to "hard" situations in which users cannot effectively understand or control an AI-s (e.g., collaboration with semi-autonomous cars). Successful AI-s strengthen the tie to Human Computer Interaction (HCI) by creating a demand for new and better interaction. Usable AI-s might be realized by teams composed of HCI researchers employing AI techniques as well as AI researchers applying HCI methodologies, and not only! Despite the acknowledgment of equal importance of the usage of AI techniques and HCI methodologies, their balance in the realization of AI-s is more ideal than practice, since traditionally both AI techniques and HCI methodologies have been addressed by two distinct communities – Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial intelligence – using different processes, methods, and tools. Also, in recent years we have witnessed the emergence of new research topics in the borders between HCI and AI, such as Human-Based Computation (HBC) and Augmented Intelligence, i.e., problems in which humans and machines work together towards solving a common goal, either where the machine is assisted by humans (HBC) or the humans are assisted by the machines (Augmented Intelligence). Also, the intersection of HCI and AI is 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, most notably Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. This track aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of the usage of HCI and AI within the realization of AI-s, as well as experiences in related field in between, such as HBC or Augmented Intelligence. It also provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered within the realization of AI-s, in order to identify shared purposes and improving a mutual understanding for the next generation of researchers and system builders in the growing field of HCI&AI. ================================================ Track Main Topics ================================================ Topics include (but are not limited to): - Human Computer Interaction - Artificial Intelligence - Human-based Computation - Augmented Intelligence - Intelligent User Interface - Conversational User Interface - Intelligent Data Visualization - AI Methods for Adaptive User Interface ================================================ Important Dates ================================================ - Deadline for full paper submission: May 28, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: July 22, 2021 - Final paper submission: August 30, 2021 - Final notification of acceptance: September 11, 2021 - Conference: October 15-16, 2021 ================================================ Submission guidelines ================================================ Submissions will be evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process. Track chairs will select reviewers and ensure the anonymity of the review process. Authors are encouraged to seek guidance from Track Chairs prior submitting the paper. We encourage authors to submit an abstract (no more than 2000 words, providing information about the research aim, the theoretical framework and/or theories applied, the research methods, and the main/expected findings with potential implications, including a few references) to receive feedbacks by the Track Chairs before full paper submission. The page limit for a full paper (where the abstract in this case needs to include no more than 250 words) is equal to 12 pages (excluding references) More information about submission: http://www.itais.org/conference/2021/submission/ ================================================ Track Co-Chairs ================================================ - Tania Di Mascio, DISIM University of L’Aquila (Italy) - Luigi Laura, UniNettuno University (Italy) - Eleonora Veglianti, FGES department at the Catholique University of Lille (France) ================================================ Track Program Committee Members ================================================ - Federica Caruso, University of L'Aquila, Italy, federica.caruso(a)univaq.it - Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, luigi.derussis(a)polito.it - Fausto Fasano, University of Molise, Italy, fausto.fasano(a)unimol.it - Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, maristella.matera(a)polimi.it - Gianluigi Me, LUISS University, Italy, gme(a)luiss.it - Maurizio Naldi, LUMSA University, Italy, m.naldi(a)lumsa.it - Laura Tarantino, University of L'Aquila, Italy, laura.tarantino(a)univaq.it - Massimo Zancanaro, FBK Trento, Italy, zancana(a)fbk.eu

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Bidding for The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction 2023 is now open

by Fabio Paternò

Bidding for 2023 The bidding for MobileHCI 2023 is open. From 2019 and onwards, we have been paying special attention to the *diversity* (gender, cultural, economic, etc.) both in the organizing committee and in how the organisers plan to attract diverse audience to MobileHCI. Bidding Process MobileHCI is the forum that provides academics and practitioners a valuable place to discuss the challenges, potential solutions and innovations towards effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the analysis, design, evaluation and application of human-computer interaction techniques and approaches for all mobile computing devices, software and services. Beyond mobile devices and services, the conference covers issues in the whole ecosystem of mobile, smart and embedded devices and the related services. The exact nature of a bid can of course include and seek to extend or focus this as the proposers envisage. To bid please see the instructions here: https://mobilehci.acm.org/sc/bidding.html You can also contact the Steering Committee Chair: l.baillie(a)hw.ac.uk Kind regards Lynne Baillie Professor of Computer Science Heriot-Watt University

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