June 2024 - Hcitaly

PhD fellowship available at the Human Interfaces in Information Systems Laboratory, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy

by Fabio Paternò

We are looking for candidates for one three-year PhD scholarship that will be carried out at the at the Human Interfaces in Information Systems (HIIS) Laboratory at CNR-ISTI The fellowship is associated with the PhD school at the Computer Science department of the University of Pisa in the area of Human Control in Daily Environment Automations for Sustainability. The specific PhD topic will be defined taking into account the background and the interests of the candidate. The HIIS Laboratory is a creative and multi-disciplinary interactive technologies research laboratory, with deep and extensive research collaborations, at national and international level, industrial partners, and a supportive and inclusive working environment. Pisa is a lively small town located in Tuscany, near the coast, characterised by the presence of a rich research ecosystem (three Universities and many research centres) very active in the ICT area. We are therefore looking for deserving candidates. It is useful to have some programming knowledge, interest and passion for the considered topics, and to carry out research activities. The application procedure is available at <https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/en/application-process-for-the-academi c-year-2024-2025/item/849.html> https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/en/application-process-for-the-academic -year-2024-2025/item/849.html The deadline is 20th June 2024 at 13.00 Italian time. The candidate should select the scholarship associated with the topic INFO/02_B Human Control in Daily Environment Automations for Sustainability. Applicants must have earned a master degree by the end of October 2024. The PhD fellowship will start on 1 November 2024 For more information you can contact fabio.paterno at isti.cnr.it

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Luigi De Russis Vice-President di SIGCHI

by Giuliana VITIELLO

Care Tutte e cari Tutti, Con immenso piacere vi comunico che Luigi De Russis è stato confermato Executive Vice-President di ACM SIGCHI con Neha Kumar President! https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/2024-sig-election/sigchi-2024-results Grazie a tutti per aver votato e buon lavoro a Luigi e all’intero Committee per i prossimi 3 anni! Giuliana -- --- Prof. Giuliana Vitiello, PhD Director HCI-UsE Lab Department of Computer Science University of Salerno Italy phone +39 089 963317 cell +39 3666758965 https:// <https://docenti.unisa.it/003730/home> docenti.unisa.it/giuliana.vitiello

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2nd CfP: The 6th Workshop on Health Recommender Systems co-located with ACM RecSys 2024

by Helma Torkamaan

** Please forward this to anyone who might be interested ** *Apologies for multiple postings* -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Health Recommender Systems, *Deadline August 30th, 2024 * to be held in Bari, Italy, co-located with ACM RecSys 2024 (https://recsys.acm.org/) Website: https://healthrecsys.github.io/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** August 30th, 2024, Paper submission deadline ** September 13th, 2024, Author notification ** September 20th, 2024, Camera-ready version deadline ** October tba, 2024, HRS Workshop ** 14nd-18th October 2024 RecSys conference Workshop Organizers: ==================== Hanna Hauptmann (University of Utrecht, Netherlands) Christoph Trattner (University of Bergen, Norway) Helma Torkamaan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) Objectives & Topics: ==================== Background: The HealthRecSys workshop discussions over the years have spanned a broad spectrum of topics, reflecting the multifaceted nature of health recommender systems and the diverse applications and challenges of recommender systems in the health domain. Previous workshops encouraged discussions of the potential of recommender systems in the health domain, various new applications, associated challenges, and practical solutions for existing systems or scenarios. These discussions have not only introduced new challenges to the recommender system community but have also underscored the critical role of human oversight in ensuring the reliability and safety of health recommendations. The diversity of application domains discussed, from mental health to nutrition, and the variety of stakeholders involved, from patients to healthcare providers, underscore the complexity and importance of this research area. Goals: Our aim with the 6th HealthRecSys is to reignite these conversations and provide a forward-thinking platform that revisits the foundational elements that have contributed to the field's growth. However, the workshop aspires to do more by infusing new perspectives and tackling the most pressing global challenges and technological innovations head-on. The workshop will explore contemporary themes such as the impact of global health crises on recommender systems, the integration of Large Language Models and other generative AI models in health applications, the increasing emphasis on personalized and self-managed care, and the increasing focus on health equity leading to consideration of literacy, accessibility and monetary means when building health recommender systems. These topics not only reflect the current state of the world but also align with the broader shifts towards ethical AI, and the need for systems that can adapt to and address individual health and care needs. Furthermore, HealthRecSys is dedicated to strengthening the network of researchers working on health recommender systems, drawing participants from an array of health and care domains. This effort is aimed at cultivating a cross-disciplinary community that promotes collaboration among recommender systems specialists, healthcare professionals, ethicists, and policymakers, among others. To enhance cross-sector collaboration, the 6th HealthRecSys workshop will encourage joint projects and funding prospects, in addition to promoting the sharing of resources, datasets, and tools among scholars and industry practitioners. The workshop is calling for submissions on a wide array of topics within health recommender systems. This includes systems aimed at health promotion, preventive, curative care, and recommender systems that are health-aware. The scope of topics for the workshop is extensive, covering various aspects within the domain of health recommender systems and health-aware recommender systems, which include, but are not limited to: ** Accessibility, Usability, and Augmented Decision-Making ** Adherence and Patient (User) Compliance ** Algorithms and Recommendation Strategies ** Behavioral Interventions ** Case studies of Health Recommender Systems, Success and Failures and Lesson learned ** Domain Knowledge Representation ** Electronic Health Records Integration ** Empowerment and Autonomy ** Ethics ** Evaluation and Metrics ** Equity ** Explanations and Justifications in Health Recommendations ** From Participatory Design and Co-Creation to HealthRecSys ** Gamification and Serious Games ** Generative AI ** Health-Aware Recommender Systems ** Health and Care Workers and Interactive Intelligent Systems ** Human/Expert-in-the-Loop ** Human-RecSys Collaboration for Personalized Health ** Interfaces, Visual, Context-aware, Conversational, Mobile ** In-the-Wild Personalization ** Longitudinal Studies ** LLM-based recommendations in Health ** Medical Evaluation Techniques ** Mobile Health Recommender Systems ** Multi-objective Challenges ** Multi-stakeholder Challenges ** Patient Needs/Satisfaction ** Personalization ** Persuasion/Nudging/Behavioral Change ** Pervasive Systems ** Privacy and Security ** Research Methods and tools ** Recommendations VS. Not Clinical Decision Supports ** Regulations and Standards ** Self-Care ** Trust and Transparency ** User Interaction Design ** User Profiling and Adaptive Systems ** Value-Driven Design of Health Recommender Systems ** Wearables for Recommender Systems Submissions: ============ We solicit short research papers (4-6 pages) and short position papers (2 pages + references), both in the ACM conference paper style-double-column format. Participants can decide between a research-focused submission and a project-focused submission. Submission category research: innovative research ideas, preliminary findings, or system prototypes that contribute new knowledge to the field Submission category project: presentations on funded research initiatives, collaborations between industry and academia, or partnerships between healthcare entities and research institutions. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must: ** be written in English; ** contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; ** be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings Template -double-column format, with a font size no smaller than 9pt; ** be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; Submissions are encouraged to include links or demos as attachments to enhance their presentation. All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure quality and originality. It is imperative that submitted works are not concurrently under review at any other conference, workshop, or journal and contain original, unpublished contributions. Accepted papers will be published according to the ACM RECSYS 2024 WS publication rules, with prior proceedings having been published in CEUR workshop proceedings. A Few Remarks ============= ** The title of the paper, authors, and the author order cannot be changed after the acceptance ** Major changes to the text of the reviewed and accepted papers are not permitted after the review ** At least one of the authors should participate in the workshop, register in the RecSys conference, and personally present the paper in the workshop. Location: ========= RecSys 2024 will be hosted in Bari, Italy, from 14–18 October 2024. Please visit the RecSys 2024 website for more information about this location: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys24/location/ Contact: ======== If you have questions regarding the workshop, do not hesitate to contact the workshop chairs: healthrecsys(a)gmail.com

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REMINDER: Censimento gruppi di ricerca e aggiornamento sito web SIGCHI Italy

by Andrea Antonio CANTONE

Cari tutti, vi ricordo che stiamo conducendo una nuova edizione del censimento dei gruppi di ricerca attivi nell'area Human-Computer Interaction in Italia e dei corsi attualmente erogati. I risultati saranno pubblicati sul sito di SIGCHI Italy. La scadenza è Lunedì *1 luglio 2024*. Trovate la situazione attuale ai seguenti link: - didattica: https://sigchi-italy.github.io/sigchi-italy/courses/ - ricerca: https://sigchi-italy.github.io/sigchi-italy/research_groups/ Vi preghiamo di controllare che le informazioni riguardo il vostro gruppo e i vostri corsi siano aggiornate. Nel caso fossero necessarie modifiche potete compilare il seguente form: https://forms.gle/TVCFSgK4BagQnaZH6 Se avete delle domande, potete inviare un'e-mail a: salvatore.andolina(a)polimi.it o alberto.monge(a)polito.it o acantone(a)unisa.it Grazie per il vostri contributo e buon weekend! -- Andrea Antonio Cantone Ph.D. Student HCI-UsE Lab Member Department of Computer Science University of Salerno via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-antonio-cantone-151bb319b/ e-mail: *acantone(a)unisa.it <acantone(a)unisa.it>*

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[XAI Hackathon] [5-6 July] Extended Deadline XAI Hackathon – Limited Registration

by Andrea Beretta

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** *** Extended deadline *** We are excited to announce the first XAI Hackathon <http://xai-hackathon.isti.cnr.it/> supported by the FAIR <https://fondazione-fair.it/> PNRR and XAI <https://xai-project.eu/> projects! This event is open to young researchers, PhD candidates, and Master's students with some background knowledge in Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Challenge Use the XAI-LIB <https://github.com/kdd-lab/XAI-Lib> to integrate XAI techniques into a ML prediction pipeline and improve transparency in black-box AI decisions. Specifically, this involves - enhancing the prediction task with various explanation types (e.g., instance-based or rule-based); - assessing the impact of explanations on model transparency under different critical conditions (model performs well or not); - developing a use-case scenario that showcases the benefits of explanations. Final project evaluation will be based on: - The variety and effectiveness of the explanations used; - Assessment of the robustness, validity, and quality of the explanations; - A use-case scenario enriched with progressive explanation steps. Event Highlights - Location: Officine Garibaldi, Via Vincenzo Gioberti, 39, 56124 Pisa PI - Date: July 5-6, 2024 - Website: http://xai-hackathon.isti.cnr.it/ - Schedule: To be announced - Registration: Free of charge, but mandatory! - Teams: maximum of 3 people Why Participate? - Prizes: The event offers significant cash prizes—*€2,500* for the winning team, *€1,000* for the runner-up, and *€500* rewarding up to *three teams in third place*. - Professional Support: Participants will benefit from technical support and mentorship provided by senior researchers from the KDD lab in Pisa. Registration (Deadline: 28th June) - Secure your spot: The Hackathon is restricted to 10 teams. Early registration is strongly encouraged as spots are expected to fill rapidly. - Please confirm your participation by filling via this Google Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyAcfCsN50pJRxVNxKbA2Yp3Ub9z7uGCv…> by June 28th! If you have any queries, or have any difficulties completing the registration form, please email our dedicated mailbox: hackathon(a)xai-project.eu.

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CFP Track Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT '25) - ACM SAC 2025

by Salvatore Gatto

Track on Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT ‘25) Sicily, Italy, March 31 – April 4, 2025 Part of the 40thACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC ‘25) https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025 <https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025> https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/ <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/> Theme and Scope Modern devices and technologies can represent a digital barrier for users with disabilities, but they can be exploited to become enabling tools for them. Accessibility of devices and technologies is a critical topic to allow inclusion of all users, especially due to the European laws that impose accessibility for new products and the definition of an updated version of WCAG (Web Accessibility Guidelines). This track invites scientists, engineers, and decision-makers from government, industry, and academia to present technical papers on their research and development results in areas of accessibility. This track can interest many researchers since it would give the chance to face a wide range of topics, i.e., web or mobile technologies, with different points of view, taking into account specific technological constraints and digital barriers. It is well-known that the so-called “curb cut effect” can be applied to any technological and digital context (in terms of devices, content, and services): technologies that were originally meant to benefit people with disabilities can help any other users. Moreover, the history and the evolution of several technologies have been influenced and/or motivated by the special needs of people with disabilities. We welcome submission on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: * Accessible devices/assistive technologies: assistive technologies refer to all the assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities that enable users to perform tasks they were formerly unable to accomplish. On the one hand, the widespread diffusion of new devices and technologies stimulates researchers to find and apply new solutions to make them accessible to anyone. On the other hand, experiences in accessibility-related fields have been exploited and have provided benefits to users equipped with non-conventional devices when they emerged in the market. * Accessible solutions for e-learning, e-commerce, e-banking, etc: e-services and content often require specific technologies, being bounded by specific constraints when accessed by people with disabilities equipped with assistive technologies. Specific interaction modalities may affect interactive service access, while richness and quantity of content may affect the users’ ability to process information. * Accessible content: e-books, accessible TV, accessible broadcasting, etc. * Accessibility of games. * AI for Accessibility: AI can be exploited both for personalization (i.e., integrating AI-based personalization to support specific and special needs) and “enabler” (i.e., exploiting LLM to support the creation of accessible applications). Submission Guidelines We would like to invite authors to submit papers on research on the Accessibility area, with particular emphasis on assessing the current state of the art and identifying future directions. Original papers addressing any of the listed topics of interest (or related topics) will be considered. Each submitted paper will be fully refereed and undergo a double-blind review process by at least three referees. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings and published in the ACM digital library, being indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus. The track accepts full papers (max 8 pages), posters (max 2 pages), and SRC abstracts (max 2 pages). Submissions should be properly anonymized to facilitate blind reviewing. Papers that will receive high reviews (that is acceptable by reviewer standard) but will not be accepted due to space limitations can be invited for poster session. Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must pay the registration fee and guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. No-show of scheduled papers will result in excluding the papers from the ACM Digital Library. See the track website https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025 <https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025>for more details. Important Dates * September 20, 2024, 11:59 PM (UTC+0.00): Submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts * October 30, 2024: Notification of papers, posters, and SRC research abstracts * November 29, 2024: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers * December 6, 2024: Authors registration due Organization * Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua * Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna * Mike Paciello, AudioEye, WebABLE * Catia Prandi, University of Bologna Submission Portal Please submit your contribution through our online submission portal available at https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission.php <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission.php>(regular papers) and https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission_src.php <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission_src.php>(SRC abstracts). Contact us For any inquires regarding the call for papers, please contact gaggi(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:gaggi@math.unipd.it>. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the ACM SAC 2025 Conference!

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Call for papers for Intelligent User Interfaces 2025 (ACM IUI’25)

by Simret Gebreegziabher

We welcome you to submit your high-quality work to IUI’25 that will take place in Cagliari, Italy, on March 24-27, 2025! Important dates: Abstract submission deadline: October 2nd, 2024 Paper submission deadline: October 9th, 2024 Please visit the website for more information: https://iui.acm.org/2025/ The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the annual premiere venue where researchers and practitioners meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies, techniques and systems. Contributions are welcome from all relevant arenas, including academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. We strongly believe that diverse insights are critical to the vitality of the IUI community and the conference will accept papers for both long and short oral presentations. Contributions to IUI are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Human-centered AI methods, approaches, and systems - Explainable AI methods - Democratization of AI - Persuasive technologies in IUI - Privacy and security of IUI - Recommendations in IUI - Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation - User modelling for intelligent interfaces - User-adaptive interaction and personalization - IUI for crowd computing and human computation - Human control in daily automations Computational innovation - Interactive machine learning - Human-in-the loop AI testing and debugging - Human-centered recommendation and recommender systems - Generative models - Human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning - Intelligent user interfaces for generative AI Innovative User Interfaces - Affective interfaces - Intelligent aesthetic interfaces - Intelligent collaborative interfaces - Intelligent AR/VR interfaces - Intelligent visualization and visual analytics - Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces - Intelligent tangible interfaces - Intelligent conversational interfaces Intelligent Multimodal Systems - Embodied agents - Multimodal AI assistants - Intelligent multimodal interfaces - Evaluations of Intelligent User Interfaces - User experiments and studies - Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) - Meta-analysis - Mixed-methods evaluations Intelligent Applications - Education and learning-related technologies - Healthcare and wellbeing - Automotive - Assistive technologies - Entertainment - Workplace happiness - Social media - Information retrieval - Internet of things (IoT) - Smart homes - Generative AI Large Language Models - End-user interaction with LLMs and Multimodal models (e.g., chatbots, image generation) - LLMs in the workplace - Trustworthy LLMs - Bias in LLMs - The effects of LLMs use on creative tasks - Personalized user interaction with LLMs - Prompt Engineering - User control and steering of LLMs (e.g. RLHF) Looking forward to your submissions! IUI’25 Technical Programme Chairs Luis Leiva, Davide Spano, Katrien Verbert program2025(a)iui.acm.org IUI’25 General Chairs Toby Li, Fabio Paterno, Kaisa Väänänen chairs2025(a)iui.acm.org

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CfP: RO-MAN 2024 Workshop on Weighing the benefits of Autonomous Robot persoNalisation (WARN)

by Rezzani Andrea (Student ENG 21)

RO-MAN 2024 Call for Paper: 2nd International Workshop Weighing the benefits of Autonomous Robot persoNalisation (WARN) https://warn-ws.github.io/ 26th August 2024, in Pasadena, California & Virtual (Hybrid Format) Submission deadline: *July 1st 2024* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=warn24 If you have questions, please send us an e-mail at warn-workshop(a)proton.me<mailto:warn-workshop@proton.me> =========================================== *Details* Personalisation in human-robot interaction (HRI) has demonstrated significant advantages in numerous scenarios and is becoming a dominant direction in the field. This workshop explores the multiple aspects of personalisation and behavioural adaptation in social HRI, highlighting the advantages and potential disadvantages. The workshop aims to explore how personalisation impacts interactions and users. While robots designed for end-to-end social interactions can enhance trust and rapport, they can also create filter bubbles or amplify cultural bias and stereotypes. *The Program* The workshop will be hosted in hybrid mode to engage the entire community. The workshop programme will alternate interactive activities with panel sessions and keynote presentations. We strongly encourage multidisciplinary discussion and invite researchers from various disciplines, including engineering, computer science, social science, psychology, philosophy, and law. *Keynote speaker* • Lauriel Riek - UC San Diego *Panellists* • Bahar Irfan - KTH Royal Institute of Technology • Barbara Bruno - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) • Elaine Short - Tufts University • Emmanuel Senft - Idiap Research Institute • Maja Mataric - USC Viterbi School of Engineering • Ryan Calo - University of Washington • Vicky Charisi - European Commission • Wafa Johal - University of Melbourne =========================================== Andrea Rezzani anrezzani(a)unibz.it Faculty of Engineering Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Dominikanerplatz 3 - piazza Domenicani, 3 39100 - Italy UniBZ

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MedCHI Workshop a womENcourage

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, sperando di fare cosa gradita, vi annunciamo il programma del workshop organizzato dal Mediterranean CHI (MedCHI) in occasione della conferenza womENcourage. La conferenza si svolgerà a Madrid dal 26 al 28 Giugno 2024 (https://womencourage.acm.org/2024/program/). Il Workshop si svolgerà la mattina del 27, dalle 11 alle 13 e si concentrerà sull'impatto della ricerca in HCI sulla valorizzazione della cultura e delle comunità del Mediterraneo, con particolare attenzione all'inclusività e alla parità di genere. Di seguito trovate i dettagli del programma: * 11:00 - 11:10: Introduzione e benvenuto * 11.10 - 11.30: Sessione interattiva (con partecipazione dell’audience) * 11.30 - 12.30: Panel: “The role of HCI research in promoting gender-inclusive computing practices and technologies”. Interverranno Antinisca Di Marco, Tania Di Mascio e Laura Tarantino (Università dell’Aquila). Styliani Kleanthous (CYENS CoE, Cyprus), Barbara Crosetto (Università Carlos III, Madrid), Monica Landoni (Università della Svizzera Italiana) * 12.30-13.00: Discussione con i partecipanti su possibili iniziative che il MedCHI potrà successivamente promuovere. Lasciatemi ringraziare Antinisca, Tania e Laura per la loro disponiblità a condividere le esperienze e i risultati della loro ricerca in rappresentanza della nostra comunità italiana. Invitiamo chi di voi è già iscritto alla conferenza a partecipare al workshop in presenza. Per chi volesse partecipare online, abbiamo predisposto una stanza virtuale in Zoom: https://polimi-it.zoom.us/j/94570235360. Speriamo di poter contare sulla vostra partecipazione per arricchire la discussione su temi cruciali per la nostra comunità. Non esitate a contattarci per ulteriori informazioni o domande. Un caro saluto a tutti! Maristella e Giuliana (per il comitato Mediterranean CHI).

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Deadline extension - Call for bids to host MobileHCI 2026

by Fabio Paternò

Deadline extension - Call for bids to host MobileHCI 2026 In short: Are you interested in bidding to host MobileHCI 2026? The deadline for bids has been extended to August 16th, 2024. In more detail: On behalf of the steering committee for the MobileHCI conference series we are inviting bids to host MobileHCI 2026. MobileHCI’24 (https://mobilehci.acm.org/2024/index.php) will be in Melbourne, Australia. Details of the conference series can be found here: http://mobilehci.acm.org/sc/ 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. Our conference series brings together academics, designers, and practitioners from multiple disciplines to discuss the challenges and future of people interacting with and through technologies, applications, and services in a mobile world. The exact nature of a bid can of course include and seek to extend or focus this as the proposers envisage. For the contents of the bids, please see below. We are 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. Bids should be sent to marcos.serrano(a)irit.fr <mailto:marcos.serrano@irit.fr> by ** August 16th, 2024 **. After receiving bids, the MobileHCI steering committee will review and vote on the bids and everyone who submits will be given the decision with feedback in the summer. If you have any questions please feel free to contact any of the steering committee members. Information about the MobileHCI bidding process can be found at the International Steering Committee web pages here: https://mobilehci.acm.org/sc/bidding.html The form of the bid is fairly open but we do need the following information in order to make an informed decision: * The initial planned dates. MobileHCI has typically been held in September. For 2026, we are suggesting either end of August or end of September. * Intended location for the conference * How will the conference be organised * Will there be program chairs who manage the entire program or only papers chairs who manage the papers while the conference chairs manage the conference and program. Ideally, programme chairs should manage the main papers track and the entire program while the conference chairs manage the logistics of the conference * Who will be conference chair - inc brief bio (1/2 page) and what will they be expected to handle * Brief statement of chairs' experience of running conferences * Who will be programme chair - inc brief bio (1/2 page) and what will they be expected to handle * Who will edit the proceedings (default = both programme and conference chairs) * Dates for submission that are in accordance with the PACM journal procedures (this includes a commitment for ACs and Paper Chairs to serve for 2 years) * What are the initial planned dates for the conference and paper submission, which should include a 8 week revise and resubmit timeline * A draft program for the conference: we suggest that the first day is the workshop day, followed by three days of the main conference * Which research groups will support the conference * Which sponsors are likely and how will you attract sponsorship * Any letters of support from local entities offering help * A plan on how to increase diversity * A plan on how to increase accesibility * a plan on how to make some or all of the conference sessions deliverable online * Any direction/theme change you would envisage for MobileHCI (default = none) * Any new features/tracks you would like to include or other changes you would like to make to the conference (default = none) * Brief description (1/2 - 1 page) of conference venue * Brief description (1/2 - 1 page) of conference city and region/country * Rough idea of likely costs of (estimates only): registration rates (normal is to include everything inc workshops and dinner for all delegates, bar one-day attendees) venue hire travel costs and rough times from several world cities: e.g., London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, New York, Taipei, and Sydney a basic decent hotel for 5 nights * Bidders can include a full budget (using their own or the ACM TMRF budget templates) which can include costs such as food, AV, room rental, registration, badges, PC meeting, speakers, conference management and ACM overhead (16%) and revenue details including registration, tutorials, workshops, sponsorship etc. Bids are welcome from any organisation or group of organisations, provided that: * they have reviewed and agree with the guidance in the ACM SIGCHI Organising a Conference Page <https://sigchi.org/conferences/organizer-resources/organising-a-sigchi-spon…> (https://sigchi.org/conferences/organizer-resources/organising-a-sigchi-spon…) * they agree to accept the committee guidelines on publication, refereeing and finance * dates are agreed with the committee through negotiation after bidding * the proposing team consists of at least one permanent faculty member * the bidders have realistic expectations around how long different aspects of the conference organization take. For example, an ACM PAF takes time to approve, a TMRF may result in a series of questions and clarifications with the ACM and may take weeks to complete and a venue/hotel negotiation and contract signature by the ACM may take several weeks depending on the country, language or complexity of the contract. Please submit your bid as a single PDF document by August 16th, 2024 by sending it to marcos.serrano(a)irit.fr <mailto:marcos.serrano@irit.fr>. You can request an example of an earlier successful bid from Marcos. Looking forward to your bids! Marcos Serrano and Jessica Cauchard Chairs of the Mobile HCI Steering Committee https://mobilehci.acm.org/sc/sc.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to: mailto:chi-announcements-unsubscribe-request@listserv.acm.org To manage your SIGCHI Mailing lists or read our polices see: https://sigchi.org/operations/listserv/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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