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HWID'21: AI and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in Low Desire Society

by Barbara Rita Barricelli

Human Work Interaction Design 2021 (HWID'21) Artificial Intelligence and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in Low Desire Society Working Conference of the IFIP WG 13.6 Human Work Interaction Design Beijing, China - May 15-16, 2021 http://www.hwid2021.com/ Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers are considering to enable a remote partecipation modality. Rates and instructions will be published later this year on the website. -------------------------------------------------------------- In continuation with the series of the Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) working conferences, this sixth edition's theme is Artificial Intelligence and Designing for Positive Work Experiences in the ‘Low Desire’ Society. --- THEME, SCOPE, AND FOCUS HWID has been endeavouring to enhance the positive work experiences at workplaces by providing employees pleasurable and meaningful user experiences via the tools used at work. HWID'21 directs attention to the ‘low desire’ phenomenon, which is that people have lower desire for success, no ambitions, needs, or expectations, they push back against working around the clock, avoid conflicts, yearn to be free of strong feelings, and do not to take anyone or anything too seriously. HWID'21 attempts to look into the relationship between happiness and IT-enabled overworking, the resulting work experiences, and how to provide solutions from the perspective of Human Work Interaction Design. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a difference to the workplace and complicating the situation further. On one hand, AI replace human workers by working faster with fewer errors than humans, which enable AI to do many of the boring and redundant jobs. On the other hand, many organisations are already beginning to use the AI as a design element to enhance human intelligence, and design positive experiences in the workplace. As a result, there are growing concerns that AI will take away jobs from humans. The theme of HWID'21 emphasizes the insights into the relationship between low desire and work experience, and how AI will moderate their relationship because parts of the work might be taken away by AI. Examples of relevant questions include: - Is the ‘low desire’ phenomenon making work less interesting? - How to improve work experience supported by AI? - How to support the symbiosis of human and AI in workplace through HWID? - How to maintain work motivation? - How to evaluate the impact of AI on work experience? - How to address ethical factors (e.g. privacy, safety and equity) of using AI in the workplace? This working conference aims to answer these and more questions by involving professionals working in academia, national labs, and industry who are engaged in human work analysis and interaction design for the workplace. We will discuss tools, procedures, and professional competences needed to face issues and opportunities provided by AI in a Low Desire Society. --- SUBMISSIONS We invite two types of submissions: Full papers (max 15 pages, excluding references) and Poster submissions (max 4 pages, excluding references). For both types of submissions, the authors must use the LNCS templates available on Springer website(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-procee…. Please submit your anonymized paper in PDF format on OCS: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/HWID2021 Each paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. The collection of all accepted papers will be distributed to the participants as digital proceedings. During the review process, the reviewers will be asked to evaluate whether an extended version of the paper is suitable for an IFIP Springer book (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology) that will be edited and published after the conference. We aim at including most of the accepted papers. --- IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission deadline: February 14th, 2021 Poster submission deadline: February 21st, 2021 Acceptance notifications: March 14th, 2021 Early bird registration deadline: March 21st, 2021 Final versions of papers and posters: April 4th, 2021 --- ORGANIZERS General Chairs - Barbara Rita Barricelli, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy - Xiangang Qin, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China Program Chairs - Ganesh Bhutkar, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India - Arminda Guerra Lopes, ITI/LARSyS/Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Funchal, Portugal - Fei Lyu, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China - Frederica Gonçalves, ITI/LARSyS, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal - Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, University of West London, London, United Kingdom - Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Poster Chairs - Shrikant Salve, MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, India - Stefano Valtolina, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy HWID Legacy chairs - Philippe Palanque,ICS-IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France - Torkil Clemmensen, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark HWID membership chair - Judith Molka-Danielsen, Molde University College, Norway - Pedro Campos, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Local Organizing Chairs - Ronggang Zhou, Beihang University, Beijing, China - Wenjun Hou, Beijing University of Posts&Telecommunications, Beijing, China --- CONTACT Ganesh Bhutkar: ganesh.bhutkar(a)vit.edu -- *Barbara Rita Barricelli* Assistant Professor Department of Information Engineering Università degli Studi di Brescia http://barbara-barricelli.unibs.it -- Informativa sulla Privacy: http://www.unibs.it/node/8155 <http://www.unibs.it/node/8155>

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INTERACT 2021 -18th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Preliminary Call for Papers

by Carmelo Ardito

INTERACT 2021 -18th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Aug 30th - Sep 3rd, 2021, Bari, Italy www.interact2021.org Preliminary Call for Papers -------------------------------------------------- INTERACT is the International Conference promoted by the IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human–Computer Interaction. INTERACT is held every two years. The theme of INTERACT 2021 “Sense, Feel, Design” highlights the new challenges of interaction design. Technology is today more and more widespread, pervasive and blended in the world we live in. On one side, devices that sense humans' activities have the potential to provide an enriched interaction. On the other side, the user experience can be further enhanced by exploiting multisensorial technologies. Not only the traditional human senses of vision and hearing, but also senses of touch, smell, and taste, as well as emotions are to be taken into account when designing for future interactions. INTERACT 2021 represents the right venue to debate such new challenges. Conference proceedings are published in Springer LNCS series, available in the Springer Digital Library. We invite you to submit your original work to INTERACT 2021 in the following tracks: Tracks with submission deadline January 27th, 2021 - Full Papers (abstract due by January 20th, 2021) - Workshop proposals Tracks with submission deadline April 16th, 2021 - Short Papers - Posters - Interactive Demos - Industry Case Studies - Courses - Panels - Doctoral Consortium All contributions are peer reviewed, juried or curated by the members of the international program committee. Papers accepted in all the tracks will be published in the proceedings edited by Springer in the LNCS series. A selection of papers accepted and presented in workshops organized by the IFIP TC-13 Working Groups will be published as post proceedings in a Springer LNCS volume. Submission Information will be available at the Conference Website. Carmelo Ardito (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Rosa Lanzilotti (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy) Alessio Malizia (University of Hertfordshire, UK) [Technical Programme Co-Chairs of INTERACT 2021] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information please visit the web site: http://interact2021.org/ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Carmelo Ardito, PhD Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione Politecnico di Bari via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy E-Mail: carmelo.ardito(a)poliba.it Personal Home Page: http://ivu.di.uniba.it/people/ardito.htm Research Group: SisInf Lab - Information Systems Laboratory http://sisinflab.poliba.it/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Informativa Privacy - Ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate e ad uso esclusivo del destinatario. Qualora il messaggio in parola Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La preghiamo di eliminarlo senza copiarlo e di non inoltrarlo a terzi, dandocene gentilmente comunicazione. Grazie. Privacy Information - This message, for the Regulation (UE) 2016/679, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation.

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ACM CSCW 2021 Call for Papers

by Ciolfi, Luigina

Cari Colleghi, Sperando di fare cosa gradita, inoltro la Call for Papers per ACM CSCW 2021. La conferenza si terrà molto probabilmente online o in formato ibrido. Saluti, Luigina Ciolfi CSCW 2021 General Co-Chair CSCW is the premier international venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. We invite authors to submit their best research on all topics relevant to collaborative and social computing. Accepted papers are published in two annual CSCW issues of the Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI). Submissions are accepted at four deadlines per year. The upcoming deadline is October 15, 2020, which will be followed by January 15, April 15, and Jul 15, 2021. Submissions accepted for publication in the October 2020, January 2021 and April 2021 cycles will be invited to present at CSCW 2021. Papers accepted from July 2021 onwards will be invited to present at CSCW 2022. *Please consult the CSCW website for comprehensive details.* <https://cscw.acm.org/2021/index.php/papers/> *CALL FOR PAPERS* We invite authors to submit papers that inform the design or deployment of collaborative or social systems; introduce novel systems, interaction techniques, or algorithms; or, study existing collaborative or social practices. The scope of CSCW 2021 includes social computing and social media, crowdsourcing, open and remote collaboration, technologically-enabled or enhanced communication, such as video-conferencing and other remote-presence technologies, CSCL, MOOCs and related educational technologies, multi-user input technologies, collocated work practices, work articulation and coordination, awareness, and information sharing. This scope spans socio-technical domains of work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, sociality, entertainment, and ethics. Papers can report on novel research results, designs, systems, or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities. CSCW encourages papers that make a contribution to building CSCW systems, including (but not limited to) engineering and technical enablers for CSCW applications, methods and techniques for new CSCW services and applications, and evaluation of both early-stage and fully-built CSCW systems in lab or field settings. To support diverse and high-quality contributions, CSCW uses a minimum of two-cycle review process with opportunity for major revisions reviewed by the same reviewers. Additionally, no arbitrary length limit is imposed on submissions. Accepted papers are published in the Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) journal. We invite contributions to CSCW across a variety of research techniques, methods, approaches, and domains, including: - Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. - System development. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. - Theory. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems, within and beyond work settings. - Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies of practices, communication, collaboration, or use, as related to collaborative technologies. - Data mining and modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. - Methodologies and tools. Novel methods, or combinations of approaches and tools used in building collaborative systems or studying their use. - Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. - Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. - Ethics and policy implications. Analysis of the implications of socio-technical systems and the algorithms that shape them. - Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. *Please reach out to papers2021(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2021@cscw.acm.org> <papers2021(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2021@cscw.acm.org>> for queries about paper submissions.* CSCW 2021 Communication and Outreach Co-Chairs Nazanin Andalibi, Mateusz Dolata, and Konstantinos Papangelis CSCW 2021 Papers Co-Chairs Shaowen Bardzell, Siân Lindley, Aleksandra Sarcevic CSCW 2021 General Co-Chairs Jeremy Birnholtz, Luigina Ciolfi — Luigina Ciolfi, PhD Professor of Human Centred Computing Postgraduate Research Tutor, Computing Sheffield Hallam University Tel. +44 114 225 6826 - Personal Website<https://luiginaciolfi.net/> – SHU Webpage<http://shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/luigina-ciolfi> - New Books: “Human-Computer Interactions in Museums<http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?produ…>”, "Made To Work<https://www.routledge.com/Made-To-Work-Mobilising-Contemporary-Worklives/Gr…>" - The CultureLabs Project<https://culture-labs.eu/> - UK Representative and STSM Chair, EU COST Action “SharingAndCaring”<http://sharingandcaring.eu/> - General Co-Chair, CSCW 2021 - MBPsS; Member, EUSSET<http://eusset.eu/>; Senior Member, ACM - Associate Editor and Book Review Editor, The CSCW Journal<http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606> (Springer)

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Esiti dell'analisi condotta con i docenti universitari sulla didattica durante il periodo del lockdown

by Carlo Giovannella

Probabilmente qualcuno di voi ha partecipato all'indagine e quindi spero di farvi cosa gradita segnalandovi la pubblicazione del preprint dedicato all'analisi condotta con i docenti delle università italiane durante il periodo del lockdown, simile a quella che abbiamo pubblicato qualche tempo fa dedicata alle scuole. Nella seconda parte dell'articolo gli esiti delle due indagini vengono messe a confronto ... e penso (spero) che tale comparazione possano indurre a riflettere sulle necessarie azioni da intraprendere ! L'articolo è consultabile su Research Gate The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic seen through the lens of the Italian university teachers and the comparison with school teachers’ perspective https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344521085_The_effects_of_the_Covid…'_perspective Cordialità Carlo Giovannella

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for papers (update on paper format)

by Axel Soto

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Papers *** * College Station, TX * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org ## IMPORTANT UPDATE Please check the updated paper format and length restrictions for short and long papers on https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 2, 2020 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 9, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute methodology or theory for the evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas—academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations—and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and a doctoral consortium for graduate students. ### COVID-19 statement We are monitoring the situation regarding the global pandemic and associated travel restrictions. If needed, we will offer a virtual presentation option if the conference cannot take place due to the global pandemic, or if registered authors from specific parts of the world cannot attend the conference. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: full and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however full papers should make more substantial and significant contributions, while short papers can contain more focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2021". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Internet of Things (IoT) * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media and other Web technologies * Mobile applications * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation systems * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Speech-based interfaces * AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents, virtual assistants) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * User experiments * User studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analyses * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 2, 2020: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 9, 2020: Papers deadline * Dec 14, 2020: Notification * Feb 8, 2021: Camera ready due * Apr 13, 2021: Conference starts ## Submission Guidelines Check the submission guidelines on the conference page: https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Program Chairs * John O’Donovan, University of California, Santa Barbara * Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University * Paul Teale, Texas A&M * Jeeeun Kim, Texas A&M * Aaron Adler, Raytheon BBN Technologies * Manoj Prasad, Microsoft * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org

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Extended Deadline is approaching: special issue on "Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19" - IxD&A Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing //========================================================= *Extended Deadline is approaching: September 27, 2020* / ========================================================= Special Issue on *Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19* to be published at the /*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/ (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Since 2012 also in Scopus **** **** *Since 2015 also* in *Emerging Sources Citation Index* and *Web of Science* *** *---------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ---------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call46 ========================================================= *Important dates:* ----------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline: *September 27*, 2020 • Notification to the authors: November 10, 2020 • Camera ready paper: November 20, 2020 • Publication of the special issue: end of November, 2020 =========================================== *Overview* ----------------------------------------------------------- The shock caused by the pandemic on learning processes all around the world has no equal in the history of education. During previous pandemics the application of the social distancing has already led to the closure of schools but it was not possible to even imagine the continuation of teaching activities as it is happening in the present days, albeit within a virtual dimension. On average, in less than two weeks after the lock down all the actors of the educational processes - students, teachers and families - have been forced to use technologies that many of them would have never considered before as relevant for learning. In a short time, educational technologies that have always struggled to establish themselves as a significant support to the learning processes have become the standard. A so abrupt transition from physical to virtual has contributed to amplify the regret for the many opportunities lost in the past by several national and supranational educational systems in supporting and coordinating the development of technologies that could have generated a significant impact on the learning ecosystems. At the same time it has emerged the critical state of the tertiary education that has not been able to renew in depth pedagogical and didactic approaches to educate present and future teachers to significantly integrate technologies into traditional educational processes. Nonetheless, thanks to the many environments derived from the domain of the collaborative work, to the vast plethora of apps considered in the past as niche products, to the good will of many teachers, to a constant learning by doing (that in many cases has become a continuous field experimentation) schools and universities are accompanying their students towards the end of the school/academic year. This special issue aims at gathering the most significant studies and experiences that have been carried on during the pandemic period to make sure that at least a part of such body of knowledge will not be completely lost. We need them, and we need to reflect on them, hoping that they could guide us in the development of a new way of thinking about learning ecosystems and, more in general, about educational processes. ----------------------------------------------------------- *Topics of Interest* ----------------------------------------------------------- The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted to 'Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19' includes, but is not limited to: • Research and case studies on organizational aspects • Research and case studies on didactic aspects • Research and case studies on monitoring and evaluation aspects and strategies • Research and case studies on the unconventional use of conventional technologies, or on the use of unconventional technologies to support educational processes • Research and case studies on the functional rethinking of physical or phygital places for learning • Research and case studies on the transformation of learning ecosystems and of the perceptions' of the main actors of the learning processes. • Future visions =========================================== /*Submission guidelines and procedure*/ ---------------------------------------------------------- All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines ->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 <http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php> ========================================================== *Authors' guidelines* ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to the paper submission page: *https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login* (Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section: "SI: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19") More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors, publication ethics and malpractice are published. For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as: /Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19/ • carlo [dot] giovannella [at] uniroma2 [dot] it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *** * Forthcoming issues:* http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102 • Autumn 2020 focus section on 'Augmenting Space: The role of immersive technologies in future cities' Guest editors: Callum Parker, Soojeong Yoo, Waldemar Jenek, Youngho Lee • Winter 2020 'Tools, Pedagogical and Ludic Strategies, Co-Design supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education' Guest editors: Oscar Mealha, Traian Rebedea, Matthias Rehm • Springer 2021 'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology' Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun ----------------------------------------------------------

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EICS 2021 Call for Papers (Round 2)

by Davide Spano

Apologies for cross-posting. EICS 2021 : Engineering Interactive Computing System The 13th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems 8-11 June, 2021 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands https://eics.acm.org/eics2021/ EICS 2021 is the thirteenth international conference devoted to engineering interactive computing systems and their user interfaces, addressing one or more software quality factors, such as usability, user experience, reliability, security, etc. Work presented at EICS covers all processes at any stage of the development life-cycle (requirements, specification, validation and verification , testing, deployment, maintenance). Any of the following topics of interest may be addressed as long as their engineering contribution is made explicit and highlighted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOPICS EICS 2021 focuses on models, languages, notations, methods, techniques and tools that support designing and developing interactive systems. The Conference brings together people who study or practice the engineering of interactive systems, drawing from: Design, HCI, Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Modelling, Programming. Submissions are invited that advance the state of the art of the engineering of interactive systems. Topics include, but are not limited to: Modeling,Specification and Analysis * Modelling and analysis of interaction and interactive systems (including user interface) * Requirements engineering for interactive systems * Specification of interactive systems (methods, principles and tools) * Software architectures for interactive systems * Formal methods within interactive systems engineering * Certification issues of interactive systems Methods, Tools, and Processes * Frameworks, toolkits, domain-specific languages and APIs for interactive systems (e.g., API usability, interaction-driven API design) * Languages and notations for describing user interfaces and interactions * Processes for engineering interactive systems (e.g., design, implementation, prototyping, evaluation, verification and validation, testing) * Integrating engineering issues in the design process of interactive systems * Engineering design tools * Engineering evaluation tools * Supporting design in interactive development processes * Computational-Interaction Systems and Techniques * Design and engineering issues in interactive data-driven systems Applications and integrations * Engineering interactive applications with emerging technologies (e.g., adaptive, tangible, touch and multitouch input, voice, gesture, EEG, multimodal input, mobile and wearable systems, machine learning, (augmented, mixed, virtual) realities) * Engineering hardware/software integration in interactive systems (e.g., fabrication and maker processes, physical computing, cyber-physical systems, etc.) * Engineering interactive systems for various user categories (e.g., children, elderly, people with disabilities) * Engineering interactive systems for various application domains (e.g., home, entertainment, desktop, avionics, space, nuclear, military) * Engineering interactive systems for specific properties (user experience, usability, safety, security, dependability, …) * Engineering smart interactive systems (e.g. recommending, adaptive, intelligent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS Topics described above may be described in contributions of one, or more, of the following types: * Proof of Concept - demonstration of the applicability of an approach/tool/method/architecture/framework/design space * Case Study - collect detailed project data to demonstrate the benefits/shortcomings of the approach/artefacts used. May include datasets derived from the study. * Comparative Study - monitor several projects to collect data on impact of the technology/method * Formal Analysis - uses a formal analysis method or tool to analyse an artefact, e.g formal proof, model-driven approach, graph-based approach, user, UI and/or interaction modelling. Applying an approach. * Theory/Formal Method - describes a new method/engineering approach for addressing research questions in EICS. * Literature Review/Survey - Evaluate published studies that analyse the behaviour of similar methods/tools. Systematic mapping, systematic literature review etc. * Experiment - perform a qualitative/quantitative analysis of a project/artefact. A newcomer’s guide to EICS is available at https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3300960. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL PAPER SUBMISSIONS EICS papers are now published as articles in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (EICS series) <https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=J1598&picked=prox>, Vol. 7, Issue EICS. Paper submissions still follow the normal conference review process, but this process is iterated multiple times per year. Submissions to this venue should present original and mature research work. There are no length restrictions on papers, nor any limit to the number of references that may be included. Papers may be accepted after submission and review, or recommended for revisions and re-submission to the next round to enable authors to refine papers based on reviewer recommendations. Submissions should indicate the type and topics of the contribution from the lists above so that the paper will be reviewed according to the criteria given above. Submissions which do not match the above topics and types of contributions will be desk-rejected. More information about the next PACM-HCI (EICS series) review and publication process can be found at http://eics.acm.org/pacm. Papers should be written in the ACM format, see: https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmhci/author-guidelines Upcoming deadlines for full papers to be presented at EICS 2021 are (AoE-Anywhere on Earth): - EICS 2021 round 2: Submission deadline October 23rd, 2020 - EICS 2021 round 3: Submission deadline February 19th, 2021 Submissions can be made through http://new.precisionconference.com Detailed dates for EICS 2021 round 2: - Submission deadline: October 23rd, 2020 - Notification to authors December 18th, 2020 Further information about EICS 2021 can be found here: https://eics.acm.org/2021

4 years, 7 months

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[CFP] Special issue on ''Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction Development"

by Catia Prandi

Apologize for unintended cross-mailing. ************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************** ''Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction Development" Special issue of MPDI Sustainability <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability>, Open Access Journal Link to the CFP: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Human_Computer_I… <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Human_Computer_I…> This Special Issue will contribute to an integrated understanding of the relevance of HCI methodologies and practices in the design and development of sustainable infrastructures and tools, engaging communities and stakeholders, in critical initiatives to foster sustainable development. Contributors from different fields are invited to submit their articles on this topic, presenting how HCI researchers and practitioners can contribute to the broader research on developing sustainability. Guest editors: Catia Prandi, University of Bologna Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna ************************** IMPORTANT DATES ******************************** - Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020 Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Please, feel free to contact: catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it <mailto:catia.prandi2@unibo.it> in case of interest. ****************************************************************************** _________________________________________ Catia Prandi, PhD. Assistant professor (RTD A), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna

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ACM IUI 2021: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended)

by Axel Soto

ACM IUI 2021 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended) In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, TX, USA April 13 - 17, 2021 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). This year we are particularly interested in workshops that have an interactive aspect. Preference will be given to workshops with interactive and hands-on sessions where participants can team up or work together towards the common goal of the workshop. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. == PROPOSAL FORMAT == Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2021(a)iui.acm.org), and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Please submit your proposal via the PCS 2.0 submission system (https://new.precisionconference.com). The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to the IUI audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from (sigconf): http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2021. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by January 3 2021 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2021 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshops and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2021 workshop chairs. == IMPORTANT DATES == Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP Workshop date: Proposals Due: September 22, 2020 Decisions sent: October 07, 2020 Submissions due: December 23, 2020 Reporting of status: January 03, 2021 Final go/no-go decisions: January 05, 2021 Notification to authors: January 31, 2021 Camera-ready for workshop summary [ACM Companion] February 10, 2021 Camera-ready for accepted papers February 28, 2021

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User-research vacancy

by De Angeli Antonella

Are you interested in research on participatory design, have excellent communication skills in English and Italian and a passion for social innovation? At the Human Technology Lab of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano we have a vacancy for a user-researcher to investigate the adoption of the immuni app in Italy and elaborate strategies to increase it. Interested in the position? Send an e-mail to antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it<mailto:antonella.deangeli@unibz.it> and to Maria.MenendezBlanco(a)unibz.it<mailto:Maria.MenendezBlanco@unibz.it> to discuss possibilities. We want to hear both from post-doc researchers with experience on qualitative and quantitative research and from newly graduated MSc/MA students with knowledge on human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, design or related fields. The position is initially offered for one year with possibility of extension subject to funding availability. PhD grants will be available for the Academic Year 2021-22 with a selection in July 2021. Kind regards, Antonella _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antonella De Angeli, PhD Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Dominikanerplatz 3 - piazza Domenicani, 3 39100 - Italy UniBZ

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