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Assegno di ricerca disponibile nell'ambito del progetto di ricerca PRIN TIGHT (responsabile Dott.ssa Barbara Leporini)

by Giulio Galesi

Presso il laboratorio di Segnali e Immagini dell'ISTI-CNR è disponibile un assegno di ricerca di un anno su progettazione e sviluppo di applicazioni e soluzioni informatiche, anche in ambito mobile, per favorire e supportare le persone con disabilità visiva nella propria autonomia. La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 24 giugno. Per maggiori informazioni consultare il bando al url: https://www.isti.cnr.it/images/pdf/jobs/2022/bando_ISTI_AR_010-2022.pdf Giulio Galesi -- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - ISTI Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa ITALY phone: +39 050 621 3117 fax: +39 050 621 2810 e-mail: giulio.galesi(a)isti.cnr.it

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PhD fellowship available at the HIIS Laboratory, CNR-ISTI

by Fabio Paternò

We are looking for candidates for one three-year PhD scholarships that will be carried out at the at the Human Interfaces in Information Systems (HIIS) Laboratory at CNR-ISTI (http://hiis.isti.cnr.it/): The fellowship is associated with the PhD school at the Computer Science department of the University of Pisa (https://dottorato.di.unipi.it/) in the Human-Computer Interaction area, with preference for topics related to Adaptive Human-Computer Interaction. The HIIS Laboratory is a creative and multi-disciplinary interactive technologies research laboratory, with deep and extensive research collaborations, industrial partners, and a supportive 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 will be soon available. Applicants must have earned a master degree by the end of October 2022. For further information any interested potential candidate can contact fabio.paterno at isti.cnr.it

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VL/HCC 2022: Author Registrations and Satellite Events

by Emanuele Panizzi

VL/HCC '22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Updates The author registration and the entry fees are open and published for VL/HCC authors and detailed information could be found at the link below: https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration <https://conf.researchr.org/attending/vlhcc-2022/registration> Also, we have announced two satellite events for which broadcasting is open and you could find further details about the events in the link below: https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-workshops-and-tutori… <https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-workshops-and-tutori…> The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing is the premier international forum for research on this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. The 2022 symposium is scheduled to take place September 12-16 in Rome, Italy. Our special emphasis for 2022 is Human-Centric AI. VL/HCC 2022 is 100% Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC).* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel Members and Organizers - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Federica Cena

*** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current>) Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities Guest Editors Noemi Mauro, University of Torino Federica Cena, University of Torino Cynthia Putnam, DePaul University Maria Soledad Pera, Boise State University David Roldán Álvarez, University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals The full Call for Papers and submission instructions can be found here: https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf <https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf> To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci>). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…>and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates Proposals due: 1st July 2022 Response to authors: 15th July 2022 Full papers due: 15th October 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 Final papers due: 1st July 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: * Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; * Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; * Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; * Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; * Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; * Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; * Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); * Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es -- Federica Cena, Ph. D. Associate Professor Dipartimento di Informatica Universita' di Torino Corso Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino, Italy Phone +39 0116706779 www.di.unito.it/~cena/ https://unito.webex.com/meet/federica.cena

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

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*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline Extension: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) ***) The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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HAID 2022 - Reminder: Call for Works in Progress and Call for Demos

by Stefano Papetti

[Apologies for cross-posting] [Please forward to interested colleagues] Dear colleagues, This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for *Work in Progress *and*Demo* submissions is approaching *(June 26, 2022)*. Acceptance notifications will be sent on June 30, 2022. For the Work in Progress initiative we *encourage submissions from “newcomers”* such as master students or early-stage PhD Students e.g. whose supervisor is not part of the HAID discourse, especially from *underrepresented groups*. At the time of submission, authors will be asked to indicate whether they want to be paired with an experienced HAID researcher during the conference (on site or online) to help develop the work-in-progress into a co-authored future HAID submission. Demo submissions can be either standalone or associated with a paper or work in progress submission. --- HAID 2022 particularly welcomes contributions, both theoretical and empirical, in the following areas: Design of audio and haptic feedback for health & well-being Musical haptics & augmented instruments Contributions in the following areas are also welcome: Novel haptic and auditory interfaces Perception & evaluation of multimodal and cross-sensory interactions Design principles for haptic and auditory interfaces Design of audio and haptic feedback for entertainment and creative applications Affective and semiotic roles of haptics and audio in interaction Leveraging auditory-tactile correspondences in interaction design HAID 2022 will be held during August 24–26, 2022 at Queen Mary University of London (UK), and will be a hybrid event with in-person activities and online streaming sessions. It is organised by the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) <https://c4dm.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/>in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) <https://www.robotics.qmul.ac.uk/>, and it is supported by the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, EuroHaptics Society, Audio Engineering Society (AES), and Springer. Please stay tuned to all the latest news at: * HAID 2022 webpage https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/ <https://haid2022.qmul.ac.uk/> * HAID Google group https://groups.google.com/g/haid-community <https://groups.google.com/g/haid-community> * HAID Twitter page https://twitter.com/HAID_conference <https://twitter.com/HAID_conference> --- Looking forward to meeting you in London! The HAID 2022 Programme Chairs Stefano Papetti and Charalampos Saitis The HAID 2022 General Chairs Charalampos Saitis and Ildar Farkhatdinov

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13 PhD positions in HCI at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

by María Menéndez-Blanco

Dear students, Dear HCI colleagues, At the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, we are looking for 13 PhD candidates with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction (deadline 1st July 2022). Topics include "Ethics, Societies, and AI", "the Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces", "Design and Physical Computing", and "Agents and Computational Linguistics". Ethics, Societies, and AI: ========================== - E1: Human Creativity and Machine Learning for public awareness of AI - E2: Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Public Administration Data and Social Policies - F7-I C&C: Interfacing Creativity and Computation Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces: ===================================================== Note: Four of these will be co-financed by the industry (BMW, SEFAR), which means that selected candidates can stay at the company for at least six months. - A2: Smart Knitted SpaceSuit - F5: How to bring the Metaverse into the vehicles for a novel video conferencing experience (co-financed by BMW Group) - F6: Entertainment in the car by using a cognitive seat with tactile feedback (co-financed by BMW Group) - ASE1: Unobtrusive thin-film sensors inside mono-filaments and woven textiles (co-financed by SEFAR AG) - ASE2: Unobtrusive physiological sensors for cognitive car seats (co-financed by BMW Group) Physical Design and Computing: ============================== - A7: IoT Design and Development with End Users for a Sustainable Future - E3: Teaching Physical Design and Computing Agents and Computational Linguistics: ===================================== - D1: Virtual Digital Assistants for Healthcare - D2: Emotions in Multilingual Texts - D3: Neural models of collaborative behaviours in conversational agents The language of the PhD. programme is English, and the university implements a trilingual model providing prospective students with a suitable environment to learn German and Italian. Our school is committed to fostering a caring and diverse environment, with students coming from over twenty countries (70% international students) and with a reasonable gender distribution, which we are committed to improving (24% women). We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and skills. The scholarship includes: - University Fees 3-year personal grant (approx. € 17,000 NET per year) - 50% pay increase to support international mobility for a period variable between six months and one year according to the type of projects - Personal budget for research and travel expenses (Euro 2,500) - State of the art technical equipment. A more detailed description of these projects (except ASE1 and ASE2) can be found here: https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/PhD-Project-proposals_CS_38cycle.… For more details about the projects ASE1 and ASE2 please check out https://www.unibz.it/assets/Documents/PhD/scheda-descrittva_ASE_38ciclo_EN_… Application deadline: 1 July 2022 at 12:00 midday (CEST). Further details on the application procedure and selection process can be found on the following link: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/computer-science/phd-computer-science/ and for the proposals ASE1/2 under the following link: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/sciencetechnology/phd-advanced-systems-en… If you have any questions you can reach us at: - maria.menendezblanco(a)unibz.it and Antonella.DeAngeli(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Ethics, Societies, and AI) - gennari(a)inf.unibz.it and luisa.petti(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Physical Design and Computing) - michael.haller(a)unibz.it (for the projects on Design and Development of Next Generation Interfaces) Best regards, Antonella De Angeli, Maria Menendez Blanco, Rosella Gennari, Michael Haller

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RTDA at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

by Haller Michael

Dear HCI friends, I am very excited that at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, we are looking for a RTDA position with the focus on the design and development of next-generation interfaces. Our University has a strong international outlook, as testified by its multilingual courses (English, Italian, German) and a high number of students and teaching staff from abroad. We offer you an exciting environment and continuous innovation. Key Qualifications --------------------------------------------------------------- - PhD in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, or Electronic Engineering - Experience in designing and implementing user interfaces - Strong technical competencies in at least one of the following areas: Human Computer Interfaces, Embedded Systems - Outstanding academic performance - Excellent communication (English) and presentation skills as well as self-confidence We offer you --------------------------------------------------------------- - The opportunity to join our research lab in the development of cutting-edge technologies & interfaces - The opportunity to become part of our core team of dedicated researchers & engineers - An inspiring work environment - Collaboration with international customers (e.g., BMW / KTM / SEFAR) and travel opportunities - The possibility to shape the job according to your skills & talents Your activity will include the technical support of projects, ranging from basic to applied research. The tasks will be carried out at the Media Interaction Lab (www.mi-lab.org), which is now also located at the NOI Techpark (https://noi.bz.it/en), a science and technology park, hosting four research institutes, four Faculties of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and 40 scientific laboratories. The position is available for 3 years starting in fall 2022. The gross salary is approx. 42.000 EUR per year. More information about this call can be found here: https://www.unibz.it/en/home/position-calls/positions-for-academic-staff/58… More further information, just send me an email. Best wishes, —Michael ------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Michael Haller Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Media Interaction Lab Piazza Domenicani 3 39100 Bolzano | ITALY E-Mail: michael.haller(a)unibz.it Web : www.unibz.it | www.mi-lab.org

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CFP- International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022

by Agnese Augello

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================== International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) - SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 https://www.sitis-conference.org/2022/contribute/workshops/ihex/ ************************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to send a contribution to the International Workshop on Intelligent interfaces and Human factors in EXtended environments (IHEX) at SITIS 2022 16th international conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (Conference website: https://www.sitis-conference.org). The workshop is about new approaches for designing and implementing intelligent eXtended Reality systems. Please find the call for papers below and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to the workshop. For any questions and information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Agnese Augello CFP ---------- eXtended Reality is becoming more and more widespread; going beyond entertainment and cultural heritage fruition purposes, these technologies offer new challenges and opportunities also in educational, industrial and healthcare domains. The research community in this field deals with technological and human factors issues, presenting theoretical and methodological proposals for perception, tracking, interaction and visualization. Increasing attention is observed towards the use of machine learning and AI methodologies to perform data analysis and reasoning, manage a multimodal interaction, and ensure an adaptation to users’ needs and preferences. The workshop is aimed at investigating new approaches for the design and implementation of intelligent eXtended Reality systems. It intends to provide a forum to share and discuss not only technological and design advances but also ethical concerns about the implications of these technologies on changing social interactions, inform ation access and experiences. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: · Intelligent User Interfaces in eXtended environments · Computational Interaction for XR · Quality and User Experience in XR · Cognitive Models for XR · Semantic Computing in environments · XR-based serious games · Virtual Agents in eXtended environments · Adaptive Interfaces · Visual Reasoning · Content Modelling · Responsible Design of eXtended Environments · XR systems for Human Augmentation · AI methodologies applied to XR · ML approaches in XR · Ethical concerns in XR VENUE ---------- University of Burgundy main campus, Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ----------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Agnese Augello, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Italy Dimitri Darzentas, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Martin Flintham, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Ignazio Infantino, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy Boriana Koleva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Emel Küpçü, Xtinge Technology Inc., Turkey Effie Lai-Chong Law, Durham University, United Kingdom Pietro Neroni, Institute for high performance computing and networking, National Research Council, Italy SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------------------------- Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices and must follow the IEEE double columns publication format. You can download the IEEE conference templates – Latex and MS Word A4 – at the following URL: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2022 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2022 Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Paper Submission July 15, 2022 Acceptance/Reject Notification. September 9, 2022 Camera-ready September 16, 2022 Author Registration September 16, 2022 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Scopus, DBLP and major indexes. REGISTRATION ----------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. A single registration allows attending both track and workshop sessions. CONTACTS ---------------- For any questions, please contact us via email. Agnese Augello agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it Giuseppe Caggianese giuseppe.caggianese(a)icar.cnr.it Boriana Koleva B.Koleva(a)nottingham.ac.uk -- -- Agnese Augello, Ph.D. ICAR - Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad alte prestazioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Ugo la Malfa 153 - 90145 Palermo +39-091-23894276 (Tel) +39-091-6529124 (Fax) agnese.augello(a)icar.cnr.it <a.augello(a)pa.icar.cnr.it> agnese.augello(a)cnr.it

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[ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media, HT 2022] Call for Participation

by Ujwal Gadiraju

Hi all, --- Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === The ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media is a premium venue for high-quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. For the first time in the history of the conference, HT ’22 will be run in a hybrid mode between **June 28 - July 1, 2022**, with the opportunity for speakers and attendees to participate onsite or online. IMPORTANT DATES === * **Early-bird registration: May 27, 2022** * Regular registration: May 28 – June 24, 2022 * On-site registration: from June 28, 2022 * Conference: June 28 - July 1, 2022 REGISTRATION === Registration is open at https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/registration/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_regi…>. Register on or before **May 27** to benefit from an early-bird discount! Make sure to book your hotel stay at the Hotel Four Points by Sheraton conference hotel. The hotel is at the center of the conference activity, and will allow you to network easily with other conference attendees. See how to get access to a discount rate at https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/venue/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_venu…> PRELIMINARY PROGRAM === **Keynotes** * **m.c. schraefel**, University of Southampon * **Dene Grigar**, Washington State University Vancouver * **Nuria Rodríguez**, Universidad de Málaga **Paper sessions** * Research papers: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * Blue Sky Ideas papers: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-blue-sky-ideas-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> **Other Sessions** * Late-breaking results: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-late-breaking-results-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * Demonstrations: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-demo-papers/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> **Workshops**: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/accepted-workshops/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_acce…> * HUMAN’22 – 5th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext * The Narrative and Hypertext (NHT) * Open Challenges in Online Social Networks * 7th edition of The International Workshop on Social Media World Sensors (SIdEWayS) ORGANIZATION === **General Chairs** * Alejandro Bellogín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain * Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy **Others Chairs**: https://ht.acm.org/ht2022/organization/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ht.acm.org_ht2022_orga…> --- Best, Ujwal ____________________________________ Dr. Ir. Ujwal Gadiraju Assistant Professor Web Information Systems Delft University of Technology The Netherlands W: https://wis.ewi.tudelft.nl/gadiraju W: https://www.ujwalgadiraju.com E: u.k.gadiraju(a)tudelft.nl https://www.academicfringe.org

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Last Call for Papers

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*** Last Call for Papers *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 (*** Submission Deadline Extension: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!)) The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: June 14, 2022 AoE (firm!) • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission

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*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ (*** Submission Deadline Extension (firm!): 6 June, 2022 ***) Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 6 June 2022 CEST (***extended and firm!***) • Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 15 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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International Summer School "Digital Interactive Smart Spaces" - Como Lake & Milan - July 2022

by Maristella Matera

Carissimi, volevo richiamare la vostra attenzione sulla Summer School di cui trovate sotto la call già fatta circolare da Franca Garzotto. E’ una scuola incentrata su temi HCI, promossa dal SIGCHI Italy, con speaker internazionali di rilievo. E’ una delle poche opportunità di questo tipo in Italia. Le iscrizioni sono ancora aperte. Non esitate a contattare me o Franca per qualsiasi informazione. Cari saluti, Maristella -------------------- Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the International Summer School “Digital Interactive Smart Spaces” that will be held in Como and Milan in July 2022, organized by Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with the Lake Como School for Advanced Studies and EIT Digital. The School is devoted to Master/PhD students, researchers and professionals, who want to i) deepen their knowledge on Smart Spaces technology, and its potential/limitations; ii) to improve their competence on interaction design for Smart Spaces, and explore how applications can be developed to maximize usability, accessibility, and eﬀectiveness; iii) better understand the business opportunities in this arena and the social challenges involved. The Summer School is organized in 2 weeks. The first week (July 11-15, 2022) has a research focus, with outstanding speakers from prestigious universities and research centers in Europe and abroad, and will be held on the Como Lake at Villa del Grumello (www.villadelgrumello.it/it/<https://www.villadelgrumello.it/it/>) . The second week (July 18-22, 2022) has a business and industry perspective, with top-level speakers from large and medium companies in Italy and EU, and will be held in Milano at Politecnico Main Campus (https://www.polimi.it/en/ ). It is possible to attend both weeks, or the first week only. Please refer to the Summer School web site for the detailed program and further information https://uise.lakecomoschool.org/ Thanks for your attention Kind regards Franca Garzotto and Maristella Matera --- Maristella Matera – PhD Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria http://matera.faculty.polimi.it/

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Call for Participation - ACM UMAP 2022

by Helma Torkamaan

Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. For the first time in the history of the conference, UMAP ’22 will be run in a hybrid mode between **July 4-7, 2022**, with the opportunity for speakers and attendees to participate onsite or online. IMPORTANT DATES === * **Early-bird registration: May 27, 2022** * Regular registration: May 28 – June 24, 2022 * On-site registration: from June 28, 2022 * Conference: July 4-7, 2022 REGISTRATION === Registration is open at https://www.um.org/umap2022/registration. Register on or before **May 27** to benefit from an early-bird discount! To celebrate the co-location of 3 ACM conferences in Barcelona (ACM Hypertext, ACM UMAP, and ACM WebSci), UMAP supports a joint registration discount. We also are making UMAP more equitable this year. In striving for a conference cost that is affordable for all, we also have deeply discounted rates available for those registering in countries designated by ACM as “economically developing”. These tickets are supported by SIGWEB to provide fair access. Know more about joint registration, grants and support at https://www.um.org/umap2022/grants-and-support/ PRELIMINARY PROGRAM === **Keynotes** * **Nuria Oliver**, ELLIS Unit Alicante Foundation, Alicante, Spain * **Ben Shneiderman**, Dept of Computer Science & Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA * More keynotes will be announced soon **Paper sessions** * Research papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-papers/ * Theory, Opinion, and Reflection papers: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-theory-opinion-and-reflection-papers/ **Other Sessions** * Late-breaking results: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#lbr * Demonstrations: https://www.um.org/umap2022/late-breaking-results-and-demos/#demo * Doctoral symposium: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/ **Tutorials**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-tutorials/ * Ethical Considerations in User Modeling and Personalization (ECUMAP) * Semantics-aware Content Representations for Reproducible Recommender Systems (SCoRe) * User Control in Adaptive Information Access (UCAIA) **Workshops**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/accepted-workshops/ * Adaptive and Personalized Privacy and Security (APPS) * Third International Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) * Explainable User Modeling and Personalized Systems (ExUM 2022) * Fairness in User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (FairUMAP 2022) * Workshop on Group Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (GMAP) * 7th International Workshop on Human Aspects in Adaptive and Personalized Interactive Environments (HAAPIE 2022) * The 13th International Workshop on Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage (PATCH 2022) – Towards Hybrid CH Experience ORGANIZATION === **General Chairs** * Alejandro Bellogín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain * Ludovico Boratto, University of Cagliari, Italy * Olga C. Santos, UNED, Spain **Others Chairs**: https://www.um.org/umap2022/organization/ -- Helma Torkamaan Researcher Email: helma.torkamaan(a)uni-due.de

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Early Bird Registration - SLERD 2022: 7th conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development.

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing// /========================================================= /Early bird registration deadline: *May 31, 2022*/ ========================================================= *7th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development** **Toward a Polyphonic Construction of a new normality* *July 5-6, 2022 Hybrid format * Conference program <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/programme/> (preliminary) Registration form <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/registration-form/> ========================================================= *Keynotes* • *Philippe Dessus*/**(Université Grenoble Alpes)/ /(///*Intelligent Classrooms to Understand Instructional Events: an Ecological Approach*/)/ • *Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta*/(University College London)/ /(//*/Actioning the universal principles of ethical AI: an example of ethical AI in education/*) /• /*Yves Punie*/**(EC JRC – Unit Human Capital and Employment) // /(///*Shifting to competence-based learning and digital education in Europe. A view from European research and policy.*/)/ ========================================================= SLERD 2022 will host HYBRID open debates on: *“***Competence based learning as an essential foundation for European citizenship, wellbeing and democracy.*”* <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-dibattito-aperto/> -> Panelists <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-panelists/> *“****AI and education: ethical challenges and opportunities**”* <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-dibattito-aperto/> -> Panelists <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-panelists/> Although the partecipation in the open debates is free we kindly invite people interested to attend to fill the registration form -> registration form <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-registration-form/> on the 4th of July SLERD 2020 will host, as /satellite event/, an open debate (in Italian) on: *“Le tecnologie digitali per le life-skills a scuola (Digital technologies for life-skills at school)” *-> registration form satellite event <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/open-debate-registration-form/>*** * =========================================================

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PhD program (including HCI, VR, Serious Games, Persuasive Technology)

by Luca Chittaro

The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Udine, Italy, welcomes candidates applying for 14 three-year positions (11 of which supported by scholarship). Applicants will focus their research project on topics that can be chosen in a wide range listed here https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ The PhD program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence has also opened funded agreements with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (www.fbk.eu/en/) and CRO Aviano (www.cro.sanita.fvg.it/it/) The deadline for applications is *July 20, 2022, 14:00 CET * Detailed instructions as well as a link to the official call and application forms are available here: ENGLISH VERSION: https://www.uniud.it/en/research/doctorate-res/ammissione/active-notice/lug… VERSIONE ITALIANA: https://www.uniud.it/it/ricerca/lavorare-nella-ricerca/dottorato-ricerca/am… Prospective applicants can contact the Coordinator for further details and/or one or more PhD Supervisors for project-related questions. All contacts can be found in the PhD web site https://www.dmif.uniud.it/dottorato/iai/collegio-docenti/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Luca Chittaro HCI Lab (http://hcilab.uniud.it) Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics tel: +39 (0432) 558.450 University of Udine luca.chittaro(a)uniud.it Via delle Scienze, 206 http://www.dmif.uniud.it/chittaro 33100 Udine -- ITALY

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Nuovi ranking per IxD&A (Interaction Design & Architecture(s)) Journal

by Carlo Giovannella

Con piacere vi annuncio che la rivista interdisciplinare, "open access" e indipendente *Interaction Design & Architecture(s) * https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 nel 2021 è salita considerevolmente nei ranking internazionali e occupa il primo posto tra le riviste italiane in tutti i settori di riferimento: /SJR 2021 = 0.353 // // //• Architecture/Design: Q1 - 32nd in the World - 1st in Italy// //• Media Technology: Q2 - 25th in the World - 1st in Italy// // //• Social Science: Q2 - 246th - 1st in Italy// // //• Human Computer Interaction: Q3 - 86th in the World - 1st in Italy // //• Computer Science Application: Q3 - 447th in the World - 1st in Italy // // //• Education: Q3 - 701th in the World - 1st in Italy / Ciò nonostante, anche con il vostro aiuto e la vostra partecipazione, c'è ancora molto da fare ... Carlo Giovannella (Scientific Editor) Interaction Design and Architecture(s) - IxD&A Journal https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 is a SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal, founded in 2005, that implements also video presentations of the published contributions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/> IxD&A Facebook -> link <https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022> Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel -> link <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Deadline extended] CfP for the workshop "New trends in Sports and HCI" at MobileHCI 2022

by Eleonora Mencarini

*** Apologies for cross-posting*** Dear colleagues, The deadline of the “New trends in sports and HCI” workshop at MobileHCI’22 has been postponed to *June 9, 2022, AoE*. CALL FOR PAPERS The field of HCI for sports is evolving under the push of new technological developments and worldwide natural events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. Recent technological advancements have widened the possibilities of HCI in the sports domain by paving the way to augmented humans, inbodied interactions, esports, new forms of sociality thanks to virtual reality and the metaverse, and new ways for engaging the audience thanks to AI. Whereas contextual factors, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, seem to pull the sports trends in opposite directions: on the one hand, they foster the indoorisation and individualization of sports, as we can see by the spreading of home training systems such as bike rollers and related apps; and, on the other hand, they encourage practicing outdoor sports to take advantage of the ‘restorative power’ of nature. With this workshop, we invite the HCI community to discuss the current trends for portable technologies for sports and trace future directions for HCI research in this field. TOPICS OF INTEREST - Possible topics for submissions may include (but are not limited to):‬‬ - Wearable/mobile technologies for sports - Interactive systems for the indoorisation of outdoor sports - Phenomenology of sports (how to report the sports experience) - Augmented feedback for sports - Augmented human capabilities in sports - Immersive technologies for sports - Exergames - Gamification techniques for sports - Superhuman sports HOW TO APPLY? We invite paper submissions (*minimum 12.500 characters long/about 5 pages*) in the form of a research, reflection, pictorial, provocation, or design fiction using the ACM SIGCHI template via Easy Chair. A program committee will assess the submissions based on their potential to spark an interesting discussion. Proceedings of the accepted submissions will be published with CEUR and indexed in Scopus. IMPORTANT DATES *[NEW] submission deadline: June 9, 2022, AoE* Notification: June 24, 2022 Workshop: October 1, 2022 ATTENDANCE The “New Trends in HCI and Sports” will take place *online*. The workshop activities and discussions will be organized accordingly. ORGANIZERS Eleonora Mencarini, FBK (Italy) Amon Rapp, University of Torino (Italy) Ashley Colley, University of Lapland (Finland) Florian Daiber, DFKI (Germany) Micheal D. Jones, Brigham University (U.S.A.) Felix Kosmalla, DFKI (Germany) Stephan Lukosch, University of Canterbury (New Zealand) Jasmin Niess, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Evangelos Niforatos, TU Delft (The Netherlands) Paweł W. Woźniak, Chalmers University (Sweden) Massimo Zancanaro, University of Trento (Italy) For further information, visit our website: mobilehci22-hci-and-sports.dfki.de If you have any questions, please drop an email at: mencarini(a)fbk.eu Best regards, the New Trends in HCI and Sports workshop organizers <https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=it&utm_medium=web&utm_sour…> <https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/terms/> <https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/> <https://www.google.com/gmail/about/policy/>

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VL/HCC 2022: Graduate Consortium - Extended Deadlines Announcement

by Emanuele Panizzi

*VL/HCC '22 Graduate Consortium* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Dates* - * Submission by e-mail: 8th June 2022- Notification of final decision: 13th June 2022 - Camera-ready deadline: 19th June 2022- Consortium date: 12th September 2022* (all deadlines are *23:59, AoE*) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Participation* The primary goal of this year's event is to stimulate graduate students' and other researchers' thinking about “*Human-Centric AI*”, addressing issues such as how to ensure that tools and explanations for AI fit the needs of the broad populations they need to serve. Research areas could involve the design, building, or evaluation of technologies involving or relating to human-centric AI and issues of human-centric AI, such as trust and fairness. This goal aligns with the theme of the 2022 VL/HCC main conference. Other areas within the remit of VL/HCC are also welcome. *Why You Should Participate* - Present your work to a smaller, more attentive audience - Get detailed, critical, constructive feedback from a diverse panel of experts - Meet other students working on similar problems - Travel funding may be available to help cover your cost of attending VL/HCC (details below). *Who Can Participate?* The consortium is open to both master's and PhD students worldwide. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis, as well as from members of groups identified by NSF as underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. If multiple applicants from a particular university apply for the consortium this year, then no more than two per university will be selected to participate. To be eligible, each applicant may have participated no more than once in the VL/HCC graduate consortia of past years. *Application Process* Email the following items with *_VLHCC22-GC_* in the subject line to *Andrew Fish at [andrew.fish `at' brighton.ac.uk <http://brighton.ac.uk>]* and *Thomas LaToza [tlatoza `at' gmu.edu <http://gmu.edu>]:* - A 2-page research abstract, formatted as a PDF in the standard IEEE Conference Proceedings format. NOTE: Accepted participants' abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings. To make it easier for you to write a successful abstract, we provide examples from past years below. Your curriculum vitae (CV), as a second PDF file. This CV should mention whether you have previously participated in any graduate consortia at any conferences. - A letter of recommendation sent directly by your thesis advisor. This letter should summarize your accomplishments and describe how far along you are in your master's or PhD program, why attending the GC this year would be important for you, and please ask them to mention if you have already attended VL/HCC GC in any past year. In addition, if you are a member of a group designated by NSF as underrepresented, then the letter may mention this fact. *Selection Process* For one-third of the slots, students who have participated once before will be given priority. The remaining slots will be given to students who are new to the event. Each student from the returning group will be linked with new students in a mentoring arrangement. See _Who Can Participate?_ above for additional selection criteria. *Posters* Selected students will be asked to present a poster on their work at the Showpieces Reception during the main conference. Details will be provided to accepted applicants. *Travel Support* We expect to be able to offer partial funding for travel expenses for US participants to attend, contingent on the availability of funds. *Schedule* The consortium event will be a full day the Monday before the main conference. All participating students are expected to attend the main conference as well as the graduate consortium. Other conference attendees are invited to attend the consortium, to listen to the presentations, to interact with participants, and to give feedback to presenters. More details will be provided, closer to the event, including times and locations. *Examples of Successful Applications* To be successful, a submission to the VL/HCC Graduate Consortium generally has to have the following parts: 1. The paper starts with a sentence or two that describes a real-world setting. 2. It then identifies a problem in that setting. 3. The remainder of the paper's introduction outlines an approach for solving that problem. 4. In a subsequent section, the paper describes a prototype or preliminary study showing the feasibility of that approach. 5. The paper explains why more work is still required in addition to this prior work. 6. The paper concludes by describing future work that will build on this prior work in order to finish completing the approach. 7. Somewhere along the way, the paper explains how the approach builds on, or differs from, other related work. We have annotated three excellent submissions that exemplify the pattern described above (PDFs available via links at https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-graduate-consortium). We hope that you will find these examples thought-provoking and helpful as you design your own submission this year. - [Information on the Web: How End Users Make Use of Data] - [Roles in Online Collaborative Problem Solving] - [Re-forming the Internet with its End Users] *Panel Members and Organizers* - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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VL/HCC 2022: Graduate Consortium - Extended Deadlines Announcement

by Emanuele Panizzi

*VL/HCC '22 Graduate Consortium* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Dates* - * Submission by e-mail: 8th June 2022- Notification of final decision: 13th June 2022 - Camera-ready deadline: 19th June 2022- Consortium date: 12th September 2022* (all deadlines are *23:59, AoE*) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Participation* The primary goal of this year's event is to stimulate graduate students' and other researchers' thinking about “*Human-Centric AI*”, addressing issues such as how to ensure that tools and explanations for AI fit the needs of the broad populations they need to serve. Research areas could involve the design, building, or evaluation of technologies involving or relating to human-centric AI and issues of human-centric AI, such as trust and fairness. This goal aligns with the theme of the 2022 VL/HCC main conference. Other areas within the remit of VL/HCC are also welcome. *Why You Should Participate* - Present your work to a smaller, more attentive audience - Get detailed, critical, constructive feedback from a diverse panel of experts - Meet other students working on similar problems - Travel funding may be available to help cover your cost of attending VL/HCC (details below). *Who Can Participate?* The consortium is open to both master's and PhD students worldwide. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis, as well as from members of groups identified by NSF as underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. If multiple applicants from a particular university apply for the consortium this year, then no more than two per university will be selected to participate. To be eligible, each applicant may have participated no more than once in the VL/HCC graduate consortia of past years. *Application Process* Email the following items with *_VLHCC22-GC_* in the subject line to *Andrew Fish at [andrew.fish `at' brighton.ac.uk <http://brighton.ac.uk>]* and *Thomas LaToza [tlatoza `at' gmu.edu <http://gmu.edu>]:* - A 2-page research abstract, formatted as a PDF in the standard IEEE Conference Proceedings format. NOTE: Accepted participants' abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings. To make it easier for you to write a successful abstract, we provide examples from past years below. Your curriculum vitae (CV), as a second PDF file. This CV should mention whether you have previously participated in any graduate consortia at any conferences. - A letter of recommendation sent directly by your thesis advisor. This letter should summarize your accomplishments and describe how far along you are in your master's or PhD program, why attending the GC this year would be important for you, and please ask them to mention if you have already attended VL/HCC GC in any past year. In addition, if you are a member of a group designated by NSF as underrepresented, then the letter may mention this fact. *Selection Process* For one-third of the slots, students who have participated once before will be given priority. The remaining slots will be given to students who are new to the event. Each student from the returning group will be linked with new students in a mentoring arrangement. See _Who Can Participate?_ above for additional selection criteria. *Posters* Selected students will be asked to present a poster on their work at the Showpieces Reception during the main conference. Details will be provided to accepted applicants. *Travel Support* We expect to be able to offer partial funding for travel expenses for US participants to attend, contingent on the availability of funds. *Schedule* The consortium event will be a full day the Monday before the main conference. All participating students are expected to attend the main conference as well as the graduate consortium. Other conference attendees are invited to attend the consortium, to listen to the presentations, to interact with participants, and to give feedback to presenters. More details will be provided, closer to the event, including times and locations. *Examples of Successful Applications* To be successful, a submission to the VL/HCC Graduate Consortium generally has to have the following parts: 1. The paper starts with a sentence or two that describes a real-world setting. 2. It then identifies a problem in that setting. 3. The remainder of the paper's introduction outlines an approach for solving that problem. 4. In a subsequent section, the paper describes a prototype or preliminary study showing the feasibility of that approach. 5. The paper explains why more work is still required in addition to this prior work. 6. The paper concludes by describing future work that will build on this prior work in order to finish completing the approach. 7. Somewhere along the way, the paper explains how the approach builds on, or differs from, other related work. We have annotated three excellent submissions that exemplify the pattern described above (PDFs available via links at https://conf.researchr.org/track/vlhcc-2022/vlhcc-2022-graduate-consortium). We hope that you will find these examples thought-provoking and helpful as you design your own submission this year. - [Information on the Web: How End Users Make Use of Data] - [Roles in Online Collaborative Problem Solving] - [Re-forming the Internet with its End Users] *Panel Members and Organizers* - Andrew Fish, University of Brighton (chair) - Thomas LaToza, George Mason University (chair) - Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University - Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy -- Emanuele Panizzi Associate Professor Computer Science Department Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Last Call for Contributions

by Announce Announcements

*** Last Call for Contributions *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ (*** Submission Deadline Extension (firm!): 6 June, 2022 ***) Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 6 June 2022 CEST (***extended and firm!***) • Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 15 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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[Call for Papers - MUM '22] International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

by Sayan Sarcar

MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27th - 30th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners gather to discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such as interaction techniques, user research, system development, software solutions, and devices. This edition of MUM aims to continue the tradition of innovation and excellence in research established by previous MUM conferences. We welcome high-quality submissions to a wide range of tracks dealing with, among others, the following topics: - Architectures, systems, algorithms and other constructions tackling relevant technical challenges - Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality systems and applications - Case studies, field trials, or user experience evaluations of new applications and services - Conceptualizations and theorizations of the field - Context-aware and location-based mobile and ubiquitous services - Metrics and measures for evaluating and testing mobile and ubiquitous systems - Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia - Novel applications for mobile and ubiquitous gaming, entertainment, networking, and advertising - Privacy and security related issues to multimedia systems - Social implications of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems - Tools and development environments for building mobile, wearable, and ubiquitous multimedia systems - User interfaces, interaction design, and interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems Our tracks have the following submission deadlines (all AoE): - Papers: August 16, 2022 - Workshops and Tutorials: September 2, 2022 - Posters, Demos, and the Doctoral Consortium: September 29, 2022 For further details on each individual track, please visit https://mum-conf.org/2022/ We hope to see you all at MUM 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, João Guerreiro, LASIGE, ULisbon Augusto Esteves, ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon

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[EICS 2023] First round CfP for the 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

by Carmen Santoro

Call for papers for the first submission round for EICS 2023 : The 15th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems June, 2023 - Swansea, UK Submission deadline for the first submission round of PACM EICS 2023: July 22, 2022 Full Papers *and* Technical Notes EICS 2023 is the fifteenth international ACM SIGCHI 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 stages of the engineering life-cycle of interactive systems - inception, requirements, design, specification, coding, data analytics, validation and verification, deployment and maintenance. EICS has the longest tradition of bringing together researchers who contribute to better ways of creating interactive computing systems, stemming from the conference on command languages in the seventies. The conference is best known for rigorously contributing and disseminating research results that hold the midst in between user interface design, software engineering and computational interaction. EICS focuses on models, languages, notations, methods, techniques and tools that support designing, developing, validating and verifying interactive systems. The conference brings together people who study or practice the engineering of interactive systems, drawing from design, HCI, software engineering, requirements engineering, software development, modeling, and programming. Submissions advance the state of the art of the engineering of interactive systems. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Modeling, specification and analysis of interaction and interactive systems * Model-based development of interactive software * Requirements engineering for interactive systems * Methods, processes, principles and/or tools for building interactive systems (e.g., design, implementation, prototyping, evaluation, verification and validation, testing) * Software architectures for interactive systems * Formal methods within interactive systems engineering * Certification issues of methods, tools, and processes to create interactive systems * Frameworks, toolkits, domain-specific languages and APIs for interactive systems * Languages and notations for describing user interfaces and interactions * 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 * Interactive data-driven systems * Engineering interactive applications with emerging technologies (e.g., adaptive, context-aware, tangible, haptic, touch and multitouch input, voice, gestures, EEG, multimodal input, mobile and wearable systems, AI, (augmented, mixed, virtual) realities...) * Engineering hardware/software integration in interactive systems (e.g., fabrication and maker processes, physical computing, cyber-physical systems…) * Engineering interactive systems for various user categories (e.g., children, elderly, people with disabilities,…) * Engineering interactive systems for various application domains (e.g., health, home, entertainment, desktop, avionics, space, nuclear, civil protection, law enforcement, emergency services and calamity management...) * Engineering interactive systems for specific properties (user experience, usability, safety, security, dependability, …) * Engineering smart interactive systems (e.g. recommending, adaptive, intelligent) * Building Human-centred AI systems (integrating explainable AI, intelligible design, human-in-the-loop, adaptive and context-aware, interactive agents…) A newcomer’s guide to EICS is available at https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3300960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL PAPERS and TECHNICAL NOTES SUBMISSIONS EICS full papers and technical notes are published as articles in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM - EICS series). There are three submission deadlines per year, and authors can choose when to submit. Papers follow the traditional journal model of reviewing: papers may be accepted after submission and review, or may be recommended for revisions and re-submission to the next round to enable authors to refine papers based on reviewer recommendations. Submissions for the journal of this venue should present original and mature research work within the scope of the conference. New from this year: accepted journal papers can be either regular research papers, or technical notes. Technical notes are shorter, more focused contributions, that focus specifically on system contributions and technical work. Elucidating technical details of complex interactive systems, preferably ensuring the work can be reproduced or put to practice, is a primary objective of a Technical Note. Tech Notes require an illustrative example of the system, and they can, but do not need to, be validated by formal user evaluations or user studies. Validation can also be done through e.g. simulation, feasibility, or comparisons.Tech Notes will be judged on their technical merits and relevance to interactive systems concerns. There are no length restrictions on full papers and Technical notes, nor any limit to the number of references that may be included. We advise authors to ensure the length of their papers is in function of the contributions. Concise and clear is often to be preferred above lengthy and verbose. More information about the next PACM-HCI (EICS series) review and publication process can be found at http://eics.acm.org/pacm. Full Papers should be written in the ACM format, see https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions The PACM-EICS submission deadline for the first round of submissions is 22 July 2022. Papers are submitted using https://new.precisionconference.com PACM-EICS full papers and technical notes chairs for EICS 2023, Carmen Santoro and Kris Luyten -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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International summer school for doctoral students in HCI - Padova 22-26 agosto 2022

by Davide Spano

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro ----- 2nd bienniAl Franco-Italian young Researcher Meetup in Computer-Human Interaction **Si prega di distribuire questa email alle scuole di dottorato in cui sono affrontate le tematiche HCI. Sono aperte le iscrizioni alla scuola internazionale estiva per dottorandi/e in human-computer interaction che si terrà a Padova il 22-26 agosto, in collaborazione con SIGCHI Italy e l'associazione francese di interazione persona-computer AFIHM. La scuola è residenziale ed oltre a permettere il networking tra dottorandi dellla stessa generazione tramite co-living e lavori in team, offre una serie di laboratori per migliorare la capacità di presentare le proprie proposte progettuali/pubblicazioni e le illustrazioni che le corredano. Tutte le attività sono in inglese. Il costo è di 172€ comprensivo di vitto (colazioni, pasti principali e coffe break) e alloggio in stanza singola. I posti sono limitati e si accolgono iscrizioni fino al 20 giugno tramite il modulo online disponibile sul sito: https://afirmchi2022.afihm.org/ L'esito della domanda di partecipazione e le modalità di pagamento saranno comunicate successivamente agli/alle interessati/e. Per informazioni, contattare anna.spagnolli(a)unipd.it La scuola è supportata finanziariamente da UNIPD, Dipart. di Psicologia Generale e AFIHM. Le associazioni SIGCHI Italy e AFIHM patrocinano l'iniziativa. -- [image: photo] Prof. Lucio Davide Spano Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di Cagliari Via Ospedale 72, 09124, Cagliari, Italy Tel: +39 070 675 8760 | Skype: davide.spano5 Website <http://people.unica.it/davidespano> | RG <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucio_Spano> | ORCHID <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-0463>

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CFP: Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities - Human-Computer Interaction journal

by Noemi Mauro

*** apologies for cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS Human-Computer Interaction journal ( https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current) Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities Guest Editors Noemi Mauro, University of Torino Federica Cena, University of Torino Cynthia Putnam, DePaul University Maria Soledad Pera, Boise State University David Roldán Álvarez, University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems. Submission of Proposals The full Call for Papers and submission instructions can be found here: https://www.madpickle.net/hcij/publicInfo/cfp_dca.pdf To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci). Follow the guidelines <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qx4__6fh-vUzmiNXqOuS9rFlCz3kX9C1lCghS3…> and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal. Important Dates Proposals due: 1st July 2022 Response to authors: 15th July 2022 Full papers due: 15th October 2022 Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 Final papers due: 1st July 2023 Topics of Interest For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: - Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; - Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; - Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; - Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; - Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; - Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; - Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); - Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. Contact Information For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors: Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena(a)unito.it Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam(a)depaul.edu Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera(a)boisestate.edu David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan(a)urjc.es

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