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Call for Papers – IEEE BigDataService 2025 (July 21-24, Tucson, AZ, USA)

by Khushi Nilanshu Patel

Dear Researchers, We are pleased to invite submissions for the 11th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Machine Learning Applications ( BigDataService 2025), taking place from July 21-24, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The conference provides a premier venue for researchers and practitioners to share innovations, research findings, and experiences in big data technologies, services, and machine learning applications. The conference welcomes high-quality paper submissions. Accepted papers will be included in the IEEE proceedings, and selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a special issue of a peer-reviewed SCI-Indexed journal. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning: - - Algorithms and systems for big data search and analytics - Machine learning for big data and based on big data - Predictive analytics and simulation - Visualization systems for big data - Knowledge extraction, discovery, analysis, and presentation - - Integrated and Distributed Systems: - - Sensor networks - Internet of Things (IoT) - Networking and protocols - Smart Systems (e.g., energy efficiency systems, smart homes, smart farms) - Big Data Platforms and Technologies: - - Concurrent and scalable big data platforms - Data indexing, cleaning, transformation, and curation technologies - Big data processing frameworks and technologies - Development methods and tools for big data applications - Quality evaluation, reliability, and availability of big data systems - Open-source development for big data - Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) platforms and technologies - - Big Data Foundations: - - Theoretical and computational models for big data - Programming models, theories, and algorithms for big data - Standards, protocols, and quality assurance for big data - - Big Data Applications and Experiences: - - Innovative applications in healthcare, finance, transportation, education, security, urban planning, disaster management, and more - Case studies and real-world implementations of big data systems - Large-scale industrial and academic applications All papers must be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=bigdataservice2025 Important Dates: - Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15, 2025 - Paper Submission Deadline: April 25, 2025 - Final Paper and Registration: June 15, 2025 - Conference Dates: July 21-24, 2025 For more details, please visit the conference website: https://conf.researchr.org/track/cisose-2025/bigdataservice-2025 <https://conf.researchr.org/track/cisose-2025/bigdataservice-2025#Call-for-P…> We look forward to your submissions and contributions. Please feel free to share this CFP with interested colleagues. Best regards, IEEE BigDataService 2025 Organizing Committee

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[SLERD 2025] - 10th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development: DEADLINE EXTENSION

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologies for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= *10th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development** * *2025:A decade of SLERD - facts and future directions * *June 12-13, 2025* /*on-line format*/ www.slerd.org <https://www.slerd.org/> Contacts: 1st: elvira [dot] popescu [at] gmail [dot] com /(Elvira Popescu - conference chair)/ 2nd: aslerd [dot] org [at] gmail [dot] com *SLERD 2025* is organized by /University of Craiova /in collaboration with /ASLERD/ <http://www.aslerd.org>/./ **=========================================================** *DEADLINE EXTENSION -> April 1st 2025* (new hard deadline)* *call for papers <https://www.slerd.org/call-for-papers/> *=========================================================* SLERD 2025 Keynotes: /* • Charles B. Hodges (Georgia Southern University)*/ /*EVOLVING LABELS, CONSISTENT ROOTS: THE LASTING POWER OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN*/ /* *//*• Helen Crompton (ODUGlobal & Old Dominion University)*/ /*AFFORDANCES and LIMITATIONS of GENERATIVE AI in EDUCATION*/ /*6th edition of the **Student Scientific Design Contest */-> see call for proposal and demo <https://www.slerd.org/contest/> /(first deadline for proposals submissions: April 15th) / and much more ... stay tuned! **=========================================================** Early bird registration to the main conference, SLERD 2025, is now open: https://www.slerd.org/registration-form/ *Deadline for early bird registration to SLERD 2025: May 15th ***=========================================================** * * /*Short Intro*/ On occasion of the 10th edition of the SLERD conference – themed “*/A Decade of SLERD: Facts and Future Directions/*” – we intend to reflect on a journey of impactful research, transformative insights, and collaboration that followed the evolution of smart learning ecosystems. Over the past ten years, SLERD has become a venue for academics, practitioners, and students worldwide, fostering innovative approaches to education that prioritize the human factor, social innovation, inclusivity, and accessibility. This milestone conference is an invitation to both celebrate the achievements of the past decade and engage in discussions that will define the future of smart learning environments. As SLERD 2025 unfolds, participants will contribute to shaping a vision that aligns technological advancements with the needs of diverse communities, ensuring that the future of education is adaptive and inclusive. The themes for this year’s conference emphasize the overarching nature of smart learning ecosystems: /*places for smart education, people-centered design, and supportive technologies*/. Through these lenses, SLERD 2025 will address evolving models of institutional learning, the role of design and co-creation, the integration of AI and immersive technologies, and ethical considerations essential to a sustainable educational future. /*Topics of interests*/ *SLERD 2025* is proud to invite colleagues - researchers and practitioners - from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems and, contributions on how to build together a brilliant future, where smart learning ecosystems and smart education will be even more central in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development. General topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: /*• places for smart education */ * future of institutional learning * interplay between formal and informal learning * new educational models and settings * continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, processes in learning * role of, and case studies of, games and gamification in smart education * dual education and other alternation scheme approaches * monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region) /*• people in place centered design for smart education*/ * general frameworks and methodological advances * design, data and other relevant literacies * teachers’ and students’ continuous training (literacies, skills and competencies) * initial teacher education * smart citizens’ literacies, skill and competences * communities and co-design in smart learning * sharing & participatory practices * open access to any resource and disparity * educational design for all * cultural influences * ethical aspects in smart learning /*• supportive learning technologies for smart education*/ * general frameworks and methodological advances * design, data and other relevant literacies * teachers’ and students’ continuous training (literacies, skills and competencies) * initial teacher education * smart citizens’ literacies, skill and competences * communities and co-design in smart learning * sharing & participatory practices * open access to any resource and disparity * educational design for all * cultural influences * ethical aspects in smart learning ========================================================= /*Important dates:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for papers submission: *April **1st, 2025 (extended deadline)* • Notification to the authors: May 1st, 2025 • Camera ready paper: June 1, 2025 • Conference: June 12-13, 2025 ========================================== /*Submissions:*/ --------------------------------------------------------- Accepted papers also presented at the conference will be published in a special issue of theIxD&A Journal <https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000>(https://ixdea.org/; ISSN 1826-9745, e-ISSN 2283-2998) indexed by SCOPUS and Emerging Sources of Web of Science (Citescore: 2.5). Papers should be written according to the Instruction for Authors available athttps://ixdea.org/authors-guidelines/. <https://ixdea.org/authors-guidelines/> Papers submission is handled through OJS –https://ojs.ixdea.org/index.php/ixdea/about/submissions. SLERD and IxD&A follow a double-blind reviewing process, thus papers need to be fully anonymized. In submitting your contribution please select one of the following sections: *SI: SLERD 2025 – long paper*or *SI: SLERD 2025 – short paper* ========================================================= Information about SLERD 2025 will continuously updated on the ASLERD Linkedin page -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103530/> Facebook page -> link <https://www.facebook.com/people/Aslerd-Association-for-Smart-learning-Ecosy…> ========================================================= See ASLERD website <http://www.aslerd.org> for Request of membership, membership fees and legal =========================================================

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"Haptics for the arts" - special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Haptics

by Luca Turchet

*Apologies for cross-posting* *Call for papers - Special Issue on "Haptics for the Arts" * *IEEE Transactions on Haptics* *https://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/toh/special-issues <https://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/toh/special-issues>* In the last two decades, we have witnessed the development of many innovative devices and original techniques for providing haptic sensations in artistic settings. This includes the tactile enrichment of music listening and performance experiences, haptic soundscapes, interactive installations leveraging tactile interfaces, immersive multimedia experiences exploring the nuances of touch, or the haptic enhancement of digital musical instruments. There is a growing interest in the haptics community in investigating interfaces and perceptual phenomena at the confluence of art and haptics, as demonstrated by the Art & Design Track at the 2024 Eurohaptics conference. New system perspectives are needed to develop the next generation of haptic interfaces for artistic contexts, which pose significant challenges at the technical and perceptual levels. Overcoming these challenges requires a transdisciplinary approach, involving engineering, human-computer interaction, performance studies, and the arts in general. Generating a dialogue between these research fields will be beneficial for obtaining innovative results in constructing future haptic interfaces for artistic usages. The intent of this special issue is to define a promising road-map for the development of future haptic interfaces for artistic contexts, pushing the boundaries of haptic exploration and offering unique perspectives that blend technological innovation with sensory engagement. We invite technically rigorous submissions that challenge, provoke, and expand these frontiers. Submissions that neglect to rigorously explore the links between the arts and at least one of the fields of engineering, computer science, or human-computer interaction will not be considered. Topics of interest include and are not limited to: - Haptic modeling, rendering, algorithms, and systems for the arts - Haptic interaction techniques and methods for the arts - Haptic hardware for the arts, including XR and multimodal/wearable displays - Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive studies on haptics in arts - Data-driven approaches for haptic artistic representations - AI applications for haptics in the arts, including use of explainable or generative AI - Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive studies that demonstrate user impact of haptics in the arts - Empirical studies that demonstrate the roles and effects of haptics in interaction with artwork - Installation art with haptic technologies, including haptic soundscapes - Musical haptics for performers and/or audiences - Haptic technology for creativity support - Affective haptics for the arts Submission instructions We welcome top-quality original (unpublished) articles. Each submission will be peer-reviewed, and papers will be selected based on their impact, originality, and relevance to the special issue’s aims and scope. All submissions should be formatted following the IEEE ToH journal instructions for authors and submitted to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/toh. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for evaluation for the Special Issue, please select “Special Issue: Haptics for the Arts” in the submission process. Important dates - Submission deadline: September 1, 2025 - First decision sent to authors: approximately three months after submission - Final decision sent to authors: approximately six months after submission - Final publication material due from authors: approximately seven months after submission Guest editors - Luca Turchet - Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy - Jeremy Cooperstock - Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, McGill University, Canada - Mounia Ziat - Experience Design, Bentley University, USA - Yongjae Yoo - Department of Artificial Intelligence, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Luca Turchet*, Ph.D. Associate Professor Head of the *Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory* <https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/> Chair of the *IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on the Internet of Sounds* <https://www.comsoc.org/about/committees/emerging-technologies-initiatives/i…> Founder and President of the* Internet of Sounds Research Network <https://www.internetofsounds.net/>* Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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CFP: Workshop on Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage - PATCH@UMAP 2025

by Noemi Mauro

**** PLEASE, EXCUSE MULTIPLE POSTINGS **** CALL FOR PAPERS The 16th International Workshop on Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage (PATCH 2025) Held in conjunction with ACM UMAP 2025 - New York City, New York, USA https://patch2025.di.unito.it/ Important dates: April 9, 2025 - Paper Submission April 28, 2025 - Notification May 5, 2025 - Papers Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system) The workshop will be in person or hybrid. Abstract and Topics Following the successful series of PATCH workshops, PATCH 2025 will be again the meeting point between state-of-the-art cultural heritage research and personalization – using any kind of technology, while focusing on ubiquitous and adaptive scenarios, to enhance the personal experience in cultural heritage sites. The workshop is aimed at bringing together, physically and/or virtually, researchers and practitioners who are working on various aspects of cultural heritage and are interested in exploring the potential of state of the art mobile technology (onsite as well as online) to enhance the CH visit experience. The expected result of the workshop is a sharing and discussing novel ideas and creating a multidisciplinary research agenda that will inform future research directions and hopefully, forge some research collaborations. We invite cultural heritage professionals and researchers to join us to discuss findings and trends on personalisation of cultural heritage in the broadest sense, from online and remote cultural access to onsite visit, from individuals to groups, from tangible to virtual and robotic mediation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Navigation and personalized browsing in digital and physical cultural heritage collections - Recommendation strategies for natural and cultural heritage - Adaptation strategies for text and non-verbal content in CH/NH - NLG techniques for mobile user modeling in natural and cultural heritage sites - Integration of virtual and physical collections - Immersive cultural and natural heritage - Mobile museum guides and personal museum assistants - Context-aware information presentation in natural and cultural heritage - Adaptive navigation and browsing in CH/NH sites - Intelligent user interfaces for natural and cultural heritage applications - Personalization for group of visitors to natural and cultural heritage sites - Personalization for collective CH information authoring and management - Creativity and collaboration support in CH - Personalization across the whole of a person's digital ecosystem - Long-term personalization - IoT and Cultural Heritage - Living lab in museum - Robots in museums - 3D, Augmented, and Virtual Reality for cultural and natural heritage - Gestural interfaces for Cultural Heritage applications - Analysis of behavior patterns to improve CH/NH recommendation - Conversational agents for cultural and natural heritage - The use of personality for guiding CH/NH experiences - Multiple viewpoints and perspectives for CH - Remote access to CH/NH - Intelligent agents to interact with CH/NH - Large Language Models for CH/NH - Shaping Personalization and FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) in Human-Centered Generative AI Also papers connected to the UMAP 2025 main theme: “Shaping Personalization and FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) in Human-Centered Generative AI” and Cultural Heritage are of interest. Submissions Full papers: up to 14 pages excluding references. Short papers/Position papers/Demo papers: up to 7 pages excluding references. Papers that exceed the page limits or formatting guidelines will be returned without review. Submissions should be single-blinded, i.e., authors’ names should be included in the submissions. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://patch2025.di.unito.it/submission.html. All papers should be submitted in PDF format via the online submission system by selecting the track "UMAP 25 Workshop PATCH": https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2025. An international panel of experts will review all submissions. Work that has already been published should not be submitted unless it introduces a significant addition to the previously published work. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Workshop organizers Liliana Ardissono, University of Torino, Italy, liliana.ardissono(a)unito.it Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel, tsvikak(a)is.haifa.ac.il Noemi Mauro, University of Torino, Italy, noemi.mauro(a)unito.it Alan J. Wecker, The University of Haifa, Israel, ajwecker(a)gmail.com

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[CfP] xAI25 Conference Special Track: Explainable and Interactive Hybrid Decision Making (July 9-11 2025, Istanbul, Turkey)

by c.natali6＠campus.unimib.it

[apologies for cross posting] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 3rd World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence 09-11 July, 2025 - Istanbul, Turkey https://xaiworldconference.com/2025/ Call for Papers for Special Track on Explainable and Interactive Hybrid Decision Making: https://xaiworldconference.com/2025/explainable-and-interactive-hybrid-deci… ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This special track explores human-AI interaction in explainable AI (XAI) by integrating traditional XAI techniques with external knowledge sources. It focuses on hybrid human-AI decision-making, leveraging human expertise—intuition, ethics, and context—with AI’s data processing and predictive capabilities. The track emphasizes systems that provide accurate predictions and contextually meaningful explanations tailored to diverse users. These systems combine structured knowledge bases for consistency, unstructured data for adaptability, and multidisciplinary approaches for user-centric design. Addressing challenges in data integration, context awareness, and explanation personalization, the track highlights how explainable hybrid systems enhance decision quality, foster trust, and ensure ethical accountability. Submissions should present innovative methods that explain both “how” decisions are made and “why” they matter, promoting transparent and collaborative human-AI interaction. Topics of Interest * Frameworks and techniques for human-AI interaction and hybrid systems, including counterfactual reasoning and example-based explanations. * Explaining complex decision chains in Human-xAI hybrid systems (e.g., behavioural and psychometric analysis of users) * Knowledge-injected explanations (e.g., domain-specific and actionable explanations through ontologies) * Strategies for increasing user trust (e.g., confidence interval visualizations, uncertainty heatmaps) * Case studies, applications and challenges for Explainable hybrid systems in critical sectors * Post-hoc eXplanation techniques for Learning-to-Defer systems * Interpretable models for Learning-to-Defer approaches to build Human-AI teams * Explainable Learning-to-Reject and selective classification * Formal methods for verifiable hybrid decision systems (e.g., symbolic reasoning, and decision boundary visualizations) * Bias mitigation in hybrid decision systems (e.g., counterfactual fairness analysis, fairness-aware optimization of explanations) * Explainable Active Learning (e.g., feedback-driven iterative refinement of decision boundaries) * eXplainability-based Interactive Learning Algorithms (e.g., interactive counterfactual scenarios). * Novel methods for Causal Evaluation of Explanation Effects in human-AI interaction * Explanations for Continual Learning settings with Human-in-the-loop * Uncertainty-Aware Explanation methods and Uncertainty Quantification (including novel visualization techniques) * Customizable, Interactive and Adaptive User-driven eXplanations * Cognitive and Behavioural Foundations of eXplainable AI * Empirical user studies on eXplanations for human-AI collaboration (e.g., trust assessments, cognitive load analysis) * Evaluation metrics for explainability in hybrid decision-making (e.g., understandability scores, usability, evaluating automation bias) * Ethical, legal, societal implications of eXplainable hybrid decision-making (e.g., novel Algorithmic Impact Assessment strategies) Submission Guidelines Submitted manuscripts must be novel and not substantially duplicate existing work. Manuscripts must be written using Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) in the format provided here (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Latex and word files are admitted; however, the former is preferred. All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically. The conference has a no dual submission policy, so submitted manuscripts must not be currently under review at another publication venue. Works can be submitted here: https://easychair.org/account2/signin_timeout?l=6938809045818978977 Important Dates Article upload deadline on submission platform (easy-chair)*: February, 28, 2025 Paper bidding for reviewers March 1-3, 2025 Notification of acceptance*: March, 19, 025 Registration (payment) and camera-ready* (upload to easy-chair): March, 26, 2025

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[CFP] IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025 - Thematic Session "Shaping the Future of Interaction: Integrating AI, Human Factors, and Immersive Technologies in HCI"

by Giuseppe Caggianese

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the thematic session on "Shaping the Future of Interaction: Integrating AI, Human Factors, and Immersive Technologies in HCI" (https://metroxraine.org/thematic-session-7) hosted by the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025) that will be held on October 22-24, 2025 in Ancona, Italy. Authors who are interested in submitting their work should prepare an abstract of 1-2 pages in length by the 15th of March. Alternatively, a comprehensive graphical abstract can also be submitted. Once the abstract/graphical abstract has been accepted, authors can proceed to prepare the full paper. Additionally, the authors of the paper selected as “Best Paper” at this thematic session will receive an invitation to submit an extended version of their work to IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications ( https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/cg). Please see the CfP below for details and forward it to colleagues who might be interested in contributing to this thematic session. Visit the conference website for further and updated information https://metroxraine.org/. If you have any questions or need any clarifications, don't hesitate to get in touch with us. We'd be more than happy to assist you in any way we can. We look forward to receiving your valuable submissions and meeting you at IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025. Best wishes, Marta Mondellini, Nicola Capece, Mario Covarrubias and Giuseppe Caggianese. ==================================================================================== Call for Papers - Thematic Session on: "Shaping the Future of Interaction: Integrating AI, Human Factors, and Immersive Technologies in HCI" https://metroxraine.org/thematic-session-7 2025 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025) https://metroxraine.org/ October 22-24, 2025 - Ancona, Italy. ==================================================================================== THEMATIC SESSION DESCRIPTION ------------------------- Nowadays the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with modern Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technologies and eXtended Reality (XR), offers unprecedented opportunities for innovation. This thematic session aims to explore how AI while acting as a catalyst, interacts with broader HCI methods to enhance user experiences, foster engagement, and address critical Human Factors. The session will examine the synergies between XR, AI-driven personalization, and adaptive systems, alongside non-AI-based approaches to ensure inclusivity. By addressing measurement techniques and methodologies, the session will highlight how HCI researchers and practitioners can advance the field through rigorous evaluation strategies that support various applications in different immersive environments scenarios such as Rehabilitation, Special Education, Cultural Heritage, and emerging platforms like Metaverse. This dialogue aims to create a roadmap for designing, implementing, and assessing next-generation HCI systems that balance technological possibilities with user-centric considerations. The authors of the paper selected as the “Best Paper” at this session will receive an invitation to submit an extended version of their work to IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/cg ). More information can be found here: https://metroxraine.org/thematic-session-7 TOPICS ---------- The list of topics includes (but it is not limited to) the following: - AI-Driven Personalization in Human-Computer Interaction. - Measuring User Experience (UX) in Immersive Environments and AI-enhanced Systems. - Cognitive Load Evaluation in Augmented HCI Systems. - Human Factors in Immersive Technologies: Metrological Approaches. - Human Factors in the Design of AI-Powered Interfaces. - Evaluation Frameworks for Usability Assessment. - Real-Time Feedback Systems in Human-AI Interaction. - Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral Responses in Immersive Human-Computer Interaction. - Measuring Trust, Ethics, and Acceptance in AI-Augmented Interaction. - Multimodal Interaction and Performance Measurement. - Designing for Accessibility in Next-Generation HCI Systems. - Data-Driven Insights for HCI Design and Optimization. - Metrics and Validation Protocols in AI-Enhanced HCI. - Adaptive Interfaces in XR. - Next-Generation Tools for Immersive UX Design and Testing. - Social Interactions and Collaboration in AI-enhanced XR. IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------ Short Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2025. Full Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025. Full Paper Acceptance Notification: June 15, 2025 Final Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025 SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS ------------------------ Authors should prepare an Abstract (1 - 2 pages) that clearly indicates the originality of the contribution and the relevance of the work. The Abstract should include the title of the paper, names and affiliations of the authors, an abstract, keywords, an introduction describing the nature of the problem, a description of the contribution, the results achieved and their applicability. As an alternative to the traditional abstract, it is possible to submit a Graphical Abstract. Read the paragraph below for further information. When the first review process has been completed, authors receive a notification of either acceptance or rejection of the submission. If the abstract has been accepted, the authors can prepare a full paper. The format for the full paper is identical to the format for the abstract except for the number of pages: the full paper has a required minimum length of five (5) pages and a maximum of six (6) pages. Full Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. All contributions will be peer-reviewed and acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. Authors of accepted full papers must submit the final paper version according to the deadline, register for the workshop, and attend to present their papers. The maximum length for final papers is 6 pages. More information can be found here:: https://metroxraine.org/initial-author-instructions. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ----------------------------------- All contributions will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance will be based on quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. ORGANIZERS ------------- Marta Mondellini STIIMA, National Research Council, Italy marta.mondellini(a)stiima.cnr.it Nicola Capece University of Basilicata, Italy nicola.capece(a)unibas.it Mario Covarrubias Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Italy mario.covarrubias(a)polimi.it Giuseppe Caggianese ICAR, National Research Council, Italy giuseppe.caggianese(a)cnr.it For any questions related to the thematic session, please feel free to contact us via email.

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] [MUC 2025] Call for Workshop Proposals | Chemnitz, Germany, August 31 - September 3 2025

by Evropi Stefanidi

**********apologies for cross-posting********** *** CALL FOR WORKSHOPS DEADLINE EXTENDED - Mensch und Computer (MUC) 2025 *** 31. Aug – 3. Sep 2025, at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany The NEW deadline for submitting Workshop Proposals is *March 14th, 2025* *For the online version of this Call, please visit: https://muc2025.mensch-und-computer.de/en/workshops/ * * Message from the Workshop Chairs * We invite you to submit proposals for workshops at Mensch und Computer. Workshops are a gathering place for attendees with shared interests to meet in the context of a focused and interactive discussion. Workshops are an opportunity to move a field forward and build community: a chance to find people who care about the same issues, questions, and research agendas as you. Workshops may address any topic relevant to the HCI community, e.g., questions of basic research and applied research, HCI practice, HCI education, new methodologies, emerging application areas, ethics, sustainability, or design innovations. Most workshops (half or full-day) take place on Sunday before the start of the technical program, but workshops can also be run on Monday or Tuesday. As Workshop Chairs, we will create a carefully curated list of workshops that reflects the needs and desires of the community. Please note that we might propose modifications and augmentations, such as suggesting that workshops be combined where appropriate. The workshop should address timely topics and phenomena; therefore, it depends on the year in which topics are considered particularly relevant and interesting. The space and technical limitations will also influence the number and form of the selected workshops. * Workshop Chairs * Yasmeen Abdrabou Mark Colley

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] Call for Papers: End-User Development (IS-EUD 2025) | Munich, Germany 16-18 June 2025

by Evropi Stefanidi

**********apologies for cross-posting********** Dear all, The deadline for Regular and Short Papers for the 10th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2025) *has been extended*. NEW Submission deadline: 14 March 2025 For more information please visit: https://iseud2025.ubicomp.net/call-for-papers.html The conference welcomes papers on * Simple and efficient environments for EUD * GenAI in support of EUD * No-code/low-code paradigms and visual languages for building software and systems * Theoretical concepts and foundations for EUD *New processes, methods and techniques for EUD * Approaches that empower users to create, modify and adapt digital artefacts * Case studies and design implications of EUD challenges and practices Accepted papers will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Workshop proposals and other contributions will be published in the CEUR-WS Adjunct Proceedings. For more details on topics, all deadlines, submission guidelines, and authors instructions, please see: https://iseud2025.ubicomp.net/ Best regards, The IS-EUD 2025 Organizing Committee

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The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025): Fourth Call for Papers

by Announce

*** Fourth Call for Papers *** The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025) September 9-11, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/i3e2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Journal Special Issue with Springer's SN Computer Science ***) Conference theme: “Pervasive digital services for people’s well-being, inclusion and sustainable development” OVERVIEW Next-gen digital services contribute to people’s well-being, inclusion, and sustainable development, re-shaping e-business, e-services, and e-society. Such services are pervasive both since they run on a large variety of heterogeneous devices and they permeate various aspects of daily life, by offering accessible and personalised experiences to all individuals. The proposed theme advocates for the design, implementation and operations of novel digital solutions that satisfy the needs of different individuals, while contributing to their well-being and to preserving the Planet. I3E 2025 will collect contributions about the creation and management of user-centric accessible platforms, applications, and services that empower individuals to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The proposed theme aims at emphasizing how it is possible to leverage different technologies to address pressing societal challenges such as, for instance, healthcare access, education, poverty alleviation, sustainable usage of resources, and social equity, towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. TOPICS OF INTEREST Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: e-Business • Innovative e-business models • Inter-organizational systems • Business process integration • Business process re-engineering • e-Marketplaces, e-Hubs and portals • Digital goods and products • User behaviour modeling • Mobile business • Enterprise application integration • e-Negotiations, auctioning and contracting • Supply, demand, and value chains • e-Commerce content management • Dynamic pricing models • Trust and security • Mobile Commerce • Business Intelligence • Business Ontologies and Models • E-Business Models e-Services • e-Service composition • Inter-organizational services • e-Collaboration and e-Services • Service-oriented computing • Web services • Semantic web services • Service workflows • Virtual organizations and coalitions • Virtual enterprises and virtual markets • Web 2.0 applications • Agent-oriented e-Services • P2P co-operation models • Ubiquitous, mobile, and pervasive services • Application service management • Services and service management in the cloud-edge continuum • Next-gen AI services • Enterprise Ontologies • Accessibility • Usability e-Society • e-Government (e.g. G2G, G2B, or G2C) • Digital cities and regions • e-Democracy and e-Governance • e-Inclusion to information society • e-Health and e-Education • Public e-Services for citizens and enterprises • One-stop government service integration • Mobile public services • Multimedia and multilingualism • Digital culture and digital divide • Privacy and security • Legal societal and cultural issues • Public-private partnerships • International dimension of e-Gov • E-society and AI • Digital Transformation • Social Computing • Green Computing • Sustainable Technologies • Humanitarian & Emergency Management • Digital Inclusion • Digital Literacy SUBMISSION Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Therefore, submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates to prepare their papers (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Authors can submit their proceedings articles using the EasyChair platform. Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i3e2025 . Length of papers The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12 pages) and short papers (7 pages). We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Journal Special Issue Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper (with at least 30% additional material) for fast-track review and publication in Springer's SN Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) • Author Notification: June 23, 2025 • Camera-ready: June 30, 2025 • Author Registration: June 30, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chairs • Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus • Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku • Ilias Pappas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology • Marinos Themistocleous, University of Nicosia Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University of Cyprus • Stefano Forti, University of Pisa • Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia

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CFP: Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users - IR4U2@SIGIR 2025

by Noemi Mauro

**** PLEASE, EXCUSE MULTIPLE POSTINGS **** Call For Papers CFP for the 2nd Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (IR4U2) - Bridging User-centered AI with IR: Making Information Retrieval Accessible for All Please join us at IR4U2, co-located with the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, which will take place 13th-18th July 2025 in Padua, Italy Information Retrieval (IR) remains an active, fast-paced area of research. Nevertheless, most advancements in this domain have primarily favored what we might term 'conventional' users, such as adults from the global north. We envision IR4U2 as a forum to spotlight research and industry efforts that, while sparse, consider diverse, and often understudied, user groups. Among these groups, we find, for example, older adults, young children and adolescents, individuals afflicted by mental health disorders, users with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), individuals with intellectual disabilities, or those with specific learning needs. In this second iteration of IR4U2, we will focus more specifically on a **user-centred AI perspective**, which we believe is vital for informing the design, development, and assessment of IR systems that thoughtfully address the diverse needs of understudied populations, ensuring genuine accessibility and inclusivity. We aim to • Build, extend and maintain a community involving multi-disciplinary Ph.D. students, academics, and industry practitioners aiming to advance understanding of core (AI for) IR technology and its impact on a broad range of understudied users. • Take inventory of the different kinds of use cases, research work, ongoing efforts, and existing resources while reflecting on the progress made since the last IR4U2 iteration. • Define guidelines to promote user-centric design of IR systems. • Outline a general approach to facilitate research endeavors driven by and at the service of specific user groups IR4U2 will be a highly participatory, full-day, in-person workshop. This will involve informal interactions, facilitated group work, and brief presentations of accepted contributions. These contributions will help construct a snapshot of the current works in this area. Topics of interest include: - User-centered design of IR algorithms for understudied users - User-centric design of user interfaces for IR for understudied users - The use of AI for enhancing IR systems for understudied users - The positive and negative impact of AI on IR for understudied users - User modeling to enable IR and recommendation technologies tailored to understudied populations - Data collection and benchmark development of IR catering to understudied populations. - IR applications targeting understudied populations - IR techniques in the era of LLM and generative models with and for understudied populations This is not an exhaustive list, as we are also interested in contributions discussing challenges inherent to designing IR technology at the service of understudied user groups–from the need for multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder collaborations to how to build datasets. Submissions: Peer reviewed contributions. These include research papers presenting empirical explorations, user studies, and/or new algorithms related to the open problems listed in topics of interest, as well as position/vision contributions discussing uses cases, challenges, and future research directions. These contributions should be submitted on EasyChair ( https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ir4u20) at least 4 pages, but up to 12 (excluding references) formatted in CEURART’s single-column template ( https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/one-column-layout-template-for-sub…). Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop and published in workshop proceedings. Editorially-reviewed contributions. To enable potential attendees to articulate their views on the topics of the workshop, share already-published works, bring awareness to ongoing European projects in this area, etc., we ask the submission of a short extended abstract. This type of informal submission (via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoz0WWHx_0EXcPc9AZOTw6zx07gSolQ61… ) will be editorially reviewed by workshop organizers to gauge fit as well as themes of interest for group discussions. Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop, but not published in the proceedings. Important dates All the deadlines are set at 11:59 PM AoE. - Submission: April 23, 2025 - Author notification: May 21, 2025 - Camera-ready: June 1, 2025 - Workshop day: July 17, 2025 At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop. Please feel free to reach out to the ir4u2.research(a)gmail.com with questions. For further information, see https://ir4u2workshop.wixsite.com/ir4u2-2. Organizers: Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Angelo Geninatti Cossatin, University of Turin, Italy Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands Federica Cena, University of Turin, Italy Theo Huibers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Emiliana Murgia, Università di Genova, Italy

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Call for Special Tracks Proposals - GoodIT 2025

by Mirko Franco

ACM* GOODIT Conference Call for Special Tracks Proposals 3-5 September 2025, Antwerp, Belgium https://goodit2025.idlab.uantwerpen.be/ SCOPE GoodIT 2025 will feature special tracks whose aim is to focus on a specific topic of interest related to the overall scope of the conference. We solicit proposals for special tracks to be held within the main conference and whose publications will be included in conference proceedings. Special tracks proposals can focus on any contemporary themes that highlight social good aspects in the design, implementation, deployment, securing, and evaluation of IT technologies. * Pending confirmation. SPECIAL TRACK PROPOSAL FORMAT A special track proposal must contain the following information: ** Title of the special track ** The names of the organizers (indicatively, two) with affiliations, contact information, and a single paragraph of a brief bio. ** A short description of the scope and topics of the special track (max 1/2 page) and a brief explanation of: (1) why the topic is timely and important; (2) why the topic is related to the conference’s main theme; (3) why the special track may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality. ** Indication if a journal special issue is associated with the special track, possibly with information on the process of selecting papers. ** The plan to disseminate the call for papers of the special track for achieving a reasonable number of paper submissions (a list of emailing lists will help). ** An outline of the foreseen reviewing process to ensure the scientific quality of the accepted papers including a tentative list of program committee members. ** A draft call for papers (max 1 page). SELECTION OF SPECIAL TRACKS Accepted Special Tracks will be curated by the Special Track Chairs, possibly involving other members of the conference’s organizing committee, and possibly discussing details with the Track Proposers. PUBLICATION Papers submitted to each special track have to satisfy the same criteria as for the main conference. They must be original works and must not have been previously published. They have to be peer-reviewed by the track’s Program Committee (at least three reviews per submitted paper are required). The final version of papers must follow the formatting instructions of the main conference. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference on site; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in ACM Digital Library. The special track may provide an option for publishing the extended versions of selected papers in a special issue of a journal. SPECIAL TRACK PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The proposal should be submitted as a single PDF file to the special track chairs (see below) via email to: ombretta.gaggi(a)unipd.it and catia.prandi(a)unibo.it The subject of the e-mail must be: “GoodIT 2025 – special track proposal”. The special tracks chairs may ask proposers for supplying additional information during the review period. IMPORTANT DATES ** Proposal Submission Deadline: March 10th, 2025 ** Notification of Selection: March 17th, 2025 ** Paper submission deadlines must be the same as for the main conference CONTACT (SPECIAL TRACKS CHAIRS) ** Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy) – ombretta.gaggi(a)unipd.it ** Catia Prandi (University of Bologna, Italy) – catia.prandi(a)unibo.it

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International Student Design Contest @ SLERD 2025 - 6th edition: a great opportunity for innovative students

by Carlo Giovannella

/Apologize for unintended cross-mailing/ ========================================================= Invite your students (bachelor, master and Ph)D to live the fantastic experience of the 6th edition of the contest and get academic recognition that can elevate their profile **International Student Design Contest (2025) * */@// //10th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development// / June 12-13, 2025 /*https://www.slerd.org/contest/*/ video presentation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW3ZdvI26u4&t=31s> of the contest /========================================================= Deadline for ideas submission: *April 15th, 2025 */ /=========================================================/ Contacts:slerd25-contest@utt.fr <mailto:slerd25-contest@utt.fr>or aslerd.org(a)gmail.com ========================================================= /Winner: /will be awarded with 500 € grant /Finalists: /all have the opportunities to attend the conference for free and present their projects in front of an international audience of experts. ========================================================= *DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT and GOALS* Smart Learning Ecosystems should perform at best on all the dimensions that contribute to the well-being of students and all players involved in the development of a learning process: /infrastructures, food, environment, info/admin services, mobility, safety, social interaction, satisfaction, challenges, self-fulfillment/. Being inspired by the flow theory and by the Maslow’s pyramid, we can state that: ecosystems are smart when /“individuals that take part in the local processes achieve a high level of skills and, at the same time, are also strongly motivated and engaged by continuous and adequate challenges, provided that their primary needs are reasonably satisfied”./ The smartness of learning ecosystems, thus, is not created merely through the availability of digital infrastructures and applications. When technologies are both available and adopted enthusiastically, they can start to make a difference in both simplifying and accelerating progress toward the achievement of system smartness. One has to keep in mind, however, that technologies are smart not because they are capable of replacing human reasoning but, rather because they can help towards achieving a people centered smartness, through streamlining mundane organisational tasks, and enhancing the skills of all actors involved in learning processes. Our duty, with the help of technology, is to support learning ecosystems (formal, informal, non-formal) to develop their people centered smartness towards becoming incubators of social innovation and engines of sustainable regional development./Smartness is a goal/ and we can support our learning ecosystems along the process to achieve it by proposing solutions capable to solve or mitigate problems that prevent the learning ecosystems to be people centered. We expect students, wishing to take part in the contest, to analyze their learning ecosystem, detect problems and find solutions that can help their, and as well other learning ecosystems, to get smarter. Proposals submitted to this call are expected to address thesame general themes of the call for papers of the conference, namely: * places for smart education, * people in place centered design for smart education, * supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. ========================================== Important dates: --------------------------------------------------------- • Deadline for ideas submission to slerd25-contest(a)utt.fr <mailto:slerd25-contest@utt.fr>: *April 15th, 2025* • Selection of the best 3 proofs of concepts and prototypes (finsalists): May 6th, 2025 • Presentation and demo at SLERD 2024 and winner announcement: June 12th and 13th, 2025 ========================================== ========================================== Early bird registration to the main conference, SLERD 2025, is now open: https://www.slerd.org/registration-form/ *Deadline for early bird registration to SLERD 2025: May 15th* SLERD 2025 is featuring the keynotes by: /*Charles B. Hodges (Georgia Southern University)*/ /*EVOLVING LABELS, CONSISTENT ROOTS: THE LASTING POWER OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN*/ /* *//*Helen Crompton (ODUGlobal & Old Dominion University)*/ /*AFFORDANCES and LIMITATIONS of GENERATIVE AI in EDUCATION*/ /* */and more ... stay tuned! ==========================================

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PhD position in "Musical XR" at University of Trento, Italy

by Luca Turchet

*** Apologies for cross posting *** The Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory of University of Trento, Italy (http://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/) welcomes expressions of interest for a fully funded PhD position in "Musical XR". The PhD activities will be conducted in the context of the MUSMET project funded by the European Innovation Council ("Musical Metaverse made in Europe: An innovation lab for musicians and audiences of the future": https://musmet.eu/). We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in XR technologies and passion for music, willing to acquire further skills in XR development and human-computer interaction. The position will be part of the vibrant academic and industrial consortium of the MUSMET project, with access to state-of-the-art facilities and mentorship from experienced researchers. Interested candidates can send their expression of interest to Prof. Luca Turchet (luca DOT turchet AT unitn DOT it) attaching a detailed CV as well as official transcripts of the list of exams and corresponding grades of both bachelor and master's degrees. The position is not yet open, but to apply it will be necessary to have achieved a master's degree by the end of October 2025 as well as to possess demonstrated English skills (e.g., via a master degree in English or via certificates such as TOEFL). The position will start on 1st of November 2025. The main workplace will be Trento, Italy, but there will be the possibility to spend various visiting research periods at the headquarters of the academic and industrial partners of the MUSMET project. Best regards Luca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Luca Turchet*, Ph.D. Associate Professor Head of the *Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory* <https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/> Chair of the *IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on the Internet of Sounds* <https://www.comsoc.org/about/committees/emerging-technologies-initiatives/i…> Founder and President of the* Internet of Sounds Research Network <https://www.internetofsounds.net/>* Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it Tel: +39 0461 283792

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[Call for Abstracts] Second Workshop on Stimulating Cognitive Engagement in Hybrid Decision-Making: Friction, Reliance, and Biases (June 10 2025, Pisa, Italy - co-located with HHAI25)

by Chiara Natali

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call) -------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Second Workshop on Stimulating Cognitive Engagement in Hybrid Decision-Making: Friction, Reliance, and Biases Co-located with the 4th International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI25) June 10, 2025 | Pisa, Italy (in-person) https://sites.google.com/view/frictional-ai/home -------------------------------------------------- **Workshop Overview** Building on the success of its first edition at HHAI 2024, the full-day workshop on "Stimulating Cognitive Engagement in Hybrid Decision-Making: Friction, Reliance, and Biases" advances the exploration of over-reliance and biases in Human-AI Interaction. Central to this discussion are approaches that intentionally introduce moments of cognitive effort and reflection into AI interactions to prevent passive or automatic reliance. While conventional AI design prioritises efficiency and seamlessness, this workshop invites participants to examine AI systems that strategically slow down decision-making when necessary to mitigate automation bias, cognitive offloading, and over-trust, ultimately fostering accuracy, responsibility, and human oversight. Such friction-in-design encompasses strategies that encourage users to reflect before acting, such as requiring justification before accepting AI recommendations, displaying confidence scores with uncertainty visualisations, or using explainability mechanisms that slow decision-making to reinforce human oversight. This workshop fosters interdisciplinary dialogue across AI research, cognitive science, HCI, and governance to ensure AI systems empower users rather than encourage unchecked reliance. The program will feature keynote presentations by leading experts in academia and industry, author presentations, and interactive discussions to advance the discourse on cognitively engaging and responsible AI design. Keynote speakers include: • Prof. Federico Cabitza (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) – Expert in AI-assisted decision-making and medical AI. • Bart Van Leeuwen (Fire Services Expert, Netherlands) – Expert in human factors and situational awareness in high-risk environments. **Topics of Interest** We welcome contributions from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers on topics including, but not limited to: • Design Principles for Cognitive Engagement • Measuring and mitigating automation bias, algorithmic aversion, and cognitive offloading • Ethical and Governance Perspectives on Friction-in-Design • Applications, Case Studies and Experimental Findings We encourage submissions from a variety of disciplines, including AI, HCI, cognitive science, law, philosophy, and beyond. **Submission Details** • Types of Submissions: Extended Abstracts (500-1,000 words) • Format: CEURART-WS style preferred • Submission Portal: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FrictionalAIWorkshop2025 • Proceedings: All accepted papers will be published in the HHAI 2025 Workshop Proceedings on CEUR-WS. Authors of accepted contributions are required to attend the workshop in-person and register to the HHAI25 conference (single-day registration available, details TBA). **Important Dates** • Paper Submission Deadline: April 4, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2025 • Camera-Ready Submission: TBD (authors will be invited to expand their contributions following workshop discussions) • Workshop Date: June 10, 2025 **Beyond the Workshop** Our aim is to foster a research network. Authors from all editions, if desired, will be invited to participate in future initiatives, including knowledge exchanges, collaborative publications, special journal issues, and online lecture series. **Organising & Programme Committee** • Chiara Natali (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy & IDSIA, SUPSI, Switzerland) • Mohammad Naiseh (Bournemouth University, UK) • Brett Frischmann (Villanova University, USA) • Programme Committee: full list available at https://sites.google.com/view/frictional-ai/home For more information, visit our website: https://sites.google.com/view/frictional-ai/home Contact: chiara [dot] natali [at] unimib.it

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20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) : Last Mile for Additonal Contributions

by Announce

*** Last Mile for Additional Contributions *** 20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) May 5-7, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2025.persuasivetech.org (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS ***) (*** Submission Deadline: March 1, 2025 (firm!) ***) In a world in which technology is increasingly present in people’s lives, and changing human behavior and attitudes is often the key to solving many societal and personal problems, studying how technology might be used to influence humans (in their behavior, attitudes and information processing), is paramount. Persuasive Technology is a vibrant interdisciplinary research field, focusing on the design, development and evaluation of interactive technologies aimed at influencing people’s attitudes and/or behaviors through persuasion, but not through coercion or deception. The research community aims at enriching people’s lives in various domains such as health and sustainability by supporting people in setting and achieving their own goals, thus helping them change their behavior. The 2025 conference will be hosted in Limassol, Cyprus at the 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina. The previous successful conferences have been organized in Wollongong, Limassol, Eindhoven, Stanford, Oulu, Claremont, Copenhagen, Columbus, Linköping, Sydney, Padua, Chicago, Salzburg, Amsterdam, and Waterloo. The conference series seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia working with various topics of persuasive technology. SCOPE The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: • Persuasive systems’ design • Behavior change support systems • Interaction with persuasive systems, interfaces, visualization • Interactive agents in persuasive systems • (Generative) AI for persuasive technology • Tailored and personalized persuasion • Gamification for persuasion • Evaluation and validation of persuasive applications • Fitting methods for development, evaluation and implementation of persuasive systems • Optimizing engagement with persuasive systems • Software architectures and technical infrastructures for persuasive systems • Smart environments, e.g. IoT, and persuasion • Digital Marketing, eCommerce, eTourism and SMART ecosystems • Motivational, cognitive and perceptual factors in persuasive technology • Application domains for persuasive technologies such as safety, healthy living, sustainable behaviors, learning and training, marketing and commerce, work environments, organizations • Positive technology • Humanizing and/or dehumanizing effects of persuasive technology • Values and ethics in persuasive technology • Privacy, perceived security and trust in persuasive technology • Resilience and counter-persuasion • Detecting persuasive strategies in social media posts • Encouraging adherence to safety measures in pandemic situations Questions that we hope to be addressed include, but are not limited to: • How to recognize and demonstrate the real life effects of persuasive technology on people’s attitudes and behaviours? • How to conduct studies that not just show their effectiveness but are also able to explain in more detail why a design or intervention works? • How to design an evaluation study so that it yields insights that are applicable to other designs or interventions? • How theoretical insight can help improve application and/or intervention planning and design? • How can design and intervention studies improve theory? SUBMISSION TYPES All accepted papers in the different categories of additional contributions will appear in the adjunct conference proceedings volume to be published by Springer in the CCIS series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899). All papers must be formatted using the Springer conference proceedings template (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). The length of the paper is specified below for each different category of contribution. Workshop Papers The following workshops will have their accepted papers published in CCIS by Springer: • 1st International Workshop on Upholding Ethical Designs (iWOULD) https://iwould2025.wordpress.com • Persuasion and AI Disclosure: Building Trust in Synthetic Media https://aunmedia.org/AIDisclosure/ The workshop papers should be 12 pages in length (excluding references). Extended Abstracts They showcase the results of already conducted and unpublished studies where authors do not wish to publish them as regular papers in the conference proceedings but rather present them at the conference for discussions that can shape the final version (that may be submitted elsewhere later). The studies will also be devoted a time slot for oral presentation in a special session. Extended abstracts must be 4 to 6 pages in Springer CCIS format (including references). Accepted abstracts will be included in the adjunct Springer CCIS proceedings, unless the authors wish to opt out. Selected papers in this category, based on their quality, level of timeliness, relevance and completion, will also be invited for submission to Behaviour & Information Technology journal. Late Breaking Results (LBR) The papers in this category cover new research in any topic that regular paper submissions cover and are expected to present new and emerging results. Authors should submit a 12 pages paper (excluding references) in Springer CCIS format. Accepted papers will be included in the adjunct Springer CCIS proceedings. Poster Presentations This format is suitable for descriptions of smaller studies, project outlines, literature reviews or work-in-progress. Authors should submit a 4-page paper in Springer CCIS format. Accepted posters will be included in the adjunct Springer CCIS proceedings. Posters will be displayed and presented during a dedicated session of the conference. Demonstrations and Artefacts The Persuasive 2025 track on Demonstrations and Artefact is intended to foster discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners from academia and industry by demonstrating or presenting hardware and software products or artefacts, including those in virtual settings (e.g., simulation systems, VR, and games), that range from early research prototypes to mature production-ready systems. The contribution should be the result of original, innovative work, including solving novel technical or research problems, and/or creating novel individual or industrial UI/UX. Accepted demonstrations or presentations shall be presented live during the conference and will be included as a 4-pages paper in Springer CCIS format in the adjunct Springer CCIS proceedings. Doctoral Consortium Papers The Doctoral Consortium is a special session of the conference where PhD students can receive advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students present and discuss their research with other PhD students and a panel of established researchers in the area of persuasive technology. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit a 12 pages proposal (including references) in Springer CCIS format describing their research question, its position with respect to the state of the art, their research plans and methodology, ideas, and results achieved so far. Accepted papers will be included in the adjunct Springer CCIS proceedings unless opted out by the student. IMPORTANT DATES • Submission deadline: March 1, 2025 (AoE) • Decision notification: March 15, 2025 • Camera ready: March 28, 2025 • Author registration deadline: March 28, 2025 • Early bird registration: April 5, 2025 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=persuasive2025 (choose the appropriate category or workshop). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Evangelos Karapanos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Raian Ali, HBKU, Qatar • Khin Than Win, University of Wollongong, Australia Demo, Poster and Artefacts • Ruben Hgouveia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal • Hanne Spelt, Philips, Netherlands Workshops and Tutorial Chairs • Rhodora Abadia, University of South Australia, Australia • Kaoru Sumi, Future University of Hakodate, Japan • Wenzhen Xu, Hitotsubashi University, Japan Late Breaking Results (LBR) Chairs • Areej B. Babiker, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar • Jaap Harn, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands • Isaac Wiafe, University of Ghana, Ghana Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Jaap Harn, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands • Sriram Iyengar, University of of Arizona, USA • Roberto Legaspi, KDDI, Japan • Shahla Meedya, Australian Catholic University, Australia Proceedings Chairs • Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska, University of Wollongong, Australia • Kiemute Oyibo, University of York, Canada Society for Persuasion and Technology Steering Committee • Raian Ali – Chair Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar • Luca Chittaro – General Member Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Italy • Roberto Legaspi – General Member Research Scientist, Collaborative AI Lab, Human-centered AI Laboratories KDDI Research, Inc., Japan • Harri Oinas-Kukkonen – General Member Professor, Information Systems Science and Dean of Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland • Kiemute Oyibo – General Member Assistant Professor, Interactive Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada • Khin Than Win – Secretary Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia

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Call for Papers – IEEE AI Standard 2025

by Khushi Nilanshu Patel

Dear Researchers, We are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for IEEE AI-Standard 2025 – The IEEE Conference on AI Standardization and Quality Assurance. This conference provides a global platform for AI researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and technology developers to discuss and shape the future of AI standardization, governance, and quality assurance. *Conference Details* - *Dates:* May 5-7, 2025 - *Location:* Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, CA, USA - *Submission Deadlines:* - Abstract Submission: March 10, 2025 - Full Paper Submission: March 21, 2025 - Acceptance Notification: April 7, 2025 - Camera-Ready Submission: April 15, 2025 *Technologies and Areas of Interest* We invite submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Semiconductors - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Computer Vision - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Aerospace - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Intelligence - AI Standards for Smart Grids and Clean Energy - AI Standards for Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Infrastructure and Tools - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Chatbots - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Agricultural Technology - AI Standards and Quality Assurance for Healthcare For more details, please visit the IEEE AI-Standard 2025 website: https://ieeeaiindustrystandard.org Submit your paper: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cai2025 <https://ieeeaiindustrystandard.org/call-for-papers/> We look forward to your contributions in shaping the future of AI! Best regards, Jerry Zeyu Gao Technical Program Chair – IEEE AI Standard 2025

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[MUC 2025] Call for Workshop Proposals | Chemnitz, Germany, August 31 - September 3 2025

by Evropi Stefanidi

*** CALL FOR WORKSHOPS - Mensch und Computer (MUC) 2025 *** 31. Aug – 3. Sep 2025, at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany *Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: March 5th, 2025* * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * *For the online version of this Call, please visit: https://muc2025.mensch-und-computer.de/en/workshops/ * The “Mensch und Computer” (MuC) conference, launched in 2001, is the largest conference series on human-computer interaction in Europe. MuC offers participants from science and industry a platform for contributions and discussions on innovative forms of interaction between people and digital technology, on human-centered development methods, interactive applications, and other topics in the field between users, teams and communities on the one hand and information and communication technologies used on the other hand. The aim of the conference is to discuss innovative research results, to promote the exchange of information between academia and practitioners, to stimulate research activities and training, and to sensitize science, practice, and the public to the relevance of human- and task-oriented technology design. *Important Dates* All deadlines are set to Anywhere on Earth (AoE). In contrast to previous years, the deadline will not be extended at a later point. Please consider all dates and times final. - Organizer submission deadline: March 5th, 2025 - Organizer notification: March 19th, 2025 - Call for participation released by workshop organizers and individual workshop website up and running: on or before April 23rd, 2025 - Organizer publication-ready deadline: July 30th, 2025 Workshops can define a specific submission deadline as necessary to fulfill whatever selection process they have, but they need to consider the publication-ready and early registration deadlines. * Message from the Workshop Chairs * We invite you to submit proposals for workshops at Mensch und Computer. Workshops are a gathering place for attendees with shared interests to meet in the context of a focused and interactive discussion. Workshops are an opportunity to move a field forward and build community: a chance to find people who care about the same issues, questions, and research agendas as you. Workshops may address any topic relevant to the HCI community, e.g., questions of basic research and applied research, HCI practice, HCI education, new methodologies, emerging application areas, ethics, sustainability, or design innovations. Most workshops (half or full-day) take place on Sunday before the start of the technical program, but workshops can also be run on Monday or Tuesday. As Workshop Chairs, we will create a carefully curated list of workshops that reflects the needs and desires of the community. Please note that we might propose modifications and augmentations, such as suggesting that workshops be combined where appropriate. The workshop should address timely topics and phenomena; therefore, it depends on the year in which topics are considered particularly relevant and interesting. The space and technical limitations will also influence the number and form of the selected workshops. * Workshop Chairs * Yasmeen Abdrabou Mark Colley

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Mile for Workshop Proposals Submission

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*** Last Mile for Workshop Proposals Submission *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Submission Deadline: February 24, 2025 (extended and firm) ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials held in conjunction with ECSA 2025. Workshops and tutorials will be held on September 15-16, 2025 (right before the main conference on September 17-19, 2025). ECSA workshops allow researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore innovative software architecture (scientific or engineering) ideas and challenges at an early stage. Topics of interest are, but are not limited to: • Software Architecture challenges for AI- and ML-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Self-Adaptive Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems • Software Architecture challenges in Big Data and Cloud Computing • Software Architecture challenges in IoT-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges in DevOps and MLOps • Software Architecture challenges in Blockchain Engineering • Software Architecture challenges in Quantum Software • Quality-of-service (QoS) measurements of Software Architectures • Privacy and Security in Software Architectural Design • Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures • Sustainability in Software Architectures • Software Architecture Erosion and Architectural Consistency • Technical Debt in Software Architecture Design • Architecting the Digital Twin • Continuous Architecting • Agile Software Architecting • Human Aspects of Software Architecting • Software Architecture Assessment • AI assisted Software Architecting • Agile Modeling All proposals must conform to a maximum of 8 pages following the LNCS format (see below), including references, appendices, and figures. The proposal must include the following information in the order specified: • Workshop title and acronym • Contact information for the workshop organizers (name, affiliation, email) and the main contact • Abstract (up to 200 words) for the ECSA 2025 website (if the workshop is accepted) • Motivation and Objectives ○ Relevance of the workshop to the field of software architecture ○ Anticipated goals and outcomes (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies) • Format ○ Workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions) and plans for generating discussions ○ Duration - half day, one day or two days ○ Preliminary workshop schedule ○ Special services, logistic and/or equipment constraints • Participation ○ Target Audience and expected background ○ Plans regarding the mix of industry and research participation ○ Expected minimum and maximum number of workshop participants ○ Plans for participant solicitation and dissemination • Submission ○ Types of contributions (e.g., extended abstracts, position papers, research papers, etc.) and their estimated number. ○ Review and evaluation process deciding about the acceptance of submissions ○ Program committee, including tentative and already committed members ○ Strategy for the proceedings • Organizers ○ Brief description of each organizer’s background, including relevant past experience in organizing conferences and workshops ○ Brief organizers’ bios • Previous editions ○ Where and when the workshop has been offered previously, the past numbers of submitted and accepted papers, numbers of attendees ○ Number of registered attendees and websites of previous editions (if any) • Draft Call-for-Papers (1 page) Submissions must follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). All proposals should be submitted before the submission deadline (see below) using the online submission site: EasyChair ECSA 2025 Workshop track (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025). ECSA 2025 will use a single review process for workshop proceedings. For accepted papers, the minimum number of pages for each workshop paper is 8 and the maximum is 16 pages in the LNCS format. The proceedings of the workshops will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES • Workshop proposals: February 24, 2025 • Workshop proposals notification: March 7, 2025 • Workshop papers abstracts: May 12, 2025 • Workshop papers submission: May 19, 2025 • Workshop papers notification: June 20, 2025 • Workshop papers camera-ready: June 27, 2025 • Workshop dates: September 15-16, 2025 Early/Author registration for all accepted contributions: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION Workshop Co-Chairs • Tommi Mikkonen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland • Jennifer Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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INTERACT 2025 - 20th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Full paper and Workshop deadline extended

by Carmelo Ardito

*** Please accept our apologies for cross-postings *** *************************************************************************************** INTERACT 2025 - 20th IFIP TC.13International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction September 08 – 12, 2025 Belo Horizonte, Brazil www.interact2025.org<http://www.interact2025.org> *************************************************************************************** Call for Papers INTERACT 2025 is the 20th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). INTERACT is a highly international conference and welcomes papers on all aspects of human-computer interaction. The theme of the conference is “Blending Experiences in Interaction Design”. INTERACT 2025 will be hosted at Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The state of Minas Gerais has a rich diversity with the blending of experiences encompassing a hot pot of cultures and ancestries from around the world, mixing heritage and modern, hand-made traditional artifacts and high-tech industry. This context provides inspiration to bring research challenges to designing blending experiences with virtual and physical, different cultures, and a growing blending of human-created and artifacts generated by artificial intelligence. The call for papers is now open for the following categories: Tracks with submission deadline February 24th, 2025 (EXTENDED – previously February 17th, 2025) - Full papers* - Workshops *Title, authors, abstract and SUBCOMMITTEE must be recorded in PCS by February 17th, 2025. Tracks with submission deadline May 19th, 2025 - Short papers - Posters - Courses - Panels - Interactive Demos - Doctoral Consortium - Industrial Experiences 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, except the Doctoral Consortium papers. Consortium attendees are encouraged to submit a paper or contribution to any of the other tracks on content similar to that in the proposal for the Doctoral Consortium. 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 is available at the Conference Website. Technical Program chairs Carmelo Ardito - Politecnico di Bari, Italy Isabela Gasparini - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil Tayana Conte - Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil General chairs Raquel Prates - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil André Freire - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information please visit the web site: www.interact2025.org<http://www.interact2025.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<mailto:carmelo.ardito@poliba.it> Personal Home Page: https://sisinflab.poliba.it/people/carmelo-antonio-ardito/ 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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CfP: SYNERGY 2025 - Workshop on Designing and Building Hybrid Human-AI Systems (HHAI 2025)

by Tommaso Turchi

*[Apologies for cross-posting]* Please share widely with interested colleagues and networks! SYNERGY 2025: Workshop on Designing and Building Hybrid Human-AI Systems Co-located with HHAI 2025 (Hybrid Human-AI Intelligence Conference) June 9, 2025 - Pisa, Italy https://synergy.trx.li/ Important Dates: - Submission Deadline: April 11, 2025 (AoE) - Notification: May 2, 2025 - Camera Ready: May 16, 2025 ABOUT ------ In 1960, Joseph Licklider envisioned "Man-Computer Symbiosis" where computation would augment human intellect. Today, as AI systems work alongside people in tasks from visual analytics to code generation, we are learning to design truly synergistic systems where humans and AI work flexibly together, leveraging their complementary abilities. Following our successful first edition at AVI 2024 (https://synergy.trx.li/2024/), this workshop brings together researchers exploring the design, implementation, and evaluation of meaningful human-AI collaboration systems. The workshop will include consortium partners from the new €10M EU project TANGO "It takes two to tango: a synergistic approach to human-machine decision making". TOPICS ------- We invite submissions in four key areas: - Interactive Decision-Making Systems: Real-time collaboration mechanisms, task allocation protocols, and approaches for handling uncertainty - Adaptive Collaboration Frameworks: Dynamic systems that adjust to cognitive load and learn from human intervention - Evaluation Methods: Novel approaches to measuring effectiveness of human-AI partnerships - Implementation Architecture: Practical solutions and patterns for building collaborative systems We particularly welcome submissions presenting concrete mechanisms, empirical evaluations, novel interaction patterns, and practical implementation challenges. All submissions should demonstrate: - Integration of both AI capabilities and human interaction aspects - Consideration of practical design and implementation implications - Clear connection to human-AI collaboration, even in theoretical or policy-focused work SUBMISSION ---------- - Minimum 5 pages, CEUR-WS single column format - Submit via Microsoft CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SYNERGY2025 - Selected papers will be invited for submission to a Special Issue on Hybrid Human-AI Systems in a leading journal ORGANIZERS ---------- - Tommaso Turchi, University of Pisa, Italy - Alan Dix, Swansea University & Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK - Matt Roach, Swansea University, UK - Alessio Malizia, University of Pisa, Italy - Ben Wilson, Swansea University, UK For more information: Website: https://synergy.trx.li/ Contact: tommaso.turchi(a)unipi.it This workshop is supported by the HORIZON Europe project TANGO - Grant Agreement n. 101120763.

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Extended deadline: [CFP] 1st International Workshop on Web3 Applications and the eVolution of dEcentralized finance (WAVE) 2025 @ IEEE ISCC 2025

by Lorenzo Perinello

*CFP: 1st International Workshop on Web3 Applications and the eVolution of dEcentralized finance (WAVE) 2025 @ IEEE ISCC 2025* https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/wave2025/home 2-5 July 2025, Bologna, Italy Accepted papers will be published by IEEE and will be available via the IEEE Xplore. *Motivation and Rationale* Web3 and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) are two key factors of the new Internet era. They are redefining the landscape of digital communications and distributed systems, offering new opportunities for secure, resilient, and scalable applications. The worldwide adoption of Web3 is reshaping how users experience Internet services by including concepts such as decentralization, democratization and rewarding in existing services. The main engine of Web3 is blockchain technology. However, there are numerous areas where there is room for improvement. To begin with, most Web3 applications revolve around DeFi, however, the decentralisation offered by blockchain technology could help plenty of scenarios. Promising scenarios are supply chains, health, decentralized storage, data sharing, power grids, virtual worlds (like the Metaverse) and many more. Additionally, there are other scenarios where Web3 could have a meaningful impact, including IoT, vehicular networks, cloud and edge computing, digital identities, intellectual property management, digital twins, and integration with the physical world. DeFi is still quite far from perfect. Indeed, fungible and non-fungible assets are constantly evolving to include more advanced functionalities as so to increase their adoption. Moreover, DeFi was shown to be susceptible to malicious activity, including fake NFTs, sleepminting, washtrading, rug pull, pump and dump, Maximal Extractable Value and other scams. Finding solutions to foresee and prevent such malevolent practices becomes crucial for the true adoption of this technology. Lastly, blockchain technology has some inherent limitations that are still to be addressed, including creating efficient consensus protocols for public blockchains, and secure channels for transaction confirmation among others. The Web3 Applications and the eVolution of dEcentralized finance (WAVE) workshop analyses the technological challenges and the potential of Web3 and DeFi applications. By bringing together researchers and practitioners, the workshop aims to attract contributions that can discuss how these emerging technologies can shape the future of blockchain, and address the challenges of their adoption. Papers on both theoretical and design aspects are welcomed, which describe and evaluate novel design methods and system prototypes. The workshop also welcomes work-in-progress and position papers. *Topics* We welcome submission on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: Web3 Applications and Technologies Web3 storage decentralization and data sharing Novel Web3 applications (IoT, networks, cloud computing) DLTs and Blockchain Technology Blockchain security and performance Adoption of blockchain in innovative scenarios Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and similars (e.g. GameFi, SocialFi) Application of DeFi to novel scenarios DeFi vulnerability identification and mitigation New DeFi services Decentralized Social Networking: analysis and applications Decentralized Technology for the Metaverse NFTs analysis and applications AI for Web3 and DeFi Privacy, scalability, and governance Networking and communications for Web3 and DeFi Solutions for safe online environments *Submission* Submissions will be made via EDAS using the following link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=33279. Note that accepted papers of up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only registered and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2025 proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. The ISCC proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, DBLP and Scopus. This makes the ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. *Important Dates* Papers submission: *[Extended Deadline] *March 9th, 2025 (AoE, UCT -12) Notification of acceptance: March 20, 2025 Camera-ready paper due: April 14, 2025 Workshop: July 2-5, 2025 (tbc)

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ECSCW25 - Doctoral Colloquium Deadline approaching

by María Menéndez-Blanco

Dear colleagues, The submission deadline for the ECSCW Doctoral Colloquium is approaching quickly. Submissions are due in just one week (Feb 18th, AoE). We encourage PhD candidates working broadly in the field of CSCW to apply. This is a great opportunity to share your research, receive valuable feedback, and connect with fellow scholars. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at ECSCW25_DC(a)easychair.org Best regards, Naja Holten Møller, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Troels Mønsted, University of Oslo, Norway María Menéndez-Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy [image: banner] *ECSCW25 -- **https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/* <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/> The EUSSET Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work is an international venue on practice-centred computing and the design of cooperation technologies. ECSCW is a single-track conference that contributes to developing an interdisciplinary and global community, supported by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies <https://www.eusset.eu/>. The conference format facilitates critical discussion across disciplinary and national borders in the field. *Call for submissions* The 23rd edition of* ECSCW* will take place in *Newcastle upon Tyne* from *June 30th to July 4th, 2025.* We invite researchers and practitioners to *submit Contributions to the EUSSET CSCW 2025 for the following tracks: * - Conference Papers <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/conference-papers/> - Exploratory Papers <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/exploratory-papers/> - Demos and Posters <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/posters-demos/> - Panels <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/panels/> - Masterclasses <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/masterclasses/> - Workshops <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/workshops/> - Doctoral Colloquium <https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/doctoral-colloquium/> *Key Dates * January 15, 2025 EasyChair system <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecscw2025> open for submissions *Conference Papers and Exploratory papers * *February 18, 2025* Submissions due for Conference and Exploratory papers (23:59 AoE) *Demos and Posters; Panels; Masterclasses; Workshops; Doctoral Colloquium:* March 4, 2025 Submissions due (23:59 AoE) For more information please see below or visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/ *ECSCW 2025 Tracks * *Conference Papers* Authors have the opportunity to publish concise and focused empirical or conceptual studies to support progress in a specific sub-domain of CSCW. Submission could present a pointed insight from your fieldwork, a compact argument to make, or an insightful experience from designing, implementing, or sustaining a system for collaboration. Submissions could include, but is not limited to, the following: - A new methodology for designing or examining CSCW technologies - Insights from the implementation of an IT system supporting collaboration - First experiences and insights from the use of a new system supporting collaboration - A case study of collaborative technology in a domain not typically studied in CSCW research - A discussion or unfolding of new CSCW theory For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/conference-papers/ *Exploratory Papers * Exploratory paper submissions are smaller, focused studies, works-in-progress, or design probes, based on provocative ideas that explore a topic in new and innovative ways. Exploratory papers aim at inspiring discussion towards the shaping the future of practice-focused and impact-oriented CSCW research. The presentation of these papers at the conference will utilize an alternative format to encourage conversation and feedback. This year we are particularly keen to encourage submissions that address the impact of civic and community technologies. For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/exploratory-papers/ *Demos and Posters* We invite submissions that present preliminary research results and disseminate novel ideas to conference visitors. Posters also offer the space to discuss potential collaborations and the emergent issues in CSCW in an informal manner with the larger EUSSET CSCW community. We particularly invite submissions that introduce speculative or provocative ideas that challenge existing epistemologies and methodologies. For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/posters-demos/ *Panels* Panels aim to highlight emerging and innovative topics in the CSCWC field. Panels bring together a diverse range of voices and act as a vital medium to discuss emerging topics and research agendas, and debate issues that may not yet become fully recognized, acknowledged, or discussed. For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/panels/ *Masterclasses* Masterclasses facilitate discussion on any CSCW related topic and enable organizers to elaborate on theoretical foundations in the form of lectures as well as engage participants in hands-on learning experiences. We also encourage proposals that address computing’s impact on societal issues and/or the ECSCW communities broad interest in theories, methods, and approaches from other disciplines interested in working across society and computing. For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/masterclasses/ *Workshops* We invite workshop proposals addressing research questions, new methodologies and approaches, innovative technologies, and emerging research areas with a special focus on sustainability. We also encourage proposals that address computing’s impact on societal issues and/or the ECSCW communities’ broad interest in theories, methods, and approaches from other disciplines interested in working across societies and computing. For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/workshops/ *Doctoral Colloquium* We invite candidates working broadly in the field of CSCW to apply. Candidates at any stage of the PhD process will be considered. However, the strongest candidates will be those who have a well-developed research proposal and have made some progress towards realising it, while still having time to benefit from advice and feedback by peers and senior colleagues. DC attendees will have the opportunity: - To present their research during the main conference by means of alternative formats, such as a madness session and/or posters, to gain extra visibility and encourage conversation and feedback. - To attend, free of charge, a one-day program of Masterclasses (dates and availability to be confirmed). For more information visit: https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2025/index.php/doctoral-colloquium/ ECSCW 2025 General Chairs Tom Bartindale, Clara Crivellaro and Vasilis Vlachokyriakos

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Call for Workshop Proposals

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*** Last Call for Workshop Proposals *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials held in conjunction with ECSA 2025. Workshops and tutorials will be held on September 15-16, 2025 (right before the main conference on September 17-19, 2025). ECSA workshops allow researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore innovative software architecture (scientific or engineering) ideas and challenges at an early stage. Topics of interest are, but are not limited to: • Software Architecture challenges for AI- and ML-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Self-Adaptive Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems • Software Architecture challenges in Big Data and Cloud Computing • Software Architecture challenges in IoT-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges in DevOps and MLOps • Software Architecture challenges in Blockchain Engineering • Software Architecture challenges in Quantum Software • Quality-of-service (QoS) measurements of Software Architectures • Privacy and Security in Software Architectural Design • Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures • Sustainability in Software Architectures • Software Architecture Erosion and Architectural Consistency • Technical Debt in Software Architecture Design • Architecting the Digital Twin • Continuous Architecting • Agile Software Architecting • Human Aspects of Software Architecting • Software Architecture Assessment • AI assisted Software Architecting • Agile Modeling All proposals must conform to a maximum of 8 pages following the LNCS format (see below), including references, appendices, and figures. The proposal must include the following information in the order specified: • Workshop title and acronym • Contact information for the workshop organizers (name, affiliation, email) and the main contact • Abstract (up to 200 words) for the ECSA 2025 website (if the workshop is accepted) • Motivation and Objectives ○ Relevance of the workshop to the field of software architecture ○ Anticipated goals and outcomes (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies) • Format ○ Workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions) and plans for generating discussions ○ Duration - half day, one day or two days ○ Preliminary workshop schedule ○ Special services, logistic and/or equipment constraints • Participation ○ Target Audience and expected background ○ Plans regarding the mix of industry and research participation ○ Expected minimum and maximum number of workshop participants ○ Plans for participant solicitation and dissemination • Submission ○ Types of contributions (e.g., extended abstracts, position papers, research papers, etc.) and their estimated number. ○ Review and evaluation process deciding about the acceptance of submissions ○ Program committee, including tentative and already committed members ○ Strategy for the proceedings • Organizers ○ Brief description of each organizer’s background, including relevant past experience in organizing conferences and workshops ○ Brief organizers’ bios • Previous editions ○ Where and when the workshop has been offered previously, the past numbers of submitted and accepted papers, numbers of attendees ○ Number of registered attendees and websites of previous editions (if any) • Draft Call-for-Papers (1 page) Submissions must follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). All proposals should be submitted before the submission deadline (see below) using the online submission site: EasyChair ECSA 2025 Workshop track (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025). ECSA 2025 will use a single review process for workshop proceedings. For accepted papers, the minimum number of pages for each workshop paper is 8 and the maximum is 16 pages in the LNCS format. The proceedings of the workshops will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES • Workshop proposals: February 15, 2025 • Workshop proposals notification: March 7, 2025 • Workshop papers abstracts: May 12, 2025 • Workshop papers submission: May 19, 2025 • Workshop papers notification: June 20, 2025 • Workshop papers camera-ready: June 27, 2025 • Workshop dates: September 15-16, 2025 Early/Author registration for all accepted contributions: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION Workshop Co-Chairs • Tommi Mikkonen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland • Jennifer Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): First Call for Papers

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*** First Call for Papers *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) December 12-13, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data. • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering. • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge. • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning. • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps. • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust. • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning. • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning. • Ontologies and reasoning. • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge. • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction. • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy. • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business. • Big knowledge systems and applications. • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining. • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning. • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning. • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Model • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning. • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion. • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): July 15, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 15, 2025 • Camera-ready deadline and copyright forms: October 15, 2025 • Early Registration Deadline: Oct. 29, 2025 • Conference: December 12-13, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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[Call for Abstracts] Workshop on Human-Centred Machine Learning: Bridging Design, Development, and Social Impact (March 6-7, 2025, Lugano – Switzerland)

by Chiara Natali

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call) -------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Workshop on Human-Centred Machine Learning: Bridging Design, Development, and Social Impact March 6-7, 2025, Lugano, Switzerland (in-person) -------------------------------------------------- The B4EAI team (Best 4 Ethical AI) invites abstracts for the Workshop on Human-Centred Machine Learning: Bridging Design, Development, and Social Impact (March 6-7, 2025, Lugano – Switzerland), a two-day event focused on addressing critical questions about the ethically and socially responsible design and deployment of AI systems. This workshop seeks to advance human-centred design principles and participatory approaches in AI development and contribute to the responsible adoption of these technologies. Our workshop features a distinguished lineup of keynote speakers, including (in alphabetical order): - Federico Cabitza (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT): "Measuring Social Impact in AI Systems" - Cristina Conati (University of British Columbia, CAN): "Community Perspectives in AI Research" - Marcello Ienca (Technical University of Munich, DE): "Policy Perspectives on AI Governance" - Caterina Moruzzi (Edinburgh University, UK): "Future Directions in Human-Centered AI" - Elisa Rubegni (Lancaster University, UK): "Human-Centred Design Principles in AI Development" - Niels van Berkel (Aalborg University, DK): "Successful Case Studies in Human-Centred AI" The programme includes dedicated panel sessions on the topics of "Bridging Technical Innovation and Social Impact", "Ethical Considerations in AI Development", "Implementation Challenges and Solutions" and "Shaping the Future of Human-Centred AI". Finally, a session will be dedicated to spot presentations (10 minutes) by participants that would like to present their own research. **Submission Guidelines** For the spot presentations session, we welcome short abstracts addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: - How can we design AI systems that meaningfully incorporate diverse human perspectives and needs throughout their development cycle? - What methodological frameworks can bridge the gap between technical AI capabilities and real-world social challenges? - How do we measure and evaluate the social impact of AI systems beyond traditional technical metrics? - What are effective approaches for participatory design in AI development, particularly when working with marginalised or vulnerable communities? - How can we ensure AI systems remain accountable to their intended social benefits throughout their lifecycle? We invite the submission of abstracts for the meeting from early career scholars (students, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty). Abstracts should be up to 250 words long (excluded references) and they should include name, affiliation, and title in one .pdf file. Abstracts should be submitted by February 21 to: b4eai.info(a)gmail.com **Important Dates** Submission Deadline: February 21, 2025 AoE Notification of Acceptance: February 24, 2025 Workshop Dates: March 6-7, 2025, Lugano – Switzerland Location: Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Campus Universitario USI/SUPSI (Via la Santa 1, 6962 Viganello) For further details, please contact alessandro.facchini(a)supsi.ch ** We are committed to fostering diversity and equality. Submissions from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome. **

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