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CfP: C3AI - Child-centered Interaction and Trust in Conversational AI

by Grazia Ragone

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the *1st Workshop on C3AI: Child-centered Interaction and Trust in Conversational AI C3AI [1], will be held as part of IDC2025: 24th annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference, scheduled from June 23-26, 2025 IDC_ACM 2025, at Reykjavík University in Iceland. WORKSHOP FOCUS and TOPICS of INTEREST _What human factors shape children's feelings of trust and distrust towards AI? How can we create trustworthy AI systems that not only build positive relationships with children but also help them understand AI's limitations and manage expectations?_ The C3AI workshop invites researchers, practitioners, educators, designers, and professionals to come together and explore the human factors involved in building trust in children toward AI, while also exploring how to encourage critical thinking and awareness of AI's limitations. This workshop offers participants a hands-on opportunity to analyse child-CAI interactions, with pre-recorded examples from five countries provided by the organisers. Depending on time constraints, additional case studies submitted by participants may also be analysed during the workshop. We seek submissions on topics such as: * Reviewing and improving existing human-centred AI design frameworks for children; * Assessing AI's impact on children's development; * Mental model formation in children; * Tailoring AI explanations to children's cognitive models; * Participatory design with children; * Involving children in creating explainable, transparent systems; * Developing metrics for trust, explainability, and reliability in child-AI interactions; * Designing AI systems that encourage critical thinking and awareness of AI's limitations; * Ethical considerations for AI systems; SUBMISSION TYPES We encourage you to submit a concise position paper (which could be considered for future publication) under the 'Short papers' category. Position statements should be non-anonymous, and formatted according to the ACM Standard Template [2]. These should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair [3]under one of the following submission types: a) Short papers (2-3 pages) b) Design examples (600-800 words) c) Case Study including an Abstract (300-500 words) and supporting visuals (e.g., video/images) Case Study submissions will be analysed within the group activity as part of the workshop, subject to time constraints. d) Abstracts (300-500 words) IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: (on or before) April 15th, 2025 Notification of acceptance: (on or before) May 1st, 2025 Submission of camera-ready workshop proposal: May 6th, 2025 Workshop Day: June 23rd, 2025 ORGANISERS Grazia Ragone, University of Bari (IT) Zhen Bai, University of Rochester (US) Judith Good, University of Amsterdam (NL) Arzu Güneysu, Umeå University (SE) Elmira Yadollahi, Lancaster University (UK) https://c3ai.di.uniba.it/home -- Post-Doc in Human-Computer Interaction Department of Computer Science Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Q1TkLzMAAAAJ&hl=en [4] ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sostieni la formazione e la ricerca universitaria con il tuo 5 per mille all'Università di Bari. Firma la casella "Finanziamento della ricerca scientifica e della Università" indicando il codice fiscale 80002170720. Il tuo contributo può fare la differenza: oggi più che mai! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Links: ------ [1] https://c3ai.di.uniba.it/home [2] https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-… [3] https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=c3ai [4] https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Q1TkLzMAAAAJ&hl=en

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

by Announce

*** Second 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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[CFP] Deadline extended for MIS4TEL 2025

by Maria Angela PELLEGRINO

Ciao a tutti, condivido con voi la CFP di MIS4TEL 2025, nella speranza che possa essere di interesse. Vi sarei grato se poteste diffonderla tra i vostri contatti. Mi scuso in anticipo se doveste ricevere questa email attraverso canali differenti. Maria Angela Pellegrino ========== *15th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL) 2025* University of Lille (France) 25th-27th June, 2025 https://www.mis4tel-conference.net ========== *Extended Deadline for paper submission: March 21st, 2025*MIS4TEL 2025 focuses on methodological innovations in technology-enhanced learning, with a special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven education, immersive learning technologies, learning analytics, gamification, blockchain in education, cybersecurity in EdTech, and more. *Important Dates:** Paper Submission Deadline: March 21, 2025 (extended) * Workshop Proposal Deadline: March 21, 2025 * Notification of Acceptance: April 25, 2025 * Camera-Ready Submission: May 9, 2025 * Conference Dates: June 25-27, 2025 *Key Topics Include:** AI in Education (Adaptive Learning, Intelligent Tutoring, Generative AI) * Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Learning * Gamification and Game-Based Learning * Learning Analytics and Predictive Insights * Mobile Learning and Digital Accessibility * Cybersecurity and Ethical Use of Technology in Education * Digital Literacy, Blockchain, and Credential Verification *Submit your paper now!* Accepted papers will be published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems and indexed in DBLP, Scopus, Google Scholar, and more. Selected papers will also be invited for special issues in high-impact journals (IJIMAI, Logic Journal of IGPL, ADCAIJ, Future Internet Journal, MDPI Systems Journal). *For inquiries:* info(a)mis4tel-conference.net Please find attached the complete CFP. Join us in shaping the future of *Technology-Enhanced Learning! 🚀*

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[Call for Paper] IS-EUD 2025 Workshop on "Augmented Artificial Intelligence" (A2ID 2025)

by andrea.esposito

* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward this to anybody who might be interested; thanks! * ================================================================================ Call for Papers A²ID — 1st International Workshop on Augmented Artificial Intelligence: a Symbiotic Approach to Enhance Decision-Making Co-located with the 10th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2025) Munich, Germany 16-18 June 2025 Workshop website: https://a2id.di.uniba.it <https://a2id.di.uniba.it/> ================================================================================ Important Dates Submission deadline: 4th April 2025 Notification: 18th April 2025 Camera-ready: 2nd May 2025 Registration due: 10th May 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aims and Scope The workshop A2ID — 1st International Workshop on Augmented Artificial Intelligence: a Symbiotic Approach to Enhance Decision-Making has the objective to explore, through discussion and exchange of views, the role of human-AI interaction in domains where humans can make decisions with the help of AI-based systems. The workshop aims to investigate the potential of Symbiotic AI (SAI), a specialization of Human-Centered AI (HCAI), that aims at supporting humans, instead of replacing them while augmenting and enhancing their skills. Building SAI systems requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates five disciplines: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), AI, end-user Development (EUD), Law and Ethics, and Software Engineering (SE). The expected outcome concerns a collection of insights that can guide the future definition of design patterns, evaluation techniques, and guidelines that can be applied to creating SAI systems that can be used during the decision-making process. Participants are invited to submit contributions that revolve around the following topics focusing on the human-AI relationship in critical scenarios: Novel interaction mechanisms to support professionals through AI. Case studies investigating the relationship between humans and AI in critical contexts (e.g., industry, medicine). Re-engineering of already-existing AI systems for problem-solving and decision-making. Application of HCD and development techniques to AI-powered software to support humans in making decisions. Evaluation methods and quality verification techniques for the creation or employment of AI-based systems. Application of EUD methods and techniques to AI-based solutions that can help humans in making decisions. Considerations of legal and ethical issues concerning the use of AI systems in contexts in which human responsibility and accountability play a crucial role. Investigation concerning the role of trustworthiness in AI to support decision-making (e.g., AI systems used by professionals or patients for diagnostic/therapeutic support). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics The key areas that will be investigated during the workshop revolve around the human-AI relationship in decision making, specifically: - Human-AI Decision Support Systems - Human-Computer Interaction for AI - End-User Development methods, techniques, and tools for AI - Human-Centered Design (HCD) applied to the creation of AI - Trustworthy AI - Ethical and Responsible AI - Legal Frameworks for AI - Software Engineering for creating AI-based systems - Evaluation and Assessment of AI-based Systems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions and Evaluation Criteria Potential participants are invited to submit a position paper addressing the topics and goals of the workshop. Participants may submit novel ideas, work-in-progress, or well-founded works. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages in length (excluding references), and should be carefully formatted using the single-column CEUR-WS CEURAT template, available for both LaTeX and Word users at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip (an Overleaf template is also available for LaTeX users at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt). Contributions will be managed through EasyChair. Contributions can be submitted using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=aid20250 Each submission will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Program Committee, who will assess the relevance of the submission to the workshop's topics, as well as the technical soundness and presentation quality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Organizers Miriana Calvano – University of Bari, Italy (miriana.calvano(a)uniba.it <mailto:miriana.calvano@uniba.it>) Antonio Curci – University of Bari, Italy and University of Pisa, Italy (antonio.curci(a)uniba.it <mailto:antonio.curci@uniba.it>) Paloma Diaz – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (pdp(a)inf.uc3m.es <mailto:pdp@inf.uc3m.es>) Andrea Esposito – University of Bari, Italy (andrea.esposito(a)uniba.it <mailto:andrea.esposito@uniba.it>) Alexander Repenning – School of Education, PH FHNW, Switzerland (alexander.repenning(a)fhnw.ch <mailto:alexander.repenning@fhnw.ch>) This workshop is supported by the co-funding of the European Union - Next Generation EU: NRRP Initiative, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 – Partnerships extended to universities, research centers, companies and research D.D. MUR n. 341 del 15.03.2022 – Next Generation EU (PE0000013 – “Future Artificial Intelligence Research – FAIR” - CUP: H97G22000210007, Spoke 6, WP 6.1).

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I: [Ricercatori] Fwd: Call for EoI (deadline March 15th) - Associate Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering (IINF-05/A) at Ca' Foscari Venice

by Fabio Paternò

Da: Roberto Scopigno <roberto.scopigno(a)isti.cnr.it> Inviato: martedì 4 marzo 2025 10:47 A: ricercatori(a)isti.cnr.it Oggetto: [Ricercatori] Fwd: Call for EoI (deadline March 15th) - Associate Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering (IINF-05/A) at Ca' Foscari Venice -------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: Call for EoI (deadline March 15th) - Associate Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering (IINF-05/A) at Ca' Foscari Venice Data: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:15:07 +0100 Mittente: Salvatore Orlando <mailto:orlando@unive.it> <orlando(a)unive.it> A: Roberto Scopigno <mailto:roberto.scopigno@isti.cnr.it> <roberto.scopigno(a)isti.cnr.it>, andrea.passarella(a)iit.cnr.it <mailto:andrea.passarella@iit.cnr.it> Cari Roberto e Andrea, in allegato una Call for Expression of Interest per una posizione da professore associato nel settore IINF-05/A (ex ING-INF/05) finanziato dal Progetto di Eccellenza vinto in Area 9 dal nostro dipartimento DAIS di Ca' Foscari Venezia. Sono ben accette candidature di giovani ricercatrici/ori, naturalmente con abilitazione ASN. Il bando di concorso ufficiale sarà pubblicato a inizio Aprile 2025. Vi prego di far girare la Call for EoI tra i vostri contatti, anche all'estero. Cordiali saluti, Salvatore Orlando --------------- Call for EoI --------------- The Department of Env. Science, Informatics and Statistics (DAIS) of Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UCF) announces an Associate Professor position in Computer Science and Engineering (Italian disciplinary sector: IINF-05/A). DAIS invites interested candidates to send us an Expression of Interest for the position. Candidates of interest for the Department might be invited to give a talk about their research activity before the official call, which will be published about the beginning of April 2025. Ca' Foscari has been offering graduate/undergraduate programs in Computer Science since 1991. With a faculty of 40+ professors/researchers in the field, we currently offer Bachelor/Master/PhD programs in Computer Science, and collaborate with other Depts on interdisciplinary BA and MA programs, such as Engineering Physics, Digital Management, Data Science for Business, Digital Humanities. The high quality research activity of our laboratories focuses on many topics: Artificial Intelligence and Image Understanding, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data Mining and Information Retrieval, Data Science for Society, Human Computer Interaction, Networking and Distributed Systems, and Software and System Verification. The associate professorship position is funded by the project DESC - Data-centric Environmental Studies Center, under the "Departments of Excellence" program of the Ministry for University, aiming to create a research and technology center dealing with the challenges of the ecological transition adopting quantitative, computational, and data-centric approaches. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. How to submit the expression of interest: Submit a CV with an accompanying statement of purpose letter to: https://forms.gle/CKm3mSvXoL9TxxkH8 by March 15th, 2025. For any questions, send an email to Salvatore Orlando <mailto:andrea.torsello@unive.it> orlando(a)unive.it, Dept. Head. Profile: The successful candidate should have a promising scientific record and possibly show the ability to cross her/his specific disciplinary boundaries so as to work in a stimulating and diverse research environment. A Ph.D. in a relevant field of study is required. Applicants must demonstrate a record of published research in peer-reviewed journals or conferences, and the ability to teach effectively in Bachelor/Master/PhD programs. The successful applicant should be able to teach in English at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral level. S/he is expected to achieve adequate language fluency for teaching courses in Italian within three years. The requirements for application are (1) to hold a national qualification (ASN) for associate professor in computer engineering (scientific group: 09/IINF-05 - previously sector 09/H1), or (2) to have a position equivalent to the Italian associate professorship in a foreign university. Tax incentives for attracting human capital in italy: To support the economic, scientific and cultural development of Italy, the Italian Tax system provides numerous benefits for professors/researchers who move their residency in Italy. Specifically, they can benefit from strong tax reduction (Minimum 4-year - 90% Tax Exemption on their income In Italy). Salvatore Orlando, PhD Professor of Computer Science Head Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre Phone: +39 041 2348428 email: orlando(a)unive.it <mailto:orlando@unive.it>

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[Call for Participation] Workshop on care ecosystem-centered design at IDC 2025 in Reykjavík | 23 June 2025

by Evropi Stefanidi

Dear all, Please consider joining us at our full-day in-person workshop on *care ecosystem-centered design* at IDC 2025 in Reykjavík! Let’s explore how to design technologies for and with children and their care networks - families, teachers, therapists, and beyond. Our workshop aims to bring the IDC community together to discuss both challenges and opportunities for care ecosystem-centered design. By offering opportunities for researchers and practitioners to connect and share experiences, we will work towards building a research agenda for conducting multi-stakeholder research with children. Through this workshop, we hope to build a community for networking, facilitating, and promoting research that considers children's broader support networks. Come join us and engage in interactive activities that advance our knowledge base on multi-stakeholder research with children and their caregivers and become part of a network of researchers that conduct research with both children and their support networks - and of course, do not miss the keynote by Yvonne Rogers, FRS 💬 The important details: 📅 June 23, 2025 📍 Reykjavík, Iceland 📝 Submit a position paper or statement of interest by April 15th, 2025 For more information, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/idc25-ecocare/home We look forward to welcoming you to our workshop! The organizers: Evropi Stefanidi, Lucas M. Silva, Bengisu Cagiltay, Eva Eriksson, Paweł W. Woźniak and Jasmin Niess.

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[Call for Paper] IS-EUD 2025 Workshop "Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia" - 3rd edition (CSE4IA'25)

by Francesco Greco

** Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks ** ############################################################# *CALL FOR PAPERS* 3rd International Workshop on Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia (*CSE4IA 2025*) Co-located with the 10th International Symposium on End-User Development (*IS-EUD 2025*) Munich, Germany 16-18 June 2025 More info: https://sites.google.com/view/cse4ia-2025/home ############################################################# *AIMS AND SCOPE* As in previous editions, CSE4IA 2025 aims to redefine cybersecurity education by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and promoting user-centered training solutions. The workshop will provide a dynamic, multidisciplinary platform for sharing cutting-edge tools and methodologies, empowering both professionals and everyday users to confidently manage cybersecurity risks in an increasingly digital world. We invite researchers, educators, and industry experts to contribute with innovative research, case studies, and best practices that shape the future of cybersecurity education, ensuring a more secure and resilient digital ecosystem for all. The contributions to the workshop are expected to help with: • the adoption of methodologies, techniques, and tools that support cybersecurity education and the design of cybersecurity-related training programs; • the identification of methods and tools to support Industry and Academia to collaborate in cybersecurity education; • the investigation of how AI can personalize learning paths and facilitate the integration of AI-driven solutions into cybersecurity education; • the examination of the role of Explainable AI in making cybersecurity concepts and tools more understandable for end-users; • the exploration of how Generative AI can contribute to developing cybersecurity education platforms by creating dynamic content and simulations • the identification of new processes, methods, and techniques to empower end-users development, to set, modify, and increase the security of their digital tools; • the discussion on how HCI can address human vulnerabilities in cybersecurity and improve user behavior through training and awareness programs; • the proposition of reference taxonomies to characterize the common understanding of the relevant roles, competencies, skills, and knowledge required; • the design of new techniques to develop cybersecurity competencies for professionals aligned with the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework. ############################################################# *TOPICS* The topics of interest for CSE4IA 2025 include, but are not limited to: • AI-powered tools for Cybersecurity Education • Generative AI in Cybersecurity Education • Explainable AI for Cybersecurity Education • Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) for Cybersecurity Education • Game-based approaches to Cybersecurity Education • Artistic Approaches to Cybersecurity Education • Designing Tools and Frameworks for Cybersecurity Education • Contextual Methodologies for Cybersecurity Education • Innovative Technologies for Professional Cybersecurity Competencies • Explainable Security in Public Administration • Human, Economic, Ethical, and Legal Aspects in Cybersecurity Education • Innovative Training Programs for Cybersecurity Education • Warning Dialogues for Cybersecurity Education • Human Factors for Cybersecurity Education • Case Studies on Challenges and Practices in Cybersecurity Education • Data Visualization in Cybersecurity Education • Accessibility in Cybersecurity educational tools • User Behavior Analysis in Cybersecurity • Personalized Learning in Cybersecurity Education • Conversational Interface in Cybersecurity Education • Approaches, methods, and techniques for enabling users to create, modify, and customize digital tools and systems while considering cybersecurity issues. • Case studies and design implications on Cybersecurity issues and practices of end-user development ############################################################# *SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA* We will consider two different types of submissions: Regular papers will be up to 10 pages (excluding references) and will report original research on how cybersecurity and education can support Academia and Industry to reduce the gap between demand (workplace, recruitment) and supply (qualification, training); Extended Abstracts will be up to 4 pages (excluding references) and will report novel ideas about the application of the role of cybersecurity education in Academia and Industry. Both types of submissions, if accepted, will be part of the workshop proceedings (CEUR-WS). All submissions should be submitted through Easychair in PDF format using the “CEUR Template” (1 column): https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt All submissions will be subjected to a thorough peer-review process, focusing on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. The workshop will use a double-blind review process, with three members of the program committee reviewing each submitted paper. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted paper will be required to register to the event. Virtual participation will be made possible. Selected accepted papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of a relevant cybersecurity and human-computer interaction journal. ############################################################# *IMPORTANT DATES* Submission deadline: *4th April 2025* Notification: *18th April 2025* Camera-ready: *2nd May 2025* Registration due: *10th May 2025* ############################################################# *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* Vita Santa Barletta - University of Bari, IT (vita.barletta(a)uniba.it) Federica Caruso - University of L’Aquila, IT (federica.caruso1(a)univaq.it) Francesco Greco - University of Bari, IT (francesco.greco(a)uniba.it) Manuel A. Serrano - University of Castilla-La Mancha, ES ( manuel.serrano(a)uclm.es) Hannan Xiao - King's College London, UK (Hannah.xiao(a)kcl.ac.uk) Chaminda Alocious - University of Hertfordshire, UK ( chaminda.alocious(a)gmail.com) ############################################################# *This workshop is supported by SERICS (Security and Rights in CyberSpace) - CSS - Cyber Social Security, Spoke 3: Attacchi e Difesa(PE00000014) under the MUR National Recovery and Resilience Plan funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU; Italy; Italy*

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[CFP] IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025 [Abstract 1-2 pages] - Thematic Session "Shaping the Future of Interaction: Integrating AI, Human Factors, and Immersive Technologies in HCI"

by Giuseppe Caggianese

Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to participate in the thematic session titled "Shaping the Future of Interaction: Integrating AI, Human Factors, and Immersive Technologies in HCI" (https://metroxraine.org/thematic-session-7) at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025), scheduled for October 22-24, 2025, in Ancona, Italy. Those interested in contributing should submit a detailed abstract, ranging from one to two pages, or a thorough graphical abstract, by March 15th. Upon acceptance of the abstract or graphical abstract, authors will be eligible to develop and submit their complete papers. Furthermore, the authors of the paper awarded "Best Paper" within this thematic session will be offered the opportunity to submit an expanded version of their work for publication in IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/cg). Please review the Call for Papers (CfP) below for comprehensive details and share it with potential contributors. For the most current information, please visit the conference website at https://metroxraine.org/. Should you have any inquiries or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are eager to provide any necessary assistance. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and welcoming you to IEEE MetroXRAINE 2025. Sincerely, 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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"Ethical Innovation with/in Music Technology" - special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society

by Luca Turchet

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** *Special Issue on "Ethical Innovation with/in Music Technology" IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society* *https://technologyandsociety.org/transactions/special-issues/ <https://technologyandsociety.org/transactions/special-issues/>* Recently, there has been increasing attention by the academic and industrial research community towards topics at the confluence of music technology and ethical and responsible innovation. Conceptual frameworks and technical methods proposed to address issues related to diversity, inclusivity, accessibility, environmental sustainability, surveillance, and fair remuneration for artists are impacting the discussions of both established communities (e.g., New Interfaces for Musical Expression or Music Information Retrieval), and emerging ones (e.g., Internet of Musical Things or Musical Metaverse). The rapid progress and widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Extended Reality, and Internet of Things applied to music raise the urgent question on how to concretely embed ethics and responsible innovation practices in musical hardware and software development processes so that the services provided do not infringe on the ethical rights of stakeholders in the music ecosystem by performing ethical response-ability in the ethical pluralism of music practices. Such stakeholders involve a significant part of digital societies, including performers, composers, audiences, music teachers and students, sound engineers, as well as music labels and publishers. The intent of this special issue is to identify the main considerations around the ethical and responsible development of future music technologies. We target ethical innovation in music technology as well as with music technology. We aim at defining a promising road-map to account for these considerations while maintaining the objective of pushing the boundaries of musical hardware, software and socio-technical ecosystems, thus merging musical innovation with the understanding of its impact on society. We invite theoretical and methodologically rigorous original submissions that challenge, provoke, and expand these emerging frontiers. We welcome both conceptual and experimental studies, corroborated by quantitative and/or qualitative data. The studies can address a plethora of musical activities, including composition, performance, improvisation, teaching and learning, as well as broader ethical and responsible innovation issues in and beyond the music industry. Key topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Conceptualization of trustworthy musical ecosystems for digital societies - Trustworthy AI, Responsible AI and Explainable AI for musical applications - Ethics for the Musical Metaverse, Internet of Musical Things, Music Information Retrieval, and New Interfaces for Musical Expression - Environmental sustainability issues and solutions for the music industry - Dilemmas of creativity and autonomy in music technology - Inclusivity and accessibility in music technology - The plurality of ethics (cultural, legal, social and political) issues related to innovative music technologies - Trustworthy musical data ecosystem architectures, interfaces, methodologies, orchestration, patterns, solutions, and technology platforms - Impact of trustworthy musical ecosystems on digital societies at the local, national and global levels - Socio-economic fairness and ethical response-abilities in the music industry - The restoration of ancient instruments in a modern digital context and the preservation of related cultural histories - The benefits and risks of using an AI musical tutor: fast-tracking tools for learning an instrument and means of production - New responsible tools and techniques for teaching and learning music in higher education - Repositioning ourselves as researchers who perform ethical response-ability Important dates - Submissions open: 1 January 2025 - Submissions close: 1 September 2025 - Author latest notifications of acceptance: 1 February 2026 - Final receipt of final files: 1 March 2026 - Publication of special issue: 1 June 2026 Guest Editors - Prof. Luca Turchet, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy - Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns, Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London - Dr. Fabio Morreale, Sony AI, Barcelona, Spain - Prof. James Brusseau, Department of Philosophy, Pace University, New York City, USA - Prof. Pamela Burnard, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 Papers – IEEE IMC 2025

by Khushi Nilanshu Patel

Dear Researchers, We are pleased to invite submissions to the *13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Mobile Computing (IMC 2025)*, taking place from *July 21-24, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona, USA*. The conference is part of the IEEE International Congress on Intelligent and Service-Oriented Systems Engineering* (CISOSE 2025)* and serves as a premier venue for discussing innovations in mobile, edge, and cloud computing. *Topics of Interest (include but are not limited to):* - *Mobile & Edge Computing* – Mobile cloud, MEC, and fog computing - *AI-Driven Systems* – Mobile AI, digital twins, and intelligent mobile services - *Security & Privacy* – Trust, authentication, and dependability in mobile clouds - *Performance & Sustainability* – Scalability, QoS, energy efficiency - *Applications & Case Studies* – Smart cities, IoT, healthcare, and 5G/6G *Submission Details:* All accepted papers will be *published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI-Indexed)* and included in the *IEEE Digital Library*. *Important Dates:* - *Paper/Poster Submission Deadline:* March 21, 2025 - *Author Notification:* May 7, 2025 - *Final Paper Submission (Camera-ready):* May 21, 2025 To submit your paper, please visit: IMC 2025 Paper Submission <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobilecloudimc25> For more details, please visit the official conference page: IMC 2025 Website <https://conf.researchr.org/track/cisose-2025/imc-2025> Join us in shaping the future of intelligent mobile computing! *Best regards,* *Organizing Committee, IEEE IMC 2025*

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

by Announce

*** Last Call for Papers (Research/Industry) *** 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). SCOPE The theme for ECSA 2025 is “impactful software architecture”. The software architecture discipline has had a critical role in shaping robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. We are interested in learning about software architecture principles and practices, emergence trends and case studies highlighting strategic architectural choices that can lead to enhanced performance, improved collaboration, and long-term sustainability. The overarching question is how these architectural principles and practices, both well-established and emerging, are making an impact in real-world systems, and how that impact is being felt across various domains, from enterprise systems to more novel areas like, e.g., AI-driven or autonomous applications? The Program Committee of the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture seeks submissions of original and unpublished high-quality papers describing fundamental and applied research; new methods, approaches, and processes; novel applications; education and training in software architecture; and experience reports on all topics related to software architecture. We particularly encourage papers that demonstrate that diversity in gender, culture, religion, country, etc. are key factors for success and innovation in software architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundational principles of software architecture • Relationship of requirements engineering and software architecture • Quality attributes and software architectures • Architecture practices for secure, explainable, and trustworthy software • Architecture design and analysis • Architecture description languages and meta-models • Architecture verification and validation • Management of architectural knowledge, decisions, and rationale • Architecture patterns, styles, and tactics; reference architectures • Architecture viewpoints and views • Architecture conformance • Software architecture virtualization and visualization • Architecture-centric process models and frameworks • Software architecture and agile, incremental, iterative, and continuous development • Component-based models and deployment; middleware • Software architecture and system architecture • Software tools and environments for architecture-centric software engineering • Ethics, cultural, economic, business, social, human, and managerial aspects of software architecture • Architecture and technical debt • Architecting for sustainable and environment friendly systems • Applying AI and LLMs in software architecture and architecting for AI and LLM intensive systems • Software architecture education • Cross-disciplinary approaches to software architecture • Architectures for reconfigurable and self-adaptive systems • Architectural concerns of autonomic systems • Software architecture applied to new and emerging areas, such as the cloud/edge, big data, blockchain, cyber-physical systems, IoT, autonomous systems, systems-of-systems, energy- aware software, quantum computing, AI-enabled systems • Empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and mapping studies in software architecture • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in activities related to software architecture RESEARCH PAPERS ECSA 2025 seeks four types of papers for the research track: • Research papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) which describe novel contributions to software architecture research (submissions should cover work that has a sound scientific/technological basis and has been validated) • Education and training papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that address methodologies, experiences and best practices for teaching and training software architecture • Experience reports (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that cover innovative implementations, novel applications, insightful performance results and experience in applying software architecture research advances to practical situations and systems • Short papers (max. 8 pages in LNCS style) that present novel and preliminary work-in- progress or challenges in a topic of software architecture research, education, and training. Submissions must have a sound basis, but not necessarily be validated in full. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. All contributions must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. Plagiarism checking will be conducted and any paper reporting more than a 20% match with published work will be desk-rejected. To note is that research papers, education and training papers, and experience reports that are rejected in their categories may be re-evaluated as short papers only if the committee decides on rejection of the full paper on the basis that it presents preliminary work. The research track of ECSA 2025 supports an Open Science policy. We encourage all contributing authors to disclose (anonymized and curated) data/artifacts to increase reproducibility. Note that sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance. Upon submission to the research track, authors are required: • To make their artifacts available to the program committee (via a link to an anonymous repository) and provide instructions on how to access this data in the paper; or • To include in the paper an explanation as to why this is not possible or desirable; and • To indicate why they do not intend to make their data or study materials publicly available upon acceptance, if that is the case While sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance, authors are required to include a Data Availability statement after the Conclusions section in a section named "Data Availability". This statement should explain whether or not data and/or artifacts are available or how they could be accessed (or not). Upon acceptance, papers with Open Science artifacts (e.g., data, tools, etc.) will be invited to upload their artifacts into the ECSA Zenodo community (https://zenodo.org/communities/ecsa/) to make them accessible and visible to the ECSA community. Sharing artifacts via the ECSA Zenodo community is required for authors to be eligible for the best Open Artifact award. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Research Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". The proceedings will be published by Springer as part of the LNCS series. We also plan to organize a Journal Special Issue on the theme of ECSA 2025 and to invite authors of selected papers to submit an extended version of their research. INDUSTRY PAPERS The Industry Track at ECSA 2025 brings together practicing software architects and software architecture researchers from regional, European, and worldwide communities. We are seeking contributions from industry that share challenges, practical solutions, successful practices, failures, and lessons learned while analyzing, designing, implementing, evaluating, and evolving software architectures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following themes: • Experience with architectures for emerging technologies, like LLM, and Agent-based system • Domain-specific challenges for software architects and architectures • Architecture specification and documentation • Architectural patterns, tactics, and tools • Practices and methods supporting architecture design, evaluation and evolution • Integration of architectural practices and methods with other software engineering approaches/practices/methods (e.g. Agile) • Social and organizational aspects, like human-machine, human-AI interactions, human-in-the-loop The ECSA 2025 Industry track aims to contribute to bridging the gap between academia and industrial practice by establishing an open communication and discussion environment. It will offer researchers and practitioners the opportunity to interact with fellow professionals and develop new ideas and skills for addressing industrial problems and collaborations. There are three ways to contribute: Full Papers (up to 16 pages in Springer LNCS style) describing best practices and experience from applying novel approaches to large-scale industrial projects in the context of software architecture. Submissions will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Short Papers and Presentations (6-10 pages in Springer LNCS style) outlining presentations on practices and experience related to software architecture from the industry. Submissions will be selected based on originality, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Software Architecture Showcases (6 pages in Springer LNCS style) demonstrating a specific real-world architecture (including its flaws) together with a discussion of the context, challenges, and/or process that led to its present form. It can be formulated as an abstract outlining the architecture to be presented, preferably together with links to externally available work products. Submissions will be selected based on the offered insights into real architectural work, work products, and learnings related to architecture. All contributions need to be written in English, must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. If accepted, each contribution needs to be presented by one of the authors who is registered at the conference. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Industry Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: March 14, 2025 • Paper submission: March 21, 2025 • Notification: May 9, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: June 23, 2025 Early/Author registration: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Program Co-Chairs • Nour Ali, Brunel University London, UK • Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Pisa Industry Co-Chairs • Miroslaw Staron, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden • Xiwei (Sherry) Xu, CSIRO's Data61, Australia

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[CFP] Call for Papers – IEEE AI TEST 2025

by Khushi Nilanshu Patel

Dear Researchers, We are pleased to announce the *6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Testing*, which will take place from *July 21-24, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona, United States*. As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continue to evolve and integrate into various applications, ensuring their reliability, robustness, and security is critical. AI TEST 2025 serves as a premier venue for researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders to exchange insights, methodologies, and innovations in AI testing and validation. We invite submissions of original research papers covering AI testing methodologies, tools, and applications. Selected high-quality papers will be invited for extended versions in a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. *Topics of Interest (Including but not limited to):* *AI Testing & Validation* - Testing AI models and machine learning algorithms - Verification, validation, and certification of AI systems - Test automation for AI applications - Testing generative AI and large language models *Reliability & Safety of AI Systems* - Robustness testing of AI models - Adversarial attack detection and mitigation - Safety assurance for autonomous and AI-driven systems *AI in Software Testing* - AI-driven test generation and automation - AI for software quality assurance - Intelligent debugging and fault localization *Ethics, Fairness, and Bias in AI Testing* - Identifying and mitigating bias in AI models - Explainability and interpretability testing for AI - Regulatory compliance and ethical considerations in AI validation *AI in Real-World Applications* - Testing AI in healthcare, finance, cybersecurity, and transportation - Performance evaluation of AI-powered decision-making systems - Case studies and industry experiences in AI testing All submissions must be made through: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aitest2025 *Important Dates:* - Abstract Submission: April 15, 2025 - Paper Submission: April 25, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: May 26, 2025 For more details, please visit the conference website: https://conf.researchr.org/track/cisose-2025/ai-test2025 Best Regards, Steering Committee CISOSE 2025

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Call for Participation – IEEE CISOSE 2025

by Khushi Nilanshu Patel

Dear Researcher, We invite you to participate in the IEEE International Congress on Intelligent and Service-Oriented Systems Engineering (CISOSE 2025), taking place from July 21-24, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona, USA. CISOSE is a global congress dedicated to advancing intelligent service systems, bringing together academic researchers, industry leaders, technology providers, and solution architects to share research insights, innovative ideas, and industry solutions for building future smart systems and applications. The congress will feature keynote talks from experts in AI test automation, model quality validation, computer vision, and autonomous vehicles, providing valuable insights into emerging technologies. Participants will also have access to nine co-located IEEE conferences: - JCC 2025, 16th IEEE Conference on Joint Cloud Computing - SOSE 2025, 19th IEEE Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering - BigDataService 2025, 11th IEEE Conference on Big Data Computing and Machine Learning - IMC 2025, 13th IEEE Conference on Intelligent Mobile Computing - DAPPS 2025, 7th IEEE Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures - AI TEST 2025, 6th IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Testing - ISADS 2025, 16th IEEE Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems - FTS 2025, 6th Future Technology Summit - FITYR 2025, 2nd IEEE Workshop on Future Intelligent Technologies for Young Researchers Additionally, CISOSE 2025 will host special tracks and workshops focused on emerging topics, including Green Cloud and AI Services Engineering, Smart City Big Data and AI Services, Learning Estimation and Control in Intelligent Systems, Emerging AI Technologies and Big Data, Sustainability and ESG Technologies, and Responsible AI. We encourage you to join us for this exciting event, engage with experts from various domains, and contribute to the ongoing advancements in intelligent and service-oriented systems engineering. For more details, please visit the congress website: https://conf.researchr.org/home/cisose-2025 Best regards, Jerry Gao San Jose State University Steering Committee, CISOSE 2025

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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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