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

by Salvatore Gatto

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

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Call for Papers: IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 10–13 January 2025 - Track 2 – Networking Solutions for Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games [FIRM DEADLINE]

by Salvatore Gatto

Call for Papers Extended and Firm Deadline: August 31, 2024 Track 2 – Networking Solutions for Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games Track Chairs: Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua, Italy (email: gaggi(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:gaggi@math.unipd.it>) Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (email: manuela.montangero(a)unimore.it <mailto:manuela.montangero@unimore.it>) IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 10–13 January 2025 Las Vegas, NV, USA https://ccnc2025.ieee-ccnc.org/authors/call-technical-papers <https://ccnc2025.ieee-ccnc.org/authors/call-technical-papers> IMPORTANT DATES Conference Dates: 10 January - 13 January 2025 Technical Papers due: August 31, 2024 [Extended and Firm Deadline] Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2024 Summit at: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=32162&track=123255 Scope and Motivation: Social applications, multimedia, and games play a substantial role in shaping Internet traffic and have emerged as dominant mode of social interaction online. This recent trend has sparked significant research interests, both at the network level and in terms of application and service development. Moreover, with the advent of the metaverse, research focus within these domains has expanded to encompass virtual worlds, immersive experiences, and social interactions in virtual environments. Given their increasing prevalence and interdisciplinary nature, social applications, multimedia, and games have also garnered research attention across diverse fields, including big data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data sensing, information security, and privacy protection. Main Topics of Interest: The Networking solutions for social applications, multimedia, and games track seeks original contributions in the following areas, as well as others that are not explicitly listed but are closely related: ● Artificial Intelligence for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Architectures, Platforms, and Protocols. ● Business models for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Communication security for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Data Sensing. ● Distributed games engines. ● Ethical considerations in social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Gamification and game-based learning in applications. ● Human-Computer Interfaces and Human-Machine Interfaces. ● Immersive storytelling and narrative techniques in multimedia and games. ● Knowledge discovery for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Metaverse, virtual worlds, immersive experiences. ● Naming and routing of media streams. ● New paradigms of future communications networks. ● Non-visual Interfaces for accessibility and/or Virtual Reality. ● Novel applications for the social, multimedia, and games scenario. ● Smart moving and smart objects. ● Social computing and collective intelligence. ● Social influence and persuasion in multimedia and games. ● Social interactions in communication networks. ● Recommender algorithms. ● Rumor source localization in large-scale, real-world networking solutions. ● User profiling and behavior analysis. ● User engagement and retention strategies in social applications and games. ● Virtual reality and augmented reality applications.

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Call For Submissions-10th International Conference on Networks & Communications (NWCOM 2024)

by harry theo

10th International Conference on Networks & Communications (NWCOM 2024) October 19 ~ 20, 2024, Sydney, Australia https://csity2024.org/nwcom/index Scope & Topics 10th International Conference on Networks & Communications (NWCOM 2024) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Networks & Communications. The Conference looks for significant contributions to all major fields of the IOT, Networks & Communications in theoretical and practical aspects. Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following * 5G/6G Cellular Systems and Heterogeneous Networks * Adhoc and sensor networks * Big data / Cloud computing and Networks * Big Data / IoT Analytics in Networking * Blockchain and Distributed Ledger * Heterogeneous wireless networks * High speed networks * Information / Content Centric Networks (ICN) * Internet and Web applications * Internet of Things (IoT) * Machine Learning and AI in Networking * Measurement & Performance Analysis * Mobile & Broadband Wireless Internet * Mobile Communications and Telematics * Mobile networks & Wireless LAN * Network Architectures * Network Based applications * Network Operations & management * Network Protocols & Wireless Networks * Network Security * Next Generation Internet * Next Generation Web Architectures * Peer to peer and overlay networks * QoS and Resource Management * Recent trends & Developments in Computer Networks * Routing, switching and addressing techniques * SDN/NFV and Network Programmability * Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems * Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Virtualization * Ubiquitous networks * Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and Autonomous cars * Vehicular Networks & Intelligent Transportation * VR/AR Streaming * Wireless communications * Wireless Multimedia systems Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System<https://csity2024.org/submission/index.php> by August 10, 2024. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings<https://csitcp.com/> in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT)<https://csitcp.com/> series (Confirmed). Selected papers from NWCOM 2024, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals. * International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC)<https://airccse.org/journal/ijcnc.html>-ERA, Scopus, WJCI Indexed * International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)<https://airccse.org/journal/ijnsa.html> <https://airccse.org/journal/ijnsa.html> - ERA, WJCI Indexed * International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN)<https://airccse.org/journal/ijwmn.html>-ERA, WJCI Indexed * International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology (IJWesT)<https://airccse.org/journal/ijwest/ijwest.html>-IS Indexed * International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing (IJU)<https://airccse.org/journal/iju/index.html> * Information Technology in Industry (ITII)<https://it-in-industry.com/> Important Dates * Submission Deadline: August 10, 2024 * Authors Notification: August 31, 2024 * Registration & camera - Ready Paper Due: September 07, 2024 Contact Us Here's where you can reach us : nwcom(a)csity2024.org<mailto:nwcom@csity2024.org> (or) nwcomconfe(a)gmail.com<mailto:nwcomconfe@gmail.com> Submission Link: https://csity2024.org/submission/index.php

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CFP: 1st Workshop on Education for Artificial Intelligence (edu4AI)

by Elisa Marengo

*** Apologies for multiple copies *** 1st Workshop on Education for Artificial Intelligence (edu4AI) Co-located with the 23rd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2024) November 25 – November 28, 2024, Bolzano (Italy) https://aixia2024.events.unibz.it/ Workshop website: https://edu4ai.di.unito.it/ *********************** Abstract *********************** The goal of this workshop is to establish a forum for researchers and professionals interested in understanding, envisioning, and discussing the challenges and opportunities of AI awareness by promoting education for Artificial Intelligence, promoting aspects such as methodologies, educational pathways, and AI literacy. Conference proceedings will be published on CEUR in the AI*IA series *********************** Important Dates *********************** Paper submission deadline: September, 10th Notifications of paper acceptance: October, 6th Camera-ready version deadline: October, 20th Workshop (at AI*IA 2024): November 26-28th, 2024 *********************** Topics of interest *********************** Topic of interest include (but are not limited to) Challenges and Opportunities in Education for AI Leveraging online platforms for widespread AI Education Innovative Education Techniques and methodologies to support AI Education Hands-on research initiatives to support AI awareness and comprehension Program development for Educators Resources and techniques to explain AI in simple terms AI Literacy kits and educational games Educational tools and resources for correcting AI misconceptions Case studies on AI Literacy courses for elderly people Domain-specific threats due to AI biases and educational solutions to overcome them Education on AI-Ethical aspects Training programs to convey AI awareness Teaching Methodologies Experimentations and reports on the practical applications of the above topics in domain-specific contexts are welcomed (such as in healthcare, K-12 and higher education systems, finance, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, and such like). *********************** Submissions *********************** All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and evaluated on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness, and clarity. Papers should be formatted according to the CEUR-WS's single-column style (http://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html). We welcome three categories of paper submission Full papers (8-10 pages) Short papers (6 pages) -- Suitable for work in progress, software prototypes, doctoral theses extended abstracts Project papers (6 pages) excluding references -- General overviews of research projects *********************** Organisation Chairs *********************** - Elisa Marengo - University of Torino, Italy email: elisa.marengo(a)unito.it - Michela Ponticorvo - University “Federico II” of Napoli, Italy email: michela.ponticorvo(a)unina.it - Manuel Striani - University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy email: manuel.striani(a)uniupo.it

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

by Eleonora Zedda

Wewelcome youto submityourhigh-qualitywork to IUI’25 thatwilltake place in Cagliari, Italy, on March 24-27, 2025! Importantdates: Abstract submissiondeadline: October2nd, 2024 Paper submissiondeadline: October9th, 2024 Pleasevisitthe website for more information: https://iui.acm.org/2025/ <https://iui.acm.org/2025/> The ACM Conference on IntelligentUser Interfaces(ACM IUI) isthe annualpremiere venuewhereresearchersand practitionersmeetand discussstate-of-the-art advancesatthe intersectionof ArtificialIntelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Ideal IUI submissionsshouldaddresspracticalHCI challenges usingmachine intelligence and discussbothcomputationaland human-centricaspectsof suchmethodologies, techniques and systems. Contributionsare welcome from allrelevantarenas, includingacademia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. Westronglybelievethatdiverse insights are criticalto the vitalityof the IUI community and the conference willacceptpapers for bothlong and short oralpresentations. Contributionsto IUI are expectedto be supportedby rigorousevidenceappropriate to the claims(e.g., user study, system evaluation, computationalanalysis). IUI topicsof interestinclude, butare notlimited to: Human-centeredAI methods, approaches, and systems * ExplainableAI methods * Democratizationof AI * Persuasive technologiesin IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Recommendationsin IUI * Knowledge-basedapproachesto user interfacedesign and generation * User modellingfor intelligentinterfaces * User-adaptiveinteraction and personalization * IUI for crowdcomputing and human computation * Human control in dailyautomations Computationalinnovation * Interactive machine learning * Human-in-the loop AI testing and debugging * Human-centeredrecommendationand recommendersystems * Generative models * Human-in-the-loop reinforcementlearning * Intelligentuser interfacesfor generative AI Innovative User Interfaces * Affectiveinterfaces * Intelligentaestheticinterfaces * Intelligentcollaborative interfaces * IntelligentAR/VR interfaces * Intelligentvisualizationand visual analytics * Intelligentwearable and mobile interfaces * Intelligenttangibleinterfaces * Intelligentconversationalinterfaces IntelligentMultimodalSystems * Embodiedagents * MultimodalAI assistants * Intelligentmultimodalinterfaces * Evaluationsof IntelligentUser Interfaces * User experimentsand studies * Reproducibility(includingbenchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analysis * Mixed-methodsevaluations IntelligentApplications * Educationand learning-relatedtechnologies * Healthcare and wellbeing * Automotive * Assistive technologies * Entertainment * Workplacehappiness * Social media * Information retrieval * Internet of things(IoT) * Smart homes * Generative AI Large Language Models * End-user interaction with LLMsand Multimodalmodels (e.g., chatbots, image generation) * LLMsin the workplace * TrustworthyLLMs * Biasin LLMs * The effectsof LLMsuse on creative tasks * Personalizeduser interaction with LLMs * Prompt Engineering * User control and steering of LLMs(e.g. RLHF) Lookingforwardto yoursubmissions! IUI’25 Technical ProgrammeChairs Luis Leiva, Davide Spano, KatrienVerbert program2025(a)iui.acm.org <mailto:program2025@iui.acm.org> IUI’25 General Chairs Toby Li, Fabio Paterno, KaisaVäänänen chairs2025(a)iui.acm.org <mailto:chairs2025@iui.acm.org>

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[CFP] Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems - Special issue of IxD&A

by Chiara Ceccarini

Call for Papers – Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems Special issue of Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) https://ixdea.org/digital-wellbeing-for-teens-designing-educational-systems/ ———— Overview Recently, researchers have been exploring the unexpected issues arising from the excessive use of personal devices and social media apps, particularly as companies adopt “attention-capture” tactics like guilty-pleasure recommendations and automatic content playback. These strategies exploit users’ psychological vulnerabilities to increase advertising revenue, resulting in significant impacts on users’ perceived agency and often leading to a sense of losing control over their technology use. This has led to the emergence of a new focus on “digital wellbeing,” studied in fields such as Human Computer Interaction and psychology. Traditional approaches by practitioners and researchers to tackle these issues involve developing Digital Self-Control Tools (DSCTs), such as mobile apps and browser extensions, that help users track their usage patterns and implement interventions like timers and lock-out mechanisms to regulate device use. However, both researchers and users are beginning to emphasize that achieving digital wellbeing requires more than just self-monitoring strategies; it is a journey of personal growth that necessitates education. Topics of Interest The goal of this special issue is to discuss ongoing research and ideas at the intersection of digital wellbeing and education. It aims to foster the development of strategies and interactive tools that mentor users, especially children and teenagers, towards a more meaningful and conscious use of technology. This can be accomplished in various ways, such as by designing new Digital Self-Control Tools with educational components, developing serious games, or creating collaborative platforms to introduce and support digital wellbeing learning in schools. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: • participatory and co-design of digital wellbeing systems; • tools and strategies to teach digital wellbeing at school; • strategies and tools for measuring students’ digital wellbeing; • novel DSCTs that include educational aspects; • gamification strategies for digital wellbeing; • ethical, social, and political factors. Submission All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted anonymized either in .doc or in .pdf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Prospective participants are invited to submit an 8-20 pages paper (including authors’ information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). Important dates Deadline: October 15th, 2024 Notification to the authors: January 15th, 2025 Camera ready paper: February 15th, 2025 Publication of the special issue: March 2025 (tentatively) Guest Editors Chiara Ceccarini, University of Bologna (Italy) Catia Prandi, University of Bologna (Italy) Alberto Monge Roffarello, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) _________________________________________ Chiara Ceccarini, PhD. Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A) Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bologna

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

by Salvatore Gatto

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

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Call for Papers: IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 10–13 January 2025 - Track 2 – Networking Solutions for Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games

by Salvatore Gatto

Call for Papers Deadline extension: August 1, 2024 Track 2 – Networking Solutions for Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games Track Chairs: Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua, Italy (email: gaggi(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:gaggi@math.unipd.it>) Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (email: manuela.montangero(a)unimore.it <mailto:manuela.montangero@unimore.it>) IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 10–13 January 2025 Las Vegas, NV, USA https://ccnc2025.ieee-ccnc.org/authors/call-technical-papers <https://ccnc2025.ieee-ccnc.org/authors/call-technical-papers> IMPORTANT DATES Conference Dates: 10 January - 13 January 2025 Technical Papers due: August 1, 2024 Acceptance Notification: August 31, 2024 Summit at: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=32162&track=123255 Scope and Motivation: Social applications, multimedia, and games play a substantial role in shaping Internet traffic and have emerged as dominant mode of social interaction online. This recent trend has sparked significant research interests, both at the network level and in terms of application and service development. Moreover, with the advent of the metaverse, research focus within these domains has expanded to encompass virtual worlds, immersive experiences, and social interactions in virtual environments. Given their increasing prevalence and interdisciplinary nature, social applications, multimedia, and games have also garnered research attention across diverse fields, including big data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data sensing, information security, and privacy protection. Main Topics of Interest: The Networking solutions for social applications, multimedia, and games track seeks original contributions in the following areas, as well as others that are not explicitly listed but are closely related: ● Artificial Intelligence for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Architectures, Platforms, and Protocols. ● Business models for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Communication security for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Data Sensing. ● Distributed games engines. ● Ethical considerations in social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Gamification and game-based learning in applications. ● Human-Computer Interfaces and Human-Machine Interfaces. ● Immersive storytelling and narrative techniques in multimedia and games. ● Knowledge discovery for social applications, multimedia, and games. ● Metaverse, virtual worlds, immersive experiences. ● Naming and routing of media streams. ● New paradigms of future communications networks. ● Non-visual Interfaces for accessibility and/or Virtual Reality. ● Novel applications for the social, multimedia, and games scenario. ● Smart moving and smart objects. ● Social computing and collective intelligence. ● Social influence and persuasion in multimedia and games. ● Social interactions in communication networks. ● Recommender algorithms. ● Rumor source localization in large-scale, real-world networking solutions. ● User profiling and behavior analysis. ● User engagement and retention strategies in social applications and games. ● Virtual reality and augmented reality applications.

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20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) : First Call for Contributions

by Announce

*** First Call for Contributions *** 20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2025) May 5-7, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2025.persuasivetech.org (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) In a world in which technology is increasingly present in people’s lives, and changing human behavior and attitudes is often the key to solving many societal and personal problems, studying how technology might be used to influence humans (in their behavior, attitudes and information processing), is paramount. Persuasive Technology is a vibrant interdisciplinary research field, focusing on the design, development and evaluation of interactive technologies aimed at influencing people’s attitudes and/or behaviors through persuasion, but not through coercion or deception. The research community aims at enriching people’s lives in various domains such as health and sustainability by supporting people in setting and achieving their own goals, thus helping them change their behavior. The 2025 conference will be hosted in Limassol, Cyprus at the 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina. The previous successful conferences have been organized in Wollongong, Limassol, Eindhoven, Stanford, Oulu, Claremont, Copenhagen, Columbus, Linköping, Sydney, Padua, Chicago, Salzburg, Amsterdam, and Waterloo. The conference series seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia working with various topics of persuasive technology. We welcome the following categories of papers and extended abstracts: • Technical papers that introduce novel persuasive technology approaches and solutions alongside evidence of their potential. • Empirical studies which seek to provide evidence and explanation of methods, principles and theories in persuasive systems. • Conceptual-theoretical papers which primarily seek to contribute to the general understanding of the field’s core themes and specificities. • Other papers, e.g. literature reviews or experience reports. SCOPE The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: • Persuasive systems’ design • Behavior change support systems • Interaction with persuasive systems, interfaces, visualization • Interactive agents in persuasive systems • (Generative) AI for persuasive technology • Tailored and personalized persuasion • Gamification for persuasion • Evaluation and validation of persuasive applications • Fitting methods for development, evaluation and implementation of persuasive systems • Optimizing engagement with persuasive systems • Software architectures and technical infrastructures for persuasive systems • Smart environments, e.g. IoT, and persuasion • Digital Marketing, eCommerce, eTourism and SMART ecosystems • Motivational, cognitive and perceptual factors in persuasive technology • Application domains for persuasive technologies such as safety, healthy living, sustainable behaviors, learning and training, marketing and commerce, work environments, organizations • Positive technology • Humanizing and/or dehumanizing effects of persuasive technology • Values and ethics in persuasive technology • Privacy, perceived security and trust in persuasive technology • Resilience and counter-persuasion • Detecting persuasive strategies in social media posts • Encouraging adherence to safety measures in pandemic situations Questions that we hope to be addressed include, but are not limited to: • How to recognize and demonstrate the real life effects of persuasive technology on people’s attitudes and behaviours? • How to conduct studies that not just show their effectiveness but are also able to explain in more detail why a design or intervention works? • How to design an evaluation study so that it yields insights that are applicable to other designs or interventions? • How theoretical insight can help improve application and/or intervention planning and design? • How can design and intervention studies improve theory? SUBMISSION TYPES Regular Papers This format is suitable for original research, which is completed work at the time of submission and, regardless of the length of the paper, is a self-sufficient scientific contribution. Papers can be full papers (12 pages, excluding references) or short papers (6 pages, excluding references) in Springer LNCS format, and describe work not presented, published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Accepted papers will be included in the Springer LNCS conference proceedings and be devoted a timeslot for oral presentation. Selected papers will be invited for submission to Behaviour & Information Technology journal (Taylor & Francis). Extended Abstracts We also welcome extended abstract submissions to showcase the results of already conducted studies where authors do not wish to publish them as regular papers in the conference proceedings but rather present them at the conference for discussions that can shape the final version (that may be submitted elsewhere later). The studies will be also be devoted a timeslot for oral presentation in a special session. Extended abstracts must not be more than 2 pages in CEUR format (including references). Accepted abstracts will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1 column style, see here). Selected papers in this category, based on their quality, level of timeliness and relevance, and completion, will also be invited for submission to Behaviour & Information Technology journal. Poster Presentations This format is suitable for descriptions of smaller studies, project outlines, literature reviews or work-in-progress. Authors should submit a 2-page abstract in CEUR format (1 column style). Accepted posters will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings). Posters will be displayed and presented during a dedicated session of the conference. Demonstrations and Artefacts The Persuasive 2025 track on Demonstrations and Artefact is intended to foster discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners from academia and industry by demonstrating or presenting hardware and software products or artefacts, including those in virtual settings (e.g., simulation systems, VR, and games), that range from early research prototypes to mature production-ready systems. The contribution should be the result of original, innovative work, including solving novel technical or research problems, and/or creating novel individual or industrial UI/UX. Accepted demonstrations or presentations shall be presented live during the conference. Doctoral Consortium Papers The Doctoral Consortium is a special session of the conference where PhD students can receive advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students present and discuss their research with other PhD students and a panel of established researchers in the area of persuasive technology. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit a 4-page abstract in CEUR format (1 column style) describing their research question, its position with respect to the state of the art, their research plans and methodology, ideas, and results achieved so far. Accepted abstracts will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings) unless opted out by the student. Workshops and Tutorial Proposals Workshops are meant to gather a number of people to work interactively on an emerging topic and exchange ideas. Tutorials are intended to help people attending the conference organize a related scientific meeting on a specific topic or instruct on a specific practice. Approved workshops and tutorials will be announced on the conference website. Tutorials and workshops will take place during a half- or full-day session before the conference. If you want to organize a workshop, please submit a proposal as a maximum 4-page description in Springer LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings- guidelines), including a description of the topic, motivation, organization (including the list of organizing members, how the organizers will form a program committee, duration of the workshop and mode of delivery: in-person/hybrid), expected outcome, and supporting materials (if applicable). Workshop and tutorial descriptions will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings (CEUR Workshop Proceedings) https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html. Workshop organisers must commit to creating their Call for Papers and their website within one week of the notification. Please email your proposal by December 01, 2024, to the workshop chairs: Wenzhen Xu (wenzhen.xu(a)r.hit-u.ac.jp), Rhoda Abadia (Rhoda.Abadia(a)unisa.edu.au), and Kaoru Sumi (kaoru.sumi(a)acm.org). The organizing committee will review the proposals and communicate the results by December 15, 2024. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: • Submission deadline: January 03, 2024 (AoE) • Decision notification: February 15, 2025 • Camera ready submission: February 28, 2025 Workshop and tutorial proposals: • Submission deadline: December 1, 2024 (AoE) • Decision notification: December 15, 2024 Workshop papers, posters, demos, artefacts, and doctoral consortium submission: • Submission deadline: March 1, 2025 (AoE) • Decision notification: March 15, 2025 • Camera ready: March 28, 2025 Registration: • Author registration deadline for the main track: February 28, 2025 • Author registration deadline for the rest of the categories: March 28, 2025 • Early bird registration: April 5, 2025 PUBLICATION Accepted papers of the main track (both Full and Short) will be published by Springer in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (https://www.springer.com/gp/ computer-science/lncs). Workshop and demo descriptions, extended abstracts , abstracts from posters, and doctoral consortium abstracts will be published as an adjunct CEUR proceedings. Extended versions of the best papers and selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to a special issue on Persuasive Technology 2025 in Behaviour and Information Technology, a Taylor & Francis publication. ORGANISATION General Chairs • Evangelos Karapanos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Raian Ali, HBKU, Qatar • Khin Than Win, University of Wollongong, Australia Demo, Poster and Artefacts • Ruben Hgouveia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal • Hanne Spelt, Philips, Netherlands Workshops and Tutorial Chairs • Rhodora Abadia, University of South Australia, Australia • Kaoru Sumi, Future University of Hakodate, Japan • Wenzhen Xu, Hitotsubashi University, Japan Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Sriram Iyengar, University of of Arizona, USA • Roberto Legaspi, KDDI, Japan • Shahla Meedya, Australian Catholic University, Australia Proceedings Chairs • Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska, University of Wollongong, Australia • Kiemute Oyibo, University of York, Canada Society for Persuasion and Technology Steering Committee • Raian Ali – Chair Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar • Luca Chittaro – General Member Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Italy • Roberto Legaspi – General Member Research Scientist, Collaborative AI Lab, Human-centered AI Laboratories KDDI Research, Inc., Japan • Harri Oinas-Kukkonen – General Member Professor, Information Systems Science and Dean of Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland • Kiemute Oyibo – General Member Assistant Professor, Interactive Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada • Khin Than Win – Secretary Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia

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Applications are invited for a research fellowship (Assegno di Ricerca) on "Multisensory analysis of human and artificial trajectories" at the Music Informatics Laboratory (LIM - https://www.lim.di.unimi.it/) of the Università degli Studi di Milano. The position is funded by the Italian research funding programme PRIN 2022. The successful applicant will be part of the project MAHATMA "Multiscale Analysis of Human and Artificial Trajectories: Models and Applications" (principal investigator: Davide Rocchesso<https://www.unimi.it/it/ugov/person/davide-rocchesso>). The appointment term is one year. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to contribute to experimental research and modeling of multisensory representations of trajectories at different scales in interactive contexts, exploiting the diversity of the senses and of the motor abilities. Details about the position and application are available at: https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/ricerca-lastatale/fare-ricerca-da-noi/asseg… Application deadline: August 28, 2024. La Statale per il futuro Salute, transizione digitale, sostenibilità Il tuo 5xmille<https://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/sostenere-la-statale/cinque-mille> ai nuovi progetti di ricerca dell'Università degli Studi di Milano. Codice fiscale 80012650158

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