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Postdoc position in Psychologically-informed User Modeling

by Marko Tkalcic

TLDR: postdoc position (PhD required), full-time employment (40 hrs/week), duration 2 years (preferred start October 2024), research and teaching, supervisor: Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia Research topics: - psychologically-informed user modeling, - psychologically-informed item modeling, - inference of user and item characteristics, - explanations, - recommender systems. Details: The Department of Information Sciences and Technologies (DIST) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (FAMNIT) of the University of Primorska is seeking a top early-career researcher for a postdoctoral position in the area of psychologically-informed user modeling under the supervision of assoc. prof. dr. Marko Tkalčič. The project will explore how psychologically-informed features can be used to model users, items, infer user characteristics from digital traces, infer item characteristics, provide explanations and recommendations in the music and film domains. The methodologies will include user studies and machine learning. The candidate will work in a great team with Marko Tkalčič as part of the HICUP lab (https://hicup.famnit.upr.si/) in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Koper (the beach is only a 3 min walk from the office). - Full-time employment (40 hrs/week). Full social security. - The position is for two years. - The preferred starting date is October 2024. - The candidate must have (or expect to obtain shortly) a PhD in computer science or in an area relevant to the research topics. - The ideal candidate should posses expertise in the following areas: - recommender systems, - machine learning, - user modeling. - Expertise in one or more of the following areas will be appreciated: - ML explainability, - computational psychology, - computational social science, - media-related knowledge (musicology etc.). - The position includes a small teaching load (1 course/semester, 3-4 hrs/week). - The position comes with funding for travel (conferences, visitors). Application Process: The applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. To apply, send an email to marko.tkalcic(a)famnit.upr.si with the following documentation: - motivation letter, - CV, - list of publications, - research statement, - names and email addresses of two to three references. Link to call: https://markotkalcic.com/postdoc_2024.html -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Marko Tkalcic http://markotkalcic.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RecSysMare Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markotkalcic Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JQ2puysAAAAJ ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Call for Paper] AVI 2024 Workshop "Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia" (CSE4IA'24)

by Francesco Greco

* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks * ############################################################# CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International Workshop on Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia Co-located within the 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI2024) Arenzano (Genoa), Italy June 3rd or 4th 2024 More info:https://sites.google.com/view/cse4ia-2024/home ############################################################# AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss current challenges in cybersecurity education to train future cybersecurity professionals but also to be able to train employees of private and public industries on real-world cybersecurity scenarios. We expect that the workshop will 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 identification of new processes, methods, and techniques to empower end-users development to set, modify, and increase the security of their technological solutions; - 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 include, but are not limited to, the following: - Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Learning in Cybersecurity - Personalized Learning in Cybersecurity Education - AI-Driven Cybersecurity Education - Generative AI in Cybersecurity Education - Explainable AI for Cybersecurity - Immersive Virtual Reality for Cybersecurity Education - Augmented Reality in Cybersecurity Education - Game-based approaches in 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 - Empowering Users in Technology Creation with Cybersecurity Considerations - Warning dialogues for Cybersecurity - Human Factors for Cybersecurity - Case Studies on Cybersecurity Challenges and Practices - Data Visualization in Cybersecurity - Accessibility in Cybersecurity Tools and Education - User Behavior Analysis in Cybersecurity - Conversational Interface in Cybersecurity Education ############################################################# 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 (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=cse4ia0) in PDF format using the “CEUR Template”: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 attend the workshop. 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: 27th March 2024 Notification: 19th April 2024 Camera-ready: 5th May 2024 Registration due: 10th May 2024 ############################################################# WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Vita Santa Barletta - Department of Computer Science, University of Bari, IT (vita.barletta(a)uniba.it) Federica Caruso - Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, IT (federica.caruso1(a)univaq.it) Tania Di Mascio - Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, IT (tania.dimascio(a)univaq.it) Francesco Greco - Department of Computer Science, University of Bari, IT (francesco.greco(a)uniba.it) Tasmina Islam - Department of Informatics, King's College London, UK (tasmina.islam(a)kcl.ac.uk) Veronica Rossano - Department of Computer Science, University of Bari, IT (veronica.rossano(a)uniba.it) Hannan Xiao - Department of Informatics, King's College London, UK (Hannah.xiao(a)kcl.ac.uk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers: HCSE 2024 Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering (submissions due: February 16 / April 5)

by Stefan Sauer

*(Apologies if you receive multiple e-mails on this subject via different channels!)* *_ATTENTION: DEADLINE EXTENSION: Upon several requests, we have extended the submission deadline for Technical full papers and Late breaking results papers to February 26 AoE._* *_Shortcut to submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse2024._* _If you encounter problems with the link from the conference website to the EasyCair submission page (due to security settings), please copy the URL to your browser's address field. _*_ _* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *HCSE 2024* *Call for Papers* *10th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering* *8th to 10th of July, 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland*** *http://www.hcse-conference.org* <http://www.hcse-conference.org>** *Submission dates:* *Technical full papers, late breaking results: Monday*, *February 26th*, 2024 (NEW!) *Demos, posters and Discussion Forum short papers*: Friday, April 5th, 2024 *HCSE*is a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design <http://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups/working-group-13-2/>. We aim at *bringing together researchers and practitioners* interested in strengthening the scientific foundations of user interface design, examining the relationship between software engineering and human-computer interaction and on how to strengthen human-centered design as an essential part of software engineering processes - more info on the topics on: https://hcse-conference.org/ <https://hcse-conference.org/> A novelty of *HCSE 2024* is the *Discussion Forum for PhD students* who want to present and intensively discuss with established researchers their research ideas and get feedback and/or guidance for the continuation of their work in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. Altogether, HCSE 2024 welcomes the following types of contributions: * * * Technical full papers (up to 20 pages) * Late-breaking result papers (up to 12 pages) * Demonstration papers (5–8 pages) * Poster papers (5–8 pages, plus poster design draft) * Discussion Forum papers from PhD students (5–8 pages, plus poster design draft) * * Further information on these formats can be obtained from:https://hcse-conference.org/ <https://hcse-conference.org/> All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the *LNCS* series. *Submissions and Reviewing Process* All submissions will be peer-reviewed for their topical relevance, originality, technical contribution, and presentation quality by the members of the international program committee. Technical full papers and late-breaking results short papers will be reviewed *double-blind*; demonstrations, posters and Discussion Forum submissions *single-blind*. Authors must prepare their submission files accordingly! For poster and Discussion Forum submissions, both paper and poster design draft will be assessed for review. It will be possible for the program committee to suggest accepting submissions in other than their original submission categories. *Proceedings* All accepted papers will appear in conference proceedings published by Springer.They must be formatted according to the guidelines of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>series of Springer. Authors are requested to prepare submissions as close as possible to final camera-ready versions. *Presentations* All accepted submissions will be presented at the conference in technical sessions. It will be possible for authors of accepted technical full papers and late-breaking results papers to give tool demos as well without submitting additional demo papers. * * *Important Dates* *Technical full and late breaking results papers* -Submission: Monday, February 26th, 2024 -Notification to authors: Friday, March 22nd, 2024 -Camera-ready due: Friday, April 19th, 2024 *Demos, posters and Discussion Forum short papers* -Submission: Friday, April 5th, 2024 -Notification to authors: Friday, April 19th, 2024 -Camera-ready due: Friday, May 3rd, 2024 *Conference dates*: July 8th – 10th, 2024 * * *Organizers* *General Conference Chairs:* * Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Reykjavik University, Iceland * Bilal Naqvi, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland *Technical Paper Chairs:* * Carmelo Ardito, LUM Giuseppe Degennaro University, Italy * Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands * Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany *Demos & Posters Chair:* Bilal Naqvi, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland *Discussion Forum for PhD Students Chair:* Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Reykjavik University, Iceland *Local Organizers:* * Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Reykjavik University, Iceland * Anna Sigríður Islind, Reykjavik University, Iceland * Grischa Liebel, Reykjavik University, Iceland

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[IxD&A Journal] Issue N. 59 is now available for free reading and downloading

by mifav＠roma2.infn.it

======================================================== Apologize for unintended cross-mailing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A [ https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 | https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 ] established in 2005 SCOPUS and ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) indexed Journal implements also video presentations of the published contributions. CiteScore 2022: 2.0 (Q1: Design ( /Architecture); Q2: Media Technology, Education; Q3: Human Computer Interaction) To help us to improve the reader/author experience please take part in the survey -> [ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpUR_mbeNMSOjjNqSRa7ko-BJ6nkFh7w_… | SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS & USER EXPERIENCE ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue N. 59 featuring the “stimulated paper” by Gerhard Fischer on ‘ A Research Framework Focused on AI and Humans instead of AI versus Humans ’; as part of the special issue on ‘ AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age ’ guest edited by Alessandro Pagano, Anders Mørch, Vita Santa Barletta, Renate Andersen + Regular papers is now available for free downloading [ https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-059 | https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-059 ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IxD&A implements the Gold/Diamond Open Access road to its contents with no charge to the authors If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: [ https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… | https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7C… ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IxD&A Journal, Issue N. 59 - ToC Special issue on: AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age . Preface by Alessandro Pagano, Anders Mørch, Vita Santa Barletta, Renate Andersen p. 5 – 16 Stimulated paper Gerhard Fischer A Research Framework Focused on AI and Humans instead of AI versus Humans pp. 17 – 36 Other special issue papers Ingeborg Krange, Meerita Segaran, Siv Gamlem, Synnøve Moltudal, Irina Engeness A Triple Challenge: Students’ Identification, Interpretation, and Use of Individualized Automated Feedback in Learning to Write English as a Foreign Language, pp. 37 – 61 Johan Lundin, Marie Utterberg Modén, Tiina Leino Lindell, Gerhard Fischer A Remedy to the Unfair Use of AI in Educational Settings, pp. 62 – 78 Vanessa de Cássia Alves, Franco Eusébio Garcia, Conrado Saud, Augusto Mendes, Helena Medeiros Caseli, Vivian Genaro Motti, Luciano de Oliveira Neris, Tais Blecher and Vânia P. Almeida Neris College students-in-the-loop for their mental health: a case of AI and humans working together to support well-being, pp. 79 – 94 M. Uğur Kahraman, Yaren Şekerci, Müge Develier Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Interior Design Education: A Case Study on Creating Office Spaces for “Avrupa Yakası” TV Series Characters , pp. 95 – 116 Regular papers Abdullah Tarik Celik & Gülay Hasdoğan Future Mobility Scenarios with Design Fiction: Autonomous Vehicles as Social Agents , pp. 117 – 140 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @: IxD&A Linkedin -> [ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3785204/ | link ] IxD&A Facebook -> [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/528301461963022 | link ] Enjoy the videos of the "Meeting the Authors" events @: IxD&A Youtube channel -> [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F6Aa-zJERXS1H7IqbTtKA/videos | link ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IxD&A [ http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=9&a=1 | Privacy Policy ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming issues: [ https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 | https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000 ] • ‘Smart Learning Ecosystems as engines of the twin transitions’ Guest editors: Mihai Dascalu, Oscar Mealha, Sirje Virkus • ‘STEAM teaching and learning: advances beyond the state of the art’ Guest editors: Hector Cardona-Reyes, Carlos Alberto Lara-Álvarez, Miguel Angel Ortiz Esparza, Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori • ‘Smart Learning Ecosystems beyond 2030′ Guest editors: Gabriella Dodero, Carlo Giovannella, Francesca Pozzi • ‘Digital Crossroads: Enhancing Mediterranean Values through Human-Computer Interaction Research’ Guest editors: George Caridakis, Houda El Mimouni, Joel Lanir, Valentina Nisi, Giuliana Vitiello ----------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Special Tracks Proposals - ACM GoodIT 2024

by Mirko Franco

ACM GOODIT Conference Call for Special Tracks Proposals 4-6 September 2024, Bremen, Germany https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/ Scope GoodIT 2024 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. Tracks proposals can focus on any contemporary themes that highlight social good aspects in the design, implementation, deployment, securing, and evaluation of IT technologies. 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 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 track may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality. Indication if a journal special issue is associated with the 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 particular 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 jochen.meyer(a)offis.de. The subject of the e-mail must be: “GoodIT 2024 – special track proposal”. The special tracks chairs may ask proposers for supplying additional information during the review period. Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: March 3rd, 2024 Notification of Selection: March 8th, 2024 Paper submission deadlines must be the same as for the main conference (indicative: submission May 19th; NoA July 7th; camera-ready July 21st) Contact (Special Tracks Chairs) Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy) – ombretta.gaggi(a)unipd.it Jochen Meyer (OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, Germany) – jochen.meyer(a)offis.de

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Submit Your Research Articles - 3rd International Conference on Emerging Practices in Software Process & Architecture (SOFTPA 2024)

by anjan sinha

*3rd International Conference on Emerging Practices in Software Process & Architecture (SOFTPA 2024)* *March 16 ~ 17, 2024, Vienna, Austria* *https://csita2024.org/softpa/index* <https://csita2024.org/softpa/index> *Scope & Topics* *3rd International Conference on Emerging Practices in Software Process & Architecture (SOFTPA 2024)* is an emerging practice in Software Development life cycle adopted by various software organizations to develop an environment of continuous deployment and delivery within time. There are several software development processes that practice the concept of continuous improvement and automation to maintain the operational stability and smooth flow of software delivery. 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 Software Process & Architecture. *Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:* · AI for supporting software and systems processes · Artifacts, software validation and diagnosis · CI/CD, Agile and Devops · Devops in health care, education & business · Devops Models, Practices, Challenges · Empirical Study · Hybrid processes for software and systems · Intelligent software systems · Lean & Agile software Development & practices · Legacy systems Wireless Communications · Open Source Software development · Performance Evaluation, Application & Tools · Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in the real World · Software as a Service ( Saas) · Software Automation · Software Engineering challenges · Software reliability and large-scale distribution · Wireless Multimedia Systems *Paper Submission* Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference *Submission System* <https://csita2024.org/submission/index.php>by *February 17 ,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 <http://airccse.org/cscp.html> in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) <http://airccse.org/cscp.html>series (Confirmed). Selected papers from *SOFTPA 2024*, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following journals · International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA) <https://www.airccse.org/journal/ijsea/ijsea.html> – ERA Indexed · International Journal of data mining & Knowledge Management Process (IJDKP) <https://airccse.org/journal/ijdkp/ijdkp.html> – WJCI Indexed · International Journal of Ambient Systems and Applications (IJASA) <https://airccse.org/journal/ijasa/index.html> · Advanced Computational Intelligence: An International Journal (ACII) <https://airccse.org/journal/acii/index.html> *Important Dates* *Second Batch : (Submissions after January 27 ,2024)* · *Submission Deadline : February 17 ,2024 * · Authors Notification : March 04, 2024 · Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due : March 09, 2024 *Contact Us* Here's where you can reach us : softpa(a)csita2024.org or softpa(a)yahoo.com *SUBMISSION LINK* https://csita2024.org/submission/index.php

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CFP - Workshop on Detection And Mitigation Of Cyber attacks that exploit human vuLnerabilitiES (DAMOCLES) - @AVI 2024

by Giuseppe Desolda

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP Please, send to your colleagues 1st International Workshop on Detection And Mitigation Of Cyber attacks that exploit human vuLnerabilitiES (DAMOCLES) - in conjunction with the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2024 June 3, 2024, Arenzano (Genova), Italy https://sites.google.com/view/damocles-1st-workshop/home As technology continues to advance, the interplay between human factors and cybersecurity becomes increasingly crucial. Human vulnerabilities, stemming from cognitive biases, social engineering tactics, and usability challenges, present significant obstacles in maintaining robust cybersecurity measures. This workshop aims to delve into these challenges and explore innovative solutions and methodologies for assessing and mitigating human vulnerability in the cybersecurity landscape. We encourage researchers and practitioners from the fields of HCI and Cybersecurity to submit their work and join us in this collaborative effort to address the critical aspects of human vulnerability in cybersecurity. WORKSHOP TOPICS We invite submissions on a broad spectrum of topics related to HCI, cybersecurity, and human vulnerability assessment and mitigation, including but not limited to: - User-Centered Design for Cybersecurity - Visual Interfaces for Cybersecurity - Social Engineering Attacks and Countermeasures - Usability and Security Trade-offs - Cognitive Biases and Human Decision-Making in Cybersecurity - User Awareness and Training Programs - Human Factors in Incident Response - Ethical Hacking and Red Team Assessments - Privacy Concerns in Human-Centric Security - Ethical, psychological, or sociological aspects of cybersecurity SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit position papers of a minimum length of 5 pages (including references) using the predefined CEUR template <https://streaklinks.com/B2qDbiGSkogGz-4UcQ8tPWkB/https%3A%2F%2Fceur-ws.org%…>  (an Overleaf <https://streaklinks.com/B2qDbiSPj8MfACVjhQ60VHrL/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.overleaf…>page for LaTeX users is also available). Submissions should be in PDF format and can be sent via EasyChair at this link <https://streaklinks.com/B2qDbiqDwz8iv76mcAkHyiRj/https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.or…> The review process will be single-blind. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, which will be submitted for publication to CEUR Workshop proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop submissions due: March 15, 2024 Results announced: April 15, 2024 Camera-ready submissions due: April 28, 2024 Registration deadline: May 10, 2024 WORKSHOP CHAIRS Bernardo Breve, University of Salerno Giuseppe Desolda, University of Bari Aldo Moro Vincenzo Deufemia, University of Salerno Lucio Davide Spano, University of Cagliari For any inquiries or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at giuseppe.desolda(a)uniba.it We are looking forward to receiving your submissions! Best regards, Bernardo, Giuseppe, Vincenzo e Davide ᐧ

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[CfP] AVI 2024 workshop 'Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems (DIGI-Teens 2024)

by Tommaso Calo'

Call for Papers – Digital Wellbeing for Teens: Designing Educational Systems (DIGI-Teens 2024) AVI 2024 Workshop June 3-4 2024 – Arenzano (Genova), Italy More info: https://sites.google.com/view/digi-teens — ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Recently, researchers have been examining the unforeseen issues caused by the excessive use of personal devices and online services, especially as companies increasingly employ "attention-capture" tactics like guilty-pleasure recommendations and automatic content playback. These strategies exploit users' psychological vulnerabilities, aiming to boost advertising revenue, resulting in tangible repercussions on users' perceived agency and often leading to a perceived lack of control over their technology use. These problems gave rise to a new kind of psychological "digital wellbeing," investigated in fields such as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and psychology. Traditional strategies employed by practitioners and researchers involve the creation of Digital Self-Control Tools (DSCTs), i.e., mobile applications and browser extensions that empower users to monitor their usage patterns and implement interventions, such as timers and lock-out mechanisms, to self-regulate device usage. Yet, researchers and the users themselves are starting to warn that achieving digital wellbeing is a path of personal growth that requires education more than self-monitoring strategies. The objective of this workshop is to establish a venue for the academic and industrial communities to discuss ongoing research and ideas at the intersection of digital wellbeing and education, aiming to promote the development of strategies and tools to "teach" users – particularly children and teenagers – to use technology more meaningfully and consciously. This objective can be achieved in multiple ways, such as by creating novel DSCTs that include educational aspects, serious games, or collaborative platforms to introduce and support digital wellbeing learning at school. This workshop is part of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2024). CALL FOR PARTICIPATION We invite researchers and practitioners in interdisciplinary domains intersecting HCI, AI, psychology, design, and/or education to engage in dialog on the topics above. A key priority of our workshop will be to invite submissions from an intellectually diverse and global group of participants to further discussions on how appropriate human-centered design can contribute to digital wellbeing education. Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a position paper (2-4 pages) describing and highlighting their contributions to the workshop topics. The topics of interest for the workshop include, but are 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. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE This half-day workshop will be interactive and informal. It will combine presentations of accepted position papers with discussions and hands-on sessions, aimed at generating ideas for future research directions. The workshop is planned to be in-person, at the conference. Virtual participation will be made possible. AVI workshops are scheduled for either the 3rd or 4th of June, 2024. Please check back the workshop website soon for the exact dates and scheduling information. SUBMISSIONS Submissions of position papers should be of 2-4 pages, in the ACM Primary Article Submission Templates (single column, https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). PDFs of submissions can be emailed to Alberto Monge Roffarello (one of the organizers) at alberto.monge(a)polito.it<mailto:alberto.monge@polito.it>. They will be reviewed by all organizers based on relevance, originality, and overall quality. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop. Virtual participation will be made possible. All workshop participants will need to register for the workshop. Accepted and presented papers will be made available on CEUR Workshop Proceedings, if possible, while workshop results will be published on our website. Notifications will be mailed to the authors within 15 days of receipt (and no later than the date reported below). IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 31 March 2024 Notification: 19 April 2024 Camera-ready: 05 May 2024 Registration due: 10 May 2024 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alberto Monge Roffarello, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Chiara Ceccarini, Università di Bologna, Italy Catia Prandi, Università di Bologna, Italy

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[HWID'2024 Cfp] Human Work Interaction Design Conference

by Angela Locoro

--------------------------------- CfP: Human Work Interaction Design 2024 (HWID'2024) Sustainable Workplaces by Design Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan (Italy) - September 5-6, 2024 Joint conference of the IFIP WG 13.6 Human Work Interaction Design and IFIP WG 13.5 on Human Error, Resilience, Reliability, Safety and System Developmenthttps://hwid2024.unibs.it/hwid2024 --------------------------------- Designing for sustainability extends beyond merely reducing resource consumption and waste. It encompasses environmental, social, and economic dimensions while acknowledging their potential conflicts. Today, designers need to anticipate the impact on future generations, and social equity and justice between workers, while also considering financial performance. It appears clear that focusing solely on individual behaviour change, without considering workplace practices and reaching decision-makers, can only have a limited influence. While interactive systems to support sustainability have been proposed, it is crucial not to overlook the interactive systems used by workers in this endeavor. Beyond being mere tools, automation and AI systems must become work partners collaborating with workers to enhance their performance by taking over repetitive and tedious tasks. However, as these systems increasingly handle high-level cognitive tasks, designing meaningful roles for workers is even more challenging when designers already have to deal with known issues such as complacency, deskilling, monitoring, and takeover performances when automated systems reach their operational limits or fail. Consequently, methods, tools, and processes need to be refined to ensure a positive user experience and identify novel forms of human-automation cooperation for sustainable workplaces. THEME, SCOPE, AND FOCUS The theme of HWID'24 emphasizes the insights into the relationship between the sustainability of workplaces, the anticipatory potentials of design, and how automation and AI may fit the picture. It calls for a workplace design oriented towards sustainability, responsibility, and explainability. Examples of relevant questions include: - What does the very notion of design imply from the point of view of being sustainable, responsible, and explainable, and how can these values be embodied in workplaces? - How to design environment-friendly and humane workplaces? - What individualistic vs collectivistic frictions may emerge from unethical practices, and how can design mitigate them? - How to design workplaces ensuring social equity and well-being when we deal with both biased humans and automated systems? - How to identify, evaluate, and support the new UX interactional patterns between workers and AI and maintain workers' efficiency and well-being? - How can alternative forms of job design (e.g. job crafting) mitigate conflicts between the pursuit of financial profit and the reduction of companies’ impact on the environment? Can automation help? Topics of interest include: - Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Augmentation in the workplace - Collaborative robots - Virtual Assistants - Digital Twins - Cyber-physical systems - Automation for social equity and well-being - User experience in workplaces and novel forms of human-computer cooperation - Sustainability, Responsibility, and Ethics of Technology in Workplaces This working conference aims to answer these and more questions by involving professionals working in academia, national labs, and industry who are engaged in human work analysis and interaction design for sustainable workplaces. We will discuss tools, procedures, and professional competencies needed to face issues and opportunities provided by workplace design's sustainable and automatization perspectives. IMPORTANT DATES in 2024 Submission deadline: April 21st, 2024 Notification to authors: June 2nd, 2024 Camera ready: June 28th, 2024 Conference: September 5-6, 2024 SUBMISSIONS We invite authors to submit full papers (max 8 pages, excluding references) formatted according to LNCS template available on the Springer website: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… The link to the submission system: https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/HWID2024 Each paper will be reviewed by three reviewers. The collection of all accepted papers will be distributed to the participants as digital proceedings before the conference. During the review process, the reviewers will be asked to evaluate whether an extended version of the paper is suitable for an IFIP Springer book (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology) that will be edited and published after the conference (before the end of 2024). ORGANIZERS General Chairs: Barbara Rita Barricelli (University of Brescia) and Stefano Valtolina (University of Milan) Program Chairs: Elodie Bouzekri (McGill University), Angela Locoro (University of Brescia), and Tilo Mentler (Trier University of Applied Sciences) Publicity Chair: Arminda Guerra Lopes (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco) Student Volunteer Chairs: Antonio Paolo Pernigotti (University of Milan) and Luca Marchionni (University of Milan)

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CFP: CoPDA 2024 - 8th International Workshop on Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age (co-located with AVI 2024)

by Antonio Piccinno

------------------- Call for Papers ------------------- CoPDA 2024 - 8th International Workshop on Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Differentiating and Deepening the Concept of "End User" in the Digital Age https://homes.di.unimi.it/cslab/copda2024/ June 3rd or 4th, 2024 - Arenzano (Genoa), Italy In conjunction with AVI 2024 (https://avi2024.dibris.unige.it/home) ------------ Overview ------------ Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and meta-design challenge the understanding of the concept of “end user”. The 8th edition of this workshop aims to critically differentiate, dissect, and deepen the roles, experiences, and demands of end users by inviting contributions from different perspectives. The workshop invites contributions to explore the following fundamental issues: - Re-conceptualizing the multi-faceted roles that end users can play. - Investigating how end users are evolving into active participants in the design and development through frameworks (such as meta-design) that encourage creation, modification, and evolution in individual and group activities. - Understanding the skills and literacies (e.g., computational fluency) that end users need to acquire to be successful contributors (e.g., education, after-school clubs, etc.). - Envisioning future scenarios and possibilities for end user roles and experiences in the context of emerging technologies and cultural changes. - Understanding the design trade-offs associated with balancing the potential value of end-user contributions with the necessary effort to ensure that end users will be motivated to contribute over long periods of time. Participants from academia, industry, and user communities are invited to share their ideas, insights, and experiences to increase our collective understanding and approach towards end users in the digital age. Topics of discussion may include (but will not be limited to): - Analysis of the use and historical development of the concept of “end user” - Can meta-design frameworks facilitate and empower end users in becoming designers, shaping and adapting systems to their needs? - What are the major responsibilities for end users in "end-user development” and/versus "end-user software engineering"? - If computational fluency is widely achieved by humans in the digital age — how will this change the concept of "end user" and “learning with digital tools”? - How can the division between professional developers and end users be designed and supported as collaborative interactions rather than a rigid separation? - How do we scale up user participation from individuals to groups to communities? - In which contexts are end users the drivers of the innovation? - Which other frameworks and environments in AI exist in addition to Large Language Models (LLMs) for supporting end users? - How does the role of end users change in the era of LLMs? - Which additional learning demands occur that empower end users to assess LLM possibilities and limits? - Success stories and failures (e.g., empirical studies) involving or analyzing end users as active participants in sociotechnical systems in different domains (education, workplace, at home, leisure, etc.). ----------------- Submissions ---------------- Authors are invited to submit a 6-page position paper using the 1-column CEUR template available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt The papers can be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=copda2024 All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be collected and submitted for publication on CEUR-WS proceedings. --------------------- Important dates --------------------- - Apr 3rd, 2024: Submission deadline for position papers - Apr 23rd, 2024: Notification of acceptance - May 10th, 2024: Camera ready - Jun 3rd or 4th, 2024: CoPDA 2024 workshop ------------------------------ Organizing Committee ----------------------------- Barbara Rita Barricelli (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) Gerhard Fischer (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) Daniela Fogli (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) Anders Mørch (University of Oslo, Norway) Antonio Piccinno (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy) Stefano Valtolina (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) For any further information, please contact copda2024(a)easychair.org -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Antonio Piccinno /Presidente Centro Servizi Informatici (CSI) Delegato del Rettore ai temi della digitalizzazione presso CRUI Delegato servizi informatici del Dipartimento di Informatica / Dipartimento di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy Personal Home Page <ivu.di.uniba.it/people/piccinno.htm?> Tel. +39 080 5442535 / Fax. +39 080 5443300 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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