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CALL FOR PAPERS

Human-Computer Interaction journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current)

Extended deadline for proposals submission: 11th July 2022

Submission website: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.138863923.1048590349.1656849406-328578802.1650976064&_gl=1*19i2w5m*_ga*MzI4NTc4ODAyLjE2NTA5NzYwNjQ.*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTY1Njg0OTQwNS4xMy4xLjE2NTY4NDk2MjEuMA

We are aware of some issues with the new submission systems since it changed in the last few days. Please, send also the proposal to noemi.mauro@unito.it. We apologize for this inconvenience. 

Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for People with Diverse Cognitive Abilities

This special issue highlights state-of-the-art research in intelligent systems and technology for people with diverse abilities. To control scope, we focus on cognitive diversity, including but not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism, cognitive and learning disabilities, and dementia. This special issue targets the challenges and requirements inherent to the development and assessment of such systems.

Submission of Proposals

To help authors find a good fit, we encourage proposals. Proposals should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the paper is about. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme, and guidance will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions should be submitted to the HCI Editorial site (https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=HHCI&_ga=2.138863923.1048590349.1656849406-328578802.1650976064&_gl=1*19i2w5m*_ga*MzI4NTc4ODAyLjE2NTA5NzYwNjQ.*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTY1Njg0OTQwNS4xMy4xLjE2NTY4NDk2MjEuMA). Follow the guidelines and instructions for submissions on the site. There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission is for the special issue. Special Issue submissions will be peer-reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal.

Important Dates

*Proposals due: 11th July 2022* NEW

*Response to authors: 22nd July 2022 *

Full papers due: 15th October 2022 

Reviews to authors: 15th January 2023 

Revised papers due: 15th March 2023 

Reviews to authors: 1st June 2023 

Final papers due: 1st July 2023 

Topics of Interest

For this special issue, we are interested in works addressing topics that include, but are not limited to: 

• Conceptual models and framework for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; 

• How to model cognitive disabilities: which data to collect, how to collect them, formalisms to represent user data; 

• Interaction models for people with cognitive disabilities and user-centered design for intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities, also considering universal design approach; 

• Search systems for people with cognitive disabilities, such as conversational and traditional modes of interaction with search systems; 

• Job training systems for people with cognitive disabilities; 

• Personalized support for people with cognitive disabilities; 

• Recommender systems for people with cognitive disabilities; 

• Recommendation and search based on expert/human in the loop paradigm; 

• Ethical and privacy issues in dealing with intelligent applications for people with cognitive disabilities; 

• Evaluation and associated concerns (restrictions inherent to the population under study, lack of shared datasets or benchmarks to enable comparisons, metrics); 

• Usability and accessibility studies where the participants are people with cognitive disabilities. 

Contact Information

For questions and further information, please contact one of the guest editors:

Noemi Mauro (University of Torino) noemi.mauro@unito.it

Federica Cena (University of Torino) federica.cena@unito.it

Cynthia Putnam (DePaul University) cputnam@depaul.edu

Maria Soledad Pera (Boise State University) SolePera@boisestate.edu

David Roldán Álvarez (University of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) david.roldan@urjc.es