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EXTENDED LP/Workshop DL for OzCHI'2019 - CfP - @Perth/Fremantle/WA/Australia - Submit in 6 days...
by Artur Lugmayr 27 May '19

27 May '19

============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 - Call for Participation 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction "Experience Design Across Asia Pacific" @Perth/Fremantle, WA, AUSTRALIA 3-5 December 2019 W. http://www.ozchi.org | F. https://www.facebook.com/ozchi2019/ T. https://twitter.com/OzchiWA | #Quokka_CHI E. ozchi2019(a)gmail.com IMPORTANT DATES 31st May 2019 (EXTENDED) Long Papers 31st May 2019 (EXTENDED) Workshop Proposals 24 June 2019 Doctoral Consortium 10 August 2019 Short Papers 14 August 2019 Student Design Challenge Team Applications 6 September 2019 Demos, Posters, Industry Papers, and Work-in-Progress We listen to YOUR voice and want to make OzCHI'19 even better - submit your conference ideas! The best ideas are awarded during the conference closing session. ozCHI ‘Idea Box': https://goo.gl/forms/0XceZlmoP0XSV5RO2 ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI is the annual non-profit conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia and Australia's leading forum for the latest in HCI research and practice. OzCHI attracts a broad international community of researchers, industry practitioners, academics and students. Participants come from a range of backgrounds, including interface designers, user experience (UX) practitioners, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts and social scientists. After 18 years, OzCHI finally come back to Western Australia. Time has passed and things have changed a lot since OzCHI 2001. More HCI and UX works have been done in Western Australia as well as its neighbouring countries. Having the privilege to convene the 2nd OzCHI conference in Western Australia, one of our objectives is to be inclusive towards attendees across overall Asia-Pacific. The conference theme is Experience Design in Asia Pacific, which highlights the challenges we all face in the endeavour to tame the environment without destroying it to ensure our continuing existence. Our vision is to make OzCHI 2019 as an inclusive event for academic, industry, research, start-ups, maker communities to learn and exchange knowledge in the recent and emerging HCI and UX areas - practical, technical, empirical and theoretical aspects regardless their level of maturity in the fields. We invite contributions on all topics related to Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Social Science, Creative Industries, and other related disciplines. Creating * Designing * Experiencing * Innovating * Intelligence * Community * Reaching out to Asia-Pacific Join us in Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia in December 2019 to explore and understand the design and role of contemporary interactive technologies. ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSIONS ============================================================================================================================= Submissions will be accepted in various categories as described below. All submissions must be written in English and follow formatting guidelines in the paper template. Both long and short papers will undergo a double-blind review by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series available from the ACM Digital Library. Award will be given to the highest quality papers. We are looking for submissions under the theme of Experience Design across Asia Pacific in the following areas but not limited to: ============================================================================================================================= TOPICS ============================================================================================================================= HCI: Methods, Tools and Techniques • Usability Methods and Practices • Human-centered Design • Participatory Design • User Studies and Ethnographic Approaches • Design Methods • Tools for Design, Modelling and Evaluation • HCI and Software Engineering • Usability Metrics and Measurement • Ethical issues in HCI • HCI Education and Design Education • HCI4D UX Applications and Business Domains • Digital Transformation • Mobile User Experience • Organizational context and technology design • Games and Entertainment • Healthcare, E-health and Telemedicine • Interactive Design for Online Education • Computer-supported cooperative work and collaboration • E-commerce Interface Design and Evaluation • Electronic, Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce • Service Design (Micro-finance, Micro-loan, Instant Courier, Agile Transport) • Social Computing (Social Media, Social Networking) • Online Gaming, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Online Dating • Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology • UX and eLearning • Blockchain • Crowdsourcing User Research and Usability • Lean User Experience • Agile User Experience • Usability Testing • User Research • Internationalization and Localization • Accessibility and inclusion • Design System • Multimedia and Multimodal Interfaces • Natural User Interfaces • Tactile and Haptic Interaction • Novel Interaction Techniques • Mobile User Interfaces • Responsive Design • Graphic User Interface • Information Visualisation Emerging Technologies • Virtual Reality • Augmented Reality • Mobile Computing and User Mobility • Affective Computing • Context-Aware and Ubiquitous Computing • Internet of Things • Big Data • Human Robot Interaction • Artificial Intelligence • Smart Cities • Autonomous Vehicles • Wearable Technology • Brain Computer Interface • Novel Interface Graphics, Art and Media Technology • Engaging users with multimedia • Methods and techniques of creative practices • Visualizing and interacting with data • Quality of Experience (QoE) • Digital storytelling • Interactive art • Media technology and interactivity • Designing for multi-user interaction • Tangible, mixed reality interfaces and multi-modal interfaces ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSION TYPES ============================================================================================================================= 1. Long papers report on innovative, original, and completed research, which is relevant, significant, and interesting to the HCI community. 2. Short papers present ideas that are emerging and would benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. This type of submission may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. 3. Workshops are half-day and full-day sessions on topics that contribute to community building around a specific HCI topic. Topics may include methods, practices, and other areas of interest and that support active participation beyond presentation. 4. Doctoral consortium is a full-day intensive session for research students. A panel of experienced HCI researchers provides advice and guidance. 5. Student Design Challenge is an annual international competition in which students work rapidly researching, brainstorming and sketching a solution for a real HCI problem. Finalists will present their work at the OzCHI 2019 conference. 6. Industry papers provide the opportunity for practitioners and industries for their initiatives or new developments that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. 7. Work-in-Progress papers are a subset of the long papers track (subject to the same format and deadlines). Rather than reporting on mature research, they describe work-in-progress, late-breaking and new ideas, questions, or challenges, and are intended to provoke discussion in the OzCHI community. The accepted submission will be required to present a poster 8. Demo/Posters is a venue for industry, research, startups, maker communities, the arts, and design to present their hands-on demonstration, share novel interactive technologies, and stage interactive experiences. This venue promotes and provokes discussion on novel technologies. ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 GENERAL CHAIRS ============================================================================================================================= General Chairs Artur Lugmayr, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Long Paper Chairs Ryan, Kelly, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Mark Reynolds, Univ. of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA Virpi Roto, Aalto Univ. FINLAND Ingrid Richardson, Murdoch University, AUSTRALIA Short Paper Chairs Haifeng Shen, Australian Catholic Univ. AUSTRALIA Callum Parker, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Naseem Ahmadpour, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Jo Li Tay, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Publication Chairs Hollie White, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Jared Donovan, QUT, AUSTRALIA Simon Perrault, Singapore Univ. of Technology & Design, SINGAPORE Workshop Chairs Greg Wadley, Univ. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Sarah Webber, Univ. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Jo Jung, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Demos, Work in Progress, Posters Mark Billinghurst, Univ. of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Soojeong Yoo, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Martin Masek, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Doctoral Consortium Chairs Dana McKay, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Margot Brereton, QUT, AUSTRALIA Wally Smith, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Panel Chairs Marcus Foth, QUT, AUSTRALIA Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, RMIT, AUSTRALIA Student Design Challenge David Cook, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Trevor Hunter, Univ. of Queensland, AUSTRALIA Peter Worthy, Univ. of Queensland, AUSTRALIA Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Chairs Jess Tsimeris, Google, USA Jonathan Steingeisser, Isobar, Perth, AUSTRALIA Greg Stewart, SMS Management and Technology, Perth, AUSTRALIA Christopher Kueh, ECU, Perth, AUSTRALIA Ulrich Engelke, Data61, CSIRO, AUSTRALIA Sean Gardiner, BHP, AUSTRALIA Adi Tedjasaputra, UX Indonesia, AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA Local Liaisons & Publicity Chairs Susannah Soon, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Website Yanginbo Zhang, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Student Volunteers Chairs Casey Xin Wei Lim, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Jamie Dougall, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Asian Liaisons and Publicity Ethel Ong, De La Salle University, PHILIPINES Masitah Ghazali, University of Teknologi, MALAYSIA Thippaya Chintakovid, Chulangkorn University, THAILAND Nova Ahmed, North South University, Dhaka, BANGLADESH Adi Tedjasasaputra, UX Indonesia, INDONESIA/AUSTRIA CHISIG Liasons Duncan Stevenson, Australian National University, AUSTRALIA George Buchanan, University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Local Conference Steering Board Artur Lugmayr, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Andrew Woods, HIVE, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Andrew Rohl, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Christopher Kueh, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Clive Barstow, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA David Cook, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Eunice Sari, Charles Darwin University and UX Indonesia, AUSTRALIA Jo Jung, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Michelle Ellis, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Philip Ely, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Martin Masek, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Mark McMahon, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Mark Reynolds, University of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA Tele Tan, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Honorary Local Conference Steering Board Members Vasillis Kostakos, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Eunice Sari, UXINDO & Charles Darwin Univ., AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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3 CFP: The Ethics of Digital Well-Being | AI for Social Good | The Epistemology of Data Science
by Luciano Floridi 25 May '19

25 May '19

Dear List Members, please find here: https://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/ <https://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/> the following three call for papers by members of the Digital Ethics Lab, OII, University of Oxford: • Call for Papers: The Ethics of Digital Well-Being, a Springer volume, edited by Christopher Burr. Deadline: 9 September 2019. • Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good, a Special Issue of Philosophy & Technology, edited by Josh Cowls. Deadline: 1 October, 2019. • Call for Papers: The Epistemology of Data Science, a Special Issue of Philosophy & Technology, edited by Luciano Floridi. Deadline: 1 December, 2019. Best regards, Luciano Floridi _______________________________________ PA Danuta Farah | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287015 | @Floridi Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford Turing Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics Group The Alan Turing Institute, London

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2019
by ijwa＠dline.info 25 May '19

25 May '19

Fourth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2019) Zhuhai Chinese Academy of Sciences, China November 01-03, 2019 www.socio.org.uk/rtis Real-Time Computing covers a broad spectrum of the intensively developing area of low-latency priority-driven system responsiveness under certain time constraints to essential and decisive human-computer interactions with constantly incoming data stream. Research on real-time intelligent systems is of a multi-disciplinary nature, exploiting concepts from the areas as diverse as signal processing technologies, computational intelligence, location systems, data processing, digital document processing and embedded system design. To accomplish its real-time performance, systematic analysis is carried out when the systems are working. Therefore, over the last few years real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed human life style. In the today’s competitive and highly dynamic environment, analyzing data in real time is a must to understand in detail how the systems are processing the data and to reason the outputs and anticipate the trends in intelligent computing, has become critical. To leverage the full potential of the opportunity build complex real time systems, intense research is required and this conference will serve as one such platform to manifest the ongoing research in the real time intelligence system. The conference welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound research papers from academia and industry that address variety of aspects and innovations related to real-time computing systems. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to the following areas: Streaming data, streaming engines Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Analysis in advanced domains such as energy, sensors, etc Artificial Intelligence Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Data capture in real-time Intelligent Database Systems Data mining Intelligent Data Analysis OLAP for real-time decision support Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Event-driven analytics Visualizing real-time data and information Intelligent Soft Computing Privacy and security in Intelligence Architectures for Intelligence Internet of Things Intelligent Robotic Systems Smart Services and Platforms Intelligent Transportation Systems Mobile Smart Systems Trace-based intelligent real-time services (eye-tracking, image tracking) Real-time intelligent alert systems Machine translation in real time Multilingual information access Multiagent Intelligent Systems Intelligent Information Systems Adaptive vision algorithms Real-time Intelligent Network solutions Real-time distributed coding Real-time modelling user’s information needs Real-time noise removal systems Real-time intelligent communication Real-time remote access systems Decision support systems in real time Real-time multiprocessor systems The Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems, Volume 3 RTIS 2019. (http://www.springer.com/series/11156 ) For the series information please see- http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319607436 First International Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing - Colocated with the RTIS 2019 General Chair Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Opole University, Poland Program Chairs Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Lab., India Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Co-Chairs Min-Ling Zhang, Southeast University, China Ron Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Important Dates Paper Submission: August 15, 2019 Paper Notification: September 15, 2019 Camera ready: October 10, 2019 Early registration: October 15, 2019 Full-rate registration: October 22, 2019 Conference Dates: November 01-03, 2019 Paper Submission - http://www.socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/ Contact: rtis(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------

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23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 25 May '19

25 May '19

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: September 10, 2019 *** *** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS (pending approval) *** The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November 28-30, 2019. PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current, state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to the following topics: · Algorithms & Data Structures · Artificial Intelligence · Bioinformatics · Bio & Nature Inspired Computing · Blockchain Technologies · Cloud Computing · Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy · Computational Science · Computer & Communication Networks · CRM & ERP Systems · Databases · Data Mining · Digital Libraries · Digital Systems · Distributed Computing · eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth · Telecommunication Systems · Wireless & Mobile Computing · Learning Technologies · Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality · Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing · Hardware & Architecture · Embedded Systems · Human-Computer Interaction · Image and Video Processing · Information Retrieval · Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues · Information Systems · Information Theory · Knowledge Based Systems · Numerical & Scientific Computation · Open Source Software · Operating Systems · Parallel & Distributed Systems · Programming Languages · Signal Processing · Software Engineering PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original content in the following tracks: · Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Computer Science. · Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European level. · Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions, success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting when adopting IT technologies. Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following link: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The submitted research papers and extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of PCI, originality, significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be written in that language. As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series (pending approval) and will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted extended abstracts will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is expected to register, attend the conference and present their contribution. Important Dates · Paper submission deadline: September 10, 2019 · Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019 · Submission of camera ready papers: October 24, 2019 · Author registration: October 24, 2019 Organization General Chairs · Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Program Chairs · Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus · Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus · Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Local Advisory Committee · Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia) · Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus) · Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus) · Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus) · Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia) · Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus) · Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus) · Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus) · Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus) · Michalis Sirivianos (Cyprus University of Technology) · Stavros Stavrou (Open University Cyprus) · Demetris Zeinalipour (University of Cyprus) Proceedings Editor · Harald Gjermundrod (University of Nicosia) Steering Committee · Christos Douligeris (Greek Computer Society) · Nikitas Karanikolas (Greek Computer Society) · Christos Koilias (Greek Computer Society) · Cleo Sgouropoulou (Greek Computer Society) · Ioannis Voyatzis (chair, Greek Computer Society)

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Digital Diasporas final programme and registration reminder
by Naomi Wells 24 May '19

24 May '19

*With apologies for cross-posting* Digital Diasporas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6/7 June 2019 Venues: Fyvie Hall (University of Westminster), 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW and Bush House (King’s College London), 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG Funded as part of the translingual strand of the AHRC Open World Research Initiative ‘Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community’ project, and led by the Institute of Modern Languages Research and Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study (University of London). We are delighted to announce the final programme for the Digital Diasporas conference, available at: https://crosslanguagedynamics.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2019/05/DD-final-progra… Registration for the conference is open until 3 June, with day tickets also available at: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19276 Full conference fee (2 days) Standard rate: £90 Concession rate (students/unwaged): £60 Daily conference fee Standard rate: £50 Concession rate: £35 Booking is also open for the public lecture by Roopika Risam (Salem State University) on 'Mobilizing New Digital Worlds: The Stakes of Postcolonial Digital Humanities’, in collaboration with Digital Humanities and the Language Acts & Worldmaking project at King’s College London. For those not already attending the conference, additional places at the lecture can be booked at: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19830 Keynotes and Plenary Panels: Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths) 'Technocolonialism: Digital humanitarianism as extraction' & Jannis Androutsopoulos (Universität Hamburg/Multiling, University of Oslo) 'Mediational repertoires and diasporic connectivity: from Senegal to Oslo and back again'. Plenary Panels: Digital Media and the Diasporic Self - Alex Georgakopoulou (King’s College London), Sandra Ponzanesi (Utrecht University) Polish Communities in the UK: Diasporic Spaces and Media in the Past and Present - Janet Zmroczek (British Library), Caroline Tagg (Open University) & Agnieszka Lyons (Queen Mary, University of London) Mapping Migrations - Dana Diminescu (Télécom ParisTech/DiasporasLab), Funda Ustek-Spilda (London School of Economics), Tobias Blanke (King’s College London) Conference homepage: https://crosslanguagedynamics.blogs.sas.ac.uk/digital-diasporas/ Conference hashtag: #DigitalDiasporas Conference Committee: Francielle Carpenedo, Doctoral Researcher, School of Advanced Study Saskia Huc-Hepher, Senior Lecturer in French, University of Westminster Dong Nguyen, Research Fellow, Alan Turing Institute Naomi Wells, Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study Jane Winters, Chair of Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study Dr Naomi Wells Postdoctoral Research Associate in Translingual Communities and Digital Humanities Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study | University of London Room 238 | Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk> http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ https://crosslanguagedynamics.blogs.sas.ac.uk/

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46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 24 May '19

24 May '19

*** Second Call for Papers *** 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020) Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus January 20-24, 2020 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: July 29, 2019 *** (Proceedings to be published by Springer) INVITED SPEAKERS (list incomplete) · Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland · Erol Gelenbe, UK · Gunnar Klau, Germany · Elias Koutsoupias, UK SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas. SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security, verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and human factors, software and web engineering, etc. The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Foundations of Computer Science · Algorithms and data structures · Automata and formal languages · Complexity theory · Computability theory · Cryptography and security · Graphs and networks · Machine learning · Non-classical models of computing · Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory · Theory of programming languages Foundations of Software Engineering · Methods and tools for improved software processes · Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems · Requirements Engineering · Model-based software engineering methods and tools · Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools · Methods and tools for software engineering applications · Empirical Software Engineering Foundations of Data Science · Data Models and Query Languages · Data Integration and Interoperability · Query Processing and Optimization · Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management · Data Semantics and Linked Data · Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data · Web- and Graph-based Data · Probabilistic and Uncertain Data · Information Extraction and Retrieval · Data Privacy, Security, and Trust Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology · Alignment and assembly of sequences · Biological networks · Cancer genomics · Comparative genomics · Gene expression · Phylogenetics · Sequence analysis · System biology PAPER SUBMISSION Detailed guidelines for submission will appear shortly on the conference web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/) Papers must be submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12 pages). Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES · July 29th, 2019: Submission of abstracts · August 5th, 2019: Submission of full papers · September 30th, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection · November 25th, 2019: Camera Ready Papers, registration deadline · January 20-24, 2020: Conference Dates ORGANISATION General Chairs · Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Steering Committee · Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy · Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland · Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands · Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland · Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia · Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic · Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair Tracks and Track Chairs · Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar · Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus · Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece · Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy and Florian Sikora, France Student Research Forum Chair · Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece Webadmin · Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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Websci’19 conference program and registration online
by Kinder-Kurlanda, Katharina 24 May '19

24 May '19

***sorry for multiple postings*** The #Websci19 conference program is now online [https://websci19.webscience.org/program.html] This year’s Websci conference theme is “Synergies for the Good: The Web and Society” and we have gathered an exciting and multifaceted program of interdisciplinary perspectives on the web, engaging with novel and thought-provoking ideas and discussing original research, work in progress, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science. We are extremely happy to present Fabien Gandon from Inria, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, France and Sandra González-Bailón from the University of Pennsylvania, USA as keynote speakers [https://websci19.webscience.org/speakers.html] In addition to the main track there will be a workshop and tutorial day [https://websci19.webscience.org/workshops-tutorials.html] The 11th ACM Conference on Web Science will take place from Sunday, June 30 to Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Boston, MA, USA. Registration is online [https://websci19.webscience.org/registration.html] Register now, before the early registration discount expires on May 31. We would like to highlight our special discounted two-day registration option for workshop attendees (workshop day plus one, includes one workshop or tutorial of choice, attendance of conference sessions on Monday, July 1 only, and poster session with lunch). Looking forward to seeing you in Boston! Paolo Boldi, Brooke Foucault Welles, Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda, Wagner Meira Jr., Isabella Peters and Christo Wilson --- Dr. Katharina E. Kinder-Kurlanda GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 50667 Cologne, Germany Tel.: +49 221 47694 449 Email: katharina.kinder-kurlanda(a)gesis.org

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Vacancies for Research Assistants in United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society(UNU-CS)
by Qing Huang 24 May '19

24 May '19

The United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) is currently recruiting several researcher positions. The UNU-CS is a research institute at the intersections of information and communication technology (ICT) and sustainable development. The openings are: **Research Assistant – EQUALS*Closing date: 16 June 2019* https://unu.edu/about/hr/academic/research-assistant-equals-6-month-contrac… **Research Assistant – **Small Data** *Closing date: 16 June 2019 * https://unu.edu/about/hr/academic/research-assistant-small-data-6-month-con… **Young Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Fellow** *Closing date: 30 June 2019* https://unu.edu/about/fellowship/young-information-and-communication-techno… Finally, we are about to open a new position for the *Head of Research*, which should be released soon. Please stay tuned and check back on our website. If you would like us to inform you when the job is open, please fill in the form below: https://forms.gle/dB1oho39njkcNiyk6 UNU-CS conducts UN policy-relevant research and generates solutions, addressing key issues expressed in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through high-impact innovations and frontier technologies. UNU-CS is situated in Macau Special Administrative Region (S.A.R), China, and it is the only UN entity in this region. The Pearl River Delta, which embraces Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangdong Province, is considered an emerging Silicon Valley due to its booming economy and technological innovations. The strategic location provides an exciting opportunity for researchers and experts to maximize the impact of their work. More information can be found at https://cs.unu.edu --- *Qing Huang * Communication Team United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) Casa Silva Mendes, Estrada do Engenheiro Trigo No 4, Macau SAR, China Tel: +86 13297968113 | Email: qing(a)unu.edu LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/unu-cs/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/computingandsociety> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/unu_cs?lang=en> | Website <http://cs.unu.edu/>| www.unu.edu

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CFP: 2019 International Conference on Digital Health and Medical Analytics
by Gohar F. Khan 23 May '19

23 May '19

(Sorry for cross posting) The aim of DHA 2019 is to bring together a wide spectrum of researchers, industry/start-ups and healthcare practitioners. DHA 2019 covers multidisciplinary subjects that can include communities of practice and social networks, analytics and engagement with tracking and monitoring wearable devices, big data, public health surveillance, persuasive technologies, epidemic intelligence, participatory surveillance, emergency medicine, serious games for public health interventions and automated early identification of health threats and responses. Submissions will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (EI index under application). Selected papers will be invited to extend the content for further submissions to fast tracks or special issues in the SCI/SSCI/ESCI journals. Conference Tracks  Track 1: General track on digital health  Track 2: Big data analytics and AI in digital health  Track 3: Digital and social media in healthcare  Track 4: Public health and policy  Track 5: Operation and supply chain in healthcare  Track 6: Emerging technologies in healthcare  Track 7: Data and nursing technology  Track 8: Smart health and intelligent systems for health and wellbeing  Track 9: E-learning and training in healthcare  Track 10: Health resource planning system and management https://www.dha2019.org/ Key dates are:  10 June 2019 Paper submission deadline  30 June 2019 Notification of acceptance/rejection  20 July 2019 Deadline to submit the revised manuscript for publication and early bird register  31 July 2019 Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for DHA 2019 Please submit your submissions via the conference website (www.dha2019.org) Location: The Glory Grand Hotel Zhengzhou, China, August 23-25, 2019 Thanks, GFK -- *Gohar Khan **|* *Senior Lecturer of Digital Business* *|* *Undergraduate and Graduate Convenor for Digital Business* *|* *School of Management & Marketing **|** Faculty of Management **|* *University of Waikato* *Private Bag 3105* *|* *Hamilton 3240* *|* *New Zealand**|* *+64 7 838 4233* *|** gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> ** | o**ffice: MSB.2.32D / Web*: gfkhan.wordpress.com *Check out my books on* social media analytics <https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1977543979/…> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…>

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New book: Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society: Refining Privacy Impact Assessment
by Stefan Strauß 23 May '19

23 May '19

Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce the following publication - forwarding to other interested persons is of course warmly welcome: Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society: Refining Privacy Impact Assessment. London/New York: Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-32353-7 synopsis below, further information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/publikationen/buecher/privacy-and-identity-in-a-… https://www.routledge.com/Privacy-and-Identity-in-a-Networked-Society-Refin… Best regards Stefan Strauß This book offers an analysis of privacy impacts resulting from and reinforced by technology and discusses fundamental risks and challenges of protecting privacy in the digital age. Privacy is among the most endangered "species" in our networked society: personal information is processed for various purposes beyond our control. Ultimately, this affects the natural interplay between privacy, personal identity and identification. This book investigates that interplay from a systemic, socio-technical perspective by combining research from the social and computer sciences. It sheds light on the basic functions of privacy, their relation to identity, and how they alter with digital identification practices. The analysis reveals a general privacy control dilemma of (digital) identification shaped by several interrelated socio-political, economic and technical factors. Uncontrolled increases in the identification modalities inherent to digital technology reinforce this dilemma and benefit surveillance practices, thereby complicating the detection of privacy risks and the creation of appropriate safeguards. Easing this problem requires a novel approach to privacy impact assessment (PIA), and this book proposes an alternative PIA framework which, at its core, comprises a basic typology of (personally and technically) identifiable information. This approach contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of privacy impacts and thus, to the development of more effective protection standards. -- Dr. Stefan Strauß Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) Austrian Academy of Sciences 1030 Wien, Apostelgasse 23 ---------------------------------------- Phone: ++43 1 515 81 - 6599 stefan.strauss(a)oeaw.ac.at http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/strauss ---------------------------------------- Recently published: -Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society: Refining Privacy Impact Assessment. London/New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Privacy-and-Identity-in-a-Networked-Society-Refin… -From Big Data to Deep Learning: A Leap Towards Strong AI or 'Intelligentia Obscura'? http://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/2/3/16

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