Fourth CfP ACM Intelligent User Interfaces - IUI 2020, Cagliari, Italy
* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * # ACM IUI 2020: Call for Papers * Cagliari, Italy * March 17-20, 2020 * http://iui.acm.org/2020/ * Contact: program2020@iui.acm.org ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 1, 2019 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 8, 2019 ## ACM IUI 2020 ACM IUI 2020 is the 25th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute to the methodology or theory for evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas, academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations, and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: long and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however - long papers should make more substantial and significant contributions. - short papers can contain more preliminary and focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2020". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media technologies * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation system * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust ) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * Reproducibility * Meta-analysis * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 1, 2019: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 8, 2019: Papers deadline * Dec 12, 2019: Notification * Jan 17, 2020: Camera ready due * Mar 17, 2020: Conference starts ## Submission - Full and Short Papers We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2020". ### Submission Guidelines * Full paper (anonymized 10 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) should make substantial, novel, and relevant contribution to the field. * Short paper (anonymized 4 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) is a much more focused and succinct contribution to the field. Short papers are not expected to include a discussion of related work that is as broad and complete as that of Full papers. * Anonymization: ACM IUI uses a double-blind review process. All submissions must be appropriately anonymized according to the following guidelines: * Author’s names and affiliations are not visible anywhere in the paper. * Acknowledgements should be anonymized or removed during the review process. * Self-citations should be included where necessary, but must use the third person. For example, "... as shown in our previous user study [2] ... " is not allowed, whereas "... as shown in Smith et al. [2] " is acceptable (because in this case the citation [2] will NOT be perceived as self-citation). * Failure to follow these guidelines may result in submissions being rejected without review. * Authors should also be aware of the SIGCHI Policy for Submission and Review at SIGCHI Conferences (https://sigchi.org/about/sigchi-policies/conference-policies/submission-and-...) * Submissions should follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html: ** LaTex Template for Papers (https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-te...) ** Microsoft Word Template for Papers (https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/word_style/interim-...) * Authors are required to include a proper classification for the paper according to the ACM Classification System (CCS). Additional information on how to use it is available at: http://dl.acm.org/ccs/ccs.cfm Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation. Accepted short papers will be invited either as oral or poster presentation, depending on the nature and quality of the paper. #### Please note: ACM IUI 2020 is using what is called PCS 2.0 (https://new.precisionconference.com) for paper submissions. To aid SIGCHI in the process of paper submission and management, this system and hence its interface is still in development. You are encouraged to report PCS 2.0 problems or to make interface suggestions to support@precisionconference.com ## Chairs * Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia, Canada * Davide Spano, University of Cagliari, Italy * Nava Tintarev, University of Delft, Netherlands * Contact: program2020@iui.acm.org
The Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston is seeking extended abstracts for its 2020 Global Communication Summit on Digital Media in Africa. See the call below: Call for Papers Valenti Global Communication Summit 2020 “@frica: digital media conference<https://globalcommunicationsummit.org/>” Houston, TX – February 27/28, 2020 Deadline for extended abstracts: November 22, 2019 While the economic, political, cultural and social transformations brought about by the rise of digital technologies, particularly in the media and telecommunications sectors, are visible all over the world, it is in African countries that they are projected to have the biggest impact in coming years. Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, has one of the fastest growing number of internet and mobile users in the world. In many parts of the continent, access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has been seen as an opportunity to “leapfrog”, a concept that the World Bank defines as making “a quick jump in economic development” by adopting technological innovation. This is exemplified by the success of African startups like Ushahidi, a crowdsourcing mapping tool created in Kenya, or Jumia, Nigeria’s number 1 online retailer; the recent opening of Google’s Africa AI center in Ghana; and the ever-growing presence of mobile payment and banking across the continent. Digital communication technologies have also been used strategically by citizens in the continent to engage in grassroots political movements that have toppled long-time rulers, led to (sometimes short-lived) regime changes, and brought about changes in legislation. The fast growth of digitally enabled communications and services has also brought challenges for the continent. For example, well-before the notion of “fake news” became a buzzword in U.S. politics, many African nations, from South Africa to Gabon or Nigeria, were targets of large-scale misinformation campaigns over social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook. Additionally, young, highly-educated, and digitally-savvy graduates in many African countries have been employed by transnational tech companies such as Facebook for data processing in what some authors describe as digital sweatshops. The positive and negative impacts of this technological revolution are therefore important to consider. Because African countries, their people, and their mediated interactions remain understudied in the fields of media and communication, especially in Western countries, the “@frica: digital media conference” invites extended abstracts (800-1,000 words) that examine the transformations and disruptions of digital media in African countries. Specifically, but not exclusively, we invite contributions that explore any of the following questions: - What methodological challenges exist in studying digital media use (such as social media and/or mobile communications) in Africa? - What theoretical frameworks, constructs and paradigms are best suited to study transformations and disruptions of digital media in Africa? - How has social media been used by African political actors, social movements and grassroots activists and to what effect? - What are the roots, consequences and differences between countries of existing disparities in access to digital media in Africa? - How are digital technologies influencing, complementing, and/or superseding journalistic practices in Africa? - How does the sharing economy (e.g. Uber, Upwork…) transform and/or reinforce social norms, values, practices, structure and culture in Africa? - What are the prevailing regulatory frameworks that affect digital media use in Africa? - What socio-economic, cultural and economic factors shape the adoption, diffusion and appropriation of digital technologies in Africa? The deadline to submit extended abstracts is November 22, 2019. To submit an extended abstract, please go to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=admc20. You will need to create an account to make a submission. The organizers will notify by email the authors of accepted extended abstracts by December 6, 2019. Authors will be expected to submit full papers by February 2, 2020. The “@frica: digital media conference” will accept a limited number of virtual presentations, in which authors who are unable to travel to Houston, will be able to present their work and get feedback from the audience virtually. Authors who wish to be considered for one of the virtual presentation slots should indicate their preference when submitting their extended abstracts. A selection of accepted papers will be included in a Special Issue of the Journal of African Media Studies<https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-media-studies> to be published in 2020. Only accepted papers that are presented at the conference will be considered for the Special Issue. Questions about the conference and the Call for Papers can be sent to valentiglobalsummit@uh.edu<mailto:valentiglobalsummit@uh.edu>. Summer Harlow, Ph.D. Assistant professor Valenti School of Communication University of Houston 713-743-7354 sharlow@central.uh.edu<mailto:sharlow@central.uh.edu> Follow me on Twitter: @SummerDHarlow Author of Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects<https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319480381>
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