From sauer at uni-paderborn.de Fri Dec 2 15:48:38 2022 From: sauer at uni-paderborn.de (Stefan Sauer) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 15:48:38 +0100 Subject: [fg-arc] 25. Workshop Software-Reengineering & -Evolution - WSRE 2023: Call for Papers Message-ID: <76a60139-6b63-b5b0-c470-4d6bac613deb@uni-paderborn.de> Call for Papers: WSRE 2023 25. Workshop Software-Reengineering & -Evolution der GI-Fachgruppe Software-Reengineering (SRE) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 8.-10. März 2023 !!! Achtung: früherer Termin als üblich !!! https://fg-sre.gi.de/veranstaltung/25-workshop-software-reengineering-evolution Warum der WSRE? Unser Ziel ist die Förderung der Zusammenarbeit und der Austausch zwischen Forschung und Praxis im deutschsprachigen Raum zu den Themen "Software-Reengineering", "Software-Wartung" und "Software-Evolution". Darunter verstehen wir prinzipiell alle Aktivitäten rund um die Analyse, Bewertung, Visualisierung, Verbesserung, Migration und Weiterentwicklung von Software-Systemen. Wir laden Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen herzlich ein, beim WSRE über Erfahrungen, Projekte, Forschungsergebnisse, Methoden und Werkzeuge in diesem Bereich zu berichten, ihre aktuellen Arbeiten vorzustellen und in einem offenen Umfeld konstruktiv zu diskutieren. Was ist dieses Jahr besonders? - 25-jähriges Jubiläum: Seit nunmehr 25 Jahren bietet der WSRE eine Plattform für Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen, um sich über alle Themen rund um das Reengineering auszutauschen. Das wollen wir durch dedizierte Formate wie Impulsvorträge und ein Panel zu zukünftigen Herausforderungen des Software-Reengineering gebührend feiern. - Student Paper Award: Wir rufen insbesondere den studentischen Nachwuchs (Bachelor- oder Master-Studierende) auf, Beiträge einzureichen und werden den besten Beitrag in dieser Kategorie prämieren. - Vorträge: Einblick in sowie Rückblick und Ausblick auf interessante Arbeiten und Ergebnisse rund ums Software-Reengineering und verwandte Themen aus Forschung und Praxis. Lernen und Diskutieren! - Networking: Interaktive Programmpunkte zum direkten Austausch und zur Vernetzung zwischen den Teilnehmer*innen inklusive eines Social Events und eines Conference Dinners. Wann und wo? Der Workshop findet vom 8. bis 10. März 2023 im Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef statt. Die Unterbringung der Teilnehmer*innen erfolgt wie üblich im Physikzentrum: https://www.dpg-physik.de/dpg/pbh/ Aufgrund der möglicherweise geltenden Corona-Bestimmungen behalten wir uns kurzfristige Änderungen am Format (hybrid, virtuell) und, falls notwendig, auch am Termin und Ort des Workshops vor. Informationen dazu werden über die Webseite und die Mailingliste https://fg-sre.gi.de/weiteres/mailingliste bereitgestellt. Wie reiche ich einen Beitrag ein? Eingereicht werden können Erfahrungs-, Ergebnis- und Projektberichte sowie Diskussionsbeiträge aus der Forschung und Praxis. Einreichung bitte über EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsre2023 Mögliche Themen sind u.a. Software-Analyse und -Transformation, Software-Qualität und Metriken, (intelligente) Wissensgewinnung aus Software-Repositorien, Software-Visualisierung, Analyse- und Reengineering-Werkzeuge, Continuous-Development-Ansätze, Wartung und Refactoring, Software-Migration und -Modernisierung, Design for Future und Managed Software Evolution, Modelle, Methoden, Prozesse für Reengineering und Software-Evolution, empirische Forschung und der Faktor Mensch im Reengineering, Wirtschaftlichkeit von Reengineering-Maßnahmen. Als Beiträge werden erweiterte Kurzfassungen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache auf maximal zwei Seiten im Format der Softwaretechnik-Trends erwartet. Geeignete Vorlagen finden Sie auf der Webseite zum WSRE und Hinweise zum Format unter http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/stt/diverses/hinweise.html Wie ist der Zeitplan? - Einreichung der Kurzfassungen: 13. Januar 2023 - Benachrichtigung über die Annahme: 03. Februar 2023 - Einreichung der druckfertigen Endfassung: 13. Februar 2023 - Anmeldeschluss zur Teilnahme: 13. Februar 2023 Organisatoren für die FG SRE: Jochen Quante, Marco Konersmann, Stefan Sauer, Daniela Schilling, Sandro Schulze Kontakt: wsr at uni-koblenz.de _______________________________________________ GI Fachgruppe Software-Reengineering http://fg-sre.gi.de/ From Luigia.Petre at abo.fi Fri Dec 2 22:08:56 2022 From: Luigia.Petre at abo.fi (Luigia Petre) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 21:08:56 +0000 Subject: [fg-arc] FMTea Tutorial on Teaching TLA+ in Industry: Principal Research Engineer Markus Kuppe, RiSE group at Microsoft Research, US, on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 3 pm CET Message-ID: <3d098c995ed94a22b5e4d94396673211@abo.fi> Dear all, The Formal Methods Teaching tutorials series wraps up 2022 with a lecture on Friday, December 9, 2022! Principal Research Engineer Markus Kuppe (RiSE group at Microsoft Research, US) will lecture on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 3 pm CET on his experiences on teaching TLA+ in industry. His talk is entitled entitled "Stories from the trenches: Teaching the TLA+ specification language in Industry". More information about our lecturer can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-kuppe-643559180/. The zoom link for Markus' lecture is https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/64254430116. The event will last about an hour. Warmly welcome!! Best wishes, Luigia PS: the tutorial series webpage is below; we continue in January 2023! https://fme-teaching.github.io/2021/08/24/tutorial-series-of-the-fme-teaching-committee/. __ Luigia Petre, Docent, PhD Faculty of Science and Engineering Åbo Akademi University, Finland www.users.abo.fi/lpetre -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Thu Dec 8 11:31:43 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 12:31:43 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] =?utf-8?q?UMAP_=E2=80=9923=3A_31st_ACM_Conference_on_Us?= =?utf-8?q?er_Modeling=2C_Adaptation_and_Personalization=3A_Second_Call_fo?= =?utf-8?q?r_Late-Breaking_Results_and_Demos?= Message-ID: <0HY8MVNQ-VTB4-Y7D-CUVD-N0QIX8130NF1@cs.ucy.ac.cy> *** Second Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-late-breaking-results-and-demos/  Submissions due: April 24, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 IMPORTANT DATES ● Submission of papers: April 24, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2023 ● Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 18, 2023 ● Conference: June 26-29, 2023  Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) SUBMISSION FORMATS Demonstrations ● Max. 5 pages + max. 1 additional page for references; ● (Optional) video or external material demonstrating the system; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a demo + poster at the conference. Description: Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 5 pages + 1 page of references in the new ACM single-column style. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2023.  Late-Breaking Results ● Max. 7 pages + max. 2 additional pages for references; ● (Required) unpublished page with a list of questions the authors aim to get feedback on; ● Publication in ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings; ● Presentation as a (potentially virtual) poster at the conference. Description: Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of up to 7 pages + 2 pages of references in the new ACM single-column style and will be presented to the conference as posters. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a list of questions that the authors aim to get feedback on during the poster session at UMAP 2023. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymised before submission Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): ● LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} in the sample- authordraft.tex file for single-column):  ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart-primary.zip ● Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} for single-column): ◦ https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-template/pnrfvrrdbfwt   ● MS Word: ◦ https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx   Note: Accepted papers will require further revision to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. The ACM Code of Ethics gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-) reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities.  Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2023 Demos and Late-Breaking Results at  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 (choose “New Submission” and make sure to select “UMAP'23 - LBR and Demos” track). The review process will be single-blind, i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment) as well as the ACM Publication Policies and Procedures (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies). PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION Accepted Demo and Late-Breaking Results papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2023 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Papers will be accessible from the UMAP 2023 website through ACM OpenToc Service for one year after publication in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. 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URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Fri Dec 9 14:34:20 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 15:34:20 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Third Call for Workshops and Minisymposia Message-ID: *** Third Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. • A tentative program committee (10-15 members) • Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops • Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity i including european project meetings) * organizational aspects • Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) • Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines • Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review • Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest • Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management • Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered • Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper • Registering for the conference • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2023 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. • Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives • Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), • Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. The responsibilities are as follows: • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation • Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers • Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions • Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions • Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) • Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 • Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS • Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) • Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Sat Dec 10 11:03:45 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:03:45 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Second Call for Papers Message-ID: <0D7M4FBI-05O-UQK-NRZ-GFWA7JO5THU@cs.ucy.ac.cy> *** Second Call for Papers *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. The main audience of Euro-Par are researchers in academic institutions, government laboratories and industrial organisations. Euro-Par aims to be the primary choice of such professionals for the presentation of new results in their specific areas. Euro-Par provides an excellent forum for focused technical discussion, as well as interaction with a large, broad and diverse audience. In addition, Euro-Par conferences provide a platform for a number of accompanying, technical workshops for smaller and emerging communities. VENUE AND ORGANIZATION Euro-Par 2023 will be held as a primarily in-person event (although remote presentation and participation will be supported, if needed). The venue place is the 5* St. Raphael Resort, in Limassol, Cyprus. Euro-Par 2023 is organised by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus. The General Chair is George A. Papadopoulos and the Program Chairs are Marios D. Dikaiakos and Rizos Sakellariou. The Organizing Committee is listed on the web site: https://2023.euro-par.org/conference/committees/ . SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Euro-Par 2023 proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. • Papers must be in PDF format and should not exceed 14 pages (including references) • Papers must be formatted in the Springer LNCS style: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines • Papers that don’t meet these requirements might be rejected without a review • Contributions submitted elsewhere or currently under review will not be considered • All submitted papers will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate; papers which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review • Paper submissions are made through EasyChair using the link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=europar2023 IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: February 17, 2023 (AoE) • Paper Submission: February 24, 2023 (AoE) • Author Notification: April 30, 2023 • Camera-Ready Papers: June 2, 2023 • Author Registration: June 2, 2023 ARTEFACTS   Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an artefact that will be evaluated separately. TOPICS We invite submissions of high-quality, novel and original research results in areas of parallel and distributed computing covered by the following list of tracks. More information on the tracks can be found on the conference web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/submission-of-papers/call-for-papers/   Track 1. Programming, Compilers and Performance Chairs: • Biagio Cosenza, University of Salerno, Italy • Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria Track 2. Scheduling, Resource Management, Cloud, Edge Computing, and Workflows Chairs: • Marco Aldinucci, University of Torino, Italy • Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Track 3. Architectures and Accelerators Chairs: • Jesus Carretero, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain • Leonel Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal Track 4. Data Analytics, AI, and Computational Science Chairs: • Maciej Malawski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland • Radu Prodan, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Track 5. 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URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Tue Dec 13 14:23:09 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:23:09 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] =?utf-8?q?UMAP_=E2=80=9923=3A_31st_ACM_Conference_on_Us?= =?utf-8?q?er_Modeling=2C_Adaptation_and_Personalization=3A_Third_Call_for?= =?utf-8?q?_Papers?= Message-ID: *** Third Call for Papers *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/  ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP  is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB. User Modeling Inc., as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. The theme of UMAP 2023 is "Personalization in Times of Crisis”. Specifically, we welcome submissions that highlight the impact that critical periods (such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing wars, and climate change, to name a few) can have on user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems; the focus is on investigations that capture how these trying times may have influenced user behavior and whether new models are required.  While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. As always, contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to the claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Abstracts: January 19, 2023 (mandatory) • Full paper: January 26, 2023 • Notification: April 11, 2023 • Camera-ready: May 2, 2023 • Conference: June 26 - 29, 2023 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) CONFERENCE TOPICS We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems targeting a broad range of users and domains. For detailed descriptions and the suggested topics for each track please visit the UMAP 2023 website. Personalized Recommender Systems This track invites works from researchers and practitioners on recommender systems. In addition to mature research works addressing technical aspects of recommendations, we welcome research contributions that address questions related to user perception, decision-making, and the business value of recommender systems. Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web This track welcomes works focused on the use of knowledge representations (i.e., novel knowledge bases), graph algorithms (i.e., graph embedding techniques), and social network analysis at the service of addressing all aspects of personalization, user model building, and personal experience in online social systems. Moreover, this track invites works in adaptive hypermedia, as well as semantic and social web. Intelligent User Interfaces This track invites works exploring how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter and more productive, leveraging solutions from human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, information visualization, and knowledge representation and reasoning. Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling This track invites researchers, developers, and practitioners from various disciplines to submit their innovative learning solutions, share acquired experiences, and discuss their modeling challenges for personalized adaptive learning. Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics Researchers, developers, and practitioners have a social responsibility to account for the impact that technologies have on individuals (users, providers, and other stakeholders) and society. This track invites works related to the science of building, maintaining, evaluating, and studying adaptive systems that are fair, transparent, respectful of users’ privacy, and beneficial to society. Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems This track invites submissions focused on personalization and tailoring for persuasive technologies, including but not limited to personalization models, user models, computational personalization, design, and evaluation methods. It also welcomes work that brings attention to the user experience and designing personalized and adaptive behavior change technologies. Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-robot Interaction This track invites works investigating new models and techniques for adapting synthetic companions (e.g., virtual assistants, chatbots, social robots) to individual users. With the conversational modality so in vogue across disciplines, this track welcomes work highlighting the model and deployment of synthetic companions driven by conversational search and recommendation paradigms. Research Methods and Reproducibility This track invites submissions on methodologies to evaluate personalized systems, benchmarks, and measurement scales, with particular attention to the reproducibility of results and techniques. Furthermore, the track looks for submissions that report new insights from reproducing existing works.  SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Submissions for any of the aforementioned tracks should have a maximum length of *14 pages* (excluding references) in the ACM new single-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). (Papers of any length up to 14 pages are encouraged; reviewers will comment on whether the size is appropriate for the contribution.)  The submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 . Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference. At least one author should register for the conference by the early registration date cut-off. UMAP uses a *double-blind* review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' prior work should be in the third person. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected.   UMAP has a *no dual submission* policy, which is why full paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct (https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment) as well as the ACM Publication Policies and Procedures (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies). PROGRAM CHAIRS • Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria  • Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands       TRACK CHAIRS Personalized Recommender Systems • Noemi Mauro (University of Torino, Italy) • Olfa Nasraoui (University of Louisville, USA) • Marko Tkalcic (University of Primorska, Slovenia)   Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web • Daniela Godoy (ISISTAN - CONICET/UNICEN University, Argentina) • Cataldo Musto (University of Bari, Italy)   Intelligent User Interfaces • Bart Knijnenburg (Clemson University, USA) • Katrien Verbert (KU Leuven, Belgium) • Wolfgang Wörndl (TU Munich, Germany)   Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling • Oleksandra Poquet (TU Munich, Germany) • Olga C. Santos (UNED, Spain)    Responsibility, Compliance, and Ethics • Michael Ekstrand (Boise State University, USA) • Peter Knees (TU Wien, Austria)   Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Federica Cena (University of Torino, Italy) • Rita Orji (Dalhousie University, Canada) • Jun Zhao (Oxford University, England)   Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-Robot Interaction • Li Chen (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) • Yi Zhang (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) • Ingrid Zukerman (Monash University, Australia)    Research Methods and Reproducibility • Dietmar Jannach (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) • Alan Said (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)    Contact information: umap2023-program at um.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From taravanis at upatras.gr Fri Dec 9 17:54:37 2022 From: taravanis at upatras.gr (Theofanis I. Aravanis) Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:54:37 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] 20th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR 2023: First Call for Papers Message-ID: 20th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR 2023 September 2 - September 8, 2023, Rhodes, Greece First Call for Papers Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) is a well-established and lively field of research within Artificial Intelligence. KR builds on the fundamental thesis that knowledge can be represented in an explicit declarative form, suitable for processing by dedicated symbolic reasoning engines. This enables the exploitation of knowledge that would otherwise be implicit through semantically grounded inference mechanisms. Consequently, KR has contributed to the theory and practice of various areas in AI, including agents, automated planning and natural language processing, and to fields beyond AI, including data management, semantic web, verification, software engineering, robotics, computational biology, and cyber security. The KR conference series is the leading forum for timely in-depth presentation of progress in the theory and principles underlying the representation and computational management of knowledge. KR 2023 will consist of a number of tracks and events: the Main Track, the Applications & Systems Track, the special session on KR & ML, the special session on KR, Robotics & Planning, the Recently Published Research (RPR) Track, the Tutorials & Workshops, the Doctoral Consortium, and the Diversity and Inclusion Session. Details about all these events will be made available later (possibly in separate calls). Contributions to the Main Track, the Applications & Systems Track, the special session on KR & ML, and the special session on KR, Robotics & Planning will take the form of papers that will be published in the proceedings of KR 2023. We solicit papers presenting novel results on the principles of KR that clearly contribute to the formal foundations of relevant problems or show the applicability of results to implemented or implementable systems. We also welcome papers from other areas that show clear use of, or contributions to, the principles or practice of KR. We also encourage "reports from the field" of applications, experiments, developments, and tests. Further details about the submission guidelines and the selection criteria to be considered for the Applications & Systems Track, the special session on KR & ML, and the special session on KR, Robotics & Planning will be given later (possibly in separate calls). Submission Guidelines The Main Track, the Applications & Systems Track, as well as the special session on KR & ML and the special session on KR, Robotics & Planning will allow contributions of both regular papers (up to 9 pages) and short papers (up to 4 pages), including abstract, figures, and (if any) but excluding references and acknowledgements, prepared and submitted according to the authors guidelines provided in the submission page. Both full and short papers must describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. These restrictions do not apply to previously accepted workshop papers with a limited audience and/or without archival proceedings, or to papers uploaded at public repositories (e.g., arXiv). Papers must be written in English and formatted using the style files provided in the submission page. Submissions are not anonymous (i.e., reviewing will be single-blind) and must be submitted in PDF format, through the EasyChair conference system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kr2023 The paper title, author names, contact details, and a brief abstract must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair conference system by the abstract submission deadline. It will be possible to make minor edits to the title and abstract until the full paper submission deadline. Submissions with "placeholder" abstracts will be removed without consideration. Full papers must be submitted through the same site by the paper submission deadline. The list of author names provided at submission time is final. Authors may not be added to, or removed from, papers following submission. Authors may optionally submit a separate PDF containing additional information that substantiates the claims made in their paper, such as proof details, additional experimental results, further details on experimental design, etc. If authors wish to make such material available to reviewers, they should do so by submitting a file through EasyChair, rather than by including links or references in their paper. The main paper must be self contained, as the supplementary material will not be published. Reviewers will have the option, but not the obligation, to consult the supplementary material. Selection Process The program committee consists of PC members (reviewers) and Area Chairs (ACs), who overview the reviewing and meta-reviewing process. Selection criteria include the novelty and originality of ideas, correctness, clarity, significance of results, potential impact and quality of the presentation. Papers violating the format (e.g., by decreasing margins or font sizes) or describing contributions that do not significantly meet the topics of the conference will be desk rejected by the program chairs, without any opportunity to submit an author response. By submitting a paper, authors acknowledge that they are aware of the possibility of receiving a summary rejection notification. Papers that are not desk rejected will be reviewed by a group of PC members (PCs) and the reviewing process will be supervised by an Area Chair (AC). The review process will include the opportunity for authors to respond to the reviews by pointing out factual errors in the reviews and answering specific questions by the reviewers. Author responses should be concise, and are not intended to create a dialogue between reviewers and authors. Author responses will be visible to PCs and ACs. The final decisions will be made by the program co-chairs. There will be no appeal for the decisions made. Accepted papers will be published in the KR 2023 proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to participate in the conference and present the work. Prizes for best papers (the Ray Reiter Best Paper Prize and the Marco Cadoli Best Student Paper Prize) will be possibly awarded, and runners-up will be possibly pointed out. Top papers from KR 2023 will be invited to the award-winning paper tracks of Artificial Intelligence (AIJ) and of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR). Thus, award winners will have the possibility of choosing between AIJ and JAIR. All submissions will be treated in strict confidence until the publication date. Organization General Chair * Gabriele Kern-Isberner TU Dortmund, Germany Program Chairs * Pierre Marquis Université d'Artois, France * Tran Cao Son New Mexico State University, USA Local Arrangement Chair * Pavlos Peppas University of Patras, Greece RPR Track * Leila Amgoud IRIT-CNRS, France * Martin Gebser Graz University of Technology, Austria Applications & Systems Track * Matti Järvisalo University of Helsinki, Finland * Francesco Ricca University of Calabria, Italy Special Session on KR & ML * Tias Guns KU Leuven, Belgium * Luciano Serafini Fondazione Bruno Kessler,Italy Special Session on KR, Robotics & Planning * Esra Erdem Sabanci University, Turkey * Shiqi Zhang SUNY Binghamton, USA Diversity and Inclusion Session * Meghyn Bienvenu LaBRI-CNRS, France * Stefan Schlobach Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Doctoral Consortium * Tanya Braun University of Münster, Germany * Nico Potyka Imperial College London, UK Tutorials & Workshops * Nicolas Schwind AIST, Japan * Serena Villata I3S-CNRS, France Funding & Sponsorship * Marcello Balduccini Saint Joseph's University, USA * Pedro Cabalar Corunna University, Spain Publicity Chairs * Theofanis (Fanis) Aravanis University of Patras, Greece * Guillermo Simari Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina Web Site * Ioannis (Yannis) Konstantoulas University of Patras, Greece Important Dates * Submission of title and abstract: March 3, 2023 * Paper submission deadline: March 14, 2023 * Author response period: May 1-3, 2023 * Author notification: May 18, 2023 * Camera-ready papers: June 9, 2023 * Conference: September 2-8, 2023 Details for submission to the RPR track, the Doctoral Consortium, and the Tutorials & Workshops will be given later, possibly in separate calls. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Applications of KR * Argumentation * Belief revision and update, belief merging * Commonsense reasoning * Computational aspects of knowledge representation * Concept formation, similarity-based reasoning * Contextual reasoning * Decision making * Description logics * Explanation finding, diagnosis, causal reasoning, abduction * Geometric, spatial, and temporal reasoning * Inconsistency- and exception-tolerant reasoning * Knowledge acquisition * Knowledge graphs and open linked data * Knowledge representation languages * KR and automated reasoning (satisfiability, QBF, model counting, knowledge compilation) * KR and autonomous agents and multi-agent systems * KR and cognitive modelling * KR and cognitive reasoning * KR and cognitive robotics * KR and cognitive systems * KR and cyber security * KR and education * KR and game theory * KR and machine learning, inductive logic programming, * KR and natural language processing and understanding * KR and the Web, Semantic Web * Logic programming, answer set programming * Modeling and reasoning about preferences * Multi- and order-sorted representations and reasoning * Non-monotonic logics, default logics, conditional logics * Ontology-based data access, integration, and exchange * Ontology formalisms and models * Philosophical foundations of KR * Qualitative reasoning, reasoning about physical systems * Reasoning about actions and change, action languages * Reasoning about constraints, constraint programming * Reasoning about knowledge, beliefs, and other mental attitudes * Uncertainty, vagueness, many-valued and fuzzy logics Contact All enquiries should be emailed to kr2023 (AT) easychair.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Relevant examples include software architectures, pointer structures, state space and control/data flow graphs, UML and other domain-specific models, network layouts, topologies of cyber-physical environments, quantum computing and molecular structures. Often, these graphs undergo dynamic change, ranging from reconfiguration and evolution to various kinds of behaviour, all of which may be captured by rule-based graph manipulation. Thus, graphs and graph transformation form a fundamental universal modelling paradigm that serves as a means for formal reasoning and analysis, ranging from the verification of certain properties of interest to the discovery of fundamentally new insights. The International Conference on Graph Transformation aims at fostering exchange and collaboration of researchers from different backgrounds working with graphs and graph transformation, either in contributing to their theoretical foundations or by applying established formalisms to classical or novel areas. The conference not only serves as a well-established scientific publication outlet, but also as a platform to boost inter- and intra-disciplinary research and to leeway for new ideas. The 16th International Conference on Graph Transformation (ICGT 2023) will be held in Leicester, UK, as part of STAF 2023 (Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations). The conference takes place under the auspices of EATCS and IFIP WG 1.3. Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. --------------------------------------- ** IMPORTANT DATES ** Abstracts: 28 Feb 2023 Paper Submission: 07 Mar 2023 Notification: 21 Apr 2023 Final version due: 07 May 2023 Conference: within 17-21 Jul 2023 All deadlines are by end-of-day, AoE --------------------------------------- ** TOPICS ** In order to foster a lively exchange of perspectives on the subject of the conference, the programme committee of ICGT 2023 encourages all kinds of contributions related to graphs and graph transformation, either from a theoretical point of view or a practical one. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following subjects: - General models of graph transformation (e.g. adhesive categories and hyperedge replacement systems) - Analysis and verification of graph transformation systems - Graph-based machine learning, including graph neural networks and models of rule inference - Graph theoretical properties of graph languages - Automata on graphs and parsing of graph languages - Logical aspects of graph transformation - Computational models based on graphs - Structuring and modularisation of graph transformation - Hierarchical graphs and decomposition of graphs - Parallel, concurrent, and distributed graph transformation - Term graph and string diagram rewriting - Petri nets and other models of concurrency - Business process models and notations - Bigraphs and bigraphical reactive systems - Graph databases and graph queries - Model-driven development and model transformation - Model checking, program analysis and verification, simulation and animation - Syntax, semantics and implementation of programming languages, including domain-specific and visual languages - Graph transformation languages and tool support - Efficient algorithms (e.g. pattern matching, graph traversal, network analysis) - Applications and case studies in software engineering (e.g. software architectures, refactoring, access control, and service-orientation) - Applications to computing paradigms (e.g. bio-inspired, quantum, ubiquitous, and visual) - Graph transformation and artificial intelligence (e.g., AI for graph transformations, applying graph transformations in AI engineering and search-based software engineering) --------------------------------------- ** SUBMISSION TYPES ** Authors are invited to submit papers in four possible categories, which must be prepared using Springer's LNCS format. (1) Regular research papers (up to 16 pages, excluding references and appendices), including papers describing applications and case studies. Papers will be evaluated with respect to their originality, significance, and technical soundness. Additional material intended for reviewers (but not publication) may be included in a clearly marked appendix. (2) Tool presentation papers (up to 8 pages, excluding references and appendices), which demonstrate the main features and functionality of graph-based tools. A tool presentation may have an appendix with a detailed demo description (up to 4 pages) which will be reviewed but not included in the proceedings. (3) "Blue Skies" (up to 8 pages), reporting on new research directions or ideas which are not yet sufficiently developed to fit in other categories. Furthermore, there will also be a "Journal-First" track allowing for previously published work (in book chapters, journals, or other conferences since 2019) to be presented at ICGT 2023. The submission deadline for the Journal-First track will be later and announced separately. Please refer to the ICGT 2023 website for further information as well as the Easychair submission link: https://conf.researchr.org/home/icgt-2023 --------------------------------------- ** SPECIAL ISSUE ** Authors of the best papers at the conference will be invited to prepare and submit extended journal versions to be considered for publication in a special issue after an independent round of peer review (details TBA). --------------------------------------- ** ORGANISATION ** Programme Chairs * Maribel Fernandez (King's College London, UK) * Chris Poskitt (Singapore Management University, Singapore) Programme Committee * Nicolas Behr (Université Paris Cité, CNRS, IRIF, France) * Paolo Bottoni (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) * Andrea Corradini (Università di Pisa, Italy) * Juan De Lara (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) * Rachid Echahed (CNRS and University of Grenoble, France) * Holger Giese (Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, Germany) * Russ Harmer (CNRS & ENS Lyon, France) * Reiko Heckel (University of Leicester, UK) * Wolfram Kahl (McMaster University, Canada) * Barbara König (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) * Leen Lambers (BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg, Germany) * Yngve Lamo (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway) * Fernando Orejas (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain) * Detlef Plump (University of York, UK) * Arend Rensink (University of Twente, Netherlands) * Leila Ribeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) * Andy Schürr (TU Darmstadt, Germany) * Pawel Sobocinski (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) * Gabriele Taentzer (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) * Kazunori Ueda (Waseda University, Japan) * Jens Weber (University of Victoria, Canada) --------------------------------------- ** CONTACT ** All questions about submissions should be emailed to both PC Chairs via cposkitt at smu.edu.sg and maribel.fernandez at kcl.ac.uk --------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Großpietsch (Euromicro), K. Kloeckner (Euromicro), and V. Klös (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) - DAIDE: Data and AI Driven Engineering J. Bosch (Chalmers & Gothenburg University, Sweden) and H. Holmström Olsson (Malmö University, Sweden) - ECT: Emerging Computing Technologies A. Janes (Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Austria), R. Maranhão (University of Porto, Portugal), A. Shaukat (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway), D. Taibi (University of Oulu, Finland) - MDEML: Model-Driven Engineering and Modeling Languages A. Bucaioni (Mälardalen University, Sweden), F. Ciccozzi (Mälardalen University, Sweden), and A. Wortmann (Stuttgart University, Germany) - SEaDeM: Software Engineering and Debt Metaphors D. Feitosa (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) and A. Martini (University of Oslo, Norway) - SM: Software management: Measurement, Peopleware, and Innovation O. Demirors (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey), C. Gravino (University of Salerno, Italy), and F. Pecorelli (JADS & Tilburg University, The Netherlands) - SMSE: Systematic Literature Reviews and Mapping Studies in Software Engineering N. Ali (Brunel University, United Kingdom), S. Counsell (Brunel University, United Kingdom), and S. Swift (Brunel University, United Kingdom) - SPPI: Software Process and Product Improvement S. Biffl (Vienna University of Technology, Austria), R. Rabiser (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria), and D. Winkler (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) - STREAM: Software Analytics: Mining Software Open Datasets and Repositories A. Ampatzoglou (University of Macedonia, Greece) and E.M. Arvanitou (University of Macedonia, Greece) ---------------------------------------- Special Sessions and Organizers ---------------------------------------- - EUP: European Research Projects G. Quattrocchi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and D. A. Tamburri (JADS & Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) ---------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines ---------------------------------------- SEAA 2023 encourages the submission of full research papers, short papers, tool demo papers (maximum 4 pages), and posters (maximum 2 pages). A maximum of 8 pages is allowed for each full research paper. Papers follow a single-blinded reviewing process and must contain original unpublished work, describe significant novel contributions, and provide evidence about the validation of the results. Reports on industrial applications are also welcome. Papers submitted to SEAA 2023 must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere whilst under consideration for SEAA 2023. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. Conference Publishing Services (CPS) will publish accepted papers in the conference proceedings, and the proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore digital library and indexing services. We reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., by not placing it in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library) if it is not presented at the conference. Best papers of SEAA 2023 will be invited to submit extended versions for a theme issue at Elsevier Information and Software Technology. Selected papers will be expected to comply with the standard guidelines of the journal when publishing an extended version of a paper, including adding about 30% new material. Papers must strictly adhere to the two-column IEEE conference proceedings format. Please use the available templates available. LaTeX users should use the following configuration: \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}. Microsoft Word users should use the US Letter format template. 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URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Tue Dec 20 12:01:16 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:01:16 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] =?utf-8?q?UMAP_=E2=80=9923=3A_31st_ACM_Conference_on_Us?= =?utf-8?q?er_Modeling=2C_Adaptation_and_Personalization=3A_Third_Call_for?= =?utf-8?q?_Workshop_and_Tutorial_Proposals?= Message-ID: *** Third Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/  Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop and tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format via the Easy Chair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23, not exceeding 5 pages, and following the ACM single-column format. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSALS ● For tutorials: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-tutorials/ ● For workshops: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-workshops/ WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ACM UMAP 2023, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modeling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: ● Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement ● Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes ● Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation ● Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics ● Joint panels for different workshops We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ● Proposal submission: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of proposal acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Send the workshop description & website URL: February 23, 2023 ● Workshop Date: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● New user modeling technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. exploiting data mining and big data analytics for user modeling, evaluation methodologies, data visualization, etc.) ● User modeling and personalization techniques for specific domains (e.g., health sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage, education, internet of things, mobile, music, information retrieval, etc.) ● Application of user modeling and personalization techniques for information retrieval and recommender systems ● Eliciting and learning user preferences by taking into account users’ emotional state, physical state, personality, trust, cognitive factors An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorial presenters can have one page in the adjunct proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ● Proposals due: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Camera-ready tutorial summary: May 18, 2023 ● Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 18, 2023 ● Workshop and Tutorial Day: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS CHAIRS ● Veronika Bogina, Haifa University, Israel sveron AT gmail.com ● Antonela Tommasel, ISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN antonela.tommasel AT isistan.unicen.edu.ar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sauer at uni-paderborn.de Wed Dec 21 09:04:40 2022 From: sauer at uni-paderborn.de (Stefan Sauer) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:04:40 +0100 Subject: [fg-arc] [Reengineering] WSRE 2023: Call for Papers Message-ID: Call for Papers: WSRE 2023 25. Workshop Software-Reengineering & -Evolution der GI-Fachgruppe Software-Reengineering (SRE) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 8.-10. März 2023 Achtung: früherer Termin als üblich! https://fg-sre.gi.de/veranstaltung/25-workshop-software-reengineering-evolution Warum der WSRE? Unser Ziel ist die Förderung der Zusammenarbeit und der Austausch zwischen Forschung und Praxis im deutschsprachigen Raum zu den Themen "Software-Reengineering", "Software-Wartung" und "Software-Evolution". Darunter verstehen wir prinzipiell alle Aktivitäten rund um die Analyse, Bewertung, Visualisierung, Verbesserung, Migration und Weiterentwicklung von Software-Systemen. Wir laden Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen herzlich ein, beim WSRE über Erfahrungen, Projekte, Forschungsergebnisse, Methoden und Werkzeuge in diesem Bereich zu berichten, ihre aktuellen Arbeiten vorzustellen und in einem offenen Umfeld konstruktiv zu diskutieren. Was ist dieses Jahr besonders? * *25-jähriges Jubiläum*: Seit nunmehr 25 Jahren bietet der WSRE eine Plattform für Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen, um sich über alle Themen rund um das Reengineering auszutauschen. Das wollen wir durch dedizierte Formate wie Impulsvorträge und ein Panel zu zukünftigen Herausforderungen des Software-Reengineering gebührend feiern. * *Student Paper Award*: Wir rufen insbesondere den studentischen Nachwuchs (Bachelor- oder Master-Studierende) auf, Beiträge einzureichen und werden den besten Beitrag in dieser Kategorie prämieren. * *Vorträge*: Einblick in sowie Rückblick und Ausblick auf interessante Arbeiten und Ergebnisse rund ums Software-Reengineering und verwandte Themen aus Forschung und Praxis. Lernen und Diskutieren! * *Networking*: Interaktive Programmpunkte zum direkten Austausch und zur Vernetzung zwischen den Teilnehmer*innen inklusive eines Social Events und eines Conference Dinners. Wann und wo? Der Workshop findet vom 8. bis 10. März 2023 im Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef statt. Die Unterbringung der Teilnehmer*innen erfolgt wie üblich im Physikzentrum: https://www.dpg-physik.de/dpg/pbh/ Aufgrund der möglicherweise geltenden Corona-Bestimmungen behalten wir uns kurzfristige Änderungen am Format (hybrid, virtuell) und, falls notwendig, auch am Termin und Ort des Workshops vor. Informationen dazu werden über die Webseite und die Mailingliste https://fg-sre.gi.de/weiteres/mailingliste bereitgestellt. Wie reiche ich einen Beitrag ein? Eingereicht werden können Erfahrungs-, Ergebnis- und Projektberichte sowie Diskussionsbeiträge aus der Forschung und Praxis. Einreichung bitte über EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsre2023 Mögliche Themen sind u.a. Software-Analyse und -Transformation, Software-Qualität und Metriken, (intelligente) Wissensgewinnung aus Software-Repositorien, Software-Visualisierung, Analyse- und Reengineering-Werkzeuge, Continuous-Development-Ansätze, Wartung und Refactoring, Software-Migration und -Modernisierung, Design for Future und Managed Software Evolution, Modelle, Methoden, Prozesse für Reengineering und Software-Evolution, empirische Forschung und der Faktor Mensch im Reengineering, Wirtschaftlichkeit von Reengineering-Maßnahmen. Als Beiträge werden erweiterte Kurzfassungen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache auf maximal zwei Seiten im Format der Softwaretechnik-Trends erwartet. Geeignete Vorlagen finden Sie auf der Webseite zum WSRE und Hinweise zum Format unter http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/stt/diverses/hinweise.html Wie ist der Zeitplan? - Einreichung der Kurzfassungen: 13. Januar 2023 - Benachrichtigung über die Annahme: 03. Februar 2023 - Einreichung der druckfertigen Endfassung: 13. 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We invite participants to submit original and unpublished works as posters and/or demos to the Euro-Par 2023 conference presenting the latest breakthroughs which have been developed in H2020, Horizon Europe, EuroHPC JU, national, regional and international R&D projects. Topics of interest should cover the conference scope and tracks (please visit the conference web site for more information about the topics covered by Euro-Par). The poster/demo sessions will provide an excellent opportunity for students and researchers to present early- stage research results and receive valuable feedback on their ongoing research from the community. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS The authors are invited to submit poster and/or demo papers formatted in the Springer LNCS style: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines and not exceeding 4 pages (including references, etc.) Submission should be done via Easy Chair, using the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=europar2023   Submissions to the poster and demo track will be evaluated through a comprehensive peer-review process by the Poster and Demo Track Program Committee. The posters and demos will be evaluated in terms of technical merit, innovation, and the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference.   The authors of accepted poster and demo papers must register and present them at the conference. Accepted poster and demo papers will be included in the workshop proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS after the conference.     BEST POSTER AND DEMO AWARD  All posters and demos will be considered for the Best Poster Award and the Best Demo Award, respectively. Decisions will be based on the quality of the submission, as well as live interactions with the Committee during the conference.     IMPORTANT DATES • Deadline for Submission of Posters/Demos: May 20, 2023 • Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2023     POSTER & DEMO CHAIR • George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (pallis-AT-ucy.ac.cy) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Der *Best Student Paper Award* ist mit einem *Preisgeld in Höhe von 250 €* verbunden, das von den Sponsoren bereitgestellt wird. Teilnehmen können Studierende mit ihrem eigenen Projekt, z.B. ihrer *Master- *oder *Bachelorarbeit* oder einem andersartigen *studentischen Projekt*, das sie im Rahmen oder im Kontext ihres Studiums (bspw. auch innerhalb einer Werkstudententätigkeit) durchgeführt haben. Hierbei kann es sich um Einzel- oder Gruppenarbeiten handeln. Beiträge sollten sich mit einem *Thema *aus dem Themenspektrum des WSRE beschäftigen, so wie es im allgemeinen Call for Papers des WSRE (siehe Webseite ) dargestellt ist. Mögliche Themen sind u.a. Software-Analyse und -Transformation, Software-Qualität und Metriken, (intelligente) Wissensgewinnung aus Software-Repositorien, Software-Visualisierung, Analyse- und Reengineering-Werkzeuge, Continuous-Development-Ansätze, Wartung und Refactoring, Software-Migration und -Modernisierung, Design for Future und Managed Software Evolution, Modelle, Methoden, Prozesse für Reengineering und Software-Evolution, empirische Forschung und der Faktor Mensch im Reengineering, Wirtschaftlichkeit von Reengineering-Maßnahmen. *Bewerbungen/Einreichungen* werden in Form von Kurzbeschreibungen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache erwartet. Der Beitrag sollte das Thema, die Motivation und Zielsetzung, die Durchführung und die Ergebnisse umreißen. Die Beiträge sollen *maximal zwei Seiten* lang sein und idealerweise im Format der Softwaretechnik-Trends eingereicht werden. Geeignete Vorlagen finden Sie auf der Webseite zum WSRE und Hinweise zum Format unter https://fb-swt.gi.de/publikationen/softwaretechnik-trends/html-version. In diesem Format sollen die für die Finalrunde akzeptierten Beiträge anschließend auch im Workshopband (*Proceedings*) des WSRE in der Zeitschrift *Softwaretechnik-Trends* veröffentlicht werden. Für die Einreichung und den Begutachtungsprozess wird das System EasyChair verwendet. Der Zugang ist unter https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsre202_3_ freigeschaltet. Bitte lassen Sie beim Eintragen Ihres Beitrags in Easychair den Titel mit *"Student Paper: "* beginnen. Eine *Experten-Jury* wird aus den eingegangenen Einreichungen eine *Vorauswahl *der Beiträge treffen, die für den *Best Student Paper Award* nominiert und zur *Präsentation beim Workshop* eingeladen werden. Mit der Einladung zur *Finalrunde *ist ein Reisekostenzuschuss in Höhe von 100 € pro Beitrag verbunden, der von den Sponsoren beigesteuert wird. Die Präsentation erfolgt im Hauptprogramm des WSRE 2023. Auf Basis der Begutachtung der schriftlichen Beiträge und der Präsentation wird dann durch die Jury der Beitrag bestimmt, der die Auszeichnung "Best Student Paper Award" erhält. Alle zum von der Expertenjury ausgewählten Beiträge und der Gewinnerbeitrag erhalten eine *Urkunde *und werden in den Workshopband aufgenommen. Die finanzielle Abwicklung erfolgt über die Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. *Zeitplan:* - Einreichung der Beiträge: 13. Januar 2023 - Benachrichtigung über Nominierung & Einladung zur Präsentation bei der Finalrunde: 03. Februar 2023 - Einreichung der ggf. überarbeiteten Endfassung: 13. Februar 2023 - Anmeldeschluss zur Workshopteilnahme: 13. Februar 2023 - Workshopteilnahme, Präsentation und Preisverleihung: 08.-10. März 2023 Weitere *Informationen *zum WSRE, zum Tagungsort, zur Unterbringung und Verpflegung finden Sie auf der Webseite des WSRE 2023. 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The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers and industry practitioners from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least one year away from completing their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research area or dissertation topic. This forum will provide Ph.D. students with an opportunity to • Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment • Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice; • Explore career pathways available after completing their Ph.D. degree • Network and build collaborations with other members of the community Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research, which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC Session as part of the conference. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium. 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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS We invite submissions from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies. Applicants must be officially enrolled in a PhD Program at the time of submission, and each submission MUST be backed by an endorsement from the official PhD adviser(s). Required submission files are as follows: 1. Proposal (in Springer LNCS format, no longer than 6 pages with references) including:
• Title of work, author and affiliation
• Abstract of the work
• Brief description of work being/planned to be done, including the problem being addressed, the research methodology, and preliminary results (if any) 2. Adviser Statement of Support on institutional letterhead (no longer than 2 pages), including:
• Declaration that the applicant is their PhD student, and the length of time of this relationship
• Confirmation of support for applicant’s participation
• The applicant's expected academic contributions
• The level of work that has been achieved by the student (in the course of or before the PhD work)
• How the student will prepare for the event
• How the student plans to attend the event (i.e. in person or online)
• How travel and accommodation costs are to be met, if planning to attend in person
• The expected impact of attending the event on the student's work REGISTRATION STUDENTSHIPS We are happy to announce that we can cover the registration fees of 15 student attendees; 15 awards will be funded by the Euro-Par Foundation. To qualify, you should be a PhD student studying Informatics and Computing Science at the time of the event. On top of the above specific criteria for each studentship, the following criteria will be used: • Explicit recommendation by the advisor(s) is paramount, as awards will be given based on the strength of the advisor(s) letter • Priority will be given to in-person attendees Successful applicants may be asked to undertake some tasks to assist the running of Euro-Par 2023. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The submission consists of: • Proposal: A manuscript that address item 1 of the call -- see above. • Adviser letter: A statement of support from the applicant's adviser(s) as described in the call. 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ESOCC 2023 will host Special Tracks as part of its program. Special Tracks provide a space where ESOCC participants can discuss, e.g., topics relevant to Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing even if not explicitly mentioned in ESOCC’s topics of interest (cf. https://cyprusconferences.org/esocc2023/call-for-papers/), early-stage research ideas and/or results, or demonstrate industry-ready tools and research prototypes. Special Tracks may be driven by research interests, needs from specific application domains, or aim at bringing together practitioners and researchers from the area of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. Proposals for special tracks should indicate the title of the Special Track, its aims and scope (150-300 words), the Special Track chair(s), and the tentative members of the track’s  PC. Please email your proposals as a PDF file to the PC chairs of ESOCC 2023, Florian Rademacher (florian.rademacher at fh-dortmund.de) and Jacopo Soldani (jacopo.soldani at unipi.it). Special Tracks will be selected for ESOCC 2023 using a lightweight review process. IMPORTANT DATES • Special Track Proposal Submission: February 26th, 2023 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: March 5th, 2023 (AoE) ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION Chairs of accepted Special Tracks can devise a Call for Papers for their track, which will be published on ESOCC 2023 website, together with the provided information on the track (title, aims and scope, PC). The Call for Papers for their track will then be disseminated alongside that of ESOCC, and submissions will be handled through the EasyChair of ESOCC, which will include a special track link.  Papers accepted for Special Tracks will be included in the main conference proceedings of ESOCC 2023, published by Springer in the LNCS series. Special Track chairs, presenters, and participants will be required to register through the ESOCC 2023 registration page. In case of any questions related to the Special Tracks, please do not hesitate to contact the Program Chairs. ORGANISATION General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY (george at ucy.ac.cy)   Program Chairs • Florian Rademacher, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, DE (florian.rademacher at fh-dortmund.de)
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• Applications for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., big data, commerce, energy, finance, health, scientific computing, smart cities
• Blockchains for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Business aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., business models, brokerage, marketplaces, costs, pricing
• Business processes, e.g., service-based workflow deployment and management
• Cloud interoperability, service and Cloud standards,
• Cloud-IoT computing continuum, e.g., edge computing, fog computing, mobility computing, next generation services/IoT
• Cloud-native architectures and paradigms, e.g., microservices and DevOps
• Cloud service models, e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, FaaS, etc.
• Deployment, composition, and management of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Foundations and formal methods for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Enablers for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., service discovery, orchestration, matchmaking, monitoring, and analytics
• Model-Driven Engineering for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Multi-Cloud, cross-Cloud, and federated Cloud solutions
• Requirements engineering, design, development, and testing of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Semantic services and service mining
• Service and Cloud middlewares and platforms
• Software/service adaptation and evolution in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Storage, computation and network Clouds
• Sustainability and energy issues in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Quality aspects (e.g., governance, privacy, security, and trust) of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Quality of Service (QoS) and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
• Social aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., crowdsourcing services, social and crowd-based Clouds
• Virtualization for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., serverless, container-based virtualization, VMs IMPORTANT DATES • Submission of abstracts: June 4th, 2023 (AoE)
• Submission of full papers: June 11th, 2023 (AoE)
• Notification to authors: July 14th, 2023 (AoE)
• Camera-ready versions due: July 31st, 2023 (AoE) TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS ESOCC 2023 invites submissions of the following kinds:
• Regular Research Papers (15 pages including references, for the technical and special tracks)
• PhD Symposium (12 pages including references)
• Projects and Industry Reports (Projects and Industry Reports (1 to 6 pages including references, describing an ongoing EU or national project, or providing industrial perspectives on innovative applications, technologies, or methods in ESOCC’s scope)  We only accept original papers, not submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers must be formatted according to the proceedings guidelines of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (http://www.springer.com/lncs). They must be submitted to the EasyChair site at:
 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esocc2023  by selecting the right track. Accepted papers from all tracks will be published in the main conference proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. For publication to happen, at least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present the work at the conference. A journal special issue is planned, and authors of selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their articles. ORGANISATION General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY (george at ucy.ac.cy)   Program Chairs • Florian Rademacher, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, DE (florian.rademacher at fh-dortmund.de)
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URL: From announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy Thu Dec 29 11:03:23 2022 From: announce at cs.ucy.ac.cy (Announce Announcements) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 12:03:23 +0200 Subject: [fg-arc] 7th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI 2023): Second Call for Papers Message-ID: <38Q0VLL2-1T8-N4Y0-UO6X-AAOZ38NDTRBN@cs.ucy.ac.cy> *** Second Call for Papers *** 7th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI 2023) September 13-15, 2023, 5* St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/insci2023/ Submissions due: May 1, 2023 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS; Best Paper Award sponsored by Springer with 300 EUR) “Internet for Survival”: How the effective and democratic evolution of the Internet towards an infrastructure/ecosystem supporting resilience and equality depends on deeply intertwined considerations rooted in technological, social and economic sciences.   INSCI is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together scholars and practitioners at the intersection of technological, social and economic sciences seeking to learn how the Internet can be used to make our world a better place. Its insights are expected to create a better understanding of this complex socio-technical system we call “Internet”, for instance to inform political decisions on the technological priorities for public funding and to drive a more sustainable and equitable development of the innovation and social ecosystems it supports. INSCI welcomes fundamental and applied multidisciplinary research, including policy- oriented studies and works offering technological solutions, that investigate the role of Internet for sustainable development, social and economic resilience, collective intelligence, reliable information processing and protection, and, more generally, for a holistic understanding of societal transformations, governance shifts and innovation quests.  INSCI welcomes works done in interdisciplinary teams that may include computer scientists, sociologists, policy makers, economists, designers and artists, or complex system scholars, among others, preferably uniting expertise from social, economic and technical sciences. This kind of work is expected to close the gap between societal / economic impact and requirements and technological developments, seen as both drivers and consequences of each other. Thus, INSCI 2023 welcomes submissions to a wide range of topics including but not limited to the following list. TOPICS Green, Sustainability, and Innovation • The challenges of Responsible Research and Innovation on Internet solution • The technological, social and economic benefits of Transnational and Inter-Cultural Projects • Internet solutions supporting Environmental policies related to Climate Change • Green Computing in a holistic perspective: trade-offs of computing power, social benefits, economic and environmental impacts (e.g. blockchains) • Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Novel Platforms for alternative distributed economic models • Distributed environmental awareness: creating a collective consciousness of environmental issues and possible solutions at individual and collective level. Collective intelligence, sensing and action • Energy optimisation from from networked production to shared consumption, relying on top-down and bottom-up approaches • Networks for circular economy models: conceiving and putting in place platforms and solutions effectively supporting circular and social economy models, collaborative making, art and creativity. Enabling Technologies, Applications and Infrastructures • Social implications of Reinforcement Algorithms, Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems • Feasibility and social /economic aspects of Algorithms for mediation content • Data Sovereignty and inclusion aspects of Cloud, Grid and Cluster Computing • Recommender, Adaptive and Context Aware Systems: design, social and inclusion aspects, feasibility and adoption • Networking and Wireless Systems as enablers: inclusion, health, privacy and pervasiveness aspects • People-driven Internet Technologies and Applications, including Collaborative Platforms & Social Search, Open Data and New Interfaces  Societal Structures • How will Internet of Things change Society and interaction models • Digital Competences and Participation • Virtual Communities and Behavioural Patterns: how are they affected by the technological platforms being used  • Knowledge, Education, Technology Enhanced Learning, and Societal Web Impact on Internet Evolution  • Offline and Online Human Behaviour with Emphasis on Social Media and Online/ER/ VR Interactions  Digital Politics and Governance • Internet and Political Participation • Online Political Freedoms in Policing and in Effect: Regional and Local Perspectives, technological impacts and requirements • Citizen Involvement into Decision-Making: Platforms, Actors, and Experiences • Political Discussions Online: Issues and Groups Behind Them, technical and collaborative solutions to moderate them • E-governance Practices of Today’s Authorities across the world • Internet regulation: Security vs. Openness Free Communication Patterns and Democracy • Freedom of Speech Online: a Contested Area of Policing • Algorithms as New Total Communicative Power • Extremist and Radical Talk Online and Policies or socio-Technical solutions to counteract it • Universal Internet Freedoms vs. Dark Web • Participatory Democracy and Budgeting: citizens’ involvement in democratic processes, for more equal and inclusive resource allocation • Cognitive, Psychological Aspects and Incentive Mechanisms for online Engagement, Collaboration and Participation  (smart citizenship, e-literacy, participation skills, decision support and recommendations for informed citizens and collective actions) • E-Democracy and E-Participation: risks and opportunities, lessons learnt from currently deployed solutions (e.g. e-voting, Decidim) • Reliable online information: collaborative models and processes to produce/qualify online information (e.g. post-truth Practices Online, filter bubble and fact checking), for health (e.g. vaccination), democracy (international decision-making, political campaigns, opinion and sentiment modelling, governmental censure and influence), economy (product labelling, ethical marketing), safety of online ecosystems (children protection, fake news, digital rebels) • Crowdsourcing: implications, enablers Sustainable Network Economy • Legal, economic, technological and innovation hurdles related to Intellectual Property and the Digital Commons  • New Collaborative Markets Analytics  • Economic Power of Online Platforms: Expropriation of Digital Labour, Open Data solutions and their applicability • Digital Corporations: World Leaders and Regional Alternatives • Analogous Elites, Technological Precariat • Digital Professions and Reshaping of Online Labour Markets • New decentralised economic models: enabling and sustaining a distributed ecosystem of platforms and solutions intrinsically respectful of privacy, self- disclosure and digital sovereignty • The consumer perspective: unlawful profiling, discrimination and lock-in, automated contracts and warranties Global Access Opportunities • Internet Resilience: Defining/Comparing non-disconnection Technologies, Monitoring Approaches and Internet Governance Models ensuring resiliency and citizens’ empowerment and sovereignty • Global and Local Faces of Today’s Digital Divide • Comparing existing and future Open Distance Education and Life-long Learning Environments on online/Virtual Reality Platforms, Practices Around the World • Global Media Online: Translation and Language Divide • Empowerment of Disabled with New Body Extensions • Post-human and Tech-human Individuals and Societies Data Sharing and Protection • Data Openness vs. User Protection: tech and social aspects of open data policies • Limits of Privacy and Anonymization, their dependance on technological solutions and intended applications • Clouds, Big Data and Data Protection Regulation vs. knowledge sharing and open innovation • Global Tech Powers and Alternative Solutions based on decentralisation • Open Science and Access to Scientific Production: technological enablers, platform governance, economic and innovation aspects IMPORTANT DATES • Submission of Papers: May 1, 2023 (AoE) • Notification of Decision: July 1, 2023 • Camera-Ready Submission: July 15, 2023 • Author Registration Deadline: July 15. 2023 PAPER REQUIREMENTS All submitted papers must: • Describe original results that have not been accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere • Be written in English and be submitted in PDF format • Contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses • Be formatted according to the Springer’s LNCS format Proceedings template: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html  • Contain three to seven keywords characterizing the paper, to be indicated at the end of the abstract • Be submitted via the conference system in EasyChair, using the submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=insci2023 Full paper submissions should not exceed 15 pages (including all text, figures, references and appendices). We encourage a length of 12 pages for full papers. The Program Committee reserves the right to accept a submission as a short paper. Submissions not conforming to the LNCS format, exceeding the submission page limits or being obviously out of the scope of the conference, will be rejected without review. SELECTION All submissions will be evaluated by at least three members of the international Program Committee, with a mix of social, economic and technological expertise. The review process will be single-blind. Selection will be based on: • Degree of interdisciplinarity (between social, economic and/or technical sciences) • Novelty and technical merit • Relevance of the generated insights for the future Internet development The best paper will be sponsored with 500 EUR by Springer. CAMERA-READY Camera-ready submissions should be corrected by following the remarks of the reviewers and submitted using the same submission link in zip format including: • The camera-ready version of the authors’ work in pdf format • The camera-ready version of the authors’ work in editable sources format • The Consent to Publish signed in ink and scanned to image file PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be presented at INSCI2023 and published in the conference proceedings volume, which will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Authors of selected best papers from the conference will be contacted in order to consider submission of an expanded version of their papers for publication in a special issue to be organised with an accredited journal (under negotiation). ORGANISATION General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Vasileios Mezaris, Information Technologies Institute, Greece • Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission DG CONNECT, Belgium Steering & Program Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/insci2023/committees/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: