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8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): Last Call for Demos, Work in Progress and DC
by Announce Announcements 17 Apr '21

17 Apr '21

*** Last Call for Demos, Work in Progress and DC *** 8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): "Democratizing AI Development" July 6-8, 2021, Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel 4*, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPList_Manager2021/lm.php?tk=d2ZtLXJnCQkJd2… End-user development (EUD) aims at empowering end users to develop and adapt systems at a level of complexity that is adequate to their expertise, practices, and skills. EUD may occur along the entire software lifecycle, with the purpose of making users able to participate in their artifact development, not only at design time, but also during actual use. Originally, EUD was conceived as a more general concept than end-user programming; thus, scholars proposed methods, techniques and tools that allow end users to modify or extend software artifacts, such as spreadsheets, web applications, video games, and mobile applications. In the co-called Internet of Things era, end-user development moved on to address the problem of defining and modifying the behavior of smart environments, including smart objects, pervasive displays, smart homes, smart cities, and so on. Therefore, the term "end-user development" acquired a broader meaning covering approaches, frameworks and socio-technical environments that allow end users to express themselves in crafting digital artifacts that encompass both software and hardware technology. Recent research and technological trends like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Cyber-Security, Robotics, and Industry 4.0, have contributed to renew the vision of end-user development, by providing tools and platforms that allow end users to harness the power of AI to create solutions involving Computer Vision, Image Processing, Conversational User Interfaces, as well as solutions for smart environments. Such developments lower the threshold for creating AI solutions, and expand the programmer base for such solutions, by extending AI application both for professional and discretionary use. IS-EUD is a bi-annual event for researchers and practitioners with an interdisciplinary approach to EUD, including: Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Work Interaction Design, and related areas. IS-EUD 2021 Theme: Democratizing AI Development The 2021 edition of IS-EUD focuses on EUD for AI-based systems, where end users are called on to become end-user developers of intelligent agents, digital twins, collaborative and social robots. This edition would like to discuss the adoption of EUD in new fields, the proposal of novel EUD paradigms, and the impact of AI-based EUD in terms of user acceptability and appropriation. One of the most interesting topics in human-AI interaction is explainability of AI-based systems: research submissions presenting end- user oriented solutions to this problem will be particularly welcome. Theoretical and empirical work analyzing pros and cons of this new EUD wave, identifying requirements for end-user development of AI and acceptance of related solutions is invited. Software infrastructures and eco- systems supporting the reuse of solutions and the emergence of meta- design practices are of particular interest to this community, linking the challenges relating AI to topics central to the IS-EUD community. Conference Topics The conference welcomes contributions that: • describe new, simple and efficient environments for end-user development • describe new processes, methods and techniques for empowering users to create, modify and tailor digital artifacts • present case studies and design implications on challenges and practices of end-user development • develop theoretical concepts and foundations for the field of end-user development Specific topics include (but are not limited to) the following ones: • User-oriented orchestration of AI-based devices • Conversational interfaces for end-user development • End-user development for big data visualization and exploration • End-user development for collaborative robotics • End-user development for social robotics • End-user development in Industry 4.0 • End-user development and explainable AI-based systems • Cybersecurity and end-user development • End-user development in daily life • Technologies and infrastructures for end-user development • Empirical studies of end-user development • Recommender systems to support end-user development • Cultures of participation and meta-design approaches • Technology acceptance and adoption studies of end-user development technologies • Evaluation of end-user development technologies • Supporting creative work through end-user development Submissions We invite submissions for Demos, Work in Progress and Doctoral Consortium. A Demonstration paper (max 6 pages) should be structured according to the following: • Abstract (150 words maximum) • Topics to be covered and their relevance to the EUD community • Detailed description of the planned demonstration activity • Diagrams or screenshots (if relevant) • Supporting documentation (e.g., project website) • References Work in Progress submissions (max 6 pages) are intended for presenting preliminary results or tentative findings and position papers. The authors of accepted contributions will have the opportunity to give an oral presentation during parallel sessions. Finally, the IS-EUD Doctoral Consortium is intended to bring together PhD students working on theory and application of EUD. We particularly encourage students that are about half-way through their doctoral research to submit doctoral consortium contributions (max 6 pages) describing the topic of their PhD, their approach and a summary of their progress. Demonstration, Work in Progress and Doctoral Consortium submissions should indicate in the title page “Demo”, “WiP” or “DC” respectively. Accepted submissions will be included in IS-EUD 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be submitted to http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPList_Manager2021/lm.php?tk=d2ZtLXJnCQkJd2… for online publication. Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer LNCS format: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPList_Manager2021/lm.php?tk=d2ZtLXJnCQkJd2… and should be submitted through the Easy Chair system at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPList_Manager2021/lm.php?tk=d2ZtLXJnCQkJd2… Important Dates • Submissions in all categories: April 21, 2021 • Notification: May 15, 2021 • Camera-ready: May 31, 2021 Organizers General Chairs • Panos Markopoulos (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) • George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Program Chairs • Daniela Fogli (University of Brescia, Italy) • Daniel Tetteroo (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Short papers Chairs • Barbara Rita Barricelli (University of Brescia, Italy) • Simone Borsci (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Work in Progress Chairs • Jelle Van Dijk (University of Twente, The Netherlands) • Carmen Santoro (ISTI-CNR, Italy) Demonstration Chair • Stefano Valtolina (University of Milan, Italy) Workshop Chairs • Styliani Kleanthous (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) • Simone Stumpf (City University London, UK) Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Monica Maceli (Pratt Institute, USA) • Antonio Piccinno (University of Bari, Italy)

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First International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021): Third Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

*** Third Call for Papers *** First International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021) November 8-10, 2021, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2021/ (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Journal Issue with SN Computer Science) ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021) is the first of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: · AI and Cognition, Cognitive Mechatronics, Human-Machine Interaction, Cobotics, Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being, AI methods for medical device testing · Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self-management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care) · Precision medicine · ICT for in-silico trials · Implantable medical devices · Computational methods for medical device · Models for human-device interaction for medicine · Systems promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment · Age-friendly systems for active and healthy aging (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection) · Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments · ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition) · Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention) · New experimental validation methods with end-users · Standardization, certification, labeling, privacy, security and communication issues (related to aging well, to sensory impairment) High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Early works and works- in-progress are invited to submit a short or demo paper. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Submissions We invite three types of paper submissions: 1. Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field 2. Short papers, up to 6 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a small but solid contribution to the field 3. Demos, up to 4 pages, describing innovative tools that address topics relevant to the conference All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted contributions will appear in the archival proceedings of IHAW 2021, published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in plenary sessions of the conference. The authors of the best papers accepted for IHAW2021 will be invited to submit extended versions for a special issue with SN Computer Science (https://www.springer.com/journal/42979) Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and should specify on the first page the type of submission ("R&T", "Short", "Demo"). The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icihaw2021 . Important Dates · Submission Deadline: June 7, 2021 (AoE) · Notification: August 23, 2021 · Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: September 6, 2021 · Author Registration Deadline: September 6, 2021 Organizers Honorary General Chair · Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair · Salim Bouhlel, University of Sfax, Tunisia Scientific Vice-Chair · Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Publicity Chair · Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Finance Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus

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