[UAI] The 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES 2018): Fourth Call for Papers (*** Extension Deadline ***)

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FOURTH CALL FOR PAPERS ***

The 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 1-2 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/es2018

(*** Extension Deadline: 4 June, 2018 ***)


WELCOME

Welcome to the 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems.
Enterprise Systems (ES), also referred to as Enterprise Information Systems,
has become increasingly popular over the last 20 years because it integrates
and extends business processes across the boundaries of business functions
and corporate walls, as well as country border lines. The International
Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES) has been held every year since 2013.
The sixth in the series will be held at St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus,
8-9 October, 2018. The conference is hosted by the Department of Computer
Science, University of Cyprus.

This conference series is focusing on both the technical and application
aspects of enterprise systems, the complex and cross-disciplinary
problems of enterprise integration, and the new technological frontiers
such as Industrial Integration, Industrial Information Integration, and
Industry 4.0. The objectives of the conference are to provide high quality
research and professional interactions for the advancement of science
and technology. The main features of the conference include Keynote
Speeches, Regular and Special Sessions. It has been highlighted by the
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society: http://ieeesmc.org/ .


SCOPE

We welcome original and survey articles about the latest advances of
technology. The final results can be state-of-the-art, requirements,
fundamental theories, models, frameworks, algorithms, methodologies,
platforms, protocols, prototypes, testbeds, field trials, case
studies/stories, field experiences, standardization efforts, regulatory
activities, education and training innovations, etc. The application
areas include aeronautics and astronautics, agriculture, automotive,
building, construction, energy, finance, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing,
process industry, power, transportation, etc.


TOPICS

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Enterprise Systems for Industry 4.0
• Cyber Physical Systems for Industry 4.0
• Internet of Things for Industry 4.0
• Big Data for Industry 4.0
• Security and Privacy Protection for Industry 4.0
• System Engineering and Human Factors for Industry 4.0
• IoT-enabled Smart Manufacturing

A full list of subtopics for each one of the above topics can be found
on the conference web site.


PAPER SUBMISSION

The submitted paper should adhere to the double-blind review policy. All
papers will be double-blind reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis
of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. All 
paper
submissions will be handled electronically. Papers that do not comply with
the Submission Guidelines will be rejected without review.

Paper types:
• Full papers present final result. They must not exceed 8 pages.
• Short papers can contain preliminary results. They must not exceed 6
pages.
• Work-in-progress papers to present valuable and latest progresses of
ongoing projects: 4 pages.

Note, all manuscripts shall be written in English, using the IEEE conference
template (double column, size 10). Templates can be found at:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html .

Please use the following submission link for Easy Chair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=es20180 .


PUBLICATION AND SPECIAL ISSUES

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore
Database which is indexed by EI. Furthermore, selected papers will be
invited for a special issue by the Journal of Industrial Integration and
Management, World Scientific, with theme "Next-Generation Enterprise
Systems in the Industrial Integration Era". More information is available
on the conference web site.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Regular Paper Submissions (al types) due: 4th June 2018 (extended)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 23rd July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 13th August 2018
• Author Registration: 13th August 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary General Chairs
• Aurona Gerber, South Africa, IEEE SMC EAE TC Chair
• Alta Van der Merwe, South Africa, IEEE SMC EAE TC Chair
• Li Da Xu, USA, IEEE SMC EIS TC Co-Chair

Program Chair
 • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Co-Chairs
• Ling Xia Li, Old Dominion University, USA
• Wattana Golf Viriyasitavat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Yale Yu, Infosys Australia & New Zealand
• Chris Zhang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Zhuo Zou, Fudan University, China

Program Committee
http://www.cyprusconferences.org/es2018/pages/pc.html

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[UAI] 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018): Third Call for Contributions

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

using the EasyChair submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cloudcom2018 .

Only PDF files will be accepted. Manuscripts need to be prepared according to
the IEEE CS format 
(https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html).
All regular paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum
paper length of 8 pages. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least
three experts.

Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of
each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date
indicated by the organizers, and present the paper.

The conference proceedings of CloudCom 2018 will be published by IEEE
Conference Publishing Service with ISBN and ISSN, and submitted to IEEE
Xplore and indexing services such as Ei Compendex. Distinguished papers
will be recommended for fast-track publication in the IEEE Transactions on
Cloud Computing or invited to be included within a number of special issues
in prestigious international journals.


CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

IEEE CloudCom 2018 is soliciting proposals for full-day / half-day workshops
and Tutorials to be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018. For more
information on the tutorials and workshops and for the complete Call for
Tutorial and Workshop Proposals, please see the conference website.


CALL FOR POSTERS, DEMOS & SHORT PAPERS (Late-breaking Results)

Authors are invited to submit their research work as a poster, demo or short
paper (late-breaking results) to the CloudCom 2018 conference. For the
complete Call for Call for Posters, Demos & Short Papers (Late-breaking
Results) please see the conference website.


CALL FOR PH.D. CONSORTIUM

A Ph.D. consortium will be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018 in
Nicosia, Cyprus. For the complete Call for Ph.D. consortium, please see the
conference website.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Workshop Proposals Due: 30 April 2018
• Tutorial Proposals Due: 30 June 2018
• Regular Papers Due: 15 June 2018
• Ph.D. Consortium Papers Due: 31 August 2018
• Short Papers, Posters and Demos Due: 31 August 2018
• Notification of Paper Acceptance: 14 September 2018
• Camera Ready: 08 October 2018
• Author Registration: 15 October 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

PROGRAM CHAIRS
• George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Sebastien Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS
• Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain
• Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
• Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria
• Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy
• Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden
• Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy
• Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy

WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS

• Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy
• Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Ionian University, Greece

PH.D. COMSORTIUM CHAIR
• Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMO CHAIR
• Ioannis Konstantinou, NTUA, Greece

PUBLICITY CHAIR
• Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[UAI] The 34th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2019): Call for Track Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** CALL FOR TRACK PROPOSALS ***

The 34th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2019)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, April 8-12, 2019

https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2019

*** Submission Deadline: May 25, 2018 ***


For the past thirty-three years the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC) has been a primary and international forum for applied computer
scientists, computer engineers and application developers to gather,
interact and present their work. The ACM Special Interest Group on
Applied Computing (SIGAPP) is the sole sponsor of SAC. The conference
proceedings are published by ACM and are also available online through
ACM's Digital Library.

SAC is based on a flexible structure of mostly self-contained and
self-managed tracks. Over the past years SAC hosted tracks on a variety
of timely topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Computer
Security, Database Technology, Data Mining, Embedded Systems,
Evolutionary Computing, Distributed Systems and Grid Computing, Mobile
Computing, Programming Languages, Software Engineering, and Web
Technologies. SAC 2018 included 40 tracks that attracted 931 paper
submissions from 50 countries; 235 submissions were finally accepted as
full papers (25% acceptance rate). More information on past SAC events
can be found at https://www.sigapp.org/conferences/sac .

The 34th Annual SAC meeting will be held in April 2019 in Limassol, Cyprus,
and is hosted by the University of Cyprus. The conference Organizing
Committee solicits proposals for organizing and hosting tracks. Prospective
track chairs should submit an up to two-page description for organizing a
track, which should include at least the following items:

1) The proposed title for the track with a description of its aims, topics it
will cover, and rationale for having such a track in SAC. This rationale
should refer to any related conference events that are held regularly and
why the proposed track differs from them or complements them. The
proposed track should not be overly general but also not overly specialized,
thus being able to attract a wide audience of people sharing similar
interests. Proposals from industry are also encouraged. Despite its name,
SAC also welcomes topics of mostly theoretical nature, provided there is
clear practical potential in applying the results of such work.

2) A short description of the activities the track chair(s) will undertake
upon acceptance of the proposal, to disseminate the call-for-papers for the
track, and to manage the review process. (Current Track Chairs guideline
document is posted on the SAC 2019 website).

3) A short CV of the prospective track chair(s) with reference to research
interests and publication record directly related to the themes of the
proposed track, and any previous experience of involvement in the
organization of similar events (in the interest of brevity, reference to a
personal web page where such information can be found will be sufficient).

All proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee using the criteria
described above. The Committee reserves the right to: (1) accept a proposal
as is, (2) require modifications before acceptance, (3) recommend merging
of similar proposals with a considerable overlap in the topics addressed (in
this case the track chairs of the different proposals will be asked to form a
single track), (4) reject a proposal. Upon acceptance of a proposal, the track
chairs will be notified of their responsibilities in managing the affairs of 
their
track; as such responsibilities are defined by both the ACM and SAC
conference rules. The Committee reserves the rights to cancel a track at
any time if these responsibilities are not addressed adequately by the track
chair(s).  


Important Dates

May 25, 2018:Submission of track proposals

June 8, 2018: Notification of acceptance/rejection

June 15, 2018:   Call-For-Papers for accepted tracks

Sept 10, 2018:   Submission of papers

Sept 20, 2018:   Submission of tutorial proposals

Nov 10, 2018:   Author notification

Nov 25, 2018:   Camera-ready copies


Please submit your proposal electronically to the START submission system
in PDF format through the SAC 2019 website.  If you encounter any
problems for your submission, please e-mail your questions to:

- Dongwan Shin (dongwan.s...@nmt.edu)
- Seiji Isotani (isot...@ieee.org)

SAC 2019 Program Co-Chairs

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[UAI] 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Last Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS ***

24th International Symposium on Methodologies for
Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018

*** Extended Deadline: 28 May, 2018 ***


WELCOME

ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest
research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years,
the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and
technological achievements accomplished by the international community.


SCOPE

The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on
applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision
support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems,
machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases,
information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems.
The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are
complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the
simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of
knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving
complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a
means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory,
those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific
research and industrial applications.


INVITED SPEAKERS

• Michael May - Siemens, Munich, Germany

• Jean-Marc Petit - INSA Lyon and Université de Lyon, France


TOPICS

ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both
in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to
provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and
practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following
areas:

• Active Media Human-Computer Interaction
• Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation
• Digital Libraries
• Health Informatics
• Intelligent Agent Technology
• Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics
• Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Intelligent Information Systems
• Intelligent Language Processing
• Knowledge Integration and Aggregation
• Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
• Knowledge Visualization
• Logic for Artificial Intelligence
• Multimedia Information Retrieval
• Soft Computing
• Text Mining
• Web Intelligence
• Web Mining

In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems
in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change,
manufacturing, social good, etc.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style
(maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program
Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style
(http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines),
maximum 10 pages.

Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission
System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismis2018 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS)
(http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/10844)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 28th May 2018 (extended)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Steering Committee Chair
• Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland)

Symposium Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
• Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA)
• Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Special Sessions Chair
• Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy)

Program Committee
http://cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018/committees/

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[UAI] 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Last Mile

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST MILE ***

24th International Symposium on Methodologies for
Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018

*** Deadline: 28 May, 2018 (final) ***


WELCOME

ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest
research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years,
the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and
technological achievements accomplished by the international community.


SCOPE

The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on
applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision
support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems,
machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases,
information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems.
The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are
complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the
simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of
knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving
complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a
means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory,
those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific
research and industrial applications.


INVITED SPEAKERS

• Michael May - Siemens, Munich, Germany

• Jean-Marc Petit - INSA Lyon and Université de Lyon, France


TOPICS

ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both
in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to
provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and
practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following
areas:

• Active Media Human-Computer Interaction
• Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation
• Digital Libraries
• Health Informatics
• Intelligent Agent Technology
• Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics
• Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Intelligent Information Systems
• Intelligent Language Processing
• Knowledge Integration and Aggregation
• Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
• Knowledge Visualization
• Logic for Artificial Intelligence
• Multimedia Information Retrieval
• Soft Computing
• Text Mining
• Web Intelligence
• Web Mining

In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems
in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change,
manufacturing, social good, etc.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style
(maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program
Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style
(http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines),
maximum 10 pages.

Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission
System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismis2018 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS)
(http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/10844)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 28th May 2018 (final)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Steering Committee Chair
• Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland)

Symposium Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
• Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA)
• Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Special Sessions Chair
• Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy)

Program Committee
http://cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018/committees/

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[UAI] 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018): Second Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ***

21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 30-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ds2018

(*** In conjunction with ISMIS 2018 ***)


WELCOME

The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) provides
an open forum for intensive discussions and exchange of new ideas among
researchers working in the area of Discovery Science. 

The scope of the conference includes the development and analysis of
methods for discovering scientific knowledge, coming from machine
learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis, big data analysis as well as
their application in various scientific domains. 

We welcome papers that focus on the analysis of different types of massive
and complex data, including structured, spatio-temporal and network data.
We particularly welcome papers addressing applications. Finally, we would
like to encourage contributions from the areas of computational
scientific discovery, mining scientific data, computational creativity and
discovery informatics. 

DS 2018 will be co-located with ISMIS 2018, the 24th International
Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems. The two conferences
will be held in parallel, and will share their invited talks. 


TOPICS

We invite submissions of research papers addressing all aspects of
discovery science. We particularly welcome contributions that discuss the
application of data analysis, data mining and other support techniques for
scientific discovery including, but not limited to, biomedical, astronomical
and other physics domains. Applications to massive, heterogeneous,
continuous or imprecise data sets are of particular interests. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to: 

• Knowledge discovery, machine learning and statistical methods 
• Ubiquitous knowledge discovery 
• Data streams, evolving data and models 
• Change detection and model maintenance 
• Active knowledge discovery 
• Learning from text and web mining 
• Information extraction from scientific literature 
• Knowledge discovery from heterogeneous, unstructured and
   multimedia data 
• Knowledge discovery in network and link data 
• Knowledge discovery in social networks 
• Data and knowledge visualization 
• Spatial/temporal Data 
• Mining graphs and structured data 
• Planning to learn 
• Knowledge transfer 
• Computational creativity 
• Human-machine interaction for knowledge discovery and management 
• Biomedical knowledge discovery and analysis 
• Machine learning for high-performance computing, grid and
   cloud computing 
• Applications of the above techniques to natural or social sciences 


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers may contain up to fifteen (15) pages and must be formatted
according to the layout supplied by Springer-Verlag for the Lecture Notes
in Computer Science series. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or
be under consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal,
nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the DS
2018 review process

Authors can submit their papers electronically via our submission page
through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ds20180 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The DS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Machine Learning journal (https://link.springer.com/journal/10994)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 18th June 2018
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 18th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 28th July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Larisa Soldatova, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
• Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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[UAI] 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018): Last Call for Papers (deadline extended)

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS ***

21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 30-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ds2018

(*** In conjunction with ISMIS 2018 ***)

(*** Submission Deadline Extended: 28th June, 2018 ***)


WELCOME

The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) provides
an open forum for intensive discussions and exchange of new ideas among
researchers working in the area of Discovery Science. 

The scope of the conference includes the development and analysis of
methods for discovering scientific knowledge, coming from machine
learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis, big data analysis as well as
their application in various scientific domains. 

We welcome papers that focus on the analysis of different types of massive
and complex data, including structured, spatio-temporal and network data.
We particularly welcome papers addressing applications. Finally, we would
like to encourage contributions from the areas of computational
scientific discovery, mining scientific data, computational creativity and
discovery informatics. 

DS 2018 will be co-located with ISMIS 2018, the 24th International
Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems. The two conferences
will be held in parallel, and will share their invited talks. 


TOPICS

We invite submissions of research papers addressing all aspects of
discovery science. We particularly welcome contributions that discuss the
application of data analysis, data mining and other support techniques for
scientific discovery including, but not limited to, biomedical, astronomical
and other physics domains. Applications to massive, heterogeneous,
continuous or imprecise data sets are of particular interests. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to: 

• Knowledge discovery, machine learning and statistical methods 
• Ubiquitous knowledge discovery 
• Data streams, evolving data and models 
• Change detection and model maintenance 
• Active knowledge discovery 
• Learning from text and web mining 
• Information extraction from scientific literature 
• Knowledge discovery from heterogeneous, unstructured and
   multimedia data 
• Knowledge discovery in network and link data 
• Knowledge discovery in social networks 
• Data and knowledge visualization 
• Spatial/temporal Data 
• Mining graphs and structured data 
• Planning to learn 
• Knowledge transfer 
• Computational creativity 
• Human-machine interaction for knowledge discovery and management 
• Biomedical knowledge discovery and analysis 
• Machine learning for high-performance computing, grid and
   cloud computing 
• Applications of the above techniques to natural or social sciences 


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers may contain up to fifteen (15) pages and must be formatted
according to the layout supplied by Springer-Verlag for the Lecture Notes
in Computer Science series. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or
be under consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal,
nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the DS
2018 review process

Authors can submit their papers electronically via our submission page
through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ds20180 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The DS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Machine Learning journal (https://link.springer.com/journal/10994)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 28th June 2018 (*** extended ***)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 18th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 28th July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Larisa Soldatova, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
• Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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[UAI] 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Final Call for Papers (*** deadline extension***)

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

y extended and revised versions of their papers with at
least 70% new material to a special journal issue for AmI 2018 to be
published in the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanised Computing,
by Springer.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper and Poster Submissions due: 27th June 2018 (***extended***)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 22nd July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions due: 29th July 2018
• Author Registration: 5th August 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Roussos, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Program Chairs
• Achilleas D. Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Workshops Chairs
• Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Rome, Italy
• Fariba Sadri, Imperial College, UK

Local Organization Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[UAI] The 34th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2019): First Combined Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST COMBINED CALL FOR PAPERS ***

The 34th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2019)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, April 8-12, 2019

https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2019


For the past thirty-three years the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC) has been a primary and international forum for applied computer
scientists, computer engineers and application developers to gather,
interact and present their work. The ACM Special Interest Group on
Applied Computing (SIGAPP) is the sole sponsor of SAC. The conference
proceedings are published by ACM and are also available online through
ACM's Digital Library.

The 34th Annual SAC meeting will be held in April 2019 in Limassol, Cyprus,
and is hosted by the University of Cyprus. The conference features the
following tracks:

• Intelligent Robotics and Multi-Agent Systems (IRMAS)
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR)
• Information Access and Retrieval (IAR)
• Software Verification and Testing (SVT)
• Computational Intelligence and Video & Image Analysis (CIVIA)
• Social Network and Media Analysis (SONAMA)
• Selected Areas of Wireless Communications and Networking (WCN)
• Recommender Systems: Theory and Applications (RS)
• Computer Security (SEC)
• Web-based Technologies for Interactive Computing Education
• Data Mining (DM)
• Usability Engineering (UE)
• Cloud Computing (CC)
• Privacy by Design in Practice (PDP)
• Advances in COMputational Biomedical Imaging (COMBI)
• Operating Systems (OS)
• Software Platforms (SP)
• Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies
• Databases and Big Data Management (DBDM)
• Requirements Engineering (RE)
• Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
• Software Architecture: Theory, Technology, and Applications (SA-TTA)
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Sustainability of Fog/Edge Computing Systems (SFECS)
• Software-intensive Systems-of-Systems (SiSoS)
• Data Streams (DS)
• Programming Languages (PL)
• Business Process Management & Enterprise Architecture (BPMEA)
• Microservices, DevOps, and Service-Oriented Architecture (MiDOS)
• Health Informatics for Patient Centric Outcome Driven Healthcare
• Dependable, Adaptive, and Secure Distributed Systems (DADS)
• GeoInformation Analytics (GIA)
• Knowledge and Language Processing
• KomIS: Knowledge Discovery meets Information Systems
• Next Generation Programming Paradigms and Systems (NGPS)
• Communication, Computing and Networking in Internet of Vehicles (CCNIV)
• Bioinformatics (BIO)
• Embedded Systems (EMBS)
• Digital Life for Human Well-being (DLHWB)
• Networking (NET)
• Semantic Web and Applications (SWA)
• Mobile Computing and Applications (MCA)
• Software Engineering (SE)
• Variability and Software Product Line Engineering (VSPLE)
• Smart Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Web Technologies (WT)
• Machine Learning and its Applications

More information about the topics covered by each track and submission
instructions are available on the conference web site and the web sites
of the tracks themselves (accessible from the conference web site).


Important Dates

• Sept 10, 2018:   Submission of papers
• Nov 10, 2018:   Author notification
• Nov 25, 2018:   Camera-ready copies
• Dec 10, 2018:   Author registration


Committees
https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2019/organization.html 

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[UAI] 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Last Mile for Paper Submission (***final extension***)

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

y extended and revised versions of their papers with at
least 70% new material to a special journal issue for AmI 2018 to be
published in the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanised Computing,
by Springer.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper and Poster Submissions due: 7th July 2018 (***final***)
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 22nd July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions due: 29th July 2018
• Author Registration: 5th August 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Roussos, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Program Chairs
• Achilleas D. Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Workshops Chairs
• Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Rome, Italy
• Fariba Sadri, Imperial College, UK

Local Organization Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[UAI] 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018): First Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ***

21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 30-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ds2018 
<http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ds2018>

(*** In conjunction with ISMIS 2018 ***)


WELCOME

The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) provides
an open forum for intensive discussions and exchange of new ideas among
researchers working in the area of Discovery Science. 

The scope of the conference includes the development and analysis of
methods for discovering scientific knowledge, coming from machine
learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis, big data analysis as well as
their application in various scientific domains. 

We welcome papers that focus on the analysis of different types of massive
and complex data, including structured, spatio-temporal and network data.
We particularly welcome papers addressing applications. Finally, we would
like to encourage contributions from the areas of computational
scientific discovery, mining scientific data, computational creativity and
discovery informatics. 

DS 2018 will be co-located with ISMIS 2018, the 24th International
Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems. The two conferences
will be held in parallel, and will share their invited talks. 


TOPICS

We invite submissions of research papers addressing all aspects of
discovery science. We particularly welcome contributions that discuss the
application of data analysis, data mining and other support techniques for
scientific discovery including, but not limited to, biomedical, astronomical
and other physics domains. Applications to massive, heterogeneous,
continuous or imprecise data sets are of particular interests. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to: 

• Knowledge discovery, machine learning and statistical methods 
• Ubiquitous knowledge discovery 
• Data streams, evolving data and models 
• Change detection and model maintenance 
• Active knowledge discovery 
• Learning from text and web mining 
• Information extraction from scientific literature 
• Knowledge discovery from heterogeneous, unstructured and
   multimedia data 
• Knowledge discovery in network and link data 
• Knowledge discovery in social networks 
• Data and knowledge visualization 
• Spatial/temporal Data 
• Mining graphs and structured data 
• Planning to learn 
• Knowledge transfer 
• Computational creativity 
• Human-machine interaction for knowledge discovery and management 
• Biomedical knowledge discovery and analysis 
• Machine learning for high-performance computing, grid and
   cloud computing 
• Applications of the above techniques to natural or social sciences 


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers may contain up to fifteen (15) pages and must be formatted
according to the layout supplied by Springer-Verlag for the Lecture Notes
in Computer Science series. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or
be under consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal,
nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the DS
2018 review process

Authors can submit their papers electronically via our submission page
through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ds20180 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ds20180> .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The DS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Machine Learning journal (https://link.springer.com/journal/10994 
<https://link.springer.com/journal/10994>)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 28th June 2018
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 18th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 28th July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Larisa Soldatova, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
• Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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[UAI] 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS ***

24th International Symposium on Methodologies for
Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018


WELCOME

ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest
research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years,
the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and
technological achievements accomplished by the international community.


SCOPE

The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on
applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision
support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems,
machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases,
information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems.
The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are
complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the
simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of
knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving
complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a
means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory,
those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific
research and industrial applications.


TOPICS

ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both
in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to
provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and
practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following
areas:

• Active Media Human-Computer Interaction
• Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation
• Digital Libraries
• Health Informatics
• Intelligent Agent Technology
• Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics
• Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Intelligent Information Systems
• Intelligent Language Processing
• Knowledge Integration and Aggregation
• Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
• Knowledge Visualization
• Logic for Artificial Intelligence
• Multimedia Information Retrieval
• Soft Computing
• Text Mining
• Web Intelligence
• Web Mining

In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems
in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change,
manufacturing, social good, etc.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style
(maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program
Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style
(http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines),
maximum 10 pages.

Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission
System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismis2018 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS)
(http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/10844)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 10th May 2018
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Steering Committee Chair
• Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland)

Symposium Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
• Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA)
• Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Special Sessions Chair
• Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy)

Program Committee
http://cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018/committees/

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[UAI] 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

w material to a special journal issue for AmI 2018 to be
published in the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanised Computing,
by Springer.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper and Poster Submissions due: 17th June 2018
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 22nd July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions due: 29th July 2018
• Author Registration: 5th August 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• George Roussos, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Program Chairs
• Achilleas D. Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Workshops Chairs
• Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Rome, Italy
• Fariba Sadri, Imperial College, UK

Local Organization Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[UAI] 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Last Call for Workshop Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ***

2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, 12-14 November, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ami2018

*** Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2018 ***


Ambient intelligence refers to normal working and living environments being 
surrounded by embedded devices that can merge unobtrusively and in
natural ways using information and intelligence hidden in the network
connecting these devices (e.g. The Internet of Things). Such devices, each
specialised in one or more capabilities, are intended to work together based
on an infrastructure of intelligent systems, to provide a variety of services
improving safety, security and the quality of life in ordinary living, 
travelling
and working environments.

The 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018) has a
focus on the role of Ambient Intelligence

"Towards a Smart and Human Centered Internet of Things".

The workshops at AmI2018 will enhance and complement the conference
program by providing an opportunity to present new or emerging and
cutting-edge topics of particular interest in the field and related areas. 

We invite workshop proposals in any topic(s) of interest to Ambient
Intelligence and related to the conference. Each workshop proposal should
be emailed to the two workshop chairs, and should contain the following
information:
• workshop title,
• duration (half day or full day),
• a description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the workshop,
• a list of topics of interest,
• the reasons why the workshop should be held within AmI2018,
• details of all the members of the Organizing Committee (OC),
• relevant experience of the organizers,
• identification of the member of the OC who is the contact person,
• the list of members of Workshop Program Committee,
• a preliminary version of the Call for Papers,
• the proposed structure of the workshop,
• planned forms of publicity and publication plans (if any, or if they want to
publish in the collective volume, see below).

Workshop Acceptance Rules
The decision on which proposed workshops get accepted will be carried-out
through a two-stage process. Initially some of the workshops proposed will
be short-listed, based on the quality of the proposal and the relevance of the
topics covered. These workshops will later be confirmed at the Final Selection
Stage if they have successfully attracted a sufficient number of reasonable
quality submissions and the corresponding number of registrations for these
submissions. Indicative numbers: half-day workshops should have at least 5
registrations and full day workshops should have at least 10. If necessary,
workshops will be merged to provide a viable programme.

Financial Support
Some degree of financial support may be given to the workshop organizers,
dependent on the success of the workshop.
 
Important Dates
• Receipt of workshop proposals: 1 May 2018 
• Shortlist of stage 1 accepted workshops: 20 May 2018
• Workshop CfPs and Websites: 31 May 2018
• Workshop Chairs to receive papers from authors: 1 September 2018
• Workshop author registration 30 September 2018  
• Accepted workshops stage 2: 15 October 2018
• Workshop day: 12 November 2018

Proceedings
Accepted workshops can follow their own publication path, provided that
they acknowledge AmI2018 in the publication and inform the workshop
and conference organizers. For workshops that are interested, collective
proceedings can be published in CEUR. 

Workshops Chairs
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
ich...@diag.uniroma1.it

Fariba Sadri (Imperial College London, UK)
f.sa...@imperial.ac.uk

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[UAI] 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Fourth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FOURTH CALL FOR PAPERS ***

24th International Symposium on Methodologies for
Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018)

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018

http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018


WELCOME

ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest
research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years,
the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and
technological achievements accomplished by the international community.


SCOPE

The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on
applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision
support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems,
machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases,
information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems.
The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are
complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the
simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of
knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving
complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a
means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory,
those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific
research and industrial applications.


TOPICS

ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both
in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to
provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and
practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following
areas:

• Active Media Human-Computer Interaction
• Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation
• Digital Libraries
• Health Informatics
• Intelligent Agent Technology
• Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics
• Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Intelligent Information Systems
• Intelligent Language Processing
• Knowledge Integration and Aggregation
• Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
• Knowledge Visualization
• Logic for Artificial Intelligence
• Multimedia Information Retrieval
• Soft Computing
• Text Mining
• Web Intelligence
• Web Mining

In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems
in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change,
manufacturing, social good, etc.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style
(maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program
Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style
(http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines),
maximum 10 pages.

Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission
System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismis2018 .


PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI
(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the
conference.

Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to
the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS)
(http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/10844)
published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them
reviewed and published.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submissions due: 10th May 2018
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018
• Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018
• Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018
• Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018
• Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Steering Committee Chair
• Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland)

Symposium Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Program Committee Co-Chairs
• Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
• Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA)
• Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Special Sessions Chair
• Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy)

Program Committee
http://cyprusconferences.org/ismis2018/committees/

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): First Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SUBMISSIONS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 1, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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, will, as
in previous issues of the conference series, include a Doctoral Consortium
(DC) Session, which provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore
and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished
researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present
their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive
feedback and advice.

The Doctoral Consortium is implemented as a student mentoring program
that introduces students to senior researchers from the relevant fields.
Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral
research (see below described submission information for further details),
which will be evaluated by the consortium committee.

Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral
Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well-
developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session.
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.


How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium

To apply for the ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium, students are asked
to submit a paper presenting their doctoral research that describes:
•   The problem being addressed.
•   Motivation outlining the relevance of the problem and referring to
related work.
•   The main contributions that the PhD project aims to achieve.
•   The progress made to date (including a clear description of the
proposed approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the
plan for further research.
•   Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2019 key areas.

Each DC submission is encouraged to consider the following: identification
of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation,
application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to
achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, the submissions can
consider: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of
implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental
design.

Each submission should contain a cover page including the paper title, name
of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a
paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together
with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee
to adapt its assistance to each student.

Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Doctoral Consortium
submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019dc

Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the
paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings
template.


ACM UMAP Proceedings

The accepted ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included
in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will
be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student)
must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the
proceedings.


Financial Support

ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Further details
will be announced on the website soon.


Important Dates

• Paper submission: 1st March, 2019
• Notification to authors: 22nd March 2019
• Camera ready submission: 3rd April 2019
• ACM UMAP 2019 DC Session: 11th and 12th June 2019
Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth)


Doctoral Consortium Chairs

• Laurens Rook, TU Delft, The Netherlands (l.rook AT tudelft.nl)

• Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (mzanker AT unibz.it)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): First Call for Tutorial Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Proposals due: February 11, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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 tutorials to be given in conjunction with the
conference. Tutorials are intensive instructional sessions aimed to provide a
comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of
interest for the UMAP community.

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. 


PROPOSAL FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format to both tutorial chairs,
not exceeding 5 pages and containing the following information:
1.  Title and abstract of the tutorial for inclusion on the ACM UMAP 2019
website (200 words maximum).
2.  Tutorial description:
•   learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2019;
•   targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and
prerequisite knowledge or skills;
•   a brief outline of the tutorial structure;
•   practical sessions.
3.  Tutorial length: full (6 hours) or half day (3 hours).
4.  Other venues to which the tutorial or part thereof has been or will be
presented, in addition to explaining how the current tutorial differs from the
other editions.
5.  Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of
the tutorial instructor(s), indicating previous training and speaking
experience.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Tutorial proposals: February 11, 2019
• Notification of acceptance: February 26, 2019
• Tutorial summary camera-ready: April 3, 2019
• Adjunct proceedings camera ready: April 15, 2019
• Tutorial day: June 9, 2019


EVALUATION CRITERIA

All proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs. The features that will
be evaluated are:
1.  ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations
of UMAP research;
2.  clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description;
3.  good organization, as appearing from the outline;
4.  background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the
target topics.


TUTORIAL CHAIRS

• Milos Kravcík, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), 
Germany (milos.kravcik AT dfki.de)

• Iván Cantador, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (ivan.cantador AT uam.es)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Tutorial Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Proposals due: February 11, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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 tutorials to be given in conjunction with the
conference. Tutorials are intensive instructional sessions aimed to provide a
comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of
interest for the UMAP community.

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. 


PROPOSAL FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format to both tutorial chairs,
not exceeding 5 pages and containing the following information:
1.  Title and abstract of the tutorial for inclusion on the ACM UMAP 2019
website (200 words maximum).
2.  Tutorial description:
•   learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2019;
•   targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and
prerequisite knowledge or skills;
•   a brief outline of the tutorial structure;
•   practical sessions.
3.  Tutorial length: full (6 hours) or half day (3 hours).
4.  Other venues to which the tutorial or part thereof has been or will be
presented, in addition to explaining how the current tutorial differs from the
other editions.
5.  Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of
the tutorial instructor(s), indicating previous training and speaking
experience.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Tutorial proposals: February 11, 2019
• Notification of acceptance: February 26, 2019
• Tutorial summary camera-ready: April 3, 2019
• Adjunct proceedings camera ready: April 15, 2019
• Tutorial day: June 9, 2019


EVALUATION CRITERIA

All proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs. The features that will
be evaluated are:
1.  ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations
of UMAP research;
2.  clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description;
3.  good organization, as appearing from the outline;
4.  background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the
target topics.


TUTORIAL CHAIRS

• Milos Kravcík, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), 
Germany (milos.kravcik AT dfki.de)

• Iván Cantador, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (ivan.cantador AT uam.es)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SUBMISSIONS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 1, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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, will, as
in previous issues of the conference series, include a Doctoral Consortium
(DC) Session, which provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore
and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished
researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present
their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive
feedback and advice.

The Doctoral Consortium is implemented as a student mentoring program
that introduces students to senior researchers from the relevant fields.
Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral
research (see below described submission information for further details),
which will be evaluated by the consortium committee.

Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral
Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well-
developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session.
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.


How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium

To apply for the ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium, students are asked
to submit a paper presenting their doctoral research that describes:
•   The problem being addressed.
•   Motivation outlining the relevance of the problem and referring to
related work.
•   The main contributions that the PhD project aims to achieve.
•   The progress made to date (including a clear description of the
proposed approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the
plan for further research.
•   Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2019 key areas.

Each DC submission is encouraged to consider the following: identification
of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation,
application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to
achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, the submissions can
consider: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of
implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental
design.

Each submission should contain a cover page including the paper title, name
of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a
paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together
with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee
to adapt its assistance to each student.

Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Doctoral Consortium
submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019dc

Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the
paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings
template.


ACM UMAP Proceedings

The accepted ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included
in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will
be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student)
must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the
proceedings.


Financial Support

ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Further details
will be announced on the website soon.


Important Dates

• Paper submission: March 1st, 2019
• Notification to authors: March 22nd, 2019
• Camera ready submission: April 3rd, 2019
• ACM UMAP 2019 DC Session: June 11th and 12th, 2019

Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).


Doctoral Consortium Chairs

• Laurens Rook, TU Delft, The Netherlands (l.rook AT tudelft.nl)

• Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (mzanker AT unibz.it)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Last Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

“Making Personalization Transparent: Giving control back to the User"

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Abstracts due:  January 25, 2019 (mandatory)
Papers due: February 1, 2019



BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

ACM UMAP, "User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization", is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM
SIGCHI and SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part
of the ACM Digital Library.

ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization
and adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a
number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant
innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation,
recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user
interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks,
personalized health, entertainment, and many more. 

This year the conference hosts three new tracks, one on privacy and
fairness, one on personalized music access, and one on personalized health.


CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

• Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus
• Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Spotify London


CONFERENCE TRACKS

Track 1 - Personalized Recommender Systems

Chairs:
Marko Tkalcic, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, marko.tkal...@unibz.it
Alan Said, University of Skövde, alans...@acm.org

Personalized, computer-generated recommendations have become a
pervasive feature of today’s online world. The underlying recommender
systems are designed to help users and providers in a number of ways.
From a user’s viewpoint, for example, these systems assist consumers in
finding relevant things within large item collections. On the other hand,
from a provider’s perspective, recommenders have also shown to be
valuable tools to steer consumer behavior. From a technical perspective,
the design of such systems requires the careful consideration of various
aspects, including the choice of the user modeling approach, the underlying
recommendation algorithm, and the user interface. This track aims to provide
a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss open challenges, latest
solutions and novel research approaches in the field of recommender
systems. Besides the above-mentioned technical aspects, works are also
particularly welcome that address questions related to the user perception
and the business value of recommender systems.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Recommendation algorithms
• Recommender and personalization system evaluation
• User modeling and preference elicitation
• Users’ perception of recommender systems
• Business value of recommendation systems and multi-stakeholder
environments
• Explanations and trust
• Context-aware recommendation algorithms
• Recommending to groups of users
• Case studies of real-world implementations
• Novel, Psychology-informed User- and Item-modeling

Track 2 - Adaptive Hypermedia And The Semantic Web

Chairs:
Liliana Ardissono, University of Torino, liliana.ardiss...@unito.it
Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, katrien.verb...@cs.kuleuven.be

Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web explore alternatives to the traditional
“one-size-fits-all” approach in the development of web and hypermedia
systems. Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web systems build a model of
the interests, preferences and knowledge of each individual user, and use
this model in order to adapt the behavior of hypermedia and web systems to
the needs of that user. Semantic web frequently serves as an infrastructure
to enable adaptive and personalized Web systems. Semantic web technology
targets the use of explicit semantics and metadata to help web systems
perform the desired functionality: this implies the use of linked data from
the web, the use of ontologies in models, or the use of metadata in user
interfaces, as well as the use of ontologies for information integration. This
track aims to provide a forum to researchers to discuss open research
problems, solid solutions, latest challenges, novel applications and innovative
research approaches in adaptive hypermedia and semantic web.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Web user profiles
• Adaptive navigation support
• Personalized search
• Web content adaptation
• Analytics of web user data
• Adaptive web sites and portals
• Adaptive books and textbooks
• Social navigation and social search
• Navigation support in continuous media and virtual environments
• Usability engineering for adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Novel methodologies for evaluating adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Semantic Web 

[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Last Mile for Paper Submission

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST MILE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

“Making Personalization Transparent: Giving control back to the User"

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Abstracts due:  January 25, 2019 (mandatory)
Papers due: February 1, 2019



BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

ACM UMAP, "User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization", is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM
SIGCHI and SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part
of the ACM Digital Library.

ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization
and adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a
number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant
innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation,
recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user
interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks,
personalized health, entertainment, and many more. 

This year the conference hosts three new tracks, one on privacy and
fairness, one on personalized music access, and one on personalized health.


CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

• Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus
• Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Spotify London


CONFERENCE TRACKS

Track 1 - Personalized Recommender Systems

Chairs:
Marko Tkalcic, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, marko.tkal...@unibz.it
Alan Said, University of Skövde, alans...@acm.org

Personalized, computer-generated recommendations have become a
pervasive feature of today’s online world. The underlying recommender
systems are designed to help users and providers in a number of ways.
From a user’s viewpoint, for example, these systems assist consumers in
finding relevant things within large item collections. On the other hand,
from a provider’s perspective, recommenders have also shown to be
valuable tools to steer consumer behavior. From a technical perspective,
the design of such systems requires the careful consideration of various
aspects, including the choice of the user modeling approach, the underlying
recommendation algorithm, and the user interface. This track aims to provide
a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss open challenges, latest
solutions and novel research approaches in the field of recommender
systems. Besides the above-mentioned technical aspects, works are also
particularly welcome that address questions related to the user perception
and the business value of recommender systems.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Recommendation algorithms
• Recommender and personalization system evaluation
• User modeling and preference elicitation
• Users’ perception of recommender systems
• Business value of recommendation systems and multi-stakeholder
environments
• Explanations and trust
• Context-aware recommendation algorithms
• Recommending to groups of users
• Case studies of real-world implementations
• Novel, Psychology-informed User- and Item-modeling

Track 2 - Adaptive Hypermedia And The Semantic Web

Chairs:
Liliana Ardissono, University of Torino, liliana.ardiss...@unito.it
Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, katrien.verb...@cs.kuleuven.be

Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web explore alternatives to the traditional
“one-size-fits-all” approach in the development of web and hypermedia
systems. Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web systems build a model of
the interests, preferences and knowledge of each individual user, and use
this model in order to adapt the behavior of hypermedia and web systems to
the needs of that user. Semantic web frequently serves as an infrastructure
to enable adaptive and personalized Web systems. Semantic web technology
targets the use of explicit semantics and metadata to help web systems
perform the desired functionality: this implies the use of linked data from
the web, the use of ontologies in models, or the use of metadata in user
interfaces, as well as the use of ontologies for information integration. This
track aims to provide a forum to researchers to discuss open research
problems, solid solutions, latest challenges, novel applications and innovative
research approaches in adaptive hypermedia and semantic web.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Web user profiles
• Adaptive navigation support
• Personalized search
• Web content adaptation
• Analytics of web user data
• Adaptive web sites and portals
• Adaptive books and textbooks
• Social navigation and social search
• Navigation support in continuous media and virtual environments
• Usability engineering for adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Novel methodologies for evaluating adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• 

[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): First Call for Theory, Opinion and Reflection Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

Theory, Opinion and Reflection (TOR) are position papers that critically look
at ongoing and emerging research topics, reflections on persistent or
fleeting trends in the field and blue sky future ideas for UMAP research.
They offer an opportunity for discussing thought-provoking work relevant
to the UMAP community, albeit they are not yet ready to be published as a
full length research papers at a refereed conference. They should be of
sufficient quality and relevance to the UMAP community and demonstrate
the ability to spur discussion and debate on the future course of the UMAP
research.

The presentations will be in the form of a 10 minute pitch in a plenary
conference session, just before a break. The presenters will present the topic
and raise relevant questions to stimulate discussion during the breaks.

Submissions should have a maximum length of 4 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions must adhere to the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings
template. A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for UMAP 2019 TOR at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019tor.

The review process will be single blinded, 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 to stimulate discussion on important research questions,
potential contribution to UMAP research and practice, potential impact in
particular use cases, as well as their overall readability.

Papers that exceed the page limits (4 pages for TOR) or do not adhere to
the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of TOR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Theory, Opinion and Reflection papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS CHAIRS

• Jan-Geert Houben, Delft University, The Netherlands (g.j.p.m.houben AT 
tudelft.nl)

• Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA (mobasher AT cs.depaul.edu)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Second Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** SECOND CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SUBMISSIONS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 1, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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, will, as
in previous issues of the conference series, include a Doctoral Consortium
(DC) Session, which provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore
and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished
researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present
their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive
feedback and advice.

The Doctoral Consortium is implemented as a student mentoring program
that introduces students to senior researchers from the relevant fields.
Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral
research (see below described submission information for further details),
which will be evaluated by the consortium committee.

Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral
Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well-
developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session.
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.


How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium

To apply for the ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium, students are asked
to submit a paper presenting their doctoral research that describes:
•   The problem being addressed.
•   Motivation outlining the relevance of the problem and referring to
related work.
•   The main contributions that the PhD project aims to achieve.
•   The progress made to date (including a clear description of the
proposed approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the
plan for further research.
•   Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2019 key areas.

Each DC submission is encouraged to consider the following: identification
of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation,
application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to
achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, the submissions can
consider: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of
implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental
design.

Each submission should contain a cover page including the paper title, name
of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a
paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together
with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee
to adapt its assistance to each student.

Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Doctoral Consortium
submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019dc

Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the
paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings
template.


ACM UMAP Proceedings

The accepted ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included
in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will
be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student)
must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the
proceedings.


Financial Support

ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Further details
will be announced on the website soon.


Important Dates

• Paper submission: March 1st, 2019
• Notification to authors: March 22nd, 2019
• Camera ready submission: April 3rd, 2019
• ACM UMAP 2019 DC Session: June 11th and 12th, 2019

Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).


Doctoral Consortium Chairs

• Laurens Rook, TU Delft, The Netherlands (l.rook AT tudelft.nl)

• Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (mzanker AT unibz.it)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Fourth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FOURTH CALL FOR PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

“Making Personalization Transparent: Giving control back to the User"

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Abstracts due:  January 25, 2019 (mandatory)
Papers due: February 1, 2019



BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

ACM UMAP, "User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization", is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM
SIGCHI and SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part
of the ACM Digital Library.

ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization
and adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a
number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant
innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation,
recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user
interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks,
personalized health, entertainment, and many more. 

This year the conference hosts three new tracks, one on privacy and
fairness, one on personalized music access, and one on personalized health.


CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

• Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus
• Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Spotify London


CONFERENCE TRACKS

Track 1 - Personalized Recommender Systems

Chairs:
Marko Tkalcic, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, marko.tkal...@unibz.it
Alan Said, University of Skövde, alans...@acm.org

Personalized, computer-generated recommendations have become a
pervasive feature of today’s online world. The underlying recommender
systems are designed to help users and providers in a number of ways.
From a user’s viewpoint, for example, these systems assist consumers in
finding relevant things within large item collections. On the other hand,
from a provider’s perspective, recommenders have also shown to be
valuable tools to steer consumer behavior. From a technical perspective,
the design of such systems requires the careful consideration of various
aspects, including the choice of the user modeling approach, the underlying
recommendation algorithm, and the user interface. This track aims to provide
a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss open challenges, latest
solutions and novel research approaches in the field of recommender
systems. Besides the above-mentioned technical aspects, works are also
particularly welcome that address questions related to the user perception
and the business value of recommender systems.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Recommendation algorithms
• Recommender and personalization system evaluation
• User modeling and preference elicitation
• Users’ perception of recommender systems
• Business value of recommendation systems and multi-stakeholder
environments
• Explanations and trust
• Context-aware recommendation algorithms
• Recommending to groups of users
• Case studies of real-world implementations
• Novel, Psychology-informed User- and Item-modeling

Track 2 - Adaptive Hypermedia And The Semantic Web

Chairs:
Liliana Ardissono, University of Torino, liliana.ardiss...@unito.it
Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, katrien.verb...@cs.kuleuven.be

Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web explore alternatives to the traditional
“one-size-fits-all” approach in the development of web and hypermedia
systems. Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web systems build a model of
the interests, preferences and knowledge of each individual user, and use
this model in order to adapt the behavior of hypermedia and web systems to
the needs of that user. Semantic web frequently serves as an infrastructure
to enable adaptive and personalized Web systems. Semantic web technology
targets the use of explicit semantics and metadata to help web systems
perform the desired functionality: this implies the use of linked data from
the web, the use of ontologies in models, or the use of metadata in user
interfaces, as well as the use of ontologies for information integration. This
track aims to provide a forum to researchers to discuss open research
problems, solid solutions, latest challenges, novel applications and innovative
research approaches in adaptive hypermedia and semantic web.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Web user profiles
• Adaptive navigation support
• Personalized search
• Web content adaptation
• Analytics of web user data
• Adaptive web sites and portals
• Adaptive books and textbooks
• Social navigation and social search
• Navigation support in continuous media and virtual environments
• Usability engineering for adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Novel methodologies for evaluating adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Semantic 

[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): First Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR DEMOS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

ACM UMAP 2019 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR)
papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). 

You are encouraged to submit your Demo or LBR by March 16th 2019.


DEMONSTRATIONS

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 to get valuable feedback from the community. Each
demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be
demonstrated, and how.

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 to any
external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub).

Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in
the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published),
submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements
for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2019.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS

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 a 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 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) must adhere to the ACM SIG
Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template.  
A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2019 Demos and 
Late-Breaking Results at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019_demo-lbr .

The review process will be single blinded, 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 (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR)
or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of demos and LBR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Demo and Late Breaking Results papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS

• Styliani Kleanthous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & RISE LIMITED, Cyprus
(Contact: stel...@ucy.ac.cy)

• Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia

• Ben Steichen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Last Call for Workshop Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Proposals due: December 14, 2018


ACM UMAP 2019, 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 Modelling 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 and combining emerging 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.


PROPOSAL FORMAT

Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF format to both workshop
chairs, not exceeding 5 pages and organized as follows:
·   Workshop title and acronym.
·   Workshop chair(s), including affiliation, email address, homepage,
and experiences in organizing such events.
·   Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest.
·   Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time.
·   Workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper
presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions.
·   Intended audience and expected number of participants.
·   List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50%
have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal).
·   Requested duration (half day or full day).
·   When available, past editions of the workshop, including URLs, a brief
statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of
topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop
publications over the years and acceptance statistics.


INSTRUCTIONS

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 to have 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

· Proposal submission: December 14, 2018
· Notification of proposal acceptance: January 9, 2019
· Send the workshop description & website URL : January 23, 2019
· (Suggested) 1st call for papers: January 28, 2019
· (Suggested) 2nd call for papers: February 20, 2019
· (Suggested) paper submission: March 13, 2019
· (Suggested) notification to authors: March 26, 2019
· Workshop summary camera-ready: April 3, 2019
· Workshop papers camera-ready: April 3, 2019
· Adjunct proceedings camera ready: April 15, 2019

 
WORKSHOP CHAIRS

· Milos Kravcík, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), 
Germany (milos.kravcik AT dfki.de)

· Iván Cantador, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (ivan.cantador AT uam.es)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

“Making Personalization Transparent: Giving control back to the User"

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Abstracts due:  January 25, 2019 (mandatory)
Papers due: February 1, 2019


BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

ACM UMAP, "User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization", is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM
SIGCHI and SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part
of the ACM Digital Library.

ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization
and adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a
number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant
innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation,
recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user
interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks,
personalized health, entertainment, and many more. 

This year the conference hosts three new tracks, one on privacy and
fairness, one on personalized music access, and one on personalized health.


CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

• Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus
• Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Spotify London


CONFERENCE TRACKS

For details, see the conference website ( https://www.um.org/umap2019/ ).

• Track 1 - Personalized Recommender Systems

• Track 2 - Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web

• Track 3 - Intelligent User Interfaces

• Track 4 - Personalized Social Web

• Track 5 - Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning

• Track 6 - Privacy and Fairness 

• Track 7 - Personalized Music Access

• Track 8 - Personalized Health 


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Papers have to be submitted through EasyChair: 

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019

Long (8 pages + references) and Short (4 pages + references) papers in ACM
style, peer reviewed, original, and principled research papers addressing
both the theory and practice of UMAP and papers showcasing innovative
use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP
technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome.

Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research
techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work
within the field and clearly indicate innovative aspects. Research procedures
and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure
scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and
implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be
explicitly discussed.

Short papers should present original and highly promising research or
applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance
rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies.

Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings
template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the
ACM Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register
for the conference and present the paper there.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstracts:January 25, 2019 (mandatory)

• Full paper:   February 1, 2019

• Notification: March 11, 2019

• Camera-ready: April 3, 2019

Note: The submission time is 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).


GENERAL CHAIRS

• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• George Samaras, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Stephan Weibelzahl, PFH Private University of Applied Sciences,
Göttingen, Germany 


RELATED EVENTS

Separate calls will be later sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral
Consortium, Demos, Late Breaking Results and Theory, Opinion and
Reflection works, as they have different deadlines and submission
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[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Second Call for Track Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Second Call for Track Proposals ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: February 11, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM presents
the latest results and developments in academic and industrial research in
leading areas of Computer Science. The first SOFSEM was organized in 1974,
and it was traditionally located in the Czech and Slovak Republics, before it
started moving to other European locations. In 2017 it was organised in
Ireland, in 2018 in Austria and in 2019 in Slovakia. The 46th edition will be
organised in the sunny Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

SOFSEM consists of Invited Talks by prominent researchers, Contributed
Talks selected from the submitted papers, and the Student Research Forum.
The program is organized in plenary talks and parallel tracks devoted to
original research in contemporary areas of Computer Science. SOFSEM has a
long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial interactions
and is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as a meeting
place for active and leading computer scientists.

SOFSEM is a track based conference. It features the traditional track on
Foundations of Computer Science and a number of other tracks that over the
years have evolved to cover and address contemporary important areas of
Computer Science, such as Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Security, and
Verification, Data Science, Knowledge Engineering, Social Computing and
Human Factors, Software and Web Engineering, etc.

The proceedings of SOFSEM are published in the prestigious ARCoSS
(Advanced Research in Computing and Software Science) subseries of
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

For SOFSEM 2020, the Steering Committee is inviting proposals for
organising tracks. The tracks can be of theoretical or practical nature or a
combination of both. Tracks from industry are particularly welcome. A
proposal should not exceed 3 pages and should include the following items:

a) Title, aim and scope of the proposed track, as well as the list of topics
that the proposed track will address.

b) Rationale for having this track in SOFSEM, including any other similar
events that the proposed track complements or differs from.

c) Names, affiliations and short CVs for the chairs of the proposed track,
demonstrating past relevant experience in organising such tracks or events.

d) Tentative list of names of the Program Committee for the proposed track.

e) A short dissemination plan for the CFP mentioning the forums where the
latter will be posted.

The proposals will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and the General
Chairs, based on the above mentioned criteria. A proposal may be accepted
as is, requested to modify its title and/or topics covered, merged with
another proposed track or rejected. Upon acceptance, the track chairs will
be notified of their exact duties in managing the affairs of their track. The
Steering Committee reserves the right to cancel a track at any moment in
time, if these responsibilities are not dealt with satisfactorily by the track
chairs.

Proposals should be submitted by February 11th, 2019 to the SOFSEM 2020
General Chairs, Yannis Manolopoulos (yannis.manolopoulos AT ouc.ac.cy)
and George A. Papadopoulos (george AT cs.ucy.ac.cy).


IMPORTANT DATES

* Submission of track proposals:February 11, 
2019
* Notification of proposals acceptance or rejection:   February 25, 2019
* Submission of abstracts:  July 29, 
2019
* Submission of full papers:   August 5, 
2019
* Notification of acceptance for submitted papers:September 30, 2019
* Camera-Ready submission of accepted papers:  October 28, 2019
* Early and author registration deadline:   November 25, 2019
* Conference dates:January 
20-24, 2020


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, CY
George A, Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY

Steering Committee
Barbara Catania, University of Genova, IT
Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, PL
Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, IE
Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, SK
Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, CZ
Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ, chair
Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Second Call for Theory, Opinion and Reflection Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** SECOND CALL FOR THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

Theory, Opinion and Reflection (TOR) are position papers that critically look
at ongoing and emerging research topics, reflections on persistent or
fleeting trends in the field and blue sky future ideas for UMAP research.
They offer an opportunity for discussing thought-provoking work relevant
to the UMAP community, albeit they are not yet ready to be published as a
full length research papers at a refereed conference. They should be of
sufficient quality and relevance to the UMAP community and demonstrate
the ability to spur discussion and debate on the future course of the UMAP
research.

The presentations will be in the form of a 10 minute pitch in a plenary
conference session, just before a break. The presenters will present the topic
and raise relevant questions to stimulate discussion during the breaks.

Submissions should have a maximum length of 4 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions must adhere to the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings
template. A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for UMAP 2019 TOR at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019tor.

The review process will be single blinded, 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 to stimulate discussion on important research questions,
potential contribution to UMAP research and practice, potential impact in
particular use cases, as well as their overall readability.

Papers that exceed the page limits (4 pages for TOR) or do not adhere to
the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of TOR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Theory, Opinion and Reflection papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS CHAIRS

• Jan-Geert Houben, Delft University, The Netherlands (g.j.p.m.houben AT 
tudelft.nl)

• Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA (mobasher AT cs.depaul.edu)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Second Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** SECOND CALL FOR DEMOS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

ACM UMAP 2019 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR)
papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). 

You are encouraged to submit your Demo or LBR by March 16th 2019.


DEMONSTRATIONS

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 to get valuable feedback from the community. Each
demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be
demonstrated, and how.

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 to any
external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub).

Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in
the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published),
submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements
for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2019.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS

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 a 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 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) must adhere to the ACM SIG
Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template.  
A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2019
Demos and Late-Breaking Results at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019_demo-lbr .

The review process will be single blinded, 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 (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR)
or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of demos and LBR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Demo and Late Breaking Results papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS

• Styliani Kleanthous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & RISE LIMITED, Cyprus
(Contact: stellak AT ucy.ac.cy)

• Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia

• Ben Steichen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Last Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST CALL FOR DEMOS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

ACM UMAP 2019 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR)
papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). 

You are encouraged to submit your Demo or LBR by March 16th 2019.


DEMONSTRATIONS

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 to get valuable feedback from the community. Each
demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be
demonstrated, and how.

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 to any
external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub).

Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in
the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published),
submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements
for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2019.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS

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 a 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 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) must adhere to the ACM SIG
Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template.  
A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2019
Demos and Late-Breaking Results at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019_demo-lbr .

The review process will be single blinded, 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 (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR)
or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of demos and LBR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Demo and Late Breaking Results papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS

• Styliani Kleanthous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & RISE LIMITED, Cyprus
(Contact: stellak AT ucy.ac.cy)

• Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia

• Ben Steichen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR DEMOS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

ACM UMAP 2019 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR)
papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). 

You are encouraged to submit your Demo or LBR by March 16th 2019.


DEMONSTRATIONS

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 to get valuable feedback from the community. Each
demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be
demonstrated, and how.

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 to any
external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub).

Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in
the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published),
submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements
for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2019.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS

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 a 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 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) must adhere to the ACM SIG
Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template.  
A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2019
Demos and Late-Breaking Results at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019_demo-lbr .

The review process will be single blinded, 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 (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR)
or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of demos and LBR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Demo and Late Breaking Results papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS

• Styliani Kleanthous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & RISE LIMITED, Cyprus
(Contact: stellak AT ucy.ac.cy)

• Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia

• Ben Steichen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

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[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Last Call for Track Proposals

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Last Call for Track Proposals ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: February 11, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM presents
the latest results and developments in academic and industrial research in
leading areas of Computer Science. The first SOFSEM was organized in 1974,
and it was traditionally located in the Czech and Slovak Republics, before it
started moving to other European locations. In 2017 it was organised in
Ireland, in 2018 in Austria and in 2019 in Slovakia. The 46th edition will be
organised in the sunny Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

SOFSEM consists of Invited Talks by prominent researchers, Contributed
Talks selected from the submitted papers, and the Student Research Forum.
The program is organized in plenary talks and parallel tracks devoted to
original research in contemporary areas of Computer Science. SOFSEM has a
long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial interactions
and is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as a meeting
place for active and leading computer scientists.

SOFSEM is a track based conference. It features the traditional track on
Foundations of Computer Science and a number of other tracks that over the
years have evolved to cover and address contemporary important areas of
Computer Science, such as Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Security, and
Verification, Data Science, Knowledge Engineering, Social Computing and
Human Factors, Software and Web Engineering, etc.

The proceedings of SOFSEM are published in the prestigious ARCoSS
(Advanced Research in Computing and Software Science) subseries of
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

For SOFSEM 2020, the Steering Committee is inviting proposals for
organising tracks. The tracks can be of theoretical or practical nature or a
combination of both. Tracks from industry are particularly welcome. A
proposal should not exceed 3 pages and should include the following items:

a) Title, aim and scope of the proposed track, as well as the list of topics
that the proposed track will address.

b) Rationale for having this track in SOFSEM, including any other similar
events that the proposed track complements or differs from.

c) Names, affiliations and short CVs for the chairs of the proposed track,
demonstrating past relevant experience in organising such tracks or events.

d) Tentative list of names of the Program Committee for the proposed track.

e) A short dissemination plan for the CFP mentioning the forums where the
latter will be posted.

The proposals will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and the General
Chairs, based on the above mentioned criteria. A proposal may be accepted
as is, requested to modify its title and/or topics covered, merged with
another proposed track or rejected. Upon acceptance, the track chairs will
be notified of their exact duties in managing the affairs of their track. The
Steering Committee reserves the right to cancel a track at any moment in
time, if these responsibilities are not dealt with satisfactorily by the track
chairs.

Proposals should be submitted by February 11th, 2019 to the SOFSEM 2020
General Chairs, Yannis Manolopoulos (yannis.manolopoulos AT ouc.ac.cy)
and George A. Papadopoulos (george AT cs.ucy.ac.cy).


IMPORTANT DATES

* Submission of track proposals:   February 11, 2019
* Notification of proposals acceptance or rejection:   February 25, 2019
* Submission of abstracts: July 29, 2019
* Submission of full papers:  August 5, 
2019
* Notification of acceptance for submitted papers:September 30, 2019
* Camera-Ready submission of accepted papers:  October 28, 2019
* Early and author registration deadline:   November 25, 2019
* Conference dates:  January 
20-24, 2020


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, CY
George A, Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY

Steering Committee
Barbara Catania, University of Genova, IT
Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, PL
Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, IE
Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, SK
Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, CZ
Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ, chair
Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Theory, Opinion and Reflection Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 16, 2019


ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. 

Theory, Opinion and Reflection (TOR) are position papers that critically look
at ongoing and emerging research topics, reflections on persistent or
fleeting trends in the field and blue sky future ideas for UMAP research.
They offer an opportunity for discussing thought-provoking work relevant
to the UMAP community, albeit they are not yet ready to be published as a
full length research papers at a refereed conference. They should be of
sufficient quality and relevance to the UMAP community and demonstrate
the ability to spur discussion and debate on the future course of the UMAP
research.

The presentations will be in the form of a 10 minute pitch in a plenary
conference session, just before a break. The presenters will present the topic
and raise relevant questions to stimulate discussion during the breaks.

Submissions should have a maximum length of 4 pages in the ACM SIG
proceedings template.


SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Submissions must adhere to the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings
template. A template can be found at:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.

Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for UMAP 2019 TOR at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2019tor.

The review process will be single blinded, 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 to stimulate discussion on important research questions,
potential contribution to UMAP research and practice, potential impact in
particular use cases, as well as their overall readability.

Papers that exceed the page limits (4 pages for TOR) or do not adhere to
the formatting guidelines will be returned without review.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of TOR papers: March 16th, 2019 
• Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019
• Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 

Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.


PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

Accepted Theory, Opinion and Reflection papers will be published in the
ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings 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. 
This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to
obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the
conference. 

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference
and present the paper there.


THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS CHAIRS

• Jan-Geert Houben, Delft University, The Netherlands (g.j.p.m.houben AT 
tudelft.nl)

• Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA (mobasher AT cs.depaul.edu)

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Final Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FINAL CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SUBMISSIONS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Submissions due: March 1, 2019


ACM UMAP 2019, 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, will, as
in previous issues of the conference series, include a Doctoral Consortium
(DC) Session, which provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore
and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished
researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present
their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive
feedback and advice.

The Doctoral Consortium is implemented as a student mentoring program
that introduces students to senior researchers from the relevant fields.
Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral
research (see below described submission information for further details),
which will be evaluated by the consortium committee.

Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral
Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well-
developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session.
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.


How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium

To apply for the ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium, students are asked
to submit a paper presenting their doctoral research that describes:
•   The problem being addressed.
•   Motivation outlining the relevance of the problem and referring to
related work.
•   The main contributions that the PhD project aims to achieve.
•   The progress made to date (including a clear description of the
proposed approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the
plan for further research.
•   Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2019 key areas.

Each DC submission is encouraged to consider the following: identification
of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation,
application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to
achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, the submissions can
consider: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of
implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental
design.

Each submission should contain a cover page including the paper title, name
of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a
paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together
with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee
to adapt its assistance to each student.

Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Doctoral Consortium
submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019dc

Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the
paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings
template.


ACM UMAP Proceedings

The accepted ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included
in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will
be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student)
must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the
proceedings.


Financial Support

ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Further details
are available on the conference web site:
http://www.cyprusconferences.org/umap2019/pages/supportStudent.html 


Important Dates

• Paper submission: March 1st, 2019
• Notification to authors: March 22nd, 2019
• Camera ready submission: April 3rd, 2019
• ACM UMAP 2019 DC Session: June 11th and 12th, 2019

Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).


Doctoral Consortium Chairs

• Laurens Rook, TU Delft, The Netherlands (l.rook AT tudelft.nl)

• Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (mzanker AT unibz.it)

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[UAI] 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): First Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ***

23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019)

University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019

http://unic.ac.cy/pci2019

*** Submission Deadline: September 10, 2019 ***
*** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS (pending approval) ***


The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University
Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic
Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November
28-30, 2019.

PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among
researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the
latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current,
state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national
competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional
development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to
the following topics:

• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Bio & Nature Inspired Computing
• Blockchain Technologies
• Cloud Computing
• Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy 
• Computational Science 
• Computer & Communication Networks
• CRM & ERP Systems
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Digital Libraries
• Digital Systems
• Distributed Computing
• eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth
• Telecommunication Systems
• Wireless & Mobile Computing
• Learning Technologies
• Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality
• Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing
• Hardware & Architecture
• Embedded Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Image and Video Processing
• Information Retrieval
• Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Information Systems
• Information Theory
• Knowledge Based Systems
• Numerical & Scientific Computation
• Open Source Software
• Operating Systems
• Parallel & Distributed Systems
• Programming Languages
• Signal Processing
• Software Engineering

PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original
content in the following tracks: 

• Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished
results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas
of Computer Science.

• Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results
of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European
level.

• Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions,
success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting
when adopting IT technologies.

Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: 
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair (link to be available on the
conference web site). The submitted research papers and extended abstracts
will be peer-reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of
PCI, originality, significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should
have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere.

The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be
written in that language.

As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for
presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series (pending
approval) and will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted
extended abstracts will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the
conference. At least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is
expected to register, attend the conference and present their contribution.


Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: September 10, 2019
• Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019
• Submission of camera ready papers: October 24, 2019
• Author registration: October 24, 2019


General Chairs

• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus


Program Chairs

• Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus


Local Advisory Committee

• Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia)
• Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus)
• Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus)
• Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia)
• Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus)
• Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus)
• Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus)
• Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Michalis Sirivianos (Cyprus University of Technology)
• Stavros Stavrou (Open University Cyprus)
• Demetris Zeinalipour (University of Cyprus)

[UAI] 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): Second Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ***

23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019)

University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019

http://unic.ac.cy/pci2019

*** Submission Deadline: September 10, 2019 ***
*** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS (pending approval) ***


The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University
Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic
Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November
28-30, 2019.

PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among
researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the
latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current,
state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national
competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional
development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to
the following topics:

• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Bio & Nature Inspired Computing
• Blockchain Technologies
• Cloud Computing
• Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy 
• Computational Science 
• Computer & Communication Networks
• CRM & ERP Systems
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Digital Libraries
• Digital Systems
• Distributed Computing
• eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth
• Telecommunication Systems
• Wireless & Mobile Computing
• Learning Technologies
• Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality
• Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing
• Hardware & Architecture
• Embedded Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Image and Video Processing
• Information Retrieval
• Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Information Systems
• Information Theory
• Knowledge Based Systems
• Numerical & Scientific Computation
• Open Source Software
• Operating Systems
• Parallel & Distributed Systems
• Programming Languages
• Signal Processing
• Software Engineering

PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original
content in the following tracks: 

• Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished
results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas
of Computer Science.

• Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results
of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European
level.

• Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions,
success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting
when adopting IT technologies.

Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: 
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following link:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=pci2019 .
The submitted research papers and extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed
on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of PCI, originality,
significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should have neither
been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere.

The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be
written in that language.

As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for
presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series (pending
approval) and will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted
extended abstracts will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the
conference. At least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is
expected to register, attend the conference and present their contribution.


Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: September 10, 2019
• Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019
• Submission of camera ready papers:   October 24, 2019
• Author registration:October 24, 2019


Organization

General Chairs

• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Program Chairs

• Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Local Advisory Committee

• Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia)
• Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus)
• Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus)
• Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia)
• Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus)
• Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus)
• Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus)
• Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Michalis Sirivianos (Cyprus University of Technology)
• Stavros

[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Second Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Second Call for Papers ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: July 29, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


INVITED SPEAKERS (list incomplete)

• Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission will appear shortly on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages). Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• July 29th, 2019: Submission of abstracts
• August 5th, 2019: Submission of full papers
• September 30th, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
• November 25th, 2019: Camera Ready Papers, registration deadline
• January 20-24, 2020: Conference Dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research Forum Chair
• Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece

Webadmin
• Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Third Call for Papers ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: July 29, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


INVITED SPEAKERS (list incomplete)

• Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission will appear shortly on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages). The submision link is:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sofsem2020 .
Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• July 29th, 2019: Submission of abstracts
• August 5th, 2019: Submission of full papers
• September 30th, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
• November 25th, 2019: Camera Ready Papers, registration deadline
• January 20-24, 2020: Conference Dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research Forum Chair
• Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece

Webadmin
• Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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[UAI] 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS ***

23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019)

University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019

http://unic.ac.cy/pci2019

*** Submission Deadline: September 10, 2019 ***
*** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS (pending approval) ***


The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University
Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic
Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November
28-30, 2019.

PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among
researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the
latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current,
state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national
competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional
development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to
the following topics:

• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Bio & Nature Inspired Computing
• Blockchain Technologies
• Cloud Computing
• Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy 
• Computational Science 
• Computer & Communication Networks
• CRM & ERP Systems
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Digital Libraries
• Digital Systems
• Distributed Computing
• eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth
• Telecommunication Systems
• Wireless & Mobile Computing
• Learning Technologies
• Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality
• Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing
• Hardware & Architecture
• Embedded Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Image and Video Processing
• Information Retrieval
• Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Information Systems
• Information Theory
• Knowledge Based Systems
• Numerical & Scientific Computation
• Open Source Software
• Operating Systems
• Parallel & Distributed Systems
• Programming Languages
• Signal Processing
• Software Engineering

PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original
content in the following tracks: 

• Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished
results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas
of Computer Science.

• Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results
of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European
level.

• Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions,
success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting
when adopting IT technologies.

Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: 
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following link:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=pci2019 .
The submitted research papers and extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed
on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of PCI, originality,
significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should have neither
been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere.

The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be
written in that language.

As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for
presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series (pending
approval) and will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted
extended abstracts will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the
conference. At least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is
expected to register, attend the conference and present their contribution.


Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: September 10, 2019
• Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019
• Submission of camera ready papers:   October 24, 2019
• Author registration:October 24, 2019


Organization

General Chairs

• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Program Chairs

• Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Local Advisory Committee

• Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia)
• Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus)
• Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus)
• Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia)
• Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus)
• Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus)
• Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus)
• Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Michalis Sirivianos (Cyprus University of Technology)
• Stavros

[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): First Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Papers ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: July 29, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


INVITED SPEAKERS (list incomplete)

• Mikolaj Boyanczyk, Poland
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission will appear shortly on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages). Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• July 29th, 2019: Submission of abstracts
• August 5th, 2019: Submission of full papers
• September 30th, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
• November 25th, 2019: Camera Ready Papers, registration deadline
• January 20-24, 2020: Conference Dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research Forum Chair
• Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece

Webadmin
• Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Second Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Second Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/   

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE

Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis;
Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): 
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Regular paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)
• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020
• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: 

[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Last Mile for Paper Submission

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline (full paper): September 2, 2019 (AoE) ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer. Springer will sponsor the
Best Paper Award with €1000)


INVITED SPEAKERS

• Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland
• Ernesto Damiani, UAE
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission are available on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages, including references, etc.). The submision link is:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sofsem2020 .
Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• September 2nd, 2019 (AoE): Submission of full papers
• October 14th, 2019: Notification of acceptance/rejection
• October 28th, 2019: Camera ready papers & author registration
• November 25th: Early (non author) registration
• January 20th - 24th, 2020: Conference dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research Forum Chair
• Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece

Webadmin
• Kyriakos 

[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Last Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Last Call for Papers ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline (abstract first): August 26, 2019 (AoE) ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer. Springer will sponsor the
Best Paper Award with €1000)


INVITED SPEAKERS

• Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland
• Ernesto Damiani, UAE
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission are available on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages, including references, etc.). The submision link is:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sofsem2020 .
Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• August 26th, 2019 (AoE - Anywhere on Earth): Submission of abstracts
• September 2nd, 2019 (AoE): Submission of full papers
• October 14th, 2019: Notification of acceptance/rejection
• October 28th, 2019: Camera ready papers & author registration
• November 25th: Early (non author) registration
• January 20th - 24th, 2020: Conference dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research 

[UAI] 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): Last Mile for Paper Submission

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** LAST MILE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION ***

23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019)

University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019

https://www.unic.ac.cy/pci2019

*** Submission Deadline: September 17, 2019 ***
*** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS ***


The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University
Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic
Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November
28-30, 2019.

PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among
researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the
latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current,
state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national
competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional
development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to
the following topics:

• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Bio & Nature Inspired Computing
• Blockchain Technologies
• Cloud Computing
• Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy 
• Computational Science 
• Computer & Communication Networks
• CRM & ERP Systems
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Digital Libraries
• Digital Systems
• Distributed Computing
• eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth
• Telecommunication Systems
• Wireless & Mobile Computing
• Learning Technologies
• Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality
• Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing
• Hardware & Architecture
• Embedded Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Image and Video Processing
• Information Retrieval
• Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Information Systems
• Information Theory
• Knowledge Based Systems
• Numerical & Scientific Computation
• Open Source Software
• Operating Systems
• Parallel & Distributed Systems
• Programming Languages
• Signal Processing
• Software Engineering

PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original
content in the following tracks: 

• Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished
results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas
of Computer Science.

• Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results
of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European
level.

• Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions,
success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting
when adopting IT technologies.

Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: 
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template .

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following link:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=pci2019 .
The submitted research papers and extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed
on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of PCI, originality,
significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should have neither
been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere.

The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be
written in that language.

As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for
presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series and
will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted extended abstracts
will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the conference. At
least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is expected to register,
attend the conference and present their contribution.


Invited Speakers

• Professor George Chrysanthou
• Professor George Giaglis


Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: September 17, 2019
• Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019
• Submission of camera ready papers:   October 24, 2019
• Author registration:October 24, 2019


Organization

General Chairs

• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Program Chairs

• Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Local Advisory Committee

• Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia)
• Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus)
• Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus)
• Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia)
• Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus)
• Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus)
• Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus)
• Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus)
• Michalis

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE

Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis;
Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): 
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


IMPORTANT DATES

• Regular paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)
• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020
• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 

[UAI] 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Fourth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Fourth Call for Papers ***

46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and
Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020)

Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

January 20-24, 2020

http://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/

*** Submission Deadline: August 26, 2019 ***

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


INVITED SPEAKERS (list incomplete)

• Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland
• Erol Gelenbe, UK
• Gunnar Klau, Germany
• Elias Koutsoupias, UK

SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference
devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was
organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent
researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of
the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and
parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas.

SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial
interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as
a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a
track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of
computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary
important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security,
verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and
human factors, software and web engineering, etc. 

The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the
conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four
tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows:

Foundations of Computer Science
• Algorithms and data structures
• Automata and formal languages 
• Complexity theory
• Computability theory
• Cryptography and security
• Graphs and networks 
• Machine learning
• Non-classical models of computing
• Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory
• Theory of programming languages

Foundations of Software Engineering
• Methods and tools for improved software processes
• Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems
• Requirements Engineering
• Model-based software engineering methods and tools
• Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools
• Methods and tools for software engineering applications
• Empirical Software Engineering

Foundations of Data Science
• Data Models and Query Languages
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Query Processing and Optimization
• Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management
• Data Semantics and Linked Data
• Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data
• Web- and Graph-based Data
• Probabilistic and Uncertain Data
• Information Extraction and Retrieval
• Data Privacy, Security, and Trust

Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology
• Alignment and assembly of sequences
• Biological networks
• Cancer genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Gene expression
• Phylogenetics
• Sequence analysis
• System biology


PAPER SUBMISSION

Detailed guidelines for submission will appear shortly on the conference
web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/). Papers must be
submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12
pages). The submision link is:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sofsem2020 .
Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process.


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. 


IMPORTANT DATES

• August 26th, 2019: Submission of abstracts
• September 2nd, 2019: Submission of full papers
• October 14th, 2019: Notification of acceptance/rejection
• October 28th, 2019: Camera ready papers & author registration
• November 25th: Early (non author) registration
• January 20th - 24th, 2020: Conference dates


ORGANISATION

General Chairs
• Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Steering Committee
• Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
• Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland
• Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair

Tracks and Track Chairs
• Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar
• Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus
• Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece
• Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy
and Florian Sikora, France

Student Research Forum Chair
• Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece

Webadmin
• Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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uai 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Posters and Demos

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Posters and Demos ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in
Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be
held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus.

RCIS 2020 features a posters & demos track to showcase prototypes and new
research ideas in Information Science. This track provides a forum for
researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with
conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite
two types of submissions:

• Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements
for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe
completed work, they should report on research for which at least some
preliminary results are available.

• Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and
display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research
work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas.


TOPICS OF INTEREST

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in the
Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense, including
machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning, automation,
agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc. RCIS
welcomes posters and demos submissions from any domain of Information
Science. The list of interested topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale


RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE

Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis;
Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file
with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines)
including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6
pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been
accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will
not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. Authors are invited to submit
their proposal in English. The submission site address is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020
where you can choose “ RCIS2020 Posters & Demos ”.

Poster Presentation
Authors of accepted posters will receive an opportunity to complete a short
oral presentation during the posters and demos session. Well-crafted posters
will tell the story well by themselves, but authors of posters are expected to
be available to describe and discuss the work presented in the poster during
the session.

The poster dimensions will be of A0 type, that is 84 cm by 119 cm (33” by
47”), with poster content mounted on rectangular poster board we will
provide. The layout may consist of several individual sheets of paper or a
monolithic large sheet.

Demos Presentation
Authors of accepted demos will have a chance to present their material to
conference attendees during the posters and demos session. Authors of
demonstrations are expected to be available to present, describe and discuss
the work behind the tool/prototype during 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Third Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Third Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE

Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis;
Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


SPECIAL ISSUE

A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS’20, chosen by a dedicated
committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper 
to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Third Joint Call for Tutorials, DC, Posters and Demos

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Third Joint Call for Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium,
Posters and Demos ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in
Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be
held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are
organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callPapers.php ):

• Information Systems and their Engineering
• User-Oriented Approaches
• Data and Information Management
• Business Process Management
• Domain-specific IS Engineering
• Data Science
• Information Infrastructures
• Reflective Research and Practice


IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS

• Submission deadline for all paper types: February 14, 2020 (AoE)
• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020
• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Conference: May 20-22, 2020


TUTORIALS

Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a
topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters
should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice
graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers.
Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.

The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in
sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other
conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees’ conference
fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the
listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them.

Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 ).
Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 ), where you choose
"RCIS2020 Tutorials".

Instructions on the structure of a tutorial proposal can be found online:
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/tutorials.php .

Tutorial Chairs
• Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students
to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary
workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral
Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback
received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have
defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who
still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all
stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and
widen their network of contacts.

The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:
• Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other
peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. 
• Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future
research directions.
• Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a
spirit of collaborative research and networking.
• Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other
researchers.

Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with
their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the
online call: http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callDoctoral.php .

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student
only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including
references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020
where you can choose "RCIS2020 Doctoral Consortium".

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
• Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
• Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands


POSTERS AND DEMOS

The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas
in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and
practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and
obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions:

• Posters are intended to convey a 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Fourth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Fourth Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


SPECIAL ISSUE

A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS’20, chosen by a dedicated
committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper 
to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering).
The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores
and arguments, 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Fifth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Fifth Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


SPECIAL ISSUE

A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS’20, chosen by a dedicated
committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper 
to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering).
The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores
and arguments, 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Second Joint Call for Tutorials, DC, Posters and Demos

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Second Joint Call for Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium,
Posters and Demos ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in
Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be
held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are
organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callPapers.php ):

• Information Systems and their Engineering
• User-Oriented Approaches
• Data and Information Management
• Business Process Management
• Domain-specific IS Engineering
• Data Science
• Information Infrastructures
• Reflective Research and Practice


IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS

• Submission deadline for all paper types: February 14, 2020 (AoE)
• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020
• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Conference: May 20-22, 2020


TUTORIALS

Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a
topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters
should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice
graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers.
Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.

The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in
sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other
conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees’ conference
fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the
listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them.

Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 ).
Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 ), where you choose
"RCIS2020 Tutorials".

Instructions on the structure of a tutorial proposal can be found online:
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/tutorials.php .

Tutorial Chairs
• Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students
to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary
workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral
Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback
received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have
defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who
still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all
stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and
widen their network of contacts.

The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:
• Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other
peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. 
• Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future
research directions.
• Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a
spirit of collaborative research and networking.
• Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other
researchers.

Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with
their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the
online call: http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callDoctoral.php .

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student
only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including
references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020
where you can choose "RCIS2020 Doctoral Consortium".

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
• Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
• Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands


POSTERS AND DEMOS

The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas
in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and
practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and
obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions:

• Posters are intended to convey a 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Tutorials

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Tutorials ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Tutorial submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)


RCIS has become a well-recognised conference on research challenges in
Information Science. Organised for the fourteenth time in a row, RCIS 2020
will be held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. 

Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a
topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters
should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice
graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers.
Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.

The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in
sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other
conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees’ conference
fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the
listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them.


TOPICS OF INTEREST

RCIS 2020 is focused on Information Science in the Days of Artificial
Intelligence. This topic aims to study Artificial Intelligence in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc.

Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2020, the conference welcomes tutorial
submissions from any domain of Information Science. The list of interested
topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale


INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages. They must include: 

1. A title; 

2. A 150 words abstract.

3. Expected background of the attendees.

4. Learning objectives.

5. Structure of Contents/activities, description of how they support the
learning objectives, and how they will be presented to the attendees
including a timetable that clearly indicates how the interaction with the
audience will develop over time (tutorials should be of 90 minutes).

6. A concise description of material(s) that will be provided to attendees.
Special requirement/equipment you may request for the presentation of the
tutorial (subject to approval of the organizers). Additional materials relevant
to the tutorial that you would like to share prior to the conference.

7. Value of the tutorial for the attendees.

8. A short bio of the presenter(s).

9. A history of the tutorial: has this tutorial (or any derived version of it)
already been given? If so, detail where and when, and how it was received.
Proven track record has to be balanced with the innovative aspect of the
tutorial. 

In preparing your proposal, you are encouraged to include some creative
techniques for teaching and learning. Any teaching approach that ensures
active interaction would be greatly appreciated by the RCIS audience. We
encourage you to craft a tutorial that can deliver high quality content in an
enjoyable way. 

Please also consider including printed or online take away material for
attendees. For example, templates, checklists, frameworks, etc. that
attendees can employ in their own settings. 

We finally encourage authors to optionally include a 1 or 2 minutes video of
the speakers, or a few example slides, teasing their tutorial. 

By submitting a tutorial proposal, authors implicitly agree that they will 
indeed
attend the conference to deliver the tutorial. 

Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020), where you choose
“Tutorial paper”.


IMPORTANT DATES

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Doctoral Consortium

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Doctoral Consortium ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
user modelling, behavioural analytics, etc.

The RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students
to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary
workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral
Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback
received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have
defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who
still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all
stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and
widen their network of contacts.

The main scope and topics of the Doctoral Consortium are the same as those
of the main conference. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum
of the Information Science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is
not limited to, Information Systems and their Engineering, Data and
Information Management, Domain-specific IS Engineering, Information
Infrastructures, User-Oriented Approaches, Business Process Management,
Data Science, Reflective Research and Practice (see the call for papers of RCIS
2020 for more detail).


OBJECTIVES

The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:
• Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other
peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. 
• Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future
research directions.
• Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a
spirit of collaborative research and networking.
• Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other
researchers.

The Doctoral Consortium is organised in sessions that are part of the RCIS
2020 conference programme.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with their
supervisors, addressing the following instructions. Please bear in mind that
we are not prescribing a specific structure of sections; we just expect that you
cover these topics in the paper:
• Introduce the field of research and identify the main challenges.
• Formulate the research questions and objectives, justifying why they were
chosen.
• Outline the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state
of existing solutions.
• Sketch the research methodology that is being applied.
• Describe the proposed solution and the results achieved so far.
• State how the suggested solution is different from or better than existing
approaches.
• Indicate the issues still to be resolved and describe the next steps that are
planned.

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student
only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including
references, appendices, etc. Papers that have already been accepted or are
currently under review for other conferences, workshops or journals will not
be considered for publication at the RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium. So,
while we can accept certain overlap with other papers, we discourage re-
submissions and double submissions.

Authors of accepted submissions will submit the camera-ready version using
the same format as the initial submission (some additional instructions might
be issued at this stage). The reviewers’ comments shall be taken into account
in the camera-ready paper. Only papers that have been presented by their
author will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors will receive
information on the presentation, and how to register for the conference.
There will be a discounted registration fee for Doctoral Consortium students.

The accepted papers will be published in a Springer LNBIP volume, along with
the other papers accepted for RCIS 2020. This will give visibility to the work
of the doctoral 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Sixth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Sixth Call for Papers ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020
Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in
the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense,
including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,
automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing,
etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main
conference.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will
register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper
in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author
within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020.


SPECIAL ISSUE

A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS’20, chosen by a dedicated
committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper 
to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering).
The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores
and arguments, 

[UAI] 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Fourth Joint Call for Tutorials, DC, Posters and Demos

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Fourth Joint Call for Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium,
Posters and Demos ***

14th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus

http://rcis-conf.com/

Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in
Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be
held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are
organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callPapers.php ):

• Information Systems and their Engineering
• User-Oriented Approaches
• Data and Information Management
• Business Process Management
• Domain-specific IS Engineering
• Data Science
• Information Infrastructures
• Reflective Research and Practice


IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS

• Submission deadline for all paper types: February 14, 2020 (AoE)
• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020
• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020
• Conference: May 20-22, 2020


TUTORIALS

Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a
topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters
should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice
graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers.
Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.

The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in
sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other
conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees’ conference
fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the
listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them.

Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 ).
Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020 ), where you choose
"RCIS2020 Tutorials".

Instructions on the structure of a tutorial proposal can be found online:
http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/tutorials.php .

Tutorial Chairs
• Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students
to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary
workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral
Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback
received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have
defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who
still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all
stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and
widen their network of contacts.

The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:
• Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other
peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. 
• Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future
research directions.
• Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a
spirit of collaborative research and networking.
• Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other
researchers.

Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with
their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the
online call: http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2020/callDoctoral.php .

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 .
Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student
only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including
references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020
where you can choose "RCIS2020 Doctoral Consortium".

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
• Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
• Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands


POSTERS AND DEMOS

The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas
in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and
practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and
obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions:

• Posters are intended to convey a 

[UAI] 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021): Second Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Second Call for Papers ***

15th International Conference on
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021)

Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus

May 12-14, 2021, Limassol, Cyprus

http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/ 

Abstract submission deadline (recommended): January 15, 2021 (AoE)
Paper submission deadline: January 22, 2021 (AoE)

(Proceedings to be published by Springer)


SCOPE AND TOPICS

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and
practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide
opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2021 will
continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition,
we solicit submissions aligned with the special theme “Information Science
and global crisis". Global crisis, as the pandemic we are experiencing in
these days, natural disasters, wars and international political crisis, are
challenging Information Science to help building effective management
solutions, to learn from previous experience how to prevent them, and to
support Humans keep on performing core activities, as education, and
communication. The diversity of crises’ causes, the quality of the collected
data as well as the complexity of the underlying mechanisms are among the
relevant research challenges.

RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information
science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Testing
• Information Security and Risk
• Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches
• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
• User-Centred Design
• Collaborative Computing
• Human Factors in Information Systems 

Data and Information Management
• Databases and Information
• Information Search and Discovery
• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies

Business Process Management
• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering
• Process Mining
• Enterprise Engineering

Domain-specific IS Engineering
• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, …
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Industry 4.0
• Web-Based Applications and Services
• Smart Cities  
• Educational Technologies
• Digital Humanities

Data Science
• Big Data & Business Analytics
• Decision Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Discovery from Data

Information Infrastructures
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Web Information Systems
• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice
• Research Methodologies in Information Science
• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
• Lifecycle Models
• Design Science and Rationale

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos and Research Projects
@RCIS tracks will complement the main conference.


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference
proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
 

 .
Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for
other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS
2021. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the
following categories:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that
are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution
paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and
results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them
in follow-up research. 

Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem
situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical
proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. 

Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer)
thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice,
elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on
industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall
provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and
explain the lessons learned.

Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant
preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These
papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a
preliminary evaluation of a technique.

Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, 
appendices, etc.

The submission site is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2021 
 .

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least