Call for Papers – Gamification Application and Technologies Workshop
WorldCIST’21 – 9th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies
Azores, Portugal
March,30 to April, 2
http://www.worldcist.org/index.php/64-1st-workshop-on-gamification-application-and-technologies-gat-2021
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Scope
WorldCist’21 – 9th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, to be held in Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal, 30-31 March to 1-2 April 2021, is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.
The 1st Workshop on Gamification Application and Technologies (GAT 2021) is focused on an emergent topic: gamification. Gamification can be seen as the art of engaging users on some specific goal. These goals range from a simple fuel meter that allows the driver to know his cheapest rides, to complex software tools, used to engage students in their education process or to motivate company collaborators to achieve the organization’s goals. In the last few years, gamification is being used everywhere, reinforcing user’s attitudes which, in turn, generate positive results in a specific process. Despite its apparent plethora of benefits, the unbalanced use of its main mechanics can end up in catastrophic results for a company or institution. At the same time, gamification is currently seen as the savior for all problems, but there is a lack of knowledge of what it is, leading to its unregulated and ad hoc use without any prior planning. The main goal of this workshop is to sha!
re, discuss and evaluate different approaches and issues faced in integrating games into business and education contexts, and what tools are available or being developed for supporting this methodology. This workshop will be targeted not just to the technologic support of gamification, but also on its methodologies and psychological studies. It will be valuable for practitioners, researchers, and teachers.
Topics
The main areas covered in this workshop include, but are not limited to:
– AI, ML, and Chatbots for Gamification
– Application of software-based gamification to novel areas
– Applied Gamification (in Human Resources, Marketing, Health, Education and other domains)
– Best practices for Gamification UI standardization
– Big data and gamification
– Educational Computer Games
– Game data standardization and interoperability
– Game Design Principles, mechanics, and elements
– Gamification within the industry
– New concepts and techniques in gamification design and development
– Open-source gamification tools and libraries
– Organizational issues when implementing gamification
– Player behavior modeling
– Reports on development and evaluation of innovative gamified software
– Strategies to implement Gamification in LMS
Submission and Paper Format
Submissions must be of one of two types:
-Full paper: Finished and consolidated R&D works. These papers are assigned a 10-page limit;
-Short paper: Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results open to discussion. These papers are assigned a 7-page limit.
Submitted papers must comply with the format of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series (see Instructions for Authors at Springer Website or download a DOC example) be written in English, must not have been published before, not be under review for any other conference, workshop or publication and not include any information leading to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’ names, affiliations, and bibliographic references should not be included in the version for evaluation by the Program Committee. This information should only be included in the camera-ready version, saved in Word or Latex format, and also in PDF format. These files must be accompanied by the Publication form filled out, in a ZIP file, and uploaded at the conference management system.
All papers will be subjected to a “double-blind review” by at least two/three members of the Program Committee of the specific workshop. The version of papers for evaluation by the Program Committee, saved in PDF format, must not include identification, e-mail, and affiliation of the authors. This information must only be available in the camera-ready version of accepted papers, saved in Word or Latex format, and also in PDF format. These files must be accompanied by the Consent to Publish form filled out, in a ZIP file, and uploaded at the conference management system.
Full and short papers accepted and registered will be published in Proceedings by Springer, will be submitted for indexation by ISI, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, and DBLP, among others, and will be available in the SpringerLink Digital Library. The authors of the best-selected papers will be invited to extend them for publication in renowned international journals indexed by ISI, SCOPUS, and DBLP (see WorldCIST conference website for more details).
Best papers:
– The best papers will be invited to submit an extender version to Scimago Journal special issue
Workshop Submissions:
– https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=worldcistworkshops2021
Important Dates
-Deadline for paper submission: November 30th, 2020 (it can be extended)
-Notification of paper acceptance: December 23rd, 2020
-Deadline for final versions and conference registration: January 2nd, 2021
-Workshop / Conference dates: March 30th – April 2nd, 2021
Best regards,
GAT Workshop Organizing Committee
[rede.APPIA] Deadline Extension: EvoApps Special Session on Evolutionary Machine Learning
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NEWS: Due to a large number of requests for late submissions, the EvoStar submission sites will stay open until Friday, November 19, after which no further submissions will be accepted. Authors who have already submitted, can update their work until this time. ——————————————————– Call for papers EvoApps Special Session on Evolutionary Machine Learning
www.evostar.org/2021/evoapps/eml/
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Following the success of the 2020 event, the 2nd Special Session on Evolutionary Machine Learning (EML) of EvoApps will provide a specialized forum of discussion and exchange of information for researchers interested in exploring approaches that combine nature and nurture, with the long-term goal of evolving Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Giving response to the growing interest in the area, and consequent advances of the state-of-the-art, the special session covers theoretical and practical advances on the combination of Evolutionary Computation (EC) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: – EC as an ML technique: Using EC to solve typical ML tasks such as Classification or Clustering – EC applied ML algorithms: Neuroevolution, Feature Selection, Feature Engineering, Evolutionary Adversarial Models – ML applied to EC: Surrogate-model design by ML for EC, Learning Problem Structure, ML for Diversity, Designing Search Strategies, Predicting Promising Regions, Using ML to Decrease Computational Effort – Real world applications issues: EC for Fairness, Robustness, Trustworthiness and Explainability; Green EML – Emerging topics: EC for AutoML; EC for Transfer Learning; EC for Multitasking; Evolving Learning Functions, Neurons and Linkage; EC for Verification and Validation of ML
Important Dates Submission deadline: 19 November 2020 Evo*: 7-9 April 2021
Submission details: Submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. They will be peer reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing process will be double-blind, so please omit information about the authors in the submitted paper. Submit your manuscript in Springer LNCS format and provide up to five keywords in your Abstract.
Page limit: 16 pages
Submission link: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evo2021
Organizers
Penousal Machado Wolfgang Banzhaf
evo2021_flyer_v2_extended_deadline_02_11_2020.pdf[rede.APPIA] Machine Learning in Smart Mobility (MLSM @ IDEAL 2020)
[rede.APPIA] DaSSWeb – Data Science and Statistics Webinar – Carlos Soares 3 Novembro
DaSSWeb – Data Science and Statistics Webinar
Dia 3 de Novembro, 3a feira, 14:30h
Orador: Carlos Soares Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS & FEUP
Título: Discovering a Taste for the Unusual: Exceptional Models for Preference Mining
Link Zoom: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/83912288480
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[rede.APPIA] IEEE/ACM/ASA DSAA’2021: CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
====================================================================== IEEE/ACM/ASA DSAA’2021 CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
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Important Dates —————————————————————————— * Special Session Proposal Due:30 November 2020 * Special Session Proposal Notification:15 December 2020 * Special Session Paper Submission Deadline:23 May 2021 * Special Session Paper Notification: 25 July 2021
The DSAA conference series —————————————————————————— * Strong Research track and Applications track. * Student Poster and Industry Poster sessions highlighting students’ research advances and industry’s best practices. * One-day Industry Day with Data Science School for business * Special sessions on the foundations and emerging areas for data science. * Special panel on the trends and controversies of data science and analytics * A strong interdisciplinary research program spanning the areas of data science, including statistics, machine learning, computing, and analytics. * Strong cross-domain interactions among researchers and industry and government policy-makers and practitioners. * Industry and research exhibits. * Technically sponsored and supported by IEEE CIS, ACM SIGKDD and ASA * EI indexed proceedings, hosted at IEEEXplore
More on this year’s DSAA:https://dsaa2021.dcc.fc.up.pt
About DSAA Special Sessions —————————————————————————— DSAA Special Sessions are an important part of the main conference program. They bring together researchers, industry experts, practitioners and potential users who are interested in cultivating specialized and important aspects of data science and analytics.
DSAA Special Sessions are intended to promote EMERGING data science research areas that are not well established and covered in the main conference tracks, while featuring much higher quality, integrity and impact of presentations than classic workshops typically hosted in all major conferences. The same evaluation criteria and quality level apply as for the main conference, but the papers must adhere to the area of the special session they are submitted to, and the reviewers are experts in that area.
Many real world challenges call for interdisciplinary solutions and a dialog of cultures. In DSAA 2021, we particularly encourage proposals for special sessions that promote such a dialog, e.g. on statistics and data mining, pattern recognition and statistics, data mining and simulation.
We welcome proposals that promote a more intensive interaction between different communities and proposals that promote cooperation to solve interdisciplinary problems. Proposals on special sessions on how interdisciplinary data science can make the world stronger against disease outbreaks are strongly encouraged.
Thus, special sessions might focus on:
a) topics on the border of data science research area, b) advanced topics within the data science research area, or c) specific application areas for data science.
Special Session Proposal Submission and Review —————————————————————————— Proposals for hosting special sessions at DSAA 2021 are welcome. The proposals must address:
(1) Title (2) Aims and scope (3) Topics of interest (4) Relevance to the DSAA main conference tracks and topics (5) Organizers (6) Past special sessions or relevant experiences or track records (7) Potential committee members (8) Potential invited speakers
For each organizer in (5), provide name, affiliation, country, email and a short biographical sketch, describing relevant qualifications and experience; identify at least one organizer as the contact person.
For (6), list any special session or relevant events (e.g., workshops) the organizers have organized in recent years in DSAA or other major conferences; for each, list the year, the conference, number of submissions, number of papers accepted, number of participants, etc.
For (7), give a list of qualified committee members who would be invited.
For (8), please provide the names of one or two authoritative speakers that could open the special session, and that can deliver a comprehensive overview of the topic of interest.
Special session proposals will be reviewed based on the above criteria and quality of the proposals as well as their relationship to the main conference topics. Preference may be given to timely topics that are critical for data science and analytics, inspire highly interactive discussions, and showcase the impact of data science and analytics.
Proposers are encouraged to give an estimation of the number of submissions they expect.
Special Session Organization, Paper Submission and Review —————————————————————————— Once a special session proposal has been accepted, its organizers should widely publicize the session for calling for papers.
Papers for a special sessionshould be submitted to the special session track instead of the main conference, but using the same submission system.
Special session papers strictly follow the same specifications, requirements and policies as the main conference submissions in terms of the paper submission deadline, notification deadline, paper formatting and length, and important policies.
Reviewing of the submissions in each special session is coordinated by the special session organizers, and is fully aligned to the main conference evaluation process. In particular:
* All papers submitted to special sessions will be double-blind reviewed * Organizers of each special session will recommend program committee members(PCMs)to the DSAA Program Chairs and Special SessionsChairs. * Approved PCMs will be invited by the conference Special Session Chairs into the submission system for each Special Session; a reviewer is allowed toserve as PCM in more than one Special Session. * Papers will be assigned to appropriatePCMs by the Special Session organizers for review. * Special Session organizers will make recommendations of acceptance/rejection for papers in their sessions, which will be double-checked by the conference Special Session Chairs.
To guarantee uniform quality control for all special sessions and to be consistent with the main conference, the final decisions of special session paper acceptance/rejection are made by the DSAA Program Chairs.
Proceedings, Indexing and Special Issues —————————————————————————— All accepted full-length special session papers will be published by IEEE in the DSAA main conference proceedings under its Special Session scheme. All papers will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEEXplore Digital Library. The conference proceedings will be submitted for EI indexing through INSPEC by IEEE.
Organizers of Special Sessionsmay additionally arrange for special issues to further publish the extended journal versions of the papers. Several past special sessions have published special issues with the International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (JDSA, Springer).
General Inquiries and Submission —————————————————————————— Special session proposals should be submitted to the DSAA 2021 Special Session chairs atsessions-dsaa2021@dsaa.co
Specific enquiries about a Special Session should be submitted to the session organizers, who are advised to set up a joint email address, once their proposal is accepted.
Carlos Ferreira
ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto – PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail@isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt
[rede.APPIA] DaSSWeb – Data Science and Statistics Webinar – Bernardo Marques 16 Outubro
DaSSWeb – Data Science and Statistics Webinar
Dia 16 de Outubro, 15:00h
Orador: Bernardo Marques FEP, Univ. Porto & Católica Porto Business School
Título: Using clustering ensemble to identify banking business models
Link Zoom: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/89184028924
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