Call for Papers The 13th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT’23) WICT 2023 Theme: ICT in the Generative AI World December 14-15, 2023 Onsite and On the World Wide Web http://www.mirlabs.org/wict23/ Onsite Venues: Olten, Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi Paper submission deadline: September 30, 2023 ABOUT WICT 2023 After the success of the 12th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2022), we are organizing WICT 2023 to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the…

Call for Unpublished Work for Meta-Analysis on Human-like Chatbot Characteristics https://sosci.iwm-tuebingen.de/callforunpublishedwork/ Submission deadline: September 15, 2023 Dear colleagues, As part of my dissertation project, I am currently conducting a meta-analysis on the impact of human-like characteristics of text-based chatbots on user-related outcomes. Human-like characteristics refer to verbal (e.g., conversational style), visual (e.g., human-like picture), or chronemic (e.g., dynamic response times) social cues. User-related outcomes include variables that refer to users’ attitudes, perceptions, positive or negative affect, the user-chatbot relationship, trust, or user behavior. Specifically, I want to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the overall effect of human-like…

[Note: Use the ‘Language’ link at the journal’s website to find out more about Enrahonar.  –Matthew] CALL FOR PAPERS: Monograph: “Current narratives in digital society: Disinformation, fake news and ethical-political dynamics” For the Journal Enrahonar-Quaderns de Filosofia, an international journal of theoretical and practical reason Guest editors: Miguel Palomo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Walter Federico Gadea Aiello (Universidad de Huelva) Submission deadline: March 31, 2024 Please submit your paper through OJS: https://revistes.uab.cat/enrahonar Fake news, infodemic, deepfakes, hoaxes, post-truth, conspiracy theories… are all notions that have begun to form a part of the range of terminology needed to explain the reality…

CALL FOR PAPERS 7th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI) at the 22nd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2023) November 6 – 9, 2023 Rome, Italy NL4AI Workshop: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ AIxIA 2023: http://www.aixia2023.cnr.it/ IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline:  September 11, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance:  September 29, 2023 Camera-ready version deadline:  October 9, 2023 Workshop (at AIxIA 2023):  November 6 – 9, 2023 INTRODUCTION: The goal of the NL4AI workshop is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities…

Call for Papers “Transformational Experiences. The Role of Immersive Arts and Media in Individual and Societal Change” An issue of AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images Edited by Federica Cavaletti and Katrin Heimann https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/anicon/announcement/view/826 Submission deadline: December 15, 2023 We live in times of humanitarian and environmental crises. The effects of climate change add to the economic, physical, and mental suffering caused by social discrimination (e.g. gender, class, and race inequalities), while ultimately not only affecting those lowest in the power structure. These crises are unlikely to be resolved with technology alone – as post-work society and similar frameworks encourage to…