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Fwd: [WI] Call for Papers: Special Session on KR & Machine Learning(KR2021)
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WI] Call for Papers: Special Session on KR & Machine Learning(KR2021) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 09:51:25 +0700 From: Hồng Thơm Đinh Thị <thomdth(a)eaut.edu.vn> Reply-To: Hồng Thơm Đinh Thị <thomdth(a)eaut.edu.vn> To: agents(a)cs.umbc.edu Call for Papers: Special Session on KR & Machine Learning (KR2021) 18th Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR2021) November 6-12, 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de <https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de> ------------------ Important Dates ------------------ Submission of title and abstract: March 24, 2021 Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2021 Author response period: May 24-26, 2021 Notification: June 15, 2021 Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2021 Conference dates: November 6-12, 2021 ----------- Description ----------- Over the last two decades, Machine Learning (ML) has made incredible progress and become very effective at solving specific tasks while being robust across many experimental learning applications. Deep learning, statistical (relational) learning, reinforcement learning and logic-based and/or probabilistic learning are among the many ML approaches that are witnessing such advancements. On the other hand, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) has continued to be at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research providing solutions for explicit declarative representation of knowledge and knowledge-based inference, which have theoretical and practical relevance in many aspects of AI as well as in new emerging fields outside AI. The synergy between these two areas of AI has the potential to lead to new advancements on the foundations of AI that offer novel insights into open fundamental challenges including, but not limited to, learning symbolic generalizations from raw (multi-modal) data, using knowledge to facilitate data-efficient learning, supporting interpretability of learned outcomes, federated multi-agent learning and decision making. This year, for the second time, KR2021 will host a special session on "Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning". This special session aims at providing researchers and industrial practitioners with a dedicated forum for presentation and discussion of new ideas, research experience and emerging results on topics related to computational learning and symbolic knowledge representation and reasoning. This special session provides the opportunity for fostering meaningful connections between researchers from these two main areas of AI and, at the same time, offering the possibility to learn about progress made on these topics, share their own views and learn about approaches that could lead to effective cross-fertilization among research in ML and KR and new innovative solutions to key AI research challenges. ---------------------- Expected contributions ---------------------- The Special Session on KR and ML at KR2021 invites submissions of papers across KR and ML on advancements in one of these areas for the purpose of addressing open research challenges in the other, integration of computational learning and knowledge representation and reasoning, and the application of combined KR and ML approaches to solve real-world problems, including case studies and benchmarks. We welcome papers on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: -- Learning ontologies and knowledge graphs -- Learning action theories -- Learning common-sense knowledge -- Learning spatial and temporal theories -- Learning preference models -- Learning causal models -- Learning tractable probabilistic models -- Probabilistic reasoning and learning -- Graphical models for knowledge representation and reasoning -- Reasoning and learning over knowledge graphs -- Logic-based learning algorithms -- Neural-symbolic learning -- Interplay between logic & neural and other learning paradigms (e.g., logics for reasoning about neural networks, embedding of logical reasoning in neural paradigms) -- Statistical relational learning -- Multi-agent learning -- Machine learning for efficient knowledge inference -- Symbolic reinforcement learning -- Learning symbolic abstractions from unstructured data -- Machine-learning-driven reasoning algorithms -- Explainable AI -- Transfer learning -- Multi-agent learning -- Expressive power of learning representations -- Knowledge-driven natural language understanding and dialogue -- Knowledge-driven decision making -- Knowledge-driven intelligent systems for internet of things and cybersecurity -- Application of knowledge-driven ML to question answering and story understanding -- Application of knowledge-driven ML to Robotics -------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria --------------------------------------------- The special session emphasizes KR and ML, and welcomes contributions that extend the state of the art at the intersection of KR and ML. Therefore, KR-only or ML-only submissions will not be accepted for evaluation in this special session. Submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed by PC members who are active in KR and ML. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their technical contribution, including criteria such as originality, soundness, relevance, significance, quality of presentation, and understanding of the state of the art. In this special session, the selection process of the highest quality papers will apply the following criteria: * Importance and novelty of using knowledge representation and reasoning to advance machine learning, or novelty of using machine learning solutions to advance knowledge representation and reasoning. * Applicability of the proposed solutions in real-world. * Reusability of datasets, case studies and benchmarks for systems and/or application papers. * Proved theoretical or empirically demonstrated practical advancement of the proposed solution with respect to baseline pure KR or ML approaches. ------ Chairs ------ Vaishak Belle (University of Edinburgh, UK) Luc De Raedt (KU Leuven, Belgium) -- Hong Thom *International Training and Cooperation **Institute* *East Asia University of Technology* *Add: Polyco Group Building, Tran Huu Duc St, Nam Tu Liem Dist, Ha Noi* *Mobile: + 84 939411986* Website:https://duhoc.eaut.edu.vn/# <https://duhoc.eaut.edu.vn/#> Email: esa(a)eaut.edu.vn <mailto:esa@eaut.edu.vn>; thomdth(a)eaut.edu.vn <mailto:thomdth@eaut.edu.vn>; -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)lists.kit.edu Administrator: wi-request(a)lists.kit.edu Konfiguration: https://www.lists.kit.edu/wws/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: Special Issue on "RECENT TRENDS ON DIGITAL TWIN", Connection Science, Taylor & Francis
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: Special Issue on "RECENT TRENDS ON DIGITAL TWIN", Connection Science, Taylor & Francis Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 00:14:04 +0000 From: Editorial Manager <journaleditorialmanager(a)outlook.com> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Special Issue: "RECENT TRENDS ON DIGITAL TWIN" https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/connection-science-recent… Connection Science https://www.tandfonline.com/ccos20 Digital Twins play a significant part in the advanced manufacturing sector in the design, monitoring, development, and control of products. It is the logical evolution and convergence of a vast number of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, wireless networking, sensor technology, cloud analytics, artificial intelligence, data processing, virtual and augmented visualization of information. It has been recognized as one of the primary key elements of Industry 4.0, in which the significant effort to integrate all manufacturing aspects to secure smooth control and communication across tasks, machinery, and industrial process management. The Digital Twins reflect graphical representations of assigned physical systems that use on-board sensors, the best computational models, and other input data to provide probabilistic predictions of present or prospective circumstances. A Digital Twin is a multi-dimensional, multi-level to capture the complexity of a physical system and requires regular periodic updates to previous forecasts acquired data. The scope of the Digital Twin concept is expected to result in differing application details in combination with different missions from government and industry entities. This topic is intended to illustrate these distinctions and parallels, as well as how various organizations should complement each other and explain the possible factors based on recent advancements in the digital twin. The special issue will include a combined contribution to the development of quantitative uncertainty, health monitoring modules, sensing, computational modeling, and others in recognition of future reliability assurance in structural industrial dynamics based on digital twins. All this provides significant possibilities for industry, technology, financial, legal, and ethical problems. As interactions with the digital twins increase the data collection, which includes personal data, in which protection has become a significant and more challenging issue. Topics of interest for the special issue include, but not limited to, the following: * Theory and modeling of digital twins * Digital Twins technology that enables artificial intelligence, sensors, cloud and cloud computing * Blueprint for digital twins * Internet of Things and standardization of Digital Twins * Cybersecurity * Application areas for digital twins including manufacturing, health care, smart cities, finance, and education * The experience of digital twins with practical applications * The role of digital twins in the digital process * Digital twins in Healthcare * Physical overlapping and digital twins * As independent entities, instances of digital twins * Personal Digital Twins * Virtual digital twins * Legal and social problems * Aspects of security * Cyber physical system and its importance based on digital twins ** Manuscript deadline: 05 May 2021 (HARD) ** Manuscript Preparation and Submission Authors should follow the guidelines in "Information for Authors": https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journ… Guest Editor(s) Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India Seungmin (Charile) Rho, Sejong University, Korea Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University, Australia Contact Information For more information, please contact Dr. Neeraj Kumar, email: neeraj.kumar.in(a)ieee.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CfP: Special Issue on Blockchain and Secure CriticalInfrastructure (BSCI)
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: Special Issue on Blockchain and Secure CriticalInfrastructure (BSCI) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 16:54:29 -0600 From: Raymond Choo <raymond.choo(a)fulbrightmail.org> To: aisworld-request(a)lists.aisnet.org, aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org *Special Issue on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI)* https://www.journals.elsevier.com/blockchain-research-and-applications/call… In this special issue, we seek to explore how we can utilize blockchain techniques to secure our nation’s critical infrastructure, by facilitating an open dialogue and serving as a platform to solicit and publish state-of-the-art advances from academia, industry, and government. This special issue is also associated with The Third ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI 2021), which is held in conjunction with The 16th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM ASIACCS 2021). Topic of interest include, but not limited to: · Attacks / vulnerabilities of existing blockchain-based approaches in critical infrastructure · Blockchain applications in 6G networks · Challenges associated with the implementation of blockchain-based solutions in critical infrastructure (e.g., architecture, functionality, workflows, availability, scalability, security, privacy) · Cryptographic primitives, including post-quantum primitives, for blockchain · Impact on business models (change of existing business models, emergence of new business models, disruptive business models, etc.) · Smart contracts in intelligent control systems · Security and privacy challenges associated with applications of blockchain in critical infrastructure · Future applications of blockchain in critical infrastructure (e.g., finance, insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy sector, education, transportation, media production, and government) Articles that provide a comprehensive review and critique of blockchain applications in critical infrastructure are also welcome. Manuscript Preparation and Submission Authors should follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the Blockchain: Research and Applications: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/blockchain-research-and-applications/. All manuscripts should be submitted in electronic form through Editorial Manager web site: https://www.editorialmanager.com/bcra/default.aspx, and select: BSCI on the system. Important Dates · Submission Deadline: June 1st, 2021 · First Round of Reviews: August 15th, 2021 · Second Round of Reviews: November 15th, 2021 · Final Decisions: December 15th, 2021 · Publications: First Quarter 2022 Guest Editors · Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, raymond.choo(a)fulbrightmail.org · Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, gaikeke(a)bit.edu.cn _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] JAIS 22(1) 2021
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] JAIS 22(1) 2021 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 22:51:47 +0000 From: Leidner, Dorothy <Dorothy_Leidner(a)baylor.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The Journal of the Association for Information Systems is pleased to announce the contents of the Jan-Feb issue of 2021. Editorial Editorial Reflections: Looking Back on 2020<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/10> Dorothy E. Leidner Research Articles Online Child Sexual Exploitation: A New MIS Challenge<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/9> by Dionysios Demetis and Jan Kietzmann Why Are Women Underrepresented in the American IT Industry? The Role of Explicit and Implicit Gender Identities<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/8> by Alexander Serenko and Ofir Turel The Impact of Helping Others in Coopetitive Crowdsourcing Communities<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/7> by Indika Dissanayake, Sridhar Nerur, Jingguo Wang, Mahmut Yasar, and Jie Zhang Unpacking the Difference Between Digital Transformation and IT-Enabled Organizational Transformation<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/6> by Lauri Wessel, Abayomi Baiyere, Roxana Ologeanu-Taddei, Jonghyuk Cha, and Tina Blegind Jensen The Dynamics of Architecture-Governance Configurations: An Assemblage Theory Approach<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/5> by Ole Hanseth and Juan Rodon Modol Design Principles for Robust Fraud Detection: The Case of Stock Market Manipulations<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/4> by Michael Siering, Jan Muntermann, and Miha Grčar Empowerment of Grassroots Consumers: A Revelatory Case of a Chinese Fintech Innovation<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/3> by Tianhui Tan, Ying Zhang, Cheng Suang Heng, and Chunmian Ge The Impact of Animated Banner Ads on Online Consumers: A Feature-Level Analysis Using Eye Tracking<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/2> by Weiyin Hong, Muller Y. M. Cheung, and James Y. L. Thong Mitigating the Security Intention-Behavior Gap: The Moderating Role of Required Effort on the Intention-Behavior Relationship<https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol22/iss1/1> bu Jeffrey Jenkins; Alexandra Durcikova; and Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 20:11:39 +0000 From: Dennehy, Denis <denis.dennehy(a)nuigalway.ie> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The 20th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society I3E2021 Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society 1st – 3rd September 2021 NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland www.I3E2021.com<http://www.i3e2021.com/> AI, analytics, and ICT in general, create opportunities and unintended or negative consequences for individuals and society (cf. Ransbotham et al., 2016; Majchrzak et al., 2016). These opportunities and consequences have not been evenly distributed. Despite the many personal, economic, and societal benefits offered by AI and analytics, its use raises a variety of ethical concerns. Ethics permeates the entire analytics process, from what data to use, to how to represent the extracted knowledge and exploit the insights to create economic and social value. Ethical concerns (i.e. illegitimate surveillance, invasion of privacy, unemployment, malicious use etc.) are frequently used to portray AI and analytics as ‘a danger to humanity’. These concerns warrant the attention of the academic community who are in a privileged position within society to raise awareness about the responsible design, implementation and use of AI, analytics, and ICT. At the same time, AI and analytics has opened new domains of exclusion and privilege for some, leaving some individuals and communities excluded from the digitised society. For example, digital exclusion is part of the overall challenge of exclusion, a growing phenomenon which carries with it a series of deteriorations in life paths (i.e. poor lifelong earnings and an increased risk of marginalisation). There are many who are currently excluded for reasons of low income and education, location, culture, trust and confidence levels or various disabilities (European Commission). Success in the increasingly digitised society requires a comprehensive approach to fostering an ethical and inclusive society. The 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society aims to bring together contributions from a variety of perspectives, disciplines and communities for the advancement of knowledge regarding Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society. To this end, we invite scholars, practitioners and research students to submit and present their papers and findings to the 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society to be held in September 2021 at NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. Theoretical and empirical papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Submission Guidelines Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Special Issues (SI) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper for fast track review and publication with the following ABS ranked journals (see website for cfp). * Information Systems Frontiers * International Journal of Information Management * Journal of Decision Systems Important Dates: * Submission date: 28th February 2021 * Notification to authors: 31st March 2021 * Camera ready submission: 30th April 2021 * Early bird registration: 10th May 2021 Conference Chairs * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Conference Co-Chairs * Yogesh, K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Pre-Conference Doctoral Symposium (31st August) PhD candidates can submit a brief proposal (max 5 pages) to the Doctoral Symposium. No extra fees included. Details available on the conference website. Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs * Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Cleopatra Bardaki, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Program Co-chairs and Co-editors of Conference Proceedings * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Yogesh K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway Topics of Submission Papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Areas of interest include, amongst others, the following themes: General Conference Theme * Societal impact of AI, analytics and current or emerging technologies or technological trends, e.g. IoT, robotics, smart cities, blockchain * Dark-side of AI and analytics * Innovations in AI and analytics * AI and the future of work * Ethical issues related to AI and analytics * The role of AI and analytics in social inclusion/exclusion and educational (in)equality * Strategies (e.g. best practices, policies, and governance mechanisms) for addressing the unintended consequences of AI and analytics * Implications of collaborative analytics in a digitised society Information Systems * Sentiment analytics * Software analytics * Social media analytics * Big data analytics * ICTs for enabling smart cities * Ethics and CSR issues related to AI and analytics * Smart infrastructure management * National digital and Internet policy * Cyber security * Blockchain * Digital ecosystems * Public policy for digital transformation * Inter-organisation information systems * Application of AI and analytics to address societal challenges * Leveraging AI and analytics for social innovation and entrepreneurship * Organisational learning and innovation from AI and analytics * Human computer interaction (HCI) * Smart AI, analytics, and ICT adoption studies * Smart transportation and mobility * Smart urbanisation and living * Supply chain management * Information dissemination * Analysis of user generated content * Open data initiatives * Digital inclusion * Business Intelligence * Learning analytics * e-Learning organisational issues * Gamification * Educational systems design * Virtual learning environments Ransbotham, S., Fichman, R.G., Gopal, R. and Gupta, A., 2016. Special section introduction—ubiquitous IT and digital vulnerabilities. Information Systems Research, 27(4), pp.834-847. Majchrzak, A., Markus, M.L. and Wareham, J., 2016. Designing for digital transformation: Lessons for information systems research from the study of ICT and societal challenges. MIS Quarterly, 40(2), pp.267-277. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 17:03:24 +0000 From: Dennehy, Denis <denis.dennehy(a)nuigalway.ie> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The 20th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society I3E2021 Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society 1st – 3rd September 2021 NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland www.I3E2021.com<http://www.i3e2021.com/> AI, analytics, and ICT in general, create opportunities and unintended or negative consequences for individuals and society (cf. Ransbotham et al., 2016; Majchrzak et al., 2016). These opportunities and consequences have not been evenly distributed. Despite the many personal, economic, and societal benefits offered by AI and analytics, its use raises a variety of ethical concerns. Ethics permeates the entire analytics process, from what data to use, to how to represent the extracted knowledge and exploit the insights to create economic and social value. Ethical concerns (i.e. illegitimate surveillance, invasion of privacy, unemployment, malicious use etc.) are frequently used to portray AI and analytics as ‘a danger to humanity’. These concerns warrant the attention of the academic community who are in a privileged position within society to raise awareness about the responsible design, implementation and use of AI, analytics, and ICT. At the same time, AI and analytics has opened new domains of exclusion and privilege for some, leaving some individuals and communities excluded from the digitised society. For example, digital exclusion is part of the overall challenge of exclusion, a growing phenomenon which carries with it a series of deteriorations in life paths (i.e. poor lifelong earnings and an increased risk of marginalisation). There are many who are currently excluded for reasons of low income and education, location, culture, trust and confidence levels or various disabilities (European Commission). Success in the increasingly digitised society requires a comprehensive approach to fostering an ethical and inclusive society. The 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society aims to bring together contributions from a variety of perspectives, disciplines and communities for the advancement of knowledge regarding Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society. To this end, we invite scholars, practitioners and research students to submit and present their papers and findings to the 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society to be held in September 2021 at NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. Theoretical and empirical papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Submission Guidelines Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Special Issues (SI) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper for fast track review and publication with the following ABS ranked journals (see website for cfp). * Information Systems Frontiers * International Journal of Information Management * Journal of Decision Systems Important Dates: * Submission date: 28th February 2021 * Notification to authors: 31st March 2021 * Camera ready submission: 30th April 2021 * Early bird registration: 10th May 2021 Conference Chairs * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Conference Co-Chairs * Yogesh, K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Pre-Conference Doctoral Symposium (31st August) PhD candidates can submit a brief proposal (max 5 pages) to the Doctoral Symposium. No extra fees included. Details available on the conference website. Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs * Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Cleopatra Bardaki, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Program Co-chairs and Co-editors of Conference Proceedings * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Yogesh K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway Topics of Submission Papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Areas of interest include, amongst others, the following themes: General Conference Theme * Societal impact of AI, analytics and current or emerging technologies or technological trends, e.g. IoT, robotics, smart cities, blockchain * Dark-side of AI and analytics * Innovations in AI and analytics * AI and the future of work * Ethical issues related to AI and analytics * The role of AI and analytics in social inclusion/exclusion and educational (in)equality * Strategies (e.g. best practices, policies, and governance mechanisms) for addressing the unintended consequences of AI and analytics * Implications of collaborative analytics in a digitised society Information Systems * Sentiment analytics * Software analytics * Social media analytics * Big data analytics * ICTs for enabling smart cities * Ethics and CSR issues related to AI and analytics * Smart infrastructure management * National digital and Internet policy * Cyber security * Blockchain * Digital ecosystems * Public policy for digital transformation * Inter-organisation information systems * Application of AI and analytics to address societal challenges * Leveraging AI and analytics for social innovation and entrepreneurship * Organisational learning and innovation from AI and analytics * Human computer interaction (HCI) * Smart AI, analytics, and ICT adoption studies * Smart transportation and mobility * Smart urbanisation and living * Supply chain management * Information dissemination * Analysis of user generated content * Open data initiatives * Digital inclusion * Business Intelligence * Learning analytics * e-Learning organisational issues * Gamification * Educational systems design * Virtual learning environments Ransbotham, S., Fichman, R.G., Gopal, R. and Gupta, A., 2016. Special section introduction—ubiquitous IT and digital vulnerabilities. Information Systems Research, 27(4), pp.834-847. Majchrzak, A., Markus, M.L. and Wareham, J., 2016. Designing for digital transformation: Lessons for information systems research from the study of ICT and societal challenges. MIS Quarterly, 40(2), pp.267-277. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] ACM UMAP 2021: Second Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] ACM UMAP 2021: Second Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 08:17:39 +0000 From: Oana Inel <O.Inel(a)tudelft.nl> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org <AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org> — Apologies for cross-posting — 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2021) Utrecht, Netherlands, and Online June 21-25, 2021 https://www.um.org/umap2021/ CALL FOR WORKSHOPS Important Dates: Proposals due: January 15, 2021 Notification to proposers: January 29, 2021 Workshop Day(s): June TBA, 2021 Submission email: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> ACM UMAP 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. ACM UMAP is 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. 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. Information about Hybrid Conference Format ACM UMAP 2021 is planned to be a hybrid event, which welcomes everyone who is willing, able and allowed to travel in Utrecht, the Netherlands. However, there will also be an opportunity to attend the conference and the workshops online. Please check the conference website for updates: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ Workshops can therefore be held by the presenters at Utrecht (with synchronous online streaming), or designed as fully virtual workshops. The workshops will most probably be scheduled to start in the mornings or evenings local time (UTC+1). Workshop Format In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: • Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement • Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes • Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation • Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics. • Joint panels for different workshops Instructions for Proposers Workshop proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should be 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 • Requested duration (half day or full day) • Proposed workshop format (e.g. hybrid or fully virtual) • 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 Submission and Review Process Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF by email to: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. Schedule • Proposal submission: January 15, 2021 • Notification of proposal acceptance: January 29, 2021 • Send the workshop description & website URL: February 15, 2021 • (Suggested) 1st call for papers: February 20, 2021 • (Suggested) 2nd call for papers: March 2, 2021 • (Suggested) paper submission: March 26, 2021 • (Suggested) notification to authors: April 19, 2021 • Workshop summary camera-ready deadline: May 7, 2021 • Workshop papers camera-ready deadline: May 7, 2021 • Workshop Date: June TBA, 2021 Proceedings and Registration Policy Workshop papers will be included in the Adjunct Proceedings published by ACM. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted workshop paper must register for the conference or the workshop and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed to students who present a student paper. A "Workshop/Tutorial Only” fee will be available as well. CALL FOR TUTORIALS Important Dates: Proposals due: January 15, 2021 Notification to proposers: January 29, 2021 Tutorial Day: June TBA, 2021 Submission email: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> ACM UMAP 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be given in conjunction with the conference. ACM UMAP is 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, Tutorials are intensive instructional sessions aimed to provide a comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of interest for the UMAP community. Information about Hybrid Conference Format ACM UMAP 2021 is planned to be a hybrid event, which welcomes everyone who is willing, able and allowed to travel in Utrecht, the Netherlands. However, there will also be an opportunity to attend the conference and the tutorials online. Please check the conference website for updates: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ Tutorials can therefore be held by the presenters at Utrecht (with synchronous online streaming), or designed as fully virtual tutorials. The tutorials will most probably be scheduled to start in the morning or evening local time (UTC+1). Tutorial Topics 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, human-robot interaction 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 Instructions for Proposers 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. Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should contain the following information: • Title and abstract of the tutorial for inclusion on the ACM UMAP 2021 website (200 words maximum) • Tutorial description: • learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2021 • targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills • a brief outline of the tutorial structure • Information about potential practical sessions • Tutorial length: full (6 hours) or half day (3 hours) • 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 • Proposed tutorial format (hybrid or fully virtual) • Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of the tutorial instructor(s), indicating previous training and speaking experience Submission and Review Process Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF by email to: umap2021-workshop(a)um.org<mailto:umap2021-workshop@um.org> All proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs. The features that will be evaluated are: • ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations of UMAP research • clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description • organization, as appearing from the outline • background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the target topics Timeline • Proposals due: January 15, 2021 • Notification of acceptance: January29, 2021 • Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 7, 2021 • Tutorial Day: June TBA, 2021 Proceedings and Registration Policy A “Workshop/Tutorial Only” fee will be available, as well as the option for student registration. Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Berardina Nadja De Carolis, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy berardina.decarolis(a)uniba.it<mailto:berardina.decarolis@uniba.it> Dietmar Jannach, University of Klagenfurt, Austria dietmar.jannach(a)aau.at<mailto:dietmar.jannach@aau.at> _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 17:25:30 +0000 From: Dennehy, Denis <denis.dennehy(a)nuigalway.ie> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The 20th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society I3E2021 Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society 1st – 3rd September 2021 NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland www.I3E2021.com<http://www.i3e2021.com/> AI, analytics, and ICT in general, create opportunities and unintended or negative consequences for individuals and society (cf. Ransbotham et al., 2016; Majchrzak et al., 2016). These opportunities and consequences have not been evenly distributed. Despite the many personal, economic, and societal benefits offered by AI and analytics, its use raises a variety of ethical concerns. Ethics permeates the entire analytics process, from what data to use, to how to represent the extracted knowledge and exploit the insights to create economic and social value. Ethical concerns (i.e. illegitimate surveillance, invasion of privacy, unemployment, malicious use etc.) are frequently used to portray AI and analytics as ‘a danger to humanity’. These concerns warrant the attention of the academic community who are in a privileged position within society to raise awareness about the responsible design, implementation and use of AI, analytics, and ICT. At the same time, AI and analytics has opened new domains of exclusion and privilege for some, leaving some individuals and communities excluded from the digitised society. For example, digital exclusion is part of the overall challenge of exclusion, a growing phenomenon which carries with it a series of deteriorations in life paths (i.e. poor lifelong earnings and an increased risk of marginalisation). There are many who are currently excluded for reasons of low income and education, location, culture, trust and confidence levels or various disabilities (European Commission). Success in the increasingly digitised society requires a comprehensive approach to fostering an ethical and inclusive society. The 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society aims to bring together contributions from a variety of perspectives, disciplines and communities for the advancement of knowledge regarding Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society. To this end, we invite scholars, practitioners and research students to submit and present their papers and findings to the 20th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society to be held in September 2021 at NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. Theoretical and empirical papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Submission Guidelines Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Special Issues (SI) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper for fast track review and publication with the following ABS ranked journals (see website for cfp). * Information Systems Frontiers * International Journal of Information Management * Journal of Decision Systems Important Dates: * Submission date: 28th February 2021 * Notification to authors: 31st March 2021 * Camera ready submission: 30th April 2021 * Early bird registration: 10th May 2021 Conference Chairs * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Conference Co-Chairs * Yogesh, K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Pre-Conference Doctoral Symposium (31st August) PhD candidates can submit a brief proposal (max 5 pages) to the Doctoral Symposium. No extra fees included. Details available on the conference website. Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs * Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Cleopatra Bardaki, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Program Co-chairs and Co-editors of Conference Proceedings * Denis Dennehy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Anastasia Griva, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland * Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece * Yogesh K Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK * Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland * Ilias Pappas, University of Agder & NTNU, Norway Topics of Submission Papers employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or critical methods are welcomed. Areas of interest include, amongst others, the following themes: General Conference Theme * Societal impact of AI, analytics and current or emerging technologies or technological trends, e.g. IoT, robotics, smart cities, blockchain * Dark-side of AI and analytics * Innovations in AI and analytics * AI and the future of work * Ethical issues related to AI and analytics * The role of AI and analytics in social inclusion/exclusion and educational (in)equality * Strategies (e.g. best practices, policies, and governance mechanisms) for addressing the unintended consequences of AI and analytics * Implications of collaborative analytics in a digitised society Information Systems * Sentiment analytics * Software analytics * Social media analytics * Big data analytics * ICTs for enabling smart cities * Ethics and CSR issues related to AI and analytics * Smart infrastructure management * National digital and Internet policy * Cyber security * Blockchain * Digital ecosystems * Public policy for digital transformation * Inter-organisation information systems * Application of AI and analytics to address societal challenges * Leveraging AI and analytics for social innovation and entrepreneurship * Organisational learning and innovation from AI and analytics * Human computer interaction (HCI) * Smart AI, analytics, and ICT adoption studies * Smart transportation and mobility * Smart urbanisation and living * Supply chain management * Information dissemination * Analysis of user generated content * Open data initiatives * Digital inclusion * Business Intelligence * Learning analytics * e-Learning organisational issues * Gamification * Educational systems design * Virtual learning environments Ransbotham, S., Fichman, R.G., Gopal, R. and Gupta, A., 2016. Special section introduction—ubiquitous IT and digital vulnerabilities. Information Systems Research, 27(4), pp.834-847. Majchrzak, A., Markus, M.L. and Wareham, J., 2016. Designing for digital transformation: Lessons for information systems research from the study of ICT and societal challenges. MIS Quarterly, 40(2), pp.267-277. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Announcing the publication of volume 12 issue 4 of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI)
by Gustaf Neumann 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Announcing the publication of volume 12 issue 4 of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 04:18:21 +0000 From: Nah, Fiona <nahf(a)mst.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Announcing the Publication of Volume 12 Issue 4 of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI) (http://https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/) THCI is ranked "A" in the 2019 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List - https://abdc.edu.au/research/abdc-journal-list/. THCI would like to announce the 2019 Best Paper Award and Best Reviewer Award, which were determined based on nominations from the THCI advisory board and senior editors. THCI would also like to recognize the 2019 Senior Editor of the Year based on outstanding contributions in both handling a high number of papers and providing excellent developmental guidance to manuscript authors. 2019 THCI BEST PAPER AWARD The 2019 THCI Best Paper Award goes to Renata Santiago Walser, Isabella Seeber, and Ronald Maier for their paper entitled "Designing a Digital Nudge for Convergence: The Role of Decomposition of Information Load for Decision Making and Choice Accuracy" published in issue 3 of volume 11. You can access this paper at https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol11/iss3/5/. 2019 THCI BEST REVIEWER AWARD The 2019 THCI Best Reviewer Award goes to Mengyao Fu at City University of Hong Kong. 2019 THCI SENIOR EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD The 2019 THCI Senior Editor of the Year Award goes to Torkil Clemmensen at Copenhagen Business School. Congratulations to Renata Santiago Walser, Isabella Seeber, Ronald Maier, Mengyao Fu, and Torkil Clemmensen! We hope to continue to receive the best work from the community and thank our advisory board, senior editors, and editorial board members for their continuing support and service. ===================================================================================== The December 2020 issue of THCI comprises one regular paper and four papers on the theme of a special edition on AI fairness, trust, and ethics (i.e., an editorial/introduction to the special edition followed by three papers on the special edition theme). One other paper on the special edition theme will appear in the next issue in March 2021. The regular paper entitled "Sustaining Patient Engagement: The Role of Health Emotion and Personality Traits in Patient Portal Continuous Use Decision" by Murad Moqbel, Mohammed Sajedur Rahman, Sunyoung Cho, and Barbara Hewitt is a regular paper that examined the influence of health emotion and personality traits on patient portal continuous use. The introduction to the special edition theme on AI fairness, trust, and ethics is co-authored by the co-editors, Lionel P. Robert Jr., Gaurav Bansal, Nigel Melville, and Thomas Stafford, who have produced an outstanding edition. The first paper on the special issue theme is entitled "On Implementing Ethical Principles in Design Science Research" and is co-authored by Ivo Benke, Jasper Feine, John R. Venable, and Alexander Maedche. They reviewed ethical principles and their implementation in design science research and introduced the concept of ethical design science research process models. The second paper on the special issue theme is ent itled "Trust in 'Trust-free' Digital Networks: How Inter-firm Algorithmic Relationships Embed the Cardinal Principles of Value Co-Creation" and is authored by Arindam Das. It identifies and analyzes factors influencing firms' adoption of algorithmic relationships in smart contracts for value co-creation. In the third paper of the special issue theme entitled "Exploring the Intersection of the Digital Divide and Artificial Intelligence: A Hermeneutic Literature Review" by Lemuria Carter, Dapeng Liu, and Caley Cantrell, the authors conducted a hermeneutic literature review, synthesized three theoretical framings at the intersection between the digital divide and AI, and provided a socio-technical framework for addressing the AI divide. Finally, the last paper of the special issue theme which will be published in the next issue in March 2021 is entitled "Understanding the Effect of Task Complexity on Automation Potential and Opacity: Implications for Algorithmic Fairness" and is co-aut hored by M. Vimalkumar, Agam Gupta, Divya Sharma, and Yogesh K. Dwivedi. Given that most of the literature uses a generic notion of algorithms and overlooks the specificity of different algorithms and the typicality of the tasks that they perform, the authors analyzed how variations in complexity of tasks contribute to differences in their automation potential and opacity resulting from their automation. They provided a framework for assessing the likelihood of fairness concerns arising from differences in task complexity along with recommendations for affordances that can help address fairness issues. You can download the papers from this issue at https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/ or the direct links provided below. You can also download papers in THCI by visiting the AIS E-Library (http://aisel.aisnet.org/) or the journal website at http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/. ============ In this issue (Volume 12, Issue 4) ============ Paper 1 (Introduction to the special edition on AI fairness, trust, and ethics): Robert, L. P., Gaurav, B., Melville, N. & Stafford, T. (2020). Introduction to the special issue on AI fairness, trust, and ethics. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), pp. 172-178. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00134 Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/1/ Abstract: It is our pleasure to welcome you to this AIS Transactions on Human Computer Interaction special issue on artificial intelligence (AI) fairness, trust, and ethics. This special issue received research papers that unpacked the potential, challenges, impacts, and theoretical implications of AI. This special issue contains four papers that integrate research across diverse fields of study, such as social science, computer science, engineering, design, values, and other diverse topics related to AI fairness, trust, and ethics broadly conceptualized. This issue contains three of the four papers (along with a regular paper of the journal). The fourth or last paper of this special issue is forthcoming in March 2021. We hope that you enjoy these papers and, like us, look forward to similar research published in AIS Transactions on Human Computer Interaction. Paper 2 (which is a regular paper that is not part of the special edition): Moqbel, M., Rahman, M. S., Cho, S., & Hewitt, B. A. (2020). Sustaining Patient Engagement: The Role of Health Emotion and Personality Traits in Patient Portal Continuous Use Decision, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), pp. 179-205. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00135 Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/2/ Abstract: Healthcare providers increasingly rely on technology, such as patient portals, for asynchronous communication with their patients. Even though clinicians have increasingly adopted patient portals to enhance healthcare quality and reduce cost, few patients continue to use this technology. In this paper, we investigate the effect that individuals' health emotion and personality traits as measured using the five-factor model (FFM) have on patients' intention to continually use patient portals through the lens of emotional dissonance theory. We collected survey data from 187 patients at a major medical center in the Midwestern United States. After we analyzed the data using structural equation modeling, we found that the final model explained 40 percent of the variance in intention to continue to use. Our results suggest that whether individuals continue to use technology depends on their reactions to technology in which health emotions and personality traits play a crucial part. Additio nally, health emotion modifies the effect that personality traits have on patients' intention to continue to use a patient portal. Our study provides healthcare organizations with an integrated view of patient portal use behavior and shows that individual personality traits and health emotion may increase sustainable patient enrollment and engagement. Paper 3: Benke, I., Feine, J., Venable, J. R., & Maedche, A. (2020). On Implementing of Ethical Principles in Design Science Research. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), pp. 206-227. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00136 Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/3/ Abstract: Technological innovations raise axiological questions such as what is right or wrong, good and bad, and so on (i.e., ethical considerations). These considerations have particular importance in design science research (DSR) projects since the developed artifacts often actively intervene into human affairs and, thus, cannot be free from value. To account for this fact, Myers and Venable (2014) proposed six ethical principles for DSR in order to support researchers to conduct ethical DSR. However, ethical principles per se-and the ethical DSR principles that Myers and Venable propose-have an abstract nature so that they can apply to a broad range of contexts. As a consequence, they do not necessarily apply to specific research projects, which means researchers need to contextualize them for each specific DSR project. Because doing so involves much challenge, we explore how contemporary DSR publications have dealt with this contextualization task and how they implemented the six ethical principles for DSR. Our results reveal that DSR publications have not discussed ethical principles in sufficient depth. To further promote ethical considerations in DSR, we argue that both DSR researchers and reviewers should be supported in implementing ethical principles. Therefore, we outline two pathways toward ethical DSR. First, we propose that researchers need to articulate the next generation of ethical principles for DSR using prescriptive knowledge structures from DSR. Second, we propose extending established DSR conceptualizations with an ethical dimension and specifically introduce the concept of ethical DSR process models. With this work, we contribute to the IS literature by reviewing ethical principles and their implementation in DSR, identifying potential challenges hindering efforts to implement ethics in DSR, and providing two pathways towards ethical DSR. Paper 4: Das, A. (2020). Trust in "Trust-free" Digital Networks: How Inter-firm Algorithmic Relationships Embed the Cardinal Principles of Value Co-Creation. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), pp. 228-252. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00137 Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/4/ Abstract: In this exploratory research, I develop new knowledge on trust in inter-firm cooperation that leverages recent technologies such as blockchain and the Internet of things in a digital platform ecosystem. In a digital network, advanced algorithms govern and shape inter-firm business processes. While such algorithms introduce efficiency in inter-firm business processes, their limitations, especially their apparent lack of transparency, may affect the key trust dimensions (i.e., reliability, fairness, and goodwill) in the relationships among the participating firms. I introduce algorithmic relationship, a label that embeds the concepts of smart contracts in inter-firm cooperation. Algorithmic relationships involve autonomous and semi-autonomous implementations of smart contracts in all lifecycle stages of inter-firm cooperation. By analyzing extant literature on trust, inter-firm cooperation, business model innovation, and digital platforms, I demonstrate how various factors influence wh ether firms adopt smart contracts: perceptions about other participants' trustworthiness, participants' own propensity to trust, participants' shared goals and resource embeddedness in the network, perceived risks in inter-firm interactions, and complexity and time criticality of inter-firm interactions. Taking a temporal perspective, I also recognize the present lacunae with smart contracts from various perspectives (algorithm development, algorithm implementation, algorithm governance, and the availability of appropriate legal resources in the event that disputes occur) and demonstrate how these drawbacks impede shared value creation. Paper 5: Carter, L., Liu, D., & Cantrell, C. (2020). Exploring the Intersection of the Digital Divide and Artificial Intelligence: A Hermeneutic Literature Review. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), pp. 253-275. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00138 Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol12/iss4/5/ Abstract: Given the rapid advancements in information communication technology (ICT), researchers and practitioners need to understand the impact that emerging phenomena, such as artificial intelligence (AI), have on existing social and economic challenges. We conducted a hermeneutic literature review to present the current state of the digital divide, developments in AI, and AI's potential impact on the digital divide. We propose three theoretical framings: 1) conceptualizing the divide, 2) modeling the divide, and 3) analyzing the divide. These framings synthesize the digital divide's essence in relation to AI and provide the foundation for a socio-technical research agenda for the digital divide in light of the evolving phenomena of AI. =========================== Call for Papers - Special Issue on Fake News and Deception (due: January 31, 2021) =========================== We welcome submissions for a special issue of THCI on Fake News and Deception (http://web.mst.edu/~nahf/cfp.pdf) that is co-edited by Dov Te'eni, Shuk Ying (Susanna) Ho, and Jean-Gregoire Bernard. This call for papers invites submissions that address compelling issues around the fake news and deception phenomena related to the behavior of online users and information consumers on the Internet. It seeks a wide range of research in topics, theory, perspectives, and levels of analysis affected. It welcomes a diversity of methods: qualitative, quantitative, experimental, archival, and design science. The co-editors for the special issue encourage pure HCI-related IS research as well as inter-disciplinary research with partners from journalism, communication, psychology, sociology, political science, and other disciplines. =========================== Call for Papers - Regular Papers =========================== THCI is one of the journals in the AIS (Association for Information Systems) e-library at http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci. THCI is a high-quality peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on Human-Computer Interaction. As an AIS journal, THCI is oriented to the Information Systems community, emphasizing HCI/UX applications in business, managerial, organizational, and cultural contexts. However, it is open to all related communities that share intellectual interests in HCI phenomena and issues. The editorial objective is to enhance and communicate knowledge about the interplay among humans, information, technologies, and tasks in order to guide the development and use of human-centered Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and services for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. To increase awareness and readership, THCI is still freely available to the public, which is beneficial to the authors and the community. You can find information related to all aspects of THCI at its website (http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci), including how to submit manuscripts for publication consideration. We would like to thank the AIS Council (http://www.aisnet.org/) for its continued support of the journal. And, as always, we are happy to announce that we have published the journal on time for every issue, and are building a strong case for a solid impact factor when released by SSCI and Scopus in the near future. The quality of THCI is affirmed by its inclusion as an "A" journal in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) journal quality list. Topics of interest to THCI include but are not limited to the following: * Behavioral, cognitive, motivational and affective aspects of human and technology interaction * User task analysis and modeling; fit between representations and task types * Digital documents/genres; human information seeking and web navigation behaviors; human information interaction; information visualization * Social media; social computing; virtual communities * Behavioral information security and information assurance; privacy and trust in human technology interaction * User interface design and evaluation for various applications in business, managerial, organizational, educational, social, cultural, non-work, and other domains * Integrated and/or innovative approaches, guidelines, and standards or metrics for human centered analysis, design, construction, evaluation, and use of interactive devices and information systems * Information systems usability engineering; universal usability * Impact of interfaces/information technology on people's attitude, behavior, performance, perception, and productivity * Implications and consequences of technological change on individuals, groups, society, and socio-technical units * Software learning and training issues such as perceptual, cognitive, and motivational aspects of learning * Gender and information technology * The elderly, the young, and special needs populations for new applications, modalities, and multimedia interaction * Issues in HCI education The language for the journal is English. The audience includes international scholars and practitioners who conduct research on issues related to the objectives of the journal. The publication frequency is quarterly: 4 issues per year to be published in March, June, September, and December. The AIS Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI, http://sighci.org/) is the official sponsor of THCI. ==================================================================== Please visit the links above or the links from our AIS THCI home page (http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/) for details on special issue calls. Please continue to check the AIS THCI home page (http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/) to see what is brewing! If you have an idea for a special issue, please drop us a line any time. Sincerely, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Editor-in-Chief Gregory D. Moody, Managing Editor ======================================================== Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ph.D. Editor-in-chief, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction Professor of Business & Information Technology Missouri University of Science and Technology 101 Fulton Hall 301 W 14th Street Rolla, MO 65409 Tel: 573-341-6996 Email: nahf(a)mst.edu URL: http://people.mst.edu/faculty/nahf/ _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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