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Call for particiapation to HHAI2022
by Pernisch, R. (Romana) 24 May '22

24 May '22

Call for participation at HHAI2022 Workshops 13-14. June 2022 Main Conference 14.-17. June 2022 Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI) is the first international conference focusing on the study of Artificial Intelligent systems that cooperate synergistically, proactively and purposefully with humans, amplifying instead of replacing human intelligence. HHAI aims for AI systems that assist humans and vice versa, emphasizing the need for adaptive, collaborative, responsible, interactive and human-centered intelligent systems that leverage human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses, while taking into account social, ethical and legal considerations. This field of study is driven by current developments in AI, but also requires fundamentally new approaches and solutions. In addition, we need collaboration with areas such as HCI, cognitive and social sciences, philosophy & ethics, complex systems, and others. In this first international conference, we invite scholars from these fields to participate at HHAI2022. We want to offer the opportunity to build a culture together and embrace diversity and inclusion as central principles. Therefore, we provide 2 scholarships (1x 1300 EUR and 1x 700 EUR) to support the attendance at HHAI to authors, which are PhD students. To apply for these scholarships, please send us an application which includes your CV and a statement to organisers(a)hhai-conference.org as soon as possible. Keynotes: - Paul Lukowicz: The HumanE AI Net vision of Human Centric AI - Joanna Bryson: With whom do we hybidise? Principle Agents of AI - Wendy Mackay: Creating Human-Computer Partnerships - Fernanda Viegas: Designing AI szstems with a variety of users in mind Keynote abstracts can be found on our website:https://www.hhai-conference.org/invited-speakers/ We have accepted a variaty of papers for long and short presentations. These papers include previously published work, work in progress and full research papers. Accepted papers are listed here: https://www.hhai-conference.org/accepted-papers/ An overview of the program: https://www.hhai-conference.org/program/ Monday 13. June: - Workshop on representation, sharing and evaluation of multipmodal agent interaction - Heterdox Methods for Interpretable and Efficient Artificial Intelligence - Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act - Common Ground Theory and Method Development workshop - Hackathon Tuesday 14. June: - Knowledge Representation for Hybrid-Intelligence - HI ESDiT Collaboration an AI, Human Values and the Law - Human-Centered Design of Symbiotic Hybrid Intelligence - (Eco)systemic challenges in AI - Rethinking Values Conflicts in Smart Systems - Hackathon - Conference Opening Ceremony - Keynote by Paul Lukowicz Wednesday 15. June: - Minute Madness - Sessions #1-#3 - Keynote by Joanna Bryson - Poster & Demo Session Thursday 16. June: - Session #4-#7 - Keynote by Wendy Mackay - Conference Dinner Friday 17. June: - Keynote by Fernanda Viegas - Sessions #8 & #9 - Community Meeting - Conference Closing Ceremony & Awards Information on registration and prices can be found here: https://www.hhai-conference.org/registration/ Location: This will be an in-person, single-track conference, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Pending local and global Covid measures at the time of the conference, we will provide options to attend virtually. The conference will be hosted at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. General chair: Stefan Schlobach (VU) Program chairs: Myrthe Tielman (TUDelft) & Maria Perez-Ortiz (UCL) For questions, you can reach us at: hhai2022(a)easychair.org -- Romana Pernisch Postdoctoral Researcher KRR & Discovery Lab Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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ESU DH C&T 2-12 August 2022 Leipzig: Application & more Support
by Europaeische Sommeruniversitaet-Kulturen und Technologien 21 May '22

21 May '22

12th EUROPEAN SUMMER UNIVERSITY IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES "CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY" - 2nd to 12th August 2022 UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG The 12th edition of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities (see https://esu.fdhl.info/) will take place in Leipzig in person from the 2nd to the 12th August 2022. It is organised by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Burr, Institut für Romanistik, and her team, together with the Forum Digital Humanities Leipzig (FDHL) (https://fdhl.info/). The application phase for a place at the Summer University began on 28 April 2022 and will end on 31 May 2022. Information on how to apply can be found here: https://esu.fdhl.info/application/. As in former years the Summer University will take place across 11 whole days. The intensive programme will consist of workshops, teaser sessions, public lectures, regular project presentations, a poster session and a panel discussion. For the workshops which are being offered see https://esu.fdhl.info/workshops/ Thanks to our sponsors, *more* support for participants of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities is now available. Please note: *one can only apply for one scholarship / bursary / fellowship*. Please note, furthermore, that *each scholarship / bursary / fellowship requires the fulfillment of certain conditions*. I) Funding granted by the *German Academic Exchange Service* (DAAD) (https://www.daad.de/en/) allows us to award up to *20 scholarships to foreign alumni / alumnae of German universities*, no matter from which country they come. There is one *exception*, however: Russian alumni / alumnae who hold offices in universities cannot be granted a scholarship at the moment. *Alumni / Alumnae* are people from outside Germany who as (Erasmus) students, graduates, researchers or lecturers have received a degree at a German University or have studied, conducted research or worked at a German University *at least for three months* and who are now outside of Germany. *Ukrainians* who are not Alumni / Alumnae of German universities but have an *intimate relationship with Germany* (for example as teachers or trainers or via German - Ukrainian teacher exchange) can temporarily also apply for such a scholarship. Scholarships cover the costs of travel, accommodation (12 nights) and meals (11 days). Accommodation will be reserved by us. The scholarships do *not* cover participation fees. Scholarships are attributed only once the applicant has registered for the Summer University and paid her / his participation fees. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/daad/ II) Thanks to the generous support *DARIAH-EU* (https://www.dariah.eu/) grants the European Summer University in Digital Humanities, a number of tuition fellowships will be available for (doctoral) students and young scholars who are not members of Leipzig University. The fellowships cover the participation fees. Winners of such a fellowship accept the obligation of writing a report about the European Summer University and the experiences they gathered during the event, illustrating it with pictures of the event and sending it to DARIAH-EU in electronic form no later than three weeks after the end of the Summer University. The text and the pictures will be published on the DARIAH-EU website and promoted through social media channels. Here you can find reports about former editions of the European Summer University: https://www.dariah.eu/2019/09/25/reflections-from-the-european-summer-unive… and https://www.dariah.eu/2021/11/12/reflections-from-the-european-summer-unive… Preference will be given to applicants (in the following order) from Eastern European Countries, including Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia; Southeastern European Countries, including Greece, Turkey and Cyprus; Central European Countries but excluding Austria; other European Countries; other countries. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/dariah-eu/ III) The *Slovenian Language Technologies Society* (SDJT) (http://www.sdjt.si/) decided to continue the summer school funding for Slovenian students started in 2018 also in view of ESU 2019. The open call (in Slovenian) can be found here http://www.sdjt.si/. The deadline for applications is *May 25 2022*. IV) With the aim to facilitate the participation of (doctoral) students and young scholars of Leipzig University at the European Summer University in Digital Humanities up to 3 scholarships of 300,00 Euro each are made available. This is possible because of the support the *Forum Digital Humanities Leipzig* (FDHL) (https://fdhl.info/) grants to the summer university. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/fdhl/. V) The *University of Leipzig* (https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/) through its International Centre (https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/international/) is, at this very moment, not able to guarantee support to participants of the European Summer University as it has done in former years. There is some *hope*, however, that a) not only for applicants from Leipzig's partner university *Kiewski nazionalny uniwersitet im. Tarasa Schewtschenko* but from the *Ukraine* in general special funds might be available, b) some bursaries for applicants from the following *Eastern European partner universities* of Leipzig University might become available in July: Sofiski Uniwersitet Sw. Kliment Ochridski Uniwersytet Wrocławski Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca Univerza v Ljubljani Univerzita Karlova v Praze Interested people from the *Ukraine* and the above named *partner universities* are strongly advised to apply for support / a bursary. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/international-centre/ VI) People coming from EU-Partner Countries may be able to apply for an *Erasmus + scholarship* (Key Action 103) at their own university. Please get informed. VII) All interested people are strongly advised to inform themselves about support for further education, qualification, specialisation, professionalisation available at *their own universities*. At many universities such funding exists, to find out about it might, however, mean doing some serious research. Should more support become available it will announced on our website https://esu.fdhl.info/ Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask them by writing a mail to esu_ct(a)uni-leipzig.de With best regards, Prof. (em.) Dr. phil. Elisabeth Burr Director of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities "Culture & Technology" University of Leipzig Beethovenstr. 15 D-04107 Leipzig https://home.uni-leipzig.de/burr/

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Call for Proposals: Working on and with Categories for Text Analysis (DHQ Special Issue)
by Gius, Evelyn 05 May '22

05 May '22

[with apologies for cross-posting] Call for Proposals DHQ Special Issue Working on and with Categories for Text Analysis: Challenges and Findings from and for Digital Humanities Practices Guest Editors: Dominik Gerstorfer, Evelyn Gius and Janina Jacke Proposals due: 2022-06-15 Link to the full CfP and Timeline: http://dhq.fortext.org/ <http://dhq.fortext.org/> Introduction In the digital humanities, computational social sciences and related fields, the development and use of category systems (e.g. ontologies, taxonomies or typologies) plays an important role in the systematization and analysis of texts. Categories allow for the linguistic labeling of texts or (textual) phenomena, as well as for their combination or differentiation based on selected relevant features. By selecting suitable parameters for grouping, categories usually allow for a systematic reduction of complexity and the ordering of complex textual artifacts and data sets, which in turn considerably facilitates both their analysis and the communication of analysis results. At the same time, category systems offer the possibility of a detailed text systematization or description through the formation of subcategories. If category systems are created as ontologies or taxonomies, they can additionally provide information about the relationship of relevant (text) phenomena to each other. Moreover, since the creation of categories usually requires the specification of explicit definitions of terms or categories, the scholarly exchange of information on subjects in the humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences is greatly facilitated – among other things, through easier understanding and better comparability of statements. While work on and with categories in the traditional humanities remains the exception rather than the rule and is limited to certain sub-disciplines, it is omnipresent in the digital humanities due to the influence of standards from the formal sciences. This omnipresence of category-system development in the digital humanities is in stark contrast to the lack of systematic reflection in this field of research. This concerns questions as: Which categories or which types of category systems are appropriate for (certain) objects in the humanities? What determines the validity and fruitfulness of categories in this field? Which – existing or new – procedures can be used to develop and revise a category system? We invite contributions addressing these questions. While the work on and with categories used for text annotation and analysis is the one focus, a second focus is on systems and methods for the organization and classification of texts in the context of databases – as well as the connection between these two fields of work in which category systems play a role. This also includes work on ontologies or the establishment and revision of systems for text analyses from information science, as well as mathematical category theory, which has already been successfully applied to knowledge representation and management in the natural sciences. Contributions should be based on concrete studies in the field of the digital humanities and related fields or provide an information science perspective that has been, or can be, adapted in the digital humanities. Contributions about concrete studies should address one or more of the following questions: Through which steps did the development of the analysis concepts used in the analysis take place? Who was involved and when? Were existing categories used or developed further? Which development steps were defined in advance, which ones resulted from the process? Was the type of category system to be developed – e.g. ontology, taxonomy, typology or network of concepts – defined? Why was this form chosen? Were there problems with the categories? Which adjustments of the categories or the development process were necessary? To what extent and, if applicable, how was the development of the analysis categories documented? What recommendations can be derived from experience for similar approaches to category development? How does the procedure relate to non-digital procedures that are common in the original discipline? Contributions from an information science perspective should address one or more of the following questions: Which aspects of the work done in computer science concerning ontology languages, methodologies, development environments and tools (for visualization, documentation and validation) can fruitfully be applied to the field of digital humanities/social sciences? What are the prerequisites for an application of such computer science or mathematics approaches for working with categories in text analyses? In which way might the adaptation of computer science research on category development to other fields pose difficulties? What are possible solutions? How can these approaches be implemented in concrete research (i.e., use cases from the humanities/social sciences)?

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Call for papers (conference): On the Margins: Hypertext, Electronic Literature, Digital Humanities, 15-16 December 2022
by Naomi Wells 04 May '22

04 May '22

On the Margins: Hypertext, Electronic Literature, Digital Humanities Senate House, University of London London, UK, December 15-16, 2022 https://easychair.org/cfp/Margins22 Since its early days as a series of experimental approaches, the Hypertext paradigm has proven itself vital in dealing with what Ted Nelson called “deep structural changes in the arrangements of ideas and phenomena.” Whether we conceive of Hypertext as non-sequential writing that branches and allows choices to the reader, or as a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be represented on paper, thinking in Hypertext has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. In our research lives, Hypertext technologies and methodologies are similarly amongst the most prominent and visible outcomes of the “digital age.” Mature products of its investigation by research communities can be found in the work of Electronic Literature scholars and practitioners, Hypertext and Hypermedia specialists, and researchers in the Digital Humanities. However, owing perhaps to their disparate angles of investigation and the sheer scope of activity, these research communities remain fragmented and somehow “on the margins” of wider Humanities and Computer Science scholarship. We invite members of the Hypertext, Electronic Literature and Digital Humanities communities, including PhD and Early Career Researchers, to come together for a two-day conference reflecting on how Hypertext has shaped our research and creative practices, to build research opportunities between sympathetic communities, and to envision how to push the boundaries of Hypertext beyond its current incarnations. We want to inaugurate a space that will promote debate and connections, building new understanding at the crossroads between disciplines. We are planning to hold the conference in person, but can make arrangements to show pre-recorded presentations if you are unable to attend. Call for contributions * Potential topics include but are not limited to: * Studying digital reading experience * Describing “book history” for digital formats * Redefinitions of authorship and collaboration * New literary forms enabled by electronic literature * Multilingual and translingual digital texts and practices * Transmediality * Born-digital archives, genres and emerging formats * Digital scholarly editions * Approaches to digital inclusion * Pedagogy and hypertext applications * Social media * Experimental or early research Submission formats The conference will include three tracks: * Full papers (15-20 minutes) * Posters and Lightning talks (5-10 minutes; PGR and ECR contributions particularly welcome) * Tutorials for tools and demos * For full papers, we invite extended abstracts of 2,000-4,000 (4-8 pages in the ACM CHI Extended Abstract format), plus references. * For posters and lightning talks, we invite extended abstracts of 300-1,000 words (2-4 pages in the ACM CHI Extended Abstract format), plus references. * Accepted abstracts will be published in a peer-reviewed, Open Access volume in the Conference Proceedings of ACM series. * See this page for submission templates<https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/presenting/papers/chi-publication-forma…>; both Word and LaTeX formats available. The choice of the extended abstract format bridges practices between the Humanities and Hypertext communities, promoting the inclusion of scholars at different career stages and leaving a lasting legacy for the conference that can continue to benefit the research community. Please note that not all elements of the template will be relevant to all submissions. For tutorials, proposals should provide the following information: * title and brief description of the content or topic and its relevance to the conference theme (not more than 1000 words); * full contact information for all tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement summarising their research interests and areas of expertise; * description of target audience and expected number of participants (based, if possible, on past experience); * any special requirements for technical support * a brief outline showing that the core content can be covered in approximately 2 hours, plus breaks Important dates * CfP opens 6 April 2022 * Paper, poster and workshop submission by 4 July 2022 * Acceptance by 5 September 2022 Confirmed Keynote speakers * Gustavo Gomez-Mejia (University of Tours) * James O’Sullivan (University College Cork) Conference programme committee * Alessio Antonini (Open University) * Francesca Benatti (Open University) * Sam Brooker (Richmond) * Christopher Ohge (School of Advanced Study, University of London) * Naomi Wells (School of Advanced Study, University of London) * Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study, University of London)

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ESWC 2022: Call for Project Networking Session Profiles
by ESWC 2022 03 May '22

03 May '22

*Call for Project Networking Session Profiles* The project networking track of ESWC2022 will provide an opportunity to: - Share knowledge between research projects; - Transfer data and technology between projects; - Present and discuss project requirements and results with ESWC participants; - Discuss funding opportunities such as Horizon Europe and ERC. The project networking track is intended to provide research projects with the ability to connect with each other and engage in discussions about their respective research and development. It fosters opportunities for knowledge and technology sharing, and to identify complementary activities and goals. This can form the basis for future collaborations, research proposals, researcher exchange, or joint participation at events or initiatives. *Who is invited?* We equally welcome submissions from recently finished projects, which have results to transfer, as well as ongoing and reprojects, which are seeking datasets and tools to perform their work and would like to network and exchange know-how, expertise or info with other EU-funded projects. *What to expect from the network session? * As the past two years most networking has taken place online, ESWC 2022 will offer you the opportunity to get to know researchers from different projects in a lightly organised setting. The network session chairs will match you with the most promising projects for you to talk to based on your profile during a series of ‘speed dates’. As the networking session will take place before the gala dinner, you can continue conversations with your best matches there! *How to apply?* Describe your project’s objective, what you would like to share with other projects and what you hope to find in other projects at: https://forms.gle/jh6wpfT5D6sp7FUT6 This track will not be included in the proceedings, but your answers will be made available via the ESWC website to inform the community of the different projects in the session. *Deadline:* Send us your applications by Monday, 9 May 2022, 18:00 CET. Notification: Friday 13 May.

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