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*Final call for papers*
*Submission deadline extended to April 16th*

EMPATHY: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems 
- 3rd Edition
https://empathy-ws.github.io/2022/
June 6th, 2022
Rome, Italy
Workshop co-located with AVI 2022

OVERVIEW
In the last decade, the spreading of low-cost technologies integrating 
sensors and actuators has favored the development of the so-called smart 
objects. This trend has been further fostered by the Internet of Things 
(IoT), which connects the physical world with Internet via ubiquitous 
sensors and actuators. The opportunities offered by the IoT are 
amplified by the use of new approaches that, based on novel interaction 
paradigms, involve directly non-technical users in configuring the joint 
behavior of their smart objects, among them and with online services.

Existing solutions to define the behavior of such “IoT ecosystems” range 
from systems that leave the users complete control for establishing the 
joint behavior of smart objects, to solutions that automatically define 
smart objects behavior exploiting intelligent techniques. In this 
continuum, different technologies, frameworks, and approaches present 
different levels of user control and automation. In this perspective it 
is also important to consider the emerging role played by social and 
humanoid robots, which are integrated sets of sensors and actuators with 
human-like behaviours.

DATES
April 16th: Paper submission deadline (extended)
April 22th: Paper acceptance notice
April 29th: Camera-ready submission
June 6th: Workshop

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
This workshop aims to serve as a venue for discussing ongoing research 
and sharing ideas for researchers and practitioners working on solutions 
to personalize the behavior of IoT ecosystems. We aim to encourage 
participation in order to have stimulating discussion from various 
perspectives. Topics include, but are not limited, to:

     - End-User Development (EUD) for IoT;
     - Interaction Paradigms for IoT;
     - Usability of IoT Systems;
     - Interface Design for IoT;
     - Intelligent Interface for IoT Systems;
     - Accessibility for IoT Systems;
     - Virtual and Augmented Reality for EUD in IoT settings;
     - Conversational User Interfaces for EUD;
     - Usable Privacy and Security in IoT systems;
     - Personalisation and Recommendations for IoT;
     - IoT for Cultural Heritage;
     - Personalization of humanoid robots;
     - Ubiquitous computing and mobile human-computer interaction;
     - Human-centered artificial intelligence in IoT contexts;
     - Industry case studies.

PARTICIPATION
This will be a one-day workshop, oriented towards discussions, hands-on 
sessions, and presentations. We invite submissions of two types: short 
papers (3-4 pages) and position papers (1-2 pages). Participants are 
asked to submit their paper describing their recent or future work in 
one of the areas indicated in the topics of interest. All submissions 
must be in the new ACM master article template  
(https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/).

Papers should be submitted in PDF to Easychair 
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=empathy2022). All papers will 
be reviewed by the organizers and by the program committee based on 
relevance and significance in order to provide constructive comments to 
the submitters. Reviewing will be double blind (i.e. the submissions 
must  be anonymized). If accepted, at least one of the authors must 
register and  attend the workshop. Final versions of the accepted papers 
will be published in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings, which is indexed by 
Scopus.

ORGANIZERS
     - Fabrizio Balducci, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
     - Bernardo Breve, University of Salerno
     - Federica Cena, University of Torino
     - Andrea Mattioli, CNR-ISTI
     - Mehdi Rizvi, Politecnico of Milano

For more information, check our website at 
https://empathy-ws.github.io/2022/ or contact us at 
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