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***AIM AND TOPICS***

Within the ACM GoodIT 2022 International Conference (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/), the TrueHealth Special Track is focused on Combating Health Information Disorder in the Digital World for Social Wellbeing.

In recent years, people have increasingly referred to the Web and social media as sources of information about health-related problems and solutions, as confirmed by the U.S. Pew Research Center, and other  European and international studies. Although, on the one hand, these platforms favor easier and more direct access to information sources by users without the intermediation of experts, on the other hand, it is precisely such democratization of health information that constitutes a potential danger for people. As we have seen especially in the last period, linked to the pandemic, the proliferation of false information, conspiracy theories, unreliable remedies, etc., risk compromising the health not only of individuals, but that of the community as a whole.

It is in this perspective that it becomes necessary to study and propose technological solutions to help users come into contact with genuine information, especially in a critical domain such as health, for social wellbeing.

To this end, it is essential to promote research of an interdisciplinary nature, involving computer scientists, physicians, lawyers, and communication experts who can address the problem of health information disorder from different points of view by combining their expertise.

The topics of interest of the Special Track at GoodIT include, but are not limited to:

- Assessing the genuineness of health information;

- Consumer Health Search (CHS) and genuine information access;
- Debunking health information disorder;
- Fake news/rumors and healthcare;
- Measures, evaluation methods, and datasets for health information disorder detection;
- Health information disorder detection;
- Health literacy and information genuineness;
- Fact-checking in health information;
- Information disorder and public opinion on health;
- Relationship between access to non-genuine information and danger to public health;
- Relationship between psychological characteristics and perceptions of health information disorder;
- Techniques for accessing and retrieving genuine health information.


***SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS***

Submitted papers must be:

- Original works and must not have been previously published elsewhere.
- The papers should not exceed six (6) pages (US letter size), double-column, including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format: https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/

- ACM has partnered with Overleaf, a free cloud-based, collaborative authoring tool, to provide an ACM LaTeX authoring template. The ACM LaTeX template on the Overleaf platform is available to all ACM authors at: https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official

- Further instructions will be provided on the main site of the conference: https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/

If the paper is accepted:

- At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference.
- Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library.
- Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a Special Issue of an International Journal.


***IMPORTANT DATES***

- Abstract submission: May 16, 2022
- Paper submission: May 23, 2022
- Notification of acceptance for contributions: June 20, 2022
- Camera-ready submission: July 11, 2022


***ORGANIZERS***

- Marco Viviani (Associate Professor), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy - URL: https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani

- Rishabh Upadhyay (Research Fellow), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy - URL: https://en.unimib.it/rishabh-gyanendra-upadhyay

***PROGRAM COMMITTEE***

- William Hersh, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR, USA
- Maria Maistro, Department of Computer Science at University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Yelena Mejova, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy
- Gabriella Pasi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Marinella Petrocchi, Institute of Informatics and Telematics at the National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
- Abeed Sarker, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Angelo Spognardi, Computer Science Department at the “Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
- Hanna Suominen, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Bei Yu, School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- Arkaitz Zubiaga, Queen Mary University, London, UK
- The list of PC members will be updated in the coming weeks

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Marco Viviani (Associate Professor)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication (DISCo)
Information and Knowledge Representation, Retrieval, and Reasoning (IKR3) Lab
Edificio U14 - ABACUS, Viale Sarca, 336 - 20126 Milan (Italy)
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/