[AISWorld] CfP: ETHICOMP 2020: submission deadline approach

[Laurence Brooks]

A gentle reminder that ETHICOMP 2020 abstracts due 30th October 2019.
More information you can find here: https://www.unirioja.es/ethicomp/2020/index.html

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ETHICOMP 2020: Call for Papers

Paradigm Shifts in ICT Ethics: Societal Challenges in the Smart Society

La Rioja University (Department of Economics and Business) in collaboration with Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Department of Business Management)

Logroño, Spain, June 17-19, 2020

The ETHICOMP series of conferences fosters an international community of scholars and technologists, including computer professionals and business professionals from industry. Since 1995, conferences have been scheduled across Europe and Asia, with our main events coming every 18 months. ETHICOMP considers computer ethics conceived broadly to include philosophical, professional, and practical aspects of the field.

Information technologies are transforming our lives, becoming a key resource that makes our day to day activities inconceivable without their use. The degree of dependence on ICT is growing every day, making it necessary to reshape the ethical role of technology in order to balance society’s ‘techno-welfare’ with the ethical use of technologies. Ethical paradigms should be adapted to societal needs, shifting from traditional non-technological ethical principles to ethical paradigms aligned with current challenges in the smart society.

We invite submissions that explore this theme, interpreted broadly, as well as more specific tracks addressing particular issues relevant to the conference theme. A more detailed description of each track is available at the online version of this Call for Papers, see http://bit.ly/2KVgqZJInitial submissions should take the form of extended abstracts of 1000-1500 words. All accepted extended abstracts will be published in proceedings with ISBN. If their extended abstract has been accepted, authors can voluntarily submit full papers (max. 8000 words) that will be published as a book chapter in the ETHICOMP series.

Submission Guidelines

Authors can choose to submit either to the general ‘open’ track or to a specific track. All submissions should take the form of extended abstracts of 1000-1500 words.

We welcome perspectives from researchers in business, government, computer science, information systems, law, media, anthropology, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, ethics, and philosophy. Interdisciplinary papers and papers from new researchers and practitioners are encouraged. Papers can involve a variety of approaches, including those with a conceptual, applied, practical, or historical focus, as well as case studies and reports on lessons learned in practice.

Important Dates

·        Extended abstract submissions open: July 2, 2019

·        Abstract submission due: October 30, 2019

·        Reviews due (accept/accept with changes/reject): November 30, 2019

·        Re-submissions due (accept with changes): December 1, 2019

·        Final reviews due (accept with changes): December 15, 2019

·        Full papers submission: March 16, 2020

·        Conference: June 17-19, 2020

As in previous ETHICOMP conferences, only papers written in English and not published nor submitted elsewhere will be accepted on the basis of an extended abstract after a careful, double-blind review overseen by the Program Committee. Authors may submit more than one abstract but acceptance of multiple proposals by a single author or co-author will be weighed against available space to ensure we can include as many authors as is practical for ETHICOMP 2020. At least one of the authors should register and attend the conference, presenting their paper. Presentations of papers in the conference can be done in regular presentations (15’ presentation + 15’ questions & debate) and panels (90’ with up to 6 papers, 5’-10’ presentation + open panel questions & debate). All extended abstracts will be published in proceedings with ISBN. Authors are also invited to submit final full papers to be published as a book chapter in the ETHICOMP series (with ISBN) (not mandatory). Final papers should not exceed 8000 words.

Details regarding formatting and style of the final papers for the conference proceedings will be posted on the conference website (available soon). Abstracts and full papers will be submitted and reviewed through EasyChair (available July 2, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ethicomp2020). Full details of the submission process will be posted on the conference website on EasyChair.

List of Fourteen Topics (Tracks)

1. Open Track: any topic in computer ethics, broadly construed (Kiyoshi Murata, kmurata at meiji.ac.jp<mailto:kmurata at meiji.ac.jp> and Ana Lara, amlara at ubu.es<mailto:amlara at ubu.es>).

2. Justice, Malware, and Facial Recognition (Wade Robison, Rochester Institute of Technology, wade.robison at gmail.com<mailto:wade.robison at gmail.com>).

3. Cyborg: A Cross Cultural Observatory (Mario Arias-Oliva, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain mario.arias at urv.cat<mailto:mario.arias at urv.cat>; and Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo, La Rioja University, Spain jorge.pelegrin at unirioja.es<mailto:jorge.pelegrin at unirioja.es>).

4. Creating Shared Understanding of 'Trustworthy ICT' (Ulrich Schoisswohl; Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), ulrich.schoisswohl at ffg.at<mailto:ulrich.schoisswohl at ffg.at>).

5. Management of Cybercrime: Where to From Here? (Shalini Kesar, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Director of Cybersecurity Program, kesar at suu.edu<mailto:kesar at suu.edu>).

6. Internet Speech Problems - Responsibility and Governance of Social Media Platforms  (William M. Fleischman, Villanova University,william.fleischman at villanova.edu<mailto:william.fleischman at villanova.edu>).

7. Meeting Societal Challenges in Intelligent Communities Through Value Sensitive Design (Oliver Burmeister, Charles Sturt University, Australia, oburmeister at csu.edu.au<mailto:oburmeister at csu.edu.au>).

8. Monitoring and Control of AI Artifacts (Yukari Yamazaki, Seikei University, yyamazak at econ.seikei.ac.jp<mailto:yyamazak at econ.seikei.ac.jp>).

9. Technology Meta-Ethics (Wilhelm E. J. Klein, mail at wilhelmklein.net<mailto:mail at wilhelmklein.net>).

10. Tracking Technologies (Katleen Gabriels, Maastricht University, Netherlands, k.gabriels at maastrichtuniversity.nl<mailto:k.gabriels at maastrichtuniversity.nl>).

11. Educate for a Positive ICT Future (Gosia Plotka, MEng, FHEA PJAIT & DMU; Marta Czerwonka, MSc, PJAIT; Alireza Amrollahi, ACU, mplotka at pjwstk.edu.pl<mailto:mplotka at pjwstk.edu.pl>).

12. Diversity and Inclusion in Smart Societies: Not Just a Number Problem (Efpraxia Zamani, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems; Shalini Kesar, Associate Professor of Information Systems; and Gosia Plotka, Lecturer in Information Systems; kesar at suu.edu<mailto:kesar at suu.edu>).

13. Marketing Ethics in Digital Environments (Ana María Lara Palma, University of Burgos, amlara at ubu.es<mailto:amlara at ubu.es>; Crisitina Olarte Pascual, Universidad de la Rioja, cristina.olarte at unirioja.es<mailto:cristina.olarte at unirioja.es>; Eva Reinares,  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, eva.reinares at urjc.es<mailto:eva.reinares at urjc.es>).

14. Interpretability of Algorithms (Paul B. de Laat, University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands, p.b.de.laat at cerug.nl<mailto:p.b.de.laat at cerug.nl>).

Contact

Questions and comments should be directed to the Conference Directors (Mario Arias-Oliva,mario.arias at urv.cat<mailto:mario.arias at urv.cat>; Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo, jorge.pelegrin at unirioja.es<mailto:jorge.pelegrin at unirioja.es>; and Emma Juaneda-Ayensa, emma.juaneda at unirioja.es<mailto:emma.juaneda at unirioja.es>) or the Program Chairs (Kiyoshi Murata, kmurata at meiji.ac.jp<mailto:kmurata at meiji.ac.jp>and Ana Lara (amlara at ubu.es<mailto:amlara at ubu.es>).

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