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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">... Apologize for cross-posting ...<br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Special issue on “</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Human-Centered Intelligent System</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">”<br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Soft Computing </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">- A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Website of the call for papers</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">https://www.springer.com/journal/500/updates/19724572<span style="color:black"><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Aims and scope</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence has become an enabling technology that pervades many aspects of our daily life. At the forefront of this advancement are data-driven technologies like machine learning.
However, as the role of Artificial Intelligence becomes more and more important, so does the need for reliable solutions to several issues that go well beyond technological aspects:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">How can we make automated agents justify their actions? and how to make them accountable for these actions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">What will be the social acceptance of intelligent systems, possibly embodied (e.g. in robots), in their interaction with people?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">How will automated agents be made aware of the whole spectrum of human nonverbal communication, so as to take it into account and avoid missing crucial messages?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Is it possible to avoid amplifying human biases and ensure fairness in decisions that have been taken automatically?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">How can we enable collaborative intelligence amongst humans and machines?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Purely data-driven technologies are showing their limits precisely in these areas. There is a growing need for methods that, in a tight interaction with them, allow different degrees of control over
the several facets of automated knowledge processing. The diversity and complementarity of Soft Computing techniques in addressing these issues is playing a crucial role.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">This Special Issue aims to collect the most recent advancements in the research on Human-Centered Intelligent Systems with special focus on Soft Computing methods, techniques and applications on the
following and related topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">Trustworthiness, explainability, accountability and social acceptance of intelligent systems;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">Human-computer interaction to foster collaboration with intelligent systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">Affective computing and sentiment analysis to promote nonverbal communication in intelligent systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">Fighting algorithmic bias and ensuring fairness in intelligent systems;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">Real world applications in health-care, justice, education, digital marketing, biology, hard and natural sciences, autonomous vehicles, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Proposals related to further topics are welcome as long as they fall within the general scope of this special issue, which is computational intelligence methods in human-centered computing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Submission guidelines and review process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Papers must be submitted according to the standard procedure of Soft Computing, selecting the S.I. “Human-Centered Intelligent Systems”. All submitted papers should report original work and make
a meaningful contribution to the state of the art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Each submitted paper will undergo a first screening by the Guest Editors. If the submission falls within the scope of the SI, it will undergo a regular revision process. Acceptance criteria are the
same of regular issues of the journal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Important dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US">Submissions open: December 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US">Paper submission deadline: February 1, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US">Final decision: May 1, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US">Tentative period for final publication: Fall 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Authors guidelines and journal information can be found at
<a href="https://www.springer.com/journal/500">https://www.springer.com/journal/500</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0070C0">Guest Editors</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
- </span><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Angelo Ciaramella</span></i><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="color:black">- Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy<br>
- </span><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Corrado Mencar</span></i><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="color:black">- Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy<br>
- </span><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Susana Montes</span></i><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="color:black">- Universidad de Oviedo, Spain<br>
- </span><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Stefano Rovetta</span></i><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="color:black">- Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy<br>
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For any information, please contact </span><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Angelo Ciaramella</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#0070C0"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><</span><a href="mailto:angelo.ciaramella@uniparthenope.it">angelo.ciaramella@uniparthenope.it</a><span style="color:black">></span><span style="color:#070706;background:#FFEE94"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Prof. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Angelo Ciaramella</span></b><span lang="EN-US">, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- School of Science, Engineering and Health, Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples Parthenope
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Room 431, C4 Island, Centro Direzionale di Napoli <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- I-80143, Naples, Italy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- tel.: 0815476674<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- e-mail: <a href="mailto:angelo.ciaramella@uniparthenope.it">
angelo.ciaramella@uniparthenope.it</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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