[PragmaticWeb] CfP: ACM HYPERTEXT 2019

Wed Dec 19 23:54:13 CET 2018

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             CALL FOR PAPERS
ACM HYPERTEXT 2019 - TEAR DOWN THE WALL
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30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT'19)
17-20 September 2019 | Hof, Germany

https://human.iisys.de/ht2019/
Twitter: @ACMHT - https://twitter.com/ACMHT
Hashtag: #acmht19

2019 - the year of anniversaries: Time to reflect and look ahead.
- 30th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
- 30th Hypertext Conference
- 30th Anniversary of the WWW
- 20th Anniversary of the first ACM Hypertext Conference in Germany

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CONFERENCE SCOPE
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The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality 
peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It 
is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including 
social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and 
hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications.

The theme of Hypertext 2019 is "HYPERTEXT - TEAR DOWN THE WALL". This 
motto of the 30th ACM Hypertext conference goes hand in hand with the 
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Inspired by the 
historical events in Germany, Hypertext 2019 aims at reunifying 
different hypertext research directions and communities. Therefore, 
apart from the regular research tracks, Hypertext 2019 will feature a 
research track on 30 Years Hypertext as well as an exhibition/creative 
track. 2019 will also be the 30th anniversary of the WWW. It is a 
perfect time to join in, reflect our common roots, and discuss how we 
can jointly address our current and future challenges.

The conference will take place at the Institute of Information Systems 
(iisys) at Hof University, Germany. Hof lies midway between Frankfurt 
and Prague, Munich and Berlin and is very close to the former 
German-German border, in particular to the village of Mödlareuth, called 
"little Berlin", which used to be divided by a wall. After exactly 20 
years, Hypertext 2019 will take place in Germany again for the 2nd time.

Hypertext 2019 is co-locating with the Adaptivity and User Modeling 
Workshop (ABIS'19), taking place on Sep 16 at Hof University, and with 
ACM Document Engineering Conference (DocEng'19) organized in Berlin, 
Germany, between Sep 23-16.

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ORGANIZATION
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General Chairs:
- Claus Atzenbeck, Hof University, Germany (@clausatz - 
https://twitter.com/clausatz)
- Jessica Rubart, OWL University of Applied Sciences, Germany (@jrubart 
- https://twitter.com/jrubart)

Program Chair:
- David Millard, University of Southampton, UK (@hoosfoos - 
https://twitter.com/hoosfoos)

Local Arrangements Chair:
- Anne-Christine Habbel, Hof University, Germany (@iisys_de - 
https://twitter.com/iisys_de)

Publicity Chair:
- Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy (@cena_federica - 
https://twitter.com/cena_federica)

Web Chair:
- Daniel Roßner, Hof University, Germany (@dnlrssnr - 
https://twitter.com/dnlrssnr)

Proceedings Chair:
- Yeliz Yesilada, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus 
(@yesilady - https://twitter.com/yesilady)

Track Chairs: see below

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SUBMISSION CATEGORIES AND DEADLINES
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Papers must report new results substantiated by experimentation, 
simulation, analysis, or application. Authors are invited to submit 
papers presenting original, not previously published works. Art and 
creative work is also welcome as part of the exhibition/creative track. 
Submission categories include:

SUBMISSION DEADLINE "REGULAR": 14 April 2019

- Regular research papers (max 10 pages) discussing mature work.
- Short papers (max 5 pages) describing preliminary results of on-going 
work or novel thought-provoking ideas.
- Doctoral consortium submissions (max 4 pages + CV) describing the work 
of the graduate student and a CV in order to provide some background 
information about the graduate student.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE "LATE BREAKING/DEMOS/EXHIBITION": 19 May 2019

- Late breaking (max 2 pages, presented as poster) presenting innovative 
research ideas, or preliminary results.
- Demos (max 2 pages) presenting system prototypes or industry showcases.
- Exhibition or creative track submissions (max 2 pages) describing the 
proposed exhibition or creative work.

Accepted submissions will appear in the Hypertext 2019 Conference 
Proceedings that will be published by ACM via the ACM Digital Library.

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CONFERENCE MAIN TRACKS
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TRACK 1: HYPERTEXT INFRASTRUCTURES AND COMPUTATION

Track Chair: Manolis Tzagarakis, University of Patras, Greece (@tzagara 
- https://twitter.com/tzagara)

This track encourages the submissions of papers on, but is not limited to:

- Hypertext infrastructures
- Information structures and architectures
- Intelligence in hypertext
- Hypertext and data science
- Adaptive hypertext frameworks and toolkits
- User modeling and personalization
- Mobile hypertext systems
- Hypermedia information retrieval
- Knowledge management and engineering
- Decisions support systems
- Link computation or predictions

TRACK 2: USER INTERFACES AND HYPERTEXT STRUCTURES

Track Chair: Beat Signer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 
(@beatsigner - https://twitter.com/beatsigner)

This track encourages the submissions of papers on, but is not limited to:

- Interacting with hypertext
- Data visualization and navigation
- Hypertext structure domains (e.g., node-link structures, spatial 
hypertext, taxonomic hypertext, argumentation structures)
- Interaction devices used in combination with hypertext systems (e.g., 
VR glasses, smart whiteboards, mobile devices)
- Visual analytics and hypertext
- User experience

TRACK 3: WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Track Chair: Luigi Di Caro, University of Turin, Italy

This track encourages the submissions of papers on, but is not limited to:

- Semantic web and linked data
- Data mining on the Web
- Link analysis on the Web
- Privacy and trust on the Web
- Web security
- Crowdsourcing for Web
- Web scalability
- Link prediction on the Web
- Social network analysis
- Cultural studies related to the Web
- Social media

TRACK 4: HYPERTEXT LITERATURE, GAMES AND DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Track Chair: Jill Walker Rettberg, University of Bergen, Norway 
(@jilltxt - https://twitter.com/jilltxt)

This track encourages the submissions of papers on, but is not limited to:

- Hyperfiction and storytelling
- Gaming and gamification
- Automated analysis of narratives
- Automated story or (semantic) link generation
- Hypertext and digital humanities
- Digital journalism and citizen/collaborative news
- Electronic literature
- Hypermedia authoring
- Interactive fiction and storytelling
- Intelligent narratives
- Theory of hypertext narratives
- Hypertext and communication theory

TRACK 5: SPECIAL TRACK - 30 YEARS HYPERTEXT

Track Chair: Peter Nürnberg, USA

We invite submissions of a broad range of research focusing on 
reflections on or retrospectives of hypertext approaches and systems. 
Those should focus on "forgotten" issues, beneficial features, system 
behavior, or theories that were discovered, but are ignored by current 
systems. Contributions should be visionary and discuss those old ideas 
with a strong focus on today's information systems; they should conclude 
where and to which extent previously discovered ideas would enhance our 
current or future applications.

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ADDITIONAL TRACKS
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POSTER SESSION

Chair: Ujwal Gadiraju, L3S Research Center, Germany (@UjLaw - 
https://twitter.com/UjLaw)

Posters and demos will be presented during the conference. They target 
research and showcases in the above mentioned areas.

EXHIBITION/CREATIVE TRACK

Chair: Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc., USA (@eastgate - 
https://twitter.com/eastgate)
Curator: Dene Grigar, Washington State University Vancouver, USA 
(@dgrigar - https://twitter.com/dgrigar)

The conference will include a creative track and exhibition, with 
readings and performances, workshops, demonstrations of both novel and 
historical systems, and innovative new work in electronic art and 
literature.

For the creative track, we invite submissions from all disciplines that 
engage with the expressive potential of hypertext, the link, and of 
social media-particularly those that address the conference theme of 
"tear down the wall".

The curated exhibition seeks hypertextual works of any length that 
explore new artistic forms, or that respond to or engage with older 
electronic literature. We are especially interested in location-aware 
and locative work that can be read in or near the conference site. We 
are open to work on any platform. Questions regarding creative work for 
the exhibition may be addressed to the curator.

Limited travel funds and bursaries may be available, as well as 
assistance and support for installation on site. Proposals for papers, 
panels, master-classes, workshops, and creative work for the exhibition 
should be submitted by 19 May 2019.

DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM

Chair: Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA

This track is specific for graduate students (PhD or Master). They can 
present their work and receive immediate and valuable feedback from experts.

WORKSHOPS

Co-Chairs:
Mark Anderson, University of Southampton, UK (@mwra - 
https://twitter.com/mwra)
Giuseppe Abrami, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

The HT'19 workshops are described by their own CfP.

-- 
Federica Cena, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor - Researcher
Dipartimento di Informatica
Universita' di Torino
Corso Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino, Italy

Phone +39 0116706779
Fax +39 011751603
email: cena at di.unito.it
web: www.di.unito.it/~cena/