TLDR: postdoc position (PhD required), full-time employment (40
hrs/week), duration 2 years (preferred start October 2024), research and
teaching, supervisor: Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska, Koper,
Slovenia
Research topics:
- psychologically-informed user modeling,
- psychologically-informed item modeling,
- inference of user and item characteristics,
- explanations,
- recommender systems.
Interested candidates can find me at UMAP next week to discuss it.
Details:
The Department of Information Sciences and Technologies (DIST) at the
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information
Technologies (FAMNIT) of the University of Primorska is seeking a top
early-career researcher for a postdoctoral position in the area of
psychologically-informed user modeling under the supervision of assoc.
prof. dr. Marko Tkalčič.
The project will explore how psychologically-informed features can be
used to model users, items, infer user characteristics from digital
traces, infer item characteristics, provide explanations and
recommendations in the music and film domains. The methodologies will
include user studies and machine learning. The candidate will work in a
great team with Marko Tkalčič as part of the HICUP lab
(https://hicup.famnit.upr.si/) in the beautiful Mediterranean city of
Koper (the beach is only a 3 min walk from the office).
- Full-time employment (40 hrs/week). Full social security.
- The position is for two years.
- The preferred starting date is October 2024.
- The candidate must have (or expect to obtain shortly) a PhD in
computer science or in an area relevant to the research topics.
- The ideal candidate should posses expertise in the following areas:
- recommender systems,
- machine learning,
- user modeling.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas will be appreciated:
- ML explainability,
- computational psychology,
- computational social science,
- media-related knowledge (musicology etc.).
- The position includes a small teaching load (1 course/semester, 3-4
hrs/week).
- The position comes with funding for travel (conferences, visitors).
Application Process:
The applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until the position
is filled. To apply, send an email to marko.tkalcic(a)famnit.upr.si with
the following documentation:
- motivation letter,
- CV,
- list of publications,
- research statement,
- names and email addresses of two to three references.
Link to call: https://markotkalcic.com/postdoc_2024.html
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Dear colleagues,
we would like to bring your attention to the deadline extension for this year's LWDA KDML workshop taking place in Würzburg from September 23 to September 25. This year, the meeting will be co-located with the KI 2024 conference.
The new submission deadline is: July 14, 2024
We invite submissions on all aspects of data mining, knowledge discovery, and machine learning. In addition to original research, we also invite resubmissions of recently published articles related to KDML at major conference venues. Moreover, KDML explicitly invites student submissions.
Please find the full Call for Papers here: https://www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/lwda24/kdml/
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.
Best regards,
Daniel Schlör and Simon Klüttermann,
KDML workshop organizers
Dear all,
there is an open position for a PhD student or a PostDoc in the new
knowledge representation group at Paderborn University! This is a full
position for three years.
The KR group is associated to the research area of Data Science at the
Computer Science institute of the university and is dedicated to
foundational research on logical formalisms and their reasoning
problems. Current research topics are reasoning methods in formal
ontology languages (Description Logics), in particular,
ontology-mediated query answering, learning in description logics, and
forms of nonmonotonic reasoning. We offer a friendly and flexible
working environment in a dynamic and research-oriented team within an
international research network.
A successful applicant would have
• good background in formal methods, e.g. logic, complexity theory and
model theory
• a masters degree / PhD in computational logic or related fields
• good English speaking and writing skills; speaking German is a plus
• experience in implementing complex systems is a plus
For further details on the PostDoc position and the application
procedure see
https://cs.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin-eim/informatik/fg/kr/Kennziffer6531_-…
.
The application deadline for the position is July 31st 2024. Should you
have questions about the positions or the application procedure, please
send an email to turhan<at>uni-paderborn.de .
Best regards, Anni-Yasmin Turhan
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Prof. Dr. Anni-Yasmin Turhan
Knowledge Representation Group
University of Paderborn
The International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM) invites submissions for its 2025 edition, to be held from March 10th-14th, 2025, organized at Hannover, Germany. WSDM is a premier forum for presenting and discussing the latest advances in web search and data mining, bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry.
Important Dates:
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Abstract Submission Deadline: [August 7, 2024]
Paper Submission Deadline: [August 14, 2024]
Notification of Acceptance: [October 23, 2024]
Camera-ready Deadline: [December 18, 2024]
Conference Dates: [March 10-14, 2025]
Topics:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Web Search
Web Mining and Content Analysis
Web of Things, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
Privacy, Fairness, Interpretability
Social Networks
Intelligent Assistants
Crowdsourcing and Human Computation
Emerging and Creative Applications
Information Integrity
Foundation Models
Submission Guidelines:
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Papers must be formatted according to the ACM SIG proceedings template. Submissions will undergo a rigorous double-blind review process by the Program Committee. Papers should be submitted electronically through the conference submission system by the deadline specified above.
Publication:
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Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, available through the ACM Digital Library.
Website:
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For the latest updates and information, please visit the conference website: https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2025/#calls <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2025/#calls>
Join us at WSDM 2025 to explore the frontier of web search and data mining research and innovation!
***CoKA: --- 2nd Call for Contributions***
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Conceptual Knowledge Acquisition: Challenges, Opportunities, and Use Cases
Workshop at the 1st International Joint Conference on
Conceptual Knowledge Structures (CONCEPTS 2024)
September 9–13 2024, Cádiz, Spain
Workshop Website: https://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/coka/
Conference website: https://concepts2024.uca.es
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Formal concept analysis (FCA) can help make sense of data and the underlying
domain --- provided the data is not too big, not too noisy, representative of
the domain, and if there is data in the first place. What if you don’t have such
data readily available but are prepared to invest in collecting it and have
access to domain experts or other reliable queryable sources of information?
Conceptual exploration comes to the rescue!
Conceptual exploration is a family of knowledge-acquisition techniques within
FCA. The goal is to build a complete implicational theory of a domain (with
respect to a fixed language) by posing queries to a domain expert. When properly
implemented, it is a great tool that can help organize the process of scientific
discovery.
Unfortunately, proper implementations are scarce and success stories of using
conceptual exploration are somewhat rare and limited in scope. With this
workshop, we intend to analyze the situation and, maybe, find a solution. If
- you succeeded in acquiring new knowledge about or building a satisfying
conceptual representation of some domain with conceptual exploration before;
- you attempted conceptual exploration in application to your problem but failed
miserably;
- you want to use conceptual exploration to analyze some domain, but you don’t
know where and how to start;
- you are aware of alternatives to conceptual exploration;
then come to the workshop to share your experiences, insights, ideas, and
concerns with us!
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Keywords and Topics
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Knowledge Acquisition and Capture
Conceptual Exploration
Design Patterns and Paradigmatic Examples
successful use cases and real-world applications
challenges and lessons learned
application principles
missing theoretical foundations
missing technical infrastructure
integration with other theories and technologies
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Duration, Format, and Dates
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We invite contributions in the form of an extended abstract of up to two pages.
In addition, supplementary material, such as data sets, detailed descriptions,
or visualizations, may be submitted.
The workshop is planned for half a day within the conference dates and at the
same venue. It will consist of several short presentations each followed by a
plenary discussion.
Please send your contributions until *July 10, 2024* to
tom.hanika(a)uni-hildesheim.de. If you are not sure whether your contribution
matches the topics or the format of the workshop, you are welcome to contact the
organizers prior to submitting the abstract. An acceptance notification will be
sent within two weeks upon receiving the submission.
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Workshop Organizers
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- Tom Hanika, University of Hildesheim
- Sergei Obiedkov, TU Dresden
- Bernhard Ganter, Ernst-Schröder-Zentrum, Darmstadt
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Dr. Tom Hanika
Universität Kassel Tel.: +49 (0) 561 804 6252
https://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/hanika
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Die Arbeitsgruppe Information Processing and Analytics der
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin befasst sich mit der Extraktion von
Wissen aus großen Datenmengen und erforscht dabei Technologien und
Verfahren aus den Bereichen Data Mining & Machine Learning, Linked
Data, Information Extraction und Natural Language Processing. Zur
Verstärkung unseres Schwerpunktes Neuro-symbolische Künstliche
Intelligenz ist ab sofort eine Promotionsstelle zu besetzen.
(Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in befristet für vorauss. 4 Jahre - E 13 TV-L HU)
Mögliche Anwendungsfelder sind die
- Erkennung und Extraktion rhetorischer Stilmittel in großen
Textkorpora,
- Extraktion und Verlinkung bibliographischer Metadaten in
geisteswissenschaftlichen Publikationen,
- temporale Analyse von (archivierten) Web-Inhalten.
Aufgabengebiete:
- wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen in Forschung und Lehre
- Aufgaben zur eigenen wissenschaftlichen Qualifikation (Promotion)
- wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Datensammlungen der Arbeitsgruppe
sowie der zugehörigen Analyseumgebung
- Aufbau eines Dienstes zur Nutzung und Erforschung von großen
Sprachmodellen (LLMs), insbesondere für die Digital Humanities
- Mitarbeit am Social-Bookmarking-System BibSonomy
Ihr Profil:
Erforderlich sind:
- guter Universitätsabschluss in Informatik oder verwandten Fächern
(Abschlussarbeit muss zumindestet eingereicht sein)
- sehr gute Programmierkenntnisse und Erfahrung im Umgang mit modernen
Softwareentwicklungs-Werkzeugen
- gute Kenntnisse in mindestens einem der folgenden Bereiche: Data
Mining/Machine Learning, Web Crawling, Informationsextraktion,
Natural Language Processing, Named Entity Recognition and Linking
- sehr gute Deutsch- und gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
Erwünscht sind:
- Interesse an teamorientierter Forschungsarbeit auf internationalem
Niveau in einem interdisziplinären Team
- Interesse an der Verarbeitung großer Datenmengen und der Betreuung
der entsprechenden Infrastruktur
- sehr gute Organisationsfähigkeit, Belastbarkeit und soziale Kompetenz
- sehr gute Kommunikationsfähigkeit
Die Bereitschaft zu gelegentlichen Dienstreisen aus Anlass von
Projekttreffen oder Tagungen wird erwartet.
Unser Angebot:
- eine abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeit in einem dynamischen und
spannenden Forschungsumfeld, in dem Teamarbeit, Transparenz, offene
Innovationsprozesse und ständige Weiterbildung unverzichtbar sind
- leistungsorientiertes und forschungsstarkes Team
- die Altersvorsorge für den öffentlichen Dienst (VBL)
- flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice-Regelungen bzw. ein
Arbeitsplatz in Berlin Mitte
- Austausch und Kooperation mit den Mitarbeiter*innen und
Doktorand*innen des Instituts für Bibliotheks- und
Informationswissenschaft
- Chancengleichheit und Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie
- die Möglichkeit, ausgiebig Erfahrung im Umgang mit großen
Datenmengen sowie der geeigneten Infrastruktur (Cluster-System) und
aktuellen Technologien (z.B. Apache Spark) zu sammeln
Bewerbungen (mit Anschreiben, Lebenslauf und relevanten Zeugnissen
sowie einer informativen Kurzzusammenfassung der letzten
Abschlussarbeit (max. eine Seite) richten Sie bitte bis zum
*05.07.2024* unter Angabe der Kennziffer *AN/116/24* an die
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät, Institut für
Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften, Prof. Robert Jäschke,
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin oder bevorzugt per E-Mail in einer
PDF-Datei an robert.jaeschke(a)hu-berlin.de. Auf die Vorlage von
Lichtbildern/Bewerbungsfotos verzichten wir ausdrücklich und bitten
daher, hiervon abzusehen.
Bei Fragen wenden Sie sich gern an Prof. Dr. Robert Jäschke
(robert.jaeschke@hu- berlin.de).
Zur Sicherung der Gleichstellung sind Bewerbungen qualifizierter
Frauen besonders willkommen. Schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei
gleicher Eignung bevorzugt. Bewerbungen von Menschen mit
Migrationsgeschichte sind ausdrücklich erwünscht. Da wir Ihre
Unterlagen nicht zurücksenden, bitten wir Sie, Ihrer Bewerbung nur
Kopien beizulegen.
Datenschutzrechtliche Hinweise zur Verarbeitung Ihrer
personenbezogenen Daten im Rahmen des Ausschreibungs- und
Auswahlverfahrens finden Sie auf der Homepage der Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin: https://hu.berlin/DSGVO.
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< https://hu.berlin/RJ >>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<< +49 (0)30 2093-70960 >
< https://weltliteratur.net/ >>>>><<<<< https://dev.bibsonomy.org/ >
Still a few more places available, but registration fee needs to be
received by 29 May at the latest. Don't miss this opportunity to learn
about Generative AI from the experts.
The European Association for Data Science (EuADS) is pleased to announce
the 2024 instalment of its popular Summer School series.
What: EuADS Summer School on Generative AI
When: 18-21 June 2024
Where: Maison d’Accueil (Convent of the Franciscan Sisters), 50 avenue
Gaston Diderich, L-1420 Luxembourg-Belair
Register until: May 15th, 2024 (extended till booked out)
The rise of Generative AI, especially with the advancements in Large
Language Models (LLMs), marks a transformative era in artificial
intelligence that is expanding across all disciplines. LLMs aim to
bridge the communication gap between machines and humans, paving the way
for models that can grasp the nuances of human language and generate
outputs in various formats that mimic human cognition and creativity.
The critical moment for Generative AI came with the adoption of neural
networks, particularly transformer-based architectures, which have
become its backbone. These models stand out for their profound ability
to digest and learn from extensive corpora and datasets, and also to
generate original, contextually rich content. But we are just at the
beginning. The emerging models present challenges related to ethics,
reliability, the way we experiment with these models, the scope of their
inferences, their applications to more specific domains, etc.
All this has created a vibrant field of work and opens the doors to a
community that will find the right forum in this Summer School. The
organisers have put together a highly attractive programme addressing
the following topics:
- Machines That Speak and Imagine: The Role of AI in Audio and Image
Generation
- LLMs: Foundations, Advancements, and Ethical Considerations
- Generative AI for Data Analytics
- Robust Evaluation of Generative AI
- What Generative AI tells us about ourselves?
The EuADS Summer School is preceded by a public event on Tuesday
afternoon June 18th during which Peter Flach (University of Bristol, UK)
will deliver this year's Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt Lecture entitled 'Data
Science in the time of ChatGPT — Why AI isn’t solved, and how data
science can help'. The public event will be followed by a welcome
reception.
The Summer School is planned as an in-person event and the symposium as
an hybrid event. For more information including how to register see:
https://www.euads.org/fjkdlasjdiglsmdgkcxjhvckh/euads-summer-school-913-487/
For participants there are a limited number of affordable rooms
available at the Maison d’Accueil, please have a look at our website.
There are several hotels within walking distance. However, please note
it is very urgent to make your reservation now because the Councils of
ministers of the EU are all held in Luxembourg during the month of June
and therefore prices will rise in the coming months. It is also worth
nothing that in Luxembourg all public transport is free of charge. We
look forward to seeing you in Luxembourg in June.
[apologies for multiple postings]
DL 2024 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
37th International Workshop on Description Logics, DL 2024
June 18-21, 2024, Bergen, Norway
Website: https://dl2024.w.uib.no
IMPORTANT DATES
* May 21st, 2024 Registration deadline
* June 3, 2024 Camera-ready version due
All dates above are ‘Anywhere on Earth’, namely 23:59 UTC-12
* June 18-21, 2024 Workshop
It is planned to hold DL2024 as an in-person event, that is, at least one author of every accepted paper has to physically attend the workshop.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The DL workshop is the major annual event of the description logic research community. It is the forum in which those interested in description logics, both from academia and industry, meet to discuss ideas, share information and compare experiences. The 37th edition will be held in Bergen, Norway, from June 18th to June 21st.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Camille Bourgaux - CNRS researcher at École Normale Supérieure (part of PSL University), France
Gabriele Kern-Isberner - Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
Ondřej Kuželka - Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
ORGANIZATION
General & Local Chair:
Ana Ozaki - University of Oslo & University of Bergen, Norway
PC Co-Chairs:
Laura Giordano - University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Jean Christoph Jung - Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
Local Sponsorship Chair:
Guohui Xiao - University of Bergen, Norway
Publicity Co-Chairs:
Andrea Mazzullo - University of Trento, Italy
Victor Lacerda - University of Bergen, Norway
Contact
PC co-chairs can be contacted via e-mail: dl2024 “at” easychair.org.
CALL FOR PAPERS: ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems
Special Issue on Recommender Systems for Good
Submission deadline: 1. September 2024
https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_SI-Recommen…
Guest Editors:
- Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska, Slovenia
- Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy
- Alan Said, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht, Netherlands
- Antonela Tommasel, ISISTAN, CONICET-UNCPBA, Argentina
Recommender systems are among the most widely used applications of
machine learning. Since they are so widely used, it is important that
we, as practitioners and researchers, think about the impact these
systems may have on users, society, and other stakeholders. In practice,
the focus is often on systems and values of improving key performance
indicators (KPIs), such as increased sales or customer retention.
Recommendation technology is currently underutilized to serve societal
goals that go beyond the business objectives of individual corporations.
However, other values, bound more to societal good, could be considered
in the development and goals of a recommender system. In fact,
recommender systems have already been explored to stimulate healthier
eating behavior and for improved health and well-being in general, to
help low-income families make school choices, to suggest successful
learning paths for students, to entice climate-protecting energy-saving
behavior, to support fair micro-lending, or improve the information
diets of news readers. Research in these areas is however limited in
numbers, compared to the many papers that are published every year that
propose new models for improved movie recommendations.
Moreover, concerning the methodology and evaluation perspective in this
area, it is essential to find a clear methodology and criteria for
evaluating the effectiveness and "goodness" of the proposed algorithms.
This includes acknowledging that different values may be conflicting, as
well as resolving how and when (and by whom) certain values should be
prioritized over others.
Research on "Recommender Systems for Good" may benefit from an
interdisciplinary approach, drawing on insights from fields such as
computer science, ethics, sociology, psychology, law, and economics.
Collaborations with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds can enrich the
research and ensure that recommendations are grounded in real-world
needs and values.
This special issue aims to present state-of-the-art research works where
recommender systems have a positive societal impact and help us address
urgent societal challenges. It will thereby serve as a call to action
for more research in these areas. Ultimately, through this special
issue, we hope to establish a vision of "Recommender Systems for Good',
following the spirit of the "AI for Good" initiative
(https://aiforgood.itu.int) to achieve the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (2015) and the more recent UNESCO recommendation on
the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2024)
(https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics).
Topics:
We aim to collect the latest research on recommender systems for
societal good. The topics of the special issues include (but are not
limited to):
- Recommender systems for safety, security, and privacy (e.g., reducing
poverty and inequality)
- Recommender systems that protect the environment and ecosystems (e.g.,
lower energy consumption, water and energy management)
- Recommender systems that give control of data back to the users (e.g.,
transparency of data, models, and outputs)
- Recommender systems for the interconnected society (e.g., increase of
solidarity, online conversational health, multi-stakeholder recommenders)
- Accountability in recommender systems, including addressing emerging
regulations, such as the DSA (Digital Service Act)
- Recommender systems for the public good (e.g., mental and physical
health, welfare, digital literacy, stakeholder engagement, e-learning)
- Introspective studies on the current state of RSs concerning societal good
- Fairness-preserving and fairness-enhancing recommender systems,
unbiased recommendations (e.g. to preserve gender equality)
- Responsible recommendation (e.g., in social media and traditional
news, avoiding filter bubbles and echo chambers)
- Sustainability and Cultural recommendations (e.g., art, cultural heritage)
- Recommendations to support disadvantaged groups (e.g., elderly,
minorities)
- Recommender systems for personal development and well-being (e.g.,
behavioral change, fitness, self-actualization, personal growth)
Important Dates:
- Submission deadline: September 1, 2024
- First-round review decisions: December 1, 2024
- Deadline for revision submissions: February 1, 2025
- Notification of final decisions: April 1, 2025
Submissions that are received before the first deadline will be directly
sent out for review; papers will be immediately published online after
acceptance.
Submission Information:
The special issue welcomes technical research papers, survey papers, and
opinion/reflective papers. Each paper should address one or more of the
abovementioned topics or be in other scopes of Recommender Systems for
Good. The special issue will also consider peer-reviewed journal
versions (at least 30% new content) of top papers from related
recommender system conferences such as RecSys, SIGIR, KDD, CIKM, IUI,
UMAP, CHI, WSDM, ACL, etc. The new content must be in terms of
intellectual contributions, technical experiments, and findings.
Submissions must be prepared according to the TORS submission guidelines
(https://dl.acm.org/journal/tors/author-guidelines) and must be
submitted via Manuscript Central (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tors).
For questions and further information, please contact the guest editors
at rs4good(a)acm.org.
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http://markotkalcic.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RecSysMare
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markotkalcic
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