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<p>AIUCD 2017 Conference: Call for papers</p>
<div>The Reverse Telescope: Big Data and Distant Reading in the
Humanities</div>
<div>Rome, 26-28 January 2017</div>
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<div>General information</div>
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<div>The Associazione per l'Informatica Umanistica e le Culture
Digitali (AIUCD) is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its
annual conference and invites all interested scholars to submit a
proposal.</div>
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<div>The AIUCD 2017 Conference will be held from January 26th to
28th in Rome, Italy, and it is organized by DigiLab (Sapienza
University), in collaboration with the DiXiT Marie Curie network
(Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training). The DiXiT workshop
“The educational and social impact of Digital Scholarly Editions”
is planned before the Conference. AIUCD 2017 will also host the
third edition of the EADH Day, on January 25th.</div>
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<div>The AIUCD 2017 Conference will take place at Sapienza
University, Palazzo delle ex Vetrerie Sciarra, via dei Volsci 122,
Rome.</div>
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<div>For more information, please visit the Conference website <a
href="http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/">http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/</a>
or send an email to <a href="mailto:aiucd2017@gmail.com">aiucd2017@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>Conference Topics</div>
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<div>The main topic of the AIUCD 2017 Conference is the use of big
data methods, cultural analytics and distant reading in the
Humanities. We would like to explore the methodological and
epistemological impact of these methods, their application in the
different fields of the Humanities and on various kinds of media
and digital resources, their effects on our comprehension of
cultural and historical phenomena and, finally, their consequences
and repercussions on the social and public perceptions of the
Humanities.</div>
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<div>We therefore encourage proposals on (but not limited to) the
following topics:</div>
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<li>Methodological and epistemological aspects of distant
reading in the Humanities<br>
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<li>Distant reading, close reading and scaled reading: relations
and interactions between hermeneutical tradition, quantitative
analysis and new computational methods<br>
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<li>Interaction and integration of methods of
statistical/quantitative analysis and formal logic methods,
semantic web technologies and linked data<br>
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<li>Quantitative and stylometry analysis, topic modelling and
clustering for literary texts, archival documents and cultural
objects<br>
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<li>Authorship attribution and automatic text classification<br>
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<li>Applications and experimentations of data mining
methodologies in historical, artistic and archaeological
research<br>
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<li>Network analysis and sentiment analysis applied to the
Humanities<br>
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<li>Interaction between Natural Language Processing technologies
and data mining<br>
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<li>Computational analysis of multimedia resources: images,
audio and video<br>
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<li>Methods and techniques of visualization and their impact on
knowledge transfer in the Humanities<br>
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<li>Problems and strategies for sustainability of data produced
during research activities in terms of persistence, provenance
and authenticity<br>
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<li>Cultural and social impact of humanity research produced
with computational methods<br>
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<div>The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15th
(midnight). Notification of acceptance will be sent by December
15th.<br>
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<div>Official languages of the AIUCD 2017 Conference are Italian and
English. However, it is possible to present in other languages if
you provide English slides or an English handout.</div>
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<div>Proposals categories and submission</div>
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<div>Proposal must be sent in the form of an extended abstract that
specifies the category (see below for details) using the ConfTool
web-page: <a href="http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017">http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017</a></div>
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<div>Proposals are invited for the following categories:</div>
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<div>1. long paper (30 min: 20/25 min + 10/5 min for Q&A): the
paper should discuss innovative methodologies and their
theoretical basis, experiences of analysis and applications that
are methodologically significant within a discipline;
presentations devoted to present a specific tool or resource are
acceptable only if they include a thorough critical discussion of
the methodologies used and/or a theoretical evaluation of the
results obtained;</div>
<div>2. short paper (15 min: 10/12 min + 5/3 min for Q&A): the
paper should present a mature research product or a research
project;</div>
<div>3. panel (45 or 90 min, including Q&A): in the panel, a
series of presentations (max 6) should address a topic from the
theoretical and the methodological points of view; or give a
critical assessment of the grounding, methods and results of a
research project; and</div>
<div>4. poster: mainly for presenting an ongoing project or the
technical details of a tool or a digital resource.</div>
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<div>The conference proposals will be selected through single blind
peer review by scholars in the Humanities, Computer Science and/or
Digital Humanities. At the end of the evaluation process, the
Program Committee may decide to move an accepted proposal to a
different category of presentation.</div>
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<div>To submit a proposal, please sign in ConfTool (<a
href="http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017">http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017</a>).
When submitting a proposal, authors must specify keywords from
those suggested by the tool, in order to facilitate the review
process.</div>
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<div>Proposals structure and formats</div>
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<div>Proposals must clearly present the goals of the paper, give a
brief state of the art, specify and discuss the chosen methodology
and, if appropriate, the results obtained or expected. Proposals
should include a short bibliography. Dimensions vary depending on
the type of proposal:</div>
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<li>Long paper proposals should be at least 1000 words +
bibliography;<br>
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<li>Panel proposals should be at least 500 words + 200 words for
each of the presentations + bibliography;<br>
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<li>Short paper and poster proposals should be at least 800
words + bibliography;<br>
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<div>When submitting the proposal, it is required to include a short
abstract (300 words) in ConfTool. For their proposal, authors must
use the templates found at the following addresses:</div>
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<li>Word: <a
href="http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.docx">http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.docx</a><br>
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<li>ODT: <a
href="http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.odt">http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.odt</a><br>
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<div>Valid formats are DOCX, DOC, ODT and PDF.</div>
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<div>Official languages of the AIUCD 2017 Conference are Italian and
English, but it is possible to submit a proposal also in the
following languages: French, German and Spanish. In latter case,
it is mandatory to provide the short abstract in ConfTool in
English.</div>
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<div>Posters should be in Italian or English and in the A1 portrait
(841mm x 594mm) format. Posters will be displayed in a dedicated
space at the Conference venue; display panels will be provided.
Please bring your poster printed, as we are unable to provide a
printing service.</div>
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<div>Personal laptop computers may be used at the poster display
area. Should your presentation include a laptop, please inform the
organizing committee on acceptance of your proposal.</div>
<div>Specific poster slams sessions (max 2 minutes for each poster)
will be scheduled in the Conference programme.<br>
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<div>“Giuseppe Gigliozzi” Conference Bursary Awards </div>
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<div>AIUCD will offer three bursaries awards of 250 € for
early-career scholars (student and non tenured lecturers)
presenting papers (long or short) at the conference. Eligible
scholars can apply selecting the specific check-box at the bottom
of the abstract's submission form in ConfTool. Candidates papers
will be selected by reviewers.</div>
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<div>Prior to the conference, the AIUCD Board will make a
preliminary review of all papers proposed by the reviewers, then
will verify their eligibility and compile a preliminary list of a
maximum of 10 papers. Then a panel of reviewers is recruited from
AIUCD board members, program committee members, program session
chairs, and other experienced participants attending the
conference. During the course of the conference, one or more
reviewers will unobtrusively attend and observe each candidate
presentation and make recommendations to the Board. Winners will
be selected by the Board at the end of the conference, and the
results will then be communicated during the General Assembly.</div>
<div>Please note that no more than one winner can be based at the
organizing institution.</div>
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<div>International Programme Committee</div>
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<div>Fabio Ciotti (chair) - Università di Roma Tor vergata</div>
<div>Gianfranco Crupi (co-chair e organizzatore locale) - Sapienza
Università di Roma</div>
<div>Stefano Asperti - Sapienza Università di Roma<br>
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<div>Marina Buzzoni - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia</div>
<div>Franz Fischer - Universität zu Köln</div>
<div>Mariella Guercio - Sapienza Università di Roma</div>
<div>Tiziana Mancinelli - Universität zu Köln</div>
<div>Cristina Marras - CNR ILIESI</div>
<div>Monica Monachini - CNR ILC</div>
<div>Elena Pierazzo - Université Grenoble Alpes</div>
<div>Massimo Riva - Brown University</div>
<div>Geoffrey Rockwell - University of Alberta</div>
<div>Francesco Stella - Università di Siena</div>
<div>Francesca Tomasi - Università di Bologna</div>
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