[DiXiT] CfP: The Reverse Telescope: Big Data and Distant Reading in the Humanities, AIUCD 2017 Conference, Rome, 26-28 January 2017

[Franz Fischer]

AIUCD 2017 Conference: Call for papers

The Reverse Telescope: Big Data and Distant Reading in the Humanities
Rome, 26-28 January 2017

General information

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.

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.

The AIUCD 2017 Conference will take place at Sapienza University, 
Palazzo delle ex Vetrerie Sciarra, via dei Volsci 122, Rome.

For more information, please visit the Conference website 
http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/ or send an email to aiucd2017 at gmail.com 
<mailto:aiucd2017 at gmail.com>

Conference Topics

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.

We therefore encourage proposals on (but not limited to) the following 
topics:

  * Methodological and epistemological aspects of distant reading in the
    Humanities
  * Distant reading, close reading and scaled reading: relations and
    interactions between hermeneutical tradition, quantitative analysis
    and new computational methods
  * Interaction and integration of methods of statistical/quantitative
    analysis and formal logic methods, semantic web technologies and
    linked data
  * Quantitative and stylometry analysis, topic modelling and clustering
    for literary texts, archival documents and cultural objects
  * Authorship attribution and automatic text classification
  * Applications and experimentations of data mining methodologies in
    historical, artistic and archaeological research
  * Network analysis and sentiment analysis applied to the Humanities
  * Interaction between Natural Language Processing technologies and
    data mining
  * Computational analysis of multimedia resources: images, audio and video
  * Methods and techniques of visualization and their impact on
    knowledge transfer in the Humanities
  * Problems and strategies for sustainability of data produced during
    research activities in terms of persistence, provenance and authenticity
  * Cultural and social impact of humanity research produced with
    computational methods

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15th (midnight). 
Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15th.

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.

Proposals categories and submission

Proposal must be sent in the form of an extended abstract that specifies 
the category (see below for details) using the ConfTool web-page: 
http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017

Proposals are invited for the following categories:

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;
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;
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
4. poster: mainly for presenting an ongoing project or the technical 
details of a tool or a digital resource.

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.

To submit a proposal, please sign in ConfTool 
(http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017). When submitting a proposal, authors 
must specify keywords from those suggested by the tool, in order to 
facilitate the review process.

Proposals structure and formats

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:

  * Long paper proposals should be at least 1000 words + bibliography;
  * Panel proposals should be at least 500 words + 200 words for each of
    the presentations + bibliography;
  * Short paper and poster proposals should be at least 800 words +
    bibliography;


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:

  * Word:
    http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.docx
  * ODT:
    http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.odt


Valid formats are DOCX, DOC, ODT and PDF.

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.

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.

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.
Specific poster slams sessions (max 2 minutes for each poster) will be 
scheduled in the Conference programme.

“Giuseppe Gigliozzi” Conference Bursary Awards

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.

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.
Please note that no more than one winner can be based at the organizing 
institution.

International Programme Committee

Fabio Ciotti (chair) - Università di Roma Tor vergata
Gianfranco Crupi (co-chair e organizzatore locale) - Sapienza Università 
di Roma
Stefano Asperti - Sapienza Università di Roma
Marina Buzzoni - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Franz Fischer - Universität zu Köln
Mariella Guercio - Sapienza Università di Roma
Tiziana Mancinelli - Universität zu Köln
Cristina Marras - CNR ILIESI
Monica Monachini - CNR ILC
Elena Pierazzo - Université Grenoble Alpes
Massimo Riva - Brown University
Geoffrey Rockwell - University of Alberta
Francesco Stella - Università di Siena
Francesca Tomasi - Università di Bologna

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