【今日新增】CCF推荐期刊专刊截稿信息4条

全文截稿: 2017-09-03

影响因子: 1.26

期刊难度: ★★★★

CCF分类: B类

网址: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hihc20/current#.V5YTQ0uF6Uk

Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people, and to the world around them. It is estimated that around 1 in 68 people are autistic. Autism is also a spectrum condition, which means that it affects different people in different ways. Some autistic people have communication impairments and some also have a learning disability. However, a substantial proportion is of average or advanced intellectual ability and generally leading an independent life.

When designing technology for this population, autistic characteristics have to be considered. Autistic people typically welcome structure, both in their daily routines and their social interactions. It has been argued that interactive systems and other products should equally be designed in a clear and uncluttered way, reducing complexity. However, capabilities and individual preferences can vary widely across the autism spectrum, and what works for one group may not be universally applicable.

Further, established design practices may prove difficult to apply as users may be unable to express their preferences clearly. People with autism may also struggle with the roles typically assumed in user-centred design approaches that rely on active user involvement, participation in co-creation sessions and prototype testing.

To advance research in this area, we invite original research contributions which focus on the design of interactive systems, products, environments and experiences for users on the autism spectrum. We particularly invite contributions focussing on supporting the strengths of autistic people. Submissions must describe original research of the highest scientific quality and will be rigorously peer reviewed. The expected length is about 6,000-8,000 words. We welcome submission that are based on recent conference papers if the submission includes additional contributions.

Please note that we also welcome submission that touch on related neurodiverse conditions, cognitive disorders and developmental conditions such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Dyscalculia.

全文截稿: 2017-09-30

影响因子: 1.476

期刊难度: ★★★★★

CCF分类: A类

网址: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies/

The Internet of Things (IoT), comprising the large diversity of interactive devices as well as embedded sensors, is creating a seamless integration between physical objects and the digital world. Humans are able to monitor and control physical processes while interacting with very large data sets collected via sensors. In cyber-physical systems, software components and physical objects are deeply intertwined, each operating on different spatial and temporal scales, exhibiting multiple behavioral modalities and interacting both with each other and with users. They can interact with data and access services using a myriad of ways that change with their context of use.

Applications of cyber-physical systems include smart grids, global environmental and disaster monitoring, medical and homeland security systems as well as autonomous transportation and automatic pilot avionics. These systems are being facilitated by emerging technologies such as the OGC's Sensor Web Enablement (SWE), which is a standard for making sensors and sensor data repositories accessible via the Web.

As the infrastructure for communications improves, attention can turn to the innovative interaction methods that are needed to interact with networked objects such as cars, or in the near future why not also with trees, plants, forests and animals? What would this dialogue look like and how would it take place? However, human-cyber-physical interactions are very difficult to model and fundamentally different from human-computer interaction models developed so far. Designing and validating such interactions is particularly challenging.

This special issue articulates three main design challenges with humans in the loop: (i) the need for a comprehensive understanding of the complete spectrum of the types of interaction modalities, (ii) the need for extensions to system identification or other techniques to derive design models from human experiences, and (iii) most importantly, determining how to incorporate such models into the HCI design methodologies, but also the engineering of the underlying interactions between the physical and software components.

Furthermore, traditional HCI design usually deals with the small picture only - the design of the user interfaces and the human-digital artifact interaction. They have shown limited capabilities in coping with the design of the "big picture" of multi-platforms and multi-devices, the way interactive service interacts with other ones and the way they can be combined and used via/by other services. There is an urgent need to develop a holistic, multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective approach that focuses on how to engineer interactions in cyber-physical systems with this "big picture" in mind. The big picture already exists, comprising the hundreds of thousands of services - most often data-intensive ones - available on the Web/cloud. Such services are now interacting with a wide range physical objects in a new eco-system that is characterized by four types of interactions: Digital-physical components interaction, Human-digital/physical components interaction, human-digital/physical-other human as well as the underlying human-data interaction.

The design of these forms of interactions requires:
- Broadening the vision of interactions beyond the traditional human-computer interaction, including how other stakeholders may interact and collaborate with physical objects
- Connecting different methods to design smart interaction services and user interfaces as well as the holistic view of the entire human-cyber-physical system interactions
- Building a tradeoff between the attributes that quantify the user experiences and those measuring the security and privacy. Most often these factors are seen as obstacles in interaction design
- Providing a conceptual formulation of a cyber-physical system (CPS) as a socio-technical human-data interaction system.
- The special issue focusses on three main design challenges for the human-cyber-physical interactions: (i) the need for a comprehensive understanding of the complete spectrum of the types of human-in-the-loop cyber-physical system behaviors including the interactions between software components and physical objects, (ii) the need for extensions to system identification or other techniques to derive models of human behaviors, and (iii) most importantly, determining how to incorporate human behavior models into the formal methodology of feedback control.

We seek original unpublished research papers and case studies describing theoretical and practical HCI aspects of cyber-physical systems. The following topics and related ones are within the scope of this special issue:
- HCI design theories and methods and how they apply to cyber-physical systems
- Interaction with augmented physical objects
- Human-data interaction and visualization
- User research and empirical studies in cyber-physical systems design
- Applications in automotive systems, aerospace systems, digital health, civil engineering systems/devices and industrial control systems
- Artificial Intelligence for interactive cyber-physical systems
- Novel interaction technology and models for cyber-physical systems

全文截稿: 2017-09-30

影响因子: 无

期刊难度: ★★★

CCF分类: C类

网址: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-knowledge-management-ijkm/1083

To enhance employee performance, the knowledge-intensive organizations are increasingly relying on flexible workers who primarily consist of part-timers, freelancers, and casual workers. Multi-national companies such as General Electric, Accenture, Google have already taken major steps in this direction by adapting their existing human resource practices to embrace flexible workforce. Knowledge workers could be nurses, teachers, lawyers, engineers, and other professionals. The flexible knowledge workers also acquire and apply information but only as part-timers, freelancers, and casual workers. Therefore, unlike traditional employment contracts, the association between them and the organization is time-bound and is limited to the completion of a particular project or a set of activities.

Flexibility coupled with temporariness of agile workforce makes it extremely challenging for the human resource managers to keep them engaged and perform. The managers need to accommodate those factors at every stage of the human resource management process starting from recruitment to leadership development that tend to engage flexible workers. The prime questions that managers want to be answered include what steps are needed to engage talented flexible workers, how the traditional human resource practices can be aligned with that of the flexible ones, and what could be the individual- and organization-level performance outcomes of engaging flexible workers. Sparse research on these questions calls for a thorough exploration and examination of causes and consequences of engaging flexible workforce.

This special issue has two objectives. The first purpose is to explore the factors that engage talented flexible knowledge workers in their work. The second objective is to understand the possible ways of aligning traditional human resource practices with that of the flexible ones and to investigate the individual- and organization-level performance outcomes of engaging flexible workers.

All submissions must complete the engagement-flexible workforce-performance triad. Only empirical papers that are fully developed and involve either qualitative or quantitative methodology on the following or related topics are welcome:
- Flexible workforce and employee performance relationship
- Alignment of conventional with the flexible knowledge workforce
- Cultural issues
- Individual-/Organization-level performance outcomes
- Leadership
- Physical, cognitive, and emotional motivational factors
- Role of external factor
- Technological intervention
- Work team dynamics
- Self-leadership skills

全文截稿: 2017-10-01

影响因子: 1.067

期刊难度: ★★

CCF分类: 无

网址: https://www.computer.org/it-professional/

The landscape of cybersecurity continues to change rapidly, with new threats and attack paths that seemingly appear almost daily. At the same time, advances on the technology side have accelerated. In particular, the Internet of Things (IoT) and miniature cyber-physical systems are bringing information security concerns to every aspect of life, including clothing, kitchen appliances, and automobiles. The corporate world is also facing challenges in how to apply new technology such as the IoT and distributed ledger systems-technology that even many computer security professionals don't fully understand.

This special issue of IT Professional seeks to provide readers with an overview of current issues and advances in information and computer security. We seek high-quality contributions from industry, government, business, and academia that present recent developments in IT security, showcase successfully deployed security solutions, or discuss challenging security issues that deserve further study. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Security in the IoT and cyber-physical systems
- Blockchain and distributed ledger systems
- Authentication and access control
- Physical and behavioral biometrics
- Applications of cryptography
- Cloud and distributed system security
- Computer forensics
- Privacy preservation in data mining and data analytics
- Intrusion-detection systems
- Malware detection
- Mobile app and device security
- Network security
- Legalities and ethics associated with security and privacy policies
- Protection of personal information
- Security architecture
- Usability and human factors issues
- Wearable device security
- Web application security
- Security of online transactions

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