School of Computing Science

GIST Seminar - Assessing and Augmenting Collaboration in XR

Group: Human Computer Interaction (GIST)
Speaker: Dr. Cédric Fleury and Dr. Cédric Dumas, IMT Atlantique
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 423 Seminar Room

Dr. Cédric Fleury

Abstract:

As the quantity and complexity of digital data produced by our society grow exponentially, empowering groups of users to manipulate, analyze and understand this data, while preserving control over how artificial intelligence processes it, has become a major challenge. My research investigates how large interactive spaces, such as wall-sized displays, immersive virtual reality systems or augmented reality spaces, can foster collaboration among users. It explores both co-located and remote collaboration in such systems. Rather than mimicking collaboration in the physical world, it aims to push collaboration beyond “being there” by leveraging digital cues and taking advantage of the large physical space surrounding users.

Bio:

Cédric Fleury is an associate professor of Computer Science at IMT Atlantique (France) since 2021, where he teaches computer science, including human-computer interaction and virtual reality, to engineering students. He is also part of the INUIT research group of Lab-STICC. Before that, he was an associate professor at Université Paris-Saclay (France / 2013-2021) in the ex)situ research group. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina and a visiting researcher at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore / 2012-2013). He obtained a PhD in Computer Science from INSA de Rennes (France / 2012). His current research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Telepresence and 3D Interaction. He has published his research work both in the human-computer interaction community (e.g., CHI, INTERACT, CSCW) and in the virtual reality community (e.g., IEEE VR, VRST, EuroVR).

Abstract:

In some situations, such as in the medical field, a decrease in the quality of collaboration can lead to adverse events, sometimes with severe consequences for patients or task outcomes. One possible solution to reduce the emergence of these types of events is to provide real-time feedback on the quality of collaboration within the group. This would allow operators to be informed whether their current collaboration or situation awareness level is optimal or not. We introduce a new way to design and evaluate systems designed to collaborate with humans.

Bio:

Cedric Dumas is an expert in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality. He has been working in the field or collaborative virtual environments since 1995, and in the field of motor skills training using haptic devices since 2006 when he joined IRCCyN, a CNRS cybernetic lab in France. He joined CSIRO in 2011 for four years, where he led the Surgical Simulation and Assistance team of the Australian E-Health Research Centre in Brisbane, a laboratory dedicated to medical technologies. He was working there on endoscopic simulation, with the colonoscopy simulator (licensed to Surgical Science in 2014 as EndoSim) and a bronchoscopy simulator. In 2015, he joined IMT Atlantique, one of the top French engineering school (QS Computer Sciences & Information Systems : 140 world / 5th France). He leads the FAME research cluster (Human Factors for Medical Technologies), a network of researchers and doctors promoting human centric technology development in Nantes, France.

Advancing LLM-based Recommendation: High-order Interaction Awareness, Rationale Distillation, and Reranking Modeling

Group: Information Retrieval (IR)
Speaker: Xinfeng Wang, University of Yamanashi
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 422 Seminar Room

Title
Advancing LLM-based Recommendation: High-order Interaction Awareness, Rationale Distillation, and Reranking Modeling

Abstract
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable potential in recommendation systems, yet key challenges remain. This talk explores three advancements in LLM-based recommendation: (1) High-order interaction awareness, enabling models to better capture complex user-item relationships; (2) Rationale distillation, extracting implicit reasoning signals from reviews; (3) Reranking modeling, optimizing ranking strategies to refine recommendations.

Bio
Xinfeng Wang is a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Yamanashi, advised by Prof. Fumiyo Fukumoto. He holds a dual M.S. in Computer Science from Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, and the University of Yamanashi, Japan. His research interests include recommendation systems, natural language processing, and data mining.

[FATA Seminar] Multiparty Session Types with a Bang!

Group: Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
Speaker: Matthew Alan Le Brun, University of Glasgow
Date: 25 February, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Room F121, Lilybank Gardens and Zoom

Abstract: Replication is an alternative construct to recursion for describing infinite behaviours in the pi-calculus. We explore the implications of including type-level replication in Multiparty Session Types (MPST), a behavioural type theory for message-passing programs. We introduce MPST!, a session-typed multiparty process calculus with replication and first-class roles. We find that replication is not an equivalent alternative to recursion in MPST, and using both constructs in one type system in fact allows us to express both context-free protocols and protocols that make interesting use of mutual exclusion and races. In this talk, we will demonstrate the expressiveness of replication in MPST by example, observe the mutual non-inclusion result, and discuss the decidability of typechecking.

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This event is part of the FATA Weekly Seminar, which takes place every Tuesday from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. During January-March 2025, the seminar will be held in Room F121, 17 Lilybank Gardens and on Zoom: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/83611964233?pwd=CgRyzxK8Z9fP2ULTb5ONWZeUYx2t2E.1

Upwards seminar: Developing EPSRC Grant Proposals

Group: School of Computing Science
Speaker: Lauritz Thamsen and Wim Vanderbauwhede, University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science
Date: 27 February, 2025
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 422 Seminar Room

Topic: Developing EPSRC Grant Proposals

Speakers:
- Dr Lauritz Thamsen (Lecturer, SoCS, GLASS member)
- Prof Wim Vanderbauwhede (Professor, SoCS, GLASS member and LOCOS lead)

Location:
- in Room SAWB 422
- and on Zoom:
https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/83269224605?pwd=fpyhejtOQNCdtS1akTWQ36kznQthYs.1

What is Upwards?
 
Upwards is the School’s research culture seminar, covering all facets of developing, conducting, and disseminating research and related topics (e.g. managing a research team, time management to do research, connections between research and teaching). It is open to everyone in the School, but a specific aim is to support ECR development and some sessions are aimed mainly at PGRs and/or PDRAs.

How are the seminars held?

Upwards seminars are held in person in the School to bring people together. However, the sessions are also streamed on Zoom to allow people to join remotely, if they cannot attend in person. The seminars are not recorded and slides are not shared to preserve the off-the-record atmosphere of the seminars, which allows speakers to share personal experiences.

What will this session be about?
 
It is up to the speakers to set the agenda for their Upwards talks, but the idea for this seminar is to hear lessons learned from preparing successful and unsuccessful EPSRC project proposals, including standard/NIA responsive mode grant proposals, with a perspective from an early career researcher and then also a broader and more nuanced perspective from a more experienced academic: what worked well, what didn't, and how not to forget to enjoy the work, while iterating over proposal details for the Xth time and receiving rejections?!?

GIST Seminar - Assessing and Augmenting Collaboration in XR

Group: Human Computer Interaction (GIST)
Speaker: Dr. Cédric Fleury and Dr. Cédric Dumas, IMT Atlantique
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 423 Seminar Room

Dr. Cédric Fleury

Abstract:

As the quantity and complexity of digital data produced by our society grow exponentially, empowering groups of users to manipulate, analyze and understand this data, while preserving control over how artificial intelligence processes it, has become a major challenge. My research investigates how large interactive spaces, such as wall-sized displays, immersive virtual reality systems or augmented reality spaces, can foster collaboration among users. It explores both co-located and remote collaboration in such systems. Rather than mimicking collaboration in the physical world, it aims to push collaboration beyond “being there” by leveraging digital cues and taking advantage of the large physical space surrounding users.

Bio:

Cédric Fleury is an associate professor of Computer Science at IMT Atlantique (France) since 2021, where he teaches computer science, including human-computer interaction and virtual reality, to engineering students. He is also part of the INUIT research group of Lab-STICC. Before that, he was an associate professor at Université Paris-Saclay (France / 2013-2021) in the ex)situ research group. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina and a visiting researcher at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore / 2012-2013). He obtained a PhD in Computer Science from INSA de Rennes (France / 2012). His current research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Telepresence and 3D Interaction. He has published his research work both in the human-computer interaction community (e.g., CHI, INTERACT, CSCW) and in the virtual reality community (e.g., IEEE VR, VRST, EuroVR).

Abstract:

In some situations, such as in the medical field, a decrease in the quality of collaboration can lead to adverse events, sometimes with severe consequences for patients or task outcomes. One possible solution to reduce the emergence of these types of events is to provide real-time feedback on the quality of collaboration within the group. This would allow operators to be informed whether their current collaboration or situation awareness level is optimal or not. We introduce a new way to design and evaluate systems designed to collaborate with humans.

Bio:

Cedric Dumas is an expert in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality. He has been working in the field or collaborative virtual environments since 1995, and in the field of motor skills training using haptic devices since 2006 when he joined IRCCyN, a CNRS cybernetic lab in France. He joined CSIRO in 2011 for four years, where he led the Surgical Simulation and Assistance team of the Australian E-Health Research Centre in Brisbane, a laboratory dedicated to medical technologies. He was working there on endoscopic simulation, with the colonoscopy simulator (licensed to Surgical Science in 2014 as EndoSim) and a bronchoscopy simulator. In 2015, he joined IMT Atlantique, one of the top French engineering school (QS Computer Sciences & Information Systems : 140 world / 5th France). He leads the FAME research cluster (Human Factors for Medical Technologies), a network of researchers and doctors promoting human centric technology development in Nantes, France.

Advancing LLM-based Recommendation: High-order Interaction Awareness, Rationale Distillation, and Reranking Modeling

Group: Information Retrieval (IR)
Speaker: Xinfeng Wang, University of Yamanashi
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 422 Seminar Room

Title
Advancing LLM-based Recommendation: High-order Interaction Awareness, Rationale Distillation, and Reranking Modeling

Abstract
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable potential in recommendation systems, yet key challenges remain. This talk explores three advancements in LLM-based recommendation: (1) High-order interaction awareness, enabling models to better capture complex user-item relationships; (2) Rationale distillation, extracting implicit reasoning signals from reviews; (3) Reranking modeling, optimizing ranking strategies to refine recommendations.

Bio
Xinfeng Wang is a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Yamanashi, advised by Prof. Fumiyo Fukumoto. He holds a dual M.S. in Computer Science from Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, and the University of Yamanashi, Japan. His research interests include recommendation systems, natural language processing, and data mining.

[FATA Seminar] Multiparty Session Types with a Bang!

Group: Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
Speaker: Matthew Alan Le Brun, University of Glasgow
Date: 25 February, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Room F121, Lilybank Gardens and Zoom

Abstract: Replication is an alternative construct to recursion for describing infinite behaviours in the pi-calculus. We explore the implications of including type-level replication in Multiparty Session Types (MPST), a behavioural type theory for message-passing programs. We introduce MPST!, a session-typed multiparty process calculus with replication and first-class roles. We find that replication is not an equivalent alternative to recursion in MPST, and using both constructs in one type system in fact allows us to express both context-free protocols and protocols that make interesting use of mutual exclusion and races. In this talk, we will demonstrate the expressiveness of replication in MPST by example, observe the mutual non-inclusion result, and discuss the decidability of typechecking.

-----

This event is part of the FATA Weekly Seminar, which takes place every Tuesday from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. During January-March 2025, the seminar will be held in Room F121, 17 Lilybank Gardens and on Zoom: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/83611964233?pwd=CgRyzxK8Z9fP2ULTb5ONWZeUYx2t2E.1

Upwards seminar: Developing EPSRC Grant Proposals

Group: School of Computing Science
Speaker: Lauritz Thamsen and Wim Vanderbauwhede, University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science
Date: 27 February, 2025
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 422 Seminar Room

Topic: Developing EPSRC Grant Proposals

Speakers:
- Dr Lauritz Thamsen (Lecturer, SoCS, GLASS member)
- Prof Wim Vanderbauwhede (Professor, SoCS, GLASS member and LOCOS lead)

Location:
- in Room SAWB 422
- and on Zoom:
https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/83269224605?pwd=fpyhejtOQNCdtS1akTWQ36kznQthYs.1

What is Upwards?
 
Upwards is the School’s research culture seminar, covering all facets of developing, conducting, and disseminating research and related topics (e.g. managing a research team, time management to do research, connections between research and teaching). It is open to everyone in the School, but a specific aim is to support ECR development and some sessions are aimed mainly at PGRs and/or PDRAs.

How are the seminars held?

Upwards seminars are held in person in the School to bring people together. However, the sessions are also streamed on Zoom to allow people to join remotely, if they cannot attend in person. The seminars are not recorded and slides are not shared to preserve the off-the-record atmosphere of the seminars, which allows speakers to share personal experiences.

What will this session be about?
 
It is up to the speakers to set the agenda for their Upwards talks, but the idea for this seminar is to hear lessons learned from preparing successful and unsuccessful EPSRC project proposals, including standard/NIA responsive mode grant proposals, with a perspective from an early career researcher and then also a broader and more nuanced perspective from a more experienced academic: what worked well, what didn't, and how not to forget to enjoy the work, while iterating over proposal details for the Xth time and receiving rejections?!?

Learning and Teaching Scholars Leadership Workshop

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 01 March, 2025
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: TBA

This is a workshop for our Learning and Teaching Scholars which will be delivered by Robin Henderson from My Consultants.

Scottish Programming Languages Seminar

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 05 March, 2025
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: University of Stirling, United Kingdom

The Scottish Programming Languages Seminar (SPLS) is a forum for discussion of all aspects for programming languages. This edition of SPLS will be held as a hybrid event, supporting both in-person and remote participation. The in-person meeting will take place in the Cottrell Building, room 2A93 at the University of Stirling. Find out more details on the SPLS website.

How to make difficult computing concepts stick using Variation Theory

Group: Centre for Computing Science Education (CCSE)
Speaker: William Lau
Date: 06 March, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGI3NTNjNmUtODA2Mi00ODY4LTkzNDYtYjc5YzBjNjVjNDVj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%226e725c29-763a-4f50-81f2-2e254f0133c8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22746e122d-d9ac-4da8-9c6d-082f0dff1197%22%7d

"I've taught this so many times; why don't they get it?" That's a question that we have all asked ourselves at some point in our career. 

Variation theories were proposed by Ference Marton and Gu Ling Yuan and these have been widely used in Maths teaching for over 20 years. Yet most computing teacher training programs do not cover variation theory at all.

The session will cover William's experience of using variation theory to address the most challenging concepts in CS.

BIO:

William Lau is an assistant headteacher. Since qualifying in 2006, he has taught Computing to students aged 3-18. He is the author of Teaching Computing in Secondary Schools, he enjoys writing about computing education and sharing resources with teachers. William graduated from the University of Oxford with an MSc in Teacher Education in 2024. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-lau-74515453/)

PRE-READING:  https://www.cimt.org.uk/journal/lai.pdf, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsgp9EWyDzI

Moray Game Jam 2025

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 07 March, 2025
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Location: UHI Moray

The Moray Game Jam will take place at UHI Moray from Friday 7 March to Sunday 9 March 2025. Hosted by UHI Moray, teams will have 48 hours to create a video or board game based on a theme which will be unveiled at the event launch. There will also be exciting workshops hosted by guest speakers before the jam ends with the gaming playground where members of the public can try out all the games and vote for their People’s Choice. Register today for Moray Game Jam.

Human-centered Security Guest Lecture on

Group: School of Computing Science
Speaker: Marian Harbach, Google
Date: 12 March, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Boyd Orr Building, Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 203)

Upwards seminar: Writing Papers

Group: School of Computing Science
Speaker: Matthew McIlree and Shaun Macdonald, University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science
Date: 21 March, 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 422 Seminar Room

Topic: PGR/PDRA-focused Upwards session on Writing Strong Papers

Speakers:
- Matthew McIlree
(PhD student, SoCS, FATA member)
- Dr Shaun Macdonald
(Postdoc, SoCS, GIST member)

Location:
- in Room SAWB 422
- and on Zoom: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/85922996226?pwd=Z6slsw1bbbPIR01Y2zHrXrBbggkESf.1

What is Upwards?
 
Upwards is the School’s research culture seminar, covering all facets of developing, conducting, and disseminating research and related topics (e.g. managing a research team, time management to do research, connections between research and teaching). It is open to everyone in the School, but a specific aim is to support ECR development and some sessions are aimed mainly at PGRs and/or PDRAs.

How are the seminars held?

Upwards seminars are held in person in the School to bring people together. However, the sessions are also streamed on Zoom to allow people to join remotely, if they cannot attend in person. The seminars are not recorded and slides are not shared to preserve the off-the-record atmosphere of the seminars, which allows speakers to share personal experiences.

What will this session be about?
 
It is up to the speakers to set the agenda for their Upwards talks, but the idea for this seminar is to hear lessons learned from writing the first few papers as a PhD student and/or postdoc: what worked well and perhaps also what didn't, while planning experiments for papers, actively preparing manuscripts for submission, revising and re-submitting papers that weren't immediately accepted, collaborating with co-authors within and beyond SoCS/UofG, and presenting accepted papers at international conferences.

Women in Data Science

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 02 April, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

The event aims to tackle the underrepresentation of women in data science by creating a supportive space for them to share ideas and experiences. This event will provide a platform for: Sharing knowledge and experiences through talks and discussions Networking opportunities for women in the field Encouraging collaboration and career development The registration link will be available soon.

Women in Data Science Edinburgh 2025: Empower, Learn and Connect

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 02 April, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Join us on 28th May 2025 at the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University for an inspiring and educational day as part of the Women in Data Science (WiDS) event. This independent event, aligns with the annual #WiDS conference held at #StanfordUniversity and over 200 locations worldwide, bringing together data scientists of all backgrounds to learn, grow, and connect. Event Highlights: Keynote talk by an expert in data visualisation Business Pitch workshop Panel Discussion: Career advice and pathways in data science, featuring experts from the field Poster Session: Showcase your work and innovations in data science. Prizes will be awarded to the top poster Fun Data Science Trivia Session: Test your knowledge with a chance to win exciting prizes! This is an excellent opportunity to network, get inspired, and learn – whether you are looking to change careers, advance in your current role, or just connect with like-minded professionals in data science. A more detailed agenda will be available by early April 2025. Join the LinkedIn group

Theoretical Computer Science Education (TCSEd) in Scotland: Current Practices and Future Directions

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 14 April, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

This one-day workshop, TCSEd: Current Practices and Future Directions, aims to bring together theoretical computer science (TCS) educators from across Scottish universities to share their experiences, reflect on challenges, and discuss the future of TCS education. The workshop will feature short, contributed talks where participants will present their teaching experiences, highlighting specific challenges and innovations related to particular TCS topics or courses. This will provide a platform for educators to engage in practical discussions about how TCS is taught as well as how emerging technologies impact pedagogy. This event is designed to facilitate reflection on both the breadth and depth of TCS topics offered across institutions, from introductory courses to advanced topics such as computational complexity theory, quantum computing, algorithmic game theory, model checking, programming language theory and semantics, to name a few. A central theme of the workshop will be exploring how TCS can continue to serve as a foundational element of computer science education. A key aspect of this workshop is its connection to the SICSA research themes “Theory, Modelling and Computation” and “Scottish Programming Language Institute”, in which many TCS educators are also active researchers. By connecting this workshop with the research themes, we aim to foster a stronger link between the theoretical foundations taught in TCS courses and their practical applications in ensuring software robustness and reliability. Some TCS courses blend theoretical foundations with practical applications, often drawn from research, while others focus on purely foundational theory. For the latter, the challenge often lies in keeping students engaged and demonstrating relevance in light of emerging technologies like generative AI. Registration links will be available soon.

SICSA PhD Conference 2025

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 25 June, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: Edinburgh Napier University

Join us for the SICSA PhD Conference 2025 at Edinburgh Napier University! We’re bringing you a jam packed 2 days of fantastic activities, speakers, training, workshops and a Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony. Check our more details about the programme, accommodation and on our conference website. Register for your place today! We can’t wait to see you there :)

45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 20 July, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: TBA

The annual IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) is a premier international forum for researchers, developers and users to present, discuss and exchange the cutting edge ideas and latest findings on topics related to any aspects of Distributed Computing Systems. ICDCS 2025 is held in the vibrant and compact city of Glasgow, Scotland. Find out more information on the IEEE ICDS 2025 website.

24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence

Group: Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)
Speaker: SICSA Event, SICSA
Date: 03 September, 2025
Time: 01:00 - 01:00
Location: Edinburgh Napier University

We invite papers on all aspects of Computational Intelligence to UKCI 2025 (The 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, first held at University of Edinburgh) which will be held in Edinburgh from the 3rd-5th September 2025 at Edinburgh Napier University We are particularly delighted to welcome this workshop back to Edinburgh – the 1st edition was held at the University of Edinburgh in 2001. UKCI 2025 welcomes original research papers (including significant work-in-progress) in the broad area of Computational Intelligence (CI). Indicative topics include but are not limited to: -Machine-Learning (including Deep Learning) -Evolutionary Computation -Fuzzy Systems -Data-Mining -Intelligent Robotics -Cognitive Computing -Explainable AI (XAI) -Trust and Ethics in AI systems -Applications Papers can cover theoretical approaches, new methods, empirical and/or benchmark studies, and applications, particularly to real-world problems. We accept long papers (12 pages) or short papers (6 pages). The latter are particularly suited to position papers or presenting early results/work in progress IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline 31st May 2025 (non-extensible) Read our guidelines on paper submission. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Advances in Computational Intelligence Series (AISC)