We invite you to submit Full Papers (10 pages maximum), Short Papers (4 pages maximum), Workshop proposals (4-6 pages) and Panel proposals (4-6 pages) to ASIS&T AP 2023. All the submissions should be in English. All submissions should be original work that have not been previously published and are not under consideration elsewhere. For more information about tracks, please refer to below.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be submitted in PDF format, and submitted to email: asist_ap2023@163.com

The accepted proceeding papers can be recommended to Data and Information Management (DIM), which is indexed by Scopus and EI, as well as other prominent ranking lists. Further peer reviews conducted by DIM may be required for these papers. Additionally, the papers should adhere to the journal’s requirements. For more information about DIM, please visit https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/data-and-information-management.

IMPORTANT DATES

(All dates and times are in the Beijing Time Zone)

Full Papers, Short Papers, Workshop proposals, and Panel proposals

Submission System Opens: September 15, 2023

Submission Deadline: October 15, 2023

New Deadline: October 30, 2023 (It is recommended to submit the title and abstract ASAP).

Decision Notification: Before November 6^th, 2023

We are planning to host a hybrid conference. For offline attendees and presenters, the conference will take place at Peking University, Beijing, China, on November 17-18, 2023.

TRACKS

Appendix: Template for Submissions

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On behalf of the ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter, I would like to announce the following officer positions for 2024:
 
Chair: Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao, Nanjing University
 
Chair-Elect: Zhenjia Fan, Nankai University
 
Secretary: Shaobo Liang, Wuhan University
 
Treasurer: Safirotu Khoir, Universitas Gadjah Mada
 
Communications: Yuehua Zhao, Nanjing University
 
Webmaster: Huichuan Xia, Peking University
 
We thank you and look forward to your continued support of the ASIS&T AP Chapter!

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Thanks to donors to ASIS&T, Asia Pacific Chapter can give away free annual student memberships for ASIS&T (the Association for Information Science and Technology, https://www.asist.org/). Submit your application by 25 June 2023 (only a few short questions). The only additional condition for application is that you must not be, nor have been, an ASIS&T member.

*Asia Pacific Chapter*

Asia Pacific Chapter of the Association of Information Science and Technology (AP-ASIS&T, https://www.asist.org/chapters/asiapac/) was established in October 2012. This regional chapter aims to facilitate personal networking among ASIS&T members located in all Asia Pacific countries.

*What you receive*

Free student membership for one year!

This sponsorship is via the ASIS&T Asia Pacific Chapter

If you are the happy recipient of one of these memberships, you get all the ASIS&T benefits

(https://www.asist.org/membership/categories-and-benefits-of-membership/)

PLUS you will get all the advantages of belonging to the ASIS&T Asia Pacific Chapter and Asia Pacific Chapter Student Chapter.

*What we will ask of you*

All we ask in exchange is a small contribution to the life of the Chapter during the year. There are a range of ways to contribute, and you can choose which you prefer, for example

-A short report e.g., on a conference or a publication

-Assisting in organizing a Chapter event

-Talking about your studies or research, together with other students, in a webinar

-Development of your leadership skills through participation in Chapter meetings

-Developing ideas for events and activities to help promote the Chapter

*How you apply*

Fill in this short form by 25 June 2023. On 30 June we will make a selection of applicants and then notify you as to whether you have been successful.

English Version: https://www.wjx.cn/vm/QDpdTJY.aspx# 

Chinese Version: https://www.wjx.cn/vm/wnHEfNj.aspx#

Questions? Email Chang Liu, imliuc@pku.edu.cn.

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On behalf of the ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter, I would like to announce the following officer positions for 2023.

Chair:

Chang Liu (Peking University, China)

Chair-elect:

Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)

Treasurer:

Safirotu Khoir (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

Secretary:

Zhenjia Fan (Nankai University, China)

Webmaster:

Shaobo Liang (Wuhan University, China)

Congratulations to all the officers and looking forward to the new year!

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Recorded by Zhenjia Fan

Key points:

(1) Discuss and determine the time, form, and manuscript forms of the meeting: meeting date Dec.17-18, online meeting; submission DDL Nov.15; notice before Nov.25; camera-ready submission Nov.30; long paper, short paper and poster accepted, both in Chinese and English;

(2) Invited speeches: we should invite speakers from different areas of AP.

(3) Tasks:
Yue Lin, Chang, Chris invite speakers;
Yuelin: contact the ASIST secretary (Pamela) to introduce Qiao; tell Safirotu to communicate about registration and finance and to invite Indonesian speaker
Shaobo: Update CFP; Email correction; Update date and meeting format, and the final version will be officially released;
Zhenjia: diffusion of new CFP; follow-up of new progress.

(4) Regular communication mechanism (every Sunday)

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We invite you to submit Full Papers (10 pages maximum), Short Papers (4 pages maximum) or Posters (2 pages maximum) to ASIS&T AP 2022. You can choose to submit an English paper or a Chinese one. All submissions should be original work that have not been previously published and are not under consideration elsewhere. For more information about tracks please refer to below.

Submission please send to asistap2022@mail.nankai.edu.cn before Nov. 15, 2022.

Submission Guidelines

The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or obvious references. Such information should be provided in the submission email.

All submissions must be submitted in PDF format, following the following templates:

Template for English submissions, please refer to Appendix I; for Chinese submissions, please refer to Appendix II.

The conference will invite core journals in the area to join the conference and they will select qualified papers to publish from the submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES

(All dates and times are in Beijing Time Zone)

Full Papers, Short Papers, and Posters:

• Submission Deadline: Nov. 15, 2022
• Decision Notification: Before Nov. 25, 2022
• Camera-Ready Due: Nov. 30, 2022

Conference Registration Deadline for Presenters: Dec. 10, 2022

Due to the pandemic conditions, ASIS&T AP will be virtual this year from December 17-18, 2022.

TRACKS

User studies and Information Behavior Research

• Human information behavior
• Human-computer interaction
• Information seeking/searching behavior

Intelligent information systems

• User behavior and modeling
• Crowdsourcing and human computation
• Interactive information retrieval
• Information retrieval systems and evaluation
• Natural language processing
• Recommender systems

Information service

• Consulting service
• Think tank management and research

Artificial intelligence and applications

• Human-centered AI
• Meta universe, application and management
• Fairness of AI

Data science and management

• Data science
• Data, text and knowledge mining
• Data management

Digital library

• Information and knowledge organization
• Data curation and preservation

Digital humanities

• Linked open data and GLAMs
• Humanities computing
• Cultural memory and cultural heritage services
• Digital humanities education in LIS

Information/Knowledge management

• Competitive intelligence
• Personal information management
• Information management in business

Education in Library and Information Science

• Information literacy
• Data literacy
• Digital literacy

Scientific data and Scientometrics

• Scientific and technological information
• Scholarly communication
• Informetrics and scientometrics

Social, cultural, health and community informatics

• Social media and digital innovation
• Information policy, ethics, and governance
• Social informatics
• Health informatics
• Community informatics

Appendix I  Template for English submissions

Template link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/10Ndra_kJy6GbMLBIITVDBw?pwd=4q2k

Appendix II  Template for Chinese submissions

Template link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1bGS-RMEhcLDzZNst95BdRw?pwd=qpzi

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Gary Marchionini is the dean and Cary C. Boshamer professor at the School of Information and Library Science of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include information interaction, human-computer interaction, human-centered computing, information retrieval, digital libraries, information architecture, digital government, cyberspace identity, information policy. He heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at SILS. His Ph.D. is from Wayne State University in mathematics education with an emphasis on educational computing. He was previously professor in the College of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland and a member of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory. Professor Marchionini served for ten years as the Director of Evaluation for the Perseus Project (a digital library devoted to classical culture) and served for two years as the General Editor of Hypertext Publications for the Association of Computing Machinery. He was Editor-in-Chief for the ACM Transaction on Information Systems from 2002-2008. Now, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Data and Information Management.

Sanda Erdelez 

Sanda Erdelez is a Professor and Director at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. She received her LL.B. and LL.M degrees from the University of Osijek Law School (Croatia) and Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. She was also a faculty member at the University of Missouri, University of Texas at Austin and University of Osijek. Her research interests include human information behavior, human-computer interaction and usability evaluation in online environments. She published over 80 scientific papers and gave more than 70 research presentations. She has been internationally recognized for her pioneering research on information encountering (the role of serendipity in information behavior). Her research has received funding from both corporate and government sources including Dell Inc., SBC Communication, Texas State Government, and NSF. She is an active member of ASIS&T, where she has served in numerous leadership roles including the chair of Special Interest Group on Information Seeking and Use (SIG USE) and the member of ASIS&T Board of Directors. In 2015, Dr. Erdelez received the Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research Award from SIG USE and also became a member of the SIG USE Academy of Fellows.

Jim Jansen

Jim Jansen is a principal scientist in the social computing group at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, Professor in the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad bin Khalifa University, and Adjunct Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of West Point and has a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University, along with master degrees from Texas A&M (computer science) and Troy State (international relations). Jim is editor-in-chief of the journal, Information Processing & Management. He has served as a Senior Fellow at the Pew Research Center with the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Jim has authored or co-authored 300 or so research publications, with articles appearing in a multi-disciplinary and extremely wide range of journals and conferences.

Bin Wang

Dr. Bin Wang is the director of the artificial intelligence laboratory of MI and the chief scientist of NLP. Before joining MI, he was engaged in scientific research related to natural language processing and information retrieval in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. And he has worked as a doctoral supervisor and a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. What’s more, He has published and co-published nearly 150 academic theses, and his achievements in scientific research have won 2 Second Class Prizes of The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award and 3 provincial and ministerial technology awards. He is the director of Chinese Information Processing Society of China and the editorial board member of Journal of Chinese Information Processing. He is also the member of the special committee of many famous institutions including the Computational Linguistics, Information Retrieval, Language & knowledge Computing and Social Media Processing of Chinese Information Processing Society and so on. And he is the member of China Computer Federation Technical Committee on Chinese Information Technology. Moreover, he has been a member of the procedure committee of SIGIR, ACL, WWW, IJCAI, AAAI, CIKM and other important conferences for a long time.

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