CFP

edem2024: www.edemocracy2024.eu

Athens, Greece, September 26-27, 2024

Conference website	http://www.edemocracy2024.eu
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edem2024
Submission deadline	May 10, 2024

Topics: artificial intelligence privacy data science cybersecurity

We are delighted to announce our Call for Papers for the 9th International Conference on e-Democracy.

In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are rapidly advancing and reshaping the landscape of our societies, the intricate interplay between these technological developments, democratic processes, and the safeguarding of fundamental rights and freedoms becomes increasingly crucial. AI creates a plethora of opportunities globally in every sector of economic, political and social activity and is promising to help solve urgent problems, leading to a more prosperous, innovative and secure world. On the other hand, though, it is also raising serious concerns about democracy itself, individuals’ rights and freedoms.

There are many questions that need an answer. What ethical aspects should be considered in the development and deployment of AI technologies and systems, especially regarding their impact on human rights and individual freedoms? What is the potential of AI for enhancing democratic processes and citizen participation? What are the challenges and solutions with respect to privacy, data protection and the responsible use of personal data within AI-based systems? What would be the implications of algorithmic bias and the quest for fairness in AI-based systems, particularly in the context of democratic decision-making processes? How can transparency, accountability and explainability in AI algorithms be ensured? Are there mechanisms to be applied in e-Democracy settings? How can privacy or data protection engineering help alleviate privacy concerns raised from the use of AI-based systems? What would be the broader social and political implications of AI on democratic governance, individual freedoms, and the potential for societal transformation? What are the existing and emerging legal frameworks that govern AI technologies? How to make cybersecurity AI robust and, how AI can benefit cybersecurity? What are the legal and technical implications of the interplay between AI and other technologies? High-level answers to some of these questions have been provided through legislation in the EU and through the US and the G7 Hiroshima process initiatives. However, putting these answers to work in real life raises further questions and challenges.

These aspects constitute the focus of the 9th occasion of the International Conference on e-Democracy that will be held in Athens, the cradle of democracy, on 26-27 September 2024.

The conference is organised by the Scientific Council for the Information Society, in co-operation with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and a number of European and Greek Universities, Academia and Research. It is intended, as in previous occasions, to provide a forum for presenting and debating the latest developments in the field, from a technical, political, legal, and regulatory point of view.

The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, panels, Ph.D. colloquia and sessions, workshops, special, regular, and poster sessions. All submitted papers to the conference will be peer reviewed and acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality.

We invite scholars, researchers and policy makers to contribute their research, insights, and perspectives to the collective dialogue on the multifaceted implications of AI on democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms. Together, we will explore the challenges and opportunities that lie at the nexus of technology, democracy, and fundamental rights.

Submission Guidelines

All submitted papers to the conference will be peer reviewed, while acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that have been simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 15 pages long, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should follow the LNCS style (http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Submissions are to be made to the submission web site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edem2024.

Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk to be rejected without consideration of their merits.

Deadline for receiving papers is 10 May 2024 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time). Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference.

The authors of selected accepted papers will be invited to extend their work for further publication in special issues of well-known Scientific Journals.

The working language of the 9th International Conference on “e-Democracy 2024: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the AI Era” is English.

List of Topics

We welcome submissions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:

AI, democracy,
- AI, e-Democracy and Civic Engagement
- Social and Political Impact of AI
- AI and Civil Rights
- Addressing misinformation and safeguarding electoral processes

AI attributes as legal / ethical requirements and their technical implementation:
- Risk management methodologiesDetection and removal Bias; Non-discrimination; Fairness; Machine Interpretability
- AI Transparency, Accountability and ExplainabilityHuman oversight and interventionTrustworthy
- AI Green AIOpen vs proprietary
- AI models

AI Governance
- Regulatory supervision of AI

AI and Cybersecurity
- AI for Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity for AI
- Risks posed by AI-based Systems
- Adversarial attacks in AI-based systems and defenses
- Cybersecurity requirements for AI systemsSecurity of generative
- AI models

AI in application domains
- AI in Education
- AI in Healthcare
- AI in Consumer ProtectionAI in e-Government
- AI in law enforcement
- AI in virtual worlds

AI, Privacy and Data protection
- Privacy-preserving
- AI-based systems
- Privacy enhancing Technologies (PETs) and AI Application of privacy and data protection rules on AI models and systems, including generative
- AI Interplay between AI legislation and privacy and data protection legislation
- Fundamental rights impact assessment methodologies as well as their interplay with the data protection impact assessment
- Fairness of personal data processing and explainability of AI systems

Committees

Organizing committee

Conference Honorary Chair:

Alexander B. Sideridis, Honorary President of SCIS, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece(as@aua.gr)

Chairs:

Sokratis K. Katsikas, Vice President of SCIS, Norway (sokratis.katsikas@ntnu.no)
Vasilis Zorkadis, President of SCIS, Greece (zorkadis@dpa.gr)

Secretary:

Kostas Limniotis , Secretary General of HSCIS, Greece (klimniotis@dpa.gr)

Τreasurer:

George Loukeris, Τreasurer of HSCIS, Greece (loukeris@otenet.gr)

Members:

Constantina Costopoulou, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Constantine Yialouris, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Elias Pimenidis, University of the West of England, UK
Euripidis N. Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece (eloukis@aegean.gr)
Zoi Kardasiadou, European Commission, Member of SCIS Board, Belgium
Stergios Tsiafoulis, European Commission, Member of SCIS Board, Belgium
Irene Vassilaki, Lawyer, Greece
Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Spyros Voulgaris, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

Program Committee (TBC)

Isaac Agudo, University of Malaga, Spain
Evgenia Alexandropoulou, University of Macedonia, Greece
Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Panagiotis Andriotis, University of the West of England, UK
Leonidas Anthopoulos, University of Applied Science (TEI) of Larissa, Greece
Maria Bottis, Ionian University, Greece
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece
Athena Bourka, ENISA, Greece
Elias Carayannis, George Washington University, USA
David Chadwick, University of Kent, USA
Nathan Clarke, University of Plymouth, UK
Tina Costopoulou, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research, UAE
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Prokopios Drogkaris, ENISA, Greece
Carmen Fernández-Gago, University of Malaga, Spain
Sara Foresti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Steven Furnell, University of Nottingham, UK
Jürgen Fuß, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
Dimitris Geneiatakis, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Christos Georgiadis, University of Macedonia, Greece
Dimitris Gouscos, University of Athens, Greece
Stefanos Gritzalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Mp Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India
Marit Hansen, Data Protection Commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Dimitrios Kalles, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Christos Kalloniatis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Achilles Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Ioanna Kantzavelou, University of West Attica, Greece
Zoe Kardasiadou, European Commission, Belgium
Sotiris Karetsos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Maria Karyda, University of the Aegean, Greece
Sokratis Katsikas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Spyros Kokolakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Nicholas Kolokotronis, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou, University of Piraeus, Greece
Stewart Kowalski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Georgios Lappas, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Kostas Limniotis, Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Greece
George Lioudakis, ICT ABOVO P.C., Greece
Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain
Nikos Lorentzos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
George Loukeris, Loukeris Law, Greece
Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Emmanouil Magkos, Ionian University, Greece
Vojtech Merunka, Czech Technical University in Prague & Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
Lilian Mitrou, University of the Aegean, Greece
Martin Molhanec, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech
Haralambos Mouratidis, University of Essex, UK
Maria Ntaliani, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Christoforos Ntantogian, Ionian University, Greece
Martin Olivier, University of Pretoria, USA
Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland
Grammati Pantziou, University of West Attica, Greece
Peter Parycek, Danube-University Krems, Austria
Andreas Pashalidis, BSI, Greece
Charalampos Patrikakis, University of West Attica, Greece
Alois Paulin, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Günther Pernul, Universität Regensburg, Germany
Elias Pimenidis, University of the West of England, UK
Nikolaos Polatidis, University of Brighton, UK
Vassilis Prevelakis, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany
Panagiotis Rizomiliotis, Harokopeio University, Greece
Evangelos Sakkopoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece
Pierangela Samarati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Yucel Saygin, Sabanci University, Türkiye
Vittorio Scarano, University of Salerno, Italy
Mak Sharma, Birmingham City Univesity, UK
Alexander Sideridis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Miguel Soriano, Universitat PolitŠcnica de Catalunya, Spain
Theodoros Spyridopoulos, University of West of England, UK
Antonis Stasis, Hellenic Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction, Greece
Elias Stavropoulos, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Stephanie Teufel, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Stergios Tsiafoulis, European Commission, Belgium
Aggeliki Tsohou, Ionian University, Greece
Vassilios Verykios, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Vasileios Vlachos, University of Thessaly, Greece
Spyros Voulgaris, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Edgar Weippl, University of Vienna, Austria
Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Constantine Yialouris, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Thomas Zacharias, University of Glasgow, Ireland
Vasilis Zorkadis, Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Greece

Publication

The conference proceedings are planned to be published in the Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science series, (https://www.springer.com/series/7899). Papers should be at most 15 pages long, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

Furthermore, it is planned, as in previous e-Democracy editions, to invite the authors of selected accepted papers in order to extend their work for further publication in the Emerald journal Information and Computer Security (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/ics#) and to participate (after the necessary enhancements) to the evaluation process for inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Electronic Governance (http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijeg).

Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

Papers must be received by the deadline of 10 May 2024 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time). Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to zorkadis@dpa.gr