IFIN 2017: 2nd Int. Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness & Intelligence in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Internet Science Centre for Research & Technology Hellas Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017 |
Conference website | http://ifin-workshop.iti.gr/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifin2017 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 30, 2017 |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2017 |
IFIN 2017 seeks to open a multidisciplinary dialogue on how we could use the Internet to promote financial awareness and capability among citizens. Towards this goal, IFIN 2017 workshop will consist of two parts:
- presentation of related work
- roundtable interactive discussions with participants
This workshop is organised by the CAPS EU-funded project PROFIT (Promoting Financial Awareness and Stability), which aims to develop a platform towards promoting the financial awareness and improving the financial capability of citizens and market participants. IFIN 2017 will take place in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI 2017)
The First International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness and Intelligence (IFIN 2016) took place on September 12, 2016, in conjunction with INSCI 2016, at Florence, Italy. Revised selected papers from the workshop were published by Springer (link).
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original, not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference, and formatted according to Springer’s LNCS format Proceedings template. More information can be found here.
The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers: at least 10 pages, including all text, figures, references and appendices.
- Short papers: at least 5 pages, including all text, figures, references and appendices
List of Topics
FIN 2017 aims at presenting the most recent works in the area of financial collective awareness and intelligence based on web resources and social media with an emphasis on user generated content. Research topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:
- Financial web data retrieval, analysis and presentation
- Financial awareness technological platforms
- Financial literacy assessment and education web tools
- Financial forecasting models based on market sentiment
Committees
Workshop Chairs
- Dr Anna Satsiou (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute)
- Prof. Georgios Panos (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow)
- Prof. Ioannis Pragidis (Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace)
Program Committee
- Nana Oiza Akubulem (University of Glasgow)
- Christian Blaschke (SWC)
- Christoforos Bouzanis (University of Glasgow)
- Dimitrios Chronopoulos (University of St. Andrews)
- Anastastios Economides (University of Macedonia)
- Dimitrios Gounopoulos (University of Newcastle)
- Maria Grydaki (University of Stirling)
- Frank Hopfgartner (University of Glasgow)
- Eirini Karapistoli (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Katerina Katmada (CERTH-ITI)
- Ioannis Kompatsiaris (CERTH-ITI)
- Alexandros Kontonikas (University of Glasgow)
- Sergei Kuznetsov (NRHSEU)
- Frank Hong Liu (University of Glasgow)
- Emmanuel Mamatzakis (University of Sussex)
- Apostolos Mavridis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Stuart Middleton (University of Southampton)
- Alberto Montagnoli (University of Sheffield)
- Mirko Moro (University of Stirling)
- Evangelos Vagenas-Nanos (University of Glasgow)
- Georgios Panos (University of Glasgow)
- Theophilos Papadimitriou (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Symeon Papadopoulos (CERTH-ITI)
- Vasilios Plakandaras (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Ioannis Pragidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Artem Revenko (SWC)
- Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (University of Western Macedonia)
- Anna Satsiou (CERTH-ITI)
- Steve Schifferes (City University London)
- Georgios Sermpinis (University of Glasgow)
- Vasilios Sogiakas (University of Glasgow)
- Panagiotis Tsintzos (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Michail Vafopoulos (IIT-Demokritos)
- Stefanos Vrochidis (CERTH-ITI)
- Robert Wright (University of Strathclyde)
Publication
IFIN 2017 proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer.
Venue
The conference will be held in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI 2017) at CERTH's Conference Centre, 6th km Charilaou-Thermi Road, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ifin-workshop@iti.gr