HERMES '24: Student Symposium on Cyber Bullying and Hate Speech Darmstadt, Germany, February 8, 2024

HERMES (Student Symposium on Cyber Bullying and Hate Speech) attracts countless students, faculty members, and interested people each semester. The program consists of a diverse academic tracks from (1) Peace Informatics and Technical Peace Research, (2) Crisis Informatics and Information Warfare, and (3) Usable Security and Privacy. The conference is an intersection of the disciplines of (A) cyber security and privacy, (B) peace and conflict studies, and (C) human-computer interaction. It will take place will take place in Darmstadt, Germany on March 8-9, 2023 and is organized by the chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter. It is exclusively reserved for the students of the seminar courses "Krisen-, Sicherheits- und Friedenstechnologie" and "Informatik, Ethik und Gesellschaft" at Technical University of Darmstadt. This year's focus is on user-centered countermeasures against cyberabuse.

Venue

Date: February 8, 2024

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Attendees: Exclusively reserved for the students of the seminar courses "Krisen-, Sicherheits- und Friedenstechnologie" and "Informatik, Ethik und Gesellschaft" at Technical University of Darmstadt and PEASEC members.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Contributions can be submitted and presented in German or English.

Extended Abstracts (Exposé)

• Please submit your extended abstracts (Exposé) as a PDF document for the first review with the following mandatory informations:

  • Preliminary title of the paper, name of the seminar, list of authors (including name, university course, matriculation number, email address, desired credit points), supervisor (Dr. Marc-André Kaufhold or M.A. Julian Bäumler) and examiner (Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter).

• Abstracts should have an introduction which motivates the topic, outlines the main goals of the paper, provides an outlook on the planned methodology, and includes a few references. You can use either the template of the final paper (see below) or the Word template in Moodle unless the mandatory informations above are listed. The typical length is 2-4 pages.

Full Paper

• The length of the paper should be about 9.000-11.000 words, depending on the number of autors.

  • Based on the ACM Primary Article Template, please download the LaTeX or Word template here (PEASEC).
  • A LaTeX server for collaboration can be found here (TU Darmstadt).
  • The submission of contributions is only possible in electronic form via this conference management system.

• Paper Submission (Jan 2024)

  • We require the final version as a PDF document. Other formats will not be accepted.

• Camera-Ready Version (Mar 2024)

  • We require the final version as a (1) PDF document, (2) LaTeX or Word source, (3) supplementary research data, (4) review answers, and (5) the slides of the conference presentation as ZIP file via Moodle.

Important Dates

• 30.10.2023: Extended Abstract (Exposé) Deadline
• 03.11.2023: Fast and constructive Feedback
• 15.01.2024: Paper Submission Deadline
• 16.01.2024: Invitation for Reviews
• 25.01.2024: Review Deadline
• 26.01.2024: Distribution of Reviews and Meta-Reviews
• 08.02.2024: Paper Presentation at the HERMES '24 Symposium
• 15.03.2024: Camera-Ready Paper Deadline
• 28.03.2024: Feedback and Grades

All deadlines are due at 23:59h (CET) on the corresponding days.

List of Topics

The topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

• State of the art of the definition, prevention of and reaction to cyberabuse
• Qualitative and quantitative empirical studies on cyberbullying and hatespeech
• Automated and user-centered countermeasures against cyberabuse

For more details, see Moodle.

Committees

General Chair

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter

Program and Organizing committee

• Dr. Marc-André Kaufhold
• Julian Bäumler, M.A.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to kaufhold@peasec.tu-darmstadt.de.