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Editorial

Editorial Dear reader,In October last year, we conducted our second online survey among the i-com readers, an activity we plan to repeat every two years. About ten percent of those who receive i-com regularly responded. Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback which helps us a lot in shaping the future direction of the journal. A very encouraging overall result is that 67,3 percent of respondents say that the journal is relevant or very relevant for the Fachbereich MCI and the German HCI community which is a significant increase in comparison to the 2017 survey. Also, the assessment of the scientific quality as high or very high went up from 48 % to 61 % which we see as a confirmation of our strategy to establish i-com as a high-quality English-language publication. Special topic issues are considered helpful by a large majority. Practical relevance, while good overall, is scored slightly lower. We are definitely open for practice-oriented contributions, but submissions have been limited. We will continue to spread the message among practitioners.Finally, a question that has surfaced a couple of times in recent years is whether an online-only publication would be preferred. Here, the picture remains unchanged: about 52 % of our readers like to receive the journal in print. Apparently, many still value the higher awareness afforded by the physical print item. I believe we are quite lucky to have both: an attractive print issue and the online papers in the Digital Library. Overall, the responses received in this survey are positive and encourage us to continue along the path we have taken in recent years. Of course, your feedback is welcome anytime, not only in surveys.The present issue includes two extended versions of contributions to DELFI 2018 and 2019, and of a MuC 2019 paper that were all awarded best paper prizes or nominations. The first paper by Timm et al. presents an approach to automatically generating self-learning items which was demonstrated for two biological domains. The second paper by Strickroth et al. addresses socio-emotional training in autism by applying a game-based method. The third contribution received a best paper nomination at Mensch und Computer 2019 in Hamburg. Tim Jakobi and co-authors discuss issues related to Web-tracking and the GDPR. The issue is completed by an article from the UPA community by Störzinger et al. on ethical, social and legal implications of social robots, and a report on the MCI-Symposium “KI für den Menschen”, held in November in Berlin.I wish you an informative and enjoyable reading!Jürgen Ziegler(Editor-in-Chief) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png i-com de Gruyter

Editorial

Ziegler, Jürgen
i-com , Volume 19 (1): 1 – Apr 1, 2020
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de Gruyter
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© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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2196-6826
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10.1515/icom-2020-0010
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Dear reader,In October last year, we conducted our second online survey among the i-com readers, an activity we plan to repeat every two years. About ten percent of those who receive i-com regularly responded. Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback which helps us a lot in shaping the future direction of the journal. A very encouraging overall result is that 67,3 percent of respondents say that the journal is relevant or very relevant for the Fachbereich MCI and the German HCI community which is a significant increase in comparison to the 2017 survey. Also, the assessment of the scientific quality as high or very high went up from 48 % to 61 % which we see as a confirmation of our strategy to establish i-com as a high-quality English-language publication. Special topic issues are considered helpful by a large majority. Practical relevance, while good overall, is scored slightly lower. We are definitely open for practice-oriented contributions, but submissions have been limited. We will continue to spread the message among practitioners.Finally, a question that has surfaced a couple of times in recent years is whether an online-only publication would be preferred. Here, the picture remains unchanged: about 52 % of our readers like to receive the journal in print. Apparently, many still value the higher awareness afforded by the physical print item. I believe we are quite lucky to have both: an attractive print issue and the online papers in the Digital Library. Overall, the responses received in this survey are positive and encourage us to continue along the path we have taken in recent years. Of course, your feedback is welcome anytime, not only in surveys.The present issue includes two extended versions of contributions to DELFI 2018 and 2019, and of a MuC 2019 paper that were all awarded best paper prizes or nominations. The first paper by Timm et al. presents an approach to automatically generating self-learning items which was demonstrated for two biological domains. The second paper by Strickroth et al. addresses socio-emotional training in autism by applying a game-based method. The third contribution received a best paper nomination at Mensch und Computer 2019 in Hamburg. Tim Jakobi and co-authors discuss issues related to Web-tracking and the GDPR. The issue is completed by an article from the UPA community by Störzinger et al. on ethical, social and legal implications of social robots, and a report on the MCI-Symposium “KI für den Menschen”, held in November in Berlin.I wish you an informative and enjoyable reading!Jürgen Ziegler(Editor-in-Chief)

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