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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Posted on behalf of the book editors - this is a great opportunity for you and your students to become part of a book on Sustainability
and AI research with an emphasis on women led investigative teams. Alice Smith (Auburn University)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">We cordially invite you and your collaborators (if applicable) to submit a chapter covering your recent work in the fields of
AI and sustainability. Subject to peer review, your contribution will be included in a new volume of the Springer book series
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fseries%2F15424%2Fbooks%3Fpage%3D1&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390715870%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q1ZvxvLLF%2FWITAtlVe0Fr0infOkYRVnSj0KLrKKJm%2BQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Women
in Engineering and Science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">, co-edited by Dr Alina Patelli and Prof Aniko Ekart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The book series’ selling point<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The Springer book series
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fseries%2F15424%2Fbooks%3Fpage%3D1&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390715870%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q1ZvxvLLF%2FWITAtlVe0Fr0infOkYRVnSj0KLrKKJm%2BQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Women
in Engineering and Science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> promotes the accomplishments of female researchers and practitioners working in STEM. The various volumes in the series illuminate key contemporary contributions
to critical areas of engineering and science, made by women and their collaborators. The salient focus of the series is to showcase success stories that inspire other women to start, continue or expand their STEM work providing theoretical insights into current
world problems, building tools and applications aimed at addressing global challenges and developing methodologies and frameworks designed to speed up progress towards achieving critical targets in a principled, sustainable manner. To that end, we invite contributions
from female lead authors, yet impose no restrictions on their collaborators and co-authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Highlights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The series aims to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Communicate high quality research on topics essential to the wellbeing of humanity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Increase the impact of STEM work by disseminating it to the international readership of a prestigious publisher<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Provide role models to early career women scientists working in STEM (to that end, the non-traditional author biographies emphasise the development of women from the beginning of their professional paths up
to achieving established status)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">This volume<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Artificial Intelligence is at the forefront of technological advancement towards a sustainable future. However, when deployed
in the real world, AI powered systems are notoriously avid consumers of energy resources, offsetting part or all of the sustainability benefits they are intended to yield (for additional context, a well-articulated, multi-faceted analysis of the relationship
between AI and the environment is available </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs43681-021-00043-6%23%3A~%3Atext%3DIn%2520this%2520paper%2520I%2520propose%2Cecological%2520integrity%2520and%2520social%2520justice&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J6k%2B4KwoPl4ucyRDUXBxewDTFuFG8XAItKF2xlnXc3w%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">).
We thus propose “AI and Sustainability” as a topic for a new volume to be included in the
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fseries%2F15424%2Fbooks%3Fpage%3D1&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3UPeCpr3zW%2Bhf35ku%2FrrkZx262OCDBljj%2B84GTclMfE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Women
in Engineering and Science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> series. Our aim is to promote women-lead innovation in the safety-critical field of sustainable AI developed to address the sustainability challenge at all levels
(local, regional, national, continental and planetary).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Highlights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">This volume aims to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Promote women-lead innovation in the safety-critical fields of sustainable AI, AI for sustainability and their intersection<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Disseminate high quality contributions filtered through a thorough peer review process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Inspire the next generation of researchers by providing them with role models<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Benefits of publishing in this volume<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Your contribution will inspire women to start, continue or expand their STEM work, thus speeding up progress in a field critical
to the wellbeing of humanity. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The other benefits you will gain as an author:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Reputation</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> A rigorously peer-reviewed chapter published with Springer<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Visibility</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> Exposure to Springer’s international readership (e.g., chapter
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Fchapter%2F10.1007%2F978-3-030-17819-2_5&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YeGhCwuHy7NwG5lr9G5QXgsRMAPPDDDZ%2FUq90CF6sI4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Wastewater-Based
Epidemiology for Early Detection of Viral Outbreaks</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> was accessed 7527 times and cited 144 times since its publication in 2019)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Feedback</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> Fellow scientists’ comments on your work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Citizenship</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> An opportunity to be a role model for female scientists<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Authors’ input<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Your contribution as an author will comprise:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">A chapter proposal describing high quality recent research connected to the volume topic.
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">We welcome work that is:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Theoretical (architectures, methodologies, fundamental science, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Applied (fully tested or proof of concept)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">A position paper<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Another type of relevant contribution<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Two double blind reviews of the submissions of other authors<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Expressions of interest should be emailed to
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="mailto:a.patelli2@aston.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">a.patelli2@aston.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">, by the 15<sup>th</sup> of
December 2022 and should include your chapter’s:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Working title<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Abstract<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Initial list of authors, including their short biographies, written as role modelling pieces (examples attached) and envisaged individual contributions, highlighting the way the co-authors supported, extended,
built on or applied the lead author’s work<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">We appreciate that the list of authors, their bios and their individual contributions may change as the chapters are being prepared.
We will get back to you by the end of January 2023 with next steps. The tentative deadline for the submission of complete chapter drafts is the 31<sup>st</sup> of July 2023. The two reviews assigned to each author should be completed by the 30<sup>th</sup>
of October 2023. The full timeline will be confirmed in January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Dr Alina Patelli
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Senior Lecturer in Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aston.ac.uk%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Falina-patelli&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Vh6B8xwzgwBWrh3v%2Fy3f18A0DKQt%2B5ru2LYjbXM0PXo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/alina-patelli</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship Programme Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.aston.ac.uk%2Fstudy%2Fcourses%2Fdigital-and-technology-solutions-degree-apprenticeship&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FrfEDXLsY%2FhHH9lkI2fabD2nk4EtioStd%2BRZ3ug57xE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://www2.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/digital-and-technology-solutions-bsc-degree-apprenticeship</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Aston Institute for Urban Technologies and the Environment (ASTUTE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.aston.ac.uk%2Feas%2Fresearch%2Finstitutes%2Fastute&data=05%7C01%7Csmithae%40auburn.edu%7Cdf16d08239254639ef2508dad6c6b680%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C1%7C0%7C638058446390872090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=C3Vv1MLXQ9xVlWWoAz6%2BoecI9Y3qylp2gTylur4qW1s%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://www2.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/institutes/astute</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Computer Science Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">School of Informatics and Digital Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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