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New special issue: Doing internet governance: practices, controversies, infrastructures, and institutions
by Frédéric Dubois 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

*SPECIAL ISSUE* Volume 5, Issue 3 <http://policyreview.info/archives/2016/issue-3> *Doing internet governance: practices, controversies, infrastructures, and institutions* Dmitry Epstein <http://policyreview.info/users/dmitry-epstein>, *Department of Communication*, *University of Illinois at Chicago*, *United States*, *dmitry(a)uic.edu* <dmitry(a)uic.edu> Christian Katzenbach <http://policyreview.info/users/christian-katzenbach>, *Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)*, *Berlin*, *Germany*, *katzenbach(a)hiig.de * <katzenbach(a)hiig.de> Francesca Musiani <http://policyreview.info/users/francesca-musiani>, *Institute for Communication Sciences of the CNRS*, *Université Paris-Sorbonne*, *France*, *francesca.musiani(a)cnrs.fr* <francesca.musiani(a)cnrs.fr> PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.3.435 *ABSTRACT* This special issue makes an argument for, and illustrates, the applicability of a science and technology studies (STS) informed approach to internet governance research. The conceptual framework put forward in this editorial and the articles composing this issue add to the mainstream internet governance scholarship by unpacking macro questions of politics and power. They do so through the analysis of the mundane and taken-for-granted practices and discourses that constitute the design, regulation, maintenance, and use of both technical and institutional arrangements of internet governance. Together, this body of work calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance. *PAPERS IN THIS SPECIAL ISSUE* *Editorial* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/doing-internet-governance-practi…>*: Doing internet governance: how science and technology studies inform the study of internet governance* Dmitry Epstein, *University of Illinois at Chicago, United States* Christian Katzenbach, *Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Germany* Francesca Musiani, *Université Paris-Sorbonne, France* *Disclosing and concealing: internet governance, information control and the management of visibility* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/disclosing-and-concealing-intern…> Mikkel Flyverbom, *Copenhagen Business School, Denmark* *Beyond “Points of Control”: logics of digital governmentality* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/beyond-points-control-logics-dig…> Romain Badouard, *Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France* Clément Mabi, *Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France* Guillaume Sire, *Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France* *Instability and internet design* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/instability-and-internet-design> Sandra Braman, *Texas A&M University, United States* *The problem of future users: how constructing the DNS shaped internet governance* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/problem-future-users-how-constru…> Steven Malcic, *University of California Santa Barbara, United States* *The myth of the decentralised internet* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/myth-decentralised-internet> Ashwin J. Mathew, *University of California, Berkeley, United States* *The invisible politics of Bitcoin: governance crisis of a decentralised infrastructure* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/invisible-politics-bitcoin-gover…> Primavera De Filippi, *Harvard University, United States* Benjamin Loveluck, *Télécom ParisTech (Université Paris-Saclay) and CERSA (CNRS-Paris 2), France* *Multistakeholder governance processes as production sites: enhanced cooperation "in the making"* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/multistakeholder-governance-proc…> Julia Pohle, *Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany* *Internet governance as 'ideology in practice' – India's 'Free Basics' controversy* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/internet-governance-ideology-pra…> Anita Gurumurthy, *IT for Change, India* Nandini Chami, *IT for Change, India* *What we talk about when we talk about cybersecurity: security in internet governance debates* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-…> Josephine Wolff, *Rochester Institute of Technology, United States* *Governing the internet in the privacy arena* <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/governing-internet-privacy-arena> Carsten Ochs, *Universität Kassel, Germany* Fabian Pittroff, *Universität Kassel, Germany* Barbara Büttner, *Universität Kassel, Germany* Jörn Lamla, *Universität Kassel, Germany* [image: HIIG-Logo] <http://www.hiig.de/> Frédéric Dubois | Managing editor, Internet Policy Review <http://policyreview.info/> Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society gGmbH Französische Strasse 9 · 10117 Berlin · Germany T +49 30 20 07 60 83 · F +49 30 20 60-89 60 · hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> · [image: Facebook-Button] <http://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> [image: Twitter-Button] <https://twitter.com/PolicyR> [image: Google+1-Button] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/104662709701524780855> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | St-ID DE 27/601/54619 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice (Geschäftsführer) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

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CFP Special Issue on Technology-driven unemployment: dilemmas for ethics and social welfare
by A. MARTURANO 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Please Circulate | | Ethics and Social Welfare CALL FOR FAPERS Special Issue on Technology-driven unemployment: dilemmas for ethics and social welfare | Guest editors: Antonio Marturano (University of Rome, TorVergata, Italy) Jana Vizmuller-Zocco (YorkUniversity, Canada) Rationale: InPraise for Idleness (1935), BertrandRussell claimed that “We have the technology and infrastructure to greatlyreduce the forced workload of the average human, and that should be our goal—toliberate people from excessive work so that they can freely pursue the thingsthat bring them intrinsic joy and happiness.” Russell’s optimistic visionregarding the role of technology, advocates for work reduction which wouldincrease human welfare and liberate people to be able to devote their time to cultureand leisure. Ironically, his optimism does not seem to be justified in light ofrecent economic and technological developments which lead to seriousunemployment rather than cheerful work reduction. The loss of jobs due to technologicalinnovations is starting to reach crisis proportions as many scholars (such asDavid F. Noble, Progress Without People:New Technology, Unemployment, and the Message of Resistance, Between theLines, 1995) and popular press warn (for ex., Eduardo Porter, “Jobs Threatenedby Machines: A Once ‘Stupid’ Concern Gains Respect”, The New York Times, June 7, 2016). There are indeed many voiceswhich decry the unemployment situation exasperated by the replacement of humansby machines, and apparently no job is likely to be immune. The World TechnologyNetwork forecasts that “Accelerating technological unemployment will likely beone of the most challenging societal issues in the 21st Century”. Although thescholarly work published on the topic focuses mainly on the technical,technological, and market side, assessments which consider the ethical andsocial welfare implications of technological unemployment are still to beaddressed in detail. The submissions to the special issue will contribute tosetting the agenda for this serious and timely discussion. Topics to be explored fromtheoretical as well as practical perspectives include, but are not restrictedto, the following: Therole of governmental institutions in technological unemployment Joblessfuture: is unconditional basic/universal income the answer? Social,political, and economic approaches to welfare in a jobless future Newethical dimensions of work originating from the technological unemploymentcrisis Politicaland social inequality created by a jobless future Strategicplans for skills, education, re-deployment for the technologically jobless Thepolitical control of technological unemployment Welfare,leadership and jobless future Technologicaldisplacement vs technological innovation from the perspective of social welfare Historicalvisions on the ethical impacts of workload reduction Creatingnew values for a jobless future Politicalvalues in welfare and technological disruption in the job market Workas human value Religiousvalues and technological unemployment Lockeargument for private property in a jobless world Conflictingvalues in a jobless world (for ex., the refugees crisis in the EU) Brief for contributors: In line with the editorial aims ofthe journal, this call for papers focuses specifically on the relationshipbetween ethics, welfare, and valuesimplicated in the policies and political strategies on the one hand andtechnologically-driven unemployment on the other. The editors welcome academicpapers which are interdisciplinary in character. Contributions may combinewider ethical and theoretical questions concerning technology-drivenunemployment with practical considerations leading to social policies andprofessional practices (especially the existing and future policies oflocal/national governments and international institutions, such as EU, UN, WTOto cope with the problems of technological joblessness). The special issue, aswith other issues of the journal, welcomes material in a variety of formats,including high quality peer-reviewed academic papers, reflections, debates andcommentaries on policy and practice, book reviews and review articles. Academicpapers should be up to 6000 words, and practice papers, review articles, andother material should be between at a shorter length. Please consult the stylerules laid-out on the journal’s website: www.tandfonline.com/resw. All academicpapers will be double-blind peer- reviewed in the normal way. Practice papers andother material will be considered for publication by the editors. Procedure and timelines 1) You may wish to submit anabstract of no more than 500 words to marturano(a)btinternet.com and to jvzocco(a)yorku.ca by the 19th of March 2017.Author’s instructions for academic and practice papers can be found on thejournal website at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/resw20. Submitters will be informed about the outcome as soon aspossible after this date.Abstracts should include A. Theessential content, argument, and methodology of the submission, b. The submission’saims and conclusions, 3. The relationship of the submission to the aims andscope of the journal.2) Completed first drafts ofpapers are due by the 23rdJuly 2017 and must be submitted to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/resw. 3) Final (revised) versions mustbe submitted by the 18th ofJune 2018. 4) Final confirmation ofpaper acceptance by the 30th September2018. 5) Papers published in the first issue of Volume 13, 2019.

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Post-doctoral position, Dublin City University
by Charles Ess 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Hello AoIRists, A terrific opportunity has just opened up at DCU for recent PhDs with a focus on ethics and/or data privacy: The post will be primarily concerned with the social, ethical, legal/regulatory, and privacy (SELP) implications of technological innovations in the security sector, as well as the levels of public and organisation acceptability underlying these. Please see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AUQ361/post-doctoral-researcher/ Will be happy to chat with anyone at AoIR this week about the good folk at DCU behind the project. bis bald, - charles ess "first we take Manhattan - then we take Berlin!"

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Sign up for a Learning/Education/Games Group and Newsletter
by Karen Schrier Shaenfield 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi all, Interested in learning more about education, learning, and games? Want to connect with likeminded game designers, educators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, and more? Join the LEG Group - the IGDA (International Game Developer Association's Learning, Education & Games group). We hold free monthly meetings and also work on collaborative projects, such as a two-book series published by ETC Press <http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/learning-and-education-games-volume-two-br…> . Join our email list. <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/igdaleg> Join our Facebook group page. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/learningeducationgames> Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/LearningEdGames> Learn about our goals and initiatives. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16nqm90f1eAw4MZ9aS0ohaBgItb-saEWavbjXWO4…> Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, October 18th at 4 pm ET on Slack <https://igda-leg.slack.com/>. (#monthlymeetings channel) If you need an invite, you can invite yourself at this link <https://igda-leg.herokuapp.com/>. While you wait for the next meeting, you can sign up for my new (free) monthly newsletter <http://eepurl.com/ciCppT> on learning games, citizen science, games for change, and more. Take care, Karen -- Don't forget to check out the latest books: Learning, Education & Games Volume 1 <http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/learning-education-and-games-volume-one-cu…> (free to download) Learning, Education & Games Volume 2 <http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/learning-and-education-games-volume-two-br…> (free to download) Knowledge Games <https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/knowledge-games>, a book about the future of gaming, problem solving, crowdsourcing, and learning (use discount code HNAF for 30% off)

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Faculty Position in Communication & Technology @ Rutgers
by Craig Scott 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Faculty Position in Communication & Technology @ Rutgers We welcome applications from scholars whose work could intersect with the Communication Department's existing focal areas while establishing connections with other units in the school and university. Specifically, we are looking to hire assistant, associate, full, or distinguished professors in Communication and Technology. We are looking for innovative scholars investigating communication topics and challenges in areas such as: * Digital inequalities in urban contexts * Technological innovations in health and wellness * Privacy, visibility, transparency, and governance * Computational social science and network science * Mediated interaction in organizational and interpersonal contexts * Design and engagement with technology in everyday life We especially invite candidates who will contribute to our thriving undergraduate and masters programs as well as our highly regarded interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. Embedded within the broader school culture, the Department of Communication is in an exciting period of transformation. We look for candidates who will thrive in this environment and contribute to this transformation. For queries regarding the position, please contact Craig Scott, chair of Communication, crscott(a)rutgers.edu<mailto:crscott@rutgers.edu>. Qualifications and Requirements A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field as of June 2017 is required. Applicants should have a demonstrated record or strong likelihood of top-tier peer-reviewed publication and evidence of or preparation for effective teaching. Senior-level applicants should provide evidence of leadership in research, instruction, and service, with a strong record of external funding a plus. Responsibilities of the successful applicants include undergraduate and graduate teaching assignments in communication and media, an active program of research in the candidate's area of scholarly expertise, and service contributions in accordance with university policy for tenure-track and tenured appointments. How to Apply Applications should address the points above and clearly articulate the candidate's fit to specific departmental and school-wide research foci. Active review of applications will begin on October 24, 2016, and the position will remain open until filled. Please include a letter of application, CV, up to three representative publications, and names and contact information for three referees (no letters at this time) and submit to the portal at https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/33125. Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information houses a dynamic and engaged community of scholars studying real world problems related to knowledge, interaction, technology, culture, media, creativity, and their interrelations. Our commitment to solutions is stimulated by intersecting research challenges: health and wellness; social media interaction and collaborative design; global media, community, and democracy; and organizations, policy, and leadership. We value our culture of collegiality and provide generous support for our scholars' varied research enterprises. Geographically adjacent and closely connected to the world's largest media and information hubs and supported by Rutgers' vibrant scholarly community, we embrace the University goals of promoting diversity throughout our networks and programs. For more about the School and active faculty searches in the Department of Communication and the Department of Journalism and Media Studies see: comminfo.rutgers.edu<http://comminfo.rutgers.edu>. Craig R. Scott, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Editor, International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication School of Communication & Information Rutgers University - 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Voice: 848-932-7125; Fax: 732-932-6916; Office in 201 DeWitt (185 College Avenue) Web: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/crscott/index.html; orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-0096

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Additional information about Fitness Tracker Swap
by Jason Archer 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi again AoIR 2016 attendees, Based on very helpful feedback from some members of the AoIR community, I wanted to send another email with additional information clarifying the purpose of the device swap we are trying to coordinate for XP-02. The purpose of our session is to work as a provocation, a form of interventionist aesthetics and media theory in action which underlines tensions that researches interested in privacy and security can appreciate. The sense of ownership of data related to our bodies is partially a sense of bodily security. Undermining that criticizes both datafication and elicits bodily insecurity for those who have not considered the relationship between wearables and our sense of self. We wish to reflect on how this sense of ownership, possession and sharing and our (dis)comfort around those acts reflect historical power dynamics around social, class, race, and gender identities. Swapping devices asks participants to question those relationships and also interrogates our sense of trust in fellow human actants versus our trust in corporate actors. Hope to see you soon, Jason Archer and Nathanael Bassett

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Call: International Research Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Studies
by Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Call: 2017 Westminster Institute for Advances Studies - International Research Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Studies https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/2016/call-for-application s-wias-international-research-fellowships-in-critical-digita l-and-social-media-studies-2017 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AUN132/westminster-institute-for-a dvanced-studies-international-research-fellowships-in-critic al-digital-and-social-media-studies-2017-call-for-applications/ The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) www.westminster.ac.uk/ wias is an academic space for independent critical thinking beyond borders. It is located at the University of Westminster in the heart of London. Prof Christian Fuchs is its Director. The WIAS’ research focus is critical digital and social media studies. The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies has an open call for international resarch fellows who during a 3 month stay in 2017 conduct critical studies of digital and social media's role in society. The WIAS aims to contribute to bringing about a paradigm shift from big data analytics to critical digital and social media research methods and theories. Digital and social media research at WIAS uses and develops critical theories, is profoundly theoretical, and discusess the political relevance and implications of the studied topics. The WIAS’ Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Fellowship Programme is aimed at current and future research leaders, who engage in independent critical thinking. It enables them to undertake independent and collaborative research on original topics in a stimulating academic environment in London. Funded scholarships are only awarded as a result of open calls. Priority will be given to well-defined projects that result in published research outputs and demonstrate benefits for the applicant, her/his university and the University of Westminster's research interests. The regular scholarship duration is 3 months (start between 9 January and 1 May 2017). Later start dates are not possible. Application deadline: Friday October 28, 2016 More information, details and application: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/2016/call-for-application s-wias-international-research-fellowships-in-critical-digita l-and-social-media-studies-2017 Subcribe to the WIAS newsletter - https://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter Best wishes, Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Last Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

** Last Call for Papers *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Overview ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. The 22nd edition of the conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus. Limassol (or Lemesos) is a multicultural bustling town, flanked by two ancient cities, Amathus and Kourion, and guarded by the Amathusian Aphrodite and Appolo Hylates. It is a town of great visual diversity and contrast from spectacular seafront views, historic places like the mediaeval Castle, and Byzantine churches. Along the 17 km long sandy beaches, two Marinas, world renowned 5 star hotels, and a most exciting dining, shopping, nightlife and yachting scene create a year-round vibrant lifestyle well beyond the expectations of a Mediterranean island. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from any relevant arena: academia, business, or non-profit organizations. Why you should submit to ACM IUI: At ACM IUI, we focus on the interaction between machine intelligence and human intelligence. While other conferences focus on one side or the other, we address the complex interaction between the two. We welcome research that explores how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter, which may leverage solutions from data mining, knowledge representation, novel interaction paradigms, and emerging technologies. We strongly encourage submissions that discuss research from both HCI and AI simultaneously, but also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. Submission Full and Short Papers We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. IUI 2017 especially encourages submissions on innovative and visionary new concepts or directions for the design of intelligent interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2017". Examples of ACM IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Intelligent visualization tools · User-Adaptive interaction and personalization · Recommender systems · Intelligent wearable, mobile and ubiquitous interfaces · Modeling and prediction of user behavior · Information retrieval and search · Education and learning-related technologies · Social media analysis · Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) · Natural language and speech processing · Generation of multimodal content · Big Data and analytics · Smart environments and tangible computing · Intelligent assistants for complex tasks · Collaborative interfaces · Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI · Affective and aesthetic interfaces · Interactive machine learning · Planning and plan recognition for IUI · Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation · Proactive and agent-based user interaction · Example-and demonstration-based interfaces · Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces Submission Guidelines · Full paper (anonymized 10 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) should make substantial, novel, and relevant contribution to the field. · Short paper (anonymized 4 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) is a much more focused and succinct contribution to the field. Short papers are not expected to include a discussion of related work that is as broad and complete as that of full papers. · Anonymization: ACM IUI uses a double-blind review process. All submissions must be appropriately anonymized according to the following guidelines: 1. Author's names and affiliations are not visible anywhere in the paper. 2. Acknowledgements should be anonymized or removed during the review process. 3. Self-citations should be included where necessary, but must use the third person. For example, "... as shown in our previous user study [2] ..." is not allowed, whereas "... as shown in Smith et al. [2] " is acceptable (because in this case the citation [2] will NOT be perceived as self-citation). Failure to follow these guidelines may results in submissions being rejected without review. Submissions should follow the standard SigCHI format available here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . You may use either the Microsoft Word template or the LaTeX template. Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation. Accepted short papers will be invited either as oral or poster presentation, depending on the quality of the papers. AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.) Important Dates · Abstracts: October 9, 2016 · Full and Short Papers: October 14, 2016 · Reviews to Authors: November 21, 2016 · Rebuttals: November 25, 2016 · Notification of Decisions: December 9, 2016 Committees General Chairs · Tsvika Kuflik, University of Haifa, Israel · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Committee Chairs · Fang Chen, NICTA, Australia · Carlos Duarte, University of Lisbon, Portugal · Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Posters/Demos Chairs · Andrina Granic, University of Split, Croatia · Denis Parra. PUC, Chile · Jingtaw Wang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Workshops/Tutorials Chairs · Shlomo Berkovsky, CSIRO, Australia · Bart Kninijnburg, Clemson University, USA Student Consortium Chairs · Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA · Katrien Verbert, KULeuven, Belgium Student Volunteers Chairs · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Tobias Grosse-Puppendahl, Microsoft Research, UK · Julia Sheidin, University of Haifa, Israel Sponsorship Chairs · Daniel Sonntag, DFKI, Germany (for Europe) · Feng Tian, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (for Asia) Treasurer · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Proceedings Chair · Daniel Afergan, Google, USA Web Master · Marios Christou, Easy Conferences, Cyprus · Kyriakos Georgiades, Easy Conferences, Cyprus

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities - University of Kansas
by Germaine R Halegoua 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

The Humanities Program of the University of Kansas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Digital Humanities, to begin as early as August 18, 2017. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/7261BR . I will be at AoIR16 in Berlin this week. Happy to answer any questions about the position. Germaine More info: The Humanities Program invites applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track assistant professor position in Digital Humanities, to begin as early as August 18, 2017. The faculty member will participate in the teaching mission of the Humanities Program, including teaching established courses at the introductory level (e.g., HUM 110 Intro. to Humanities) as well as working with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) to further develop DH courses and research across humanities disciplines; conduct digital research in humanities leading to peer-reviewed scholarly production in appropriate venues and to external funding applications as appropriate; and engage in program, College, University, and national service. The successful candidate should have in hand the Ph.D. or be ABD in a humanities-related field of study, and demonstrate specialization in computationally-assisted analysis in a humanities discipline as evidenced through graduate coursework, dissertation research, publications, and/or externally funded research grants. Candidates must provide evidence of successful teaching and an active research agenda. KU is especially interested in hiring faculty members who can contribute to the climate of diversity in the College and to four key campus-wide strategic initiatives: (1) Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World: (2) Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; (3) Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; and (4) Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. For more information, see http://www.provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan/initiatives *.* The Humanities Program is a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program dedicated to integrated learning in the humanities. We are deeply committed to the aims of the liberal arts: educating students to read carefully and think critically, to write and speak articulately, to acquire broad intellectual and cultural understanding, and to make connections among diverse areas of knowledge. The University of Kansas (KU) is located in Lawrence, Kansas, a bustling and progressive college town of around 94,000 located 40 miles west of Kansas City. Lawrence offers numerous cultural events, sports and recreational opportunities, local shops, and a wide range of great restaurants. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/7261BR For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: (1) letter of application describing experience and accomplishments; (2) CV; (3) teaching statement and supplemental materials (e.g., sample syllabi, peer evaluations, student surveys); (4) research statement and supplemental materials (e.g., representative publications; links to relevant websites); and, (5) the names and contact information for three professional references. Address queries to: Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz, Director/Search Committee Chair, Humanities Program, 308 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045; email hwcdirector(a)ku.edu . Initial review of applications begins November 1, 2016 and continues as needed to ensure a large, high quality, and diverse applicant pool. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination <https://documents.ku.edu/policies/IOA/Nondiscrimination.htm> on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University’s Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA(a)ku.edu <ioa(a)ku.edu>, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. -- Germaine R. Halegoua Assistant Professor Dept. of Film and Media Studies University of Kansas 225 Oldfather Studios 1621 W. Ninth St. Lawrence, KS 66044 grhalegoua(a)ku.edu

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XP-02: Invitation to participate
by Jason Archer 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Greetings AoIR 2016 attendees, As part of our Carnival of Privacy and Security, we are inviting interested attendees to participate in a fitness tracker swap that will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5th. The swap will entail exchanging your tracking device with another participant along with contact information to correspond with other participants to retrieve your personal trackers. The organizers of the panel will be participating in the swap as well, and we have a couple extra devices if you would like to participate and do no have your own device. We hope the swap will encourage rich discussion around issues of the privacy and security of trackers during our session on Friday, when we will finish the swap experiment and return devices to their owners. If you are interested in participating, please email Jason Archer ( jarche2(a)uic.edu) and Nathanael Bassett (nbasse2(a)uic.edu) so we can contact you with further details about the exact time and location of the swap. We anticipate doing the swap immediately following the last workshop sessions on Wednesday but still need to finalize a meetup location. We trust that as a member of the AoIR community all participants, understanding that participation is voluntary, will apply an ethics of care and act in good faith to take care of others' personal devices, which includes doing nothing to compromise the functioning or security of the device, and with the promise of retuning devices either during our Friday session or making other arrangements if you will be unable to attend. If you are not interested in participating in the swap, we hope you still consider attending our session on Friday to enjoy the other Carnival acts we have in store. Looking forward to seeing you all soon, Jason Archer and Nathanael Bassett

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