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Request for support in reaching audience for mini-surveys
by Ansgar Koene 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

For the next couple of weeks we are running a Twitter campaign to increase awareness and collect public opinions regarding the use of digital personal data. The campaign consists of daily Tweets mentioning an instance of reported data usage where there were concerns about the level of informed consent that was involved. Each Tweet contains a link to a mini-survey to ask people's opinion regarding that use of data. Once we receive ten or more responses the outcomes of each mini-survey will be published/updated on our blog site. In order to reach a broad public I would like to ask if Twitter users on the list would be willing to help us spread the tweets to potentially interested publics. For this campaign we are using the hashtag #AnalyzeMyData<https://twitter.com/hashtag/AnalyzeMyData?src=hash>. More information about this campaign is available at: http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/casma-projects/ccasmd/consent-to-analyzemydat… Thank for your support, Ansgar Dr. Ansgar Koene CaSMa - Citizen centric approaches to social media analysis Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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Deadline Extended to April 1st: Special issue on “Digital Evidence” for “Philosophy & Technology”
by Judith Simon 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, the deadline for the submission of papers for our special issue on “Digital Evidence” for the journal “Philosophy & Technology” has been extended to APRIL 1st 2016. A pdf-version of the cfp is also available here: http://www.shannonvallor.net/uploads/4/4/8/0/44807815/digitalevidencecfp.pdf <http://www.shannonvallor.net/uploads/4/4/8/0/44807815/digitalevidencecfp.pdf> With best wishes, Judith Simon & Shannon Vallor --------------------------- Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology’s special issue on Digital Evidence GUEST EDITORS Judith Simon (IT University Copenhagen & University of Vienna) Shannon Vallor (Santa Clara University) INTRODUCTION Digital technologies of the 21st century are profoundly transforming the nature of evidence and evidential practices in a wide range of domains, including science, medicine, law, education, journalism, government, public policy and global, national and domestic security. These changes call for rigorous analysis and critical reflection across a range of related topics and disciplines. The effects and uses are as diverse as the technologies themselves. The much-heralded power of “Big Data” on an unprecedented scale is radically changing how, and from where, social science researchers, marketers and insurers draw their evidence of human behavior, desires and attitudes. Digital neuroimaging technologies are reshaping norms of evidence in the courtroom, in research labs and in doctors’ offices. Varied forms of drone imaging affect how military pilots and intelligence agencies identify and even define legitimate targets, how archeologists, marine biologists, geologists and conservation scientists understand and measure natural phenomena, and how local law enforcement agencies perceive crime and social unrest. Cellphone cameras, body cameras, webcams and hacked ‘data dumps’ have radically changed how, and what, the public sees and knows. Future innovations in digital evidence promise to destabilize traditional evidential norms and practices even further. The philosophical questions raised by such transformations are many. What if any conceptual shifts in traditional metaphysics and epistemology do these new evidential practices suggest? Are new ontologies of evidence, or new standards of justified belief and knowledge, needed to account for them? What normative considerations (epistemic, political, ethical or legal), should be brought to bear upon these developments? How do new digital technologies condition the relationship between evidence, knowledge, belief and trust? How do these changes affect our understanding of scientific inquiry and explanation, or the role of evidential practices in human cognition, affectivity and action? How are these technologies impacting the distribution of the social and political power of evidence? These are just a few of the critical questions that new and emerging evidential practices invite us to ask. TOPICS We solicit the submission of papers that investigate the way in which new and emerging digital technologies are changing evidential norms and practices, within any relevant practical context or contexts (e.g. natural or social science, law, journalism, public policy, medicine, security or intelligence, etc). While the motivating questions should be of a philosophical nature, we welcome submissions from any discipline and/or subdiscipline (for example: philosophy/sociology of science, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, law, psychology, media studies, criminal justice, political philosophy/science, and so on.) Topics of special interest include: the impact of digital evidence on scientific research standards and practices; on the role of expertise; on notions of justification, confirmation and reasonable belief; on epistemic assessments of trust, reliability, objectivity and/or truth; on the cultivation of intellectual or moral virtues; on the relationship between modes of perception, affect, reflection and judgment; on individual, group and institutional practices of deliberation, verification and decision; or on the collection, dissemination, integrity and authority of information. TIMETABLE April 1, 2016: Deadline for paper submissions June 1, 2016: Deadline reviews papers July 1, 2016: Deadline revised papers 2016: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal’s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ <http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/> The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "DIGITAL EVIDENCE” from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers’ Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)’ Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief’s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: Judith Simon, jusi(a)itu.dk <mailto:jusi@itu.dk> Shannon Vallor, svallor(a)scu.edu <mailto:svallor@scu.edu> —————— Judith Simon <https://univie.academia.edu/JudithSimon> Technologies in Practice Group <http://itu.dk/tip/>- IT University Copenhagen (Associate Professor for Philosophy of Science and Technology <http://itu.dk/tip/?p=2661>) Department of Philosophy <http://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> - University of Vienna (PI: Epistemic Trust in Socio-Technical Epistemic Systems <http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=E&PROJ=P23770>) Co-Editor: Big Data & Society Associate Editor: Philosophy & Technology

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Dating and Hook Up Apps Bibliography
by Ben Light 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Hi folks, I’ve just set up a Zotero group for a library on dating and hook up apps. I chose Zotero as it’s freely available for group set up. Please do consider joining and adding to the library here: https://www.zotero.org/groups/dating_and_hooking_up_with_digital_media I’ve entered what I have so far, but I know there’s more to come! You can also see the contents of the library on my website if you are a cut and paste kinda person: http://benlight.me/hookupapps/ Cheers, Ben. Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Studies / Chief Investigator - DMRC http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/lightb/ http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Light,_Ben.html http://www.benlight.me Ph: +617 3138 8280 | Email: ben.light(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:ben.light@qut.edu.au> | Twitter: @doggyb QUT Digital Media Research Centre Creative Industries Faculty | Queensland University of Technology Z1-515 | Musk Ave | Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 | Ph: +617 3138 3889 Website: www.qut.edu.au/research/dmrc<http://www.qut.edu.au/research/dmrc> | Twitter: @qutdmrc | Centre email: dmrc(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:dmrc@qut.edu.au>

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Post-Doc and PhD Openings, Economics and Behavioral Economics of Privacy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
by Alessandro Acquisti 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Hello - I am hiring a Post-Doctoral Fellow and PhD Students at CMU. Please feel free to share and forward. Thank you, -alessandro acquisti ****************** The Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University has one opening for a Post-Doctoral fellow and one or more openings for PhD students in projects focused on the economics or/and the behavioral economics of privacy. Prospective candidates are expected to have done graduate work in (Post-Doctoral position), or be interested in studying (PhD positions), one or more of the following areas: * Economics * Behavioral Economics or Behavioral Decision Research * Experimental Economics or Experimental Psychology * Privacy * Human Computer Interaction Successful candidates will work in areas related to the economics or/and the behavioral economics of privacy, and collaborate with Professor Alessandro Acquisti. They may also interact with other members of CMU CBDR (Center for Behavioral and Decision Research) lab and of CMU PeeX (Privacy Economics Experiments) Lab, as well as with other CMU students and professors, in an interdisciplinary environment that includes social scientists and technologists. Successful candidates will be expected to conduct original research and publish their results in top-ranked journals and conferences. Post-Doctoral opening: There is no deadline for applying to the Post-Doc opening, but applications will be considered on a rolling basis starting February 1, 2016, with an expected (but negotiable) starting date of Summer 2016 or Fall 2016. The Post-Doctoral position comes with very competitive salary and benefits. The initial appointment is for one year, with an option of renewal for another one or two years. Interested candidates should forward their resumes, along with the names of three references, to Alessandro Acquisti by email at acquisti(a)andrew.cmu.edu. PhD openings: Interested candidates are encouraged to apply via http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/school-of-information-systems-and-management/docto… as soon as possible, and no later than February 29, 2016. They are also encouraged to forward their resumes to Alessandro Acquisti by email at acquisti(a)andrew.cmu.edu. Accepted PhD applicants will receive a grant covering stipend and tuition for at least the first two years of their PhD program. Related links: "The Economics of Privacy," Acquisti, Taylor, and Wagman. Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2580411 "Privacy and Human Behavior in the Age of Information," Acquisti, Brandimarte, and Loewenstein. Science, 2015, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6221/509 Acquisti's site: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/ Copy of this document: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/economics-privacy-postdoc-cmu-2016.htm ****************** Alessandro Acquisti Professor, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/

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