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CfP: Contemporary Political Youth Culture and Communication Symposium
by Mercea, Dan 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

Dear all, Please see below the call for papers for the upcoming symposium 'Political Youth Culture and Communication'. Please submit your abstracts to Brian Loader (brian.loader(a)york.ac.uk) by Monday 14 March 2016. Call for Papers Contemporary Political Youth Culture and Communication http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/groups/cpac/#tab-7 A two-day Symposium University of York, UK. 18-20 July 2016. Deadline for abstracts: Monday 14th March 2016 Marking the launch of the Centre for Political Youth Culture and Communication (CPAC) this two-day international symposium explores the socio-cultural factors influencing the civic engagement of young people and its means of communicative expression. Young networking citizens in many parts of the world today play a crucial role in shaping the future prospects for democratic societies. The styles, nature and means of their political engagement is therefore of increasing importance to policy-makers and academics alike. This event is focused upon the communicative, emotional, embodied, and aesthetical modes of youth citizenship. It examines the social construction of the political identities of young people within the context of widening social inequality, climate change, reflexive individualism and a networked social media ecology. We welcome papers drawing upon research and theory that address questions of contemporary political youth culture including, but not limited to, such topics as: Citizenship norms, Political talk, Social networking Precarious employment, Celebrity politics, Personalisation Identity politics, Social movement protest, Community politics Political socialisation, Civic education, Political education Transnational politics, Populist parties, Youth campaigns Migration politics, electoral engagement Keynote Speakers Prof. Henrik Bang, University of Copenhagen and Canberra University Prof. Lance Bennett, University of Washington Prof. Donatella della Porta, European University Institute, Florenze Conference organisers: Brian D. Loader, University of York, brian.loader(a)york.ac.uk Nathan Manning, University of York, nathan.manning(a)york.ac.uk Nisha Kapoor, University of York, nisha.kapoor(a)york.ac.uk KEY DATES Please submit title, abstract and brief biog for consideration to brian.loader(a)york.ac.uk by Monday 14th March 2016. Notification of decision: Monday 21st March, 2016.

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RSVP | March 4 | Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education
by Paula Kift 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

<http://nyu.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=…> Department of Media, Culture, and Communication REGISTER <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=c…> <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=b…> Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education *Friday, March 4, 2016 | 2:00-6:00 PM | #edtechprivacy* *NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication239 Greene Street, Floor 8* The Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education symposium brings together educational specialists, journalists, and academics to open a dialogue around the pedagogical, legal, and ethical repercussions of the use of new technologies in educational environments. *Panel 1: The Changing Educational Environment * *Moderated by Kouross Esmaeli <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=8…>, Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University* - Ted Magder <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=9…>, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Steinhardt Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, New York University - Richard Arum <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=d…>, Professor of Sociology and Education; Chair, Department of Sociology, New York University - Anya Kamenetz <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=1…>, Reporter, National Public Radio and author of *The Test* *Panel 2: Implications of Data-driven Education* *Moderated by Helen Nissenbaum <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=2…>, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University* - Natasha Singer <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=b…>, Reporter, *The New York Times*; Fellow, Data & Society - Brett Frischmann <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=3…>, Professor, Cardozo Law School - Mitchell Stevens <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=2…>, Associate Professor of Education and Director of Data Policy in the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University - Elana Zeide <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=9…>, Research Fellow, New York University; Affiliate, Data & Society *Hosted by the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication <http://nyu.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=…>. This event is a series of conversations in celebration of NYU Steinhardt’s 125th Anniversary <http://nyu.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=e…>.* <http://nyu.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=…> <http://nyu.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=…> <http://nyu.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=0ac8c97417eade73a7595c79a&id=…> *Copyright © 2016 NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, All rights reserved.* -- Paula Kift, MPP PhD Candidate | Research Fellow Media, Culture, and Communication New York University 347-759-2459 | pk1335(a)nyu.edu

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WEBCAST TODAY: INET- Internet of Things Conference
by Joly MacFie 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Been looking forward to this! Starts 16:50 UTC. Please retweet. joly posted: "Today, Thursday February 18 2016, the San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Chapter will present, in the heart of Silicon Valley, the INET- Internet of Things Conference. Over a full day, following keynotes from ISOC's Karen Rose, author of our recent I" [image: INET IoT Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/SFBayISOCIoT>Today, *Thursday February 18 2016*, the *San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Chapter <http://www.sfbayisoc.org/>* will present, in the heart of Silicon Valley, the *INET- Internet of Things Conference <http://www.sfbayisoc.org/iot-conference/>*. Over a full day, following keynotes from ISOC's *Karen Rose*, author of our recent* IoT Overview <http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/iot-overview>*, and *Vint Cerf*, who will discuss security, there will be a varied number of presentations from business, policy, and technical experts followed by a forum. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/SFBayISOCIoT>*. *What: INET- Internet of Things Conference <http://www.sfbayisoc.org/iot-conference/> Where: Computer History Museum, Mountain View When: Thursday February 18 2016 08:50-17:00 PST | 16:50-01:00 UTC Agenda: http://www.sfbayisoc.org/iot-conference <http://www.sfbayisoc.org/iot-conference> Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/SFBayISOCIoT <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/SFBayISOCIoT> Twitter: #SFBayISOCIoT https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFBayISOCIoT <https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFBayISOCIoT>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8320#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8320#comments> http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8320 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Launch of the Centre for Digital Culture at King's College London - 9th March
by Photini Vrikki 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear all, You are warmly invited to the launch of the new Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London. March 9th – 7pm — Safra Lecture Theatre – King’s College London The event is free but please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-of-the-centre-for-digital-culture-at-ki… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-of-the-centre-for-digital-culture-at-ki…> #TheGreatTransformation: digital technology and social change At the time of the Internet, smartphones and social media there seems to be virtually no part of society that is not affected by the diffusion of digital technology. From the private to the public, from personal relationships to the economy and political movements we are witnessing a great transformation whose magnitude is similar to the one brought in the 19th century by capitalism and industrialization. But what do the different changes brought by digital technology share in common? What is the overarching logic guiding the digital transformation of society? And is it changing society for better or worse? We will discuss these issues with a number of leading scholars in the field of digital culture: Tim Jordan is Professor and Head of School of Media, Film and Music at Sussex University. He is the author of a number of influential books including Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet (1999), Activism!: direct action, hacktivism and the future of society (2002), and Information Politics (2015). Joanna Zylinska is a writer, lecturer, artist and curator, working in the areas of new technologies and new media, ethics, photography and art. She is Professor of New Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of a number of influential books including Life after New Media (2012/ with Sarah Kember) and The Cyborg Experiments (2002). Mark Coté is a leading researcher in the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of big data. He has received numerous research grants from the AHRC and EU-Horizon 2020 as both PI and CI, partnering with the Open Data Institute, British Library, Aarhus University, the University of Pisa and many others. His work has been published widely across leading journals including Big Data & Society. Mercedes Bunz is a German art historian, philosopher and journalist. She has worked as the technology correspondent for the Guardian and is currently senior lecturer journalism and digital media, University of Westminster and has been involved in digital publishing and open access project. She is the author of The Silent Revolution: How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism and Politics without Making Too Much Noise (2014). The conversation will be moderated by Paolo Gerbaudo, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture. We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

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4 PhD positions in the Department of Culture and Media Studies Umeå University
by Evelina Liliequist 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Open for applications: 4 PhD positions in the Department of Culture and Media Studies Umeå University! http://www.kultmed.umu.se/om-institutionen/jobba-hos-oss/ - One PhD position in Ethnology (digital humanities is a prioritized field at the faculty) - One PhD position in Literary Studies - One PhD position in Museology - One PhD position in Ethnology or Media and Communication Studies with focus on gender and disability Best regards, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>

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Three new PhD positions in Media Studies - Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo
by Charles Ess 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear AoIRists, Please spread the word to potentially interested students: <http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1572981/62047?iso=gb> After 3.5 years here, I am hopelessly biased, of course - but I do think it fair to say that our Department, as well as the environs of Oslo and lovely Norway and Scandinavia more broadly, have a great deal to offer to those pursuing a PhD in Media Studies. thanks in advance, - charles ess -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Director, Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Call for Chapters: Handbook of Research on Teaching Computational Thinking in Primary Education
by Hüseyin Özçınar 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear all, I would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the* “Handbook of Research on Teaching Computational Thinking in Primary Education**”* Recommended Topics Contributors are welcome to submit chapters on the following topics relating to teaching computational thinking in primary education: Defining computational thinking Critics of teaching computational thinking in primary education Limitations and power of computational thinking What computational thinking means for primary education Assesing computational thinking How computational thinking can be facilitated in primary education Pedagogies for teaching computational thinking Game design and computational thinking How can we integrate computational thinking into different subjects Teaching computational thinking across different learning contexts Relationship of computer programming to computational thinking Teaching coding in primary education Relationship of computational thinking to problem solving The use of visual programming languages to promote computational thinking in primary education Cognitive benefits of learning programming How to bring computational processes to bear on problem solving Important Dates *March 15, 2016:* Proposal Submission Deadline *March 30, 2016:* Notification of Acceptance *May 30, 2016:* Full Chapter Submission *July 30, 2016:* Review Results Returned *August 30, 2016:* Revised Chapter Submission *September 15, 2016:* Final Notification of Acceptance Inquiries huseyinozcinar(a)gmail.com, hozcinar(a)pau.edu.tr Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2017 for details. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016. Best Wishes, Hüseyin Özçınar

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Readie Research Summit - What drives Europe's Digital Economy
by Leonard Mack Readie 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

<http://www.cvent.com/events/what-drives-europe-s-digital-economy/event-summ…> Dear all, On behalf of Nesta, I want to invite you to the Readie <http://www.cvent.com/events/what-drives-europe-s-digital-economy/event-summ…> Research Summit - What drives Europe’s Digital Economy <http://www.cvent.com/events/what-drives-europe-s-digital-economy/event-summ…>. I am sure this will be spot on for some of you - it would be great to meet you there! *When*: Monday 21 March 2016, 11:30 - Tuesday 22 March 2016, 15:50 *Where*: University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD, United Kingdom Our Summit brings together forward-thinking researchers, policy professionals and businesses with an interest in cutting-edge research, big data methods, entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. It will address the following key questions facing Europe's Digital Economy today: - How are digital technologies changing Europe’s economy? - How can digitalisation be turned into an opportunity for businesses and entrepreneurs? - What cutting-edge research currently exists? - And critically, how can researchers, businesses and policy-makers collaborate to set Europe’s Digital Economy on the right course? Join us to hear from some of the most influential experts on the subject including: - *Robin Chase,* Founder of Zipcar and Veniam - *Dane Stangler,* Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation - *Enrico Giovannini, *member of the Club of Rome - *Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, *Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute - *Nicklas Lundblad,* Head of EMEA Public Policy and Government Relations at Google To view the full agenda, speaker updates and to purchase your ticket (£65 + VAT), please follow this link: http://goo.gl/7sCyED Please contact me if you have any questions! Best Leonard -- *Leonard Mack | Senior Researcher - Digital Economy @ Nesta <http://www.nesta.org.uk/>, working on Readie.eu <http://Readie.eu> **| leonard.mack(a)readie.eu <leonard.mack(a)readie.eu>* -- *Nesta...* 1 Plough Place London EC4A 1DE www.nesta.org.uk | Newsletter <http://www.nesta.org.uk/newsletter_signup> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/nesta_uk> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1868227&goback=%2Egdr_1274367066783_1> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NESTA/116788428355432?v=wall&ref=sgm> | Magazine <http://thelongandshort.org/> ------------------------------ This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Any use, copying or disclosure other than by the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately via +44 (0)20 7438 2500 or by email to information(a)nesta.org.uk and delete this message and any copies from your computer and network. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nesta. Nesta is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE.

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Activity about Internet and health at AoIR16
by Leticia Barbosa 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear Colleagues , I’m sending this email on behalf of LAISS – Laboratory of Internet, Health and Society – a laboratory of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), one of the most important public health institutions in Latin America. At LAISS, we have been researching various topics and issues related to the interface between the Internet and Health, such as the impact of the Internet on the doctor-patient relationships, quality assessments of health information displayed on websites, the practices of virtual patient communities, and the profile of consumers of health information in particular Millennials and Generation Y. We are sending this message in order to invite colleagues who work on these issues and questions to join the activity about Internet & Health we want to propose for the next annual meeting of AoIR. We ask those who are interested to get in touch by replying to this email. See you in Berlin! Best Regards, Leticia Barbosa Research A ssistant - Laboratory of Internet, Health and Society (LAISS) Oswaldo Cruz Foundation , Brazil www.ensp.fiocruz.br/laiss

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[CfP] 5th IEEE Track on Collaborative Modeling and Simulation (Comets 2016) **** Submission Deadline Extended ****
by Daniele Gianni 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

*************** Submission Deadline Extended ********************** (Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ################################################################# IEEE WETICE 2016 5th IEEE Track on Collaborative Modeling and Simulation (Comets 2016) in cooperation with (approval pending) INCOSE Italy MIMOS (Italian Association for M&S) CALL FOR PAPERS ################################################################# June 13-16, 2016 - Paris (France) http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/comets16 ################################################################# # Papers Due: February 25, 2016 ***** Extended ****** # Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings # by the IEEE Computer Society Press and will be submitted for # indexing through INSPEC, Compendex, Scopus, Thomson Reuters, # DBLP, Google Scholar and EI Index. ################################################################# Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is increasingly becoming a central activity in the design of new systems and in the analysis of existing systems because it enables designers and researchers to investigate systems behavior through virtual representations. For this reason, M&S is gaining a primary role in many industrial and research fields, such as space, critical infrastructures, manufacturing, emergency management, biomedical systems and sustainable future. However, as the complexity of the investigated systems increases and the types of investigations widens, the cost of M&S activities increases for the more complex models and for the communications among a wider number and variety of M&S stakeholders (e.g., sub-domain experts, simulator users, simulator engineers, and final system users). To address the increasing costs of M&S activities, collaborative technologies must be introduced to support these activities by fostering the sharing and reuse of models, by facilitating the communications among M&S stakeholders, and more generally by integrating processes, tools and platforms. Aside from seeking applications of collaborative technologies to M&S activities, the track seeks innovative contributions that deal with the application of M&S practices in the field of collaborative engineering platforms. These platforms are continuously becoming more complex, and therefore their design requires systematic approaches to meet the required quality of collaboration. This is important for two reasons: to reduce rework activities on the actual collaborative environment, and to maximize the productivity and the quality of the process the collaborative environment supports. M&S offers the methodologies and tools for such investigations and therefore it can be used to improve the quality of collaborative environments. A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest includes: * collaborative requirements modeling * collaborative environments for M&S * collaborative Systems of Systems M&S * business process modeling for collaborative environments * agent-based M&S * collaborative distributed simulation * collaborative component-based M&S * net-centric M&S * web-based M&S * model sharing and reuse * model building and evaluation * modeling and simulation of business processes * modeling for collaboration * simulation-based performance analysis of collaborative engineering platforms * model-driven approaches for collaborative engineering * domain specific languages for collaborative M&S * databases and repositories for M&S * distributed virtual environments * virtual research environment for M&S * collaborative DEVS M&S * multi-method M&S To stimulate creativity, however, the track maintains a wider scope and invites interested researchers to present contributions that offer original perspectives on collaboration and M&S. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CoMetS'16 intends to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss key issues, approaches, open problems, innovative applications and trends in the track research area. Papers should contain original contributions not published or submitted elsewhere. Papers up to six pages (including figures, tables and references) can be submitted. Papers should follow the IEEE format (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/ publishing/templates.html). All submissions should be submitted in PDF format and will be peer-reviewed by at least three program committee members. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings and published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Please note that at least one author for each accepted paper should register to attend WETICE 2016 (http://www.wetice.org) to have the paper published in the proceedings. Interested authors and participants may contact the organizers for expression of interests and content appropriateness at any time. Papers and posters can be submitted in PDF format at the conference submission site (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/? conf=wetice2016), by selecting the ÒCollaborative Modeling and SimulationÓ track. +++++++++++++++ Important Dates +++++++++++++++ * Submission Deadline: February 25, 2016 ***** Extended ***** * Notification to authors: March 28, 2016 * Camera Ready to IEEE: April 11, 2016 * Conference date: June 13-16, 2016 +++++++++++++++++ Program co-chairs +++++++++++++++++ Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Roma TorVergata, Italy Gregory Zacharewicz, University of Bordeaux, France Daniele Gianni, Guglielmo Marconi University, Italy *** Contact Information *** Andrea D'Ambrogio (track co-chair) Email: dambro(a)uniroma2.it

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