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CFP: Digital Media and Borders: Infrastructures, Mobilities, and Practices across Asia and Beyond
by Rolien Hoyng 23 May '17

23 May '17

*Digital Media and Borders: Infrastructures, Mobilities, and Practices across Asia and Beyond* *Workshop* * 7-9 December 2017* * Lingnan University, Hong Kong* Invited speakers: Brett Neilson, Jack Qiu, Ned Rossiter, Nishant Shah, Ravi Sundaram Workshop organizers: Rolien Hoyng, Iam-chong Ip, Lisa Leung, Yvonne Yau Sponsored by: Lingnan University and Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Programme. Digital communication, despite its apparent immateriality, remains dependent on infrastructure placed somewhere. This workshop focuses on the intersection of urban situatedness and geo-location in order to examine the spatial relations that digital infrastructures either make part of or generate, especially in Asia. The internet features a layered design, including undersea cables, Cloud architecture, platforms, and apps. In what ways does this design reproduce or undo borders and territories? Relinquishing assumptions of a singular global regime of cybernetic power, how does the internet as stack transform the governance of populations, now addressed as “users,” and what contradictions emerge in this process? Moreover, considering that different bodies relate to digital infrastructure differently, how do users negotiate and exploit the modes of power afforded by digital infrastructure? How do these processes amount to either the reproduction of dominant formations of citizenship or alternative identifications and subjectivities, for instance for migrants or “uncivil” users? We welcome critical scholarship and non-traditional inquiries that help us reflect on digital infrastructures and practices in relation to the production of space and the particularities of place and context in Asia and beyond. Topics include but are not limited to: - Digital infrastructure, (extra)statecraft, urbanisms - Local or global apps, platforms, and data-driven governance - Speculative digital culture - “Uncivil” webs: hacking, porn, radical free speech, trolling - Digital media, citizenship, populism - Digital media, migration, and belonging A conference dinner is planned for the evening of 7 December. On the morning of the 9th we invite you to join a local excursion exploring digital infrastructure and borders in Hong Kong. There is no conference fee. Abstracts of max. 500 words are due by 15 July and should be sent to digitalmediaonsite(a)gmail.com. Authors will be notified of acceptance via email by the end of July. Full papers are expected no shorter than 10 days before the start of the workshop. Please provide full name, affiliation, contact information, and a short bio with your abstract submission. Guidelines for presentation will be provided upon acceptance of the abstract. Event webpage: http://www.ln.edu.hk/ihss/crd/CFP2017.html Inquiries: digitalmediaonsite(a)gmail.com My best, Rolien Rolien Hoyng Assistant Professor Department of Cultural Studies Lingnan University, Hong Kong

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HICSS CFP Collective Intelligence and Crowds Minitrack
by Fichman, Pnina 22 May '17

22 May '17

Collective Intelligence and Crowds HICSS Minitrack January 3-6, 2018 Big Island, Hawaii, USA We are looking for papers that analyze collective intelligence, knowledge creation, and crowdsourcing. We also encourage the submission of papers that design and implement technologies that create new kinds of collectives. For example, papers that consider how machine learning and human learning interact in crowds and communities. In sum, we are open to a wide range of research that addresses relations between people, collectives, and machines, as well as the artifacts produced as a result. The deadline is June 15, 2017. Feel free to send an abstract or a query between now and then to any of the three minitrack chairs, Jeff Nickerson (jnickerson(a)stevens.edu<mailto:jnickerson@stevens.edu>), Pnina Fichman (fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:ichman@indiana.edu>), or Don Steiny (steiny(a)steiny.com<mailto:steiny@steiny.com>). The abstract is not required, but can be helpful for all involved. If you won't be submitting but are willing to review, please let one of us know the number of papers you are willing to take. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman, Professor Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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CFP HICSS Minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS
by Fichman, Pnina 22 May '17

22 May '17

CFP HICSS Minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS) January 4-7, 2017, Big Island, Hawaii, USA Kauai, Hawaii, USA http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2016 This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. In line with the track recognition that the Internet has transformed the way we work, learn, and play, our minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * The impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) on ICT design, adoption, and use. * The impact of cultural values on policies and practices of big data collection and use (e.g., * Cross cultural studies of quantification of self at work, by individuals or organizations * Cross-cultural comparisons of big data collection and use * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies *Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at> Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel(a)american.edu<mailto:carmel@american.edu> About HICSS conferences: Now in its 50th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: • A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. • Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. • A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. • A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). • Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. • Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. • A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. • Best Paper Awards<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/bestpapers2014.htm> in each track which recognize superior research performance. • HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. Aug 16: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. September 15: Submission final papers. Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will  be removed from the Proceedings. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Chair, Department of Information and Library Science Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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Online violence references?
by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle 22 May '17

22 May '17

Dear List, One of the chapters of my dissertation is on online violence against women and other marginalized communities in the global south. I was wondering if anyone could send me recent academic references of feminist scholarship on online violence (does not have to be situated in the global south). I will be happy to share with you all once I have compiled a list. Thank you! Best, Firuzeh -- Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

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RACI: Call for Applications for Autumn 2017
by Gergana Petrova 22 May '17

22 May '17

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is opening a call for applications for the upcoming meetings in autumn 2017. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. --------------------- Application Deadlines --------------------- ENOG 14 (10-11 October, Minsk): apply by 20 August 2017 RIPE 75 (22-26 October, Dubai): apply by 20 August 2017 If you are working on interesting research or know someone in your network who is, please find more information and the application form here: https://www.ripe.net/raci/ ---------------------- Examples of Relevant Topics ---------------------- - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things ------------- Stay involved ------------- - Mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list - Twitter: @RACI_RIPE - LinkedIn group: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin Please let me know if you have any questions about RACI or about applying. And thank you in advance for your help in spreading the word to your networks! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE Network Coordination Centre Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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ADA issue 11 now available
by Radhika G 22 May '17

22 May '17

Issue 11 is now available: http://adanewmedia.org/issues/ issue-archives/issue11/ <http://adanewmedia.org/ issues/issue-archives/issue11/>. Please share widely with your networks. The co-editors continue to be grateful to your patience with the review process and the labor so many of the fembot collective contribute to making this project work. Carol Stabile, Managing Editor of Fembot Collective reports that : " In October 2016, we reported that Ada articles had received over 382,134 page views. As of this writing, Ada articles have received 437,174 page views. Our top ten articles, moreover, have been cited < https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=site%3Aadanewmedia.org&as_sdt=1% 2C38&as_sdtp=&oq=site> a total of 299 times, an increase of 91 citations since the fall. And Ada articles continue to be taught in hundreds of courses around the world, as further evidence of impact. Thank you to all those who volunteered their time to make this issue possible. Special thanks to Zehui Dai, David McCallum, and Shehram Mokhtar for their hard work on the issue. And thanks in particular to my co-editor, Radhika Gajjala, for being such a hard-working and generous collaborator. " ___ *Issue 11: Table of Contents* 1. Introduction: Issue 11 by Radhika Gajjala, and Carol Stabile URL: http://adanewmedia.org/2017/05/issue11-gajjala-stabile/ 2. The Technopo(e)litics of Rupi Kaur: (de)Colonial AestheTics and Spatial Narrations in the DigiFemme Age. by Sasha Kruger URL: http://adanewmedia.org/2017/05/issue11-kruger/ 3. Naive Meritocracy and the Meanings of Myth by Joseph Reagle URL: http://adanewmedia.org/2017/05/issue11-reagle/ ___ Radhika Gajjala Co-editor of ADA: Journal of Gender and New Media (adanewmedia.org) Professor, School of Media and Communication and American Culture Studies Program Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio http://www.radhikagajjala.org

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Rethinking Digital Health PG workshop: REGISTRATION OPEN!
by Adi Kuntsman 22 May '17

22 May '17

Registration now open: attendance is FREE but placeslimited! Rethinking DigitalHealth: experience, ethics, justiceA one day workshop for postgraduate students and earlycareer researchers14 June 2017, The Shed, Manchester Metropolitan University. PROGRAMME AND FURTHER DETAILS HERE: https://sites.google.com/view/rethinkingdigitalhealth/home With increasing use of tele-communication, mobile devices,smartphone apps and self-tracking devices for medical purposes, ‘digitalhealth’ has emerged as a field of interest for researchers in the socialsciences and the humanities. However current research into this small butrapidly growing area often overlooks issues relating to under- or mis-represented groups in ‘digital’ economies, and often celebrate, rather thancritically interrogate, the development of digital health itself. This workshopaims to challenge some of the unquestioned assumptions that guide researchersand practitioners of digital health alike. How might a focus on experience,ethics and justice contribute to critical digital health studies?

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Call for Workshops: ACM IUI'18
by Christoph Trattner 22 May '17

22 May '17

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS In conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2018) Tokyo, Japan March 7-11, 2018 http://iui.acm.org/ ================================================================================= IUI 2018 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the last day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Project centric" workshops that may be closely related to the scope of an existing large scale (e.g. NSF, EU, etc. funded) project. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. =============== PROPOSAL FORMAT =============== Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2018(a)iui.acm.org) and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI Paper Format, http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform. Please submit your proposal by e-mail to the workshop chairs at workshops2018(a)iui.acm.org. The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI 2018 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI: http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform. Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2018. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by December 17, 2017 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2018 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshop and the IUI 2018 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2018 workshop chairs. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP (workshops2018(a)iui.acm.org ) Proposals due: August 14, 2017 Decisions Sent: September 14, 2017 ** TENTATIVE dates of the review cycle ** Submission deadline: December 17, 2017 Report submission status to IUI workshop chairs: December 18, 2017 Final go/no-go decision: December 21, 2017 Camera-ready of workshop summary: December 24, 2014 Notifications to authors: January 23, 2018 Camera-ready of accepted papers: February 6, 2017 Workshop date: March 11, 2018 ================== WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ================== Takanori Komatsu, Meiji University, Japan Alan Said - University of Skövde, Sweden -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Assistant Professor MODUL University Vienna Department of New Media Technology E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)modul.ac.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers with Extended Deadline: Special Issue on Research in Political Engineering, Public Policy Engineering, Computational Politics, and Computational Public Policy, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
by Ashu M. G. Solo 20 May '17

20 May '17

Call for Papers with Extended Deadline: Special Issue on Research in Political Engineering, Public Policy Engineering, Computational Politics, and Computational Public Policy, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) Important Dates August 31, 2017: Abstract proposal (one paragraph) submission deadline September 15, 2017: Abstract proposal acceptance notification December 31, 2017: Full research paper submission deadline March 31, 2018: Peer review results May 31, 2018: Final research paper submission deadline June 15, 2018: Final acceptance notification Guest Editor Ashu M. G. Solo, Maverick Technologies America Inc., U.S.A. Introduction Ashu M. G. Solo originated and defined the fields of "political engineering," "computational politics," "public policy engineering," and "computational public policy" in Solo (2011) and elaborated on these fields in Solo (2014a, 2014b). Basic and advanced methods in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or natural science can be used for political decision making, analysis, modeling, optimization, forecasting, simulation, and expression as well as for public policy formulation, decision making, analysis, modeling, optimization, forecasting, and simulation. This will lead to greatly improved political decision making and public policy. Political engineering is the application of engineering, computer science, mathematics, or natural science to solving problems in politics. Computational politics is the application of computer science or mathematics to solving problems in politics. Therefore, computational politics is a subset of political engineering. Political engineering and computational politics include, but are not limited to, principles and methods for political decision making, political analysis, political modeling, political optimization, political forecasting, political simulation, and political expression. Political engineering and computational politics are more technically, computationally, mathematically, and scientifically rigorous approaches to the field of political science. Public policy engineering is the application of engineering, computer science, mathematics, or natural science to solving problems in public policy. Computational public policy is the application of computer science or mathematics to solving problems in public policy. Therefore, computational public policy is a subset of public policy engineering. Public policy engineering and computational public policy include, but are not limited to, principles and methods for public policy formulation, public policy decision making, public policy analysis, public policy modeling, public policy optimization, public policy forecasting, and public policy simulation. Public policy engineering and computational public policy are more technically, computationally, mathematically, and scientifically rigorous approaches to the field of public policy. The term "political engineering" has been previously used to refer to designing political institutions. This is an abuse of the word "engineering." As it has been previously used, the term "political engineering" does not require the creative application or development of mathematics, natural science, technical principles, or technical methods. Therefore, Ashu M. G. Solo has given a new and more appropriate definition to the term "political engineering." Just like many terms in the dictionary have multiple meanings, the term "political engineering" can have multiple meanings. Politicians often determine how to spend limited campaign funds on advertising in certain geographic areas based on their best guesses rather than on a rigorous mathematical and computational analysis of how funds should be allocated for the greatest benefit to their campaigns. Legislators usually determine spending priorities and budget allocations based on passions of the moment, special interest lobbying, parochial interests, ignorant public opinion, or their own ideological biases rather than on a rigorous mathematical and computational analysis of how spending priorities and budget allocations can be made for the greatest public benefit. An example of political engineering and computational politics is determining the optimal allocation of election campaign funds or campaign resources. The 2012 presidential campaign of President Barack Obama made extensive use of data analytics (Scherer, 2012). An example of public policy engineering and computational public policy is the use of fuzzy logic to effectively quantify the values and beliefs of stakeholders and interested parties, environmental conditions, economic conditions, and social conditions to produce a much better environmental impact assessment (Shepard, 2005). The definition of the new interdisciplinary fields of public policy engineering, computational public policy, political engineering, and computational politics will greatly increase the pace of research and development in these extremely important fields. Also, they establish new fields of study for universities for students who are interested in engineering, computer science, mathematics, natural science, politics, or public policy. Political engineering, computational politics, public policy engineering, and computational public policy are critical for the future success of politics and public policy. Click on the hyperlinks in the references (Solo, 2011; Solo, 2014a; Solo, 2014b) below for further information on public policy engineering, computational public policy, political engineering, and computational politics. Objective Although Ashu M. G. Solo defined and originated the fields of public policy engineering, political engineering, computational public policy, and computational politics (Solo, 2011; Solo, 2014a; Solo, 2014b) to motivate more technically, computationally, mathematically, and scientifically rigorous approaches to public policy and politics and to establish new fields of study, there has been some research in these fields. This special issue of the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) will focus on research that has been done in the fields of political engineering, computational politics, public policy engineering, and computational public policy. Recommended Topics Recommended topics for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following: Political Decision Making, Analysis, Modeling, Optimization, Forecasting, Simulation, and Expression • political decision making under uncertainty • new technologies in politics • application of engineering to politics • application of computer science to politics • application of mathematics to politics • application of natural science to politics • application of operations research to politics • application of optimization methods to politics • uncertainty management in political decision making • application of computational intelligence methods to politics • application of fuzzy logic to politics • application of neural computing to politics • application of neural networks to politics • application of evolutionary computation to politics • application of genetic algorithms to politics • application of knowledge-based systems to politics • application of machine learning methods to politics • application of pattern recognition to politics • application of data mining to politics • application of analytics to politics • application of data integration to politics • application of data analysis to politics • application of data modeling to politics • application of exploratory data analysis to politics • application of confirmatory data analysis to politics • application of predictive analytics to politics • application of text analytics to politics • application of statistics to politics • application of data visualization to politics • application of data dissemination to politics • data-driven decision making in politics • application of data fusion to politics • application of multidimensional matrix mathematics to politics • application of decision theory to politics • application of game theory to politics • application of graph theory to politics • political forecasting • political modeling • political simulation • political visualization • political software tools • political campaign software tools • case studies Public Policy Formulation, Decision Making, Analysis, Modeling, Optimization, Forecasting, and Simulation • public policy decision making under uncertainty • new technologies in public policy • application of engineering to public policy • application of computer science to public policy • application of mathematics to public policy • application of natural science to public policy • application of operations research to public policy • application of optimization methods to public policy • uncertainty management in public policy decision making • application of computational intelligence methods to public policy • application of fuzzy logic to public policy • application of neural computing to public policy • application of neural networks to public policy • application of evolutionary computation to public policy • application of genetic algorithms to public policy • application of knowledge-based systems to public policy • application of machine learning methods to public policy • application of pattern recognition to public policy • application of data mining to public policy • application of analytics to public policy • application of data integration to public policy • application of data analysis to public policy • application of data modeling to public policy • application of exploratory data analysis to public policy • application of confirmatory data analysis to public policy • application of predictive analytics to public policy • application of text analytics to public policy • application of statistics to public policy • application of data visualization to public policy • application of data dissemination to public policy • data-driven decision making in public policy • application of data fusion to public policy • application of multidimensional matrix mathematics to public policy • application of decision theory to public policy • application of game theory to public policy • application of graph theory to public policy • public policy forecasting • public policy modeling • public policy simulation • public policy visualization • public policy software tools • case studies Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit abstract proposals and papers for this special theme issue on Research in Political Engineering, Public Policy Engineering, Computational Politics, and Computational Public Policy to guest editor Ashu M. G. Solo at amgsolo(a)mavericktechnologies.us All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. The author(s) of each submitted paper will be asked to review two other papers. Reviewers will be acknowledged in the special issue. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of Ashu M. G. Solo, Maverick Technologies America Inc., U.S.A., amgsolo(a)mavericktechnologies.us Guest Editor International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) References Scherer, M. (2012). Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win. Time. November 7, 2012. Available at http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-… Shepard, R. B. (2005). Quantifying Environmental Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic. New York: Springer. Available at http://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387243986 Solo, A. M. G. (2011). The New Fields of Public Policy Engineering, Political Engineering, Computational Public Policy, and Computational Politics. In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'11) (pp. 431-434). Available at http://worldcomp-proceedings.com/proc/p2011/EEE5211.pdf Solo, A. M. G. (2014a). The New Interdisciplinary Fields of Political Engineering and Computational Politics. In A. M. G. Solo (Ed.), Political Campaigning in the Information Age (pp. 226-232). Hershey, Penn.: IGI Global. Available at http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-new-interdisciplinary-fields-of-polit… Solo, A. M. G. (2014b). The New Interdisciplinary Fields of Public Policy Engineering and Computational Public Policy. In A. M. G. Solo (Ed.), Political Campaigning in the Information Age (pp. 233-238). Hershey, Penn.: IGI Global. Available at http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-new-interdisciplinary-fields-of-publi…

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announcement: OII, University of Oxford launches the Digital Ethics Lab
by Luciano Floridi 20 May '17

20 May '17

Of possible interest to members of the list I am delighted to share the news that the Oxford Internet Institute of the University of Oxford has launched the Digital Ethics Lab, to tackle the ethical challenges posed by digital innovation. You can find more information here: http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/ <http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/> and follow the DELab on twitter here: https://twitter.com/oxfordethicslab <https://twitter.com/oxfordethicslab> Best wishes, Luciano Floridi ____________________________________________ Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/ <http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/> Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Faculty Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics research Group The Alan Turing Institute, London PA Ms Jessica Antonio | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 | @Floridi

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