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Job opportunity: UCLA PULSE Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy
by Griffin Boyce 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Hi all, Spotted this job opportunity and just wanted to pass it along! =) -------- Original Message -------- From: Alexandra Wood <awood(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Dear all, UCLA School of Law’s Program on Understanding Law, Science, and Evidence (PULSE) is seeking applications for a Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy for the academic years 2017-2019. More details and a link to the job posting are enclosed below. Best regards, Alex # # # PULSE FELLOWSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, LAW, AND POLICY UCLA School of Law’s Program on Understanding Law, Science, and Evidence, or PULSE, is now accepting applications for the PULSE Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy for the academic years 2017-2019. This fellowship is a full-time, two-year faculty position beginning in the fall of 2017. The position primarily involves sustained research and writing on the social, economic, and legal implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The position will also involve teaching and assisting with PULSE projects, such as conferences and workshops. Progress in artificial intelligence and machine learning has advanced rapidly in recent years, and additional advances may proceed at an accelerating pace. Large recent progress in automated translation, face and voice recognition, anticipating criminal sentencing consequences, and automated radiological diagnosis are just a few among many salient examples. Similar technologies will alter many aspects of human life, yielding societal disruption and a need for governance. Rather than focusing on colorful fictional treatments or relatively immediate consequences, the PULSE fellow will engage in careful, critical advance thinking about large-scale potential impacts. The fellow will evaluate methods for assessment and prediction, as well as legal, economic, institutional, regulatory, and other forms of preparation and response. The fellow’s research will culminate in the authorship of papers suitable for publication in law journals or other respected legal, scholarly, and policy outlets. Throughout, the fellow will work in collaboration with Professor of Law Edward A. Parson and PULSE Co-Director Richard M. Re, among other UCLA faculty. PULSE explores the complex connections between law, evidence, science, and technology. PULSE engages in cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research and programming to examine how basic “facts” about our world, provided through science and credited as evidence, influence venues of law and policy making. PULSE is co-directed by UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin and Assistant Professor of Law Richard M. Re. Candidates for the PULSE fellowship should possess a J.D. or other advanced degree, a strong academic record, excellent analytical and writing skills, and demonstrated interest or background in the fields of law and science, artificial intelligence, or social risk assessment. Candidates with previous academic, research, or professional experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science, or related fields of science and technology are especially encouraged to apply. The salary is anticipated to be approximately $90,000 per year plus a competitive benefits package. UCLA School of Law has a special interest in enriching its intellectual environment through further diversifying the range of perspectives represented within the faculty. Applicants should apply online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF02981. Please submit a letter discussing your qualifications, scholarly and professional aims, and the interests you would wish to pursue while holding the fellowship; a resume; a transcript of studies in law school or graduate school; a writing sample of no more than ten pages; and contact information for three references. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by Monday, June 12, 2017 but will be considered thereafter until the position is filled. Visit our website at http://www.law.ucla.edu/pulse for more information about our program. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy (http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct)

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"Giving Voice" Interview on Culture Digitally
by Meryl Alper 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Hi all, I wanted to share a wide-ranging interview that Dan Greene <http://dmgreene.net/> (Microsoft Research) conducted with me about my book *Giving Voice* <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice> (MIT Press, 2017) for the *Culture Digitally *blog. We covered a lot of ground, with the book as a jumping off point, from questions of scale and ethnographic methods, to what disability can tell us about Trump's claims to be our "voice." http://culturedigitally.org/2017/06/author-interview-meryl-alper-on-giving-… Interested in any and all feedback! Best, Meryl -- *Meryl Alper* Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Northeastern University Holmes 217 m.alper(a)northeastern.edu merylalper.com Author, *Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality* (MIT Press <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice>, Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Voice-Communication-Disability-Inequality/dp/…> )

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Fwd: [PMO Network] TICTeC@Taipei: Only 10 days left to submit a session proposal
by Steven Clift 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Steven Clift" <clift(a)e-democracy.org> Date: Jun 7, 2017 10:44 AM Subject: Fwd: [PMO Network] TICTeC@Taipei: Only 10 days left to submit a session proposal To: "newswire" <newswire(a)groups.dowire.org>, "liberationtech" < liberationtech(a)mailman.stanford.edu> Cc: "Steven Clift" <slc(a)publicus.net>, "Gemma Humphrys" < gemma.mysociety(a)gmail.com> > > From: "Gemma Humphrys" <gemma(a)mysociety.org> > Date: Jun 7, 2017 8:38 AM > Subject: [PMO Network] TICTeC@Taipei: Only 10 days left to submit a > session proposal > To: <OGP(a)dgroups.org>, <pmo-network(a)googlegroups.com>, "Foianet" < > foianet(a)foiadvocates.info>, <open-government(a)lists.okfn.org> > Cc: > > Hello everyone, > > Further to my email back in May, this is a reminder that mySociety will be > hosting a special edition of our Impacts of Civic Technology Conference > (TICTeC) in Taipei on 11th - 13th September 2017. It's a really unique > opportunity to showcase to the wider IT industry what civic tech is, what > its impacts are and how research is carried out to evaluate this. > > If you'd like to present at the conference, you have until next Friday > 16th June to submit a session proposal > <https://docs.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpVHtZvyTaCsVmkNt…>. > We'd love to hear from individuals/organisations who run civic tech > projects and have seen some real-world impacts from these, and > individuals/organisations who have researched the impacts of civic tech. > > Applications for travel grants are also open until 16th June, so if you > need financial support to attend please submit your travel grant > application > <https://docs.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6Oq63xSQkDOCrMbY…> > now. > > Registration for TICTeC@Taipei is also now open, so get your earlybird > tickets now <http://civictechfest.org/> before they sell out. > Registration includes entrance to the full WCIT conference program, as well > as to all Civic Tech Fest <http://civictechfest.org/> events. > > If you have any questions about the event, please don't hesitate to > contact me. > > All the best, > Gemma. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gemma Humphrys <gemma(a)mysociety.org> > Date: 9 May 2017 at 11:51 > Subject: TICTeC@Taipei: Apply to present now! Deadline: 16th June 2017 > To: OGP(a)dgroups.org, open-government(a)lists.okfn.org, > sunlight-international(a)googlegroups.com, pmo-network(a)googlegroups.com, > ftm_network(a)googlegroups.com, Foianet <foianet(a)foiadvocates.info>, > money-politics-transparency(a)googlegroups.com > > > ***Sorry for cross-posting*** > > Dear all, > > Following on from the success of our 3rd Impacts of Civic Technology > Conference (TICTeC <http://tictec.mysociety.org/>) in Florence last > month, we're delighted to announce that we'll be hosting an additional > TICTeC event this year; this time in Taipei. > > TICTeC@Taipei <https://www.mysociety.org/2017/04/25/tictec-taiwan/> will > be part of the Open Culture Foundation <http://ocf.tw/en/>’s week-long Civic > Tech Fest <http://civictechfest.org/>, an official side event of the World > Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) <http://www.wcit2017.org/> 2017. > > TICTeC@Taipei will be held on 11th and 12th September 2017. > > Come and join us to discuss the impacts of civic technology on citizens > and governments around the world; to be part of the first Civic Tech Fest, > and to participate in the WCIT. > > The *Call for Papers/Presentations* is now open; so if you'd like to > present at TICTeC@Taipei please submit a session proposal > <https://docs.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpVHtZvyTaCsVmkNt…> by > *16th June 2017*. > > Applications for travel grants are now also open, so if you need financial > support to attend please submit your application > <https://docs.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6Oq63xSQkDOCrMbY…> > before 16th June 2017. > > Registration is also now open, so get your tickets now > <http://civictechfest.org/>. Registration includes entrance to the full > WCIT conference program <http://wcit2017.org/>, as well as to all Civic > Tech Fest events. > > The WCIT will feature panels on Open Government and Civic Tech, so this is > a really unique opportunity to showcase open government and civic tech > initiatives to the wider IT industry. > > We hope to see you there! > > If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. > > All the best, > Gemma. > > > > -- > > Gemma Humphrys > > *Events Manager /** Alaveteli Partnerships Manager * > > mySociety | mysociety.org <http://www.mysociety.org/> > > > > -- > > Gemma Humphrys > > *Events Manager /** Alaveteli Partnerships Manager * > > mySociety | mysociety.org <http://www.mysociety.org/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PMO Network" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pmo-network+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to pmo-network(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pmo-network. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > >

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New Book: The Citizen Marketer
by Joel Penney 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Dear AoIR colleagues, I’d like to let you know about my new book that’s out this week from the Oxford Studies in Digital Politics series, edited by Andrew Chadwick. I hope some of you will find it interesting and relevant to your work. “The Citizen Marketer: Promoting Political Opinion in the Social Media Age” Joel Penney Oxford University Press Description >From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes, grassroots circulation of opinion online is changing the landscape of political communication. By exploring how everyday people promote messages to persuade their peers and shape the public mind, Joel Penney offers a new framework for understanding the phenomenon of viral political communication: the citizen marketer. The discussion is grounded in testimony of citizens who have changed their profile pictures to protest symbols, tweeted links to articles about select issues, or displayed anything from slogan T-shirts to viral videos that promote favored politicians. In contrast to the “slacktivism” critique often leveled at these media-centered forms of activism, Penney argues that they enable citizens to take on the role of viral political marketers as they participate in the networked spread of ideas. Furthermore, Penney examines the risks that these practices pose for increasing polarization and partisanship, the trivialization of issues, and manipulation by political elites. Like the citizen consumer, the citizen marketer is guided by the logics of marketing practice, but, rather than being passive, actively circulates persuasive media to advance political interests. Citizens view their participation in such activities not only in terms of how it may shape or influence outcomes, but as a statement of their own identity. As the book argues, these practices signal an important shift in how political participation is conceptualized and performed in advanced capitalist democratic societies, as they casually inject political ideas into the everyday spaces and places of popular culture. While marketing is considered a dirty word in certain critical circles -- particularly among segments of the left that have identified neoliberal market logics and consumer capitalist structures as a major focus of political struggle -- some of these very critics have determined that the most effective way to push back against the forces of neoliberal capitalism is to co-opt its own marketing and advertising techniques to spread counter-hegemonic ideas to the public. Accordingly, this book argues that the citizen marketer approach to political action is much broader than any one ideological constituency or bloc. Rather, it is a means of promoting a wide range of political ideas, including those that are broadly critical of elite uses of marketing in consumer capitalist societies. The book includes an extensive historical treatment of citizen-level political promotion in modern democratic societies, connecting contemporary digital practices to both the 19th century tradition of mass political spectacle as well as more informal, culturally-situated forms of political expression that emerge from postwar countercultures. Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Citizen Marketer Approach to Political Action Chapter 2: The Historical Lineage of the Citizen Marketer Chapter 3: Self-Labeled and Visible Identities Chapter 4: Political Fans and Cheerleaders Chapter 5: News Spreaders and Agenda-Setters Chapter 6: Towards a Critical Literacy of the Citizen Marketer Approach “This is a must-read book for anyone looking to understand the ways that citizens are taking up the marketing of political candidates and causes in the social media era.” - Daniel Kreiss, Author of *Prototype Politics: Technology-Intensive Campaigning and the Data of Democracy * “*The Citizen Marketer* helps us dig into real campaigns and real campaigners whose work sometimes proceeds in the spirit of democracy, and sometimes degrades democracy. Understanding modern political communication means getting to know the varied forms of computational propaganda that we all produce and consume.” - Philip Howard, Author of *Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up* “Joel Penney provides a compelling, nuanced, and rich exploration of how marketing logic and civic self-expression are morphing and combining in the digital age. It is an essential book for all interested in politics, marketing, and public life.” -David Karpf, Author of *The MoveOn Effect and Analytic Activism* About the Author Joel Penney is an Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University. He received his PhD in 2011 from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. www.citizenmarketer.org

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CfP: Int. Workshop on Health Recommender Systems co-located with ACM RecSys 2017
by Christoph Trattner 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Health Recommender Systems, to be held in Como (Italy) co-located with ACM RECSYS 2017 (https://recsys.acm.org/) Website: http://healthrecsys.ur.de -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** June, 22nd, 2017 Paper submission deadline ** June, 13th, 2017 Notification to authors ** July, 27th, 2017, Camera-Ready Version ** August, 27th-31st, 2017, HRS Workshop, RecSys conference Workshop Organizers: ==================== David Elsweiler (University of Regensburg, Germany) Santiago Hors-Fraile (University of Seville, Maastricht University) Bernd Ludwig (University of Regensburg, Germany) Alan Said (University of Skoevde, Sweden) Hanna Schaefer (TU Muenchen, Germany) Christoph Trattner (MODUL University Vienna, Austria) Helma Torkamaan (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Andre Calero Valdez (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Objectives & Topics: ==================== Health is at the center of our everyday lives. During the 1st Health Recommender Systems workshop we elaborated a great variety of fields in which recommender systems can improve our awareness, understanding and behavior regarding our own health. At the same time these application areas bring new challenges into the recommender community. Recommendations that influence the health status of a patient, need to be either liable or accompanied by domain experts. To make the recommender liable, complex domain specific user models need to be created, which on the other hand creates privacy issues. While trust into a recommendation needs to be explicitly earned by transparency, explanations and empowerment, other systems might want to persuade users into beneficial actions that would not be willingly chosen otherwise. The variety of those challenges also results from the number and diversity of stakeholders involved in health systems. Taking the patient perspective, simple interaction and safety against harmful recommendations might be the prior concern. For clinicians and experts, on the other hand, what matters is precise and accurate content. Finally, health care providers, insurance companies, and clinics are interested in success rates, study results, and financial benefits of the new systems. In this workshop, we want to go deeper into the discussions started last year and establish a roadmap of possible research topics in Health Recommender Systems. Our aim is to enhance the results of the first workshop in the following areas: ** Elaborate discussion topics of the first workshop ** Strengthen the community of researchers working on Health in RecSys ** Attract scientists from other domains to RecSys (e.g. health, psychology, ...) ** Find cross-domain collaboration projects and funding targets ** Establish shared infrastructure (datasets and tools) We invite submissions that may include the following topics, but are not limited to: ** Algorithms for HRS ** Domain Knowledge Representation ** Regulations and Standards ** Behavioral Change ** Medical evaluation techniques ** User Profiling ** Pervasive Systems ** Personalization ** Persuasion ** Social Motivation ** Gamification ** Empowerment ** Trust ** Explanations ** Nudging ** Patient Needs/Satisfaction ** User Interaction Design ** Expert-in-the-Loop ** Privacy ** Ethics The goal of this workshop is to share and discuss research and projects that reach beyond classic recommender techniques and discuss health domain related challenges of recommender systems. Submissions: ============ We solicit short research papers (4 pages) and short position papers (2 pages), both in the ACM conference paper style. Participants can decide between a research focused submission, resulting in a workshop presentation, and a project focused submission, resulting in a workshop poster. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair to the submission page. ** Submission category research: innovative research ideas, preliminary results or system prototypes ** Submission category project: funded research projects, industry and research collaborations or health-care and research collaborations Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must: ** Be written in English; ** Contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; ** Be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings Template with a font size no smaller than 9pt; ** Be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; Link or demo in attachment are preferred in both cases. All papers will be peer-reviewed, must not be under review in any other conference, workshop or journal (at the time of submission), and must contain novel contributions. Accepted papers will be published according to the ACM RECSYS 2017 WS publication rules. Please use the workshop's EasyChair submission page for submitting your paper. Location: ========= RecSys 2017 will be hosted in Como, Italy, at the Teatro Sociale di Como from August 27-31, 2017. Please visit the RecSys 2017 website for more information about this location: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys17/location/ Contact: ======== If you have questions regarding the workshop, do not hesitate to contact the workshop chairs. David Elsweiler - david.elsweiler(a)ur.de Santiago Hors-Fraile - sanhorfra(a)gmail.com Bernd Ludwig - bernd.ludwg(a)ur.de Alan Said - alansaid(a)acm.org Hanna Schaefer - hanna.schaefer(a)tum.de Helma Torkamaan - h.torkamaan(a)acm.org Christoph Trattner - trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Andre Calero Valdez - calero-valdez(a)comm.rwthaachen.de -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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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CfP: Japan in the Digital Age
by Esperanza Miyake 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Japan in the Digital Age Call for Papers for a one-day Symposium Saturday 28th October, 2017 The Shed, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Keynote Speakers Prof. Ian Condry, Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mr. Kazuhito Gen-I (?? ??), award-winning media practitioner, working on 2.5 Dimension project (theatre adaptation of anime, manga and videogame) Japan has been a place of fascination throughout the years, particularly to those interested in media and popular culture, business, science and technology, and other related areas such as transport and tourism. Yet surprisingly, there is little sustained discussion on how contemporary Japan is situated within the rapidly changing landscape of digital technologies in the New Millennium. How has digitisation changed Japanese aesthetics and values? Have mobile phone technologies altered the way Japanese business language is used? How does 'tradition' shape Japanese digital cultures? Such questions need urgent attention as currently, there are a number of significant and innovative digital initiatives in Japan which have impacted on Japanese culture and arts, technology, business and society, but are little known outside of Japan. We invite academics, PG students, industry researchers and practitioners for contributions which examine the transformation of Japan in the Digital Age, and the transformation of the Digital Age through Japanese culture, practice, politics, technologies, industries and beyond. The overall aim of the Symposium is to provide a supportive and inspiring environment to encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-sector dialogues, to learn about innovative digital projects in Japan, and to build a network of those engaged with Japan through their work and lives. Suggested topics include: · Digital technologies and Japanese popular culture (e.g. anime/manga, games, fashion) · Japanese digital identity, politics and society · Digital communications, Japanese language and business · Innovative Japanese digital design and technologies Please submit a 250-word abstract to e.miyake(a)mmu.ac.uk by 4th August 2017, using the following format: title + abstract; name of author(s); affiliation; email; key words. For any enquiries, please get in touch with Dr. Esperanza Miyake (e.miyake(a)mmu.ac.uk)? "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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Email address
by Kevin Echraghi 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Kevin.echraghi(a)gmail.com

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Link to New Book: After the Internet
by Adam Fish 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Dear Scholars, Please take a look at a draft of our new book out with Polity, After the Internet, written by myself and Ramesh Srinivasan. Here is the blurb, table of contents, and link. https://www.academia.edu/33349822/After_the_Internet Best, Adam Fish After the Internet Ramesh Srinivasan <http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-302479.html?query=Ramesh+Srinivasan> , Adam Fish <http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-302479.html?query=Adam+Fish> ISBN: 978-1-5095-0618-7 224 pages September 2017, Polity Description In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations, and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combatted various forms of political and social inequality, it is time we ask: What comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan and Adam Fish reimagine the internet from the perspective of grassroots activists and citizens on the margins of political and economic power. They explore how the fragments of the existing internet are being utilised alongside a range of peoples, places, and laws to make change possible. From indigenous and non-western communities and activists in Tahrir Square, to imprisoned hackers and whistleblowers, this book illustrates how post-digital cultures are changing the internet as we know it from a system which is increasingly centralized, commodified, and "personalized", into something more in line with its original spirit: autonomous, creative, subversive. The book looks past the limitations of the internet, reconceptualizing network technology in relation to principles of justice and equality. Srinivasan and Fish advocate for an internet that blends the local concerns of grassroots communities and activists with the need to achieve scalable change and transformation. Written by two highly respected scholars in the field, this compelling book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the quality and future of the internet. Table of Contents - *Contents* - Introduction: After the Internet - Chapter 1: Reimagining Technology with Global Communities - Chapter 2: Hacking the Hacktivists - Chapter 3: Media Activism: Shaping Online and Offline Networks - Chapter 4: After the Clouds: Do Silk Roads Lead to Data Havens? - Conclusion - *References* - *Index* Author Information *Ramesh Srinivasan* is Associate Professor in Information Studies and Design|Media Arts at UCLA. *Adam Fish* is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University.

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"Infancy Online" special issue of Social Media + Society now online!
by Tama Leaver 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Dear All, The 'Infancy Online' special issue of Social Media + Society, co-edited by Bjorn Nansen and me, is now available online: http://journals.sagepub.com/page/sms/collections/special-issues/infancy-onl… Infancy Online: An Introduction Tama Leaver, Bjorn Nansen. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707193 BabyVeillance? Expecting Parents, Online Surveillance and the Cultural Specificity of Pregnancy Apps Veronica Barassi. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707188 Intimate Surveillance: Normalizing Parental Monitoring and Mediation of Infants Online Tama Leaver. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707192 Images of Breastfeeding on Instagram: Self-Representation, Publicness, and Privacy Management Elisabetta Locatelli. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707190 Mothering on Facebook: Exploring the Privacy/Openness Paradox Charlotte Chalklen and Heather Anderson. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707187 Mummy Blogs and Representations of Motherhood: “Bad Mummies” and Their Readers Kate Orton-Johnson. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707186 YouTube Kids: The App Economy and Mobile Parenting Benjamin Burroughs. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707189 #familygoals: Family Influencers, Calibrated Amateurism, and Justifying Young Digital Labor Crystal Abidin. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305117707191 As always SM+S is open access, so every article is free to read and access from anywhere. Bjorn and I would like to thank to Zizi Papacharissi for supporting our special issue, Stacy Blasiola for all the behind the scenes wrangling to get all the papers actually published, everyone who took part as a peer reviewer, ensuring these papers were the best they could possibly be, and thanks as well to all our fabulous contributors. This is an issue which really highlights an important emerging area looking at how very young people are being portrayed, surveyed, datafied and performed online! Enjoy! -- Associate Professor Tama Leaver Department of Internet Studies Faculty of Humanities, MCCA, Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth WA Australia 6845 Ph: (+61 8) 9266 1258 Email: t.leaver(a)curtin.edu.au Web: www.tamaleaver.net Twitter: @tamaleaver CRICOS Provider Code: 00301J (WA)

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EXTENDED DEADLINE: ComplexRec 2017 (RecSys'17 Workshop on Recommendation in Complex Scenarios)
by Toine Bogers 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Due to numerous requests we have extended the original workshop deadline for: ==================================================================================== RecSys'17 Workshop on Recommendation in Complex Scenarios (ComplexRec 2017) http://complexrec2017.aau.dk Como, Italy August 31, 2017 ==================================================================================== --------------- Important dates --------------- * Paper submission deadline: June 16, 2017 (NEW DEADLINE, before midnight, anywhere on Earth) * Notification of acceptance: July 9, 2017 * Camera-ready deadline: July 18, 2017 * RecSys 2017: August 31, 2017 ------------------------ Description & Objectives ------------------------ Over the past decade, recommendation algorithms for ratings prediction and item ranking have steadily matured. However, these state-of-the-art algorithms are typically applied in relatively straightforward scenarios. In reality, recommendation is often a more complex problem: it is usually just a single step in the user's more complex background need. These background needs can often place a variety of constraints on which recommendations are interesting to the user and when they are appropriate. However, relatively little research has been done on these complex recommendation scenarios. The ComplexRec 2017 workshop aims to address this by providing an interactive venue for discussing approaches to recommendation in complex scenarios that have no simple one-size-fits-all solution. ------------------ Topics of interest ------------------ We invite original contributions about recommendation in complex scenarios. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Task-based recommendation -- Approaches that take the user's background tasks and needs into account when generating recommendations * Feature-driven recommendation -- Techniques for eliciting, capturing and integrating rich information about user preferences for specific product features * Constraint-based recommendation -- Approaches that successfully combine state-of-the-art recommendation algorithms with complex knowledge-based or constraint-based optimization * Query-driven recommendation -- Techniques for eliciting and incorporating rich information about the user's recommendation need (e.g., need for accessibility, engagement, socio-cultural values, familiarity, etc.) in addition to the standard user preference information * Interactive recommendation -- Techniques for successfully capturing, weighting, and integrating continuous user feedback into recommender systems, both in situations of sparse and rich user interaction * Context-aware recommendation -- Methods for the extraction and integration of complex contextual signals for recommendation * Complex data sources -- Approaches to dealing with complex data sources and how to infer user preferences from these sources * Evaluation & validation -- Approaches to the evaluation and validation of recommendation in complex scenarios ----------- Submissions ----------- We encourage authors to submit short papers and position papers of 2-4 pages in length dedicated to any aspect of recommendation in complex scenarios. Accepted submissions will then be invited for short 10-minute presentations with equal time for discussion. Evaluation criteria for acceptance will include novelty, diversity, significance for theory/practice, quality of presentation, and the potential for sparking interesting discussion at the workshop. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop. All submissions should be in English and should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be formatted in the ACM Proceedings Style (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=complexrec2017) Submissions will be published in the workshop proceedings (CEUR-WS). ---------- Organizers ---------- * Toine Bogers (toine(a)hum.aau.dk) Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark * Marijn Koolen (marijn.koolen(a)gmail.com) Huygens Institute, the Netherlands * Bamshad Mobasher (mobasher(a)cs.depaul.edu) DePaul University, USA * Alan Said (alansaid(a)acm.org) University of Skövde, Sweden * Alexander Tuzhilin (atuzhili(a)stern.nyu.edu) NYU Stern School of Business, USA For further questions, please contact a member of the organizing committee.

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