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UMUAI special issue on personalized cultural heritage content - Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

Digital cultural heritage is now a mature field, in which information technologies are used in the service of preserving cultural heritage. The digital form of resources allows for the exploitation of advances in data analytics, semantics, information retrieval, user interaction, profiling and personalization in order to develop new, exciting and stimulating cultural heritage experiences in tourism and education. This special issue aims to form a reference point for the field of personalized delivery of cultural heritage content. We invite works that present and/or review the current state of the art in theory and practice, as well as promising recent advances in the area of aligning the delivery process for cultural heritage content to the needs, goals, characteristics and preferences of individual users and groups of users. The issue is broad in scope, with the caveat that emphasis should be on the link between cultural heritage and personalization techniques; works dealing exclusively with one of the two topics will be deemed out of scope. Topics of interest Semantic modelling for cultural heritage content and their application to personalized content delivery. Advances in knowledge representation. Metadata standards and datasets. Automated reasoning and computational argumentation for personalized explanations and feedback. Personalization/recommendation technologies applied to cultural heritage content. Profiling techniques for individuals, groups and crowds. Context awareness in cultural heritage venues and cities. Applications in cultural, educational or touristic experiences. Personalized storytelling. Adaptive navigation and browsing. Crowdsourcing and crowd computing methodologies, tools and case studies and their application to personalization in Cultural Heritage. Creativity and collaboration. Social interaction and argumentation. Mixed Crowd and AI- based processing approaches to personalization Personalized interaction with cultural heritage content. PCs and mobile personal devices. Multi-touch interfaces. Information booths. Public and shared displays Paper submission Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (up to four pages) to the special issue editors via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umuaich2017) Promising and in-scope works will be invited for extension into full submissions, from which point on a standard reviewing process will be followed. Submission and detailed formatting instructions for full papers are available at the journal's site (http://www.umuai.org/paper_submission.html) Important dates Abstract due: November 30th, 2017 Full submission invitation: December 15th, 2017 Manuscript due: February 28th, 2018 First notification to authors: April 30th, 2018 Revised submission deadline: June 15th, 2018 Final notification to authors: July 31st, 2018 Publication date: End of 2018 / start of 2019, as per UMUAI's publication schedule Guest editors Manolis Wallace ??? LAB - Knowledge and Uncertainty Research Laboratory Department of Informatics and Telecommunications University of Peloponnese Martín López-Nores Department of Telematics Engineering University of Vigo Yannick Naudet Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology (LIST) 5, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux L-4362 Esch/Alzette Tsvi Kuflik Information Systems Department The University of Haifa

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9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI 2017): Call for Participation
by Announce Announcements 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

*** Call for Participation *** 9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence ICCCI 2017 Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 27 - 29 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (collocated with the 21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Computational Collective Intelligence is most often understood as an AI subfield dealing with soft computing methods which enable making group decisions or processing knowledge among autonomous units acting in distributed environments. Web-based systems, social networks and multi-agent systems very often need these tools for working out consistent knowledge states, resolving conflicts and making decisions. ICCCI 2017 is the 9th edition of the conference organized by the University of Cyprus and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland, in cooperation with the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Computational Collective Intelligence. The aim of the conference is to provide an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the computer-based methods of collective intelligence and their applications in (but not limited to) such fields as group decision making, consensus computing, knowledge integration, semantic web, social networks and multi-agent systems. The 114 high quality papers will be presented by researchers from 31 countries all over the world on the following topics: - Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web - Social Networks and Recommender Systems - Data Mining Methods and Applications- - Multi-agent Systems - Sensor Networks and Internet of Things - Decision Support & Control Systems - Cooperative Strategies for Decision Making and Optimization - Computational Swarm Intelligence - Machine Learning in Medicine and Biometrics - Cyber Physical Systems in Automotive Area - Internet of Things - Its Relations and Consequences - Text Processing and Information Retrieval - Low Resource Language Processing - Computer Vision Techniques - Intelligent Processing of Multimedia in Web Systems Keynote Lectures 1. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Nürnberger Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany Title: Collaborative Exploration: Methods to Support Collaborative Searching and Sensemaking 2. Prof. Yannis Manolopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Title: Predicting the future evolution of scientific output 3. Prof. Slawomir Zadrozny Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Title: Consensual decision making: history and new trends 4. Prof. Constantinos S. Pattichis University of Cyprus, Cyprus Title: Cardiovascular Health Informatics: Predicting the Risk of Stroke Based on Ultrasound Image Analysis of the Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Proceedings The proceedings are published in Springer's LNCS/LNAI series. According to the recent Springer Reports of May 2017 Proceedings of ICCCI 2016 and ICCCI 2015 belong to the top 25% most downloaded eBooks in the relevant SpringerLink eBook Collection in 2016. Registration http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Organization Honorary Chairs · Costas Christophides, Rector of University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pierre Lévy, University of Ottawa, Canada · Cezary Madryas, Rector of Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland General Chairs · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania · Piotr J?drzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan Organising Chair · Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus å Special Sessions and Workshops Chairs · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Bogdan Trawinski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Doctoral Track Chair · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Chair · Christos Mettouris , University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Committee · Marios Komodromos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Rafa? Kern, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Marcin Pietranik, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Zbigniew Telec, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Steering Committee · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen (chair), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Piotr J?drzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan · Kiem Hoang, University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM, Vietnam · Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia · Geun-Sik Jo, Inha University, Korea · Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland · Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia · Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan · Manuel Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

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WG: Vacancies: Postdoctoral Research Associate and PhD Fellowship (Digital Influence and Radicalisation)
by Hall, Margeret (KSRI) 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

About the positions The Applied Innovation Lab at UNO is hiring two research positions (PostDoc and PhD) aimed at applying deep learning to problems in influence and radicalization on online platforms. The position is ideally suited for recent graduates who are interested in applying their technical skills to challenging and important problems in deep learning. Successful applicants will contribute to the interdisciplinary team and implement algorithms in relevant (open source) software and programming environments (e.g., Matlab, R, Python). Interested PostDoc applicants please email to Prof. Hall at mahall(a)unomaha.edu<mailto:mahall@unomaha.edu>, and interested PhD candidates can review the application procedure on the website<https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/phd-i…>. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful PostDoc candidate to start as soon as possible/in the Spring semester for the PhD. Qualifications We are looking for creative and independent researchers with a degree in a subject relevant to the research, such as Computer Vision or Machine Learning. We are especially interested in applicants whose research interests match the field in the job description. Solid knowledge and experience of deep learning for the solution of computer vision problems is a requirement, as well as good programming skills. As you will be working in an interdisciplinary team in international cooperation with universities, research organizations and companies, we expect a pro-active and collaborative attitude and excellent communication skills both in presentations and writing. Ideally, an applicant has relevant research exposure in computer vision, deep learning or machine learning, and have solid programming ability. We expect PostDoc applicants to have strong research ability demonstrated from publications in relevant fields. The applicants must be highly motivated and self-driven, eager to learn new tools and new methodologies. Knowledge and expertise in deep learning and computer vision is preferred. About the University of Nebraska at Omaha Located in one of America’s best cities to live, work and learn, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s premier metropolitan university. With more than 15,000 students enrolled in 200-plus programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its online education, graduate education, military friendliness and community engagement efforts. Founded in 1908, UNO has served learners of all backgrounds for more than 100 years and is dedicated to another century of excellence both in the classroom and in the community. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity: The University of Nebraska Omaha is committed to maintaining an environment for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors that is fair and responsible, an environment which is based on one’s ability and performance. The University of Nebraska Omaha declares and affirms a policy of equal education and employment opportunities, affirmative action in employment, and non-discrimination in providing services to the public. Therefore, the University of Nebraska Omaha shall not discriminate based upon age, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, gender-identity, sex, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, religion, or political affiliation. Applicants who are considered underrepresented in the STEM research field, applicants with disabilities, or applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply. ** Apologies for cross-posts. Appreciate your forwarding to interested candidates! Margeret Hall, Ph.D Assistant Professor School of Interdisciplinary Informatics College of Information Science & Technology The Peter Kiewit Institute, PKI 275C University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182 Phone: (402) 554-2847 College: http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/school…

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smartphones/teens/hyperbole
by Barry Wellman 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

Re Galen Panger's comment on the list: "I actually thought the article was hyperbolic, and I felt disappointed to see it get so much attention. I think there is reason for some concern, I would have liked to see the evidence presented less selectively and one-sidedly." Heartedly agree. Keith Hampton and I have an article asserting that each generation thinks that community has been lost as compared to the previous one. Now, it is mobile phones. Two decades ago, it was the internet. You can keep tracing this back to Tommy Jefferson in 1787. And perhaps further. Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________

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PLSC-Europe 2018 Call for Papers
by Imge Ozcan 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

*With the usual apology for cross-posting* PLSC-EUROPE 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS PLSC-Europe 2018 will be held in Brussels on Saturday 27 January 2018, right after CPDP2018 (http://www.cpdpconferences.org) CPDP - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference - is an annual gathering of academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry, and civil society from all over the world. Its 11th edition, "The Internet of Bodies", will take place from Wednesday 24 January to Friday 26 January 2018. PLSC-Europe will follow on Saturday 27 January 2018. Based on the popular Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) event in the United States, PLSC-Europe is dedicated to bringing together privacy law scholars, practitioners, and privacy scholars from other disciplines from across Europe and beyond to discuss current issues. PLSC-Europe aims at fostering greater connections between academia and practice (industry, legal, advocacy, and government), and at bringing together law scholars with academics and professionals from other disciplines (e.g. economics, philosophy, political science, computer science). The first PLSC-Europe was held in October 2015 in conjunction with the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, and the second one in May 2017, in conjunction with TILTing Perspectives 2017. From 2017 onwards, PLSC-Europe became a regular event co-organized by the University of Amsterdam (IvIR), Tilburg University (TILT), and the Free University Brussels (LSTS/Privacy Salon), alternating between Amsterdam, Tilburg, and Brussels. The third edition of PLSC-Europe will be held on 27 January 2018 in Brussels. PLSC is a paper workshop. Papers are not available, and proceedings will not be released. The papers discussed are works in progress, and so will not be publicly released, nor publicized: the ideas presented by the authors are often still developing, and need further incubation before being finalised. In a PLSC paper workshop, a "commenter" leads a discussion among participants on an author's paper. Authors are encouraged to listen to the discussion, rather than steer it or participate actively to it. There are no panels or keynotes at PLSC: the idea is to help the author by giving feedback and advice on the paper. Workshops are informal and friendly in nature. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – PLSC-EUROPE 2018 We welcome the submission of abstracts on both pure and multidisciplinary legal scholarship on privacy and data protection. Please submit your abstract through the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plsceurope2018 If your abstract gets accepted for the paper workshop, you will be required to deliver a full draft before the conference, to allow participants to read the paper in advance. Key Dates * Abstract submission: 29 September 2017 * Abstract acceptance: 27 October 2017 * Workshop draft due: 22 December 2017 * Workshop: 27 January 2018 PLSC-Europe 2018 is jointly organised by Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Privacy Salon. -- Imge Ozcan Doctoral Researcher Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel Join us for the next edition of the CPDP conference on 24 - 26 January 2018 in Brussels: http://www.cpdpconferences.org/ [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.cpdpconferences.org/

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Open-rank position at UIC in Critical Feminist Science and Technology Studies - applications due 1 Nov
by Adrienne Massanari 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hello All, We are hiring at UIC for an open-rank position in Critical Feminist Science and Technology Studies (see below). Please distribute this ad broadly. And, I’m happy to answer any questions you may have as I’m on the search committee. Thanks, Adrienne Open-rank position in Critical Feminist Science and Technology Studies The Program in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with the departments of Anthropology, Communication, Criminology Law and Justice, and Sociology, invites applications for an open rank, tenure-track or tenured position in Critical Feminist Science and Technology Studies subject to budgetary funding. The position is part of cluster hire initiative focusing on Social Justice and Human Rights. We are looking for a scholar working at a nexus of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and intersectional feminism. Topics of scholarly inquiry might include but are not limited to: postcolonial critiques of scientific epistemologies and methodologies; gender, race and biopolitics; digital feminism; posthumanist theorizations that blur the boundaries between human and machine; racialization of technological innovation especially in the context of reproductive and biometric information technologies; molecularization of human identities through biological and computational innovations; race, sexuality and gaming; and a reimagining of the so-called digital divide through critical studies of informatics. We seek candidates with an earned PhD in Gender and Women’s Studies, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Communications, Criminology or Sociology; strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success (at the undergraduate and graduate levels); good prospects for external research funding; and demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. The appointment will be interdepartmental, with 50% in Gender and Women’s Studies and 50% in Anthropology, Communication, Criminology, Law and Justice, or Sociology, depending on the candidate’s expertise. UIC is a Carnegie Research Extensive University (Research I), is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, is in the top 50 U.S. universities in federal research funding, and is among the top 200 universities in the world. UIC is federally recognized as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) through its status as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), fully funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The tenure-line faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are represented by UIC United Faculty Local 6456, IFT-AFT, AAUP (UICUF) and covered by the terms of UIC's collective bargaining agreement with UICUF. The desired appointment date for the position is August 16, 2018. Electronic applications accepted only – Interested parties should submit an on line application at https://jobs.uic.edu <https://jobs.uic.edu/> Click on the Job Board, then our position and submit a letter of interest, a full curriculum vitae, samples of relevant scholarly publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and names of and contact information for three references. For fullest consideration please apply by November 1, 2017. The search will proceed until the position is filled. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. --- Adrienne Massanari, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago @hegemonyrules www.adriennemassanari.com <http://www.adriennemassanari.com/>

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Japan in the Digital Age: REGISTRATION OPEN!
by Esperanza Miyake 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

? Registration is now open for: ?Japan in the Digital Age Saturday 28th October, 2017 Digital Innovation/The Shed, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Japan has been a place of fascination throughout the years, yet there is little sustained discussion on how contemporary Japan is situated within the rapidly changing landscape of the New Millennium. This interdisciplinary, one-day Symposium brings together academics, PG students and practitioners to 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. We wish to provide a supportive and inspiring environment to engage in cross-disciplinary and cross-sector dialogues; to present the opportunity to learn about innovative digital projects, technologies and practices in Japan; and to encourage building a network of those engaged with Japan through their work and lives. Keynote speakers: --Ian Condry, Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, Global Studies and Languages, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA --Gen-i Kazuhito (?? ??), award-winning media practitioner and Managing Director of Because Co. Ltd, Japan. Please find our programme here<https://sites.google.com/view/japan-in-the-digital-age/programme> Tickets cost £15 (incl. lunch/refreshments). The event is free for MMU students, please email organiser below if this applies to you. To register, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/japan-in-the-digital-age-tickets-37001829468 You can also register via our website. For more information please go to: https://sites.google.com/view/japan-in-the-digital-age/home If you have any queries, please get in touch with Dr. Esperanza Miyake, e.miyake[at]mmu.ac.uk -------- Dr. Esperanza Miyake Department of Languages, Information and Communications Manchester Metropolitan University All Saints Campus, Geoffrey Manton Room 439 Manchester M15 6LL Tel. +44-(0)-161-247-4607 "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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FW: SIGOPEN Pre-ICIS 2017 Workshop on Open Phenomena
by Gianluca Miscione 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

FYI Gianluca Miscione University College Dublin http://www.ucd.ie/mis/members/gianlucamiscione/ From: IFIP Working Group 8.2--Kevin Crowston [mailto:IFIPWG82@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Levy Sent: Thursday 24 August 2017 18:42 To: IFIPWG82(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: CFP: SIGOPEN Pre-ICIS 2017 Workshop on Open Phenomena Dear Colleagues, We are extremely excited to announce the SIGOPEN 2017 Developmental Workshop for Research on Open Phenomena, collocated with ICIS 2017 (http://icis2017.aisnet.org/) in Seoul, Korea, on December 9th, 2017. Building on the success of previous workshops at ECIS in 2013 and 2015, and ICIS in 2013, 2015, and 2016, AIS SIGOPEN invites researchers to submit extended abstracts to the SIGOPEN 2017 Developmental Workshop for Research on Open Phenomena in the following broad areas: The Peer Production of Knowledge Goods, e.g.: * Open source software, hardware, content, and design, * The Sharing Economy, * Collaborative Consumption, * Openness as a driver of innovation, creator of economic activity, and an agent for social well-being. Collective Intelligence, Action and Resources, e.g.: * Open innovation and co-creation, * The wisdom, wealth, and power of crowds, * Social media in extreme events and social innovation, * Volunteer computing, * Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Open Science and Education, e.g.: * Open data and data management challenges, * Open publishing, micro-scholarship, and open peer-review, * Open teaching, learning, and educational resources, * Citizen Science and Responsible Research and Innovation, * Barriers and enablers for shared and collaborative scientific research, * Progressing shared, open science across disciplines. The focus of the workshop is on research project design and paper development. We invite you to present your research-in-progress. The SIGOPEN workshop is amenable to new ideas and is open to all interested scholars and professionals who are researching in the area of openness as broadly conceived above. The unique and collegial character of the workshop will help ensure constructive, helpful, and high-quality feedback. This is a great opportunity for you to mature your ideas, meet other researchers in related areas, and learn about emerging research in a relaxed and supportive setting. Papers will be presented, and then workshopped in small group discussions in a round-table format. Participants will be expected to read papers beforehand and comment on other papers in their group. The goal is to help move the work forward to research execution and/or publication in other venues. **Workshop Submissions:** Those interested in sharing and discussing their research-in-progress should submit an extended abstract of seven (7) single-spaced pages using the submission template. All text, figures, tables, and appendices must be included within the page limit. The cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this page count. Submissions should be emailed to Matt Levy (mlevy(a)hpu.edu <mailto:mlevy@hpu.edu> ). Workshop papers will be hosted on the workshop page at http://sigopen.org. Copyright remains with authors. **Workshop Dates:** Submission Date: October 4th Notification of Acceptance to the Workshop: October 20th Workshop: December 9th **Workshop Organizing Committee: ** Joseph Feller – University College Cork Matt Germonprez – University of Nebraska at Omaha Georg Link – University of Nebraska at Omaha Matt Levy – Hawaii Pacific University Lorraine Morgan – LERO, NUI Galway Daniel Schlagwein – UNSW Business School Local Organizing Chair: Matt Levy – Hawaii Pacific University

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IoT Meeting @ AoIR 2017
by Leonie Tanczer 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Dear All, My name is Leonie Tanczer. I am part of the PETRAS Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub (https://www.petrashub.org) PETRAS is a consortium of nine UK universities working together over the next years to explore critical issues in privacy, ethics, trust, reliability, acceptability, and security of the IoT. Due to this background, I was wondering if there would be an interest in organising an informal meeting for researchers working on/ or interested in the IoT at the upcoming AoIR conference in Tartu. I would envision this meeting to be of relevance to scholars studying smart cities, smart health devices and services, connected and autonomous vehicles, to IoT’s regulatory, security and privacy challenges. The list is certainly not exhaustive, but hopefully gives an indication of the many IoT-related research projects that are taking place across the globe. While I acknowledge the breadth of the term 'IoT', I thought it might be useful to touch base with others who are active in this realm and/or who feel somewhat associated with it. If you are interested in participating in such a get-together, please do get in touch with me (l.tanczer(a)ucl.ac.uk) I’d be delighted to hear more about other international IoT research hubs, projects, and scholars and gladly coordinate a meeting. I am looking forward to hearing back from you. With best wishes, Leonie _______________________________ Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer Research Associate | Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy | University College London Twitter: @leotanczt | Website: http://www.leonietanczer.net/ Key Fingerprint: 9F21 A6A6 913E 1393 1BC6 73DA EBEF 07A4 F61F 79DA Recently Published: Tanczer, L., McConville, R., & Maynard, P. (2016). Censorship and Surveillance in the Digital Age: The Technological Challenges for Academics. Journal of Global Security Studies, 1(4), 346-355.

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CFP AAG 2018: Platform Urbanism
by Scott Rodgers 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

Platform Urbanism Call for Papers/Panellists Association of American Geographers Conference 2018 New Orleans, USA, 10-14 April 2018 Organizers Susan Moore (University College London) Scott Rodgers (Birkbeck, University of London) Sponsors Digital Geographies Specialty Group Media and Communication Geography Specialty Group Urban Geography Speciality Group Outline Talk about ‘platforms’ is today all-pervasive: platform architecture, platform design, platform ecosystem, platform governance, platform markets, platform politics, platform thinking. But just what are platforms? And how might we understand their emergent urban geographies? As Tarleton Gillespie (2010) argues, the term ‘platform’ clearly does discursive work for commercial entities such as Facebook, Amazon, Uber, Airbnb and Google. It allows them to be variably (and often ambiguously) described and imagined: as technical platforms; platforms for expression; or platforms of entrepreneurial opportunity. Indeed, as emergent spaces, platforms – both commercial and nonprofit – entail so many ambitions, activities, services, exchanges, forums, infrastructures, and ordinary practices that conceptualizing their general dynamics is difficult, perhaps even pointless. Yet platforms do appear to have considerable implications, geographical as well as political. For Benjamin Bratton (2015), cloud-based platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google form a fundamental layer of what he calls planetary-scale computation, perhaps representing new forms of geopolitical sovereignty. This ‘sovereignty’ is, however, neither generalized nor homogeneous: in manifests in geographically uneven intensities and extents. This session invites original research and conceptual reflections that explore, debate and critique the notion of an emergent ‘platform urbanism’. Recently, Nick Srnicek (2016) deployed the phrase ‘platform capitalism’ to encapsulate his argument that platforms not only mark a new kind of firm, but a new way of making economies. Here – in a move similar to Henri Lefevbre’s (1970/2003) in The urban revolution – we suggest a speculative substitution of ‘urbanism’ for ‘capitalism’, placing an emphasis on the possibility of irreducible, co-generative dynamics between platforms and the urban. Contributions may address a wide range of commercial and nonprofit platforms – including those related to social networking, user-generated content, location-based technologies, mapping and the geoweb, goods and services, marketing, and gaming – and their relationships with various forms of urban living and urban spaces. Expressions of Interest We intend to organize 1-2 paper sessions, depending on quantity and quality of submissions, followed by a panel discussion session. Expressions of interest must be emailed to both Susan Moore (susan.moore(a)ucl.ac.uk<mailto:susan.moore@ucl.ac.uk>) and Scott Rodgers (s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk<mailto:s.rodgers@bbk.ac.uk>) by 1 October 2017. Those proposing a paper presentation should send an abstract of 250 words; those interested in participating as a panellist should include a short outline of their intended contribution in their email. References Bratton, B. H. (2016). The stack: On software and sovereignty. MIT press. Gillespie, T. (2010). The politics of ‘platforms’. New Media & Society, 12(3), 347-364. Lefebvre, H. (1970/2003). The urban revolution (originally published as La révolution urbaine). University of Minnesota Press. Srnicek, N. (2016). Platform capitalism. John Wiley & Sons.

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