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Last Call for Participation: ACM IUI 2018
by Yong Zheng 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

*** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation: ACM IUI 2018 to be held in Tokyo, Japan, 7th-11th March 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2018 Tokyo, Japan March 7-11, 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018 IUI 2018 is the 23rd annual meeting of the Intelligent User Interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. IUI is the conference where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. The conference brings together participants from academia, industry, and non-profit organizations, and gives them the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels, and student consortium sessions. IUI 2018 will be held in the Central Tokyo. Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the largest metropolitan area in the world. Central Tokyo offers a wide range of accommodation options and tourism attractions within short walking distance from the conference venue. Tokyo is served by two airports, Haneda and Narita, which can be reached by direct flights from more than 150 cities all over the world. Both airports are served by express trains that reach Central Tokyo in 35 and 55 minutes, respectively. The program of IUI 2018 can be found at http://iui.acm.org/2018/program.html and the list of accepted papers is at http://iui.acm.org/2018/accepted_papers.html. The conference program will include technical presentations, poster and demo sessions, student consortium, and 7 workshops. It will also feature 3 keynotes from distinguished researchers: James A. Landay (Stanford University), Masataka Goto (AIST), and Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland). The conference will be co-located with the domestic IPSJ Interaction conference and the program will be complemented by social events, including a welcome reception and a conference dinner at a traditional Japanese restaurant. We cordially invite you to participate in IUI 2018 and co-located workshops. Conference registration is already open at http://iui.acm.org/2018/registration.html. Organising Committee of IUI 2018.

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Full professor at Nanyang Technological University
by Rich Ling 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Dear all, We are looking for candidates for a full professor and endowed chair at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU in Singapore. A link to the announcement is below. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/career/CurrentOpenings/FacultyOpenings/WKWSCI/Pag… -- Rich Ling, Shaw Foundation Chair of Media Technology Nanyang Technological University

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CFP (extended deadlines): SPeL 2018 (11th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities)
by Elvira Popescu 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

================================================================== SPeL 2018 11th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2018 In conjunction with MIS4TEL 2018 (8th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning) https://www.mis4tel-conference.net 20-22 June 2018 Toledo, Spain * Extended paper submission deadline: February 19, 2018 (preceded by a mandatory abstract submission by February 12) * All accepted workshop papers will be published by Springer in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series ================================================================== MOTIVATION =========== The workshop follows the previous SPeL 2008, SPeL 2009, SPeL 2010, SPeL 2011, DULP & SPeL 2012, SPeL 2013, SPeL 2014, SPeL 2015, SPeL 2016 and SPeL 2017 workshops, held in conjunction with the SAINT 2008 conference, WI/IAT 2009 conference, DEXA 2010 conference, ICWL 2011 conference, ICALT 2012 conference, ICSTCC 2013 conference, ICWL 2014 conference, ICSLE 2015 conference, ICWL & SETE 2016 conferences and ICWL & SETE 2017 conferences respectively. The general topic of the workshop is the social and personal computing for web-supported learning communities. Web-based learning is moving from centralized, institution-based systems to a decentralized and informal creation and sharing of knowledge. Social software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking systems, media sharing services) is increasingly being used for e-learning purposes, helping to create novel learning experiences and knowledge. In the world of pervasive Internet, learners are also evolving: the so-called "digital natives" want to be in constant communication with their peers, they expect an individualized instruction and a personalized learning environment, which automatically adapt to their individual needs. The challenge in this context is to provide intelligent and adaptive support for collaborative learning, taking into consideration the individual differences between learners. This workshop deals with current research on the interplay between collaboration and personalization issues for supporting intelligent learning environments. Its aim is to provide a forum for discussing new trends and initiatives in this area, including research about the planning, development, application, and evaluation of intelligent learning environments, where people can learn together in a personalized way through social interaction with other learners. The workshop is targeted at academic researchers, developers, educationists and practitioners interested in innovative uses of social media and adaptation techniques for the advancement of intelligent learning environments. The proposed field is interdisciplinary and very dynamic, taking into account the recent advent of Web 2.0 and ubiquitous personalization, and it is hoped to attract a large audience. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== The workshop welcomes submissions covering aspects of collaboration, social interactions, adaptivity and personalization in technology enhanced learning, particularly related to issues about: * Social learning environments * Theory and modeling of social computing in education * Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning * Personal learning environments * Lifelong learning networks * Virtual spaces for learning communities * Social networks analysis and mining * Computer-supported collaborative learning * Personalized and adaptive learning * Adaptation methods and techniques for groups of learners * Intelligent learner and group modeling * Collaborative filtering and recommendations for learners * Game-based social learning * Personalized mobile learning applications * Cloud-based social learning * Intelligent agent technology for social learning * Metadata, folksonomies and tagging * Semantic web and ontologies for personalized learning * Cognitive, motivational and affective aspects for personalization * Practice and experience sharing PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================== The workshop papers should be formatted according to the Springer AISC template (ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/word/splnproc1703.zip) The length of the manuscript should be 4-6 pages for short papers and 8 pages for full papers. Papers should be submitted in PDF format, through the Easychair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mis4tel18 (please select "WS01-SPeL - Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities"). All accepted workshop papers will be included in MIS4TEL 2018 Proceedings, published by Springer in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Abstract submission: February 12, 2018 (extended, strict!) Full paper submission: February 19, 2018 (extended, strict!) Acceptance notification: March 12, 2018 Registration and camera-ready papers: March 26, 2018 Conference dates: June 20-22, 2018 WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================ Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova, Romania Sabine Graf - Athabasca University, Canada Please refer to the workshop website (http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2018) for more information and contact us at: popescu_elvira(a)software.ucv.ro or sabineg(a)athabascau.ca for any inquiry.

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Call for Bids- RTIS
by ijwa＠dline.info 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Call for Bids to host the Third International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2018) (http://www.socio.org.uk/rtis/) Real-Time Computing covers a broad spectrum of the intensively developing area of low-latency priority-driven system responsiveness under certain time constrains to essential and decisive human-computer interactions with constantly incoming data stream. Research on real-time intelligent systems is of a multi-disciplinary nature, exploiting concepts from the areas as diverse as signal processing technologies, computational intelligence, location systems, data processing, digital document processing and embedded system design. To accomplish its real-time performance, systematic analysis is carried out when the systems are working. Earlier RTIS and Publications The first RTIS was held in Beijing, China in 2016 and second was held at Casablanca, Morocco in 2017. We do not have any reservation for the RTIS 2018 location. The RTIS proceedings will be published in Springer's Advances in Intelligent Systems Series. Present: We are now soliciting bids for organizing RTIS 2018. The main conference is expected to be two to three days, with optional workshops/tutorials and/or social outings. We are looking for exciting bids that propose new ways for researchers to interact and present their research, engage in discussions, build community and increase the audience. We are open to new formats and styles of papers, and potential collocations with other events, and the RTIS 2018 will be held in late November/Early December, however, there is some flexibility in scheduling. Deadline: *February 20, 2018*. Decision will be sent February 28, 2018. Formal bids should be emailed to Pit Pichappan (pichappan(a)dirf.org)

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CfP: Online Information Review special issue on "Social Media Mining for Journalism"
by Bahareh Heravi 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

---------------------- Call for Papers, a reminder ------------------------------ *Online Information Review* (OIR) Special Issue on "*Social Media Mining for Journalism*" Journal: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/oir Special issue: http://bit.ly/oir-smj [[ Impact Factor: 1.534 ]] Submission Deadline: *February 28, 2018* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AIMS AND SCOPE -------------------------- The exponential growth of social media as a central communication practice, and its agility in capturing and announcing breaking news events more rapidly than traditional media, has changed the journalistic landscape: social media has been adopted as a significant source by professional journalists, and conversely, citizens are able to use social media as a form of direct reportage. This brings along new opportunities for newsrooms and journalists by providing new means for newsgathering through access to a wealth of citizen reportage and updates about current affairs, as well as an additional showcase for news dissemination. As well as being a big opportunity and having changed the day-to-day practices in the newsrooms, social media has introduced a number of challenges when it comes to news gathering, verification, production, reporting and dissemination. These include real time monitoring of streams, event detection, noise filtering, contextualisation, source and content verification,fact checking, annotation and archiving . The development of more advanced algorithms and tools for journalists requires not only furthering research in computational techniques, but also engaging more closely with journalists to understand how they work, what problems they are facing when using social media, and how their day-to-day workflows can be improved. In this special issue we are looking for contributions that address a variety of research questions from both theoretical and practical perspectives. For example, how can we best utilise social media for news production? What technologies can we use for breaking news detection, filtering, aggregation and contextualisation? How can we assess the veracity of social media content and sources? What moral, legal, and ethical issues arise when professional journalists use social media as a source? How can we organise, interpret, and retain a record of social media around news events? What does this record contribute to our larger understanding of news, and the writing of news? TOPICS OF INTEREST -------------------------------- Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Newsgathering from social media ** Citizen journalism ** Detection of eyewitnesses and topic experts ** Event detection in social media ** Social media content curation ** Fact-checking and verification of sources and content ** Credibility assessment ** Social media and fake news * Social media news analytics ** Social media analytics for news ** Analysis of news diffusion in social media ** Visualisation of news and social media ** Social media to measure public opinion on news ** Analysis of the effect of fake news on public opinion * Data and Computational journalism ** Robot journalism with social media as a source ** Algorithmic accountability and transparency ** Data driven storytelling ** Data driven investigative journalism * Ethics and digital citizenship ** Ethical issues concerning social media newsgathering and eyewitness media ** Social media news audiences and network gatekeeping ** Social media and censorship SUBMISSION ------------------- Submissions should comply with the journal author guidelines: http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?i… Submissions should be made through ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Registration and access is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/oir GUEST EDITORS ------------------------ * Arkaitz Zubiaga, University of Warwick, UK * Bahareh R. Heravi, University College Dublin, Ireland * Jisun An and Haewoon Kwak, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- * Papers Due: February 28, 2018 * First round decisions made: 25 April, 2018 * Revised manuscripts due: 23 May, 2018 * Final decisions made: 27 June, 2018 * Publication Date: Late 2018 ---------------------------- Dr. Bahareh R. Heravi Assistant Professor Postgraduate Director Director of Data Journalism CPD School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin Co-chair of the European Data & Computational Journalism Conference Bahareh.net | @Bahareh360 What's new: TEDx talk: How Data Journalism is changing the Newsroom *bit.ly/2C711xS <http://bit.ly/2C711xS>* CfP: 2nd Data & Computational Journalism Conference datajconf.com New Paper: Patterns in Award Winning Data Storytelling: bit.ly/winningddj New Book: Data Journalism: Past, Present and Future: bit.ly/ddjbook17 CfP: Social Media Mining for Journalism, Online Information Review bit.ly/oir-smj UCD Data Journalism Professional Certificate Programme: http://bit.ly/ucddatajournalismcpd

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PhD position on the field of data analytics or social network analysis in Estonia
by Andra Siibak 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Maybe an interest to some of the members of this list: Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu is looking for a phd student: please find a call for the position below. PhD Position in following research themes ============================== Social Network (or Media) Analysis Data Analytics Program Benefits ================ Scholarship for 4 years: 1200 Euros per month. Some additional income can be earned by teaching. Tuition and health insurance. Academic and industrial professional development including travel support Diverse, collaborative cohorts Interaction with world-renowned external board members and speakers Travel grant for attending conferences and workshops. Research Center: Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the leading higher education and research center in Estonia, with more than 16000 students and 1800 academic staff. It is also the highest ranked university in the Baltic States according to both the Times Higher Education and the QS World University rankings. University of Tartu's Institute of Computer Science hosts 750 Bachelors and Masters students and 60 doctoral students. The institute has a strong international orientation: over 40% of graduate students and a quarter of academic and research staff members are international. Graduate teaching in the institute is in English. The successful candidate will develop an independent research agenda within the software engineering and information systems research group at the Institute of Computer Science - http://sep.cs.ut.ee/ [1]. The group conducts leading-edge research in the fields of business process management, process mining, software process analytics, social network analysis, (business) data analytics. In 2016, the group earned best or distinguished paper awards at three major information systems engineering conferences: CAiSE, BPM and ER, in addition to four other awards in the past five years. The applicant should have: - A master's degree in computer science, mathematics or other relevant discipline, - Good programming skills, - A good command of spoken and written English, - Background in Statistics/Data Mining/Machine Learning would be ideal, but are not necessarily expected attributes. The position is available from September, 2017, and the funding covers the student fees and a monthly stipend of 1200 (Tax free) for 4 years. All applications should include a CV, a 1-page research statement of suitability. Applications can be sent to rajesh.sharma(a)ut.ee ASAP. To the successful candidates conditional offer letter can be made given that Masters Degree will be obtained by end of June. Kind Regards Rajesh Sharma, Senior Researcher, Institute of Computer Science University of Tartu, Estonia. http://kodu.ut.ee/~rajesh/ [2] Email: rajesh.sharma(a)ut.ee Links: ------ [1] http://sep.cs.ut.ee/ [2] http://kodu.ut.ee/%7Erajesh/

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Call for Abstracts mobileGovWS2018: mindfulGovernments with Artificial Intelligence
by Ibrahim Kushchu 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018 Brighton UK during 14-15 June 2018, @Hilton Metropole. www.m4life.org This year’s main theme of mobileGovWS2018 is mindfulGovernments: how public sector IT and service delivery to citizens are influenced by the mobile and artificial Intelligence technologies. As is the tradition, we do not just ‘organise’ a conference but we establish connections among like-minded professionals and organisations to create ‘value’ in making technology to best serve the nations and the needs of the citizens. The organisation is seeking highly qualified speakers and experts to give talks and tutorials and propose panels or special sessions to be part of the next mobileGovWS2018 as well nominations for the Global mobileGov Awards. Ways to participate mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018: - Exhibit and make a demo of your solutions: The summit is very much practice oriented and is soliciting demos and exhibitions. - Become a speaker: send us max 2 pages of abstract of your prosed talk (abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings) - Propose panels, special sessions or tutorials. Global mobileGov Awards 2018.: - industry, NPO or Government, you are requested to nominate yourself, your company or organisations. - "Academic Category" for outstanding academic contributions and research is also open. Please visit http://www.m4life.org/Summit/contact/ and show interest. General topics include, but not limited to - mobileGovernment, mobileDevelopment, mobileSociety, - IOT and Artificial Intelligence as well as - good old fashioned eGovernment, smart cities and smart government - big data, open government, - mobileApps, service and Content delivery - mobileID, participation, privacy and security Publication: All abstracts / talk summaries and accepted award descriptions will be published by mLife Events and Publications. For other specific topics and coverage please review the draft program at the conference site and please share conference flyer and videos among your colleagues at http://www.m4life.org/Summit/videos/ Looking forward to meeting you at the next mobileGovWS in beautiful Brighton, UK ====== Ibrahim KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Founding Director, mobileGov UK http://mgovernment.net/ ik(a)mgovernment.net +44 7740143135 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

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Call for proposals: ECPR Hamburg, Germany Conference 22-25 August 2018
by Nanette Levinson 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

In view of the next ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) General Conference, to be held in Hamburg, Germany, 22-25 August 2018, the ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics is sponsoring Section S23 on “Digital Politics and Politics of the Digital”. The following panels are envisaged: (1) Political Organisations and the Digital; (2) E-Diplomacy – How the digital age shapes international and security affairs; (3) Populism Online: Entering Politics through the Digital Door; (4) Governing the Digital in an Era of Platforms and Big Data; (5) Digital Media and Politics; (6) State of Digital Democratic Theory; (7) Political Participation and Deliberation Online – Contributions from Social Computing More details on Section S23, with panels description are at: https://ecpr.eu/Events/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=769&EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_Section…>. Deadline for submissions of panels and papers (500 words abstract) is 15 February 2018. How to submit: - General guidelines and deadlines are available here: https://ecpr.eu/Events/Content.aspx?ID=359&EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_Content…> - You need to have a MyECPR account (or create one: https://ecpr.eu/LoginCreateNewAccount.aspx<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_LoginCreateNew…>) to submit a panel or a paper proposal. There is no fee for this. - Then go to the panel (https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PanelProposalForm.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_MyEcpr_Forms_P…>) or paper (https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PaperProposalForm.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_MyEcpr_Forms_P…>) submission page on ECPR General Conference website (https://ecpr.eu/Events/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_EventDe…>) Simpler alternative if interested to be part of the panel on "Governing the Digital in an Era of Platforms and Big Data": send your abstract (max 500 words) to co-chairs Meryem Marzouki and Nanette Levinson) (Meryem.Marzouki(a)lip6.fr<mailto:Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr>, nlevins(a)american.edu<mailto:nlevins@american.edu>) by Tuesday 13 February, so that we can consider it for inclusion in the panel. Nanette S. Levinson Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs School of International Service American University Washington, DC 20016-8071 202-885-1480

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podcast about fake news
by Paul Levinson 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Just posted - an interview (podcast) I did about fake news late last month. This is the most in-depth analysis of the subject I've done so far. http://paulgibbons.net/podcast/fake-news-paul-levinson/ -Paul just published: Marilyn and Monet <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HHZP39/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> watch FREE on Amazon Prime: The Chronology Protection Case <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEH25KY/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20>

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CFP: Platforms and Digital Journalism @ CEECOM 2018
by Tamas Tofalvy 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Dear Colleagues, At the 11th Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM 2018, from 30 May to 1 June, 2018, in Szeged, Hungary, http://ceecom2018.hu/ ) we are organizing a panel entitled *Platforms and Digital Journalism – Mapping the Connections between Technology, Culture and Policy*, and we would welcome submissions from scholars of the current digital media ecosystem and digital journalism. *The CFP:* Platforms – particularly Facebook and Google – have become dominant in shaping how digital media and journalism functions in the contemporary media ecosystem. As more and more users consume news and various other types of content through the newsfeeds and algorithms of platforms, the more power platforms have over influencing or even controlling the means of distributing, ways of consuming and scope of creating and sharing digital media content (Bell-Taylor 2017, Helberger-Trilling 2016, Pew 2014, Kalogeropoulos-Newman 2017, Tremayne 2017). The ubiquitous presence of platforms alters editorial decisions and journalistic practices, also users’ perception of news, thus affects deeply how traditional online media companies are able to reach their audiences and monetize their reach. We wish to organize an open, interdisciplinary panel, with 5-6 participants, including talks on the most important relations between either the cultural, policy, journalistic and technological aspects regarding the intertwined nature of platforms and digital journalism. We would particularly welcome presentations on the following aspects: country- or region-specific, data-based analyses on the role of platforms in local media markets; changing journalistic roles, strategies and practices in the newsfeed-ecosystem; news consumption habits and trends. Researchers with diverse disciplinary and methodological backgrounds are welcome. *The deadline to submit a short (250 words) abstract is close: 31 January 2018. * *You can submit an abstract here:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/142i0NmdMXY9JcgC60DsmEaER3lezm_MFkuQtpop88r… If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, best, Tamas Tofalvy Tamas Tofalvy, PhD Researcher, consultant | Digital media, journalism, popular music assistant prof @ Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Dept. of Sociology and Comm.) project lead @ Hungarian Online and Digital Media History (MODEM) project M: [0036] 30 488 75 84 Web: [EN / HU] http://tofalvytamas.hu A: H-1111 Budapest, Egry J. u. 1., BME GTK E ép., 713.

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