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2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Call for Workshop Proposals
by Announce Announcements 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

*** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS *** 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018) Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, 12-14 November, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2018 *** Ambient intelligence refers to normal working and living environments being surrounded by embedded devices that can merge unobtrusively and in natural ways using information and intelligence hidden in the network connecting these devices (e.g. The Internet of Things). Such devices, each specialised in one or more capabilities, are intended to work together based on an infrastructure of intelligent systems, to provide a variety of services improving safety, security and the quality of life in ordinary living, travelling and working environments. The 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018) has a focus on the role of Ambient Intelligence "Towards a Smart and Human Centered Internet of Things". The workshops at AmI2018 will enhance and complement the conference program by providing an opportunity to present new or emerging and cutting-edge topics of particular interest in the field and related areas. We invite workshop proposals in any topic(s) of interest to Ambient Intelligence and related to the conference. Each workshop proposal should be emailed to the two workshop chairs, and should contain the following information: · workshop title, · duration (half day or full day), · a description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the workshop, · a list of topics of interest, · the reasons why the workshop should be held within AmI2018, · details of all the members of the Organizing Committee (OC), · relevant experience of the organizers, · identification of the member of the OC who is the contact person, · the list of members of Workshop Program Committee, · a preliminary version of the Call for Papers, · the proposed structure of the workshop, · planned forms of publicity and publication plans (if any, or if they want to publish in the collective volume, see below). Workshop Acceptance Rules The decision on which proposed workshops get accepted will be carried-out through a two-stage process. Initially some of the workshops proposed will be short-listed, based on the quality of the proposal and the relevance of the topics covered. These workshops will later be confirmed at the Final Selection Stage if they have successfully attracted a sufficient number of reasonable quality submissions and the corresponding number of registrations for these submissions. Indicative numbers: half-day workshops should have at least 5 registrations and full day workshops should have at least 10. If necessary, workshops will be merged to provide a viable programme. Financial Support Some degree of financial support may be given to the workshop organizers, dependent on the success of the workshop. Important Dates · Receipt of workshop proposals: 1 May 2018 · Shortlist of stage 1 accepted workshops: 20 May 2018 · Workshop CfPs and Websites: 31 May 2018 · Workshop Chairs to receive papers from authors: 1 September 2018 · Workshop author registration 30 September 2018 · Accepted workshops stage 2: 15 October 2018 · Workshop day: 12 November 2018 Proceedings Accepted workshops can follow their own publication path, provided that they acknowledge AmI2018 in the publication and inform the workshop and conference organizers. For workshops that are interested, collective proceedings can be published in CEUR. Workshops Chairs Ioannis Chatzigiannakis (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) ichatz(a)diag.uniroma1.it Fariba Sadri (Imperial College London, UK) f.sadri(a)imperial.ac.uk

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SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR ONLINE MATHEMATICS PROJECT
by kofi ware 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, I respectfully write to ask colleague researchers in this platform to suggest potential sources of funding to implement my online mathematics project in Ghana. An overview of the project Statistics of results from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) continues to show an abysmal performance of students in mathematics right from the basic school level to the secondary school level. For example, results released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) indicate that only 25.29% of candidates who took the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) obtained A1-C6 in mathematics while 29.75% had D7-E8 and 37.17% had F9. In 2016, only 77, 108 (32.83%) of students who sat for the WASSCE passed in core mathematics obtaining between A1-C6; 65, 007 (27.68%) obtained D7-E8 whilst 89,477 (38.10%) had F9. In 2017, statistics from WAEC indicated that 122,450 (42.73%) had A1-C6 while 106,024 (37%) had D7-E8 and a total of 58, 351 (20.27%) had F9. Even though there seems to have been a considerable improvement in 2017 as compared to the previous two years, the general trend and overall performance in mathematics paints a gloomy picture and therefore, calls for concerted efforts in overcoming this hurdle. This is necessitated by the fact that mathematics is often included among the core subjects and as such is a pre-requisite for admission from the basic level to the secondary school level and subsequently from secondary schools to tertiary institutions. In view of this, it is important for teachers to move away from the old teaching methodologies and to be innovative and adopt more pragmatic measures to help student pass mathematics. This involves implementing strategies that will complement the normal class room work and grant an opportunity for students who are slow learners to be able to catch up with their colleagues. I would be grateful to receive your feedback *Dr Stephen Bekoe* BA, Ghana MSc, Singapore PhD, England *Research Scientist* Geo-spatial and Information Science Division Institute for Scientific and Technological Information *Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana*

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quick YouTube algorithm question
by Sophie Helen Bishop 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Hello AoIR, sorry this may be a bit of a banal question but any help would be appreciated. Does anyone know whether YouTube is algorithmically more likely to promote monetised videos? Common sense suggests that they want users to engage with ads while on the platform, so that would at least have some algorithmic weighting (probably small though). But also, I guess users are served ads other places in the interface so maybe they don't care that much? I guess there is no way of really knowing this unless YouTube have said, and even then, who knows. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts! Sophie -- Sophie Bishop PhD Candidate, Arts and Digital Industries, University of East London www.sophiebishop.co.uk | @sophiehbishop

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Facebook, Free Speech, Fake News
by Paul Levinson 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

For those who may be interested in these issues: from Paul Gibbons: "Friends- if you want to have a great bull session (dialogue) on FREE SPEECH and FAKE NEWS and FACEBOOK with one of the world's experts, join me on ZOOM at 8 EASTERN. Paul Levinson <https://www.facebook.com/paul.levinson?fref=mentions> will be my guest and it promises to be fascinating... Here is the link to join https://zoom.us/j/ 131656892 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F131656892&sa=D&usd…> " <https://zoom.us/j/131656892> just published: Peter Brown Called: Tales of SciFi and Music <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079SZBWWM/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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Re: [Air-L] Digital public policy journals?
by Mergen 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Dear AIR community, Many thanks to your precious responses! It really helps. Will keep this in mind for future publication endeavors. I might get in touch with some of you personally should you be willing to co-author etc. Briefly about myself: originally from Kazakhstan, I am a continuing PhD candidate at LKY School of public policy, Singapore. Major theory areas: the agenda-setting stage of the policy process with the actor-centric approach; use of NVivo content analysis; use of Google search, Scopus, Lexis-nexis, government databases, think tank web-sites etc. for collecting data as measured by the number of mentions by a range of actors - media, the public, academia, think tanks, and government. Policy issues: corruption, economic diversification, violent crime. Countries of interest: former Soviet nations, Baltics, Canada, Australia, Southeast Asia. Looking forward to further cooperation. Mergen On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:20 AM, Diana Ascher <dianaascher(a)ucla.edu> wrote: > Policy Sciences is great. > > > On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Mergen <mergend7(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear AIR members, > > > > Greetings to all of you! > > > > It would be appreciated if someone could suggest any relevant journals > > focusing on Public Policy in the digital era. What we get mostly these > days > > is a whole range of digital technology and media journals, while public > > policy seems a bit in the back yard. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Mergen > > -- > > Regards, > > Mergen Dyussenov, > > Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Singapore > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > -- Regards, Mergen Dyussenov, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Singapore

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CFP: Mediating Change Conference, Nov. 1 & 2 at UNT
by Jacqueline Vickery 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

*CFP: MEDIATING CHANGE CONFERENCE* November 1 & 2, 2018 University of North Texas (30 miles north of Dallas, TX, USA) Full CFP & details on our website: https://www.mediatingchangeconference.com/ *Goal* This interdisciplinary conference focuses on the roles of media in creating a more equitable, inclusive, sustainable, and just society. The goal is to bring scholars, media practitioners, educators, and/or activists together in one space so that we can all learn from and about each other’s research, creative projects, tools, and strategies. Submissions We are seeking submissions in 3 categories: paper presentations, workshops, and creative exhibitions. See website for submission details. *Scope* Anyone whose work focuses on the intersections of media and justice is invited to apply; we are particularly interested in research, creative projects, pedagogy, and activism with a specific local or regional focus. We are also interested in collaborative and community-based research or creative projects; we encourage workshops and panels that include diverse populations including students, youth, and community leaders. We are conceptualizing both media and justice in the broadest senses of the words. We are open to media forms and practices that include, but are not limited to: - film, TV, podcasts or radio programs, digital and social media, webisodes, advertising and PR campaigns, mediated performances, augmented reality, video games, photography, zines, etc. Because we are interested in changes on multiple levels and in various sectors, we are conceptualizing justice to include issues such as, but not limited to: - intersectional social justice (e.g. gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, ability), environmental justice, youth justice, criminal justice, immigration justice, media industry practices, representational inclusivity and equity, etc. Please circulate widely and don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions. Thanks, Jacqueline *Dr. Jacqueline Ryan **Vickery, Ph.D.* Assistant Professor Department of Media Arts College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences University of North Texas http://jrvickery.com *"Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world." - **Grace Paley*

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Digital public policy journals?
by Mergen 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Dear AIR members, Greetings to all of you! It would be appreciated if someone could suggest any relevant journals focusing on Public Policy in the digital era. What we get mostly these days is a whole range of digital technology and media journals, while public policy seems a bit in the back yard. Thanks. Mergen -- Regards, Mergen Dyussenov, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Singapore

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Algorithms and Sovereignty
by Jaromil 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

dear Aoir readers, due to the high quality of content on this list, I'm constantly refraining from posting about more frivolous initiatives. Then during the writing of my doctoral thesis for the past 2 years this list was also a useful resource and I've planned to post it here once done, as a good motivational goal. I'm now happy to do so, accidentally caught in the storm of yet another public debate about algorithms concerning the Cambridge Analytica case. "Algorithmic Sovereignty" is now available as creative commons from the website of my Alma Mater, Plymouth's Public University http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11101 In this dissertation you'll find some analyses that may be applied to the case of FB/CA, but are also related to realities as that of Tor's development or SAP's company policies or PokemonGO or last but not least ARAIs used by law enforcement to preemptively profile criminals, a debate in the US which always focused on "datasets" but has barely touched the consideration of algorithms behind. In case you do, I hope you'll enjoy reading this publication. I'm grateful for the constant source of information you are providing, so here my very best wishes. -- Denis Roio a.k.a. Jaromil http://Dyne.org think &do tank Ph.D, CTO & co-founder software to empower communities Book keynotes, lectures, workshops: https://jaromil.dyne.org ⚷ crypto κρυπτο крипто गुप्त् 加密 האנוסים المشفره GnuPG: 6113D89C A825C5CE DD02C872 73B35DA5 4ACB7D10

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Call for Issues for the 2018 Internet Governance Forum
by Dr. Rasha Abdulla 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, Many of you are interested in the Internet Governance Forum. As a member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the IGF, I'm writing to call your attention to a new step that should help us put together a more focused, relevant, and cohesive program, a call for issues for the IGF. This is not a call for workshop or panel proposals, this is simply a call for the most salient issues that you would like to see featured at the 2018 IGF. It is meant to give us feedback and put us more in touch with the IGF community, and to have the program structured based on the interests of the community. More information about the background to this change can be found here http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/6037… The call for issues itself can be found here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-call-for-issues Please forward this email and/or the call for issues widely to your constituents to help us get a more comprehensive, diverse, and inclusive feedback. Best regards. Rasha Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Professor Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com Twitter: @RashaAbdulla <http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla>

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call for abstracts
by Heider, Donald 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Call for abstracts The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its 8th annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on November 9th, 2018. The keynote speaker will be Catherine D'Ignazio, Principal Investigator at the Emerson Engagement Lab<http://engagementgamelab.org/>. This year we are partnering with the Journal of Media Ethics on a theme: From the Margins. We are looking for papers on digital ethics that focus on the discrimination, harassment, marginalization of people because of gender, sexual orientation or racial-ethnic background. The best of these will be presented at the symposium and will be considered for inclusion in a planned special issue of the Journal of Media Ethics on the symposium theme. We will also consider other scholarly work on topics such as privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology. This is an interdisciplinary symposium, we welcome all backgrounds and approaches to research. Abstracts should propose original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere. The abstract should be between 500 and 1,000 words in length (not including references) and should include a discussion of the methodology used. Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. Abstracts are due by midnight CST on May 11th, 2018, and should follow APA or MLA style. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to centerfordigitalethics(a)gmail.com<mailto:centerfordigitalethics@gmail.com> and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line. You can send questions to the same email address. Don Heider Associate Provost for Strategy & Innovation Dean, School of Communication

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