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14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018): Last Call for Short Papers, Posters & Demos
by Announce Announcements 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

*** LAST CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMOS *** 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-17 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (*** Sponsorship Approved by IEEE Communication Society ***) *** Submission Deadline: September 1, 2018 *** WiMob is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience among researchers, developers and practitioners of wireless and mobile technology. For fourteen years, the International WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities for researchers and developers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations, and discuss emerging directions in a number of contemporary topics in wireless and mobile computing. WiMob 2018 is soliciting high quality technical papers addressing research challenges in the areas of wireless communications, wireless networking, mobility, nomadicity, ubiquitous computing, services and applications. Papers should present original work validated via analysis, simulation or experimentation. Practical experiences and Testbed trials also are welcome. TOPICS WiMob 2018 will host 5 parallel symposia on: · Wireless Communications · Wireless Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity · Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications · Green and Sustainable Communications and Network Computing · Security on Wireless and Mobile Networks A full list of topics for each symposium can be found on the conference web site. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION All short paper submissions should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column) with a maximum paper length of 4 pages. They should be fully formatted, with graphs, images and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. The short papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE Xplore) and indexed by Scopus and Ei Compendex. Participants submitting posters or demos are required to submit a short paper describing the poster/demo content, the research supporting it, and the relevance and importance to WiMob. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. During the conference, posters and demos will be displayed or presented in specified sessions. The recommended display poster size is A1 (594mm by 841mm, portrait). Demo submissions may include an additional 1-page appendix describing the specific contents of the demo that conference attendees would see. Any special technical requirements for the demo should also be described in this appendix. The contents of this appendix will be used to evaluate whether the demo is a good fit for WiMob 2018, but will not be included in the proceedings. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… will be accepted. For more details, please visit the Facebook page for WiMob 2018: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… as well as the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES · Short Papers, Posters & Demos: September 1, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance: September 10, 2018 · Camera ready & Author Registration: September 20, 2018 ORGANISATION Honorific Chair · Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK General Chair · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Steering Committee · Abderrahim Benslimane - University of Avignon, France · Hsiao-Hwa Chen - National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan · Khaled Ben Letaief - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK · Victor C. M. Leung - University of British Columbia, Canada · Samuel Pierre - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada · Dovan Thanh - Telenor & Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway Executive Co-Chairs · Wessam Ajib, Universite du Quebec - Montreal, Canada · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshop Co-Chairs · Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA · Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada · Anna Maria Vegni - Roma Tre University, Italy TPC Co-Chairs · Abbas Bradai, XLIM Institute, University of Poitiers, France · Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada · Ming Li, University of Arizona, USA · Qi Liao, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany Publication Co-Chairs · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France · Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland Publicity Co-Chairs · Abdellatif Ezzouhairi, ENSA Fez, Morocco · Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China · Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India · Cristina López-Bravo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain · Roca Vincent, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France

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10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018): Last Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

**** LAST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS **** (Short Papers, Posters, Demos, PhD Consortium) The 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018) Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: 31 August, 2018 *** CloudCom is the premier conference on Cloud Computing worldwide, attracting researchers, developers, users, students and practitioners from the fields of big data, systems architecture, services research, virtualization, security and privacy, high performance computing, always with an emphasis on how to build cloud computing platforms with real impact. The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is steered by the Cloud Computing Association, and draws on the excellence of its world-class Program Committee and its participants. CloudCom 2018 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus between 10-13 December, 2018. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest of CloudCom 2018 are grouped into four tracks: · Architecture, Storage and Virtualization · Cloud Services and Applications · Security, Privacy and Trust · Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud The (non-exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Chairs: Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Intercloud architecture models · Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels and microservices · Cloud services delivery models, campus integration & "last mile" issues · Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization, software-defined networking) · Networking technologies · Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs, APUs · Storage & file systems · Scalability & performance · Resource provisioning, monitoring, management & maintenance · Operational, economic & business models · Green data centers · Computational resources, storage & network virtualization · Resource monitoring · Virtual desktops · Resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery · Modeling & performance evaluation · Disaster recovery · Energy efficiency Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Chairs: Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy, Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universita' di Napoli, Italy · XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) · Cloud services models & frameworks · Service deployment and orchestration in the Cloud · Cloud service management · Cloud workflow management · Cloud services reference models & standardization · Cloud-powered services design · Cloud elasticity · Machine learning and systems interactions · Data management applications & services · Service for computing-intensive applications · Mining and analytics · Data-provisioning services · Cloud programming models, benchmarks, and tools · Cloud-based services & protocols · Fault-tolerance & availability of cloud services and applications · Application development and debugging tools · Business models & economics of cloud services Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Chairs: Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway, Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Accountability & audit · Authentication & authorization · Cloud integrity · Blockchain Cloud services · Cryptography in the Cloud · Hypervisor security · Identity management & security as a service · Prevention of data loss or leakage · Secure, interoperable identity management · Trust & credential management · Trust models for cloud services · Usable security risk management in cloud computing environments · Privacy policy framework for clouds · Privacy-preserving data mining for clouds · Information sharing and data protection in the cloud · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in clouds · Privacy protection in cloud platforms · Energy/cost/efficiency of security in clouds Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Chairs: Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain, Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Cloudlet-enabled applications · Distributed Cloud Infrastructure · Foundations and principles of distributed cloud computing · Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications · Cloud brokers and coordination across multiple resource managers · Interoperability and mobility · Software infrastructure for cloudlets · Dynamic resource, service and context management on edge computing · Fog Computing · IoT cloud architectures & models · Cloud-based context-aware IoT · Economics and pricing · Experience with and performance evaluation of existing deployments and measurements (public, private, hybrid, federated environments) GENERAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Authors are invited to submit their research work to the CloudCom 2018 conference. Submitted work must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Authors must submit their work by 31 August, 2018 using the EasyChair submission system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Only PDF files will be accepted. Manuscripts need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…) CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMOS (Late-breaking Results) All short paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of 4 pages. The short papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE Xplore) and indexed by EI and ISSN. Participants submitting posters or demos are required to submit a short paper describing the poster/demo content, the research supporting it, and the relevance and importance to the Cloud Computing Association. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. During the conference, posters and demos will be displayed or presented in specified sessions. The recommended display poster size is A1 (594mm by 841mm, portrait). Demo submissions may include an additional 1-page appendix describing the specific contents of the demo that conference attendees would see. Any special technical requirements for the demo should also be described in this appendix. The contents of this appendix will be used to evaluate whether the demo is a good fit for CloudCom 2018, but will not be included in the proceedings. CALL FOR PH.D. CONSORTIUM A Ph.D. consortium will be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018. The Ph.D. consortium aims to provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students in the early stage of their dissertation and Master students planning to advance their study in a doctoral program to present their research results and receive feedback from experienced scholars and industry experts. Accepted Ph.D. consortium papers will be published in the Proceedings of IEEE CloudCom 2018 and archived in IEEE Xplore. IMPORTANT DATES · Short Papers, Posters, Demos, Ph.D. Consortium Due: 31 August, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance: 14 September, 2018 · Camera Ready: 08 October, 2018 · Author Registration: 15 October, 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus PROGRAM CHAIRS · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Sebastien Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS · Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain · Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil · Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway · Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS · Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy · Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Ionian University, Greece PH.D. COMSORTIUM CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMO CHAIR · Ioannis Konstantinou, NTUA, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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ENTER 2019 eTourism Conference: Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

ENTER 2019: The 26th Annual eTourism Conference "eTourism: Towards a Sustainable Digital Society" Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 30 January - 1 February, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Fifth Call for Research Papers *** (Proceedings published by Springer - Journal special issue in JITT, Springer) Every year, hundreds of tourism academics, industry representatives, government officials, students and entrepreneurs come together to share, discuss and challenge latest developments in information technology in the fields of travel, tourism and hospitality. With the theme "eTourism: Towards a Sustainable Digital Society" the ENTER 2019 conference will focus on exploring the ways in which technology and tourism together can make our society more sustainable. We call for latest research and case studies on emergent and cutting-edge information and communication technology concepts, applications, and business models to be shared in the conference. Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the ENTER 2019 conference provides a unique venue for various tourism stakeholders to understand the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism, with a special focus on how eTourism can contribute to the sustainability of the society. The ENTER 2019 research track is divided into three major topics that all contribute to our capabilities in building a sustainable digital society: Tourism Business and Technology, Governance, Sustainability and Education, and Computer Science and Information Systems. Issues to be covered at the conference include, but are not limited, to the following areas in the travel, tourism and hospitality context: Tourism Business and Technology · ICT and Tourism Experience · Augmented and Virtual Reality · Platform Economy · Website Design and Evaluation · Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategies · Digital Distribution and Social Selling · Social Networking, Social Media and Social Inspiration · Gaming and Gamification · ICT Adoption and Value Creation · E-strategy and eBusiness Models · ICT for Innovation and Service Design · Digital Nomads · Consumer Behaviour in Digital Space · Robotics and Automation in Travel and Hospitality Governance, Sustainability and Education · ICT for Regional Development and Sustainability · Advanced Distribution Systems and Strategies, Dynamic Packaging · ICT-enabled Partnership and Collaboration · E-Learning, Life-long Learning and MOOCs · E-Government and Public Policy in Tourism · Digital Divide and Socio-economic Development · Privacy and Internet Security · Legal, Ethical and Social Aspects of ICT Computer Science and Information Systems · Big Data and Large-scale Systems · Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning · Data Mining, Analytics and Measurement · Text and Concept Mining, Sentiment Analysis · Recommender Systems and Personalization · User Modeling and Decision Making · Human-Computer Interaction · Emotions and Personality-based Systems · Social Network Analysis · Location-based Services and Context-Aware Systems · Mobile Services and Wearable Technologies · Semantic Web, Tourism Ontologies and Linked Open Data · Data Standards and Data Integration · Travel Information Search and Retrieval · Internet-of-Things · Smart Destinations · Travel Chatbots · Blockchain and Other Emerging Technologies Welcoming Academics and the Industry The conference brings together the research community and industry, and it is organized in three streams, namely industry track, destinations track, and research track. If you are representing tourism industry or destinations, please see suitable calls for presentations at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The conference also features six to eight world-class keynote speakers discussing the most pressing topics within eTourism. Location The 26th edition of ENTER will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus. Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus; a status it has enjoyed for 1000 years since the 10th century, though its beginnings date back 5000 years to the Bronze Age. Nicosia is a sophisticated and cosmopolitan city, rich in history and culture that combines its historic past with the amenities of a modern city. Cyprus is an island drenched in sun and mythology, at the crossroads of ancient civilizations. 9,000 years of history gathered on one island. Cyprus packs a remarkable array of sights and attractions, museums and archaeological parks, throbbing beach resorts, pine covered mountains, medieval fortresses and ancient temples. Over the last few years, it has become one of the top touristic European destinations breaking in consecutive years the record of tourist arrivals. It is expected that in 2018, more than 3.6 million tourists will visit Cyprus and plans target a steady intake of 5 million tourists per year. More information about Nicosia and Cyprus as well as what the island and its capital offer can be found on the conference web site. Call for Research Papers We invite research papers across the widest spectrum of Information and Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism to be presented at the ENTER 2019 conference. All submissions to the research track are rigorously evaluated for novelty, significance, and soundness. Papers should clearly state the background, introduction, purpose, theory, methodology, results, conclusions and managerial/industry/social implications of the study, and be fully referenced with appropriate citations. The authors of full papers and research notes will have the opportunity to present their research orally supported by PowerPoint slides. Full technical details will be provided with the acceptance of the paper. The proceedings of recently held ENTER conferences are listed by ISI's Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S). ENTER 2019 proceedings will follow a similar indexing process for ISI and other major indices. A) Full Papers Full papers should be innovative, so to advance the knowledge base of related fields. These papers present major contributions to the field and should be up to 12 pages in length. The conference proceedings http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (to be published by Springer International Publishing) will include all accepted full papers. An award for the best full paper will be presented during the conference. B) Research Notes Research notes of up to 5 pages are invited. These papers represent new ideas not developed enough at the scale of a full paper, findings that restate known research, descriptions of prototypes, or research that is limited in scope. All research notes will be published by the e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR) at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (Editor of eRTR: Cody Morris Paris, Middlesex University Dubai, United Arab Emirates). C) Organized Sessions Proposals for organizing technical or other research-oriented sessions are invited. Proposals will include details of potential participants, topics, and presenters. Session Chairs are expected to attend ENTER 2019, set the order of presentations, and chair their session/s. Deadline for session chairs to submit their proposals to Research Track Chairs is September 3, 2018 (please submit proposal by e-mail to the research track chairs found at the end of the document). Submission Please refer to the "Author Advice" (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ) document as a style guide for standards to follow in the preparation of manuscripts. Please also see Springer guidelines for conference proceedings: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… , especially for Latex submissions. Papers must be uploaded to the online reviewing platform: Easy Chair for ENTER2019 (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=enter2019 ). All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed by experienced researchers who are members of the scientific review committee. Final acceptance will depend on whether the author(s) can adequately address review comments to the satisfaction of the reviewers. Authors must submit their revised manuscripts by the deadline (October 22, 2018) and must register for the conference by November 12, 2018 in order to have their papers included in the Conference Proceedings or eRTR. Time Schedule · Submission closes: September 3, 2018 · Notification of acceptance/rejection/revision: October 8, 2018 · Deadline to submit revised version: October 22, 2018 · Final acceptance: October 29, 2018 · End of Early Bird registration: November 2, 2018 · Registration deadline to be published later: November 12, 2018 · Conference: January 30 - February 1, 2018 Conference organizers reserve the right to modify the paper submission schedule. Submission Guideline and Presentation Template Please download the "Author Advice" document as a style guide for Word here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… and for Latex here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . A presentation template for your presentation during ENTER2019 Conference will be sent to the authors after acceptance. Fast Track Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT) Best papers' authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their article to Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (Springer). These articles will be reviewed under a special fast track in order to assure a timely publication. JITT website: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Research Track Chairs · Juho Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland (juho.pesonen[at]uef.fi) · Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria (julia.neidhardt[at]ec.tuwien.ac.at)

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Call for Chapters: Digital Inequalities in the Global South
by Massimo Ragnedda 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

Apologies for cross-posting Dear Colleagues, My colleague Anna Gladkova and I (we are both vice chair of the Digital Divide Working Group, IAMRC) are editing a book on the topic “Digital Inequalities in the Global South”. We are organizing an edited volume which will examine how digital inequalities are affecting the cultural, economic and social development of the Global South. Contributions are invited for this edited international collection of original chapters engaging empirical case studies on digital inequalities in the Global South. The book will be submitted to Palgrave and if all goes well will be included into the IAMCR/Palgrave Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research (*Palgrave and IAMCR Series*). Please see the attached Call for Chapter Proposals for details on the scope, timing, and mechanics of this project. Also, please feel welcome to post this call for papers widely and to forward it to interested colleagues and students. We hope to see some proposals from many of you, and for now, please feel welcome to be in contact if you have any questions for us. With best regards, Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria University, Newcastle (UK) (also on behalf of) Anna Gladkova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) *Call for Chapter Proposals for an Edited Volume on* *“Digital Inequalities in the Global South”* *Editors: * *Massimo Ragnedda (Northumbria University, UK)* *Anna Gladkova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)* This book will focus on the rising digital inequalities in countries from geographical areas insufficiently covered and underrepresented. While in the so called Global South (Mahler 2015) access to the Internet has risen tremendously in the last years (shrinking the first level of digital divide) new inequalities are emerging between those who have access to broadband Internet and those who do not, between gender, between different socio-economic backgrounds and between users with different levels of education. Furthermore, going beyond the first level of digital divide, new forms of inequalities also emerged in relation with different digital skills, digital competencies, different motivations in using ICTs and different support. Both limited access to and use of the Internet affect citizens’ existential opportunities (van Dijk, 2005) and negatively influence the process of social inclusion (Warschauer, 2003), and thus contributing to offline disadvantages (Chen, 2013). Finally, new forms of digital inequalities are related with the so called third level of digital divide (Ragnedda, 2017), namely the capacity/ability to fully exploit the Internet and to transform its use into tangible outcomes. Such inequalities in the returning social benefits of using the Internet, are growing everywhere but especially in the Global South. This book, therefore, fits in the lively debate, opened by the advent of ICTs, on inequalities in access (first level of digital divide), uses (second level of digital divide) and outcomes generated online and valuable in the social realm (third level of digital divide). *Digital inequalities in the Global South *will focus on the social, cultural and economic consequences of digital inequalities where the majority of the world’s internet users now live (Asia, Africa and Latin America). These communities are a distinct disadvantage when digital technologies are introduced (Boas, Dunning & Bussell, 2005). The main idea, therefore, is to underline, with specific case studies, how marginalized communities are now attempting to participate in the information age, despite high costs, the lack of relevant content and technological support. How these barriers are preventing (or limiting) disadvantaged communities in using computers and the Internet? Is the Global South still risking to being left behind? How has the Global South changed in the last years? How is the Global South facing these challenges? The rapid progress of the digital technologies infrastructure is crucial for countries seeking to combat poverty, exclusion, and guarantee basic services. The development of ICTs opens new opportunities to attain higher levels of progress and growth, and may help in creating an environment that fosters innovation, nurture science, empowers active citizens and spurs business growth and has become a priority for developing countries. However, these advantages are often overemphasised and seem the reflection of the Western’s gaze in relation to peripheral societies. The Global South is caught in a growing paradox. On the one hand, the rapid technological advancement is fostering economic prosperity, creating greater communication and information possibilities, helping in fighting for democracy. On the other end, not everybody is enjoying the possibilities offered by the digital technologies, and digital inequalities are increasingly hindering economic and social development, exacerbating already existing inequalities. There is, therefore, a need to go beyond this techno-evangelist and western centred approach that sees the development of ICTs as the main leading force able to drive economic, cultural and social development, by adopting a critical approach that underlines also the disadvantages that digital inequalities are bringing to the Global South. In order to expand both the theoretical and the empirical perspectives brought to bear on digital inequalities in the global context, we are inviting scholars from different research fields (e.g., Sociology, (New) Media Studies, Communications, etc.) to apply social theories of stratification, inequalities, postcolonialism, poststructuralist and post-development theories etc. to develop new perspectives on the rise and persistence of digital inequalities in the Global South. These approaches would question the assumptions of development and progress that underlie the discourse on digital technologies as a panacea for solving poverty and shrinking inequalities. Authors are invited to investigate how different axes of power and privilege – income, ethnicity, age, gender – are intertwined with digital inequalities. We intend to stimulate innovative ways to study digital and social inequalities in developing countries. Potential contributors are invited to explore the importance of social theories in analysing the development of digital inequalities and how these inequalities, if not addressed, slow the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Our aim is to connect this collection to a critical review of inequalities that may interact with /have some impact on the 2030 agenda, Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters must contain illustrative empirical evidence or examples and must be theoretical based. Submissions are welcome from scholars at all stages of their careers, and from various relevant disciplines. *Proposed structure* The aim of this edited volume is to bring together perspectives and areas in digital inequalities that are under-explored. The book will explore a range of empirical case brought to the fore by the digital revolution. Each chapter should detail its theoretical trajectory and provide at least one case study exemplar. We therefore welcome chapters that focus, but are certainly not limited, to the following issues: · Who and why benefits and who does not from the development of digital technologies? · What have been done so far and what could be done to bridge digital inequalities in the Global South? · Which role the development of digital technologies may play for health and education in the Global South? · Which role the development of digital technologies may play for agriculture and water? · Which role the development of digital technologies may play for democracy, online activism and civic participation? · Which role the development of digital technologies may play for reducing and preventing conflict? · How the development of digital technologies may help during humanitarian emergencies? · Which role the development of digital technologies may play for the economic growth and financial inclusion? · Do new digital jobs offer opportunities for the Global South and how marginalized communities are taking advantage of these opportunities? · How to create a democratic and inclusive digital economy? The specific case studies may also: · Propose a theoretical framework to critically understand the role of information and digital technologies in the development process. · Critically discuss the potential disruption caused by access to digital communications; · Generate evidence on digital inequalities issues facing citizens among marginalized communities. · Promote evidence-informed policy change for improving access, use, and application of ICTs for social and cultural development and economic growth. Abstracts should include the following information: · Proposed article title · Proposed author names and affiliations · Theme being addressed · Purpose/aim of the chapter · Principal body of literature/theoretical framework · Indicative case study Submission Procedure You are invited to submit a word document with a brief author or authors CV (no more than 250 words with titles, affiliations, and contacts), title of the proposal and the abstract (500-700 words). All proposals should be submitted to the following addresses: massimo.ragnedda(a)northumbria.ac.uk and gladkova_a(a)list.ru *Deadline is 20 September 2018.* The final decision will be notified to the authors by *30 September 2018*. Authors will be invited to send a full text *by 20 February 2019*. The chapter’s length will be 6000 words, including references. Submitted chapters should not have been previously published or sent to another editor. Abstracts will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic. Notification of initially-approved abstracts will be announced in mid-September, after which contributors will be asked to move forward to the peer-review submission phase. We will submit the book proposal to Palgrave. Contributions of 6000 words (maximum including abstract, footnotes, tables/figures with captions, references, and appendices, if any) will be *due 20 February 2019.* Chapters will be subject to double-blind peer review, and to encourage coherence in the special section, all contributors will be requested to act as a peer reviewer for one other article. Also, please feel welcome to post this call for papers widely and to forward it to interested colleagues and students. We hope to see some proposals from many of you, and for now, please feel welcome to be in contact if you have any questions for us. Our tasks and the proposed timeline are as follows: • 30 September 2018 – Completion of Proposal and Submission to Palgrave • 20 February 2019 – Manuscripts Due to Editors from All Contributors • 30 March 2019 – Review of Manuscripts Completed & Manuscripts Returned to Contributors • 30 May 2019 – Revised Manuscripts Due from Contributors • 30 June 2019 – Final Manuscript Delivered to Publisher • X/XX/XX – Final Appearance in Print Will Depend on Publisher’s Timeline With best regards, *Massimo Ragnedda and Anna Gladkova* -- Massimo Ragnedda Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Connect with me on *Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook*

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NM&S Call for Papers on future imaginarie in the making and governing of digital tech
by Mager, Astrid 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

Dear list members, may I kindly remind you that there are 10 days left to submit an abstract to the New Media & Society CfP on future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology I guest-edit together with Christian Katzenbach: https://www.hiig.de/en/cfp-special-issue-new-media-society/ Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions! We're looking forward to your submissions!! All the best from very hot Vienna, Astrid

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CfP - INTERFACE AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGNECE & AI/VR (DAIVAR)
by Artur Lugmayr 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

====================================================================================================================== Call for Long/Short Papers, Abstracts, Demos and Posters 2nd Workshop on INTERFACE AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGNECE AND AI/VR (DAIVAR) In conjunction with the IEEE Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality (AIVR) Conference - 10th-12th December 2018 - Taichung, Taiwan - Submission Deadline: 14th October 2018 - Website: http://www.artur-lugmayr.com/activities/current-activities/daivar2018/ - Submission System: http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Submissions/2018DAIVAR/ - Workshop proceedings published in an Scopus indexed proceedings series - Best papers will be published as edited book, or journal special issue ====================================================================================================================== The objective of this workshop is to invite scholars and practitioners to discuss synergies between interface and experience design in artificial intelligent reality virtual and augmented environments. The aim is to gather a cross- disciplinary team of contributors researching HCI related issues contributing to this fascinating newly emerging domain. We especially seek contributions from experts with a background in computer science, HCI, psychology/cognitive sciences, culture/communication studies, design and art to develop this fascinating intersection. Aspects can range from user-experience, technologies supporting end-users, practical applications, methods, content production, cultural implications, communication theories, up to more artistic approaches in artificial intelligent interaction. While AI's main aim is to replicate human intelligence, AR and VR focuses its research efforts on the creation of artificial worlds either in complete virtual world, or as part of our physical environment. Many examples that bridge the two fields have emerged recently, e.g. intelligence in digital games and the utilization of computer graphics hardware for deep learning and AI. Philosophical discussions around issues arising in this new area range from ideas when things start to think to Alan Turing's work. In this workshop, we would like to raise a question: what would happen when artificial worlds start to think, and how we humans can interact and communicate with AI through e.g. affective interfaces? Thus, while AI and VR/AR went rather distinct research pathways, we attempt to bring them together, and discuss different aspects at the intersection of machine intelligence and human interaction in a mixed reality. The workshop intends to attract a broad range of contributions to develop this scholarly field during a full day venue. As the emphasis is on creating the synergy between VR/AR and AI/ML, we are not limited to particular areas; instead, the following exemplary topics might help to gather ideas for a possible contribution: affective and emotional computation, communication with AI, digital game analytics, utilization of computer graphics hardware for deep learning, personalization and recommender systems, UX with agents and physical robots, cultural robotics, or AI in information visualization. The workshop program stretches over a full-day, and will contain a combination of invited keynote presentations, oral presentations, posters, and demonstrations. The workshop proceedings will be published in a Scopus indexed proceedings series, and the very best contribution will be published in an edited book from a highly reputable publisher which has been pre-arranged. Depending on the quality and amount of contributions, we are also considering to publish a journal special issue within an indexed publisher. ====================================================================================================================== TOPICS OF INTEREST (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ====================================================================================================================== • Interaction design for AIVR • Multimodal AI supported interaction design • Artificial intelligence and machine learning in AIVR • Emotions and AI in VR, AR, and smart objects • Human-Computer-Interaction with AI in virtual worlds • Human communication through AIVR • Emotion enriched human-AI collaboration • AI in digital games and other application areas • User-Experience and interaction with AIVR • Affective human-virtual world interaction • Design of emotionally intelligent AIVR • Recommender systems and personalisation in AIVR • Information visualisation in AIVR • Communication theory and cognitive science • Affective ambient intelligence in mixed realities • UX with AI agents in AIVR • Brain interfaces in AIVR • AI based emotion mediated communication in AIVR • Authoring emotional intelligent interaction in AIVR • Multimodal affective interfaces in AIVR • Human-human emotional communication in AIVR The workshop proceedings will be published in a Scopus indexed proceedings series with an ISBN number as part of the Semantic Ambient Media Experience (SAME) workshop series. The very best contributions will be published in an edited book from a highly reputable publisher which has been pre-arranged. Please note that only selected high quality contributions will be published as part of the edited book. However, during the workshop a common journal article co-authored between all workshop participants will be published as an introduction chapter. ====================================================================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ====================================================================================================================== * 14/10/2018: Deadline for workshop papers * 21/10/2018: Notification of accepted workshop papers * 29/10/2018: Camera ready workshop papers * 31/10/2018: Registration for the Workshop * 10/12/2018: Workshop Day ====================================================================================================================== SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ====================================================================================================================== The workshop program stretches over a full-day, and will contain a combination of invited keynote presentations, oral presentations, posters, and demonstrations. We are calling for paper submissions of extended abstracts between 2-5 pages long, following the submission format of IEEE Manuscript Formatting guidelines. Please choose one of the three submission categories: * Abstract: 1-2 pages long * Short paper, demo, or poster: 2-4 pages long * Long paper: 4-6 pages long Please download the paper template from: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html The copyright form can be downloaded from: http://www.visemex.ambientmediaassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/C… Your submission should include: scanned signed copyright form + original contribution in word or latex + pdf of the paper. Add ALL your files (copyright form, word document/latex files, scanned copyright form) into ONE zip file. Upload the zip file to the workshop submission system on: http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Submissions/2018DAIVAR/ ====================================================================================================================== RECOMMENDED READINGS PRIOR SUBMISSION ====================================================================================================================== We strongly recommend the ideas and topics from the following papers prior your submission or as part of a paper submission in its discussion section: * Lugmayr, A. et al., 2017. Cognitive Big Data. Survey and Review on Big Data Research and its Implications: What is Really “New”? Cognitive Big Data! Journal of Knowledge Management (JMM), 21(1). Available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm…, Journal of Knowledge Management/Emerald. * Sun, M., Zhao, Z., and Ma, X. (2017). Sensing and Handling Engagement Dynamics in Human-Robot Interaction Involving Peripheral Computing Devices. In Proc. CHI2017 (to appear). * Zhu, F., Fang, K., and Ma, X. (2017). Exploring the Effects of Strategy and Arousal of Cueing in Computer-Human Persuasion. In Proc. CHI2017 EA (to appear). * Yang, Y., Ma, X., and Fung, P. (2017). Perceived Emotional Intelligence in Virtual Agents. In Proc. CHI2017 EA (to appear). * Ma, X. (2016). Developing Design Guidelines for a Visual Vocabulary of Electronic Medical Information to Improve Health Literacy. Interacting with Computers. * Zhu, K., Ma, X., Chen, H., and Liang, M. (2016). Tripartite Effects: Exploring Users' Mental Model of Mobile Gestures under the Influence of Operation, Handheld Posture, and Interaction Space. International Journal of Human- Computer Interaction. * A. Lugmayr, E. Serral, A. Scherp, B. Pogorelc, and M. Mustaquim, “Ambient media today and tomorrow,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 71, 2014, pp. 7-37 Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-012-1346-z. * ZHU Kening, ZHU Rongbo, H SAMANI, BB JALAEIAN, PaperIO: a 3D interface towards the internet of embedded paper-craft, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2014 ====================================================================================================================== WORKSHOP ORGANISERS ====================================================================================================================== Kening Zhu, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong Artur Lugmayr, VisLab, Curtin University, Australia Xiaojuan Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Florian ‘Floyd' Mueller, RMIT, AUSTRALIA Ulrich Engelke, Data 61, CSIRO, AUSTRALIA ====================================================================================================================== CONTACT INFORMATION ====================================================================================================================== In case of questions, please don't hesitate to contact: keninzhu(a)cityu.edu.hk

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New journal announcement & call for submissions
by Phil Bratta 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

All, The announcement below may be of interest to many of you. We look forward to seeing your work. Phil *Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal* Published by Working & Writing for Change <https://www.parlorpress.com/workingandwritingforchange>/New City Community Press <http://newcitycommunitypress.com/> Spark is an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published annually. It provides a forum for activist students, teachers, and researchers in writing, rhetoric, and literacy studies to articulate the public and disciplinary value of their social justice pursuits. Such justice work may be localized within a school, neighborhood, or campus, or as far-reaching as regional, national, and international efforts. It may intersect with movements such as Black Lives Matter, or campaigns such as Defend DACA or Families Belong Together & Free. Ultimately, the work published in Spark speaks to the power of intersectional and collaborative efforts working for political change. Unlike academic journals that focus on narrow disciplinary arguments, Spark provides readers with an inside view of activism and community organizing being done by those in writing, rhetoric, and literacy studies. Spark’s goals are to amplify contributors’ work, to help contributors build coalitions with one another, and to inspire readers to get involved in this work or to develop their own. 2019 Call for Submissions On 6 April 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “zero tolerance policy” on illegal immigration. Acting on Sessions’ decree and the Trump administration’s policies, the US Department of Homeland Security deemed that any adult making illegal entry into the U.S. had committed a misdemeanor and thus fit the criteria for deportation. Under this policy, if these adults were accompanied by their children, then border agents separated the families. The Department of Justice deported the parents, and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) put the children into detention centers around the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security reported that border agents separated 2,342 children from parents between May 5 and June 9. Shocking images from these detention centers emerged in June 2018, including photos of children corralled into cages, sleeping on floors, and living in tents in the 100+ degree Texas heat. These images were accompanied by details of cruelty and abuse, such as the story of a nursing child being dragged from her mother’s breast and the stories of children in these detention centers being forcibly drugged by ORR employees. These images and stories have galvanized long-time activists as well as many people who don’t regularly take action related to immigrants’ rights, as many people took to social media to direct this outrage at family separation and child abuse. Their online interventions ask people to take individual action by educating oneself and donating money to organizations like Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and Annunciation House. They also called on people to work collectively by participating in mobilizations, such as the Families Belong Together protests that took place on June 30th in Washington, DC and cities around the U.S., as well as protests outside detention centers around the country. Finally, these calls ask people to help build existing organizations and become part of the movement to stop the Trump administration’s policies and institute a humane system for immigrants and asylum seekers in the U.S. The 2019 edition of Spark reflects on the ways that individual, collective, and organizational action are integral to this fight and more broadly to all struggles for justice, equity, and liberation. Furthermore, the edition asks contributors to explore how the foci of writing, rhetoric, and literacy studies--reading, writing, speaking, and listening--undergird individual, collection, and organizational actions. Contributions may examine a variety of topics, including but not limited to the following questions: Individual Action - What can an individual do to protest national policies? - What does it mean to educate oneself on an issue, such as the history of U.S. immigration policy? - How do individual actions fit into a larger context (e.g., for policy or social change)? - How does one make individual action sustainable? Collective Action - What strategies/tactics did you use in participating in or organizing a collective action (e.g., a protest, teach in, rally, etc.)? - How have certain strategies/tactics of collective action informed your pedagogy or institutional service work? - What did you learn from participating in or organizing a collective action? - How does one make collective action sustainable? Organizational Action - How does one create or get involved in an organization that addresses a complex and far reaching social, political, cultural, or economic issue? - What role does mentoring play in building and sustaining an organization? - How does one make activism organizationally sustainable? - What do issues of self- and communal-care look like in ongoing activist work? Overarching Questions - What do these types of actions look like in a specific context or geographic location? - How do they intersect, complicate, or diverge from one another? - How do they afford or constrain “activism”? - How do citizenship status, race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexuality and sexual orientation, and/or class inform individual, collective, or organizational action? Submission Types We seek submissions from writers who represent all the embodied experiences and labor categories which inform the purposes of our field. We invite submissions from activist-scholars in all “ranks” of rhetoric & writing studies and adjacent areas of inquiry--from undergraduate and graduate students to non-tenure track, tenure track, and tenured faculty. Furthermore, we invite submissions that fit into the following loosely defined genres: Extended Essays & Discussions An extended essay or discussion piece would detail a project, its tactics, or a political moment in a 1500-2500 word piece that might take the shape of a conversation between activists or a reflective essay about a particular experience. These pieces are different from interviews or scene reports in that we encourage others to connect their activism to the field, reflect on emerging trends and new directions for their work, or offer interventions into current scholarship and/or activist movements. Scene Reports A scene report should do one of two things: either it provides a broad overview of local events (e.g., teach-ins, rallies, marches, etc.) and addresses the different organizations involved in these events, or it provides a detailed description of one event. In either case, you should position yourself in relation to the event(s) by addressing how you contributed and/or participated. These reports could include photos from the event(s) or documents used to organize them. Note that you do not need to submit a page design. Scene reports should be 1500-2000 words. Interviews We encourage interviews with activists and organizers that address questions about local work, particularly how and why local events were organized, issues the organizers faced and how they overcame those issues, public response to the events, etc. Interviews may be submitted as print or video. They should be 1500-2000 words. Tool Reviews We invite submissions that address different tools used in your organizing and activist work. Such submissions might address how you use specific writing genres, web applications, street team tactics, canvasing tactics, etc., in your work. Tool reviews should be 1000-1500 words. As a way to encourage continued conversations, we will also publish the following genres on a quarterly basis: Columns We invite 1,000-word columns that address key terms or concepts related to activism and organizing. Columns are an ideal space to review current events or movements, offer “explainers” about a movement, or summarize how activist trends shape work within writing, rhetoric, and literacy studies. Media Reviews Media reviews can include underground publications/zines, books, films, records, etc. We are interested in publishing reviews of scholarly and popular texts that address different aspects of or issues related to activism and organizing. Reviews should be limited to 800-1000 words. For examples of these genres, check out 4C4Equality’s Writing Networks for Social Justice zine and webtext: http://constell8cr.com/4c4e/. Submit Your Work We invite submissions of alphabetic texts in Word .docx form to 4c4equality(a)gmail.com. We also invite submissions that are “born digital,” that is to say work that involves multimodal composing and must be presented online, such as podcasts, videos, photo essays, or downloadable resources. Multimodal work can be submitted as a Google Drive link to the above address. We welcome inquiries. Deadline for Submission for April 2019 Issue: 1 October 2018. Managing Editors Liz Lane, University of Memphis Don Unger, University of Mississippi Editorial Collective Phil Bratta, Oklahoma State University Sherri Craig, West Chester University Khirsten Echols, University of Pittsburgh Darin Jensen, Des Moines Area Community College Fernando Sánchez, University of St. Thomas Jaquetta Shade-Johnson, Michigan State University Karieann Soto Vega, University of Kentucky Advisory Board Jennifer Bay, Purdue University Resa Crane Bizzaro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Seth Kahn, West Chester University Rhea Estelle Lathan, Florida State University Steve Parks, Syracuse University Tiffany Rosculp, Salt Lake Community College Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lori Shorr, Temple University Patricia Sullivan, Purdue University -- Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Professional Writing Department of English Oklahoma State University 205 Morrill Hall, 104C Stillwater, OK 74078

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IFF Fellowship: Applications Due this Week
by Griffin Boyce 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

Passing this along. The Internet Freedom Festival is always great and a very welcoming environment with a wonderful team running it. best, Griffin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sandy Ordonez <Sandy(a)internetfreedomfestival.org> Date: Aug 19, 2018, 9:11 PM -0400 To: otf-talk(a)opentechfund.org <otf-talk(a)opentechfund.org> Subject: [OTF-Talk] IFF Fellowship: Applications Due this Week > Hey Friends!! > > Just a reminder that the IFF Community Development Fellows Program > applications are due this week on August 22.! If you could help spread > the word, we would really appreciate it > > https://internetfreedomfestival.org/fellowship/ > > This is a great opportunity for people that are passionate about > developing their local communities. Not only will they be connected to a > network of community builders, they will also play an intrinsic part in > curating the programming for the IFF. > > If you yourself are not applying, try to encourage people that you think > would be a good fit. (FYI, the application is very short and to the point). > > Ping us if you have any questions! > > (((hug))) and THANK YOU for any help with this!! > > Sandy :) -- PGP: 0x03CF4A0AB3C79A63 // github.com/glamrock “Cypherpunks write code, not flamewars” ~Jurre Van Bergen

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Digital Methods
by Amanda Karlsson 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

Dear all I am planning a course on digital methods together with two other colleagues and looking for inspirations/ideas for exercises the students can do with their smartphones - it could be tracking various everyday aspects (e.g. time spent on smartphone, mood tracking, sleep etc.) to raise awareness on privacy issues and data flow, or it could be recording video diaries, collecting data by using a smartphone... or something completely different? If any of you have experiences of integrating apps/smartphones as part of your teaching - and maybe even recommendations on specific apps/tools for smartphone that you would like to share - it will be very much appreciated! It's a master course in media studies with 60 students so preferebly free software/apps. Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Amanda Karlsson MA, PhD Fellow School of Communication & Culture Aarhus University akarl(a)cc.au.dk<mailto:akarl@cc.au.dk> +45 40603734 __(‘’)__/

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Assistant/Associate Jobs in Tech Comm/Rhetoric at Texas Tech
by Rice, Rich 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Assistant/Associate Professor of Technical Communication & Rhetoric Texas Tech University’s Technical Communication & Rhetoric program in the Department of English invites applications for TWO open-rank positions to begin August 2019. These are 9-month appointments. We are especially interested in advanced Assistant or Associate-level colleagues who specialize in web design, information design, digital and social media, big data and web analytics, and/or usability/UX. Preference given to applicants with the PhD in Technical Communication. Applicants with administrative experience, online teaching experience, and a record of scholarship supported by funding are strongly encouraged to apply. Service to the department, college, and university is expected, including program-building as well as graduate teaching. The teaching load is 2-2, with further teaching reductions possible for administrative or national service. With around 120 students in our robust graduate program, our faculty have opportunities to teach graduate courses in our areas of interest, and we all serve on dissertation committees. Join our fifteen faculty. We offer the BA in Technical Communication, the MA in Technical Communication, and the PhD in Technical Communication & Rhetoric in onsite, hybrid, and online delivery modalities. We also offer graduate certificates in Grants & Proposals and in Teaching Technical Communication. Our program affords excellent facilities, including communication-rich computer classrooms, and opportunities to conduct research through the Usability Research Lab, the Media Lab, and the Letterpress Studio. Our university’s strategic plan emphasizes educating and empowering a diverse student body, enabling innovative research and creative activities, and transforming lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship. Texas Tech University is designated a Carnegie Tier One (Highest Research Activity) institution and a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). It has a law school, a medical school, and colleges of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Architecture, Business Administration, Engineering, Human Sciences, Media and Communication, and Visual and Performing Arts. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of these, representing approximately 28% of the total enrollment of 35,000. The university is located in Lubbock, a rapidly growing city of more than 300,000 on the high plains. Lubbock enjoys 260 days of sunshine every year, little traffic, and a relatively low cost of living. As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university does not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran. Texas Tech welcomes consideration of dual career and professional couple accommodations. See https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/tcr for more information. If you are interested in working with passionate, productive colleagues and motivated, talented students, please apply for one of these positions through https://www.texastech.edu/careers > TTU Faculty (Requisition ID: 14970BR) with letter of application and vita. Dossiers solicited later from exceptionally qualified candidates. Screening starts October 15. Direct inquiries to the chair of the search committee, Dr. Rich Rice, Director of Technical Communication & Rhetoric (rich.rice(a)ttu.edu) --- Dr. Rich Rice Texas Tech University Director of Technical Communication & Rhetoric http://richrice.com

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