November 2019 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

.org owners, heads-up
by Richard Forno 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

FYI, and via Michael Zimmer on Twitter, here's a disturbing article which may be of interest to those of us hosting sites under the .org TLD (including AOIR.) -- rick Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/?page=1 From the article, here's good bit of advice for those of us operating within the .org domain: consider renewing for longer while rates are low ...... > In a sign that ICANN is unlikely to challenge the sale of the registry – as some have formally urged it to do – the organization says in its statement that the new contract requires the operator of the registry to “provide registrars at least 30 days’ advance written notice of any price increase for initial registrations and 6 months’ notice for any price increases of renewals” while allowing domain owners to renew a domain for as much as 10 years in advance “thus enabling a registrant to lock in current prices for 10 years in advance of a pricing change.” > > It is debatable whether even a small number of the 10 million .org domain holders would be aware of price increases until they are required to pay them, or whether the ability to register a domain for 10 years is equivalent to a 10-year price freeze.

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Web Archiving Conference in Montreal, 12-13 May 2020: Final Call for Papers
by Anne Helmond 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

IIPC WAC 2020 - Expanding Horizons: how we build, use, and sustain web archives http://netpreserve.org/ga2020/ Deadline: All submissions are due by December 1st 2019. In 2020 the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Web Archiving Conference (WAC) will be proudly hosted in Montréal, by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), from May 12-13, 2020. The events are organised in partnership with Library and Archives Canada and University of Toronto Libraries. The conference will be followed by a two-day Archives Unleashed datathon that will bring together a small group of participants to gain a hands-on experience of working with web archives. More information about the datathon at: http://netpreserve.org/ga2020/archives-unleashed/ The IIPC WAC represents a unique opportunity for web archiving practitioners, collection managers, technologists, researchers, and strategists to engage with and develop the global community of practise. Proposals on all aspects of web archiving practice as well as researching and using web archives are invited. Of particular interest for this year’s conference are proposals addressing the conference theme Expanding Horizons: how we build, use, and sustain web archives. Proposals from and related to Canadians/Canada, as well as from the perspective of novice users and researchers alike, are warmly welcomed. Further relevant topics include but are not limited to: Building web archives - Harvesting approaches, tool development, and related challenges - Collection development and curation - Legal issues related to collecting and accessing content - Ethical concerns Enhancing web archives - Capturing ephemeral and “non-traditional” web resources, emerging formats and domains - Archiving the long tail, beyond the top 10 blue links - Archiving social media (beyond APIs) and (mobile) apps - Archiving non-English language sites - Multi-lingual collections and their impact on curation Sustaining web archives - Archival business models - Economic or political successes and failures - Shared infrastructure Researching web archives - Researcher collaboration models, experimental approaches, use cases, workflows - Building and maintaining research tools - Obstacles in accessing, using, and analyzing web archive holdings - Collaborative and interdisciplinary projects with GLAM institutions and beyond - Data sharing, publication, protocols, provenance - Computational linguistic research on multi-language collections Value of collections - Articulate and demonstrate worth, internally within an institution and beyond - (Collaborative) collection development - Collection assessment and metrics Training and teaching - Developing expertise among new practitioners - Sharing expertise and teaching materials among organizations engaged in web archiving - Teaching methodologies and best practices for practitioners/students/researchers The WAC 2020 program committee invites proposals for: - 20-minute presentations (including 5 minutes for discussion) - Posters and demos with accompanying 5-minute lightning talk - 60-minute panel discussions - 60, 90, or 120-minute conference-themed workshops - Tutorials focused on tools, technologies, or practical exercises All proposals must be written in English and submitted via EasyChair. French-English simultaneous translation services will be available during the conference. Speakers who would like to present in French are invited to do so but have to indicate their preference in the submitted document. Proposals should outline how their contribution advances the understanding of topics related to the conference themes, how it relates to previous work (if applicable), and what impact it may have on the community. Proposals for: - Presentations: Must be submitted as an abstract of between 300 and 500 words - Posters: Must be submitted as an abstract of between 200 and 300 words - Workshops and Tutorials: Must be submitted as an abstract of between 800 and 1,000 words - Must include information about coordinator(s), format, target audience, anticipated number of participants, and technical requirements - Must include details about expected outcome(s) Panels: - Must be submitted as an abstract of between 800 and 1,000 words - Must include information about panel setup (moderator(s), contributor(s), etc) - Must include details about the topic(s) of discussion, how panelists will contribute to the discussion, how the audience will be included in the discussion, and some anticipated outcome(s) of the discussion All submissions are due by December 1st 2019. The program committee will review all submissions and send out notifications of acceptance/rejection by mid January. For questions, please send an email to <archivageweb(a)banq.qc.ca> http://netpreserve.org/ga2020/ @NetPreserve #iipcWAC20 --- Dr. Anne Helmond | Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://www.uva.nl/profile/a.helmond | http://www.annehelmond.nl/ | @silvertje Highlighted publication: Helmond, Anne. 2015. “The Platformization of the Web: Making Web Data Platform Ready.” Social Media + Society 1 (2). doi:10.1177/2056305115603080.

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fellowship: Berggruen Institute in LA
by christina dunbar-hester 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Folks on this list may be interested in some of the areas listed here: https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/usc-berggruen-fellow/1209/141667… (apologies for x-posting) ** Christina Dunbar-Hester Author of *Hacking Diversity* <https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14235.html>, Princeton U. Press & *Low Power to the People* <http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/low-power-people>, MIT Press

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Hey all, who are the world's top researchers on race and tech?
by Yosem Companys 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Greetings everyone, A friend is putting together a SF Bay Area event on race and technology and asked me to find out the following: - Who are the world's top scholars at the bleeding edge of research on race and technology? - Who are the top scholars/researchers at the cutting edge of research on race and technology in the SF Bay Area? Might the AIR community have an answer to her inquiry? Thanks so much, Yosem

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Theorizing the Web 2020 CFP
by Jenny Davis 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hi All, It's that time of year again. Please consider submitting to the 10th(!) annual Theorizing the Web conference which will take place April 17-18 in NYC. CFP linked here: https://theorizingtheweb.org/ny/ny2020/call-for-papers-7/ Best, Jenny Jenny L. Davis Lecturer, School of Sociology The Australian National University Co-Editor: Cyborgology<https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/> <https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis> Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis>

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10. Are there any viral trends that have caused big changes socially
by Barry Wellman 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

With no modesty, I recommend Lee Rainie & my Networked: The New Social Operating System, which talks about this in both directions: social media > big social changes big social changes > social media A bargain on Kindle < 5 bucks) and only $15 in pb. https://www.amazon.com/Networked-Social-Operating-System-Press/dp/026252616… Barry Wellman Step by step, link by link, putting it together--Streisand/Sondheim The earth to be spannd, connected by network--Walt Whitman It's Always Something--Roseanne Roseannadanna A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times--You Are There! _______________________________________________________________________ Director, NetLab Network FRSC Founder, International Network for Social Network Analysis NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Wellman _______________________________________________________________________

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TODAY 4pm EST Live Stream: Facial Recognition and Public Policy with Chris Calabrese from CDT
by Christian Sandvig 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

We are going to livestream this today and I bet some of you will be interested...? Christian ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig(a)umich.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:04 PM Subject: THIS WEEK: Chris Calabrese on Facial Recognition and Public Policy (Wed 4pm) To: ESC Center <esc-center(a)umich.edu> TITLE Chris Calabrese: Show Your Face? The Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition Technology for Our Civil Liberties DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium 735 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Wednesday, November 20, 2019; 4:00pm - 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS: Video from this talk will be streamed live at http://esc.umich.edu/face ABSTRACT Facial recognition technology is sweeping into our public and private lives. The government is deploying it at the border and throughout law enforcement investigations. Technology companies are building it into their social networks. Employers are using it to monitor movements and productivity. As the technology becomes increasingly powerful, accurate, and versatile, it’s raising more and more privacy and civil liberties concerns, especially for marginalized or vulnerable populations. Christopher Calabrese, Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology will discuss the pros and cons of facial recognition technology, how it is changing many aspects of our lives, and how policymakers should address it. BIO Chris Calabrese is the Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology (http://cdt.org) -- The ESC fall events are part of the "soft opening" of ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ Fall events are generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. This event listing on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/chris-calabrese-show-your-face/ A PDF flyer for all Fall ESC events: http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_Fall_Events_2019.pdf This event is co-sponsored with the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program. Questions about the ESC fall event series may be directed to esc-center(a)umich.edu

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December 1 deadline for Exploratory Papers for PDC 2020
by Cristhian Daniel 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Dear all, The deadline is coming up for Exploratory Papers for PDC 2020. The conference theme is Participation(s) Otherwise, and we are excited to welcome papers that imagine this theme in shorter papers through exploratory cases; theoretical engagements; provocations for practice, writing, or imagining; and participatory practices in and outside design. See more information at PDC2020.org, and the call for papers, in part, below. I think some of you might find it of interest to engage with this community. Would be great to find you in Colombia next year! Since Participatory Design’s (PD) emergence as a research community, PD scholars have asserted that design is a practical, social and political endeavour. Main commitments include: offering alternative technologies, rendering design processes democratic, open and accessible to wide participation, and amenable to critical scrutiny and mutual learning. By proposing the theme of Participation(s) otherwise, we want to invite the PD community to think further on the diverse meanings and ontologies that participation and design can take on. Let’s open up the understanding of “participation” beyond modernist narratives and theoretically “universal” cookie cutter solutions and account for diverse practices. What forms, conceptions and understandings of participation, collaboration, intervention, design and technology can we draw upon to contest essentialist views on participatory design? Are current conceptions coherent with plural understandings and realities? What haven’t we realized before? From whom else are we / can we be learning? See more about Exploratory Papers at http://www.pdc2020.org/exploratory-papers/ Exploratory Papers Chairs, Cristhian Parra and Shana Agid -- *Cristhian Parra* Design Researcher & Engineer | Investigador de Diseño e Ingeniero Head of Experimentation | Jefe de Experimentación UNDP Accelerator Labs | Laboratorio de Aceleración del PNUD Asunción, Paraguay This is my personal email, for professional matters, reach me at: cristhian.parra(a)undp.org

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Fully-funded PhD position in local community research (GMU, Fairfax, VA)
by Myeong Lee 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

Apologies for cross-posting. --------- George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) is seeking enthusiastic PhD students to contribute to a research project on computational social science, community informatics, local communities, or urban computing at the Department of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) in the Volgenau School of Engineering (VSE). The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers on Information Science. The candidate is expected to enroll in the PhD program at George Mason University from Fall 2020. Potential research topics include (but are not limited to): - Civic and/or urban data analysis - Civic technology design and visualization of geospatial data - Computational modeling of urban dynamics - Quantitative or qualitative research in local communities - Theory in civic engagement and information inequality The scholarship suits candidates with a background in Information Science, Computational Social Science, Community Informatics, HCI, and/or related disciplines. This scholarship is available to international candidates to undertake a PhD program. The value and tenure of the scholarship are: - Full-time stipend rate of $21,000 (per academic year) + $7,000 (per summer), with a minimum of 1-year GTA and 3-year GRA, with potential extension. - Benefits include tuition, mandatory fee, health insurance, research/education supplies, and equipment on campus. - Additional funds for travel may be available. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance, relevant research experience, and preferably peer-reviewed publication record. Prospective candidates are encouraged to apply online at: https://www2.gmu.edu/admissions-aid/apply-now The initial applications should include the following 4 documents: - 1-page cover letter addressing the admission and scholarship requirements. - A complete CV including a publication list, past education and training, awards, research/teaching/professional experience, and online portfolio/Github. - Detailed academic transcripts of relevant undergraduate and Masters studies. - Personal statement describing the proposed scope of the PhD studies and its alignment with the research topics. The deadline for applications is Dec 15th, 2019. Also, you need to specify the name of the prospective advisor in the application form (i.e., Myeong Lee). If you have any questions, contact Myeong Lee at mlee89(a)gmu.edu, please. *About George Mason*: George Mason University is the largest public research university in Virginia, classified at the R1 highest research activity level, with an enrollment of over 38,000 students studying in over 200 degree programs. Mason is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. Mason is located in the city of Fairfax in Northern Virginia at the doorstep of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, with unmatched geographical access to a number of federal agencies and national laboratories. Northern Virginia is also home to one of the largest concentrations of high-tech firms in the nation, providing excellent opportunities for interaction with industry. Fairfax is consistently rated as being among the best places to live in the country and has an outstanding local public school system. In conjunction with Amazon’s decision to establish a second headquarters in Northern Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced a multi-year plan to invest in the growth of degree programs in computing, and George Mason University has committed to accelerating its plans to grow its capacity in computing and high-tech fields. Among the exciting initiatives being undertaken by the university, are the launch of the Institute for Digital Innovation, a university think tank, and incubator to serve the digital economy, and the expansion of its Arlington Campus with a planned 400,000 square-foot Digital Innovation Building. These initiatives reflect hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment by Mason that will rapidly elevate Mason’s already leading national position in computing and related areas.

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Postdoc in Engineering Ethics
by Daniel Susser 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

Dear list, Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute is advertising a postdoc position in Engineering Ethics. From the ad: "We seek applicants for a Post-doctoral position that will be divided roughly 50/50 in terms of supporting the research and education missions of the REI. The research portion of the position will allow the Post-doctoral Scholar to work with members of the REI core faculty who are focused on Engineering, Technology and Ethics. These faculty are working in a diverse range of topics including ethical issues related to critical infrastructure, the food-energy-water nexus, life cycle analysis, privacy, security, online influence and manipulation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The education portion of the position will involve collaborations with the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education (http://www.engr.psu.edu/leonhardcenter) to enhance the ethics education of upper division engineering undergraduates and of engineering graduate students. The Post-doctoral Scholar will become part of a team to develop and offer workshops to prepare faculty members to integrate ethics into their courses. Depending on the interests and expertise of the successful candidate, there will be opportunities to engage in the assessment of the effectiveness of ethics education and the process through which faculty are supported to integrate ethics into their courses.” The full ad is here: https://psu.jobs/job/90917 Penn State is a fantastic place to work, and the Rock Ethics Institute houses a super engaging and collegial group of interdisciplinary researchers. I’d be happy to answer questions about the position. Best, Daniel -- Daniel Susser Assistant Professor / College of Information Sciences and Technology Research Associate / Rock Ethics Institute Affiliate Faculty / Philosophy Department Penn State University www.danielsusser.info

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