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Forthcoming O3C Seminars at Loughborough
by Andrew Chadwick 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

All welcome. If you're in the Loughborough area, drop in. ~Andy +++ **Forthcoming O3C Seminars** Monday November 18, 2019: 10am-11am in Room Brockington U112: Professor Scott Wright (Department of Media and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia) "Sluts and soyboys: MGTOW and the production of misogynistic online harassment." Summary: Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) are a separatist Manosphere group (digital manifestation of the Men’s Liberation Movement) who focus on individualistic, self-empowering actions as opposed to traditional collective actions typical of Men’s Rights Activists and Incels. This study investigates how the ideology and rhetoric of MGTOW propagates and normalizes misogynistic beliefs through online harassment, using a multi-phased content and thematic analysis of 10,280 tweets from three of the most active MGTOW users on Twitter. The findings document a link between the MGTOW ideology and toxic masculinity, showing that the online harassment generated is deeply misogynistic and polices the boundaries of a heterosexual, hegemonic masculinity. MGTOW’s appeals to rational thinking makes it seem like common sense. The study develops new knowledge about the heterogeneous nature of the Manosphere and its constructions of masculinity. https://www.scott-wright.net/ Note: Scott’s talk will be via videoconference. Wednesday December 11, 2019: 3-4pm in Room Wavy Top WAV120: Dr Kate Miltner (Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, USA, soon to be at University of Edinburgh) "The challenges of researching online culture." Kate has published scholarly work on a variety of topics relating to structural power and digital cultures, including internet memes, animated GIFs, online antagonism, selfies, and big data. Her work has appeared in the peer-reviewed journals Society, Technology and Human Values, Social Media & Society, International Journal of Communication, First Monday, Feminist Media Studies, and Mobile Media and Communication. It has also been featured in Wired, Slate, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Time, and the BBC. https://katemiltner.com/ Note: the format for this session will be a structured conversation between Kate and Andy Chadwick, with lots of opportunities for questions and discussion from the audience. All welcome! +++ O3C: Researching how social media are shaping our civic culture.<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/online-civic-culture-centre/>

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Recruiting Doctoral Students, PhD in Information, University of Arizona School of Information
by Catherine Brooks 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

The School of Information is accepting PhD program applications for fall 2020. We are seeking a wide variety of students and especially those with interests in machine learning, natural language processing, text retrieval, archival studies, virtual/mixed reality, game development, design, human computer interaction (HCI) and educational technology. Having advanced object-oriented programming skills, experience with machine learning toolkits such as scikit-learn or TensorFlow, and/or experience with widely used real-time development platforms such as Unity, would be a plus. Instructional experiences are also beneficial, and should be highlighted in application materials, but are not required. Funded positions will be available for select graduate students, those students will receive tuition remission and a stipend in exchange for research-related activity or instructional work. The School of Information is an academic department and a professional school in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, the state’s only public land grant university. The School of Information aims to inspire interdisciplinary understanding, diverse interpretation, creation, and use of the emerging knowledge and information environments of the 21st century through innovative instruction and state-of-the-art technology. The School is a place for the interdisciplinary study of information, broadly conceived, and is focused on preparing students for living, thinking, and working in the digital age. The school and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences are dedicated to creating a serious, open, free intellectual space for inquiry, one in which faculty, students, staff members, and community partners can participate fully, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, citizenship status, size, abled status, language, religion, or any other characteristic. Strategically positioned to lead the University of Arizona’s status as a Hispanic Serving Institution, SBS foregrounds our awareness of the deep ancestral footprint of our region’s populations and cultures, including the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui people whose lands we inhabit. We honor diverse knowledge traditions and lived experiences, and we strive to foster accessibility and equity, the conditions in which our members together can produce new, rigorous, urgent, and evidence-based knowledge For more Information, please see: https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information. The application deadline for Fall 2020 is January 15, 2020. With quick questions about the applicant process or application materials, feel free to reach out to our administrative support team through Barbara Vandervelde, barbv(a)email.arizona.edu.

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Call for Applications: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research
by Mel Stanfill 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Understanding Digital Culture: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research, an NEH-funded Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities to be held June 1-5, 2020 at the University of Central Florida, seeks applications. Understanding Digital Culture aims to increase the number of humanities scholars using digital tools for data collection and analysis in internet research. Drawing on the expertise of an interdisciplinary community of humanities scholars spanning digital humanities, information studies, American studies, fan studies, cultural studies, media studies, and games studies, Understanding Digital Culture will enable sharing ideas and methods for using digital technologies to advance humanities research and teaching. Specifically, we will provide resources, training, and a community of collaborators to engage both computational network and data analysis tools and the ethics and best practices of using the web as a site of research. No previous experience in digital humanities is required to apply, and the workshop sessions are structured to assume no prior knowledge of either the technology or theory in order to allow for the broadest range of participation. Graduate students and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply, as are faculty and staff at institutions such as HBCUs,Tribal Colleges, and community colleges. All who are selected to participate will receive a stipend of $1,250 to support their attendance at the Institute. For more information, visit: http://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu To apply, submit a CV and a brief statement (no more than 2 single-spaced pages) addressing your internet-driven research project concept and your goals for participating in the workshop to: https://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu/how-to-apply/ Applications are due December 15. Review will be anonymous and conducted by the committee of workshop instructors, coordinated by the co-directors (Anastasia Salter and Mel Stanfill). Instructors will be asked to consider the potential impact and reach of proposed work when reviewing participant applications. Questions? Contact Co-directors Anastasia Salter (anastasia(a)ucf.edu) or Mel Stanfill (mel.stanfill(a)ucf.edu) Mel Stanfill, PhD Assistant Professor Texts & Technology / Games and Interactive Media University of Central Florida http://www.melstanfill.com

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CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme 2020
by Joly MacFie 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

According to Luca, there is a week left to apply for this. Note the further info about the scholar network. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <LB(a)lucabelli.net> Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:22 PM Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting) It is a great pleasure to announce the second edition of the *CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme* to be hosted at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro. The programme will offer *five remunerated fellowships,* *from February to July 2020*, at FGV DIREITO RIO, to support selected scholars having relevant experience in the area related to the activities of the 2020-2021 work plan of the CyberBRICS* project, namely* regulation of Internet access *and* the digitalisation of public administrations *in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Applicants should have relevant experience in at least one of the BRICS countries. The Call for Applications is available at https://cyberbrics.info/call-for-applications-cyberbrics-fellowship-program… Selected fellows will be expected to be based in Rio de Janeiro and will have a dedicated office within the FGV main building, in 190 praia de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Further information on the CyberBRICS project can be found at https://cyberbrics.info/ Besides the fellowship programme, we are developing a *Network of CyberBRICS Associated Scholars*, allowing scholars interested in CyberBRICS activities and having relevant experience in the CyberBRICS avenues of research to cooperate with us. Should you be interested in this latter opportunity, please feel free to send me a personal email. Please feel free to share this message thought your networks. Kind regards Luca *The CyberBRICS Project is developed in partnership with the Higher School of Economics and the Center for New Media and Society (Russia); the Centre for Internet and Society (India); the University of Hong Kong and the Fudan University (China); and Research ICT Africa and the University of Cape Town (South Africa). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Luca Belli*, PhD Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2 www.cyberbrics.info | www.internet-governance.fgv.br @1lucabelli ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Tik Tok
by Rachael Espinet 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Hello all, Anyone doing research on Tik Tok and cyberbullying? Do you all have any links to articles on the latest on cyberbullying? Thank you. Kind regards, Rachael Espinet

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Applications open for fully-funded PHD studentships, University of Brighton UK
by Aristea Fotopoulou 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

The School of Media, University of Brighton, UK is inviting applications for AHRC-funded techne Doctoral studentships for October 2020 entry. We are looking for motivated and engaged individuals to study across our research strengths in media and communications, arts and humanities. Applicants will be educated to masters level, or equivalent, and meet AHRC eligibility criteria for funding. Your application will go through a two-stage process, being considered first by the University of Brighton Doctoral College. AHRC-funded techne studentships Techne<http://www.techne.ac.uk/> is a Doctoral Training Partnership funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a new model for collaborative research skills training for research students across nine higher education institutions in London and the South East (Royal Holloway; Brunel University; University of Brighton; Kingston University; Loughborough University, London; Roehampton University; University of Surrey; University of the Arts London; and University of Westminster). Techn?’s vision is to produce scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life. Fully-funded studentships (stipend and fee waiver) will be awarded by techn? to the best students put forward by its member universities. Successful applicants will benefit from a rich and diverse training programme with a focus on interdisciplinarity and developing career potential both in and beyond higher education; and will be able to draw on supervisory expertise from across the partnership. The techn? training programme is enhanced by input and placement opportunities provided by 13 partner organisations, including the Barbican, Natural History Museum, Museum of London, BFI and the Science Museum. The School of Media and Centres for Research Excellence The University of Brighton’s School of Media fosters a thriving community of theorists and practitioners in the development of new knowledge around media cultures, technologies and practices. Our research examines audiences and reception, television and screen studies, digital media, gender and communication, communication and democracy, as well as media history, policy and law. We are ideally placed to offer supervisory support in this diverse and complex area, drawing on the methodologies from both the research staff at the school and related disciplines university-wide. Research is supported through specialist centres and groups. Doctoral supervisors are active in research in the Centre for Digital Media Cultures<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/digital-media-cultures/index.aspx>, the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/secp/index.aspx> the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender; also the Cultural Informatics research group, Screen Studies Research and Enterprise Group<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/screen-studies-research-an…> and Photography in Practice; Photography in Theory Research and Enterprise Group<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/photography-in-practice-ph…>. Creative media practice is another key focus of research in the School of Media. This includes both theoretical and practice-based research around Digital Transformation Design, Digital and Interactive Arts/Music/Sound, Photography, Immersive Media (AR/VR), Creative Industries, and many more. The City of Brighton and Hove gives our PhD students access to one of the UK’s most lively media economies. We foster research that takes advantage of these relationships with a history of community-engagement and industry-based research projects. For more information about the School of Media, please see: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/academic-departments/school-… For more about the Techne scheme, see here: http://www.techne.ac.uk/home For more details and how to apply see here: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/postgraduate-research-de… Important dates: Deadline (University of Brighton) Monday 06 January 2020, 16.00hr Interviews Week beginning 27 January 2020 For further information please contact the Postgraduate Research Coordinator of the School of Media, Dr Aristea Fotopoulou (a.fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:a.fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>) _________________

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The LSE Digital Ethnography Collective
by Lämmerhirt, Danny 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

The LSE Digital Ethnography Collective is delighted to invite you to our next meeting on Monday 11th November, 6pm GMT.

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2020 Carolinas Communication Association Conference: Call for Submissions
by Peter Gloviczki 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Friends, I write to share the news that submissions for the 2020 Carolinas Communication Association Annual Conference are open. The conference will be held at Mars Hill University near Asheville in Mars Hill, North Carolina on September 25 & 26, 2020. The full call for submissions is attached to this email. Submissions are due no later than May 15, 2020 This is an excellent conference for undergraduate students, graduate students, and junior and senior faculty. We look forward to receiving your work at pgloviczki(a)coker.edu and we are excited to see you in Mars Hill, North Carolina in September 2020! Every good wish, Peter *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.* *Head, Cultural and **Critical Studies Division, AEJMC * *1st Vice President, Carolinas Communication Association* *Associate Professor of Communication, Coker University* *p* 843-383-8379 | *e* pgloviczki(a)coker.edu 300 E. College Ave. | Hartsville, SC coker.edu | cokercobras.com Email Response Time Policy: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm (within 48 hours)

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LSE Digital Ethnography Collective hosting Patricia G. Lange!
by Glatt,ZA (pgr) 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Hello all! The LSE Digital Ethnography Collective is delighted to invite you to our next meeting on Monday 11th November, 6pm GMT. The wonderful Patricia G. Lange will be joining us from San Francisco via Skype to give a talk on ‘Social Forms of Reciprocity in the Digital Era’, followed by a Q&A and discussion on the theme of the talk. Go to our Eventbrite to book a (free) ticket to attend in person: https://teal-hare-083.eventbritestudio.com/79137631787 or else we plan to livestream the event as usual. Many scholars and pundits are concerned that we are “losing” reciprocity and associated warm interactions that form the basis of strong social ties in digital environments. Observations of rampant narcissism in video making has lead to anxieties that on sites such as YouTube, insufficient attention is being paid to fellow video makers. This talk will outline the ways in which attentional reciprocities (such as watching each others’ videos) as well as gestures of mutual support in hard times are apparent amid a group of YouTube participants who use the site socially. At the same time, the talk also draws from anthropological theory to show that not all reciprocities are mutually beneficial. Some bids at attentional reciprocity are used to gain asymmetrical advantage in YouTube viewing metrics. YouTubers who detect such insincere bids at attention tend to eschew them to preserve a creative and social atmosphere on the site. Rather than being a panacea for successful interaction, the talk will explore nuanced forms of reciprocity—and its withholding—to illustrate how reciprocities are enacted and contested within a video sharing milieu. Patricia G. Lange is an anthropologist and associate professor of Critical Studies (undergraduate program) and Visual & Critical Studies (graduate program) at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. Her work focuses on the use of video to express the self and engage in sociality. Her new book, ‘Thanks For Watching: An Anthropological Study of Video Sharing on YouTube’ (University Press of Colorado, 2019), analyzes how YouTubers used the site to form community, engage in attentional reciprocity, and provide mutual support. She is also the author of ‘Kids on YouTube: Technical Identities and Digital Literacies’ (Routledge, 2014). Her website is: patriciaglange.org<http://www.patriciaglange.org/> And finally, these are the remaining events that we are hosting before the Christmas break. We will be sending out Eventbrites ahead of each meeting: * 25th November: ‘Meme-Tinted Glasses: Locating the Liberal Self in Digital Postsocialism’ with Rik Adriaans, UCL Digital Anthropology * 9th December: ‘Challenges Associated with Social Media as Research Method’ with Branwen Spector (LSE) and Theodora Sutton (Oxford Internet Institute) All the best, Zoe ________________________ Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> ESRC PhD Researcher in Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Managing Editor: Communication, Culture & Critique Co-Founder: LSE Digital Ethnography Collective @DigEthnogLSE<https://twitter.com/DigEthnogLSE> Graduate Student Rep: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Associate Lecturer in Media & Communications (2019/20): Goldsmiths University & London College of Communications YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | LSE bio<http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/phd-researchers/zoe-gl…>

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IEEE Cyber SA 2020 | Dublin City University | Call For Papers
by hanan＠c-mric.org 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email) **** IEEE Cyber Situational Awareness 2020, June 15-17, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland **** Theme: Machine Learning for insight in Cyber Security and Situational Awareness. IEEE is the Technical Co-Sponsor (TCS) of the International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA 2020), an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the principles, methods and applications of situation awareness on Cyber Systems, Business Information Systems (BIS), Computer Network Defence (CND), Critical National Infrastructures (CNI), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoTs). The aim of the CyberSA 2020 is to encourage participation and promotion of collaborative scientific, industrial and academic inter-workings among individual researchers, practitioners, members of existing associations, academia, standardisation bodies, and including government departments and agencies. The purpose is to build bridges between academia and industry, and to encourage interplay of different cultures. CyberSA 2020 invites researchers and industry practitioners to submit papers that encompass principles, analysis, design, methods and applications. All submitted papers are independently peer-reviewed. The conference proceedings will be submitted for consideration for publishing and listing on the following bibliographic indexes: IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, DBLP Computer Science, Scopus, CiteSeerX, Computer Science Index, EI Compendex, Academic Search Complete, CiteULike, Google Scholar & Microsoft Academic Search. The organisers will accept registration of up to 5 IEEE UK&I Student and YP Members at 75% discounted rate, and will offer up to 20% registration discounts for all IEEE, BCS, IET & IISP members. -------------------- DETAILS -------------------------------- CyberSA 2020, in conjunction with the International Workshop on Cyber Insurance and Risk Controls (CIRC 2020), is co-located with other conferences as part of Cyber Science 2020. Workshop on Cyber Insurance and Risk Controls (CIRC 2020) will be presented at the conference. Posters & Presentations will be presented at the conference. Industry track is available for discussing and publishing pilot and proof of concepts. Work in Progress track is available for preliminary work. Research Ideas track is available for ideas in early stages assessment. PhD Seminar track is available for discussing and publishing early PhD thesis research. -------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS -------------------------------- * Dr Mona Ghassemian, IEEE UK & Ireland Vice Chair * Dr Jason Nurse, Assistant Professor, Cyber Security, University of Kent, UK * Paul C Dwyer, CEO - Cyber Risk International * TBA * TBA * TBA -------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------- The deadline for all paper submissions, that is, both full papers and extended abstracts for Poster, WIP, PoC, Research Idea and PhD Seminar presentations was 26th January 2020. All Industry track, Work in Progress track, Research Ideas track and PhD Seminar track will be published in the conference proceedings. Interested participants, please submit your proposal using the online submission system hosted by Easychair Conference Portal. Full paper submission should be via Easychair Conference Portal. -------------------- TOPICS of INTEREST -------------------------------- Original papers are invited on recent advances in Cyber Situation Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment. The topics in CyberSA 2020 include but not limited to: **Situation Awareness in Emerging Areas Situation Awareness in Software Defined Networks Security Monitoring, Scale of Things and Limits to Monitoring Block Chain Technology in Security IoT Detection and Software Driven Applications Security Situation Awareness in Mobile Computing Standardisation of Cyber Situation Awareness Search, Triage, Examination and Forensics in Cloud Computing Cyber SA in Chaotic Computing Cyber SA in Large Scale IDS Deployments **Situation Awareness Assessments Assessment models and methodologies for Cyber SA Cyber Situation Awareness Evaluation Recommendation Cyber SA Maturity Models and Frameworks Cyber SA for Social Networks **Social Media Analysis Social Network Interaction and Intelligence Web Analytics & Security Incident Response Organised and collaborative Maps and Networks Cyber Behavioural Analytics and Profiling Collaborative Situation Awareness for Decision Making **Collaborative Defense Approach Situation Assessment & Decision Making Defense Strategy for the Enhancement of Situation Awareness Situation Assessment, Resolution and Decision Loop Individual vs. Team SA Group and Team SA **Risk Management, Governance and Compliance Trust, Privacy and Anonymity Issues Digital Forensic Information Analysis Enterprise Information Security Policies, Standards and Procedures Risks posed by Wireless Networks, including through the use of Mobile Computing, BYOD, Wearable in CND environment **Cyber Situation Awareness Tools & Techniques Fuzzy Logic Rough Set Artificial Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence Genetic Algorithm Evidence Theory (DST) Bayesian Networks & Set Theory Big Data Analytics Game Theory Graph Theory **Network Situational Awareness Cyber Attack Scenarios Situation-Aware and Context-Aware Network Applications CERTs and CSIRTs Security Event and Information Management Application Security, Audits and Penetration Testing **Human Factor Cognitive Workload Perception Stress Knowledge Training and Expertise Risk Assessment and Decision Making Forecasting and Prediction Operator SA & Team SA **National and Critical Infrastructure Security Issues Information Security Cyber Security Database Security Application Security Law Enforcement and Surveillance Border Protection and Controls Cyber Warfare and Counter Terrorism **Situation Awareness in Military Operations Military Doctrinal in Situation Awareness C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Computer Network Operations Computer Network Defense Mission Awareness, Command and Control **Cyber Situation Analytics Attack Graphs Advanced Security Incident Analysis Sensor Correlation and Cross-Correlation Implementing Situation Awareness Systems Information Security Metrics and Measurements **Cyber Situation Awareness Frameworks Proactive Defense Strategies Instance-Based Learning Adaptive Neural Logic Human-Assisted Decision Control Human in the Loop Automated Self-Responder **Fusion Centres Tools for Metric Optimisation Visualisation and Digital Analytics Data Mining Filtration, Selection, and Risk-Based Prioritisation Metrics for Evaluation and Assessment Usefulness of Multisensor Data Fusion Information Data Fusion Sensor Fusion for Security Incident Analysis Security Incident Analysis Data Association & Correlation Security Information Visualisation Data Analytics Security Monitoring **Situation Awareness Applications Situation Awareness in C4ISR Situation Awareness in Cyber Command and Control Centres Situation Awareness in Intrusion Defense Situation Awareness in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Situation Awareness for Internet of Things (IoTs), Enterprise Internet of Things (EIoTs) Open Source Applications **Cyber Situation Awareness Designs, Solutions and Services Functional Requirements for Situation-aware services Non-Functional Requirements for Situation-aware Services and solutions Interface Design Interoperability Dynamism Complexity Performance Automation Realtime Processing **Situation Awareness Training Research and development in Situation Awareness Simulation and Testbeds in Cyber Situation Awareness Experimentation & Instrumentation Modelling Knowledge-base Theoretical Underpinnings in Situation Awareness Team and Group SA Cyber Situation Awareness Methods, Training and Education **Best Papers The best paper of each section will be selected and their author(s) will receive a corresponding Award Certificate. Authors of the Best 20%-25% papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in one of the special issues peer reviewed journals. -------------------- ---------SOCIAL MEDIA -------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmricorg Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CMRiCCyberScience/ ---------------------------------- Hanan Yousry Hindy CyberScience 2020 Publicity Co-Chair PhD Student School of Design and Informatics Abertay University Dundee, Scotland

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