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CFP - IFIP WWIC 2019: submit your abstract by February 18, 2019
by simone.bolettieri＠iit.cnr.it 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IFIP WWIC 2019 The 17th International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications http://wwic2019.nws.cs.unibo.it June 17-19, 2019, Bologna, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** PAPER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 18, 2019 ***** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for publication on a fast track special issue of Computer Communications (Elsevier) journal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to advancements in technology and development of new services, we foresee a tremendous growth of new devices and smart things that need to be connected to the Internet through a variety of wireless technologies. At the same time, the edge of the Internet is increasingly empowered with new capabilities, like pervasive sensing and computing power, which opens the way to new domains, services and business models beyond traditional mobile Internet, such as connected cars, participatory and urban sensing, industrial IoT. As a consequence, new types of information have to be delivered by the network with varying requirements in terms of reliability, transmission rates and latency. To cope with the exponential growth of devices and mobile data traffic, there is a need for clean-slate or evolutionary Internet architectures merging and assembling different network technologies, supporting new paradigms for wired/wireless system planning and optimization, efficient transport over heterogeneous wireless access options, efficient and quality-aware content distribution, and new approaches for unified operations and management of the heterogeneous components, like software-defined systems and network function virtualization. These are only some examples of the challenges that are of interest to IFIP WWIC 2019. The IFIP WWIC 2019 conference takes a broader view to the merge of wired and wireless technologies and welcomes submissions from academia and industry that explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, and technologies for a global wired/wireless Internet network. Papers that present original work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis, are solicited. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe highly original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to generate insightful provocative discussions. IFIP WWIC is a single-track conference which has reached, over the last 15 years, a high-quality level, which is reflected by the paper acceptance rate as well as the level of attendance. Following the conference tradition, there will be a best paper award. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Anticipatory Mobile Networking - Architectures and protocols for unified operations and management in wired/wireless environments - Architectures and protocols for mobile edge/fog computing - Content-centric and user-centric networking in wired/wireless environments - Cross-layer network design and optimization - Data-driven network design and optimization - Delay/disruptive tolerant and opportunistic networking - Emergency communication and public-safety networks - End-to-end QoS support - Game-theory applications in distributed networked systems - Heterogeneous wireless access networks - Internet/Web of Things and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications - Interactions between wireless and optical networks - Intent-based wired and wireless networking - Localisation, tracking, and mobility management - Machine-learning approaches in cognitive radio networks - Machine-learning approaches for network planning, optimization and management - Modelling of heterogeneity aspects - Mobile clouds and mobile edge computing (MEC) - Mobile service level agreements / specifications - Network mobility and handover management - Network Function Virtualization (NFV) - Network security, trust and privacy in in wired/wireless environment - Pricing, charging, and accounting - QoS/QoE mechanisms in wired/wireless environments - Resource management and admission control - Robot and UAV networks - Routing in wired/wireless environments - Satellite and space networking - Seamless inter-networking and self-organisation - Service composition and management - System prototypes, measurements, real-world deployment, and experiences - Software-defined wireless networks - 5G and beyond 5G networks - Traffic characterization and modelling - Transport protocols and congestion control in wired/wireless environment - User-centric networking - Virtual and overlay networks - WiFi hotspot sharing - Wireless ad hoc, mesh, vehicular and sensor networks - Wireless network monitoring - Wearable communications and computing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers with unpublished material and not currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Papers should not exceed 12 LNCS formatted pages, including figures, tables, and references. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference and present the paper. Papers accepted and presented at IFIP WWIC 2019 will be published as part of the Springer LNCS. They will also be submitted to appear in Scopus, ISI Web of Science, DBLP and other leading indexing services. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for publication on a fast track special issue of Computer Communications (Elsevier) journal. All submitted papers must conform to the LNCS Formatting Guidelines. Authors are invited to use either the LNCS's Latex template or MS Word Template. If you have any questions about paper submissions or the program, please contact us at http://wwic2019.nws.cs.unibo.it. All submissions must be made electronically via EDAS using this link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25605 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Manuscript registration deadline: February 18, 2019 - Manuscript submission deadline: February 24, 2019 - Manuscript acceptance notification: April 20, 2019 - Camera-ready paper submission: May 6, 2019 - Conference dates: June 17-19, 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy Enrico Natalizio, Université de Lorraine, France Program Chairs Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Andreas Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden Publication & Web Chair Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy Publicity Chairs Deval Bhamare, Karlstad University, Sweden Simone Bolettieri, IIT-CNR, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Boris Bellalta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Georg Carle, Technische Universität München, Germany Fabio Cavaliere, Ericsson, Italy Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal Robson De Grande, Brock University, Canada Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy Svetlana Girs, Mälardalen University, Sweden Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, Netherlands Salil Kanhere, UNSW, Australia Ibrahim Korpeoglu, Bilkent University, Turkey Bjorn Landfeldt, Lund University, Sweden Peter Langendoerfer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany Xavier Masip-Bruin, UPC, Spain Agapi Mesodiakaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Liam Murphy, University College Dublin, Ireland Panagiotis Papadimitriou, University of Macedonia, Greece Paul Patras, University of Edinburgh, UK Danda Rawat, Howard University, USA Miguel Sepulcre, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich, Switzerland Fabrice Théoleyre, CNRS, France Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information, please visit the conference website at: http://wwic2019.nws.cs.unibo.it or contact the conference organizers at: wwic2019-chairs(a)edas.info

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Call for Demos: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WOWMOM 2019)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

############################################################################################################################# 20th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WOWMOM 2019) Washington DC, United States. June 9-12, 2019. Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society, Missouri University of Science and Technology, IEEE Computer Society TC on Computer Communications (TCCC) ############################################################################################################################ *** DEMOS Track *** URL: http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/demos/ IMPORTANT DATES: * Extended demo abstract submission deadline: March 29, 2019 * Acceptance notification: April 12, 2019 * Camera-Ready version due: April 29, 2019 CALL FOR DEMOS WoWMoM 2019 invites technical demonstrations and posters showing innovative and original research in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. Submissions from both industry and academia are strongly encouraged. A Best Demo Award will be granted by WoWMoM 2019, based on innovation and technical contribution. At least one author of each accepted demo is required to register and present their demo at the conference. The submissions should include an extended abstract of up to three pages in accordance with the IEEE Computer Society Author Guidelines. The abstract should explicitly state what will be demonstrated to the WoWMoM audience, and how the attendees will be able to interact, enjoy, and experiment. A full list of authors with complete affiliations should be included. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the venue. Please clearly state if any additional resources are needed for arrangements to be made in the email to the demo chairs (not in the abstract). All submissions will undergo a rigorous review process. The extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be included in the proceedings of WoWMoM 2019. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Demos can be submitted via the EDAS<https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25520> Paper Processing System (submit to the demo track). DEMONSTRATION CO-CHAIRS Suzan Bayhan, Technical University Berlin, Germany Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA

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IEEE WoWMoM 2019: joint call for co-located events
by Andrea Passarella 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

-------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WoWMoM 2019 Joint Call for Co-located Events 9-12 June 2019, Washington DC, USA http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/ -------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WoWMoM is offering an exciting program of co-located events, including - 7 high-quality workshops - 1 Demonstration Session - 1 PhD forum Below we provide the key features of each event. For additional information, please refer to the conference website http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/ and to the websites of the individual events listed below. All submissions are handled through EDAS at https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25520 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOPS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINES Full manuscript due: March 11, 2019 Acceptance notification: April 15, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: April 29, 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE WoWMoM 2019 is organising 7 high-quality workshops covering distinct areas and hot topics in the area of of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Explore Digital Library as part of the overall conference proceedings. The list of workshops (with deadlines) are below. Please consider submitting your work to the most appropriate venues. - IEEE Workshop on Communication, Computing, and Networking in Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE CCNCPS 2019) - 1st International Workshop on Data Distribution in Pervasive and Industrial Internet (DIPI) - IEEE Workshop on Mobile Energy Sharing Networks (MESN'19) - Workshop on Edge Computing and Caching in Communication Networks (E3CN) - SwarmNet: Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms - 2nd SmartGrid Resilience (SGR) Workshop - The Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE Workshop on Communication, Computing, and Networking in Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE CCNCPS 2019) The new paradigms and tremendous advances in computing, communications and control have provided and supported wide range of applications in all domains of life, in particular, bridging the physical components and the cyber space leading to the Cyber Physical Systems (CPS). The notion of CPS is to use recent computing, communication, and control methods to design and operate intelligent and autonomous systems using cutting edge technologies. This requires the use of computing resources for sensing, processing, analysis, predicting, understanding of data, and then communication resources for interaction, intervention, and interface management, and finally provide control for systems so that they can inter-operate, evolve, and run in a stable evidence-based environment. CPS has extraordinary significance for the future of several industrial domains and hence, it is expected that the complexity in CPS will continue to increase due to the integration of cyber components with physical and industrial systems. This workshop solicits unpublished research work related to the latest challenges, technologies, solutions, techniques and fundamentals pertaining to communication, computing, networking, control. URL: https://sites.google.com/site/ccncps/2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1st International Workshop on Data Distribution in Pervasive and Industrial Internet (DIPI) The ubiquitous presence of data originating from the integration of wireless networks, pervasive computing, industrial equipment and people has led to an increased interest in solutions for distributed data management and efficient data distribution at the edge of the networked environments. At the same time, the cyber-physical convergence, which assists cyber components such as sensing systems and dynamic physical components such as industrial and mechanical systems to achieve close interactions and feedback loops, leads to the industry's transition towards industrial integration and informatization. Those advancements encompass not only hardware and software, but also data integration and embrace a collection of techniques that use data analysis, manipulation, and distribution to achieve higher efficiency, effectiveness, reliability, and security within the industrial and pervasive internet. The essence of this vision is the creation of data-driven networks saturated with pervasive sensing, computing, and wireless communication that ideally support the needs of individuals, societies and industries. The existence of large volumes of data in the industrial and pervasive internet has already found its way into many current commercial systems due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies including industrial internet of things, pervasive computing and communications, and industrial cyber-physical systems. DIPI 2019 will provide a leading edge technical forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the area of data distribution in industrial and pervasive internet. The workshop intends to attract research contributions focusing on data distribution in pervasive and industrial internet from the following the communities of Industrial Internet, Pervasive Computing and Communications, Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things. URL: http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/dipi2019/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE Workshop on Mobile Energy Sharing Networks (MESN'19) The organizing committee of the IEEE WoWMoM workshop on Mobile Energy Sharing Networks (MESN) is glad to welcome you to the first of this workshop series, which will be held in June 2019 in Washington D.C., USA. The MESN 2019 workshop will bring together academics, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, current research challenges and future directions in the use of energy sharing among mobile nodes in different network applications and benefit from each other's findings and initiate collaborations to address the interdisciplinary nature of the topic. URL: https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/mobile-energy-sharing-networks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop on Edge Computing and Caching in Communication Networks (E3CN) Edge Computing is among the most active research fields today and is an essential technology in the next-generation communication systems. Edge computing deploys cloud functions in edge nodes such as base stations, access points, routers and smart phones, which is a promising expectation to provide low latency, low cost, proximity and high bandwidth network service. However, transforming this expectation into reality requires significant research efforts. This workshop will be devoted to the presentation of pioneering works targeting edge computing in communication networks. Additionally, the increasing demand for massive multimedia services in cellular networks poses great challenges on network capacity and backhaul links. URL: http://cie.shmtu.edu.cn/e3cn/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SwarmNet: Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms Recent advances in embedded computing, wireless communication, flight controllers, and miniaturized sensing have enabled the growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Networked swarms of such UAVs promise breakthroughs in public safety, commercial, and military applications including search-and-rescue, disaster response, infrastructure inspection, environmental monitoring, virtual/augmented reality, and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance). The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers working at the intersection of wireless networking, mobile computing, sensing, robotics, and/or planning to address a myriad of fundamental technical challenges that must be solved before UAV swarms and, more broadly, multi-UAV systems can be safely, effectively, and widely deployed. Since many of these challenges will not be able to be addressed without the help of UAV swarm simulation platforms, experimental testbeds/prototypes, and experimental evaluations, papers on these topics are especially encouraged. URL: https://swarmnet-workshop.github.io/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd SmartGrid Resilience (SGR) Workshop The workshop will take place during WoWMoM 2019 in Washington DC, USA. Previously unpublished contributions in resilience methodologies derived by experimental and theoretical communication, networking and data analytics techniques for the SmartGrid are solicited. URL: https://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/amitd/sgr-wowmom-2019/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS) The aim of the workshop is to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the recent advances in theory, application and implementation of the Internet of Things concepts: technologies, protocols, algorithms, and services. URL: http://www2.ing.unipi.it/iot-sos2019/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINES Full manuscript due: March 29, 2019 Acceptance notification: April 12, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: April 29, 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WoWMoM 2019 invites technical demonstrations and posters showing innovative and original research in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. Submissions from both industry and academia are strongly encouraged. A Best Demo Award will be granted by WoWMoM 2019, based on innovation and technical contribution. The submissions should include an extended abstract of up to three pages in accordance with the IEEE Computer Society Author Guidelines. The abstract should explicitly state what will be demonstrated to the WoWMoM audience, and how the attendees will be able to interact, enjoy, and experiment. A full list of authors with complete affiliations should be included. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the venue. Please clearly state if any additional resources are needed for arrangements to be made in the email to the demo chairs (not in the abstract). All submissions will undergo a rigorous review process. The extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be included in the proceedings of WoWMoM 2019. At least one author of each accepted demo is required to register and present their demo at the conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHD FORUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINES Full manuscript due: March 29, 2019 Acceptance notification: April 12, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: April 29, 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WoWMoM 2019 will host a PhD Forum providing an opportunity to PhD students for presenting their dissertation research, recently finished or still ongoing, in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. The forum encourages the interaction among PhD students, and helps them to obtain feedback from senior researchers from academia, industry, and government. The forum will be organized as a poster session and will include a short introduction by each student. Current PhD students and researchers who completed their PhD dissertations after March 2018 are encouraged to submit extended abstracts. The PhD student and his/her advisor(s) can be the only authors. Submissions will be reviewed to ensure quality and relevance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to attend WoWMoM 2019 and present their poster at the PhD Forum. Accepted extended abstracts will appear in conference proceedings.

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Seeking extremist social media content
by cbouko 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear AoIR members, I am writing to you because I am preparing a project that is based on the analysis of extremist and terrorist content on social media in the European Union. I need to create such a corpus (approx. 2000 items). The International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research will help for me for data about islamist terrorism but I would like to extract data that comprise several ideologies (far-left, far-right, etc.). I also have contact with Europol but the collaboration will probably be complicated. Therefore, I am looking for researchers, activists and/or watchdog agencies that aim to identify extremist content on social media, to help me construct the corpus. Can you please send me names of such experts that I could contact? Many many thanks for your help. All the best, Catherine -- Catherine Bouko Ghent University Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45 9000 Gent Belgium Bureau: B2.06 http://research.flw.ugent.be/en/catherine.bouko

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The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Third Call for Theory, Opinion and Reflection Papers
by Announce Announcements 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

*** THIRD CALL FOR THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS *** 27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019) Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submissions due: March 16, 2019 ACM UMAP - User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. Theory, Opinion and Reflection (TOR) are position papers that critically look at ongoing and emerging research topics, reflections on persistent or fleeting trends in the field and blue sky future ideas for UMAP research. They offer an opportunity for discussing thought-provoking work relevant to the UMAP community, albeit they are not yet ready to be published as a full length research papers at a refereed conference. They should be of sufficient quality and relevance to the UMAP community and demonstrate the ability to spur discussion and debate on the future course of the UMAP research. The presentations will be in the form of a 10 minute pitch in a plenary conference session, just before a break. The presenters will present the topic and raise relevant questions to stimulate discussion during the breaks. Submissions should have a maximum length of 4 pages in the ACM SIG proceedings template. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Submissions must adhere to the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template. A template can be found at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…. Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for UMAP 2019 TOR at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…. The review process will be single blinded, i.e. authors' names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential to stimulate discussion on important research questions, potential contribution to UMAP research and practice, potential impact in particular use cases, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits (4 pages for TOR) or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. IMPORTANT DATES · Submission of TOR papers: March 16th, 2019 · Notification of acceptance: April 5th, 2019 · Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: April 15th, 2019 Note: The submissions times are 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION Accepted Theory, Opinion and Reflection papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2019 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. THEORY, OPINION AND REFLECTION PAPERS CHAIRS · Jan-Geert Houben, Delft University, The Netherlands (g.j.p.m.houben AT tudelft.nl) · Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA (mobasher AT cs.depaul.edu)

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Call for Papers AND Projects: HCI for Accurate, Impartial and Transparent Journalism: Challenges and Solutions; DL: Feb 12
by Tanja Aitamurto 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear all, We are looking for position papers and project descriptions for our CHI workshop "HCI for Accurate, Impartial and Transparent Journalism: Challenges and Solutions" <http://hciandjournalism.com/>, to be held May 5, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. The 4-page papers or project descriptions are due February 12, 2019. Please note that we are looking *for both papers and project descriptions*. Please see the details in the CfP below, and please let me know if you have any questions. *HCI for Accurate, Impartial and Transparent Journalism: Challenges and Solutions* CHI Workshop, May 5, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland We invite position papers and project descriptions for the CHI 2019 workshop “HCI for Accurate, Impartial and Transparent Journalism: Challenges and Solutions”. <http://hciandjournalism.com/>This one-day workshop is a multidisciplinary forum of problem-solving and collaboration for academics and practitioners in the intersection of HCI and journalism. The key question in this workshop is: How can HCI support accurate, impartial and transparent journalism? In this interactive, collaborative workshop, participants will actively engage in identifying ways for HCI to support journalistic goals and developing a shared roadmap for HCI for accurate, transparent and impartial journalism. HCI and journalism researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry are invited to submit a position paper or a project description in the CHI Extended Abstract format (max. 4 pages). The paper should discuss the challenges in design, implementation and evaluation of technologies in journalism and present solutions how HCI can address these challenges. If the submission is a project description, it should describe the project objectives and discuss the challenges in the project execution in the framework of the workshop goals. Please add a link to the project and supply visuals with your submission if possible. The submissions will be reviewed by the organizers and evaluated based on the contribution quality and the applicants’ diversity. To ensure cross-pollination across disciplinary and practice boundaries, we will compose a diverse group of participants with different backgrounds. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop and register for both the workshop and one day of the conference. Please submit your paper to HCIAndJournalism(a)gmail.com by February 12, 2019. *Workshop topics* We welcome diverse submissions with making links across practitioner and academic perspectives, technologies, empirical contexts, theories and methods. Submissions should cover issues related to HCI’s role in enabling accurate, impartial and transparent journalism, including, but not limited to, the following: - The design of user interfaces and user experiences for supporting accuracy, impartiality and transparency in journalism - The role of design in mitigating misinformation and establishing and maintaining credibility in journalism - The design and development of workflows that blend journalists and algorithms in the production and/or curation of news information - Application of design methodologies, such as value-sensitive design, in development of tools to support journalistic activity - Identification of methods and theories for effectively examining HCI’s role in supporting journalistic goals - The design of interactive news media applications, platforms, services, tools, or content - Social computing and intersections with journalism: commenting, discussion, community engagement

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Call for Papers: Information & Culture
by Joly MacFie 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Via SIGCIS ---------- Forwarded message --------- *Information & Culture: A Journal of History <https://infoculturejournal.org/>* is actively soliciting articles for publication. The journal publishes high quality, peer reviewed articles on the history of information. The social and cultural context of information and information technology, viewed from an historical perspective, is at the heart of the journal’s interests. Typical papers might focus, for example, on the histories of information institutions, agencies, domains, or businesses; the history of information work and workers; the history of information in everyday life; the history of information and communication practices; the history of information artifacts (ranging from books to computers, information infrastructures and networks); the history of the organization and classification of information; the history of concepts and theories in the information domain; and intellectual and theoretical approaches for writing information history. The intention is to juxtapose papers on a wide variety of topics related to the history of information to stimulate connections between the research of library historians, information science historians, historians of print culture, historians of computing, historians of media and communication, labor historians, gender historians, economic historians, business historians, political and diplomatic historians, cultural studies scholars, critical theorists, and science and technology scholars. Instructions for contributors are available at http://www.infoculturejournal.org/submissions Interested authors should contact the editor: Ciaran B. Trace School of Information University of Texas – Austin Email: cbtrace(a)austin.utexas.edu -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CfP Panel on Governance of Platforms at ECPR 2019
by Reiberg, Abel 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Dear colleagues, please find attached, the call for papers for a panel at the ECPR General Conference in Wrocław (4 - 7 September). Title of the panel:***The Relationship Between Digital Platforms and** **Government Agencies in Surveillance: Oversight of or by Platforms?* If you are interested in participating please submit an abstract (500 words maximum) no later then *15 February* via the ECPR Website (ecpr.eu). *Abstract* Revelations of surveillance practices like those of the National Security Agency or Cambridge Analytica have shown that the digital age is developing into an age of surveillance. What said revelations have also shown is that digital platforms are significantly contributing to this development. As intermediaries between communications and business partners platforms enjoy a privileged position (Trottier 2011). Platform increasingly use this position by surveilling and manipulating end users for the sake of profit maximization (Fuchs 2011, Zuboff 2015). Platforms with a business model of surveillance and manipulation, seem to have become the most successful type of corporations of today. Already two of the three most valuable corporations are operating as such platforms. While platforms are emerging and expanding in ever more established as well as new markets and thus gain influence on large parts of society, the question arises how states are dealing with these new actors and their capabilities. The panel is intended to provide answers to this question by studying the spectrum of state-platform relations. As empirical examples show, the relationship between digital platforms and the states is multi-faced. On the one hand public institutions are partnering with private platforms. The data from platforms is used for example by intelligence agencies to combat terrorist groups, by police departments to search for criminal suspects and by regulatory agencies to counter hate speech or violations of copyrights. On the other hand, the capabilities of platforms can also be turned against the state. As the last US presidential elections showed platforms can be utilized to influence the electorate or to compromise political actors. >From the point of view of the platforms, the state represents on the one hand an instance that may restricts their actions as it declares specific types of business activity illegal. The new general data protection regulation of the EU is one example. At the same time, states are providing the legal basis for the platforms’ activities. In order to promote e-commerce for example many European states liberalized their privacy regulation in the beginning of the new millennium. These examples illustrate the diversity in platform-state relations. The panel will acknowledge this diversity and will bring together works considering various empirical cases as well as theoretical frameworks. We welcome contributions focusing on different political systems as well as different platforms like for example social media, retail, transport or cloud computing platforms. Exemplary questions that may be addressed are: • Which major privacy, anti-trust or media regulations of platforms where enacted on the national level recently? Which types of platforms were addressed and which were not? In how far do these regulations resemble a general trend? To which degree do they effect surveillance practices? • In which areas and by which means of surveillance are platforms already enforcing public policies? Which kind of data is provided by platforms for predictive policing? How are platforms identifying and depublishing illegal content? When are platforms collaborating with intelligence agencies? • How can platforms be regulated efficiently? Which forms of regulations between hierarchical regulation and self-regulation exist and how did these forms emerge? In how far is oversight of platforms comparable to oversight by platforms? • Are policies of platform regulation defusing? If so, which states are setting the standards? • Which international institutions in the field of platform regulation were created so far? Is an international regime of platform regulation evolving? -- Dr. Abel Reiberg Researcher John F. Kennedy Institut | Freie Universität Berlin Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Tel: +49 30 838 65125

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ACM IUI 2019: Conference program online, early registration deadline on Feb 8th
by Axel Soto 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2019) March 16-20 Los Angeles, USA ACM IUI 2019 (https://iui.acm.org/2019/index.html) is the 24th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. The program for this year's conference can be found online: https://iui.acm.org/2019/program.html . You can also found information about the two panels to be held: https://iui.acm.org/2019/panel.html Registration is open, please register and book your hotel room as soon as possible (last year, registration was sold out one month in advance!). Early registration deadline is tomorrow. This year we have two registration options. Main conference+workshop: Main conference+workshop registration includes the main conference from March 16 to March 20, 2019, with keynotes, paper presentations, posters, demos, workshops, a reception, and a banquet. Workshop only: Workshops will be on March 20, 2019. Registration dates: - Early registration (until Feb 8th) - Late registration (until March 15) - Onsite (after March 15) Please visit https://iui.acm.org/2019/registration.html for more details. Also information on accommodation can be found at: https://iui.acm.org/2019/accomodation.html

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"Game Cultures & Design" Non-Tenure Track, Open Rank Position at RPI
by Malazita, James Wilson 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi Everyone, Please distribute and apply to our non-TT, open-rank position in "Game Cultures & Design," in the Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences (GSAS) Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic, with an application deadline of February 28: https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/7773 Our program is hosted in a school of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and covers game studies & criticism, game design, game art, writing, programming, and human-centered design. This position would contribute to our game studies and game design education, but with flexibility for the faculty member to teach courses in other domains or in more specific topics. GSAS is about to launch its Ph.D. program in "Critical Game Design," which will blend game production, game studies, and social justice. The hired faculty member will also have the opportunity to participate in graduate education and in graduate/undergraduate curriculum design. The full job description is below. Please feel free to contact me (as search committee chair) with questions. Jim Malazita malazj(a)rpi.edu Assistant Professor Science & Technology Studies Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, or Professor of Practice in Game Cultures and Design The Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences Program (GSAS) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites applications for a full-time open-rank non-tenure track faculty position in Game Cultures and Design beginning Fall 2019. We seek applicants with a passion for making games, a strong record of professional accomplishment or individual creative practice and demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching at the college level. The ideal candidate will have expertise in studying digital games as cultural objects, and in applying those lessons to the design of new kinds of game experiences, or for the design of games for multiple audiences. Teaching responsibilities will include core topics in game studies and game design, including historical/cultural approaches to games, issues of gender/race/society and games, paper prototyping and playtesting, narrative design, and/or an early-stage game concept development, and may also include topics in the candidate’s area of specialty. Potential candidates must possess a terminal degree (Ph.D., M.F.A. or foreign degree equivalent) at the time of appointment in Game Studies, Game Design or a related field, including Communication, Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Design Studies, Product Design, Human-Centered Design, or User-Experience Design; or a comparable combination of educational preparation and professional experience. Prior teaching experience at the university level is preferred, and evidence of effective teaching is required. The ideal candidate will have a broad vision of game design, games as cultural objects, the integration of disciplines in games, and the role of games in society. The ability to teach students from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, and to advance diversity and inclusivity in games education and the games industry is highly desired.

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