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Application deadline tomorrow: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2019 (paid)
by Leif Kramp 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2019 (paid) Position: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow Media, Communication and Information Institution: ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen Duration: 1 month (either between April and June 2019 or between October and December 2019) Salary: 3,000 euro + 1,500 euro budget for direct costs Contract: Fee contract Application deadline: February 17, 2019 (23:59 CET) The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, offers a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the areas of media, communication and information. Involved disciplines include communication and media studies, computer science, cultural studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. The ZeMKI invites applications from excellent researchers in the field of media, communication, and information. As a ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow, the selected candidate will delve into the versatile research activities at the interdisciplinary centre with over 60 members. Applicants should demonstrate experiences and a strong interest in collaborative research which is embraced at the ZeMKI in various ways and contexts. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to these research activities in the area of media change and transforming communications in the form of a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed “Communicative Figurations” working paper series and a lecture in the ZeMKI Research Seminar. Applicants must have a PhD or other doctoral degree in a relevant discipline by the application date. We offer a lump sum allowance of 3,000 Euros plus up to 1,500 Euros for research related expenses. To apply for this post, please send your application documents via e-mail to zemki-fellowship(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de>. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 17, 2019 (23:59 CET). We are unfortunately unable to accept any late applications. Website: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellows… <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellows…>

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The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Final Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions
by Announce Announcements 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

*** FINAL CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM SUBMISSIONS *** 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 1, 2019 ACM UMAP 2019, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, will, as in previous issues of the conference series, include a Doctoral Consortium (DC) Session, which provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. The Doctoral Consortium is implemented as a student mentoring program that introduces students to senior researchers from the relevant fields. Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral research (see below described submission information for further details), which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well- developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student's work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium. How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium To apply for the ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium, students are asked to submit a paper presenting their doctoral research that describes: · The problem being addressed. · Motivation outlining the relevance of the problem and referring to related work. · The main contributions that the PhD project aims to achieve. · The progress made to date (including a clear description of the proposed approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the plan for further research. · Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2019 key areas. Each DC submission is encouraged to consider the following: identification of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation, application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, the submissions can consider: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental design. Each submission should contain a cover page including the paper title, name of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee to adapt its assistance to each student. Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Doctoral Consortium submission system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings template. ACM UMAP Proceedings The accepted ACM UMAP 2019 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student) must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the proceedings. Financial Support ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Further details are available on the conference web site: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Important Dates · Paper submission: March 1st, 2019 · Notification to authors: March 22nd, 2019 · Camera ready submission: April 3rd, 2019 · ACM UMAP 2019 DC Session: June 11th and 12th, 2019 Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth). Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Laurens Rook, TU Delft, The Netherlands (l.rook AT tudelft.nl) · Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (mzanker AT unibz.it)

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CfP - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2019
by Panos Panagiotopoulos 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

EGOV2019 - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2019 San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy Call for Papers https://easychair.org/cfp/egovcedemepart2019 The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2019 represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM). The conference is held annually and will be hosted 2-4 September 2019 in San Benedetto del Tronto by the University of Camerino, Italy. The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation and e-Democracy, but on several other related topics too, such as the role of social media, digital transformation in society, Artificial Intelligence, policy informatics, smart governance and social innovation. Several different types of submissions can be made, such as completed research, but also ongoing research, reflections & viewpoints, posters, workshops. The conference organises a PhD Colloquium and offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. We invite individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as from business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions to submit their research papers, reflections, posters as well as practitioner papers, panel or workshop proposals to the topics addressed in the tracks. We also welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics. Important Dates * (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2019 * Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2019 * Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready) 15 May 2019 * Poster acceptance 1 June 2019 * Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 1 June 2019 * Conference: 2-4 September 2019 * PhD Colloquium: 1 September 2019 Conference Chairs * Olivier Glassey, University of Lausanne, Switzerland * Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden * Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK * Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems, Austria * Andrea Polini, University of Camerino, Italy * Barbara Re, University of Camerino, Italy * Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA * Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece * Shefali Virkar, Danube University Krems, Austria Local Host Chair * Flavio Corradini, University of Camerino, Italy Tracks at EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2019 * General E-Government & Open Government Track: all e-government-related topics except the special-topics tracks. In particular, it also covers emerging and special topics in e-government research * Ida Lindgren (lead), Linköping University, Sweden * Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA * Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria * General E-Democracy & eParticipation Track: all eParticipation-related topics except the special-topic tracks. This track aims to present the best of recent developments in electronic participation and electronic democracy as they cover a wide range of technical, political and social areas * Panos Panagiotopoulos (lead), Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom * Robert Krimmer, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia * Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany / Danube-University Krems, Austria * Smart Cities (Government, Communities & Regions) Track: all aspects of smart governance, including frameworks, policies, and the use of technology * Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar (lead), University of Granada, Spain * Karin Axelsson, Linköping University, Sweden * Nuno Lopes, DTx: Digital Transformation Colab, Portugal * AI, Data Analytics, & Automated Decision Making Track: welcomes research examining the potential, adoption, use, and impacts of various data analytics methods ranging from visualisations and descriptive statistical analyses to machine learning and AI methods in the public sector. * Habin Lee (lead), Brunel University London, United Kingdom * Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece * Tomasz Janowski, Gdansk University, Poland * Social Media Track: Digital networking and information sharing applications, interfaces between governments and their respective publics, digital collaborations within public organizations and across governance networks, studies that draw on conceptual, case study, survey, mixed or other suitable methods. * Noella Edelmann (lead), Danube University Krems, Austria * Sarah Hoffmann (University Bremen) * Marius Rohde Johannessen (University of South-Eastern Norway) * Social Innovation Track: focuses on the intersection between research, practice, and policy related to social innovation. * Gianluca Misuraca (lead), European Commission, Spain * Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Csaba Csaki, Corvinus Business School, Hungary * Open Data: Social and Technical Aspects Track: focuses on open government data, public big data sharing and use, data for improving public value and transparency as well as data analytics capitalizing on Linked Open Data and other Technologies. * Efthimios Tambouris (lead), University of Macedonia, Greece * Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA * Digital Society: focuses on the relationship between all kinds of stakeholders adopting and integrating all kinds of technologies at home, education and recreation. * Thomas Lampoltshammer (lead), Danube University Krems, Austria * David Osimo, The Lisbon Council, Spain * Martijn Hartog, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Practitioners’ Track: practitioners are encouraged to provide long abstracts of forthcoming papers, summaries of workshop proceedings, descriptions of project outputs, work experiences, inspiring case studies and best practice examples * * Peter Reichstädter (lead), Austrian Parliament, Austria * Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, United Nations University, Portugal * Francesco Mureddu, The Lisbon Council, Belgium * Francesco Molinari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy * PhD Colloquium: The overall aim of the PhD colloquium is to connect PhD students to the e-government research community. During the colloquium, you will meet other PhD students, younger researchers that have just finished their PhDs, and more experienced scholars. Submitted proposals will not be submitted. * Gabriela Viale Pereira (lead), Danube University Krems, Austria * Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA * Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden * Anneke Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Evangelos Kalampokis, University of Macedonia, Greece Types of Publications By making a submission to the EGOV 2019 conference you agree that your paper will be available in print and e-print under the licence given. The papers will undergo a double-blind reviewing process and the submission should not include author identifiers. Please note that all accepted submissions to the EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2018 conference will be screened for possible plagiarism. To support this policy, conference organizers will make use of the plagiarism detection tool, TurnItIn. Further information about this software can be found at http://www.turnitin.com/ Accepted full research papers (max. 12 pages) will be published in the Springer LNCS IFIP EGOV or IFIP EPART proceedings. The EGOV proceedings covers the general E-Government & Open Government, Smart Cities, AI and Automated Decision Making, and Open Data tracks; whereas the EPART proceedings will cover the general E-Democracy & eParticipation, Social Media, Social Innovation Track, and Digital Society tracks. Papers in the categories of Ongoing Research (max. 8 pages), Reflections and Viewpoints (max. 6 pages), Practitioner Papers (max. 6 pages), projects (max. 8 pages), workshops (max. 2 pages), panel proposals (max. 2 pages), and posters (max. 2 pages) can be published (but do not need to be) in a special conference issue of the eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM). Please note that PhD colloquium papers will not be published. The eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM) is published online under open access and provides researchers and practitioners the opportunity to advance the practice and understanding of eDemocracy, eGovernment, and eParticipation. Final decisions on papers will be made by the special issue guest editor based on the results of the peer review process. The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart special issue will be published to coincide with the opening of the conference. Conference venue The conference will be held at the premises of University of Camerino in San Benedetto Del Tronto. The city is located at the Adriatic coast and there are many hotels on walking distance. Further details * Website:egov19.dgsociety.org<http://egov19.dgsociety.org/> (available soon) * Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egovcedemepart2019

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[SUBMISSION OPEN] CyberSciTech 2019 CFP (August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan)
by Kevin I-Kai Wang 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2019) http://cyber-science.org/2019/ August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------- Regular Paper Submission Due: Mar. 20, 2019 Wksp/SS/Poster Paper Due: April 20, 2019 Authors Notification: May 25, 2019 Camera-ready Submission: June 20, 2019 SCOPE AND TRACKS ---------------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Regular Tracks (6-8 pages) Track 1: Cyberspace Theory & Technology - Cyberspace Property, Structure & Models - Cyber Pattern, Evolution, Ecology & Science - SDN/SDS, 5G/6G, Vehicle & Novel Network - Cloud, Fog, Edge & Green Computing - Big Data Analytics, Technology & Service - Infrastructures for Smart City/Country Track 2: Cyber Security, Privacy & Trust - Cyber Security, Safety & Resilience - Cyber Crime, Fraud, Abuse & Forensics - Cyber Attack, Terrorism, Warfare & Defense - Cyber Privacy, Trust & Insurance - Blockchain, DLT Techniques & Applications - Post-quantum Cryptography Track 3: Cyber Physical Computing & Systems - Cyber Physical Systems & Interfaces - Cyber Physical Dynamics & Disaster Relief - Cyber Manufacturing & Control - Embedded Systems & Software - Autonomous Robots & Vehicles - Internet of Things (IoT) & Smart Systems Track 4: Cyber Social Computing & Networks - Social Networking & Computing - Computational Social Science - Crowd Sourcing, Sensing & Computing - Cyber Culture, Relation, Creation & Art - Cyber Social Right, Policy, Laws & Ethics - Cyber Learning, Economics & Politics Track 5: Cyber Intelligence & Cognitive Science - Cyber/Digital Brain & Artificial Intelligence - Hybrid & Hyper-connected Intelligence - Affective/Mind Cognition & Computing - Brain/Mind Machine Interface - Intelligent Multimedia Technology - Intelligent Object, Environment & Service Track 6: Cyber Life & Wellbeing - Cyber Life & Human Centric Computing - Cyber Medicine, Healthcare & Psychology - Cyborg/Wearable/Implantable Technology - Human/Animal Behavior Recognition - Personal Big Data & Personality Computing - Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Work-in-Progress (WiP) and Poster Tracks IEEE CyberSciTech 2019 welcomes submissions of Work-in-Progress (WiP) and Poster papers describing on-going research progress. We welcome submissions within the scope of regular tracks CO-LOCATED WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ---------------------------------- The 4th International Workshop on Emerging Dependable Computing System Technologies and Applications (EDCSTA) The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Healthcare with Intelligent Sensing, System, and Data (HISSD) The 1st IEEE International Workshop on AI and Blockchain Systems The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Cyber Security and Defence The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Advances and Trends on Deep Learning for Internet of Things (DL-IoT) Special Session on Cyber Social Computing and Cyber-Enabled Applications Special Session on Computing and Applications for Cyber Internet of Things SPECIAL ISSUES ---------------------------------- IEEE Access, Topic: "Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges" IEEE CyberSciTech2019 CALLS ---------------------------------- For original papers in: * Regular Tracks: 6-8 pages * WiP/Workshop/Special Session Tracks: 4-6 pages * Poster Track: 2 pages * All accepted conference (regular, WiP, poster), workshop, and special session papers will be published by IEEE in Conference Proceedings (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). Selected high quality papers will be recommended to prestige journal special issues. For Workshop and Special Session Proposals. Please submitted your proposals to cyberscitechcongress(a)gmail.com. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit their original work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, Work-in-Progress (WiP), Workshop/Special Session, Poster papers all need to be in IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html) and via EDAS https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25734. CO-LOCATED CONFERENCES ---------------------------------- * The 17th IEEE International Conf. on Pervasive Intelligence & Computing (PICom 2019) * The 17th IEEE International Conf. on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Comp (DASC 2019) * The 5th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom 2019)

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ICDIM Call For Workshop Proposals
by ijwa＠dline.info 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

Call for Workshop Proposals Fourteenth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2019) August 22-24, 2019 Irish Computer Society, Dublin, Ireland (Technically co-sponosored by IEEE Technology Engineering Management Society) icdim.org (Proceedings and workshop papers will be published by IEEE TMC and indexed in IEEE Xplore and dblp) The Conference Committee invites proposals from prospective researchers to organize one day workshops during the ICDIM 2019. The main goal of the ICDIM 2019 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate active exchange, interaction and comparison of approaches, methods and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general areas related to digital information management. The workshops will provide an optimum environment where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. The workshop organizers will be responsible for notifying the workshop, forming the program committees, reviewing and selecting the papers, and ensure high quality of papers. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop Proceedings. The workshop organizers will also have the discretion of editing selected papers (after their expansion and revision) into books or special journal issues. Workshops may be full-day or half-day. A full-day workshop should select 12-15 regular papers, while a half-day workshop should select 6-8 regular papers, from a large number of submissions. Workshop Proposal Submission Details ICDIM 2019 workshop proposals should include the following elements: Title of the workshop. The organizers name, affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address . A description of the topic of the workshop (not exceeding 250 words). Type of the workshop (full-day or half-day). A description of how the workshop will contribute to the field of Digital Information and Web Technologies. A short description on how the workshop will be advertised so as to ensure a sufficiently wide range of authors and high quality papers. Optionally, only for full-day workshops, the title of a proposed panel, with a brief description highlighting the reasons of interest of the issues to be debated. After the acceptance of a workshop proposal the organizer(s) should: Create a Call for papers/participation for the workshop. Create a Web page for the workshop, the link of which will be published on the Conference Web site. Create a Board of Reviewers (Program Committee). Review and select papers. Schedule the workshop activities. Those papers selected by a workshop organizer will also be reviewed by the Workshop Co-Chairs for final acceptance. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. We will provide an online paper submission and review system to support the workshops. Important Dates Workshop proposal submission due March 10, 2019 Notification to workshop organizer March 18, 2019 Full workshop papers submission June 10, 2019 Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection July 05, 2019 Camera Ready Paper Due August 05, 2019 Author Registration August 05, 2019 Workshop proposal submission due March 10, 2019 Workshop Date August 23, 2019 Submit a Workshop Proposal A workshop proposals should be submitted via e-mail to conference at icdim.org

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an open rank position in digital sociology
by Dariusz Jemielniak 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) department at Kozminski University, a leading research-driven business school in the heart of Europe, is seeking to fill one or more open rank positions in digital sociology. The research areas of particular interest for the candidates include: - Social Network Analysis SNA), - Large dataset analyses on primary data (self collected/scraped), - Other quantitative studies of online communities, - Qualitaitve studies of online communities and digital humanities, - Science and Technology Studies (STS) related to the Internet. We do not restrict the background of candidates to a particular field, as we believe that good research can be inspired and developed from different angles. However, we understand that the position may appeal particularly to people doing research in digital sociology, management, management science, data science, econometrics, computer science, information science, or digital humanities. *If you are fluent in Python, R, Klingon, or Quenya, feel free to mention it on your cv.* MINDS Department is a highly informal, relatively young team of researchers. We follow participative decision-making principles and, if invited for an interview, you can expect being interviewed and evaluated by all members of the team, irrespective of the rank you are applying for. We put great emphasis on internationalization and high academic standards. Over the last five years, MINDS Department faculty have gone on one-year research stays to Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of California Berkeley, or New York University, among others. We regularly publish in JCR-listed journals and publish books in the leading academic presses (e.g. Stanford University Press, MIT Press, Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Edward Elgar, Ashgate, Routledge). Some of us are social movements activists (and e.g. serve on the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation or are engaged in the city movements), some are involved in the start-up culture (mentoring, seed funds, developing own businesses, etc.), and we generally value bringing a diverse experience to the table. We believe that research should be stellar solid and of high quality, but that it also should be fun. We offer flexibility, a lot of independence, and a friendly working culture. The deadline for sending your application is *June, 1*. More details: bit.ly/digital-sociology Feel free to contact me about the position as well. -- ________________________________________________________ <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D. Professor of Management Chair of MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) Department Kozminski University http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> *Recent articles:* - Dariusz Jemielniak, Gwinyai Masukume, Maciej Wilamowski (2019) The Most Influential Medical Journals According to Wikipedia: Quantitative Analysis <https://www.jmir.org/2019/1/e11429/pdf>, *Journal of Medical Internet Research*, 21 (1), pp. e11429 - Dariusz Jemielniak, Aleksandra Przegalinska, Agata Stasik (2018) Anecdotal evidence: understanding organizational reality through organizational humorous tales <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/HUMOR-Anecdotal-ev…> *HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research* 31: 3. 539–561. - Dariusz Jemielniak, Maciej Wilamowski (2017) Cultural Diversity of Quality of Information on Wikipedias <http://crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/cultures%20of%20wikipedias.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 68: 10. 2460–2470. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Wikimedia Movement Governance: The Limits of A-Hierarchical Organization <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/wikimedia_governance.pdf> *Journal of Organizational Change Management *29: 3. 361-378. - Dariusz Jemielniak, Eduard Aibar (2016) Bridging the Gap Between Wikipedia and Academia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/bridging.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 67: 7. 1773-1776. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Breaking the Glass Ceiling on Wikipedia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/glass-ceiling.pdf> *Feminist Review *113: 1. 103-108. - Tadeusz Chełkowski, Peter Gloor, Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Inequalities in Open Source Software Development: Analysis of Contributor’s Commits in Apache Software Foundation Projects <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.01…> , *PLoS ONE* 11: 4. e0152976.

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Survey: Influence of the internet on sexual identity
by Bonnie Ruberg 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Dear colleagues, We are conducting research that explores the role that the internet has played in the development of sexuality and sexual identity for folks who are currently 25-35 years of age and grew up primarily in the U.S. The focus of the research is on adult subjects’ experiences with online sexual activities and sexual materials during their teenage and pre-teen years. If you would be interested in participating in this research, we would greatly appreciate your response to the following survey. It takes roughly 15 minutes to complete. Those who take part in the survey will also be entered into a raffle for one of two $50 Amazon gift cards. There is approximately 1 in 500 chances of winning. Please feel free to circulate this email to those who may be interested. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H6RLLRG Thanks very much! Sincerely, Bonnie Ruberg, Ph.D., assistant professor, Informatics, UC Irvine Spencer Ruelos, M.A., doctoral student, Informatics, UC Irvine -- *Bonnie "Bo" Ruberg, Ph.D.* bruberg(a)uci.edu // ourglasslake.com // @myownvelouria <https://twitter.com/MyOwnVelouria> pronouns: they/them Assistant Professor of Digital Games & Interactive Media Department of Informatics Program in Visual Studies University of California, Irvine Author, *Video Games Have Always Been Queer <https://www.amazon.com/Video-Games-Always-Queer-Postmillennial/dp/147984374…>* Co-Editor, *Queer Game Studies <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/queer-game-studies>* Co-Lead Organizer, The Queerness and Games Conference <http://www.qgcon.com/>

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AoIR Flashpoint Symposium Registration is now OPEN!
by Fabio Giglietto 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Dear friends and colleagues, this is just to announce that the registration for the AoIR inaugural event ("Below the Radar: Private Groups, Locked Platforms and Ephemeral Content") of the flashpoint symposia series is now open! As you most probably know, this one day event will take place in Urbino (Italy) on 24th of June 2019. Detailed info at: + Registration website: https://members.aoir.org/event-3243575; + Call for proposal: https://aoir.org/aoir2019symposia/ (deadline 20th of February); + Symposium webpage: https://sites.google.com/uniurb.it/dms-week/aoir-symposium. Best wishes, Fabio Giglietto

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VideoVortex XII, Malta: Call for Lectures/Theory Presentations
by Geert Lovink 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Call for Lectures/Theory Presentations VideoVortex XII, Malta Conference: September 27-28, 2019 Please submit to: submissions(a)vv12.org <mailto:submissions@vv12.org> Deadline for lectures/theory contributions: March 15, 2019. Please also look at the general website where you can read the general call: http://vv12.org <http://vv12.org/> VideoVortex, an artistic network that deals with the aesthetics and politics of online video, will gather again, this time in Malta, for a two days conference. In this call we are in particular focussed to bring new research, theory and critiques of online video and its integration with social media to Malta. Are you a graduate student or researcher/critic that works on contemporary (moving) image cultures, please get in contact with us. If you have any specific questions, you can also address them directly to Geert Lovink (geert(a)xs4all.nl <mailto:geert@xs4all.nl>). We are looking for contributions about: 1) Online video cultures on social media/mobile platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Smart phone aesthetics, including YouTube and YouTube integration, comments, its recommendation economy etc.) 2) Streaming realtime video & streaming platforms, use of Twitter's Periscope, Facebook Live etc. 3) Surveillance Cinema 4) Online video, activism and migration 5) Automated and algorithmic filmmaking (AI), bots, online video archives 6) Drone aesthetics (e.g. Wiki loves monuments) 7) Digital preservation of online video (archives / curating) 8) Use of online video in the established film industry Program committee: Andreas Treske (Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University, Ankara) Toni Sant, Justin Galea, Daniel Azzopardi (Spazju Kreattiv, Malta) Matthew Galea & Adnan Hadzi (Department of Digital Arts, University of Malta) Barbara Dubbeldam & Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam) Background of VideoVortex VideoVortex is a network of video makers, geeks, activists, artists and research that work on the politics and aesthetics of online vode. The initiative was established in 2007 by the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam (NL). Video technology has radically altered the way in which we produce, consume and circulate images, influencing the aesthetics and possibilities of moving image cultures, as well as yielding a rich body of scholarship across various disciplines. Given its ease of access and use, video has historically been aligned with media activism and collaborative work. Video is driving social media and the web. it is dominating the internet of things. cameras causing breakdowns in networks. online video became lifelike. Rapidly changing technological formats implicate the urgent need to engage with practices of archiving and curation, modes of collaboration & political mobilisation, as well as fresh comprehensions of the subject-spectator, actors & networks constituted by contemporary video and digital cultures. Previous events: videovortex #1: Brussels, Belgium, October 2007 videovortex #2: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 2008 videovortex #3: Ankara, Turkey, October 2008 videovortex #4: Split, Croatia, October 2009 videovortex #5: Brussels, Belgium, November 2009 videovortex #6: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 2011 videovortex #7: Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 2011 videovortex #8: Zagreb, Croatia, May 2012 videovortex #9: Lüneburg, Germany, February 2013 videovortex #10: Istanbul, Turkey, September 2014 videovortex #11: Kochi, India, February 2017

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[CfP] International Network on Digital Labour – Doctoral Colloquium
by Julian Posada 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Doctoral Colloquium 2019 Call for Submissions – Paris, France, 13-14 June The International Network on Digital Labour is an association of scholars from a variety of backgrounds working on the different areas related to digital labour. In its desire to integrate young scholars, and to foster collaborations between them and senior members, the network launches its first series of Doctoral Colloquia that will take place during two events in 2019. This call for participants will be for the first one: a half-day workshop that will take place on the second day of a conference hosted by France Stratégie (the French Government policy institute) and other partners in Paris, France , on the 13 and 14 June . The colloquium will welcome MRes, MPhil, and PhD students and candidates in different stages of their research who work on the many aspects of computer-mediated work, platform economies, online value production, automation, and tech-enabled outsourcing. It aims to give junior researchers the chance to interact with other scholars working in similar areas of interest and discuss their current projects, methodological issues, and receive advice on the thesis writing process and career prospects. Please note that, while the registration to the colloquium is free , the network cannot provide for travel funding. The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics for the Paris colloquium: * the gig economy * work in the sharing economy * technology and precarious labour * automation and labour * platform capitalism * freelancing * data as labour * social media and labour * online content creation * playbour * platform co-operativism * technology and the commons. Since participation in the colloquium is limited, interested applicants should prepare a two-page summary of their current project that will indicate their research context, hypotheses or research questions, methods, issues, and progress to date. The network also requires a brief statement indicating their interest in the colloquium. These documents should be addressed to julian.posada(a)mail.utoronto.ca . Key dates Deadline for submission: 2 April 2019 Acceptance notification: 15 April 2019 For registration: 2 May 2019 A second call for participants will be announced for the second colloquium that will take place in October 2019 and will be hosted by the University of Toronto in Canada.

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