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CFP: Materializing Activism, workshop at ECSCW 2019, June 9 in Salzburg, Austria.
by Karin Hansson 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Call for proposals Materializing Activism: A workshop at ECSCW 2019, June 9 in Salzburg, Austria. Net activism shows how easily available tools allow the organization of social movements to be scaled up and extended globally. These media ecologies enable new forms of power. This one-day workshop gathers researchers focusing on the collaborative efforts within social movements, looking into the socio-technical systems; the organization of activism; the relations between traditional and social media; and the complex network of systems, information, people, values, theories, histories, ideologies and aesthetics underlying various types of activism. The workshop consists of presentations and brainstorming sessions where we materialize the intangible and develop our theories and ideas further through a collaborative design process. Deadline for submissions is April 8, 2019. The maximum length of a paper is 2,000 words. The papers should follow the ECSCW formatting guidelines. Submissions and inquiries shall be sent to the following email address: khansson(a)dsv.su.se<mailto:khansson@dsv.su.se> For more information about the workshop and suggested topics visit the web page: https://materializingactivism.blogs.dsv.su.se<https://materializingactivism.blogs.dsv.su.se/>

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Join us in Brussels on March 22nd: 30 Years of the web: Where do we go next?
by Katja Bego 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Hi AoiR community, I thought the following event in the European Parliament might be of interest to some of you: *When:* March 22 13:30 - 16:30 *Where: *European Parliament (Brussels) https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/30-years-web-where-do-we-go-next/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on *Friday 22 March* at the *European Parliament* for an exciting afternoon of talks and bold ideas about the future of the internet: how can we build an internet and connected world that is more democratic, inclusive and resilient for all? During this event, we will also launch a compilation of radical new visions for the internet, by both leading and emerging thinkers and artists from Europe and beyond. This event is organised by the NGI Move <https://www.ngi.eu/about/ngi-move/>, EU Engineroom <https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/next-generation-internet-engineroom/> and recently launched NGI Forward projects. This March marks the thirtieth anniversary of the World Wide Web. As we reflect on its history, we must also take the opportunity to think about what we want the future of the web, the internet and everyday life in a connected world, to look like. The internet has undoubtedly brought us a lot of good over the past decades, but its astronomical impact has not always led to the betterment of society. Power over our data is concentrated in the hands of very few players and new technologies are creating cracks in our democracies. We find ourselves stuck between two dominant models: the monopolistic corporate-led internet of Silicon Valley and large-scale government surveillance systems of Beijing. Can we now come up with a third narrative, where citizens and communities are in control and can determine their own future? The Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s ambitious new flagship programme which seeks to build an internet that’s more inclusive, resilient and democratic by the end of the decade, offers and opportunity for Europe to take charge of shaping such a new narrative. *This event is part of a longer series part of the NGI in which we think about the kind of future internet we would like to see. * *Speakers include: * *Marietje Schaake, *Member of European Parliament (D66/ALDE) Foreign Affairs Trade and Tech *Fabrizio Sestini, *Senior Expert for Digital Social Innovation, European Commission DG CONNECT *Rob van Kranenburg, *Founder of Internet of Things Council *Katja Bego, *Senior Researcher, Nesta *Peter Baeck,* Head of Collaborative Economy Research and Centre for Collective Intelligence Design (CCID) *Ger Baron, *CTO of the City of Amsterdam *Alberto Cottica,* Founder and Research Director of Edgeryders -- Katja Bego | Senior Researcher, Explorations & Futures team and Coordinator of EU Engineroom -- 58 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DS www.nesta.org.uk <http://www.nesta.org.uk/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/nesta_uk> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1868227&goback=%2Egdr_1274367066783_1> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NESTA/116788428355432?v=wall&ref=sgm> If you no longer want to receive emails from Nesta, send an email to info(a)nesta.org.uk <mailto:info@nesta.org.uk>. This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Any use, copying or disclosure other than by the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately via +44 (0)20 7438 2500 or by email to info(a)nesta.org.uk <mailto:information@nesta.org.uk> and delete this message and any copies from your computer and network. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nesta. Nesta is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS.

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[Deadline Extension] DIPI 2019 - March 25 - Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet - co-located with IEEE WoWMoM 2019
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

============================================================= 1st International Workshop on Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet (DIPI 2019)* June 9-12, 2019 Washington DC, USA http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/dipi2019/ *co-located with IEEE WoWMoM 2019 ============================================================= ******** Benefits ******** - Accepted papers will be included and indexed in IEEE Xplore - 6-pages double column format - Editorial follow-ups: Extended versions of selected papers might be considered for possible fast track publication in a Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications ******** Topics of Interest ******** 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. 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. Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological, methodological, or a combination of those. Papers reporting strong data-oriented systems engineering contributions backed by solid and appropriate evaluations are strongly encouraged. The impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in the context of the data-related aspects in the pervasive and industrial internet. Research contributions are solicited in all application areas pertinent to industrial and pervasive data distribution, including but not limited to: Data distribution in Industrial Internet, where novel data management techniques can be supported by networking protocols, algorithms and processes, and where intelligent entities can exchange and manage distributed data in order to achieve improved performance for both the cyber and the physical components. Particular areas of interest include: - Data-driven industrial IoT architectures with multiple inter-connected networking technologies - Pervasive data distribution and management algorithms for the Industrial Internet - Networking protocol stacks and standardization for enabling efficient data distribution - Industrial cloud and edge computing, communication and networking technologies - Data-oriented networked control, distributed optimization, and distributed learning - Industrial internet robotics and autonomous systems - Modeling of tightly integrated, data-intensive Cyber-Physical processes, computation platforms, and networks - Data distribution solutions which satisfy the Industry 4.0 requirements Data distribution in Pervasive Internet, where the ambient intelligence of network devices embedded in the environment can provide a constant and unobtrusive data management and distribution. Particular areas of interest include: - Large-scale data management and distribution in pervasive internet - Clouds, cloudlets, fog computing, device-to-device coordination - Pervasive big data and artificial intelligence - Smart spaces and intelligent environments - Cognitive computing techniques - Social Cyber-Physical Computing and human in the loop, data-oriented approaches - Crowdsensing and analytics of human user data in Cyber-Physical Systems Contributions focused on the horizontal topics of (a) security, privacy, trust (b) reliability, safety (c) experiences from real-world deployments, testbeds, case studies, are also welcome, as long as they target one of the aforementioned application areas. ******** Main Organizers ******** - Workshop Chairs Theofanis P. Raptis, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council (IIT-CNR), Italy Georgios Z. Papadopoulos, IMT Atlantique, France - Technical Program Committee Masoud Abbaszadeh (GE Global Research, USA) Xenofon (Fontas) Fafoutis (DTU, Denmark) Antoine Gallais (Inria Lille / University of Strasbourg, France) Oana Iova (INSA Lyon, France) Salil Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia) Stamatis Karnouskos (SAP, Germany) Vasilis Katos (Bournemouth University, UK) Ernoe Kovacs (NEC Labs Europe, Germany) Francois Lemercier (NIST, USA) Valeria Loscri (Inria Lille, France) Nathalie Mitton (Inria Lille, France) Julien Montavont (University of Strasbourg, France) Sharief Oteafy (DePaul University, USA) Chrysa Papagianni (Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium) Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy) Tanguy Ropitault (NIST, USA) Miguel Sepulcre (Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain) Lei Shu (University of Lincoln, UK / Nanjing Agricultural University, China) George Sklivanitis (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Petros Spachos (University of Guelph, Canada) Violet R. Syrotiuk (Arizona State University, USA) Geraldine Texier (IMT Atlantique, France) Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) Carlo Vallati (University of Pisa, Italy) Cong Wang (Old Dominion University, USA) Dimitrios Zorbas (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland) - Publicity co-Chairs Gangyong Jia (Hangzhou Dianzi University, China) Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) ******** Important Dates ******** Paper Submission: March 25, 2019 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2019 Camera Ready: April 29, 2019 ******** Submission Guidelines ******** http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/dipi2019/sub.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 235D Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @PROTON_Lab<https://twitter.com/PROTON_Lab>

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Special Issue on on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media
by Elisabetta Biondi 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Online Social Networks and Media Journal http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ Special Issue on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media Submission Deadline: April 1st, 2019 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Online Social Networks and Media have a high scientific and economic value because the big data collected from these platforms provide a sort of social microscope to investigate and understand human behavior and interests, both in the cyber and in the physical world. The digital footprints that people leave in OSNEM provide a unique source to investigate and understand (by exploiting data mining, machine learning and complex network techniques) people's behavior (e.g., mobility patterns, opinions and interests spreading, polarization), and societal phenomena (the epidemics spreading, the terrorist networks, the diffusion of opinions, the pulse of a city, the spread of fake news, etc.) and develop innovative services. This special issue seeks high-quality scientific articles (both theoretical and experimental) and survey papers focusing on using OSNEM data for modeling and understanding the human and social behavior in the cyber and physical world. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Social media analysis and social analytics; - Measurement, analysis and modeling of social behavior through OSNEM data; - User behavior modeling with OSNEM data; - Analysis of the use of OSNEM in the urban context; - OSNEM data for Open Source Intelligence - Multidisciplinary applications of OSNEM (economics, medicine, society, politics, homeland security, etc.); - Dynamics of trends, information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM; - Recommendations and advertising in OSNEM; - Spread of news, topics, and opinions; - Modelling and characterisation of societal debates and polarization in OSNEM; - Influence analysis and social influence; - Identification of diffusion sources and influencers; - Establishment and perception of trust and reputation in OSNEM; - Detection/containment of fake news and related sources; - Modelling/analysis/countermeasures to formation of echo chambers; - Methods to modify/control/maximise information and opinion diffusion; - Data-driven approaches to study information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM; Guest Editors Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy *** Instructions for submission *** Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.evise.com/profile/#/OSNEM/login. Please select "VSI:Social&Human_Mining" when you reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media. For further information, please contact the guest editors at {m.conti,a.passarella} at iit.cnr.it

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Symposium: Approaches to multimodality in the media | 12 April 2019 | Queen Mary University of London
by Wing Hei Adrian Yip 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Dear all, We are inviting you to the symposium ‘Reading beyond words: Multimodality in the media’ (AMiM2019). It will be held at Queen Mary University of London on 12 April 2019. The main theme of the symposium is multimodality. In the contemporary mediatized world, meaning-making often requires attention to more than one mode. The goal of this symposium is to highlight the importance of a multimodal paradigm for investigating the media. We are delighted to have five invited speakers at AMiM 2019: • Dr Tuomo Hiippala, University of Helsinki, Finland • Professor Carey Jewitt, University College London, United Kingdom • Dr Richard Misek, University of Kent, United Kingdom • Dr John Miers, Kingston University London, United Kingdom • Dr Sumin Zhao, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Please RSVP on our website (https://amim2019.wixsite.com/amim2019) by 5 April. The preliminary programme has been released and you can follow us on Twitter (@2019Amim) for the most updated news about the symposium. Please circulate widely and encourage your colleagues and friends to participate! If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at lpc.qmul(a)gmail.com. Look forward to seeing you there! Best regards, Adrian

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Extended Deadline - 5th IEEE Intl Conf. on Smart Computing - SMARTCOMP19, Washington DC
by Hemant Purohit 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Call for Papers: [Apologies for multiple copies] ----------------- SMARTCOMP is the premier conference on smart computing. Smart computing is based on the synergistic combination of advances in Sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Edge computing, Big Data analytics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and Artificial Intelligence. Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements of cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living. SMARTCOMP 2019 is the 5th edition of the conference and will held in Washington, USA and will include smart computing innovations pertaining to pervasive/ubiquitous computing, cloud computing, sensor networks, internet of things, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems and their application and validation within smart computing environments. This includes applications such as smart buildings, smart cities, smart grids, precision agriculture and other innovations contributing to smart living. Submission Guidelines Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that). Prior to submission, ensure that any running headers/footers, page numbering, as well as blue underlining for URLs and email addresses has been removed. All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Topics ------ SMARTCOMP 2019 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build smart computing systems and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Submissions should thus match to at least one of the following three major fields of interest: SMART COMPUTING CONCEPTS, MODELS AND ALGORITHMS: ----------------------------------------------- Future Smart Computing Paradigms Models of Smart Environments Algorithms for Smart Computing AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing Edge computing platforms and algorithms SMART COMPUTING SYSTEMS: ------------------------ Security, Privacy, and Economics in Smart Environments Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments SMART COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS: ---------------------------------------------- Smart Precision Agriculture Smart Transportation Smart FinTech Smart Food-Energy-Water Nexus/Life-cycle analysis Smart Health Smart Communities Smart Human Environments, Entertainment, and Social Activities Smart Energy Management and Analytics Important Dates --------------- Paper Registration Deadline: 28 January 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: 11 February 2019 Acceptance Notification: 29 March 2019 Camera Ready Deadline: 28 April 2019 Organizing Committee -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Aryya Gangopadhyay (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Raghu Ganti (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA) Julie McCann (Imperial College London, UK) Workshops Co-Chairs: Dario Bruneo (University of Messina, Italy) Christine Julien (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Keynote Co-Chairs: Mudhakar Srivatsa (IBM T J Watson Research Center) WIP and Demo Chair: Shiqiang Wang (IBM T J Watson Research Center) PhD Forum Chair: Nirupam Roy (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, USA) Publication Chair: TBC Registration and Finance Chair: Carmen Au (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Maciej Zawodniok (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) Publicity Co-Chairs: Baek-Young Choi (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA) Hemant Purohit (George Mason University, USA) Francesca Righetti (University of Pisa, Italy) Hesheng Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Local Arrangement Chair: Nirmalya Roy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Web Chair: Sreenivasan Ramasamy Ramamurthy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Anamika Paul Rupa (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Steering Committee ------------------ Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) TPC --- Christian Becker, University of Mannheim Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna Dario Bruneo, University of Messina Alessandra De Paola, University of Palermo Wan Du, University of California at Merced, USA Angelo Furno, IFSTTAR-France Mohammad Hajiesmaili, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Fanxin Kong, University of Pennsylvania Ulf Kulau, TU Braunschweig Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens Kyung-Joon Park, DGIST Lucas Pereira, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) Dirk Pesch, Nimbus Centre For Embedded Systems Research, Cork Institute of Technology Carlo Puliafito, University of Pisa Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County Nishanth Sastry, KCL Vijay Srinivasan, Samsung R&D Neeraj Suri, TU Darmstadt Hwee-Pink Tan, Singapore Management University Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Carlo Vallati, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa Desheng Zhang, Rutgers Eugenio Zimeo, University of Sannio Venue ----- The 5th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2019) will be held at Washington DC, USA. Contact ------- For any Information about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs: Raghu Ganti or Julie McCann. ----------------- -- Hemant Purohit, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Information Sci. & Tech., George Mason University Office: 5348 Nguyen Engineering Building | http://ist.gmu.edu/~hpurohit<http://ist.gmu.edu/~hpurohit/>

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International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC)
by Max Schleser 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Apologise for cross-posting pls feel free to forward (:-) Call for Submissions International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC) https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/internatio nal-mobile-storytelling-congress.aspx The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), the Mobile Innovation Network & Association (MINA) and Mobile Studies International (MSI) collaborate to initiate an event for the world of mobile storytellers: International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Consisting of workshops, a conference, and a smartphone film festival, the congress aims to promote mobile storytelling for effective communication in different areas ranging from community and civic engagement to new forms of storytelling, creativity and developments towards story making (Schleser and Berry 2018) and/or storyliving (Google New Lab 2017). To be held on 22-24 November 2019 in Ningbo, China, IMSC focuses mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking, mobile innovation and mobile creativity. IMSC provides a forum for practitioners and scholars to showcase projects and discuss changes, challenges and chances of mobile storytelling including, but not limited to the following areas: MOBILE AESTHETICS: Mobile digital art, iPhonography and smartphone filmmaking MOBILE INTERACTIVITY: Installation, locative media art and live AV performances MOBILE MEDIA PRODUCTION: Distribution, collaboration and co-creation MOBILE SOUND: Music production, creative process & mobile instruments MOBILE DATA & Mobile AI: computational creativity & Artificial Intelligence MOBILE AR: Mobile Augmented Reality MOBILE VR: Mobile Virtual Reality MOBILE MR: Mobile Mixed Reality MOBILE STORY: Storytelling, nonfiction, documentary film and media This call is interested in storytelling and its broad application in the digital world. We see narrative and non-narrative methods as innovation sandboxes to illuminate community engagement and creative transformation(s). We aim for a combination of theoretical and creative practice research explorations responding to and interacting with the opportunities and potential of emerging media and screen production. Presentations and showcases can include work-in-progress, project presentations, academic papers and conceptual provocations or pose questions at the intersection of storytelling and screen production. We welcome proposals for workshops to run in conjunction with the International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC). Paper & project abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed. We accept video presentations but require presenters to join a Q&A session via Adobe Connect. Selected academic papers will be published as a volume (with the tentative title of Advances in Mobile Storytelling: Research and Practice co-edited by Schleser and Xu) of a book series of IGI Global while selected projects will be showcased by the 8th Mobile Innovation and Mobile Creativity Symposium and the 9th International Mobile, Pocket and Smartphone Film Screening & Festival. #MINA2019 Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film & Cinematic VR Including Eco Smartphone Filmmaking Competition #NUCLEUS Submission Deadline: 15 August 2019 via https://filmfreeway.com/mina Abstract for Research Papers, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or Showcase Submission Deadline: 15 July 2019 Please submit your academic paper abstracts (in APA style, at least 350 words are expected and a short biographical note 250 words) Full paper submission deadline: 15 October 2019 Submit via https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eXV_35w-fkq4REICgPU 4Wcc8W0c50p9NqUBcn0ErK-dUREpSUVdLVlZOS1dENjBMUUpVRVpSQkdKQS4u We will inform you about the selection results by 15 August 2019. Since 2011 the Mobile Innovation Network and Association (www.MINA.pro) celebrates mobile, pocket and smartphone filmmaking. The annual screening provides an overview of the trends and developments in the international smartphone filmmaking community. MINA’s screening focuses on experimental screen productions, moving-image arts, documentary film and innovative approaches to smartphone filmmaking and cinematic VR. More information about the Mobile Innovation Network & Association, MINA, see MediaNZ Digital Communities issue (http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/medianz-vol16iss1id200) Mobile Studies International (MSI) is a global network of professors of mobile studies and practitioners in the mobile industries. Founded in 2012, MSI provides a dialogue between professors and practitioners of mobile media and communication to share experience and expertise on how to enhance mobile communication in all areas of human activities. For further information, please visit http://msi.wiki. The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is a China campus of the University of Nottingham. Founded in 2004 as the first Sino-Foreign university to open its doors to China, UNNC has attracted more than 8, 000 students and 750 staff from 70 countries and regions around the world. For further information, please visit http://nottingham.edu.cn For further information regarding the Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film & Cinematic VR, Research Paper, Workshops, Project Presentations and/or Showcase, please contact Dr Max Schleser via mschleser(a)swin.edu.au For further information regarding the academic papers, please contact Dr Xiaoge Xu via xiaoge.xu(a)nottingham.edu.cn Congress Committee Dr Xiaoge Xu, Congress Chair, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Dr Max Schleser, Congress Chair, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Dr Gary Rawnsley, Professor/Faculty Dean, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Dr Andrew White, Professor/School Head, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Conference & Screening Committee Felipe Cardona, Smartphone filmmaker, Columbia Ass Prof Dr. Gerda Cammaer, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Canada Matt Clasener, Adobe Education Leader & Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, Netherlands Hilary Davis, Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Dr Kerreen Ely-Harper, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Australia Marcelo Godoy, Creative Producer, Brazil Liz Hoyle, School of Communications Studies, AUT University, New Zealand Chrisitan Kahnt, Director Goethe Institute, New Zealand Anandana Kapur, CINEMAD-India, New Delhi, India João Krefer, Filmmaker & Director, Brazil Ass Prof Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma, Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India Dr. Patrick Kelly, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University, Australia Martin Koszolko, School of Creative Arts, Melbourne Polytechnic James Nicholson, Television and Screen Production, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Ass Prof Stefano Odorico, International Research Centre for Interactive Storytelling, Leeds Trinity University Shuai Li, PhD researcher Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Australia Michael G. Osheku, African Smartphone Film Festival, Nigeria Sylvie Prasad, Visual Artist, Arts & Digital Industries, University of East London, UK Ulrike Rosenfeld, Cultural Programmes, Goethe-Institute, New Zealand Dr Gary Rawnsley, Professor/Faculty Dean, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Dr. Miriam Ross, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Dr. Melanie Sarantou, Arctic Design and Art Profiling Area, University of Lapland, Finland Dr Max Schleser, Congress Chair, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Ass. Prof. Dr Paola Voci, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Otago / Te Whare Wänanga o Otago, New Zealand Vannessa Vox, Filmmaker & Artist, France Dr Andrew White, Professor/School Head, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Ass Prof Dr. Gavin Wilson, Department of Mass Communication and Media, College of Arts & Sciences, Gulf University for Science & Technology Dr Xiaoge Xu, Congress Chair, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

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Three media and communications positions available at University of Melbourne
by Bjorn Nansen 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

We are advertising three new positions in the media and communications program at the university of Melbourne, which may be of interest to AoIR folk. Lecturer in Media and Communication (Digital Media Research Methods) Lecturer in Media and Communication (Writing and Professional Communication) Lecturer in Media and Communication (Media and Society) Details below Lecturer in Media and Communication (Digital Media Research Methods) Job no: 0047829 Work type: Continuing Location: Parkville (Melbourne, Australia) Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: AUD98,775 - AUD117,290 (Level B) Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation This Lecturer in Media and Communications (Digital Media Research Methods) will coordinate and teach into existing and new methods subjects in the graduate and undergraduate programs of Media and Communications. An ability to teach traditional quantitative research methods is essential. Other responsibilities include supervising honours, minor theses and PhD students. The Lecturer will be expected to have a strong track record of research and publications and the ability to contribute to the development of existing and future research projects, including participation as an investigator on ARC and/or externally funded research projects. The candidate will have strong skills in online data collection and analysis techniques, and the capacity to reflect on their social and ethical implications. The specific area of research focus is open, but an ability to complement existing research strengths in the Media and Communications Program is an advantage. For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria For full details and to apply go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/899201/lecturer-in-media-and-communic… Applications close: 8 Apr 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time _______________________________________________ Lecturer in Media and Communication (Writing and Professional Communication) Job no: 0047828 Work type: Continuing Location: Parkville Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: $98,775 - $117,290 (Level B) Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation This Lecturer in Media and Communication (Writing and Professional Communication) will coordinate and teach our highly successful writing, digital content, and professional communication subjects at both undergraduate and graduate levels. This may include subjects such as 'Introduction to Media Writing,' 'Writing for the Media' and 'Writing and Editing for Digital Media.' There is capacity within the role to work on curriculum development to refine existing subject offerings. Other responsibilities include supervising honours and minor theses. The Lecturer will be expected to have a strong track record of research and publications and the ability to contribute to the development of existing and future research projects, including externally funded research applications. The successful candidate will foster engagement links with external networks/partners nationally and internationally and will be expected to take on administrative tasks associated with the appointment. For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria For full details and to apply go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/899213/lecturer-in-media-and-communic… Applications close: 8 Apr 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time Lecturer in Media and Communication (Media and Society) Job no: 0047833 Work type: Fixed Term Location: Parkville (Melbourne, Australia) Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: AUD98,775 - AUD117,290 (Level B) Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation The Lecturer in Media and Communication (Media and Society) will be responsible for teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The incumbent will be expected to teach into the Media and Communication foundation subjects, such as; 'Media and Society' and 'Understanding Media and Communication’. Other responsibilities include supervising honours and minor theses. The Lecturer will be expected to have a strong track record of research and publications and the ability to contribute to the development of existing and future research projects, including externally funded research applications. Candidates with a social science background and strong grounding in media theory - including an ability to apply critical approaches to key contemporary debates with media and communication - are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will foster engagement links with external networks/partners nationally and internationally and will be expected to take on administrative tasks associated with the appointment. For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria For full details and to apply go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/899212/lecturer-in-media-and-communic… Applications close: 8 Apr 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time The Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne is the top-ranked program in Australia (QS 2018) and features a thriving research and teaching environment. The Program is rapidly expanding, after sustained growth in recent years. Media and Communications runs a very successful Major in the Bachelor of Arts and a number of highly successful Masters degrees, including Global Media Communication and Marketing Communication. It has research strengths in digital cultures, media theory, journalism studies, cyber security, marketing communications, and political communication. Media and Communication features both quantitative and qualitative researchers from across the social sciences and humanities. The School of Culture and Communication is a thriving research hub for critical thinking in the humanities and social sciences. This agenda is led by world-leading scholars who span fields including Media and Communication, Journalism, Publishing, Screen and Cultural Studies, Creative Writing, English, Theatre, Australian Indigenous Studies, Art History and Curatorship. The School is host to several large research projects and centres, including the Centre for Advancing Journalism, the Research Unit in Public Cultures, and the Research Unit for Enlightenment, Romanticism and Contemporary Culture (ERCC). Dr Bjorn Nansen Senior Lecturer Media and Communications University of Melbourne E165 John Medley building T +61 3 8344 9122 | E nansenb(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:nansenb@unimelb.edu.au> W https://unimelb.academia.edu/bjornnansen<https://unimelb.academia.edu/bjornnansen> From: Ingrid Volkmer <ivolkmer(a)unimelb.edu.au> Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019 at 7:18 pm To: Nikos Papastergiadis <n.papastergiadis(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Scott McQuire <mcquire(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Scott Wright <scott.wright(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Robert Hassan <hassanr(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Monica Whitty <monica.whitty(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Jennifer Milam <jennifer.milam(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Bjorn Nansen <nansenb(a)unimelb.edu.au>, David Nolan <d.nolan(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Kyujin Shim <kyujin.shim(a)unimelb.edu.au>, Wonsun Shin <wonsun.shin(a)unimelb.edu.au> Subject: Fwd: [Commlist] Two positions available at University of Melbourne And PD's also advertised on the ECREA list run by Nico Carpentier, Ingrid see below Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: nico CARPENTIER <nico.carpentier(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:nico.carpentier@vub.ac.be>> Date: 12 March 2019 at 7:10:27 PM AEDT To: <commlist(a)commlist.org<mailto:commlist@commlist.org>> Subject: [Commlist] Two positions available at University of Melbourne Reply-To: <no_reply(a)commlist.org<mailto:no_reply@commlist.org>> __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Two positions available at University of Melbourne as below. _________________________________________________ Lecturer in Media and Communication (Digital Media Research Methods) Job no: 0047829 Work type: Continuing Location: Parkville (Melbourne, Australia) Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: AUD98,775 - AUD117,290 (Level B) Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation This Lecturer in Media and Communications (Digital Media Research Methods) will coordinate and teach into existing and new methods subjects in the graduate and undergraduate programs of Media and Communications. An ability to teach traditional quantitative research methods is essential. Other responsibilities include supervising honours, minor theses and PhD students. The Lecturer will be expected to have a strong track record of research and publications and the ability to contribute to the development of existing and future research projects, including participation as an investigator on ARC and/or externally funded research projects. The candidate will have strong skills in online data collection and analysis techniques, and the capacity to reflect on their social and ethical implications. The specific area of research focus is open, but an ability to complement existing research strengths in the Media and Communications Program is an advantage. The Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne is the top-ranked program in Australia (QS 2018) and features a thriving research and teaching environment. The Program is rapidly expanding, after sustained growth in recent years. Media and Communications runs a very successful Major in the Bachelor of Arts and a number of highly successful Masters degrees, including Global Media Communication and Marketing Communication. It has research strengths in digital cultures, media theory, journalism studies, cyber security, marketing communications, and political communication. Media and Communication features both quantitative and qualitative researchers from across the social sciences and humanities. The School of Culture and Communication is a thriving research hub for critical thinking in the humanities and social sciences. This agenda is led by world-leading scholars who span fields including Media and Communication, Journalism, Publishing, Screen and Cultural Studies, Creative Writing, English, Theatre, Australian Indigenous Studies, Art History and Curatorship. The School is host to several large research projects and centres, including the Centre for Advancing Journalism, the Research Unit in Public Cultures, and the Research Unit for Enlightenment, Romanticism and Contemporary Culture (ERCC). For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria For full details and to apply go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/899201/lecturer-in-media-and-communic… Applications close: 8 Apr 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time _______________________________________________ Lecturer in Media and Communication (Media and Society) Job no: 0047833 Work type: Fixed Term Location: Parkville (Melbourne, Australia) Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: AUD98,775 - AUD117,290 (Level B) Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation The Lecturer in Media and Communication (Media and Society) will be responsible for teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The incumbent will be expected to teach into the Media and Communication foundation subjects, such as; 'Media and Society' and 'Understanding Media and Communication’. Other responsibilities include supervising honours and minor theses. The Lecturer will be expected to have a strong track record of research and publications and the ability to contribute to the development of existing and future research projects, including externally funded research applications. Candidates with a social science background and strong grounding in media theory - including an ability to apply critical approaches to key contemporary debates with media and communication - are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will foster engagement links with external networks/partners nationally and internationally and will be expected to take on administrative tasks associated with the appointment. The Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne is the top-ranked program in Australia (QS 2018) and features a thriving research and teaching environment. The Program is rapidly expanding, after sustained growth in recent years. Media and Communications runs a very successful Major in the Bachelor of Arts and a number of highly successful Masters degrees, including Global Media Communication and Marketing Communication. It has research strengths in digital cultures, media theory, journalism studies, cyber security, marketing communications, and political communication. Media and Communication features both quantitative and qualitative researchers from across the social sciences and humanities. The School of Culture and Communication is a thriving research hub for critical thinking in the humanities and social sciences. This agenda is led by world-leading scholars who span fields including Media and Communication, Journalism, Publishing, Screen and Cultural Studies, Creative Writing, English, Theatre, Australian Indigenous Studies, Art History and Curatorship. The School is host to several large research projects and centres, including the Centre for Advancing Journalism, the Research Unit in Public Cultures, and the Research Unit for Enlightenment, Romanticism and Contemporary Culture (ERCC). For full details and to apply go to: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/899212/lecturer-in-media-and-communic… Applications close: 8 Apr 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ --------------- The COMMLIST --------------- This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely. -- To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/ -- Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/ -- To contact the mailing list manager: Email: nico.carpentier(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:nico.carpentier@vub.ac.be> URL: http://nicocarpentier.net ---------------

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New Book: Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families
by Taipale, Sakari 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear all My new book, Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families, is out from Springer. ToC is below. I am happy to share individual chapters with anyone interested. Check out more details at https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030119461 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. What Is a 'Digital Family'? 3. Technological Drivers and Sociocultural Change 4. Beyond Social and Family Generations 5. Warm Experts 2.0 6. Digital Housekeeping 7. The Big Meaning of Small Messages 8. Intergenerational Solidarity 9. Technologies of Re-familization 10. Towards a More Balanced Approach to Digital Families Best regards, Sakari Taipale, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Research Group Leader of CoEAge Care Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of Jyväskylä, Finland Senior Research Associate Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Associate Editor, Human Technology http://humantechnology.jyu.fi/ JYU. MAKING SCIENCE SOCIAL. #JYUnity #JYUnique

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LiveStream of Gillian Rose talk at University of Calgary
by Ryan Burns 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the UC Cities research group at University of Calgary, I'd like to notify you that we will be live broadcasting Dr. Gillian Rose's (University of Oxford) talk in two weeks. We hope that this will make the conversation accessible to audiences unable to physically attend. You can find a LiveStream video embedded on the group's main page here<http://uccities.ca/> (http:uccities.ca<http://uccities.ca/>), and we will have further information regarding an archive to follow. The broadcast will begin just before her talk on Tuesday, March 26th at 3pm (MDT). For those of you in the Southern Alberta region, please feel welcomed to attend in EEEL 161 at UofC, and find a link below to register. The event is generously supported by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities<http://arts.ucalgary.ca/cih>, and in particular its "Social Justice in the Smart City<https://arts.ucalgary.ca/cih/smartcityiwg>" working group. See below for the official announcement, including the abstract and Dr. Rose's brief bio. Best wishes, Ryan Burns [http://go.ucalgary.ca/rs/161-OLN-990/images/UCalgary-Logo-Horz-Color.png]<http://em.ucalgary.ca/dc/mYyjONeLIwRv-d0pLFtx9zQ-h0uu8BF6DOrO7kVxheQ=/R00K7…> Calgary Institute for the Humanities [marketo-david-sarkisov-1181035-unsplash.jpg] THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE SMART CITY INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKING GROUP AT THE CALGARY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES PRESENTS data bodies, smart bodies and sensible bodies: posthuman corporeality in the digitally mediated city A LECTURE BY DR. GILLIAN ROSE PROFESSOR OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2019 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Energy Environment Experiential Learning Building Room 161 University of Calgary 750 Campus Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4H9 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<http://em.ucalgary.ca/HO0002G08c6E6N70K3L00oG> Unable to attend? Watch the live video stream of this talk on Mar. 26: arts.ucalgary.ca/labs/global-urban-research/<http://em.ucalgary.ca/JL0KOG0p3N0876E2Gc00070> ________________________________ Digital technologies of various kinds are now the means through which many cities are made visible and their spatialities negotiated. From casual snaps shared on Instagram to elaborate photo‐realistic visualisations, digital technologies for making, distributing and viewing cities are more and more pervasive. This talk will explore some of the implications of that digital mediation for the bodies assembled in digitally mediated urban spaces. What forms of embodiment are being made visible in these digitally mediated cities, and how? Through what configuration of urban temporality, spatiality and sociality? And how should that picturing be theorised? Drawing on recent work on the visualisation of so‐called 'smart cities', the lecture will suggest the scale and pervasiveness of digital imagery now means that notions of 'representation' have to be rethought. Cities and their inhabitants are increasingly mediated through a febrile cloud of streaming image files; as well as representing cities, this cloud also operationalises particular ways of being urban. The lecture will explore some of the implications of this shift for both theory and method as well as critique. BIOGRAPHY Gillian Rose is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of Feminism and Geography(Polity, 1993), Doing Family Photography (Ashgate, 2010) and Visual Methodologies(Sage, fourth edition 2016), as well as a many papers on images, visualising technologies and ways of seeing in urban, domestic and archival spaces. She is leading the ESRC‐funded project Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes; her particular interest is how digital visualisations of many kinds operationalise smart cities (SCiM‐MK.org) She also curates the digital | visual | cultural series of events (dvcultural.org<http://em.ucalgary.ca/s0q60K30EL880O2G7c00G0N>). Gillian’s webpage is at www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/grose.html<http://em.ucalgary.ca/K00G7OL00K6r09GEc2380N0>; she blogs at visual/method/culture and can be found on Twitter @ProfGillian<http://em.ucalgary.ca/F3ELK00sa2O0c06G000NG87>. HOST Dr. Rose's visit to Calgary is organized by the Social Justice and the Smart City Interdisciplinary Working Group at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. To find out more about the group and to contact the conveners about participating in their research activities, please visit their website<http://em.ucalgary.ca/VELb002G630N000OK7Gct80>. -- Ryan Burns Department of Geography Engaging Open Data Research O'Brien Institute for Public Health Book Review Editor, The Canadian Geographer University of Calgary http://burnsr77.github.io<http://burnsr77.github.io/>

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