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Re: [Air-L] Open access journals
by Mittell, Jason S. 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Jill et. al., The best overall resource is the Directory of Open Access Journals: https://doaj.org/ I'll plug the journal I co-run, [in]Transition<http://mediacommons.org/intransition>, which publishes video essays rather than written articles. I'd also take a moment to ask everyone to consider their own publishing and reviewing practices, and how they contribute to access & openness, rather than profiteering by private companies off of the free labor of academics. If you are in the position to do so, consider pledging not to publish in, edit, and/or review for commercially-owned journals. -Jason --- Jason Mittell, Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies Middlebury College 208 Axinn Center Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (802) 443-3435 / fax: (802) 443-2805 Blog: http://go.middlebury.edu/justtv

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iPres2019 Earlybird Registration now open
by Natalie Harrower 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

The Early Bird Registration for iPRES 2019 is now open. This year the 16th International Conference on Digital Preservation will visit Amsterdam in The Netherlands (September 16 - 20), with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network as your host. Register now<https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=6600&d=kpX93NrOkCHEn7i8E7L7Xts_z6Thq-2l1m…> to secure your place and to benefit from the early bird fee! Event Description iPRES is the premier and longest-running conference series on digital preservation. Since 2004, the annual iPRES conference travels in rotation around the globe on four continents. iPRES brings together 300-400 scientists, students, researchers, archivists, librarians, providers, and other experts to share recent developments and innovative projects in a wide variety of topics in digital preservation from strategy to implementation, and from international and local initiatives. Year on year the debate and research profiled at iPRES have moved digital preservation from a technology driven niche specialism of experts to a global challenge with the community to match. Programme The iPRES 2019 programme will include workshops, tutorials, paper presentations, panels, hackathons, the great digital preservation bake-off and professional visits to Dutch Heritage Institutes. This year, the overall conference theme is Eye on the Horizon<https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=6600&d=kpX93NrOkCHEn7i8E7L7Xts_z6Thq-2l1m…>. Early Bird Registration If you are planning to attend iPRES 2019, register now for the Early Bird fee<https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=6600&d=kpX93NrOkCHEn7i8E7L7Xts_z6Thq-2l1m…> and secure your place. Deadline for Submissions While we have your attention, may we remind you that the deadline for submissions is 18 March 2019 (23:59:59 Amsterdam Time CET). We welcome full papers (no abstracts) as well as proposals for workshops, tutorials, posters, panel discussions and for a hackathon. Submissions should relate to the overall conference theme, Eye on the Horizon, describing the cutting edge of our domain and crossing into other domains. Read more on: https://ipres2019.org/call-for-contributions<https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=6600&d=kpX93NrOkCHEn7i8E7L7Xts_z6Thq-2l1m…> _______________ Dr. Natalie Harrower Director, Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy n.harrower(a)ria.ie<mailto:n.harrower@ria.ie> | @natalieharrower www.dri.ie<http://www.dri.ie> | @dri_ireland The Academy is subject to the FOI Act 2014, the Data Protection Acts 1988-2003 and 2018, GDPR (EU 2016/679) and S.I. No. 336/2011, EC Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations. For further information see our website www.ria.ie/privacy-and-data-protection

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CfP: Communication Rights in the Digital Age
by Minna Aslama 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Call for Papers: Communication Rights in the Digital Age International Conference Organized by the Helsinki Media Policy Research Group, the University of Helsinki, the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section and the Euromedia Research Group 24–25 October 2019, Helsinki, Finland https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/communication-rights-in-the-digital-… The rights-based perspective on ethical and political questions presented by the new digital media has recently regained attention in academic and political debates. The formulation of human rights in general is based on a communication right – freedom of expression – as well as a right to take part and be heard in a dialogue. In the digital era, the role of communication has been magnified. Calls for the protection of citizens’ “digital rights,” for example, have resulted in countless reports and declarations by governments, international bodies and activist organizations over the past two decades. In addition to debates on the consequences of digital transformations for established rights, such as freedom of expression, new rights have been envisioned, such as “the right to be forgotten” and the right to internet access. Thus far, there are more academic, public and policy debates than solid and sustainable legal and policy solutions. This is not surprising given the complexity of these rights, which have many context-based variations, operate on the cusp of theory and praxis, and are constantly evolving with technological advances. Communication rights refer not only to legal norms but also more broadly to the freedoms and norms that have special significance to societies and individuals. Due to the importance of communication rights to societies and democracy, it is imperative to understand how those rights are defined, manifested, regulated and monitored today. The realization of communication rights is further shaped by economic, political and socio-cultural situations. What do we know about these contexts? How can we accumulate a better conceptual and empirical understanding of communication rights? This conference will specifically address the interplay of national and global (universal and specific) characteristics of communication rights. Core questions include but are not limited to the following: What are some definitions of communication rights? * What should be considered communication rights? *What is their relationship to human rights and/or natural rights? * How do communication rights differ from the classic reliance on speech rights as the basis for media regulation? Who are the policy and other actors defining these rights in national and international contexts, and what are their roles in discursive and/or policy-making contexts? * How do different academic disciplines respond to the concept of communication rights? * How are rights interpreted in different empirical contexts? * For instance, communication rights and their position in national constitutions What are current core issues or cases that pertain to communication rights? These may include but are not limited to: * Market concentration, platforms and “big tech”: EU and national responses * Platforms financing media and their influence on journalism * New policies for diversity; new tools and policies for media support and sustainability * The influence of party politics and populism (and the context of hate speech) on freedom of speech; increasing state control of media outlets, including public broadcasters We are especially interested in novel conceptual and theoretical interventions, but we also appreciate comparative empirical approaches. Confirmed keynote speaker: Philip M. Napoli, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Professor of the International Comparative Studies Program, Duke University, United States Submission: Please submit your proposal of max. 500 words, including your affiliation and contact information, by 15 May 2019 to minna.aslama(a)helsinki.fi. You will receive notification of acceptance by 15 June 2019. Registration and fee: Registration will be open 15 June through 15 October. Registration fee: €100 Reduced student fee: €40 For more information and enquiries, please see the website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/communication-rights-in-the-digital-… or contact minna.aslama(a)helsinki.fi and irina.khaldarova(a)helsinki.fi. -- Dr. Minna Aslama Horowitz @aslama https://minnahorowitz.net/

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Announcement of the 2019 ACS Summer Institute
by Herbers, Martin 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Announcement of the 2019 ACS Summer Institute “The Long Revolution and the Future of Publics” 22-27 July, 2019, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, Germany The forthcoming Summer Institute will discuss the opportunities and challenges to the idea of “publics” brought forth by new communication and media technologies. It builds on Raymond Williams’ idea of a “long revolution” of culture in the course of economic and political changes and expands it to the digitalization of “public spheres”, in which these interactions become visible. Using online resources, such as social network sites, citizens can participate in public discourse and make their voices heard on political issues, thus making the public sphere more diverse. Easily accessible media technologies, such as weblogs and podcasts, enable and empower their users to produce media content, which might subvert hegemonic ideas and challenge asymmetrical power relations. Nevertheless, changes in communication technologies also bear challenges to public spheres: For example, in the course of the fragmentation of the public sphere and the segmentation of its audiences, the practices and norms of public communication become particularistic as well. Online, especially through social network sites, non-democratic ideologies equally get the opportunity to reach a wider audience through malevolent hackers or automated bots. Questions of public control and media regulation arise, as hate speech and fake news become part of the digital vernacular language. The Summer Institute will provide a sustained opportunity for critical reflection on the cultural, technological and political trajectories of digitalization that might enable or endanger publics and public spheres. Working at the intersection of Cultural Studies and Media and Communication Studies, we will analyze recent changes in interpersonal and mediated communication and their implications for future societies and media cultures. The Institute will provide an intense and rewarding academic experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers who will have the opportunity to spend the week attending a variety of seminars and lectures. Five keynote speakers and a faculty staff of leading Cultural Studies scholars from around the world will provide further comprehensive insights to the cultural and political consequences of the digitalization of the public sphere. The key speakers represent the global perspective on the subject and include Tanja Thomas (University of Tübingen), Margie Borschke (Macquari University Sidney); Adam Haupt (University of Cape Town), Rolien Hoyng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Eric Maigret (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle) and Tanja Thomas (University of Tübingen). The faculty members are representatives of European and German Cultural Studies and include Janneke Adema (Coventry University), Ursula Ganz-Blättler (University of St. Gallen), Udo Göttlich (Zeppelin University), Martin R. Herbers (Zeppelin University), Lothar Mikos (Filmuniversität Babelsberg), Giulia Pelillo-Hestermeyer (University of Heidelberg), Aljoša Pužar (University of Ljubljana), Gilbert B. Rodman (University of Minnesota), Helene Strauss (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein), Jeffrey Wimmer (University of Augsburg), Carsten Winter (Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media), Rainer Winter (University of Klagenfurt), Matthias Wieser (University of Klagenfurt), and Sebastian Rauter-Nestler (University of Klagenfurt). The overall participatory and informal character of the Summer Institute will give voice to the participants by offering a forum which addresses issues related to their own work specifically on the topic of “the future of publics” as well as issues of general interest. In addition, social activities from receptions and meals to informal gatherings will provide opportunities for participants, lecturers and organizers to intermingle and stimulate further conversation. The Summer Institute takes place at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Lake Constance and the German, Austrian and Swiss Alps, participants will further enjoy a varied social program. Please find further information on participation, fees, accommodation and the travel process on our website: www.zu.de/acssi2019 Local Organizers Prof. Dr. Udo Göttlich Zeppelin University Am Seemooser Horn 20 88045 Friedrichshafen udo.goettlich(a)zu.de __________________________________ Zeppelin Universität zwischen Wirtschaft Kultur Politik Martin R. Herbers Dr. phil. Akademischer Mitarbeiter | PostDoc Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft Am Seemooser Horn 20 88045 Friedrichshafen | Bodensee T +49 7541 6009 1382 F +49 7541 6009 1199 martin.herbers(a)zu.de zu.de Twitter: @MR_Herbers __________________________________ Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH Sitz der Gesellschaft Friedrichshafen | Bodensee Amtsgericht Ulm HRB 632002 Geschäftsführung Prof Dr Insa Sjurts (Sprecherin) | Matthias Schmolz

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Call for doctoral applications
by Sarah Martindale 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training in Creating Our Lives in Data, University of Nottingham We are looking for 13 talented and enthusiastic students to join the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) https://cdt.horizon.ac.uk We are an interdisciplinary Centre and welcome applicants for our 4 year PhDs from a wide range of backgrounds including computer science, engineering, mathematics, human factors, psychology, sociology, business, geography, social science and the arts. Applicants must possess an excellent first degree and demonstrate an enthusiasm for transdisciplinary research. Our EPSRC funded Creating Our Lives in Data programme aims to establish technologies and methods to enable producers and consumers in the Digital Economy to co-create smarter products in smarter ways, to re-establish trust in the use of personal data. Smarter products combine physical and digital technologies to deliver personalised blends of goods, services and user experiences. These are made through co-creation and data creativity in which consumers actively engage in shaping the products they use. More information and how to apply at: https://cdt.horizon.ac.uk/apply/ Closing date for round 2: 11th March 2019

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The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Last Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results
by Announce Announcements 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

*** LAST CALL FOR DEMOS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS *** 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. ACM UMAP 2019 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR) papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). You are encouraged to submit your Demo or LBR by March 16th 2019. DEMONSTRATIONS Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and to get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or to any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2019. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit a late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) 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 ACM UMAP 2019 Demos and Late-Breaking Results 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 contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR) or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. IMPORTANT DATES · Submission of demos and LBR 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 Demo and Late Breaking Results 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. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS · Styliani Kleanthous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & RISE LIMITED, Cyprus (Contact: stellak AT ucy.ac.cy) · Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia · Ben Steichen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

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Re: [Air-L] Inquiry on screen shots
by Aysenur Ataman 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Dears, After reading through this amazing and lively discussion - I re-evaluated my ethical understanding of digital self determination rights (rights such as organizing online, freedom of online speech, right of digital privacy, etc) of human beings. Thanks a lot for generating a conversation on “how can I even defend digital rights and report old data?” Seems like we have a consensus on anonymizing users as much as possible when presenting their text. In my research with children’s photos uploaded to Instagram, I made sure I exemplified photos of kids whose face were not visible but reading folks who paraphrased users’ texts, I question whether I should have hired a child actor and paid for a photographer to re-create the photograph or perhaps hire an illustrator to draw the photographs. Some discussed processing old data as violation of the “right to be forgotten.” Accessing, collecting, analyzing and reporting digital data are different issues that deserve two separate discussions. My personal thought is that analyzing (or re-analyzing) human behavior that was accessed and observed in the past might be okay as long as we comply with ethical rules of storing and de-identifying our data (like natural observation). I consider each post on digital media as a cultural artifact that contributes to cultural narratives. Right to be forgotten sound a bit utopian when we claim human behavior can be erased from our mediated memories as well (referring to van Dijck here). Does right to be forgotten come with a right to modify collective memories? My thoughts are not strong on the issue of analyzing old data and I can be convinced by other thinkers who claim the opposite approach is more ethical. Best, Ayşenur P.S. I hope I didn’t ruin anyone’s inbox peace and violate listserv rules. _____________________________________________ Ayşenur Benevento Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Abdullah Gül University

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Call for Associate Editors
by Mike Horning 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Dear AOIR Members, I am sharing a call for applications/nominations for a new journal supported by the Communication Technology Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Here is a brief description of the journal: The *Journal of Communication Technology* is the official journal of the Communication Technology <https://aejmcctec.com/> division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication <http://www.aejmc.org/>. The expressed aim of this journal is to bring together research that facilitates discussion and cultivates understanding of the ways in which communication technologies are changing not only media processes and content, but also audiences, institutions, and society at large. Since communication technologies themselves have now come to fulfill a central, social role in virtually all forms of mediated communication, JoCTEC welcomes scholarship from a broad area of inquiry. Provided that the focus pertains to communication technologies, this includes but is not limited to studies of advertising, science, networks, health, politics, history, policy, public relations, management, economics, ethics, minorities, visual communication, and social media. For those interested in applying, you can find out more information here: http://www.joctec.org/call-for-associate-editors/ Best, Mike Michael Horning, PhD Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism Affiliate, Center for Human Computer Interaction AEJMC CTEC Division Research Char Virginia Tech Department of Communication 140 Shanks Hall 540.231.7162 www.michaelhorning.com Twitter: @mhorning

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[DEADLINE APPROACHING] CyberSciTech 2019 CFP (August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan)
by Kevin I-Kai Wang 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] [DEADLINE APPROACHING] CyberSciTech 2019 CFP (August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Session on Intelligent Computing in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems (CyberIC) Special Session on Embracing Hybrid Service Paradigm in Human-Machine Interaction Oriented Cyber Spaces (CyberHSP) Special Session on Smart Health and Medicine in Cyber Life (CyberSHM) 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. 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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REMINDER: CFP – Intersectional Automations: Robotics, AI, Algorithms, and Equity (Abstracts due 1 April 19)
by n_rambukkana＠complexsingularities.net 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

(with apologies for x-posting) Intersectional Automations: Robotics, AI, Algorithms, and Equity Edited Collection (Abstracts Due 1 April 2019 (pdf version here: http://complexsingularities.net/cfp-intersectional-automations-edited-colle… <http://complexsingularities.net/cfp-intersectional-automations-edited-colle…>) This collection will explore a range of situations where robotics, biotechnological enhancement, artificial intelligence (AI), and algorithmic culture collide with intersectional social justice issues, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, ability and citizenship. Some call it the 4th industrial revolution (Brinded, 2016; Kaplan, 2015). Robots, AI, and algorithms have grown from their early uptake in some industries (such as robots in manufacturing) to an accelerating presence in other spheres ranging from customer service roles (for example, reception, check-outs, food service, driving) to professional and creative roles previously unheard-of and un-thought-of (for example, expert legal and medical systems, automated journalism, musical and artistic production (Kaplan, 2016; Ramalho, 2017; Hirsch, 2017)). The World Economic Forum warns that “this will lead to a net loss of over 5 million jobs in 15 major developed and emerging economies by 2020” (Brinded, 2016), a serious challenge to ethical labour practices, and potential looming crisis leading some to consider alternative societal models—such as Universal Basic Income (Frase, 2016), or a robot tax (Walker, 2017)—to compensate. Meanwhile, there is marked evidence that robots, AI, biotechnology, and algorithms are becoming in general and over-top of employment roles more integrated in human societies. Human-machine communication (HMC) has moved from an important yet somewhat-marginal field to lodge itself at the centre of societal workings and visions for the future. From autonomous vehicles (Bowles, 2016), to the algorithmic filtering of search results (Noble, 2018) and social media content (Gillespie, 2018), from online harassment and political boosterism via bots (Dewey, 2016; Woolley, Shorey, & Howard, 2018), to sex robots (Levy, 2007; Danaher & MacArthur, 2017), from ubiquitous AI assistants in our homes and smart devices (Guzman, 2019), to wearable tech that tracks and shares our biometric data (Forlano, 2019) and/or extends our biological capacities (Brooks, 2003; Jones, 2019), such technologies are rapidly mapping themselves onto almost every conceivable realm of human experience. And yet, there is mounting evidence that the creation and programming of robots, AI, and algorithms, being artifacts of human culture, do not escape that context, sometimes carrying into their computational logics, platforms and/or embodiments stereotypes, biases, exclusions, and other forms of privilege. One can think of True Companion’s Roxxxy sex robots that some argue have personality types based on racist and sexist stereotypes of womenhood, for example the Barely-18 “Young Yoko” and resistant “Frigid Farah” that, as Gildea and Richardson (2017) note, seem to fetishize underage girls and sexual assault. Or you could think of the abandoned Amazon HR algorithm which, after being fed years of resumes and hiring decisions, used computational logic to identify traits that that were historically associated with Amazon hiring decisions, with the view of automating part of the hiring process, and encoded a preexisting sexism from the HR data that showed that applicants with work experience or activities that included the word “Women’s,” or who were educated at all-women colleges, were often not hired (Jones, 2018). Finally, one could contemplate how polities using data aggregation and predictive algorithms to manage and make decisions about social programs, resource allocation, or policing can end up targeting and profiling poor or racialized populations, with occasionally terrifying results—such as any mistake on an online application being interpreted by an automated system as “failure to cooperate” (Eubanks, 2017). This edited collection will draw an analytical circle around these interconnected and adjacent issues, lending a critical eye to what is at stake due to the automation of aspects of culture. How do equity issues intersect with these fields? Are the pronouncements always already dire, or are there also lines of flight towards more equitable futures in which agentic artefacts and extensions can play an active part? Chapters may address one or multiple equity issues, and submissions that address emergent intersections between them will be given special consideration. Proposed chapters may address topics such as, but not limited to: – Algorithmic classism, ableism, racism, and sexism, including issues surrounding content moderation on social media (e.g., Gillespie, 2018), redlining/weblining (e.g., Eubanks, 2017), business (e.g., Jones, 2018), big data (e.g., Ferguson, 2017), or military practices such Google’s controversial Project Maven (e.g., Holt, 2018). Algorithm use to address the same issues. – Issues around robotic labour and poverty, Universal Basic Income, robotic utopia/dystopias (e.g., Frase, 2016, Kaplan, 2016). – Issues around the use of deadly autonomous or semi-autonomous robots by the military or non-state actors, such as work surrounding the Campaign Against Killer Robots (e.g., Anderson & Waxman, 2012; Crootof, 2015; Gregory, 2011; Karppi, Bolen, & Granata, 2016). – Issues surrounding sex-robotics, teledildonics, VR, and AI sexuality, including stereotypical, and sexist sex robotic “personalities” and embodiments (e.g., Gildea & Richardson, 2017); sex robots based on real people without consent (e.g., Gee, 2017); The Campaign Against Sex Robots (e.g., Richardson, 2015; Danaher, Earp, & Sandberg, 2017); teledildonic / VR steam hacking and consent (e.g., Rambukkana & Gautier, 2017; Belamire, 2016); the interplay between robotic brothels and sex worker rights and protests (e.g., Morrish, 2017; Trayner, 2017; Danaher, Earp, & Sandberg, 2017); bots masquerading as real people on dating sites (e.g., Light, 2016; Karppi, 2018); deepfakes and pornography (e.g., Maras & Alexandrou, 2018). Progressive steps to address such issues or to create new sexual futures. – The politics and ethics of the singularity (e.g., Korb & Nicholson, 2012) and the future status of robotic and AI workers with respect to labour, citizenship, and human rights—for example, work on Hansen Robotics’ Sophia as Saudi citizen (e.g., Weller, 2017), robotic servitude (e.g., Green, 2016), as well as the rights of humans interacting with AI (e.g., Shepherd, 2019). – Assumptions, representations, and discourse surrounding dis/ability and human augmentics, including “supercrip” and “cyborg” discourses and the potential tensions between feminist technoscience (e.g., Haraway, 1990) and critical disability studies (e.g., Allan, 2016; Cascais, 2013). – How any of these or other issues are depicted in popular or fringe fictions that contain robotic or AI characters (for example, Humans, Neuromancer, Extant, Westworld, Her, Blade Runner, Ex Machina, Ghost in the Shell, Altered Carbon, Black Mirror, Speak, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Questionable Content, etc.) My goal is to assemble a collection of exemplary abstracts and then approach some top-tier academic publishers with relevant series. 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Papacharissi (Ed.), A networked self and platforms, stories, connections (pp. 59–76). Ed. Z. Papacharissi. New York: Routledge. -- "We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events manifesting this force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or against them." — Michel Foucault Dr. Nathan Rambukkana Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo DAWB 3-136 75 University Ave W Waterloo ON Canada N2L3C5 email: nrambukkana(a)wlu.ca <mailto:nrambukkana@wlu.ca> web: http://complexsingularities.net <http://complexsingularities.net/>

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