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5 paid PhD positions at Tallinn University, come work with us
by Katrin Tiidenberg 13 May '19

13 May '19

Hi all, My institute at Tallinn University is announcing 5 free PhD positions in the “Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies” doctoral program. The places will come with attached scholarships and salaries - in the amount of 1400 euros per month. Please circulate. The programme facilitates two fields of study: creative practice based audiovisual arts studies and empirical media studies. The curriculum focuses on contemporary forms and phenomena of media and audiovisual arts, first and foremost media production and content research. Special focus is given to the processes of change in media and arts. In 2019, there will be two PhD students admitted to conduct research as part of the EU Commission funded Cultural Data Analytics (CUDAN) ERA Chair project and two PhD students admitted to conduct research as a part of the EU Mobilitas Pluss Top Researcher project of Prof. Pia Tikka. One study place will not be attached to a project and is thematically free. The two doctoral places that relate to CUDAN projects need to relate to the following themes: - Data based studies of audiovisual heritage (film and television, projects could focus on their histories, their databases and corpora, their metadata, the ways databases and corpora represent or mediate history) - Data usage in contemporary media organisations (media organisations in smaller countries preferred, projects could focus on their data collection and analytic practices and opportunities, analysis of related value propositions) The two doctoral places that relate to prof. Pia Tikka research projects need to relate to the following themes: - Virtual reality/Augmented reality storytelling in immersive narrative environments, practice-based work requiring skills in working with game engines, 3D character animation, and/or 360 cinematic production. Programming skills are considered a plus. - Biosensor-driven interaction between the participant and immersive narrative and/or virtual characters, requiring relatively advanced skills in programming, experience in conducting psychophysiological experiments is emphasised. Learn more about the programme and the opportunities here: https://www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/audiovisual-arts-and-media-studies <https://www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/audiovisual-arts-and-media-studies> New (open access) book: "Emergence of Cross-innovation Systems: Audiovisual Industries Co-innovating with Education, Health Care and Tourism” <https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Emergence-of-Crossinnovation-S…>, Emerald, 2019 thanks! Kat Tiidenberg Katrin Tiidenberg, PhD Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Social Media, Tallinn University, Estonia Founding member of Estonian Young Academy of Sciences Secretary of AoIR Books: Selfies, why we love (and hate) them. // Ihu ja hingega internetis, kuidas mõista sotsiaalmeediat. Just published: Tiidenberg, K; Paasonen, S. (2018). Littles: affects and aesthetics in sexual age-play. Sexuality & Culture // Tiidenberg, K; Allaste, A-A. (2018). LGBT activism in Estonia: Identities, enactment and perceptions of LGBT people. Sexualities, 1−18. more info: http://kkatot.tumblr.com/

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IEEE WoWMoM 2019 *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** (20TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON A WORLD OF WIRELESS, MOBILE AND MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS)
by Andrea Passarella 13 May '19

13 May '19

-------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WoWMoM 2019 - Call for Participation 20TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON A WORLD OF WIRELESS, MOBILE AND MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS **** 20th anniversary edition **** 10-12 June 2019, Washington DC, USA http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- HIGHLIGHTS ---------------------------- - 42 high-quality papers on hot wireless and multimedia networks topics - 2 keynotes by renowned top scientists Prof. Dipankar Raychaudhuri (COSMOS: an open programmable city-scale research testbed for 5g and beyond) Dr. Victor Bahl (Edge + wireless: technologies fueling the fourth industrial revolution) - 2 panels on key WoWMoM topics Organisers & Chairs: Prof. Marco Ajmone Marsan (Networking objects and people: perspectives from over 50 years of Mario Gerla's research) Prof. Sajal K. Das (Future of Wireless: Beyond WoWMoM's 20th Anniversary) - 4 workshops on cutting-edge topics - An N2WOMEN session -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- KEYNOTES ---------------------------- *** KEYNOTE #1 - Tuesday 11th June 9:00 - 10:00 *** Prof. Dipankar Raychaudhuri Professor, WINLAB, Rutgers University COSMOS: AN OPEN PROGRAMMABLE CITY-SCALE RESEARCH TESTBED FOR 5G AND BEYOND *** KEYNOTE #2 - Wednesday 12th June 9:30 - 10:30 *** Dr. Victor Bahl Distinguished Scientist & Director of Mobility & Networking Research Microsoft EDGE + WIRELESS: TECHNOLOGIES FUELING THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- PANELS ---------------------------- *** PANEL #1 - Tuesday, 11th June 1:30 - 3:00pm *** Networking objects and people: perspectives from over 50 years of Mario Gerla's research Organiser and Moderator: Prof. Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Panellists (confirmed): Dr. Victor Bahl, Microsoft, USA Prof. Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Prof. Jim Kurose, NSF & University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Prof. Renato Lo Cigno, University of Trento, Italy Prof. Dipankar Raychaudhuri, WINLAB, Rutgers University, USA *** PANEL #2 - Wednesday, 12th June 3:30 - 5:00pm *** Future of Wireless: Beyond WoWMoM's 20th Anniversary Organiser and Moderator: Prof. Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Panellists (confirmed): Dr. Yue Gao, Queen Mary University of London, UK Prof. Mohan Kumar, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Prof. Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Prof. Aruna Seneviratne, University of New South Wales, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------- The IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) celebrates this year its 20th edition in Washington D.C., USA, on June 10-12. Over the years, WoWMoM became one of the premier conferences in the field of wireless networking. The two-track technical program includes the latest research in mobile and wireless networks, application-driven wireless networks (e.g., vehicular), mobile edge computing, localization, device-to-device networking, wireless multimedia networks, IoT, SDN, virtualisation and wireless network management. This year's program includes two keynote talks by Prof. Dipankar Raychaudhuri (WINLAB, Rutgers University) and Dr. Victor Bahl (Microsoft) on cutting-edge wireless networking research Demo, work-in-Progress, PhD, and hot-topic panel sessions complete this year's technical program. IEEE WoWMoM 2019 also features four workshops that will be held on June 10: The Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS), Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet (DIPI), Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for UAV Swarms (SwarmNet), and Communication, Computing, and Networking in Cyber Physical Systems (CCNCPS). The conference also provides a high quality social events program, including a welcome reception and a gala dinner. This year WoWMoM will take place at the Residence Inn by Marriott Arlington Pentagon City, conveniently located close to the main landmarks of the U.S. Capital. Early Registration Deadline: May 15th, 2019. Detailed Program: http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/technical_program/ Registration: http://cs.ucf.edu/wowmom2019/registration/ We look forward to seeing you in Washington D.C.! For any additional information feel free to contact the General Chairs at mainak <at> cs.ucf.edu and a.passarella <at> iit.cnr.it

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CfP Computational Social Science Symposium in Zurich: deadline extended (May 20) for Dataset Challenge, Doctoral Consortium & Travel Grants
by Weller, Katrin 13 May '19

13 May '19

3rd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science (#eurocss) This year's focus: Polarization and Radicalization Venue: ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dates: September 2-4, 2019 Website: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu<http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/> ------------------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ------------------------------- Andreas Flache (University of Groningen) Philip Leifeld (University of Essex) Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute & The Alan Turing Institute) Alice E. Marwick (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) ------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM ------------------------------------------------------ PhD candidates from all disciplines that work on topics related to computational social science are welcome to apply for participation. The doctoral consortium is non-public and will only be open to participants that have been selected based on their applications. During the doctoral consortium, participants will receive individual feedback on their work from two experts of different areas in CSS who will join as mentors during the event. Participants will also have the opportunity to connect with other PhD candidates in the field. Submission deadline: extended to May 20, 2019 Acceptance notification: June 10, 2019 Submit via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eurocsssymposium2019 The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2019/ ------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR DATASET CHALLENGE ------------------------------------------------ The second Dataset Challenge of the European Symposium on Societal Challenges in CSS invites researchers and to approach a common topic through a selection of datasets. The aim of this challenge is to encourage creative engagement with data from pluralistic perspectives in order to foster dialogue across disciplines. The datasets for this year’s challenge all relate to machine behavior when interacting with humans and can be found on the symposium website. Submit your abstracts based on the suggested dataset(s) now! Submission deadline: extended to May 20, 2019 Acceptance notification: June 10, 2019 Submit via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eurocsssymposium2019 The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2019/ ------------------------ TRAVEL GRANTS ------------------------ Due to the generous funding by Volkswagen Foundation we are able to offer a limited number of travel grants to researchers whose submissions are accepted for the symposium (workshop/tutorial organizers, authors of posters & presentations, dataset challenge entry, doctoral consortium participants). Submission deadline: extended to May 20, 2019 Submit via email: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> More information can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2019/ ---------------------- SCIENCE SLAM ---------------------- A Science Slam is an epic scientific event where scientists compete with short talks on their research. Slammers are completely free to do whatever they want on stage, everything is allowed including slides, games, the more creative, the better! Do you want to present at the science slam? Send an email with the title and a short description of what you want to do to garcia(a)csh.ac.at<mailto:garcia@csh.ac.at> the latest by August 10, 2019. ------------------------------------- CONFERENCE PROGRAM ------------------------------------- September 2, 2019: Workshops and Tutorials (full- or half-day) Doctoral Consortium Dataset Challenge Science Slam September 3, 2019: Symposium day 1 September 4, 2019: Symposium day 2 ------------------- ORGANIZERS ------------------- SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS David Garcia (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna) Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich) DATASET CHALLENGE CHAIRS Aniko Hannak (Complexity Science Hub & Vienna University of Economics and Business) Simon Schweighofer (Complexity Science Hub Vienna & Medical University of Vienna) SCIENCE SLAM David Garcia (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Katrin Weller (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) Markus Strohmaier (RWTH Aachen University & GESIS) Luca Maria Aiello (NOKIA Bell Labs) Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich) David Garcia (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna) --------------- INQUIRIES --------------- Questions? Feel free to contact us under: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com>

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Living in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism Seminar - Glasgow University
by justine gangneux 13 May '19

13 May '19

Colleagues may be interested in this seminar taking place at the University of Glasgow on Wednesday 12th June. All welcome. *Living in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism* 12 June 2019, 3.00-5.30pm Adam Smith Building Room 916 University of Glasgow Myriad aspects of the everyday have been ‘datafied’, deepening the pervasiveness of a new logic of accumulation focused on data extraction and analysis seeking to make profit by predicting and modifying human behaviour. Four leading scholars in the field of digital communications and society will discuss the challenges posed to society and democracy by this sprawling type of 'surveillance capitalism' (Zuboff 2019). *Speakers* *Zoetanya Sujon*, London College of Communication, UAL *The Rise of Platform Empires: Sociality as Mass Deception* *Morgan Currie*, University of Edinburgh *Before the Bullet Hits the Body: Organising Against Predictive Policing in Los Angeles* *Jennifer Pybus,* King’s College London *iData: Politics of Personalisation on our Mobile Devices* *Sally Wyatt*, Maastricht University *Health and Healthcare in a System of Surveillance Capitalism* Full details and registration information are available on Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/2VjLfZJ <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F…> . Best wishes Dr Justine Gangneux Dr Stevie Docherty University of Glasgow

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OzCHI'2019 - CfP - @Perth/Fremantle/WA/Australia - Submit your Long Papers/Workshops by 24th May 2019
by Artur Lugmayr 12 May '19

12 May '19

============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 - Call for Participation 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction "Experience Design Across Asia Pacific" @Perth/Fremantle, WA, AUSTRALIA 3-5 December 2019 W. http://www.ozchi.org | F. https://www.facebook.com/ozchi2019/ T. https://twitter.com/OzchiWA | #Quokka_CHI E. ozchi2019(a)gmail.com IMPORTANT DATES 24 May 2019 Long Papers 24 May 2019 Workshop Proposals 24 June 2019 Doctoral Consortium 10 August 2019 Short Papers 24 August 2019 Student Design Challenge Team Applications 6 September 2019 Demos, Posters, Industry Papers, and Work-in-Progress We listen to YOUR voice and want to make OzCHI'19 even better - submit your conference ideas! The best ideas are awarded during the conference closing session. ozCHI ‘Idea Box': https://goo.gl/forms/0XceZlmoP0XSV5RO2 ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI is the annual non-profit conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia and Australia's leading forum for the latest in HCI research and practice. OzCHI attracts a broad international community of researchers, industry practitioners, academics and students. Participants come from a range of backgrounds, including interface designers, user experience (UX) practitioners, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts and social scientists. After 18 years, OzCHI finally come back to Western Australia. Time has passed and things have changed a lot since OzCHI 2001. More HCI and UX works have been done in Western Australia as well as its neighbouring countries. Having the privilege to convene the 2nd OzCHI conference in Western Australia, one of our objectives is to be inclusive towards attendees across overall Asia-Pacific. The conference theme is Experience Design in Asia Pacific, which highlights the challenges we all face in the endeavour to tame the environment without destroying it to ensure our continuing existence. Our vision is to make OzCHI 2019 as an inclusive event for academic, industry, research, start-ups, maker communities to learn and exchange knowledge in the recent and emerging HCI and UX areas - practical, technical, empirical and theoretical aspects regardless their level of maturity in the fields. We invite contributions on all topics related to Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Social Science, Creative Industries, and other related disciplines. Creating * Designing * Experiencing * Innovating * Intelligence * Community * Reaching out to Asia-Pacific Join us in Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia in December 2019 to explore and understand the design and role of contemporary interactive technologies. ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSIONS ============================================================================================================================= Submissions will be accepted in various categories as described below. All submissions must be written in English and follow formatting guidelines in the paper template. Both long and short papers will undergo a double-blind review by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series available from the ACM Digital Library. Award will be given to the highest quality papers. We are looking for submissions under the theme of Experience Design across Asia Pacific in the following areas but not limited to: ============================================================================================================================= TOPICS ============================================================================================================================= HCI: Methods, Tools and Techniques • Usability Methods and Practices • Human-centered Design • Participatory Design • User Studies and Ethnographic Approaches • Design Methods • Tools for Design, Modelling and Evaluation • HCI and Software Engineering • Usability Metrics and Measurement • Ethical issues in HCI • HCI Education and Design Education • HCI4D UX Applications and Business Domains • Digital Transformation • Mobile User Experience • Organizational context and technology design • Games and Entertainment • Healthcare, E-health and Telemedicine • Interactive Design for Online Education • Computer-supported cooperative work and collaboration • E-commerce Interface Design and Evaluation • Electronic, Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce • Service Design (Micro-finance, Micro-loan, Instant Courier, Agile Transport) • Social Computing (Social Media, Social Networking) • Online Gaming, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Online Dating • Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology • UX and eLearning • Blockchain • Crowdsourcing User Research and Usability • Lean User Experience • Agile User Experience • Usability Testing • User Research • Internationalization and Localization • Accessibility and inclusion • Design System • Multimedia and Multimodal Interfaces • Natural User Interfaces • Tactile and Haptic Interaction • Novel Interaction Techniques • Mobile User Interfaces • Responsive Design • Graphic User Interface • Information Visualisation Emerging Technologies • Virtual Reality • Augmented Reality • Mobile Computing and User Mobility • Affective Computing • Context-Aware and Ubiquitous Computing • Internet of Things • Big Data • Human Robot Interaction • Artificial Intelligence • Smart Cities • Autonomous Vehicles • Wearable Technology • Brain Computer Interface • Novel Interface Graphics, Art and Media Technology • Engaging users with multimedia • Methods and techniques of creative practices • Visualizing and interacting with data • Quality of Experience (QoE) • Digital storytelling • Interactive art • Media technology and interactivity • Designing for multi-user interaction • Tangible, mixed reality interfaces and multi-modal interfaces ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSION TYPES ============================================================================================================================= 1. Long papers report on innovative, original, and completed research, which is relevant, significant, and interesting to the HCI community. 2. Short papers present ideas that are emerging and would benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. This type of submission may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. 3. Workshops are half-day and full-day sessions on topics that contribute to community building around a specific HCI topic. Topics may include methods, practices, and other areas of interest and that support active participation beyond presentation. 4. Doctoral consortium is a full-day intensive session for research students. A panel of experienced HCI researchers provides advice and guidance. 5. Student Design Challenge is an annual international competition in which students work rapidly researching, brainstorming and sketching a solution for a real HCI problem. Finalists will present their work at the OzCHI 2019 conference. 6. Industry papers provide the opportunity for practitioners and industries for their initiatives or new developments that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. 7. Work-in-Progress papers are a subset of the long papers track (subject to the same format and deadlines). Rather than reporting on mature research, they describe work-in-progress, late-breaking and new ideas, questions, or challenges, and are intended to provoke discussion in the OzCHI community. The accepted submission will be required to present a poster 8. Demo/Posters is a venue for industry, research, startups, maker communities, the arts, and design to present their hands-on demonstration, share novel interactive technologies, and stage interactive experiences. This venue promotes and provokes discussion on novel technologies. ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 GENERAL CHAIRS ============================================================================================================================= General Chairs Artur Lugmayr, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Eunice Sari, UXINDO & Charles Darwin Univ., AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA Long Paper Chairs Ryan, Kelly, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Mark Reynolds, Univ. of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA Virpi Roto, Aalto Univ. FINLAND Ingrid Richardson, Murdoch University, AUSTRALIA Short Paper Chairs Haifeng Shen, Australian Catholic Univ. AUSTRALIA Callum Parker, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Naseem Ahmadpour, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Jo Li Tay, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Publication Chairs Hollie White, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Jared Donovan, QUT, AUSTRALIA Simon Perrault, Singapore Univ. of Technology & Design, SINGAPORE Workshop Chairs Greg Wadley, Univ. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Sarah Webber, Univ. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Jo Jung, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Demos, Work in Progress, Posters Mark Billinghurst, Univ. of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Soojeong Yoo, Univ. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Martin Masek, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Doctoral Consortium Chairs Dana McKay, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Margot Brereton, QUT, AUSTRALIA Wally Smith, Univ. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Panel Chairs Marcus Foth, QUT, AUSTRALIA Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, RMIT, AUSTRALIA Student Design Challenge David Cook, Edith Cowan Univ., AUSTRALIA Trevor Hunter, Univ. of Queensland, AUSTRALIA Peter Worthy, Univ. of Queensland, AUSTRALIA Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Chairs Jess Tsimeris, Google, USA Jonathan Steingeisser, Isobar, Perth, AUSTRALIA Greg Stewart, SMS Management and Technology, Perth, AUSTRALIA Christopher Kueh, ECU, Perth, AUSTRALIA Ulrich Engelke, Data61, CSIRO, AUSTRALIA Sean Gardiner, BHP, AUSTRALIA Adi Tedjasaputra, UX Indonesia, AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA Local Liaisons & Publicity Chairs Susannah Soon, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Website Yanginbo Zhang, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Student Volunteers Chairs Casey Xin Wei Lim, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Jamie Dougall, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA Asian Liaisons and Publicity Ethel Ong, De La Salle University, PHILIPINES Masitah Ghazali, University of Teknologi, MALAYSIA Thippaya Chintakovid, Chulangkorn University, THAILAND Nova Ahmed, North South University, Dhaka, BANGLADESH Adi Tedjasasaputra, UX Indonesia, INDONESIA/AUSTRIA CHISIG Liasons Duncan Stevenson, Australian National University, AUSTRALIA George Buchanan, University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Local Conference Steering Board Artur Lugmayr, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Andrew Woods, HIVE, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Andrew Rohl, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Christopher Kueh, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Clive Barstow, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA David Cook, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Eunice Sari, Charles Darwin University and UX Indonesia, AUSTRALIA Jo Jung, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Michelle Ellis, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Philip Ely, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Martin Masek, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Mark McMahon, Edith Cowan University, AUSTRALIA Mark Reynolds, University of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA Tele Tan, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA Honorary Local Conference Steering Board Members Vasillis Kostakos, Univ. 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Propose a session about research for Wikimania 2019!
by Benj. Mako Hill 11 May '19

11 May '19

Greetings! You might have already seen an announcement for Wikimania (the Wikipedia and Wikimedia's community annual conference). It will be hosted in Stockholm this year on August 14-18. This year the conference is broken down into a series of tracks called "spaces." Along with Leila Zia from the Wikimedia Foundation, I'm helping running a space focused on research. We're interested in talks about research (or about how to do research) on Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and open collaboration more broadly. I've pasted in a call for proposals for the Research Space below. The conference is a great way to connect both with other researchers and with the Wikipedia and Wikimedia communities of contributors and leaders. Please submit a proposal! Regards, Mako Call for Sessions Proposals about Research @ Wikimania 2019 =========================================================== Wikimania: The Conference of the Wikipedia and Wikimedia Community Stockholm, Sweden | August 14-18, 2019 Submission Deadline: June 1, 2019 Research Space website: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Research General Conference website: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/ About the Conference & Research Space ------------------------------------- Wikimania is the annual conference of the Wikimedia community. In 2019, Wikimedia is being managed as a series of largely independent "spaces" (similar to tracks). This call for papers is only for the Research Space. The Research Space will host talks that showcase research of interest to the broader Wikimedia community as well as tutorials focused on helping people do research in Wikipedia. We are particularly interested in submissions that aim to: - Present actionable research projects by people conducting research on Wikimedia projects and in adjacent spaces (either completed or in-progress); - Provide tutorials to help Wikimedians and researchers learn to use a series of useful tools for collecting and analyzing data from Wikimedia projects; - Provide a space to discuss issues related to doing research in Wikimedia projects. Proposing a Session ------------------- The research space is actively encouraging submissions for three types of sessions: - Presentations of Research - Tutorials - Research Lightning Talks We encourage submissions from researchers studying Wikimedia projects, researchers studying adjacent projects (e.g., peer production projects like OSM, etc), Wikimedia community members, and members of the WMF research team. We are particularly interested in work that touches on issues related to the UNDP SDGs (e.g., quality education, reduced inequalities, industry innovation and infrastructure). Wikimania is a community conference. We will not be publishing a proceedings. We welcome presentation of either completed or in-progress work. The research space welcomes submissions on any topic related to Wikimedia research. Examples of topics we would welcome include: - Participation in Wikimedia communities - Group Dynamics and Organization in Wikipedia and related projects - Readership/Engagement on Wikipedia and related projects - Technical Infrastructure and Design in Wikimedia projects - Evaluating Content of Wikimedia projects - Knowledge Diffusion, Outreach, and work that seeks to generalize beyond Wikimedia projects We also welcome submissions on these or other topics in "adjacent spaces" including free culture, free software, open hardware, open knowledge, and so on. Submissions are due on June 1, 2019. Conference Organization and Questions ----------------------------------------------------- The Research Space leaders are: - Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington) — makohill(a)uw.edu - Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation) — leila(a)wikimedia.org All questions about submissions should be emailed to the space leaders or a message can be asked publicly on the public Research Space discussion page which is available at the link above. -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/ Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto

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Re: [Air-L] Call for Papers - Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children
by Mizuko Ito 10 May '19

10 May '19

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to May 28! > > > > From: Mizuko Ito <mito(a)itofisher.com> > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 11:29 AM > Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers - Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children > > Hello AoIRers - I’m hoping this special issue of the Journal of Design Science might be of interest. I am co-editing with Candice Odgers and Joi Ito (yes, my brother). Joi has written a column for WIRED that gives some context: https://www.wired.com/story/optimize-algorithms-support-kids-online-not-exp… <https://www.wired.com/story/optimize-algorithms-support-kids-online-not-exp…> > > Thanks for considering! > > Mimi Ito > Professor | UC Irvine @mizuko > Director | Connected Learning Lab > CEO | @connectedcamps > http://www.itofisher.com/mito <http://www.itofisher.com/mito> > New Book! Affinity Online <https://nyupress.org/books/9781479852758/ <https://nyupress.org/books/9781479852758/>> > > -------- > > Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children <https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/vptj5jf1 <https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/vptj5jf1>> > Call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Design Science > > Guest Editors: > > • Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab > > • Mimi Ito, UC Irvine Connected Learning Lab > > • Candice Odgers, UC Irvine Connected Learning Lab > > Call for Papers: > > One in three Internet users worldwide are children and what they see and experience online is increasingly shaped by algorithms. Yet the online world and complex algorithms that drive, direct, and govern children’s experiences have not been constructed with their needs and interests in mind. Children represent an especially marginalized and vulnerable population who are exposed to high levels of poverty and inequality, while being dependent on adults to structure their experiences and opportunities. Big tech and policy makers have a responsibility to consider the rights and needs of children. Instead, the burden is most often placed on families, educators, and community leaders to understand, support, guide, and regulate children’s access to media, information, and social connection. > > While a growing body of research has shed light on how algorithms can reinforce racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of injustice and inequality, studies of algorithmic justice and required protections for children are still sparse. If left unattended, children’s digital experiences will continue to diverge, with privileged children reaping the benefits that do exist, while vulnerable and lower-income children experience the ill effects of an algorithmic world. The science of child and youth development is typically left out of technology design and policy considerations. Commercial incentives to build a healthy and equitable Internet for kids are low. Well-meaning data policies and parent strategies intended to protect children have resulted in curtailing the rights of children and creating barriers for the less advantaged and for children who lack advocates and mentors to guide their online activities. > > This special issue invites both empirical and conceptual papers from diverse perspectives that explore different facets of this emerging area of inquiry. We also welcome submissions from children and young people. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: > > • Implications of children’s engagement with online platforms, conversational agents, and interactive toys > > • Family dynamics around media management and engagement > > • Analysis of data and AI ethics and policy that implicate children > > • Challenges and risks in designing algorithms and platforms for children > > • Innovative designs and solutions for algorithmic justice, learning, equity, and wellness for children > > • Design processes that involve children and families and attend to the wellbeing and the flourishing of children > > • Paradigms and structures to provide appropriate incentives to produce better outcomes for children > > • Levers and strategies for intervention into existing systems and products to change optimizations so that they focus more on benefits for children > > Information about Submissions > > Proposals should include the following: an abstract of 500-750 words (not including references) as well as background information on the author(s), including contact information and an abbreviated bio that describes previous and current research that relates to the special issue theme. Please submit your proposal through the submission portal on the Issue 7 landing page with your names clearly stated in the document name. Further information on how to submit an abstract can be found in our FAQ. Submit your proposal for review by the date stated in the timeline below. Authors of accepted proposals are expected to develop and submit their original article, for full anonymous review, in accordance with the journal's peer-review procedure, by the deadline stated. We welcome traditional academic articles of 5000–7000 words, as well as shorter opinion pieces of 1000–2000 words. In the latter category, we welcome submissions from young people aged 12–18 years of age. Guidelines for manuscripts can be found here. > > Authors of papers selected for publication in this special issue of JoDS will be invited to attend an event at the MIT Media Lab in 2020. > > > Timeline > > Abstract submission deadline: 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 5 > > Notification on submitted abstracts: Friday, July 12 > > Article submission deadline: January 10, 2020 > > > > Mimi Ito Professor | UC Irvine @mizuko Director | Connected Learning Lab CEO | @connectedcamps http://www.itofisher.com/mito New Book! Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning <https://nyupress.org/books/9781479852758/>

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2019
by ijwa＠dline.info 10 May '19

10 May '19

Fourth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2019) Zhuhai Chinese Academy of Sciences, China November 01-03, 2019 www.socio.org.uk/rtis Real-Time Computing covers a broad spectrum of the intensively developing area of low-latency priority-driven system responsiveness under certain time constraints to essential and decisive human-computer interactions with constantly incoming data stream. Research on real-time intelligent systems is of a multi-disciplinary nature, exploiting concepts from the areas as diverse as signal processing technologies, computational intelligence, location systems, data processing, digital document processing and embedded system design. To accomplish its real-time performance, systematic analysis is carried out when the systems are working. Therefore, over the last few years real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed human life style. In the today’s competitive and highly dynamic environment, analyzing data in real time is a must to understand in detail how the systems are processing the data and to reason the outputs and anticipate the trends in intelligent computing, has become critical. To leverage the full potential of the opportunity build complex real time systems, intense research is required and this conference will serve as one such platform to manifest the ongoing research in the real time intelligence system. The conference welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound research papers from academia and industry that address variety of aspects and innovations related to real-time computing systems. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to the following areas: Streaming data, streaming engines Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Analysis in advanced domains such as energy, sensors, etc Artificial Intelligence Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Data capture in real-time Intelligent Database Systems Data mining Intelligent Data Analysis OLAP for real-time decision support Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Event-driven analytics Visualizing real-time data and information Intelligent Soft Computing Privacy and security in Intelligence Architectures for Intelligence Internet of Things Intelligent Robotic Systems Smart Services and Platforms Intelligent Transportation Systems Mobile Smart Systems Trace-based intelligent real-time services (eye-tracking, image tracking) Real-time intelligent alert systems Machine translation in real time Multilingual information access Multiagent Intelligent Systems Intelligent Information Systems Adaptive vision algorithms Real-time Intelligent Network solutions Real-time distributed coding Real-time modelling user’s information needs Real-time noise removal systems Real-time intelligent communication Real-time remote access systems Decision support systems in real time Real-time multiprocessor systems The Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems, Volume 3 RTIS 2019. (http://www.springer.com/series/11156 ) For the series information please see- http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319607436 First International Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing - Colocated with the RTIS 2019 General Chair Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Opole University, Poland Program Chairs Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Lab., India Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Co-Chairs Min-Ling Zhang, Southeast University, China Ron Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Important Dates Paper Submission: August 15, 2019 Paper Notification: September 15, 2019 Camera ready: October 10, 2019 Early registration: October 15, 2019 Full-rate registration: October 22, 2019 Conference Dates: November 01-03, 2019 Paper Submission - http://www.socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/ Contact: rtis(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------

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WEBCAST TODAY: 2019 Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Forum
by Joly MacFie 10 May '19

10 May '19

This is underway. Incredible speaker line up. [image: livestream] <http://https//livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf19>Today *Friday May 10 2019* Columbia *SIPA’s Tech and Policy Initiative <https://sipa.columbia.edu/ideas-lab/techpolicy>* presents the *Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Forum <https://sipadigitalfutures.org/>*. Now in its fifth year, the newly renamed forum brings together leading scholars from across Columbia University, CEOs, senior policy makers, entrepreneurs, legal and policy experts, amongst others to discuss the broad challenges and opportunities created by the wide-ranging digital transformations occurring in the world today. The theme of this year’s Forum is *Navigating Digital Transformations: Survive or Thrive?* The vent will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>*. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf19 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf19>* *VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/cxHznid-fQA <https://youtu.be/cxHznid-fQA>* *AGENDA: https://sipadigitalfutures.org/agenda/ <https://sipadigitalfutures.org/agenda/>* *TWITTER: #SIPADigitalFutures https://bit.ly/sipadigitalfutures <https://bit.ly/sipadigitalfutures>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11053/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Register for DataONE Community Meeting July 15, 2019 in Tacoma, WA
by Robert Sandusky 09 May '19

09 May '19

*The DataONE Community Meeting (previously the DataONE Users Group Meeting) will be held colocated with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Summer meeting in Tacoma, Washington on Monday, July 15th, 2019, at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. There is no cost to register. Register today!https://www.dataone.org/dataone-community-meeting-registration-2019 <https://www.dataone.org/dataone-community-meeting-registration-2019>Theme: Building on Success for a Sustainable FutureThis year’s DataONE Community meeting is an important step in the transition from the past ten years of direct NSF funding to a sustainable DataONE program. The community’s input into this transition, as represented in new and revised guiding documents, is vital. Review and ratification of new guiding documents will be an important feature of this year’s meeting. Those DataONE User Group members in attendance at the meeting will be eligible to participate in the ratification votes.The DataONE Community Meeting will be a 1-day event featuring: - Plenary presentations- Topical breakout sessions- Ratification of revised and new foundational documents- Community member presentations- Early evening poster receptionAbstracts for talks and posters are solicited during the registration process. Talks will be approximately 10-15 minutes in duration, to be confirmed with development of the agenda. Oral presentations are not guaranteed and some submissions may be accepted as posters instead. Poster submissions will remain open until close of registration. DataONE encourages DataONE Member Nodes, data scientists, researchers, scientists, students and others to submit abstracts for posters and talks.Please also consider forwarding this DataONE Community Meeting information with colleagues and networks that are interested in DataONE or data management. Bob Sandusky, University of Illinois at Chicago and Karl Benedict, University of New MexicoDataONE Users Group Co-chairs*

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