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[The X-Script] 10th Screenwriters´ (hi)stories seminar
by Glaucia Davino 13 Aug '19

13 Aug '19

Dear Members, I would like to invite you to submit your research or experiment work for the *10th Screenwriting Stories Seminar,* entitled* "The X-Script"*, which will take place at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, in São Paulo, Brazil, from October 15 to 17, 2019. Languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. In Brazil, this is the only academic event (with professional participation too) on audiovisual script (cinema, TV, web, narratives, etc.). This year we will commemorate the 10th edition and make the internationalization. We believe and be happy with the participation of SRN members and other researchers. We think it will be extremely rich and with the possibility of closer relationships. Call deadline is August 31st. The form of submission is the abstract - fill in the registration form itself. If any PhD want to set up a group, "tabel", at your discretion, the submission of the proposal is by email: 2019roteiristas(a)gmail.com. There will be publication of complete articles, which should be sent after the event, according to the calendar: https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox/calendario?lang=en. We are studying the possibility of using Skype *(not yet confirmed)* for those unable to travel. More information is on the website: https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox?lang=en I also invite you to join the forum on the site itself to discuss the theme *X*: https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox?lang=en We are available for any questions by email 2019roteiristas(a)gmail.com. Best Regards, Glaucia Davino -- Profa. Dra. Gláucia Davino PPG Educação, Arte e História da Cultura Centro de Educação, Filosofia e Teologia Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie São Paulo - SP - Brasil -- Profa. Dra. Gláucia Davino PPG Educação, Arte e História da Cultura Centro de Educação, Filosofia e Teologia Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie São Paulo - SP - Brasil

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Call for Contributions:Your Experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
by Sneha PP 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

Dear All, Whose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making the internet multilingual. We also hope to offer some possibilities for doing more to create the multilingual internet we want. This research needs the experiences and expertise of people who think about these issues of language online from different perspectives. We are looking for your experience online to help us tell the story of how limited the language capacities of the internet are, currently, and how much opportunity there is for making the internet share our knowledges in our many different languages. Most importantly: you don’t have to be an academic or researcher to apply, we particularly encourage people experiencing these issues in their everyday lives and work to contribute! *Some of the key questions we’d like you to explore:* - How are you or your community using your language online? - What do you wish you could create or share in your language online that you can’t today? - What does content in your language look like online? What exists, what’s missing? (you might think about, for example, news, social media, education or government websites, e-commerce, entertainment, online libraries and archives, self-published content, etc) - How and where and using what technologies do you share or create content in your language? (you might think about, for example, video, audio, writing, social media, digitization…whatever formats, tools, processes or websites you use for creating oral, visual, textual, or other forms of content.) - What is challenging to create or share on your language online? (you might think about, for example, access, device usability, platforms, websites, apps and other tools, software, fonts, digital literacy, etc when developing digital archives, online language resources, or just making any presence on the web in general for your language.) Read the call here: https://cis-india.org/raw/dtil-2019-call Please share your submissions with us on raw [at] cis-india [dot] org by *September 2, 2019* The call is available in Arabic <https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/callforcontributions/#CIS-AR>, Brazilian Portuguese, <https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/callforcontributions/#CIS-PT> English <https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/callforcontributions/#CIS-EN>, IsiZulu <https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/callforcontributions/#CIS-IZ>, Spanish, <https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/callforcontributions/#CIS-ES> and Tamil <https://cis-india.org/raw/dtil-2019-call#ta>. *Note:* This call for contributions is in a few languages right now, but we invite our friends and communities to translate into many more! Please reach out to info (at) whoseknowledge (dot) org with your translations… thank you! Please share with your networks, researchers@work -- P.P. Sneha Researchers at Work (RAW) The Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore http://cis-india.org/

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The X-Script - Scriptwriters´ (hi)stories Seminar
by Glaucia Davino 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, The "*10th Scriptwriters` (hi)Stories Seminar *" will take place on October 15, 16 and 17, 2019, at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It´s a congress in which the axis to reflect on the audiovisual is the script. Submission of proposals <https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox/chamada-para-submissoes?fbclid…>(in the form of abstracts) for participation ends August 31st. Languages of submissions: English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. For those who research the audiovisual area and its expansion and/or interested, please visit the site <https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox?fbclid=IwAR0_U7T6nd4wt-adAU7_F…>for more information. Enjoy to participate in the forum about the theme: https://2019roteiristas.wixsite.com/roteirox/forum?lang=en Sincerely, -- Profa. Dra. Gláucia Davino PPG Educação, Arte e História da Cultura Centro de Educação, Filosofia e Teologia Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie São Paulo - SP - Brasil

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vacancy: professor in business communication at Ghent university/Belgium
by cbouko 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

Career Opportunities: Professor in Business Communication (12580) Req ID *12580* - Posted *08/08/2019* - *Professorial staff* - *100%* - *Faculty of Arts and Philosophy* * → Apply until 15/09/2019 23:59 (Brussels time) → Discipline: Business Communication → 100% Assistant professor tenure track → Reference number: 201902/LW/ZAP/005 * *ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY* Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterized by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility. As part of its further scientific development, Ghent University plans to recruit: - A full-time position as assistant professor (tenure track) - Domain of Business Communication - Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication - Faculty of Arts and Philosophy *ASSIGNMENT* The Department of Translation, Interpretation and Communication of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Ghent University organizes the Bachelor of Arts in Applied Language Studies, three one-year masters (Translation, Interpreting, Multilingual Communication) and a two-year educational master. We are looking for an assistant professor who can join the team within the department from 1 February 2020 for an assignment that includes academic education, scientific research and academic services in the field of Business Communication. *Academic education* You actively contribute to the course content in the Master in multilingual communication. You supervise bachelor's theses in the Bachelor’s programme in Applied Language Studies and master's theses in the Master of multilingual communication that are in line with your field of expertise. You will be involved in the language and communication courses of the Bachelor’s programme in Applied Language Studies and/or the Masters in Translation, Interpreting or Multilingual Communication, depending on your language skills in a foreign language. *Academic Research* You develop research in the field of business communication. You study how increasing digitization influences communication between companies and their (potential) customers and other stakeholders and you delve into the possibilities that digital media offer for optimizing internal and / or external communication processes and / or the branding of a product or organization. You conduct research in close collaboration with the professional field, attract innovative projects involving students and write research projects from an interdisciplinary perspective, where you build a bridge between various sub-disciplines that study the broad research domain of business communication (eg Linguistics, Communication Sciences, Organizational Studies, Business Administration, ...). *Academic services* You will be invited to take part in the internal and external service provision of the department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication. *PROFILE* *Knowledge/Experience* - You have carried out highquality scientific research in one of the sub-areas of business communication (eg corporate communication, marketing communication, internal communication, external communication, etc.) as appears from publications in high-quality scientific journals and peer-reviewed books and you have demonstrable expertise in education about and / or research into the use of new means of communication on the course and outcome of communication processes; - You are prepared to work interdisciplinary and to bridge the gap between different disciplines that study the broad field of Business Communication (eg Linguistics, Communication Sciences, Organizational Studies, Business Administration, etc.); - You are able to initiate and guide scientific research and to collect the necessary funds for this; - You have experience in quantitative and / or qualitative research methods and you are prepared to work with a mixed method; - You can present demonstrable experience with academic education in the field of Business Communication; - You are a native speaker of Dutch or you are prepared to reach level B2 within three years of recruitment. You also have a command of one of the other teaching languages of the Translation, Interpreting and Communication department at level C2. - Demonstrable experience in supervising bachelor and master theses serves as a recommendation. - In addition, involvement in the professionalization of education will be considered an asset. *Skills / Attitude * - You are qualityoriented; - You take initiative; - You are a team player but you are also capable of working autonomously *Admission requirements* - You are a thesisbased doctorate holder. Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested from NARIC; Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested from NARIC. Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment. - You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on February 1, 2020. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the abovementioned required diploma. *APPOINTMENT INFORMATION* We offer you a temporary appointment mainly consisting of research activities in a tenure track system for a term of five years. If positively evaluated by the University Board, the term of office will be transferred into a permanent appointment as an associate professor. The proportion of your time spent on research, teaching and academic services may be reviewed at that point in time. The assignment starts on February 1, 2020. *OUR OFFER* Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance. The basic teacher training and courses of Dutch and English for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities. Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits, such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of commuting expenses by public transport, day care, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques. A full overview of our employee benefits is listed on our website <http://www.ugent.be/nl/vacatures/personeelsvoordelen.htm>. Ghent University also invests in welcoming international professorial staff. It offers various housing options, a relocation bonus, the International School for school-aged children (with a discount on the tuition fee), support when registering at the City of Ghent, support with the procedure of family reunification and other administrative matters in connection with moving to Ghent. More information can be found on www.ugent.be/en/living and www.ugent.be/en/staff. Ghent University offers each new ZAP-member a starting bourse of 200.000 euro. *GENDER AND DIVERSITY* Ghent University conducts an equal opportunities policy and encourages everyone to apply. Ghent University also strives for a gender balance. Female applications are thus especially welcomed. *SELECTION PROCEDURE* After the final application date, all received applications will be sent to the faculty assessment committee assembled for this vacancy. This committee will first evaluate the application files by matching all elements of the file against the required expertise for the position in terms of education, research and scientific service. Based on this deliberation, relevant candidates will be invited for further selection (interview, possible presentation or test lecture, …). Afterwards, the committee will rank the suitable candidates and present this ranking to the Faculty Board. The advice of the Faculty Board will then be presented to the University Board for approval. Candidates will be asked to discuss their five most impactful academic achievements. Next to academic publications, the candidate will thus also be able to show merit of knowledge transfer by academic dissemination, social valorisation, public awareness, seminars or conference presentations. These competences are also taken into account when evaluating the candidates. The evaluation of the required international mobility is broad and partly takes the gender perspective into account. Accordingly, not only longer stays abroad are considered, but also other forms of internationalisation. Pregnancy leave, prolonged sick leave, parental leave, filial leave or other forms of absence are taken into account when evaluating the available time for the realisation of academic output. *HOW TO APPLY* Apply *online through the e-recruitment system* *before the application deadline* (see above). We do not accept late applications or applications that are not sent through the online system. Your application must include the following documents: - In the field *‘Cv’*: one pdffile containing : 1)your cover letter and the professorial staff application form <http://www.ugent.be/nl/vacatures/zap/sollicitatieformulieren-zap/sollzapamb…> (+ all annexes mentioned in the form); 2) an outline (1500 words maximum) in which you explain your views on research; 3) teaching and academic services in relation to this vacancy, a portfolio with information about any additional teaching competences; 4) a research proposal (1500 words maximum) about the research which you wish to conduct within the domain of Business Communication cf. our research group MULTIPLES ( https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/multiples) The research proposal should at least describe background, objectives/questions, method, expected results and feasibility. Please merge all the required documents in one PDFfile. - In the field *‘Cover letter’*: your application letter in pdf format - In the field *‘Diploma’*: a transcript of your doctoral degree. If you have a foreign diploma/certificate in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the languages mentioned. - In the field *‘Certificate of equivalence’*: only for diplomas awarded outside the European Union: certificate of equivalence (NARIC <http://naricvlaanderen.be/en/>) (if already in your possession) *Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.* *Please note: Applications sent in after the deadline will not be accepted. * *MORE INFORMATION* For further information regarding these vacancies, please contact Professor Veronique Hoste (veronique.hoste(a)UGent.be) at the faculty of Arts and Philosophy, department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication. -- Catherine Bouko Ghent University Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45 9000 Gent Belgium Bureau: B2.06 http://research.flw.ugent.be/en/catherine.bouko

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Call for Action Research Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy in the Global South (a FoWiGS project)
by Mark Graham 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, For those of you interested in platform work/platform economies in the global south, please consider submitting to the call below. Cheers, Mark ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | markgraham.space New publications: Graham, M. (ed). 2019. Digital Economies at Global Margins <https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/digital-economies-global-margins>. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Graham, M., and Anwar, M. A. 2019. The Global Gig Economy: Towards a Planetary Labour Market? <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2018.1554208> First Monday. 24(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i4.9913. <http://twitter.com/geoplace> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jean-Paul Van Belle <jean-paul.vanbelle(a)uct.ac.za> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 14:31 Subject: Call for Action Research Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy in the Global South (a FoWiGS project) To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Cc: Jean-Paul Van Belle <jean-paul.vanbelle(a)uct.ac.za>, richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk>, Mark Graham <mark.graham(a)oii.ox.ac.uk>, Pitso Tsibolane < pitso.tsibolane(a)uct.ac.za> This is a call for proposals for one-year funded partnerships with the Fairwork <https://fair.work/>project, which acts to ensure decent work standards for workers on digital platforms. Proposals must be submitted by 19 September via email to Jean-Paul.VanBelle(a)uct.ac.za with cc to Pitso.Tsibolane(a)uct.ac.za, JeanPaul.VanBelle(a)gmail.com and mxakato.nonny6(a)gmail.com In brief, we are seeking two partner organisations for a one-year action research project that will expand Fairwork’s reach in the global South to new countries beyond its current focus on India and South Africa. The projects will involve an initial stakeholder workshop, data-gathering to rate about 10 local digital labour-broking platforms against five Fairwork principles of decent work <https://fair.work/principles/>, creation and support for local action plans, and dissemination of results. Funding of CAD$15,200 (Canadian $) is available per partner organisation. Please see below for further information, and feel free to share this page with any relevant partners. The funding has been provided by, and the project is part of the “Future of Work in the Global South” (FoWiGS <https://fowigs.net/>) initiative. *Detailed Description* *The Project* “Fair Work in the Platform Economy: A Global South Perspective” is an action research project funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre <https://www.idrc.ca/> via the Centro Latam Digital <http://centrolatam.digital/> as part of the “Future of Work in the Global South <https://fowigs.net/>” initiative. The project is co-ordinated by Jean-Paul Van Belle and Pitso Tsibolane at the Centre for IT and National Development in Africa <http://www.citanda.uct.ac.za/Pages/Welcome> at the University of Cape Town, in collaboration with Mark Graham at the Oxford Internet Institute <https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/> and Richard Heeks at the Centre for Development Informatics <https://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/>, University of Manchester. It forms an extension to existing action research of the Fairwork <https://fair.work/> project. Fairwork’s main focus is rating digital work platforms – mainly but not exclusively in the ride-hailing, delivery and domestic work sectors – according to five decent work principles <https://fair.work/principles/>: pay, conditions, contracts, management, and governance. Evidence is gathered from the platforms themselves and from worker interviews, with each platform being scored between 0 and 10 (see examples here <https://fair.work/ratings/>). Our aim is to press platforms to improve pay and working conditions; mainly through the use of these ratings by consumers, by platforms themselves, and by others but also through other means. *Partners We Are Seeking* We are seeking partners in two countries of the Global South to help expand Fairwork beyond its existing activity in India and South Africa. Following partner selection (months 1-2 of the project), the partners will be asked, in collaboration with members of the Fairwork project team, to undertake the following activities: 1. *Set-Up*: initial in-country stakeholder workshop to discuss design and implementation of the planned project with platforms, worker associations, government representatives, NGOs, etc. Local ethical approval for data gathering must also be obtained. (Months 2-4) 2. *Data Gathering*: rating of platforms against Fairwork principles via anonymised worker interviews and interaction with local platform managers to obtain internal evidence and to encourage higher standards. We anticipate between 6-12 local platforms will be rated, with each rating involving interviews with 6-10 workers. (Months 4-9) 3. *Dissemination*: dissemination of results to local stakeholders with co-development of strategic action plans for platforms, workers and government to improve platform work standards. Dissemination of results to Fairwork community through attendance at a special workshop, and to international research forums including attendance at an international conference and development of a peer-reviewed research publication. (Months 10-12) *For Budget Details; Format of Proposal and FAQ* Refer to https://fair.work/call-for-action-research-partnerships-decent-work-standar… . More context information on https://fair.work. Do please circulate to those who might be relevant partners. With thanks, The Fairwork Team: *Jean-Paul Van Belle <https://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/informationsystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVan…>, Pitso Tsibolane <https://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/PitsoTsibola…>, Mark Graham <https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/mark-graham/> & Richard Heeks <https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/richard.heeks.html>* * <https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/richard.heeks.html>* *Jean* <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVanB…> *-* <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVanB…>*Paul Van Belle* <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVanB…> <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems/StaffProfile/Jean-PaulVanB…> Professor, *Department of Information Systems* <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems> <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems> Director, *Centre for IT and National Development in Africa* <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Organisations/CITANDA/> <http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Organisations/CITANDA/> *University of Cape Town* 3.41 Leslie Commerce; University of Cape Town Private Bag X3; Rondebosch 7701 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 6504256 Email: Jean-Paul.VanBelle(a)uct.ac.za Disclaimer - University of Cape Town This email is subject to UCT policies and email disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/main/email-disclaimer or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. If this email is not related to the business of UCT, it is sent by the sender in an individual capacity. Please report security incidents or abuse via https://csirt.uct.ac.za/page/report-an-incident.php.

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Webinar: Do the next billion users need more innovation? Rethinking automation for the common good
by Qing Huang 09 Aug '19

09 Aug '19

Associate Professor Payal Arora from Erasmus University Rotterdam will visit the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society to share her insights in “Rethinking automation for the common good”. We are happy to invite researchers who have the interest to join this Webinar between *14:00 and 15:00 (GMT+8) on August 19, 2019.* *LINK* https://zoom.us/j/818591023 Before joining this Zoom meeting on a computer or mobile device, you can download the Zoom app from https://zoom.us/download. Otherwise, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click our join link. *ABSTRACT* The 21st century is marketed as the age of innovation. With just “a laptop, a smartphone, and the cloud,” we can access any service anytime. While traditional institutions such as the educational system in low- income countries is regarded as a “stunning market failure” according to the likes of Matt Keller, Senior Director of Global Learning XPRIZE, the market “success” of new technology will step in and take its place. Smart technology will replace not-so-smart people. Technology entrepreneurs today are busy making all-inclusive, self-contained autonomous apps for the next billion users –the majority of whom are outside the West and live in countries with weak institutions. Centralized reform should be discarded for personalized solutionism. Automation of self-help is the foundation of the innovation age. This talk will argue against this popular narrative and bring to question this laboratory approach to social progress – and why we have become more forgiving of technological failure than of human failure. *SHORT BIO* Payal Arora is the author of several books including the Award-winning ‘The Leisure Commons: Spatial history of web 2.0,’ ‘Dot Com Mantra: Social Computing in the Central Himalayas,’ and the newly released ‘The Next Billion Users: Digital Life beyond the West’ with Harvard University Press. Much of her research focuses on global technology innovation and inequality. She has published over 50 papers in her field and has given 140 presentations across 79 cities in 31 countries, including a TEDx talk on the future of the internet. She has consulted for both the public and private sector including Hewlett Packard, Dutch Brewers, GE, Shell, and UNESCO and sits on several boards including the Facebook Advisory Committee, Columbia University Earth Institute’s Connect to Learn, and The World Women Global Council in New York. She has held Fellow positions at NYU, GE, Rio’s Institute of Technology and Society, and the University of Bremen. She has degrees from Harvard University (Masters in International Development Policy) and Columbia University (Doctorate in Language, Literacy & Technology). She is the Founder and Executive Director of a digital campaigning organization, Catalyst Lab, and is an Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam. *ABOUT UNU-CS* UNU-CS conducts UN policy-relevant research and generates solutions, addressing key issues expressed in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through high-impact innovations and frontier technologies. UNU-CS is situated in Macau Special Administrative Region (S.A.R), China, and it is the only UN entity in this region. The Pearl River Delta, which embraces Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangdong Province, is considered an emerging Silicon Valley due to its booming economy and technological innovations. The strategic location provides an exciting opportunity for researchers and experts to maximize the impact of their work. More information can be found at https://cs.unu.edu. --- *Qing Huang * Communication Team United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) Casa Silva Mendes, Estrada do Engenheiro Trigo No 4, Macau SAR, China Tel: +86 13297968113 | Email: qing(a)unu.edu LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/unu-cs/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/computingandsociety> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/unu_cs?lang=en> | Website <http://cs.unu.edu/>| www.unu.edu

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2019
by ijwa＠dline.info 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '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 RTIS series is among the top 25% most downloaded Springer series proceedings in 2018 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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17th CIRN Conference 2019: "Whose Agenda: Action, Research, & Politics"
by Colin Rhinesmith 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, If you would like to put in a late abstract in the refereed or non-refereed (including installations etc) streams, please don't hesitate to do so as there are some spots remaining: 17th Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2019 "Whose Agenda: Action, Research, & Politics" Wednesday, 6 Nov - Friday, 8 Nov 2019 Monash University | Prato Centre, Italy https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn-prato-2019/home <https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn-prato-2019/home> Presentations, subject to modification, include: A Digital Anti-Politics Machine?: expectations for artificial intelligence and data to solve complex sustainability challenges Build With, Not For: Community organizing techniques to help you move your work from "community-centered" solutions to community-led problem-solving Can Community Archives Archive in Israel and Palestine? Capacities for Peace: Video Replay Technology Research and Empowerment Civic Design Through the Lense of Social Living Labs Co-Designing an Open-Source Broadband Measurement System with Public Libraries Community Place-Making using Unique Mobile Applications: A Multiple Case Study Data for Housing Advocacy Does Brazil Need to Prepare for the Age of AI? Double Dabble: Speculations about Re-Designing Conferences to Embrace Diverse Agendas of Action and Research From flaneurs to trolls or the decay of community in virtual spaces From power to empowerment: How (co)-visualizing common ground can make collaborative communities work Information Culture and Data Sovereignty 'Institutioning' Participatory Design within International Development Agencies Networked Information Systems as Generative Words: A Freirean critical pedagogy template Occupy algorithms Open Access Adoption in Academic Institutions: Librarian Perspectives on Metrics Oral History in Malaysia Plenary: Listening to Communities Politics, Research, Power, ICTs- a trandisciplinary approach Power, roles and adding value: reflecting on the challenges of bridging across research and action on an international community networking project (Re)imagining a Latina Feminist digital data collection and records management system Smart Cities and Participatory Planning: A Cautionary Comparison Social Failure Mode Analysis: Folding the Ethical into the Technical to Promote Ethical Considerations in Design Steps Toward A Community-Based Participatory Digital Archive for Artworks Related to Refugee and Asylum Seeker Experiences The myth of agency Too U.S./Euro-centric to grasp Asian civic monitoring initiatives? Insights from fieldwork around Fukushima Trust Through Trickery: Analyzing Trust Patterns in the Design of Social and Communication Apps Twitter and the Concept of a Moral Community Weaving Research, Technology, and Public Policy in Youth Development Programs Who sets the agenda? Supporting refugees' pathways to higher education Early bird registrations are now also open. Cheers, Colin — Colin Rhinesmith (pronouns: he/him) Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Simmons University phone: 617-521-2881 web: http://crhinesmith.com

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Life Transitions and Social Technologies workshop at CSCW 2019
by Oliver Haimson 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

Hello Internet researchers, Please consider joining us for a workshop at CSCW 2019 <http://cscw.acm.org/2019/> on Life Transitions and Social Technologies: Research and Design for Times of Life Change <https://www.socialtransitiontech.com/>! Abstract: When people experience major changes in their lives ( e.g., relationship changes, transition from high school to college, realizing an LGBTQ identity, life stage changes such as transitioning to old age, etc.), they often turn to social technologies to help navigate shifting identities and networks and find support and resources. People’s experiences using social technologies during times of life transition, and how to better design such technologies, has been a major focus of social computing research. This workshop will gather researchers working in this space to discuss eight themes: life events vs. processes; changing identities; multiple overlapping life events; physical and digital transitions; technology non-use during life transitions; liminality framework; theoretical frames; and methodological considerations. Collaboratively, we will 1) synergize insights from workshop organizers’ and participants’ research to determine how social technologies can be designed to better support people during life transitions and 2) outline an agenda for the future of social computing work focused on life transitions. *How to submit:* Early-decisions Deadline: August 25, 2019 Notifications: September 2, 2019 Later-decisions Deadline: September 25, 2019 Notifications: October 2, 2019 Interested participants should submit a short paper describing either: 1) Their research, preliminary or completed, related to life transitions and social technologies - or - 2) A position paper arguing for a particular idea or approach related to conducting research on or designing for life transitions and social technologies. More info on our website here <https://www.socialtransitiontech.com/>. *Workshop organizers:* Oliver Haimson, University of Michigan Bryan Semaan, Syracuse University Brianna Dym, University of Colorado Boulder Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao, University of Michigan Daniel Herron, University of Dundee Wendy Moncur, University of Dundee -- Oliver Haimson, Ph.D. University of Michigan | School of Information oliverhaimson.com

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Media@Sydney talk 6 Sept: Colonising the Public?
by Justine Humphry 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

MEDIA@SYDNEY SEMINAR: COLONISING THE PUBLIC? SMART STREET FURNITURE AND THE TECHNO-POLITICS OF URBAN MEDIA Friday, 6 SEPTEMBER, 3PM - 4:30PM S226 Seminar Room, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney John Woolley Building (A20) level 2, entry off Manning Road, Sydney Attend Event < https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/colonising-the-public-smart-street-furnitur… > Colonising the public? Smart street furniture and the techno-politics of urban media Justine Humphry, Jathan Sadowski, Sophia Maalsen & Chris Chesher (University of Sydney) This seminar introduces the Smart Publics research collaboration between the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow on the social, design, and governance implications of smart street furniture, drawing on fieldwork in Glasgow, London and New York. We situate this research in a critical account of the privatisation of public space in cities and the role of smart urbanism as a trend accelerator. We explore these issues in the context of smart upgrades to street furniture like kiosks and benches, which are hybrid urban media objects purportedly installed to address barriers of access to information-communication networks. Yet we argue that these emerging forms of street furniture raise serious risks related to surveillance, data harvesting, and targeted advertising—which are unevenly distributed among users. We also outline how their installation changes city flows and social interactions, and how their ownership challenges the role of local government in overseeing public objects and spaces. We conclude by considering the historical development of (smart) street furniture as translations from earlier objects in public space such as phone booths and benches which mediate urban life, craft urban publics, and are adapted and resisted by users. About the speakers: Justine Humphry is a Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney and co-lead of theSmart publics University of Sydney-University of Glasgow research partnership. Her research is on the cultures and politics of mobile media and smart technology in everyday life with a focus on digital inequalities, mediated publics and marginalised media use. Justine has studied mobile communication and homelessness extensively and has conducted collaborative research on mobile antiracism apps in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. Her current projects involve researching smart street furniture in New York, Glasgow and London. Jathan Sadowski is a postdoctoral research fellow in smart cities in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. His work critically analyses the political economy of digital technologies that are data-driven, networked, and automated. His current projects include an ethnography with a city government on the process and politics of planning smart initiatives. Jathan’s book – Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World – will be published in 2020 by The MIT Press. Chris Chesher is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. His current research focuses on the interplay between smart home and smart city technologies: the role of voice in smart speakers and voice assistants; the digitisation of real estate advertising; the global introduction of smart street furniture; and smart technologies at the interface of private and public spaces. He is also working on a collaboration with the Sydney Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, and on a book called Invocational Media. Sophia Maalsen is a lecturer in urbanism and former IB Fell postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney. Her research addresses the increasing digital mediation of housing and alternative forms of housing, including the increase in tenure forms such as share housing across all age groups. Maalsen also researches practices of smart urbanism and is currently on two grants that look at how smart urban practices and governance materialises in different contexts. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, Sophia was a postdoctoral researcher on the EU funded Programmable City Project where she investigated the digital transformation of cities and urban governance. Her particular expertise is in understanding the intersection of the material, digital and the human and how this effects lived experience. She is the author of The Social Life of Sound (2019, Palgrave MacMillan).

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