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RTP policy files that include digital work and scholarship with pedagogical emphasis?
by Chris Werry 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Dear list-members, Our department is looking to update our RTP policy file so that there is consideration of a) digital projects, including areas like OER, and b) scholarship on pedagogy, including textbooks based on scholarly research. Could anyone share sections of policy files that include language on any of these areas? We're hoping we can adapt something already out there. Best, Chris -- Chris Werry Department of Rhetoric & Writing Studies San Diego State University

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CFP: Optimization: Towards a Critical Concept for special issue of REVIEW OF COMMUNICATION
by Fenwick Mckelvey 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Please share widely and contact me with any questions. *REVIEW OF COMMUNICATION * Themed Issue Call for Papers Optimization: Towards a Critical Concept Guest Editors: Fenwick McKelvey and Joshua Neves https://www.amo-oma.ca/en/2019/09/13/optimization-cfp/ Optimization has emerged as a quiet “buzzword.” It is seemingly everywhere and yet elusive. Our bodies, tools, and institutions are now understood as resilient and perpetually updatable. New diets and fitness apps promise to optimize our caloric intake just as an optimal information diet promises to make many informed citizens. So informed that what to watch next or who to vote for becomes one of many effortless choices made possible by the recommendations of algorithms, smartphones, and other optimizing systems. But what does optimization mean anyway? Or more crucially, what does it do? Who or what is optimized? What relationships or platforms are generated? And who or what or where falls away—is dis-optimized? Optimization intervenes in the growing formulation of algorithmic governance, regulation or algocracy, drawing on theories of communication and control. Optimization refers to specific technical architectures (e.g., centralized, decentralized or distributed) as well as applications of mathematical theory to social life—including Pareto optimalities, linear programming and stochastic theory. Taken together, optimization provides a way to understand the iterative projects of algorithmic governance as iterations of operations research, systems-cybernetic theory, or computational management. But optimization is also deeply cultural and situated—even if its claims are often general or biopolitical. As such, its technical logics and architectures should be considered alongside real social practices, geopolitical networks, and the forms of organization (and violence) shored up by the desire for optimum performance. This themed issue calls for the interdisciplinary scrutiny of optimization as a critical concept and a form of management crucial to the rhythm of networks. We invite historical and theoretical interventions around optimization and seek a wide range of approaches and analyses of the sociotechnical assemblages made possible by autonomous software and ubiquitous hardware. The goal is to provide a clear, multi-faceted introduction; help situate contemporary concerns around platforms and social engineering within the development of management, cybernetics, social and political theory; and turn attention to global specificities beyond North Atlantic examples, as well as the many forms of difference elided by optimization itself. How do these systems intervene in economic, social, and political life? And how do they transform or diminish the political imagination—now tied to industrial research and development and the calculations of a control society? Some topics this issue hopes to consider include, but are not limited to: - Considerations of how optimization systems intervene in economic, social, and political life. How do they transform or diminish the political imagination—now tied to industrial research and development and the calculations of a control society? - Case studies of optimization of the human/body (e.g., health, self-harm, mindfulness, biohacking) or systemic optimization (e.g., smart cities, ecosystems, platforms, networks) - Genealogies of optimization techniques with particular attention to operations research, Pareto optimalities, linear programming, game theory, chaos theory, and multi-agent emergent systems - Metaphors and practices of optimization in popular or political cultures (e.g., self-tracking, speculative fiction, acceleration, activism) - Optimization from or in relation to the margins (e.g., questions of scale, geopolitics, and frameworks beyond the biopolitical or cybernetic) or attention to problems of difference (e.g., race, ethnicity, indigeneity, religion, disability, sexuality, gender) - Regulatory consequences of myths or discourses of optimization in social, media, or technology policy - Speculations around the possibility of dark optimizations or radical futures through optimization (e.g., fully automated luxury communism, post scarcity, posthuman, post-Earth, dis-optimization) *Submission Deadline and Guidelines* December 1, 2019 Submit a 500-word abstract for Guest Editors’ review Spring 2020 Submit full manuscript for Guest Editors’ review July 1, 2020 Submit full manuscript for peer review Abstracts should be sent to both guest editors in Word or PDF with the subject line: Optimization CFP. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the ScholarOne Manuscripts site for *Review of Communication*: *https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rroc* <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rroc> Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word using a 12-point common font, double-spaced, and between 6,000 to 8,000 words (including endnotes). Please refer to and follow the journal’s manuscript preparations instruction for authors: *https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rroc20* <https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journ…> Authors should identify which themed call their paper is responding to by selecting the relevant drop-down option in ScholarOne. *Review Process* In keeping with the journal’s current practice, submissions will undergo rigorous peer review, including screening by the guest editors and review by at least two anonymous referees. Please direct inquiries about the Optimization: Towards a Critical Concept themed issue to: Fenwick Mckelvey, PhD Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Concordia University *fenwick.mckelvey(a)concordia.ca* <fenwick.mckelvey(a)concordia.ca?subject=Optimization%20Themed%20Issue%20for%20ROC> Joshua Neves, PhD Assistant Professor Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Concordia University *joshua.neves(a)concordia.ca* <joshua.neves(a)concordia.ca?subject=Optimization%20Themed%20Issue%20for%20ROC> Be good, Fenwick McKelvey https://fenwickmckelvey.com Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University Director, Algorithmic Media Observatory https://amo-oma.ca New book: Internet Daemons out now https://internetdaemons.com

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Faculty positions at UAlbany
by Jackson, Sam 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

The University at Albany is searching for three faculty position (that I know of) that could be of interest to AoIR folks: One position in Cybersecurity: areas of interest include (but are not limited to) risk analysis, cyber warfare, cyber intelligence, cyber-crime, information assurance, vulnerability assessment, information sharing, critical infrastructure, cyber physical systems, governance, privacy and civil liberties, human factors, and health, policy, law, insurance, and economic factors in cybersecurity. Apply at http://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=115533 Two positions in Informatics: areas of interest include (but are not limited to) IUX, HCI, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Software Engineering, Social Informatics, Information Governance, Statistics, and Web Science. Apply at http://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=115522 For all three of these positions, we’re interested in any faculty rank – lecturer, professor of practice, assistant prof (tenure track), associate prof (tenured), or full prof (tenured). Please pass these along to anyone who might be interested. And don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions. -- Sam Jackson Assistant Professor College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity University at Albany https://sjacksonphd.wordpress.com

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Help in syllabus about New Media and Collective Intelligence
by mgoyam＠yahoo.com 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Dear everyone, I'm preparing a course for college students on New Media, I love Manovich's Language on New Media and I'm planning to review those principles in class, but I am searching for an updated take on them, does anyone have any suggestion? I'm also working on the subject of Collective Intelligence through several lenses, so if you know any recent/essential work on the subject, I would love to hear your suggestions! Thanks!!! Mariana Goya MartinezCommunication Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana @MGMideas Comunicación y Tecnología http://mg-comtec.blogspot.com - The Emulation of Emotions in Artificial Intelligence: Another Step into Anthropomorphism - Contextual priming effects in the reception and evaluation of news events - Hypertextual Networks of Concepts in Academic Writing - Whose space is MySpace? Amor al cine http://filmamour.blogspot.com

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JOBS: 2 Career Development Fellows in AI and Sustainable Development, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
by Luciano Floridi 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Dear All, please share with any potentially interested candidate. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 7 October 2019. 2 Career Development Fellows in AI and Sustainable Development, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, to conduct research into how AI has been and can be used to support and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more information and how to apply please visit: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/work-us/career-development-fel… <https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/work-us/career-development-fel…> Best regards, Luciano _______________________________________ PA Danuta Farah | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287015 | @Floridi Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Professorial Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford Turing Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics Group The Alan Turing Institute, London

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CfP JCSCW Special Issue: Materializing Activism (Dec 1 2019)
by Karin Hansson 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

Call for proposals Materializing Activism: A CSCW Journal Special Issue Net activism shows how easily available tools allow the organization of social movements to be scaled up and extended globally. These media ecologies enable new forms of power. This special issue gathers research focusing on the collaborative efforts within social movements, looking into the socio-technical systems; the organization of activism; the relations between traditional and social media; and the complex network of systems, information, people, values, theories, histories, ideologies and aesthetics underlying various types of activism. The purpose with the issue is to explore how activism is materialized, enabled, and constrained by human computer interfaces, while also contributing to the development of useful tools. Deadline for the first submissions of extended abstract is December 1, 2019. (Deadline for full papers will be July 2020.) The maximum length of the extended paper is 2,000 words. The papers should follow the JCSCW formatting guidelines. Anonymize the submission and add your name and the submission title in a separate document. Submissions of extended papers and inquiries shall be sent to the following email address: khansson(a)dsv.su.se<mailto:khansson@dsv.su.se> For more information about the special issue and suggested topics visit the web page: https://materializingactivism.blogs.dsv.su.se/cfp-jcscw-special-issue/ For more information about the journal and formatting guidlines: https://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606

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Two faculty positions at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media
by Aikat, Deb 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

The University of North Carolina’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media invites applications for two full-time faculty positions, as listed below: ~~~ Assistant Professor in Digital Advertising to join our dynamic and collaborative faculty in Fall 2020, Read more details at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/168381 ~~~ Assistant / Associate Professor of Journalism Full-time, professional tenure-track, faculty position in journalism with an emphasis on accountability reporting, data literacy, and writing. Read more details at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/169150 Can you please share these job openings with your networks? Thanks. Cordially, DEB AIKAT, Ph. D. Associate Professor Hussman School of Journalism and Media 374 Carroll Hall, CB # 3365 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365, USA da(a)unc.edu | 919 962 4090 | hussman.unc.edu/directory/faculty/deb-aikat

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WEBCAST SAT/SUN: Fifth Annual Legal Hackers International Summit
by Joly MacFie 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

Internet Society Trustee Mike Godwin will be giving a keynote (Sunday 9am ET - 13:00 UTC). For a captioned version of the livestream, check isoc.live twitter <https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live>. ISOC-NY has long had a close relationship with the local (founding) branch of Legal Hackers. Wherever you are in the world you may well find there is a chapter/group near you - see https://legalhackers.org/people/ . ISOC Live posted: "On Saturday/Sunday 14-15 September 2019 the Fifth Annual Legal Hackers International Summit is taking place at Brooklyn Law School. While the Summit is designed primarily for Legal Hackers chapter organizers, there is plenty on the agenda that will intere" [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/legalhackers/live>On *Saturday/Sunday 14-15 September 2019* the *Fifth Annual Legal Hackers International Summit* <https://legalhackers.org/summit2019/> is taking place at Brooklyn Law School. While the Summit is designed primarily for Legal Hackers chapter organizers, there is plenty on the agenda that will interest the wider global community. The event is being webcast live via *YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/legalhackers/live>*. *Agenda: https://legalhackers.org/summit2019/ <https://legalhackers.org/summit2019/>* *View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/legalhackers/live <https://www.youtube.com/legalhackers/live>* *Twitter: #legalhack http://bit.ly/2QccvMf <http://bit.ly/2QccvMf>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11328/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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thank you to post this position announcement
by Nicolas TURENNE 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

Our Data Science group (10 people) at BNU HKBU UIC in China recruits please send requests to Prof XuanYuan ( [ mailto:zhexuanyuan@uic.edu.hk | zhexuanyuan(a)uic.edu.hk ] ) (Working language is English) Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Data Science (Ref:DST180901) UIC now invites candidates for this position which is expected to be filled in February 2020: Job Description Candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Database Management Systems, Programming Languages, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Processing, Statistics. Job Requirement Candidates should have a PhD or have a Master’s degree with extensive working experience in a related discipline. Successful candidates are expected to be committed to excellence in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching. Preference will be given to candidates who can undertake independent research leading to outstanding outcomes, including publications in high quality international-refereed journals. Benefits Salary commensurate with qualifications and relevant experience. Fringe benefits include housing allowance (applicable to Assistant Professor and above), leave and medical insurance. -- JDMDH Nicolas Turenne Journal of Data Science Group, Division of Science and Technology Data Mining UIC United International College and Digital Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University. Humanities Zhuhai Campus, China. Recent publications Turenne N (2018). « The rumour spectrum ». PLoS ONE 13(1): e0189080. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189080 Dang Q, Turenne N, Valette M (2018) « Using smog-related data of Chinese Sina Weibo to explore correlation between health issues and relevant regions ». In the Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science, (NLPCS), Kraków, Poland, 11-12 September 2018. Ermakova L, Bordignon F, Turenne N and Noel M (2018) « Is the Abstract a Mere Teaser? Evaluating Generosity of Article Abstracts in the Environmental Sciences ». Front. Res. Metr. Anal. 3:16. doi: 10.3389/frma.2018.00016 Turenne N., Sokolova D. and Zassoursky I, (2018). « Женщины-исследователи в открытой научной коммуникации » (en français: Les femmes chercheuses dans l'espace ouvert de communication scientifique ou Open Access) In proceedings of Журналистика в 2017 году: творчество, профессия, индустрия" (en français: "Le journalisme en 2017 : innovation, métier, industrie"), 5-7 February 2018, Moscow State University, Russia. Mazoyer B., Turenne N. and Viaud M.L. (2017). « Étude des influences réciproques entre médias sociaux et médias traditionnels », In L. Amsaleg, V. Claveau and X. Tannier. Actes de l’atelier Journalisme Computationnel. France. hal-01643634 Turenne N. (2016) « Analyse de Données Textuelles sous R », ISTE Editions, 318 p., 2016, Collection Sciences cognitives (ISTE), 9781784061074 (ebook). hal-01292349 Turenne N. (2013) « Knowledge Needs and Information Extraction », ISTE-Wiley, 288 pages, 9781118574560 (ebook). doi: 10.1002/9781118574560 Editor of Proceedings Workshop Data Science and Digital humanities (@EGC 2018), Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Paris Nord. 23 January 2018. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01691918v1 Workshop Information Extraction for Social Media Analysis, University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM). 11 October 2016. http://ligm.u-pem.fr/index.php?id=28169 --

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Excursions - AoIR2019
by Michael Dezuanni 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

Hi everyone, If you are coming to AoIR2019 in Brisbane, don’t forget the local excursions we have on offer: https://aoir.org/aoir2019/excursionsforaoir2019/ Wednesday 2nd: 9.45am: 70-minute Cruise along the Brisbane River to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary – with AoIR local committee member Michael Dezuanni. Friday 4th: 5.45pm: Kayak Paddle and Prawns on the Brisbane River – with AoIR local committee members Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez and Elija Cassidy. Book directly with the agents provided on the website using the appropriate discount codes, and follow the directions on the website to join us on the day. Looking forward to seeing you in Brisbane! Michael

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