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Internet of Things/Cyber Security Meet-Up at #AoIR2019
by Leonie Tanczer 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Hi Everyone, Following the call for #AoIR2019 attendees to gather to discuss areas of shared interest, I am wondering if anyone would be keen on meeting on Friday evening (i.e., 4th of October) for an Internet of Things/Cyber Security Birds of a Feather Meet-Up? Feel free to get in touch if this sounds interesting! With best wishes, Leonie ________________________________________________________________ Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer Lecturer in International Security and Emerging Technologies Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy University College London Twitter: @leotanczt Website: http://www.leonietanczer.net/ Key Fingerprint: 9F21 A6A6 913E 1393 1BC6 73DA EBEF 07A4 F61F 79DA

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ICADIWT 2019
by ijwa＠dline.info 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

CALL FOR PAPERS The Tenth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2019) Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore, India December 09-11, 2019 (www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt) The Tenth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2019) is a forum for researchers to present the intensive and innovative research, ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Computer Communications, Communication networks, Communication Software Communication Technologies and Applications, and other related themes. This conference (ICADIWT Edition IX) will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Digital Technologies is embeeded in the research activiites of large number of people and it ensures the Ubiquitous reaching of more number of people in the recent years. Research in digital technologies has been carried out in many directions using various resources and tools and on the other side, the application issues are addressed by more volume of researchers not necessarily limited to information and computing technology. Thus the proposed conference series realize its value and potential and manifest the requirements in the form of the international conference. This edition will address the following outlined themes (but not limited to) Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Digital Libraries Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Databases and applications Web Systems Engineering Design Intelligent Agent systems Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Vibration and noise control Smart cities and structures Control Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Digital Technologies for Mechanical and other designs Publication and Indexing The accepted full papers will be published in the IOS series (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA))and submitted for inclusion in many indexes. Accepted full papers will be submitted for indexing to multiple abstract and indexing partners. The papers will be indexed in many databases as given at http://www.frontiersinai.com/?q=indexing Publications will be indexed in the following databases - ACM Digital Library - DBLP - EI Compendex - Google Scholar - SciVerse Scopus - Web of Science; Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI-S) * - Web of Science; Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S) - Zentralblatt MATH The accepted papers will be published as a post-conference publication. During the conference, the pre-conference volume will be distributed. The previous ICADIWT proceedings ars indexed in Web of Science Important Dates Submission of papers: October 01, 2019 Notification: November 01, 2019 Camera ready: December 01, 2019 Registration: December 01, 2019 Conference Dates: December 09-11, 2019 Paper Submission at http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/paper-submission/ Contact: icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk or diwt(a)dirf.org ----------------------

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23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce Announcements 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

*** LAST MILE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION *** 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 28-30, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: September 17, 2019 *** *** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS *** The University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus, the Open University Cyprus and the Greek Computer Society organize the 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2019) in Nicosia, Cyprus on November 28-30, 2019. PCI 2019 aims to provide an effective channel of communication among researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and entities concerned with the latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT to discuss current, state-of-the-art topics that are of relevance and significance for national competitiveness as well as for sustainable, robust and equitable regional development. Submissions to PCI 2019 might cover, but are not limited, to the following topics: · Algorithms & Data Structures · Artificial Intelligence · Bioinformatics · Bio & Nature Inspired Computing · Blockchain Technologies · Cloud Computing · Communication & Information Systems Security and Privacy · Computational Science · Computer & Communication Networks · CRM & ERP Systems · Databases · Data Mining · Digital Libraries · Digital Systems · Distributed Computing · eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth · Telecommunication Systems · Wireless & Mobile Computing · Learning Technologies · Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia & Virtual Reality · Grid, Cluster & P2P Computing · Hardware & Architecture · Embedded Systems · Human-Computer Interaction · Image and Video Processing · Information Retrieval · Information Society: Legal and Regulatory Issues · Information Systems · Information Theory · Knowledge Based Systems · Numerical & Scientific Computation · Open Source Software · Operating Systems · Parallel & Distributed Systems · Programming Languages · Signal Processing · Software Engineering PCI 2019 encourages the submission of high quality papers with original content in the following tracks: · Research Paper: full paper (8 pages) describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Computer Science. · Research Project Results: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting the results of funded completed or ongoing research projects at national or European level. · Industry: extended abstract (2 pages) presenting novel industrial solutions, success stories, and challenges that are encountered in an industry setting when adopting IT technologies. Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG proceedings website: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following link: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The submitted research papers and extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance to scope of PCI, originality, significance, and clarity. Note that submitted papers should have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. The working language of the conference is English and the papers should be written in that language. As in previous years, the final version of the research papers accepted for presentation at PCI 2019 will be published by ACM in the ICPS Series and will be included in the ACM Digital library. The accepted extended abstracts will be allocated either a demo or poster slot during the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper or abstract is expected to register, attend the conference and present their contribution. Invited Speakers · Professor George Chrysanthou · Professor George Giaglis Important Dates · Paper submission deadline: September 17, 2019 · Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: October 17, 2019 · Submission of camera ready papers: October 24, 2019 · Author registration: October 24, 2019 Organization General Chairs · Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University Cyprus, Cyprus · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Athena Stassopoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Program Chairs · Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus · Ioannis Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus · Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Local Advisory Committee · Demetris Trihinas (chair, University of Nicosia) · Achilleas Achilleos (Frederick University Cyprus) · Panayiotis Andreou (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus) · Christodoulos Efstathiades (European University Cyprus) · Angelika Kokkinaki (University of Nicosia) · Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus) · Jahna Otterbacher (Open University Cyprus) · Vicky Papadopoulou (European University Cyprus) · Nearchos Paspallis (University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus) · Michalis Sirivianos (Cyprus University of Technology) · Stavros Stavrou (Open University Cyprus) · Demetris Zeinalipour (University of Cyprus) Proceedings Editor · Harald Gjermundrod (University of Nicosia) Steering Committee · Christos Douligeris (Greek Computer Society) · Nikitas Karanikolas (Greek Computer Society) · Christos Koilias (Greek Computer Society) · Cleo Sgouropoulou (Greek Computer Society) · Ioannis Voyatzis (chair, Greek Computer Society)

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Resources for digital politics/digital communications classes
by Colin Delany 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Hi folks, I sent these around earlier over the summer, when many folks would have been on vacation and might have missed them. If you're looking for resources about digital politics and advocacy, these two pieces look at top-level planning, including overall strategy, data-enabled field organizing, fundraising, digital advertising, social media, etc. Both are out in public for anyone to use: A Sample Digital Plan for a 2020 Political Campaign http://www.epolitics.com/2019/08/15/a-sample-digital-plan-for-a-2020-politi… How To Plan Your Digital Campaign Budget, Logistics & Staffing https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/how-to-plan-your-dig… They're both excerpts from my digital politics guidebook: http://www.epolitics.com/winning Also, if you're looking for digital politics practitioners to Skype into a class discussion, I'm happy to try to connect you with folks here in the States with real experience on the ground (I can also chat with students myself). I hope these are useful! --cpd Colin Delany Epolitics.com -- digital strategy for politics and advocacy http://www.epolitics.com 202-422-4682 cpd(a)epolitics.com @epolitics

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AAG 2020 Call for papers: Digital Work in the Planetary Market
by Mark Graham 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

*Call for papers: Digital Work in the Planetary Market <https://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/blog/call-for-papers-digital-work-in-the-planet…>* Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers <https://www2.aag.org/aagannualmeeting/> Denver, Colorado April 6-10, 2020 Session Organizers: Mark Graham, Fabian Ferrari Work, and the networks that extract value from it, are increasingly embedded into planetary systems. As ever more work is commodified and traded beyond local labour markets, this session seeks to focus on those systems that purport to pay little attention to the locations in which work is done. Workers embedded into digital production networks produce immaterial outputs. Those outputs can be instantly transmitted to anywhere on the planet. This means that, for work that relies on the production and processing of codified rather than tacit knowledge, proximity is no longer needed between workers and the objects and subjects of their work. For many, the fact that Amazon contractors in Romania listened to Alexa conversations or that Facebook commissioned Indian workers to read private messages has been a privacy scandal. Beyond privacy concerns, these cases are exemplary of a planetary network of extracting cognitive human labour that happens in real-time. Those developments reflect reshaped value chains and skill requirements. For example, the increasing complexity of AI supply chains dovetails with an increasing demand for high-quality training data labelled by workers in the Global South. Work can now seemingly be deterritorialised at a planetary scale. The goal of this paper session is to remove some of the opacity of digital work in the planetary market, inviting new theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches, and innovative ways of visualising research findings. Papers in it might address the following questions: - What do the global value chains of trans-national networks of machines and digital workers look like? How do we theorise the ways that they are governed and take form? - What do digital production networks that fuse automated systems and human production do to create value; and, despite their seeming immateriality, how do they use and create economic geographies? - What are the infrastructures that mediate, augment, and extract value from digital work? - How should we understand the relative embedded- and disembedded, material and immaterial, and territorialised and deterritorialised natures of digital production? - How should we theorise the politics of technological artefacts within the rise of planetary networks of computing? - How do we apply infrastructural thinking to holistically studying the actually existing economic geographies of AI design, training and augmentation? In other words, how should we think about the conjunction of innovations in deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and autonomous vehicles with the planetary networks of computing and digital production that they rely on to function? - What are the economic geographies of globally-traded digital work? What are the ways in which the materiality of digital work is concealed and who benefits from doing so? - What are the relationships between the increasing commodification and the disembedding of digital work? - What does it mean to work in an international digital production network, what possibilities do workers, in opaque networks of digital production, have to decommodify and improve the conditions under which they work? If you are interested in participating in this paper session, please send a title and 250-word abstract *by Wednesday, October 9th* to Mark Graham ( mark.graham(a)oii.ox.ac.uk) and Fabian Ferrari (fabian.ferrari(a)oii.ox.ac.uk) ------------------------------------------ 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>

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New Special Issue of Internet Policy Review - in cooperation with AoIR
by Axel Bruns 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Dear AoIRists, I'm very please to share this update from Internet Policy Review, the journal published by our friends at the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Institut for Internet and Society in Berlin, which has now published its special issue of papers from AoIR 2018 in Montreal. Please direct all follow-up emails to Frederic Dubois at IPR (frederic.dubois(a)hiig.de) From: Frederic Dubois <frederic.dubois(a)hiig.de> Subject: New Special Issue of Internet Policy Review - in cooperation with AoIR We are delighted to circulate the newest special issue of Internet Policy Review, edited by Jose van Dijck and Bernhard Rieder. This special issue brings together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2018 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Montreal. The special issue is part of a partnership between AoIR and the e-journal Internet Policy Review. Enjoy the read! Best wishes, Frederic Frederic Dubois, Managing editor Internet Policy Review --- Volume 8, Issue 2 Transnational Materialities Jose van Dijck, Utrecht University, Netherlands Bernhard Rieder, New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Abstract This special issue of Internet Policy Review is the second to bring together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). The conference in Montreal, in October 2018, was organised around the theme of "Transnational materialities". As explained in the editorial to this issue, the contributions map the larger debate on internet governance research in terms of perspectives rather than disciplines. The eleven papers in this issue span a wide range of topics, including normative perspectives on how platforms shape democracy, conceptual perspectives on how to think platform power, and social and legal views on data-driven governance. Papers in this Special Issue The recursivity of internet governance research Jose van Dijck & Bernhard Rieder Making data colonialism liveable: how might data's social order be regulated? Nick Couldry & Ulises Mejias Mediated democracy - Linking digital technology to political agency Jeanette Hofmann Technology, autonomy, and manipulation Daniel Susser, Beate Roessler & Helen Nissenbaum Reframing platform power Jose van Dijck, David Nieborg & Thomas Poell The platform governance triangle: conceptualising the informal regulation of online content Robert Gorwa Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe's data protection policies James Meese, Punit Jagasia & James Arvanitakis How US-made rules shape internet governance in China Natasha Tusikov Zombie contracts, dark patterns of design, and 'documentisation' Kristin B. Cornelius The 'golden view': data-driven governance in the scoring society Lina Dencik, Joanna Redden, Arne Hintz & Harry Warne The algorithmic dance: YouTube's Adpocalypse and the gatekeeping of cultural content on digital platforms Sangeet Kumar A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life Michael Latzer & Noemi Festic Access the open access special issue here: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/transnational-materialities Alexander von Humboldt Institut fuer Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Franzoesische Straße 9 - 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 - F +49 30 206 089 60 - www.hiig.de -- Prof. Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info ARC Future Fellow, 2014-18 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ Creative Industries Faculty, Z6-503, KG http://snurb.info/ Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Job opening, University of Illinois at Chicago - Assistant Professor, Politics of Platforms and AI
by Jones, Steve 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Assistant Professor, Politics of Platforms and AI , University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Communication The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track position, on the Politics of Platforms and AI. The position is focused on the politics and policy aspects of social media platforms and AI, with emphasis on how these platforms discriminate, privilege and/or enable alternative points of view. Further research areas may include media economics, the attention economy, policy, algorithm accountability, and human-machine communication. The candidate will have an earned doctorate in Communication or a related field, strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) appropriate for appointment as Assistant Professor, good prospects for external research funding, and demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. UIC is a Carnegie Research Extensive University (Research I), is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, is in the top 50 U.S. universities in federal research funding, and is among the top 200 universities in the world. Recently ranked in the top 50 worldwide, the Department of Communication at UIC focuses on New Media and offers a BA, MA, and PhD with an emphasis in: social media + social networks political communication mass media + journalism studies cultural studies gaming + game studies intercultural communication mobile media health communication policy + platform politics science + technology studies human augmentics social computational sciences Located in the heart of Chicago, we collaborate with the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory, the pre-eminent virtual reality and high-speed networking research site in the world. The Department is the birthplace and current home of New Media and Society, the leading journal in the field, and the only department to host three leading journals: Mobile Media and Communication and the open access and free journal, Social Media & Society. The desired appointment date for the position is August 16, 2020, subject to budgetary approval. Electronic applications accepted only – Interested parties should complete the on-line application and submit a letter of interest, a full curriculum vitae, samples of relevant scholarly publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and names of and contact information for three references at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=118826. Click on the Job Board, then our position. Review of applications will commence September 15, 2019. Applications received by then will receive full consideration. The search will proceed until the position is filled. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans. The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Documentation of AOL in mid-1990s
by Avery Dame-Griff 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

All, I've had limited locating these on my own, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions: Are there archives (official or community-based) of documents related to America Online, especially during its mid-1990s boom? I'm especially interested in two things: A) Guides/Community Leaders' day-to-day practices around policing offensive content and B) AOL's relationship to independent community-oriented content providers (including compensation rates, contracts, etc.). Some documentation of Guide practices and policies exists, but there's almost nothing about the latter - it's my suspicion most users didn't even know some forums were run by independent contractors. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff Lecturer, Communication Studies/Women and Gender Studies (Spring 2020) Gonzaga University Curator, Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> averydame.net <http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame(a)gmail.com

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15 days left for OzCHI'19 :: Demos, Posters, Industry Papers, Work-in-Progress :: Doctoral Consortium - @Perth/Fremantle/WA/Australia
by Artur Lugmayr 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '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 28th September 2019 Demos, Posters, Industry Papers, Work-in-Progress 31st October 2019 Doctoral Consortium WORKSHOPS (Position Papers due 13th October) - Wine and User Experience Design (deadline 13th October) - Virtual and Augmented Reality for Positive Social Impact - EnviroCHI: Advancing Computer Human Interaction for Environmental Science and Education - 1st Workshop on Human Technologies and Interaction Design in Outer Space (SpaceUX’19) - Workshop on Indigenous HCI 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 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. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Eunice Sari, UXINDO & Charles Darwin Univ., AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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CFP: Media Studies - Generations, Digital Uses and Competences
by Inês Amaral 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

[Apologies for cross-posting] *CALL FOR PAPERS - Generations, Digital Uses and CompetencesA special issue of Medijske studije / Media Studies Journal to be published in January 2020, MS Vol. 10 (2019) 20* Edited by Maria José Brites (Lusófona University of Porto), Inês Amaral (University of Coimbra), Antonija Čuvalo (University of Zagreb) Media generational identities are culturally, socially, economically and historically shaped. A single vision of generational identity is impossible. This special issue welcomes different approaches to intergenerational and generational perspectives from various geographical landscapes. Moreover, it aims to discuss digital uses and digital competences within intergenerational and generational perspectives. The proposal is to assume as context the current digital media environment, which has shaped media history over the past decades. Non-Western voices covering generations, digital uses and competences are particularly welcome. Historically, media were mostly considered as reinforcements of the generational gap, mostly in the family context. Though research by Livingstone and Haddon (2009) found that the intergenerational gap is diminishing in time, according to Bolin & Skogerbø (2013), the digital era is contributing to straight the generations. Čuvalo (2017) discerns shared media repertoires among the youngest, so-called digital generation or digital natives and the older generation of digital immigrants (Thomas, 2011). In this sense, there is the need to work closely on life course perspectives as a possible explanation of the diminishing or perpetuating of the generational gap (Amaral & Daniel, 2018). The context of digital literacy reinforced activities by civil society and schools and can bring some light to the discussion of this need (Brites, 2017). Furthermore, a generational perspective in scholar and familiar environments can empower the discussion. There is a story to tell and gains to conquer from the historical reflection, although the real interconnection between the digital devices and the audiences is a recent issue. Research can benefit from a systematization from the past to the future and also in the current present. *Descriptors:* A historical and cross-national perspective on generations and the digital environment Non-media centric approach to media generations Generations and the context of the digital environment Generations and digital competences Generations and intergenerational approaches Digital literacy and generations Digital literacy and intergenerational dimensions Theoretical discussions on generations, digital uses and competencies To define and explore methodologies critically to better understand the audience of digital generations, namely alternative methodologies. To consider ethical discussions in researching generations and also intergenerational dynamics. *Questions:* What can we learn with a historical perspective of generations and the digital, especially in the context of transitional and non-Western societies? How does the digital environment may contribute to convergence on generations? Still, what are the differences in using the digital across generations? What are the current and future trends that research results are giving to the field? Is there a shift in the approach of different generations and the media? What is the relevance of life course in the digital uses and competences? How to portray the digital evolution uses across generations, considering that the generational context is not a static dimension? What are the most appropriate theoretical approaches? Is research giving insights about new methodological approaches? What are the methodological challenges? What are the most challenging and needed ethical questions of this research field? Is there still a generation gap in terms of digital uses and competences? What social and cultural issues define generational contexts and condition intergenerationality far beyond competencies or uses? How to equate intergenerationality and digital uses in different geographic contexts? *References* Amaral, I., & Daniel, F. (2018). The use of social media among senior citizens in Portugal: active ageing through an intergenerational approach. In International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Lecture Notes in Computer Science v. 10926 (pp. 422-434). Springer, Cham. Print ISSN: 0302-9743, Online ISSN: 1611-3349, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92034-4_32 Bolin, G., & Skogerbø, E. (2013). Age, generation and the media. Northern Lights, 11, 3-14. doi:10.1386/nl.11.3_2 Brites, M.J. (Coord.) (2017). Digital Literacy and Education (2014-July 2016), national reports (Portugal, UK, Ireland, Spain, Serbia and Italy), ELN - European Literacy Network, Digital Literacy Team (WG2) https://www.is1401eln.eu/en/gca/index.php?id=149. Čuvalo, A. (2017). Ritmovi medijskih generacija u Hrvatskoj: istraživanje repertoara medijskih generacija iz sociološke perspektive. Reviza za sociologiju, 47(3): 271-302. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.47.3.2. Livingstone, Sonia & Haddon, Leslie (2009). EU Kids Online: Final Report. London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Thomas, M. (2001)(ed.). Deconstructing Digital Natives. Young People, Technology and the New Literacies. New York & London: Routledge. *All manuscripts should be submitted through the Open Journal System <https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/medijske-studije/index>.* *Submission guidelines can be found here <https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/medijske-studije/about/submissions>.* *The deadline for full articles is 7 October 2019.* -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal

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