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2 Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in Computational/digital sociology and social network analysis - University of Trento, Italy
by Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

FYI We are currently recruiting 6 Post-doctoral Research Fellows with expertise in social research methods to work within the Trento Center for Social Research Methods. Computational/digital sociology and social network analysis Two post-doctoral research fellows for researchers with experience in computational/digital sociology and social network analysis. This includes, among others: · computational methods for “statistical learning”, using R or Python, · design and analysis of experiments, including field and online experiments and use of digital devices (e.g. smartphones, wearables), · advanced social network analysis and recent developments in ERGM, SAOM/SIENA, multilevel and multimodal networks, large-scale networks, · The quantitative analysis of texts through text mining and the use of techniques such as LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation), CTM (correlated topic model) and LSA (latent semantic analysis) · the simulation of social phenomena with agent-based modelling (ABM). For more details, please see: https://www.unitn.it/ateneo/bando/61292/dipartimento-di-sociologia-e-ricerc… The application deadline is: 19/02/2020, 12:00 (noon), CET. …………………… Giuseppe A. Veltri Associate Professor in Research Methodology & Cognitive Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Research University of Trento via Verdi, 26 I-38122 Trento, Italy Tel: +39 0461 281415 email: giuseppe.veltri(a)unitn.it Personal Webpage #Find out more about my research at ResearchGate #New book: Digital Social Research, Polity. October 2019. #Work in progress: Designing Online Experiments for the Social Sciences, SAGE, 2020. All the other books

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2020
by ijwa＠dline.info 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

The 5th International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2020) Casino Barriere, Biarritz, France June 30-July 03, 2020 www.socio.org.uk/rtis The International Conference on Real-time Intelligent Systems (RTIS) has travelled from Zhuhai, China (2019), Taipei, Taiwan (2018), Casablanca, Morocco (2017), to Beijing, China (2016). The 5th RTIS will take place at Biarritz, a luxurious seaside tourist destination on the Bay of Biscay in the French Basque Country. Over the last few years real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed human life style. Research on real-time intelligent systems is of multi-disciplinary nature, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location based services, recommendation systems, multimedia processing, among others. In today’s highly dynamic environment, analyzing data in real time is a must to understand how systems are processing data, to reason the outputs and to anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to topics, such as: Artificial Intelligence Techniques Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Streaming data, streaming engines Trace-based intelligent real-time services Adaptive vision algorithms Location based services Intelligent Robotic Systems Collaborative Intelligence Processing Intelligent Databases Data capture in real-time Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Data Analysis Intelligent Database Systems Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Intelligent Information Systems Privacy and security in Intelligence Software Engineering Solutions Intelligent Soft Computing Real-time multiprocessor systems Internet of Things Architectures for Intelligence Real-time distributed coding Smart services and platforms Real-time modeling user’s information needs Wireless Communication Real-time intelligent communication Real-time intelligent network solutions Mobile Smart Systems Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors Expert Systems Decision support systems in real time Multi-agent Intelligent Systems Multilingual information access Recommendation systems Real-time intelligent alert systems Real-time remote access systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Critical Real Time Applications Real-time noise removal systems Event-driven analytics Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Machine translation in real time OLAP for real-time decision support Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through EasyChair. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer LNCS series (Pending). Author instructions along with LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available at (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submitted papers should not exceed 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references. Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights to Springer. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration. Program Committees General Chairs Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Opole University,Poland Program Chairs Richard Chbeir, Univ Pau & Pays Adour, France Pit Pichappan,Digital Information Research Labs,UK Workshop/Special Issues Chair Spyros Sioutas, University of Patras,Greece Important Dates Full papers submission: 9th March 2020 Notification: 20th April 2020 Camera-readies & registration: 27th April 2020 Conference dates: 30th June – 3rd July 2020 Contact: rtis(a)socio.org.uk -------------------------

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Lists and giveaways bibliography
by María González Aguado 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Dear Aorists, I write to request your help in finding some reliable references on the topics of giveaways in Instagram and other social networks and also on lists as an online writing genre. If you know about any reference or are working on these topics, I will really appreciate if you could let me know. Thank you very much in advance. Best wishes, Maria --

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Book announcement: Digital Mediascapes of Transnational KoreanYouth Culture
by Kyong W Yoon 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book *Digital Mediascapes of Transnational Korean Youth Culture* (Routledge). https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429469251 Drawing on vivid ethnographic field studies of youth on the transnational move, across Seoul, Toronto, and Vancouver, this book examines transnational flows of Korean youth and their digital media practices. This book explores how digital media are integrated into various forms of transnational life and imagination, focusing on young Koreans and their digital media practices. By combining theoretical discussion and in depth empirical analysis, the book provides engaging narratives of transnational media fans, sojourners, and migrants. Each chapter illustrates a form of mediascape, in which transnational Korean youth culture and digital media are uniquely articulated. This perceptive research offers new insights into the transnationalization of youth cultural practices, from K-pop fandom to smartphone-driven storytelling. A transnational and ethnographic focus makes this book the first of its kind, with an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the scope of existing digital media studies, youth culture studies, and Asian studies. It will be essential reading for scholars and students in media studies, migration studies, popular culture studies, and Asian studies. Kind regards, Kyong Yoon Associate Professor of Cultural Studies University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

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(Our) Nice New Paper Out on Scholarly/Organizational Networks: Productivity and Influence
by Barry Wellman 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

and if you can't get it elsewhere, we have some free copies to give out: The differential impact of network connectedness and size on researchers~R productivity and influence Tsahi Hayat, Dimitrina Dimitrova &Barry Wellman Information, Communication, & Society, 23, 5 https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1713844 ABSTRACT We analyze the effect of different types of online and offline ties - acquaintanceship, advice, and co-authorship - on researchers' productivity and influence. Unlike static studies of networked work, we look at how changes in these networks affected researchers' performance and influence. Using the number of publications as an indicator of productivity and the number of citations as an indicator of influence, we investigate when researchers were more productive and influential. We study whether their networks were cohesive, if the researchers were central in their networks or linked to central players, and whether their work had more opportunities to be disseminated through diverse, non-redundant ties. Although the connectedness of their networks was positively associated with the researchers' productivity, it was the non-redundant effective size of the networks that was positively associated with the researchers' influence. KEYWORDS: Networked work, research network, closure, effective size Barry Wellman -- =================== Barry Wellman, FRSC Director, NetLab Network Founder, International Network for Social Network Analysis Kyle Lowry is My Spirit Animal Step by step, link by link, putting it together--Streisand/Sondheim The earth to be spannd, connected by network--Walt Whitman It's Always Something--Roseanne Roseannadanna A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times--You Are There! NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Wellman

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Open Panel, Marxist STS, EASST/4S Prague, Aug 18-21
by maxigas＠lancaster.ac.uk 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

Dear list members, We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper proposal to our Open Panel titled "Marxist STS” (Panel #107) to be held in the EASST/4S conference <https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/> (Prague, August 18th-21st 2020). More information is included below. Please feel free to circulate this call to anyone who might be interested and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or doubts. Thanks! Best regards, Johan Söderberg, Maxigas, Davide Orsini ------------------------------------------------------------ Marxist STS Johan Söderberg (Göteborg University), Maxigas (Lancaster University / University of Amsterdam), and Davide Orsini (Mississippi State University) The historical roots of STS go back to Marxism. Many of the issues currently being debated in relation to technology and science begun as debates in-between Marxist intellectuals, notably concerning the status of science and ideology critique. By returning to this history and to Marxist theoretical resources, new insights can be gained when addressing STS questions. This panel invites presentations exploring the Marxist roots of STS as well as new, theoretical work broadly inspired by Marxism. Keywords: Capitalism, Ideology, Critique, Marxism, Class Categories: Knowledge, Theory and Method, Economics, Markets, Value/Valuation OBS.: Deadline 29th February. -- Maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice Centre for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University https://relay70.metatron.ai/ Unix is a Registered Bell of AT&T Trademark Laboratories. - Donn Seeley O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

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Deadline Extended: 2020 Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Conference - San Luis Obispo, California (IEEE Tech. Co-Sponsored)
by Lee, Mark 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS iLRN 2020: 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network June 21–25, 2020, San Luis Obispo, California, USA Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore® Conference theme: "Vision 20/20: Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight in XR and Immersive Learning" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference website: http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2020 Full CFP available at: http://bit.ly/2ki4gzb (PDF), http://bit.ly/2lUcpdG (HTML) The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is a burgeoning global network of researchers and practitioners collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. Its annual conference is the premier scholarly event focusing on advances in the use of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and other extended reality (XR) technologies to support learners and learning. Leading scholars and professionals operating in formal education settings as well as those representing diverse industry sectors will converge on the historic and picturesque coastal city of San Luis Obispo, California for iLRN 2020, where they will share their research findings, experiences, and insights; network and establish partnerships to envision and shape the future of XR and immersive technologies for learning; and contribute to the emerging scholarly knowledge base on how these technologies can be used to create experiences that educate, engage, and excite learners. ##### TOPIC AREAS ##### XR and immersive learning in/for: - Serious Games - Medical & Healthcare - Workforce & Industry - Culture & Language - K-12 - Museums & Libraries - Special Education - Geosciences - Data Visualization With Special Tracks on: - Playful Immersive Learning Experiences - Place, Presence, & Perspective - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access & Social Justice (IDEAS) - Self & Co-regulated Learning - Immersive & Engaging Educational Experiences - Digital Transformation & Humanities ##### SESSSION TYPES & SESSION FORMATS ##### *** Academic Stream *** (Refereed papers for proceedings) - Full or short paper for oral presentation - Short or work-in-progress paper for poster presentation - Work-in-progress paper for doctoral colloquium *** Practitioner Stream *** (No paper – refereed on the basis of abstract) - Oral presentation - Poster presentation - Demo showcase *** Non-Traditional Formats *** - Pre-conference workshops - Special sessions - Panel sessions Please see the conference website for templates and guidelines. ##### IMPORTANT DATES ##### - Main submission deadline* - EXTENDED: 2020-01-31 - Main-round notifications: 2020-03-23 - Camera-ready papers (Main): 2020-04-06 - Late submission deadline*: 2020-03-30 - Late-round notifications: 2020-04-27 - Camera-ready papers (Late): 2020-05-11 - Conference: 2020-06-21 to 2020-06-25 *Full and short papers can only be submitted in the main round. ##### PUBLICATION & INDEXING ##### Accepted and registered papers presented at iLRN 2020 will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore® digital library. 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Deadline Extended to Feb. 15th! - CFP: Exploring Social Media in Shifting, Transforming, and Transitioning Markets
by Drenten, Jenna 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

THREE WEEKS TO GO! We have extended our deadline for the upcoming conference track on 'Exploring Social Media in Shifting, Transforming, and Transitioning Markets - part of the 45th Annual Macromarketing Conference in Bogota, Colombia. Submissions are now due February 15, 2020. See below for track details. Works in progress and early-stage research are welcomed across all disciplines. Please contact the track chairs with any questions. Submission Types * Competitive Papers (max. 8,000 words) * Extended Abstracts (max. 5 pages) * Special Session Proposals *Please format your submission: MS Word, Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced CALL FOR PAPERS - CONFERENCE TRACK Exploring Social Media in Shifting, Transforming, and Transitioning Markets (A track of the 45th Annual Macromarketing Conference) We are pleased to introduce the first dedicated social media track of the Macromarketing Conference -- a community of scholars devoted to understanding how markets, marketing, and society are connected into a networked system that shapes economic, political and ecological outcomes as well as global human welfare. The 45th Annual Macromarketing Conference will be held in Bogota, Colombia, July 7-10, 2020. Submissions are due February 15, 2020. For the "Exploring Social Media" track, authors can submit via our online portal for the track: https://macromarketing.wishpondpages.com/social-media/ For more information, view our "Exploring Social Media" track poster: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1faNtXXCuStUn_URLrrMkQrgh7t45THbO/view Track Chairs: Jenna Drenten, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago (jdrenten(a)luc.edu<mailto:jdrenten@luc.edu><mailto:jdrenten@luc.edu<mailto:jdrenten@luc.edu>>) Akon E. Ekpo, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago (aekpo(a)luc.edu<mailto:aekpo@luc.edu><mailto:aekpo@luc.edu<mailto:aekpo@luc.edu>>) Track Description: Facebook. WhatsApp. Instagram. Twitter. YouTube. Through social media, consumers can speak to healthcare professionals, organize political protests, watch global disasters unfold in real-time, raise funds for a loved one’s cancer treatment, and purchase illegal goods and services. Much of the research at the intersection of social media and marketing focuses on micro-level consumer behavior. However, the implications may have a bigger impact at the market system level. Thus, this track seeks to expand understanding of the role of social media within the broader macromarketing discourse. In line with the conference theme of transitioning markets, contributors to this track should think boldly and broadly about the role of social media in creating, supporting, transforming, and disassembling market systems. This track invites submissions that critically examine how the emergence and evolution of social media and digital consumer culture are reshaping marketing, market systems, and society. Possibilities for this track include, but are not limited to: * The interplay between online and offline marketplace practices and market systems * Ethical implications of social media algorithms, data harvesting, and consumer privacy * Marketplace activism and resistance through social media * Intersection of social media and issues of power, marginalization, inequality, and/or accessibility * Dynamics of a cashless culture and social media-based market systems * Deepfakes, bots, and how marketing operates in a post-truth information marketplace * Formal and informal regulations (e.g., government censorship, parental control) of social media marketing and social media platforms * New forms of marketplace labor, services, products, and economies emerging through social media * Critical-historical analysis of social media marketing and case studies of specific social media * Methodological advances and ethical considerations in social media research For this track, social media are defined as Internet-enabled services that allow consumers, communities, organizations, and governmental entities to collaborate, connect, interact by enabling them to create, co-create, modify, share and engage with user-generated content. Contributors are encouraged to explore a broad range of social media and their interplay with market systems and society across a range of functions: * transactional (e.g., Venmo, eBay, GoFundMe, Patreon) * relational/social (e.g., WhatsApp, Tinder, Ancestry) * informational (e.g., Wikipedia, Reddit, TripAdvisor) * entertainment (e.g., Spotify, Pokemon Go, TikTok) Exploration of non-Western markets and culturally specific social media are strongly encouraged. Both conceptual analyses and empirical studies are welcomed. Contributors should examine offline and online dynamics of social media as related to core macromarketing concepts, such as marketing ethics, quality of life and consumer well-being, globalization, market system dynamics, sustainability and environmental issues, consumer culture, socioeconomic development, and distributive justice. To advance macromarketing theory, contributors are encouraged to integrate theoretical perspectives from new media studies, digital humanities, and related fields. -- Jenna Drenten, PhD Assistant Professor of Marketing Quinlan School of Business Loyola University Chicago jdrenten(a)luc.edu<mailto:jdrenten@luc.edu> 803.212.8402 @jennadrenten<http://twitter.com/jennadrenten> See recent publications: * Sexualized labour in digital culture: Instagram influencers, porn chic and the monetization of attention<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gwao.12354> (Free Access) * Video gaming as a gendered pursuit<http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=exOKDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA28&dq=i…> * The hashtaggable body: Negotiating gender performance in social media<http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=exOKDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA101&dq=…> * Visual storytelling and vulnerable health care consumers: normalising practices and social support through Instagram<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JSM-09-2018-0262/full/h…>

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New Book: Furious: Technological Feminism and Digital Futures, Caroline Bassett, Sarah Kember and Kate O'Riordan
by Tim Jordan 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

I'm very happy to let you know about the publication of a new book in the Pluto Press Digital Barricades series. Jointly authored by Caroline Bassett, Sarah Kember and Kate O'Riordan Furious takes a feminist lens to look at digital analysis and the digital world. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340500/furious/ "As digital transformations continue to accelerate in the world, discourses of big data have come to dominate in a number of fields, from politics and economics, to media and education. But how can we really understand the digital world when so much of the writing through which we grapple with it remains deeply problematic? In a compelling new work of feminist critical theory, Bassett, Kember and O'Riordan scrutinise many of the assumptions of a masculinist digital world, highlighting the tendency of digital humanities scholarship to venerate and essentialise technical forms, and to adopt gendered writing and citation practices. Contesting these writings, practices and politics, the authors foreground feminist traditions and contributions to the field, offering alternative modes of knowledge production, and a radically different, poetic writing style. Through this prism, Furious brings into focus themes including the automation of home and domestic work, the Anthropocene, and intersectional feminist technofutures." This is a great addition to our book series with the series editors being myself, Jodi Dean, Joss Hands and David Castle. We're proud of the way the series has developed and contributed to critical thinking about the internet and digital world with authors like Nick Dyer-Witheford, Donatella Della Ratta, Paolo Gerbaudo and more please check it out at: https://www.plutobooks.com/pluto-series/digital-barricades-interventions-in… Best to all and happy lunar new year, Tim Tim Jordan, Professor of Digital Cultures, School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex. Office: ArtsC 110C My latest book, The Digital Economy, is now available from Polity: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517558<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517558>

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Last Mile for Paper Submission!
by Announce Announcements 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020) Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Abstract submission deadline: January 27, 2020 Paper submission deadline: February 3, 2020 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier) SCOPE AND TOPICS RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense, including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning, automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to: Information Systems and their Engineering · Requirements Engineering · Software Testing · Information Security and Risk · Method Engineering User-Oriented Approaches · Social Computing and Social Network Analysis · User-Centred Design · Collaborative Computing · Human Factors in Information Systems Data and Information Management · Databases and Information · Information Search and Discovery · Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Business Process Management · Business Process Engineering and Reengineering · Process Mining · Enterprise Engineering Domain-specific IS Engineering · E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ... · Industry 4.0 · Web-Based Applications and Services · Smart Cities Data Science · Big Data & Business Analytics · Decision Information Systems · Knowledge Management · Knowledge Discovery from Data Information Infrastructures · Cyber-Physical Systems · Web Information Systems · Grid Computing and Cloud Computing · Internet of Things · Pervasive and Mobile Computing Reflective Research and Practice · Research Methodologies in Information Science · Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual · Lifecycle Models · Design Science and Rationale Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main conference. SUBMISSION PROCESS Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the following categories: Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them in follow-up research. Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer) thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice, elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and explain the lessons learned. Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a preliminary evaluation of a technique. Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, appendices, etc. The submission site is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. We adopt a single-blind review format, meaning that the author names are included in the paper itself under the paper title. SPECIAL ISSUE A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS'20, chosen by a dedicated committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering) The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores and arguments, and the potential for extension. IMPORTANT DATES · Regular paper submission deadline: February 3, 2020 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Conference: May 20-22, 2020 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES Steering Committee · Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France · Marko Bajec,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia · Pericles Loucopoulos, Manchester University, University Kingdom · Haralambos Moratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France · Oscar Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain · Jolita Ralyté, CUI, University of Geneva, Suisse · Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden · Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom · Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands Tutorial Chairs · Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium · Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain Posters & Demos Chairs · Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France · Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

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