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putting Biden's victory in an Internet context
by Paul Levinson 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Truth Can Win in the Marketplace of Ideas - situated in social media a 10-minute podcast <https://paullev.libsyn.com/truth-wins-in-the-marketplace-of-ideas> -Paul *Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time * - digital <https://open.spotify.com/album/4S1oaV75qF6tRFfdDwDczE>, CD <http://paullev.com/product/welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time-cd/>, vinyl <https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6371-welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time> "Eight slices of interstellar delight" -- Jon Pruett, *Ugly Things Magazine*, September 2020 <https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/join_mailing_list/artist_86705>

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just published in China with a chapter about my work: Understanding Media Ecology
by Paul Levinson 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

This brand new book by Liang Yi, *Understanding Media Ecology <https://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2020/11/understanding-media-ecology-just.…>*, has a chapter devoted to my work, with a link to an audio and a video recording of me. This makes the second book published in China this Fall about my work -- the first was Cheng Gong's Media Competition for Human Selection, Survival of the Fittest: Paul Levinson's Media Evolutionary Theory <https://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2020/10/cheng-gongs-book-entitled-paul.ht…> devoted completely to my theory of the evolution of media, first presented in my 1979 doctoral dissertation, Human Replay: A Theory of the Evolution Media <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075J8KHMY/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20>. -Paul *Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time * - digital <https://open.spotify.com/album/4S1oaV75qF6tRFfdDwDczE>, CD <http://paullev.com/product/welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time-cd/>, vinyl <https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6371-welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time> "Eight slices of interstellar delight" -- Jon Pruett, *Ugly Things Magazine*, September 2020 <https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/join_mailing_list/artist_86705>

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MAB20 | Call for Student Awards, Online Meetup & more
by Media Architecture Biennale 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Dear MAB-Community, We are excited to announce the relaunch our Call for Student Awards and to invite you for our next MAB (online) Meetup coming up on November 11th. This time we want to focus on the future generation of researchers and academics in the field. Find out more details about this event and our current calls below. We are looking forward to your participation! Last but not least, let's continue to share and increase the awareness about the field of media architecture via the work that we have been developing! So, keep letting us know about your projects, publications & events, and we will showcase them on our MAB-Community section. ** EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ What questions are being asked in the field of Media Architecture and how are researchers trying to answer them? In our next MAB online meetup, we will bring together early-career researchers from around the world to discuss their research topics and processes, and share their multiple perspectives on the inter-disciplinary field of Media Architecture. Audience members are welcome to join the conversation and ask questions via the Zoom chat. Join us and don't forget to check your timezone! This event is part of ongoing actions of the MAB to foster the debate of research and education in the media architecture field. This will continue to happen as part of the MAB Academy, which will be launched soon. Stay tuned! More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ** CALLS ------------------------------------------------------------ MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites students to send in their projects for the MAB Student Awards. An internationally acclaimed jury will select nominees and winners in five categories. During MAB20, a selection of projects will also be presented in an on-site exhibition and awards will be given out during a special event. We look forward to showcasing your innovative ideas! >> Deadline: April 1st, 2021 More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites architects, urban designers, artists, and other industry practitioners to submit outstanding projects at the intersection of architecture, urban design and planning, media and interaction design, and art. This call is for projects that are already built or realized except if your project fits the category 'Future Trends and Prototypes'. >> Deadline: February 1st, 2021 More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites papers from academics, students, and industry practitioners that align to the theme 'Futures Implied' (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . The paper contributions should address current practices, discuss theoretical approaches, or present novel research that explore and further develop our understanding of media architecture through relevant case studies, design processes, and community and industry examples. >> Deadline: January 25th, 2021 More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ** MAB-COMMUNITY ------------------------------------------------------------ BOOK LAUNCH: THE BUILDING AS SCREEN On November 25th, 17:00 CET, SPUI25 will be hosting a book launch for The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), written by MAB's program chair Dave Colangelo. This event will feature a discussion panel, which will explore what are the critical and creative possibilities of large-scale public projections, urban screens, and media architecture -- and the technical and social networks connected to them.[DEL: :DEL] Taking Colangelo’s book as a starting point, this panel will also consider the role that “massive media” can play in practices of monumentality, public art, and digital placemaking/placekeeping. Interested? Sign up below and join speakers Dave Colangelo, Sarah Turner, and Gabriel Menotti in this conversation! This event is a collaboration between SPUI25 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Amsterdam University Press (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Ryerson University (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Media Architecture Biennale (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . Photo credits: "Illuminated Voices" by Sabina Haque & Victoria Wells, curated & facilitated by Mobile Projection Unit at APANO in Portland Sign up here >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ARTWORK | Senior Lighting Designer at Lighting Design Collective (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Anuj Gala, has shared with us their recent light art installation in Helsinki. ‘Moment Magnet’ is a signature dynamic light art piece aimed to create a calmer backdrop for today’s modern shopping experience at Helsinki Outlet. This is a permanent light-art installation that provides a peaceful and relaxing moment, imprinting a sense of memory into people’s minds. During the day time, rich copper hue polished skins create natural reflections. In the night time, it turns into dynamic ever-changing media content reacting live with intelligent data fed from the environment. 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Watch video >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ** MAB LIVECAST SERIES ------------------------------------------------------------ MAB Livecast #1 Media Architecture Today for Tomorrow's Cities (RE)WATCH HERE >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) Image: Impulse, Lateral Office and CS Design (photo: Ulysse Lemerise / OSA) MAB20 Livecast #2 Futures Implied: How Media Architecture shapes our cities (RE)WATCH HERE >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) Image: Sonic Runway, Rob Jensen & Warren Trezevant (photo: Scott Ashkenaz) ** JOIN THE MAB-COMMUNITY ------------------------------------------------------------ Follow us on our social media channels below for regular updates. 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You’re Invited to Submit A Session Proposal for MozFest 2021
by Ahmed Medien 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hi everyone, Sorry for cross-posting. MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. That’s why I’m excited to invite you <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>and your community to participate in the first-ever virtual MozFest! Submit A Session Idea for MozFest This Year <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/> I'm on the openness programme committee and I'm looking forward submissions around content moderation and misinformation if that is your area of expertise. We’re excited to use the programming that we’ve honed over a decade of festivals – participant-led sessions, immersive art exhibits, space for spontaneous conversations, inspiring Dialogues & Debates – to address current and global crises. Through our Call for Session Proposals (where you're invited to propose an interactive workshop to host at the festival), we’ll seek solutions together, through the lens of trustworthy artificial intelligence. Anyone can submit a session – you don’t need any particular expertise, just a great project or idea and the desire to collaborate and learn from festival participants. Since it’s online this year, we’re especially eager to see session proposals from those that haven’t been able to attend in year’s past due to travel restrictions. If you or someone you know is interested in leading a session at MozFest this year, you can submit your session idea here <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>! The deadline is November 23. Kind regards, Ahmed Medien Researcher Advancing Content Digital Content Safety | weforum.org

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Job opportunity at Loughborough
by Andrew Chadwick 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hello all. Please find below details of a part-time, Leverhulme-funded teaching replacement job opening in my department at Loughborough. All enquiries to my head of department, Professor John Downey j.w.downey(a)lboro.ac.uk<mailto:j.w.downey@lboro.ac.uk> Yours, Andy • • • • www.andrewchadwick.com<https://www.andrewchadwick.com> • www.lboro.ac.uk/research/online-civic-culture-centre<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/online-civic-culture-centre> • www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media> +++++++++ Dear All, We have a job opening at Loughborough https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCE632/university-teacher-communication-and-media I’d be very happy to field informal enquiries. Part-time (0.33 FTE/12 Hours per Week). Fixed-term from 1 February 2021 - 31 January 2024. This is an opportunity to join Communication and Media at Loughborough University, part of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Communication and Media is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence in research, teaching and enterprise. In the latest UK Research Excellence Framework (2014), Communication and Media at Loughborough was ranked 2nd in the UK for research intensity, with 90% of its research “world leading” or “internationally excellent.” It was ranked Top in the UK in the Times Good University Guide in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and Top in the UK in the Complete University Guide for 2021. Applicants for the post of University Teacher must have experience, and evidence of excellence, in teaching communication and media to undergraduate and post graduate students. The post holder will be expected to help lead teaching and contribute to other areas of the curriculum as required, including the delivery and development of undergraduate and post graduate programmes. They must be able to support students and cooperate with colleagues in the continuous review and development of core Loughborough Communication & Media Modules as well as provide strategic leadership to teaching at the programme level. Candidates are expected to have a PhD (or close to completion) in Communication and Media or a closely related discipline, an active research profile, and the clear potential to contribute to the University Strategy of Building Excellence in a high-performing HE environment. Informal enquiries should be made by email to Professor John Downey (j.w.downey(a)lboro.ac.uk<mailto:j.w.downey@lboro.ac.uk>), Head of Communication and Media. Application Closing Date: 15 November 2020. Interviews will be held during the week commencing 7 December 2020. Please follow this link<https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/jobdesc/REQ200721.PDF> for details. John Downey Professor of Comparative Media Analysis<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/john-downey/> Head of Communication and Media<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/> Vice-President, European Communication Research & Education Association<http://www.ecrea.eu/>

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IEEE CyberSecurity 2021 | Dublin City University | Call For Papers
by HANAN HINDY 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email) **** International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2021) June 14-16, 2021 | Virtual - Dublin, Ireland **** Theme: Advancing Cyber Security Education in a post-COVID World (https://www.c-mric.com/cs2021) The aim of the Cyber Security 2021 is to encourage participation and promotion of collaborative scientific, industrial and academic inter-workings among individual researchers, practitioners, members of existing associations, academia, standardisation bodies, and including government departments and agencies. The purpose is to build bridges between academia and industry, and to encourage interplay of different cultures. Cyber Security 2021 invites researchers and industry practitioners to submit papers that encompass principles, analysis, design, methods and applications. All submitted papers are independently peer-reviewed. All accepted papers must be registered (registrations fees TBD) and presented at the conference to be considered for listing in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and other reputable bibliographic indexes. Previous conference papers are listed in IEEE Xplore ---------Submission Deadline Deadline for all paper submissions, that is, both full papers and extended abstracts for Poster, WIP, PoC, Research Idea and PhD Seminar presentations is 26th January 2021. ---------Topics of Interest Original papers are invited on recent advances in Cyber Security, Online Services, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger and Digital Services. The topics in Cyber Security 2021 include but not limited to: Cyber Security * Information Security * Computer Network Security * Application Security * Web Services Security * Mobile Security * Protective Security * Software Security * Wireless & Sensor Network Security * Software Coding Security * Barcode Scanner Security * Security in Middleware, Interface and Interaction * Security Services in Authentication, Authorisation, Accountability, Automation, Availability, Integrity and Non-repudiation * Security Management * Security Operations * Digital Trust and Reputation * Geographical Location (IP Geo-location) and Cyber Travel * Geospatial Intelligence Networks (Centralised, Distributed & Hybrid) * Policy, Legal, Legislation & Compliance * Security Standardisation * Law, Legal and Ethics Digital Services * Web Services * Internet Banking * E-Booking * Cloud Computing * E-Government * Electronic Commerce * Citizens Public Online Services * Mobile Commerce * E-Postal Services * E-Health * Online & Virtual Education * E-Learning * Web Chats * Secure Protocols, Coding and Development * Security Principles, Theory and Analysis * Security Policy, Standards and Procedures * Security in Business Processes * Security Enforcing Function (SEF) Gateways * Intrusion Detection Systems * Intrusion Prevention Systems * Firewalls * Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware Gateways * Data Loss Prevention & Encryption Services Protection of Digital Services * Protection of Business Information Systems * Protection of Online Services * Energy Sector Security, Oil and Gas and SCADA Networks * Protection of E-Currency & E-Money Transactions * Security, Trust, Privacy * Security in Online Gaming Systems * Security in e-Government and Electoral Systems * Content Security * Protection of Public Online Content Distribution Systems * Secure practices, processes and procedures in Public Online Services * Cryptography - PKI, HSMs, Symmetric and Asymmetric Crypto, Crypto Custodian & Crypto Standards and Practices * Digital Forensics and Investigations * HoneyPots and Honey Nets * Critical National Infrastructures (CNIs) * Critical Network Systems (CNS) Security Operations Centre * Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) * Joint Security Operations Centre (JSOC) * Strategic Security Operations Centre (SSOC) * Virtual Security Operations Centre (vSOC) * Cyber SOC Designs * SOC Design Architecture Patterns * Threat Intelligence * Fusion Centre & Cyber Centre * Operations Monitoring Centre * Security Monitoring * Transaction Monitoring * Web Fraud Detection (WFD) * Incident Management * Cyber Incident Response * Anomaly Detection * Heuristic Learning * Intrusion Detection * Computer Misuse and Abuse Application and Container Platform Security * Application and Container Platform (ACP) * Container Technologies * Security Concerns Associated with Container Technologies * Apps * Cultural and Technical Processes for Managing Containers & Apps * Microservices * Kubernetes * Docker * Cloud Computing * Container Technology Architecture * Approaches to Management, Maintenance and Processing of Containers, Apps and HostOS * CI/CD * Risks & Issues * OWASP * Open Web Application Security Remediation and Optimisation * Remedial Action Plans * Risk Management * Business Process Optimisation * Security Management * Policy and Standards Compliance * Vulnerability Management * Accreditation & Assurance * Security Assurance and Certification * Process, Procedure and Standardisation * Global IT Outsourcing * Supplier Management DevSecOps * Virtualisation (Network, OS, Container & Apps) * DevOps * API * HostOS * Microservices security * Agile and Scrum Methodologies * Issues, practices and challenges Blockchain * Cryptocurrency * Bitcoin & Bit-everything * Blockchain in Manufacturing * Blockchain in Banking & Financial Systems * Blockchain in Aviation * Blockchain in Pharmaceuticals * Blockchain in IoT * Blockchain in Defence * Blockchain in Cybersecurity Operations * Blockchain in Publications * Blockchain Education Curriculum Security Operations Centre Management * Design Requirements * Principles and Operations * SOC Security Operating Procedures (SOC SyOPs) * Architectures and Design Considerations * Implementation of SOC Centres * Monitoring and Security Analysis * Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) * Log Analysis & Analytics * IDS/IPS & Firewall Administration * Alerting and Event Prioritisation * Log Management * Analysis Tools and Techniques * Incident Triage * Incident Analysis, Management, Reporting and Escalation * Management Reports and Management Information (MI) Reports * Coordination and Containment * Collaboration and Incident Investigation * National CERT Liaison * Model of Operations * Intelligence Interfaces and Threat Intelligence Feeds * Asset Management, Prioritisation and Categorisation * Investigation & Forensic Readiness STEM & Cyber Security Education * Cyber Security in childhood education * Code - Teaching Education for Kids, Teens and Colleges * Secure by Code * Secure by Design * Secure by Default Automation and Robotics * Autonomous & Self-driving * Self-Healing * Domestic Assistance * Autonomous Healthcare and Assistance * Industrial Manufacturing Robotics * Search and Rescue Operations * Robotics Process Automation (RPA) Network Operations Centre * Functions of NOCs * Design Principles * Design Architectures and Design Requirements * Monitoring and Analysis * Coordination * Incident Response & Handling * Incident Management * Operations Management * Models of Operations * System Interfaces and Automation * Asset Management * Data Leak Prevention (DLP) * Denial and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Vulnerability Management * Vulnerability Scanning, Ranking and Prioritisation * IT Health Checks (ITHC) * Vulnerability Analysis * Vulnerability Management * Asset Management & Configuration Management Database * Asset Classification, Categorisation & Prioritisation ---------Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmricorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CMRiCCyberScience/ Kind regards, Hanan ---------------------------------- Hanan Hindy CyberScience 2021 Co-Chair School of Design and Informatics Abertay University Dundee, Scotland

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CFP: IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA)
by Axel Soto 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Fourth IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA) https://sites.google.com/view/esida2021/home 13 April 2021, Virtual Important Dates: Submission deadline: December 23, 2020 (midnight Hawaii time) Acceptance notification: January 31, 2021 Final manuscript due: February 15, 2021 Workshop: April 13, 2021 Workshop Description: This workshop will be part of the ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2021 Conference (http://iui.acm.org/2021/) The workshop focuses on systems that personalize, summarize and visualize the data for supporting interactive information seeking and information discovery, along with tools that enable user modeling and methods for incorporating the user needs and preferences into both analytics and visualization. Our aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on different personalization aspects and applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. This will allow us to achieve four goals: (1) propose new strategies for systems that need to convey the rationale behind their decisions or inference, and the sequence of steps that lead to speciﬁc (search) results; (2) develop new user modeling and personalization techniques for exploratory search and interactive data analytics; (3) develop a common set of design principles for this type of systems across platforms, contexts, users and applications; (4) develop a set of evaluation metrics for personalization in exploratory search. The workshop aims to solicit submissions in the following areas of personalized interactive data analytics and exploratory search: Personalized interactive exploration via interactive data analytics: – personalization aspects in systems for exploratory search. – cross-domain/ context-aware/ cross-platform exploratory search systems. – interactively modelling the user’s information needs for high-recall information retrieval. – new applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. Data analytics: – interactive interfaces for data-intensive platforms. – interaction degrees of freedom. – preprocessing vs. online processing. – interactive data visualization evaluation of interactive systems for exploratory search and data analytics. Metrics for explainable intelligent systems: – metrics for explainable exploratory search. – explainability and transparency in expert vs. non-expert systems. – human-in-the-loop analytics systems. – efﬁcient vs. explainable analytics. – user perception of explainability and transparency in interactive intelligent systems. Organisers: Dorota Glowacka, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki (Finland), glowacka[at]cs.heelsinki.fi Evangelos Milios, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), eem[at]cs.dal.ca Axel J. Soto, Institute for Computer Science and Engineering, UNS - CONICET (Argentina), axel.soto[at]cs.uns.edu.ar Fernando V. Paulovich, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), paulovich[at]dal.ca Denis Parra, Department of Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile) , dparra[at]ing.puc.cl Osnat (Ossi) Mokryn, Department of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Haifa (Israel), omokryn[at]univ.haifa.ac.il Submission Information: We encourage submissions of work in progress, concept papers, case studies, ongoing research projects, reports on recently completed PhD dissertations or recently accepted journal papers, and generally material that will stimulate discussion, generate useful feedback to the authors, encourage research collaborations and vigorous exchange of ideas on promising research directions, in one of the following formats: -full papers (up to 8 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will presented either as contributed talks or posters -extended abstracts (up to 4 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will be presented as posters with a possibility to be accompanied by a demo. Papers can be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esida21

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ACM UMAP 2021: Call for Papers
by Oana Inel 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

--- Apologies for cross-posting — ============================ Call for Papers - ACM UMAP 2021 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Re-Evaluating Evaluation in Personalization Research" Hybrid: Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Online June 21-25th (tentative), 2021 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper due: January 24, 2021 ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with past years’ chairs. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization and adaptation may be applied. This includes a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation, recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks, personalized health, entertainment, and many more. We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation; the conference web site provides a detailed list. Below we present a short (but not proscriptive) list of topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2021 is “Re-Evaluating Evaluation” we encourage submissions in all areas that offer a critical analysis of evaluations of personalized systems. We particularly want to acknowledge that some of the research might be influenced by Covid-19 related constraints (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies), and welcome submissions which introduce novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation in any area. The topics listed below are not intended to limit possible contributions. Final decisions will be made on the basis of suitability for, and fit to, the overall conference (not for specific tracks). Additionally, there is no quota for the maximal number of accepted papers per track. Topics include (but are not limited to): • Personalized Recommender Systems • Track chairs: Alejandro Bellogin, Sole Pera, Ludovico Boratto • Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web • Track chairs: Maria Bielikova, Panagiotis Germanakos, Ben Steichen • Intelligent User Interfaces • Track chairs: Katrien Verbert, Dennis Parra • Personalized Social Web • Track chairs: Julita Vassileva, Jie Zhang • Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning • Track chairs: Ella Haig, Manolis Mavrikis • Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy • Track chairs: Christine Bauer, Michael Ekstrand • Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Track chairs: Jaap Ham, Rita Orji SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 Long (8 pages + references) and Short (4 pages + references) papers in ACM style. Original research papers addressing the theory and/or practice of UMAP, and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. * Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate its innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. * Short papers should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories, but only within each category. Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. UMAP uses a double blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' own prior work should be made in the third-person. All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed for students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper: January 24, 2021 Notification: March 8, 2021 Camera-ready: April 11, 2021 Video submission: May 5th, 2021 Conference: June 21-June 25, 2021 (tentative) Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Judith Masthoff, University of Utrecht Eelco Herder, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Program chairs Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, and Demo/Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements.

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WEBCAST TODAY – DC-CIV – Internet in Crisis – Management and Renewal #vIGF2020
by Joly MacFie 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

This is one that I somehow overlooked in my IGF roundup earlier in the week. I am making up my omission by streaming it! ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 4 November, 2020 at 10:30 -12:00 UTC the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values (DC-CIV) will hold it's vIGF2020 session entitled: Internet in Crisis - Management and Renewal. During the pandemic the Internet has become the lifeline. Has t" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020>On *Wednesday 4 November, 2020* at *10:30 -12:00 UTC* the *Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dynamic-coalition-on-core-…>* (DC-CIV) will hold it's *vIGF2020 <https://www.intgovforum.org/>* session entitled: *Internet in Crisis - Management and Renewal <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi…>*. During the pandemic the Internet has become the lifeline. Has this paradigm shift triggered the need to change Core Internet Values? *SPEAKERS* *Sébastien Bachollet*, EURALO Chair *Olivier Crépin-Leblond*, ISOC UK England *Olga Makarova*, MTS *Gregory Name* *Alejandro Pisanty*, UNAM *MODERATOR* *Sébastien Bachollet*, EURALO Chair *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020>* *AGENDA https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi… <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration>* *TWITTER #vIGF2020 <https://bit.ly/2HVKvbU> * *SIMULCAST* *https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ>* *https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live <https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live>* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/CoreInternetValues <https://www.facebook.com/CoreInternetValues>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/dc-civ2020 <https://archive.org/details/dc-civ2020>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12948/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Automating Society - we'll show the evidence (IGF 2020 Pre-Event #20)
by Matthias Spielkamp 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear all, apologies for cross-posting. We would like to invite you to tomorrow’s IGF 2020 Pre-Event session "Automating Society - we'll show the evidence" Predictive video surveillance to prevent suicides in German jails; algorithmic risk assessment of domestic violence in Spain; predictive justice systems helping Italian courts decide whether a complaint is algorithmically sound or not. An automated decision-making system that suggests treatments for cancer patients in Switzerland, while others help profiling the unemployed and provide payments of welfare system benefits in Denmark. Sounds (France), smiles (Poland), faces (increasingly, everywhere): nothing seems to escape the realm of automated analysis and decision. And yet, much of the debate in the field of algorithmic decision-making systems (ADMS) and so-called Artificial Intelligence privileges discourses of lofty ethical norms. Too little is known about the many ways in which these systems are already being used in practice. Within these disparate use-cases, it is very important to ask what constitutes context-specific, fit-for-purpose policies with regards to ADMS. To do this we need evidence that will both inform and shape the needed actions, so that ADMS could be used to increase welfare and liberties, whilst also limiting their abuses through harmful surveillance, discrimination, and control. We will share state-of-the art evidence about the practice of algorithmic decision-making processes already in use, taken from our brand new Automating Society 2020 report, covering 16 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK. In a first part, we will briefly present excerpts of our evidence-based research on issues of ADMS and lay out our recommendations for policies and government arrangements. In the second part we will discuss these with the audience. Agenda • Introduction: Matthias Spielkamp, Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch • Overview: Fabio Chiusi, Editor Automating Society Report 2020 • Poland: Alek Tarkowski, President of the Board, Centrum Cyfrowe • Q&A event website: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-20-auto… Automating Society 2020 report: https://automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org/ Hope to see you there! All the best Matthias — Matthias Spielkamp Executive Director http://algorithmwatch.org/ ms(a)algorithmwatch.org Tel.: +49.30.99.404.9000 AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH Linienstr. 13 10178 Berlin Berlin Charlottenburg HRB 186522 B Geschäftsführung: Matthias Spielkamp

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