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The Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series
by Dhanaraj Thakur 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

Dear all, At this year's Future of Speech Online event we will explore key technical concepts in the encryption policy debates, the encrypted communications tools that underpin social movements and the work of journalists, and possible approaches to moderating content in end-to-end encrypted systems. We will also discuss the implications of restrictive national anti-encryption laws for the open, global internet, and the myriad protections that secure communications technologies provide. All the sessions are online (registration is required). More details below. take care, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org <mailto:dthakur@cdt.org> | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj YOU'RE INVITED CDT <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/3w23uk> The Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series Registration <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/jp33uk> *RSVP for the Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series <https://cdt.org/event/the-future-of-speech-online-2020/>* Who do encryption technologies protect, why are these technologies under threat, and what does an internet with human rights and secure communication at its core look like? At the *fourth annual Future of Speech Online Event Series*, we will explore key technical concepts in the encryption policy debates, the encrypted communications tools that underpin social movements and the work of journalists, and possible approaches to moderating content in end-to-end encrypted systems. We will also discuss the implications of restrictive national anti-encryption laws for the open, global internet, and the myriad protections that secure communications technologies provide. This year, the event will be entirely virtual in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. *Each day the week of December 7, we will host a session on a different topic from 11:00 am-12:00 pm ET.* *Registrants are invited to attend one session, several, or all. * A full agenda, as well as registration, speakers, and sponsor information, is available here <https://charleskochinstitute.swoogo.com/foso2020/>. We hope to see you there! RSVP <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/zh43uk> *When:* Monday-Friday, December 7-11, 2020, 11:00 am-12:00 pm Eastern daily *Speakers: *A list of speakers for each of the sessions is available on the website <https://charleskochinstitute.swoogo.com/foso2020/831770>. We're updating that list on a rolling basis as speakers are confirmed. *Questions:* To submit questions in advance, please reply to this email or contact us at questions(a)cdt.org <mailto:questions@cdt.org>. Questions will be accepted during each event via email or the chat feature. *Accessibility:* If you have access needs or questions, please contact events(a)cdt.org <mailto:events@cdt.org> in advance of the event. /The event is hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) in partnership with the Charles Koch Institute, and brings together policymakers, journalists, academics, corporations, advocates, and thought leaders to discuss today’s most pressing issues around free speech online./ Questions or concerns? Email us at events(a)cdt.org <mailto:events@cdt.org>. *#CONNECT WITH CDT* DONATE <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/fa53uk> Twitter <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/v253uk> Facebook <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/bv63uk> LinkedIn <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/rn73uk> YouTube <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/7f83uk>

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15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021): Second Joint Call for Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos, Research Projects and Tutorials
by Announce Announcements 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

*** Second Joint Call for Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos, Research Projects and Tutorials *** 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) May 12-14, 2021, Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 9, 2021 (AoE) Submission deadline only for tutorials: March 19, 2021 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer) RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in Information Science. Organized for the 15th time in a row, RCIS 2021 will be held from May 12-14, 2021, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…) · Information Systems and their Engineering · User-Oriented Approaches · Data and Information Management · Business Process Management · Domain-specific IS Engineering · Data Science · Information Infrastructures · Reflective Research and Practice IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS · Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 9, 2021 (AoE) · Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: March 19, 2021 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 12, 2021 · Notification for tutorial proposals: March 22, 2021 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Conference: May 12-14, 2021 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The RCIS 2021 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and widen their network of contacts. The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives: · Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. · Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future research directions. · Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research and networking. · Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers. Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the online call: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . 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… . Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021_Doctoral_Consortium" track. Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain · Renata Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Student Co-Chair · Blagovesta Kostova, EPFL, Switzerland POSTERS AND DEMOS The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions: · Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe completed work, they should report on research for which at least some preliminary results are available. · Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas. Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…) including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6 pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2021. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021 Posters & Demos" track. More details on the submission and presentation format is online: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Posters & Demos Chairs · Dominik Bork, TU Wien, Austria · Giovanni Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy RESEARCH PROJECTS @RCIS RCIS 2021 features a track entirely devoted to presenting future or ongoing research projects (e.g., H2020 or ERC projects, national grants) in the context of information science. This track features a good opportunity for presenters to get feedback before submitting research project or to disseminate the intermediate results of their projects, and for participants to get an updated view of innovative ongoing research while getting in touch with potential research partners. The Research Projects @RCIS Track follows a two-step publication process. Firstly, the authors should submit a 2 pages paper summarizing the objectives of the project and relevant results. Each submission will be peer reviewed on the relevance of the submitted paper in the context of RCIS. If the paper is accepted, the authors will have to register to the conference in order to present their work as a poster at the "Research Projects @ RCIS" session at RCIS. A discussant system will be organized to ensure proper feedback and discussions about the projects. Furthermore, the accepted 2 pages paper will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer in the LNBIP series. Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes Research Projects submissions from any domain of Information Science. More information about the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS traditionally addresses can be found in: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "ResearchProjects@RCIS2021" track. More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to this track can be found here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Research Projects @RCIS Chairs · Denisse Muñante, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France · Anthony Simonofski, UNamur and KU Leuven, Belgium TUTORIALS Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a topic of relevance for the RCIS academic and practitioner community. However, we discourage commercial or sales-oriented tutorials. Potential presenters should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialised researchers. Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity. The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organised in sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other conference tracks, and participation in the tutorials is included in the attendees' conference fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them. A 2-page summary of the tutorials that end up being accepted and delivered will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series. Furthermore, a free registration for the conference will be offered to the main presenter (i.e. to one speaker), unless they are the only paying author of a paper presented at the conference. Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes tutorial proposals from any domain of Information Science. More information about the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS traditionally addresses can be found in: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format and should 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… . The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021_Tutorials" track. More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to this track can be found here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Tutorial Chairs · Sergio España, Utrecht University, The Netherlands · Patricia Martín-Rodilla, University of A Coruna, Spain CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Samira Cherfi, CNAM, France · Anna Perini, FBK, Italy Proceedings Chair · Raihana Ferdous, FBK, Italy

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WEBCAST TODAY – Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa | Impact des coupures de câbles sous-marins en Afrique
by Joly MacFie 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

A deep dive into infrastructure maintenance! Real time text link is https://bit.ly/33zWELJ ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday December 1 2020, at 13:00-14.30 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fifth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa'. In this s" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5%20>On *Tuesday December 1 2020*, at *13:00-14.30 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fifth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/impact-of-submarine-cab…>* '. In this session, we highlight the integral role of sub-sea cables, and the effects of their disruption. Given that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has dominated news and discussion during 2020, it is easy to forget that there have been multiple cable disruptions during the first quarter of 2020, and the devastating ripple effect these had on connectivity across Africa. Our panel will both highlight the process of submarine cable recovery and repair, then discuss the “behind the scenes” activities required to ensure connectivity. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5%20>Le *mardi 1er décembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 14h30* UTC, l'*Association africaine des IXP <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, présente le cinquième webinaire de la série *Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/>*, sur le thème «* Impact des coupures de câbles sous-marins en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/impact-des-coupu…>* ». Dans cette session, nous mettons en évidence le rôle essentiel des câbles sous-marins et les effets de leur perturbation. Étant donné que la pandémie de coronavirus (COVID-19) a dominé l'actualité et les discussions en 2020, il est facile d'oublier qu'il y a eu plusieurs interruptions de câble au cours du premier trimestre de 2020, et l'effet d'entraînement dévastateur qu'elles ont eu sur la connectivité à travers l'Afrique. Notre panel soulignera à la fois le processus de récupération et de réparation des câbles sous-marins, puis discutera des activités «en coulisses» nécessaires pour assurer la connectivité. *SPEAKERS / CONFERENCIERS* *Clementino Fernando*, Telecommunication Engineer, Angola Cables *Patrick Christian*, Principal Analyst, TeleGeography *Mark Tinka*, Head of Engineering, SEACOM *Ben Roberts*, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Telecom *Christian Kaufmann*, Senior Director Network Architecture, Akamai Technologies *MODERATORS / MODÉRATEURS* *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Matthew Chigwende*, Group Head of Network Engineering, Liquid Telecom *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5>* (English) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj <https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj> *(EN/FR Interpretation) *REAL TIME TEXT (AI, link will be posted during session)* (English) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @internetsociety @AfIX * *SIMULCASTS_* *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/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/> *(AI captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering5 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering5>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/13085/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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