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cheating students?
by Patricia Aufderheide 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that this has happened to you? https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… [https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/open_graph/public/images/2020/01/2…]<https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-…> Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry - pri.org<https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-…> It was 5 p.m. on a Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets were crowded with people rushing to get home for dinner. But Philemon, a 25-year-old science researcher, was just getting ready for ... www.pri.org Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication PhD Program Director Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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Re: [Air-L] cheating students?
by Sanjay Sharma (Staff) 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

I agree, we need to focus on why 'cheating' is occurring. In the UK at least, with high fees, chronic instability in the grad job market, the chasing of high grades affects many students. There's an explicit encouragement of students to become 'entrepreneurial' and maximize their opportunities, whilst accumulating huge debts to pay (over the odds) for degrees that are socio-economically worth less and less. Aren't they following a neo-liberal logic of 'out-sourcing' their work? Sure, we can get stuck into the morality of cheating, but that obscures what's at stake in our current - broken - education system. regards Sanjay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 5 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 18:48:28 +0000 From: Jacob Johanssen <johanssenjacob(a)gmail.com> To: Richard Forno <rforno(a)infowarrior.org> Cc: Patricia Aufderheide <paufder(a)american.edu>, air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] cheating students? Message-ID: <CAK7T761q-6RFqROUcNWQpq43Bh98k+=UmXp0C9ZOpTDWY+bTaA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" We should be focussing on the reasons behind / causes of such developments rather than only the developments themselves, or on just blaming the students, in my view. On Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 17:19 Richard Forno <rforno(a)infowarrior.org> wrote: > > Sadly, yes. > > We've had cases where CS students 'outsourced' their coding assignments to > code farms in Siberia or Eastern Europe. One time the assignment > deliverable a CS student got from such a service was based on sample > material from their professor's own website -- it even had her (oddly > non-attributed) comments still showing up in the code, which was a dead > giveaway! We all had a good/sad chuckle at that level of fail. But > thankfully there are decent commercial and free tools to detect or make it > harder to use stolen/shared/plagarised code, and depending on the class > there's ways to minimize the potential -- such as mandating version > controls during the semester. > > On written assignments, I'm certain I've been the attempted mark in such > things now and then, but I'm also pretty good at discovering it. To wit: > years ago, one of my American grad students submitted a capstone paper that > not only used UK English, but was written a bit .... oddly in places. (Not > uncommon, but I noticed it, which isn't a good sign). I recall one > sentence read something like "the US natural gas pipeline scheme...." > ("scheme"?) and I was thinking, that's odd. The next page I saw > reference to "personal computing schemes...." and my radar went off and I > went explorin'. Sure enough, the entire paper was ganked from 5 sources > (with fabricated citations no less) and apparently run thru a > regionally-incorrect spellchecker/thesarus before submission. The more > amusing part? 3 of the sources I'd used years ago in my own PhD work, and > I professionally *knew* the authors in question. Suffice it to say the > plagarism meeting I had with the student was more than a slam-dun > k. And using UK English? Given that my PhD is from Australia, *I*'m > the only one in the class who has any excuse to occasionally 'misspell' > words that way -- admittedly, ten years on, I still experience bouts of > that collateral damage. :) > > Bottom line, we'll see more of this over time, I'm sure. There's even talk > of AI/ML systems 'writing' news articles, so how long before that also > becomes part of the things we have to look out for when grading papers in > the classroom? > > -- rick > > > > > > On Feb 2, 2020, at 09:22, Patricia Aufderheide <paufder(a)american.edu> > wrote: > > > > does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that this has happened to you? > > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > [ > https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/open_graph/public/images/2020/01/2… > ]< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > > Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry - > pri.org< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > > It was 5 p.m. on a Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets were > crowded with people rushing to get home for dinner. But Philemon, a > 25-year-old science researcher, was just getting ready for ... > > www.pri.org<http://www.pri.org> > > > > > > > > Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication > > PhD Program Director > > Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact > > American University > > 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW > > American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 > > McKinley Hall 323 > > @paufder @cmsimpact > > cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> > > paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> > > 202-885-2069 office > > 240-643-4805 mobile > > > > Reclaiming Fair Use--t< > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he > second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters > on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity! > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 16:44:41 -0300 From: Cristian Berrio Zapata <cristian.berrio(a)gmail.com> To: Patricia Aufderheide <paufder(a)american.edu> Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, "UFVALIST-L(a)LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU" <UFVALIST-L(a)listserv.american.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-L] cheating students? Message-ID: <CA+=zPaxC_6iLbs6AtbR5Z6P+QOKmdkEqUJnS7e=H42OAQc3YVQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" This is a complex problem driven by the need of good students, and the lack of morality of bad students. Mainly in systems were is not talent but money that gets you into university, this is extensive. In Colombia, sites like "Rincon del Vago" https://www.rincondelvago.com/ have made an industry of cheating. Many teachers when they were studying, due to need of money, did this to pay tuition fees. Students at schools do it to earn some money. It is a giant black market in Latin America! El dom., 2 de feb. de 2020 a la(s) 11:22, Patricia Aufderheide ( paufder(a)american.edu) escribi?: > does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that this has happened to you? > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > [ > https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/open_graph/public/images/2020/01/2… > ]< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry - > pri.org< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > It was 5 p.m. on a Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets were > crowded with people rushing to get home for dinner. But Philemon, a > 25-year-old science researcher, was just getting ready for ... > www.pri.org<http://www.pri.org> > > > > Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication > PhD Program Director > Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact > American University > 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW > American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 > McKinley Hall 323 > @paufder @cmsimpact > cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> > paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> > 202-885-2069 office > 240-643-4805 mobile > > Reclaiming Fair Use--t< > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he > second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters > on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- *Cristian Berr?o Zapata* ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 20:19:35 +0000 (UTC) From: kalule peter peter <peterokalule(a)yahoo.com> To: Patricia Aufderheide <paufder(a)american.edu>, Cristian Berrio Zapata <cristian.berrio(a)gmail.com> Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, "UFVALIST-L(a)LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU" <ufvalist-l(a)listserv.american.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-L] cheating students? Message-ID: <1231591333.469276.1580674775662(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 abolish value, abolish grades and leave students alone? On Sunday, 2 February 2020, 22:45:32 GMT+3, Cristian Berrio Zapata <cristian.berrio(a)gmail.com> wrote: This is a complex problem driven by the need of good students, and the lack of morality of bad students. Mainly in systems were is not talent but money that gets you into university, this is extensive. In Colombia, sites like "Rincon del Vago" https://www.rincondelvago.com/ have made an industry of cheating. Many teachers when they were studying, due to need of money, did this to pay tuition fees. Students at schools do it to earn some money. It is a giant black market in Latin America! El dom., 2 de feb. de 2020 a la(s) 11:22, Patricia Aufderheide ( paufder(a)american.edu) escribi?: > does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that this has happened to you? > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > [ > https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/open_graph/public/images/2020/01/2… > ]< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry - > pri.org< > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > It was 5 p.m. on a Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets were > crowded with people rushing to get home for dinner. But Philemon, a > 25-year-old science researcher, was just getting ready for ... > www.pri.org<http://www.pri.org> > > > > Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication > PhD Program Director > Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact > American University > 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW > American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 > McKinley Hall 323 > @paufder @cmsimpact > cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> > paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> > 202-885-2069 office > 240-643-4805 mobile > > Reclaiming Fair Use--t< > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he > second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters > on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- *Cristian Berr?o Zapata* _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 12:33:16 -0800 From: Kim Clark <kmclark(a)ucsd.edu> To: kalule peter peter <peterokalule(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Cristian Berrio Zapata <cristian.berrio(a)gmail.com>, Patricia Aufderheide <paufder(a)american.edu>, "UFVALIST-L(a)LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU" <ufvalist-l(a)listserv.american.edu>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] cheating students? Message-ID: <CACs-axTkrF8UeiPrEQ5HHA1Yvp_98CN9YYX94V0OYdMUs7+sew(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Loving this generative discussion On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:19 PM kalule peter peter via Air-L < air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > abolish value, abolish grades and leave students alone > On Sunday, 2 February 2020, 22:45:32 GMT+3, Cristian Berrio Zapata < > cristian.berrio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a complex problem driven by the need of good students, and the > lack of morality of bad students. Mainly in systems were is not talent but > money that gets you into university, this is extensive. In Colombia, sites > like "Rincon del Vago" https://www.rincondelvago.com/ have made an > industry > of cheating. Many teachers when they were studying, due to need of money, > did this to pay tuition fees. Students at schools do it to earn some money. > It is a giant black market in Latin America! > > El dom., 2 de feb. de 2020 a la(s) 11:22, Patricia Aufderheide ( > paufder(a)american.edu) escribi?: > > > does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that this has happened to you? > > > > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > [ > > > https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/open_graph/public/images/2020/01/2… > > ]< > > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > > > Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry - > > pri.org< > > > https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-24/doing-western-students-homework-big-… > > > > > It was 5 p.m. on a Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets were > > crowded with people rushing to get home for dinner. But Philemon, a > > 25-year-old science researcher, was just getting ready for ... > > www.pri.org<http://www.pri.org> > > > > > > > > Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication > > PhD Program Director > > Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact > > American University > > 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW > > American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 > > McKinley Hall 323 > > @paufder @cmsimpact > > cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> > > paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> > > 202-885-2069 office > > 240-643-4805 mobile > > > > Reclaiming Fair Use--t< > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be… > >he > > second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new > chapters > > on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity! > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > -- > *Cristian Berr?o Zapata* > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1PVM5Ud-nQVJ_Qk5MoSFh4pJ8y9cmCcAZSXU0V89l-GwTHl… Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 187, Issue 2 *************************************

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Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship (paid)
by Leif Kramp 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

***Application deadline: February 6 (this Thursday)*** Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship (paid) Position: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow Media, Communication and Information Institution: ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, Germany Duration: 1 month (either between April and June 2020 or between October and December 2020) Salary: 3,000 euro + 1,500 euro budget for direct costs Contract: Fee contract Application deadline: February 6, 2020 (23.59 CET) The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, offers a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the areas of media, communication and information. Involved disciplines include communication and media studies, computer science, cultural studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. The ZeMKI invites applications from excellent researchers in the field of media, communication, and information. As a ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow, the selected candidate will delve into the versatile research activities at the interdisciplinary centre with over 60 members. Applicants should demonstrate experiences and a strong interest in collaborative research which is embraced at the ZeMKI in various ways and contexts. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to these research activities in the area of media change and transforming communications in the form of a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed “Communicative Figurations” working paper series and a lecture in the ZeMKI Research Seminar. Applicants must have a PhD or other doctoral degree in a relevant discipline by the application date. We offer a lump sum allowance of 3,000 Euros plus up to 1,500 Euros for research related expenses. To apply for this post, please send your application documents via e-mail to zemki-fellowship(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:zemki-fellowship@uni-bremen.de> <mailto:zemki-fellowship@uni-bremen.de <mailto:zemki-fellowship@uni-bremen.de>>. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 6, 2020 (23.59 CET). We are unfortunately unable to accept any late applications. Download the application checklist here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi… <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi…>>. Download the call for applications as PDF here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi… <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi…>>. Further information on the ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship can be accessed here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellows… <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellows…>>.

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Job position: P2PU
by Cristiane Damasceno 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Hi all, Peer 2 Peer University is looking for a new production Leader (a role that combines elements of communications and design as well as both product and project management): https://www.p2pu.org/en/jobs/production-lead/ This U.S.-based non-profit organization supports community-based alternatives to mainstream formal education. I've researched their Learning Circles project when they launched it in Chicago, and their team is very creative and dynamic. If you have questions, please, send your inquiries to thepeople(a)p2pu.org. Also, please, share this info with anyone who might be interested in it. Best regards, Cristiane -- *Cristiane S. Damasceno, Ph.D. *Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Ferguson Building 106 P.O. Box 26170 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 Portfolio <https://sites.google.com/uncg.edu/cristianesdamasceno> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/CrisSDamas> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristiane-s-damasceno-30580922/>

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CFP E-Vote-ID 2020
by Peter ROENNE 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2020 Fifth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Bregenz, Austria, 6-9 October 2020 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse School, Estonia), Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Outreach Chairs: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the fifth edition of one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world, taking place in Bregenz (Austria) in October 2020. One of its major objectives is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. In the first 4 editions, up to 121 presentations had been discussed, gathering more than 400 participants. The aim of the conference is to bring together e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government and industry in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners and remote voting by electronic means) in the four following tracks below and a PhD colloquium: Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues Chairs: Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) and Oksana Kulyk (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Design, analysis, formal modeling or researching and implementation of: - Electronic voting protocols and systems; - Voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness and coercion resistance; - Election verification including end-to-end verifiability and risk-limiting audits; - Requirements; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards, e.g. Common Criteria or ITSEC; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; or - Any other security and HCI issues relevant for electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Chairs: Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia / Kozminski University, Poland), Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, Estonia) - Discuss legal, political and social issues of electronic voting implementations, ideally employing case study methodology; - Analyze the interrelationship with, and the effects of electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Assess the cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviours and attitudes of the Digital Era; - Discuss the administrative, legal, political and social risks of electronic voting; - How to draft electronic voting legislations; - Public administrations and the implementation of electronic voting; - Understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Data protection issues; - Public interests vs. PPP (public private partnerships). Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Chairs: Oliver Spycher (Swiss Federal Chancellery, Switzerland) and Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA) - Review developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Report on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including reports on development and implementation, case law, court decisions, legislative steps, public and political debates, election outcomes, etc.); Contributions in this track will be published in TUT press proceedings only. These experience and practical reports need not contain original research, but must be an accurate, complete and, where applicable, evidence-based account of the technology or system used. Submissions will be judged on quality of review and level of analysis, and the applicability of the results to other democracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track on Posters and E-Voting System Demo Chair: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 6 October before the welcome reception. Participation is open to all conference participants, but we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submittted via Easychair describing the system's requirements and properties, such as: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses the needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees vote privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - where to go for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD Colloquium Chairs: Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA/ University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Iuliia Krivonosova (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) The goal of the colloquium is to foster understanding and collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting. To this end, the program allows plenty of space for discussion and initiating collaboration based on presentations by attendees. Each interested participant should submit his/her research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) on the shaper of a short paper (two pages length) using the conference platform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format of the Conference The format of the conference is a three-day meeting. The PhD Colloquium and the Posters and Demo Session take places on the day before the formal conference begins. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient space will be given for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper-based Submissions Paper-based submissions may be in one of two formats - either as a full paper or as an abstract. - Full paper submissions (max 16 pages in LNCS format all in); - Short Paper submissions (max 2 pages in LNCS format all in). All submissions will be subject to double-blind review. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions are to be made using the EasyChair conference system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2020, which serves as the online system for the review process. During submission, please select the appropriate track or the PhD colloquium. The track chairs reserve the right to re-assign papers to other tracks in case of better fit based on reviewer feedback and in coordination with other track chairs. LNCS style has to be used (see the Springer guidelines at http://www.springer.com/gp/ computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines, including templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word). If you think that one or more of the programme committee members could have a conflict of interest with your submission, please let the general chairs know at conference-chairs(a)e-vote-id.org. In turn, according settings in the EasyChair system will be set, so that the respective member/s is/are not involved in the review process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Deadline for submitting papers: (Hawaiian time, rigid deadline, no extension) 15 May 2020 - 23:59 Notification of Acceptance: 24 June 2020 Deadline for submission of papers for the Track on Election and Practical Experiences and the PhD Colloquium: 10 July 2020 Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions: 24 July 2020 Deadline for Poster Submission and Short Papers for E-Voting System Demo Session: 15 September 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication The conference proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. Full papers accepted for the tracks on security, usability, and technical issues, respective administrative, legal, political, and social issues will be published in Springer LNCS. All other accepted publications, including full papers in the election experience track, accepted abstracts in any of the tracks, and from the submissions in the PhD colloquium will be published in proceedings with TUT press. In case your academic host institution requires you to publish your research as open-access only, please contact the conference chairs for further information in which way it is intended to make accepted publications accessible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue The conference will be held in the Renaissance castle of Hofen at Lochau/Bregenz on the shores of Lake Constance in Austria. On the evening of 6 October a welcome reception for all conference participants will be organized in castle Hofen, where also the conference dinner on 8 October will take place and feature the traditional "cheese road". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, DE) Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, DK) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, EE and Kozminski University, PL) Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, EE) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, CH) Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, US) PhD Colloquium Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA / University of Zurich, Switzerland) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, US) Bernhard, Matthew (Univerity of Michigan, US) Cortier, Véronique (INRIA-LORIA, FR) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, CA) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, FR) Giustolisi, Rosario (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Gjosteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, NO) Goré, Rajeev (Australian National University, AU) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, DE) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, CH) Haines, Thomas (Polyas, DK) Müller, Johannes (University of Luxembourg, LU) Naumann, Stephan (Darmstadt Technical University, DE) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, BE) Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, LU) Ryan, Mark (University of Birmingham, UK) Ryan, Peter Y.A. (University of Luxembourg, LU) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University of Amsterdam, NL) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Stark, Philip (University of Berkeley, US) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, AU) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, DE) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, AU) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, EE) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Science Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, HU) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 - eVoting Research Lab, ES) Braun Binder, Nadja (University of Zurich, CH) Darnolf, Staffan (IFES, US) Eenma-Dimitrieva, Helena (University of Tartu, EE) Germann, Micha (KU Leuven, BE) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, CA) James, Toby (University of East Anglia, UK) Musial-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, PL) Nemaslaki, András (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, FI) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, CA) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, ES) Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, HU) Serdült, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, JP) Soares, Delfina (UNU-EGOV, PT) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, EE) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, SE) Bull, Christian (Telenor, NO) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, NL) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, BE) Chanussot, Thomas (Independent Expert, FR) Chelleri, Riccardo (Desk Officer - EU Council, BE) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, CH) Egger, Philipp (State Chancellery of St. Gallen, CH) Franklin, Joshua (OutStack, US) Loeber, Leontine (Council of State, NL) Macias, Ryan (Independent Expert, US) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Expert, CH) Misev, Vladimir (Senior Election Advisor - OSCE/ODIHR, PL) Past, Liisa (Chief National Cyber Risk Officer, EE) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, MK) Plante, Stephanie (University of Ottawa, CA) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, NO) Wolf, Peter (International IDEA, SE) Wenda, Gregor (Federal Ministry of the Interior, AT) Yard, Mike (Independent Expert, US)

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Reading Practices Survey
by DeNel Rehberg Sedo 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

My research partner, Danielle Fuller, and I are calling on the AOIR – L community for help. Please complete our survey about your reading practices, and forward this call to your networks. We want to know what you read. What device do you use to read? How do you find out about books to read? Please give us a few minutes of your time to find out about your reading practices. We promise that it’ll take less than 10 minutes, and you’ll get a chance to win CD$100 to spend at a bookstore of your choice. http://j.mp/2tgxBhK With sincere appreciation, DeNel DeNel Rehberg Sedo, PhD (pronouns: she/her) Professor Department of Communication Studies MSVU Unceded Mi’kmaq Territory Halifax, NS Canada

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RACI Deadline End of Week!
by Gergana Petrova 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, This is the final reminder about the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI). The deadline to apply is end of this week - 9 February. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. To apply submit a short abstract and draft slides via: https://www.ripe.net/raci -------- Meetings -------- - RIPE NCC Day (29 April, Tashkent) - RIPE 80 (11-15 May, Berlin) - ENOG 17 (8-9 June, Moscow) At ENOG 17 and the RIPE NCC Day in Tashkent you can present in either Russian or English. --------------------------- Examples of relevant topics --------------------------- - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things ------------------------------------------------- Get the latest news on RACI and Internet research ------------------------------------------------- - Subscribe to the RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list - Join our group on LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a lovely day! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC @_GeriPetrova

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Fwd: 2020 Summer School for Designing Technology for Social Impact
by Palashi Vaghela 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Please see the announcement below, might be of relevance to your audience. Request to forward on your listserv if possible. -- *Palashi* she/her PhD Student, Information Science, Cornell University infosci.cornell.edu | palashi.github.io 219 Gates Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Hello all, I am happy to report that we are once again running the Cornell Summer School for Designing Technology for Social Impact this coming June. This is a one-week research training and cohort-building event targeted towards PhD and PhD-bound students from across the US and Canada who come from racially and ethnically underrepresented backgrounds and who are interested in issues around the societal implications of technology. All costs of the summer school are included in admission. You can find out more about the summer school here: https://impact.infosci.cornell.edu/ Applications are short and are due Feb 7. Please feel free to apply, or to forward this to others who you think would be interested. Best wishes, Phoebe --- Phoebe Sengers Associate Professor Information Science / Science & Technology Studies Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14850 USA phoebe.sengers(a)cornell.edu

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Seeking Participants for Instagram Panel
by Plothe, Theo 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, After the success of last year's Instagram panel that so many esteemed colleagues joined me for, I would like to continue my investigation of the app, and I am again seeking participants for a panel on Instagram. Instagram portends to show glimpses of life as it happens, but with filters, influencers, and posed pictures that belie identity performance, does it really? Thus for AoIR 2020 in Dublin, I am looking for panelists who align closely with the conference theme, life, but that is not to say this is the only rubric for inclusion in the panel. If you research Instagram and are interested in joining this panel, please reply off-list with a 250-word abstract of your study by February 17 at 5 pm GMT-5 to my email address at plothet(a)savannahstate.edu<mailto:plothet@savannahstate.edu>. I'll contact you by February 19 in order for us to move forward with selected panelists. Thanks for your attention and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Theo Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University

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Interest in #AoIR2020 panel on mental ill-health and internet research
by Natalie Hendry 02 Feb '20

02 Feb '20

Hello AOIR list, I’d love to collaborate with others for #AoIR2020 on a panel or another submission type related to digital/internet research about mental ill-health (mental illness, mental disorders, psychiatric illness etc.). The panel/other format could explore how mental health challenges are experienced, understood, medicalised, datafied, commercialised etc. through digital technologies/internet life, and vice versa. (Realising that the concept of mental illness varies in different locations, cultures, communities, histories and politics, and is tied to (ongoing) discrimination and violence.) It would be great to brainstorm ideas with other internet researchers with lived experience or working from perspectives informed by cultural studies, critical psychology, madness studies etc. If this might fit your work, please let me know. Best to email me directly natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com (especially if you want to double check that your response is not sent to the whole AoIR list). With thanks Natalie *Natalie Hendry (PhD)* *Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia* -- *Natalie Hendry* *natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com <natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com>* skype: natalie.hendry *Q: Why is this email three sentences or less?A: http://three.sentenc.es <http://three.sentenc.es>*

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