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PhD positions available at IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
by Andrea Passarella 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

PhD positions are open @ IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy, on the following topics #1: Human-centric Artificial Intelligence (H2020 HumanE-AI-Net & SoBigData++) #2: Analysis of large-scale Online Social Networks (H2020 HumanE-AI-Net & SoBigData++) #3: Serverless computing in the device-to-cloud continuum (H2020 MARVEL) ** Hosting Universities: IIT-CNR is part of several PhD programs including - the PhD program in Data Science (https://datasciencephd.eu/) hosted by the Scuola Normale Superiore (https://www.sns.it/en) - the PhD programs in Computer Engineering (https://phd.dii.unipi.it/en/) and Computer Science (https://dottorato.di.unipi.it/) hosted by the University of Pisa - the PhD program in Smart Computing, jointly organised by the Universities of Florence, Pisa, Siena, CNR, FBK https://smartcomputing.unifi.it/ Selected applicants shall apply to the official call of the specific PhD PhD positions ------------- ** Position type: doctoral fellowship, 3 years ** Starting date: fall 2020 ** Location: IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy - http://www.iit.cnr.it/ ** Supervisors: Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KniFTD0AAAAJ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sesKnygAAAAJ ** Annual scholarship: EUR 15000 - 17000 (depending on the program) ** Application deadline: continuous evaluation, up until 1st July ********************************************************************************** * * Interviews with selected candidates will be organised between now and * 1st of July based on received applications. The posts will be filled * as soon as suitable candidates are identified. * Interested candidates are thus strongly encouraged to send their application * as soon as possible. * ********************************************************************************** For all positions, it will be possible (and advised) to organise one visiting student period abroad (typically, 6 months) during the PhD. Position #1: Human-centric Artificial Intelligence ----------------------------------------------------------- Job description --------------- AI systems are increasingly moving from a centralised, black-box approach to more decentralised approaches where "smaller" AI systems operate closer to the final users, possibly also on their own devices, and interact with each other. In addition, an exciting challenge is how to make AI systems automatically adapt to seamlessly interact with the users, forming a hybrid human-artificial ecosystem where both actors (the human and the AI system) work together in a collaborative way. Both challenges fall under the umbrella of "human-centric AI", as the emphasis is on designing AI systems that inherently embed models of the humans individual and collective behaviour, and interact directly with human users. For example, the PhD thesis could be on decentralised forms of AI, where multiple "local" AI components interact with each other, combine local knowledge to come up with collective AI models. Human behaviour models will be used to drive the design and operations of both local and collective AI systems. Successful candidates will be supervised by Dr. Marco Conti and Dr. Andrea Passarella. The PhD activities will involve a mix of modelling, systems/algorithms design, prototype development, performance evaluation via experiments, analysis, simulation. Candidate profile ----------------- Candidates should have or about to obtain a MSc degree (at the latest by 31st October 2020) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related disciplines, and a proven track record of excellent University grades. Preferably, the topic of the MSc thesis should be in one of the relevant research areas (Artificial Intelligence, BigData analytics, distributed systems). Good written and spoken communication skills in English are required. ================================================= Position #2: Serverless computing in the device-to-cloud continuum ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job description --------------- Serverless computing is emerging as a dominant model in the cloud market. It allows to execute code on virtualised infrastructure with the promise of automated infinite scalability, coupled with fine-granularity pay-per-use billing. This has led to the growing popularity of the Function-as-a-Service paradigm, where the developers write microservices as independent "functions", which are then packaged together to compose the overall application. These functions are stateless, which limits the applicability of FaaS and encourages adoption of (possibly inefficient) work-around solutions to execute stateful services. How to deploy and optimise and run-time stateful serverless applications is an open research area. Furthermore, the advantages of serverless are so far confined to data centres, which have homogeneous compute resources highly inter-connected. However, it is generally agreed that the balance of computation is shifting towards the edge of the network to achieve lower latencies and higher throughput, hence enable future applications (virtual/augmented reality, automated guided vehicles, haptic feedback interfaces, ...). We can even envisage that end user devices, which are thus beyond the edge of the network, will host the execution of some microservices to fully exploit the opportunities offered by this paradigm. The PhD activities will be focused on the design and evaluation of protocols and algorithms to implement efficiently serverless, both stateless and stateful, in the continuum from end user devices to the cloud. Successful candidates will be supervised by Dr. Marco Conti and Dr. Andrea Passarella. The PhD will work on a mix of these topics: (i) modelling of distributed computing systems, taking into account the specific characteristics of serverless systems with heterogeneous infrastructures (device, edge, cloud) (ii) design of decentralised algorithms for the efficient orchestration of lightweight OS virtualisations (e.g., containers) hosting the application code and, if needed, state (iii) performance evaluation of the proposed solutions, compared to state-of-the-art alternatives both in the market and in the scientific literature; this may involve the development of a prototype and its integration with existing serverless frameworks and simulation/emulation tools Candidate profile ----------------- Candidates should have or about to obtain a MSc degree (at the latest by 31st October 2020) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related disciplines, and a proven track record of excellent University grades. Preferably, the topic of the MSc/PhD thesis should be in one of the relevant research areas (cloud or edge technologies, distributed or opportunistic computing, mobile networking and computing). Good written and spoken communication skills in English are required Position #3: Analysis of large-scale Online Social Networks ----------------------------------------------------------- Job description --------------- Online Social Networks are one of the main sources of Big Data to analyse the human social behaviour, and design smart human-centric services that exploit this knowledge. BigData collection and analysis allows to use OSN as a "big data microscope" to characterise human behaviour and design novel OSN systems accordingly. The activities of the PhD will be focused on BigData analytics applied to data crawled from Online Social Networks. Specifically, the subject of the PhD thesis will be on (i) collecting large-scale datasets from popular OSNs (e.g., Twitter), and analyse the social network structures and the patterns of interactions between users through Big Data analytics techniques, with applications to the analysis of complex socio-technical phenomena such as migrations, information and fake news diffusion, opinion polarisation, social and mental well-being (ii) designing new data-centric services which exploit knowledge about the extracted social network structures. Successful candidates will be supervised by Dr. Marco Conti and Dr. Andrea Passarella. The PhD activities will involve interdisciplinary approaches focusing on a mix of (i) efficient data crawling and collection techniques, (ii) large- scale data analysis, (iii) knowledge extraction, (iv) design of data-centric services in OSN platforms. Candidate profile ----------------- Candidates should have or about to obtain a MSc degree (at the latest by 31st October 2020) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related disciplines, and a proven track record of excellent University grades. Preferably, the topic of the MSc thesis should be in one of the relevant research areas (BigData analytics, OSN analysis/programming, Complex network analysis). Good written and spoken communication skills in English are required. ================================================= Research group -------------- The PhD students will work in the Ubiquitous Internet group of IIT-CNR in Pisa, Italy (http://cnd.iit.cnr.it) UI activities range over multiple topics related to the design and analysis of Future Internet networking and computing systems, including decentralised AI, data-centric networks, edge computing, online/mobile social networks, self-organising networks. The UI group has a strong track record of successful activities in European projects, from FP6 to H2020, which is reflected in the many international collaborations in EU and USA activated by the researchers of the group. All three positions are open on recently started or about to start H2020 projects (specifically, SoBigData++, HumanE-AI-Net and MARVEL). Application procedure --------------------- Applications should consist of (all documents in English): - a complete CV, including exams taken during the University degrees with grades, including, if already completed, the MSc final degree), and a link to the MSc. thesis - a 1-page research statement showing motivation and understanding of the topic of the position - at least one contact person (2 even better) who could act as reference(s) The applications and any request of information should be sent to: a.passarella(a)iit.cnr.it, with subject, respectively: "PhD application: Human-centric Artificial Intelligence" "PhD application: Serverless computing in the device-to-cloud continuum" "PhD application: Analysis of large-scale Online Social Networks" Contact point ------------- For any additional information or clarification, please send a message to a.passarella(a)iit.cnr.it

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ics Black Lives Matter Online Virtual Issue
by Mercea, Dan 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Information, Communication & Society Black Lives Matter Online Virtual Issue Like millions of other academics and citizens worldwide we have been shocked and appalled by the brutal killing of George Floyd as yet another example of the unrelenting and deep-seated racism in our societies. iCS like many other journals has always sought to publish and disseminate research findings that address questions of race, ethnicity and discrimination in order to expose such injustices. It is of course no surprise that the discrimination found in everyday life is sadly replicated online and through social media. Following the suggestion of one of our Editorial Team, Victor Avila Torres, we have selected the following published articles dealing with online racism, discrimination and discursive oppression for wider circulation. In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign they are now freely available to download and share. Anastasia Kanjere (2018) Defending Race Privileges on the Internet: How witness uses innocence discourse online https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1477972?src=recs… Jen Schradie (2012) The Trend of Class, Race and Ethnicity in Social Media Inequality https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2012.665939 Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández (2017) Platformed Racism: the mediation and circulation of an Australian race-based controversy on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1293130 Summer Harlow and Anna Benbrook (2017) How #Blacklivesmatter: Exploring the role of hip-hop celebrities in constructing racial identity on Black Twitter https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1386705 Andre Brock, Lynette Kvasny and Kayla Hales (2010) Cultural Appropriations of Technical Capital: Black women, weblogs and digital divide https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2010.498897 Kishonna L. Gray (2012) Intersecting Oppressions and Online Communities: Examining the experiences of women of color on Xbox Live https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2011.642401 Apryl Williams and Vanessa Gonlin (2017) I Got All My Sisters With Me (On Black Twitter): Second screening of ‘How to get away with murder’ as a discourse on black womanhood https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1303077 Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert and Christopher Anderson (2016) The Mobile Internet and Digital Citizenship in African-American and Latino Communities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1243142 Deborah Gabriel (2016) Blogging while Black, British and Female: a critical study on discursive activism https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1146784 Seeta Pena Gangadharan and Jedrzej Niklas (2019) Decentering Technology in Discourse on Discrimination https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1593484 Correa, T. and Jeong, S.H. (2010) Race and Online Content Creation: Why minorities are actively participating in the Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2010.514355 Kanjere, A. (2018) Defending race privilege on the Internet: how whiteness uses innocence discourse online https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1477972 Lu. J.H., and Steele, C.K. (2019) 'Joy as resistance': cross-platform resilience and (re)invention of Black oral culture online https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1575449 Book Reviews: Yan Wang (2018) Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, trends, race and gender by Judith E. Rosenbaum https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1550098?src=recs… Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius (2019) Algorithms of Oppression: How search engines reinforce racism by Safya Umoja Noble https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1593485?af=R iCS Senior Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief: Brian D. Loader - University of York, UK iCS(a)tandf.co.uk) Journal Secretary: Sarah Shrive-Morrison Associate Editor: Dan Mercea – City, University of London, UK North American Editor Leah Lievrouw – University of California Los Angles, USA Asian Editor Jack Qiu - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China African Editor Bosch, Tanja – University of Cape Town, South Africa South American Editor Rousiley Maia - Federal University of Minas Gerias, Brazil. Review Editors Sally Osei-Appiah – University of Leeds, UK Victor Avila Torres – University of York, UK Social Media Editors Maria Kyriakidou – Cardiff Unversity, UK Holly Steel – University of Leeds, UK

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Posts in Digital Culture at the University of Sussex
by Kate O'Riordan 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Dear AoIR colleagues Please could you help us circulate the following: The School of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex is looking to appoint two Lecturers in Digital Cultures/Digital Media from September 2020 to contribute to developing research and teaching in digital cultures, media and arts. Candidates will normally possess a completed doctorate in a relevant academic discipline, engagement in high-quality research activity, have teaching experience and be able to help the development of Digital Cultures at the University of Sussex. It will be desirable if the candidate’s research engages with critical study of race studies and/or gender and sexuality as well as digital arts, humanities and methods. For full details and how to apply see our vacancies page<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs> Download job description and person specification Ref 3533 [PDF 151.21KB]<https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/documents/3533-further-particulars.pdf> Download job description and person specification Ref 3559 [PDF 143.41KB]<https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/documents/3559-further-particulars.pdf> Thank you for your help with this. All the best Kate O’Riordan Professor of Digital Culture Dean of the Schools of Media Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex

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job ad
by Ilana Gershon 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, In a moment when academic jobs are so very difficult to come by, I decided to pass along this message I just received: I am the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) Director of Organizational Leadership. AMSC has just been funded to hire five new Specialty Faculty to support the development of the 250,000 member Army Civilian workforce in the following fields: - Autonomous Systems/Robotics - Cyber - Electronic Warfare - Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence - Social Media These high visibility positions are part of Army University located at Fort Leavenworth (near Kansas City) and include a starting salary of $92,159 to $119,810 per year. Full federal employee healthcare and retirement benefits are included (see announcement for details). Requirements vary by position, but successful candidates will likely have a related postgraduate degree, strong research and/or applied field experience. Since these are new federal positions, they may go unnoticed in the traditional academic searches of your graduates. I humbly request you forward these announcements to applicable departments, students and IU research centers so that they may forward to any potential applicant or contacts they believe might benefit. If applicants have questions about the positions, locations, or the federal hiring process, they may contact me directly at this email. Respectfully, David David. M. Quisenberry, PhD Director, Department of Organizational Leadership Army Management Staff College Fort Leavenworth, KS USAJOBS: Training Instructor (Cyber Warfare) - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/571080400 Training Instructor (Autonomous Systems and Robotics) - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/571082300 Training Instructor (Electronic Warfare) - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/571083000 Training Instructor (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/571083400 Training Instructor (Social Media) - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/571083900 HIGHEREDJOBS: Training Instructor (Cyber Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=177272069&Title=Trai ning%20Instructor%20%28Cyber%20Warfare%2C%20Electronic%20Warfare%2C%20Artifi cial%20Intelligence%2FMachine%20Learning%29 Training Instructor (Autonomous Systems and Robotics) https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=177272062&Title=Trai ning%20Instructor%20%28Autonomous%20Systems%20and%20Robotics%29 Training Instructor (Social Media) - https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=177272058&Title=Trai ning%20Instructor%20%28Social%20Media%29

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[Street Music During COVID-19] StreetMusicMap Radio in Melbourne
by Daniel Bacchieri 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Dear colleagues, I'm glad to share a new StreetMusicMap podcast episode featuring Melbourne singer/songwriter Tanya George. The content is part of my PhD research on street music at Monash University. *Episode #8 TANYA GEORGE* StreetMusicMap Radio Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k7hJh8oInnzfnKK2xc6BR Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/streetmusicmap/ep8_tanya_george *Blending soul, jazz and electro pop on the streets of Melbourne, Tanya George has been reaching new grounds at the circuit of festivals as well (such as the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and the St Kilda and Queenscliff last editions). With a body of work that combines impressive vocal skills, loop pedals and improvisation, Tanya also shares her thoughts about the creative process during the COVID-19 pandemic.Recorded on October 17, 2019 (nearby the Palais Theatre, St Kilda) and June 15, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.**Music excerpts from the songs "Broke Ass Girl", "The Lie", "Warm", "The Will", "Rise and Fall", "Writing Machine", "Anxiety". All songs written by Tanya George ("Broke Ass Girl", "The Lie", "The Will" are co-written with Tommy Spender).* *StreetMusicMap Radio is produced by Daniel Bacchieri, PhD Candidate at Monash Arts.* Cheers, Daniel DANIEL BACCHIERI PhD Candidate, Arts Journalist, Media Producer StreetMusicMap <https://www.instagram.com/streetmusicmap/> Founder & Curator *Monash University * Room S703, Level 7, South Wing, Menzies Building 20 Chancellors Walk Clayton Campus, VIC 3800 Australia T: +61 413 896 398 E: daniel.bacchieri(a)monash.edu W: danielbacchieri.com Member: Street Music Research Group <https://arts.monash.edu/music/research-and-engagement/street-music> Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC) Postgraduate Network <https://arts.monash.edu/migration-and-inclusion/postgraduate-researchers> *We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our four Australian campuses stand. *

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WEBCAST TODAY: The UN’s Vision for a Digital Future
by Joly MacFie 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

This is the "fireside chat" that Fabrizio referred to at the conclusion of the UN Digital Roadmap sessions. Internet Society CEO & President Andrew Sullivan's contribution to that can be seen at https://youtu.be/xwUSG29L7rU ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 17 June 2020 from 3pm-4pm BST (14:00-15:00 UTC) the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, the International Chamber of Commerce, and Chatham House host a webinar 'The UN's Vision for a Digital Future'. A high-level panel will discuss re" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalfuture>On *Wednesday 17 June 2020* from *3pm-4pm BST* (14:00-15:00 UTC) the *UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation <https://www.un.org/en/digital-cooperation-panel/>*, the *International Chamber of Commerce <https://iccwbo.org>*, and *Chatham House <https://www.chathamhouse.org/>* host a webinar '*The UN's Vision for a Digital Future <https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/uns-vision-digital-future>*'. A high-level panel will discuss recommendations for strengthening cooperation in the digital space. In particular, they will review the UN secretary-general’s *Roadmap on Digital Cooperation <https://digitalcooperation.org/>* which lays out the United Nation's vision for how to engage on key issues such as digital connectivity, human rights and trust and security. *PARTICIPANTS* *Maria Fernanda Garza*, Chair; Executive Board Member of Global Networks Committee; Regional Coordinator for the Americas, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Mexico *Fabrizio Hochschild*, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations *Marietje Schaake*, International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University; Member of European Parliament (2009-19) *CHAIR*: *Dr Robin Niblett CMG*, Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalfuture <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalfuture>* *TWITTER: #DigitalCooperation @ChathamHouse <https://bit.ly/2UPqzeo>* *SIMULCASTShttps://www.chathamhouse.org/livestream <https://www.chathamhouse.org/livestream>https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/12290/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Live webinar: COVID-19 and Contact Tracing Apps | Thursday 25th June, 6pm IST / 5pm UTC / 1pm EST
by Natalie Harrower 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Dear AOIR: All are welcome to register for a live webinar discussion on contact tracing apps, and issues around data privacy. The discussion is focused on a technical response to COVID-19 in an Irish context, but will be of interest across jurisdictions. Date: Thursday 25th June, 2020 Time: 6pm IST / 5pm UTC / 1pm EST Location: Zoom Webinar For event details please see: https://dri.ie/covid-19-and-contact-tracing-apps-what-should-ireland-do COVID-19 and Contact Tracing Apps - What Should Ireland Do? Join us for a collaborative online event to discuss Ireland’s technical response to COVID-19, organised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties<https://www.iccl.ie/>, the Digital Repository of Ireland and Coffee & Circumvention<https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Coffee_%26_Circumvention>. Chair: Dr Aileen O’Carroll, Policy Manager, Digital Repository of Ireland Speakers Elizabeth Farries is the Information Rights Project Manager at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. She has joined experts to publish open transparency calls and 9 principles regarding Ireland's proposed COVID-19 app. Elizabeth publishes, advises and advocates at the intersection of technology and human rights. Art Suriyawongkul is a PhD student at School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin. His research is on artificial intelligence ethics, governance of artificial intelligence, privacy and data protection and related regulatory technology. He is based at ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology and funded by SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally Enhanced Reality (D-REAL). Carly Kind is the Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research and deliberative body whose mission is to ensure that data and AI work for people and society. She is a human rights lawyer and privacy and data protection expert. Her work focuses on the opportunities and challenges that arise at the intersection of human rights and technology. Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He has conducted extensive research on digital technologies and their impact on society. He is (co)author or (co)editor of 30 academic books and a couple of hundred articles and book chapters. He is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences. His most recent article is ‘Civil liberties or public health, or civil liberties and public health? Using surveillance technologies to tackle the spread of COVID-19’, published in Space and Polity. Register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/covid-19-and-contact-tracing-apps-what-should-… _______ Read our statement on 'Playing Our Part during COVID-19'<https://dri.ie/covid-19-playing-our-part> _________________ Dr. Natalie Harrower Director, Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy n.harrower(a)ria.ie<mailto:n.harrower@ria.ie> | @natalieharrower www.dri.ie<http://www.dri.ie/> | @dri_ireland RDA COVID-19 Working Group<https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-covid19> European Commission FAIR data expert group<https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupD…> European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) FAIR working group<https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/working-groups/fair-working-group> The Academy is subject to the FOI Act 2014, the Data Protection Acts 1988-2003 and 2018, GDPR (EU 2016/679) and S.I. No. 336/2011, EC Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations. For further information see our website www.ria.ie/privacy-and-data-protection

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ACM UMAP 2020 - Call for Student Volunteers Applications
by Oghenemaro Anuyah 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

The UMAP Student Award Program is intended to help student authors be a part of the first online UMAP conference. Student Awards are given to students to encourage them to attend UMAP 2020. Preference will be given to Doctoral Consortium presenters and to students who are first authors and will present their paper at the conference. Preference will be also given to Ph.D. students and to underrepresented groups such as women. Students from low income countries are also encouraged to apply, regardless of whether they are authors or not. The UMAP 2020 conference will take place online instead of physically in Genoa, Italy, due to Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, student volunteers will be requested to help session chairs (according to their time zones) manage the virtual sessions. They should also provide technical assistance remotely to attendees in connecting to the online platform and speakers during presentations. Sessions will be covered by several students so that the load for each student will be limited. Student volunteers will thus have the opportunity to attend several sessions. Training will be provided to the volunteers on the use and troubleshooting of the conference tools, if necessary. Throughout the conference, the student volunteers will also be assisted by student volunteers chairs. Financial support will be provided via reimbursement of the registration fees. Apply for the grant here: <https://forms.gle/SAufFWdg27Z773sC9> https://forms.gle/fEeMuRqh8M8D4uVU6 The application form is for grant applications funded by multiple sponsors (not only NSF). Due date is: June 30, 2020, 11:59 PM, PDT Special notes: 1. We suggest you apply for the grant once you have completed the conference registration. 2. UMAP 2020 will make use of the ZOOM video conferencing service so you must indicate: - Your degree of ZOOM experience; - Your physical location (i.e., time zone). 3. In the application form, we request you to upload a proof to certify your current student status, such as a letter from your supervisor, or student ID. Special rules in NSF grant for UMAP 2020 - NSF Grant is used to support students who are studying in US institutions. - Supported students should come from different universities. Or, if two of them happen to come from the same university, then at least one should be either a woman or a member of some other minority group. Namely, we may not be able to support multiple students who come from the same university. But other grants may cover it. Regards, Oghenemaro Anuyah Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame ACM UMAP Conference 2020 - *Co-publicity Chair* oanuyah(a)nd.edu <oghenemaroanuyah(a)u.boisestate.edu>

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ICDIM 2020
by ijwa＠dline.info 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

15th International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2020) University of Bedfordshire Luton, UK November 02-04, 2020 ([1]www.icdim.org) Due to the impact of COVID 19, we will organize the Virtual Conference. Following the successful earlier conferences at Bangalore (2006), Lyon (2007), London (2008), Michigan (2009), Thunder Bay (2010), Melbourne (2011), Macau (2012), Islamabad (2013), Bangkok (2014) Jeju (2015) Porto (2016), Fukuoka (2017), Berlin (2018), Ireland (2019) and the Fifteenth event is being organized at the University of Bedfordshire, the UK in 2020. The International Conference on Digital Information Management is a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, science, and technology. The principal aim of this conference is to bring people in academia, research laboratories and industry together, and offer a collaborative platform to address the emerging issues and solutions in digital information science and technology Digital Information technologies are gaining maturity and rapid momentum in adoption across disciplines. The digital community is producing new ways of using digital information technologies for integrating and making sense out of various data ranging from real/live streams and simulations to analytics data analysis, in support of mining of knowledge. The conference will feature original research and industrial papers on the theory, design, and implementation of digital information systems, as well as demonstrations, tutorials, workshops, and industrial presentations. The Fourteenth International Conference on Digital Information Management will be held during November 02-04, 2020 at Luton, UK The topics in ICDIM 2020 include but are not confined to the following areas. Information Technology Management Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0 Text Mining and Text Analytics Web Interfaces Text Generation and Text Encoding Data Analytics Topic Modelling Encoding and sentiment analysis Text Clustering Big Data Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Smart Learning and Smart Cities Network Services Data Mining and Text Mining Knowledge Graphs, Recommender System, Ontology Computational Linguistics Distributed information systems Information visualization Privacy, Security and Trusted Computing Machine Learning Internet of Things + What's New 19/1/2020 This website opened. 11/2/2020 Full Paper Submission System opened + Proceedings -�It is planned to publish the peer-reviewed and selected papers of the conference as proceedings with Springer in their prestigious Communications in Computer and Information Science series� [2]http://www.springer.com/series/7899 -The ICDIM papers are regularly indexed in dblp - For other indexing, please visit Springer's pages. Important Dates Full Paper Submission August 05, 2020 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 10, 2020 Registration Due September 25, 2020 Camera Ready Due September 25, 2020 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos November 03, 2020 Main conference November 02-04, 2020 SUBMISSIONS AT [3]http://www.icdim.org/submission.html Selected papers after modification and extension, will be published in the Springer Nature Journal. The template and author information is available at [4]https://www.springer.com/journal/42979?detailsPage=societies General Chair Pavel Loskot, Swansea University, UK Program Chairs Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Program Co-Chair Adrian Florea, University of Shibu, Romania Contact: [5]conference(a)icdim.org References 1. http://www.icdim.org/ 2. http://www.springer.com/series/7899 3. http://www.icdim.org/submission.html 4. https://www.springer.com/journal/42979?detailsPage=societies 5. mailto:conference@icdim.org

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Today at 5pm: Terms of Disservice - Virtual Book Launch Event
by Dipayan Ghosh 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Hello colleagues! Wanted to share details below for a launch event <https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMscO-oqDgjEtSd7GfFKT7mWdv-bRJaM7…> the Shorenstein Center is hosting today at 5 p.m. EST for a new book I'm publishing tomorrow, *Terms of Disservice: How Silicon Valley is Destructive by Design <https://www.brookings.edu/book/terms-of-disservice/>*. I’m thrilled that Nancy Gibbs, Robby Mook, and Mark Scott will join the event for a conversation about big tech and the future of the internet. As the COVID-19 pandemic and recent protests have brought to light, technology plays a central role that we can't ignore in these critical issues. Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope that you can join us! All the best, -Dipayan <><><><><><><><><> *Dipayan Ghosh, Ph.D.* Digital Platforms & Democracy Project | Harvard Kennedy School dir: (617) 496-0337 | cell: (860) 933-6225 --- If graphics do not display, view this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/hks/terms-of-disservice?e=6d3b0bb9c0> <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> *Terms of Disservice - Book Launch Event* <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> *Monday, June 15, 2020 | 5:00 pm ET* Register Here <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> Tomorrow, June 15, at 5:00 p.m., the Shorenstein Center will host an *online book launch for Terms of Disservice*, authored by senior fellow and co-director of the Digital Platforms & Democracy Project, *Dipayan Ghosh*. The event will feature Shorenstein Center director *Nancy Gibbs*, former Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign manager and HKS Defending Digital Democracy program director *Robby Mook*, and *Politico* chief technology correspondent *Mark Scott. *They will discuss the structure of the modern digital economy and its interface with social issues in America today. Ghosh contends that the business model underlying the consumer internet sector implicates our welfare from economic, political, and social perspectives. *T* <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…>*erms of Disservice <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…>*(Brookings Institution Press) <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> attempts to chart out a path forward for a new digital social contract to establish better economic equity. Key findings in *Terms of Disservice* include: - *"The exploitative rake of data and attention on the path to natural monopoly"*: The dominant internet firms deal in a novel currency with consumers based on data and attention -- and through it have become natural monopolies. - *"The radical commercialization of decisionmaking"*: Personal data are collected at a mind-blowing rate and level of granularity. Internet firms engage in radical, "commercialized bias" -- and have marketized the segmentation and splicing of society. - *"The dilemma of attending to content policy reform"*: Our immediate attention to matters of content policy reform is misplaced; the more important target in the realm of Big Tech reform is fundamental economic regulation of the industry. Join us tomorrow as Nancy, Robby, Dipayan and Mark discuss and debate! *Registration for this event is required. Please register now. <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> After registering you will receive an email with details about how to join the virtual event. * Register Here <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> See more upcoming events on the Shorenstein Center calendar <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…>, and text "*center*" to *41411 *to receive event updates. <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> Share <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> Tweet <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=30699762a3826bb…> <http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=30699762a3826bbf132818652&id=499…> Forward to Friend <http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=30699762a3826bbf132818652&id=499…> *Copyright © 2020 Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, All rights reserved.* unsubscribe from this list <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=30699762a3826bb…> update subscription preferences <https://shorensteincenter.us1.list-manage.com/profile?u=30699762a3826bbf132…>

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