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ICA Pre-conference CFP|| Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms
by Xiao Han 20 Dec '21

20 Dec '21

ICA Pre-conference: Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms (online) Organised by: the SAGE journal Global Media and China, the University of Sydney Endorsed by the Following ICA Divisions: Communications Law & Policy; Global Communications & Social Change Invited participants: Jiang Fei (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China); Terry Flew (The University of Sydney, Australia); Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong); Shin Dong Kim (Hallym University, South Korea); Philip Schlesinger (University of Glasgow); Daya Kishan Thussu (Hong Kong Baptist University). Overview In an era that has been termed one of post-globalization (Flew, 2018), there is considerable debate around governance of the global Internet. In particular, multistakeholder approaches which seek to bypass nation-state governments in the name of global "netizens" have been critiqued as lacking real regulatory capacity to transform the behaviour of digital platforms towards public interest goals. This one-day symposium will explore questions of sovereignty in the digital environment from international and comparative perspectives. We are particularly interested in papers which address: ·The ‘regulatory turn’ towards digital platforms and comparative insights. ·How digital platforms with an international footprint navigate competing jurisdictional rules and regulations; ·The rise of “tech nationalism” and the promotion of digital “national champions”; ·New forms of regulation being developed by national governments and the European Union; ·The role of quasi-self-regulatory entities developed by companies themselves (e.g. Facebook Oversight Board); ·Proposals for reform of international internet governance institutions; ·The relationship between global digital platforms and questions of sovereignty and accountable governance; ·The impact of COVID-19 on digital platform governance. Submission and Selection Process Authors should submit an extended abstract of 300-500 words to: crem-ica-preconference-2022-metz-contact(a)univ-lorraine.fr <mailto:crem-ica-preconference-2022-metz-contact@univ-lorraine.fr> by January 31, 2022. The extended abstracts should include the main idea/argument, research questions, a short literature review and/or theoretical perspectives, information on methodology and empirical findings (if relevant). We welcome different approaches, including discussions of literature, concepts and theories, historical perspectives, and empirical analyses. The extended abstracts will go through a double-blind peer review process. All submitted abstracts must be anonymous with no reference to author(s). Include name, affiliation and contact details either in the email or in a separate attachment. Dr HAN Xiao Research Associate, State Key Lab of Media Convergence and Communication, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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Faculty Positions in Human-Centered Design at the UC San Diego Design Lab (Assistant and Associate Professor)
by Lilly Irani 20 Dec '21

20 Dec '21

------------- Subject: Faculty Positions in Human-Centered Design at the UC San Diego Design Lab (Assistant and Associate Professor) ------------ The Design Lab at UC San Diego (http://designlab.ucsd.edu) seeks candidates for *tenure-track Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor *faculty positions across multiple disciplines to begin July 1, 2022. *Assistant Professor, Design Lab: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03086 <https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03086> Associate Professor, Design Lab: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03085 <https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03085>* We foster research and practice that centers people and communities in designing interdisciplinary solutions to complex, socio-technical problems. We especially seek scholars who engage major societal issues at the intersections of Blackness, Indigeneity, race, migration, gender, sexuality, disability, class and other manifestations of power and difference. Research of interest to The Design Lab include, (but not limited to): -Indigenous futures, Black futures, and anti-racist futures -Climate justice and environmental justice -Urban infrastructure design (e.g. housing, water, transportation, information networks) -Bioregional design -Design as ethical and political praxis -Data sovereignty and data justice -Community-approaches to design -Design processes, practices, and theory -Futures of work -Cultural and social media -Mixed physical-digital interactions, cyber-physical systems, (eg. VR, AR, XR) -Sustainable Computing (Battery-free/self-powered/biodegradable) Candidates whose work is at the intersection of multiple research interests are encouraged to apply. For the 2021-2022 hiring cycle, the Design Lab is partnering with the following units: Communication, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Music, NanoEngineering, Public Health and Human Longevity, and Urban Studies and Planning. This position requires teaching of university students. QUALIFICATIONS ------------------------- -Candidates for the Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position must have a PhD degree (or equivalent) or advancement to candidacy in the fields of Design, Communication, Computer Science, Engineering, Music, Public Health, Urban Planning, or another Design related field at the time of application.The successful applicant will be expected to establish a vigorous program of high-quality, funded design research. -Candidates for the Tenured Associate Professor position must have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in the fields of Design, Communication, Computer Science, Engineering, Music, Public Health, Urban Planning, or another Design related field at the time of application. -Preferred Candidates will show great promise in teaching, service, and research; will have a demonstrated record of human-centered research; be able to demonstrate the potential for teaching excellence as they will be expected to supervise and teach graduate and undergraduate students in design-related courses; demonstrate the highest standards of scholarship and professional activity; and contribute to an institution that is deeply committed to justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity. Inter- or transdisciplinary perspectives, experience with multiple or mixed methodologies, and community-driven design is highly valued. -Candidates with demonstrated experience with or willingness to engage in activities that contribute to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Design Lab and at UC San Diego are especially encouraged to apply. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS --------------------------------------------- Document requirements: - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. - Cover Letter - Cover letter describing background and interests Please indicate which department(s) at UC San Diego) that you think are a good fit) (3 page max) - Statement of Research - 4 pages max - Statement of Teaching - 2 pages max - Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity. See our Faculty Equity site for more information. - Misc / Additional (Optional) - COVID-19 Impact Statement - We understand that the COVID-19 pandemic may have had a substantial impact on academic productivity. In our academic hiring processes, we will be keeping this in mind as we consider achievement relative to opportunity. We encourage you to reflect on constraints on opportunity in your field that were caused by the events of the pandemic and where applicable, to discuss your achievements in this light. (Optional) - Reprints of 2-3 representative publications or works - Authorization to Release Form - Applicants must complete, sign and upload this form. See Institutional Reference Check ( https://aps.ucsd.edu/recruitment/background_check/) for more information. Reference requirements - 3-5 letters of reference required ------------ -- Lilly Irani University of California, San Diego Department of Communication *https://quote.ucsd.edu/lirani/ <https://quote.ucsd.edu/lirani/>*

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CFP: HCI for Ethical Value Exchange and Social Inclusion @ IFIP 9.4 Conference
by Jose Abdelnour-Nocera 19 Dec '21

19 Dec '21

Track Call for papers: The Working Group 9.4 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP 9.4) gathers scholars and practitioners that deal with the issue on how ICT affects social development. We invite you to submit full research papers and research-in-progress (RIP) papers to the 16th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. The conference will be held VIRTUALLY in Lima, Peru, 25-27 May 2022. The theme of the conference is Freedom and Social Inclusion in a Connected World. Papers can be submitted to 13 different tracks. In this call we invite papers for Track 3 (more info here https://ifip.ue.edu.pe/submissions ). HCI for Ethical Value Exchange and Social Inclusion (Track 3) Despite presenting some examples of local and indigenous perspectives relevant for HCI for Development (HCI4D), the final analysis of HCI in an international development context is still far from complete. A number of questions are raised: What are the ethical issues in engaging in HCI4D activities? What are the power relations and scripts embedded in this process? While HCI as a discipline carries values of participation and the ultimate beneficiary is the user, there are more complex ethical issues of value co-creation and informed consent in projects where there are clear intercultural and interdisciplinary dimensions shaping inclusion. Topics include (but are not limited to): Ethically Driven Development or Refinement of Interface Artifacts or Techniques Understanding Users from a socially inclusive and ethical perspective Ethically Driven HCI Systems, Tools, Architectures, and Infrastructure Socially inclusive HCI Methodologies Ethically Driven HCI Theories and Models HCI Innovation, Creativity and Vision from the Global South Argument/Provocative Essays about Socially Inclusive and Ethically Driven HCI Validation and Refutation of work done for the Global South Developing local and indigenous capacity in HCI and HCI4D Cases-studies on HCI education and training in the Global South Important Dates Submission deadline 7 January 2022 23:59 GMT Acceptance notification 8 March 2022 23:59 GMT Final papers submission 15 April 2022 23:59 GMT Track Co-Chairs: Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, University of West London and ITI/Larsys, UK; abdejos(a)uwl.ac.uk David Lamas, Tallinn University, Estonia; drl(a)tlu.ee Rehema Baguma, Makerere University, Uganda; rbaguma(a)cis.mak.ac.ug Submission link: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/HCI_Ethical_Value Paper template: https://ifip.ue.edu.pe/images/files/IFIP-2022-Template-for-Papers-v2.docx General conference website: https://ifip.ue.edu.pe/ Our aim is to accept as many papers as possible that are of good quality and relevant to the track as this is a working conference. Accepted papers will be published in the Springer IFIP AICT series and a selection of them will be developed for a Special Issue in the Interacting with Computers Journal (OUP). Feel free to contact me if there are further questions! José Professor José Abdelnour Nocera School of Computing and Engineering Head of Sociotechnical Group for Innovation and User Experience University of West London St Mary’s Road, Ealing – London W5 5RF

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UCSD Design Lab open rank faculty search
by Lilly Irani 18 Dec '21

18 Dec '21

------------- Subject: Faculty Positions in Human-Centered Design at the UC San Diego Design Lab (Assistant and Associate Professor) ------------ The Design Lab at UC San Diego (http://designlab.ucsd.edu) seeks candidates for *tenure-track Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor *faculty positions across multiple disciplines to begin July 1, 2022. *Assistant Professor, Design Lab: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03086 <https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03086> Associate Professor, Design Lab: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03085 <https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03085>* We foster research and practice that centers people and communities in designing interdisciplinary solutions to complex, socio-technical problems. We especially seek scholars who engage major societal issues at the intersections of Blackness, Indigeneity, race, migration, gender, sexuality, disability, class and other manifestations of power and difference. Research of interest to The Design Lab include, (but not limited to): -Indigenous futures, Black futures, and anti-racist futures -Climate justice and environmental justice -Urban infrastructure design (e.g. housing, water, transportation, information networks) -Bioregional design -Design as ethical and political praxis -Data sovereignty and data justice -Community-approaches to design -Design processes, practices, and theory -Futures of work -Cultural and social media -Mixed physical-digital interactions, cyber-physical systems, (eg. VR, AR, XR) -Sustainable Computing (Battery-free/self-powered/biodegradable) Candidates whose work is at the intersection of multiple research interests are encouraged to apply. For the 2021-2022 hiring cycle, the Design Lab is partnering with the following units: Communication, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Music, NanoEngineering, Public Health and Human Longevity, and Urban Studies and Planning. This position requires teaching of university students. QUALIFICATIONS ------------------------- -Candidates for the Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position must have a PhD degree (or equivalent) or advancement to candidacy in the fields of Design, Communication, Computer Science, Engineering, Music, Public Health, Urban Planning, or another Design related field at the time of application.The successful applicant will be expected to establish a vigorous program of high-quality, funded design research. -Candidates for the Tenured Associate Professor position must have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in the fields of Design, Communication, Computer Science, Engineering, Music, Public Health, Urban Planning, or another Design related field at the time of application. -Preferred Candidates will show great promise in teaching, service, and research; will have a demonstrated record of human-centered research; be able to demonstrate the potential for teaching excellence as they will be expected to supervise and teach graduate and undergraduate students in design-related courses; demonstrate the highest standards of scholarship and professional activity; and contribute to an institution that is deeply committed to justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity. Inter- or transdisciplinary perspectives, experience with multiple or mixed methodologies, and community-driven design is highly valued. -Candidates with demonstrated experience with or willingness to engage in activities that contribute to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Design Lab and at UC San Diego are especially encouraged to apply. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS --------------------------------------------- Document requirements: - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. - Cover Letter - Cover letter describing background and interests Please indicate which department(s) at UC San Diego) that you think are a good fit) (3 page max) - Statement of Research - 4 pages max - Statement of Teaching - 2 pages max - Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity. See our Faculty Equity site for more information. - Misc / Additional (Optional) - COVID-19 Impact Statement - We understand that the COVID-19 pandemic may have had a substantial impact on academic productivity. In our academic hiring processes, we will be keeping this in mind as we consider achievement relative to opportunity. We encourage you to reflect on constraints on opportunity in your field that were caused by the events of the pandemic and where applicable, to discuss your achievements in this light. (Optional) - Reprints of 2-3 representative publications or works - Authorization to Release Form - Applicants must complete, sign and upload this form. See Institutional Reference Check ( https://aps.ucsd.edu/recruitment/background_check/) for more information. Reference requirements - 3-5 letters of reference required ------------

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Near holiday updates
by Dr. Emma Briant 18 Dec '21

18 Dec '21

Dear Friends, I hope the holiday season finds you all well and looking forward to some peace and shared time with those you care about. It's nearly the end of the year and it's been a struggle to keep going after losing my mother very recently. Despite this, I have a few exciting items of news I hope you won’t mind me sharing. The first is my involvement in the documentary SHADOW WORLD <https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/schattenwelten-der-kampf-um-d…>by Dirk Laabs, of the major German broadcaster ZDF, who interviewed me extensively. Examining the dark world of influence, the film is out first in German <https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/schattenwelten-der-kampf-um-d…> but will be released soon with worldwide distribution in English so watch out for that. I was also interviewed extensively for an important investigation in the Financial Times <https://www.ft.com/content/1f409239-9e4a-4988-b6fa-cad4dbe7c344>, questions I've repeatedly raised about how co-opted some research centers have become by Big Tech's influence. The article also raises issues of Facebook closing down access to data for research. A key issue often missed is access to information about *decision-making *and I emphasized that the danger here is huge… our security and democratic integrity, our mental and physical health cannot pivot on the ability for people to make huge ethical sacrifices, like Frances Haugen. It’s not just about *data for academics *- 'vetted' academics - I've been arguing the public need #FOIA <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=foia&highlightedUpdateUrns=…> style access to the firm’s decision-making & internal research documents. The UK Parliament Joint Committee also has published "No longer the land of the lawless" a landmark report <https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/534/draft-online-safety-bill-joi…> laying out plans to make law there to tame the #BigTech giants. This is a result of the consultation on the draft Online Safety Bill, which rests on evidence including my statement <https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/39329/html/> which was published this week and listed as contributing to the report. Finally, I'm delighted to share with you that from next Tuesday 21st December (3pm ET/7pm GMT) you can share a regular cuppa every Tuesday with me and my occasional guests for my new YouTube show #AfternoonTeaandTruthBiscuits <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1471817116663828481?s=20> - a tonic for all the propaganda that peeves us! Subscribe and share here. <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1471817116663828481?s=20> Looking forward to seeing you there and do enjoy the festive season. Happy Holidays to all, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant

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Post doc position on Dynamics of Misinformation at Syracuse University iSchool
by Kevin G Crowston 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

The School of Information at Syracuse University seeks a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Scholar to assist with NSF-funded research project titled The Dynamics of Misinformation<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1908407&HistoricalAwards=f…>. Applicants must have demonstrable expertise in running large human-subject experiments using crowd-based platforms (e.g., Amazon’s Mechanical Turk) as well as a strong background in quantitative analytical methods and computational modeling. Candidates with an interest in complex systems theories and methods are especially welcome. Experience with probabilistic modeling (e.g., MCMC inference methods & probabilistic graphical models) is also desirable. The position is anticipated to be funded for two years, with a preferred start date in January of 2022. The starting salary is $60k per annum plus a comprehensive benefits package. Appointments will be made for one year, and reappointment for the second year is expected subject to good performance. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Josh Introne, Assistant Professor and Director of the C4 Lab (https://c4-lab.github.io) and Dr. Kevin Crowston, Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Associate Dean of Research at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. The researcher must be available to work onsite at the Syracuse University Information School in Syracuse, New York. At least 20% of the scholar’s time will be reserved for the individual’s own research. Link to more information and application instructions<https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/90177> (https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/90177) Please contact Josh Introne (jeintron(a)syr.edu) if you have any questions about the position. Josh Introne: https://ischool.syr.edu/joshua-introne/ C4 Lab: https://c4-lab.github.io/

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Meta scraping bug bounty update
by Joly MacFie 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

https://engineering.fb.com/2021/12/15/security/bug-bounty-scraping/ *Charting the future of our bug bounty program*By Dan Gurfinkel - Dec 15 2021 - We’re tackling the industry-wide issue of scraping by expanding our bug bounty program to reward valid reports of scraping bugs and unprotected data sets. To the best of our knowledge, this is an industry first. - Looking toward the future, we’re also launching new educational opportunities for researchers and hosting our first BountyConEDU <https://bountyconedu2022.splashthat.com/> — a three-day conference for university students across Europe interested in learning more about the industry. - Since launching our bug bounty program in 2011, we’ve received more than 150K reports, of which over 7,800 were awarded a bounty. Over the past 10 years, our bug bounty program has grown from only working with Facebook’s website to covering all of our web and mobile clients across all of our apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Quest, Workplace, and more. As we build for the future, we’re expanding the program to help combat the industry-wide issue of scraping and providing more opportunities for researchers. Here are a few highlights from the past decade: - Since 2011, we’ve paid out more than $14 million in bug bounties and received more than 150K reports, of which over 7,800 were awarded a bounty. - We’ve paid out more than $250,000 in Hacker Plus <https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/hackerplus/> bonuses since that program’s launch in 2020. - So far this year, we’ve awarded over $2.3 million to researchers from more than 46 countries. - This year alone, we’ve received around 25,000 reports in total and issued bounties on over 800 reports. - Since 2011, we’ve received the most valid reports from India, the United States, and Nepal. >From the beginning, we knew that our program needed to remain agile so that we could pivot in response to emerging risk areas. For example, to help crack down on instances of platform abuse after Cambridge Analytica, we launched the industry’s first Data Abuse Bounty program <https://about.fb.com/news/2018/04/data-abuse-bounty/>, which rewards researchers who report misuse of Facebook data by app developers. After a 2018 attack <https://about.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/> that targeted access tokens, we launched the industry’s first bug bounty for third-party apps and websites <https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-bug-bounty/introducing-rewards-for-…> to reward researchers who find vulnerabilities that involve abuse of Facebook user data. As we look toward the future of our program, we’re focused on expanding it to address new risk areas and launching new initiatives to recruit and retain researchers. New expansions to cover scraping As scraping continues to be an internet-wide challenge, we’re excited to open up two new areas of research for our bug bounty community. While we are only one piece of the larger puzzle when it comes to combating scraping efforts, we believe that the bug bounty community is an important element of our own work. Starting as a private bounty track for our Gold+ HackerPlus <https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/hackerplus/> researchers, our bug bounty program will now reward reports about scraping bugs. The goal of this program is to find bugs that attackers utilize to bypass scraping limitations to access data at greater scale than the product intended. Our goal is to quickly identify and counter scenarios that might make scraping less costly to execute. To our knowledge, this is the industry’s first bug bounty program for scraping. In addition, we are expanding our data bounty program to reward reports of unprotected or openly public data sets containing at least 100,000 unique Facebook user records that include information such as email, phone number, physical address, religious, or political affiliation. The reported data set must be unique and not previously known or reported to Meta. If the report is valid, we will make efforts with the relevant entity to remove the data set or consider legal means to address the issue. We will reward valid reports of scraped data sets in the form of charity donations to nonprofits of our researchers’ choosing, to ensure that we are not incentivizing scraping activity. See more details on this expansion. <https://about.fb.com/news/2021/12/expanding-bug-bounty-program-to-address-s…> Recruiting and retaining researchers Our program wouldn’t be successful without the external researcher community. We know that bug bounty researchers are in high demand, and want to make sure that our program remains rewarding. However, we also know that bug hunting can be a transient career path, with researchers sometimes transitioning in and out of programs. For this reason, we also want to help cultivate a more sustained interest among new and existing researchers. Educational opportunities Some of our longtime researchers have told us that they are interested in more educational opportunities to expand the surfaces and products they can hunt on — especially as certain bug areas are notoriously difficult to transition between, for example from software to hardware bug hunting. We’ve designed our annual conference, BountyCon, to include sessions run by our top researchers. In these sessions, they discuss practical techniques and approaches for discovering and reporting critical vulnerabilities across surfaces for other researchers to learn from. Next year, and pending travel restrictions, the conference will take place in May in Singapore and will be co-hosted with Google. We noticed at BountyCon that when researchers worked together to submit bugs, they not only found higher-impact bugs but also learned from one another about their different focus areas. To support this kind of teamwork and learning, this year we released a collaboration feature <https://www.facebook.com/BugBounty/posts/4912374705443383> for researchers who want to submit joint reports to our program. Later this year, we will also launch a dedicated education center to help quickly onboard bug bounty researchers onto different products and technologies so that they can cut down the time it takes to hunt new areas for bugs. Supporting the next generation of bug hunters In addition to engaging the researchers that currently participate in our program, it’s also important that we help usher in future generations of bug hunters. In February, we’ll host our first BountyConEDU <https://bountyconedu2022.splashthat.com/>, a conference in Madrid for university students from all over Europe. This three-day conference will allow them to learn more about bug bounties and how to hunt for bugs, as well as to form teams to test Meta products for valid vulnerabilities. We’re excited to take our lessons from this event to find ways we can create similar learning opportunities around the world. We want to thank our bug bounty community for their great research and everyone who contributed <https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/thanks/> to the growth of our program. As always, we appreciate feedback on how we can make our collaboration even more effective. We look forward to our continued work together to keep our platform secure! -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CCDS Presents a talk with Megan Squire, Friday, Janurary28th, 2022
by Jeff Hemsley 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

The Center for Computational and Data Sciences presents Virtual Research Talk with Dr. Megan Squire, Friday January 28th, 12 PM, titled, "Mean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate". This talk is free and open to the public. Please do use the link below to register for the event. https://forms.gle/xBEXoRYMKWUDKPpK7 Mean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate Data science is a systematic process for applying techniques from statistics, data mining, and machine learning to solve complex problems. In this talk, Dr. Megan Squire will explain how she uses data science to understand complex socio-technical phenomena such as extremist group membership and the spread of dangerous propaganda. Dr. Squire's work understanding online radicalization and measuring extremism on social media has been featured in numerous media publications including the BBC, NPR, The New York Times, and CNN. Dr. Megan Squire is a professor of Computer Science at Elon University (North Carolina, USA). Her main research area is applying data science techniques to understand niche and extremist online communities, particularly radical right-wing groups on social media. Dr. Squire is the author of two books on data cleaning and data mining, and over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including several Best Paper awards. In 2017, she was named the Elon University Distinguished Scholar. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow for data analytics at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and as a Belfer Fellow for the ADL.

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iSchool at UMD Faculty Position: Open Rank Lecturer Data Visualization
by Naielia Akela Allen 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD’s iSchool), invites applications for a full-time lecturer who is highly competent, energetic, collegial, and flexible to join our exciting environment. As a lecturer in the iSchool, you will work closely with undergraduate and graduate students by teaching three classes per semester (fall and spring), participate in review and development of program and course curricula, and actively participate in the life of the college and university as a full member of the faculty. Successful candidates will have expertise and interests in areas such as, but not limited to: - Data visualization, including visualization, interactive visualization, information visualization, scientific visualization; - Visual analytics, including visual analysis, progressive analytics, visual reasoning, analytical reasoning, immersive analytics; or - Visual data exploration, including exploratory data analysis, graphical inference, statistical graphics Possible course assignments include: Introduction to Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Visual Analytics, Decision-Making for Information Science, and Big Data Analysis & Visualization. While these areas of expertise and courses are of particular interest, candidates with expertise and interest in any data visualization topics are encouraged to apply. Expected 9-month starting salary of $80,000-$85,000 or 12-month $107,000 - $113,000 for entry rank at 100% FTE. Actual salary will commensurate with experience and starting rank. The expected start date for this position is Fall 2022. For more information about the position, please visit: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/91031 *Naielia Allen *| Administrative Coordinator, Faculty Affairs (she/her/hers) University of Maryland | College of Information Studies (iSchool) 4161 Fieldhouse Drive (Patuxent Building) | College Park, MD 20742 www.ischool.umd.edu | nallen11(a)umd.edu

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Internet Musicking Conference – Deadline Extended to 14 Jan 2022
by Steven Gamble 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Dear all (and with apologies for cross posting), Internet Musicking: Popular Music and Online Cultures *** https://internetmusicking.com *** A free academic conference, 20–21 May 2022 Hybrid format (in person and online) hosted by Department of Music, University College Cork, Ireland The deadline for submissions has been extended to *14 January 2022*. We are watching the global status of the pandemic closely and will run the conference in accordance with participants' preferences. Do submit an abstract if interested, even if Ireland feels a bit out of the way right now! The full CfP is available at https://internetmusicking.com. Best wishes for the end-of-year break, Steve __ Dr. Steven Gamble (he/him) | https://stevengamble.com Marie Curie Research Fellow | Department of Music, University College Cork, Ireland | https://digitalflo.ws New monograph: How Music Empowers (https://howmusicempowers.com) New open access article: Saturation Season: Inclusivity, Queerness, and Esthetics in the New Media Practices of Brockhampton (https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2021.1984019)

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