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Assistant Professor Position in Digital Communication (Tenure Track) at BI Norwegian Business School (Oslo)
by Christoph Lutz 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Dear Subscribers to the AoIR mailing list, There is a job opening that might be interesting to some of you. The Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (Oslo, Norway) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in digital communication. The position will be associated with the Department's Nordic Centre for Internet and Society ([1]https://www.bi.edu/research/research-centres/nordic-centre-for-inte rnet-and-society/) and the succesful candidate is expected to conduct research in the field of communication, with a particular focus on digital communication, teach at Bachelor and Master level (the teaching load for assistant professors is 1 course per semester), and engage in relevant service activities. Deadline for the application is 30 April 2021, 23:59 (CET). The role is supposed to be filled in 2021. Applications should be submitted through the submission form at the following link: [2]https://bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/2660727/45435 The link also contains more information about the application materials to be submitted, the requirements, and the employment conditions. Best regards, Christoph Dr. Christoph Lutz Associate Professor christoph.lutz(a)bi.no [3]Nordic Centre for Internet & Society [4]Department of Communication and Culture [5]BI Norwegian Business School References 1. https://www.bi.edu/research/research-centres/nordic-centre-for-internet-and… 2. https://bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/2660727/45435 3. http://www.bi.edu/ncis 4. https://www.bi.edu/research/find-departments-and-research-centres/departmen… 5. http://www.bi.edu/

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Data Feminism: A Talk with Catherine D'Ignazio & Lauren Klein, Wed 17th March, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (UK)
by Gray, Jonathan 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

In case any of you or your students could be interested in joining, King’s College London is hosting a virtual talk with Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein on their Data Feminism book, Wed 17th March, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (UK). Further details copied below. Please feel free to forward to those who might be interested! ## DATA FEMINISM: A Talk with Catherine D'Ignazio & Lauren Klein ## When? Wed 17th March, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (UK) ## Registration: http://data-feminism-launch.eventbrite.co.uk/ ## Book: http://datafeminism.io/ As data are increasingly mobilized in the service of governments and corporations, their unequal conditions of production, their asymmetrical methods of application, and their unequal effects on both individuals and groups have become increasingly difficult for data scientists--and others who rely on data in their work--to ignore. But it is precisely this power that makes it worth asking: "Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind?" These are some of the questions that emerge from what we call data feminism, a way of thinking about data science and its communication that is informed by the past several decades of intersectional feminist activism and critical thought. Illustrating data feminism in action, this talk will show how challenges to the male/female binary can help to challenge other hierarchical (and empirically wrong) classification systems; it will explain how an understanding of emotion can expand our ideas about effective data visualization; how the concept of invisible labor can expose the significant human efforts required by our automated systems; and why the data never, ever “speak for themselves.” The goal of this talk, as with the project of data feminism, is to model how scholarship can be transformed into action: how feminist thinking can be operationalized in order to imagine more ethical and equitable data practices. DDH and Informatics are taking the Data Feminism book as an opportunity to explore broader collaborations between students and staff in our respective departments around how feminist perspectives can enrich our work with and about data. Students and staff in attendance will be invited to continue conversations, activities and exploring possible collaborations after the event. All are welcome to join this event. Registration for guests who are not students or staff at King’s will close 24 hours before the event to so that they can be added to the live streaming system in advance. Event Format: 30 min book talk + 30 min Q&A. Catherine D'Ignazio Catherine D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology, data literacy and civic engagement. She has run reproductive justice hackathons<https://kanarinka.github.io/makethebreastpumpnotsuck/>, designed global news recommendation systems, created talking and tweeting water quality sculptures, and led walking data visualizations to envision the future of sea level rise. With Rahul Bhargava, she built the platform Databasic.io<https://databasic.io/en/>, a suite of tools and activities to introduce newcomers to data science. Her 2020 book from MIT Press, Data Feminism, co-authored with Lauren Klein, charts a course for more ethical and empowering data science practices. Her research at the intersection of technology, design & social justice has been published in the Journal of Peer Production, the Journal of Community Informatics, and the proceedings of Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI). Her art and design projects have won awards from the Tanne Foundation, Turbulence.org<http://turbulence.org/> and the Knight Foundation and exhibited at the Venice Biennial and the ICA Boston. D’Ignazio is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is also Director of the Data + Feminism Lab which uses data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial equity, particularly in relation to space and place. Lauren Klein Lauren Klein is an associate professor in the departments of English and Quantitative Theory & Methods at Emory University, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab<https://dhlab.lmc.gatech.edu/>. Before moving to Emory, she taught in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. Klein works at the intersection of digital humanities, data science, and early American literature, with a research focus on issues of gender and race. She has designed platforms for exploring the contents of historical newspapers<https://dh2018.adho.org/tome-a-topic-modeling-tool-for-document-discovery-a…>, modeled the invisible labor of women abolitionists<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RvcTMegIw0sd9qV4XAIrU83Ud5558CSR/view>, and recreated forgotten visualization schemes with fabric and addressable LEDs<https://dhlab.lmc.gatech.edu/category/floorchart/>. In 2017, she was named one of the “rising stars in digital humanities<https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/08/02/rising-s…>” by Inside Higher Ed. She is the author of An Archive of Taste: Race and Eating in the Early United States<https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/an-archive-of-taste> (University of Minnesota Press, 2020) and, with Catherine D’Ignazio, Data Feminism<http://datafeminism.io/> (MIT Press, 2020). With Matthew K. Gold, she edits Debates in the Digital Humanities<https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/>, a hybrid print-digital publication stream that explores debates in the field as they emerge. Her current project, Data by Design: An Interactive History of Data Visualization, 1786-1900<http://dataxdesign.io/>, was recently funded by an NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication. Organizers: Hana Kopecka, Yiwen Xing, Alfie Abdul-Rahman, Jonathan Gray, Victoria Baines, Marielle Düh. This is a joint event organised by the Department of Informatics<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/informatics> and the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH)<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh> at King's College London. It is part of the Informatics Women in Science Seminar Series and the DDH Public Seminar Series on "critical inquiry with and about the digital"<https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/events/> (which previously hosted a talk on the book before it was published, in May 2018). -- Jonathan Gray | jonathangray.org<http://jonathangray.org/> | @jwyg<http://twitter.com/jwyg> Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London Co-Founder, Public Data Lab<http://publicdatalab.org/> Recent publications (more here<https://jonathangray.org/publications/>): * Bounegru, L. & Gray, J. (eds.) (forthcoming 2021) The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice<https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462989511/the-data-journalism-handbook>. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. * Gray, J. (2020) “The Datafication of Forests? From the Wood Wide Web to the Internet of Trees.”<https://jonathangray.org/2020/05/22/critical-zones-exhibition/> In Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel (eds.) Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/critical-zones>. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. * Eve, M. & Gray, J. (eds.) (2020) Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/reassembling-scholarly-communications>. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ✨Open access chapters available here<https://jonathangray.org/2020/10/20/new-book-reassembling-scholarly-communi…> ✨ * Gray, J. (2020) “The Data Epic: Visualisation Practices for Narrating Life and Death at a Distance”<http://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvzgb8c7.25> in H. Kennedy and M. Engebretsen (eds) Data Visualization in Society<https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722902/data-visualization-in-society>. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. * Gray, J., Bounegru, L. & Venturini, T. (2020) ‘Fake news’ as infrastructural uncanny<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1461444819856912>. New Media & Society. * Gray, J. (2019). Data Witnessing: Attending to Injustice with Data in Amnesty International’s Decoders Project<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1573915>. Information, Communication & Society.

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Call for contributions; Sex on Stage
by Feona Attwood 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Now accepting proposals for critical essays, memoir, interviews, creative mixed genre pieces…. Sex on Stage; Writing the Body Politic edited by Feona Attwood, Alison J Carr and Lynn Sally Sex on Stage explores staging(s) of sex on multiple levels: as performances of the sexed body and of multiple genders, as expressions of sexual identity and desire; and as part of the shifting cultural repertoires of sex which encompass both intimate acts and and public displays. From burlesque to drag to porn and pop stars, these performances push against decorums of respectability, instead flaunting the body to shock, entertain, tell stories, and express a new kind of gender expression. Proposals due; 4.1.21 Manuscripts due; 15.10.21 Email: sexonstagebook(a)gmail.com <mailto:sexonstagebook@gmail.com>

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Nominations open 11 March 2021 for AoIR Exec Committee
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Hello AoIR-istas, I am happy to announce that on 11 March 2021, AoIR will open your nominations for the new Executive Committee, to take office in October of this year and serve until October 2023. Below, you will find: a) a timeframe for the election, b) a description of the AoIR governance system and of the elected positions, c) our nominations and elections processes, and d) some key questions for candidates. * A. Timeframe of the Election:* 1. The call for nominations opens on 11 March 2021 and will remain open for fifteen (15) days. 2. Nominations for all positions close on 26 March 2021. 3. Candidates will be listed on aoir.org and further information will be made available on our membership system, where discussion fora will let you ask questions of the candidates. 4. Voting begins on 22 April 2021 at our online balloting site and will remain open for ten (10) days. (Details for accessing this site will be sent in a later message through our membership system.) 5. Voting ends on 1 May 2021, expiring at 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time in the State of Delaware. Election results will be announced on the AoIR blog and air-list serv. The new Executive Committee is formally introduced and assumes its duties during the Annual General Meeting available via Zoom during the AoIR conference October 2021. More information about our election processes can be found in the AoIR Bylaws: https://aoir.org/bylaws/ Candidates should familiarize themselves with the duties laid out in the Bylaws. I also encourage persons interested in running for a specific position to contact me or any of the current office-holder(s) with any questions. Please also note that the position of Treasurer, in particular, requires a very specific skillset, which is outlined at https://aoir.org/aoirtreasurer/. Prospective candidates for Treasurer should reflect carefully on whether they have these skills. *B. AoIR Governance and Description of Elected Positions:* The organizational structure of AoIR is simple. There are 5 officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Graduate Student representative). The 9-member Executive Committee consists of these officers, plus the Past President and 3 Open Seat representatives. Elected officials hold their positions for two years. After two years, the Vice President becomes President. Nominations are invited for Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Graduate Student representative, and 3 Open Seats. You may nominate yourself or someone else you think would do a good job. Details on the nomination procedure follow below. Duties of the President: Article 4/Section 6 of AoIR's bylaws. Duties of the Vice President: Article 4/Section 7 of AoIR's bylaws. Duties of the Secretary: Article 4/Section 8 of AoIR's bylaws. Duties of the Treasurer: Article 4/Section 9 of AoIR's bylaws. Duties of the Graduate Student Representative: Article 4/Section 10 of AoIR's bylaws. Duties of Open Seat representatives: Represent the membership of AoIR, and contribute to decision-making. Members of the Executive have their membership fees waived for the duration of their term, and pay a reduced conference registration fee. *C. Nominations and Elections Processes:* Only current members of AoIR can run for a position. They may be nominated by anyone, including themselves. If nominated for more than one position, a nominee must choose to run for one (and only one) position in this election. You may nominate yourself or others. If nominating someone else, confirm with that person that they are willing to run, and eligible to do so. Self-Nominations: Email AoIR Association Coordinator Michelle at <ac at aoir dot org> and indicate the position for which you are nominating yourself. Please provide in your nomination email a short candidate statement addressing the questions below. Nominating Others: Email AoIR Association Coordinator Michelle at <ac at aoir dot org> with the name of the person you want to nominate, the position for which you are nominating this person, contact information for the person, and an indication of whether you know if this person would accept this nomination. (If you don't know, we'll contact them and ask.) All candidates for election will be required to provide answers to the questions listed below, have the answers posted to the AoIR election forum, and participate in an online candidate forum. In addition, the Graduate Student candidates must confirm in their response that they comply with the by-laws: the Graduate Student Representative must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election. Further, because of the specific legal duties and skills requirements for the position of Treasurer, candidates for this position should demonstrate experience with budget management and familiarity with U.S. tax law. Treasurer candidates should provide a detailed statement on their ability to meet the requirements of that role, as outlined at https://aoir.org/aoirtreasurer/. The voting system used by AoIR allows one vote per member for each of the elected positions listed above. Votes will be tallied using a balloting software. In the case of the four directly elected officers, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner; in the case of the Open Seats, the candidates with the highest, second-highest, and third-highest votes shall be declared the three winners of the Open Seats. In the case of tied results for the officer positions, the winner shall be determined by the ballot counters, by drawing of lots, using a method that ensures each of the tying candidates has an equal chance of success and witnessed by at least 1 person independent of the association. In the case of tied results for the open seat positions, the drawing of lots shall be used only when there are more tied candidates than seats available. *D. Questions for Candidates (these questions must be answered in your nomination email):* 1. What are your qualifications for this position (including prior experience and participation in AoIR)? 2. Please describe two or three short-term goals you would like to achieve through membership on the executive (including a rationale for each and how you would contribute to their achievement). 3. What is your long-term vision for AoIR? 4. What else should voters consider when deciding on whether or not to vote for you? In answering the questions, please be concise and give information specific to the position for which you are nominating, to enable voters to assess your case for election to that position. Candidates for Treasurer should also address the further specific requirements for that position: https://aoir.org/aoirtreasurer/. I sincerely hope that you will consider running, or nominating someone who you think would help advance AoIR and its community of Internet scholars. Many thanks in advance to those willing to serve! Lynn Schofield Clark President, Association of Internet Researchers

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One week to nominate for CITAMS Public Sociology Award
by Jeffrey Lane 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Dear AoIR colleagues, I’m chairing the selection committee for the CITAMS Public Sociology Award and wanted to share our call for nominations one last time now that we’re one week from the deadline of March 15. Please let me know if you have any questions. Many thanks, Jeff Public Sociology Award<https://citams.org/citasa-awards/> This award recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication, media, or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement on topics of concern in the section. If you would like to nominate a scholar for the award, please send a nomination letter via email to the following committee members by March 15, 2021: Jeffrey Lane (Chair) jeffrey.lane(a)rutgers.edu<mailto:jeffrey.lane@rutgers.edu> Marc Smith marc(a)connectedaction.net<mailto:marc@connectedaction.net> Jenny Davis jennifer.davis(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:jennifer.davis@anu.edu.au> Jeffrey Lane, Ph.D.<https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/lane-jeffrey> Assistant Professor of Communication School of Communication and Information (SC&I) Rutgers University New Brunswick @TheDigitalStreet<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.co…> The Digital Street is available now at OUP<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup…> / Amazon<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon…> / Boogie Down Books<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fboogiedown…>

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New Open Source Tools for Collecting Twitter Data
by Stuart Shulman 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

This is a start of a new collection of open source tools to use for collecting data via the Twitter API. https://github.com/texifter/tools-for-twitter Python 3.7 or greater (preferably 3.9+) is required. For the Full-Archive Search, a Twitter Academic Research Project Developer Account. https://developer.twitter.com/en/solutions/academic-research

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Open rank position in communication studies (tenure-track)*
by Rivka Ribak 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

The Department of Communication at the University of Haifa invites applications from outstanding candidates for an open-rank position in the field of communication studies.* The department offers single and double major B.A. programs in communication studies, a research M.A. and Ph.D. programs, as well as an M.A. program in Strategic Communication and Public Relations. Faculty in the department study the meanings and effects of communication in an age of evolving technologies and cultures, using a variety of methodological approaches. We seek applicants in all subfields of communication research. Only candidates that are expected to have completed their Ph.D. by October 2021 will be considered. While a Ph.D. in communication is preferred, candidates with training in related fields who have published in leading journals in the field of communication will also be considered. The successful applicant is expected to have at least three publications in top-tier communication research outlets. The language of instruction at the University of Haifa is Hebrew, but a period of adjustment is an option. We will begin reviewing the applications on April 4, 2021 and continue until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted by email to Yariv Tsfati ( ytsfati(a)com.haifa.ac.il) with the heading "Faculty Search" and should include the following documents: 1) A complete curriculum vitae, including an academic biography that describes the candidate's current research interests and future research plan; 2) A brief description of proposed courses; 3) A list of three references (please do not send letters until requested by the committee); 4) Copies of selected recent publications. * Pending funding. Rivka Ribak, Ph.D. Department of Communication University of Haifa https://sites.google.com/com.haifa.ac.il/rivkaribak/home

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PhD scholarship in Media and Communication studies, Lund University Sweden
by Magnus Andersson 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Dear Colleagues Media and communication studies at Lund University engages in world class research in media, culture and democracy. Media and communication studies research is organised in four intersecting themes: media engagement, democracy and cultural citizenship; media industries and creativity; gender, health and society; audiences, popular culture and everyday life. We invite applicants to contribute to our vision of media engagement in culture and democracy. Where to apply: https://lu.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:385880/type:job/where:4/apply:1 Best, Magnus Andersson Dept Communication and Media Lund University Sweden

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WEBCAST HOY DIA / TODAY – Vinton Cerf, pionero de la Internet / Internet Pioneer
by Joly MacFie 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

They say 'Start Big' and the first stream out of ISOC Canary Islands certainly does that. ISOC Live posted: "El 4 de marzo de 2021 a las 17: 00-18: 00 UTC el capítulo España-Islas Canarias de Internet Society presentará una conferencia virtual con Vinton Cerf, pionero de la Internet. On March 4, 2021 at 17:00-18:00 UTC, the Internet Society Spain - Cana" [image: Livestream Espanol] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf>El *4 de marzo de 2021* a las *17: 00-18: 00 UTC* el *capítulo España-Islas Canarias de Internet Society <https://isoccanarias.org/>* presentará una conferencia virtual con *Vinton Cerf*, pionero de la Internet. [image: Livestream (english)] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf>On *March 4, 2021* at *17:00-18:00 UTC*, the *Internet Society Spain - Canary Islands Chapter <https://isoccanarias.org/>* will present a virtual conference with *Vinton Cerf*, Internet Pioneer. *LIVESTREAM ESPAÑOL http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf>* *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2ZT9eTZ <https://bit.ly/2ZT9eTZ>* (ES/EN Interpretation) *TWITTER #VintCerf @isoccanarias <http://bit.ly/isoccanarias> @vgcerf #EventosTICanarias* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live* <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live> (ES/EN | Subtítulos AI/AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCCANARIAS/live* <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCCANARIAS/live> (ES/EN | Subtítulos AI/AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf <https://archive.org/details/isoc-canarias-vint-cerf>* https://isoc.live/13819/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP E-Vote-ID 2021
by Peter ROENNE 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2021 Sixth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Bregenz, Austria, 5-8 October 2021 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Krimmer, Robert (University of Tartu, Estonia), Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, Poland and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Outreach Chairs: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the sixth edition of one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world, taking place in Bregenz (Austria) in October 2021. 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 5 editions, up to 151 presentations had been discussed, gathering more than 500 participants. Given the current pandemic situation and the experience with 2020 edition, the conference will be organized considering both, onsite and virtual format, following a hybrid conference model. 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: Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Design, analysis, formal modeling or research 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 to electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Chairs: Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Germann, Micha (University of Bath, United Kingdom) - 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 Election and Practical Experiences Chairs: Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA) and Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securité, Switzerland) - Review developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Report on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including repots 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: Glondu, Stéphane (Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique, France) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 1 October before the welcome reception. Participation is open to all conference participants, but we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submitted 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: Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia), Zollinger, Marie Laure (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg). 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 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 Submission Paper submissions can be in two formats—either as a full paper or 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 reviews. 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=evoteid2021, 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-gui…, 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 conferencechairs(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 submission of papers for the Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues and the Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues (Hawaiian time, hard deadline, no extension): 15 May 2021 – 23:59 Notification of Acceptance: 24 June 2021 Deadline for submission of papers for the Track on Election and Practical Experiences and the PhD Colloquium: 10 July 2021 Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions: 24 July 2021 Deadline for Poster Submission and Short Papers for E-Voting System Demo Session: 15 September 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Taltech 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 5 October a welcome reception for all conference participants will be organized in castle Hofen, where also the conference dinner on 7 October will take place and feature the traditional “cheese road”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (University of Tartu, EE) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, PL) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, DK) Rønne, Peter (Univeresity of Luxembourg, LU) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, US) Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securité, CH) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, EE) Germann, Micha (University of Bath, UK) PhD Colloquium Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Zollinger, Marie Laure (University of Luxembourg, LU) Outreach Chair Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, LU) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Araujo, Roberto (Universidade Federal do Pará, BR) Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, US) Bernhard, Matthew (Univerity of Michigan, US) Blanchard, Enka (Université de Lorreine, FR) Budurushi, Jurlind (Cloudical Deutschland GmbH, DE) Clark, Jeremy (Concordia University, CA) Cortier, Véronique (INRIA-LORIA, FR) Dragan, Constantin Catalin (University of Surrey, UK) 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) Kremer, Steve (INRIA, FR) Kuesters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, DE) Müller, Johannes (University of Luxembourg, LU) Naumann, Stephan (Darmstadt Technical University, DE) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, BE) 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) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, AU) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, DE) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, AU) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, EE) Zagorski, Filip (Wroclaw University of Technology, PL) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, HU) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 – eVoting Research Lab, ES) Dandoy, Régis (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, EC) Darnolf, Staffan (IFES, US) Eenma-Dimitrieva, Helena (University of Tartu, EE) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, CA) Kersting, Norbert (University of Münster, DE) Musiał-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) Boyce, Stephen (IFES, US) Bull, Christian (Telenor, NO) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, NL) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, BE) Chanussot, Thomas (Independent Expert, FR) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, CH) Egger, Philipp (State Chancellery of St. Gallen, CH) Franklin, Joshua (OutStack, US) Leclère, Olivier (State of Geneva, CH) 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) Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, CH) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, NO) Yard, Mike (Independent Expert, US) -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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