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WEBCAST TODAY/AUJOURD’HUI: Fear to Peer / La peur du peering
by godofredo jr ramizo 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

Dear Joly, Just wish to note that this link does not seem to work: < https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/fear-to-peer-future-of-…>* '. Perhaps the symbols >* were mistakenly included as part of the link. Thanks, Godofredo  *From:* Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Joly MacFie < joly(a)punkcast.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 3, 2021 10:20 AM *To:* aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> *Subject:* [Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY/AUJOURD’HUI: Fear to Peer / La peur du peering Today's session tackles the tricky problem of interconnecting while physically distancing! La session d'aujourd'hui aborde le délicat problème de l'interconnexion tout en se distanciant physiquement ! [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11>On *Tuesday 3 August 2021* at *13:00-14:30 UTC* the *African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/africa/>*, host '*Fear to Peer – Post Pandemic, What is the Future of Handshake Peering? < https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/fear-to-peer-future-of-…>* '. The focus of this 11th webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/fr/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* will be will be on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organisation of peering forums around the world. We would like to understand how activities such as peering bilaterals and socials, which are usually heavily in-person dependent, will evolve and whether hybrid (in-person and virtual) events would become the new norm. This session will elaborate on the innovative ways peering forums are currently exploring to keep their respective communities engaged. Finally, with little to almost zero face-to-face outreach events, the community building and development activities, around peering, need to be re-invented. The session will discuss the impact of the pandemic on the human network and how this is affecting the operational aspects of peering. *SPEAKERS* *Rebecca Class-Peter*, Events and Operations Coordinator, Euro-IX *Ester Paál*, Accounts and Communication Manager, NIX.CZ <http://nix.cz/> *Yolandi Robinson*, Peering & Interconnect Specialist, NAPAfrica *Nico Tshintu*, Operation Manager, ISPA-DRC and KINIX *MODERATORS* *Amreesh Phokeer*, Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society *Kyle Spencer*, Executive Director, Uganda Internet eXchange Point (UIXP) | Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association (Af-IX) *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11> *(Open Captions) [image: livestream francais] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11>Le *mardi 3 août 2021* de 1*3h00 à 14h30 UTC*, l'*African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/africa/>*, accueillera « *La peur du peering - qu’adviendra-t-il du poignée de main d’interconnexion en post-pandémie? < https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/la-peur-du-peeri… >* ». L'objectif de ce 11e webinaire de la *série Virtual Peering – Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* sera mis sur l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l'organisation de forums de peering à travers le monde. Nous aimerions comprendre comment des activités telles que les bilatérales et les sociales de peering, qui sont d'habitude fortement dépendantes des rencontres en présentiel, vont désormais évoluer, et si des événements hybrides (combinaison de présentiel et de virtuel) deviendront la nouvelle norme. Enfin, avec peu ou presque pas d'événements de sensibilisation en tête-à-tête, les activités de développement et de renforcement de la communauté, autour du peering, doivent être réinventées. La séance abordera donc l'impact de la pandémie sur le réseau humain et la manière dont cela influence les aspects opérationnels du peering. *INTERVENANTS* *Rebecca Class-Peter*, Coordonnatrice des événements et des opérations, Euro-IX *Ester Paál*, responsable des comptes et de la communication, NIX.CZ <http://nix.cz/> *Yolandi Robinson*, spécialiste du peering et de l'interconnexion, NAPAfrica *Nico Tshintu*, directeur des opérations, ISPA-RDC et KINIX *MODÉRATEURS* *Amreesh Phokeer*, expert en mesure et données Internet, Internet Society *Kyle Spencer*, directeur exécutif, Point d'échange Internet ougandais (UIXP) | Co-coordinateur, Association Africaine IXP (Af-IX) *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3s1YWhX <https://bit.ly/3s1YWhX> *(EN/FR) (EN Closed Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> *(EN) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @AfPIF @Af_IX @ISOC_Africa @euroix @NIX_CZ @RobinsonYolandi @NAPAfrica_IX @NTSHINTU @Facebook @FLEXOPTIX @paixio @MicrosoftAfrica #captioned * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive* <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> (EN) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering11 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering11>* *SPONSORS* *FLEXOPTIX <https://www.flexoptix.net/>* | *Facebook <https://about.fb.com/company-info/>*|*Microsoft <https://www.microsoft.com/>* | *Paix <https://paix.io/>* | *NAPAfrica <https://www.napafrica.net/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14405/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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DDP 2021
by ijwa＠dline.info 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

Second International Conference on Digital Data Processing Marrakesh, Morocco November 11-13, 2021 [1]www.socio.org.uk/ddp (IEEE CPS. Papers should follow IEEE template) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more efficiently where the Data analytics are able to reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, the study of data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous, still, they sufficiently do not solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on various decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses, the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that requires further consideration/ The proposed conference will discuss the topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data ecosystem Business analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modeling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytic, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Data in Biomedical engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Publications DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Webology 5. Journal of Digital Information Management 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 7. Journal of Optimization 8. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Important Dates ull Paper Submission: August 25, 2021 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 25, 2021 Registration Due: October 15, 2021 Camera Ready Due: October 15, 2021 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: November 12, 2021 Main conference November: 11-13 , 2021 Keynote Speakers Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK Program Committee Honorary Chairs Ahmed MOUSSA, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier, Morocco Bouchta El Moumni, vice-President of Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco Mohamed Addou, Dean of the faculty of sciences and techniques, Tangier, Morocco Program Chairs Aziz El Janati El Idrissi, Ministre d’éducation et d’enseignement supérieur Mohamed V University. Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour Zaër, Morocco Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Ahmed Moussa, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier, Morocco Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper Submission: [2]http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: [3]ddp(a)socio.org.uk References 1. http://www.socio.org.uk/ddp 2. http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission 3. mailto:ddp@socio.org.uk

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WEBCAST TODAY/AUJOURD’HUI: Fear to Peer / La peur du peering
by Joly MacFie 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

Today's session tackles the tricky problem of interconnecting while physically distancing! La session d'aujourd'hui aborde le délicat problème de l'interconnexion tout en se distanciant physiquement ! [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11>On *Tuesday 3 August 2021* at *13:00-14:30 UTC* the *African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/africa/>*, host '*Fear to Peer – Post Pandemic, What is the Future of Handshake Peering? <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/fear-to-peer-future-of-…>*'. The focus of this 11th webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/fr/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* will be will be on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organisation of peering forums around the world. We would like to understand how activities such as peering bilaterals and socials, which are usually heavily in-person dependent, will evolve and whether hybrid (in-person and virtual) events would become the new norm. This session will elaborate on the innovative ways peering forums are currently exploring to keep their respective communities engaged. Finally, with little to almost zero face-to-face outreach events, the community building and development activities, around peering, need to be re-invented. The session will discuss the impact of the pandemic on the human network and how this is affecting the operational aspects of peering. *SPEAKERS* *Rebecca Class-Peter*, Events and Operations Coordinator, Euro-IX *Ester Paál*, Accounts and Communication Manager, NIX.CZ <http://nix.cz/> *Yolandi Robinson*, Peering & Interconnect Specialist, NAPAfrica *Nico Tshintu*, Operation Manager, ISPA-DRC and KINIX *MODERATORS* *Amreesh Phokeer*, Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society *Kyle Spencer*, Executive Director, Uganda Internet eXchange Point (UIXP) | Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association (Af-IX) *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering11> *(Open Captions) [image: livestream francais] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11>Le *mardi 3 août 2021* de 1*3h00 à 14h30 UTC*, l'*African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/africa/>*, accueillera « *La peur du peering - qu’adviendra-t-il du poignée de main d’interconnexion en post-pandémie? <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/la-peur-du-peeri…>* ». L'objectif de ce 11e webinaire de la *série Virtual Peering – Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* sera mis sur l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l'organisation de forums de peering à travers le monde. Nous aimerions comprendre comment des activités telles que les bilatérales et les sociales de peering, qui sont d'habitude fortement dépendantes des rencontres en présentiel, vont désormais évoluer, et si des événements hybrides (combinaison de présentiel et de virtuel) deviendront la nouvelle norme. Enfin, avec peu ou presque pas d'événements de sensibilisation en tête-à-tête, les activités de développement et de renforcement de la communauté, autour du peering, doivent être réinventées. La séance abordera donc l'impact de la pandémie sur le réseau humain et la manière dont cela influence les aspects opérationnels du peering. *INTERVENANTS* *Rebecca Class-Peter*, Coordonnatrice des événements et des opérations, Euro-IX *Ester Paál*, responsable des comptes et de la communication, NIX.CZ <http://nix.cz/> *Yolandi Robinson*, spécialiste du peering et de l'interconnexion, NAPAfrica *Nico Tshintu*, directeur des opérations, ISPA-RDC et KINIX *MODÉRATEURS* *Amreesh Phokeer*, expert en mesure et données Internet, Internet Society *Kyle Spencer*, directeur exécutif, Point d'échange Internet ougandais (UIXP) | Co-coordinateur, Association Africaine IXP (Af-IX) *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering11>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3s1YWhX <https://bit.ly/3s1YWhX> *(EN/FR) (EN Closed Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> *(EN) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @AfPIF @Af_IX @ISOC_Africa @euroix @NIX_CZ @RobinsonYolandi @NAPAfrica_IX @NTSHINTU @Facebook @FLEXOPTIX @paixio @MicrosoftAfrica #captioned * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive* <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> (EN) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering11 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering11>* *SPONSORS* *FLEXOPTIX <https://www.flexoptix.net/>* | *Facebook <https://about.fb.com/company-info/>*|*Microsoft <https://www.microsoft.com/>* | *Paix <https://paix.io/>* | *NAPAfrica <https://www.napafrica.net/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14405/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY/AUJORD'HUI: West Africa Peering Forum | Forum sur le peering et l’interconnexion en Afrique de l’Ouest
by Joly MacFie 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Peering forums are now a regional thing, and today's it is West Africa's turn. Without interconnection there would be no Internet! Les forums de peering sont désormais une affaire régionale, et c'est aujourd'hui le tour de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Sans interconnexion, il n'y aurait pas d'Internet ! ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday July 29, 2021 from 14:00-15:30 UTC the West Africa Peering Forum (WAPF) will be held online, with the theme 'Pathway to building a dynamic and resilient peering and interconnection ecosystem in West Africa'. WAPF is a regional Peering and Inte" [image: Livestream (English)] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wapf21>On *Thursday July 29, 2021* from *14:00-15:30 UTC* the *West Africa Peering Forum <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/west-africa-peering-forum-wapf/>* (WAPF) will be held online, with the theme '*Pathway to building a dynamic and resilient peering and interconnection ecosystem in West Africa <https://bit.ly/3y23jLE>*'. WAPF is a regional Peering and Interconnection event, which promotes knowledge sharing and learning on Peering and Interconnection in the West Africa region. WAPF 2021 will propose practical solutions to advance peering and interconnection in the West Africa region. *SPEAKERS* *Aderemi Adejumo*, Managing Director, Cloudflex Computing Service Ltd *Ben Roberts*, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies *Brian Davenport*, Solutions Engineer, Team Cymru *Ndiogou Fall*, IP Transmission Expert, Orange International Infrastructure, Networks and Services (OINIS) - Africa *MODERATOR* *Muhammed Rudman*, Founding CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wapf21 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wapf21> *(Captions) [image: Livestream (Francais)] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wapf21>Le *jeudi 29 juillet 2021* de *14h00 à 15h30* UTC, le *Forum sur le peering et l’interconnexion en Afrique de l’Ouest <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/west-africa-peering-forum-wapf/>* (WAPF) se tiendra en ligne, sur le thème « *Comment développer un écosystème dynamique et résilient pour le peering et l'interconnexion en Afrique de l'Ouest <https://bit.ly/3y23jLE>* ». WAPF est un événement régional sur le peering, qui vise à promouvoir le partage de connaissances et l'apprentissage sur le peering et l'interconnexion dans la région ouest-africaine. WAPF 2021 proposera des solutions pratiques pour faire progresser le peering et l'interconnexion dans la région de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. *INTERVENANTS* *Aderemi Adejumo*, Directeur General, Cloudflex Computing Service Ltd *Ben Roberts*, Directeur de la technologie et de l’innovation au sein du groupe, Liquid Intelligent Technologies *Brian Davenport*, Ingénieur des solutions, Team Cymru *Ndiogou Fall*, Expert Transmission et IP, Orange International Networks, Infrastructure and Services - Afrique *MODERATEUR* *Muhammed Rudman*, Fondateur, Directeur Général de Point d’échange du Nigéria *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wapf21 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wapf21>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3y23jLE <https://bit.ly/3y23jLE>* (EN/FR) (EN Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* (English) *TWITTER #WAPF21 <http://bit.ly/WAPF21> @WAPF_Event @CloudflexNG @LiquidInTech @teamcymru @OrangeIC @IXPNigeria @AFRINIC @Facebook @FLEXOPTIX @paixio @RackCentre @Mainoneservice #IPeerinAfrica* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> *(EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/wapf21 <https://archive.org/details/wapf21>* *Permalink* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP CSCW 2021 workshop on Designing for Data Awareness: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns About ‘Smart’ Technologies
by Zimmer, Michael 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

We’re running a workshop at CSCW 2021 focused on privacy considerations around smart homes and the internet of things: Designing for Data Awareness: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns About ‘Smart’ Technologies The internet of things (IoT) and smart home technologies are pervasive in the U.S. and abroad. Devices like smart speakers, cameras, thermostats, and vacuums promise to save consumers time and energy and to make tasks easier. Many devices also provide significant benefits through accessibility features that offer hands-free options, voice commands, and management through smartphone apps. At the same time, however, researchers and the media have documented a number of vulnerabilities in these devices, which raises concerns about what and how much data is being collected, how that data is used, and who has access to the data. In this one-day workshop, participants will work together to brainstorm potential solutions for making smart device data more visible and interpretable for consumers. Through rotating breakout sessions and full-group discussions, participants will identify data-based threats in popular smart home technologies, select data flows that are most concerning, and generate design ideas for tools or other artifacts that can help consumers make more informed decisions about using these devices. Opportunities for networking and future collaborations will also be incorporated. For more information, visit https://pearl.umd.edu/cscw2021-workshop ~ Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu www.michaelzimmer.org @michaelzimmer

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[Call for Papers] ACM WSDM 2022 --Due August 13
by Ugur Kursuncu 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Call for Papers: WSDM 2022 - International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining New Deadline: August 13, 2021 Notifications: October 11, 2021 Website: http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ The 15th ACM International WSDM Conference will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, between February 21 and 25, 2022. WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes refereed, original and high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical yet principled approaches. Original papers emphasizing novel algorithmic approaches are particularly encouraged. Application-oriented papers that make innovative technical contributions to research are welcome. Visionary papers on new and emerging topics are particularly encouraged. Topics: (WSDM proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library) - Web Search: - Algorithms for web-scale search; Adversarial search; Search user interfaces and interaction; Distributed search, metasearch, peer-to-peer search; Local and mobile search; Multimedia web search; Query analysis and query processing; Search benchmarking and evaluation; Search user behavior and log analysis. - Web Mining and Content Analysis: - Crawling and indexing web content; Web recommender systems and algorithms; Clustering, classification, and summarization of web data; Data, entity, event, and relationship extraction; Knowledge acquisition and automatic construction of knowledge bases; Large-scale graph analysis; Semantic search, faceted search, and knowledge graphs; Multimodal data mining; Scalable algorithms for mining web data; Opinion mining and sentiment analysis; Web traffic and log analysis; Web measurements, web evolution, and web models. - Web of Things, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing: - Geo and location data analysis, mobility and behavior data mining; Location-based social networks; User activity modeling and exploitation. - Privacy, Fairness, Interpretability: - Fairness and accountability in ranking, recommendation and advertising; Explainability in web systems; Model and algorithm transparency; Interpretable models of individual and social behavior; Web search and data mining under privacy constraints. - Social Networks: - Link prediction and community detection; Social network analysis and graph algorithms; Computational social science; Influence and viral marketing in social networks; Social sensing; Searching social and real-time content; Social network dynamics; Sampling, experiments, and evaluation in social networks; Social media analysis: blogs and friendship networks; Social network analysis, theories, models and applications; Social reputation and trust. - Intelligent Assistants: - Voice search, conversational search, and dialog systems; Personal assistants, dialogue models, and conversational interaction; Task-driven search; Zero-query and implicit search. - Crowdsourcing and Human Computation: - Collaborative search and question answering; Human-in-the-Loop and Collaborative Human-AI systems. - Web-Based Health Applications: - Public health techniques on the Web; Healthcare delivery on the Web; Personal health on the Web; Web-based mental health and well-being support. For more information, please visit http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ --- Ugur Kursuncu, Ph.D.

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Global Media and China Webinar: Queer Media in China
by Xiao Han 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Dear All, The SAGE journal Global Media and China, sponsored by the Communication University of China, is pleased to announce the next webinar will take place on ZOOM: Join Zoom Meeting https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/99027324248?pwd=OTVOL3JEVUlwUmlvV3ljaHZqZzJzZz09 <https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/99027324248?pwd=OTVOL3JEVUlwUmlvV3ljaHZqZzJzZz09> Meeting ID: 990 2732 4248 Passcode: 292326 Time: August 5, 19:00-20:00 (Beijing/HK Time) August 5, 12:00pm-13:15 (UK) WELCOME Professor Anthony Fung，The Chinese University of Hong Kong SPEAKER Dr Hongwei Bao is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he also directs the Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies. He holds a PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney, Australia. His research primarily focuses on queer media and culture in contemporary China. He is the author of Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China (NIAS Press, 2018), Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (Routledge, 2020) and Queer Media in China (Routledge, 2021). ABSTRACT This talk charts a brief history of queer community media in contemporary China. The past thirty years has witnessed the formation of minority sexual identities and communities in urban China; it has also seen a proliferation of media forms and texts produced and consumed by LGBTQ people. These media forms consist of leaflets, zines, pagers, websites and dating apps. These media practices include oral history documentaries, internet radio and webcasts, film and cultural festivals, and DIY video-making workshops. What do these media forms and practices tell us about queer identities, communities and cultures? What insights can we gain from them about identity, rights and social change in contemporary China? How can Chinese media and communication studies as a scholarly field go beyond the ‘mass media and communication’ paradigm to attend to the communitarian, alternative and activist forms of media? This talk draws on the author’s new book Queer Media in China (Routledge, 2021) to highlight the pivotal role of community media in queer identity formation, community building and the articulation of a ‘minor’ China.

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Call for submissions: Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance
by Anthony Bak Buccitelli 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

Dear AOIR Moderators, I wanted to pass along a CFP that may be of interest to the AOIR list readers. Please let me know if I can answer any questions, or what steps I should take to post this to the AOIR list. Thanks very much, Anthony Bak Buccitelli *Call for submissions: Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance* How are folklore studies and performance studies currently connected? What are the divergences and convergences between the study of folklore through performance and the study of performance through folklore? There has been an intimacy between these two fields and phenomena since the mid-20th century. Whether it be through the work of Richard Bauman, Erving Goffman, Roger Abrahams, Charles Briggs, Richard Schechner, Dell Hymes, José Esteban Muñoz, Peggy Phelan, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Deborah Kapchan, or Diana Taylor, the relationship between folklore and performance represents a long history of engagement that is both explicit and implicit in expressing interconnected methods, perspectives, and theoretical orientations. This volume, *Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance*, seeks to forefront the ways that folklore and performance inform each other and are actively situated in our world today. We are calling for submissions that explore existing and emerging discourses between folklore studies and performance studies. These necessarily include development in areas of research and theory in both fields. Topics may include but are not limited to the intersection of folklore and performance in digital lives, race and technology, social movements, ritual, narrative, quotidian expressive culture, archival practices, ambient play, post-human intersectionalities, speculative world-making, encoded constructions of self and culture, and embodied knowledge. We are also interested in approaches that include an analysis of concepts like practice/praxis, repetition, event, mediation, mobility, materiality, enactment, ephemerality, tradition, and insurgent temporalities. We envision this volume being placed at a university press that speaks to audiences in both folklore and performance studies. Please send a 250-word abstract to Solimar Otero solioter(a)iu.edu and Anthony Bak Buccitelli abb20(a)psu.edu by September 1, 2021. -- Associate Professor of American Studies and Communications Director, Pennsylvania Center for Folklore Editor, Western Folklore Pronouns: he, him, his Phone: 717-948-6727 http://sites.psu.edu/pafolklore

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): First Call for Papers and Special Sessions
by Announce Announcements 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

*** First Call for Papers and Special Sessions *** 2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022) May 25-27, 2022, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/eais2022/ (Proceedings to be published by the IEEE Xplore Digital Library; Special Journal Issue with Evolving Systems, Springer) IEEE EAIS 2022 will provide a working and friendly atmosphere and will be a leading international forum focusing on the discussion of recent advances, the exchange of recent innovations and the outline of open important future challenges in the area of Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems. Over the past decade, this area has emerged to play an important role on a broad international level in today's real-world applications, especially those ones with high complexity and dynamic changes. Its embedded modelling and learning methodologies are able to cope with real-time demands, changing operation conditions, varying environmental influences, human behaviours, knowledge expansion scenarios and drifts in online data streams. Conference Topics Basic Methodologies Evolving Soft Computing Techniques. Evolving Fuzzy Systems. Evolving Rule-Based Classifiers. Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. Adaptive Evolving Neural Networks. Online Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms. Data Stream Mining. Incremental and Evolving Clustering. Adaptive Pattern Recognition. Incremental and Evolving ML Classifiers. Adaptive Statistical Techniques. Evolving Decision Systems. Big Data. Problems and Methodologies in Data Streams Stability, Robustness, Convergence in Evolving Systems. Online Feature Selection and Dimension Reduction. Online Active and Semi-supervised Learning. Online Complexity Reduction. Computational Aspects. Interpretability Issues. Incremental Adaptive Ensemble Methods. Online Bagging and Boosting. Self-monitoring Evolving Systems. Human-Machine Interaction Issues. Hybrid Modelling, Transfer Learning. Reservoir Computing. Applications of EAIS Time Series Prediction. Data Stream Mining and Adaptive Knowledge Discovery. Robotics. Intelligent Transport and Advanced Manufacturing. Advanced Communications and Multimedia Applications. Bioinformatics and Medicine. Online Quality Control and Fault Diagnosis. Condition Monitoring Systems. Adaptive Evolving Controller Design. User Activities Recognition. Huge Database and Web Mining. Visual Inspection and Image Classification. Image Processing. Cloud Computing. Multiple Sensor Networks. Query Systems and Social Networks. Alternative Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches. Special Sessions Distinguished researchers working in theory, analysis and applications of evolving adaptive and intelligent systems and related areas are encouraged to submit proposals within the technical scope of IEEE EAIS 2022. Researchers interested in organising special sessions are invited to submit a formal proposal to the Special Sessions Chair Gabriella Casalino (gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it) and to the General Chair George Angelos Papadopoulos (george(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy) by specifying: - Special Session Lead Organiser email address, details and mini-bio - Co-Organiser(s) details and mini-bio (optional) - Special Session title - Aim and scope of the Special Session (~half a page) - A list of main topics of the Special Session - A list of potential/expected contributors Submissions Submitted papers should not exceed 8 pages plus at most 2 pages overlength. Submissions of full papers are accepted online through Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eais2022) The EAIS 2022 proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible inclusion in a special issue of Evolving Systems - An Interdisciplinary Journal for Advanced Science and Technology (Springer). Important Dates • Special Session submission: October 1, 2021 • Special Session acceptance: October 10, 2021 • Paper submission: January 10, 2022 • Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 19, 2022 • Camera ready submission: March 20, 2022 • Authors registration: March 20, 2022 • Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2022 Social Media FB: https://www.facebook.com/IEEEEAIS Twitter: https://twitter.com/IEEE_EAIS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/2022ieeeconferenceonevolvingand681556007867… Organization Honorary Chairs • Dimitar Filev, Ford Motor Co., USA • Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus • Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK Program Committee Chairs • Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari, Italy • José A. Iglesias, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

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