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[Call for Participation] ACM WSDM 2022
by Ugur Kursuncu 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2022) Virtual Conference (was Tempe, Arizona, USA) February 21-25 2022 https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/> ------------- Early bird registration deadline: January 18th 2022. ------------- WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original, high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical yet principled novel models of search and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economic implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance. The conference is now moved to a completely virtual format. This difficult decision is made in light of the latest surge in Omicron cases, enhanced travel restrictions from various parts of the world, and companies scrapping office-return deadlines without setting a new date. Conference program includes 7 workshops <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/wsdm-workshops/>, 7 tutorials <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-tutorials/>, 9 doctoral consortium presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/>, 14 technical demos <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-demos/>, 160 research paper presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-papers/>, industry day presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/industry-day-schedule/>, smart city day presentations, and 3 exciting keynote talks on timely topics: Keynote talk by Yejin Choi <https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~yejin/> (U. Washington) - Knowledge is Power: Symbolic Knowledge Distillation, Commonsense Morality, and Multimodal Script Knowledge Keynote talk by George Karypis <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/> (Amazon) - Graph Neural Network Research at AWS AI Keynote talk by Ricardo Baeza-Yates <https://www.baeza.cl/> (Northeastern University) - Ethics Challenges in AI To register to the conference, please visit https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/> Note that the early bird registration ends on January 18th 2022.

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CfP International Conference on ‘Privacy-friendly and trustworthy technology for society’ in Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2022
by Christoph Lutz 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Dear subscribers to the AoIR listserv, We hope you had a good start to 2022! We would like to invite you to the conference on ‘Privacy-friendly and trustworthy technology for society’ that will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2022 in a hybrid format. Aims The conference aims to advance the knowledge on critical ethical concepts such as privacy, trust, and transparency of interactive technologies, contributing particularly by extending emerging concepts and themes such as privacy-by-design, overtrust, transparency-by-design, and personalized transparency. Call for papers We are interested in contributions that focus on how privacy and trust are challenged and conceptualized through the increased reliance on automated systems and its implications on design approaches. We encourage you to submit papers that combine different perspectives on privacy (enhancement), trust, and automation, which can be applied to different sectors, such as healthcare, education, leisure, or work. A particular focus can be made on emerging automated systems applied to vulnerable groups such as seniors and children, with ambient assisted living technologies (e.g.., audio-based and video-based applications to monitor elderly or frail people). Topics of interest The call for papers includes, but is not limited to, the following areas of interest: * Research on system trust (i.e., trust between humans and automation) and link to privacy * Ethical, legal, and societal aspects of trustworthy and privacy-friendly automation * Empirical studies of privacy and trust of interactive systems * Design approaches to support system trust and trustworthy design * Personalization of privacy and transparency requirements and its impact on system trust * Design for privacy and transparency * Usable privacy and security and their implications for systems trust * Overtrust in automation and its implications * Issues of unequal access to and benefits from privacy-friendly and trustworthy automation among different population groups Submission The extended abstract (max. 1000 words excl. references) must be sent in PDF format to [1]privacy-conference(a)goodbrother.eu by 12 of April 2022. You will be notified if the abstract was accepted and if you can present by 30 April 2022. Further information, including the template for formatting submissions, can be found at [2]https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-confere nce-on-privacy-friendly-and-trustworthy-technology-for-society/ Thank you for your participation and further spreading the word. For any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to the conference org team at [3]privacy-conference(a)goodbrother.eu Kind regards, Conference Organizers Anton Fedosov, Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Christoph Lutz, and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux Dr. Christoph Lutz Associate Professor [4]Nordic Centre for Internet & Society [5]Department of Communication and Culture [6]BI Norwegian Business School - [7]facebook.com/BIBusinessSchooI Office address: Nydalsveien 37, 0484 Oslo Mobile: +47 46410206 Twitter: [8]@lutzid Social Media: [9]ResearchGate – [10]Google Scholar – [11]Academia.edu References 1. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu 2. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://goodbrother.eu/… 3. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu 4. http://www.bi.edu/ncis 5. https://www.bi.edu/research/find-departments-and-research-centres/departmen… 6. http://www.bi.edu/ 7. https://www.facebook.com/BIBusinessSchool?_rdr 8. https://twitter.com/lutzid 9. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christoph_Lutz 10. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KI9IybAAAAAJ&hl=en 11. https://bi.academia.edu/ChristophLutz

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WEBCAST TODAY: IGF Roundtable on Teaching Internet Governance
by Joly MacFie 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

This has just started. Real time text https://bit.ly/3tB5arI ISOC Live posted: "On Monday 17 January 2022 at 12:30 UTC the Internet Governance Forum will host a 'Roundtable on Teaching Internet Governance'. Building on past and ongoing educational and training efforts, such as the summer schools on Internet governance, this round-tab" [image: livestream] <https://isoc.live/15025/%20http:/livestream.com/internetsociety/teachingig>On *Monday 17 January 2022* at *12:30 UTC* the *Internet Governance Forum <https://www.intgovforum.org/>* will host a '*Roundtable on Teaching Internet Governance <https://bit.ly/33xmItC>*'. Building on past and ongoing educational and training efforts, such as the summer schools on Internet governance, this round-table aims to engage with the multitude of approaches and formats of teaching Internet governance in academia, *Internet governance summer schools <https://www.igschools.net/sig/>*, and specialized online Internet governance programs. Anybody who is involved with teaching and learning Internet governance is invited to join the conversation, which will inform the *development of a modular syllabus <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/syllabus-for-schools-on-internet-gov…>* that will allow others around the world to design their own Internet governance courses, summer schools, and other capacity building programs. *CONVENER* *Farzaneh Badiei*, Founder, Digital Medusa *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/teachingig <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/teachingig>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/33xmItC <https://bit.ly/33xmItC>* *REAL TIME TEXT *https://bit.ly/3tB5arI *TWITTER #teachinginternetgovernance <https://bit.ly/33uFD8y> @IntGovForum @farzanehbad #internetgovernance #UN #Internetgovernanceforum * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/teachingig <https://archive.org/details/teachingig>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15025/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Postdoctoral fellow @ Uppsala University
by Isto Huvila 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Postdoctoral fellow Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a long-term difference in society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has over 45,000 students, more than 7,000 employees and a turnover of around SEK 7 billion. The position is placed at the Department of ALM (Archival, Library & Information, and Museum & Cultural Heritage Studies) within the project CApturing Paradata for documenTing data creation and Use for the REsearch of the future (CAPTURE) financed by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-COG). The principal investigator is Professor Isto Huvila. More information about the research project can be found at www.abm.uu.se/forskning/pagaende-forskningsprojekt/capture. Information about the Department of ALM and research conducted there can be found at www.abm.uu.se. The postdoctoral fellow is responsible for a sub-project that investigates, reviews, and develops methods and protocols for documentation of research processes and capturing and documenting archaeological paradata (i.e. data on how archaeological research data is created, used and processed). Principal duties The postdoctoral fellow is mainly supposed to be engaged in research. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to compile and present research results for colleagues, publish in relevant scholarly journals and to present research results in international conferences. The employed postdoctoral research fellow is expected to plan, initiate, conduct and develop independently goal-oriented empirical research in an interdisciplinary research environment. Certain administrative duties associated with the project and supervision of students are also possible. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to actively participate in the work of the project, contribute to the development of the collaborative research environment within the project and also at the Department of ALM as a whole. Requirements To be eligible for employment one must have completed a PhD in information studies, library and information science, information systems science, computer science, science studies, archival science, digital humanities, history of science or another, for example, humanities, social science or technical discipline relevant to the work duties. The candidate is expected to demonstrate very good skills in both written and oral English. The PhD degree should not be more than three years old by the application deadline, unless special circumstances exist. Special circumstances includes absence due to illness, parental leave or clinical practice, appointments of trust in trade unions or similar circumstances. This must be clearly stated in the application. A successful applicant may not have held a postdoctoral position at Uppsala University in the same or nearby field for more than a year. Additional qualifications Special weight will be attached to the applicant’s research expertise, but pedagogical expertise and administrative skills will also be taken into consideration. In the evaluation of research expertise, the most important factor is quality. Further qualifications useful for the position Relevant documented practical or scholarly experience relating to data or research data, information modelling, documentation practices, science studies, metadata and knowledge organisation, archiving and preservation or management of research data is an advantage. Also experience relating to information practices or behaviour is considered as an advantage as well as experience of the use of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Knowledge of at least one Scandinavian language is an advantage but is not required of a successful applicant. How to apply A complete application must contain: • CV including a list of the scientific/scholarly works especially relevant for the project, together with information about research, teaching and other relevant work to date. • Three writing samples (texts written individually by the applicant) • Copy of degree diploma and other official transcripts. • Names and contact information of two references. • A project description (at most 2 pages) detailing the research the applicant considers to be capable to conduct and to be relevant for the broader research project. This description should contain an account of how the planned studies contribute to international research on the subject. About the employment The employment is a temporary position of two years according to central collective agreement. Scope of employment 100%. Starting date March 1st or as otherwise agreed. Placement: Uppsala. For further information about the position please contact: The Head of the Department of ALM, Åse Hedemark, ase.hedemark(a)abm.uu.se, or the Principal Investigator of the project Isto Huvila, isto.huvila(a)abm.uu.se. Please submit your application by February 7, 2022, UFV-PA 2021/4524 Are you considering moving to Sweden to work at Uppsala University? Find out more about what it´s like to work and live in Sweden. Please do not send offers of recruitment or advertising services. Submit your application through Uppsala University's recruitment system. More information at https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=452322 När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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Submissions for #AoIR2022 are now open!
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Dear AoIR-istas, Happy New Year! We are happy to announce that submissions for #AoIR2022 <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/> are now open! The conference will take place 2-5 November 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. At this stage, the 2022 AoIR conference is being planned as a Limited Hybrid Conference. The main conference will take place as a face-to-face event in Dublin. We are committed to enabling participation by as many AoIR members as possible at some level in this year’s conference. To this end, two of our core events will run in both face-to-face and online versions: the Doctoral Colloquium <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/subtypes/#doccoll> and the Early Career Researcher (ECR) event. Submissions <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/subtypes/> for both modes of the Doctoral Colloquium are open; as with our other preconferences, calls for participation in both modes of the ECR event will be distributed shortly after conference acceptance notifications. We also plan to provide online access for all AoIR members to our larger events (keynote, plenaries, and Annual General Meeting). Of course, we are mindful as we begin the third year of the pandemic that we cannot easily predict what the world will look like in November. We are hopeful that the latest COVID-19 variant will have largely been brought under control and that travel will be possible and desirable for some. We do not pretend that even in the best circumstances travel will be available to everyone, but our options are, in large part, dictated by event contracts signed prior to the pandemic (and which have already, generously, been rolled forward two years after our initial Dublin plans in 2020). We will be monitoring the global COVID-19 situation as the year progresses and if a face-to-face conference proves impossible, we will endeavour to provide an alternative option. Fingers crossed, we hope to see many of you in November. The 2022 conference welcomes contributions that address the theme of Decolonising the Internet. <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/aoir2022cfp/> To re-familiarize yourself with the call for proposals and types of submissions solicited, please see here: https://aoir.org/aoir2022/subtypes/. *Submissions deadline is 1 March 2022* for papers, panels, roundtables, fishbowls, experimental sessions, and pre-conference workshops. When submitting, please take the time to read the submission categories and topics carefully; this helps us match your submission to a suitable reviewer. To learn more about how submissions are reviewed, please see here: https://aoir.org/sub_review_info_aoir/. If accepted as a presenting author, you must register for the conference by the Early Bird deadline of 1 August 2022. Accepted paper and panel submissions will be included in our open access conference paper archive, Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR). SPIR helps us further publicize the work of our members and introduce our research to a wider audience. All paper and panel submissions must therefore follow our SPIR formatting requirements, which includes a consistent header and style format for the papers that will enable people to easily locate author and title information, and identify the papers as part of the AoIR conference. This format is only intended to bring consistency to basic elements (such as typeface and spacing), not to impose any disciplinary constraints. Please download and utilize the Word template here: https://aoir.org/aoir2022/subtemplate/. If you have any questions about the submission process, please email AoIRConfChair(a)aoir.org. Click here to go to the submission site: https://www.conftool.org/aoir2022/ We look forward to your proposals and to a stimulating conference in Dublin! Sincerely, Kylie Jarrett AoIR2022 Programme Chair

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Join our online events
by Natalia Grincheva 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Hello all Apologies for x-posting. You are invited to attend a series of free public online sessions bringing together academics, policy makers and GLAM professionals to offer a discussion forum in the framework of the project: *GLAM and Digital Soft Power in the Post-Pandemic World.* Please, read more about the project here: *datatopower.net <http://datatopower.net> **Check out the full program here*: https://www.datatopower.net/events *Webinar: GLAM collections and exhibitions in immersive environments* *Date: *January 24, 2022 *Time:* 8:00AM - 10:00AM UTC | 4:00PM - 6:00PM SGT | 7:00PM - 9:00PM UTC+11 *Virtual co-host: *Stuart MacDonald, International Cultural Relation (ICR) Research *To register follow the link*: https://www.datatopower.net/webinar1 The webinar will discuss new opportunities provided by mixed realities for a wider global museum outreach and collections sharing. It will focus on the capabilities and limitations of VR, AR and digital technologies in shaping new international communication practices in museums. *Datathon: Mapping the potential appeal of heritage collections: From API to geo-visualization* *Date:* January 26, 2022 *Time:* 8:00AM - 10:00AM UTC | 4:00PM - 6:00PM SGT | 7:00PM - 9:00PM UTC+11 *Virtual co-host:* Professor Lev Manovich, Cultural Analytics Lab *To register follow the link:* https://www.datatopower.net/datathon1 The event will offer a discussion space to play with and assess the first layer of the software prototype that aims to geo-visualize museum collections data to explore their potential appeal in different countries around the world. It is designed by aggregating API data from the V&A Museum and the National Museum of Australia. Looking forward to seeing you all there, With kind regards, *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Arts Management School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts Senior Research Fellow (Hon) Digital Studio, the University of Melbourne *Recent Books:* *Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age* (Routledge 2020) *Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy* (Routledge 2019) *Research Creation Project: *datatopower.net

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WEBCAST TODAY: Tech Policy Recess: Blockchain, Brokers & Web3
by Joly MacFie 15 Jan '22

15 Jan '22

The issue here is that the recent US Infrastructure Law contained a provision, like the existing one for cash, that all crypto transactions over $10k have to be reported to the government. While this could be seen as something of a win for the crypto folks, i.e. crypto getting respect, the blanket inclusion of all "digital assets" is seen as overly broad, since it will include less fungible items such as NFTs and more obscure cryptocurrencies, as well as the more cash-like 'stablecoins' aka LTDA, or legal tender digital assets. It is suggested that much higher reporting thresholds be made for some classes of asset. [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/techpolicyrecess> On *Friday 14 January 2022* at *2pm-3pm EST* (19:00-20:00 UTC) the *Congressional Internet Caucus Academy <https://www.netcaucus.org/>* (CICA) hosts a *Tech Policy Recess* discussion on '*Blockchain, Brokers & Web3: Can Congress Fix The Infrastructure Bill and Grow The Decentralized Web?' <https://www.netcaucus.org/event/january-tech-policy-recess-blockchain-broke…>*, which will examine the *calls to revise <https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/18/us-congressmen-introduce-bill-to…>* the "broker" language in the Infrastructure Bill that was recently signed into law. *INTRODUCTION* *Bill Rockwood*, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Congressman Darren Soto *PANEL* *Tim Massad*, Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School *Marta Belcher*, Chair, Filecoin Foundation *Jacob Hample*, Director of Government Affairs & Policy, Blockchain Association *HOST / MODERATOR* *Tim Lordan*, Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation (IEF) The session will be webcast via a partnership with the *Internet Society Washington DC Chapter. <https://isoc-dc.org/>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/techpolicyrecess <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/techpolicyrecess>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Gvpb6B <https://bit.ly/3Gvpb6B>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3fnf1Jt <https://bit.ly/3fnf1Jt>* *TWITTER #TechPolicyRecess <http://bit.ly/TechPolicyRecess> @NetCaucusAC Jacob Hample @BlockchainAssn @MartaBelcher @Filecoin Tim Massad @Kennedy_School #cryptobrokers #web3* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/techpolicyrecess <https://archive.org/details/techpolicyrecess>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15037/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfP: 5th International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data at ESWC2022
by Beyza Yaman 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

Apologies for cross-posting! ------------------------------------------------- Dear all, We are happy to announce that the 5th International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data will be co-located with the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) in May 2022. Details are published on the website: https://i3mainz.github.io/GeoLD2022/ Abstract: ------------- Geospatial data are essential not only for many traditional GIS tasks such as navigation, logistics, and tourism, but even more for emerging technologies like autonomous vehicle navigation, smart city technologies, and further location-based services. For all these technologies, geospatial linked data (GLD) is a crucially important source of machine-readable pre-interpreted information. Recently, we can observe a transformation process of spatial data infrastructures from previously merely acting as data providers to becoming brokers of geospatial information of different kinds, origins, quality, and a need to interconnect and incorporate information of different data repositories, often even in real-time. This need for GLD integration leads to efforts to create next-generation knowledge graphs which integrate multiple spatial datasets with large numbers of general datasets containing some geospatial references (e.g., \emph{DBpedia, Wikidata}) and even volunteered geographic information (e.g., \emph{LinkedGeoData}) and sensor data. This integration, either on the public Web or within organizations has immense socio-economic and academic benefits. The upsurge in linked data-related presentations in the Eurogeographics data quality workshop series, in relevant journal publications, in activities of standardization bodies (OGC GeoSPARQL), and in Spatial Data Applications shows a deep interest in GLD in national mapping agencies and beyond. GLD enables web-based, interoperable geospatial data infrastructures that may enhance and support existing standardization efforts like Europe's INSPIRE directive. Moreover, geospatial information systems benefit from Linked Data principles in building the next generation of spatial data applications, e.g., federated smart buildings, self-piloted vehicles, delivery drones, or automated local authority services, which is of increasing interest to various stakeholders. This workshop invites papers covering the challenges and solutions for handling GLD, especially for building high-quality, adaptable, geospatial data infrastructures and next-generation spatial applications. We aim to demonstrate the latest approaches and implementations and to discuss the solutions to challenges and issues arising from research and industrial organizations. Topics of interest ----------------------- • GLD vocabularies and standards (GeoSPARQL, INSPIRE, W3C, OGC) • Extraction/transformation of GLD from native geospatial data sources • Integration (schema mapping, interlinking, fusion) techniques for Geospatial RDF Data • Enrichment, quality and evolution of Linked Data with Geospatial information • Machine Learning improving GLD processing • Distributed solutions for GLD management (storing, querying, mapping) • Algorithms and tools for large scale, scalable GLD management • Efficient Indexing and Querying of GLD • Geospatial-specific Reasoning on RDF Data • Ranking techniques on querying Geospatial RDF Data • Advanced querying capabilities on Geospatial RDF Data • Benchmarking of GLD applications • GLD in social web platforms and applications • Visualization models/interfaces for browsing/authoring/querying GLD • Real world applications/use cases/paradigms using GLD • Evaluation/comparison of tools/libraries/frameworks for GLD • Data governance models for GLD Important Dates ---------------------- Paper submission: March 6th, 2022 Notification of acceptance: April 4th, 2022 Camera-ready paper submission: April 9th, 2022 Organizing Committee: ------------------------------- Timo Homburg (i3mainz – Institute for Spatial Information & Surveying Technology, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Dr. Beyza Yaman (ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Sherif (University of Paderborn, Germany) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Armin Haller (Australian National University, Australia) We are looking forward to your submissions! Best Regards, Timo Homburg, Beyza Yaman, Mohamed Ahmed Sherif, Armin Haller.

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CFP: IAMCR 2022 pre-conference (hybrid) - Big Data in Communication Research: A contextual turn?
by Jun Liu 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

IAMCR 2022 pre-conference (hybrid) - Big Data in Communication Research: A contextual turn? Organized by University of Copenahgen and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), in collaboration with the Computational Methods Division, the International Communication Association. Description: Recent advances in communication studies have seen much greater attention paid to the development, appropriation, and reflection on computational methods for analyzing large and heterogeneous data. Despite its considerable contributions, big data analytics has been criticized for the lack of contextual consideration for a long time. In other words, scholarships with computational methods may suffer from the pitfall of not unpacking, recognizing, and theorizing the richness of associated contextual elements in (big) data. This preconference aims to address such issues by advancing a context-aware approach in computational methods and by articulating an interrogation of contextual elements in using computational methods. A context-aware approach in computational methods is particularly valuable to IAMCR as a worldwide professional organization in the field of media and communication research, as this approach recognizes a reality where people communicate in diverse ways against different contexts. We thereby invite original and rigorous contributions and reflections based on big data and contextual analysis. We hope to engage with opportunities and challenges of advancing context-aware approaches in computational methods. The submissions can be theoretical or based on empirical studies, but would also include innovative suggestions to overcome research challenges like the lack of contextual consideration. Date and time: Friday 8 July 2022: | 09:00 – 17:00 Beijing time (UTC+8)| Location: A hybrid conference at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou and online. Submission and deadlines 1 April 2022: Submit individual paper abstracts or panel proposals to iamcr.compmeth(a)gmail.com<mailto:iamcr.compmeth@gmail.com>. An individual paper abstract should be between 200 and 300 English words, stating the title, argument, theoretical framework, and, where applicable, methodology and results. Please also attach a 100-word bibliography for each author to the abstract. Panel proposals should consist of individual abstracts for each paper combinined with a panel rationale (no more than 500 words). The abstract of each paper shall be no more than 300 words, plus a 100-word bibliography for each author. 20 April 2022: notification of acceptance. Information on registration and the programme will be communicated to all participants in due time. For inquiries, please email: iamcr.compmeth(a)gmail.com<mailto:iamcr.compmeth@gmail.com> best, Jun Jun Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen Karen Blixens Plads 8, DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark ORCID: 0000-0001-6066-4130 The Danish Independent Research Fund’s Research Leader 2021, https://dff.dk/en/grants/research-leaders-2021/researchleader-2 ********************************************************** *New publications* Liu, J. (2020). Shifting Dynamics of Contention in the Digital Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Liu, N. & Liu, J. (online first). Leading with Hearts and Minds: Emotion contagion in China’s online activism, Social Movement Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2021.2011716 Liu, J. (2021). Technology for Activism: Toward a Relational Framework. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-021-09400-9 Liu, J. & Su, C. (2021). Comparative communication studies within and beyond Great China (Speical Issue "Comparative communication studies within and beyond Great China"), International Communication Gazette, 83/5, https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485211029018 **********************************************************

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[Call for Participation] ACM WSDM 2022
by Ugur Kursuncu 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2022) Virtual Conference (was Tempe, Arizona, USA) February 21-25 2022 https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/> ------------- Early bird registration is open until January 18th 2022. ------------- WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original, high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical yet principled novel models of search and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economic implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance. The conference is now moved to a completely virtual format. This difficult decision is made in light of the latest surge in Omicron cases, enhanced travel restrictions from various parts of the world, and companies scrapping office-return deadlines without setting a new date. Conference program includes 7 workshops <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/wsdm-workshops/>, 7 tutorials <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-tutorials/>, 9 doctoral consortium presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/>, 14 technical demos <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-demos/>, 160 research paper presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-papers/>, industry day presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/industry-day-schedule/>, smart city day presentations, and 3 exciting keynote talks on timely topics: Keynote talk by Yejin Choi <https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~yejin/> (U. Washington) - Knowledge is Power: Symbolic Knowledge Distillation, Commonsense Morality, and Multimodal Script Knowledge Keynote talk by George Karypis <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/> (Amazon) - Graph Neural Network Research at AWS AI Keynote talk by Ricardo Baeza-Yates <https://www.baeza.cl/> (Northeastern University) - Ethics Challenges in AI To register to the conference, please visit https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/> Note that the early bird registration ends on January 18th 2022.

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