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CFM: Black Lives Matter, Ten Years Later
by Sarina Chen 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Greetings! 2023 marks the ten-year anniversary of Black Live Matter (BLM), a grassroots and decentralized political/social movement seeking criminal justice for African Americans. BLM which began in 2013 as a hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, evolved into street demonstrations against police brutality in 2014 following the deaths of Eric Garner in New York City, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. In the subsequent years, in light of the deaths of numerous African Americans by police actions, many demonstrations, rallies, and die-ins were organized by BLM across the United States. What began as an online platform with a set of goals seeking criminal justice for African Americans, quickly expanded to a national network of over 30 chapters by 2016. The most notable demonstration of BLM movement occurred in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. An estimated 26 million people participated in the 2020 BLM protests in the United States, calling for criminal justice reform, as one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history. In 2021, BLM was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Internet, not only was responsible for the expansions of the BLM movement across the United States, but also was credited for garnishing global solidarity around the world. People in many countries organized demonstrations in support of the BLM movement in the U.S.--Germany, Japan, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. BLM's Nobel Peace Prize nomination was submitted by Norwegian Parliament member, Peter Eide. Given the significance of the BLM movement, at its tenth anniversary, it is important to reflect on what the movement has accomplished in the past 10 years, as well as to project what the movement could attain in the future. More importantly, it is crucial to examine what political/social movements in the U.S., as well as those around the world, could learn from the BLM movement. It is with these goals, my colleagues and I are editing a volume, Black Lives Matter, Ten Year Later, and we are seeking your contribution. If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (sarina.chen(a)uni.edu) a 750-word (no more than 1000 words) abstract of your work by November 15, 2022. Please note that original research, empirical or theoretical, utilizing any perspective is welcomed. Topics to address include, but not limited to: BLM and the decentralized grassroots organization BLM and the Internet/Social Media BLM and African Americans BLM and the legislation BLM and counter movements (White Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, etc.) BLM and political/social movements in the U.S. BLM and political/social movements around the world BLM and non-profit fundraising BLM and misinformation BLM and the popular culture BLM and the children BLM and education Thank you for considering our call. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen Professor Dept. of Communication and Media Univ. of Northern Iowa *************************************************

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Call for Applications: Winter School Digital practices and global inequalities, Feb 2023
by Meropi Tzanetakis 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce that the Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/>will host an <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/winter-school/>*interdisciplinary and international winter school* <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/digigov-virtual-winter-school-digital…>**again**and the Call for applications is ready to be disseminated! Below you find a short invitation text you can use for promotion when sending it to your mailing lists, etc. The application deadline is on *25 November 2022*, we will choose 30 participants from all applications. In the meantime please continue with the detailed planning of your track(s): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNdBGAn798gymFuthyKTEQsw3woN0O4KA71Gqe6… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNdBGAn798gymFuthyKTEQsw3woN0O4KA71Gqe6…>. */Digital practices and global inequalities/* /DigiGov Winter School 1-3 Feb //2023/ Digital practices determine how we are able to access resources and infrastructures. They co-shape and reflect existing dependencies and inequalities but they also amplify and perpetuate them. The *interdisciplinary and international DigiGov Winter School 2023* <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/digigov-virtual-winter-school-digital…> will therefore explore: */How do digital practices shape global inequalities?/* */How do global inequalities shape digital practices?/* */ /* Together with our members and affiliates as well as external experts from various disciplines and fields of practice, we will: * dive into topics such as digital activism driven by social change across the globe, data governance, and how to assess and operationalize public value * address inequities with a focus on ‘extractive practices’ and the in/visibilities of dependencies and exploitation using the socio-technical spheres around AI as exploratory space * discuss the enforcement of digital fundamental rights in Europe and beyond and through the lens of experienced NGO professionals. Our speakers include: * Tima Otu Anwana LL.M <https://id.univie.ac.at/team/univ-prof-dr-nikolaus-forgo/team/anwana-tima-o/> (University of Vienna), * Prof Joe Cannataci <https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-privacy/biography-joe-cannat…> (UN Special Rapporteur, University of Malta), * Seliem El-Sayed MA <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/team/> (University of Vienna), * Prof Vladan Joler <https://futureeverything.org/profile/vladan-joler/> (University of Novi Sad), * Dr Katja Mayer <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/team/> (University of Vienna), * Dr Ing Milagros Miceli <https://milamiceli.com/> (Weizenbaum Institute), * Dr Samuel Iheanyi Nwankwo <https://www.iri.uni-hannover.de/de/iheanyi-nwankwo> (Leibniz University Hannover), * Prof Barbara Prainsack <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/team/>(University of Vienna), * Noopur Raval PhD <https://noopur.xyz/> (UC Santa Cruz), * Prof Linnet Taylor <https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/l-e-m-taylor> (Tilburg University), and * Dr Christof Tschohl <https://researchinstitute.at/en/en-team/christof-tschohl> (Research Institute). *When & Where: *1 – 3 February 2023 | 9:00 - 16:30 CET incl. breaks, online via Zoom *Structure: *three modules per day | keynotes, presentations and interactive workshops * * *Participants:* early-stage researchers (PhD students and post-docs) who are eager to engage in discussion and exchange, open to colleagues from all disciplines with an interest in the topic. *Participation is free, but places are limited.* If you would like to participate please send a short outline of your motivation to participate, including a brief summary of the project(s) you are working on (1 page max.), to sonja.prendinger(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:sonja.prendinger@univie.ac.at> by *25 November 2022*. The members and affiliates of the Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/> look forward to hearing from you! Please keep informed here <https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/digigov-virtual-winter-school-digital…>. -- Dr. Meropi Tzanetakis (she/her) Lecturer in Digital Criminology Department of Criminology School of Social Sciences University of Manchester Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL Senior Research Fellow Interdisciplinary Research Platform 'Governance of digital practices' University of Vienna Editorial Board Member, Kriminologisches Journal (KrimJ) Elected Board Member, Economic Sociology Research Network, ESA Website homepage.univie.ac.at/meropi.tzanetakis Twitter @MeropiTzanet Skype meropitzanetakis PGP 013E EB43 74D3 B441 86ED 2B51 FB5F 9A3D 2DDB 2CA9 Recently published: Uncertainty and risk: A framework for understanding pricing in online drug markets, International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022, 101, 103535. Drugs and Digital Technologies, Special Issue, Kriminologisches Journal, 2021, 53(3). Doing Internet research with hard-to-reach communities: methodological reflections on gaining meaningful access, Qualitative Research, 2020, 20(6), 927-944. Drogen, Darknet und Organisierte Kriminalität/ Drugs, darknet and organised crime (2019).https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845282831

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Emerging Technology and AI policy positions at the ICO (UK)
by Sophia Ignatidou 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Hi everyone, We continue to recruit for positions at the Information Commissioner Office's expanding Technology department. Please share or apply! *Principal Policy Advisers* https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/vacancies/vacancy?Advert=gE5zFbOjuK+0… https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/vacancies/vacancy?Advert=o+ZJXy2OOae0… *Senior Policy Officer* https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/vacancies/vacancy?Advert=aqngSVWBDmu0… -- Sophia Ignatidou ----------------------- /Group Manager for Technology Policy at the ICO /Academy Fellow (2018-2019) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London

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Talk with Paola Ricaurte
by Jennifer Pybus 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

For anyone who missed this the first time, please join us later today for an on-line talk by Dr. Paola Ricaurte! Join the Department of Politics Seminar Series at York University, Toronto on Monday, October 17, 2022 from 2:00 to 4:00pm EDT Registration is required. Register<https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-CqqzMqGt0DdiKba-Q4bVt5hQ00PnF8> Title: Ethics for the majority world: AI and the question of violence at scale In this work, I argue that hegemonic AI is becoming a more powerful force capable of perpetrating global violence through three epistemic processes: datafication (extraction and dispossession), algorithmization (algorithmic mediation and governmentality) and automation (violence, inequality and displacement of responsibility). These articulated mechanisms lead to global classification orders and epistemic, economic, social, cultural and environmental inequality. Hegemonic AI can be thought of as a bio-necro-technopolitical machine that serves to maintain the capitalist, colonialist and patriarchal order of the world. To make this point, the proposed approach bridges the macro and micropolitical, building on Suely Rolnik’s call for understanding the effects of the macropolitical in the micropolitical, as well as what feminist black scholar Patricia Hill Collins made visible about oppressive systems operating at the structural, institutional and individual levels. I advocate for a feminist and decolonial ethics concerned with the preservation of life and the shared responsibility of AI harms to the majority of the planet. Dr. Paola Ricaurte is associate professor in the Department of Media and Digital Culture at Tecnológico de Monterrey and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Together with Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejías, she co-founded Tierra Común, a network of academics, practitioners and activists interested in decolonizing data. She is a member of the <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms and leads the Latin American and Caribbean hub of the Feminist AI Research Network. In addition to her academic work, she participates in civil society initiatives to promote digital rights and the development of public interest technologies. _________________ Dr. Jennifer Pybus (she/her) Canada Research Chair in Data Democracy and AI Department of Politics YORK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies 4700 Keele Street • Toronto ON • Canada • M3J 1P3 T: 416-736-5686. W: https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/jpybus/ Recent Publications Pybus, J., & Coté, M. (2021). Did you give permission? Datafication in the mobile ecosystem. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1877771 Blanke, T., & Pybus, J. (2020). The Material Conditions of Platforms - Monopolisation through Decentralisation. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120971632 -------------------------------- York University sits on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been cared for by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis.It is now home to many Indigenous Peoples. I acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. --------------------------------

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Re: [Air-L] AoIR 2022, Dublin: Undergraduate Teaching Workshop
by Holly Kruse 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

FINAL UPDATE: If you are attending AoIR in Dublin and want to participate in our undergraduate teaching pre-conference workshop, people need to register for workshops when they're paying for the conference overall (it's an option when they're signing up). There isn't a separate link. For changes after you've registered you can email Association Coordinator Michelle at ac(a)aoir.org <mailto:ac@aoir.org>. If you want to audit the undergraduate teaching workshop on Zoom, then you still just need to email me: holly.kruse(a)gmail.com <mailto:holly.kruse@gmail.com>. ----- This may be of interest to some on the cultural studies list: Adrienne Shaw (Temple University) and I (Holly Kruse, Rogers State University) are offering the Association of Internet Researchers’ second-ever pre-conference undergraduate teaching workshop, and first-ever in-person version of the workshop. There are still two or three openings available, so if you’re going to be in Dublin at the conference and would like to participate in the workshop on Wednesday, November 2 from 1:30-4:30 IST, please read more about the workshop and how to register for it here: https://aoir.org/aoir2022/preconfwrkshop/ <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/preconfwrkshop/> If you won’t be in Dublin but would like to audit the workshop, we will accepting up to 20 auditors who will be able to watch and listen to it via Zoom. The workshop will be focused on the in-person participants who have registered. We won’t be able to accommodate fully hybrid participation, but if time and technology allow you will be able to ask questions and make comments while the workshop is taking place. If you’re interested in auditing, please email me at holly.kruse(a)gmail.com <mailto:holly.kruse@gmail.com> If fewer than 20 people have asked to audit the workshop, I will send you the link to the Google doc for the workshop on which you will add your name and some other information. Best wishes, Holly holly.kruse(a)gmail.com <mailto:holly.kruse@gmail.com> ——— Undergraduate Teaching Workshop Organizers: Holly Kruse, Rogers State University and Adrienne Shaw, Temple University Last year we (Adrienne Shaw, Temple University and Holly Kruse, Rogers State University, along with Emily van der Nagel, Monash University) organized a first-ever Undergraduate Teaching Workshop at AoIR in order to address an overlooked area at AoIR conferences that is of critical importance to many AoIR members. Building on the momentum of that successful, entirely online workshop at AoIR 2021, we are offering a half-day (4-hour) undergraduate-teaching-focused workshop for the 2022 conference. The idea behind this workshop is that teaching is a big part of our academic lives, and in the classroom (on campus or virtual), our students’ understandings of social media and internet use don’t always align with broader press or research narratives. What do we learn from our students about the internet, how are we using the internet to teach, and what’s the best way of bringing AoIR research into our classrooms? How do we use the internet in teaching when our students don’t have broadband access, aren’t digitally-savvy, and when our institutions do not offer robust technical infrastructures or support? As professors with experience teaching that spans types of institutions, student populations, and institutional support, we understand that there are no one-size fits all solutions to teaching in ever changing technological and social contexts. Also, and building on last year’s workshop, this year’s workshop will attend to the ways that teaching loads, expectations, terms, and more. are different in different regions of the world. For that reason the workshop will be discussion/conversation-based so we can all learn from and with one another. The main event will be held in-person in Dublin, with the workshop planned primarily as an in-person event, but virtual participation by some registrants can also be accommodated by connecting them to each other and the in-person conversation over Zoom. The hybrid plans will remain flexible as the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and other variables may demand and will be announced closer to the event. This workshop will adhere to AoIR’s Statement of Principles and Statement of Inclusivity <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/>, which is a commitment to academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity. This means that in this workshop, just like in the rest of the AoIR conference, no harassment or discrimination will be permitted, and members must commit to the inclusion and recognition of all members. We appreciate the participants in this session arriving with a shared sense of purpose, community, and respect as we discuss teaching today.

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: First Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
by Announce Announcements 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

*** First Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop and tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format via the Easy Chair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23, not exceeding 5 pages, and following the ACM single-column format. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSALS ● For tutorials: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-tutorials/ ● For workshops: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-workshops/ WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ACM UMAP 2023, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modeling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: ● Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement ● Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes ● Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation ● Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics ● Joint panels for different workshops We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ● Proposal submission: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of proposal acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Send the workshop description & website URL: February 23, 2023 ● Workshop Date: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● New user modeling technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. exploiting data mining and big data analytics for user modeling, evaluation methodologies, data visualization, etc.) ● User modeling and personalization techniques for specific domains (e.g., health sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage, education, internet of things, mobile, music, information retrieval, etc.) ● Application of user modeling and personalization techniques for information retrieval and recommender systems ● Eliciting and learning user preferences by taking into account users’ emotional state, physical state, personality, trust, cognitive factors An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorial presenters can have one page in the adjunct proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2023 Camera-ready tutorial summary: May 18, 2023 Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 18, 2023 Tutorial Day: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS CHAIRS ● Veronika Bogina, Haifa University, Israel sveron AT gmail.com ● Antonela Tommasel, ISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN antonela.tommasel AT isistan.unicen.edu.ar

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Undergraduate Summer Workshop at Syracuse University’s iSchool
by Jeff Hemsley 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

Hello everyone! I’m hoping you can help me get the word out about an NSF sponsored undergraduate event we are having here at Syracuse during the summer (details below). Since it is NSF sponsored, students do have to be US citizens, but we’d like to cast our net wide. If you can, please do forward the message below to your undergraduate audiences. Thank you, Jeff Hemsley Join our nine-week residential research experience in 2023, funded by the National Science Foundation. College students from all social science disciplines are welcome. Undergraduates from all social science disciplines are welcome to apply to this summer 2023 experience at the Syracuse campus in beautiful upstate New York. Successful applicants will receive $6000 in stipend funding plus free meals and housing. Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) has excelled for more than 25 years at providing education for students interested in technology and its impacts on industry, education, health, the environment, and other sectors. The research experience includes learning about text analysis, conducting a social science research project using data provided by professors, and opportunities for professional development and mentoring. Successful applicants will receive $6000 in stipend funding plus free meals and housing. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities other that Syracuse University are eligible for this funding. Visit our website for more information and to fill out the online application form: https://ischool.syr.edu/summer-2023-paid-research-experience/

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): First Call for Workshops and Minisymposia
by Announce Announcements 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

*** First Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: - Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) - Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. - A tentative program committee (10-15 members) - Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops - Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including european project meetings) * organizational aspects - Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) - Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities - Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it - Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines - Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review - Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest - Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2020 conference co-chairs in time - Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference - Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management - Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered - Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper - Registering for the conference - Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2020 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. (Submission address and deadline at the end) MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: - Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) - Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. - Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives - Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), - Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. - Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it - Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation. - Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers. - Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions - Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time - Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions. - Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium. - Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) - Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 - Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 - Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS - Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) - Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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New Open Access book Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement : In Search of the Opt Out Button
by Adi Kuntsman 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

Dear Aoirs! We wont be there in Dublin this year, unfortunately, to present the book in person, but wanted to share it with you in the meantime. The book is fully open access - free to download, no strings attached :) Download the book hereMany Aoir colleagues and friends witnessed the process of this book developing; some of you may remember the "fishbowl" session we held in Tallinn on the topic when the project was still in very early stages. Further info below , and a special thanks to Rob Kitchin, Benedetta Brevini, and Patrick Williams, for their commendations. Please read, share, spread the word (and get in touch if you are interested in write a review)Adi *** Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement:In Search of the Opt-Out Button Adi Kuntsman, Esperanza Miyake “The digital now thoroughly saturates our everyday lives to the point where it seems we are drowning. But is it possible to swim on our terms? This book thoughtfully examines this question, critically teasing apart the structures of power that permeate digital relations and charting pathways to a more just digital world. Essential reading for those who want to move beyond personal digital detoxes to challenge and transform our digital society and economy.” - Professor Rob Kitchin, author of The Data Revolution and Data Lives “The seductions of tech have ushered in the encroachment of technological solutions into policing, law enforcement and ever-widening systems of social regulation across the UK and Europe. This book marks a critical intervention – by conceptualising our understanding of the ways in which data and digital harms are systemically expended against the powerless. It is a must read for those of us who are concerned to resist the (digital) exclusion of the marginalised, and the (digital) banishment of the vulnerable.” - Dr Patrick Williams, author of Data-Driven Policing: The Hardwiring of Discriminatory Policing Practices Across Europe “While imaginaries of techno futures constructed by the Digital Lords of contemporary societies become self-fulfilling prophecies, we struggle to imagine a present and future free from digital coercion and exclusion. In their powerful interdisciplinary analysis, Adi Kuntsman and Esperanza Miyake delve into the personal, social, political and environmental costs of compulsory digitality. Rejecting a self-defeating naturalisation of digitality and digital inevitability Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement compellingly shows how collective digital justice is imperative in this future/present where the machine rules and people can become marginalized and excluded. A much-needed scholarly intervention that can inspire our collective thinking, research and praxis.” - Dr Benedetta Brevini, author of Is AI Good for the Planet? Life is increasingly governed and mediated through digital and smart technologies, platforms, big data and algorithms. However, the reasons, practices and impact of how the digital is used by different institutions are often deeply linked to social oppression and injustice. Similarly, the ability to resist these digital impositions is based on inequality and privilege. Challenging the ways in which we are increasingly dependent on the digital, this book raises a set of provocative and urgent questions: in a world of compulsory digitality is there an opt out button? Where, when, how, why and to whom is it available? Answering these questions has become even more relevant since the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the book puts forward the concept of ‘digital disengagement’ which is explored across six key areas of digitisation: health; citizenship; education; consumer culture; labour; and the environment. Part I examines the difficulty of opting out of compulsory digitality in a world where most things are digital by default. From health apps, algorithmic decision-making to learning analytics, opting out comes with a set of troubling consequences. Part II turns to several examples of disconnection and disengagement. The chapters reveal how phenomena like digital detoxes, time-management apps and online ‘green’ spaces are co-opted by the very digital systems one is trying to resist. The book critiques issues relating to digital surveillance, algorithmic discrimination and biased tech, corporatisation and monetisation of data, exploitative digital labour, digitalised self-discipline and destruction of the environment. As an interdisciplinary piece of work, the book will be useful to any scholar and activist in Digital, Internet and Social Media Studies; Digital Sociology and Social Policy; Digital Health; Media, Popular and Communication Studies; Consumer culture; and Environment Studies. | | | | University of Westminster Press University of Westminster Press (UWP) is an open access publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books. ... | | |

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AoIR 2022, Dublin: Undergraduate Teaching Workshop
by Holly Kruse 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

Update: I’m working on finding out the correct link to register for the workshop. I’ll post it here once I know what it is. I apologize for the confusion. -hk ----- Adrienne Shaw (Temple University) and I (Holly Kruse, Rogers State University) are offering the Association of Internet Researchers’ second-ever pre-conference undergraduate teaching workshop, and first-ever in-person version of the workshop. There are still two or three openings available, so if you’re going to be in Dublin at the conference and would like to participate in the workshop on Wednesday, November 2 from 1:30-4:30 IST, please read more about the workshop and how to register for it here: https://aoir.org/aoir2022/preconfwrkshop/ <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/preconfwrkshop/> If you won’t be in Dublin but would like to audit the workshop, we will accepting up to 20 auditors who will be able to watch and listen to it via Zoom. The workshop will be focused on the in-person participants who have registered. We won’t be able to accommodate fully hybrid participation, but if time and technology allow you will be able to ask questions and make comments while the workshop is taking place. If you’re interested in auditing, please email me at holly.kruse(a)gmail.com <mailto:holly.kruse@gmail.com> If fewer than 20 people have asked to audit the workshop, I will send you the link to the Google doc for the workshop on which you will add your name and some other information. Best wishes, Holly holly.kruse(a)gmail.com <mailto:holly.kruse@gmail.com> ——— Undergraduate Teaching Workshop Organizers: Holly Kruse, Rogers State University and Adrienne Shaw, Temple University Last year we (Adrienne Shaw, Temple University and Holly Kruse, Rogers State University, along with Emily van der Nagel, Monash University) organized a first-ever Undergraduate Teaching Workshop at AoIR in order to address an overlooked area at AoIR conferences that is of critical importance to many AoIR members. Building on the momentum of that successful, entirely online workshop at AoIR 2021, we are offering a half-day (4-hour) undergraduate-teaching-focused workshop for the 2022 conference. The idea behind this workshop is that teaching is a big part of our academic lives, and in the classroom (on campus or virtual), our students’ understandings of social media and internet use don’t always align with broader press or research narratives. What do we learn from our students about the internet, how are we using the internet to teach, and what’s the best way of bringing AoIR research into our classrooms? How do we use the internet in teaching when our students don’t have broadband access, aren’t digitally-savvy, and when our institutions do not offer robust technical infrastructures or support? As professors with experience teaching that spans types of institutions, student populations, and institutional support, we understand that there are no one-size fits all solutions to teaching in ever changing technological and social contexts. Also, and building on last year’s workshop, this year’s workshop will attend to the ways that teaching loads, expectations, terms, and more. are different in different regions of the world. For that reason the workshop will be discussion/conversation-based so we can all learn from and with one another. The main event will be held in-person in Dublin, with the workshop planned primarily as an in-person event, but virtual participation by some registrants can also be accommodated by connecting them to each other and the in-person conversation over Zoom. The hybrid plans will remain flexible as the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and other variables may demand and will be announced closer to the event. This workshop will adhere to AoIR’s Statement of Principles and Statement of Inclusivity <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/>, which is a commitment to academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity. This means that in this workshop, just like in the rest of the AoIR conference, no harassment or discrimination will be permitted, and members must commit to the inclusion and recognition of all members. We appreciate the participants in this session arriving with a shared sense of purpose, community, and respect as we discuss teaching today.

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