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MIS4TEL 2022: 5th Call for Paper / 13-15 July 2022 / L'Aquila (Italy)
by MIS4TEL 2022 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ====================================================================== Call for Papers We are glad to invite you to submit a manuscript to MIS4TEL2022, the 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning. The conference proceedings are published by Springer and indexed in Scopus, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. MIS4TEL 2022 will be held in L'Aquila (Italy) on 13th-15th July, 2022, in parallel with the PAAMS'22 International Conference. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be hybrid, meaning that we will also organize remote participation/presentation for whoever cannot travel to L'Aquila. Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ====================================================================== Important dates: - Submission deadline: 22nd April, 2022 - Notification of acceptance: 30th May, 2022 - Camera-Ready papers due: 17th June, 2022 - Conference celebration: 13th-15th July, 2022 ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 -- 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning >>> SCOPE Education is the cornerstone of any society and it serves as one of the foundations for many of its social values and characteristics. State-of-the-art and novel methodologies and technologies allow researchers, designers, and domain experts to pursue Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) solutions targeting not only cognitive processes but also motivational, personality, or emotional factors. Nowadays, we can identify two main legs, providing necessary and complementary strengths to a TEL-oriented design process: appropriate technologies should be applied, and appropriate methods should guide the design of such application. Technologies in TEL are capable of delivering smart, personalized, tailored, and motivating learning solutions. Methods are coming from different fields, such as education, psychology, medicine, computer science, and from diverse communities, where collaboration and co-working are used, such as maker communities and participatory design communities. In addition, Learning Analytics can help manage available (big) data and augment learning opportunities for learners and educators alike, for instance by supporting self-regulated learning or adaptation of the learning material. As to these topics, the annual appointment of MIS4TEL established itself as a consolidated fertile forum where scholars and professionals from the international community, with a broad range of expertise in the TEL field, share results and compare experiences. The 12th edition of the conference calls for novel research in TEL and expands the topics of the previous editions, highlighting the role of the most recent methods and technological opportunities. As in the tradition of MIS4TEL, this edition aims at offering the different perspectives, and complementary voices, coming from the multidisciplinary field of TEL. >>> TOPICS Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: # Technologies and technology-based solutions for TEL # - AI technologies and tools for TEL - Agent-based and multi-agent TEL systems - Knowledge representation, reasoning, and management systems for TEL - Natural language systems for TEL - Recommendation, personalization, and adaptation in TEL systems - Social networks for TEL - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for TEL - Internet of things (IoT) solutions for TEL - Smart solutions or environments for TEL - Wearable technologies for TEL - Robotics for TEL - Virtual reality environments for TEL - Games for TEL or gamified TEL - Sharing and interoperability between TEL environments - Making and fabrication for TEL # Methodologies and experiences for TEL # - Methodologies for personalization, user modeling, and adaptation in TEL- Methodologies for recommendation systems and user modeling in TEL - Methodologies for fostering motivation and engagement in TEL - Methodologies for the design of accessible and usable TEL systems - Methodologies for including different voices in the design process of TEL - Methodologies for informal learning for TEL - Methodologies for fostering TEL in small, medium, and large companies - Methodologies, tools, and frameworks supporting experiments in TEL - Methodologies or approaches from game design and gamification for TEL - Novel experiences and studies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic studies, field studies, experimentations) with methodologies for TEL # Learning analytics for TEL # - Big data and data visualization in TEL - Learning analytics for curriculum design - Learning analytics for personalizing the learner experience - Learning analytics for predicting behavior - Learning analytics for designing learning interventions - Learning analytics for stakeholders >>> SUBMISSIONS # Submitting papers # MIS4TEL papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages, including figures and references. For further details, please see: https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission # Review process # MIS4TEL welcomes the submission of papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process. Each contribution will be refereed by three experts in the field using the following set of criteria; relevance, originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant, and previously unpublished sound research efforts related to any of the topics of the conference. # Publication # Accepted papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published by LNNS series of Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.com/series/15179) At least one of the authors will be required to register for MIS4TEL and to attend the Conference in order to present their paper and to have it included in the conference proceedings. ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.** ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE # General Chair # - Marco Temperini - Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) # Technical Program Co-Chairs # - Ivana Marenzi - L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) - Vittorio Scarano - University of Salerno (Italy) # Paper Co-Chairs # - Milos Kravcik - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Germany) - Rosa Lanzilotti - University of Bari (Italy) - Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova (Romania) # Workshop Co-Chairs # - Zuzana Kubincova - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) - Alessandra Melonio - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) # Publicity Co-Chairs # - Agnese Addone - University of Salerno (Italy) - Federica Caruso - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Dalila Durães - University of Minho, Braga (Portugal) - John Jairo Páez Rodríguez - University Francisco José de Caldas of Bogotà (Colombia) # Steering Committee Representatives # - Fernando De La Prieta University of Salamanca (Spain) - Rosella Gennari - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) # Local Organizers Co-Chairs # - Tania Di Mascio - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Pierpaolo Vittorini - University of L'Aquila (Italy) ====================================================================== More information can also be found on the MIS4TEL22 website and social media: Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ======================================================================

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Call for WiP and Demo -- SMARTCOMP 2022 -- Deadline: 29 April 2022
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ======================================================= CALL FOR WIP-DEMO PAPERS ****************************************************************** The 8th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2022), June 20-24, 2022 in Helsinki, Finland https://smartcomp.aalto.fi/ ********************************************************************************** SMARTCOMP 2022 is the 8th edition of the premier conference on Smart Computing. Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain based on the synergistic influence of advances in sensor-based technologies, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, edge computing, big data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements of cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living. SMARTCOMP WIP and Demo sessions will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas and emerging results, presenting innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions. WIP papers are expected to report on early or ongoing research activities, while Demo papers are expected to present innovative applications and tools. Currently the conference is planned to be in Helsinki, Finland, hoping we will be able to meet in person again. TOPICS Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): * Future Smart Computing Paradigms * Models of Smart Environments * Algorithms for Smart Computing * AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing * Security, Privacy, and Trust issues in Smart Computing * Fairness and Socio-technical issues of Smart Computing * Smart Computing for Cyber-physical Systems * Middleware Platforms for Smart Systems * Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Systems * Cloud, Edge and Fog Smart Computing Platforms * Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing * Smart Computing for Smart and Connected Communities * Smart green computing * Social computing and smart systems * Wearable computing and IoT for Smart Systems * Architectures and Software for Smart Computing * Novel communication paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in smart computing * Quantum Computing in Smart Systems * Interdisciplinary approaches to Smart Computing * Applications of Smart Computing include: * Smart healthcare and digital epidemiology * Smart agriculture * Smart infrastructures * Smart cities * Smart energy, transportation, water distribution systems * Smart factories * Smart workspace WIP and Demo papers should be no more than 3 pages in length, including figures, tables, and references and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at *IEEE conference template*. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. WIP papers are expected to present early or ongoing research activities. Novel approaches and preliminary results are especially appreciated. Demo papers should explicitly state what will be demonstrated to the audience, and how the attendees will be able to interact, enjoy, and experiment. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS - WiP and Demo Track. Submitted WIP and Demo papers will be subject to peer reviews by SMARTCOMP Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. They will be presented as posters and demo live presentations. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work. Authors are requested to submit original, unpublished manuscripts in standard IEEE proceedings format in PDF. Paper submissions should be formatted according to the IEEE conference template. Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as close as possible even for the initial abstract submission. Submissions must be made via EDAS. When submitting, please select the "SMARTCOMP 2021: WIP and Demo" track. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: extended to 29 April 2022 Acceptance Notification: extended to 9 May 2022 Camera ready: 16 May 2022 WIP AND DEMO CO-CHAIRS: Franca Delmastro, IIT-CNR, Italy (franca.delmastro(a)iit.cnr.it<mailto:franca.delmastro@iit.cnr.it>) Sandip Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (sandipc(a)cse.iitkgp.ac.in<mailto:sandipc@cse.iitkgp.ac.in>) ****************************************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Director of Recruiting and Admissions Computer Engineering Area Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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3rd International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond -- REFRESH 2022 -- Submission Deadline: April 8, 2022 (4 days away!)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond -- REFRESH 2022 https://refresh2022.github.io/#/ Co-located with IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2022) https://dcoss.org/ Marina Del Rey, LA, California May 30 to June 1, 2022 Scope and Overview The economic and societal potential of emerging 5G/6G and cyber-physical social systems is vastly greater than what has been realized so far, and major investments are being made worldwide to develop the corresponding science and technology. The Future Internet paradigm, the proliferation of emerging networks and architectures, wireless access technologies and multi-homing smart devices are evolving towards a competitive environment, where users and devices have access to various resources, while their behaviors become strongly interdependent. This fact demands and motivates the development of user-centric resource management and optimization frameworks, which enable user's self-optimization and autonomy. This vision is further motivated and supported by the convergence of various emerging technologies enabling Cyber-Physical Systems operation, including 5G/B5G/6G technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Edge Computing and Software Defined Networking, all targeting flexibility and efficiency. To deal with the involved complexity, and driven by the requirements of autonomy and scalability, distributed resource orchestration approaches appear as a necessity rather than a desire. The REFRESH Workshop aims at to stimulate research on the most novel topics of real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond. This year's edition encourages submission of theoretical and experimental work (including studies of real deployment), with a primary interest in new directions of wireless networking in concrete application scenarios and demonstrators in areas such as, but not limited to: mobile edge computing, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, public safety networks, dynamic spectrum utilization, smart grid communications, wireless power communication, green wireless networks, information-centric wireless networks. The workshop seeks original work presented in the form of research papers describing new research and development approaches and results, as well as work-in-progress papers. Highly disruptive work-in-progress and position papers are also welcome, provided they focus on particularly innovative solutions or applications for 5G/6G networks and beyond. All papers shall be forward-looking, describe their relationship to existing work, and shall argue their impact and implications for ongoing or future research. Selected workshop papers will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue and/or Special Sections of international peer-reviewed journals. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to 5G/6G Cellular systems and beyond Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Integrated Access and Backhaul Channel modeling and measurements Cloud/CRAN-based networks5G/B5G/6G Networks Millimeter-wave and THz communication technologies Massive MIMO Multi-modal sensing/sourcing Cognitive radio networks, dynamic spectrum access and emerging applications and services Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting for wireless networks Delay tolerant networks Wireless communications on different media End-to-end protocols, flow and congestion control Artificial intelligence and machine learning for wireless networks Attack modelling, prevention, mitigation, and defense in wireless networks Security, Reliability, Privacy and Trust in Wireless Networks Green Wireless Networks Heterogeneous, Small-Cell and Dense networks Information-centric wireless networks Internet of Things Pervasive and wearable computing and networking Public Safety Networks Social wireless networks Quality of Service provisioning and management in 5G networks and beyond Quality of Experience and User Experience in 5G networks and beyond Software-defined wireless networks Vehicular wireless networks Wireless mesh networks Wireless multimedia networks Wireless network virtualization Multiple Access, Radio Resource Management, Interference Management and Scheduling Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Networks Hybrid communication systems (e.g., satellite/unmanned aerial vehicles/terrestrial/wireline hybrids) Machine learning-based resource allocation for wireless networks Reinforcement learning and deep learning for 5G/6G networks and beyond Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grid networks Economics and pricing for 5G/6G networks and beyond Smart Cities supported by 5G/6G networks and beyond Scalability, Robustness and Resilience in 5G/6G networks and beyond Important Dates Paper Submission: April 8, 2022 Acceptance Notification: April 21, 2022 Camera Ready: April 28, 2022 Early Registration: TBA Workshop Day: TBA General Paper Format Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond related to REFRESH workshop's topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on the link below: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All submissions should be written in English and submitted as a full or work-in-progress paper. Full papers should have a maximum of eight (8) printed pages including figures and references. Full papers are expected to describe fully developed ideas with a thorough evaluation. Work-in-progress papers should have a maximum of four (4) printed pages including figures and references. Work-in-progress papers are expected to describe new and interesting ideas that have not yet reached full maturity. Note that REFRESH does not follow the double-blind review policy. The names and affiliations of all the authors must be present in the submitted manuscript. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the DCOSS 2022 conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Submission Site Please submit your papers in PDF format using the following paper submission website: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=refresh2022 Program Committee Chairs Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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BOOK EVENT REMINDER: 'Platforms and Cultural Production' with Brooke Erin Duffy, Thomas Poell & David Nieborg | LSE Digital Ethnography Collective
by Glatt,ZA (pgr) 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that our next zoom event is happening this Thursday 7th April (4-6pm BST), where the wonderful Brooke Erin Duffy, Thomas Poell and David Nieborg will be discussing their new book Platforms and Cultural Production (Polity, 2021). The authors will present some of the findings of the book, which examines both the processes and implications of platformization across the cultural industries. This will be followed by an audience Q&A. As usual, our events are designed to be interactive and generative of ideas and conversation, so we hope you'll come with questions. The event will be chaired by LDEC Co-Founder Zoë Glatt, with Q&A moderated by Ludmila Lupinacci. You can book a free ticket and read all info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-event-platforms-and-cultural-production… Looking forward to seeing some of you there, Zoe BOOK DESCRIPTION: The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at a breakneck pace. In 'Platforms and Cultural Production', the authors identify key changes in markets, infrastructures, and governance at play in this ongoing transformation, as well as pivotal shifts in the practices of labour, creativity, and democracy. Foregrounding simultaneous changes in institutional relations and cultural practices, the authors define platformization as: the penetration of digital platforms’ economic, infrastructural, and governmental extensions into the cultural industries, as well as the organization of cultural practices of labour, creativity, and democracy around these platforms. Exploring how these interrelated changes take shape in different industrial and geographic contexts, they discuss key variations in the trajectories of transformation. This analytical framework should assist students, scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners in their efforts to understand how the institutions and practices of cultural production are evolving in the era of platforms. **You can purchase the book with a 20% discount provided by Polity Books using the code 'PCP02' at checkout HERE<https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=platforms-and-cultural-pro…>. Code eligible until the end of 2022** SPEAKER BIOS: Brooke Erin Duffy is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where she holds appointments in the Department of Communication and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her specific areas of interest include digital and social media industries; gender, identity, and inequality; and the impact of new technologies on creative work and labor. She's the author of two monographs on gender and cultural production, including (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work (Yale University Press, 2017), which Wired ranked as one of the "Top Tech Books of 2017." Thomas Poell is Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Research Priority Area on Global Digital Cultures<https://globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/>. His research is focused on the societal consequences of the rise of digital platforms. He has published widely on social media and popular protests around the globe, as well as on the role of these media in the development of new forms of journalism. Poell is co-author of three books, including The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford University Press, 2018). David B. Nieborg is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Toronto. He holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and held visiting and fellowship appointments with MIT, the Queensland University of Technology, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He published widely on the game industry, app and platform economics, and game journalism in academic outlets such as New Media & Society, Social Media + Society and Media, Culture and Society. ~We are the LSE Digital Ethnography Collective, an interdisciplinary group exploring the intersections of digital culture and ethnographic methods. We invite scholars at all levels to join us for events where we host speakers and workshop new ideas. The aim of the group to establish a community of scholars of digital ethnography and to work through challenges in this emerging subdiscipline. Follow us on Twitter (@DigEthnogLSE) and join our mailing list (https://tinyurl.com/y5a6odte) to hear about exciting new scholarship in this area as well as updates on all of our future events.~ ________________________ Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> ESRC PhD Researcher in Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Co-Founder: LSE Digital Ethnography Collective @DigEthnogLSE<https://twitter.com/DigEthnogLSE> Graduate Student Rep 2019-2021: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Managing Editor 2018-2020: ICA journal Communication, Culture & Critique<https://academic.oup.com/ccc/pages/About> YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | LSE bio<http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/phd-researchers/zoe-gl…>

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Third Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

*** Third Call for Contributions *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 The Call-for-Contributions for the 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) is OPEN! The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/) The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Special Sessions Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-special-sessions/ . Workshops Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-workshop-proposals/ . Tutorials Proposals Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-tutorial-proposals/ . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2022 • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022 • Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Selection: April 21, 2022 • Tutorial Proposals Submission Deadline: May 27, 2022 • Tutorial Proposals Selection: June 3, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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Reminder: CfP International Conference on ‘Privacy-Friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society’ in Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2022 + Special Issue in Digital Society
by Christoph Lutz 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Dear subscribers to the AoIR mailing list, This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions to the International Conference on Privacy-Friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society is approaching fast. Extended abstracts are due by next week, 12 April 2022. The conference is connected to the COST Action “Good Brother: Network on Privacy-Aware Audio- and Video-Based Applications for Active and Assisted Living”, with more information available in the following link as well as in the full call below: [1]https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-confere nce-on-privacy-friendly-and-trustworthy-technology-for-society/ The conference is also followed up by a special issue in Digital Society (Springer) that might be interesting for some of you: [2]https://link.springer.com/collections/ccfheehheh (participation at the conference is not a requirement for submission to the special issue) 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 is on emerging automated systems applied to vulnerable groups such as seniors and children such as 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 [3]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 [4]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 [5]privacy-conference(a)goodbrother.eu Kind regards, Conference Organizers Anton Fedosov, Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Christoph Lutz, and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux References 1. https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-conference-on-… 2. https://link.springer.com/collections/ccfheehheh 3. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu 4. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://goodbrother.eu/… 5. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu

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2x 0.5 FTE Research Assistant positions - Fairwork Project Oxford Internet Institute
by Michelle Gardner 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

We are looking to appoint two Research Assistants to join the Oxford Internet Institute. These are part time positions, that will be responsible for the provision of research support for the Fairwork project. The posts will be reporting to Professor Mark Graham and will involve research with gig workers and platforms, organising meetings, liaising with external partners and stakeholders, and dissemination of results. The post is based in the Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles – OX1 3JS and for a duration of 12 months. You will have a university degree in the social sciences or another relevant scientific subject, plus demonstrable experience, ability and knowledge about the gig economy, the platform economy, and digital economy. You will also have experience working with academic researchers and handling, analysing, and writing about qualitative data. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV plus details of two referees as part of your online application. The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday 25th April 2022. Interviews to be held via Teams the week commencing 16th May 2022. Additional job details available at link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_c…

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[Data to Power]: Online Events recordings
by Natalia Grincheva 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Hello all, Apologies for X postings. We are happy to share the recordings of the Second Research Session developed 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 *Webinar: Global communications and audiences: Propaganda, fake news & AI censorship* The webinar explored how a rise in new disinformation and propaganda tools, bots and fake news might affect museum global communications. It discussed critical issues around data privacy, ethics, provenance and equity, data access and censorship. *Read more here:* https://www.datatopower.net/webinar2 *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zHu2n6JeI8 *Datathon: Understanding and mapping digital museum audiences* The Datathon explored mapping digital audiences methods and presented a prototype of a new web app solution co-designed in collaboration with the Museum Science Group in London and Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. *Read more here:* https://www.datatopower.net/datathon2 *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Zq2FelE94 *To stay in the loop of current and future activities:* Subscribe to our Google group https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower 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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EAI WiCON 2022 (VIRTUAL) - 15th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference -- Submission Deadline: 9 May 2022
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EAI WiCON 2022 - 15th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference https://wicon.eai-conferences.org/2022/ November 17, 2022 Original Location: Cyberspace Submission Deadline: 9 May 2022 EAI WiCON 2022 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope Wireless technologies, in general, and the Wireless Internet, in particular, became pervasive in our everyday lives. We rely on wireless connectivity for work, social connections, commerce, finance, health, etc. It would be hardly possible for our generation to imagine life without wireless access. WiCON 2022 is the continuation of, and builds upon, the success of the past editions in this series that focus on various aspects of wireless technology. Building on these past successes, the 15th WiCON 2022 aims to tackle the challenges of wireless Internet communications, covering topics ranging from technology issues to new applications, especially focusing on current, novel, and future next-generation wireless Internet technologies, 5G, 6G, IoT, Industrial IoT, Healthcare IoT, and related topics. WiCON 2022 aims to bring together researchers, leading academic scientists to share their experiences and research findings on all aspects of Wireless Internet Communications. It also offers a leading interdisciplinary forum for academics, educators, and practitioners to present and discuss the latest technologies, developments, practical challenges and approaches to Wireless Internet. Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to participate in the conference by sending Full Papers, Work-in-Progress Papers, and Posters of their work. Last but not the least, middleware and platform providers, application developers, and smart object providers are also welcome. WiCON attendees will present novel ideas, exchange points of views, and foster collaborations. Papers, posters, and demos expressing the point of view of middleware and platform providers, smart object providers, application developers, and researchers are particularly welcome. Topics The works that will be presented at conference will focus on the following topics: 5G, 6G, and beyond technologies Algorithm design and performance analysis Anytime, Anywhere connectivity via wireless communication Architectural support for security Challenges and Architectures related to LTE Cloud Computing and Networks Cognitive Radio Networks Cognitive Radio, AI-Enabled Networks, Cooperative, Collaborative Communications, and relay networks Collaborative Communications and relay networks Context-aware mobile network Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) Delay-tolerant networks Dependable networks Emerging technologies for Wireless Network Energy Transfer in Wireless Networks Flying Ad hoc Networks (FANET) Fog and Edge computing architecture Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols Industrial IoT Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Internet of Things (IoT) based applications Next-Generation Networking, Internet services, multimedia communications, and applications Next-Generation wireless networking QoS (Quality of Service) issues of Wireless Networks Remote powering of Wireless Networks Remote services via Wireless Internet Satellite and Space Communications SDN, Network Virtualization, Open Platform, Software and Services Security and privacy issues in Wireless Internet Security in cooperative networks Tele-medicine/e-health networks Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) Wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) Wireless communication security Wireless technology in healthcare WLANs, WPANs, WBANs, WWAN Publication All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: WiCON Conference Proceedings. WiCON proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH. Paper submission: https://wicon.eai-conferences.org/2022/submission/ Papers should be submitted through EAI 'Confy+' system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author's kit section). All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here. Important dates Full Paper Submission deadline: 9 May 2022 Notification deadline: 11 July 2022 Camera-ready deadline: 31 August 2022 Start of Conference: 17 November 2022 End of Conference: 17 November 2022 Full Paper Submission deadline: 9 May 2022 Notification deadline: 11 July 2022 Camera-ready deadline: 31 August 2022 Start of Conference: 17 November 2022 End of Conference: 17 November 2022 General Chairs Ravi Prakash University of Texas at Dallas, USA Zygmunt Haas University of Texas at Dallas, USA Technical Program Committee Chairs Habib M. Ammari Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA Weili Wu University of Texas at Dallas, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Area Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Book announcement: Technology of the Oppressed
by Nemer, David (dn6nn) 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear AoIRers, I hope you are doing well. I'd like to take this opportunity to shamelessly plug my new book "Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil" (MIT Press, 2022). The book was published in Open Access and it is free to read and download: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5266/Technology-of-the-OppressedI… In this book, I show how Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world. Brazilian favelas are impoverished settlements usually located on hillsides or the outskirts of a city. I tell stories of how favela residents make do and care for their precarious physical infrastructure; how their uses of Selfies help them efficiently communicate with their intended audience and bypass the surveillance of drug traffickers and prejudice of members of the upper class; how institutional gender prejudice harmed the ability of women to play video games and have a constant presence online; how a Human Infrastructure of Fake News was assembled to promote the rise of the far-right government in Brazil, etc. "In Technology of the Oppressed, David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how those oppressed by technology don't just reject it, but consciously resist and appropriate it, and how their experiences with digital technologies enable them to navigate both digital and nondigital sources of oppression—and even, at times, to flourish. Nemer uses a decolonial and intersectional framework called Mundane Technology as an analytical tool to understand how digital technologies can simultaneously be sites of oppression and tools in the fight for freedom. Building on the work of the Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, he shows how the favela residents appropriate everyday technologies—technological artifacts (cell phones, Facebook), operations (repair), and spaces (Telecenters and Lan Houses)—and use them to alleviate the oppression in their everyday lives. He also addresses the relationship of misinformation to radicalization and the rise of the new far right. Contrary to the simplistic techno-optimistic belief that technology will save the poor, even with access to technology these marginalized people face numerous sources of oppression, including technological biases, racism, classism, sexism, and censorship. Yet the spirit, love, community, resilience, and resistance of favela residents make possible their pursuit of freedom." The book was also published in Portuguese and will soon be published in Spanish: "Tecnologia do Oprimido: Desigualdade e o mundano digital nas favelas do Brasil" (Milfontes, 2021) https://www.amazon.com.br/Tecnologia-Oprimido-Desigualdade-mundano-digital-… Kinds regards, -- David Nemer, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Media Studies University of Virginia Faculty Associate Berkman Klein Center Harvard University http://dnemer.com<http://www.dnemer.com/> https://twitter.com/DavidNemer Books: Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press, 2022) - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/technology-oppressed Tecnologia do Oprimido (Editora Milfontes, 2021) - https://editoramilfontes.com.br/loja/Tecnologia_do_oprimido Favela Digital: The other side of technology (GSA, 2013) - http://favela-digital.com<http://favela-digital.com/>

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