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Future content creators: Supporting screen industries and sustainable platform work - Jan 12 symposium
by Errol Salamon 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Dear all, Happy New Year! We are pleased to invite you to our forthcoming hybrid symposium at the University of Huddersfield "Future Content Creators: Creating a Sustainable Future for Social Media Content Creation in the UK" on Thursday 12th January 2023. How can content creators, social platform companies, legacy television broadcasters, regulators, and other industry organisations work together to build a sustainable future for social media content creation in the UK? Content creation for social media platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook is a crucial part of the creative economy. Yet despite the low barriers to entry, creators still struggle to break into the sector, while broadcasters constantly try to keep up with new technological trends and revenue streams. Speakers from screen industry and digital platform companies like the BBC, YouTube, ITV, Channel 4, Screen Yorkshire, Black Creators Matter, and more will come together with content creators and current academics in the field for a series of panels exploring business models, production challenges, monetisation, skills, training, career pathways, and working conditions. Together, we will ask, What new skills and training are needed to facilitate career progression in content creation? How can industry stakeholders benefit from the creative potential of creators and ensure diversity and inclusivity in their industries? This is an opportunity to share business strategies, network with other industry stakeholders and creators, and build a vibrant community of creators in the UK's diverse regions. For remote attendance for viewing on MS Teams, the event will be livestreamed, so please register here to receive a Teams link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4f86ff78-4e9d-4387-b750-6235ded3f3…<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.te…> To attend in person if you are in the region, the event is free, and you can register on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-a-sustainable-future-for-social-media…<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.event…> The overall aim of the event is to bring together academics, legacy broadcasters, social media platform companies, content creators, regulators, and other industry organisations to explore how we might work together to build a sustainable and diverse future for social media content creation in the UK. We very much look forward to seeing you in person or online on January 12th. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries. All the best, Errol Dr. Errol Salamon Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication Department of Communication and Humanities University of Huddersfield Queensgate Huddersfield HD1 3DH United Kingdom Office: JM2/02 Principal Investigator: "Creator Labour: Screen Production Cultures and Transmedia Intersectionality in Yorkshire"<https://screen-network.org.uk/grant/creator-labour-screen-production-cultur…> [https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQXb4e-N71ZHgwvOALFjFe…] Website<https://errolsalamon.com> [Twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/errolsalamon> Twitter<https://twitter.com/errolsalamon> Selected Recent Publications: "Media Unions’ Online Resistance Rhetoric: Reproducing Social Movement Genres of Organizational Communication," Management Communication Quarterly, Advance Online Publication (2022), https://doi.org/10.1177/08933189221097067 "Digitizing Freelance Media Labor: A Class of Workers Negotiates Entrepreneurialism and Activism," New Media & Society, 22 no. 1 (2020): 105-122, https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819861958 Co-editor, Journalism in Crisis: Bridging Theory and Practice for Democratic Media Strategies in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016), https://utorontopress.com/9781442628885/journalism-in-crisis/ University of Huddersfield inspiring global professionals. [https://marketing.hud.ac.uk/_HOSTED/EmailSig2014/EmailSigFooterSeptember202…] This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.

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Job Posting: Teaching Assistant Professor positions at Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
by Khattab, Sherif 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Hi everyone, I hope that you are staying safe and healthy. The Department of Computer Science (https://www.cs.pitt.edu<https://www.cs.pitt.edu/>) at the University of Pittsburgh is inviting applications for three teaching assistant professor positions. We are looking for candidates enthusiastic to continue the Pitt tradition of excellence in the interdisciplinary, collaborative environment, and leveraging resources within our department/school and beyond to form a successful teaching and research agenda. We are seeking candidates that can help our mission of teaching and community building in the areas of Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Mathematical and Statistical Foundations of Computing, Quantum Computing, High-Performance Computing, Theory and Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and databases. We strongly encourage applications from women, underrepresented, and minoritized candidates. We are particularly interested in candidates with a demonstrated commitment to working with students from diverse backgrounds, and those whose teaching, service, and research will aim to address societal issues and contribute to the diverse values of our department and school. Please apply here<https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external/jobdetail.ftl…> and check more open positions at the School of Computing and Information at Pitt.<https://www.sci.pitt.edu/recruiting> Best regards, Sherif (Please note that I don't expect a response outside working hours.) -- Sherif Khattab [A button for name playback in email signature] <https://www.name-coach.com/sherif-khattab> Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science School of Computing and Information University of Pittsburgh <http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab> Office: 6307 Sennott Square Phone: 412-624-8438 http://people.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab/ Pronouns: he/his/him

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Funded M.A. and Ph.D. positions in comm & new tech at U of Illinois at Chicago
by Yuan, Jingyan Elaine 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

The Department of Communication at University of Illinois at Chicago is currently accepting Fall 2022 applicants for M.A. and Ph.D. programs. The deadline is Jan. 15, 2022. Master’s Program has two general concentrations: * Media studies including areas ranging from journalism ethics to electronic media and computer-mediated communication. * Intercultural diversity with inquiries range across language and symbolic representation, critical theory, social inequality and racism, and cross-cultural differences PhD Program focuses on communication and technology with emphasis on politics, health, interpersonal relations, culture, history, policy, gaming, and mobile media. A signature feature of Department programs is their flexibility. Students pursue individual aims with advice from an adviser, designing a course of study to reach their own educational goals. Because the Department strongly encourages interdisciplinary work, students may study with scholars in communication and allied disciplines. Interdepartmental concentrations are available in Electronic Security and Privacy<http://securityigert.uic.edu/>, Gender and Women’s Studies<https://gws.uic.edu>, Survey Research Methodology<http://www.srl.uic.edu/gcsrm.htm>, and in Latin American and Latino Studies<https://lals.uic.edu>. For more information about how to apply visit: https://comm.uic.edu/academics/graduate-studies/prospective-students/applic… For inquiry please contact: Director of Graduate Studies: Elaine Yuan (eyuan(a)uic.edu<mailto:eyuan@uic.edu>) Department Head: Zizi Papacharissi (zizi(a)uic.edu<mailto:zizi@uic.edu>) Program Coordinator: Erica Mann (elmann(a)uic.edu<mailto:elmann@uic.edu>) Elaine Yuan Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago The Web of Meaning: the Internet in a changing Chinese society (Toronto UP). 2022 NCA APAC Outstanding Book Award

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REMINDER: WLU Call for Applications, Communication Studies MA program (Jan. 15 deadline)
by Nathan Rambukkana 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Dear Colleagues, Please see below a reminder about the approaching deadline for first consideration applications to our MA Communication Studies program that might be of interest to some of your students. All Best, Nathan --- Call for applications M.A. in Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University | Waterloo Deadlines: January 15, 2023: Co-op Stream Closes (no applications accepted after this date) January 15, 2023: Applications for first consideration to regular stream MA program due Apply here <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wlu.ca%2fadmissions…>. The Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University welcomes applications to its MA program. Our program offers critical engagement with core perspectives in communication studies as well as contemporary research methodologies and practices. Students in the one-year, full-time program typically take three courses each term (Fall and Winter) and complete a Major Research Paper in the Spring/Summer. Students may also seek permission to take the Thesis or Course Work option. Our courses for the 2023/2024 academic year are: Critical Discourse Analysis Sound, Aurality, and Power Art as Method: Power, Materiality, Unknowability Culture Wars Communication Studies Research Methods Graduate Seminar in Communication Studies We have a large, supportive and interdisciplinary faculty consisting of established and emerging researchers in areas of specialization that include mobile and social media, visual communication, media history, internet studies, transnationalism, cultural policy, mobilities, digital media, and creative industries. Our MA cohorts are generally small and the Communication Studies department has on campus facilities that support student research, including a media lab. The MA Program in Communication Studies is offered at Laurier’s campus in Waterloo, Ontario, a university-oriented region with a thriving media technology sector. All applicants are considered for an entrance scholarship. MA students are employed as Teaching Assistants in undergraduate Communication Studies courses, and have the opportunity to work as Research Assistants to funded faculty members. Students who hold a major external award (e.g., SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship) are eligible for additional scholarship funding. In addition, our program offers a co-op option. Graduates from our program have pursued doctoral studies and launched professional communication careers in a variety of private, public sector, and non-profit organizations. For more information, see our website here: CS MA at Laurier <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wlu.ca%2fprograms%2…>. Or contact Dr. Nathan Rambukkana, Graduate Program Coordinator, at nrambukkana(a)wlu.ca <mailto:jhennebry@wlu.ca>. Graduate Faculty Alexandra Boutros (PhD, McGill University) diaspora and globalization; critical cultural theory; religion and media; digital, social, alternative media studies; social movements; popular culture; popular music; critical race theory Shaunasea Brown (PhD, York University) Black (Canadian) studies, Black feminism and Womanism, arts praxis, Black women’s hair politics, African Diasporic aesthetics, radical care ethics Colleen Kim Daniher (PhD, Northwestern University) communication arts; feminist and decolonial media studies; theatre and performance studies; critical race and critical ethnic studies; race and visual culture; perception, sensorium, and embodiment; cultural memory, history, historiography; popular culture (including food, fashion, and dance); nationalism and imperialism; regional foci: transnational Americas, global Asias Greig de Peuter (PhD, Simon Fraser University) political economy of communication, cultural and creative industries, cultural work, digital labour, collective organizing, co-operatives Jonathan Finn (PhD, University of Rochester) sport and media, self-tracking, surveillance, history and theory of photography, visual communication and culture Jenna Hennebry (PhD, University of Western Ontario) international migration; mobility, transnationalism; labour migration and temporary foreign worker programs; immigration policies and migration governance; migration flows and trends; migrant rights, health and social protection; remittances, ICTs and development; political economy of migration; regional expertise: Canada, Mexico, Morocco, Spain Andrew Herman (PhD, Boston College) social theory/media theory/cultural theory; qualitative research methodologies of the Internet and digital media; sound studies; radio studies; materialist media studies; critical internet studies; cultures of production, creativity, and innovation in the digital economy Jeremy Hunsinger (PhD, Virginia Tech) cultural politics and cultural theory; Internet politics and policy; Internet theory and culture; infrastructures and their governance; interpretive methods; social media, social software and virtual worlds Penelope Ironstone (PhD, York University) health, science, and risk communication; cultural studies of science and medicine; pandemics and culture; social, cultural, and political theory; queer and feminist media studies; biopolitics, communication, and culture Barbara Jenkins (PhD, Yale University) cultural economy; the creative city; smart cities; NFTs and CryptoArt; cultural policy; critical museum studies; psychoanalytic theory Jordan Kinder (PhD, University of Alberta) environmental media and communication, energy and environmental humanities, infrastructure studies, critical Indigenous studies, resource extraction, energy justice, architecture and design, critical theory Sara Matthews (PhD, York University) critical security studies; war, memory and visual culture; museum studies; public pedagogy; critical race theory; psychoanalysis; dystopias/utopias and cultural futurities; research-creation Jade Miller (PhD, University of Southern California) global media flows, media industries, media capitals, global cities, urban and regional agglomeration in creative production, global networks in media industries, distribution studies Judith Nicholson (PhD, Concordia University) mediated mobilities, smart mobbing, flash mobbing, lynching imagery Hillary Pimlott (PhD, Goldsmiths College, University of London) democracy & communication (Language, Media); public advocacy; culture wars; 'cultural Marxism'; free speech & moral panics; inequality, social movements & communication; alternative media; political & economic rhetoric Nathan Rambukkana (PhD, Concordia University) digital and platform intimacies; hybrid and mixed identities; robotic and AI intimacies; haptics and digital touch; hashtags and hashtag publics; socio-political aspects of videogames, VR, and AR worlds; representation of non-monogamies (e.g., polyamory, polygamy, adultery); discourse analysis; queer theory; cultural studies; critical intimacy theory; public sphere theory Ian Roderick (PhD, Monash University) technology and society, visual discourse analysis, visual communication and disciplinary vision, multimodal discourse analysis, critical military studies Karen Stote (PhD, University of New Brunswick) intersectional feminism(s), reproductive rights and justice, coerced sterilization, colonialism, Indigenous-settler relations and decolonization, environmental (in)justice, genocide studies and eugenics in Canada Peter Urquhart (PhD, McGill University) Canadian film and television industries; documentary film and television; cultural policy; contemporary Canadian, British and American popular culture; media history; visual communication and culture -- "We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events manifesting this force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or against them." — Michel Foucault Dr. Nathan Rambukkana Graduate Coordinator, MA in Communication Studies Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo DAWB 3-136 75 University Ave W Waterloo ON Canada N2L3C5 email: nrambukkana(a)wlu.ca <mailto:nrambukkana@wlu.ca> web: http://complexsingularities.net <http://complexsingularities.net/>

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MedComNet 2023, 13-15 June, Island of Ponza, Italy, Paper submission deadline: Jan. 27, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

======================================================================== MedComNet 2023 13-15 June, Island of Ponza, Italy Call for Papers ======================================================================== MedComNet 2023 continues the tradition of the MedHocNet conference series that started in Sardinia in 2002 and was held annually in beautiful locations on the shores of the Mediterranean. This year's edition will take place from the 13th to the 15th of June on the island of Ponza, Italy. MedComNet is a forum for the presentation of new research results in the broad area of wired and wireless communication and computer networking. All aspects of the networking research area are welcome. MedComNet will request the technical co-sponsorhip of IEEE. Extended versions of the best papers presented at the conference will be considered, by invitation and upon additional review, for publication in the Elsevier Computer Networks journal. The best paper in the conference will be awarded the Mario Gerla Best Paper Award. Topics include but are not limited to: Networking for future applications: - Internet of Things / Cyber-physical systems - Vehicular networks - Localization and location-based services - Networking for the metaverse - Edge, fog and cloud computing - AI-as-a-Service - Distributed Ledger Technologies Networks at large: - Beyond 5G networks - Edge AI, Networking for AI - Network security and privacy - Routing and multicast - Energy efficiency in networks - Mobile sensing and mobility management - Network economics and pricing - Network management - Network measurement and analysis Physical and MAC layers: - mmWave, THz, VLC networking - MIMO-based networking - Dynamic spectrum sharing - Interference management and mitigation - Optical networks - Satellite networks - Software-defined Radios - Open RAN Tools and techniques for advanced networking: - Network coding for 5G - Machine Learning and AI for networks - Software-defined networking - Network virtualization - Please click here to read submission instructions. - Please click here to go to the EDAS submission page. ======================================================================== Important dates: ======================================================================== Paper submission deadline: Jan. 27, 2023 Acceptance notification: Apr. 14, 2023 Camera Ready Papers due: May 3, 2023 Conference: June 13-15, 2023 ======================================================================== Instructions for authors: ======================================================================== Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research related to the aforementioned topics of interest. All paper submissions must be written in English and must be formatted in standard IEEE 2-column format. Only Adobe PDF files will be accepted for the review process. Further instructions (including the submission link) will be published on the website. Be aware that this is still under constructions and it is currently just a mirror of 2022 edition. The website for 2023 should become online soon. Keep an eye on it! https://www.medcomnet.org/ We will consider two different categories of papers: Full papers should describe novel research contributions and are limited in length to ten (10) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, tables, and references. Papers exceeding ten (10) pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Short papers should be more visionary in nature and may report on work in progress without finished results. They are meant to present novel perspectives, so as to foster discussion about innovative directions and new points of view. They are limited to at most four (4) pages including figures, tables, and references, but might in many cases be even shorter. Accepted short papers will be included in the proceedings and they will be given (a shorter) time for oral presentation at the conference. ======================================================================== No-show policy: ======================================================================== Submission to the conference implies willingness to present. No-shows will be excluded from the proceedings. No-show papers are defined as papers submitted by authors who subsequently did not present the paper in-person at the technical meeting (given the current situation, remote presentations may be allowed). Presentations by proxies are not allowed. No refund of the paid fees can be claimed by the no-show author. Exceptions to this policy can only be made by the Technical Program Chairs and only if there is evidence that the no-show occurred because of unanticipated events beyond the control of the authors, and every option available to the authors to present the paper was exhausted. ======================================================================== Presentations in case of travel restrictions: ======================================================================== The organizing committee will consider the possibility of remote presentations for authors coming from countries with travel restrictions in place due to the COVID pandemic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice 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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IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023 -- Nashville, Tennessee, June 26-30, 2023 -- Paper Registration Deadline: February 23, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

================================================================================================================ ================================================================================================================ IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, June 26-30, 2023 https://smartcomp.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ https://twitter.com/IEEESmartComp Paper Registration: 2.23.23 Paper Submission: 3.2.23 ================================================================================================================ ================================================================================================================ SMARTCOMP 2023 is the 9th 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, ambient intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in various societal domains, including transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and systems advancements of cloud computing, mobile and pervasive computing, sensor networking, and social computing are taking smart computing to a new level while improving our ways of living. SMARTCOMP 2023 welcomes novel, cutting-edge, and creative research. Authors are encouraged to discuss the importance, timeliness, significance of their work, as well as limitations, potential future extensions, and open research directions. Topics SMARTCOMP 2023 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build scalable and reliable smart computing systems, and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Topics of interest include---but are not limited to---the following: Emerging Smart Computing Paradigms Evaluation Studies and Datasets of Smart Environments Algorithms for Smart Computing AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing Security, Privacy, and Trust in Smart Computing Smart and Usable Security and Privacy Fairness and Socio-technical Aspects of Smart Computing Middleware for Smart Systems Mobile and Ubiquitous Smart Systems Cloud, Edge, and Fog based Smart Computing Platforms Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing Computing for Smart and Connected Communities Smart Green Computing Distributed Sensing and Computation Social Computing and Smart Systems Wearable Computing and IoT Architectures and Software for Smart Computing Novel Communication Paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in Smart Computing Contact-free Sensing Backscatter Communicating Smart ComputingÂ Platforms Quantum Computing in Smart Systems Interdisciplinary Approaches to Smart Computing Applications of Smart Computing: - Healthcare and Digital Epidemiology - Agriculture - Smart Cities - Power Systems - Transportation - Water Distribution - Manufacturing - Workspaces Important Dates (All Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth) Paper Registration: February 23, 2023 Paper Submission: March 2, 2023 Acceptance Notification: April 4, 2023 Camera-ready Submission: May 10, 2023 Conference: June 26-30, 2023 The conference is planned as an in-person event in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The organizers will monitor the public health situation and may make adjustments if necessary. Paper Submission Guidelines Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages (the page count limit includes the references list) and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template. Authors should use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (PDF-A standard complies with this), through EDAS. All submitted papers that conform to these guidelines will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Journal Fast Track Extended versions of selected high-quality papers accepted by IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023 will be considered for publication in Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal (IF: 3.453). Program Chairs Aron Laszka, Pennsylvania State University, USA Stephan Sigg, Aalto University, Finland Contact Information For any questions about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs at smartcomp2023(a)list.aalto.fi<mailto:smartcomp2023@list.aalto.fi> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice 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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CfP JCIRA Special Issue "Emerging Issues in Computational Advertising"
by Joanna Strycharz 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

Hello everyone, The call for papers for JCIRA Special Issue "Emerging Issues in Computational Advertising" might be of interest: The Journal of Current Issues in Advertising (JCIRA) is calling for articles that discuss emerging issues and advances in computational advertising. Over the last decade, computational advertising has been praised for replicating "what humans might do if they had the time to read Web pages to discern their content and find relevant ads among the millions available" (Essex, 2009, p. 16). Computational advertising has expanded to become "a broad, data driven advertising approach relying on or facilitated by enhanced computing capabilities, mathematical models/algorithms, and the technology infrastructure to create and deliver messages and monitor/surveil" individual behaviors (Huh & Malthouse, p. 1). By handling massive data in real time, computational advertising quantifies consumer characteristics and experiences to personalize advertising messages, target media content, and simplify consumer decision making. Algorithms drive targeted content to maximize message frequency, reach, ROI, and lift. The rapidly growing field of computational advertising involves numerous systems including information retrieval, behavioral analytics, and decision making (Yang et al., 2017) and is thus relevant for interdisciplinary research such as advertising, marketing, computer science, linguistics, and economics. This special issue will publish original, high-quality papers that examine the theoretical, methodological, ethical, or practical implications of computational advertising. Suggested topics are listed below, but we are open to other relevant themes regarding computational advertising: * Definitions and measurements of concepts * Computational advertising and its relation to disinformation * Brand safety in the age of computational advertising * Ethical issues related to computational advertising * Consumer privacy in the age of computational advertising * Authentic versus fake advertising * Measurement issues in computational advertising * Societal value of computational advertising * Algorithmic synthesis of creatives * Short-term behaviors versus long-term valuations * Trust and its role in computational advertising Submission information All manuscripts submitted must not have been published, accepted for publication, or be currently under consideration elsewhere. Submission Deadline of Extended Abstracts: January 16, 2023 Authors should submit their extended abstracts to the Co-Chairs of the track of Emerging Issues in Computational Advertising of the 2023 GMC at Seoul. Track Chairs and the Guest Editors of this Special Issue: Su Jung Kim (University of Southern California), sujung.kim(a)usc.edu, Ewa Maslowska (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), ehm(a)uiuc.edu, Joanna Strycharz, (University of Amsterdam), J.Strycharz(a)uva.nl Best regards, Joanna Strycharz Assistant professor Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR University of Amsterdam

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Job posting: Postdoc Computational Communication Research Methods, University of Amsterdam
by Joanna Strycharz 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

Hello everyone, The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is currently looking for a 2-year post-doctoral researcher focused on Computational Communication Research Methods, which might be of interest to some of you: Position: Postdoc Researcher Focusing on Advancing Computational Communication Research Methods Unit: Amsterdam School of Communication Research University: University of Amsterdam Link to apply: [https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Researcher-Focusing-on-Advancing-M…] Deadline: January 29, 2023 The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is looking for a 2-year post-doctoral researcher for the Digital Communication Methods Lab (www.digicomlab.eu) The Lab focuses on innovative research and bringing together existing and new projects with digital communication methods as its cornerstone. This postdoctoral position focuses on research aimed at advancing computational methods for communication science (e.g., automated content analysis). Technological advancements enable communication scientists to collect different types of data (e.g., through scraping social media data, gathering data through digital agents, receiving data through data donations). Introduction of these novel data collection methods results in availability of large quantities of data that come in various formats (e.g., text data, visual data). This brings on methodological challenges of analyzing such data. In sum, communication researchers now have a broad range of novel computational methods at their disposal to gather and analyze large amounts of data that vary in their format. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the usage and validity of these methods. For example, whereas some algorithms are available to analyze visual data, these algorithms have not been validated on data relevant to communication scholars. This postdoctoral position will contribute to advancing the Lab's methodological and substantive research in this area by conducting research that advances and validates methods aimed at gathering and analyzing data that are relevant to communication scholars. For complete details, see [https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Researcher-Focusing-on-Advancing-M…] Best regards, Joanna Strycharz Assistant professor Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR University of Amsterdam

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ADB Report: Last Mile Connectivity: Addressing the Affordability Frontier (Asia-Pacific)
by Joly MacFie 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

(H/T to https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetAccess/) https://www.adb.org/publications/last-mile-connectivity-affordability-front… This comprehensive 'working paper', while APAC based, contains much that is widely applicable, including its policy recommendations (See P.41). There are also sections on the meaning of 'meaningful', technical solutions, business models, finance strategies, and a wealth of appendices. HNY! -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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