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36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2024): First Call for Tutorial Proposals
by Announce 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

*** First Call for Tutorial Proposals *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: February 28, 2024 AoE ***) CAiSE'24 invites proposals for tutorials on advanced topics in the field of Information Systems Engineering. Tutorials should aim at offering new insights, knowledge, and skills to professionals, educators, researchers, and students seeking to gain a better understanding either about methods of broad interest in the field, or emergent paradigms that are ripe for practical adoption or that require further research to reach maturity. Proposals emphasizing the special theme of the CAISE'24 conference “Information Systems in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” are encouraged, but proposals on other new or long-standing topics in information systems engineering are also welcome. Tutorials should be focused on principles, concepts, and methods. Commercial or sales-oriented presentations are not allowed and will not be accepted. Tutorials are intended to provide a pedagogic introduction to or overview of a topic of relevance. Potential presenters should keep in mind that there may be a heterogeneous audience, including novice graduate students, experienced practitioners, and specialized researchers. Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity in the audience. Tutorials will be 90 minutes long and organized in parallel with the technical sessions of the main conference and participants of the conference will have free access to all of them. Potential proposers are free to contact the tutorial chairs via e-mail to validate their idea prior to the submission. SELECTION CRITERIA The tutorial chairs will review each proposal and select a subset of them based on the following criteria: 1. relevance to the field of IS engineering; 2. anticipated appeal to the conference audience; 3. timeliness and importance for the conference audience; 4. past experience and qualifications of the instructor(s). The tutorial chairs will also consider the complementarity of the proposal w.r.t. the conference program and other tutorial proposals. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Tutorial proposals should be submitted to Easy Chair using the conference submission site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024) and then selecting the “CAiSE 2024 Tutorials” track. The proposal (length up to 1500 words) should cover the following points: • Title • Presenters and affiliation • Goal: The overall goal of the tutorial. • Scope: Intended audience, level (basic or advanced), and prerequisites. • Topic relevance and novelty: Specifically indicate the relevance to the scope of CAiSE, the relevance to practice, the novel aspects that would make this tutorial beneficiary and appealing to CAiSE participants. • Structure of contents: Here you should provide a structured overview of your planned tutorial, organized into numbered sections and subsections. For each subsection, you should sketch its contents in a few sentences or bullet points. • References: Provide references to papers, books, etc. that your tutorial builds on. Please specify previous venues at which similar tutorials have been presented by you and indicate the difference between the proposed tutorial and previous ones. CAiSE usually does not accept tutorials that have been presented in other venues. • Sample Slides: Include at least 5 sample slides of the presentation you plan to give if your tutorial is accepted. Select slides that are typical of your presentation style. These slides have to be submitted in a separate PDF file. Services provided to tutorialists • A 2-page tutorial abstract will be published in the CAiSE LNCS proceedings • Tutorials will benefit from the local organizational infrastructure (registration, badges, refreshments, beamers, screens, etc.). • Advertisement of the tutorial on CAISE 2024 homepage and mailings. • The conference fee will be waived for tutorial presenters (one fee per tutorial). IMPORTANT DATES • Submission of Tutorial Proposals: 28th February 2024 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: 15th March 2024 • Camera-ready Abstracts: 5th April 2024 TUTORIAL CHAIRS • Adela del Rio Ortega, University of Seville, Spain (adeladelrio(a)us.es) • Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, The Netherlands (t.princesales(a)utwente.nl) Other Committee Members https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/committees/

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Happy birthday, AoIR!
by Jones, Steve 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft. Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life. As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better. I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR! Steve Jones

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CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of “Open Cultural Studies” CRITICAL PLANT THEORIES AND CULTURES: EXPLORING HUMAN AND MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD ENTANGLEMENTS
by Nikoleta Zampaki 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Dear colleagues, hello, I hope that you are well and sorry for cross-posting. Please see a call for papers below: CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of “Open Cultural Studies” CRITICAL PLANT THEORIES AND CULTURES: EXPLORING HUMAN AND MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD ENTANGLEMENTS Open Cultural Studies (www.degruyter.com/CULTURE) invites submissions for a topical issue “Critical Plant Theories and Cultures: Exploring Human and More-than-human World Entanglements”, edited by Dr. Peggy Karpouzou and Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece). Plant Humanities is a very recent branch of critical inquiry in literary and cultural studies, which, although discussed since the 1970s, entered public discourse only in 2013 with Michael Pollan’s article “The Intelligent Plant” in The New Yorker. Plants are involved in various cultural aspects of our life and are studied in a wide range of research fields, e.g. literature, philosophy, biology, medicine, politics, etc. The jargon used for the study of plants in the Humanities is flourishing rapidly, for instance, “plant criticism,” which describes the plants’ representations through metaphors, symbols, etc., in literary texts or “botanical imaginary,” which addresses the author’s relationship with the plant world, marking at the same time the impact of the plants on textual writing and creativity. Accordingly, a text or artwork is both medium and space for exploring new kinds of relationships between the human and non-human life-forms. A pivotal point in this discussion is to learn how new types of practices can emerge in the symbiosis of life-forms (Karpouzou and Zampaki, Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art. Towards Theory and Practice, 2023). A post-anthropocentric approach on studying the plants marks the so-called “vegetal turn” under which it is argued that plants are agents of senses, intelligence, and consciousness, communicate with each other by being multi-voiced agents, remember, make choices and move. They possess agency and psychology that has been studied in various literary and cultural texts highlighting that plants also raise ethical concerns, such as the cultural repercussions of genetically modified organisms and moral implications of “plant sentience.” Considering “plant sentience” and eventually granting rights to the more-than-human world can be seen as a manifestation of a post-anthropocentric way to promote solidarity and “[…] negotiation of appropriate human-plant relationships.” (Hall, “Plant Autonomy and Human-Plant Ethics,” 2009: 180). This approach to the study of plants is also articulated in terms of a ‘return’ to the indigenous and religious practices of the past but also encourages present and future thinking about digital plant ecologies, bio-informatics or smart bio-cities that incorporate plants in dwelling, architecture, etc. Moreover, fields like digital plant ecologies provide a common starting point for interdisciplinary and multi-/inter-/trans-cultural collaboration in cultural heritage, area/regional and education studies. Finally, exploring plants in terms of ‘‘who’’ are and not ‘‘what’’ involves a bio-centric ethics of care and the activity of imagining and creating new worlds and more sustainable futures. In this special issue, we will discuss critically the necessity to rethink plant life, its presence, role, and impact on various aspects of our human and non-human world by initiating an interdisciplinary dialogue, whereby different terrains of Humanities would learn from each other to think about, imagine and describe vegetal life with critical awareness. Potential topics could be but not limited to: ● Critical plant theories and cultures ● Plants in Environmental Humanities and Posthumanities ● Plants in gender studies ● Plants in popular culture and folk studies ● Plants in narratology and storytelling ● Plants in global literature (poetry and prose) ● Plants in world philosophy and ethics ● Plants in bioethics and genetic engineering ● Plants in biopolitics and Medical Humanities ● Plants in Energy Humanities and petrocultures ● Plants and environmental justice ● Digital plant ecologies / plants in Digital Humanities, code studies, programming languages, Bio-informatics ● Plants in visual studies and film studies ● Plants in music studies and dance studies ● Plants in media and communication studies ● Plants in aesthetics and art(s), e.g. bio-/eco-art, AI art, cyborg art, etc. ● Plants, biomimicry, architecture and design studies ● Plants in spatial, regional and area studies ● Plants in urban studies, smart cities and citizenship ● Plants in religious studies ● Plants in postcolonial and indigenous studies ● Plants in memory studies ● Plants in linguistic studies ● Plants in food studies ● Plants in cultural heritage and cultural policy ● Plants in education studies ● The future of Plant Humanities HOW TO SUBMIT Submissions will be collected by April 30, 2024 via the on-line submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/culture/ As the article type, choose: "Critical Plant Theories and Cultures". Before submission authors should carefully read the Instructions for Authors, available at https://www.degruyter.com/.../CULTURE_Instruction%20for... All contributions will undergo critical peer-review before being accepted for publication. As a general rule, publication costs should be covered by Article Publishing Charges (APC); that is, be defrayed by the authors, their affiliated institutions, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with the Managing Editor of the journal Katarzyna Tempczyk (katarzyna.tempczyk(a)degruyter.com) before submitting their manuscript. Further questions about this thematic issue can be sent to Dr. Peggy Karpouzou (pkarpouzou(a)phil.uoa.gr) and Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki (nikzamp(a)phil.uoa.gr) In case of technical problems with submission, please write to AssistantManagingEditor(a)degruyter.com Best regards, on behalf of the Editors Nikoleta -- Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki Post-doc Researcher Faculty of Philology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece E-mail: nikzamp(a)phil.uoa.gr Academia.edu: https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/NikoletaZampaki Associate and Managing Editor at the Journal of Ecohumanism: https://ecohumanism.co.uk/joe/ecohumanism/index Series co-Editor of "Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures" at Rowman & Littlefield: https://rowman.com/Action/Series/_/LEXPCF Series co-Editor of “Environmental Humanities Book Series” at TPLondon: https://www.tplondon.com/ecohumanism/ Assistant and Managing Editor of “Brill Research Perspectives in Critical Theory” https://brill.com/display/serial/RPCTS?contents=about

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2 days reminder: "Latin American Cultures on TikTok" online satellite roundtable event (Nov 8)
by Tom Divon 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Dear community friends! *This is a quick reminder*: In 2 days (November 8), our "Latin American Cultures on TikTok" online satellite roundtable event - is finally happening; Registration is required here <https://uzh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jYncUMrhQ2WFjdQi90PhbQ>. TikTok Cultures Research Network (TCRN) is excited to announce our second online satellite roundtable event, "Latin American Cultures on TikTok" or "Culturas Latinoamericanas en TikTok," featuring bilingual availability in Spanish and English through live translation. While extensive research has explored the experiences of creators and related industries on this popular platform from the perspective of Western countries and dominant regions, the field of TikTok research in other parts of the world is emerging, promising novel perspectives for comprehending the platform. Therefore, this event is centered around TikTok and Latin America and brings together the perspectives of academics, creators, and industry professionals in and from the region, exploring the experience of the Latin American diaspora, indigenous communities, and mainstream creators. Join us for this discussion as we unpack the complexities of platforms, cultures, and content creation! Time: 🇨🇱🇦🇷1200 – 1430 CLST – Santiago/Buenos Aires 🇬🇶🇵🇪1000 – 1230 ECT – Quito/Lima 🇲🇽0900 – 1130 CST – Mexico City 🇺🇸0700 – 0939 PST – Los Angeles 🇪🇸🇨🇭1600 – 1830 CET – Madrid/Zurich 🇮🇱1700 – 1930 IST – Tel Aviv 🇬🇧1500 – 1730 GMT – London 🇦🇺2200 – 0030 AWST – Perth This 2.5-hour event will feature two roundtables: Roundtable 1 will focus on Latin American indigenous cultures and environmental activism on TikTok. Speaker bios here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/tcrn_latin_american_roun…> . Roundtable 2 will focus on the (in)visibility of Latin American diasporas and cultures on TikTok. Speaker bios here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/tcrn_latin_american_roun…> . This event is organised by Daniela Jaramillo-Dent <https://www.danielajaramillodent.com/>, Tom Divon <https://tomdivon.com/>, and Natalia Orrego <https://nataliaorregotapia.wordpress.com/> and hosted in collaboration with the Media Change and Innovation Division at the University of Zurich, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The full programme is available here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/tcrn_latin_american_prog…> . The poster is available here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/tcrn_latin_american_post…> . For inquiries, please contact: tiktok.latinamerica.event(a)gmail.com -- *Tom Divon* Media & Culture R*esearcher* Dept. of Communication & Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC, Herzliya Tel: +972-547-532681 [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/TomDivon>[image: Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/divon.tom/>[image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/tom.divon> *Publications*: Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231157607>. Playful Publics on TikTok: The Memetic Israeli-Palestinian War of #CHALLENGE <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366530633_Playful_Publics_on_TikTo…> . #JewishTikTok: The JewToks' Fight against Antisemitism <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359548581_JewishTikTok>. Serious TikTok: Can You Learn About the Holocaust in 60 seconds? <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/digitalholocaustmemory/2022/03/24/can-you-lear…> PERFORMING DEATH AND TRAUMA? PARTICIPATORY MEM(E)ORY AND THE HOLOCAUST IN TIKTOK# POVCHALLENGES <https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/12995> visit my web! https://tomdivon.com/

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PhD opportunities at the iSchool (University of Texas at Austin)
by Edgar Gómez Cruz 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

The University of Texas at Austin's School of Information (iSchool) is seeking talented and committed students to join our Ph.D. Program in Fall 2024! We seek passionate and driven applicants who are excited to undertake cutting-edge research to benefit the world and its people. December 1st is our deadline to apply for fall 2024 admissions <https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/programs/phd-admissions>. Late applications may be submitted but are not guaranteed equal consideration. For additional information, please refer to our admissions website <https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/programs/phd-admissions> and recorded information session <https://youtu.be/_9OJ-uGo-Cg>. We will host a live information session online on Wednesday, November 15th (12pm-1pm US CDT). Event link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94848553117. Our iSchool is a top-ranked PhD program committed to making a difference in the world through high-impact research <https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/research>. Our work seeks to enhance human lives and communities by understanding the impact and potential of information, in all its forms. We work to harness the massive scale and value of information, discover the principles and processes to manage it, and design solutions that are novel, creative, accessible, useful, usable, and sustainable. To increase understanding of the role and impact of information in all human endeavors, we study problems and develop solutions and critique for better information design, management, organization, access, preservation, and retrieval. The study of information can encompass and often extends beyond any existing field. Our world-class, interdisciplinary faculty <https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/people/ischool-faculty-staff-students> spans a wide range of expertise: anthropology, communications, computer science, industrial engineering, library and information science, psychology, science & technology studies, and more. Our school has a strong tradition of fully financially supporting our doctoral students through a combination of Fellowships, Research Assistantships, and Teaching Assistantships. Our support packages are competitive, including tuition, health insurance, and a stipend sufficient to live comfortably in Austin. Beyond our top-ranked international graduate program, UT Austin is one of the world's premier research universities and is located in one of the USA's sunniest and most vibrant cities in which to live and work: - http://www.utexas.edu/about/overview - http://www.utexas.edu/campus-life/life-in-austin - https://www.austintexas.org/things-to-do/ Our university’s motto is not only that "What Starts Here Changes the World" <https://www.utexas.edu/> and we invite our community to "Make it Y/OUR Texas." Everyone who joins the iSchool community helps contribute to and amplifies our shared sense of belonging and purpose. We hope that you will embrace the opportunity and challenge that our PhD program offers and join us in conducting high-impact research that truly changes the world. We look forward to your application! For any questions about admissions to our doctoral program, please contact us at graduateadmit(a)ischool.utexas.edu.

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VIDEO: A Whole Lotta BS (Behavioral Science) about Cybersecurity - Lisa Plaggemier
by Joly MacFie 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Freshly processed, this is the opening keynote from the 2023 NY Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference <https://www.infosecurity.nyc/> (NYMJCSC) on October 19. Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance, digs deep into the psychology of cyber hygiene practice. VIDEO https://archive.org/download/nymjcsc2023/K-02_Opening_Keynote_-_Lisa_Plagge… SLIDES https://archive.org/download/nymjcsc2023/K-02_Opening_Keynote_-_Lisa_Plagge… REAL TIME TEXT https://otter.ai/u/aVc-AUxdVl8Wriws0-fKgoT9Q0Q -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New book announcement: Social Media and Society
by Qihao Ji 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

**apologies for cross-posting** Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to introduce the release of *Social Media and Society* (yes, I went all out on the title), a textbook tailored for introductory courses on social media. The book is divided into three sections, ensuring students receive a holistic understanding of social media, from its theoretical foundations to its societal implications. For further details and pre-orders, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/Social-Media-and-Society/Ji/p/book/9781032392455 In the meantime, you may sign up here ( https://maristcommarts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3kCYTBmqpge6FEi) to receive a promo code, the accompanying test bank, and/or other instructional materials. Thanks. Qihao Ji Associate Professor Marist College, USA

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Online seminar: Meryl Alper- Autistic Youth, Mental Health, and the Sociotechnical Shaping of Sociality
by Ranjana Das 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

List members might be interested in this free, online 1 hour talk by Dr Meryl Alper<https://merylalper.com/>, Northeastern University, US, on Wednesday 29th November at 8 am EST (1 pm GMT) - hosted by the Digital Societies Research Group<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/department-sociology/research/digital-societies> at the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey UK - as part of its Dialogues series. Meryl will be giving a talk titled "Autistic Youth, Mental Health, and the Sociotechnical Shaping of Sociality." - drawing upon her new book - Kids Across the Spectrums<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5626/Kids-Across-the-SpectrumsGro…>, published with MIT Press this year. Joining Link: Should you wish to join us - do sign up on this link<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20231129-dialogues-digital-societies-event-…>! Best, Ranjana. Professor Ranjana Das Professor in Media and Communication Student Consultation Hours in Semester 1: Wednesdays 0930-1130; Thursdays 1300-1500 New 2023 papers: * Contexts and dimensions of algorithm literacies: Parents' algorithm literacies amidst the datafication of parenthood<https://www-tandfonline-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/10714421.2…>. Out now in The Communication Review * Parents' understandings of social media algorithms in children's lives<https://www-tandfonline-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/17482798.2…>. Out now in Journal of Children and Media * Conditional trust: Citizens' council on data-driven media personalisation and public expectations of transparency and accountability<https://journals-sagepub-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1177/20539517231184…>. Out now in Big Data & Society * Parent networks, transitional moments and the role of the digital<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/frs/aop/article-10.…>. Out now in Families, Relationships and Societies New project: Leverhulme Research Grant 2023-2025: Parents' news use, risk and crises in datafied societies New project: British Academy Grant 2023-2025: Exploring practices around emerging technologies in families raising bilingual children Twitter: @ProfRanjanaDas<https://twitter.com/DrRanjanaDas> Web: Prof Ranjana Das | University of Surrey<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/ranjana-das>

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CfP: Valuing Public Data: data governance for economic, environmental and social development
by Esperanza Miyake 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

***Apologies for Cross-posting*** Call for Proposals: Valuing Public Data - data governance for economic, environmental and social development Co-leads: Prof Angela Daly (University of Dundee) & Dr Esperanza Miyake (University of Strathclyde) Dates: 25-26 January 2024 Location: hybrid - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland and Online (Zoom) We seek proposals - including for presentations, workshops, posters and panels - from researchers wishing to present their work at the final workshop of the Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII)-funded Public Data for Development in Scotland and the European Union (EU) programme<https://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/ScotlandinEurope/PublicSectorD…>. This 2-day event brings together the questions and themes explored through a series of online workshops we have been organising in 2023 on different aspects of using public data for development (social, economic and environmental), and constitute an important contribution to the programme’s final outputs. The programme itself promotes knowledge exchange activities between academics and practitioners working on ‘public data’ - which we take to mean data (personal and non-personal) held by the public sector and other public interest/public good data which may be held by companies, cooperatives and charities - in Scotland and the EU. We examine and share research, policy insights and good practice about how data held by the public sectors in Scotland and the EU can best be managed and used to ensure value is garnered from this data for the benefit of the publics in these countries. A key priority is taking into account the diversity of that public in Scotland and the EU (and beyond), including the need to work against inequalities in data to ensure social, economic and environmental development are both ethical and equitable. We look at: the interplay between public, private and third sectors; how data can be used to produce public benefit; how such benefits might be shared to advance social, economic and environmental goals; experience of particular sectors, including health, criminal justice, environmental protection and local government/public administration. This final event will be a research-focussed workshop, including knowledge exchange, for researchers active on this topic to present their research to a multistakeholder audience, opening up pathways to impact. We seek proposals on interdisciplinary research topics relevant to public data for development in Scotland and the EU, and beyond. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: * What are public data and public data goods? * Public data for social, economic and/or environmental development * “Good” and “bad” data development and all the nuances between the two * How to “value” data and what does “value” mean in public data contexts? * Benefit sharing from public data uses and appropriate and effective models * Governance frameworks for public data for development * Digital and technological platforms and infrastructures for public data including the impact of new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence/machine learning trained on public data * Perspectives, dialogue and harmonisation between post-Brexit Scotland and Europe (and beyond) on these topics Please send a title, abstract of no more than 300 words, the suggested format (presentation/panel/poster/workshop etc), and short biographies of authors/speakers/convenors (no more than 150 words) to Andy Porter andrew.porter(a)strath.ac.uk<mailto:andrew.porter@strath.ac.uk> by 30 November 2023, stating too whether you plan to participate in person in Glasgow or online. We have some limited funds to support the in-person participation of UK-based presenters who are early career researchers, low income or unpaid participants, and/or people from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. Please also indicate whether you would wish to be considered for these funds in your submission. We are currently liaising with Scottish Universities Press<https://www.sup.ac.uk/> to explore the possibility of an edited collection, based on selected research presentations. Please indicate in your abstract if you would be interested in potentially being included in such a collection. Key dates: * Submission of proposals 30 November 2023 * Decisions on proposals 7 December 2023 * Hybrid conference takes place in Glasgow/online 25-26 January 2024 ----- Dr. Esperanza Miyake Chancellor's Fellow in Journalism, Media and Communication Chair of the Humanities Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Faculty (HaSS) Rep for the University Racial Equality and Anti-Racism Steering Group University of Strathclyde | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dept. of Humanities Full profile<https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/miyakeesperanzadr/> Recent publications: * New book! (2023) Digital Disengagement: COVID-19, Digital Justice and the Politics of Refusal<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/digital-disengagement> (w/A Kuntsman & S Martin) Bristol: Bristol UP. * (2023) Final Report of the Independent Expert Group for the Unlocking the Value of Data Programme<https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/indepe…> (Scottish Government, w/ A Daly et al.) * (2023) I am a virtual girl from Tokyo: Virtual influencers, digital-orientalism and the (Im)materiality of race and gender<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14695405221117195> Journal of Consumer Culture, 23(1): 209–228 * (2022) Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement: In Search of the Opt-Out Button <https://doi.org/10.16997/book61> (w/A Kuntsman). London: University of Westminster Press. Current project: * Valuing Public Sector Data in Scotland and Europe: data governance for economic, environmental and social development<https://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/ScotlandinEurope/PublicSectorD…> (funded by Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII) and Scotland Europa)

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21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024): Second Call for Papers
by Announce 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

*** Second Call for Papers *** 21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024) June 10-12, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 12th February, 2024 AoE ***) The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR) is a biannual conference in the field of software reuse research and technology. ICSR is a premier event aiming to present the most recent advances and breakthroughs in the area of software reuse and to promote an intensive and continuous exchange among researchers and practitioners. The guiding theme of this edition is Sustainable Software Reuse. We invite submissions on new and innovative research results and industrial experience reports dealing with all aspects of software reuse within the context of the modern software development landscape. Topics include but are not limited to the following. 1 Technical aspects of reuse, including • Reuse in/for Quality Assurance (QA) techniques, testing, verification, etc. • Domain ontologies and Model-Driven Development • Variability management and software product lines • Context-aware and Dynamic Reuse • Reuse in and for Machine Learning • Domain-specific languages (DSLs) • New language abstractions for software reuse • Generative Development • COTS-based development and reuse of open source assets • Retrieval and recommendation of reusable assets • Reuse of non-code artefacts • Architecture-centric reuse approaches • Service-oriented architectures and microservices • Software composition and modularization • Sustainability and software reuse • Economic models of reuse • Benefit and risk analysis, scoping • Legal and managerial aspects of reuse • Reuse adoption and transition to software reuse • Lightweight reuse approaches • Reuse in agile projects • Technical debt and software reuse 2 Software reuse in industry and in emerging domains • Reuse success stories • Reuse failures, and lessons learned • Reuse obstacles and success factors • Return on Investment (ROI) studies • Reuse in hot topic domains (Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Virtualization, Network functions, Quantum Computing, etc.) We welcome research (16 pages) and industry papers (12 pages) following the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science format. Submissions will be handled via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icsr2024) Submissions will be **double-blindly** reviewed, meaning that authors should: • Omit all authors’ names and affiliations from the title page • Do not include the acknowledgement section, if you have any, in the submitted paper • Refer to your own work in the third person • Use anonymous GitHub, Zenondo, FigShare or equivalent to provide access to artefacts without disclosing your identity Both research and industry papers will be reviewed by members of the same program committee (check the website for details). Proceedings will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes for Computer Science (LNCS) series. An award will be given to the best research and the best industry papers. The authors of selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version (containing at least 30% new material) to a special issue in the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier). More details will follow. IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: February 12, 2024, AoE • Full paper submission: February 19, 2024, AoE • Notification: April 8, 2024, AoE • Camera Ready: April 22, 2024, AoE • Author Registration: April 22, 2024 AoE ORGANISATION Steering Committee • Eduardo Almeida, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil • Goetz Botterweck, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland • Rafael Capilla, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain • John Favaro, Trust-IT, Italy • William B. Frakes, IEEE TCSE committee on software reuse, USA • Martin L. Griss, Carnegie Mellon University, USA • Oliver Hummel, University of Applied Sciences, Germany • Hafedh Mili, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada • Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati, USA • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Claudia M.L. Werner, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus • Lidia Fuentes, University of Malaga, Spain

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