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CfP HICSS Minitrack on "Digitalisation of Work"
by Scholz, Tobias, Dr. 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Dear colleagues, We cordially invite you to submit your work to the Minitrack (it will be our third time) on the “Digitalization of Work“ at the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 (https://hicss.hawaii.edu) planned to take place at the beautiful island of Maui in January 2024! Here you can find the detailed call for papers: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/knowledge-innovation-and-entrepreneurial… We anticipate submissions including (but not limited to) the following topics: Employee Relations · Motivating the future digital workforce · Work-life-balance, work-life separation, and work-life-blending · Dealing with mental health issues in digitized work · Dealing with social isolation in digitized work · Dealing with the digital divide from a temporal and spatial perspective · Temporary groups (pick-up groups) transforming into long-term team · Intercultural communication and intercultural challenges Human Resource Management · Distant leadership and management of the digitalized workforce · The implications of AI and algorithmic leadership · Leadership for cloud-worker, click-worker, crowd-worker, and digital nomads · Gamification of performance measurements in digital work · Balancing self-leadership and intrinsic motivation with self-exploitation · Empowerment and motivation of the employees digitally · Skill development, learning, and talent identification in the digital environment · The design of virtual recruiting (e.g., gamified assessment center, virtual onboarding) · Establishing human automation resource management in the organization Digital Work · Digital professions and practices · Balancing trust and surveillance in digital work and remote work · Augmentation of the work interface · Utilization of big data to empowering the digital employees · Platformization of digital work · Digitalized professions and work forms Virtual and borderless organization · Foster (open) innovation and intrapreneurship · Fostering an organizational culture, work climate, commitment, and retention in a virtual organization · Dissolution of company borders into the borderless organization · Employee participation, collaboration, workers councils, and unions in a global digital world · Avoiding the digital Taylorism and tackling the power shift in the new work forms · Establishing employee-focused strategies and creating a sustainable business model · Professionalization of a hybrid workplace · Juridical and regulatory issues concerning remote and digitalized work · The role of the HR department in this digital world Guide for authors: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Important dates · June 15: Paper Submission Deadline · August 17: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection · September 22: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication · October 1: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference There are several mini-tracks related to this call, and we all coordinate. They include Games & Gaming (in Digital and Social Media), Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science), Streaming Media in Entertainment (in Digital and Social Media), Esports (in Internet and the Digital Economy), Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), and the Metaverse (in Organizational Systems and Technology). If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact the Minitrack Chairs: Tobias Scholz | University of Siegen | tobias.scholz(a)uni-siegen.de Juho Hamari | Tampere University | juho.hamari(a)tuni.fi Stephanie Orme | Emmanuel College | ormes(a)emmanuel.edu Brian McCauley | Jönköping University | brian.mccauley(a)ju.se We look forward to your submission!

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2023 Policy & Internet Conference - Call for Papers
by Jonathon Hutchinson 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

**With apologies for cross-posting ** Policy & Internet Conference 2023 Sep 28-29, The University of Sydney Call for papers Policy innovation for inclusive internet governance The task of internet policy making has changed markedly over the past two decades. The ‘move fast, break things’ era—during which a central policy concern was how to manage economic disruption across industry sectors from entertainment to journalism, retail, transport and hospitality—has evolved into a digital era characterised by complex and interconnected social, political and economic global challenges. Today, internet policy must confront issues relating to embedded interests, monopoly power, geopolitics, colonisation, warfare, automation, the environment, misinformation, safety, security and more. As DeNardis (2014) has argued, conflicts within internet governance involve critical negotiations over economic and political power and how these conflicts are resolved “will determine some of the most important public interest issues of our time”. In seeking to resolve these conflicts, there is a risk that the dominant economic and geopolitical actors will structure outcomes in their interest. An inclusive approach to internet governance is needed if we are to achieve an equitable distribution of digital resources and opportunities. Inclusive internet governance requires that the voices, interests and values of the maginalised are included in policy making processes, so that dominant ideologies can be challenged and alternative imaginaries realised (Gurumurthy & Chami, 2016). Novelty and innovation in internet policy is itself challenging. Typically, policy making is driven by past experiences (Schot and Steinmueller, 2018) and constrained by institutional formalities, hierarchies and procedures (Bauer, 2014). Innovation, on the other hand, requires space for exploration and experimentation with opportunities “only partially known” (Bauer & Bohlin, 2022). How does policy innovation occur? This conference seeks to bring together a range of international voices to demonstrate how varying approaches towards internet policy are established, embodied and engaged with by a variety of stakeholders. It also aims to bring together scholars and policymakers to discuss current practices, alternative designs and the ‘unknowns’ that are required for inclusive internet governance. The conference will invite scholars, civic interest groups, platform providers and regulatory bodies to discuss the tensions of internet policy and will consider a future research agenda for the field. This two day conference is inviting papers that address, but are not necessarily limited to, the following topics: * What is policy innovation in this moment? What are its ecosystems? Are they fit for purpose? How can they be reimagined? * Achieving diversity, justice and inclusion in internet governance * Case studies from diverse jurisdictions that address core internet governance problems * Case studies in innovative approaches to digital platform governance * Policies of digital sovereignty, security and conflict * Global response to automation and artificial intelligence * Policy and governance implications of emerging tech e.g. web3, AI, extended reality, the Internet of things and 5G * Emerging cultural practices and related regulatory tensions * Internet business models that challenge the status quo * Competition and other economic policies for a more competitive internet Instructions Email a 300-500 word abstract, excluding references, to milica.stilinovic(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:milica.stilinovic@sydney.edu.au> by April 16, 2023 with subject line “P&I Conference 2023 Submission”. All accepted papers are required to be presented in person. Abstracts will be assessed according to the following criteria: 1) quality of research and analysis 2) originality 3) relevance to conference theme and Policy & Internet Journal audiences. Notifications of acceptance will be provided by 1 May, 2023. A selection of presenters will also be invited to submit a full paper for a special issue of Policy & Internet. References: Bauer, J. M. (2014). Platforms, systems competition, and innovation: Reassessing the foundations of communications policy. Telecommunications Policy, 38(8-9), 662-673. Bauer, J. M., & Bohlin, E. (2022). Regulation and innovation in 5G markets. Telecommunications Policy, 46(4), 102260. DeNardis, L. (2014). The global war for internet governance. Yale University Press. Gurumurthy, A., & Chami, N. (2016). Internet governance as' ideology in practice'–India's' Free Basics' controversy. Internet Policy Review, 5(3), 1-17. Schot, J., & Steinmueller, W. E. (2018). Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change. Research policy, 47(9), 1554-1567. DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON Chair of Discipline, Media and Communication President of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Editor-in-Chief, Policy & Internet Journal [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19442866] THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N233, John Woolley Building (A20) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au> | W sydney.edu.au<http://sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com.au<http://www.jonathonhutchinson.com.au/> CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments.

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[CALL FOR PH.D. FORUM PAPERS] IEEE WoWMoM 2023, June 12-15, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 31, 2023 (FIRM)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) June 12-15, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, USA CALL FOR PH.D. FORUM PAPERS https://coe.northeastern.edu/Groups/wowmom2023/phd_forum.html Submission Due Date: March 31, 2023 (FIRM) Notification Date: April 7, 2023 Camera-ready version: April 15, 2023 Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOPE AND OVERVIEW The Ph.D. Forum on Wireless, Mobile, and Multimedia Networks will be held at IEEE WoWMoM 2023 in Boston, USA. The Forum provides an excellent opportunity for current and recently completed Ph.D. and Masters researchers to present their dissertation research, including work in progress, to an internationally renowned audience of researchers from Academia and Industry. This forum offers an opportunity to meet and obtain feedback from accomplished international researchers and share experiences with other researchers. FORMAT The Forum will be organized as a co-located WoWMoM event, attended by experts in wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking and ubiquitous and pervasive systems. Accepted abstracts will be invited to present during a Conversation event (more information to follow). During the Conversations, senior community members will be present to provide constructive technical comments to each attendee. GUIDELINES Ph.D. and Masters researchers are invited to submit two-page extended abstracts that describe their current research and potential contributions. Authors should be currently registered Ph.D. or Masters Students or recently graduated (within the last year). Submissions should be aligned with the specific interests of WoWMoM and broadly aligned to the field of mobile and wireless networking and applications. The abstract must be in English and adhere to the IEEE two-column conference format. See IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Submissions must be in PDF format, be no more than two pages in length (including references and figures). Submissions that are substantially similar to presentations from a previous Postgraduate Forum are not allowed. Abstracts should discuss the research questions addressed within the thesis, and should focus on highlighting the challenges of the problems, the originality of the proposed approach, and technical aspects of the proposed techniques. Inclusion of preliminary experimental results are also encouraged. The abstract should include the author's name, affiliation, and email address. The name of the supervisor should be marked ("supervised by ...") on the paper under the author's name. Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. Forum Technical Program Committee to ensure quality and relevance. In case of acceptance, the length of the camera-ready paper will be limited to two pages. Accepted abstracts will be included in the proceedings of IEEE WoWMoM 2023 and will be made available through the IEEE Xplore digital library. All papers must be registered and submitted through the EDAS. Click here to register your abstract now! SUBMISSION Please click the link https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30199 PARTICIPATION Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in the Ph.D. Forum and deliver the Conversation presentations at the WoWMoM 2023 conference in person. Standard WoWMoM 2023 registration fees apply. Participants who are currently full-time students are eligible for the student registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES: * Submission Due Date: March 31, 2023 (FIRM) * Notification Date: April 7, 2023 * Camera-ready version: April 15, 2023 * Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2023 Ph.D. FORUM CHAIRS Anna Foerster (University of Bremen, Germany) Mallesham Dasari (Carnegie melon University, USA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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NEXT WEEK: Doing Global Media Studies: Theories, Practices, Reflections hybrid symposium
by Zimanyi, Eszter 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Dear all, You are warmly invited to attend our free hybrid symposium, Doing Global Media Studies: Theories, Practices, Reflections. This event will take place in person and via Zoom at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication between March 22nd and 23rd. Colleagues within commuting distance from Philadelphia are welcome to attend the symposium in person. The roundtable events will be made accessible as hybrid webinars. They include: * Materialities of the Global South (Ahmed Alrawi, Simran Bhalla, Daniella Gáti, Ennuri Jo, moderated by Tupur Chatterjee) * Global Media Territories (Stephen N. Borunda, Tony Cho, FengYi Yin, Tinghao Zhou, moderated by Rahul Mukherjee) * Transnational Activism and Archival Practices (Sima Kokotović, Amal Shafek, Yidong (Steven) Wang, Yilan Wang, William Lafi Youmans, moderated by Heather Jaber) * (Re)Shaping Global Markets Through Cultural Production (Bizaa Zeynab Ali, Yasemin Y. Celikkol, Madison Mellon, Jaana Serres, moderated by Celeste Wagner) * Exporting Global Nationalisms (Veronika Hermann, Seung-Hoon Jeong, Nisarg P., Nansong Zhou, moderated by Chenshu Zhou) For the full program including abstracts and speaker bios, please see our symposium website: https://cargc-fellows-conference.mailchimpsites.com/ The CARGC Fellows' Symposium is held biennially. This year's symposium celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the Center and reflects on evolving concepts and methodologies of “the global” in the field of communication and media studies. You can RSVP for our free hybrid symposium by following this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doing-global-media-studies-theories-practices-… Please note that portions of this event will be recorded. Warm wishes, Eszter Zimanyi on behalf of CARGC Fellows’ Symposium Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------ Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Pronouns: she/her http://www.eszterzimanyi.com

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Europe and the technologies of 'Others' in Amsterdam and online, March 23
by Niels ten Oever 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Dear all, On *March 23, 8 pm* the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES) will be hosting a hybrid event on “*The geopolitics of foreign technologies: Europe and the technologies of ‘Others’*”. Our guests that evening will be *Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Gianluigi Negro and Gertjan Hoetjes*. They will discuss how technologies are imagined in Europe and what role (foreign) technologies play in Europe’s self-image. _Abstract_: European technology regulation is a dynamic process strongly influenced by how regulators and publics perceive developments in other regions of the world. For almost a century, western discourses on the technology of others have ranged from fascination to anxieties informing geopolitical decisions on how to deal with foreign technology markets. The geopolitical imaginations of others’ technological abilities but also the (sovereign) spaces of their application in both ‘developing’ as well as leading technology markets has thus always shaped policy-making. Currently, dominant narratives such as China’s goal to become an AI superpower challenging the European market and data security, as well as Russia’s state-organized cyberspace activities abroad challenging political stability have led to a proliferation of images of a defenseless and outpaced West. For details and online registration see here https://aces.uva.nl/content/events/2023/03/the-geopolitics-of-foreign-techn… <https://aces.uva.nl/content/events/2023/03/the-geopolitics-of-foreign-techn…> Best regards, Niels -- Niels ten Oever, PhD Co-Principal Investigator - critical infrastructure lab - University of Amsterdam W: https://criticalinfralab.net W: https://nielstenoever.net PGP: 4254 ECD5 D4CF F6AF 8B91 0D9F EFAD 2E49 CC90 C10C

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Centre for Internet Studies Online Lecture Series: Inaugural talk by Mark Andrejevic March 29th 12pm CET
by Jakob Linaa 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Dear colleagues Centre for Internet Studies, Aarhus University, DK, is pleased to launch our Online Lecture Series by welcoming professor Mark Andrejevic, Monash University, Melbourne. Mark is among the world’s leading surveillance theorists and renowned for several important books. This will take place March 29th at noon (12pm) on Zoom: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/67387758776 Everybody is welcome. To get an idea of the audience, participants are requested to sign up by sending a mail to linaa(a)cc.au.dk Abstract: The 'Biases' of Automation: Pre-emption/Framelessness/Environmentality With a nod to the work of Canadian theorist Harold Innis, this presentation considers the "biases" of automated media systems -- not in the conventional sense of "bias," but to consider what tendencies of power and control we privilege when we make the choice to use automated systems (within the constraints of contemporary social relations). The presentation explores the relationship between environmental forms of governance (with reference to Michel Foucault's comments on "environmentality"), logics of pre-emption, and data collection without limits. It considers both the imperatives driving the development of automated media, and some of the cultural and political consequences of their adoption. Mark Andrejevic is Professor in the School of Media, Film, and Journalism at Monash University, where he is also a chief investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. He is the author of several books including Automated Media, and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters.

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WEBCAST MAR 15 – ISOC NG ‘WHY BOTHER: “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”‘
by Joly MacFie 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

While International Women's Day was officially March 8, the celebrations continue! [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16421>On *Wednesday March 15 2023* at *11:00 WAT* (10:00 UTC) the *Internet Society Nigeria Chapter <https://isoc.ng/>* presents a webinar '*WHY BOTHER: DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality <https://bit.ly/3JDvGbs>*' in celebration of *International Women's Day 2023 <https://www.internationalwomensday.com/>*. *SPEAKERS* *Dr Oladunni Daramola*, Associate Professor (FUTA) *Elizabeth Kolade*, Cybersecurity Professional *Kelechi Achinonu*, Founder, TechLawyered *Mercy lkpe*, Software Developer *Esther Kioni*, Senior Director, Training and Learning (ISOC) *MODERATOR Chinwe Ogbujah*, Programme Secretary, ISOC NG Chapter *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocng-iwd2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocng-iwd2023>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3JDvGbs <https://bit.ly/3JDvGbs>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/16421>) *TWITTER #IWD2023 @isocngchapter <https://bit.ly/3Ji7c6f> @Chi_Phoenix @kc_techlawyer Esther Kioni @InternetSociety @CyberWura Mercy lkpe @ISOC_Community #IWD #EmbraceEquity #InternationalWomensDay* *MASTODON #IWD2023 <https://mastodon.social/tags/IWD2023>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isocng-iwd2023 <https://archive.org/details/isocng-iwd2023>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16421 <https://isoc.live/16421>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFC Inagural Volume Technology Power and Society
by J Z 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Call for Chapters in Inaugural volume: Technology Power and Society Book series editors: Dennis Nguyen, Jing Zeng and Bruce Mutsvairo Abstract due *April 3rd, 2023 * Full manuscript due *July 3rd, 2023* Expected date of final publication: *2024 Q1* More information: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/technology-power-society-global-perspectives-on-t… Dear colleagues, On behalf of myself and my coeditors Dennis Nguyen and Bruce Mutsvairo, we are excited to launch a new Brill book series: Technology, Power & Society *. *The series aims to promote and diversify critical discussions on the sociopolitical and cultural impacts of new technologies, especially around issues of digitalization, datafication, and automation. To illustrate its scope and ambition, the book series’ inaugural volume is an edited collection covering a wide range of issues and perspectives. The editors invite contributions from scholars with different backgrounds and positionalities to share their views and the knowledge that they generate through critical research *about *and *from *a broad range of regions and contexts. Submissions on a variety of topics are encouraged, including, but also beyond: - Cross-cultural digital media practices - Governing digital societies in a global context - Transnational digital networks and communities - Data journalism, citizen journalists in non-democratic contexts - Influencer culture in transitional contexts - Injustice and discrimination in algorithmic governance - Digital colonialism and technological inequality - Social discourse and imaginaries of data/algorithm/digital technologies Please send a 500-word abstract (including references) and a 100-word author bio to the editors (d.nguyen1(a)uu.nl, j.zeng(a)uu.nl, b.mutsvairo(a)uu.nl) by April 3rd, 2023*. *Authors of accepted abstracts will be contacted by April 10th, 2023 and invited to submit full contributions (maximum 7,000 words, including references) before July 3rd, 2023*. *Expected date of final publication: 2024 Q1. ------------------------------ Dr Jing Zeng Assistant Professor of Digital Methods and Critical Data Studies Utrecht University, Netherlands https://www.uu.nl/staff/JZeng

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Speculative Theory Summer School, Naples, Italy June 15-17.
by Adam Arvidsson 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Speculating at the End (?) of Times Summer school on the future of politics and technology Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II June 15-17, 2023 This summer school invites PhD students and Junior Scholars for three days of reflection and discussion on future visions of politics, technology and their intersection. The general mood in the early 21st Century is that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of our current socio-economic conditions (or, as the original quote went, ‘the end of Capitalism’). Yet we will have to do precisely that, since things are starting to change very quickly at the level of climate change , technological development as well as political and economic transformations, while our theoretical and political imaginaries are struggling to keep the pace. The purpose of this summer school is to begin to think about social theory tools for comprehending the possible direction of these changes. The summer school consists of one day of keynotes and public panels (June 15) and one and a half day of round table discussion of position papers that have been submitted by participants. We have space for ten papers (call for papers on the website below). People who wish to participate as auditors (without submitting a paper) are advised to email an expression of interest to [1]speculativesummerschool23(a)gmail.com by April 30. Acceptance will be communicated by May 10. Thanks to our generous sponsors, the summer school if free of charge. Website with program, detailed info and call for papers [2]here Adam Arvidsson Professore di Sociologia Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali Università di Napoli, Federico II Vico Monte della Pietà 1 801 38 Napoli Tel 081-2535899 From: [3]Sophie H Bishop via Air-L Sent: 09 March 2023 17:21 To: [4]air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Registration for Algorithms for Her? Conference in Sheffield UK Hi everyone I hope you are doing well! We still have a few spaces to register *in person *for *Algorithms for Her? 2 *- a hybrid conference taking place at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield on the 23rd and 24th of March 2022. Our Keynotes are Tiara Roxanne <https://www.tiararoxanne.com/about.html> and Professor Ros Gill <https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/ros-gill>- and we have a wide range of absolutely amazing presentations from many different disciplines and geographies. *Algorithms for her?* is a conference prioritising the study of intersectional forms of injustice that algorithms (and the systems in which they are embedded) often propagate and sustain. Given the significance of such processes in our daily lives, and how they disproportionately affect those marginalised across intersections of gender, sexuality, class and race, this event will create a dedicated space for the discussion of algorithmic oppression and inequality. We are lucky to have received support from the BRISTT cluster at the University of Sheffield, The University of Sheffield Digital Society Network and a Meta Seed Grant. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorithms-for-her-2-tickets-53378522497 7 Password: AFH2 Please sign up to be sent the link for the livestreamed programme here: https://algorithmsforher.wordpress.com/livestreaming/ We hope to see you there! Best wishes Sophie Bishop on behalf of the Algorithms For Her? Organising Committee -- Dr Sophie Bishop (she/her) Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries [image: SUMS logo for staff emails] Sheffield University Management School Conduit Road Sheffield S10 1FL [image: Triple Crown accreditation] Our Triple Crown accreditation places us within the global elite of business schools. It is an endorsement of the quality of our teaching, research, and links with industry. World top-100 university <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/rankings> | Top northern university for graduate prospects <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-top-north-employable-gra duates-1.738658> | Top five in the UK for student experience <https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-s urvey-2018-results> _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. mailto:speculativesummerschool23@gmail.com 2. https://dariomazzocco0.wixsite.com/my-site 3. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS: 19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2023), June 19-21, 2023, Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS 19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2023) Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus June 19-21, 2023 https://dcoss.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DCOSS-IoT 2023 will feature 13 thematic Workshops, addressing recent trends and special topics in relevant research and technology. The accepted papers of all Workshops will be included in full text in IEEE Proceedings, available at IEEE Xplore. For the full details and individual dates, please refer to www.dcoss.org<http://www.dcoss.org>. Wi-DroIT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensors and Drones in Internet of Things) IoTI5 2023 (5th International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 5.0) SmaCE 2023 (5th IEEE International Workshop on Workshop on Smart Circular Economy) REFRESH 2023 (4th International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks) ISIoT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things) UrbCom 2023 (5th International Workshop on Urban Computing) C19STDC 2023 (2nd IEEE International Workshop on Novel Methods to Study COVID-19 Using Sensor Technology and Distributed Computing) WCNEE 2023 (7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments) LS-NoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Long and Short Range Wireless Technologies Applied to IoT for Networks of Tomorrow) Un-IoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Unconventional IoT Applications) SecRIoT 2023 (4th International Workshop on Security and Reliability of IoT) NEXCOM 2023 (1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Technologies for Wireless Networks) DISCOLI 2023 (2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collective Intelligence) Workshop Chairs: Enrico Natalizio (University of Lorraine, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wi-DroIT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensors and Drones in Internet of Things) Recently, the rapid development of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has highlighted a plethora of emergent applications such as infrastructure inspection and surveillance, smart agriculture, seek and rescue, parcel delivery, communications, and post-disaster recovery. In all these applications UAVs may coexist with ground Internet of Things (IoT) devices. For example, UAVs autonomously perform remote sensing relaying the collected data by the sensors. Additionally, one or more UAVs can collaborate to provide services that require efficient protocols where multiple objectives and constraints need to be considered. For this workshop, we seek papers that combine the design of algorithms and testbed implementations to develop the theoretical foundations for UAVs as well as the synergies with IoT devices. The numerous emergent applications raised by IoT may require an interdisciplinary approach involving techniques from algorithm foundations and different areas, such as computer networks, artificial intelligence, concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing, security, digital signal, image, and sound processing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IoTI5 2023 (5th International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 5.0) It is evident that IoT is entering multiple fields of everyday life. The proliferation of IoT devices as well as the numerous use cases reveal the very promising potentials of IoT in revolutionizing several aspects of common activities as well as business processes. The vision of interconnecting billions of devices in a holistic network, where machines communicate along with traditional human communications is now being realized, towards the formation of the Internet of Everything (as called by Cisco). The workshop focuses on Industrial Internet of Things systems and applications, which represent the highest value segment of the IoT market. The heavy research endeavors of last years have provided efficient solutions and enhanced technologies that enable the creation of such a network, overcoming several challenges stemming from the special attributes of device-to-device communications, embedded devices, and big data management. The new challenge is to identify efficient ways of integrating IoT technologies in contemporary applications exploiting the potentials of real-time monitoring, interactive control, self-management, and data analytics towards "smart" behavior and enhanced performance. The main scope of the "IoT Applications and Industry 5.0" (IoTI5) workshop is to identify and promote new techniques for the realization of promising IoT applications in various areas, including Industry 5.0 scenarios. The workshop is also supported by the EU Horizon projects: ELECTRON, TALON, AI4CYBER, and DYNABIC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmaCE 2023 (5th IEEE International Workshop on Workshop on Smart Circular Economy) Circular Economy is a paradigm for sustainable growth that envisions the transformation of how modern societies design, produce and consume goods and services towards a regenerative economic cycle. Future and emerging technologies, such as 5G and 6G networks, Distributed Ledger Technologies, and crowdsourcing systems, along with innovative models and paradigms, such as the Internet of Things, Industry 5.0, and community networks, will play an important role in the transition to Circular Economy. The development of relevant international standards and policy-making initiatives, such as the European Green Deal, will also facilitate the transition. Smart Circular Economy is an international workshop focusing on the role of ICT as an enabler for Circular Economy. This workshop brings together scientists, researchers, as well as relevant stakeholders from the industry and local communities to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research lying in the intersection of ICT and Circular Economy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFRESH 2023 (4th International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks) 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISIoT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things) The Internet of Things is a paradigm that assumes a pervasive presence in the environment of many smart things, including sensors, actuators, embedded systems and other similar devices. The development of IoT, however, has reached a crossroads, which means that without intelligence, an IoT system will act as an ordinary information transfer system. Emerging IoT applications in various fields, including smart city, smart home, smart grid, e-health, intelligent transportation systems, etc., require trustworthy networking solutions that are resilient against high mobility, high density, disasters, infrastructure failures, cyberattacks, and other disruptions. This interdisciplinary landscape of IoT applications demands researchers from different areas such as machine learning, computational intelligence, optimization, distributed computing, embedded systems, and big data to synergize their efforts in better understanding the untapped opportunities to produce highly efficient, deployable, intelligent IoT systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UrbCom 2023 (5th International Workshop on Urban Computing) It is undeniable that the cities' urbanization has modernized people's lives, bringing several benefits to the population. However, it has also brought serious challenges such as public management of collective spaces, air pollution, traffic congestion, energy consumption, and quality of life. In this context, Urban Computing emerges as a process of acquisition, integration, and analysis of a large volume of heterogeneous data generated from different sources in urban spaces, such as portable devices, sensors, vehicles, humans, among others. Urban Computing is an interdisciplinary area that connects information and communication technology, advanced management of large volumes of data, and diverse data analysis methods to propose solutions to problems faced by cities. In addition, Urban Computing seeks to understand the nature of urban and social phenomena to better plan the future of cities and improve their inhabitants' quality of life. UrbCom aims to create a space for: (1) presentation and discussion of studies in the area of Urban Computing; (2) collaboration between researchers from different areas that, given the interdisciplinary nature, is not limited to Computer Science. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C19STDC 2023 (2nd IEEE International Workshop on Novel Methods to Study COVID-19 Using Sensor Technology and Distributed Computing) This workshop will cover a number of aspects related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics of interest for C19:ST&DC include several novel methods used for COVID-19 detection using deep learning and distributed computing methods. Distributed computing has accelerated COVID-19 research in molecular dynamics as it allows people around the world to make their computers available to researchers for effective virtual screening of chemical compounds. Distributed computing encourages international collaboration and enables access to richer datasets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCNEE 2023 (7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments) Wireless communications and networking in extreme environments such as underwater, underground, rural areas, intra-body, in flight and in space have been attracting growing interest from both academia and industry in an effort to conquer the last frontier for wireless technologies. In recent years, underwater wireless networks have attracted significant attention for military and commercial applications including oceanographic data collection, disaster prevention, tactical surveillance, offshore exploration, and pollution monitoring. Unmanned aerial systems that are autonomously networked can assist humans in extreme or difficult-to-reach environments as well as provide cost-effective wireless connectivity for devices without infrastructure coverage. Underground wireless networks could enable applications such as precision agriculture, pipeline fault diagnosis, mine disaster rescue, concealed border patrol, and crude oil exploration, among others. Wireless networked systems of intra-body sensors and actuators could play a key role on real-time monitoring and medical treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes, as well as enable automated drug administration and targeted drug delivery. Satellite (mega-)constellations could improve communications and ongoing monitoring of Earth phenomena ranging from weather and climate to disaster management. Rural areas remain underserved by increasingly core societal applications. Despite the obvious differences, underwater, aerial, underground, intra-body, rural and space wireless networks share common core research challenges that arise from the harsh nature of the propagation medium (fading, absorption, scattering, multipath) and the inaccessible nature of the environment. As a result, conventional communication and networking techniques do not "scale up" in extreme communication environments mainly due to the excessive propagation losses of traditional wireless technologies and the financial limitations of operating far from "grids". The goal of the WCNEE workshop, now in its 6th edition, is to bring together academic researchers and industrial players to share their research findings and technical contributions, from the physical all the way to the application layer in realizing underwater, aerial, underground, intra-body, rural and space wireless communication networks with a focus on bridging the gaps between theory, algorithms, prototypes, testbeds, demonstration and production networks. WCNEE will also facilitate discussions about modeling and characterizing propagation and wireless network performance in such diverse environments based on real-world data measurements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LS-NoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Long and Short Range Wireless Technologies Applied to IoT for Networks of Tomorrow) The popularity of the IoT has grown over the last decade thanks to its numerous applications and the evolution of micro electronics. Moreover, with this evolution, the price of IoT components decreased during the last decade, which made them more accessible and eased their integration in specific areas. This leads to pioneer IoT applications opening an exciting path to the world of tomorrow. From these domains, we can note : Satellite communications (satellite-to-satellite, satellite-to-earth, earth-to-satellite), Wide range communication in white areas, Vehicular communications (vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infrastructure-to-vehicle), Fog and Edge computing, etc. just to name a few. These new domains in IoT bring challenges and opportunities in terms of communication, whether in long or short range, that the actual wireless technologies need to tackle. For these reasons, this new workshop aims at finding and promoting new solutions for long and short range IoT applications. Moreover, any recent communication technologies that can be applied to IoT devices have to be investigated and promoted. From these technologies, we can note the next upgrade of the Internet (6G, tactile Internet, etc.), Bluetooth Low Energy, Visible Light Communications (VLC), Magnetic Inductions, Acoustic waves, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Un-IoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Unconventional IoT Applications) IoT is experiencing a dramatic growth in recent years, leading to different interaction paradigms between people and their environment. In this sense, we can already see many useful application areas like Smart Cities, environmental monitoring, connected logistics, smart digital supply chains, healthcare, smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, and smart power grids. Yet, more unconventional solutions could be devised with the support of IoT-related technologies, for example, to interconnect the real and the virtual worlds of the Metaverse. In Un-IoT, we seek papers that address unconventional IoT uses and applications targeting new target areas that still remain mostly unexplored. This can be achieved by combining techniques and technologies from different research areas, including embedded systems, wireless communications, machine learning/artificial intelligence/deep learning, social science, citizen science, human-computer interaction, etc. Papers are expected to bring forth new ideas, proofs of concept, and fruitful discussions regarding future research directions in this area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SecRIoT 2023 (4th International Workshop on Security and Reliability of IoT) The next years more than 20 billion devices will be interconnected. The Internet of Things provides unparalleled opportunities for the development of new novel services. Currently, most of the new electronic devices are offering from basic to advanced networking capabilities in the context of smart environments. Newer vehicles are partially or completely autonomous, powered by modern microprocessors, hundreds of sensors and Internet enabled services. The same applies to robotic and medical devices and almost every other advanced equipment. Despite the longstanding efforts of the scientific community to secure Internet and Network communications, Operating Systems and Software Applications, only a limited amount of this knowledge has been applied to the IoT ecosystems. Most of the IoT devices, including modern vehicles suffer from numerous and multilayered vulnerabilities. Default, weak or no password authentication for remote connections, unencrypted traffic or obsolete and insecure cryptographic algorithms, outdated, unmanaged and vulnerable software are among the most serious problems of the IoT landscape. Even more alarming is the unregulated manufacturing process of many IoT constructors. Aiming to reduce the cost and minimize the time to market of their products, minimal or none effort is put to secure and support them sufficiently. Worse, there are recorded cases of IoT devices delivered with preinstalled malware that demonstrate total lack of operations security in the supply chain. In contrary to software applications in PCs and mobile devices, the owners are not likely to replace their devices because of security problems. As consequence, these systems remain vulnerable for extended periods. Recent very large-scale DDoS attacks based and executed entirely by IoT Botnets, signify the magnitude of the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXCOM 2023 (1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Technologies for Wireless Networks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCOLI 2023 (2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collective Intelligence) Recent technological and scientific trends are promoting a vision where intelligence is more and more distributed and collective. Indeed, as computing and communication technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive, and complexity of systems is growing in terms of scale, heterogeneity, and interaction, hence the focus tends to shift from the intelligence of individual devices or agents to the collective intelligence (CI) emerging from a dynamic collection of diverse devices. Such intelligence would allow systems to address complex problems through proper coordination (e.g., cooperation or competition), to self-organise to promote functionality under changing environments, and to improve decision-making capabilities. The workshop aims to provide a forum where researchers and practitioners can share and discuss fundamental concepts, models, and techniques for studying and implementing collectively intelligent distributed systems. Accordingly, it welcomes original research work providing ideas and technical contributions for promoting scientific discussion and practical adoption of CI mechanisms in engineered systems. As such, the workshop also welcomes cross-disciplinary contributions (e.g., extracting computational mechanisms from natural systems exhibiting forms of CI) and contributions from related research areas like coordination (the study of interaction), multi-agent systems (MAS), socio-technical systems, organisational paradigms, Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSANs), the Internet of Things (IoT), crowd computing, and swarm robotics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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