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Job opportunity at University of Oxford - Fairness, interpretability, and trustworthy AI - Deadline April 24
by Brent Mittelstadt 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

The Oxford Internet Institute<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>, University of Oxford is currently recruiting a postdoctoral researcher<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacancies/> to work on fairness and interpretability in machine learning as part of the Trustworthiness Auditing for AI project<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/trustworthiness-auditing-for-ai/>. You'll be working with Dr. Chris Russell<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/chris-russell/>, Prof Sandra Wachter<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/sandra-wachter/>, and Prof Brent Mittelstadt<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/brent-mittelstadt/> in our Governance of Emerging Technologies research programme<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.oii.ox.ac.uk_resea…>. The post is part of an exciting project<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/trustworthiness-auditing-for-ai/> exploring the technical, legal, ethical, and psychological aspects of trustworthy AI. The successful candidate will undertake research on the effectiveness of existing auditing and accountability tools in AI & ML, and help develop state of the art technical tools addressing fairness, bias, interpretability, and similar areas. Expertise in machine learning, computer vision, human-computer interaction, or a similar relevant area is required for this post. Application deadline: 12.00 midday (UTC) on 24 April, 2023. Further details including a job description and link to apply can be found here: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacancies/ We are able to sponsor work visas for this post for international candidates. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me (brent.mittelstadt(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:brent.mittelstadt@oii.ox.ac.uk>). All the best, Brent --------------------------------------- Professor Brent Mittelstadt Director of Research Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS @b_mittelstadt http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=365

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Professor of Media and Communication vacancy at University of Westminster - closing date approaching
by Graham Meikle 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

Hi everyone A reminder that the University of Westminster is looking for a Professor of Media and Communication<https://vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/default.aspx?id=50053114> to join our long-established Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI<https://camri.ac.uk/>). CAMRI is organised around four thematic research areas, as detailed in the job description and on our website, and the appointee will be able to bring academic leadership in at least one of those areas. We are open to a range of specialisms and welcome applications from anyone who sees themselves reflected in the job description. Closing date for applications is midnight UK time on Sunday 23 April 2023. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 22 May 2023. Any prospective applicants are welcome to contact me for an informal discussion about the position. All the best, gm --------------------- Professor Graham Meikle Director, Communication and Media Research Institute College of Design, Creative and Digital Industries University of Westminster, UK National Teaching Fellow<https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/awards/teaching-excellence-awards/national-tea…> Latest book — Deepfakes<https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=deepfakes--9781509548200>, published October 2022 The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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Article needed (1994)
by Marra, Monica 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

Dear all in the list, would anyone be so kind as to send me this article (1994)? Gresham, J. L*. *(1994),* From Invisible College to Cyberspace College: Computer Conferencing and the Transformation of Informal Scholarly Communication Networks.* “Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal”, 2(4), 37-52. Thanking you anyway for your attention, regards, Monica Marra -- Monica Marra, technologist https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica_Marra/ INAF Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna / Astrophysics and Space Science Observatory, Bologna via Gobetti 93/3 40129 Bologna - Italy office: Teleworker / Plesso del Battiferro, 3W1 email: monica.marra(a)inaf.it

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CfP: EuroXR 2023, 29 Nov - Dec 1, 2023, Rotterdam, Netherlands
by Wolfgang Schäfer 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- --- The 20th EuroXR International Conference - EuroXR 2023 29 Nov - Dec 1, 2023 Rotterdam, Netherlands https://www.euroxr-association.org/conference2023 --- The EuroXR Association (https://www.euroxr-association.org/) would like to invite researchers and practitioners in the field of XR to contribute to the 20th EuroXR International Conference - EuroXR 2023. This year, the EuroXR Conference will be colocated with Immersive Tech Week (formerly VRDays). It will be held with in-person attendance. Also, we will reinvigorate the applications track, the live on-site demos, and the posters. So participants will get an exciting and enriching experience. We seek original, high-quality contributions in all areas related to virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and 3D user interfaces. Authors of the top papers will get an opportunity to submit an extended version to the journals Computers & Graphics or Frontiers in Virtual Reality. Important Dates Deadline scientific papers: April 24, 2023 Notifications: June 12, 2023 Rebuttal deadline: June 19, 2023 Final notifications: July 3, 2023 Camera-ready: September 18, 2023 Conference: November 29, 2023 Each deadline is 23:59:59 AoE Types of contributions * Scientific papers (full, medium, or short) must describe novel research results and will be published in a Springer LNCS volume (Lecture Notes in Computer Science); * Applications extended abstracts are meant to describe practical use cases of XR technologies and will be published in an ISBN-registered proceedings, edited by VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. * Posters may present preliminary results or work-in-progress of research or application projects. They are accompanied by an extended abstract. * Demos may accompany any type of submission or may be submitted independently. They are accompanied by an extended abstract. In the scientific track, authors can choose between: - Full paper: 14-20 pages in the Springer format (about eight pages in traditional two-column format) with ~30 minutes of presentation at the conference. - Medium paper: 8-12 pages in Springer's format with ~20 minutes of presentation. - Short paper: 4-6 pages Springer format with ~10 minutes presentation. This type is meant for work-in-progress, position papers, and similar content. Submissions to the applications, posters, or demos track will consist of a 2-4 pages extended abstract. Upon acceptance, they will be published in the ISBN-registered proceedings, edited by VTT, as mentioned above. More information about these tracks will appear soon on the conference web page. Review process The review process in the scientific track will be performed in two stages. During the first stage, all submissions will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers, and notifications will be sent to the authors. Authors will then have an opportunity to clarify issues identified by the reviewers. In the second stage, the reviewers will make a final recommendation on the paper. Submission Guidelines Submissions to the scientific track have to be uploaded to the submission management system of Springer (EquinOCS). More information on this and formatting instructions will appear soon on the conference web page. Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published. A manuscript is considered to have been previously published if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book or conference proceedings that is reliably and permanently available afterwards in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A manuscript identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part) to one submitted to EuroXR should not be simultaneously under consideration for another conference or journal during any part of the review process, from the submission deadline until final notifications of decisions are emailed to the authors. Submissions (including citations and optional videos) should not contain information that identifies the authors, their institutions, funding sources, or their places of work. Relevant previous work by the authors should be cited in the third person to preserve anonymity. In case of acceptance, at least one author is expected to present the paper in person at the conference. Topics of Interest EuroXR specifically covers, but is not limited to the following topics. Human factors - User studies on all topics related to XR - Presence, realism, validity, fidelity - 3D user interfaces and/or 3D interaction metaphors - Self-representation and embodiment, avatars, virtual humans - Cybersickness and side effects - Perception and cognition - Cost-effectiveness and cost efficiency - Ethical procedures and guidelines - Cybersecurity, data protection and other legal issues Technologies - XR system architecture - Collaborative and distributed XR - Augmented Reality and mobile devices - Augmented virtuality - Novel input devices - Tracking and motion technologies - Advances in display technologies - Image-based 3D modeling and rendering - Realistic rendering of dynamic or complex scenes - 3D audio rendering and related technologies - Haptics and force-feedback, algorithms, systems, and devices - Real-time audio rendering and interfaces - Real-time modeling & simulation - Immersive collaboration: technologies, use cases, management - Immersive analytics: interactions, models, architectures - Artificial intelligence for XR - Virtual humans for XR - Crowd simulations - Teleoperation and telepresence Applications - Industrial applications - Aerospace and Transport - Construction and Architecture - Manufacturing and Engineering - Consumer neuroscience - Organizational neuroscience - Medicine and Rehabilitation - Product and Process design - Robotics - Training and Education - Cultural heritage - Creative Practice - Serious Gaming and Edutainment Scientific Program Chairs Krzysztof Walczak, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland Gabriel Zachmann, University of Bremen, Germany Omar A. Niamut, TNO, The Netherlands Mariano Alcañiz, LabLENI/UPV, Spain Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Simon Fraser University, Canada Kyle Johnsen, University of Georgia, USA General Chairs Greg Welch, UCF, Florida, USA Patrick Bourdot, University Paris-Saclay, VENISE team, France Benjamin de Witt, Director Immersive Tech Week, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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[RESAW Conference/Register to attend by 30 April] Exploring the Archived Web During a Highly Transformative Age Marseille 5/6 June 2023
by GEBEIL Sophie 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

Dear colleagues, There are only 20 places left to register for the RESAW 2023 International Conference<https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/11> in Marseille on 5 and 6 June. All the information you need to register is below. Best regards, Sophie RESAW 2023: Exploring the Archived Web During a Highly Transformative Age <https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/11> 5/6 June 2023 - Registration is now open What will remain in thirty years' time of the satirical videos published online during the imprisonment, the websites of the NGOs mobilised in Ukraine, the student groups on social networks or the academic journals? How can we study, preserve and transmit this native digital heritage at a time when technological, environmental and political changes are disrupting the production and dissemination of knowledge and shaking up certainties about ethics and democracy? The conference, which will bring together the main specialists in the study of web archiving from around fifteen different disciplines and 17 countries, on 5 and 6 of June at the MUCEM Lab, proposes to better understand the challenges posed by web archiving, both from a patrimonial point of view and from the point of view of its exploration by researchers who use it as material in the study of recent phenomena and the history of digital cultures. After the founding conference in Aarhus in 2015, London (2017), Amsterdam (2019), Luxembourg (2021), the RESAW 2023 conference will be held in Marseille for the first time in France. Organised by the TELEMME laboratory (MMSH, CNRS-AMU) and supported by the Mission Interdisplinarité(s) of the University of Aix-Marseille, the Marseille conference, entitled "Exploring the Archived Web during a Highly Tranformative Age", aims to examine the evolution of web archiving by highlighting the ways in which its exploration allows a better understanding of the profound transformations of contemporary societies. Access to the conference is only open after registration. Registration link: https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/11 Registering is subject to availability (Up to 90 attendees). Deadline for registering is 30th April. Conference Website: https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org<https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org/> Retrouvez ces informations : - sur le site de TELEMMe : https://telemme.mmsh.fr/?evenement=resaw-2023-explorer-le-web-archive-dans-… - sur le site d'Aix-Marseille Université : https://www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/actualites/explorer-le-web-archive-dans-u… Contact : resaw2023(a)sciencesconf.org<mailto:resaw2023@sciencesconf.org> Org. RESAW 2023 Conference Exploring the Archived Web During a Highly Transformative Age<https://resaw2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/2>. Publication: Website Story - Histoire, mémoires et archives du Web<http://www.inatheque.fr/publications-evenements/publications-2021/website-s…>, INA (2021) [https://sesame.univ-amu.fr/Logos/logo_amu.png] Sophie Gebeil - Maître de conférences Histoire contemporaine - INSTITUT NATIONAL SUPERIEUR DU PROFESSORAT ET DE L'EDUCATION Aix-Marseille Université - UMR TELEMME 7303 (CNRS-AMU) - 2 AVE J. Isaac - 13626 Aix-en-Provence ; Tél: +33(0)4 13 55 15 84 https://telemme.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/membres/Sophie_Gebeil Carnet de recherche http://madi.hypotheses.org Email : sophie.gebeil(a)univ-amu.fr<mailto:sophie.gebeil@univ-amu.fr> Afin de respecter l'environnement, merci de n'imprimer cet email que si nécessaire.

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keep up to date with INC via our new Telegram channel and the good old newsletter
by Geert Lovink 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

We invite you to join our new Telegram channel, a place where we can connect through collaborative conversations, livestreams and the sharing of our latest publications such as books, zines, articles, videos, events and much more. To subscribe to the Institute of Network Cultures channel click here: <https://t.me/networkcultures> In our Telegram channel, we encourage you to use the comment section to engage in critical conversation but lurking is also fully supported. Because we believe in self-organisation, comments will not be actively moderated. If you find yourself uncomfortable with any content or comment you can report it to us via info(a)networkcultures.org <mailto:info@networkcultures.org>. Let’s enjoy digital awkwardness together. You can also subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with what we have been working on by clicking here: <https://app.inboxify.nl/sign-up/v2/61624D6C4D7347364669303D/70526431794B634…>

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One week left to apply: Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Culture at Manchester Uni
by Lukasz Szulc 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

Hi everyone, A reminder that there is one week left to apply for the permanent position of Lecturer(Assistant Professor) in Digital Media and Culture (Teaching & Research) at the University of Manchester, UK. We are interested in candidates with expertise in one or several of the following domains: * Race in digital culture * Chinese or global digital media * Post-colonial/de-colonial theory and digital media Closing date: 24th April 2023 Full details of the job are available here: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=24968 Feel free to contact Łukasz Szulc at lukasz.szulc(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:lukasz.szulc@manchester.ac.uk> with any enquires about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews. Best wishes, Łukasz Dr Łukasz Szulc<https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/%C5%82ukasz-szulc> (he/him) Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture University of Manchester UNITED KINGDOM @Twitter<https://twitter.com/LukaszSzulc> | @GoogleScholar<https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=1X7eQV0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> RECENT PUBLICATIONS (2023) Culture is transnational. Available here<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779221131349>. (2022) A Lot of Straddling and Squirming: Taking Queer Migrant Stories beyond the Academic and Digital Walls. Available here<https://academic.oup.com/ccc/article/15/2/276/6556263>. (2021) Uncanny Europe and Protective Europeanness: When European Identity Becomes a Queerly Viable Option. Available here<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380385211024117>. (2020) Digital Gender Disidentifications: Beyond the Subversion Versus Hegemony Dichotomy and Toward Everyday Gender Practices. Available here<https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/15396/3255>.

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NEW ARTICLE on AI, Surveillance, Gamified War and the Discord Leaker
by Dr. Emma Briant 16 Apr '23

16 Apr '23

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am just writing to share my latest article with you, now out on SpyTalk 'The Air Force Loves War Gamers Like Teixeira: The Discord leaks reveal a digital culture problem that more AI surveillance can’t solve <https://www.spytalk.co/p/the-air-force-loves-war-gamers-like>.’ It looks at the problems with AI insider threat firms like Palantir, as a response to leakers and why the military is recruiting people just like Teixeira… and encouraging them all to bond on Discord where extremists hang out. The piece gives a deep dive on the US military's effort to create an attractive war game culture to pull in young future cyber warriors. I also gave this talk on Contemporary Propaganda and Digital Mercenaries <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmB5wtdD9i8> this week for Kyiv School of Economics. There is an intro in Ukrainian before the lecture in English. And I also was interviewed about Russian influence operations, new technologies and Western responses to the Silicon Curtain podcast <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8O__A37KGo> recently… I hope you find the article an interesting and illuminating read and have a chance to view the talks! You can share the article here on Twitter <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1647486104382078976?s=20>or Mastodon <https://mastodon.online/@emmalbriant/110206990100353022>or LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emmalbriant_the-air-force-loves-war-gamers-l…> . Best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Incoming: Associate Professor at Monash University Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> Book agent: Inkwell Management <https://inkwellmanagement.com/> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Support my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Sign up for my Newsletter <http://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/>! Follow me on Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Incoming: Associate Professor at Monash University Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> Book agent: Inkwell Management <https://inkwellmanagement.com/> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Support my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Sign up for my Newsletter <http://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/>! Follow me on Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown

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INTERACT 2023: Short extension on deadlines for next round of submissions
by Jose Abdelnour-Nocera 16 Apr '23

16 Apr '23

***** Apologies for any cross-postings ****** Due to a number of requests, we are extending the deadline for the next round of submissions (Short Papers etc) for INTERACT 2023 from April 19 to April 26. The website and PCS submission system will be updated to reflect this as soon as possible. In addition, Posters can have four pages of text for the extended abstract PLUS one page for references. Any questions, please email helen.petrie(a)york.ac.uk<mailto:helen.petrie@york.ac.uk> Information about the conference (to be updated!): https://interact2023.org/

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Fwd: Technolinguistics Conference Final Program May 24-26 - please circulate
by Ilana Gershon 15 Apr '23

15 Apr '23

Dear interested persons, We are delighted to invite you to the international workshop:*Technolinguistics in Practice: Socially Situating Language in AI Systems * *May 24–26, 2023, University of Siegen, Germany* *Keynotes: Paul Kockelman, Michael Castelle and Ilana Gershon* Conference hosted by the Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation” https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/de/veranstaltungen/#technolinguistics-i… <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/de/veransta…> *Day 1: Wednesday, 24.05.2023 | Machinic Agents and Interactions * 14:00–14:30 Conference Opening 14:30–15:45 Keynote Paul Kockelman Who Do We Talk to When We Talk to Machines? Linguistic Anthropology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 16:00–17:30 Session 1 Becoming a Conversational Agent User: Interaction with an “Automated Operator” in Phone Information Service Alisa Maksimova What Was the Smart Speaker? David Waldecker, Axel Volmar, Tim Hector and Christine Hrncal 17:45–19:15 Session 2 How Human Interaction Can Inspire Convivial Language Technology Andreas Liesenfeld and Mark Dingemanse Frameworks as Infrastructures of Conversational AI Marcus Burkhardt and Susanne Förster *Day 2: Thursday, 25.05.2023 | NLP Structures and Ideologies* 10:00–11:15 Keynote Michael Castelle Text as Task: A Guide to the Transformer Architecture and its Language Ideologies 11:30–13:00 Session 3 From “Natural” to “Culturally Grounded” and “Socially Anchored“: Examining the Notion of Language in NLP Christoph Purschke, Alistair Plum and Catherine Tebaldi What Python Can’t Do: Language Ideologies in Programming Courses for Natural Language Processing Joseph Wilson 14:15–15:45 Session 4 Pragmatics in the History of NLP Evan Donahue Understanding the Limitations of Large Language Models Ole Pütz and Steffen Eger 16:15–17:45 Session 5 Indexing Semantic Association Tyler Shoemaker Machine Learning as Semiotic Mediation Yarden Skop and Siri Lamoureaux *Day 3: Friday, 26.05.2023 | Sociocultural Contexts* 10:00–11:15 Keynote Ilana Gershon ChatGPT: Genre, Scale, Animacy 11:30–13:00 Session 6 Reconfiguring the Regimentation of Multilingualism: From National Epistemology to Global Surveillance Britta Schneider Voice Diagnostics and Stress Monitoring: Infrastructuring and Automation of Health Data Tanja Knaus and Susanne Bauer 14:15–15:45 Session 7 ConMan: Stories from a Cooperative Anthro-computational Approach to the Study of Conspiracy Theories Alistair Plum, Catherine Tebaldi and Christoph Purschke Abstracting Away: ‘Speakers’ and Minoritised Communication Ideologies Alicia Fuentes-Calle 16:15–17:00 Session 8 It Is a Match: Language, AI-Powered Matchmaking and the Politics of Employability Alfonso Del Percio 17:00–18:00 Wrap-Up & Discussion on Follow-Up Publication and Project Planning Registration: Attending the conference is free. We kindly ask guests to register via technoliguistics(a)sfb1187.uni-siegen.de Conference Website https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/veranstaltungen/technolinguistics-in… <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/veransta…> Location Campus Unteres Schloss Building C, Room 109 Unteres Schloss 3 57072 Siegen The conference is funded by the DFG – German Research Foundation.

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