May 2023 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

CFP: AI and Fandom
by Jacobs, Naomi 17 May '23

17 May '23

Dear all, On behalf of myself and fellow co-editor Suzanne Black, I would like to invite you to submit to the newly announced special issue of the open-access journal Transformative Works and Cultures, which will focus on AI and Fandom. We are looking for multi and inter-disciplinary submissions which explore how artificial intelligence and related technologies may be used by and have impact on fans, fan studies research and production of content enjoyed by fans. Suggested topics include: * The use of generative AI by fans to create new forms of transformative work * Fan responses to the development and use of AI including Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT (for example, concerns that fanfiction archives may be part of the data scraped for training models) * Explorations of copyright, ownership and authorship in the age of AI-generated material and transformative works * Studies that examine fandoms centring on speculative AI and androids, (e.g. Her, Isaac Asimov, WestWorld, Star Trek) * Methods for fan studies research that use AI and ML * The use of AI in audience research and content development by media producers and studios * Lessons that scholars of AI and its development can learn from fan studies and vice versa * Ethics of AI in a fan context, for example deepfakes and the spread of misinformation Deadline for submissions is January 1 2024, for an anticipated publication date of March 2025. For full details please see further information at the following link: https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/131 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes, Naomi Jacobs Dr Naomi Jacobs Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) The LICA Building Lancaster University Bailrigg LA1 4WY Pronouns: She/her Because I work flexible hours, you may sometimes receive emails from me outside of your usual working times, and I may not always reply immediately. Regardless of when I sent this email, please do not feel you have to respond outside your own working hours.

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UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry Summer Dissertation Fellowships due 5/25!
by Stacy E. Wood 16 May '23

16 May '23

The UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry welcomes applications for our second annual Summer Dissertation Fellowship<https://www.c2i2.ucla.edu/summer-fellowship/>! We invite applications for our Summer Fellowship from scholars whose work focuses on the intersection of the Internet and Social Identity. Applicants should have an approved prospectus by the start of the fellowship. This program is designed to release students from any employment obligations that might act as a barrier to dissertation work and awardees should consider it as their primary summer activity. Fellows will have the opportunity to meet with mentors associated with C2i2 in support of their projects. We aim to facilitate close working relationships between the C2i2 broader network and awardees to expand student networks during a crucial time in their graduate school career. Awardees are expected to meet monthly with their peers and mentors in order to present works-in-progress, receive feedback and address needs that might arise over the summer. All meetings for Summer 2022 will be virtual. Although the fellowship is confined to the summer (July-September), fellows will have access to the C2i2 network and C2i2 affiliation for the entirety of the academic year. All fellows will receive a stipend of $8,000.00. All meetings will be virtual. To apply, please submit your CV, a copy of your prospectus and a short cover letter to swood(a)c2i2.ucla.edu by May 25. We will respond to all applicants by June 1, 2023. This fellowship is made possible with the support of the Minderoo Foundation. Stacy E. Wood MLIS, PhD Director of Research and Programs UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry stacyewood.com

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Free registration open for workshop on Datafication of Borders and Migration on May 25 (in-person in Toronto and online)
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 16 May '23

16 May '23

Dear colleagues, I hope this finds you well – please consider joining us online (or in person in Toronto for those attending ICA) for a one day workshop on Datafication of Borders and Migration on May 25. Free registration is open at https://www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/events/2023/05/datafication-borders… Co-convened by Anna Triandafyllidou, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Koen Leurs, Utrecht University, Kaarina Nikunen, Tampere University, Younes Ahouga, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Lucia Nalbandian, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Toronto. Digital technologies and datafied systems are increasingly used to surveil, control and manage migration, shifting the balance in the humanitarianism-securitization nexus. New automated systems from facial recognition to language detection have profoundly intensified and changed migration and border policies. Data driven technologies have rendered borders ubiquitous, multi-layered and mundane: the outside border control has become increasingly mobile, now travelling with and tracking migrated bodies after border crossings. Datafication is often framed as a phenomenon that concerns everyone: in a highly networked digital world, datafication cannot be escaped. However, datafication does not treat everyone in the same way. Critical data studies have highlighted that automated social sorting is often based on categorizations and assumptions that echo existing social biases and historical power structures, as well as pervasive and accumulative surveillance of the already marginalized. While at the same time, data driven technologies also provide systems that support new forms of resistance and activism for people who are seeking asylum or who are on the move. This workshop brings together scholars from different disciplines to introduce their research on digital technologies and datafication in migration and to discuss its ambivalent and contradictory role for migrants compared to refugees, as well as the unsettling consequences of the use of datafication in bordering and policymaking. This workshop is organized in collaboration with CERC Migration TMU; Intimacy in Data Driven Culture (IDA) project, Tampere University; the Co-Designing a Fair Digital Asylum Research Project; and the Digital Migration Special Interest Group, Utrecht University. Warm wishes, Koen Associate professor Gender, Media and Migration Studies | Graduate Gender Programme | Department of Media and Culture Studies | Utrecht University, the Netherlands |

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Special Issue CfP: Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape
by Cigdem Bozdag 16 May '23

16 May '23

Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to a special issue that we are editing titled "Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape". This issue will be published in 2024 in Media and Communication, a Q1 international open access journal in Communication, indexed in SSCI and Scopus among others. We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions to understand disconnective practices across social media platforms, the associated micro, meso, and macro conditions, as well as democratic implications. Disconnection is broadly defined here, including tie dissolution (e.g., unfriending), content filtration, disconnecting from a platform, among others. For more information about the issue and the timeline, please see the CfP attached. The deadline for abstract submission (max. 250 words) is 10 July 2023. You can submit it via email to qinfeng.zhu(a)rug.nl and c.bozdag(a)rug.nl. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions and circulate the CfP to others who might be interested in the special issue. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards, Dr. Qinfeng Zhu and Dr. Çigdem Bozdag Dr. Cigdem Bozdag Assistant Professor Research Centre Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow Faculty of Education, FB 12, University of Bremen

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Online seats left for next weeks (un)Stable Diffusions
by Fenwick Mckelvey 15 May '23

15 May '23

Hi all Please share widely. Next Tuesday May 23, please join us for a two-day international symposium on AI's publics, publicities, and publicizations at Milieux Institute, Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. We still have some space left. (un)Stable Diffusions May 23 to May 24, 9am to 5pm EST Online and in person at Milieux Institute EV Building, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W Montreal Quebec Details: https://machineagencies.milieux.ca/unstable-diffusions/ Registration is free to attend in person and online. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unstable-diffusions-tickets-547903402827 *Description* 21st-century AI is very much in its formative stage: It is still unsettled, and is continually being both stabilised and contested by diverse sets of actors: from technologists, startup founders and global companies to policy makers, journalists, and civil society. For some, AI is being positioned as a fix to our social problems, which in turn will change how we live, communicate, work and travel. Others raise substantive concerns that these developments might reinforce inequality, exacerbate the opacity of decision-making processes, and ultimately question human autonomy. We are thus living in a time when the infrastructures and institutions of our everyday lives are being (re)built at the hands of techniques which already elude popular and professional understanding; but while the controversies about the specific pathways to be taken are still visible, we can already perceive elements of closure and institutionalization. Our symposium invites contributions from an international audience to interrogate the shaping of AI. Building on an international collaboration between research teams from Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Canada, we invite presentations that pursue critical engagements with AI’s media representations, policy framings, and scientific debates. Crucially, we also invite epistemic reflections in how we are all Shaping AI, including practice-based research or research-creation. The event is hosted at the Milieux Institute at Concordia University by the Machine Agencies Research Group and is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Call for Workshop Proposals -- 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) -- Deadline: 31 May 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 15 May '23

15 May '23

================================================================================================================== Call for Workshop Proposals Submission The 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) www.bdcat-conference.org<http://www.bdcat-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Call for Workshop Proposals Submission Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT) a premier IEEE/ACM conference aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications. Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 Important Dates Workshop Proposals Due: 31 May 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on the quality of the proposal. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the BDCAT conference proceedings for the current year. We invite you to visit the Call for Workshops page at www.bdcat-conference.org<http://www.bdcat-conference.org> for more information about workshop chair responsibilities and additional details concerning the workshop proposals submission process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Call for Workshop Proposals -- 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) -- Deadline: 31 May 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 15 May '23

15 May '23

=============================================================================================================== Call for Workshop Proposals Submission 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) and www.ucc-conference.org<http://www.ucc-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Call for Workshop Proposals Submission Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC) is a premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to utility computing and cloud and edge computing services. Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 Important Dates Workshop Proposals Due: 31 May 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on the quality of the proposal. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the UCC conference proceedings for the current year. We invite you to visit the Call for Workshops page at www.ucc-conference.org<http://www.ucc-conference.org> for more information about workshop chair responsibilities and additional details concerning the workshop proposals submission process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Recruiting co-designers for inclusive data and digital research skills project
by Zoetanya Sujon 15 May '23

15 May '23

Dear AoIR colleagues, As part of an AHRC funded project <https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/research-at…>, we are looking for arts and humanities researchers who identify with under-represented groups in HE and data/digital research skills to work with as co-designers to develop an inclusive data and digital research skills curriculum. These are hourly paid roles for a total of 7 days between June 2023 and January 2024. While no digital research experience is required, we are looking for arts and humanities researchers from *every career stage* - including early, mid and established career stages. We are holding info sessions on May 22nd and the closing date is 9 am on May 26. For more info please email: DAReS(a)lcc.arts.ac.uk. More details and the co-designer application can be found here <https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/candidate/so…> . Grateful if you could share with any interested colleagues. All best wishes, Zo *……………………………………………………* *Dr Zoetanya Sujon (she/her)* Programme Director and Reader Designate, Communications and Media Principal Investigator, The DAReS Project - Transforming the Gap: Inclusive Digital Arts and Humanities Research Skills <https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX007510%2F1> *University of the Arts London* London College of Communication Elephant & Castle London SE1 6SB United Kingdom *E* z.sujon(a)lcc.arts.ac.uk *T *@jetsumgerl TikTok Cultures Research Network <https://tiktokcultures.com/about/> *Working pattern: Mon, Tues, Wed for Communication and Media Programme Matters. Thurs and Fri for AHRC project. Book a meeting with me on my calendar <https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/ZoetanyaSujon@artslondon.onmicro…>.* *Latest publications*: Book: (2021) *The Social Media Age <https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-social-media-age/book259859#description>* *.* Sage (2nd edition coming in 2025) (2021) Chapter 17 Disruptive Play or Platform Colonialism? The Contradictory Dynamics of Google Expeditions and Educational Virtual Reality, in Steve Gennaro and Blair Miller (Eds), *Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children's Digital Culture <https://vernonpress.com/book/1239>**.* Vernon Press, pp. 277-296

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2023
by ijwa dline.info 15 May '23

15 May '23

CALL FOR PAPERS Fifth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2023) October 09-11, 2023 University of Bedfordshire, Luton. UK www.socio.org.uk/rtis Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems by Springer https://www.springer.com/series/15179 Earlier conferences took place in Taipei, Taiwan (2018); Casablanca, Morocco (2017); Beijing, China (2016). The 5th RTIS will take place at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Over the last few years, real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed the human lifestyle. Research on real-time intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location-based services, recommendation systems, and multimedia processing. In today’s highly dynamic environment, analysing data in real-time is a must to understand how systems process data, reason the outputs, and anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to topics, such as: Artificial Intelligence Techniques Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Streaming data, streaming engines Trace-based intelligent real-time services Adaptive vision algorithms Location-based services Intelligent Robotic Systems Collaborative Intelligence Processing Intelligent Databases Data capture in real-time Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Data Analysis Intelligent Database Systems Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Intelligent Information Systems Privacy and Security in Intelligence Software Engineering Solutions Intelligent Soft Computing Real-time multiprocessor systems Internet of Things Architectures for Intelligence Real-time distributed coding Smart services and platforms Real-time modelling user information needs Wireless Communication Real-time intelligent communication Real-time intelligent network solutions Mobile Smart Systems Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors, Expert Systems Smart Life Systems Decision support systems in real time Multi-agent Intelligent Systems Multilingual information access Recommendation systems Real-time intelligent, alert systems Real-time remote access systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Critical Real-Time Applications Hybrid Intelligent Systems Real-time noise removal systems Event-driven analytics Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Machine translation in real time OLAP for real-time decision support Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through OpenConf (https://www.socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/) Author instructions and LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available on the submission page. Submitted papers should be within 14 pages (long papers) and eight pages (short ones), including figures, tables, and references. Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with full registration. The proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems by Springer. Extended versions of the conference papers will be considered for publication in the below journals. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE) Future Internet https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet Data https://www.mdpi.com/journal/data (For Data and Future Internet, the discounted APC is applicable, which is 50%) Journal of Digital Information Management Journal of Intelligent Computing Venue The venue is the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Important Dates Full Paper Submission: July 20, 2023 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 15, 2023 Registration Due: September 15, 2023 Camera Ready Due: September 15, 2023 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: October 08, 2023 Main conference: October 09-11, 2023 Post-conference proceedings: October 25, 2023 General Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez-Jorge, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University , Czech Republic Martín LÓPEZ-NORES, University of Vigo, Spain Program Chairs Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India Workshop/Special Issues Chair Ezendu Ariwa, University of Warwick, UK www.socio.org.uk/rtis Contact: stm(a)socio.org.uk

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Teaching Fellow, Digital Media and Culture, CIM Warwick
by Michael Dieter 15 May '23

15 May '23

Hi Air-L, We're looking to hire a Teaching Fellow for our MA programme in Digital Media and Culture, more information is below. Appreciate any forwarding to potentially interested candidates. Cheers, --------------- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at University of Warwick is seeking to appoint a one-year full-time Teaching Fellow to start by mid-September 2023 ideally or by 9 October 2023 at the latest. You will possess experience in teaching in Higher Education and have a background in digital culture, digital media studies and/or social studies of technology appropriate for research-led teaching. You should have completed a PhD in a field related to the above, or have your viva scheduled. You will contribute to our MA Digital Media and Culture programme by teaching on some of our core and option modules. These include: - Approaches to the Digital. - Digital Objects, Digital Methods. - User Interface Cultures. - Media Activism. You will deliver lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials, and undertake module planning, curriculum development, marking of work and provision of feedback. You will also be available for office hours, monitor student attendance, and participate in moderation and academic integrity processes in accordance with the Centre’s quality assurance practices. All applications must be accompanied by a CV and covering letter and names of two referees. If you have not had the viva for your PhD, at least one of your referees should be a current supervisor. Please direct all informal inquiries to Professor Celia Lury at c.lury(a)warwick.ac.uk. More information is available here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair… All the best, -- Michael Dieter

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