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CfA: ICA pre-conference - The Political Power of IT Industries
by Roei Davidson 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Dear all, Please consider submitting an abstract to the ICA 2025 pre-conference on "The Political Power of Information Technology Industries" which will take place June 12, 2025 at the University of Denver. Full details below. All the best, Roei Call for abstracts: The Political Power of Information Technology Industries ICA 2025 pre-conference To be held at the University of Denver, June 12, 2025, 9:00AM – 4:30PM Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025 *Call also available here*: https://t.ly/ZbeO5 Affiliated with the Communication, Law and Policy Division and the Media Industries Interest Group of ICA Sponsored by the Institute for Information Policy at Pennsylvania State University and the Underwood Institute Co-Organizers: Roei Davidson, Amit Schejter, Krishna Jayakar Scientific Committee: Roei Davidson, Krishna Jayakar, Brandie Nonnecke, Rodrigo Cetina Presuel, Amit Schejter & Richard Taylor The information technology (IT) industries occupy a powerful position in society. They develop, operate and sell key data infrastructures and devices that enable major social and political processes to take place (Plantin et al., 2018). Ownership of these infrastructures gives them “privileged access” (Srnicek, 2017, p. 44) to user activities and great wealth. These provide them in turn with significant power that directly impacts the political rights as well as conditions of people worldwide. Within their infrastructures, these industries often operate as if they own fiefdoms, enjoying broad powers to shape and restrict users’ behaviors, and designing systems that grant users feudal power over others (Schneider, 2023). In the past, the IT industries - including software, hardware, storage, and internet platforms - were reluctant to participate in political life and overtly exert power but rather turned to the construction of computational devices and networks as alternative spaces for individual fulfillment (Turner, 2006). However, in recent years, IT firms (Dror, 2015) and entrepreneurs (Creech & Maddox, 2022; Karppi & Nieborg, 2021) have been more explicit in their public commitments and interventions. They have used their access to data to promote particular political agendas and “choreograph publics” (Murray & Flyverbom, 2021, p. 630) consonant with both their narrow corporate interests and more general social visions. They provide political campaigns with technical assistance (Kreiss & McGregor, 2018) and regulate political speech (Kreiss & McGregor, 2019). They have influenced public policy domains such as education in ways that promote the adoption of the systems they develop and the values they espouse (Davidson et al., 2024; Sims, 2017; Tamir & Davidson, 2020). In some areas, such as national security, the state has relied on IT firms to carry out core political functions by proxy (Chachko, 2021; Feldstein, 2021). Prominent IT executives and entrepreneurs claim the authority and jurisdiction to participate in moral debates well beyond the confines of the industry (Daub, 2020), and network celebrities connected with these industries do so as well (Turner & Larson, 2015). Some industry personnel participate in political activism leveraging their occupational identity and social status as technology experts. In many of these cases, the industry’s power is not only mediated by the socio-technical systems it develops but is also applied using direct interventions (Eyal & Buchholz, 2010) which rely on human interaction and social discourse. In reaction to these interventions and the increased power of the industry more generally, governments (both national and supra-national) have acted to curb industry power or shape it for their own needs sometimes in a bid to deepen systems of political control (Feldstein, 2021; Hutson, 2023). In addition, governments often restrict foreign firms and maintain close ties with domestic ones (Huang & Tsai, 2022). Given the more proactive role the IT industries play in political life we wish to ask in this pre-conference: How do the IT industries intervene in political campaigns? How do these industries shape the public policy process through lobbying, donations and consulting, both in relation to media and internet policy and in relation to broader policy domains? How do their products algorithmically affect the political process? What role do industrial actors play in opposing, or supporting and sometimes leading activist movements? How do industrial actors intervene in intellectual debates? and how do governments respond to industry interventions and/or co-opt the IT industries for their own purposes? In posing these questions and related ones, we welcome theoretical and empirical contributions that draw on diverse methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and computational) to interrogate these industries’ political role around the world nationally and trans-nationally in both democratic and authoritarian regimes. Submission topics could include but need not be restricted to: *Intellectual interventions such as lectures, media appearances, news coverage, podcasts, blogging, social media, think-tanks, official testimony, and industry research *Political dimensions inherent to the design and functioning of IT platforms and services *Lobbying and other forms of participation in the public policy process *Corporate, investor and worker activism *Political donations *Participating in and supporting political campaigns and other elements of the formal political process *Supporting, providing, or replacing state functions *National and supra-national policy related to the IT industries ------------------------------------------------- Workshop Organizers: Institute for Information Policy, Penn State. Submissions: Interested scholars are invited to submit a 500-word abstract by January 31, 2025. Authors of selected papers and abstracts will be notified by February 21, 2025. Full papers based on invited abstracts are due May 12, 2025. Proposals and papers should be sent by e-mail to the Workshop Organizers at pennstateIIP(a)psu.edu. Inquiries should also be directed to that address. Registration Fee: There will be a $50.00 registration fee for participants to cover the cost of food and refreshments during the Workshop. Limited funding will be available to waive the registration fee of at least some graduate student attendees who will be presenting at the pre-conference. Following the pre-conference, authors will be invited to submit a full paper for potential inclusion in a peer-reviewed special issue of the Journal of Information Policy. References Chachko, E. (2021). National Security by Platform. Stanford Technology Law Review, 25(1), 55–140. Creech, B., & Maddox, J. (2022). Thus spoke Zuckerberg: Journalistic discourse, executive personae, and the personalization of tech industry power. New Media & Society, 14614448221116344. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221116344 Daub, A. (2020). What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley. FSG Originals. Davidson, R., Rein, N., & Tamir, E. (2024). The time-making capacity of the technology industry and its consequences for public life. Journal of Cultural Economy, 17(1), 55–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2023.2261483 Eyal, G., & Buchholz, L. (2010). From the Sociology of Intellectuals to the Sociology of Interventions. Annual Review of Sociology, 36(1), 117–137. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.012809.102625 Feldstein, S. (2021). The rise of digital repression: How technology is reshaping power, politics, and resistance. Oxford University Press. Huang, J., & Tsai, K. S. (2022). Securing Authoritarian Capitalism in the Digital Age: The Political Economy of Surveillance in China. The China Journal, 88, 2–28. https://doi.org/10.1086/720144 Hutson, M. (2023). Rules to keep AI in check: Nations carve different paths for tech regulation. Nature, 620(7973), 260–263. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02491-y Karppi, T., & Nieborg, D. B. (2021). Facebook confessions: Corporate abdication and Silicon Valley dystopianism. New Media & Society, 23(9), 2634–2649. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820933549 Kreiss, D., & McGregor, S. C. (2018). Technology Firms Shape Political Communication: The Work of Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and Google With Campaigns During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Cycle. Political Communication, 35(2), 155–177. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2017.1364814 Kreiss, D., & McGregor, S. C. (2019). The “arbiters of what our voters see”: Facebook and Google’s struggle with policy, process, and enforcement around political advertising. Political Communication, 36(4), 499–522. Murray, J., & Flyverbom, M. (2021). Datafied corporate political activity: Updating corporate advocacy for a digital era. Organization, 28(4), 621–640. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508420928516 Plantin, J.-C., Lagoze, C., Edwards, P. N., & Sandvig, C. (2018). Infrastructure studies meet platform studies in the age of Google and Facebook. New Media & Society, 20(1), 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816661553 Schneider, N. (2023). Afterlives of the Californian Ideology| Homesteading on a Superhighway: The Californian Ideology and Everyday Politics. International Journal of Communication, 17, 4255–4271. Sims, C. (2017). Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism. Princeton University Press. Srnicek, N. (2017). Platform Capitalism. Polity. Tamir, E., & Davidson, R. (2020). The good despot: Technology firms’ interventions in the public sphere. Public Understanding of Science, 29(1), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662519879368 Turner, F. (2006). From counterculture to cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the rise of digital utopianism. University Of Chicago Press. Turner, F., & Larson, C. (2015). Network celebrity: Entrepreneurship and the new public intellectuals. Public Culture, 27(1 75), 53–84. -- Roei Davidson <http://roeidavidson.com>, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Communication University of Haifa

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PhD Impact of Digital Technologies on Public Education (in The Netherlands)
by Helmond, A. (Anne) 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

PhD Impact of Digital Technologies on Public Education (in The Netherlands) at Utrecht University Over the past two decades, Big Tech companies have steadily increased their influence over public education. This influence has become particularly evident with the rise of platforms and artificial intelligence (AI). Big Tech conglomerates are restructuring the education sector by incorporating new generative AI (GenAI) infrastructures and applications into their own educational services, while simultaneously integrating them with third-party edtech vendors. We are looking for a PhD candidate for a research project on Public education, Big Tech and AI in the Netherlands, which is part of the Spinoza-funded research programme Governing the Digital Society, chaired by Professor José van Dijck. More information: https://www.uu.nl/organisatie/werken-bij-de-universiteit-utrecht/vacatures/… Deadline for application: 15 November 2024

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Call for Papers for ethics workshop in conjunction with the conference AI for Humanity and Society 2024 (Deadline: October 17, 2024)
by Ylva Hård af Segerstad 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Dear AoIR community, In conjunction with the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2024 in Gothenburg, Sweden, we organize a workshop titled: "Unfolding Ethics in Research and Society: Beyond Ethical Principles and Guidelines” With the fabulous opening speakers Annette Markham (Chair Professor of Future Digital Literacy and Public Engagement, Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Gordana Dodig Crnkovic (Professor of Computer Science, Mälardalen University & Professor of Interaction Design, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) we invite participants to send a 2 page submission, bringing their own view and application of criticality and ethical implications in research to the table. Submission deadline: 17 October 2024 Link to event: https://wasp-hs.org/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2024-workshop-7-unfolding-e… Hosts Sara Ljungblad (Associate professor of Interaction Design, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), sara.ljungblad(a)chalmers.se<mailto:sara.ljungblad@chalmers.se> Ylva Hård af Segerstad (Professor of Communication, Dept. of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg, Sweden), ylva.hard-af-segerstad(a)ait.gu.se<mailto:ylva.hard-af-segerstad@ait.gu.se> About Critics of literature, music, art and theater is essentially understood as a foundational appreciated practice with a well-established role in society (Idhe, 1998). They bring nuanced perspectives of critical questions that is reflected in the work and how this sheds light on the society. Some research areas within AI and autonomous systems, such as human-robot interaction, has traditionally a weaker tradition of unfolding criticality beyond ethical principles and guidelines (Ljungblad et al, 2018, Ljungblad et al., 2023). The biomedical heritage of ethical guidelines has been critiqued for decades by social science and humanities research communities as they are ill-suited and outdated when it comes to qualitative social research, as well as digitally saturated or data-implicated research contexts (Markham, 2023). There is a risk that engagement with research ethics frequently remains superficial, formulaic, and focused on procedures rather than the application of ethical thinking to the practical concerns of research and socio-technical development to achieve ethically responsible research and design (Hård af Segerstad, Kasperowski, Kullenberg & Howes, 2017). Thus, there is a growing urgency for adopting broader perspectives and delving into critical inquiries concerning the actual and prompted integration of AI and autonomous systems into everyday life. WASP-HS is an excellent research initiative where criticality and ethics relevant for technology such as AI and autonomous systems can build on traditions from the arts and humanities in unfolding criticality and ethical perspectives essential for high quality research that benefit a democratic society. This workshop aims to provide researchers and other interested stakeholders (such as industry experts and designers) with hands-on opportunities to delve into criticality and ethics, addressing methodological and epistemological concerns in their practices. We welcome participants from diverse disciplines, such as Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Robot Interaction (HRI), Science and Technology studies (STS), Software Engineering, Law, Design, Sociology, Anthropology, Education, Media Studies, Communication, Ethics, Philosophy of technology, Applied ethics and more for an exploration of their work related to the theme of the workshop. The workshop is a halfday event and will begin with opening remarks from Annette Markham (Chair Professor of Future Digital Literacy and Public Engagement, Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Gordana Dodig Crnkovic (Professor of Computer Science, Mälardalen University & Professor of Interaction Design, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), who will lay the groundwork for the session. The workshop will then proceed with participants engaging in hands-on activities focusing on unfolding, sketching and discussing ethical and critical considerations for a researcher’s emerging “ethical compass”. We invite participants to send a 2 page submission, bringing their own view and application of criticality and ethical implications in research to the table. We welcome submissions that reflect on, but not limited to, the following aspects: * Positionality and bias in the research process * Criticality in research practices * Vulnerability * Normates and normativity * Moral blindness * Critical inquiry * Critical robotics * Ethics of care and other ethical directions * Sustainability in research * Ethics as entaglement * More than human perspectives * Responsible AI * Responsible robotics * Artistic perspectives of ethics and criticality * Research processes without any ethical challenges * Research processes with severe ethical challenges * Unethical and ethical aspects of ethical review processes Best regards, Ylva H. ___________________________ YLVA HÅRD AF SEGERSTAD Professor UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG Department of Applied IT, 412 96 Gothenburg Visiting address: Forskningsgången 6, 417 56 Gothenburg, Sweden Mobile: +46 76 618 32 20 Email: ylva.hard-af-segerstad(a)ait.gu.se https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/ylvahard-af-segerstad Zoom: https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/ylva.hardafsegerstad

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University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science: Reseaerch Vacancies
by Announce 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science Postdoctoral Research Associates in Multi Robotic Systems Application Deadline: October 18, 2024 No. of Positions: Four (4) The University of Cyprus announces four (4) Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, focusing on Multi-robotic Systems (MRS), for full-time employment. The successful candidates are expected to conduct top-quality research on collaborative drone operations (including cooperative aerial robotic flight planning, task execution and reasoning, as well as cooperative distributed control) with applications in urban air mobility and disaster management. Job Details  The successful candidates are expected to: •Conduct research in the area of Multi-Robot Systems (MRS), within the context of research and/or innovation projects. •Use machine learning techniques including reinforcement learning, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), and transformer models for MRS tasks and scenarios that are adaptable and reusable to exploit acquired knowledge and tools. •Develop next-generation autonomous systems for effective, safe, and secure operation during MRS missions, enhancing overall operational performance. •Execute simulation-based scenarios using ROS-Gazebo for dataset generation, training, testing, and evaluation of novel algorithms. •Implement and field-test state-of-the-art drone fleets using both open-source (Ardupilot/PX4) and proprietary (DJI) flight controller platforms. •Provide technical expertise for the development and implementation of multi-robotic systems. •Collaborate with external partners, including industry and first responder organizations, to evaluate newly developed technologies in these areas. •Engage in the preparation of research and/or innovation proposals. •Prepare reports and EU-funded project deliverables. Application  Interested candidates can submit their applications online through the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment •Cover letter explaining the interest of the applicant in pursuing a career at the KIOS CoE, along with employment availability date •Short summary of prior work experiences, activities and accomplishments (can be combined with the cover letter) (2 pages maximum) •A detailed curriculum vitae in English •Copies of transcripts of BSc/MSc/PhD or other degree(s) •Copy of an English language certificate •Identify at least two referees that can provide reference letters

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About estimation of quantity of Tweets per keyword
by Xanat Meza 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Hello everyone, I know that this question might not have an answer given the changes Twitter has gone through in the last year, but I thought it was worth a shot. Is there any online tool that could estimate the quantity of Tweets containing a keyword within a specific time frame? Regards, Xanat V. Meza Ph.D. Kansei, Behavioral and Brain SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba M.A. Media and Communication Yeungnam University B.D. Graphic Communication Design Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

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Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) Panels at the 2025 Political Studies Association's Annual Conference (Deadline on the 18th)
by McLoughlin, Liam 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Dear AoIR friends, The Technology, Internet, and Policy PSA Specialist Group is inviting you all to submit proposals for the PSA Annual Conference. It will take place from 14 to 16 April 2025 in Birmingham (UK). You can see the PSA's call out here: https://www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-annual-conference. We welcome proposals on all aspects related to the intersection of our core topics (tech, internet, digital politics), and can include, but not exclusive of, research relating to data, artificial intelligence, social media and their intricate relationships with society and policy. The deadline for submission is 18 October. How to submit: * Log into the PSA25 Ex-Ordo website (https://psa25.exordo.com/) with your account details and click on the dashboard link in the top bar. On the dashboard home page, you will see a card that says, 'SUBMIT ABSTRACT' and a button labelled 'Submit Your Abstract Now' which will take you to the My Submission Portal * In the My Submission portal, you will find an easy step-by-step process to follow and successfully submit your abstract * When submitting your abstract, please select the "Technology, Internet and Policy" Specialist Group's name in the 'Topics' section, which will identify us as the intended recipient and ensure your abstract is sent to us by the PSA team * When there is more than one author per paper, you should also ensure that the 'Lead Author' includes the details of the co-authors * That's it! Timeline: * 18th October: CfP closes * 15th November: paper givers notified if paper has been accepted * December: first draft programme released and early-bird registration opens * February: paper givers must have registered for conference Please do forward this invitation to anyone who you think might be interested in submitting to be in a TIP panel! As always, if you have any questions please get in touch. We're also very happy to give plenty of advice to ECRs and the general conference process if you feel you need it. We're super nice (promise). Any other questions? Get in touch via email<mailto:tip@psa.ac.uk> (tip(a)psa.ac.uk) Best, Liam McLoughlin On behalf of the TIP Group Website: https://psatip.uk BSky: techpolicy.bsky.social<https://bsky.app/profile/techpolicy.bsky.social>

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CFP "Digital Family Practices" ISA Forum 2025 Rabat, Morocco
by Monika Palmberger 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, We warmly invite you to submit a paper for the ISA panel “Digital Family Practices” at the ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat, Morocco, 6-11 July, 2025. Please submit your proposal here, deadline 15 October:https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/… Digital Family Practices Digitization and digital practices have a profound impact on the ways we live our everyday lives. We use smart phones and computers for entertainment, shopping and work, as well as distant parenting. Wi-fi connection points represent large structural and institutional transformations, that also changes the way we do families and close relations. Although we still both marvel and feel uneasy over leaps in the development in digital possibilities, most digital tools have become inevitable and unassuming parts of our everyday lives. Digitalization changes the precondition to do family life and accelerate the questions of what consequences these changes have on families, in families and for society. This paper session welcomes empirical, theoretical or methodological studies on digitally fueled transformations of the family, that: · look at digital family practices, including among migrants, transnational families and refugees, on school and work platforms, in digital personal communication, relations of care, parenting, digital intimacy and play. · focus on how digital practices reproduce or challenge traditional family norms, gender norms and norms for parenting, and the display of such norms · address all digitally fueled transformations of the family, and how these transformations impact and challenge family both as a concept, a social practice and as an institution in different societies around the world · apply and develop the theoretical knowledge of family as a practice, addressing new forms of family sovereignty as well as vulnerabilities in and for the family due to digitalization in everyday lives. Session Organizers: Nora KOTTMANN German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo Monika PALMBERGER, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna Randi WÆRDAHL, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Best wishes, Monika ----------- Dr. Monika Palmberger https://www.monikapalmberger.eu Latest publications Migrants and New Media: Digital Ethnography, Transnationalism, and Superdiversity. In The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity. 2023. Refugees enacting (digital) citizenship through placemaking and care practices near and far. In Citizenship Studies. 2022. Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies (with Katja Kaufmann). In Media and Communication. 2022. Narratives of Transnational Placemaking. Exploring Migrant Workers’ Hidden Histories through Memory-Guided City Walks. In Narrative Culture. 2022. The Nexus of Anthropology and Narrative: Ethnographic Encounters with Storytelling Practices(with Barbara Götsch). In Narrative Culture. 2022. Special issues Across mobile online and offline spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, and ethics (with Katja Kaufmann). In Media and Communication, 2022. ‘Let me tell you a story‘: anthropological encounters with narrative (with Barbara Götsch). In Narrative Culture, 2022. Books How Generations Remember (open access!) Memories on the Move Care across Distance

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2 PhD Scholarships Available: Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public Debates
by Axel Bruns 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Dear friends, I am now calling for expressions of interest to fill the last two PhD positions in my current Australian Laureate Fellowship project on the drivers and dynamics of partisanship and polarisation in online public debate, based in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology. If you are aware of anybody in your networks who may be interested in this opportunity, I would very much appreciate it if you could pass this information on to them. We are hoping for these PhD students to start in Semester 1/2025 (in late February 2025), so prospective PhD students should contact me as soon as possible. Here are the details: 2 PhD Scholarships: Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public Debates Start date: Semester 1/2025 (enrolment by 24 February 2025) Stipend: A$32,192 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years / A$45,000 per annum for Indigenous candidates (tax-free) Institution: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia For further information, see https://www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/polarisatio… and contact Prof. Axel Bruns (a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au) Research Outline: We offer two scholarships on this topic, and specifically seek at least one Indigenous Australian candidate. Students from diverse and multilingual backgrounds are also especially encouraged to apply. Candidates may come from a range of backgrounds within the humanities and social sciences, and have an interest in working within media and communication studies, with a particular interest in populism, propaganda, and/or polarisation. At least one candidate should also have an interest in affect, emotion, identity, and fandom in public and political communication, and the way that these factors overlap and intersect with partisanship and populism. Candidates should have an interest in, and early experience with, working with qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed-methods research approaches; our work provides options for drawing on big data from news media and social media sources as well as for deep analysis of small, targeted collections of content. In particular, this may also include multi-modal approaches which investigate the "video first" Internet and the way that this emphasis on audiovisual content affects the dynamics and drivers of partisanship and polarisation. Indigenous Australian candidates are welcome to address any relevant topic. Indigenous candidates may be interested in addressing topics like the recent Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia and/or similar processes elsewhere in the world; however, there is absolutely no requirement for Indigenous candidates to address only such topics. Successful Indigenous Australian candidates will be eligible for the Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award (IPRA), which supersedes the 'Polarisation and Partisanship in Australian and International Public Debates' scholarship stipend. These two PhD projects will contribute to the work of the Australian Laureate Fellowship project Drivers and Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation in Online Public Debate, a groundbreaking research project led by Prof. Axel Bruns and funded by the Australian Research Council for the period of 2022-27, and join a team of more than ten doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on related issues. The successful candidates will be supervised by Professor Axel Bruns and other members of the Laureate team, and have the opportunity to engage in an innovative and highly active team of researchers using cutting-edge qualitative and quantitative methods ranging from in-depth manual content analysis through computational social science to AI-enhanced analysis of public communication data from news media and social media sources. The candidates will join the vibrant scholarly community of the world-leading QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), and have an opportunity to connect with researchers across its domestic and international partner networks. As a member of the DMRC, you will also join a supportive and welcoming environment that prides itself on our respectful and diverse community. -- Prof. Axel Bruns FAHA FQA (he/his) Australian Laureate Fellow, 2022-26: Polarisation and Partisanship a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au -- http://snurb.info/ -- @snurb_dot_info Programme Leader: Digital Publics QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ -- @qutdmrc -- @socialmediaQUT Chief Investigator: Australian Search Experience ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) https://www.admscentre.org.au/ -- @admscentre Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Z6-503, Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld. 4001, Australia -- TEQSA PRV12079 CRICOS 00213J

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PhD opportunity on Cybersecurity and AI
by Mamello Thinyane 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Colleagues, We are looking for a PhD researcher to join an exciting project investigating human and AI collaboration in Security Operations Centres (SOCs) at the University of South Australia. Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising cybersecurity with a double-edged effect. While attackers leverage AI to develop increasingly sophisticated and novel attacks, defenders can also utilise AI to enhance their detection, analysis, and response capabilities. Security operations centres (SOCs) are adopting AI technologies to support security analysts, boosting their overall defensive posture. This project will be undertaking research that contributes to effective teaming between human and machine agents across key cybersecurity functions, improves cyber situational awareness through collaborative intelligence, and supports the evolution towards SOC of the future. It will investigate innovative solutions to enhance collaborative intelligence (also called hybrid intelligence), leveraging human and artificial intelligence affordances, in SOC. This is a fully funded project undertaken in partnership with an industry partner. It will involve 60 days of industry engagement where the researcher will receive first hand industry experience, cybersecurity career advice, and mentoring. Key requirements: - Australian citizenship/permanent residence or New Zealand citizenship - An Honours or Masters degree in ICT related field - Experience in cybersecurity and AI - Passion about the topic More information is available at https://www.unisa.edu.au/research/degrees/human-ai-collaboration-in-soc Please circulate on relevant networks. Kind regards, -- Mamello Thinyane | Optus Chair of Cybersecurity and Data Science UniSA STEM | University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes Blvd, Mawson Lakes | SA 5095 Tel +61 8 8302 3255 mamello.thinyane(a)unisa.edu.au<mailto:mamello.thinyane@unisa.edu.au> | www.unisa.edu.au<http://www.unisa.edu.au/> This email is intended for the addressee(s) only. Should this email be received in error by a person or company other than those intended, the contents of this email are confidential and must not be released or used by a person or company not authorised to do so. CRICOS No. 00121B

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Texts & Technology PhD program information sessions
by Mel Stanfill 07 Oct '24

07 Oct '24

Hi all, The Texts and Technology PhD at the University of Central Florida (Orlando) is holding two upcoming information sessions. T&T is a rigorous interdisciplinary doctoral program that trains students to critique, invent, and apply information practices in relation to emergent media in and beyond the humanities. Integrating fields such as writing, rhetoric, philosophy, technical communication, and history with digital methods and practices in coding, gaming, and archiving, the Texts and Technology Ph.D. program supports engagement with digital practices in the dialectical, rhetorical, procedural, and critical-cultural fields. Furthermore, students engage with the political, social, and philosophical dimensions of this work, dealing with gender, race, power, ethics, and related concerns. Graduates have developed rich knowledge of the practices, applications, history and theories of information practices and are trained to conduct primary research related to a broad range of topics. Diverse student projects have focused on textuality, visuality, the arts, science communication, history, city planning, forensics, community activism, mapping, memory, universal access, medical rhetoric, gaming, folklore, food, and war. To learn more, sign up for one of our information sessions: October 17th at 6pm Eastern https://applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id=6017785b-d5b8-469b-a0ac-3ca9… <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapplynow.…> November 13th at 6pm Eastern https://applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id=a6d29580-49d5-4328-a98f-82cc… <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapplynow.…> Best, Mel Stanfill, PhD Associate Professor Texts & Technology / English University of Central Florida http://www.melstanfill.com

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