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Upcoming webinar: ChatGPT vs. Claude – Generative AI for Social Media Analysis
by Alessandro Zonin 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

Dear AoIR Members, We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, "*ChatGPT vs. Claude: How Generative AI Can Support Social Media Analysis for Social Research*" scheduled for Tuesday, November 26, from 7 - 9pm CET. This session will explore cutting-edge applications of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to enhance social media analytics, focusing on techniques including: - Extracting social media data - Social media text analysis with AI - Topic modeling of social conversations - Extracting insights and generating content for research purposes *📅 Date: Tuesday, November 26 ⏰ Time: 7 - 9pm CET 📍 Register Here: Eventbrite Registration Link <https://www.eventbrite.it/e/chatgpt-vs-claude-generative-ai-for-social-medi…>* *SPECIAL OFFER: Apply the discount code AIRONLY to enjoy a 10% discount. * Cannot attend? Other contents are available in an online self-paced format <https://alessandrozonin.gumroad.com/>. I look forward to e-meeting you and exploring these advanced techniques together. Best, -- Alessandro Zonin Digital Data Stories <https://digitaldatastories.it>

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CFP Cambridge Forum for AI: SI on Empirical Ethics.
by Paula Helm 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

Dear List, find here a call for papers at the: Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society The journal invites submissions for its upcoming Themed Issue: Empirical AI Ethics. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-forum-on-ai-culture-and-s…<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-forum-on-ai-culture-and-s…> The issue will be Guest Edited by Selin Gerlek and Paula Helm (University of Amsterdam). The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 March 2025. Invited full papers will be accepted on a rolling basis. Cambridge Forum on AI is a newly founded flagship journal at Cambridge University Press. Fully Open Access. No APCs. Looking forward to your submissions, Paula & Selin. And here is the call description: "In recent years, AI has become a central force in shaping various aspects of human life, ranging from decision-making over cultural production to societal infrastructures, sparking wide-ranging ethical debates. However, classical approaches to AI ethics often rely on abstract principles and Western-centric perspectives that may overlook the lived experience of those directly and even indirectly affected by AI systems. This themed issue seeks to address these issues by focusing on empirical approaches to AI ethics, which ground ethical reflection on concrete practices, values, and experiences. Empirical AI Ethics continues the so-called empirical turn in epistemology, the humanities and beyond by connecting insights gained through qualitative and quantitative research with value considerations. The analytical focus thereby shifts from a focus on top-down ethical principles to understanding what different actors and stakeholders consider desirable and undesirable practices, whether at the individual, societal or institutional level. Empirical AI Ethics, as advanced in this themed issue, enacts a turn towards a horizontal perspective (bottom-up or from within), captured in terms like ethics in practice, fieldwork ethics, empirical philosophy, or everyday ethics. While there are several approaches to empirical ethics, this issue will present reflections inspired by lines of tradition within philosophy and anthropology that build on a situated understanding of knowledge, including science and technology studies (STS), feminist care and biomedical ethics, postphenomenology, material semiotics, and praxeology. Unlike classical AI ethics, such empirical approaches to AI ethics do not determine a priori what is good and right. Instead, enquiry focuses on the perspectives and opinions of affected communities regarding normative issues emerging vis-à-vis the implementation of AI systems within various areas of life. In addition, through participant observation and different forms of public intervention or case study, hegemonic tools, procedures, norms, infrastructures, and institutions can be challenged by comparing them to alternative perspectives offering different conceptions of what is good and right. We invite contributions that feature relevant case studies as well as conceptual and methodological considerations, focusing on but not restricted to the following approaches and topics: · Horizontal Approaches to AI Ethics · Everyday Ethics and Ethics from Within · Feminist Data Science and Empirical Ethics · Care Ethics and Fieldwork · Ethics of AI, Logistics, and Infrastructures · Empirical Philosophy and AI · Decolonial Approaches to AI Ethics · Indigenous AI and Ethics · AI and Public Affairs · Ethnographic Inquiries into Values and AI · Artistic Inquiries into AI Ethics · Ethics and Global Digital Infrastructures · Ethics of Interface Design · Experimental AI Ethics · Speculative Fiction and AI Ethics · Digital Citizenship Studies Contributions may resonate with either one or a combination of these directions. In doing so, this issue will unite conceptual reflection on, exemplary cases of, and experiments in Empirical AI Ethics. Together, the selected papers will illuminate a range of methodological and epistemological directions, and ontological speculations, updating existing debates on both fundamental and everyday decision-making regarding the development, implementation, and usage of AI systems." _____________________ Dr. Paula M. Helm , Asst. Prof. in Data Science & Empirical Ethics, Coordinator MA Cultural Data & AI, Media Studies Department Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies, Research Lead: Empirical Ethics Group University of Amsterdam Personal Profile<https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/e/p.m.helm/p.m.helm.html> - Publication<https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/e/p.m.helm/p.m.helm.html#Publications> - Zoom<https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/6747115965> CALL FOR PAPERS OUT! EMPIRICAL AI ETHICS @Cambridge Forum for AI<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-forum-on-ai-culture-and-s…>

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ISOC online course on Disability Leadership in Internet governance and digital rights
by Joly MacFie 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

The ISOC Accessibility Standing Group is delighted to announce that the first ISOC Disability Leadership Training in Internet Governance and Digital Rights course will be open from 11th November, 2024 and run for three weeks. This has been made possible with the support of the Internet Society Foundation. The course provides information to equip disability advocates, Internet Governance (IG) practitioners, and trainers with the tools needed to promote digital inclusion for persons with disabilities. The objectives of this course are to: - Provide a thorough understanding of Internet governance policies, organisations and real-life opportunities for participation - Serve as a resource to integrate accessibility and disability into the broader Internet governance debate The course is self-paced but will be facilitated by tutor calls at least once per week. The first tutor call will be on 14th November so persons need to have completed module 0 and 1 before the 14th. To enrol, persons should first make sure they are a member of the Internet Society at: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/ and then follow the link https://bit.ly/DLIGDR to the course. The course is offered in a high and low bandwidth version that is the standard practice for the Internet Society. The high bandwidth version of this course has international sign interpretation of the video and full transcripts. The low bandwidth version may at this stage better suit screen reader users. Please note that this is a pilot course. Feedback is welcomed on how to improve the interface. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing, 20–22 May 2025, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Deadline: 15 January 2025
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (IEEE HPSR) 20–22 May 2025 @ Suita, Osaka, Japan https://hpsr2025.ieee-hpsr.org/ Paper Submission Due: 15 January 2025 Acceptance Notifications: 20 March 2025 Camera Ready Due: 15 April 2025 Author Registration Deadline: 15 April 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The design of next-generation networks and future communication systems will be shaped by improved services, leading to greater management complexity for network providers across diverse technology platforms. Innovative networking technologies are essential to efficiently and effectively handle the complexities of traffic demands, particularly with the rise of over-the-top services offered by network data-center operators and individual companies. The focus of IEEE HPSR 2025 is to asses groundbreaking services and technologies and their impact on networks, telecommunications, and supporting data communication systems. To inspire these discussions, we are seeking original and thought-provoking works on switching, routing, and networking and their applied technologies. Submissions on autonomous networks, 5G/6G, IoT, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics, including AI/ML for communications and networking, are also encouraged. Research work on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for consideration: High-Performance Functionality and Architectures: * Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping * Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks * Applications of GPU on network functions * Data center and wide-area networks * Efficient data structures for networking applications * High-speed packet processors * Multiprocessor networks * Network management * Network traffic analysis and measurements * Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols * Routing and resource allocation * Standardization activities of emerging switching and routing * Switching architectures * Switching, bridging, and routing protocols * Traffic characterization and engineering Optical Communication and Networks: * Disaster-resilient networks * Fiber-wireless convergence * Free space optics and optical LANs * Hollow-core fiber communication * Hybrid fiber-wireless networks * Optical access networks * Optical backhaul for wireless networks * Optical data center networks * Optical fiber communication and networks * Optical network architectures * Optical networks for cloud/fog * Quantum optical communications * Subsea communication and networks * Techno-economics and network economics * Visible light communication and networks Network Technologies and Applications: * AI/ML for communications and networking * Augmented and virtual reality * Big data and analytics in smart city * Blockchain for communications and networking * Cyber-physical systems and networks * Defence communications and networking * Game theory with networks * Network economics and pricing * Network function virtualization * Open networking * Power-line communication * Rural and remote connectivity * Security, privacy, and trust * Signal processing for communications * Smart grid communication networks * Software-defined networks * Spectrum sharing models Emerging Technologies: * 5G-advanced and 6G technologies * Edge technologies * Full-duplex communications * Future technologies for IoT * Green communications and networking * Haptic and holographic technologies * ICT enabling technologies for e-health systems * Integrated sensing and communication * Intelligent meta-surfaces * Millimeter-wave communications * Molecular communications * Nano-networking * Quantum communication and networks * Satellite internet * Semantic communications * Testbed and prototype implementation * UAV communications and networking * Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications * Wireless body area networks * New paradigms in networking and communication systems Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: 15 January 2025 Acceptance Notifications: 20 March 2025 Camera Ready Due: 15 April 2025 Author Registration Deadline: 15 April 2025 General Chairs: Kohei Shiomoto, Tokyo City University, Japan Guido Alberto Maier, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Technical Program Chairs: Eiji Oki, Kyoto University, Japan Bijoy Chand Chatterjee, South Asian University, New Delhi, India Roberto Rojas-Cessa, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering 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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CfP GIG-ARTS 2025: The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges, 26-27 May 2025, Salerno
by Mauro SANTANIELLO 09 Nov '24

09 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, We are glad to announce that The Ninth GIG-ARTS Conference will be held at the University of Salerno on 26-27 May 2025 *.* Please find hereafter the *Call for Papers the GIG-ARTS 2025 Conference.* Feel free to disseminate this call. Submissions are already open, we are looking forward to receiving your abstracts describing your latest research work and we very much hope to see you in Salerno! Best regards, GIG-ARTS 2025 Organizing Committee ===== *9**th** GIG-ARTS Conference | **26-27 May 2025 Salerno* *The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges* *Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 January 2025* The European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS) gathers scholars and practitioners in an annual conference to debate the latest research on governing the global internet. Each conference highlights a main theme while also welcoming contributions on other aspects of global internet governance. Earlier GIG-ARTS meetings have addressed themes such as “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue” (Paris, 2017), “Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance” (Cardiff, 2018), “Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance” (Salerno, 2019), “Online Information Governance” (Vienna, 2021), “Global Internet Governance and International Human Rights” (Nicosia, 2022), and “The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy” (Padua, 2023), “Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects” (The Hague 2024). *GIG-ARTS 2025* The Ninth GIG-ARTS Conference, to be held at the University of Salerno on 26-27 May 2025, takes as its main theme “The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges.” The concept of digital sovereignty has gained increasing attention and importance in recent years, driven by a complex array of political and economic motivations, geopolitical tensions, and technological developments. The idea of state sovereignty, once largely limited to territorial boundaries, is now being reimagined and redefined within the context of the digital age. National governments and non-state actors alike are struggling with the need to exert control over data, digital infrastructures, and technological ecosystems, while simultaneously navigating the challenges posed by the global nature of the internet and the influence of digital corporations. The increasing centrality of digital infrastructure in economic development, national security, and societal well-being has led many governments to reassess their role in regulating and controlling digital networks. This reassessment has been especially prominent in the face of growing reliance on foreign technology providers, concerns over data privacy, and disruptions of global supply chains. Nations like China, Russia, and the European Union have developed policies aimed at asserting their digital sovereignty, each motivated by distinct yet interrelated factors, including national security, economic protectionism, and the safeguarding of fundamental rights. Digital sovereignty is thus positioned as both a response to external vulnerabilities and an assertion of strategic autonomy in an increasingly digital world. Also in the United States of America, the traditional model of internet governance based on private sector leadership, business self-regulation, and global economic competition has been called into question by recent policy initiatives, such as the Huawei ban, restrictions on Chinese apps, the CLOUD Act, and the Chips and Science Act. Furthermore, many digital sovereignty conceptualizations go beyond a state-centric framework. One prominent perspective focuses on digital sovereignty from a grassroots point of view, which emphasizes the capacity of local communities, indigenous groups, civil society, and individuals to control their digital futures. These perspectives advocate for decentralized and community-driven approaches to digital governance, challenging both state and corporate dominance. Additionally, there are emerging discussions around corporate digital sovereignty as the tech giants' ability to become autonomous in their productive cycle (managing their own cables, data servers, storage farms etc.), or more broadly their ability to operate across borders, shaping global digital ecosystems and influencing governance decisions in ways that rival or even surpass state authorities. Finally, there are interpretations of digital sovereignty in terms of the sovereignty of cyberspace in itself, meant as self-governance by native digital institutions representing the so-called Internet Community. The pursuit of digital sovereignty generates significant tensions, particularly between the desire for national control and the need for international and multistakeholder cooperation, and despite its growing prominence, digital sovereignty remains a deeply contested concept. As a result, digital sovereignty is marked by several ambiguities and contradictions, which reflect the complexity of regulating the digital world. One prominent contradiction lies in the interplay between national autonomy and the extraterritorial projection of power. While governments seek to assert control over their digital landscapes, they also engage in actions that extend their influence beyond national borders, such as imposing data localization rules that have far-reaching implications for international businesses, or enacting digital policies that affect global internet governance. Additionally, digital sovereignty presents a paradox between constitutionalism and authoritarianism. On the one hand, some countries advocate for digital sovereignty as a necessary condition to constitutionalize the digital realm, ensuring that fundamental rights such as privacy and freedom of expression are upheld. On the other hand, the same concept can be used to justify authoritarian practices, such as state censorship, surveillance, and the restriction of access to information. This conference aims to foster a critical dialogue on the rise of digital sovereignty, addressing its motivations, ambiguities, and contradictions. We invite papers that provide both theoretical insights and empirical analyses, drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, law, economics, communication, science and technology studies. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussions that explore the future of digital sovereignty and its role in shaping the global digital order. Therefore, the Ninth GIG-ARTS Conference especially welcomes papers that address the sorts of questions listed below. We aim to compile a selection of contributions in a journal special issue and/or an edited volume. - Defining digital sovereignty: Conceptual frameworks and theories - Comparative perspectives on digital sovereignty - The economy of digital sovereignty: Protectionism vs. global digital integration - The geopolitics of digital sovereignty - Digital sovereignty and digital constitutionalism - Digital sovereignty and national security - Motivations and implications of data localization, network territorialization, and platform regulation - Digital sovereignty and digital colonialism, authoritarianism, and imperialism - The role of international organizations (WTO, ITU, etc.) in digital sovereignty - Tech standardization and sovereignty: Competing global norms - Global digital supply chains and strategic autonomy - Cybersecurity, weaponization, and digital sovereignty - Digital sovereignty and emerging technologies - Digital sovereignty and environmental issues - Digital sovereignty and Internet fragmentation As always, alongside the main theme, the GIG-ARTS conference also welcomes papers on other aspects of internet governance. *Submission information* Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts (no longer than 500 words), describing their research question(s), theoretical framework, approach and methodology, expected findings or empirical outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a peer-review process. Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through https://conftool2025.gig-arts.eu/ *Key dates* - Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 January 2025 - Notification to authors: 1 April 2025 - Deadline for author registration (at least one author must register for a selected presentation to appear on the programme): 14 April 2025 - Programme publication: 20 April 2025 - Registration deadline: 15 May 2025 - Conference dates: 26-27 May 2025 *Co-Sponsors* Internet & Communication Policy Center (ICPC) https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/ Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING) https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025 Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN) https://digitalconstitutionalism.org Italian Ministry of University and Research Grant PRIN 2022KTTSBC - CUP Master D53D23007300006 Digital Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: State Authority, Corporate Power and Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace *Programme Committee* Carolina Aguerre, Berna Akcali Gur, Francesco Amoretti, Luca Belli, Dennis Broeders, Stanislav Budnitsky, Andrea Calderaro, Olga Cavalli, Eduardo Celeste, Jean-Marie Chenou, Laura DeNardis, Dmitry Epstein, Marianne Franklin, Iginio Gagliardone, Orsolya Gulyas, Blayne Haggart, Sophie Hoogenboom, Min Jiang, Rikke Frank Joergensen, Hortense Jongen, Matthias C.Kettemann, Nanette Levinson, Robin Mansell, Meryem Marzouki, Francesca Musiani, Ricardo Nanni, Claudia Padovani, Clément Perarnaud, Julia Pohle, Dennis Redeker, Michele Rioux, Jamal Shahin, Mauro Santaniello, Katharine Sarikakis, Yves Schemeil, Jan Aart Scholte, Niels ten Oever, Nadia Tjahja, Natasha Tusikov. *Organizing Committee* Chairs: Francesco Amoretti, Nicola Palladino, Mauro Santaniello Local Team: Carlos Andrés Fonseca Diaz, Nascia Tatiana Fera, Armando Antonio Ferrara, Gerardo Ferrentino, Serena Fraiese, Chiara Spiniello, Grace X. Yang. *Venue* GIG-ARTS 2025 will be held at the University of Salerno, Campus of Fisciano. *Conference Registration and Fees* Registration fees for the Ninth GIG-ARTS Conference are 120€ for regular participants and 60€ for students showing proof of status. Conference fees (non-refundable) cover a participant kit as well as coffee breaks, lunches, and reception. Registration deadline is 15 May 2025. *Communication Channels* - Website: www.gig-arts.eu - Email for information: events(a)gig-arts.eu - Submissions: https://conftool2025.gig-arts.eu/ - X/Twitter: @GigArtsEU - Hashtag: #GIGARTS25 - Mailing list for updates: https://gig-arts.eu/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_gig-arts.eu Prof. Mauro Santaniello (PhD) Associate Professor in Political Science ICPC <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/> Director| GIG-ARTS <https://gig-arts.eu/> Coordinator| SWING <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025> Scientific Coordinator UNU-CRIS <https://cris.unu.edu/people> Associate Research Fellow | PRIN on Digital Sovereignty <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/internet-and-communication-policy-cen…> Principal Investigator Latest publications <https://docenti.unisa.it/023694/ricerca/pubblicazioni>

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The new issue of Ezikov svyat/Orbis Linguarum
by Bilyana Todorova 09 Nov '24

09 Nov '24

Dear Colleagues, The new issue (22.3) of the free-access and free-of-charge academic journal Ezikov svyat - Orbis Linguarum (ISSN 1312-0484 / eISSN 2603-4026) is out. It contains 19 manuscripts from the field of linguistics, literary studies, media studies, and cultural studies in English (10), Bulgarian (6), Ukrainian (1), Slovak (1), French (1). You may read the texts here: https://ezikovsvyat.swu.bg/index.php/en/current-issue All the best, Bilyana Assoc. Prof. Bilyana Todorova, PhD Department of Bulgarian language, South-West University, Bulgaria https://ezikovsvyat.swu.bg/ https://iowdictionary.org/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bilyana-Todorova http://ais.swu.bg/profile/bilyanatodorova

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26th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, January 4-7, 2025, Hyderabad, India
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 09 Nov '24

09 Nov '24

ICDCN 2025, the 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, will be held on January 4-7, 2025 in Hyderabad, India: https://cse.iith.ac.in/icdcn-2025/ ICDCN 2025 is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGOPS and ACM SIGMOBILE. The conference features a rich technical session with keynotes, research papers, panel discussions, posters, demos, doctoral symposium and five focused workshops in the broad area of Distributed Computing and Networking. The list of accepted papers is available online: https://cse.iith.ac.in/icdcn-2025/accepted_paper.html Conference registration is now open at https://cse.iith.ac.in/icdcn-2025/registration.html The conference program highlights include: - Three keynotes: - Allan Borodin (University of Toronto, Canada) on Online algorithms and other conceptually simple algorithms - Ness B Shroff (Ohio State University, USA) on AI-EDGE: Designing future XG Networks and Distributed intelligence - Idit Keidar (Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology) on Concurrent Data Sketches More info on the keynotes may be found at https://cse.iith.ac.in/icdcn-2025/speakers.html - Three tutorials (which are available to attend for all registrants): - Pamela Zave (Princeton Univ) and Jennifer Rexford (Princeton Univ) on Compositional Network Architecture: A New Model for Today’s Internet - Koteswararao Kondepu (IIT Dharwad) , Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma (IIT Hyderabad), Venkateswarlu Gudepu (IIT Dharwad) on O-RIDE: Open-RAN Innovation and Deployments Exploration - Bapi Chatterjee (IIIT Delhi) on Concurrent and Learned Data Structures - Six posters and demos - A doctoral symposium - Five workshops: - The 8th International Workshop on Networking Women in Distributed Computing And Networks 2025 (NWDCN) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/nwdcn-2025/home - 4th International Workshop on Machine Learning and Blockchain for Smart Society (MLBSS 2025) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/internationalworkshoponmachine/home - 4th International Workshop on Societal Computing for the Internet of Things & You (SoCIeTY 2025) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/society-2025 - Advancing Networking and Security Technologies for the AI/ML Era Website: https://mlnetsec.cse.iith.ac.in/ - International Workshop on Harnessing SDN and Machine Learning for Sustainable Network Management Website: https://tinyurl.com/IWSMN2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering 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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37th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025): First Call for Papers
by Announce 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

*** First Call for Papers *** 37th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025) September 17-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ictss-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) IFIP-ICTSS is a well-established conference where researchers, developers, testers, and users from industry get together to present and discuss the most recent innovations, experiences and open challenges related to testing software and systems and measuring software quality. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ■ Aspects of testing: test derivation, test selection, test generation, test coverage, test concretization, test implementation and execution, test result analysis, test oracle, verdict computation, test management, active testing and passive testing, monitoring and runtime verification. ■ Testing new technologies: this year we encourage submissions focused on testing Large Language Models (LLMs), audit machine learning systems (especially for applications to Health) and Quantum systems (programs, computers, and simulators). ■ Diversity on testing: diverse generation, selecting diverse test suites, foundations of testing and diversity, applications of entropy and Kolmogorov complexity on test suite diversity. ■ Theoretical approaches: formalisms (such as automata, state machines, process algebra, logics, Markov-chains...), testing frameworks, results for compositionality, refinement, soundness and completeness, addressing complex systems, heterogeneous or hybrid systems. ■ Modelling languages (such as UML, MATLAB, Simulink, Modelica...) and associated tooling for model-based testing: test generation from models, model-based oracles. Scalability, traceability, quantification issues. Automated support of any parts of the testing activities, testing processes, test-driven development, sound metrics and measurements. ■ Testing of quality aspects: Functional, interoperability, unit, integration, performance, load, conformance, non-regression, reliability, robustness. ■ Security Testing: methodologies and techniques for continuous security assessment, security monitoring, security review, penetration testing, verification of certification compliance; automation of security testing processes. ■ Cross domains and combination of techniques: using other techniques such as proof, model-checking, symbolic execution, abstract interpretation, static analysis, simulation, model learning, machine learning, expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms... to improve quality and reduce the effort in testing processes. ■ Application aspects and case studies: Communicating systems such as cyberphysical systems, systems of systems, embedded systems, web services systems, smart grids, cloud computing systems, business information systems, real-time systems, distributed and concurrent systems. Case studies and industrial applications involving qualified empirical evaluations. IFIP-ICTSS Invites: Full papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research contributions with sufficient evidence for the interest of the proposed approach. Industry papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research or experience report conducted within an industrial environment or in collaboration with an industry partner. Short papers or work-in-progress papers (up to 6 pages plus at most 1 extra page for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing academic work in progress or tool implementations, as well as testing processes, achievements and feedback on testing methods for industrial case studies. Journal-First. The aim of the Journal-First (JF) submission category is to further enrich the program of ICTSS, as well as to provide an overall more flexible path to publication and dissemination of original research that is within the scope of ICTSS. A submission in this category must adhere to the following criteria: ■ It should be clearly within the scope of the conference. ■ It should be recent: it should have been accepted and made publicly available in a journal (online or in print) by January 1, 2023 or more recently. ■ It has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, Journal- First tracks of other conferences or workshops. ■ The submission has to be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract and has to provide a concise summary of the published journal paper. ■ It must be marked as such in the submission’s, and must explicitly include full bibliographic details (including a DOI) of the journal publication they are based on. Since the referenced journal papers have already been reviewed and accepted by the corresponding journals, submissions in the JF category will not be reviewed again for technical content. Submissions will be judged on the basis of the above criteria, but also considering how well they would complement the conference’s technical program. Accepted submissions in this category will be part of the proceedings of ICTSS 2025, with the title equal to the original title of the article with the prefix. The submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ictss2025 The papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS volume. Authors should consult Springer’s Instructions for Authors of Proceedings (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and use either the LaTeX or the Word templates provided on the authors’ page. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf. Authors are encouraged to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Journal Special Issue Best papers of the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their article at a special (topical) issue of the Springer Nature of Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979) Deadline will be near the end of December 2025 with a tentative publication date for the middle 2026. Collocation ICTSS 2025 will be collocated with the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025) IMPORTANT DATES ■ Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) ■ Author Notification: June 30, 2025 (AoE) ■ Camera-ready Versions and Author Registration: July 14, 2025 (AoE) ORGANISATION Conference Chairs ■ Silvia Bonfanti, University of Bergamo, Italy ■ George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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WEBCAST 8 NOV – Unpacking Global Digital Compact | Book launch
by Joly MacFie 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/40y5ZlD [image: ISOC LIVE]On *Friday 8 November 2024* at *15:00 CET* (14:00 UTC) the *Diplo Foundation <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9b0ea146ee007100dea896a…>* will hold *a webinar to launch 'Unpacking Global Digital Compact <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6b74dfdb4763abc43b91a71…>*', a new publication written by *Sorina Teleanu <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=afd064c86053d2d7fbb86a3…>*, an expert on digital governance. Over the past 18 months, Sorina has meticulously followed the *Global Digital Compact <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2a8efd4ab1cd2810f019883…>* (GDC) process, anchoring it within the broader digital and internet governance landscape. *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/PiYQOn9a3ag <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=21392ba7e90fe33867f9bdd…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4fgfhY4 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=74326eb3595ea733b9554cf…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/40y5ZlD <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=29254a3e83dc5f41676edf5…>* TWITTER *#GDC @DiplomacyEdu <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=20427f2b623fb05131d7038…>* #GDC *MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=17ef55bd05f8cd6f80b6b83…>* | *BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=20261a96deae7289a8e88ea…>* | *INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d56a0c513ad2c02eceb397c…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is a free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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What data can't hear: A one day blue sky workshop
by Danielle Hynes 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

** apologies for crossposting ** What data can't hear: A one day blue sky workshop Convenors: Tanja Dreher, Danielle Hynes, Poppy de Souza 2 December 2024, UNSW Kensington campus Hosted by UNSW Data Justice Research Network and UNSW Media Futures Hub To register: What data can't hear<https://forms.gle/zWLYPKngGDRGfZ4T9> About: Data-driven systems, platforms and algorithms are increasingly embedded in all aspects of social life and daily communication. This 'ubiquitous datafication' is evident across domains including social housing and the NDIS, 'care' institutions, and health, education and politics. In this workshop we explore the implications of the datafication of the social world for processes and practices of political voice and listening. Datafied systems are claimed to offer increased opportunities to have a say, to be heard in decision making and service provision, and to be part of governance structures. In the context of neoliberalism, these platformed opportunities and incitements to speak proliferate, however this is a version of voice that matters less and less. By centring political voice, we draw attention to voice as agency, participation and influence - or voice that matters. The listening lens turns attention to processes and practices of receptivity, recognition and response to political voice, participation and agency. In this workshop, we consider questions around the increasing ubiquity of datafied voice and listening. We invite those interested in attending and participating in the workshop discussions to submit an EOI by Monday November 18. Kind regards, Dr. Danielle Hynes

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