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Islamic AI
by Gohar F. Khan 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Happy to announce the publication of new book: Islamic AI: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZMSHK1P Thanks, Gohar

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ISOC LIVE - Upcoming and recently webcasts
by Joly MacFie 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

**Since April 1 2024 - the ISOC Live community livestream service is no longer funded by the Internet Society - big thanks to our first monthly sustaining sponsor Vint Cerf for his support! ** *UPCOMING* *Tue 2 April* 23:30 UTC A11yNYC – A Taste of ReelAbilities New York 2024 – Isaac Zablocki https://isoc.live/17459/ ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/Z5U5nKVM2S *Wed 3 April* 09:45 UTC - Finnish Internet Forum 2024 EN Session - Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 https://isoc.live/17554/ ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/W1UyLWJDPk 10:30 UTC - Manthan: A Stakeholder discussion on the Digital Competition Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P6uKO3mT_w 21:00 UTC - IPNSIG Academy Keynote: Chasing Peaceful Innovation – Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar governance – Jacob Malthouse https://isoc.live/17561/ ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/FAC5e3p6eF *Thurs 4 April* 10:00 UTC - AFRINIC - La story des Points d’Echange en Afrique https://isoc.live/17567/ ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/8B8r5Lqke0 *RECENT WEBCASTS* MAR 27 – PAYAIG – Community Engagement & Roadmap to ICANN 81 Fellowship https://isoc.live/17540/ MAR 27 – Technical Conference on Sustainability of Last-Mile Connectivity Providers in Underserved & Unserved Areas in Nigeria https://isoc.live/17531/ MAR 26 – NYC Mesh Org Meetup https://isoc.live/17525/ MAR 26 - Internet Governance: Where technical protocols meet global affairs https://isoc.live/17517/ MAR 26 – ISOC Nigeria – About Universal Acceptance https://isoc.live/17512/ MAR 23 – NYC School of Data 2024 https://isoc.live/17500/ ( still processing recordings - see https://bit.ly/nycSOdata2024) MAR 21 - AFRINIC - Internet Development Initiatives in Africa https://isoc.live/17481/ MAR 20 – Tendances mondiales du droit à l’oubli / Global Trends in the Right to be Forgotten https://isoc.live/17485/ MAR 19 – Using data for accountability: Lessons learned from the Oversight Board’s impact https://isoc.live/17455/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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[CFP] IEEE IoT World Forum 2024 (Ottawa, November 9 to13) - Extended Deadline: April 22, 2024
by Leivadeas, Aris 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

* Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 10th anniversary of the World Forum on the Internet of Things (WF-IoT2024) marks a significant milestone for this distinguished IEEE IoT conference and gathering. Recognized as a premier event in the IoT landscape, WF-IoT serves as a vital platform for both academic and industry professionals passionate about Internet of Things (IoT) advancements. WF-IoT seeks submissions and proposals for original technical papers and presentations that address the Internet of Things (IoT), its theoretical and technological building blocks, the applications that drive the growth and evolution of IoT, operational considerations, experimentation, experiences from deployments, and the impacts of IoT on consumers, the research community, the public sector, as well as commercial and industrial sectors. This anniversary edition promises to uphold the tradition of fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and exploration of the latest trends and innovations within the dynamic realm of the Internet of Things. The theme for WF-IoT2024 is "Unleashing the power of IoT with AI", encouraging the submissions of content focused on aspects of IoT that cover most of our planet and the near-space environment. The World Forum will be held in-person. All accepted Peer-Reviewed Technical Papers will be included in the proceedings (in IEEE Xplore). A complete list of topics and directions can be found on the IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things Website: https://wfiot2024.iot.ieee.org/ *** IMPORTANT DATES *** * Full Paper Submission Date: 22 April 2024 * Notification of Acceptance Date: 15 July 2024 * Final Paper Submission Date: 1 August 2024 * Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31878 *** TECHNICAL TRACKS *** * Sensors and Components * Connectivity * Security and Privacy * Applications and Use Cases * AI/ML and IoT * Autonomous Technologies and Cyber-Physical Systems * Digital Twins *** SPECIAL SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND INDUSTRY FORUMS *** As part of the Technical Program, the World Forum is also seeking proposals for (1) Special Sessions consisting of peer-reviewed papers focused on research topics of importance to IoT; (2) Workshops, consisting of peer-reviewed papers, discussions, keynotes and summary results about advanced topics relevant to IoT. Workshop summary results will be edited and published as part of the WF-IoT2024 Proceedings; and (3) Industry Forums consisting of presentations, executive forums and panel discussions aimed at research topics important to industrial IoT issues. The proposals are due by 20 April 2024.Once accepted, proposers for Special Sessions and Workshops will issue an individual call for papers for selected topics. * Paper submissions for Special Sessions and Workshops are due 15 May 2024 *** ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE WF-IOT2024 PROGRAM *** WF-IoT2024 will also feature the following: * Plenary sessions * Tutorials on Research and Industrial Hot Topics * Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum * Young and Professionals (YP) Forum * Masters/PhD Forum and Student Paper Contest (MP) * Entrepreneurial Forum The deadline for speaker nominations and content for the WIE, YP, and Entrepreneurial Program is 1 June 2024 Aris Leivadeas | Associate Professor Department of Software and IT Engineering École de technologie supérieure | University of Quebec 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, office A-3415 Montréal (Québec) H3C 1K3 Tel. 514 396-8860 | etsmtl.ca<http://etsmtl.ca/> Find us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/etsmtl> - Twitter<http://twitter.com/etsmtl> - YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/etsmtl> - LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/school/etsmtl/>

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New textbook on computer-mediated communication
by Judith Rosenbaum-Andre 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

We are pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of *Computer-Mediated Communication: Approaches and Perspectives *by John C. Sherblom and Judith E. Rosenbaum. *Computer Mediated Communication *describes the constraints, experience, relationships, interactions, and implications of CMC; using the multiple perspectives of media richness, naturalness, synchronicity, affordances, personal identity, presence, propinquity, social information processing, hyperpersonal, and deindividuation; as they occur in the interactions of individuals, groups, and communities; with implications for Proteus effects and actor-networks. The second edition substantially updates each of these perspectives with a description, multiple applications, analysis and critique, practical examples, illustration of concepts, communication ethics challenge, and set of discussion questions. Additional information including a preview of the book containing a table of contents, preface, introduction, and sample chapter; active learning supplements, teaching resources, and reviews are available at: https://titles.cognella.com/computer-mediated-communication-9798823307987 These materials support teaching a CMC course in a synchronous classroom, asynchronous online, or hybrid format to individuals or groups of student participants. john(a)maine.edu is happy to discuss and respond to inquiries of alternative ways of doing this. Judith E. Rosenbaum, PhD Chair | Associate Professor Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine 414 Dunn Hall Orono, ME 04469 www.juditherosenbaum.com/ @JudithRBaum

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CFP - Internet Society Foundation Research Grant
by Upasana Hembram 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Greetings from the Internet Society Foundation! We would like to invite the AoIR community to submit proposals for the Research grant program. Here is the full CfP: Internet Society Foundation is proud to announce the opening of its 2024 application cycle for the Research grant program. This program offers grants of up to USD $500,000 to support researchers worldwide examining the future and sustainability of the Internet. Independent researchers, non-profit organizations and public research institutions worldwide are invited to submit proposals that explore the following thematic areas: * A Trustworthy Internet * Decolonizing the Internet * Greening the Internet * The Internet Economy Independent researchers may receive up to USD $200,000, while organisations and institutions can receive up to USD $500,000. IMPORTANT DATES: Call opens: April 2nd, 2024 Application window closes: May 14th, 2024 at 2100 UTC The Internet Society Foundation is committed to open access research, and all funded projects must be published and freely available to the public. Applications from underrepresented groups in the research community are strongly encouraged. You can learn more and apply at https://isoc.pub/ResearchGrant We look forward to reading your proposals! Upasana Hembram Associate Program Officer Internet Society Foundation

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CAiSE'24: Last Mile for Research Projects Exhibition
by Announce 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

*** Last Mile for Research Projects Exhibition *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 15th April, 2024 AoE (extended) ***) CAiSE 2024 features a Research Project Exhibition (RPE@CAiSE'24) where researchers and practitioners can present their ongoing research projects (e.g., Horizon or ERC projects, national grants) in the context of Information Systems Engineering. The main objective of this call is to serve as a forum where presenters can disseminate the intermediate results of their projects or get feedback about research project proposals being developed. The exhibition will also provide a warm environment to find potential research partners, foster existing relationships, and discuss research ideas. To participate in the RPE@CAiSE'24, the authors should submit a short paper (5-8 pages) showcasing the project, including the participants, the main objectives of the project and relevant results obtained so far (or expected results in the case of project proposals). Each submission will be peer-reviewed on the relevance of the submitted paper in the context of CAiSE 2024. If the paper is accepted, the authors will be invited to register for the conference to present their work at the Research Projects Exhibition session at CAiSE 2024. The accepted contributions will be proposed for publication by CEUR proceedings using the 1-column CEUR-ART style. In addition, the authors of the most influential project presented at the RPE@CAiSE'24 will receive an award distinguishing their contribution as the "Most Influential Project of the Research Project Exhibition @CAiSE'24". RESEARCH PROJECTS REQUIREMENTS For the Research Projects Exhibition, we solicit submissions of projects related to the topics of CAiSE that meet the following criteria: • Projects funded by the European Union, by national or local funding organisations, or even by individual universities and industries. • Projects focused on fundamental research, applied research or more industry-oriented. • Research projects carried out by an international consortium of partners or by a national research team. • Research statements for future projects concerning the Information Systems Engineering community. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers should be submitted via Easychair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024) by selecting the "Research Projects Exhibition". Each submission of a research project should include: • The project's full name, acronym, duration (from-to), participants, funding agency and URL. • Names of presenter(s) and main contributors. • Abstract and keywords. • Summary of project objectives and expected tangible outputs. • The relevance of the project (or one of its work packages) to the topics of the International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. • If the project is ongoing: summary of current status and intermediate results. All submissions should be 5 to 8 pages long and be formatted as a 1-column CEUR-ART style (templates available at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/) An intention to submit should be performed one week before the deadline, including the full name of the project, the authors' name and the abstract. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. In case of disagreement, a third member of the Program Committee will review the submission. The Program Committee will comprise international researchers with expertise in the field. ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATION During the Research Projects Exhibition session, the authors of accepted contributions will present the research project. Details about the format of the session and instructions to prepare the presentation will be given to authors after the acceptance notification. At least one author of each submission accepted for the Research Projects Exhibition must register and attend the conference to present the work. The author needs a full registration to present the research project. IMPORTANT DATES • Intention to Submit (Abstract Submission): 8th April, 2024 (AoE) (extended) • Submission: 15th April, 2024 (AoE) (extended) • Notification of Acceptance: 29th April, 2024 • Camera Ready: 13th May, 2024 • Author Registration: 13th May, 2024 • Conference Dates: 3rd-7th June, 2024 RESEARCH PROJECTS EXHIBITION CHAIRS • Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu, Estonia • Henderik A. Proper, TU Wien, Austria

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CFP: Cybercrime minitrack at HICSS-58
by Piotr Siuda 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues We'd like to invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Cybercrime minitrack. Fast-track journal options are involved: selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. Here is the full CfP: Research of the Internet as a site for communication and networking has focused mostly on legal practices. Recent years have nevertheless seen a significant increase in cybercrime, including illegal commerce being conducted on various platforms. In the public eye, much of it is associated with the non-indexed Dark Web, but research tells us that it is likewise present on many clear web sites and being conducted via numerous social media and instant messaging services. Rarely a day goes by without cybercrime being reported in the media. Examples include online trading in narcotics and other illicit goods and services, the hijacking of individual accounts and organizational systems, extortion, exit scams, fake investments in cryptocurrencies and even blatant information manipulation for financial gain. This minitrack aim is to give insights and develop a theoretical and practical understanding of issues related to cybercrime without excluding any methodological approaches. We welcome conceptual, theoretical, empirical and methodological papers that enrich our understanding of illegal online practices. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Cybertrespass (e.g., unauthorized system access) Cyberdeception and cybertheft (e.g., online fraud, identity theft) Exploitation imagery (e.g., child sexual exploitation materials) Cyberviolence (e.g., cyberstalking, cyberbullying) Cyberterrorism (e.g., different intrusions, building extremist networks) Trading in illicit goods and services online The use of the Dark Web as a marketplace or information sharing environment Using social media and instant messaging services for illicit trading Ransomware Phishing and scamming Cryptomarkets and cryptocurrencies Information manipulation for commercial gain Dark Web deception, risk, security, and privacy Differences between legal and illegal online trading Regional differences in cybercrime Investigative techniques and methods for cybercrimes Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Author Instructions: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Cybercrime minitrack website: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#cyberc… IMPORTANT DATES: April 15, 2024: Paper submission begins (through HICSS systems: https://hicss-submissions.org/) June 15, 2024: Paper submission deadline (11:59 pm HST) August 17, 2024: Notification of acceptance/rejection September 22, 2024: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author for each paper to register for the conference MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS: Piotr Siuda (Primary Contact) Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland piotr.siuda(a)ukw.edu.pl J. Tuomas Harviainen Tampere University tuomas.harviainen(a)tuni.fi Robert W. Gehl York University rwg(a)yorku.ca Juho Hamari Tampere University juho.hamari(a)tuni.fi -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* -- *Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic*, *Bloomsbury Academic Press*, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gaming-and-gamers-in-times-of-pandemic-979876… *-- The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games*, *Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences*, https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106706 *-- The Problematic nature of evaluating esports' "genuineness" using traditional sports' criteria: In-depth interviews with traditional sports and electronic sports journalists,* *Leisure Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215471

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CFP: Esports minitrack at HICSS-58
by Piotr Siuda 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues We'd like to invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Esports minitrack. Fast-track journal options are involved: accepted research will be considered for publication in the Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports (Human Kinetics) special issue. Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. Here is the full CfP: Esports research is a young yet burgeoning field with both extensive challenges and opportunities. Despite the ever-growing breadth of esports research, esports presents many opportunities for academics and industry professionals to continue examining new and unique ways in which electronic games will impact and change societies worldwide. In the last decade, esports have ceased to be seen solely as entertainment and have burgeoned into a multi-billion dollar area within the wider video gaming industry. We also continue to see increases in the number of esports players and games, events organized, viewership online and in-person, and the growing professionalization of the industry as a whole. Traditional sports still draw more viewers and generate more revenue. However, esports continue to increase their reach and potential through the growing number of broadcasted games, tournament prize pools, and increasing advertising potential of esports games. Despite the increasing popularity of esports, much more research is still needed in all areas. Moreover, because electronic gaming technology continues to develop at a rapid pace (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality, the “metaverse”), there is virtually no limit to esports research. This minitrack aims to provide insight into any and all areas of esports’ theoretical development and practical understanding without excluding any methodological approach or scientific disciplines. Conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions that enrich our understanding of esports are welcome. Given the diverse goals of this minitrack, possible topics include, but are not limited to: Business, e.g., discovering esports consumers’ motivations; designing effective marketing tools; understanding players’/esports’ networks and organizations; gamers/fans as consumers. Cognitive Science/Psychology, e.g., studying factors influencing athletes’ performance; their abilities and skills; cognitive and behavioral differences between athletes. IT and Computer Science, e.g., using game telemetry, biometrics, user-generated data, or text mining to study esports, e.g., team dynamics, players’ interactions, and in-game performance. Law, e.g., copyright issues; gambling. Sociology, e.g., gamers’ and athletes’ interactions, experiences, and identities; live events and streaming dynamics; gender issues (gender gap). Media Studies, e.g., relations between esports, traditional sports, and the media; offline spaces versus live-streaming; understanding esports in terms of virtual versus actual; how technology mediates gaming; and how esports’ communities fit here. Sports Science, e.g., comparing esports and ‘traditional’ sports; esports as ‘real’, ‘genuine’ sports or new quality. Accepted research will be considered for publication in the Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports (Human Kinetics) special issue. Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Author Instructions: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Esports minitrack website: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#esport… IMPORTANT DATES: April 15, 2024: Paper submission begins (through HICSS systems: https://hicss-submissions.org/) June 15, 2024: Paper submission deadline (11:59 pm HST) August 17, 2024: Notification of acceptance/rejection September 22, 2024: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author for each paper to register for the conference MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS: Piotr Siuda (Primary Contact) Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland piotr.siuda(a)ukw.edu.pl David P. Hedlund St. John’s University hedlundd(a)stjohns.edu Emma Witkowski RMIT University Emma.witkowski(a)rmit.edu.au Lindsey Darvin Syracuse University ledarvin(a)syr.edu There are several mini-tracks related to gaming. They include Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science), Streaming Media in Entertainment (in Digital and Social Media), Games & Gaming (in Digital and Social Media), Digitalization of Work (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), and the Metaverse (in Organizational Systems and Technology). -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* -- *Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic*, *Bloomsbury Academic Press*, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gaming-and-gamers-in-times-of-pandemic-979876… *-- The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games*, *Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences*, https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106706 *-- The Problematic nature of evaluating esports' "genuineness" using traditional sports' criteria: In-depth interviews with traditional sports and electronic sports journalists,* *Leisure Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215471

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[Deadline Extended] CFP "Big Data Audiences" Special Issue of Convergence (Due: April 7)
by Jennifer Hessler 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 7th April 2024 Deadline for Full Papers: 31st July 2024 Expected date of publication: August 2025 *Big Data Audiences* *Special Issue of Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/con>* Guest Editors: Jennifer Hessler (North Carolina State University, US) and Elliot Montpellier (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, CA) Media ecosystems increasingly use big data audience insights to shape their distribution models, content production and curation, and marketing strategies, even while these developments are happening at different paces and with varied cultural and political implications from country to country. Existing scholarship on audience datafication largely takes a media economics approach, focusing on how data is informed by and shapes the actions of media industry stakeholders. This often elides the cultural stakes of audience datafication. Crucially, this issue brings together analysis of institutional structures with insights from critical sociologies of data to grapple how the big datafication of audiences converges with issues of cultural identity and exchange. This issue contends with the way big audience data practices are changing entertainment media ecosystems. Proposals might engage with how the implications of audience datafication are playing out differently in state-run, public, and commercial television systems, or how the increasing reliance on big data audience insights impacts the distribution of capital among creatives. At the same time, the issue engages with how big data is changing the way audiences are imagined and attributed value. Media distributors often spin the addressability afforded by big data as an opportunity to personalize content more effectively for globally diverse viewers. However, proposals might engage with how big data can limit the audience experience, or how the vastly scaled and real-time-actioned ways of addressing audiences also reify the distortions via which racial, gendered, national, and other inequalities manifest. We are especially interested in proposals that focus on the global south, and those that ground data in specific uses or consider data across sites from political, industrial, ethnographic, STS, anticolonial, or other approaches. Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: • How relationships between industry stakeholders are reconfigured via new practices of audience datafication. • The way that policies or funding models shape how audience data is collected or used. • Theoretical treatments of data colonialism, surveillance, and platform capitalism in relation to big data audiences. • The computational methods that are being used to imagine audience communities, or the conceptual frameworks that can be used to understand how big data addresses audiences. • The impacts that big data audience analytics have on national, gendered, LGBTQ, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and other communities. Please send a 500-word abstract and a 100-word bio for each author to the guest editors at *bigdataaudiences.cnmt(a)gmail.com <bigdataaudiences.cnmt(a)gmail.com> *by* March 31st 2024.* Authors of accepted abstracts will be contacted by the guest editors and will be invited to submit full paper contributions (8000-9000 words) by July 31st 2024, with a target publication date of August 2025. Link to CFP here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/con/Final_Big%20Data%20Au… CFP%20Convergence%20(4)%20(1)-1709697529.pdf <https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/con/Final_Big%20Data%20Au…>

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This Friday: Ethnographies of the Datafied State
by Holly Avella 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Please join the Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group (DEWG) for our upcoming online event, Ethnographies of the Datafied State, with panelists Burcu Baykurt (UMass Amhearst) and Chuncheng Liu (Microsoft Research). Friday, April 5 1:00-2:30pm EDT Online; Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/867694155577?aff=oddtdtcreator Ethnographies of the Datafied State Governments today are actively developing and integrating digital and computational systems, transitioning into what sociologists Jenna Burrell and Ranjit Singh call the “Datafied State.” Consequently, there is increased scholarly interest in studying the growing implications of algorithms, automation, and surveillance across civic life. This panel explores the use of ethnographic methods in examining the complex relationship between computation and statecraft. How does ethnography become useful for investigating the logic and labor behind the building and maintenance of these technologies? What unique challenges exist? Our panelists, Burcu Baykurt and Chuncheng Liu, will explore these themes through cases of smart city developments in the US and social credit systems in China. Burcu Baykurt is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research examines how digital infrastructures reshape and perpetuate durable inequalities. She is currently working on a book, Smart as a City, based on her fieldwork in an aspiring smart city in the United States. Chuncheng Liu is a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England and an incoming Assistant Professor at Northeastern University. His research focuses on the sociotechnical production of data and classifications in authoritarian states. He is currently working an ethnography of a social credit system, a data-driven governance infrastructure in China. Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group: https://rutgersdigitalethnography.org

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