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Conference Beyond Play 2024 (Sept, 30 - Oct 2) - Preliminary Program | Registration
by Lisa Kienzl 28 Aug '24

28 Aug '24

Dear all, We are happy to announce the preliminary program for the conference “Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society” (Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2024) at the University of Bremen, Germany. You find the preliminary program here: https://beyondplay2024.org/index.php/start/programm/ There will be three great Keynote speaker: *Sonia Fizek * “Video Games in Times of Climate Crisis. From Aesthetics to Ethics” Sonia Fizek is professor in Media and Game Studies at the Cologne Game Lab at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences. *Torill Elvira Mortensen * “I feel this is right: Epistemic insecurity and transgressive online culture” Torill Elvira Mortensen is professor at Nord University, Bodø, Norway. *Vít Šisler * “Video Gaming and Education” (preliminary title) Vít Šisler is associate professor of New Media Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts’ Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship. Registration is open until September 7: https://beyondplay2024.org/index.php/start/anmeldung/. We are looking forward to seeing you in Bremen! Best wishes, The Organizing Committee -- Conference Team Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society International Conference 30. September - 2 October 2024 https://beyondplay2024.org beyondplay2024(a)uni-bremen.de University of Bremen ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research

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new book: Fandom Is Ugly out now
by Mel Stanfill 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Hi all, With chapters across multiple angry social media moments and combative digital cultures, my new book Fandom is Ugly seems right up the AoIR alley. It's available starting today from NYU Press: https://nyupress.org/9781479824960/fandom-is-ugly/ You can save 30% with discount code NYUAU30. Here's the official press blurb: The Gamergate harassment campaign of women in video games, the “Unite the Right” rally where hundreds of Confederate monument supporters cried out racist and antisemitic slurs in Charlottesville, and the targeted racist and sexist harassment of Star Wars’ Asian American actress Kelly Marie Tran all have one thing in common: they demonstrate the collective power and underlying ugliness of fandoms. These fans might feel victimized or betrayed by the content they’ve intertwined with their own identities, or they may simply feel that they’re speaking truth to power. Regardless, by connecting via social media, they can unleash enormous amounts of hate, which often results in severe real-world consequences. Fandom Is Ugly argues that reactionary politics and media fandoms go hand in hand, and to understand one, we need to understand the other. Mel Stanfill pushes back on two mainstream assumptions: that media and the pleasure of consumption are frivolous and unworthy of study, and that fandoms are inherently progressive. Drawing on a corpus of angry social media posts, Fandom Is Ugly finds that ugly moments happen when deep emotional attachments collide with social structures and situations that have been misunderstood. By holistically examining the forms of ugly fandom in cases that touch upon race, gender, and sexuality, Fandom Is Ugly produces a comprehensive theory of the negative sides of fan attachments. (I really hate doing self-promo, but if the people at my press are going to go all out on my behalf, the least I can do is grit my teeth and email some listservs, and hopefully this is useful to some on here). Best, Mel Stanfill, PhD Associate Professor Texts & Technology / English University of Central Florida http://www.melstanfill.com

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open vacancies in the UNESCO AI Ethics team
by duaa.ayounes＠gmail.com 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Dear all, We are currently hiring for 4 positions in my team at UNESCO, The positions are in the framework of a <https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics/fle…> new project we are doing with European Commission DG Reform and the Flemish government. The project aims to enhance the capacity of AI governance within the Flemish public administration, The positions are as follows: <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Paris-Project-Officer-%28Social-and-Human-Sc…> Project coordinator, which will oversee the whole work, and three consultancies, <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Paris-Project-Engagement-Specialist/80066020…> Project Engagement Specialist EU Digital Legislation and AI Governance Specialist <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Paris-EU-Digital-Legislation-and-AI-Governan…> ICT Infrastructure Specialist <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Paris-ICT-Infrastructure-Specialist/80066140…> The people recruited will also have a chance to be involved in the broader range of project we are working on currently with more than 60 countries around the world! The deadline to apply is September 1st. Also note that there is a preference for someone who speaks Dutch for some of the positions, but it’s not a binding requirement Happy to answer any question Please feel free to spread the world and forward this announcement, Best regards Doaa Doaa ABU-ELYOUNES, PhD Program Specialist Ethics of AI Bioethics and Ethics of Science, SHS Sector, UNESCO 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0) 1 45 68 05 84 <https://www.linkedin.com/in/doaa-abu-elyounes-700205210/> LinkedIn | <https://twitter.com/DYounes6> Twitter

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Public Lecture exploring use of digital technology in early years childhood
by Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Dear AoIR colleagues, The Joyce Morris Early Years Literacies Forum at University of East Anglia is delighted to announce an upcoming public lecture presented in collaboration with the British Sociological Association's Digital Sociology Group. On Wednesday 13th November, we will be welcoming Professor Sonia Livingstone to the University of East Anglia for a public lecture exploring the question: Can young children benefit from using digital technology or is it time for a ban? Professor Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Director of Digital Futures for Children. She has published 20 books exploring the impact of media on different audiences, with a significant focus on the impact of technologies on children. She has advised the UK government, the European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and many others, on children's internet safety and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone has served as chair of the LSE's Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, Special Advisor to the House of Lords' Select Committee on Communications, Expert Advisor to the Council of Europe, President of the International Communication Association, and Executive Board member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety. It is truly an honour to welcome Professor Livingstone to UEA to discuss her work with us, and explore the relationship between childhood and technology. This will be a hybrid event, held at UEA and livestreamed simultaneously. We look forward to welcoming you either in person or virtually to what we hope will be an exciting and timely discussion. You can book your free place online below: https://bit.ly/SLLecture We look forward to seeing you in November, do get in contact if you have any questions. Best wishes, Harry

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Human-Machine Communication Syllabus Project
by Jason Archer 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Communication and media research is expanding to include artificial intelligence and robotics, and this broadening of the study of communication also has extended to the classroom. Scholars who are integrating human-machine communication into their courses are invited to participate in the Human-Machine Communication Syllabus Project by Andrea L. Guzman, Northern Illinois University, and Jason E. Archer, Michigan Technological University. The purpose of the project is two-fold: First, we aim to study how scholars are conceptualizing human-machine communication and incorporating it as a subject of study within higher education . Second, we want to offer scholars the opportunity to voluntarily share and access HMC syllabi to support education in this emerging area. The research portion of the project focuses on how educators are integrating aspects of human-machine communication into courses at the undergraduate (associate, bachelor’s) and graduate (master’s, PhD) levels. Human-machine communication can be defined as meaning-making among humans and communicative machines (i.e. smart assistants, robots, generative AI, automated journalism) and the implications of such technologies for self, culture, and society. Its study draws from and has applications to the full realm of communication and media research and, in particular, encompasses aspects of human-computer interaction (HCI), human-robot interaction (HRI), human-agent interaction (HAI) and critical and cultural approaches regarding technologies articulated as communicators. (See below for additional HMC resources.) For the study, we are seeking syllabi for courses that focus primarily on human-machine communication and its applications as well as courses in which at least 25% of the content covered is dedicated to some aspect of human-machine communication and/or its application. To support teaching and learning, we are also creating a public repository of HMC syllabi submitted for this project. We are asking submitters whether they would like their syllabi to be included in a publicly-accessible online location to assist others in the development of HMC-related courses. Inclusion of an individual’s syllabus in the public repository is completely voluntary and does not affect their ability to participate in the research project. The researchers will destroy all syllabi not included in the repository after the completion of the research project. The repository will be made publicly available at a future date when all syllabi have been received and reviewed. The deadline to submit your syllabi to the project is September 13, 2024. Please follow all directions on how to submit to the project that can be found below and at https://andrealguzman.net/hmcsyllabusproject. You can also contact the researchers directly: Andrea L. Guzman, alguzman(a)niu.edu, Jason E. Archer, jearcher(a)mtu.edu. Thank you. Andrea & Jason Participation Instructions Required: All syllabi submitted to the project must include the following. If the syllabi does not already include some of the information, then please add this information at the top. 1. University name 2. Course title 3. Department/School in which the course is offered 4. Indicate whether the course is for undergraduate (associate, bachelor’s), graduate (master’s, PhD), or both 5. Date: The term in which the course is being or was last taught (i.e. Spring 2024). 6. Course description 7. Course objectives/outcomes 8. Reading list identifying all readings AND/OR course schedule including all readings 9. Be written in English or translated into English by the author There is no limit to the number of syllabi an individual can submit. For recurring courses, submit ONLY the most recent version of the syllabus. Participants do NOT have to format the syllabi a certain way or remove extraneous information from the syllabi; although, they may want to remove personal or sensitive information if submitting to the public repository. Voluntary Inclusion in Public Repository The format of the public repository will be dependent upon the number of syllabi received. Possible distribution options include a folder in Google Drive or a dedicated page on an existing website. All syllabi to be included in the repository will be posted “as is” and will be available to the public (i.e. anyone on the internet). Participants voluntarily submitting to the repository are responsible for removing any information they do NOT want shared publicly such as their name, contact information, office/student-meeting hours, links to online learning systems, policies, etc. The syllabi of participants who do not want to contribute to the repository will be stored separately and only be available to the researchers. Syllabi will be deleted once the project is completed. Syllabi submission: To participate, please e-mail your syllabi to hmcsyllabusproject(a)gmail.com. In your e-mail, please indicate whether you want your syllabi shared publicly via the online repository. The deadline to participate in the project is September 13, 2024. HMC Resources: Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (2020). Opening space for theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues in Human-Machine Communication. Human-Machine Communication. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.1.1 (open access) Guzman, A.L. (2018). What is Human-Machine Communication, anyway? Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking communication, technology, and ourselves (link to chapter author copy <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dl1DQLf_nH2WVJNSfFHntsOInDrqXW8-/view?usp=…> ) Human-Machine Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association. https://humanmachinecommunication.org/ Human-Machine Communication journal <https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/> The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication edited by A.L. Guzman, R. McEwen, S. Jones (2023). (link to Table of Contents <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-human%E2%80%93machine…> ) -- Jason E. Archer Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Technologies Director, Communication, Culture, and Media Department of Humanities <https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/> Executive Committee | Research Lead: Human Machine Culture Institute of Policy, Ethics and Culture <https://www.mtu.edu/ipec/people/executive-committee/> Michigan Technological University Pronouns: he/him Website: jasonearcher.com

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Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance: Deadline Approaching
by Mauro SANTANIELLO 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Dear Colleagues, The Call for Applications for the Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING) 2025 is going to expire on the 13th of September (at 12:00 CET). SWING is a Winter School on Internet Governance designed to provide an advanced educational pathway for graduate students, early researchers, ICT professionals, and policymakers. The program aims to enhance the understanding of the themes and the stakeholders involved in the development, configuration, administration, and regulation of the Internet and digital technologies. The School will be held at the University of Salerno from February 24th to 28th, 2025. All the materials related to the School, including detailed information about the programme and the faculty, can be accessed at the following link: https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025/ We kindly request your support in disseminating this call and the programme's details within your networks. Thank you. Best regards, Mauro Santaniello (PhD) 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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GCET 2024 (IEEE) Global Congress on Emerging Technologies, Gran Canaria 9-11 Dec 2024
by Stanley Ewenike 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The IEEE Global Congress on Emerging Technologies (GCET2024) https://www.gcet-conference.com/GCET2024/index.php <https://www.gcet-conference.com/GCET2024/index.php> Gran Canaria, Spain. December 9-11, 2024 Venue: AC Hotel Iberia Las Palmas <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/lpaac-ac-h…> Submission link, Click Here <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gcet2024> GCET 2024 (also find attached) The Global Congress on Emerging Technologies (GCET 2024) is set to convene leading minds from academia, industry, and government to explore the frontiers of technological innovation. In a world where rapid advancements are reshaping every aspect of human life, GCET 2024 aims to serve as a premier platform for exchanging groundbreaking ideas, fostering collaborations, and envisioning the future of technology. As we navigate through the 21st century, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, blockchain, biotechnology, and advanced materials are revolutionizing industries and societies at an unprecedented pace. These innovations are not only transforming traditional sectors but also creating new paradigms that redefine how we live, work, and interact with our environment. The convergence of these technologies holds the promise of solving some of the most pressing challenges of our time, from climate change and healthcare to cybersecurity and sustainable development. GCET 2024 will feature a diverse array of sessions, including keynote addresses by visionary leaders, panel discussions with experts across various domains, technical workshops, and poster presentations showcasing cutting-edge research. Attendees will have the opportunity to delve into topics such as the ethical implications of AI, the potential of quantum computing to revolutionize data processing, the role of blockchain in ensuring data integrity, and the latest advancements in biotechnology that could pave the way for personalized medicine and sustainable agriculture. This year’s congress is particularly significant as it emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of technological progress. By bringing together specialists from different fields, GCET 2024 aims to foster a holistic understanding of how these emerging technologies can be integrated to create synergistic solutions. The event will also highlight the importance of policy and regulation in guiding the responsible development and deployment of new technologies, ensuring that their benefits are maximized while mitigating potential risks. In addition to academic and technical discourse, GCET 2024 will provide ample networking opportunities, enabling participants to build connections, initiate collaborations, and exchange insights with peers from around the globe. The congress will also feature an exhibition area where companies and startups can showcase their latest products and innovations, providing a glimpse into the future of technology. As we stand on the brink of a new technological era, GCET 2024 invites all stakeholders to join this pivotal gathering. Together, we can explore the limitless possibilities of emerging technologies, address the challenges they present, and shape a future that harnesses the power of innovation for the betterment of humanity. Welcome to GCET 2024 – where the future is being crafted today. Topics are organised under 9 Tracks covering the top trends in Emerging technologies, but not limited to: : Track 1: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Track 2: Quantum Computing Track 3: IoT, Cloud, Edge Computing and Blockchain technologies Track 4: Robotics, AR/VR, and Human-Computer Interaction Track 5: Sustainable Technologies and Green Innovation Track 6: Ethics and Policy in Emerging Technologies Track 7: Data Science and Big Data Analytics Track 8: Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies Track 9: 5G and Next-Generation Connectivity Track 10: Other Emerging Technologies *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format (IEEE Templates <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0FRWCr810kCvBL…>). All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gcet2024> . A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. You can Submit: 1- A full paper between 6 and 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). 2- Short papers are between 3 and 4 pages long, including position papers and industrial demos or project proposals including PhD project proposals. 3- Extended abstract: High-level summary of your research / position paper/ industrial application / Running (funded or non funded) projects or project Ideas/ PhD thesis extended Abstract (2 pages) 4- Abstract: Synopsis of your research, including running (funded or non funded) projects (500 words) All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the GCET 2024 Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. *Important Dates* *Submission Date: 30 August 2024* Notification to Authors: 20 October 2024 Camera Ready Submission: 30 October 2024 *Contact:* If you have any questions, please send an email to: gcetconference(a)gmail.com GCET 2024 General Co-Chairs: * Zhihan Lyu, Uppsala University, Sweden * Sendra Sandra, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK

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Call for Abstracts "AI, Gender and the Future of Work", ISA Forum, Rabat
by Tanja Carstensen 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Dear colleagues, We hereby invite you to submit your abstracts to our upcoming session on "AI, Gender and the Future of Work", as part of the WG10 Digital Sociology (host committee), at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology next year (July 6th-11th, 2025) in Rabat, Morocco. Artificial intelligence has become increasingly important in the world of work in recent years. While there has been an intense public debate about the opportunities and risks for several years now, the hype surrounding ChatGPT has also led to a dynamic everyday use of AI. At the same time, hidden AI applications have been used in the world of work for some time without users being aware of it. Furthermore, first research as well as news media reports showed that AI has or could have various gender-relevant effects. In addition to the problematization of obvious discriminatory effects (e.g. bias in automated translations or recruiting applications), automation risks and the anticipated different impact on male and female professions, as well as the male-dominated work cultures, the "diversity crisis" in development teams, and sexism in the tech industry were discussed. Both work and technology are deeply shaped by historically evolved gendered inequalities. The question of what significance technological change has for the stabilization or destabilization of gender inequalities is therefore anything but new. However, new technologies always offer opportunities to renegotiate power and gender relations and to shape working conditions. The question of how gender inequality in the world of work will change with AI is still open. This session will present current research on AI, gender, intersectional aspects, and the future of work. Papers on empirical findings, theoretical and conceptual considerations as well as methodological aspects are welcome. Please upload your abstracts until October 15th, 2024 online via the following link: [1]https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/S ession19774.html Looking forward to receiving your submissions! Tanja Carstensen, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany [2]tanja.carstensen(a)hsw.tu-chemnitz.de References 1. https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session1… 2. mailto:tanja.carstensen@hsw.tu-chemnitz.de

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CfP: AIAI 32nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
by Beyza Yaman 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

AIAI 32nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS 2024) December 09-10th 2024 University College Dublin (UCD) https://aics2024.ucd.ie The 32nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS2024) will be hosted by the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin (UCD) and will take place from 9th to 10th December 2024. With regular conferences dating back to 1988, the AICS Conference is Ireland's primary forum for researchers with interests in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. Submissions ------------------- The Program Committee of AICS2024 invites submissions in the broad areas of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to: *Machine Learning (supervised/semi-supervised/unsupervised learning, meta-learning, ensemble learning etc.) *Cognitive Science (Decision making, perception, concept combination, creative cognition etc.) *Applications (Computer Vision, speech/audio processing, natural language processing, ML for medicine, recommender systems etc. ) *Deep Learning (Network architectures, deep generative models, graph neural networks, foundation models etc.) *AI Ethics (Fairness, interpretability, transparency, explainability, environmental impact of AI etc.) *Datasets (Novel datasets, benchmarks, dataset audits, dataset design etc. ) *Machine Learning Testing (Safety, evaluation metrics, robustness etc. ) *Learning Theory (Optimisation, Bayesian Methods, Game Theory, Complexity Analysis etc. ) *Semantic Web (Knowledge Graphs, Social Network Analysis etc.) We invite three types of submissions: -------------------------------------- *Full Paper Track: Full paper submissions should consist of original contributions (describing either fundamental research, interesting applications, in-use experiences, or reviews of the field) not published in other forums. Papers should be 6 to 12 pages in length in the Springer LNCS style. Accepted submissions will appear in online proceedings and authors will be invited for oral or poster presentations. *Student Track: This track is designed to facilitate students who have recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s program. Student track submissions should consist of original contributions (describing either basic research or interesting applications) and the first author must be a student. Papers should be 6 to 12 pages in length in the Springer LNCS style. Accepted submissions will appear in the online proceedings and authors will be invited for a poster presentation. *NECTAR Track: NECTAR track submissions should describe significant results previously published or disseminated no earlier than 2022 at a prestigious international conference or journal. Accepted submissions will be included in online proceedings as a single-page abstract, and authors will be invited to present their work orally at AICS. All accepted submissions in Full Paper Track and Student Paper Track will appear in online proceedings (TBA). Publication and Instructions for Authors ----------------------------------------- All accepted submissions will be presented at the conference, either orally or as posters, and included in the online conference proceedings. At least one author of each submission will be required to register for, and attend, the conference. All submissions must be made via the EasyChair system online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics20240 Full papers and student papers must be submitted in Springer LNCS format (single column proceedings), which is also the format required for the final camera-ready copy. A sample LaTeX document in this format is available here. NECTAR track submissions should consist of a single page with an abstract and reference to the original publication. A sample NECTAR track submission is available here. Important Dates ------------------- Paper Submission Deadline for all Tracks - 1st October 2024, 23:59 Irish time Acceptance Notification for all Papers - 29th October 2024 Camera Ready Submissions (all tracks) - 12th November 2024 Organisation ------------------- Arjun Pakrashi (University College Dublin) arjun.pakrashi(a)ucd.ie Ellen Rushe (Dublin City University) ellen.rushe(a)dcu.ie Brian Mac Namee (University College Dublin) brian.macnamee(a)ucd.ie Rob Brennan (University College Dublin) rob.brennan(a)ucd.ie Contacts ------------------- Website: https://aics2024.ucd.ie Twitter: @AICSconference

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Call for applications for 18 doctoral positions (100%/75%) in the Research Unit “Communicative AI: The automation of societal communication”
by ZeMKI 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Call for applications for 18 doctoral positions in the research unit: “Communicative AI: The automation of societal communication” (FOR 5656) How is societal communication evolving with the profound transformation of the digital media environment through communicative artificial intelligence? What consequences, risks, and opportunities arise from the widespread use of this new technology across various social domains? The "Communicative AI" (ComAI) research unit, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), will begin exploring these questions from the perspectives of media and communication studies, sociology, science and technology studies, computer science, and law, starting in early 2025. The participating research institutions have announced a total of 18 research assistant positions (job scope: DFG 100%, FWF 75%) with the aim of pursuing a doctorate over a four-year period. The specific job advertisements related to this project can be found on the research unit's website (www.comai.space) Additional information on the working environment and the benefits of completing a doctorate within the research unit is also available on the website. The application deadline is September 27, 2024. Overview of the research projects in the research unit: P1 | Pioneer Communities: Imagining ComAI and its possible futures (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany P2 | Interfaces: Implementing user-centered ComAI (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Rainer Malaka TZI, University of Bremen, Germany P3 | Law: The Juridification of ComAI (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz Leibniz Institute for Media Research | HBI, Germany P4 | Governance: Private ordering of ComAI through corporate communication and policies (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany P5 | Journalism: Automating the news and journalistic autonomy (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen Leibniz Institute for Media Research | HBI, Germany P6 | Political discourse: ComAI and deliberative quality (1 vacancy DFG) Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany Dr. Gregor Wiedemann Leibniz Institute for Media Research | HBI, Germany P7 | Personal sphere: Companionship and ComAI (2 vacancies FWF) Prof. Dr. Michaela Pfadenhauer Institute for Sociology, University of Wien, Austria P8 | Health: Caring through ComAI (2 vacancies FWF) Prof. Dr. Juliane Jarke BANDAS-Center, University of Graz, Austria P9 | Education: ComAI for learning and teaching (2 vacancies DFG) Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter ZeMKI, University of Bremen / Institute for Information Management Bremen, Germany CP | ComAI Research Space (1 vacancy DFG) Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany Contact: Website of the Research Unit 5656 “Communicative AI”: https://www.comai.space University of Bremen ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/ Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute https://leibniz-hbi.de/en/ Institute for Information Management Bremen https://www.ifib.de/en/home University of Bremen TZI, Center for Computing Technologies https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/tzi University of Graz BANDAS-Center https://business-analytics.uni-graz.at/en/center/ University of Vienna Institute for Sociology https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/

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