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Three PhD Positions in AI, Digital Culture and Deep Learning
by Tobias Blanke 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

Dear all. The new European Research Council-funded Advanced Grant ‘Deep Culture - Living with Difference in the Age of Deep Learning’ invites applications for three fully-funded PhD positions in Amsterdam. Collaborating with two PostDocs, the aim is to realise an ambitious interdisciplinary research agenda on deep learning and culture. Deep learning technologies like ChatGPT have generated a lot of excitement about our new relations with AI but have also provoked much public anxiety. The project coins ‘deep culture’ to describe the global cultural transformations brought about by deep learning, and how culture is key to deep learning. The project will first explore the relations between deep learning and historical-cultural concepts and practices. Secondly, it will work with deep-learning methods to address their limitations for critical analysis. Finally, it aims to foster public understanding of deep learning’s global relations to culture. We are looking for three talented, ambitious PhD candidates who can combine independent research with team collaboration. You will have the opportunity to explore exciting questions of contemporary digital culture and deep learning and contribute to shaping debates about our relations with AI technologies. For further details and a link to apply, please visit: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Three-PhD-Positions-in-AI%2C-Digital-Cultu… All best, Tobias

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CFP: #SSN2026 - Surveillance & Society Conference
by Bryce Newell 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Dear AoIR colleagues, On behalf of the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) and local organizing committee for #SSN2026, we are happy to share the call for participation in the 2026 Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference, to be held in Lille, France. Planetary Surveillance The 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference #SSN2026 | 9-12 June 2026 | Lille, France Hosted by Université Catholique de Lille, ETHICS, and ISTC https://surveillance-studies.net/conference/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://surveillance-studies.net/conference/__;…> | http://ssn2026.sciencesconf.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ssn2026.sciencesconf.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!G7…> Call for Papers and Participation The condition of our world is increasingly framed through planetary metrics: temperature rise, biodiversity loss, financial instability, migration flows. Surveillance underpins these metrics, producing ways of seeing and managing the planet. We are promised a new era of planetary knowledge by using surveillance systems that can map, predict, and manage the risks of a fragile world. But these very systems also fragment, exclude, and reproduce old asymmetries. Planetary governance is shaped by historically entrenched inequalities, exclusions, and power. Surveillance is presented as the key to planetary survival, yet it often accelerates insecurity and injustice. #SSN2026 invites us to grapple with what it means to think of surveillance at the scale of the planet: from micro habitats to global ecosystems and processes. Infrastructures of sensing, monitoring, control and computation now extend across scales: from satellites orbiting the Earth to predictive algorithms embedded in the most intimate aspects of everyday life. Surveillance technologies now claim planetary reach: global infrastructures, algorithmic systems trained on worldwide data, and satellites and networks that promise to know, predict, and govern different forms of life on Earth. Surveillance is a driver and a product of this planetary turn, as states, citizens and more-than-human others grapple with social and environmental change and crisis, and plan for the possibility of hostile and stable futures. >From predictive policing to climate modeling, from espionage to artificial intelligence, surveillance is the connective tissue of our planetary intelligence. Surveillance lies at the heart of these transformations. It both enables and depends on new forms of planetary intelligence — whether through data extraction on a global scale, the training of artificial intelligence systems on the traces of human activity, or the monitoring of ecosystems, climate, crime, migration, and conflict through planetary infrastructures, some of which are located on and above the earth. Surveillance appears, spreads, and intensifies not only in the name of security but also in the name of planetary management: climate monitoring, global health, financial stability, digital platforms, or border regimes. Yet planetary intelligence also generates new possibilities for critique, resistance, and reimagining collective futures. It may also be harnessed for the production of ecosocial goods. This planetary turn raises important questions: * Which forms of life are rendered visible, measurable, and governable, and which remain invisible or deliberately obscured? * What diverse role is surveillance playing in environmental mapping and governance? * How do geopolitical rivalries, colonial legacies, and global inequalities shape the emergence of planetary surveillance infrastructures? * What methods of resistance to authoritarian planetary surveillance exist? How can these methods be developed? * What are some of the relationships between nature and surveillance? SSN 2026 seeks to engage with these entanglements of surveillance and planetary processes and governance We invite proposals for papers, panels, doctoral colloquium participation, artistic and activist interventions, and other contributions on all aspects of surveillance in and across the planetary condition. Venue, Accessibility & Streaming The main Conference will take place over 3 full days from 10-12 June 2026, at the Université Catholique de Lille, France, with a pre-conference doctoral colloquium occurring on 9 June. All in-person sessions from the main conference will be streamed online, and there will also be a dedicated online track with remote presentations for presenters who cannot attend in-person (this will be limited, prioritizing virtual options for individuals from Majority World nations, people with disability requirements or (child) care responsibilities, and/or others without adequate funding to attend the conference in person). Some travel support will be available to a limited number of presenters upon application. Keynote Speakers and Special Sessions Several keynote sessions are under development and will be advertised as they are finalized. Doctoral Colloquium There will be an in-person colloquium for doctoral students on 9 June. Interested doctoral colloquium participants should indicate their interest in attending by submitting an expression of interest via the regular conference proposal submission portal. Applying for the colloquium will require applicants to submit a short expression of interest of up to 300 words that addresses the applicant’s professional background (e.g., their PhD program and research areas) and what they would hope to learn, do, or accomplish as part of the colloquium – and we invite creative proposals that think outside the box! Applicants are welcome to connect their interests to the conference theme, but there is no expectation or requirement to do so. Submissions (deadline: 10 January 2026, AoE) Please submit your paper, panel, or other abstract (including Doctoral Colloquium applications), via: http://ssn2026.sciencesconf.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ssn2026.sciencesconf.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!G7…> (opening soon!). Presenters are limited to one first-author/primary presenter role but may be co-authors on multiple submissions. Submission Types: * Papers/presentations (including artistic interventions) (up to 300-word abstracts) * Panels (300-word abstract + additional text to identify proposed participants) * Doctoral Colloquium applications (statements of interest of 300 words) We look forward to receiving your proposals and to welcoming you to Lille!

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Call for applications: Emerging Scholars Program at the Milton Wolf Seminar in Vienna, Austria. April 8-10.
by Smith, Briar R. 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

Apologies for cross posting: Applications are now open for the emerging scholars program<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/milton-wolf-seminar-on-media-and…> at our annual Milton Wolf Seminar in Vienna, April 8-10, 2025. This year's theme is Ouroboros: The Infinite Loop of Media, Democracy, and Diplomacy, and you can take a look at the 2025 agenda and panel descriptions here<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/milton-wolf-seminar-on-media-and…>. As panel composition is still being finalized, please have a look at last year's full program<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/milton-wolf-seminar-media-and-di…> for the impressive mix of contributors to the seminar. Each year, 10-12 early career researchers join a mix of senior scholars, journalists, think tank folks, government representatives, and activists for a two-day seminar, and have a chance to present their research while contributing to the seminar through the ample time we reserve for discussion. We also have a fun social program in the evening. Airfare and transportation and lodging and meals are covered. Please visit the website for eligibility information and how to apply<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/milton-wolf-seminar-on-media-and…>. Deadline is 2/14. Briar Smith Associate Director Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) 215-520-0773 (m) 215-573-9218 (o) www.miccenter.org<http://www.miccenter.org>

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DIGITOX seminar Jan 22: Disconnection through media, apps and tech (and Feb 25: Disconnection and the brain)
by Trine Syvertsen 05 Jan '26

05 Jan '26

Welcome to the international seminar series on connection and disconnection. We continue our seminars in 2025. Details here https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/digital-disconnection/e… NB: Seminars run on Norway time (CET) and are scheduled in different time slots. Contact me for a Zoom link or join the DIGITOX mailing list (below) where the links are published. Upcoming seminars: Jan 22, 2025, 1400-1500 on disconnection through media, apps and tech with Veysel Bozan and Yukun You Feb. 25, 2025 1000 -1100 on disconnection and the brain with Alex Beattie and autors of Detoxing the brain<https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1896952&dswid=-…> (Ingrid Forsler, Carina Guyard, and Linus Andersson) MORE SEMINARS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE SPRING Best regards, Trine ------ We run two mailing lists, join DIGITOX list for these seminars. DIGITOX MAILING LIST: digitox-info: info from Digitox about our seminar series. To join, write an email to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write subscribe digitox-info in the subject field. To unsubscribe: Write an email to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write unsubscribe digitox-info in the subject field (or let me know that you want to be taken off the list). DISCONNECTION-LIST (general list) disconnection-research: to post information about research, publications, events etc. All members can post. To join: write to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write subscribe disconnection-research in the subject field. DO YOU HAVE A NEW PUBLICATION? OR A CFP? NOTIFY PEOPLE USING THE DISCONNECTION LIST; ALL MEMBERS CAN POST ON THIS LIST ------------------------------------------------------- Trine Syvertsen, professor, IMK, UiO Project: Intrusive media, ambivalent users and digital detox (NFR) Author of Digital detox: The politics of disconnecting (Emerald 2020) New book: The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection (open access, Nordicom, 2024)

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RECORDING – Interoperability in AI Safety Governance Ethics, Regulations, and Standards
by Joly MacFie 30 Nov '25

30 Nov '25

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19892>*VIDEO <https://youtu.be/zbb36DOnaLI> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/isoc-uk-ai-interop/isoc-uk-ai-interop.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/144702230/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/isoc-uk-ai-interop> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19892>* On *28 November 202*5, the *Internet Society United Kingdom Chapter <https://internetsociety.uk/>* (ISOC UK) hosted a webinar ‘*Interoperability in AI Safety Governance Ethics, Regulations, and Standards <https://internetsociety.uk/interoperability-in-ai-safety-governance/>*‘. D*r. Yik Chan Chin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/yik-chan-chin-874174b/>*, Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University, and *David A. Raho <https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaraho/>*, PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, presented their collaborative policy report ‘*Interoperability in AI Safety Governance <https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10363/Interoperability_in_AI_Safety_G…>*‘, developed through the United Nations University Institute in Macau. This landmark study brings together perspectives from four jurisdictions, the UK, China, South Korea, and Singapore, to explore the ethical, legal, and technical dimensions of AI safety governance. This presentation not only shared the key findings of the global report , but also provided a deep dive into the UK’s role in shaping a governance ecosystem that is both globally informed and locally grounded. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Yik Chan Chin* – Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University *David A. Raho* – PhD researcher, Sheffield Hallam University *HOST* *Olivier Crépin-Leblond* – Internet Society United Kingdom Chapter -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Deadline extended (Jan 5): Playable Southeast Asia edited collection
by iskandar zulkarnain 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

Apologies for cross-posting! Due to several requests, we are extending the submission deadline for Playable Southeast Asia edited collection to January 5. Below is our call for contribution again. Best, Izul *Call for Contribution: * *Playable Southeast Asia: Gaming Cultures, Politics, and Aesthetics in a Multiethnic Region* edited volume Editors: Peichi Chung, Byron Fong, Iskandar Zulkarnain *Deadline for abstract and author bio: January 5, 2026* *Notification of abstract acceptance*: *February 1, 2026* *Deadline for full chapter*: *December 1, 2026* *Expected date of publication*: *2027* While video games have always been a global phenomenon, they have been received, played, and created differently in different regions and localities (Hjorth and Chan 2009; Huntemann and Aslinger 2013; Penix-Tadsen 2019). These differences add multiple levels of complexity to how we experience them. Games can be, and often are more than just an entertainment medium, capable of serving as a subversive means of self-expression under authoritarian regimes (Svelch 2018), or being converted into cultural currency for both game designers and players (Penix-Tadsen 2016). Games can also exist as platforms of ideological protest, representing voices from below (Mukherjee 2017), or can reveal the “upside/down” logics that have defined the Asia/America geopolitical relationship since the 19th century (Patterson and Fickle 2024). Especially important is how they can also be used as a lens to explore how nations struggle with the legacies of war, colonialism and religious strife that define part of the nation-building process (Kang, Yang, Mochocki, Majewski, and Schreiber 2024*)*. Yet, despite these valuable insights, much of the purportedly global focus of video game studies still emphasizes the experience of regions in the Global North and other conventionally prominent centers for the production and consumption of games, while largely omitting the experiences of the Global South from consideration. By following the path of scholars who focus on regions that have traditionally been underserved by dominant industry players, and thus aiming to rectify the broadly lacking examination of these regions by journalists and academics, this edited collection will focus on gaming cultures, politics, and aesthetics in Southeast Asia. As a region, Southeast Asia offers layered, vast levels of complexity. It is a geopolitical and economic construct deeply rooted within the history of global colonialism. It invites multiple approaches in its mapping and description. The region’s nuances are evident in its most prominent geopolitical construction, ASEAN, as an anti-communist bloc while also having two nominally communist countries in the region (Vietnam and Laos). There is mainland Southeast Asia and there is also maritime Southeast Asia. The southern region has a predominantly Muslim population and the northern region is predominantly Buddhist. Meanwhile, the Philippines and East Timor are the only predominantly catholic countries in the region. The region also has the largest number of Chinese diaspora in the world, mostly living in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. All these cultural connections and political configurations have shaped and are currently being shaped by the production, circulation, and consumption of video games both from within and outside the region. In terms of video game theory, for instance, a specific play practice in Southeast Asia–Balinese cockfight–contributes to the theoretical formulation of “gamic action” (Galloway 2006), even though it is somewhat underexplored. Furthermore, within the video game industry framework, there is a conscious effort–driven by data analytics–of “mythifying” Southeast Asia as “the world’s fastest growing game region” to attract foreign (i.e. western) investors, creating a depoliticized configuration of the region and flattening cultural and racial differences (Wong 2023). Meanwhile, in an effort to collectively re-imagine Southeast Asia’s regional identity through game art, some independent game studios in the region have adopted two types of approaches: following the production formula of global popular media to achieve “niche globality,” or presenting their version of “contested regionalism” (Chung 2016). In some cases, game developers and professional players in Southeast Asia also participate in the promotion of digital nationalism (Zulkarnain 2014; Jiwandono 2024). In this context, this edited collection aims to further study gaming practices in Southeast Asia that reflect and reshape cultural paradigms in local and regional settings while simultaneously attending to global gaming progression. Here, we want to frame the concept of “Southeast Asia as a method,” following the theoretical formulation of Kuan-Hsing Chen (2010), to emphasize the use of Southeast Asia as an imaginary anchoring point that allows for inter-referentiality between countries within and outside of the region in terms of their gaming cultural practices (e.g. E-sports, industry, indie games, streaming, etc). We are also interested in having a mix of contributions from scholars from the region (or in close proximity to the region, geographically and/or culturally) and perspectives from/interviews with people who are involved in Southeast Asian gaming cultures (e.g. game developers, studios, archivists, gaming communities, etc). Possible topics might include, but not limited to: - Early histories of video game cultures - Identity (e.g. national, gender, racial, sexual, religious) - “Asiatic” style or form in SEA games - Nostalgic aesthetic/themes in SEA games - Labor exploitation and unionization (or lack of) in SEA gaming industry - Historical and counterhistorical representation in SEA games - Inter-regional citation practice among indie or AAA game developers - Significance of paratextual elements in SEA games (e.g. streaming, game magazines, gaming clubs) - Cultural representations in SEA games (e.g. religious, linguistic, or national) - The roles of the state in SEA gaming cultures - Archival initiatives of SEA games - Decolonizing SEA in video games - Gaming platforms in Southeast Asian context - Video games as a heritage - Gaming preservation - E-sports cultures in SEA - Mobile gaming cultures - Video game bans by the state/state apparatuses Abstract submissions should comprise of: 1. Abstract (250-500 words) 2. Author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Submissions should be sent to *playablesea(a)gmail.com <playablesea(a)gmail.com>*. Abstract submissions will then undergo an internal editorial review process. Authors will be notified of the outcome as soon as reports are received. Chapter submissions should comprise of: 1. Full-length article (5000-9000 words), including references and a bibliography, or 2. Perspectives/Interviews (3000-5000 words) in English or translated 3. Final author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Feel free to send us questions regarding this proposed edited collection. *References:* Chen, Kuan-Hsing, *Asia as Method: Toward Deimperialization*, Duke UP (2010) Chung, Peichi, “The Globalization of Game Art in Southeast Asia,” in Hjorth, Larissa, and Olivia Khoo (Eds.), *Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia*, Routledge (2016) Galloway, Alexander, *Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture*, University of Minnesota Press (2006) Hjorth, Larissa, and Dean Chan (Eds.), *Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific*, Routledge (2009) Huntemann, Nina B., and Ben Aslinger (Eds.) *Gaming Globally: Production, Play, and Place*, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) Jiwandono, Haryo Pambuko, “Mobile Game Esports as an Indonesian National Identity,” in Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), *Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games*, Routledge (2024) Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), *Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games*, Routledge (2024) Mukherjee, Souvik, *Videogames and Postcolonialism: Empire Plays Back*, Palgrave Macmillan (2017) Patterson, Christopher B., *Open World Empire: Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games*, NYU Press (2020) Patterson, Christopher B., and Tara Fickle (Eds.), *Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us*, Duke UP (2024) Penix-Tadsen, Phillip, *Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America*, The MIT Press (2016) ___________ (Ed.), *Video Games and the Global South*, ETC Press/Carnegie Mellon University (2019) Švelch, Jaroslav, *Gaming the Iron Curtain*, The MIT Press (2018) Wong, K. T., “The Data-Driven Myth and the Deceptive Futurity of ‘The World’s Fastest Growing Games Region’: Selling the Southeast Asian Games Market via Game Analytics,” *Games and Culture*, Vol. 18(1), 2023: 42-61 Zulkarnain, Iskandar, “‘Playable’ Nationalism: *Nusantara Online* and the ‘Gamic’ Reconstructions of National History,” *SOJOURN*, Vol. 29(1), 2014: 31-62 -- Iskandar "Izul" Zulkarnain, Ph.D. (He/him) Assistant Professor of Media and Society Global Digital Media Hobart and William Smith Colleges Personal website: https://www.digitalperipheries.com/ "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" -- Iskandar "Izul" Zulkarnain, Ph.D. (He/him) Assistant Professor of Media and Society Global Digital Media Hobart and William Smith Colleges Personal website: https://www.digitalperipheries.com/ "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!"

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AAMAS 2026: Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award
by Announce 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

*** Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award *** The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026) May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IFAAMAS) in 2006 established an award to recognize publications in the autonomous agents and multiagent systems field that have made influential and long-lasting contributions. Candidates for this award are papers that have proved a key result, led to the development of a new subfield, demonstrated a significant new application or system, or simply presented a new way of thinking about a topic that has proved influential. A list of previous winners of this award appears at http://www.ifaamas.org/award-influential.html<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . This award is presented annually at the AAMAS Conference. Winning papers must have been published at least 10 years before the first day of the conference. Therefore, papers eligible for the 2026 award must have been published earlier than May 2016, and in a recognized scientific forum (e.g., journal, conference, or workshop). The criteria that will be considered in the selection for the award are: 1. Opened up new research line(s) within and even outside AAMAS; 2. Broad impact, e.g. started new fields, new conferences, new journals; 3. Broadly inspired the community; 4. Posed and/or solved an issue seen as fundamental to the field. To nominate a publication for this award, please send by December 10, 2025 the full reference plus a brief statement (200 words or fewer) arguing for the significance of the paper to the chair of the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award committee, Maria Gini (gini(a)umn.edu)

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Online Seminar Series of the Data Methods Initiative
by Marcel Garz 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

The Data Methods Initiative (https://datamethodsinitiative.org/) is a collaborative academic group committed to promoting the use of computational methods (e.g., deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision) in political science, communications, internet research, and other disciplines. Next talk: "Hierarchies of Meaning: Mapping the Semantic Architecture of Corporate Biodiversity Discourse" by Fredrik Svahn (University of Gothenburg) on December 3, 1:15 - 2:45 pm CET, on Zoom: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/67448948642 This introduces a methodological framework for constructing hierarchies of meaning within corporate biodiversity discourse. In this session, Fredrik examines how small semantic units can be grouped into coherent clusters, how those clusters form higher-level themes, and how these layers together reveal the architecture of firms' biodiversity talk across industries and time. The seminar discusses the value of multi-level semantic modeling for identifying underlying logics, such as the emphasis on metrics over governance, and for comparing emergent discourse patterns with the expectations set by frameworks like the TNFD. The focus is on what these computational steps make analytically visible and how they support research on sustainability communication, institutional dynamics, and digital trace data.

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The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Last Call for Posters and Demos
by Announce 28 Nov '25

28 Nov '25

*** Last Call for Posters and Demos *** The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the leading annual venue for researchers and practitioners to explore advancements at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). IUI submissions should address HCI challenges using machine intelligence and consider both computational and human- centric aspects. As AI becomes more integrated into everyday technology, understanding its role in meeting human needs is vital for developing effective and responsible systems. This conference fosters collaboration among experts from diverse fields to tackle significant issues in AI and HCI through discussions, workshops, and networking sessions. UI 2026 attracted a record number of submissions for the main conference (561 full paper submissions after an initial submission of 697 abstracts). Posters Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable last-minute ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions relevant to all conference topics. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full-length research paper at a refereed conference. The page limit for poster papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Submitting a draft poster along with your submission is not required, but is recommended. Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the poster session. Demos The demonstration track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Authors further need to submit a video (max. 5 mins) along with their demo paper to showcase their work. Accepted demo papers will be presented as interactive demonstrations at IUI and published in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the demo sessions. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission: December 21, 2025 • Decision notification: January 26, 2026 • Camera-ready submission: February 6, 2026 Topics The topics for the Posters and Demos are the same as for the main track. Submission Instructions Papers must be up to 4 pages (references do not count towards the page limit). Demo and poster submissions do not need to be anonymized. Submissions should follow the ACM Master Article Templates in a single-column format. We adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow. Please prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates: Word Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template. Authors are required to include a proper classification for the paper according to the ACM Classification System (CCS). Additional information on how to use it is available at: https://dl.acm.org/ccs<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . A video (up to 5 mins) is required for demo submissions. The video should showcase the system that will be demonstrated during the conference. Please follow the SIGCHI Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos (https://sigchi.org/resources/guides-for-authors/videos/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>). Please submit your demos and posters electronically to the Precision Conference Submission (PCS) Portal (https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>) by the paper deadlines. In PCS, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for Society, Conference, and Track, please select “SIGCHI”, “IUI 2026”, and “IUI 2026 Posters” or “IUI 2026 Demos”, respectively, and then press “Go”. Note: If the corresponding author (the individual who submits the paper, not necessarily the first author) is affiliated with a participating institution that has an open access agreement with ACM, the Article Processing Charges (APCs) will be waived for publishing the paper. Details are under “Publication and Open Access”. Accessibility Authors are asked to make their paper submissions accessible (so that reviewers with vision impairments can access them, for example). The authors of accepted papers will be required to make their final PDFs accessible. Please use the SIGCHI Guide to an Accessible Submission for detailed instructions. If you are submitting a video as supplemental material, please provide captions, as described in Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos. Please refer to the Accessibility page of the conference site for further details and guidelines. Usage of Generative AI All submissions must comply with the ACM policy on the usage of GenAI: the April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship and Frequently Asked Questions. Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Authors should include a “GenAI Usage Disclosure” section, right before the references, to provide full disclosure of all use of GenAI tools in all stages of the research (including the code and data) and the writing. This section, together with the references, will not be counted toward the word limit. While we do not anticipate using tools on a large scale to detect LLM-generated text, we will investigate submissions brought to our attention and desk reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked. Organisation General Chairs • Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel • Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Posters and Demos Chairs • Julia Sheidin, Braude College of Engineering, Israel • Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Ming Yin, Purdue University, USA

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[CFP] "Algorithmic Folklore as Transcultural Storytelling" Special Issue, electronic book review
by Gabriele de Seta 28 Nov '25

28 Nov '25

Dear all, we are looking for submissions (multiple formats) for a special issue of the Electronic Book Review titled: Algorithmic Folklore as Transcultural Storytelling<https://electronicbookreview.com/cfp/> To address the need for an in-depth understanding of vernacular culture across platforms and cultures, the electronic book review invites contributions for a forthcoming special Gathering investigating transcultural trends of storytelling within “Algorithmic Folklore”, an emerging phenomenon situated at the intersection of vernacular creative practices and everyday automated systems. The Gathering arises from the shared ambitions of two ongoing research projects: “Algorithmic folklore: The mutual shaping of vernacular creativity and automation (ALGOFOLK)”, led by Gabriele de Seta at the University of Bergen’s Center for Digital Narrative, and “Project StoryMachine: Exploring the implications of recommender based spatial hypertext systems for folklore and the Humanities”, an interdisciplinary collaboration uniting thirteen scholars across six partner institutions in the UK and Germany, co-directed by Claus Atzenbeck (Hochschule Hof), Sam Brooker (London College of Communication), Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook (University of Hertfordshire), Sarah Diefenbach (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München), Astrid Ensslin (Universität Regensburg), Christopher Ohge and Jane Winters (both University of London). Both initiatives examine the cultural practices that are produced by the multi-layered human interactions with automated actors like AI and algorithms, albeit through distinct yet complementary lenses. We welcome/are calling for: * Scholarly essays on algorithmic folklore, digital myth-making, and folklore in virtual networked environments (of 6000-8000 words). * Short contributions and philosophical provocations on the aesthetics, ethics, politics, economics and/or epistemologies of algorithmic storytelling (max. 3000 words). * Experimental, multimodal and meta-cognitive creative works including images, remixes, code-poems, and experimental media including scholarly commentary (max. 3000 words). Selected works will be considered for publication in Issue 06 of the digital review<https://thedigitalreview.com/>. * Short project reports documenting new collections, tools and/or methodologies or pedagogical innovations (3000-5000 words). Please send your abstracts to Sabine.Slowik(a)ur.de<mailto:Sabine.Slowik@ur.de> and find the Author Guidelines here<https://boap.uib.no/index.php/ebr/about/submissions>. For creative works and images, include a brief abstract describing the work, a link to the work itself, and any other supporting materials as one PDF file. Deadline for abstract submissions: March 31st, 2026 Other important dates: Notification of acceptance: April 30th, 2026 Full papers due date: June 30th, 2026 Editorial feedback by: October 31st, 2026 Final Version due date: December 18th, 2026 Prospective publication scheduled for February 2027 and beyond. Full CfP: https://electronicbookreview.com/cfp/ best, g

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