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CFP - Workshop on arts-based methods in housing, planning and the built environment
by Danielle Hynes 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning, and the built environment 9 - 10 September 2025 Maynooth University, Ireland Organised by Rob Kitchin, Carla Maria Kayanan, Juliette Davret, and Oliver Dawkins This two-day workshop aims to explore the use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning, and the built environment. It is organised as part of the ERC-funded project, 'Data Stories: Telling Stories about and with Planning and Property Data'<https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/>. Travel Bursaries Available - details here https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/?p=650 Over the last two decades, there has been a turn towards using creative and arts-based practices within social sciences to research aspects of society. Research-creation is an approach that utilises creative and arts-based practices and methods throughout the entire research process from the formulation of a project, through its enactment, to its dissemination (Loveless 2019, Truman 2021). Methodologically, such research might use various forms of creative writing (e.g., speculative fiction, poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction), art and craft practices (e.g., painting, photography, sculpture, textiles) and performance (e.g., theatre, film-making, music) as participatory methods to generate shared insight into an issue. Using a research creation approach provides opportunities for opening up new ways to conceptualise and understand issues related to housing, planning and the built environment. This workshop aims to explore and theorise: * the potential of research creation as an approach for making sense of housing, planning and the built environment; * the implications of different artistic / creative practices for the co-production of knowledge * the implications of different models of collaboration (e.g. the artist plus researcher pair vs. the artist doing research/researcher doing art) While we will organise traditional paper-based sessions, we are also open to alternative modes of presentation and session formats. Following the workshop, selected speakers will be expected to contribute a full chapter to an edited academic book of the workshop proceedings. We seek contributions that emphasise epistemological inquiry rather than those that primarily showcase the outputs of using arts-based methods. To present a paper and receive a travel bursary, please submit: * A short cover letter explaining your interest in the workshop * A title and short abstract (150 - 200 words) Send applications to carla.kayanan(a)mu.ie<mailto:carla.kayanan@mu.ie> and juliette.davret(a)mu.ie<mailto:juliette.davret@mu.ie> using the subject line 'CFP RESEARCH CREATION WORKSHOP' by 14th March 2025. To apply for a doctoral student travel bursary (without presenting), submit a cover letter explaining your interest using the subject line 'BURSARY RESEARCH CREATION WORKSHOP' by 14th March 2025. Dr. Danielle Hynes

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Seeking Predoctoral Opportunities - Digital Sociology/Internet Studies
by Emerson Victoria Johnston 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

Hi AoIR Community, My name is Emerson Johnston. I’m a master's student at Stanford University, and I lead a graduate student group focused on internet studies. Many of our members are actively seeking predoctoral opportunities in digital sociology, internet studies, and sociotechnical systems for the upcoming academic year, but have had difficulty identifying relevant positions through traditional channels like predoc.org and just searching online. If you know of any predoctoral fellowships or research assistantships in these fields that would provide valuable experience before PhD applications, I'd greatly appreciate your leads. Thank you for any suggestions you can provide. Best, Emerson Victoria Johnston Stanford University, MA ‘25

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Webinar March 19, 2025 - “Platformed! How streaming, algorithms and artificial intelligence are shaping music cultures”
by tiziano bonini 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

“Platformed! How streaming, algorithms and artificial intelligence are shaping music cultures” webinar - *March 19*, 2025, 4.30-6.00 pm (CET) We are pleased to invite anyone interested in music studies and digital platforms to this webinar series organized by the Pastis research unit of the University of Padova and the MA course of media studies at the University of Siena. The webinar will be introduced by Tiziano Bonini (University of Siena) and Paolo Magaudda (University of Padova), authors of “Platformed! How streaming, algorithms and artificial intelligence are shaping music cultures” (Springer 2024) They will talk about music, digital platforms and artificial intelligence in conversation with *Emília Barna *(Budapest University of Technology and Economics) and *Robert Prey* (University of Oxford/ University of Groningen), who will also present their latest research on streaming music platforms. Free link to the webinar: unipd.zoom.us/j/86462911915 Info: https://www.pastis-research.eu/events/platformed-how-streaming-algorithms-a… Best regards Tiziano and Paolo -- Tiziano Bonini ||| Associate Professor in Sociology of Culture and media ||| DISPOC Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, Politiche e Cognitive Università degli studi di Siena Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena ::: Academia ::: https://unisi.academia.edu/TizianoBonini

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Wiki Workshop 2025 CfP - Call for Papers (Submission deadline: March 9)
by Matthew Vetter 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

Dear colleagues, please consider submitting to this year's Wiki Workshop. **Final reminder** for the call for submissions for Wiki Workshop 2025 [1]: There are 3 days left to submit your extended abstracts (max 2 pages) until the submission deadline on *March 9, 2025 23:59 AoE* Looking forward to your submissions. Best, Matt (co PC-chair) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workshop_2025/Call_for_Papers Matt Vetter, PhD (he/him) Professor of English Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing Indiana University of Pennsylvania http://mattvetter.net<http://mattvetter.net/> Connect with me on Zoom, https://iupvideo.zoom.us/my/dr.vetterzooms Managing co-editor, Writing Spaces<http://www.writingspaces.org/> Co-chair, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative<https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/wikipedia-initiative/> Available as open access ebook, Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia…..>

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): Second Call for Papers
by Announce 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

*** Second Call for Papers *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) December 12-13, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data. • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering. • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge. • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning. • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps. • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust. • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning. • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning. • Ontologies and reasoning. • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge. • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction. • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy. • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business. • Big knowledge systems and applications. • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining. • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning. • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning. • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Model • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning. • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion. • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): July 15, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 15, 2025 • Camera-ready deadline and copyright forms: October 15, 2025 • Early Registration Deadline: Oct. 29, 2025 • Conference: December 12-13, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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VIDEO: The Geopolitics of the Internet: How Will Trump Reframe the New World Order
by Joly MacFie 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

I am working my way through archiving State of the Net <https://archive.org/details/sotn2025>. My method involves transcribing a session's audio in Whisper (v2 large model, beam 10) which does a pretty good job of interpretation, then DeepSeek for speaker/paragraph formatting (both ChatGPT and Perplexity fail at this task), and then Descript for syncing and further manual correction, before outputting to transcript, captions, and then running through ChatGPT for a summary. On this one, interestingly, DeepSeek ground to halt two thirds of the way through, deleted the work so far, just saying "Let's talk about something else." I was able to run the audio through Descript, not so accurate, so, while correcting, I actually did an edit, taking out the ums and ahs, of which there were a lot. *YOUTUBE <https://youtu.be/F4dYC7HCW34> | TRANSCRIPT <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLU…> | SUMMARY <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLU…>* No surprise, panelist Milton Mueller was mostly at odds with his DC colleagues. I pulled his main thrust into a separate clip <https://www.instagram.com/p/DG2tPJcNPo4/> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New CDT Report on Research-Driven Insights on Child Safety Policy
by Dhanaraj Thakur 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hi everyone, We would like to share a new report from CDT titled “The Kids are Online: Research-Driven Insights on Child Safety Policy. <https://cdt.org/insights/the-kids-are-online-research-driven-insights-on-ch…>” The report summarizes key discussions and insights from a research symposium held in September of last year on research and policy related to child safety online. The event brought together top researchers, policy experts, and civil society representatives to explore open questions and research-driven approaches to improving youth safety in digital spaces. Some of the key themes highlighted in the report include the need for evidence-based and youth-centric approaches, greater researcher access to data, and cross-sector collaboration. It also outlines opportunities for action, such as implementation of default safety protections, customizable user tools, and digital literacy strategies. Please find the full report here: https://cdt.org/insights/the-kids-are-online-research-driven-insights-on-ch… We welcome any feedback and encourage you to share the report with others. thanks, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* **dthakur(a)cdt.org | **+1 202 407 8849

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Post Doc Position at Pitt
by Samuel Woolley 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hi All, I’m seeking a postdoc for CTRL (Communication Technology Research Lab), my new research project at Pitt. I’m specifically interested in applicants who have ethnographic and field-research experience working alongside marginalized communities. The goal is to do in-depth qualitative work in collaboration with several groups internationally in order to learn about how they are combatting propaganda and disinformation from the ground up. Details and the application requirements are here: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.… Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best, Sam — Samuel C. Woolley, PhD Dietrich Chair of Disinformation Studies University of Pittsburgh

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AusSTS 'Signals and Noises' CFP - submission portal correction
by Christopher O'Neill 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Apologies, the recent email sent about the 2025 AusSTS conference<https://aussts.org/> contained an error in the submission portal link - please submit proposals here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?prevorigin=shell&origin=Ne…> by Friday 14 March 11:59pm AEDT. Best wishes, Carina Truyts and Christopher O'Neill (co-convenors) Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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AusSTS CFP reminder and keynote announcements - CFP closing soon!
by Christopher O'Neill 04 Mar '25

04 Mar '25

***with apologies for cross-posting*** The Call for Proposals for presentations, posters, meet-ups, making and doing installations, and pre-submitted papers for the Australasian Science and Technology Studies (AusSTS) 2025 conference is closing soon, on Friday the 14th March 11:59pm AEDT. Please submit here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=XHJ941yrJEaa5fBTPkhkN9…>. For more information about this year's theme and our keynotes, please check out the AusSTS website<https://aussts.org/aussts-2025-cfp/>, or read more below. We look forward to welcoming you in July! Theme: Signals and Noises When: 9-11 July 2025 Submissions due: 14 March 2025, 11:59 PM AEDT. Where: Naarm/Melbourne: National Communication Museum (Hawthorn) and Deakin Downtown (Docklands) Confirmed keynotes and collaborations This year we are excited to announce a collaboration with the ‘Signal to Noise’ exhibition at the fantastic new National Communication Museum<https://ncm.org.au/> (NCM) in Hawthorn, Naarm, for day 1 of the conference. The day 1 activities will draw on the creative archives, exhibitions and interactive spaces in the NCM and have been made possible thanks to generous support from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). Day 1 will include a keynote panel on infrastructures of noise with Dang Nguyen<https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/n/dang-nguyen>, (RMIT), Ranjodh Dhaliwal<https://ranjodhdhaliwal.com/>, (University of Basel), Kate Mannell<https://experts.deakin.edu.au/57134-kate-mannell> (Deakin) and Fabian Offert<https://zentralwerkstatt.org/> (University of California, Santa Barbara), as well as a series of workshops and a public event in the evening with Eryk Salvaggio<https://www.cyberneticforests.com/about> and further international and national artists (to be announced soon!). Days 2 and 3 will take place at Deakin Downtown in the Docklands. On day 2 we look forward to a keynote on technologies of reproduction from Elizabeth Stephens<https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1204> (University of Queensland), in discussion with Jaya Keaney<https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/955699-jaya-keaney> (University of Melbourne). The keynote will kick off a day of presentations, pre-submitted paper workshops, and ‘Making and Doing’ sessions, which will include a poster format and short tours where presenters will be able to introduce their installations. The keynote for day 3 on noise within health includes Warwick Anderson<https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/warwick-ande…> (University of Sydney), Kari Lancaster<https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/kari-lancaster> (University of Bath), and Christopher O’Neill<https://experts.deakin.edu.au/66849-christopher-o%27neill> (Deakin). For more information and details about the conference theme, ‘Signals and Noises’ please check out the AusSTS website<https://aussts.org/aussts-2025-cfp/>. ‘SIGNALS AND NOISES’  AusSTS 2025 seeks to bring the broad scope of STS subjects, skills, practices and politics into conversation with a core problematic of information theory - the problem of noise. Noise (as distortion, as error) is a problem for communication - it corrupts and contaminates communication signals (as they fly along wires or along undersea cables for example). But to eliminate noise entirely is to shut signals down, to sever communication. To perfectly silence noise would also mean perfectly silencing the signal to which it belongs. Signal and noise are intimately, iteratively bonded in their material production, reception and translation. What questions then might signals and noises ask of STS? Is it simply a case, as it was for Shannon and Weaver (1949) of eliminating noise as far as possible in the service of signal? Or can we listen to ‘noise’ differently? Can the difference between what we seek to understand or convey on the one hand, and the ‘unintended things’ that trouble our efforts on the other, be illustrative? How might we work creatively with the flotsam and jetsam of research, or trace the twisting journeys of signals? We encourage submissions that grapple with the entwined nature of signals and noises in our efforts to understand the world and listen to noise differently. We invite generous readings of the theme. For more information and suggestions on engagements with the theme, see <https://aussts.org/> or get in touch at <ausstsgrad(a)gmail.com>. Sponsored by: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S), Deakin Science and Society Network, Science, Technology, & Human Values, and the National Communication Museum. Please circulate the call in your networks - we look forward to seeing you in July! Best wishes, Carina Truyts and Christopher O'Neill (2025 Convenors) Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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