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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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First Monday shutting down after 30 years
by Zimmer, Michael 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research, and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors retained their copyright. My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of an era. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99 ~ Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society<https://www.marquette.edu/data-ethics-society/> Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/>

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Re: [Air-L] Final call for papers
by Scott MacLeod 07 Mar '26

07 Mar '26

Greetings Harry and AoIR colleagues, Greetings from the SF Bay Area near Berkeley and Stanford. Just beginning part 2 of my "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" book (Academic Press at World University and School, 2026, forthcoming) on the global university and World University and School, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, and planned in all 200 countries, and in their main languages for free-to-students' Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB high sch / similar (for 16-19 year olds), AA / AS, and Master's degrees - and wiki schools for people-to-people wiki-teaching and wiki-learning in all 7159 known living languages. In a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, World University and School is seeking to facilitate highest quality free universal education from home, and in seeking to code for all 7.9 billion people on the planet from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - for a variety of reasons. Much of MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School will also grow in a #RealisticVirtualEarth and think Google Street View with time slider, Maps, Earth, and with TensorFlow AI and STEM field sites, and classrooms etc too; and please see Peter Norvig's INCREDIBLE #ToolifyAIWUaS article "Revolutionizing Education with Machine Learning and AI" #WorldUniversityInSchool updated March 2, 2024 - https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/revolutionizing-education-with-machine-learn… - where he mentions a realistic virtual earth for the first time other than WUaS that I know of. Might I give as a paper the first chapter in Part 2 of my "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" book (possibly in 2026, or 2027) at 2026 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety), which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 13th-15th? You'll find a Google Docs' link here in World University and School's 12/15/25 Weekly Business Meeting Agenda item A to the first 8 chapters for my book - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak-m-121… - for which I'm happy to share permissions, if you or AoIR researchers might be interested. World University and School's OPEN Weekly Business Meetings are loosely conducted in the Manner of Friends / unprogrammed Quakers Monthly Business Meeting ... and I'm wondering too Harry Dyer, with your somewhat Quaker last name (re Friend Mary Dyer in the 1650s) whether you might have Quaker ancestry that even informs your Digital Sociology research and related academic querying. (I've also lived for 2 full years studying in Edinburgh, Scotland -where I became a member of the RSOF Religious Society of Friends in 2004 - and would be interested in sharing my "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" book in Scotland, for example; Harry Dyer, do you have Friendly Quaker affinities by any chance?). Here's the very beginning of free Scotland World University and School - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scotland (from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States) planned in English, Scottish Gaelic, and the Scots languages, eventually accessible from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages and as LLMs too ... and check out the Academic Subjects here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects (planned in all 7159 known living languages) and for their MIT OCW courses, eventually for credit for free WUaS degrees re these versions of OpenCourseWare - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ & https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/ with an invitation to begin a wiki WUaS subject too about something you love to teach and learn about, or something you have expertise in, and in your languages. How best to proceed please? Might it be possible to share this paper via a video component to the 2026 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)? Thanks, Scott Scott GK MacLeod "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" book (forthcoming in 2026, Academic Press at WUaS) - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YJg2icBhxEj7eSiSoiN2mgusX4PK1cQfZRFPRdw… - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak.html https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak-m-121… Also https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/society%20and%20information… (in daily blog) https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university (in daily blog) PS M 1/19/26 Recording of free best STEM #CClicensed #OCW #wikiWUaS @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress #WUaSNewsAndQA #WUaSWeeklyBusinessMeeting11926 re #FreeWUaSdegrees building on #MITOCW in 7 languages - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ - in all ~200 countries, and in their main languages, emerging from M 1/19/26 Rec of #OCW #wikiWUaS @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress -https://youtu.be/dUvelVaMvXI using 1/12/26 Agenda & News https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2026/01/roggeveld-mountains-s… -https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/01/roggeveld-mountains-sa.html -https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMacLeodWorldUniversity/videos ~ https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2013660275015397650 https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2013660414098448657 https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2013660359018582333 Vid pic https://x.com/WUaSPress/status/2013661337151557721 https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/2013661277927907599 https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2013661210433012179 https://x.com/TheOpenBand/status/2013661148458230001 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottgkmacleod_cclicensed-ocw-wikiwuas-activ… https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-macleod-4691a011a_cclicensed-ocw-wikiw… https://www.linkedin. com/posts/world-university-and-school_cclicensed-ocw-wikiwuas-activity-7419437891094913025-EEdY ~ PPS my notes - Harry Dyer - University of East Anglia https://share.google/LrVTjaRXW9DKg5z2A Harry T Dyer | Digital Sociology and Theory https://share.google/spIVxeHzbCgIBizFT Harry.T.Dyer(a)uea.ac.uk -- Scott MacLeod - World University books <http://amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity> Society, Information Technology, and the Global University (2026, forthcoming) Scottish Small Piping album #2 - Honey Piobaireachd <https://scottmacleodpiobaireachdscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/> (2022) - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand (Berkeley) - Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually <https://www.amazon.com/Light-Float-Sit-Watsu-Virtually/dp/0578834685> (2021) Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune <https://scottmacleodhoneyinthebagscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/t…> (2020) Order Book #4 To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs, than to realize it in virtual reality <https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Pools-Virtually-different-Springs/dp/0578625490> (2019) Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss <https://www.amazon.com/Winding-Road-Rainbow-Harbin-Wandering/dp/0578435187> (2018) Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry <https://www.amazon.com/Haiku-ish-Other-Loving-Harbin-Poetry/dp/0692049037> (2017) Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography <https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Harbin-Ethnography-Counterculture-Clothing-Opt…> (2016) - https://twitter.com/HarbinBook - Scott GK MacLeod Founder, President, CEO & Professor at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, World University & School (WUaS) - USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, wiki https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects, https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/The_College_at_World_Univers… World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch 2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - https://twitter.com/WUaSPress (o) 415 480 4577 - sgkmacleod(a)worlduniversityandschool.org (m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod(a)gmail.com World Univ & Sch Innovation Research - - scottmacleod.com - https://twitter.com/scottmacleod - https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/1815700381474689273 - http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgkmacleod - https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod (all 7,159 known living languages at WUaS) - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20univers… IMPORTANT NOTICE: This transmission and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable federal or state laws. If the reader of this transmission is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by email or telephone. World University and School is sending you this because of your interest in free, online, higher education. If you don't want to receive these, please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the body of the email, leaving the subject line intact. Thank you. On Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 06:44 Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) via Air-L < air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Dear AoIR community, > > This is a final announcement for paper submissions for the 2026 > International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety), which will > take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 13th-15th. As a reminder, the > deadline for extended abstract submissions (1000-1500 words abstracts) is > Monday, January 26, 2026 at midnight (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time). We > look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you in Glasgow! > > #SMSociety is a biennial gathering of leading social media researchers > from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering > new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects > society. #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange > ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, > and network with peers. > > The call can be found below: > > https://socialmediaandsociety.org/smsociety-2026/ > > The 2026 conference is co-organized by the Digital Cultures and Economies > Research Hub< > https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/research-at…> > at the University of the Arts London (UAL), the University of East Anglia< > https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/critical-cultural-studies-in-educa…> > (UEA), and the hosts at the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy< > https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/urban-studies-social…> > at Glasgow University. > The conference's three-day program will feature panels and paper > presentations, workshops, tutorials, networking events, and a poster > session. > In keeping with the conference's inter- and transdisciplinary focus, we > welcome both quantitative and qualitative scholarly and original > submissions that crosses disciplinary boundaries and expands our > understanding of current and future trends in social media research across > many fields including (but not limited to): Communication, Computer > Science, Critical Data Studies, Education, Journalism, Information Science, > Law, Management, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Public > Administration, Science and Technology, Sociology, Urban Studies, among > others. > > TOPICS OF INTEREST (the list is not exhaustive) > > * Affordances > * AI and LLMs > * Algorithms > * Computational, digital and data methods > * Creators and Influencers > * Cyberbullying, Trolling and Antisocial Behavior > * Digital Education > * Digital Intimacies > * Discourse and Public Opinion > * Health and Wellbeing > * Infrastructures, platformisation and datafication > * Marketing and Promotional Social Media > * Misinformation and Disinformation > * Online and Offline Communities > * Platform Cultures > * Platform Governance and Regulation > * Emerging and Established Social Technologies, Apps and Platforms > * Politics, Policy, and Regulation > * Privacy, Security and Trust > * Social Media Cultures and Everyday Life > * Use and Users > * Vibes, memes and trends > > SUBMISSION DETAILS > > * Submission types and guidelines< > https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submission-types-and-guidelines/>: You > can submit an extended abstract for a paper or poster presentation, and/or > propose a panel, workshop or hands-on tutorial< > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftm_yw8HDDrnuliY7GkhIy4UkebDWviCI… > > > > SUBMISSION DEADLINES > > * Papers (Extended Abstracts): January 26, 2026 (1000-1500 words) > * Panels: February 16, 2026 (2000-3000 words) > * Workshops & Tutorials: February 16, 2026 (2000-3000 words) > * Posters (Extended Abstracts): March 13, 2026 (1000-1500 words) > > ORGANISING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: > > * Zoetanya Sujon - Reader and the Programme Director for > Communications and Media courses at London College of Communication (LCC), > University of the Arts London, UK > * Harry Dyer - Associate Professor of Education, School of Education & > Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia, UK > * Mark Wong - Senior Lecturer and Subject Group Lead of Social and > Urban Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of > Glasgow, UK > * Devina Sarwatay - Presidential Fellow City St. George's, University > of London, UK > * Estaban Morales Velasquez - Assistant Professor / Media and Digital > Cultures Centre for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen, NL > * Irida Ntalla - Senior Lecturer in Digital Storytelling at London > College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts London, UK > * Daniel Jordan - Postgraduate Research Student University of Glasgow, > UK > * Yingwen Wang - Postgraduate Research Student London College of > Communications, University of the Arts London, UK > * Yue Qin - Postgraduate Research Student London College of > Communications, University of the Arts London, UK > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ >

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RECORDING – IS3C Webinar – The Post-Quantum Cryptography transition. Tackling a huge challenge
by Joly MacFie 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20268>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/z85LaInxjrg> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/is3c-pqc/is3c-pqc.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/151859761/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/is3c-pqc> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19887> On 26 February 2026, the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet Standards, Security and Safety Coalition <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/internet-standards-security-and-safe…> (IS3C) and Afnic <https://www.afnic.fr/> hosted a webinar ‘The Post-Quantum Cryptography transition. Tackling a huge challenge‘. One of the main challenges ICT organisations face today is preparing for the transition to the post-quantum era in a coordinated and timely manner. With quantum computing on the horizon, a practical question arises: How do you protect the vital data of your organisation, customers, and society at large from the computing power it will deliver? Why is this an urgent question? Quantum computing will enable computing power that renders all existing cryptographic protections obsolete. Although quantum computing is often seen as a future technology, it may be only one eureka moment away. Plus, hackers are stealing data now to decrypt later. This makes PQC an urgent topic. It is time for action! SPEAKERS Benoît Ampeau – Head, Afnic Labs Sandoche Balakrichenan – Head of R&D Partnerships, Afnic Pierre Bonis – Director-General, Afnic Nicolas Fiumarelli – ISOC Uruguay/ IS3C WG 1 chair João Moreno Falcão – IS3C WG 9 vice-chair HOST / MODERATOR Wout de Natris – van der Borght – IS3C coordinator -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): First Call for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights
by Announce 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

*** First Call for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ A Fast Abstract (FA) or Project Highlights (PH) paper is a two-page, lightly reviewed technical article. The FA/PH track at ISSRE 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) to: • Introduce early original ideas. • Discuss relevant work-in-progress and ongoing experiences. • Challenge the SRE status quo on key topics. • Present critical analyses of prior work. • Share lessons learned from real-world SRE applications. • Propose new problems from industrial or academic experience. • Describe approaches to problems of significance that may not yet have complete results. In addition to traditional Fast Abstracts, the track welcomes Project Highlights (PH) papers. PH papers are expected to disseminate results, visions, methodologies, tools, and ongoing activities from national and international research projects (e.g., European, or multi- institutional initiatives). Project Highlights may include, but are not limited to: • Overviews of funded research projects and their objectives. • Project methodologies, architectures, and experimental frameworks. • Early or intermediate results, including lessons learned and preliminary insights. • Datasets, benchmarks, tools, platforms, and other project outcomes released or in progress. • Collaboration experiences, challenges, and emerging research directions from national or international projects. Project Highlights that can stimulate discussion and collaboration within the ISSRE community are welcome. Ongoing projects and projects completed not earlier than October 2025 are eligible. Accepted contributions will be published in the Supplemental Proceedings of ISSRE 2026 and made available via IEEE Xplore. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Reliability, safety, maintainability, security, survivability, resilience, robustness, and other dependability attributes. • Faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures, and other dependability threats. • Reliability of all systems, applications, networks, and software, including problems, solutions, and discussions. • Metrics, measurement, assessment, monitoring, modeling, estimation, and prediction regarding reliability. • Reliability of AI-powered software systems, including large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents, and AI-enabled applications. • Other contents about software reliability, such as normative/regulatory/ethical spaces, societal aspects, etc. Presentations The presentation might be in the form of a short talk in a Fast Abstracts/Project Highlights session or a poster. Further details about presentations and posters will be shared with authors upon notification. Submission Guidelines Manuscripts must be: • submitted via EasyChair as a single Portable Document Format (PDF) file with all fonts embedded; • written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines. Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Manuscripts must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies. Particularly, they should NOT have been previously published or be under submission elsewhere. All submissions will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal. Contacts Please contact the Fast Abstract/Project Highlights Co-chairs (issre2026-fast- abstracts(a)easychair.org) for any questions or further clarifications. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: June 15, 2026 • Notification to authors: August 5, 2026 • Camera ready papers: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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AoIR 2026 Mexico reminder
by AoIR Conference Coordinator 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Hello The deadline for AoIR 2026 is 1 March. Visit https://aoir.org/aoir2026/ for more information. Please submit in English, using the template, available here https:// aoir.org/aoir2026/aoir2026-submission-template/. Submissions are coming in thick and fast, thanks to everyone who has submitted. In imagining your AoIR experience this year, you have the theme of Regeneration(s) https://aoir.org/aoir2026/aoir2026cfp/. AoIR offers great opportunities for proposals from further outside of the box. Consider offering a Fishbowl to discuss a broader topic, or set up a deeper discussion with a Roundtable Session. Get creative and interpret the conference theme in a uniquely engaging Experimental Session, ro go even bigger with a half or full-day Preconference Workshop proposal. Notes _If you are a first-timer looking for examples of panels or papers, you can visit the AoIR SPIR archive here https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/issue/archive. _Confirming 1 May is the deadline for online and in person doctoral colloquiums for PhD students. Kind regards *Ann McLean (she/her)* Conference Coordinator Association of Internet Researchers confcoordinator(a)aoir.org

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(Deadline repost) Special Issue Call for Papers: Contemporary craft work and digital craft economies
by Williams, Ian Granger 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Special Issue Call for Papers: Contemporary craft work and digital craft economies Craft work can no longer be imagined as separate from the digital. More than a decade after Susan Luckman’s formative description of the “aura of analogue” (Luckman, 2013), craft work and craft economies have undergone a great deal of digitization, shifting and blurring the meanings and associations of long-stable and discrete categories. For instance, “artisanal manufacturing” used to be an oxymoron; today it describes a type of manual labour increasingly understood as offering opportunities for authenticity, creativity, and fulfillment. Digital media and craft have never been mutually exclusive, of course, but craft work and artisanal labour have garnered new appreciation for their pre-digital tools and processes, akin to the rearticulated pleasures that now purportedly flow from consuming non-digital media. However, contemporary appreciations of handmade commodities tend to traffic in nostalgia and obscure a more complicated set of lived relationships among craft workers and their tools, many of which not only utilize digital technology but owe much of their resurgence to the affordances of digital platforms. Craft workers sell their wares on digital platforms, tailor instructional videos for streaming services, and source their raw materials from online marketplaces. Established forms of work are always changing in response to technological shifts, and craft is no different. For instance, concepts like “neo craft” (Gandini and Gerosa, 2023; Gandini 2025) account for craft’s embeddedness with global, digital markets while capturing a growing discontent with white collar work. Contemporary craft work is still (too) often imagined as exclusively the realm of the analog, or as an antidote to digital saturation, but contemporary craft economies are increasingly impossible without engagement with digital technology. And digital craft economies feel increasingly unstable as well as inevitable or unavoidable. Digital platforms have become fraught places to sell and source, with platform owners taking a larger share of craft sales. Advanced automation and AI challenge established notions of authenticity within craft. Craft workers increasingly enter the gig economy. Algorithms nudge crafters to make, promote, and sell their wares in specific ways which are amenable to advertising dollars and circulation in the attention economy. The internet is simultaneously fracturing and consolidating craft markets under the purview of fewer, larger, and more powerful players, not only all-encompassing behemoths like Amazon, but also “crafty” platforms like Etsy. In light of these developments, craft feels as if it is on a precipice: how can craft economies survive in these new conditions, and what do craft workers want that survival to look like? This proposal is for an upcoming special issue which has received strong interest from a leading cultural studies journal. We welcome theoretical inquiry, case studies, and research papers which address the complicated and perhaps inextricable relations between craft, analog and digital technology, and the conditions of artisanal culture and digitized commerce. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): * Cultural exchange via craft work online * Practices and beliefs of digital craft communities * Craft and the gig economy * Rentierism and exploitation on digital craft platforms * The role of algorithmic sorting on digital platforms within craft communities * Philosophical inquiry into craft as a salient category in a digitized cultural economy * Changes in access to craft after digitization as a mode of work along lines of gender, race, and sexual orientation * The role of influencers in the broader craft economy * New challenges to craft work from AI and other forms of advanced automation * Craft’s relation to industry and regimes of mass production * The changing role of video in craft instruction after TikTok/Reels Send abstracts (250-500) words to Ian Williams at igwillia(a)live.unc.edu<mailto:igwillia@live.unc.edu> or Michael Palm at mpalm(a)unc.edu<mailto:mpalm@unc.edu> by March 5, 2026. Ian Williams, PhD Adjunct Instructor UNC Department of Communication

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CfA: “A field in formation: What do we mean by ‘critical’ and ‘AI’ in Critical AI Studies?” [EASST2026]
by louisravn.cph＠gmail.com 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Dear all, We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our open panel “A field in formation: What do we mean by ‘critical’ and ‘AI’ in Critical AI Studies?” at the EASST2026 Conference (AGH University of Krakow, 08-11 September 2026). The growing ubiquity of AI in society is currently being met with the scholarly formation of Critical AI Studies. However, what is the “critical” and the “AI” of Critical AI Studies? This panel invites contributors to explore these questions empirically, theoretically, reflectively and artistically. Please find the detailed panel description here: https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/programme/#18148 In case of interest, we would love to receive your abstract. Please submit your abstract of max. 250 words here (https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/programme/#18148) by 09 March 2026. Decisions will be communicated as quickly as possible. Please feel free to get in touch with Dieuwertje Luitse (d.luitse(a)uva.nl <mailto:d.luitse@uva.nl> ) or Louis Ravn (l.ravn(a)uva.nl <mailto:l.ravn@uva.nl> ) should you have any questions about the panel. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! All the best, Anna Schjøtt Hansen, Dieuwertje Luitse, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thlystrup, and Tobias Blanke

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RECORDING - APRALO Policy Forum Webinar on Multilingual Domain Names
by Joly MacFie 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20262>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/p60OOUfGg3s> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/apralo-multilingual-1/apralo-multilingual-1.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/151789905/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/apralo-multilingual-1> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20262> On 26 February 2026 the APRALO Policy Forum <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg> hosted ‘Multilingual Domain Names <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/KYDWM>‘, ,the first of the series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a “Multilingual Internet” and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. Pitinan Kooarmornpatana <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pitinan/> provided an introduction to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), and a guided exercise on how to develop Label Generation Rules (LGR) which is a key technical requirement for enabling IDNs PRESENTER Pitinan Kooarmornpatana – IDN Programs Director, ICANN HOST / MODERATOR Gopal Tadepalli -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS): Last Mile for Contributions
by Announce 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

*** Last Mile for Contributions *** 39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2026) June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2026.cbms-conference.org (*** Submission Deadline: March 6 2026 (final and firm!) ***) Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work. The conference will feature three keynote talks by Professor Metin Akay ("Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Biomarkers for Personalized and Dynamic Pain Assessment"), Professor Dimitrios I. Fotiadis ("From Data Scarcity to Trustworthy AI: The Transformative Role of Synthetic Data in Healthcare"), and Professor Domenico Talia ("Techniques for Exploiting Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare"). CALL FOR PAPERS Example areas include but are not limited to: • Active and Healthy Ageing System • Analytics and solutions in Public Health • Artificial intelligence in healthcare • Big Data Analytics in Healthcare • Bioinformatics • Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision • Cognitive Computing in Healthcare • Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW) • Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare • Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare • Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare • Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models • e-Health • Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine • Explainable AI for Decision Support • Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare • Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare • m-Health • Medical education using ICT • Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies • Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality • Multimodality Data Analysis • Network and Telemedicine Systems • Pervasive Computing for Wearables • Privacy and Security in Healthcare • Radiomics and Radiogenomics • Serious Games for Healthcare • Software Systems in Medicine • Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research • Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information Special Tracks CBMS 2026 will also feature a number of special tracks: • Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Network and Text Mining in Computational Biology and Medicine https://sites.google.com/unicz.it/greenai-nettext/ Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare https://sites.google.com/view/maih2026/home GEAI4ND — Generalizable & Explainable AI for the Care Continuum of Neurodegenerative Disease http://geai4nd-cbms2026.conf.uoi.gr/ Interoperability and Federated Analytics in Biomedical Data Using OMOP CDM https://bioinformatics-ua.github.io/ieee-cbms-st-IFABD/ Network Medicine https://medal.ctb.upm.es/CBMS26_ST_NM.html Image Processing and Machine Vision for Intelligent Healthcare https://sites.google.com/view/2026-cbms-impvih Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion, Accessibility and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations https://www.uco.es/kdis/cbms-2026/ Synthetic Healthcare Data Generation and Clinical Decision Support https://is-innovation.eu/CBMS2026/search-workshop.htm Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CIMI) https://sites.google.com/view/cbms/cbms-cimi Management and Quality of Data Lifecycle in Health and Medicine https://raise-suite.eu/management-and-quality-of-data-lifecycle-in-health-a… Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details. Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of the authors. Type of Submissions Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates . The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three types of submissions: • Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for more information. • Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3 pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones. • Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference. The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length). CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite (a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions. Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor, value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track. Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to: • Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty • Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field • Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice • Experience papers based on use and data from the field • Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the field • Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field • New and practical data analytics useful in practice • Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your demonstration with a limit of two pages. Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals, consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have preference. Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the following information: • Project/initiative title • Description • Participant entities • Project goals • Funding agency (when applies) or agencies • Results obtained so far (publications, patents, ...) The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages. Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of the authors. CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different related topics in the field. Submissions Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work. In particular: • Title and author • The research problem that your PhD addresses • Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem • How your approach compares to other known approaches • Any preliminary results or expected results • Future plans and directions with specific questions Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the IEEE proceedings in a specific “Doctoral Consortium” section. SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026 Please choose the track that best fits for your submitted paper. OTHER INFORMATION For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org . IMPORTANT DATES (all types of contributions) • Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026 (final and firm, AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026 • Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE) ORGANIZATION CBMS SC Chair • Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy General Chairs • Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy • Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece • Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus • Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus Publication Chairs • Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA • Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden Special Tracks Chairs • Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy • Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Showcase / Research Projects Chair • Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy Doctoral Consortium Chair • Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA Sponsorship Chair • KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, USA Local Organizing and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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