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Data & Society seeks Postdoc for Media Manipulation
by Joan Donovan 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Please forward this widely: Data & Society Research Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar, with a background in social science, media studies, journalism studies, or technology studies, to conduct a one-year ethnographic study of media manipulation and/or platform news. We are most interested in candidates who would pursue a project that illustrates how disinformation impacts communities and how responses are shaped by access to technology and power. More here: https://datasociety.net/blog/2018/06/13/now-hiring-researcher/ Contact jobs(a)datasociety.net with any questions about the position. All my best, Joan Donovan

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PostDoc position in Social Computing at UIUC
by Diesner, Jana 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Hi, The School of Information Sciences/ the iSchool at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for the position of a Post-Doctoral Scholar in Dr. Jana Diesner’s research group. The person will leverage and improve methods from Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML) and Social Network Analysis (SNA) to advance theory and applications in the areas of emergency management, IoT, and responsible computing. This will be interdisciplinary research at the nexus of computing and social science conducted in collaboration with Dr. Jana Diesner and her lab. The person will be involved with at least one of the following three projects: (1) Emergency management: Explore the application of NLP and ML techniques to large-scale, multi-mode data in order to advance the measurement of the success of emergency response efforts. This project spans all stages (preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation) of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. A specific sub-goal for this position will be the assessment of situational awareness of emergencies and responses depending on data types and characteristics of sources. This project is funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CIRI (Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute, at UIUC), and is conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard. (2) IoT: Collaborate on user studies and computational data analysis to develop novel theories and scientific insights that lead to the scalable composition and management of heterogeneous IoTs that enable secure information sharing. We will focus on investigating the relationship between the accuracy and modality of information, cultural contexts, and bias in perception. We will characterize information behavior related to basic human principles of expression and decision making, such as people’s morality and the impact of multi-modality on people’s perception of information. A sub-goal for this position is the characterization of the interplay of social agents and information in networks where links are formed through communication, collaboration and shared mental models. This project is funded by the Army Research Lab. (3) Responsible Computing: Practical Ethics: Study data regulations with a focus on normative expectations in different communities and data governance in different jurisdictions. Help to develop practical solutions for compliance with data regulations. Transparency and accountability: Study the impact of data provenance and data curation on research outcomes, with a focus on the impact of data and algorithms on predictive modeling. This work is funded by the Office of the CIO/TechnologyServices at UIUC. Statement of duties: Conduct high quality research in the general area of social computing Collaborate with graduate students Supervise small, interdisciplinary teams that involve graduate and undergraduate students Prepare and publish research findings in journals and at national, state and regional conferences Work with Dr. Diesner’s group to translate research outcomes into training and education Qualifications: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline (e.g., computer science, information science, or computational social science) as well as evidence of conducting research aligned with the projects’ interests. Applicants should have a track record of publishing in the areas of computational social science, network science, or NLP. Applications should have strong research experience with machine learning, handling large datasets, and data provenance/ curation. A background in one of the mentioned application domains is highly desirable. Appointment status: The position is a full-time appointment (100%) for an initial period of 12 months. Start date will be ideally in August of 2018. Salary statement: Salary will be commensurate with experience. Application process: To apply for this position, please send your cover letter, CV, up to three related publications, and the name and contact information for three references to Jana Diesner (jdiesner(a)illinois.edu) Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Close date for applications: July 13th, 2018 (11.55 pm AoE) Unit contact information: For more information, contact Jana Diesner at jdiesner(a)illinois.edu. For a full description of the position please see http://jdiesnerlab.ischool.illinois.edu/postdoc_june2018.html Kind regards, Jana Jana Diesner, PhD Assistant Professor PhD Program Director School of Information Sciences/ The iSchool at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820 Web: http://jdiesnerlab.ischool.illinois.edu

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ENTER 2019 eTourism Conference: Third Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

ENTER 2019: The 26th Annual eTourism Conference "eTourism: Towards a Sustainable Digital Society" Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 30 January - 1 February, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Third Call for Research Papers *** (Proceedings published by Springer - Journal special issue in JITT, Springer) Every year, hundreds of tourism academics, industry representatives, government officials, students and entrepreneurs come together to share, discuss and challenge latest developments in information technology in the fields of travel, tourism and hospitality. With the theme "eTourism: Towards a Sustainable Digital Society" the ENTER 2019 conference will focus on exploring the ways in which technology and tourism together can make our society more sustainable. We call for latest research and case studies on emergent and cutting-edge information and communication technology concepts, applications, and business models to be shared in the conference. Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the ENTER 2019 conference provides a unique venue for various tourism stakeholders to understand the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism, with a special focus on how eTourism can contribute to the sustainability of the society. The ENTER 2019 research track is divided into three major topics that all contribute to our capabilities in building a sustainable digital society: Tourism Business and Technology, Governance, Sustainability and Education, and Computer Science and Information Systems. Issues to be covered at the conference include, but are not limited, to the following areas in the travel, tourism and hospitality context: Tourism Business and Technology · ICT and Tourism Experience · Augmented and Virtual Reality · Platform Economy · Website Design and Evaluation · Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategies · Digital Distribution and Social Selling · Social Networking, Social Media and Social Inspiration · Gaming and Gamification · ICT Adoption and Value Creation · E-strategy and eBusiness Models · ICT for Innovation and Service Design · Digital Nomads · Consumer Behaviour in Digital Space · Robotics and Automation in Travel and Hospitality Governance, Sustainability and Education · ICT for Regional Development and Sustainability · Advanced Distribution Systems and Strategies, Dynamic Packaging · ICT-enabled Partnership and Collaboration · E-Learning, Life-long Learning and MOOCs · E-Government and Public Policy in Tourism · Digital Divide and Socio-economic Development · Privacy and Internet Security · Legal, Ethical and Social Aspects of ICT Computer Science and Information Systems · Big Data and Large-scale Systems · Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning · Data Mining, Analytics and Measurement · Text and Concept Mining, Sentiment Analysis · Recommender Systems and Personalization · User Modeling and Decision Making · Human-Computer Interaction · Emotions and Personality-based Systems · Social Network Analysis · Location-based Services and Context-Aware Systems · Mobile Services and Wearable Technologies · Semantic Web, Tourism Ontologies and Linked Open Data · Data Standards and Data Integration · Travel Information Search and Retrieval · Internet-of-Things · Smart Destinations · Travel Chatbots · Blockchain and Other Emerging Technologies Welcoming Academics and the Industry The conference brings together the research community and industry, and it is organized in three streams, namely industry track, destinations track, and research track. If you are representing tourism industry or destinations, please see suitable calls for presentations at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The conference also features six to eight world-class keynote speakers discussing the most pressing topics within eTourism. Location The 26th edition of ENTER will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus. Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus; a status it has enjoyed for 1000 years since the 10th century, though its beginnings date back 5000 years to the Bronze Age. Nicosia is a sophisticated and cosmopolitan city, rich in history and culture that combines its historic past with the amenities of a modern city. Cyprus is an island drenched in sun and mythology, at the crossroads of ancient civilizations. 9,000 years of history gathered on one island. Cyprus packs a remarkable array of sights and attractions, museums and archaeological parks, throbbing beach resorts, pine covered mountains, medieval fortresses and ancient temples. Over the last few years, it has become one of the top touristic European destinations breaking in consecutive years the record of tourist arrivals. It is expected that in 2018, more than 3.6 million tourists will visit Cyprus and plans target a steady intake of 5 million tourists per year. More information about Nicosia and Cyprus as well as what the island and its capital offer can be found on the conference web site. Call for Research Papers We invite research papers across the widest spectrum of Information and Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism to be presented at the ENTER 2019 conference. All submissions to the research track are rigorously evaluated for novelty, significance, and soundness. Papers should clearly state the background, introduction, purpose, theory, methodology, results, conclusions and managerial/industry/social implications of the study, and be fully referenced with appropriate citations. The authors of full papers and research notes will have the opportunity to present their research orally supported by PowerPoint slides. Full technical details will be provided with the acceptance of the paper. The proceedings of recently held ENTER conferences are listed by ISI's Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S). ENTER 2019 proceedings will follow a similar indexing process for ISI and other major indices. A) Full Papers Full papers should be innovative, so to advance the knowledge base of related fields. These papers present major contributions to the field and should be up to 12 pages in length. The conference proceedings http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (to be published by Springer International Publishing) will include all accepted full papers. An award for the best full paper will be presented during the conference. B) Research Notes Research notes of up to 5 pages are invited. These papers represent new ideas not developed enough at the scale of a full paper, findings that restate known research, descriptions of prototypes, or research that is limited in scope. All research notes will be published by the e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR) at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (Editor of eRTR: Cody Morris Paris, Middlesex University Dubai, United Arab Emirates). C) Organized Sessions Proposals for organizing technical or other research-oriented sessions are invited. Proposals will include details of potential participants, topics, and presenters. Session Chairs are expected to attend ENTER 2019, set the order of presentations, and chair their session/s. Deadline for session chairs to submit their proposals to Research Track Chairs is September 3, 2018 (please submit proposal by e-mail to the research track chairs found at the end of the document). Submission Please refer to the "Author Advice" (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ) document as a style guide for standards to follow in the preparation of manuscripts. Please also see Springer guidelines for conference proceedings: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… , especially for Latex submissions. Papers must be uploaded to the online reviewing platform: Easy Chair for ENTER2019 (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=enter2019 ). All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed by experienced researchers who are members of the scientific review committee. Final acceptance will depend on whether the author(s) can adequately address review comments to the satisfaction of the reviewers. Authors must submit their revised manuscripts by the deadline (October 22, 2018) and must register for the conference by November 12, 2018 in order to have their papers included in the Conference Proceedings or eRTR. Time Schedule · Submission closes: September 3, 2018 · Notification of acceptance/rejection/revision: October 8, 2018 · Deadline to submit revised version: October 22, 2018 · Final acceptance: October 29, 2018 · End of Early Bird registration: November 2, 2018 · Registration deadline to be published later: November 12, 2018 · Conference: January 30 - February 1, 2018 Conference organizers reserve the right to modify the paper submission schedule. Submission Guideline and Presentation Template Please download the "Author Advice" document as a style guide for Word here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… and for Latex here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . A presentation template for your presentation during ENTER2019 Conference will be sent to the authors after acceptance. Fast Track Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT) Best papers' authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their article to Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (Springer). These articles will be reviewed under a special fast track in order to assure a timely publication. JITT website: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Research Track Chairs · Juho Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland (juho.pesonen[at]uef.fi) · Julia Neidhardt, TU Wien, Austria (julia.neidhardt[at]ec.tuwien.ac.at)

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Internet of Everything (IoE 2018)
by ijwa＠dline.info 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Call for Papers Fourth Workshop on 'Internet of Everything (IoE)' In Conjunction with the Thirteenth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2018) http://www.icdim.org/workshop.php Berlin, Germany September 24-26, 2018 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Technology Engineering Management Society Accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings indexed by IEEE Xplore. About the Workshop The Internet of Everything (IoE) is expected to also make impacts in government, education, finance and transportation. On the consumer side there are nearly endless combinations of applications. The Internet of Things will forever change our personal and professional lives. By 2020, there will be 50 billion connected devices communicating through the Internet. Devices can range from connected coffee makers, cars, or sensors on cattle to connected machines in a production plant. These devices provide data that offers new insights, and as they talk to each other, they develop their own intelligence and can advise customers about optimal ways to put them to use. This will revolutionize consumer habits and the way we do work and services. Realizing the potential of IoT the proposed workshop will address the new research and also visulaize the future IoT. The topics the workshop address includes but not limited to The Internet of Everything (IoE) and Industry 4.0 Smart Services Sensors Smart Grid Effects on Society Challenges and Opportunities for Society Business Perspective Digital Transformation and Business Smart Software for Smart Services Enabling Technologies Challenges and Opportunities for Business IoT for Supply Chain Management IoT in Healthcare Smartphone integration, automotive applications, vehicle connectivity Smart Factory Energy & Utility Management and other related topics Submissions Submissions should provide original and unpublished research results or ongoing research with simulations. The papers should be between 6 to 8 pages total in length in the IEEE format. * All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. All the ICDIM papers are indexed by DBLP (http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icdim/index.html) * Modified version of the selected papers will appear in the special issues of the following peer reviewed and indexed journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Journal of Digital Information Management 5. International Journal of Computational Linguistics (Indexed in Scopus, Thomson Reuters, Journal Citation Reports, dblp, Engineering Index and many other databases) Important Dates Full Paper Submission: July 15, 2018 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 08, 2018 Registration Due: September 10, 2018 Camera Ready Due: September 10, 2018 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: September 13, 2018 Main conference: September 24-26, 2018 Organizers Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Technological University of Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico Submissions at http://www.icdim.org/submission.html For additional inquiries, please contact - conference at icdim.org

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Seeking digital humanities postdoc
by Bench, Harmony 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Dear all, Kate Elswit (RCSSD) and I are seeking a Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work on Dunham’s Data, a 3-year AHRC-funded research project on performance and mobility with an emphasis on dance history. We are seeking an early career researcher from any arts or humanities field, whose research involves a significant digital component of data collection and analysis. The work can be carried out from London or remotely. For more information about the position: https://www.cssd.ac.uk/jobs-at-central/digital-humanities-postdoctoral-rese… <https://t.co/6hsPammoOR> For more information about the research project: http://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FR012989%2F1<http://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH/R012989/1> Please share with interested parties. Please note that the application closes the morning of August 6th (9 AM in the UK). Thank you! Harmony Harmony Bench, PhD Associate Professor of Dance History and Theory Affiliated Faculty: Theatre, Folklore, Translational Data Analytics, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies The Ohio State University Department of Dance 305 Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210 Co-Editor, International Journal of Screendance: http://screendancejournal.org Movement on the Move: http://movementonthemove.osu.edu/ bench.9(a)osu.edu<mailto:bench.9@osu.edu>

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Workshop: Environmental Impact of Data-Driven Technologies
by danah boyd 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Workshop: Environmental Impact of Data-Driven Technologies Call for Applications http://datasociety.net/EnvironmentTechWorkshop <https://datasociety.submittable.com/submit/b0b2085b-2f11-42dc-9241-23e1bfd2…> On November 2, 2018, Data & Society will host a workshop in NYC on the environmental impact of data-driven technologies. The purpose of the D&S Workshop series is to enable deep dives with a broad community of interdisciplinary researchers into topics at the core of Data & Society’s concerns. The structure of the D&S Workshop is designed to maximize scholarly thinking about the evolving and societally important issues surrounding data-driven technologies. Participants will be asked to read three full papers in advance of the event and prepare comments for intensive discussion. Some participants will be asked to be discussants of papers, where they will lead the conversation and engage the room. Authors will not present their work, but rather participate in critical discussion with the assembled group about the paper, with explicit intent of making the work stronger and more interdisciplinary. Participation in this event is limited. Those who are interested in participating should apply by AUGUST 16. Environmental Impact of Data-Driven Technologies By the end of 2018, Bitcoin will consume .05% of the world's energy per year. This is equivalent to the energy consumption of Denmark. Major tech companies are working hard to make cloud services more energy efficient, but server farms still require tremendous power and water to function. Additionally, other parts of the "stack" (e.g., software development, usage patterns) do not take environmental impact into consideration. Likewise, financiers obsessed with blockchain and 5G are often ignoring the environmental impact of the proliferation of these new technologies. While some IoT chipmakers are competing on energy efficiency, cheap production still dominates that conversation at a moment in which data-oriented tech is being introduced into everything. On the user end, people are streaming a billion hours of YouTube videos every day and loading countless hours of videos and images into online backup services where they are likely to be watched/viewed by humans only a handful of times. Gmail has normalized the idea that everyone should archive email in perpetuity, which means that Facebook notices indicating you have a new message that you received in 2007 are still using up energy. Apple has been called out for slowing down its operating system when battery life declines to make the user experience more seamless, which, in effect, encourages users to buy more equipment. Yet, the environmental cost of new hardware is piling up - quite literally. Users of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure are encouraged to spin up new machines when they are working with data; they experience no visceral understanding of the environmental impact of their decisions. Likewise, even though most older computer scientists obsessed over runtime efficiency of their algorithms, few who grab code from Github give much thought to the environmental cost of their inefficient code. Much work is still needed to understand the environmental cost of technology. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers who are examining these issues from different disciplinary and analytic perspectives. Relevant topics for this workshop might include: - What is the environmental cost of blockchain, 5G, AI, and other hyped technologies? - How do design concerns at different parts of the "stack" affect the environmental impact of whole systems? - What would an environmental audit of artificial intelligence look like? - How do/might software engineers or other practitioners integrate climate concerns into their practice? - What is the relationship between privacy and energy-sensitive code? - How do data centers affect water policies in different countries? - How can decentralized engineering practices be made more environmentally responsible? Participation requirements All participants are required to read three papers in advance of the event and come ready to offer constructively critical feedback. We want researchers from different intellectual traditions to spar with and challenge one another to strengthen ourselves across the board. This is not an event for passive attendance, but an opportunity to engage each other substantively and from cross-disciplinary perspectives. A subset of participants will workshop papers they have written. This is a fantastic venue for workshopping a paper. If you have an appropriate paper in-progress, you are strongly encouraged to submit it for consideration. Drafts of journal articles, conference papers, law review papers, and book chapters are all welcome. Papers are expected to be at draft stage with room for improvement; the goal of this event is not to present largely finished work but to truly workshop work-in-progress. For this event, we are looking to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines ranging from computer science to law, economics to history, and anthropology to media studies. As a result, attendees should expect to engage with scholars who are outside of their field. We ask that attendees think of the D&S Workshop series as an opportunity to engage across fields, and to strengthen both relationships and research through participation in the workshop. While we see this as valuable for individual authors, we also see this as a field-building exercise that we hope will be valuable for all involved. Format The day will be organized into three time slots, each 75 minutes long. One paper will be workshopped in each session. Multiple sessions will run in parallel so there will be a total of 9-12 papers, but each participant will only be responsible for 3. Within each group, a discussant will open with a critique of the paper before inviting participants to share their feedback. (If you participate in this event and are not an author, you may be asked to be a discussant.) All are expected to share feedback, with author response towards the end of the session. Logistics The event will take place at Data & Society in NYC on November 2, 2018 and will run from 8:45 to 6pm. Paper sessions will run until 4pm; afterwards, there will be a reception for all participants. There is limited travel support for our out-of-town guests. If you are in need of travel support, please let us know. We will not be able to accommodate all travel needs so if you have grants or other means of covering your participation, please use that so that we can prioritize funding for those who have none. Application to participate If you are interested in attending this Workshop, you may either 1) propose a paper to be workshopped; or 2) describe how your research makes you a relevant discussant/participant. Please note: All co-authors who are intending to attend must apply separately. They should submit the same paper abstract. If your paper is accepted, you will be allowed to send 2 authors. Additional authors will be considered as discussants/participants. By August 16, please submit the following information via this Submittable portal: 1. Name, email address, affiliation, title, discipline. 2. Bio and headshot (used for the program if accepted). 3. If applying as an author, a 1-page (max) abstract of a paper you'd like to workshop. 4. If applying as a participant/discussant, a 1-page (max) discussion of your interests as it relates to this topic. 5. Bibliographic citations / links to 3 papers (yours or others) that everyone interested in this domain should read. [Optional] 6. If travel support is necessary for your attendance, please indicate this in your application. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate everyone's needs. Dates Application Deadline: August 16, 2018 Selection Decisions: August 25, 2018 Full Paper Deadline: October 12, 2018 Workshop: November 2, 2018 This call for workshop participants can also be found online at: https://datasociety.net/blog/2018/07/03/call-for-applications-environmental… <https://datasociety.net/blog/2018/07/03/call-for-applications-environmental…> ------ us people are just poems / we're 90% metaphor / with a leanness of meaning / approaching hyper-distillation - Ani Difranco, "Self Evident" <http://www.danah.org/Ani/SoMuchShouting/SelfEvident.html>

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Book Announcement: The World of Scarry Video Games by Bernard Perron
by Gerald Voorhees 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Apologies for cross-posting; Please distribute widely. It is my great pleasure to announce the recent publication of an exciting new volume in the Approaches to Digital Game Studies <http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/approaches-to-digital-game-studies/> book series. *The World of Scary Video Games <https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-world-of-scary-video-games-9781501316197/> *provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as “survival horror” as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror, terror and fear since Haunted House (1981), combining a thorough historical account with a sophisticated theoretical framework in order to offer a broad history of the genre, outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It discusses pivotal games and game series, from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992- ), Resident Evil (1996-present), Silent Hill (1999-present), Fatal Frame (2001-present), Dead Space (2008-2013), Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010), and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written, The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history and structure of an important video game genre. This book is available now in paperback, hardback, and various ebook formats from your favorite online retailers. Orders via Bloomsbury.com or Bloomsbury.uk will receive a 35% discount with the coupon code " GLR MP4" on the checkout page. (Actually this code works for all in-stock titles in the series!) Authors interested in proposing a volume to the series can learn more at https://sites.google.com/site/approachestodigitalgamestudies/ and contact the series editors at gamestudies.books(a)gmail.com. Thanks and best regards, Gerald

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Fwd: ICEGOV2019 - Melbourne, Australia - Call for Papers available!
by Fernando Kleiman 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

From: ICEGOV <icegov(a)icegov.org> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 5:38 PM Subject: ICEGOV2019 - Melbourne, Australia - Call for Papers available! To: <fekleiman(a)gmail.com> ICEGOV2019 - Melbourne, Australia - Call for Papers <http://www.icegov.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ICEGOV2019-Call-for-Papers…> Dear Colleague, We are happy to announce that the 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2019) is now accepting paper submissions! To access the full Call for Papers, please go here <http://www.icegov.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ICEGOV2019-Call-for-Papers…> . We look forward to your paper submission! The ICEGOV2019 PC Chairs, Soumaya Ben Dhaou (United Nations University) Lemuria Carter (University of New South Wales) Mark Gregory (RMIT University) <https://twitter.com/ICEGOVcommunity> <https://www.facebook.com/ICEGOV> <http://www.icegov.org/> <http://www.icegov.org/> *ICEGOV stands for International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Established in 2007, the conference runs annually and is coordinated by the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV). More information about ICEGOV is available here <http://www.icegov.org/about>.* If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please reply back with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" and you will be removed from the mailing list. Our mailing address is icegov(a)icegov.org <icegov(a)icegov.org?__xts__=>

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14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018): Last Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

*** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS *** 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-17 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (*** Sponsorship Approved by IEEE Communication Society ***) *** Submission Deadline Extended to July 10, 2018 *** WiMob is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience among researchers, developers and practitioners of wireless and mobile technology. For fourteen years, the International WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities for researchers and developers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations, and discuss emerging directions in a number of contemporary topics in wireless and mobile computing. WiMob 2018 is soliciting high quality technical papers addressing research challenges in the areas of wireless communications, wireless networking, mobility, nomadicity, ubiquitous computing, services and applications. Papers should present original work validated via analysis, simulation or experimentation. Practical experiences and Testbed trials also are welcome. TOPICS WiMob 2018 will host 5 parallel symposia on: · Wireless Communications · Wireless Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity · Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications · Green and Sustainable Communications and Network Computing · Security on Wireless and Mobile Networks A full list of topics for each symposium can be found on the conference web site. PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are required to submit fully formatted, original papers (PDF), with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column). The initial submission for review will be limited to 8 pages. The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 8 IEEE pages included in the registration. However, additional charges may apply for additional pages. The conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore (after approval) as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the co-authors or a third party, otherwise it will not be indexed and archived through IEEE Xplore. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… will be accepted. For more details, please visit the Facebook page for WiMob 2018: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… as well as the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES · Paper submission: July 10, 2018 (***extended***) · Notification: August 15, 2018 · Final manuscript: September 1, 2018 ORGANISATION Honorific Chair · Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK General Chair · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Steering Committee · Abderrahim Benslimane - University of Avignon, France · Hsiao-Hwa Chen - National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan · Khaled Ben Letaief - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK · Victor C. M. Leung - University of British Columbia, Canada · Samuel Pierre - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada · Dovan Thanh - Telenor & Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway Executive Co-Chairs · Wessam Ajib, Universite du Quebec - Montreal, Canada · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshop Co-Chairs · Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA · Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada · Anna Maria Vegni - Roma Tre University, Italy TPC Co-Chairs · Abbas Bradai, XLIM Institute, University of Poitiers, France · Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada · Ming Li, University of Arizona, USA · Qi Liao, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany Publication Co-Chairs · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France · Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland Publicity Co-Chairs · Abdellatif Ezzouhairi, ENSA Fez, Morocco · Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China · Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India · Cristina López-Bravo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain · Roca Vincent, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France

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Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018 by Miriam Rasch
by Geert Lovink 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018 by Miriam Rasch is the second volume in the Deep Pockets series of the Institute of Network Cultures, and is now available in print and online: http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/deep-pockets-2-shadowbook-writi… <http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/deep-pockets-2-shadowbook-writi…>. What happens to our everyday language in the digital sphere? How does ‘the post-digital condition’ change the world in which we think about ourselves and talk to one another? In Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018, Miriam Rasch investigates these questions in five experimental essays and one exposition. From the way the smartphone molds the language of desire and friendship to the possibilities of writing a ‘spreadsheet novel’ – Shadowbook is a testimony to post-digital writing by way of writing. It salutes both the beauty of the web and what hides in the shadows. Even in the bright and shiny sphere of the digital, the dark side is never far off. With a foreword by Maria Fusco. Table of Contents: Introduction by Way of Acknowledgments (or Vice Versa) A Small Organic Banana: Phonophilia in 12 Scenes Shadowbook Notes Towards a Spreadsheet Novel The Post-digital Condition 40: A Fictitious Smartphone Essay on Friendship SUBLIMINALITATIONS About the author: Miriam Rasch works as a researcher for the Institute of Network Cultures and is a writer, critic and essayist. In 2015 she was awarded the Jan Hanlo Essay Award for her essay ‘A Small Organic Banana: Phonophilia in 12 Scenes’, which is included in this collection. Her book Zwemmen in de oceaan: Berichten uit een postdigitale wereld was published by the Dutch publisher De Bezige Bij in 2017. Thanks to a fund coming from the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Van Doesburghuis-residency, there is a small print run. Order your copy free of charge and with free shipping here: http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/deep-pockets-2-shadowbook-writi… <http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/deep-pockets-2-shadowbook-writi…> Or download the PDF and/or EPUB version.

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