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INTERFACE CRITIQUE JOURNAL: Initial volume out now
by florian hadler 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

*Initial Volume* The initial volume of *Interface Critique Journal* is now available as open access and print. All articles are available on our website www.interfacecritique.net You can download each of them individually or the whole volume as pdf or order a print version from your trusted online retailer. *What is it about?* Interface Critique promotes an understanding of the interface as a historical and cultural phenomenon and encourages comprehensive interdisciplinary perspectives. Interface Critique is not interested in the enhancement of usability, ergonomic questions of design or optimization of user experience. With contributions, first translations and initial publications from Max Bense, Julie Woletz, Siegfried Zielinski, Vilém Flusser, Olia Lialina, Alan N. Shapiro, Jan Distelmeyer, Søren Pold and Christian Ulrik Andersen, Branden Hookway and Maria Park, Susanne Jany, Lukas Hartmann, Lasse Scherffig, Christine Schranz, Konstanty Szydlowski and Gabriel Yoran. *Spread the word!* As we are already in the process of the second volume we would greatly appreciate it if you could spread the word and forward this mail to your networks, institutes, colleagues, clients, students and whoever you might consider interested. We already have a couple of contributions, but are actively seeking more, especially from outside the European/American framework (and would also welcome more female authors). So please help us, spread the word and get in touch (hello(a)interfacecritique.net) – we would love to hear from you. – Florian Hadler

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Teaching Fellowships in Dept of Digital Humanities, King's College London
by Feldman, Zeena 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

Dear Colleagues, King’s College London is recruiting Teaching Fellows to support its growing teaching provision. Closing date: 19 June 2018 King’s College London is in the third year of making a significant investment in the Department of Digital Humanities as part of an ambitious programme of growth and expansion in existing and emergent research areas and student numbers across its five MA programmes and the BA Digital Culture. We are seeking to recruit exceptional candidates to join the Department no later than 1st September, who can enthuse and inspire our students, and contribute to the life and reputation of the Department. The Department of Digital Humanities is an international leader in the research of digital theories and practices in the arts and humanities and related social sciences. King's College London has a long tradition of research in the Digital Humanities, going back to the early 1990s. King's is one of the few places in the world where students at all levels can pursue a wide range of inter-disciplinary study of the digital. Digital Humanities is trying to expand the opportunities for scholars in the relatively new fields of digital culture, digital humanities and digital economy and society. With the support of King’s College, we are therefore able to offer multiple career-developing Teaching Fellowships in these areas. Please, note that we are looking for multiple posts with at least one appointment in each of the areas below. We are hiring for * Teaching Fellow in Digital Humanities and Heritage:https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=79203<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…> * Teaching Fellow in Digital Media and Culture:https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=79198<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…> * Teaching Fellow in Digital Economy and Society:https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=79204<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…>

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Reminder: CfP Symposium Dis/Connection: Conflicts, Activism and Reciprocity Online and Beyond, Sept 27-28, Uppsala University, Sweden
by Magdalena Kania Lundholm 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

-------Apologies for crossposting--------- Dear Colleagues, Here comes the final reminder about the symposium organized by The Cultural Matters Group at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University on Sept. 27-28 this year. The symposium is called Dis / Connection: Conflicts, Activism and Reciprocity Online and Beyond and we look forward to receiving your papers! Deadline for submissions is next week- June 18, 2018. The symposium focuses on a fundamental aspect of social relationships, namely the idea of connection. We invite abstract submissions on the possibilities of connectivity, but also the problems and promises of the act of disconnection. Digital networks embedded in everyday lives have transformed virtually every aspect of social life – from intimate relations with family and friends to the collective acts of digital activism. Digital relations and connections are our starting point for a broader discussion of notions of connectivity and how they are developing, failing, or simply being reproduced. Therefore, we also focus on the idea of disconnection as a voluntary act to take control over one’s use of digital technologies, as an act of resistance and of saying no to the opaque structures of power and control in the networked society. The goal is to further the discussion on the gains, costs and possibilities of ethical life in the culture of hyperconnectivity. The symposium also aims to address destructive functions of connected living, such as surveillance, trolls, selfies, fake news, fake news accusations, sexual harassment, click baiting, commercialism, terrorism, viruses, spam, and the colonization of private life. In other words, we are interested in how connectivity and disconnectivity can give rise to and facilitate social inclusion and democratic processes, as well as exclusion, isolation and conflict. Confirmed keynote speakers: Annette Markham (Aarhus University and Loyola University) Adam Fish (Lancaster University). Artist Mako Ishizuka will put her thoughts on the themes of the symposium into a mind-map on site, in dialogue with the symposium participants. For more information please see: http://soc.uu.se/forskning/forskargrupper/cultural-matters-group/dis-connec… Papers could address but are not limited to the following themes: * What is ‘connectivity’ and how can we analyze it? * Sexism, peer pressure and online harassment * Digital activism / hacktivism * Bad connection – communication networks gone awry * The digital underclass – outsourced journalists, click farm and troll factory workers, and networking refugees * “Someone is very wrong on the internet” – risk, edgework, and the rise of the internet as a polarized political space * Digital afterlives and post-humanism * Digital intimacies * Online radicalization and extremism * Epistemic enclosures (so called “Google Bubbles”) and the future of representative democracy * The colonization of attention and attention economy * The self promotion video as a technique of the self * 1337 h4x0rz * Politicians’ tweets, dick picks, inappropriate tagging and other downsides of being connected * Analog relationships offline – embodied relationships between humans (and other animals) as a way to opt out of the digital * Voluntary disconnection Abstract submission and fees: The symposium will be free of charge, including coffee and a dinner in the evening of the 27thSeptember. The number of participants is limited. Please submit your abstract to disconnection(a)soc.uu.se<mailto:disconnection@soc.uu.se> together with your name, affiliation and contact details. Use the same address for queries, and if you want to attend the conference without presenting a paper. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. You will be notified concerning your participation in the beginning of July. Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2018. We’ re looking forward to receiving your papers! On behalf of the Cultural Matters Group, /Magdalena Latest article: Kania-Lundholm, M., Torres, S. (forthcoming). “Ideology, power and inclusion: using the critical perspective to study how older ICT users make sense of digitization”, Media, Culture & Society --------- Magdalena Kania-Lundholm, PhD Department of Sociology Uppsala University Box 624, SE- 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden +46 18-471 7681 +46 (0)70 970 49 58 magdalena.kania(a)soc.uu.se<mailto:magdalena.kania@soc.uu.se> När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/

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Postdoc position Russian Media Lab - University of Helsinki - 10 days left to apply
by Mariëlle W. 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Second call for applications: apply by 18.06.2018 The Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki invites applications for an enthusiastic and creative POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/postdoctoral-researcher-russia-me…> for a fixed term from 3rd of September 2018 to 30th of June 2019, to work within the project 'Russia MediaLab: Freedom of speech and critical journalism in Russia'. The employment contract will include a trial period of six months. If measured according to conventional parameters, freedom of speech and expression in Russia has deteriorated. However, such development is not uncontested and without contradictions. Instead, actions and measures taken can prove inefficient or have unintended outcomes, which can be either negative or positive in terms of freedom of speech. Likewise, freedom of speech can also unintentionally shrink due to reasons such as the strained economic situation or increasing commercialization. To formulate a fuller picture of freedom of speech in Russia today, it is therefore not enough to study measures of control and questions of implementation, but also to adopt the opposite perspective – that is, to study freedom of speech and expression from the perspective of the areas of relative freedom. See: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/russianmedialab. Potential candidates can approach the subject matter from several different perspectives: - Media regulation and self-regulation - Legislation and media - Media culture and -politics - Russia’s political culture and media - Media economy - Cultural institutions The subject matter can be approached from the angle of different humanities or social science disciplines. A strive for multidisciplinarity and willingness to partake in interdisciplinary discussions are appreciated. According to the Regulations of the University of Helsinki, the appointee to the position of postdoctoral researcher must hold a doctoral degree in a relevant field, have the ability to conduct independent scientific research and possess the teaching skills required for the position. The candidate should have a proven capability to publish in scientific journals, have excellent analytical and methodological skills, and be able to work both independently and as a part of a multidisciplinary scientific community. The successful candidate is expected to have excellent skills in written and oral English, as well as have a good command of Russian. The salary for the position will be based on level 5 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, a salary component based on personal performance will be paid. The starting gross salary of a post-doctoral researcher is around 3180 € per month, depending on the qualifications and experience of the applicant. Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents submitted as a single pdf file: - CV (max. 3 pages) - list of publications (max. 3 pages) - 1–2 page summary of the applicant’s motivation to join the Russia MediaLab -project and the scientific community of the Aleksanteri Institute - innovative research plan concerning freedom of speech and expression in Russia (max. 5 pages) - sample of academic writing (max. 10 000 words) - contact information of 2– 3 referees Please submit your application through the University of Helsinki Recruitment System <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/postdoctoral-researcher-russia-me…>. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to submit their application via the SAP HR portal. The deadline for applications is June 18th 2018. Applications will be evaluated by a preparatory commission, consisting of representatives of different disciplines. The applicants will be informed about the choices by e-mail within two months from the application deadline. Further information about the position may be obtained from Director of the Project, Professor Markku Kangaspuro, tel. +358 50 5223393, markku.kangaspuro(a)helsinki.fi. Apply at latest 18.06.2018 https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/postdoctoral-resea rcher-russia-medialab The University of Helsinki – among the best in the world Founded in 1640, the University of Helsinki is one of the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. The University of Helsinki is an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. It operates on four campuses in Helsinki and at 15 other locations. The high-quality research carried out by the university creates new knowledge for educating diverse specialists in various fields, and for utilisation in social decision-making and the business sector. The Aleksanteri Institute functions as a national centre of research, study and expertise pertaining to Russia and Eastern Europe, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. We offer our researchers an international and inspiring research environment in the centre of Helsinki, with excellent research infrastructure (including Integrum-database, diverse electronic resources of the University of Helsinki and the world-famous Slavonic library). The Centre of Excellence in Russian studies funded by the Academy of Finland, a visiting scholars programme and a wide network of scholars conducting research on Russia are also part of our dynamic research community. More information on the Aleksanteri Institute is available on the webpage http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/. For information on the University of Helsinki as an employer please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university

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ICADIWT 2018
by ijwa＠dline.info 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

CALL FOR PAPERS The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2018) September 05-06, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand http://socio.org.uk/icadiwt The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2018) is a forum for researchers to present the intensive and innovative research, ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Computer Communications, Communication networks, Communication Software Communication Technologies and Applications, and other related themes. This conference (ICADIWT Edition IX) will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Digital Technologies is embeded in the research activites of a large number of people and it ensures the Ubiquitous reaching of more number of people in the recent years. Research in digital technologies has been carried out in many directions using various resources and tools and on the other side, the application issues are addressed by more volume of researchers not necessarily limited to information and computing technology. Thus the proposed conference series realize its value and potential and manifest the requirements in the form of the international conference. This edition will address the following outlined themes (but not limited to) Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Databases and applications Web Systems Engineering Design Intelligent Agent systems/ Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Smart cities and structures Control Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Digital Technologies for Mechanical and other designs Publication and Indexing The accepted full papers will be published in the IOS series (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA))and submitted for inclusion in many indexes. Accepted full papers will be submitted for indexing to multiple abstract and indexing partners. The papers will be indexed in many databases as given at http://www.frontiersinai.com/?q=indexing The ICADIWT previous volumes are indexed in Web Of Science. The accepted papers will be published as a post-conference publication. During the conference, the pre-conference volume will be distributed. Important Dates Submission of papers- July 01, 2018 Notification- July 20, 2018 Camera ready-August 20, 2018 Registration-August 20, 2018 Conference Dates-September 05-06, 2018 In addition, selected papers after complete modification and revision will be published in the following special issues of journals Journal of Digital Information Management Technologies Computers PROGRAM COMMITTEES Honorary Chair Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, (Opole University, Poland) General Chairs Hathairat Ketmaneechairat, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Program Chairs Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, (Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) Submissions at http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/paper-submission/ Contact diwt(a)dirf.org or icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------

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10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018): Fourth Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

**** FOURTH CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS **** (Papers, Workshop Proposals, Posters, Demos, PhD consortium) The 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018) Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Paper Submission Deadline: 6 July, 2018 (extended) *** CloudCom is the premier conference on Cloud Computing worldwide, attracting researchers, developers, users, students and practitioners from the fields of big data, systems architecture, services research, virtualization, security and privacy, high performance computing, always with an emphasis on how to build cloud computing platforms with real impact. The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is steered by the Cloud Computing Association, and draws on the excellence of its world-class Program Committee and its participants. CloudCom 2018 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus between 10-13 December, 2018. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest of CloudCom 2018 are grouped into four tracks: · Architecture, Storage and Virtualization · Cloud Services and Applications · Security, Privacy and Trust · Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud The (non-exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Chairs: Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Intercloud architecture models · Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels and microservices · Cloud services delivery models, campus integration & ìlast mileî issues · Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization, software-defined networking) · Networking technologies · Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs, APUs · Storage & file systems · Scalability & performance · Resource provisioning, monitoring, management & maintenance · Operational, economic & business models · Green data centers · Computational resources, storage & network virtualization · Resource monitoring · Virtual desktops · Resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery · Modeling & performance evaluation · Disaster recovery · Energy efficiency Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Chairs: Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy, Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) · Cloud services models & frameworks · Service deployment and orchestration in the Cloud · Cloud service management · Cloud workflow management · Cloud services reference models & standardization · Cloud-powered services design · Cloud elasticity · Machine learning and systems interactions · Data management applications & services · Service for computing-intensive applications · Mining and analytics · Data-provisioning services · Cloud programming models, benchmarks, and tools · Cloud-based services & protocols · Fault-tolerance & availability of cloud services and applications · Application development and debugging tools · Business models & economics of cloud services Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Chairs: Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway, Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Accountability & audit · Authentication & authorization · Cloud integrity · Blockchain Cloud services · Cryptography in the Cloud · Hypervisor security · Identity management & security as a service · Prevention of data loss or leakage · Secure, interoperable identity management · Trust & credential management · Trust models for cloud services · Usable security Risk management in cloud computing environments · Privacy policy framework for clouds · Privacy-preserving data mining for clouds · Information sharing and data protection in the cloud · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in clouds · Privacy protection in cloud platforms · Energy/cost/efficiency of security in clouds Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Chairs: Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain, Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Cloudlet-enabled applications · Distributed Cloud Infrastructure · Foundations and principles of distributed cloud computing · Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications · Cloud brokers and coordination across multiple resource managers · Interoperability and mobility · Software infrastructure for cloudlets · Dynamic resource, service and context management on edge computing · Fog Computing · IoT cloud architectures & models · Cloud-based context-aware IoT · Economics and pricing · Experience with and performance evaluation of existing deployments and measurements (public, private, hybrid, federated environments) PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Authors must submit their papers by the deadline indicated below, using the EasyChair submission system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Only PDF files will be accepted. Manuscripts need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…) All regular paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of 8 pages. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three experts. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. The conference proceedings of CloudCom 2018 will be published by IEEE Conference Publishing Service with ISBN and ISSN, and submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexing services such as Ei Compendex. Distinguished papers will be recommended for fast-track publication in the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing or invited to be included within a number of special issues in prestigious international journals. CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS IEEE CloudCom 2018 is soliciting proposals for full-day / half-day tutorials to be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018. For more information on the tutorials and for the complete Call for Tutorial Proposals, please see the conference website. CALL FOR POSTERS, DEMOS & SHORT PAPERS (Late-breaking Results) Authors are invited to submit their research work as a poster, demo or short paper (late-breaking results) to the CloudCom 2018 conference. For the complete Call for Call for Posters, Demos & Short Papers (Late-breaking Results) please see the conference website. CALL FOR PH.D. CONSORTIUM A Ph.D. consortium will be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018 in Nicosia, Cyprus. For the complete Call for Ph.D. consortium, please see the conference website. IMPORTANT DATES · Tutorial Proposals Due: 30 June 2018 · Regular Papers Due: 6 July 2018 (*** extended ***) · Ph.D. Consortium Papers Due: 31 August 2018 · Short Papers, Posters and Demos Due: 31 August 2018 · Notification of Paper Acceptance: 14 September 2018 · Camera Ready: 08 October 2018 · Author Registration: 15 October 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus PROGRAM CHAIRS · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Sebastien Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS · Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain · Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil · Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway · Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS · Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy · Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Ionian University, Greece PH.D. COMSORTIUM CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMO CHAIR · Ioannis Konstantinou, NTUA, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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Call for Participants - Exploring the Shifting Sands: Accounting for Evolution In Analyzing Data from Social Media Platforms
by Proferes, Nicholas 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

CfP: Exploring the Shifting Sands: Accounting for Evolution In Analyzing Data from Social Media Platforms Workshop http://www.socialmediaevolution.org/ AOIR 2018 – Montreal, Canada Oct 10th, 2017 We invite 1-page extended abstracts for participation in our workshop on social media data evolution at AoIR 2018. Researchers are drawn to the magnitude of social media data available today. Yet, social media are not static, often undergoing numerous changes to user interfaces, default settings, affordances, algorithms, policies, and APIs. While social media data has opened new opportunities in research, researchers often struggle with the question of contextualizing the evolution of the research site. Changing platforms and changing data structures can fix conclusions to narrow points in time. So how do we account for this 1) amalgamation of data, its 2) evolution, and 3) the impact platform and design changes have on the kinds of data sets produced and analyzed by researchers. The goal of this half-day workshop is to explore the problems of studying social media platforms and data while accounting for their evolution. Participants interested in attending the workshop should submit a 1-page extended abstract to platformevolutions(a)gmail.com by July 10th, 2018 (see important dates). Submissions will be evaluated by the Organizing Committee on the basis of quality and fit to the workshop theme. We will invite authors of a select portion of the abstracts to give a short presentations Abstracts should address some facet of social media platform evolution while conducting research. This might include (for example): + Creating histories of social media sites (SMS) evolution to contextualize SMS research. + Identifying open questions on how to account for biases in academic research arising from platform evolution. + State-of-the-art tools and methodologies that can help mitigate bias when studying evolving media platforms. + Identifying issues arising from reliance on historical data in rapidly evolving platforms. + Developing a theoretical basis or methodology to account for historical data. There will be no formal Proceedings for the work submitted. Notification about accepted proposals will be issued on July 20th. ---Important Dates--- Proposal Submission: July 10th, 2018 Proposal Notification: July 20th, 2018 Please send any questions and submit workshop extended abstract to platformevolutions(a)gmail.com<mailto:platformevolutions@gmail.com>. More information about the workshop can be found at http://www.socialmediaevolution.org More information about AOIR 2018, Montreal can be found at: https://aoir.org/aoir2018/ Workshop Co-Chairs: Emi Moriuchi, @emoriuchi, Rochester Institute of Technology Christian Newman, @sourceslicer, Rochester Institute of Technology Nicholas Proferes, @moduloone, University of Kentucky Kristen Shinohara, @kristenshino, Rochester Institute of Technology Shawn Walker, @walkeroh, Arizona State University, --- Nicholas Proferes, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Science College of Communication & Information University of Kentucky

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Ford Foundation - A call for research on digital infrastructure
by Joly MacFie 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

[from my inbox] https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/a-call-for-re… Michael Brennan, Technology Program Officer, Internet Freedom 30 MAY 2018 Everything in our modern society, from hospitals to banks to social media platforms, runs on software. Nearly all of this software is built on “digital infrastructure,” a foundation of free and public code that is designed to solve common challenges. Last year, I wrote about the importance of this surprisingly fragile but critical infrastructure [1], and the dangers in store when it fails. Now the Ford and Sloan foundations have come together to support a new wave of research exploring the economics, sustainability, and maintenance of this digital infrastructure [2] —with an eye to strengthening it in ways that benefit us all. We’re seeking research projects that explore questions like: * What makes an open source project “critical digital infrastructure”? * What role should private companies play in maintaining a stable ecosystem of open source technology? * What are barriers to diversity and inclusion in the field of digital infrastructure? * How can we better sustain the open source community that maintains digital infrastructure? In 2016, the Ford Foundation funded Nadia Eghbal’s report, “Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure.” In it, Eghbal described how the development and maintenance of digital infrastructure often falls to communities of volunteers who take it upon themselves to maintain this infrastructure in their own free time, and for little or no money. Unsurprisingly, this leads to significant risks to the open internet, and challenges in developing new, innovative research and businesses within it. If you’re interested in submitting a concept note, we encourage you to read Eghbal’s report, as we are primarily interested in the scope of digital infrastructure as she defines it there. But we’re also eager for your creative thinking, and hope you will use the questions above as inspiration for your own. We will accept concept notes until June 13, 2018. Read more about the process and criteria, and submit yours here. [3] [1] https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/every-day-we-… [2] https://ford-foundation-6.forms.fm/digital-infrastructure-research-rfp/form… [3] https://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridge… [4] https://ford-foundation-6.forms.fm/digital-infrastructure-research-rfp/form… -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST THU/FRI Personal Democracy Forum in NYC #pdf18
by Joly MacFie 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Under way. Forward thinkers. Great quality stream. [image: PDF18] <https://www.pdf-18.com/>On *Thu-Fri June 7-8 2018* the *2018 Personal Democracy Forum <https://www.pdf-18.com/>* (PDF18) takes place at New York Law School in NYC. Held annually since 2004, the PDF focuses on technology’s impact on government, politics, media, and democratic societies. This year’s theme is “*How we make good*“. The event will be webcast live via *YouTube <https://youtube.com/personaldemocracy/videos>*. *What: Personal Democracy Forum 2018 <https://www.pdf-18.com/>* *When: Thu-Fri June 7-8 2018* *Where: NYU Law School NYC* *Program: https://www.pdf-18.com/#schedule <https://www.pdf-18.com/#schedule>* *Webcast: https://youtube.com/personaldemocracy/videos <https://youtube.com/personaldemocracy/videos>* *Twitter: #pdf18 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/pdf18?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10280#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10280#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10280 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CfP iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation (27-28 October 2018), The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
by Mercea, Dan 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Locked out of Social Platforms: An iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation (27-28 October 2018), The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2018. More info: https://blogit.itu.dk/ics2018/ After years of exalting rhetoric praising the democratisation of public discourse with the diffusion of the internet, informed observers have sounded a note of alarm about the scope for the distortion of electoral processes in democratic countries. The Brexit campaign, along with recent elections in the US and France have been linked to disinformation, misinformation or propaganda campaigns seeking to strategically diffuse content that heightens partisanship and erodes the general trust in democratic institutions. In the run-up to the 2018 US mid-term elections, the aftermath of the Irish abortion referendum and the Italian general elections, this two-day symposium aims to address the topical question of how independent, ethical research on dis/misinformation in political communication can be conducted in a corporate environment that favours platform 'lockdowns' and the throttling of API access in response to the strategic use of data analytics, bots, trolls, fake news, and dis/misinformation operations in electoral politics, public information campaigns, and activist communication. What are the challenges for independent academic research examining these developments? How can researchers investigate disinformation in a context of narrowing access to trace data? How can these challenges be met, and what meaningful ways can be imagined for making social media platforms more accountable to the democratic constituencies where they operate? How is such disruptive communication designed, executed, with what effects and how are these measured? What data policies can be envisaged to strike a balance between safeguarding privacy and enabling academic research into the impact dis/misinformation or propaganda campaigns have on social media and beyond, in the attitudes and behaviours of their users? We encourage submissions that address but are not limited to the following aims: * reflect on the structural and contextual factors that have acted as fertile ground for dis/misinformation and propaganda; * determine the scope and intricacies of dis/misinformation and propaganda campaigns; * explore the relationship between dis/misinformation and the polarization of public opinion; * consider the weaponization of social media platforms and discuss the interdependencies among the vast plurality of newsmakers operating in the current hybrid media ecosystem; * reflect on the political, cultural or socio-economic costs of distortive communication, the relevance of such research to industry and public policy and the ethical implications attendant to such studies; * untangle technological design choices and ideological leanings that shape platform communication, enable dis/misinformation and propaganda and their bearing on independent research; * examine the implications for academic research of controlled access by private owners of data produced in public communication spaces such as the Facebook page of a political candidate, and methodological solutions for sustaining the investigation of these topics; * consider the changing social media research landscape as the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018; We invite 500-word abstracts outlining empirical, theoretical or policy-orientated papers that address these or cognate topics. Abstracts should be accompanied by a 100-word biography of the presenter(s) together with contact details. Abstracts/biographies/contact details should be sent to dan.mercea.1(a)city.ac.uk<mailto:dan.mercea.1@city.ac.uk>. by 31 July 2018. A selection of papers presented at the symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society (iCS).

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