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Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Symposium_Call for papers!
by Pepa Fontal 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Dear all, >From July 23 to 28 the *Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Symposium <https://petsymposium.org/>* will take place in *Barcelona*. The city of Barcelona is committed to the development of new technological paradigms towards putting citizens at the center of innovation, and in this process, privacy is a core value. We encourage you to participate in the Symposium. The *CfP is open until the 28th of February* (https://petsymposium.org/cfp18.php) and a *Call for Talks is open until the 8th of May* to submit ongoing works ( https://www.petsymposium.org/2018/hotpets.php) This is a good opportunity to establish international connections and to disseminate the innovation in privacy that is taking place in Barcelona. On our website, you have more information about the (provisional) program of the event: https://www.eticasconsulting.com/en/pets2018/ You can also write to us if you have any question or other concern. Kind regards, Pepa Fontal Eticas Research & Consulting Ferlandina 49 (08001 Barcelona) +34 936 005 400 - www.eticasconsulting.com <https://www.eticasconsulting.com/> <https://es.linkedin.com/company/eticas-research-&-consulting> <https://www.facebook.com/eticasconsult> <https://twitter.com/EticasConsult>

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Big data analytics hands-on workshop in Auckland
by Gohar F. Khan 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Maybe of interested to some of the list members (sorry for cross-posting): workshop info: https://sites.google.com/view/business-analytics-workshop/home *Date: 27-29 August 2018* This hands-on workshop includes lectures, tutorials, group problem solving, and discussions on creating value with big data analytics. The seminar discusses both structural (sales and financial) and nonstructural data (tweets and networks) tools, techniques, and strategies. *What is covered?* 1. Business Analytics 2. Social Media Analytics 3. Marketing Analytics 4. Location Analytics 5. Financial Analytics 6. Network Analytics 7. Search Engine Analytics 8. Text Analytics 9. Analytics-Business Alignment 10. Dat Security and Privacy *Who should attend?* The non-technical hands-on workshop is best suited for: --Academics, researchers, and students who study and research big data analytics (social media data and business analytics). --Business executives, managers, and owners who are keen to employ data-driven decision making. --Individual consultants and consulting firms who undertake big data (and social media) related assignments for clients, and --Even those in government who formulate analytics (and social media) associated policies that influence firm performance in the face of the Internet. More info: https://sites.google.com/view/business-analytics-workshop <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fbusi…> Early bird registration is now open: https://bookwhen.com/analyticsworkshop Cheers, GFK --- *Khan, Gohar PhD **/ ** Senior Lecturer Digital Business* *Waikato Management School **/** University of Waikato* *Private Bag 3105* */* *Hamilton 3240* *Ph: + 64 7 838 4233 **/* *gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> **/ *Office: MSB.2.32D */* Web: gfkhan.wordpress.com Check out my book on social media analytics <http://7layersanalytics.com/> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…> ----------- Social Identities: || Blog <http://gfkhan.wordpress.com/> || Twitter <https://twitter.com/gfkhan> || LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gohar-feroz-khan/7/62b/42> || Research Centre <http://centreforsocialtech.com/>||

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Re: [Air-L] Seeking a short introduction text on technological, determinism vs. SCOT
by Neal Thomas 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Hi Carmel; You may find Andrew Feenberg's shorter piece, Critical Theory of Technology: An Overview, helpful: https://www.sfu.ca/~andrewf/books/critbio.pdf ..I can also recommend Jennifer Slack & G. Macgregor Wise's book Culture & Technology: A Primer (2nd ed.), specifically the chapter, Determinism. Regards, Neal ___________ Neal Thomas Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies Department of Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285 USA *Out now with Routledge:* Becoming-Social in a Networked Age <https://www.routledge.com/Becoming-Social-in-a-Networked-Age/Thomas/p/book/…>

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Moral Progress in the Cyberspace
by Jose Alarcon 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Dear Colleagues, I am a Phd candidate researching the moral progress of the individual produced by the Internet. I am interested in the impact of the Cyberspace on the moral reasoning and character building of individuals and thus, society. Can anyone suggest any research in this area, i.e.: behavioral habits, ethical attitudes, moral emotions, thinking patterns, in the cyberspace ? Any suggestions of -scholarship of any type: research, experiments, databases -or else would be deeply appreciated. Best regards and thank you in advance, José Alarcón MBA/MPhil UNED-Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Facultad de Filosofía Departamento de Filosofía Moral y Política jfag3(a)msn.com Barcelona

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24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… WELCOME ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years, the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and technological achievements accomplished by the international community. SCOPE The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases, information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems. The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory, those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific research and industrial applications. TOPICS ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following areas: · Active Media Human-Computer Interaction · Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation · Digital Libraries · Health Informatics · Intelligent Agent Technology · Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics · Intelligent Information Retrieval · Intelligent Information Systems · Intelligent Language Processing · Knowledge Integration and Aggregation · Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · Knowledge Visualization · Logic for Artificial Intelligence · Multimedia Information Retrieval · Soft Computing · Text Mining · Web Intelligence · Web Mining In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change, manufacturing, social good, etc. PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style (maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically. All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style (http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…) maximum 10 pages. Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission System: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the conference. Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS) (http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrie…) published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them reviewed and published. IMPORTANT DATES · Paper Submissions due: 10th May 2018 · Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018 · Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018 · Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018 · Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018 · Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Steering Committee Chair · Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland) Symposium Chair · George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Program Committee Co-Chairs · Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy) · Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA) · Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) Special Sessions Chair · Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy) Program Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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DEADLINE EXTENDED...CFP: Learning for All!
by Akesha 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

The 2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS from the Association of Educational Communications and Technology is NOW OPEN! *Location: *Kansas City, MO, *Dates: *October 23-27, 2018 *Deadline:* Monday, February 19, 2018 (11:59 pm est) You are cordially invited to submit a conference proposal to the Culture Learning and Technology (CLT) Division. *ABOUT CLT --* The Culture, Learning, and Technology division is composed of AECT members who are concerned with issues relevant to the intersection of culture, learning, and technology. In addition, CLT provides its members with a professional community, opportunities to share professional experiences, and learn from experts in the field. For more information about CLT, please see http://bit.ly/2FLTxCb <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2FLTxCb&h=ATMyUPWzH55g…> *PROPOSAL CRITERIA -- *We seek proposals that explore relationships between culture, learning, and technology in education, politics, economics, science, the arts, business, and all other segments of society. Our only requirement is that all proposals explicitly address culture, learning and technology. Proposals will be reviewed using the proposal criteria noted in the call ( http://members.aect.org/events/call/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.aect.org%2Fevents%2Fcal…>). See also the AECT Proposal Submission Guide for more guidance ( https://members.aect.org/events/call/Proposalguide.asp?) CLT President Elect, Akesha Horton welcomes your inquiries about any aspect of proposal preparation. Email me at akesha(a)gmail.com *TYPES OF SESSIONS --* From 20-, 30-, or 60-minute Concurrent Sessions and Panels to Roundtables and Posters, we have a format to fit your message! The call for proposals closes on *Monday, February 19, 2018 (11:59 PM, EST). See http://members.aect.org/events/call/ <http://members.aect.org/events/call/>* Kindest Regards, Akesha Horton , PhD

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CFP Global Media and China_Special Issue: Citizen Journalism in Asian Countries
by Xiao Han 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Dear Everyone, Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Global Media and China (A Sage journal) Theme: “Citizen Journalism in Asian Countries” Guest Editors: Xin Zeng, Stuart Allan, Savyasaachi Jain and An Nguyen Target issue: Winter 2018 (December) Deadlines: Submission of Extended Abstracts: March 30, 2018 (500 words) Notification of Abstracts Acceptance: April 15, 2018 Submission of Full Papers: July 15, 2018 OVERVIEW In the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the term ‘citizen journalism’ quickly gained currency with news organisations finding themselves in the difficult position of being largely dependent on ‘amateur content’ to tell the story of what was transpiring on the ground in the most severely affected areas. Despite its ambiguities, the term was widely perceived to capture the countervailing ethos of the ordinary person’s capacity to contribute to professional news coverage, thereby providing commentators with a useful label to characterise an ostensibly new genre of reportage. Over the years since, it has become increasingly apparent that for varied reasons, priorities and motivations, so- called ‘accidental journalists’ – be they survivors, bystanders, first-responders, law enforcement, combatants, activists or the like – feel compelled to bear witness, often at considerable personal risk. The implications for news organisations have been profound. This special issue focuses on citizen journalism in Asian countries in order to identify and explore a range of important questions regarding its significance for the changing nature of journalism and society. Possible topics to be examined may include:  the perceived impact of citizen journalism on established Asian news organisations  how Asian journalists re-evaluate their professional identities, duties and ethics in response to citizen journalism  the role of citizen journalism in crisis situations  Asian values serving as facilitators or barriers (or both) to the emergence and development of citizen journalism  “fake news” masquerading as citizen journalism spreading through social media  Asian citizen journalists’ use of global online social networks – such as Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat – and the creation of sustainable alternatives (such as Weibo and WeChat in China)  citizen journalism as a form of empowerment, such as in the advancement of human rights  viewers, listeners or readers perceptions of citizen journalism in Asian countries  innovation and experimentation in citizen journalism Other topics are welcome, of course; the above list is suggestive of possibilities. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND REVIEW PROCESS: The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 30, 2018. Abstracts should be 500 words in length, detailing the purpose, methods, and main points of research. The abstracts should be submitted to Dr Xin Zeng by email at zxbarbara36(a)hotmail.com. Following peer-review, a selection of authors will be invited to submit a full paper in accordance with the journal’s ‘Instructions for authors.’ Please note acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee publication, given that all papers will be put through the journal’s peer review process. Please refer to the full submission guidelines available at: https://uk.sagepub.com/en- gb/asi/global-media-and-china/journal202494#submission-guidelines GUEST EDITORS Stuart Allan is Professor and Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) at Cardiff University, UK. Stuart’s publications include the authored book Citizen Witnessing: Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis (2013), as well as the edited collections Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives (co-edited with Einar Thorsen, Vol. 1, 2009; Vol. 2, 2014) and Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity (2017). Much of his current research focuses on the evolving ecology of citizen media in a digital age, particularly in war, conflict and crisis situations. Xin Zeng is an assistant professor in the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science. She holds a PhD from Bournemouth University, UK, and was a visiting scholar in National Chengchi University, Taiwan in 2017. Her research interests include citizen journalism, media literacy, youth culture in the cyberspace, young people and their political engagement on multimedia platforms. Her publications include: Young people’s consumption of news on social media and demands on news literacy education in the digital age; Young people’s online culture and the Internet literacy education in the digital age. Savyasaachi Jain is Senior Lecturer at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) in Cardiff University, UK. He specialises in journalism and documentary, drawing upon more than two decades as a print and television journalist and documentary filmmaker. He also has extensive experience of initiating and leading media development projects on behalf of international organisations, supervising documentary co-productions and conducting workshops for journalists and programme makers. His research interests encompass journalism, its practices and standards, and international media systems. An Nguyen is Associate Professor of Journalism at Bournemouth University, UK. A former Vietnamese science journalist and an Australian-educated journalism scholar, he has published three books and about 40 papers in the areas of online journalism, digital news consumption, citizen journalism, science journalism, data and statistics in the news, and global media coverage of development issues. His most recent work, News, Numbers and Public Opinion in a Data-Driven World (Bloomsbury, 2018), is an edited volume on how data and statistics are used by journalists and received by news audiences. ABOUT THE JOURNAL Global Media and China is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for international research on communication and media with a focus on China. It covers both Chinese communication and media from a global perspective, and global communication and media from a Chinese perspective. The journal actively encourages both quantitative and qualitative approaches to media, communications and social studies while seeking to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers, reviews and discussions that open up new directions or shed new light on significant issues. Dr HAN Xiao Research Assistant, Social Media Centre, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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Announcing the #AoIR 2018 Montreal Keynote Speaker!
by Andrew Herman 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Hello Everyone, It's my pleasure to announce #AoIR2018 Montreal's Keynote Speaker! Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media poet, artist, and software designer. He is presently the Concordia University Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future Imaginary as well as Professor of Computation Arts<http://computationarts.concordia.ca/> at Concordia University, Montreal. He founded Obx Laboratory for Experimental Media<http://www.obxlabs.net/>, where he directs research/creation projects devising new means of creating and reading digital texts, developing systems for creative use of mobile technology and using virtual environments to assist Aboriginal communities in preserving, interpreting and communicating cultural histories. Along with the artist Skawennati<http://www.skawennati.com/>, he co-directs Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace<http://www.abtec.org/>, Skins Workshops on Aboriginal Stortyelling and Video Game Design<http://vimeo.com/channels/skins> and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures<http://www.abtec.org/iif>. His other interests include computation as a creative material, emergent media theory and history, and methodologies for conducting art-led technology research. Lewis' creative work has been featured at Ars Electronica, Mobilefest, Elektra, Urban Screens, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, and FILE, among other venues, and has been recognized with the inaugural Robert Coover Award for Best Work of Electronic Literature, a Prix Ars Electronica Honorable Mention, several imagineNATIVE Best New Media awards and five solo exhibitions. He's the author or co-author of chapters in collected editions covering mobile media, video game design, machinima and experimental pedagogy with Indigenous communities, as well as numerous journal articles and conference papers. Lewis is a Trudeau Fellow, and a former Carnegie Fellow. He received a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and B.A. in German Studies (Philosophy) from Stanford University, and an M.Phil. in Design from the Royal College of Art. Born and raised in northern California, Lewis is Cherokee, Hawaiian and Samoan. I would like to thank Jason for agreeing to be our keynote and my fellow members of the conference organizing committee (Jeremy Hunsinger, Mary Elizabeth Luka, Melanie Millette and Cindy Tekkobe) for brainstorming such a terrific choice. May the conference gods continue to smile upon us as we sail the good ship #AoIR 2018 Montreal towards its terminus on October 10-13, 2018 Andrew Herman AoIR2018 Conference Chair, on behalf of the program committee Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Important Dates!: 1 March 2018 Submissions due for PAPERS, PANELS, ROUNDTABLES and FISHBOWLS, EXPERIMENTAL SESSIONS, and PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 15 April 2018 Nominations for Nancy Baym Book Award<https://aoir.org/awards/nancy-baym-annual-book-award/> and Best Dissertation Award<https://aoir.org/awards/dissertation-award/> due 5 May 2018 Notification of acceptances for presenters 20 May 2018 Applications due for conference travel SCHOLARSHIPS and for DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM 1 August 2018 Early Bird Registration Deadline for all presenters 15 August 2018 The full #AoIR2018 Conference Program goes live. 15 August 2018 Deadline for Visa Letter requests (for presenters only - Visa Letters not provided for attendees) 30 September 2018 Deadline for uploading accepted, non-blind, final version of paper and panel submissions 10 October 2018 Pre-conference Workshops 11-13 October 2018 Main Conference Links: [1] https://aoir.org/aoir2018/ [2] https://aoir.org/aoir2018/aoir2018cfp/ [3] https://aoir.org/aoir2018/2018subinfo/ [4] https://www.conftool.com/aoir2018/ ?

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14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018): First Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals
by Announce Announcements 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS *** 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 Requested to IEEE Communication Society ***) 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. CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS As part of the program of WiMob 2018, a limited number of workshops are planned to be held in conjunction with the main conference. The main aim will be to provide an international forum for researchers to present their early research results and share experiences focused on specific research areas. Workshop proposals are solicited in all areas and topics related to wireless networking, mobile computing, mobile and wireless communications, pervasive computing and networking, and services and applications. All papers accepted by the workshops will be published in the WiMob 2018 proceedings. All workshops will be held on October 15, 2018. Workshop Proposal Form A proposal to organize a workshop can be submitted in PDF or plain text and should contain the following information: · A draft of the CFP of the workshop (includes title, description, topics and dates) · Why is the topic area important? · Likely contributors and target audience · Organizing committee (chairs, list of potential TPC members) · Plan for workshop advertising and publicity (including workshop URL) · Biography of the main organizer(s) (100-200 words) Workshop proposals must be sent by e-mail to the three Workshop co-chairs: - Anna Maria Vegni, annamaria.vegni[at]uniroma3.it - Hossam Hassanein, hossam[at]cs.queensu.ca - Nirwan Ansari, nirwan.ansari[at]njit.edu 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: May 15, 2018 · Notification: July 15, 2018 · Final manuscript: September 1, 2018 · Workshop proposal submission: April 20, 2018 · Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals: April 25, 2018 · Preliminary CFP to be published for workshops: April 30, 2018 · Paper submission deadline for the workshops: June 30, 2018 · Workshop paper acceptance: July 31, 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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some tidbits ofr Aoir history
by Barry Wellman 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

1. I was the first keynoter at the first AoIR conference in 2000 in Lawrence Kansas. It was an amazing event, filled with positive energy and smarts and a sense of mission. Nancy Baum, altho weighed down by an imminent birth of a child, did a wonderful job running the conference. 2. Besides the elected presidents of Aoir, Jeremy Hunsinger was the glue that kept Aoir going -- establishing and running the DB, listserv, and providing a unique combo of wry humor, common-sense, and incredibly hard work. 3. I also got elected to the first board of Aoir, when it formalized. A key debate then is what I characterized as Quality vs Quantity. In short, do we refer papers strictly for the annual conference or do we allow in as many as possible. In my biased opinion, the latter won. 4. One unmentioned crisis is that the key organizer in the Toronto annual meeting was not doing the job, and several weeks before, a bunch of other Torontonians had to leap in and pull it together (successfully, I may add.) I recall Catherine Middleton as one of the key pullers-together, but there were others who can contribute their own age. (The ousted organizer is now deceased, RIP). YMMV Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim The earth to be spannd, connected by network -- Walt Whitman It's Always Something -- Roseanne Roseannadanna _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder Distinguished Visiting Scholar Social Media Lab Ryerson University Distinguished Senior Advisor University Learning Academy NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________

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