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Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine learning?
by Josh Scannell 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

I also agree with this! This has been shared before, but it may be worth reposting: The SMC's breakdown of critical algorithm studies reading is totally clutch https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/ On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Dan and Josh, and thank you Dr. Burrell for sharing your work > and other work. As I have been looking through it, I am starting to see > what you two are saying: it is phenomenal. > > Thank you everyone else who responded with sources and scholars. These > have been really thought provoking and beneficial for my research. If > anyone comes across anything else in the anthropology of machine learning > or related broader topic areas like the anthropology of algorithms, data > science, data analysis, big data, statistics, etc., please send them my > way. Any related topics from other disciplines like sociology, STS, media > studies, computer science, math, etc. would be helpful as well. > > Sincerely, > Stephen > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Josh Scannell <joshua.scannell(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I agree with this ^ >> >> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >>> Dr. Burrell is being very modest here -- her recommendations are all >>> great stuff of course, but her piece is really required reading -- >>> extraordinarily thoughtful and useful. >>> >>> Cheers, DLB >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dan L. Burk >>> Chancellor's Professor of Law >>> University of California, Irvine >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >>> >>> On 2018-01-12 09:25, Jenna Burrell wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Stephen and AIR-L, >>> > >>> > Yes, there's a lot of work by sociologists and STS researchers on >>> machine >>> > learning, including books published in the last year or about to come >>> out... >>> > >>> > Virginia Eubanks book *Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools >>> Profile, >>> > Punish and Police the Poor* is about to come out. I believe it's an >>> > ethnography and that it deals, at least in part, with applications of >>> > machine learning (in areas like predictive policing). >>> > >>> > There's a new book out by STS scholar Adrien Mackenzie *Machine >>> Learners* - >>> > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learners >>> > >>> > Also look at what Nick Seaver has written. He has an ethnography >>> coming out >>> > on music recommendation systems/algorithms (http://nickseaver.net/) >>> > >>> > Malte Ziewitz did an ethnography of the search engine optimization >>> industry >>> > and has done lots of work in this space - http://zwtz.org/ >>> > >>> > Marion Foucade has a deeply sociological read on this topic and has >>> written >>> > a great piece about the "mechanisms" that produce "classification >>> > situations" which are consequential to life circumstances (she doesn't >>> use >>> > the phrase machine learning, but certainly ML compose some of the >>> > underlying 'mechanisms' she is concerned with) - http://www. >>> > sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368213000743 >>> > >>> > I've also written something in this space: "How the machine 'thinks': >>> > Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" >>> > http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053951715622512 - I'm a >>> > sociologist and an ethnographer, though this particular piece isn't >>> > ethnographic. >>> > >>> > This list just scratches the surface ... there's just so much work >>> coming >>> > out in this space so I'll just offer some names of other people to look >>> > into: Solon Barocas, Karen Levy, Kate Crawford, Christian Sandvig, >>> Tarleton >>> > Gillespie, Angele Christen, Mike Ananny, Nick Diakopolous, Luke Stark. >>> Plus >>> > lots of people doing work in this space at Data & Society ( >>> > https://datasociety.net/) >>> > >>> > Jenna Burrell >>> > Associate Professor >>> > School of Information >>> > UC-Berkeley >>> > >>> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> >>> >> >>> >> Hello everyone, >>> >> >>> >> I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. >>> Does >>> >> anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, >>> and/or use >>> >> of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS >>> >> researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine >>> >> learning whose work I should look into as well? >>> >> >>> >> Sincerely, >>> >> Stephen Paff >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >>> http://aoir.org >>> >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/ >>> >> listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >> >>> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> >> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> > >>> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> > http://www.aoir.org/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> -- >> Sent from my transhuman digital interface >> > > -- R. Joshua Scannell / Sociology Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center / Adjunct Lecturer, Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Hunter College / Email: Joshua.Scannell(a)gmail.com / Cell: (860) 759-2304

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Any sociological or STS research on machine learning?
by Yosem Companys 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> Hello everyone, I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine learning whose work I should look into as well? Sincerely, Stephen Paff

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CFP: ICA Pre-Conference “Design as Object, Design as Method: Making Critical Communication Future(s)”
by Laura Forlano 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Call For Papers & Things ICA Pre-Conference “Design as Object, Design as Method: Making Critical Communication Future(s)” 9am-4pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic Submissions Due: January 31, 2018 Design, making and intervening in the world have captured the attention of communication scholars in recent years. From explaining algorithmic bias on social media to the creation of online storytelling platforms, contemporary questions of communication require an understanding of the affordances, biases and constraints of communication devices, interfaces and systems—as well as an understanding the work of designers that create these technologies. Furthermore, there is also growing interest in using design as an inventive method in order inquire about the world and build theory through the making of media, things and prototypes. Finally, communication scholars are also being drawn from different academic disciplines and professional practices, collaborating with a wider range of fields, and forming new identities themselves as they move into new areas that engage with the field of design. This pre-conference explores the conceptual, methodological and pedagogical possibilities of design research in the field of communication. What are the material and social arrangements that produce the artifacts that exist in nearly every aspect of our everyday life? How might we understand these artifacts better if we engage with them using design research methods? How might design help communication researchers better address the materiality of information? This inaugural meeting will bring together scholars from a variety of communication subfields to begin outlining the core contributions of design research and identify conceptual bridges between the fields of design and communication. We aim to engage scholars working in a variety of formats who take design as an object of study, those who integrate design as a method of embodied knowledge making, and those who are forming new scholarly and professional identities through collaboration and participation in design research and practice. We expect to draw from communication scholarship about a range of topics including: visual communication (e.g. graphic design), technology studies (e.g. software coding), rhetoric of material culture (e.g. architecture), media studies, infrastructure studies, and social histories of technology. We pay special attention to the ways in which design and designers play an important role in the making of communication technologies, as well as considering their values, ethics, justice and equity. We welcome the inclusion of projects that go beyond traditional academic texts and explore the use of multimedia, video, interfaces and prototypes. Participation in the pre-conference discussion is open to all interested and registered participants, regardless of discipline or career stage. If you would like to present your ideas, scholarship, creations or provocations, please send your submission to sshorey(a)uw.edu <mailto:sshorey@uw.edu> by January 31st with the subject line “ICA Design Pre-Conference.” Please include your name, affiliation and email address on the cover page of your submission. We welcome the following types of submissions and formats: Text-based proposals should be 750-words in length excluding references and may include 1-2 images; or, Object-based proposals should be 250-words in length excluding references and should include an example of the visual materials (diagrams, images, prototypes, videos). These submissions should materially explore a concept or theory. More information available: http://www.icahdq.org/mpage/PCCFP8 <http://www.icahdq.org/mpage/PCCFP8> Organized by Samantha Shorey (Communication, University of Washington); Laura Forlano (Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology); Gina Neff (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford); Mike Ananny (Communication, University of Southern California); Molly Wright Steenson (School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University) Laura Forlano, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Design Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology

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WEBCAST FRIDAY: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges (with Vint Cerf)
by Joly MacFie 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

This is a first for ISOC-NY! An event in Washington DC! But don't worry, there will be a follow up in NYC on Feb 5. If you can make it into Google in DC on Friday, there is still plenty of room, otherwise please join the webcast. You can register for either on the eventbrite or facebook event pages. See links below. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>On *Friday January 12 2018* at *Noon EST *the *Internet Society New York Chapter* <http://isoc-ny.org/> (ISOC-NY), in partnership with the *Greater Washington DC Internet Society Chapter <http://isoc-dc.org/> *(ISOC-DC) presents *Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…>* at Google’s offices in Washington DC. This event, the first of a series, focuses on the policy aspects of digital preservation: Is there a role for regulators? Should there be global standards? Should those standards be patent-free? Keynote speaker will be *Vint Cerf*, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google. Respondents: *Michelle Wu*, Director of the Law Library, Georgetown Law; and *Kate Zwaard*, Chief of. National Digital Initiatives, Library of Congress. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* with open captioning. *What: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* *Where: Google, Washington DC* *When: Friday January 12 2018 – Noon-2pm* *About: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/ <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* *Register (in person or webcast): Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/459935521071213/>* *Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* *Captioning: http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* *Twitter: @isocny + #digitalpreservation <http://bit.ly/isocnydp>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB
by Dan L. Burk 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Well, as I mentioned before, this is not really my circus. Most of what I know about research ethics comes from the biomedical area. My sense is that the principles are similar. In that context, it is perfectly fine to ask subjects to take risks as long as you have informed consent regarding the risks and benefits -- assuming that principle holds, the issue wouldn't be the risk, it seems to me it would be the subjects knowledge and acceptance of the risk. There is in Charles' problem the wrinkle of the subjects being minors, which somewhat bifurcates the consent question -- on autonomy principles, there is the subjects' own acceptance, which is a function of actual age and capacity (i.e., a seventeen year old may be perfectly capable of understanding the implications of the experiment, a seven year old probably not). And then there is the separate question of consent by the minors' guardians or responsible party as agent. Cheers, DLB On 2018-01-11 21:45, Sohail Dahdal wrote: > Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be either 'ethical research' or not depending on any risk that you might expose your subject to... > > In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical research. > > In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal implications. > > Prof Sohail Dahdal, > American University of Sharjah > > On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: > > So we seem to agree on your second statement. > > Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks > minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he > asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For > good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at > the lunch counter or something. > > Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the > study subjects. > > ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly > ethically but illegally? > > Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical > all the way down. > > Cheers, DLB > > On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > > Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: > > So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. > > Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. > > None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. > > Cheers, DLB > > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > <b975a236.gif> > > On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > Dear Charles, > > TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. > > Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: > > Dear AoIRists, > > What are your thoughts regarding the following? > > A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? > Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. > > I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). > > But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. > > Many thanks in advance, > - charles > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1 [1]] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1 [1]] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- > > -- > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://aoir.org > [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > <b975a236.gif> -- Dan L. Burk Chancellor's Professor of Law University of California, Irvine ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar Links: ------ [1] http://aoir.org [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

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Readings on internet 'addiction'?
by Sanjay Sharma 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Hello All I'm putting together a new UG social media module, and after eliciting feedback from students, there's interest in internet 'addiction'. In the past, I shun away from these kinds of discussions about 'addiction', as they can be empirically dubious, with simplistic - psychological, rather than sociological - notions of subjectivity and behaviour. Although now that (controversially) the WHO may be classifying gaming disorder as a mental health condition, it struck me that the topic does need some serious attention. And more generally, there are seemingly convincing claims about how the design of social media platforms and apps exploit our attention, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-sil… Are there critically informed academic resources/readings the hive-mind of AoIR would recommend on this topic? (I'm happy to compile and re-circulate to the mailing-list). Thanks Sanjay Dr Sanjay Sharma Department of Social & Political Sciences (MJRD156) College of Business, Arts & Social Sciences Brunel University http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sanjay-sharma<http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sss/sociology/staff-profiles/sanjay-sharma> darkmatter Journal<http://www.darkmatter101.org/> editor twitter: @sanjay_digital<https://twitter.com/sanjay_digital>

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Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB
by Dan L. Burk 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

So we seem to agree on your second statement. Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at the lunch counter or something. Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the study subjects. ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly ethically but illegally? Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical all the way down. Cheers, DLB On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: > > So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. > > Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. > > None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. > > Cheers, DLB > > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > <b975a236.gif> > > On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > Dear Charles, > > TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. > > Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: > > Dear AoIRists, > > What are your thoughts regarding the following? > > A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? > Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. > > I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). > > But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. > > Many thanks in advance, > - charles > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- -- Dan L. Burk Chancellor's Professor of Law University of California, Irvine ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar Links: ------ [1] http://aoir.org [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

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Research ethics on musical.ly project
by Ioana Literat 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

Dear AoIR community, My colleague Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and I are embarking on a project that deals with young people's political expression on the musical.ly app, and we would appreciate any thoughts you have on the ethical design of this research. Specifically, we are interested in how young people use memetic dimensions to collectively express political affiliations, and are thus looking at use of two major political hashtags on the application. We are using a mixed methods approach and plan to quantitatively code a large dataset of around 1800 videos posted on the app, so we will rely heavily on the aggregated quantitative data; however, in mentioning examples, we would like to take extra precautions because many if not most users of musical.ly are minors. The only information readers would have about the participants is the hashtag used by the creators (which constitutes our inclusion criteria for the sample). We will be anonymizing usernames, will not include screenshots where users are visible, and we will talk about examples in a non-specific way, without using searchable quotes. The musical.ly app has very limited search capabilities, as you are only able to search by tag, username or audio soundtrack. Beyond these steps, do you have any other suggestions we should take into account in our approach, and our IRB application? Thank you in advance, Ioana and Neta -- Ioana Literat, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design Teachers College, Columbia University literat(a)tc.columbia.edu http://ioanaliterat.com

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CFP WWW'18 Workshop (Extended Deadline) on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2018)
by Christoph Trattner 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 9th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2018) Applying Machine Learning and AI for Modeling Social Media to be held on April 23-24, 2018, Lyon, France co-located with TheWebConf 2018 https://msm2018.github.io/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** Submission Deadline: Jan 16, 2018 ** Notification of Acceptance: Feb 14, 2018 ** Camera-Ready Versions Due: Mar 4, 2018 ** Workshop date: April 23-24, 2018 (exact date to be determined) Workshop Organizers: ==================== Martin Atzmueller, Tilburg University, Netherlands; m.atzmueller(a)uvt.nl Alvin Chin, BMW Group, USA; alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner, MODUL University Vienna, Austria; trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com We aim to attract researchers from all over the world working on applying Machine Learning and AI models for social media data analytics and predictive insights. Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have paved the way for generating huge amount of diverse, streaming bit data in a short period of time. Such social media data require the application of big data analytics to produce meaningful information to both information consumers and data generators. Machine learning and AI techniques are particularly effective in situations where deep and predictive insights need to be uncovered from such social media data sets that are large, diverse and fast changing. Following the discussion at our workshop at WWW2017, we aim to focus on how to apply machine learning and AI models, algorithms and systems for analytics and predictive modeling on social media and the web. Contrary to last year’s workshop, we would like to particularly invite researchers that are interested in going beyond standard analytics approaches and try to discover the intelligent information hidden in the large and fast-changing social media data. In this context, we would also like to invite researchers in the machine learning, AI, natural language processing, data and web mining community to lend their expertise to help to increase our understanding of the web and social media. Overall, we are interested in receiving papers related to the following topics which include but are not limited to: • learning analytics methods or frameworks for social media, big data and the web • AI, machine learning and NLP techniques for social media, big data and the web • deep learning approaches and models for social media, big data and the web • approaches for social influence learning • learning methods for social link prediction • methods for learning social activities and behavioral analytic metrics • machine learning and AI models, algorithms and systems • evaluation of machine learning and AI frameworks and metrics • applications of machine learning and AI • applications of any of the above methods and technologies The goal of this workshop is to apply machine learning and AI approaches and algorithms on social media, big data and the web. Submissions: We solicit full research papers (4-8 pages), and short papers (1-4 pages) both in the ACM conference paper style. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=www2018satellites Proceedings: ============ Contributions will be included in the Companion volume of TheWebConf 2018 conference, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. However, to make that happen at least one author of the accepted paper has to register. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. Any paper published by the ACM, IEEE, etc. which can be properly cited constitutes research which must be considered in judging the novelty of a TheWebConf submission, whether the published paper was in a conference, journal, or workshop. Therefore, any paper previously published as part of a WWW or TheWebConf workshop must be referenced and suitably extended with new content to qualify as a new submission to the Research Track at TheWebConf conference. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must * be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; * occupy no more than 8 pages, including the abstract, references, and appendices. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=www2018satellites Contact: ======== Martin Atzmueller, Tilburg University, Netherlands; m.atzmueller(a)uvt.nl Alvin Chin, BMW Group, USA; alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner, MODUL University Vienna, Austria; trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Follow us on: ============= Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/527164050627185/ Twitter https://twitter.com/msm_workshop -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Assistant Professor MODUL University Vienna Department of New Media Technology E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)modul.ac.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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VACANCY: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship (paid)
by Leif Kramp 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

VACANCY: ZeMKI VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (PAID) Position: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow Media, Communication and Information Institution: ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen Duration: 1 month (either between April and June 2018 or between October and December 2018) Salary: 3,000 euro + 1,500 euro budget for direct costs Contract: Fee contract Application deadline: February 12, 2018 (23:59 CET) The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, offers a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the areas of media, communication and information. Involved disciplines include communication and media studies, computer science, cultural studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. The ZeMKI invites applications from excellent researchers in the field of media, communication, and information. As a ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow, the selected candidate will delve into the versatile research activities at the interdisciplinary centre with over 60 members. Applicants should demonstrate experiences and a strong interest in collaborative research which is embraced at the ZeMKI in various ways and contexts. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to these research activities in the area of media change and transforming communications in the form of a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed “Communicative Figurations” working paper series and a lecture in the ZeMKI Research Seminar. Applicants must have a PhD or other doctoral degree in a relevant discipline by the application date. We offer a lump sum allowance of 3,000 Euros plus up to 1,500 Euros for research related expenses. To apply for this post, please send your application documents via e-mail to andreas.hepp(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de>. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 12, 2018 (23:59 CET). We are unfortunately unable to accept any late applications. Website: http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellowsh… <http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellowsh…> Call for Applications: http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/redak_zemki/dateien/Forschung/fell… <http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/redak_zemki/dateien/Forschung/fell…>

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