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Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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The 31st Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Second Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals
by Announce 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

*** Second Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals The 31st Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/ We are pleased to invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held in conjunction with the 31st International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2026), Paphos, Cyprus. Workshops aim to provide a venue for presenting research on emerging or specialized topics of interest and to offer an informal forum for discussing research questions and challenges. Potential workshop topics should be related to the general theme of the conference (“Where HCI meets AI”). Tutorials aim to provide fundamental knowledge and experience on topics related to intelligent user interfaces and the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We welcome proposals for a wide range of *full-day* or *half-day* workshops and *full-day*, *half-day* or *quarter-day* tutorial formats and activities, including but not limited to: • Mini Conferences: Workshops that focus on a specific topic and may have their own paper submission and review processes. • Interactive Formats: Workshops that encourage active participation and hands-on experiences through break-out sessions or group work to explore specific topics. They may have their own paper submission and review process or target a report summarizing the discussions and outcomes. • Emerging Work Sessions: Workshops that foster discussion around emerging ideas. Organizers may raise specific topics and invite position papers, late-breaking results, or extended abstracts. • Project-Centric Formats: Workshops tied closely to a specific existing large-scale funded project(e.g., NSF, EU) with the goal to engage a broader community. • Interactive Competitions: Formats that invite individuals and teams to participate in challenges or hackathons on selected topics relevant to IUI. • Tutorials: Sessions that provide a structured instruction on topics aligned with the conference theme, such as HCI methods, AI techniques, methodological frameworks, tools, labs or hands-on experiences for building intelligent user interfaces. Review and Oversight by Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs. It is possible that workshops may be cancelled, shortened, merged, or restructured if there are insufficient submissions. Workshop and Tutorial summaries will be included in the ACM Digital Library for ACM IUI 2026. We will also publish joint workshop proceedings for accepted workshop submissions (through CEUR or a similar venue). Responsibilities of Workshop and Tutorial Organizers • Coordinate the Call for Papers, including solicitation, submission handling, and peer review process. • Create and maintain a dedicated website with Workshop or Tutorial information. The IUI Website 2026 will link to this page. • Prepare and communicate Call for Participation, targeting both IUI and broader relevant communities (e.g., via mailing lists, social media, newsgroups, or offline events) • Facilitate the planned activities, including paper presentations, discussions, and/or interactive elements. • Submit a workshop or tutorial summary for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. • Collect camera-ready papers and author agreements from workshop participants for the joint workshop proceedings (CEUR or similar). Note that for the joint proceedings (CEUR or similar), submissions should be peer-reviewed and will need to meet publishers’ guidelines. CEUR, for example, requires a 5-page minimum per contribution. Note that not all workshop and tutorial formats listed above may meet these requirements, and we may not be able to include them. IUI 2026 is an in-person event, and we expect workshop organizers to attend, allowing the workshop to be conducted on-site. One author per paper is expected to attend in person to present the work. Proposal Format Workshop or tutorial proposals should be a maximum of four pages long (single-column format). Prepare your submission using the latest templates: Word Submission Template (https://authors.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submi…) or the LaTex Template (https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…) For Latex, please use “\documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart}”. The proposals should be organized as follows: • Name and title: A one-word acronym and a full title. Please indicate “(Workshop)” or “(Tutorial)” after the title, as appropriate. • Abstract: A brief summary of the workshop or tutorial. • Description of workshop or tutorial topic: Should discuss the relevance of the proposed topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI 2026 audience. Include a concise discussion of why this workshop or tutorial is particularly relevant for the intended audience and how it will complement and enhance topics covered at the main conference. • Previous history: List of previous workshops or tutorials on this topic, including the conferences that hosted them and the number of participants. If available, report on past editions of the workshop (including URLs), along with a brief statement of the workshop series (e.g., covering topics, number of paper submissions, and participants), as well as post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics. If this is the first edition of the workshop, describe how it differs from others on similar topics (e.g., by including conference names and years). • Organizer(s): Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organizer(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who will attend the workshop. Also, please provide a list of other workshops or tutorials organized by workshop organizers in the past. • Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. • Participants: Include a statement of how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop or tutorial. If possible, include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest in participating in the workshop or tutorial. • Workshop or Tutorial activities: A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, teaching activities, hands-on practical exercises, and general discussion. Please also list here any materials you will make available to tutorial participants, such as slides, access to hardware or software, and handouts. • Planned outcomes of the workshop or tutorial: What are you hoping to achieve by the end of the workshop or tutorial? Please list here any planned publications or other outcomes expected. • Length: Full-day or half-day. For tutorials, we are also interested in quarter-day proposals (roughly 1.5 hours). Submission Platform • All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 http://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi by the proposal submission deadline. • In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track, select "SIGCHI", "IUI 2026", and then "IUI 2026 Workshops" or “IUI 2026 Tutorials”, respectively, and press "Go". We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. To support diverse perspectives in the workshops, we strongly recommend including organizers from varied institutions and backgrounds. Furthermore, we welcome workshops with an innovative structure that can attract diverse types of contributions and foster valuable interactions. Prospective organizers are encouraged to contact the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs in advance (workshops2026(a)iui.acm.org) to discuss ideas, receive feedback, or seek assistance in preparing engaging proposals. Especially for workshop proposals featuring innovative interactive formats, we are happy to help further develop and implement the ideas. Important Dates (AoE) • Workshop Proposals: August 22, 2025 • Decision notification: September 19, 2025 • Tutorial Proposals: October 17, 2025 • Tutorial Decision Notification: November 21, 2025 • Camera-ready Summaries: February 6, 2026 Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Karthik Dinakar, Pienso, USA Werner Geyer, IBM Research, USA Patricia Kahr, University of Zurich, Switzerland Antonela Tommasel, CONICET, Argentina

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Why faculty love the Wikipedia assignment?
by Helaine Blumenthal 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

How do faculty describe their Wikipedia assignments? We asked them! Watch 1 minute video <https://wikiedu.org/3-words-to-describe-wikipedia-assignment-video/>. Next semester, take your students beyond the classroom to make a real-world impact with their work – incorporate the Wikipedia assignment <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> into your courses! What’s a Wikipedia assignment? It's a motivating, hands-on project with public impact that enhances skills in digital media literacy, research, collaboration, and fact-based writing. Your students will write for the world, not just you – and improve the world’s go-to source of independent, open-access information. What kind of support do faculty receive? Nonprofit Wiki Education provides postsecondary instructors in the U.S. and Canada with tailored assignment plans for their courses, including student trainings, exercises, digital tools that automatically track student work, and our staff support – all free of charge. Learn more and apply by August 10 for the fall term at teach.wikiedu.org. Questions? Reach out to andres(a)wikiedu.org or register for an upcoming information session <http://teach.wikiedu.org> – we’re here to help! -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. Senior Program Manager Wiki Education helaine(a)wikiedu.org teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>, Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiki-education-foundation/>

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Third Call for Papers and Workshop & Tutorial Proposals
by Announce 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

*** Third Call for Papers and Workshop & Tutorial Proposals *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026 The 33rd edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2026) invites high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis, evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below); • Generative AI and LLM applied to analysis, evolution and reengineering of software; • Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction; • Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis; • Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering; • Program Comprehension; • Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting; • Program Transformation and Refactoring; • Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics; • Software Visualization; • Software Reconstruction and Migration; • Program Repair; • Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery; • Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance; • Human factors and legal aspects in the context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering • Empirical studies on all the above topics; • Education related to all of the above topics. Papers involving AI must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human, social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI-intensive software systems (see also “Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE Perspective”, 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Other papers may fit more AI- or ML-specialized venues instead. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. • Research Track: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). • Industrial Papers Track: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only) for full papers; talk proposals should not exceed 2 pages. • Short Papers and Posters Track: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (including all text, figures, references, and appendices); posters should not exceed 2 pages. • Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). • Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages for appendices to conference submissions or previous work and should not exceed 12 pages for new reproducibility studies and new descriptions of negative results (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). • Tool Demo Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages. • Journal-First Papers Track: Submissions should not exceed 1 page (for the main submission). • Registered Report Track: Submissions should not exceed 7 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). Important Note: Research, Short Papers and Posters, ERA, and RENE Tracks follow a double- anonymous review process. SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE Authors of selected research papers accepted at SANER 2026 will be invited to submit revised, extended versions of their manuscripts for a special issue featured by Springer’s Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE). The best papers from the conference will be awarded. CALL FOR WORKSHOPS In SANER 2026, we solicit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference. Workshops can be full or half-day and should highlight a specific topic of interest related to software analysis, evolution, and reengineering. We encourage workshop organizers to include activities that provide their participants with a true workshop experience. All workshops will tentatively be scheduled for the first day of the conference (March 17, 2026), the day before the main conference. Should you be interested in joining SANER, please keep the deadlines below in mind. Submission Instructions Proposal submission: By 20th August, 2025 AoE, the workshop proposal (in the form of call for papers) should be submitted to the workshops EasyChair page: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026 . The submission could be a PDF file (no more than two pages) or a public link to a call for papers webpage. The call for papers should include: • a workshop title, • a description of the workshop topic and scope, • an indication of whether the workshop will take ½ day or a full day, • a link to the workshop website, • and the contact information. The website should be live and include (at least) the following information: the topic of the workshop, its scope, list of topics of interest, names of the organizing committee members and their affiliations, types of submissions and the important dates as follows (all dates are 23:59h AoE): • Abstract Submission: 12 December, 2025 • Paper Submission: 18 December, 2025 • Notification: 14 January, 2026 • Camera-Ready: 20 January, 2026 Evaluation Criteria The proposals will be evaluated by the workshops track chairs based on the novelty of the workshop topic, its importance to the field, as well as the composition of the organizing team. Workshop PC and Submission System No later than mid of September 2025, the workshop PC should have been finalized and the paper submission system should be live. Workshop organizers are free to select EasyChair, HotCRP or any other commonly used paper submission system. The workshop proceedings will be included in a separate section of the conference’s proceedings – the companion proceedings. CALL FOR TUTORIALS The SANER 2026 Workshops & Tutorials track invites practitioners and researchers to deliver insightful tutorials on various topics related to Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering. These tutorials aim to expand the community’s understanding of advanced software engineering topics, valuable tools and technologies, as well as research methodologies. We are soliciting abstracts with the intention of presenting a tutorial in the following categories: 1 - Technical Tutorial: Speakers present the use of a tool or technology that aids the developers in Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering. 2 - Research problem: Speakers provide a general view of the state-of-the-art for a topic related to Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering and further present details of a specific research problem that still needs to be addressed by the community. Submission Instructions The proposal should not exceed one page (with up to one additional page for references) and should outline the talk. Furthermore, it should follow the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title: 24pt, text: 10pt; LaTeX users: \documentclass[10pt,conference] {IEEEtran}). All proposals must be submitted in PDF format through https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026. The submission should include: • Title, • Type of proposal (Technical Tutorial or Research problem), • Names of presenters and their affiliation, • Duration, • Outline of the tutorial talk, • Target audience (e.g., PhD students, early career researchers, all researchers, practitioners), • Learning objectives, • Details on any hands-on activities (e.g., participants using a tool or completing exercises) and the necessary computer specifications, • Preferred dates (please note that date preferences cannot be guaranteed). Evaluation Criteria • Overall quality of the proposal, • Relevance to the SANER audience, • Level of interest they believe the tutorial will attract, • Experience of the presenters, • Avoidance of duplication, in case of multiple tutorials on the same topic. SUBMISSION LINK https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026 IMPORTANT DATES (All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" time) Research Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 October, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 16 October, 2025 • Notifications: 9 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 9 January, 2026 Industrial Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Short Papers and Posters Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Tool Demo Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Journal-First Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 8 December, 2025 • Notifications: 22 December, 2025 Registered Report Track • Submission Deadline: 7 November, 2025 • First Notification (Reviews): 5 December, 2025 • Second Round Submission (Rebuttal & Revised Report): 12 December, 2025 • Final Notification (Stage 1): 22 December, 2025 • Accepted Report to arXiv Submission: 9 January, 2026 Workshop & Tutorial Proposals • Workshop Proposals Submissions: 20 August, 2025 • Workshop Proposals Notification: 27 August, 2025 • Tutorial Proposals Submissions: 12 January, 2026 • Tutorial Proposals Notification: 12 January, 2026 • Tutorial Camera-Ready Version: 16 January, 2026 ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Industrial Chairs • Anne Etien, University of Lille, France • Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada ERA Chairs • Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands • Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore Short Papers and Posters Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany RENE Chairs • Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Workshop/Tutorial Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy Journal-First Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy • Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Registered Report Chairs • Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland Tool Demo Chairs • Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands • Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs • Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy • Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia Proceedings Chair • Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan Most Influential Paper Award Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland Sustainability Chair • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity and Social Media Chair • Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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New CDT Report: Moderating Quechua Content on Social Media
by Dhanaraj Thakur 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the publication of a new research report from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), "*Moderating Quechua Content on Social Media.* <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-quechua-content-on-social-media/>"We explore how social media platforms conduct analysis of user generated content in Quechua, as well as processes for enforcement and appeals of moderation decisions. In addition, many platforms use large language models (LLMs) and other automated tools to support their content moderation systems. We examine how such technologies are incorporated into trust and safety systems that handle content in Quechua. This study is part of CDT's research series on the challenges of moderating low-resource languages in the Global South (see our related research on Maghrebi Arabic <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-maghrebi-arabic-content-on-social-media/>, Kiswahili <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-kiswahili-content-on-social-media/>, and Tamil <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-tamil-content-on-social-media/>). Using a mixed-method approach that includes an online survey of Quechua social media users, interviews with content moderators, influencers, linguistic activists, and digital rights advocates from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, we well as extended discussions with NLP researchers and LLM developers working on language technologies in Quechua, we found that: * Quechua social media users most frequently use Facebook, but most use multiple platforms, with a combination of Quechua and Spanish. * The motivation for some Quechua social media users to post online is to share their language and culture with each other and the world.Several of our interviewees affirmed that this form of linguistic activism and resistance, often done in Quechua. * Quechua social media users are confronted with multiple problems on platforms, including what they perceive as unjust content removals and algorithmic discrimination.Their own attempts at testing the platforms’ algorithms point to examples of the differential treatment between Quechua and Spanish, where moderation of the latter appeared to be more effective. These problems are driven in part by the limitations of the technologies (automated tools, LLMs, etc.) used by social media platforms. * There is a significant problem of harassment targeted at those who post in Quechua.As some interviewees recognized, part of this problem is also gendered, with women who identify as Quechua online subject to online gender based violence. * Automated content moderation technologies and trust and safety processes appear to fail Quechua social media users in several ways.Experts suggested that LLMs are not yet ready to be applied to content moderation in Quechua, given the lack of training data and other limitations. In addition, content moderation teams lack Quechua speakers and analysts, and the content policies used were essentially copied from English and Spanish and applied to Quechua content, leading to indecision, delays, and the non-removal of harmful content. We conclude with recommendations to create trust and safety systems that support language equity while respecting the rights and aspirations of those who post in indigenous languages such as Quechua. You can read and share threads on Bsky <https://bsky.app/profile/cdt.org/post/3lsjoczbofa2x>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/center-for-democracy-%26-technology_how-do-c…>and Mastodon <https://techpolicy.social/@CenDemTech/114750893089040642>, and you can access the full report here <https://cdt.org/insights/moderating-quechua-content-on-social-media/>for more details. We will soon publish a video summary of the report in Quechua and a Spanish translation (using the same link). Feel free to share within your networks. Your feedback and insights are important to us as we continue exploring the complexities of content moderation in other regions in the Global South. Best regards,Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* **dthakur(a)cdt.org | **+1 202 407 8849

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Final CFP for The 2nd Workshop on DHOW: Diffusion of Harmful Content on Online Web Workshop @ACMMM 2025
by Gautam Kishore Shahi 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

Dear all, I am writing to inform you that the CFP for the 2nd Workshop on DHOW: Diffusion of Harmful Content on Online Web Workshop. The workshop will be conducted in a hybrid format to ensure maximum participation. Accommodating attendees both online and in person. Submission deadline: *July 18, 2025 AOE* Workshop website: https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/ Co-located with ACM MM 2025 <https://acmmm2025.org/> Dublin, Ireland, 28 October 2024 *Workshop Description* With the advancement of digital technologies and gadgets, online content is easily accessible. At the same time, harmful content also gets spread. There are different harmful content available on different platforms in multiple languages. The topic of harmful content is broad and covers multiple research directions. But from the user’s aspect, they are affected by them all. Often, it is studied individually, like misinformation and hate speech. Research has been done on one platform, monolingual, on a particular issue. It leads to harmful content spreaders switching platforms and languages to reach the user base. Harmful is not limited to social media but also news media. Spreader shares harmful content in posts, news articles, comments, and hyperlinks. So, there is a need to study the harmful content by combining cross-platform, language, multimodal data and topics. We will bring the research on harmful content under one umbrella so that research on different topics (hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, self-harm, offensive content, etc.) can bring some novel methods and recommendations for users, leveraging text analysis with image, audio, and video recognition to detect harmful content in diverse formats. The workshop will cover the ongoing issue of war or elections in 2025. We believe this workshop will provide a unique opportunity for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, share the latest developments, and collaborate on addressing the challenges associated with harmful content spread across the Web. We expect that the workshop will generate insights and discussions that will help advance the field of societal artificial intelligence (AI) for the development of safer internet. In addition to attracting high-quality research contributions to the workshop, one of the aims of the workshop is to mobilise the researchers working on the related areas to form a community. *Submissions Topics* • Studying different types of harmful content • Computational fact-checking & Misinformation Detection • Role of Generative AI in Mitigating Harmful Content • Harassment, Bullying, and Hate Speech Detection • Explainable AI for Harmful Content Analysis • Multimodal and Multilingual Harmful Content Detection, such as fake news, spam, and troll detection. • Deepfake and Synthetic Media • Ethical & Societal Implications of AI in Content Moderation • Both Qualitative and Quantitative studies on harmful content • Psychological effects of harmful content, like mental health • Approaches for data collection or data annotation using multimodal large models on harmful content • User study on the effects of harmful content on human beings *Submissions* - Submission Instructions: https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/#call - Submission Link: https://openreview.net/group?id=acmmm.org/ACMMM/2025/Workshop/DHOW *Important Dates* Submission deadline: extended to July 18, 2025 Notification of acceptance: August 08, 2025 Camera-ready papers due: August 15, 2025 Workshop date: October 28, 2025 *Workshop organizers* • Thomas Mandl (University of Hildesheim, Germany) • Haiming Liu (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) • Gautam Kishore Shahi (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) • Amit Kumar Jaiswal (University of Surrey, United Kingdom ) • Durgesh Nandini (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Organisers, DHOW 2025

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CFP: SVI Conference 2025 - Studying Games (Bydgoszcz, Poland | Dec 1–2 | Hybrid format)
by Piotr Siuda 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

Dear colleagues, We are excited to invite you to the SVI Conference 2025 – an international, interdisciplinary academic conference fully dedicated to game design and game studies. For the first time, the conference will take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland, hosted by the Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture at Kazimierz Wielki University, in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). This 4th edition of SVI brings together researchers, designers, and academics working on: Game design Game analysis and narrative structures Cultural, artistic, and industrial contexts of games Keynote Speakers Clara Fernández-Vara (NYU Game Center) - game researcher, narrative designer, and author of Introduction to Game Analysis (3rd edition) Bruno Faidutti - renowned board game designer (Citadels, Mascarade, Knightmare Chess) with over 40 published titles Conference Details Dates: December 1–2, 2025 Location: Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland Participation: On-site or online Website: https://sviconference.org Call for Papers Abstract submission deadline: September 30, 2025 Length: 200–300 words + up to 5 keywords Submit to: conference.svi(a)gmail.com Participation Fees On-site: €50 (includes lunch) Online: €40 We warmly invite you to submit your abstract and join us in Bydgoszcz - a growing hub for digital culture and game studies. Please feel free to forward this invitation to interested colleagues, researchers, and students. Looking forward to seeing you in December! Warm regards, Organizing Committee SVI Conference 2025 https://sviconference.org conference.svi(a)gmail.com

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AoIR2025 Reminder of early registration deadline - August 1st
by AoIR Association Coordinator 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

The early registration rate deadline for the #AoIR2025 Ruptures is 1 August 2025. After this date, the fees for conference registration increase - https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025fees/ Please note: All presenting authors and Doctoral Colloquium attendees must be fully registered and paid by 1 August 2025 deadline to be included in the 2025 program. There are two different registrations AoIR2025 – one for in person attendees and one for remote attendees. In person only: https://members.aoir.org/event-6216401 Online only: https://members.aoir.org/event-6216484 Travel information can be found here: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/travelingtobrazil/ #AoIR2025 will be held at the Novo IACS - Instituto de Artes e Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) - Campus Gragoatá. The campus is close to the city centre and its hotels and hostels, and is very well served by public transport. Many passport holders are required to apply for a Visa prior to travel to Brazil. Please check visa requirements here: https://brazil.vfsevisa.com/ We look forward to seeing you all in Niterói! Your organizers of AoIR2025.

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Teaching and Researching Trust with Large Scale Twitter Datasets
by Stuart Shulman 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

September 10, 2025 I will offer a new workshop titled: "Teaching and Researching Trust with Large Scale Twitter Datasets" https://tinyurl.com/2d5gubkg The workshop runs from 9 AM to 1 PM as part of the pre-conference workshops offered at the 2025 meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), held this year in Vancouver, British Columbia. If anyone is planning on attending APSA or local to Vancouver, I will be recruiting a few students to help with the session. Please reach out if you would like to be a part of the team presenting workshop. ~Stu

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CfP: Special Issue - Digital Mediation and Urban Spatialities
by Soma Basu (TAU) 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

TUNI Luottamuksellinen - Confidential (3Y) Call for Papers Special Issue: Digital Mediation and Urban Spatialities in Contemporary India Contemporary urbanization in India is increasingly shaped by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), with initiatives like Digital India aiming to “transform the entire ecosystem of public services through the use of information technology…with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy” (Government of India, 2019). The Digital India Act, under its 2026 Goals, envisions making India “a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025-26” and a “Significant Trusted Player in the Global Value Chains” (MEITY, 2023). Central to this digital vision is the integration of data-driven, interoperable urban governance frameworks. These developments mark a shift in how urban spaces are imagined, navigated, and governed. As Datta (2023) notes, ICTs manifest new ways of inhabiting cities—what she terms “digitalisation-as-urbanisation.” The Smart Cities Mission exemplifies this shift, triggering spatial transformations, from public space redesign to automation of governance and territorial information systems. The pandemic further intensified these trends, becoming a “digital pivot” marked by mobility-regulating technologies such as contact tracing apps and e-passes, shaping urban space through data trails and digital surveillance (Hall, 1996; Scott, 1998). These digitally mediated infrastructures reduce complex socio-spatial processes into legible data categories. As Hanseth and Lundberg (2001) argue, such data regimes build on older material infrastructures in complex ways. Meanwhile, critiques of cyberspace as a “virtual public sphere” (Wellman, 2004; Dutton, 2013; boyd, 2010) often rely on spatial metaphors that, as Graham (2018, 2019) contends, obscure the materialities of internet geographies and place-making. We invite original research articles, theoretical reflections, and case studies that critically examine the evolving nature of urban spatialities in India in light of digital mediation, infrastructures, and networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Digital affordances and spatial imaginaries * Data infrastructures, governance, and territorial information systems * Smart cities and the politics of automation * Surveillance, regulation, and digital mobility * Post-pandemic urban spatialities and “digital pivot” moments * Digitality and the making/unmaking of public space * Actor-networks and place-making in digitally mediated cities * Critical perspectives on platform governance and urban planning * Internet geographies and materiality of digital infrastructures Submission Guidelines: Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts of no more than 300 words by July 15, 2025, to digitalmediationindia(a)gmail.com<mailto:digitalmediationindia@gmail.com>. Full papers (6,000–8,000 words) will be invited following abstract review. Final submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. The special issue is scheduled for publication in a peer-reviewed journal focusing on South Asia and published by Brill, a leading academic publisher. Full journal details will be announced upon final confirmation. Timeline: Abstract Deadline: July 15, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: August 7, 2025 Full Paper Submission: October 7, 2025 Publication (Expected): July, 2026 For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact the guest editors at: Avishek Ray (avishekray(a)hum.nits.ac.in<mailto:avishekray@hum.nits.ac.in>) and Soma Basu (soma.basu(a)tuni.fi<mailto:soma.basu@tuni.fi>).

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