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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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WEBCAST JUL 8-9 – IPNSIG Space Summit 2025 Keynotes
by Joly MacFie 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

*[First keynote is under way]* [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/19510>On *Tuesday – Wednesday July 8-9 2025*, at *09:00 PDT (16:00 UTC) ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/19510>* will simulcast the *Space Summit 2025 <https://www.ipnsig.org/summit2025>* keynote sessions, featuring current and former *Interplanetary Network Special Interest Group <https://www.ipnsig.org/>* (IPNSIG) chairs Yosuke Kaneko and Vint Cerf. These keynotes are part of a *larger free event <https://www.engagez.net/ipnsig2025>*, produced by the IPNSIG Academy that includes networking and workshops. The IPNSIG operates as the Internet Society’s Interplanetary Chapter. *PROGRAM* (Both sessions 09:00-09:45 PDT (16:00-16:45 UTC) Tuesday July 8 2025 – KEYNOTE 1: Yosuke Kaneko YouTube *https://youtu.be/i1fBACgUWHM <https://www.ipnsig.org/>* Wednesday July 9 2025 – KEYNOTE 2: Vint Cerf and Yosuke Kaneko YouTube *https://youtu.be/mlDYBI7wEiU <https://www.ipnsig.org/>* @IPNSIG #ipnsigacademy #ipnsig #spacecommunications *** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor, or need support - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New Publication: A manifesto for Wikimedia research
by Steve Jankowski 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Manifesto Site: <https://manifesto.wiki> Big Data & Society Commentary: < https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20539517251357292> In association with the Wikihistories project led by Heather Ford, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Manifesto for Wikipedia Research (< https://manifesto.wiki/>). This manifesto is the result of a collaboration between academics interested in furthering a research approach to Wikipedia and Wikimedia that draws on the humanist tradition, takes Wikipedia's importance seriously, and is responsive to Wikipedia's changing role as public knowledge infrastructure. We have also co-authored a commentary in Big Data & Society called "Uniting and reigniting critical Wikimedia research" < https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20539517251357292>. It explains each of the 10 calls-to-action and provides a bibliography and research questions of recent work to help others get started on critical Wikimedia research. Please get in contact with me (Steve Jankowski s.jankowski(a)uva.nl) if you have questions or would like to be part of a research network that is being set up to support the work of this manifesto. Sincerely, Steve Jankowski Assistant Professor in New Media Histories University of Amsterdam

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Social Media Cultures Book Announcement
by Murthy, Dhiraj 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Dear AoIR community, I hope this message finds you well. Apologies if this cross-posting is unwelcome — and thank you for reading on if not! I'm excited to share that my book, Social Media Cultures, is now available from Lexington Books/Bloomsbury Publishing. You can find a free preview on Google Books at https://tinyurl.com/mr3jmnmw which also lists options for purchasing the full version. My book provides a theoretically-grounded, historical exploration of the social media landscape. It traces the evolution of social media – from traditional media like letters, postcards, and the telephone to new media and platforms. I use historical and theoretical frameworks to help students and scholars better understand the intricacies of nuanced modern dynamics like cancel culture, self-expression, and celebrity influence. Focusing on mobility, political discourse, and the power of witnessing from global perspectives, I use empirical case studies from both the Global South and North to demonstrate the profound impact of social media on culture, politics, and everyday life. My book also considers how racial and other inequalities are embedded in the very architecture of social media. Ultimately Social Media Cultures also encourages readers to reflect on their roles within the broader social media ecosystem and to consider the far-reaching consequences of social media engagement on a global scale. If you're interested in hosting a talk, class visit, or discussion, I would be interested in connecting! Please accept my sincere apologies for the self-promotion, but I am responsible for the promotion of this book… Best wishes, Dhiraj Murthy DHIRAJ MURTHY (he/him/his), Professor of Media Studies, Sociology, and Information Director, Computational Media Lab School of Journalism and Media | Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin https://moody.utexas.edu/faculty/dhiraj-murthy | 512.232.4433 | @dhirajmurthy Co-editor, Big Data & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/bds> (5 year Impact Factor: 8.9) Publications: http://bit.ly/2HOgLJu

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New special issue: Environmental materialities of digital tech
by Loup Cellard 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi there! I am glad to share a new special issue about the environmental and material implications of digital technologies. Among different articles in French, there is two ethnographies in English that are worth reading: Cyrus Khalatbari, « Struggles and Resilience in GPU miniaturisation. From Taipei’s Overclockers to Accra’s Urban Miners <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/6133> », RESET, 2025. Hugo Estecahandy, « Computing Bitcoin on Soviet Legacies. Material Geopolitics of Cryptocurrency Mining in Global East <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/5951>», RESET, 2025. The whole issue can be found here: https://journals.openedition.org/reset/5909 The translation of the introduction in English will come in September. We regret the absence of female contributors in this issue, which does not reflect the proposals initially submitted to the journal, nor the richness of female contributions on the topic. This omission raises the question of how to evaluate articles while reconciling parity, double-blind evaluation procedures and suitability for the objectives of a special issue. Best, Loup -- *Loup Cellard* <http://www.loupcellard.com>Researcher — Datactivist <https://datactivist.coop/en/> (Paris/Marseille) Affiliate at Sciences-Po Médialab <https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/> (Paris) + ADM+S Centre <https://www.admscentre.org.au/> (Melbourne) Editor at Tèque <https://revue-teque.fr/>, a tech criticism journal by Audimat Editions <https://audimat-editions.fr/> (Paris) Email : loupcellard(a)gmail.com Mobile FR : +33 7 87 00 84 22 Website : loupcellard.com <http://www.loupcellard.com/> X : @CellardLoup <https://twitter.com/CellardLoup>Newsletter : Data Dandysme <https://blog.loupcellard.com/>

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Invitation to Collaborate on AoIR 2025 Early-Career Workshop Planning
by E. Morales Velasquez 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Dear colleagues, We are currently seeking early-career scholars interested in helping coordinate and organize the AoIR Early Career Scholars Workshop, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 15 October 2025, as part of the AoIR 2025 conference in Brazil. This is a valuable opportunity to contribute to shaping the workshop and support peer connection within our early-career community. If you are interested in getting involved, please feel free to reach out to me at e.morales.velasquez (at) rug.nl. Thanks, Esteban Morales Velasquez Assistant Professor / Media and Digital Cultures Centre for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen https://www.esteban-morales.com

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Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days (Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 17-19 March 2026)
by Weller, Katrin 06 Jul '25

06 Jul '25

--------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS DAYS Social media data between research and infrastructure - sustainable archiving, cataloguing and access 17.3.-19.3.2026 German National Library (Frankfurt am Main) Website: https://www.dnb.de/EN/smad --------------------------------------------------------------------- (German version below) Social media data between research and infrastructure - sustainable archiving, cataloguing and access CONFERENCE TOPICS: Online platforms, especially social media platforms, are both research objects and sources of data for a variety of research approaches in the humanities and social sciences, computer science, and the natural and life sciences. The historical evolution of social media makes them a part of our digital cultural heritage. However, the processes used by institutions to archive and document social media data are still only rudimentary, not least because of their economic, social and aesthetic characteristics and the unique attributes of media technology. Researchers, research institutions and cultural heritage institutions therefore face a wide range of problems in terms of their archiving, indexing and use. Researchers who wish to work with social media data also encounter numerous new challenges, especially when fundamental changes such as the elimination of application programming interfaces (APIs) impact access to specific data from online platforms. The archiving, indexing and use of dynamic data from social media are therefore fraught with problems which researchers, research institutions, libraries and archives have to tackle in a consistent manner. Ideally, solutions to these problems should be developed cooperatively, since this requires extensive effort which would be beyond the scope of a single data community or discipline. The aim of the conference is therefore to enable libraries, archives, infrastructural facilities, research institutions and researchers to network and exchange experiences with archiving and the sustainable use of data and digital objects from social media. We explicitly welcome case studies and presentations on solutions and their practical implementation as well as reports on research findings. We are particularly interested in contributions on the following key topics: · Sustainable infrastructure for collecting and providing access to social media content · Interaction between researchers and archiving institutions · Ethical issues and best practices · Legal issues and solutions · Challenges posed by restrictive data access from social media platforms · Experiences with data access in the context of the Digital Services Act · Status and preservation of social media from an archival and cultural-historical perspective, e.g. posts, interactions, platform elements · Consolidation of collections, corpora, holdings · Metadata, data documentation and cataloguing social media data · Use of AI & LLMs for data documentation and indexing purposes · Initiatives focusing on archiving and access · Concepts for the provision and use of derivatives (aggregated or derivative formats) from social media · Experiences with the reusability of available data DATE & LANGUAGE: The conference will take place from 17 to 19 March 2026 at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main. The main conference language is German. However, contributions can also be submitted in English. We aim to schedule all English-language presentations together in one day, if possible. SUBMISSIONS: We look forward to receiving your submissions for presentations and your proposals for tutorials, workshops or interactive formats. PRESENTATIONS / POSTERS: Please submit your proposals in the form of abstracts containing a maximum of 500 words (plus bibliographies and max. 1 illustration). Contributions can be based on research findings or personal experience and may be presented in German or English. The programme committee will decide which contributions to accept as oral presentations and which as posters. Proposals for TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS, themed sessions and other interactive formats should not exceed two pages and should contain the following information: proposed format and realisation, language, target group (potential number of participants), motivation and goals. In addition, please tell us whether you require special technical equipment or facilities. We will then determine how these can be provided on site. Please send your submissions as a PDF document to: twarchiv(a)dnb.de<mailto:twarchiv@dnb.de> TIMELINE: Deadline for submitting abstracts: 31 October 2025 Response by 30 November 2025 Conference: 17.-19.03.2026 PARTICIPATION: The conference will take place in person at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main. There are currently no plans to stream the event online. The participation fee is approx. 50 euros. Speakers who do not have their own travel funds may apply for up to 300 euros to cover travel and accommodation expenses (per presentation for max. one person). ORGANISATION: German National Library Frankfurt am Main Dr. Britta Woldering twarchiv(a)dnb.de<mailto:twarchiv@dnb.de> PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Stefan Dietze (GESIS and HHU Düsseldorf) Dimitar Dimitrov (GESIS) Philippe Genêt (German National Library) Tatjana Scheffler (Ruhr University Bochum) Claus-Michael Schlesinger (UB der HU Berlin) Katrin Weller (GESIS and HHU Düsseldorf) Britta Woldering (German National Library) COOPERATION PARTNERS: BERD@NFDI German National Library GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences NFDI4DataScience Text+ Deutsche Version: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Access Days Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung 17.3.-19.3.2026 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Frankfurt am Main) Webseite: http://www.dnb.de/smad --------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Access Days Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung KONFERENZTHEMEN Online-Plattformen und insbesondere Soziale Medien sind Datenquellen und Gegenstand für unterschiedliche Forschungsansätze in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, in der Informatik und in den Natur- und Lebenswissenschaften. In ihrer historischen Entwicklung sind sie Teil des digitalen Kulturerbes, für das eine institutionelle Archivierung und Dokumentation erst in Ansätzen existiert, nicht zuletzt aufgrund der medientechnischen, ökonomischen, sozialen und ästhetischen Besonderheiten. Forschung, Forschungsinstitute und Kulturerbe-Einrichtungen sind dadurch hinsichtlich der Archivierung, Erschließung und Nachnutzung vor vielfältige Probleme gestellt. Und auch Forschende, die mit Social Media Daten arbeiten wollen, sehen sich immer neuen Herausforderungen gegenüber, insbesondere wenn sich der Zugang zu bestimmten Online-Plattform-Daten beispielsweise durch den Wegfall von Programmierschnittstellen (APIs) grundlegend ändert. Die Archivierung, Erschließung und Nachnutzung dynamischer Daten aus sozialen Medien ist also mit Problemstellungen konfrontiert, die Forschende, Forschungseinrichtungen, Bibliotheken und Archive in ähnlicher Weise betreffen, und für die im besten Fall gemeinsam Lösungsansätze entwickelt werden können. Dies bedarf umfassender Anstrengungen, die nicht allein aus einer Community oder Disziplin heraus zu leisten sind. Ziel der Konferenz ist daher die Vernetzung von Bibliotheken, Archiven, Infrastruktureinrichtungen, Forschungsinstituten und Forschenden rund um die Archivierung und nachhaltige Nutzung von Daten und digitalen Objekten aus sozialen Medien. Wir sind besonders interessiert an Beiträgen, die folgende Themenschwerpunkte berühren: * Nachhaltige Infrastruktur für die Sammlung und Bereitstellung von Social-Media-Inhalten * Zusammenspiel von Forschung und Archiv * Ethische Fragen und Best Practices * Rechtliche Fragen und Lösungsansätze * Herausforderungen durch den Wegfall bisheriger Möglichkeiten, Daten bei Social-Media-Plattformen abzurufen * Erfahrungen mit Datenzugang im Kontext des Digital Services Act * Status und Erhaltung von Social Media aus archivarischer und kulturhistorischer Sicht, z. B. Posts, Interaktionen, Plattformelemente * Zusammenführen von Sammlungen, Korpora, Beständen * Metadaten, Datendokumentation und Erschließung von Social-Media-Daten * Einsatz von KI / LLMs für die Datendokumentation und Erschließung * Initiativen zur Archivierung und Bereitstellung * Konzepte für die Bereitstellung und Nutzung von Derivaten (aggregierten oder abgeleiteten Formaten) aus sozialen Medien Erfahrungen mit der Nachnutzbarkeit vorhandener Daten Ziel der Veranstaltung ist die Vernetzung und der Erfahrungsaustausch rund um die genannten Themen. Neben der Präsentation von Forschungsergebnissen sind daher explizit auch Fallbeispiele und Präsentationen zu praktischer Umsetzung und Lösungsansätzen willkommen. FORMAT: Die Tagung findet vom 17.3. bis 19.3.2026 in der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main statt. Die Haupt-Konferenzsprache ist Deutsch. Beiträge können jedoch auch in englischer Sprache eingereicht werden. Englischsprachige Beiträge werden nach Möglichkeit an einem Tag gemeinsam gebündelt. EINREICHUNGEN: Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen für Vorträge sowie über Vorschläge für Tutorials, Workshops oder interaktive Formate. VORTRÄGE/POSTER: Vorschläge werden als Abstracts von maximal 500 Wörtern eingereicht (zuzüglich Literaturangaben und max. 1 Abbildung). Beiträge können auf Forschungsergebnissen oder eigener Praxiserfahrung basieren. Beiträge sind in deutscher oder englischer Sprache möglich. Das Programmkomitee entscheidet, welche Beiträge als Vorträge und welche als Poster angenommen werden. ANDERE FORMATE: Vorschläge für Tutorials, Workshops, thematische Sessions oder andere interaktive Formate können in maximal zwei Seiten beschrieben werden. Sie sollten die folgenden Angaben enthalten: vorgeschlagenes Format und Umsetzung, Sprache, Zielgruppe (potentielle Teilnehmendenzahl), Motivation und Ziele. Sollte spezielle technische oder räumliche Ausstattung benötigt werden, so ist dies ebenfalls anzugeben, damit die Umsetzbarkeit vor Ort geprüft werden kann. Bitte senden Sie Ihre Einreichungen als PDF-Dokument an: twarchiv(a)dnb.de<mailto:twarchiv@dnb.de> TIMELINE: Frist zur Einreichung der Abstracts: 31.10.2025 Rückmeldung bis 30.11.2025 Konferenz: 17.-19.3.2026 TEILNAHME: Die Konferenz findet vor Ort an der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt a. M. statt. Eine Online-Übertragung ist zunächst nicht geplant. Die Teilnahmegebühr wird bei ca. 50 Euro liegen. Für Vortragende, die nicht über eigene Reisemittel verfügen, können auf Antrag Reise- und Übernachtungskosten bis maximal 300 Euro übernommen werden (pro Vortrag für max. eine Person). ORGANISATION: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main Dr. Britta Woldering twarchiv(a)dnb.de<mailto:twarchiv@dnb.de> PROGRAMM-KOMITEE: Stefan Dietze (GESIS & HHU Düsseldorf) Dimitar Dimitrov (GESIS) Philippe Genêt (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) Tatjana Scheffler (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Claus-Michael Schlesinger (UB der HU Berlin) Katrin Weller (GESIS & HHU Düsseldorf) Britta Woldering (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) KOOPERATIONSPARTNER: BERD@NFDI Deutsche Nationalbibliothek GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften NFDI4DataScience Text+

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Disinformation and Media Trust in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region
by Ekaterina Grishaeva 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

Dear all, I would like to organise a panel titled *“Disinformation and Media Trust in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region after the Start of the Full-Scale War in Ukraine”* at the 11th Annual Conference *Knowing Eastern Europe and the Baltics*, which will be held at the Centre for East European and Baltic Studies, Södertörn University (Stockholm, Sweden). The panel intends to discuss the specificity of the Kremlin’s misinformation campaigns related to the war in Ukraine and their impact on media trust in the region. Topics for discussion may include, though are not limited to: · Goals, narratives, and rhetoric of Kremlin disinformation campaigns launched since the start of the war; · Localisation strategies: how disinformation is tailored to specific linguistic, cultural, and political contexts; · Impact of the war on public trust in national and international media across Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. For the accepted presenters, free accommodation for two nights can be arranged by the conference organiser. If you are interested in joining the panel, please, send an abstract of 150 words to Ekaterina.grishaeva(a)sh.se by August 1 2025. Kind regards, Ekaterina Grishaeva

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) November 13-14, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) (*** Submission Deadline: July 4, 2025 AoE (firm!) ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning • Ontologies and reasoning • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business • Big knowledge systems and applications • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Modela • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): July 4, 2025 (AoE) (firm!) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 5, 2025 • Camera-ready, copyright forms and author registration: September 20, 2025 • Early (non-author) registration: October 10, 2025 • Conference dates: November 13-14, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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AoIR Preconference: Chronic Problems – Getting to Terms with the Temporality of Algorithmic Media
by Ludmila Lupinacci 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

Dear AoIR members and AoIR 2025 attendees If you are interested in debating the temporal dimension of contemporary digital technologies, please consider joining our AoIR 2025 Preconference Workshop, Chronic Problems: Getting to terms with the temporality of algorithmic media. The workshop aims to bring together and connect scholars of temporality and algorithmic media so as to identify common ground, stimulate exchange, and initiate critical comparative research. This half-day preconference will happen on Wednesday 15 October (afternoon session) in Niterói, Brazil. The organizers are Christian Pentzold (Leipzig University), Ignacio Siles (Universidad de Costa Rica) and myself, and we have a stellar lineup of speakers. More information, including a preliminary programme, can be found here: https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/en/institut-fuer-kommunikations-und-medi… And registration can be done via the AoIR website: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025preconfworkshops/ Feel free to get in touch in case you have any questions, and we hope to see many of you in Brazil! Best wishes, Ludmila, Christian and Ignacio Dr Ludmila Lupinacci Lecturer in Digital Media School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Website<https://ludmilalupinacci.com/> | Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/ludludlud.bsky.social> | Mastodon<https://aoir.social/@ludmila> | Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fIoradwAAAAJ&hl=en>

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