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9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI 2017): Second Call for Papers and Special Sessions & Workshops Proposals
by Announce Announcements 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

*** Second Call for Papers and Special Sessions & Workshops Proposals *** 9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence ICCCI 2017 Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 27 - 29 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Computational Collective Intelligence is most often understood as an AI subfield dealing with soft computing methods which enable making group decisions or processing knowledge among autonomous units acting in distributed environments. Web-based systems, social networks and multi-agent systems very often need these tools for working out consistent knowledge states, resolving conflicts and making decisions. ICCCI 2017 is the 9th edition of the conference organized by the University of Cyprus and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland, in cooperation with the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Computational Collective Intelligence. The aim of the conference is to provide an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the computer-based methods of collective intelligence and their applications in (but not limited to) such fields as group decision making, consensus computing, knowledge integration, semantic web, social networks and multi-agent systems. Instructions to Authors Prospective authors of papers are invited to submit contributions for presentations at ICCCI 2017. The submissions should present the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference topics. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art in CCI methodologies are also acceptable to reflect lessons of unique value for the conference attendees. Contributions should be original and not published elsewhere or intended to be published during the review process. The conference language is English. The conference proceedings of ICCCI 2017 will be published in the prestigious Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series by Springer and indexed by ISI(CPCI-S), Web of Science, EI, Scopus, DBLP, ACM Digital Library. All submissions should follow the LNCS/LNAI style and not exceed 10 pages. At least one full registration is required for each accepted paper in order to be included in the ICCCI 2017 proceedings. Each paper is to be submitted electronically as a single PDF file through EasyChair at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . To ensure high quality, all papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the ICCCI 2017 International Program Committee. Referees will be asked to nominate papers for a Best Paper award to be announced at the conference. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must register for the conference and pay the author registration fee. A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers, will be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in special issues of high quality scientific journals. Topics of Interest We welcome all submissions in the subjects of CCI related (but not limited) to the following topics: · Agent Theory and Application · Automated Reasoning · Cognitive Modeling of Agent Systems · Collective Intelligence · Collective Processing · Computational Biology · Computer Vision · Computational Intelligence · Computational Security · Consensus Computing · Cooperative Systems and Control · Cybernetics for Informatics · Data Integration · Data Mining for Social Networks · Distributed Intelligence · Evolutionary computing · Fuzzy Systems · Geographic Information Systems · Grey Theory · Group Decision Making · Hybrid Systems · Information Retrieval and Integration · Information Hiding · Intelligent Architectures · Intelligent Applications · Intelligent Buildings · Intelligent Control · Intelligent E-learning/Tutoring · Intelligent Image Processing · Intelligent Networks · Intelligent Transportation Systems · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Representation · Knowledge-Based Systems · Logic in Intelligence · Machine Learning · Mobile Intelligence · Multicriteria Decision Making · Natural Language Processing · Optimization and Swarm Intelligence · Pattern Recognition · Probabilistic and Uncertain Reasoning · Rough Sets · Semantic Web · Smart Living Technology · Smart Sensor Networks · Soft Computing · Social Networks · Ubiquitous Computing · Web Intelligence and Interaction Call for Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals ICCCI 2017 invites proposals for Special Sessions and Workshops to be held during the conference. They intend to provide researchers in focused areas the opportunity to present and discuss their work, as well as to offer a forum for interaction among a broader community of researchers. A Special Session or Workshop will consist of a group of papers in a sub-discipline of Computational Collective Intelligence related to the main topics of ICCCI 2017. The papers will be required to meet the same standards as ICCCI 2017 papers and will be published in the conference proceedings, in a bound volume by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. All the Special Sessions and Workshops will be centralized as tracks in the same conference submission and reviewing system (EasyChair) as the regular papers. Please send the Special Session and Workshop proposals with the following information: · Title & acronym of the special session · Brief profiles of special session organizers · General description of the special session scope · List of topics · Proposed Session Program Committee (to be invited) The format for the Special Session or Workshop proposal should follow the pattern of the template available on the conference web site. The organizers will be responsible for the advertisement and promotion of the Special Sessions or Workshops and the conference including the Special Sessions and Workshops webpage preparation. The management of papers review will be achieved by Special Session and Workshops Committees, using the Conference System (a separate EasyChair track will be provided for each Special Session and Workshop). The organizers are responsible for managing the review process. All the reviews should be submitted through EasyChair. Each paper should obtain at least two reviews. For Special Sessions and Workshops Issues please contact: Bogdan Trawinski Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland bogdan.trawinski(a)pwr.edu.pl Important Dates · Special Session & Workshop Proposals: February 15, 2017 · Special Session & Workshop Acceptance: February 22, 2017 · Submission of Papers: April 1, 2017 · Notification of Acceptance: May 1, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission: May 15, 2017 · Registration and Payment for Authors: June 15, 2017 · Conference Dates: September 27-29, 2017 Organization Honorary Chairs · Costas Christophides, Rector of University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pierre Lévy, University of Ottawa, Canada · Cezary Madryas, Rector of Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland General Chairs · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania · Piotr J?drzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan Organising Chair · Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Special Sessions and Workshops Chairs · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Bogdan Trawinski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Doctoral Track Chair · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Chair · Christos Mettouris , University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Committee · Marios Komodromos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Rafa? Kern, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Marcin Pietranik, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Zbigniew Telec, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Steering Committee · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen (chair), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Piotr J?drzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan · Kiem Hoang, University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM, Vietnam · Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia · Geun-Sik Jo, Inha University, Korea · Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland · Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia · Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan · Manuel Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

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Visiting Professor of Communication & Media Studies
by olohok＠gmail.com 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Visiting Professor of Communication & Media Studies School of Journalism and Communication Carleton University Application Deadline: December 15, 2016 The School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University invites applications from distinguished scholars for the position of Visiting Professor of Communication and Media Studies (2017-18). This position is open to professors who wish to spend time in a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment in order to carry out their research and teach on topics and issues that complement those of our faculty and graduate students in the Communication and Media Studies program. The School of Journalism and Communication provides office space and administrative support, a robust research setting with high quality Master’s and PhD students, contact with other professors in the School, at Carleton, and in neighbouring universities, and a stipend for a single term (applicants wishing to spend more than one term are welcome to apply and should indicate as much in their cover letter). The Visiting Professor position is ideal for established academics on sabbatical, or those with research leave funding or a portable research fellowship. Applicants should have a record of internationally recognized published scholarship and a strong record of graduate teaching and mentorship. Preference will be given to tenured professors who already hold faculty positions at other institutions in Canada or internationally. Visiting professors are expected to actively contribute to the School’s intellectual culture, and will be asked to lead a graduate seminar on a topic of their choosing. Visiting Professors are also expected to deliver a public research presentation before the end of their appointment. For more information and application instructions, please visit the careers page on our website — https://carleton.ca/sjc/careers/ Josh Greenberg, PhD Director, School of Journalism & Communication Carleton University Ph: 613 520-2600, ext. 1965

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Call for Student Consortium (and Travel Award)
by Announce Announcements 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Are you a Master's or Doctoral student? Want feedback about and mentorship for your research from senior researchers and other students? Apply to the IUI 2017 Student Consortium (and for a travel award)! The deadline is December 18th! *** Call for Student Consortium (and Travel Award) *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. About Student Consortium The IUI 2017 Student Consortium provides an opportunity for Masters and Doctoral students to present and receive feedback about their research in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of mentors selected from senior people in the field. We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their research to use this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. The consortium will be organized with 8 to 12 presentations by the students, whose applications have been selected by the Student Consortium chairs. The strongest candidates will be those who have a clear topic and research approach, and have made some progress, but who are not so far along in their research that they can no longer make changes. The final version of accepted SC submissions will be included in the "Companion" volume of the proceedings along with workshops, tutorials, posters and demos and will be published at the ACM DL. Complimentary/reduced conference registration will be available for students. Student Consortium participants will be given high priority when applying for the student travel awards. Moreover, we are working to provide partial reimbursement of travel/accommodation expenses specifically for the participants of the Student Consortium. Check the details on the travelling grants page and make sure to apply. Objectives The objectives of the student consortium are to: · Serve as a supportive setting to provide/receive feedback on students' current doctoral and masters' research and guidance on future research directions · Offer each student comments and fresh perspectives on their work from researchers and students outside of their own institution · Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research · Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and conference events Submission Instructions To apply for the Student Consortium, please submit to the URL below a single PDF containing the following (in order): · A brief cover letter containing your full name, contact details, affiliation, web page, expected graduation date and target degree, the name of your thesis advisor, gender (optional), home country (optional), and whether you are a member of an underrepresented minority group (optional) one page maximum) · Your SC submission: a document describing your thesis/dissertation research plan and your progress thus far. This document should be in standard ACM Extended Abstract format http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… and should be no more than four pages long · A two-page CV Submit your single, combined PDF to http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… by December 18th, 2016. In addition, a letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor should be sent separately by email to the Student Consortium Co-Chairs at studentconsortium2016(a)iui.acm.org. Important Dates · Submissions Due: December 18, 2016 · Notifications: January 8, 2017 Student Consortium Chairs Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, Belgium Contact: studentconsortium2017(a)iui.acm.org

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CFP: MICI'17: The CHI'17 Workshop on Mixed-Initiative Creative Interfaces
by Sebastian Deterding 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

=============================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION MICI 2017: Mixed-Initiative Creative Interfaces Workshop at CHI 2017, May 6/7, 2017, Denver, CO Submit by Jan 31, 2017 =============================================== Enabled by artificial intelligence techniques, we are witnessing the rise of a new paradigm of computational creativity support: mixed-initiative creative interfaces (MICIs) put human and computer in a tight interactive loop where both take turns suggesting, producing, evaluating, modifying, selecting creative outputs. This paradigm could broaden and amplify creative capacity for all, but is today mostly developed and studied in game AI. This one-day workshop at CHI 2017 therefore convenes CHI and game researchers to advance mixed-initiative approaches to creativity support. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST * User experience and engagement in MICIs * Interaction, design and evaluation challenges of MICIs * Future scenarios of human-AI co-creativity and MICIs in and beyond creative practice * MICIs for accessibility, inclusion, participation, and user-generated content * MICIs and models of creativity and collaboration We invite participants to submit 2-6pp. position papers in the CHI Extended Abstract format (https://chi2017.acm.org/submission-formats.html) via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mici2017. We will review submissions and select 15-25 based on relevance, quality, and diversity of inputs. At least one author of each accepted paper needs to register for the workshop and for one or more days of the conference. We expressly invite participants to bring system demos to the event. IMPORTANT DATES * December 15, 2016: Early acceptance submission deadline * December 21, 2016: Notification of early acceptance * January 31, 2017: Regular submission deadline * February 20, 2017: Notification of regular acceptance * May 6/7, 2017 (tbd.): Workshop For further information, consult the workshop site http://mici2017.org or write to mici2017(a)easychair.org.

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Mediapolis: Open Call for Contributions
by Scott Rodgers 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Mediapolis: Open Call for Contributions Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture is now accepting submissions for all upcoming issues in all areas. Mediapolis is an online, interdisciplinary journal exploring issues related to media and urban culture for audiences both within and beyond academia. Mediapolis is committed to a model of open-access publishing, and accepts work across a range of topics and formats including short response essays, reviews, provocations, think pieces, and longer research articles. We also accept scholarship across all forms of media. For our January and upcoming issues we are particularly interested in proposals and submissions that address the role of urban culture and cities in culture in light of the US presidential election, Brexit, and the rise of ultra-right populism throughout Europe. If you are interested in contributing or have questions, please contact the editors, Brendan Kredell and Erica Stein: editor(a)mediapolisjournal.com<mailto:editor@mediapolisjournal.com> For more information, see: http://www.mediapolisjournal.com/about-us/editorial-policies/call-for-contr…<https://owa.bbk.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=d9kiz0ix6oEQffGGmX6PIVbmaLES653eyh-U…>

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The Facebook President: Fact trumps fiction
by Feldman, Zeena 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dear friends, On the heels of Brexit, Trump and subsequent handwringing about fake news and social media’s culpability, I thought this short read might interest you: https://www.opendemocracy.net/zeena-feldman-sumedh-shastri/facebook-preside…. With best wishes, Zeena Dr Zeena Feldman Lecturer in Digital Culture Deputy Director, BA Digital Culture Admissions Tutor, BA Digital Culture + + + + + + + Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30pm and by appointment + + + + + + + King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities 26-29 Drury Lane, room 221 London WC2B 5RL +44 (0)20 7484 1421 / zeena.feldman(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:zeena.feldman@kcl.ac.uk> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/academic/feldman/index.aspx

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call for proposals: Video Vortex XI (Kerala, India)
by Geert Lovink 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Video Vortex XI: Call for Responses 23-26 February 2017, Kochi-Muzeris, Kerala, India Video Vortex XI: Video in Flux Video technology has radically altered the ways in which we produce, consume and circulate images, influencing the aesthetics and possibilities of moving image cultures, as well as yielding a rich body of scholarship across various disciplines. Given its ease of access and use, video has historically been aligned with media activism and collaborative work, further enabled by digital platforms, that facilitate transnational networks even as they exist within heightened systems of surveillance. Having emerged as the driving force behind the web, social media, and the internet of things, video, as Ina Blom (2016) suggests, is endowed with life-like memory and agency. As witnessed in the recent network crash in America as a result of the hacking of web cameras, video overload can even become a cause for infrastructural vulnerability. While the infrastructures of video in Europe and America may almost be taken for granted, in many parts of the global South, video exists across uneven conditions, and this invites engagements with video history and theory that are attentive to these varied lives and forms of video. Video Vortex XI proposes to place emphasis on these ‘other’ video cultures, which have largely evaded scrutiny under the fiction of video’s universalism. In keeping with this intention, Video Vortex XI is being held in the city of Kochi-Muzeris, in the midst of the 3rd Kochi biennial, which gives contemporary form to the histories of an extremely cosmopolitan city. Kochi-Muzeris housed large Chinese, Arab, Jewish, and Christian populations from its beginnings, and was governed by the Portugese, the Dutch, and the British, before becoming part of independent India in 1947. As such, the city provides a perfect location -- as the centre of trade between East Asia, South Asia, and Europe – for addressing the diversities and the synergies implicit in video cultures across the globe. We are interested in the sharing of provocations, research, speculations, video and film work that responds to current debates in film, video, media, networks, and game theory, while being particularly attentive to the implications that technologies of live video, surveillance, virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence have for the future of video & media cultures. We particularly encourage work that addresses the use of video in activism and political mobilisation, artistic practices, technological developments attendant to the medium (and its future), as well as the formal qualities of video in the digital post-national and post-medium context. The two day conclave will include screenings, discussions, workshops and round tables and we invite proposals that address (but are not limited to) the following themes. We are particularly interested in work that is Asia-centric but are open to contributions that engage with video cultures in the Global South : Histories of video in Asia Video art and activism Aesthetics of Online video Video and surveillance Video archiving & curation Infrastructures and platforms of video Emergent technologies of video and moving image We invite proposals in the following formats: Films & Curated Screening Programmes: Filmmakers and video artists are invited to submit work that addresses the themes and concepts outlined in the Video Vortex XI call. Curators are invited to propose short screening programmes of up to 3 hours that showcase video/film work , in response to the themes outlined. A focus on Asia is encouraged, but is not essential. Workshops: We invite video practitioners, artists, researchers, scientists, content producers and theorists to submit proposals for workshops that explore critical making as a mode of critique and inquiry. We are especially keen on hearing from those working with Virtual or Augmented reality, as well as those working with/on specific video archives. If you are proposing a workshop, please indicate costs for materials, as these will have to be built in separately as registration fees. All workshop organisers will have to make their own arrangements for materials required. Sessions, individual contributions, reflections, responses & performances: We welcome suggestions for sessions, round tables, and individual interventions addressing any of the topics outlined in the call, as well as proposals for performances. About Video Vortex XI Video Vortex XI will take place in the Mill Hall, an old grain mill in Mattanchery, which is one of the locations for the Kochi-Muzeris biennale 2017. Video Vortex XI will form a collateral event to the biennale, which attracts large numbers of artists, curators, scholars and tourists from around the world between the months of December 2016 and March 2017, when the biennale is on. For more information on the biennale see https://kochimuzirisbiennale.org <https://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/>. Submission deadlines: Please email proposals to Rashmi Sawhney: rashmi.sawhney(a)gmail.com <mailto:rashmi.sawhney@gmail.com> and Andreas Treske: treske(a)gmail.com <mailto:treske@gmail.com> by 16th December 2016. Selected applicants will be notified by 30th December 2016. Registration Fees: All Video Vortex XI events are open to the public. However, some of the workshops may have registration fees to cover material costs. Visa Application Guidelines: The Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, can provide a letter of invitation to all Video Vortex participants who require one. Please note that it can take 1-4 weeks to get an Indian visa depending on your country of residence. Travel and Accommodation: participants will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. However, we can recommend a list of hotels close to the Video Vortex venue. Video Vortex XI is being organised by the School of New Humanities & Design, Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology in collaboration with the University of Bilkent, Ankara, and the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.

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Abstracts Due on Dec 4: CFP for Edited Collection on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Knowledge
by Trent M Kays 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Colleagues. Final reminder that abstracts for the attached edited collection are due on Dec 4. Onward! tmk –– Trent M Kays Assistant Professor | Department of English and Foreign Languages Hampton University | trentmkays.com “To educate is essentially to form."–Paulo Freire ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Trent M Kays <trent(a)trentmkays.com> Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:38 PM Subject: Reminder: CFP for Edited Collection on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Knowledge To: techrhet(a)googlegroups.com, wac-l(a)lists.illinois.edu, WPA-L < WPA-L(a)asu.edu>, institute(a)lists.uvic.ca, air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Colleagues. I wanted to remind you all that the CFP for *The World Blown Open: Open Access, Open Education, and Open Knowledge for an Uncertain Future* <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f4PDpLDw8yF8eG1YSqh1CJQrbM9FlkvDmekzmPR…> is still open. I have updated the CFP to include information about peer review and potential publishers. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me. The deadline for abstracts is Dec 4, though extensions might be possible on a case-by-case basis. I have already received some very exciting abstracts and perspectives. Please share this CFP with anyone (or any listserv) who might be interested. Onward! tmk –– Trent M Kays Assistant Professor | Department of English and Foreign Languages Hampton University | trentmkays.com “To educate is essentially to form."–Paulo Freire

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3 DC Events - Global Democracy Networking, Local-up Facebook Groups, Civic Tech Happy Hour - Tue Dec 6
by Steven Clift 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Thanks to our awesome digital democracy supporters out there, I am able to host three engaging small gatherings next Tuesday during a quick trip to DC. Please share this with your DC-area contacts interested in all things civic tech, open government, civic engagement and more. Come on along. All Events - Tuesday Dec 6, 2016: ** Digitally Networking Democracy Builders Globally? A Conversation 9:30 - 11 AM Info/RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1825880037625153/ Hosted at NDI - National Democratic Institute ** Local-up? Digital Bridges for American Communities Brown Bag 12 Noon - 2 PM Info/RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1681899672124715/ Lake Research Partners, 1101 17th St, NW Suite 301 ** OpenGov Civic Tech Facebook Group Happy Hour 5 - 8:00 PM Info/RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1194660773961648/ James Hoban Bar, Dupont Circle Each link above has extended details. In summary: 1. The morning gathering is about sharing the secret sauce from 24 x 7 "e" knowledge sharing within the niche open gov/civic tech crowd with the broader and global democracy/civic engagement community that is so poorly e-networked in comparison. The geeks are getting it right, but how can we extend that? 2. The brown bag lunch (aka bring a sandwich) session is a strategic conversation about using social media post-election in the US to connect people across the partisan divide with a strategic local-up twist. Over a dozen volunteers responded to my post-election call - http://po.st/localupfacebook - to create new city-wide civic life Facebook Groups adapting the long-time E-Democracy online town hall model - http://e-democracy.org/if - to a new platform. What should we do next? How do we support these volunteers and position these local online town halls to spread across hundreds of cities? Contact me to volunteer for your city: clift(a)e-democracy.org Put "Local Facebook Group - Your City" in the subject. We must counter the "virtual civil war" - https://medium.com/@democracy - now before it destroys our democracies and this is one small way I hope to be part of the solution with others. If we can't better connect via social media on public issues starting locally with more civility, then we are absolutely screwed as a nation on national issues in the digital era. 3. Social time. For those DC area Open Government and Civic Technology Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup - members NOT in Paris at the OGP Summit, let's just have some french fries and French wine instead. :-) The Facebook Group is approaching 6400 members from well over half the countries in the world. If you have ideas on who might fund a strategic outreach campaign to bring it to 16,000 members, let me know. This group delivers quality knowledge exchange every day. Let's drink to that! Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org clift(a)e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app

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International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction SI: Following User Pathways (abstracts due 19 December).
by Hall, Margeret (KSRI) 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting to this SI, and forwarding to your relevant contacts. Apologies for cross-posting. ? International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction Special Issue: Following User Pathways http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/hihc-cfb-8.2016 Call for Papers Social media and the resulting tidal wave of available data have changed how researchers analyze communities at scale. However, the full potential for science has not yet been achieved, despite the popularity of social media analysis in the past decade. To date, few researchers invest in cross-platform analyses due to various reasons, e.g. variations in curating data, disparate methods and tools, complexity of cross-platform and mixed method analysis, methodological conflicts arising from mixed method studies, etc. "Following user pathways: Using cross platform and mixed methods analysis in social media studies" brings together a community of researchers and professionals to address methodological, analytical, conceptual, and technological challenges and opportunities of mapping user across platforms with mixed method analysis in social media ecosystems. See the full call and scope at: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/hihc-cfb-8.2016? Important Dates Abstract Submissions (optional): 19 December 2016 Submission of papers: 1 February 2017 Notification of review results: 28 April 2017 Submission of revised papers: 15 July 2017 Notification of final review results: 15 August 2017 Expected Publication: Q1 2018 Margeret Hall, Ph.D Assistant Professor School of Interdisciplinary Informatics College of Information Science & Technology The Peter Kiewit Institute, PKI 275C University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182 Phone: (402) 554-2847 College: http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/school… ?

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