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Call for contributions "Reflecting Controversies: Epistemologies of studying blockchain and other politically charged technologies"
by CAMARASA SAN JUAN, Violeta 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to invite you to submit contributions for the roundtable discussion "Reflecting Controversies: Epistemologies of studying blockchain and other politically charged technologies", <https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=47357#panel-127365> which we are co-convening at the upcoming STS-CH Conference 2025 "Holding things together? Change, continuity, critique"<https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=9752&page_id=%C2%A…>. The conference will take place from September 10–12, 2025 in Zurich (hosted by the University of Zurich, ETH, and ZHdK). Deadline for abstract submission: May 9, 20215 About the Roundtable The ways we study contemporary technologies shape not only how we understand their sociotechnical world but also key epistemic questions about how the researchers involved in their world-building create knowledge and collaborate. In this roundtable, we’ll explore questions of critique and epistemology in researching controversial technologies (such as blockchain). Rather than simply doing critique, our aim is to use critique as a point of departure — a lens through which to examine and reflect on our own research practices. We invite contributions that critically engage with the question of how our own research practices as a scientific community studying meaning-laden technology are in themselves practices of epistemic world-building. We welcome contributions that explore, challenge, and reflect on this very question from diverse perspectives and methodologies. The full abstract of the roundtable "Reflecting Controversies: Epistemologies of studying blockchain and other politically charged technologies" can be found on the conference website<https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=47357#panel-127365>. Submission Guidelines We aim to have a collective discussion on the above questions, rather than a presentation-focused panel. To take part in the roundtable, please submit your bio and a short response to the theme(s) and question(s) of the roundtable, highlighting the question(s) you are interested in taking up together. You are welcome to incorporate an abstract of a paper or a project you are working on in your submission and draw on it during the roundtable. Our focus during the roundtable will be on shared themes and intersecting concerns across participants, rather than individual presentations. To submit, please visit the conference’s online submission platform<https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=10436&page_id=> for detailed instructions on formatting and submission requirements. We look forward to your submissions and hope you’ll join us at the roundtable. If you have any questions or need additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at violeta.camarasa(a)link.cuhk.edu.hk Thank you for your interest. Best, Anna Lytvynova (ETH Zurich), Annika Aebli (University of Lausanne), Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford (University of Jyväskylä), Joshua S. Bamford (University of Jyväskylä), Violeta Camarasa San Juan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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Special issue CFP: Authoritarianism in the Digital Age
by Kylie Jarrett 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Dialogues on Digital Society Special Issue: Authoritarianism in the Digital Age Proposal deadline: May 16, 2025 Submission deadline: July 1, 2025 Max length: 2,000 words, including references. Events in the U.S. since the 2024 presidential election have brought into stark relief that digital technologies, industries, and systems are central to the growing intensity of reactionary and conservative politics and the expanding influence and activities of authoritarian movements across the world. While these political agendas and related governance systems have a long and wide-spread history, their increased presence is fraying the global economic, social, and political order in place since post-WWII accords. What the role of the digital is, has been, or could be, in this emerging geopolitical landscape is the theme of this special issue of Dialogues on Digital Society. Digital technologies are implicated in contemporary authoritarian politics in a variety of ways. Social media platforms and AI-powered bots have long been recognised for enabling the creation, distribution, and amplification of reactionary political views. Remotely controlled drones drop bombs on civilians, relying on satellite technologies owned by digital media oligarchs with close ties to authoritarian leaders. Governments seek control over the digital information landscape, demanding deletion of “unauthorised content” from websites and libraries, while governmental communication is at times routed through unofficial platforms, potentially avoiding scrutiny, recording, and/or archiving. States draw on granular surveillance data from bespoke or compliant apps and platforms to police their populations, often in the guise of public safety measures. Digital infrastructures such as satellites or undersea cables become political weapons, used to force compliance by nations reliant on their capabilities, or remain under threat of disruption by rogue political actors. At the same time, digital technologies are vital tools for the organising of resistance against authoritarian incursions into social and economic liberties. News updates and information about personal and collective safety are shared through encrypted digital systems. Acts of genocide are livestreamed. Protests, street demonstrations, and direct interventions against authoritarian acts are instigated and promoted through digital platforms, while culture jamming online protests seek to block up digitally mediated governance systems. Archivists, librarians, and ordinary citizens mobilise to preserve digital records. Solidarity messages created and shared online sustain individuals as they navigate an increasingly perilous sociopolitical landscape. We welcome short commentary articles (1,500-2,000 words) that report on, reflect on, critique, and illuminate our picture of the role of digital technologies in building, sustaining, and challenging authoritarian rule. We especially welcome papers that place this role in the longer histories of these political systems and those that explore these dynamics as they are occurring within a variety of jurisdictions. We are particularly keen to include analysis from across the global geopolitical landscape and not just the present U.S. moment - that is, an analysis of digitally-mediated authoritarianism in Asia, Africa, South and Central America, North America, and Europe. Topics may include – but are not limited to: Digital infrastructures of authoritarian rule Digital warfare in support of authoritarian states The role of digital media industries and owners in authoritarian states Digital tools and organization of resistance Digital information and democracy AI and smart technologies as authoritarian infrastructure Cultures of online resistance Digital surveillance tools and their applications Smart city systems in authoritarian contexts Send a proposed title and abstract (150-250 words) by May 16, 2025 to kylie.jarrett1(a)ucd.ie. Submission of completed commentaries will be by July 1, 2025. All submissions will be subject to review. Also, feel free to get in touch if you have concerns about the risks associated with such a publication but still wish to contribute (we are prepared to facilitate anonymous publication). _________________ Prof. Kylie Jarrett School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin She/her Editor-in-chief: *Dialogues on Digital Society* Author: *Digital Labor *(Polity 2022)*;* *Feminism, Labour, and D**igital Media: The Digital Housewife *(Routledge 2016) Co-author*: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media *(MIT Press 2019) *Google and the Culture of Search *(Routledge 2013)

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CFP Final call: Digital Geographies 2025, Data Voids, negativity and refusal
by Danielle Hynes 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

With apologies for cross-posting and re-posting. Please see below a CFP for a Special Session at 4th Digital Geographies Conference, 3-4 November 2025, Lisbon. Data Voids: Understanding Digital Geographies of the Built Environment through Negativity and Refusal Emerging work in cultural geography has called on researchers to consider the (im)potential of 'negative' spaces and affects, asking what can be done with voids, limits and (in)capacities of different kinds (e.g. Bissell et al, 2021). Meanwhile, across media and cultural studies, critical data studies and feminist and political geography there is growing attention to the possibilities of refusal (e.g. James et al., 2023), particularly refusal as a collective and generative response to datafied systems. Both bodies of work are concerned with gaps, absences, silences and negation, though with varied foci and orientations toward action. Our session seeks to bring these literatures into conversation, with a particular focus on digital data and the built environment. The governance of built environments is increasingly informed and narrated through digital data - from 'evidence-based' planning, to the modelling of land/housing markets, and uses of 'proptech' to facilitate investment or discipline tenants, data seem almost as foundational as bricks and mortar. Yet such data are often characterised by absences, gaps and silences. Such absences prompt initiatives to fix, 'free' and/or repurpose the data in order to enhance access and transparency. However, recent work problematises transparency as a universal response to data-driven systems, pointing to refusal and data justice as approaches pursuing a structural shift relative to data harms. The session will seek theoretical and empirical contributions pertaining to questions including, but not limited to: * What might an attention to data voids from the perspective of negative geographies and refusal illuminate? * How do absences of data shape the built environment? * How do acts of refusal in the face of data-driven governance generate meaningful political and spatial alternatives? * How might methodological approaches to data be developed or reconceived through working with refusal and negativity? * How do we reckon with refusal alongside the politics of data suppression? * How do we register what or who is left absent (unbuilt, unseen or unheard) by/through data in its shaping of built spaces? Papers from this session will be considered for a potential Special Issue in a relevant journal. Submit abstracts (max 250 words) by *April 30, 2025* here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfA3KwwzulWPBEubfIyP3ZAsmeGN8KXebD…>, selecting Special Session 8. More information about the conference can be found here<https://ceg.igot.ulisboa.pt/digitalgeographies/>. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by *May 15, 2025*. Session Organisers: Danielle Hynes & Samuel Mutter (National University of Ireland, Maynooth - Data Stories<https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/> project)

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REMINDER 🦄 CfA Hype Studies Conference 🦄 / Submit till 10.5.
by Jascha Bareis 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Dear AoIR list members, Please consider submitting an abstract (academic, practitioner or artistic) to the *newly founded Hype Studies Platform*, organising its first edition of the *Hype Studies Conference* "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE" in Barcelona, the 10th-12th of September, 2025. You can find the CfP on the brand new webpage: https://hypestudies.org/. *Abstract submission is open till the 10th of May.* * * *What is Hype studies about?* Hype Studies is an emergent, transdisciplinary research arena aimed at inquiring hype as a powerful and pervasive phenomenon that influences economic trends, political agendas, media narratives, and technological developments. We are a group of researchers, scholars and designers exploring how hype is a thing that does things. A force composing and affecting attention, markets, politics, feelings, imagination, matter, knowledge and the social experience of time. The Hype Studies Platform is aimed at sharing resources and events to collectively understand and intervene into hype and its politics. Join us at the inaugural conference at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya this September. We will organise the conference around these themes and formats: *THEMATIC TRACKS* 1. *Concepts and characteristics*: How to define hype against rivaling concepts in academic and media representations? What is the difference between hype an imaginaries, trends, alarmism, visions, expectations or futures? 2. *Dynamics and temporalities*: How can hype be read, studied, assessed - or even anticipated? When and where does hype happen? How can linguistic, narratological, artistic, historic, ethnographic, statistical and bibliometric, or discourse analytical approaches inform the study of hype? 3. *Engaging*: How do practitioners and artists depict, experience, produce and deal with hypes? We welcome contributions on topics ranging from debunking, myth-busting, fact-checking, training in journalism, science and technology communication, artistic interventions... *FORMATS* 1. *Panel presentation*: Traditional academic panel where you will present your research or insight into a topic, theory, initiative or project and its background. The conference organisers will put your proposal along other 3 similar. 2. *Open floor*: Curate a discussion space, where two or more people gather to discuss about a topic, concept, project or event. We expect this format to be interactive and participatory, including the audience. You can submit individually, or as a group. 3. *Making and Doing*: Present on the conference space action-research projects, workshops, activist interventions, games, video art and other experiments. We will incorporate your work on the conference location as an art installation, workshop/game or a video. Alternatively, you can also pitch a format you find inspirational (open format). With best regards, The hype study group -- *Dr. Jascha Bareis*(Profile) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_bareis_jascha.php>(Scholar) <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bf1gf9AAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao>(LinkedIn) <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jascha-bareis-36082523b/> Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis(ITAS) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/index.php> Karlsruher Institute of Technology(KIT) <https://www.kit.edu/english/index.php> Research Group Digital Technology and Societal Change(FG DigIT) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_digit.php> *Recent* (Don’t) believe the hype?!Hype Studies <https://hypestudies.org/> Ask Me Anything ! 😈How ChatPGT Got Hyped Into Being.SOC ARXIV Preprint <https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/jzde2> The Trustification of AI. Disclosing the bridging pillars that tie Trust and AI together.Big Data & Society <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241249430> Technology Hype: Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising, with M. Roßmann and F.Bordignon.Journal of Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice <https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/7073>

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EuroDIG Main Topic 04 -“Transatlantic rift on Freedom of Expression”
by Joly MacFie 27 Apr '25

27 Apr '25

The fourth Main Topic session at EuroDIG 2025 will open the discussion on the “*Transatlantic rift on Freedom of Expression*”. The session will take place on May 13, 16:00-17:30 CEST. - *What is the session about?* The recent tensions between tech giants from across the Atlantic and European regulators center around fundamental disagreements on the scope of freedom of expression. Politicized charges about censorship are leveled against attempts to rein in disinformation and interference in elections. The session will discuss appropriate European responses to these developments and look for reconciliation possibilities between the diverging approaches. - *How to get involved?* You can join the Org Team for Main Topic 04 *here* <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/MT_04_2025#Get_involved>via the dedicated mailing list. The session’s Focal Point is Cristina Herrera Garcia. Cristina is a Research and Policy Manager at Adapt. Focal Points streamline the work of the Org Team. You can also register* here <https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/eurodig-2025-make-yout-voice-heard/>* to make a short statement in the session. Make sure to sign up before April 30! *Register for EuroDIG 2025* EuroDIG 2025 takes place *May 12-14 in Strasbourg, France*, hosted by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Register to participate in EuroDIG 2025 *here.* <https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/register-for-eurodig-2025/> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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GIG-ARTS 2025 – Conference Programme now available online!
by Mauro SANTANIELLO 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 9th edition of GIG-ARTS – the European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions, and Strategies – is now available online. This year’s conference, titled “The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges,” will feature ten panel sessions, 38 paper presentations, two keynote speeches, and one round-table discussion that will explore the evolving narratives, practices, and implications of digital sovereignty across regions and sectors. The 9th edition of GIG-ARTS will be held at the University of Salerno from 26 to 28 May 2025. You can access the full programme here: https://gig-arts.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Programme-GIG-ARTS-2025.pdf Registration is open until 15 May 2025. Further information on the Conference here: https://gig-arts.eu/ We look forward to your participation in GIG-ARTS 2025 and to insightful exchanges throughout the event. Best regards, The Organizing Committee Prof. Mauro Santaniello (PhD) Associate Professor in Political Science ICPC <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/> Director| GIG-ARTS <https://gig-arts.eu/> Coordinator| Giganet <https://www.giga-net.org/> Secretary SWING <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025> Scientific Coordinator | UNU-CRIS <https://cris.unu.edu/people> Associate Research Fellow PRIN on Digital Sovereignty <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/internet-and-communication-policy-cen…> Principal Investigator Latest publications <https://docenti.unisa.it/023694/ricerca/pubblicazioni>

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37th IFIP International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025): Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

*** Fifth Call for Papers *** 37th IFIP International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2025) September 17-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ictss-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Special Journal Issue with SN Computer Science, Springer ***) IFIP-ICTSS is a well-established conference where researchers, developers, testers, and users from industry get together to present and discuss the most recent innovations, experiences and open challenges related to testing software and systems and measuring software quality. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ■ AI for Software Testing and Testing of AI: the growing interest in the use of AI has also spread in to various aspects of software testing. In addition, work is underway to test and validate AI systems/applications (machine learning, expert systems, neural networks). ■ Aspects of testing: test derivation, test selection, test generation, test coverage, test concretization, test implementation and execution, test result analysis, test oracle, verdict computation, test management, active testing and passive testing, monitoring and runtime verification. ■ Testing new technologies: this year we encourage submissions focused on testing Large Language Models (LLMs), audit machine learning systems (especially for applications to Health) and Quantum systems (programs, computers, and simulators). ■ Diversity on testing: diverse generation, selecting diverse test suites, foundations of testing and diversity, applications of entropy and Kolmogorov complexity on test suite diversity. ■ Theoretical approaches: formalisms (such as automata, state machines, process algebra, logics, Markov-chains...), testing frameworks, results for compositionality, refinement, soundness and completeness, addressing complex systems, heterogeneous or hybrid systems. ■ Modelling languages (such as UML, MATLAB, Simulink, Modelica...) and associated tooling for model-based testing: test generation from models, model-based oracles. Scalability, traceability, quantification issues. Automated support of any parts of the testing activities, testing processes, test-driven development, sound metrics and measurements. ■ Testing of quality aspects: Functional, interoperability, unit, integration, performance, load, conformance, non-regression, reliability, robustness. ■ Security Testing: methodologies and techniques for continuous security assessment, security monitoring, security review, penetration testing, verification of certification compliance; automation of security testing processes. ■ Testing emerging technologies: quantum systems (programs, computers, and simulators), genetic algorithms, metaverse, and any other technology in the early stages of testing. ■ Human Aspects of Testing: human psychology and management attitude play major roles in formulating and adopting testing in practice. ■ Cross domains and combination of techniques: using other techniques such as proof, model-checking, symbolic execution, abstract interpretation, static analysis, simulation, model learning, ... to improve quality and reduce the effort in testing processes. ■ Cross domains and combination of techniques: using other techniques such as proof, model-checking, symbolic execution, abstract interpretation, static analysis, simulation, model learning, machine learning, expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms... to improve quality and reduce the effort in testing processes. ■ Application aspects and case studies: Communicating systems such as cyberphysical systems, systems of systems, embedded systems, web services systems, smart grids, cloud computing systems, business information systems, real-time systems, distributed and concurrent systems. Case studies and industrial applications involving qualified empirical evaluations. IFIP-ICTSS Invites: Full papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research contributions with sufficient evidence for the interest of the proposed approach. Industry papers (12 to 15 pages plus at most 2 extra pages for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing original research or experience report conducted within an industrial environment or in collaboration with an industry partner. Short papers or work-in-progress papers (up to 6 pages plus at most 1 extra page for references in the one-column Springer LNCS format) describing academic work in progress or tool implementations, as well as testing processes, achievements and feedback on testing methods for industrial case studies. Journal-First. The aim of the Journal-First (JF) submission category is to further enrich the program of ICTSS, as well as to provide an overall more flexible path to publication and dissemination of original research that is within the scope of ICTSS. A submission in this category must adhere to the following criteria: ■ It should be clearly within the scope of the conference. ■ It should be recent: it should have been accepted and made publicly available in a journal (online or in print) by January 1, 2023 or more recently. ■ It has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, Journal- First tracks of other conferences or workshops. ■ The submission has to be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract and has to provide a concise summary of the published journal paper. ■ It must be marked as such in the submission’s, and must explicitly include full bibliographic details (including a DOI) of the journal publication they are based on. Since the referenced journal papers have already been reviewed and accepted by the corresponding journals, submissions in the JF category will not be reviewed again for technical content. Submissions will be judged on the basis of the above criteria, but also considering how well they would complement the conference’s technical program. Accepted submissions in this category will be part of the proceedings of ICTSS 2025, with the title equal to the original title of the article with the prefix. The submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ictss2025 The papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS volume. Authors should consult Springer’s Instructions for Authors of Proceedings (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and use either the LaTeX or the Word templates provided on the authors’ page. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf. Authors are encouraged to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Journal Special Issue Best papers of the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their article at a special (topical) issue of the Springer Nature of Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979) Deadline will be near the end of December 2025 with a tentative publication date for the middle 2026. Collocation ICTSS 2025 will be collocated with the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025) IMPORTANT DATES ■ Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) ■ Author Notification: June 30, 2025 (AoE) ■ Camera-ready Versions and Author Registration: July 14, 2025 (AoE) ORGANISATION Conference Chairs ■ Silvia Bonfanti, University of Bergamo, Italy ■ George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2025: Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations (Deadline Approaching: May 14)
by Beyza Yaman 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations The Industry & Use Case track at SEMANTiCS welcomes submissions that present use cases and industry adoption of semantic technology. Solutions that deal with semantic processing of data and/or information in areas like Linked Data, Knowledge Graphs, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Publishing, Thesaurus and/or Ontology management, and any related fields. All submissions have a strong focus on real world applications beyond the prototypical status and demonstrate the power of semantic systems! *Important dates* - *Submission Deadline:* May 14, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Notification of Acceptance:* June 13, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Presentation Ready:* August 18, 2025 (11:59 pm) All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12) *Submission via Easychair on* *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025>. Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, in particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. *Topics of Interest* SEMANTiCS 2025 especially invites contributions that target the following main topics in the context of semantic-based research and systems as well as applicative domains. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLM) combined with Knowledge Graphs - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Knowledge Management (e.g. acquisition, capture, extraction, authoring, integration, publication) - Reasoning, rules and policies - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Semantics in Data Science - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Authentication of knowledge graphs - IoT and Stream Processing, Linked Data Event Streams - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems - Provenance and Data Change Tracking - Semantic Interoperability (via mapping, crosswalks, standards, etc.) *Author Guidelines and Submission* - This call for presentations reaches out to professionals in the areas related to the topics of SEMANTiCS for proposals to present industry implementations, best practices and use case prototypes, to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. Additionally, we explicitly encourage the submission of software applications, apps or services that demonstrate the usefulness and benefits of semantic technologies and semantic data management. - To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2025 please prepare the following: Fill out the online application at Easychair and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. - Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, iIn particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. - Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. - All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot at the main conference. Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS full policy for more details: https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy When your submission is accepted and you are preparing your talk, please take care to address the following aspects: - *Initial Situation *What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning of the project? What problems needed to be solved? - *Approach and IT-Solution *Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge? - *Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution *Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution? - *Prospects and Recommendations *What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings? - *Demo (if applicable) *Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service. *Review and Evaluation Criteria* Every submission will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Submissions to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing businesses and / or generate new ones. - The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment – at least prototypically. - Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message. - The topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc. - Novelty: The topic covered is new to your industry – not necessarily new to business in general In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation. We are looking forward to your contribution! *Industry & Use Case Track Chairs* Marco Brattinga Artem Revenko ----------------------------------------- On behalf of the organising committee Dr. Beyza Yaman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Showcase Your Research at PTC’26!
by Jenifer Sunrise Winter 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

*Research Spotlight at PTC’26* https://www.ptc.org/ptc26/ Join the conversation shaping the future of digital infrastructure! PTC’26 invites researchers to share cutting-edge ideas with industry leaders. Gain a global platform to highlight your work and advance emerging technologies. *Submit your research* and contribute valuable insights that drive the industry forward! *PTC’26 Emerging Scholars Program* https://www.ptc.org/outreach-initiatives/emergingscholar/ Rising scholars have the opportunity to present their research to top executives in the areas of digital infrastructure, telecommunications, and ICT at PTC’26. The Emerging Scholar Program is open to: - Doctoral (Ph.D.) candidates - Postdoctoral researchers (within the last five years) To be considered, *applicants must submit an official application form*, along with the required supporting materials and a *single-authored research paper* by *25 July 2025*. *Meheroo Jussawalla Research Award* https://www.ptc.org/research-award/ Honoring PTC’s research legacy, this award recognizes the best participant research paper at PTC’26. Submissions are open to: - Researchers and faculty members - Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral researchers To be considered, submit an abstract through the *Call for Participation* submission site by *6 June 2025*. If accepted, the complete paper must be submitted by *29 September 2025* for award consideration. Recipients of both the PTC Emerging Scholar Program and the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Award will be celebrated during the exclusive PTC’26 Awards Ceremony on *Wednesday, 21 January 2026* in Honolulu, Hawaii. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher or an emerging scholar, we invite you to utilize these opportunities to showcase your work and engage with industry peers! Aloha, Jenifer Jenifer Sunrise Winter, Ph.D. Professor, Communication Program, School of Communication and Information University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2550 Campus Road, Crawford Hall 325, Honolulu, HI 96822

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Programme announcement - music and online cultures in a changing platform ecosystem
by Maria Perevedentseva 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Dear colleagues, The Music and Online Cultures Research Network (MOCReN) is delighted to announce the programme for its upcoming ‘music and online cultures in a changing platform ecosystem’ conference, taking place at NOVA University Lisbon, 19–21st June 2025. The conference will feature 14 panels on topics ranging from digital music patronage to online transmedia practices, two special plenary sessions on Lusophone algorithmic music cultures and the effects of AI on creativity and musical engagement on platforms, and keynote-responses from Holly Rogers (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Francesca Sobande (Cardiff University). Full programme details can be accessed on our website: www.mocren.org/lisbon2025<http://www.mocren.org/lisbon2025>, where you will also find the registration form and all other relevant conference information. We have also now opened registration for those who cannot join us in Lisbon and would like to watch the conference livestream. If you have any questions, please email us on lisbon2025(a)mocren.org<mailto:lisbon2025@mocren.org>. Joana Freitas Steven Gamble Maria Perevedentseva Ed Katrak Spencer Jenessa Williams The MOCReN Steering Committee www.mocren.org<http://www.mocren.org>

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