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crucial topics about digital media
by Heider, Donald 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Mark your calendars for three days of programming on crucial topics about digital media. Data, Democracy and the Human Story: A Conversation with Members of Deep Lab Simone Browne, Ingrid Burrington, and Allison Burtch will discuss how their work as artists, critics and members of the Deep Lab collective engages with issues of privacy, security and surveillance. Thursday, November 5th, 2015 6:30-8:00 PM 5th International Symposium on Digital Ethics Featuring artist and activist Hasan Elahi; Goodvertising founder Thomas Kolster; Wearable Technology Designer Maggie Orth; NPR Music Editor Jacob Ganz and a host of other scholars and researcher presenting new research on digital ethics. Friday, November 6th, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Big Boulder Initiative Workshop; Using Social Date for Social Good Featuring Check 12's Andrew Salter; mRelief's Rose Afriyie; Derek Edder from Datamade; Farida Viz; Twitter's Brett Taylor and many more. Saturday, November 7th, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM All sponsored and hosted by the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy, Loyola's School of Communication and held at Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower Campus. Co-sponsors include the Illinois Humanities Council, the Big Boulder Initiative, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the Social Media Club of Chicago. http://digitalethics.org/events/fifth-annual-international-symposium-on-dig… Don Heider Dean School of Communication Loyola University Chicago Register today! Fifth Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics<http://digitalethics.org/events/fifth-annual-international-symposium-on-dig…> Friday, November 6, 2015

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ACM IUI 2016 - CFP abstracts Oct 9 - Papers Oct 14
by Denis Parra 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Apologies for cross-postings. --------------------------- Call for Submissions --------------------------- ACM IUI 2016: ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonoma, CA, USA March 7 - 10, 2016 http://iui.acm.org/ ACM IUI 2016 is the 21st 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) community. We are also very interested in contributions from related fields, such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, etc. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in an focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively (we expect over 200 people), but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Processing of multi-modal input (gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) - Natural language and speech processing - Intelligent visualization tools - Generation of multimodal content - Big Data/Text summarization and analytics - Intelligent interfaces for ubiquitous computing - Smart environments and tangible computing - Smart interaction and interfaces for wearable computing - Intelligent assistants for complex tasks - Support for collaboration in multiuser environments - Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI - Affective, social and aesthetic interfaces - Education and learning-related technologies - User-Adaptive interaction - Recommender systems - Modelling and prediction of user behaviour - Interactive Machine Learning - Planning and plan recognition for IUI - Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation - Proactive and agent-based paradigms for user interaction - Example-and demonstration-based interfaces - Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces SUBMISSION ------------------- Full and Short Papers ----------------------------- We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. IUI 2016 especially encourages submissions on innovative and visionary new concepts or directions for the design of intelligent interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. Full papers (10 pages with unlimited references) should make substantial, novel and relevant contributions to the field. Short papers (4 pages with unlimited references) can either contain smaller contributions or novel work that is still progress. Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation and short papers either as oral or poster presentation. Authors of accepted IUI 2016 full papers will have an opportunity to submit extended versions to the ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) for consideration for a special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2016". For information on what counts as an appropriate "extension" of a conference paper for TiiS, see submissions) Abstracts Due: October 9, 2015, 6pm PST Full and Short Papers Due: October 14, 2015, 6pm PST Posters ---------- Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early- stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions on all topics of the conference. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full length research paper at a refereed conference. The page limit for poster papers is 4 pages. Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Abstracts Due: December 20, 2015, 6pm PST Demonstrations --------------------- The demonstrations track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 4 pages. Accepted demo papers will be published in the companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Abstracts Due: December 20, 2015, 6pm PST Student Consortium --------------------------- The ACM IUI 2016 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 apply for this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. 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 their research that they can no longer make changes. Submissions : December 20, 2015, 6pm PST ACM IUI 2016 ORGANIZERS ---------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs <chair2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Jeff Nichols, Google - John O'Donovan, UCSB - Jalal Mahmud, IBM Program Co-Chairs <program2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Cristina Conati, UBC - Massimo Zancanaro, Bruno Kessler Foundation Poster and Demo Co-Chairs <poster2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen - Bongwon Suh, Seoul National University - Matt Dennis, University of Aberdeen Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs <workshop2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Ido Guy, Yahoo! - Jill Freyne, CSIRO Student Consortium Co-Chairs <studentconsortium2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University - Aaron Adler, BBN Technologies Publicity Co-Chairs <publicity2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Denis Parra, PUC Chile - Christoph Trattner, NTNU & Know-Center Sponsorship Chair <sponsors2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Jian Wang, LinkedIn Proceedings Chair <proceedings2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Denis Alejandro Parra Santander Profesor Asistente, DCC Escuela de Ingeniería, PUC Chile +56 (2) 2354-4442 http://web.ing.puc.cl/~dparra/

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WEBCAST TODAY: Live playback of CoinDesk Consensus2015 Blockchain Summit
by Joly MacFie 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

I hesitated about sending this to AoIR when doing the rest of my e-blasts earlier this morning, thinking it insufficiently academic. But, now halfway through the first panel, I've changed my mind. Very high quality discussion! joly posted: "On September 10 2015 CoinDesk - the leading publisher of independent news and analysis on digital currencies and blockchain technologies - presented its inaugural summit - Consensus 2015 - at the Times Center in New York City. A packed house sat in as exp" [image: Consensus 2015] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/consensus2015>On *September 10 2015* *CoinDesk* - the leading publisher of independent news and analysis on digital currencies and blockchain technologies - presented its inaugural summit - *Consensus 2015 <http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2015/>* - at the Times Center in New York City. A packed house sat in as experts and leaders across sectors as diverse as law enforcement, bankers, Wall St, and civic activists debated real-world problems and the solutions that cutting-edge digital currencies and blockchain tech might offer. Now, 20 days later, on* Wednesday 30 September 2015*, you too have the chance to hear and see what went down as the Internet Society brings you a *live playback* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/consensus2015> of the entire proceeding. *What: Consensus 2015 <http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2015/> live playback Where: Internet Society Livestream Channel When: Wednesday 30 September 2015 08:55am-5:30pm EDT | 12:55-21:30 UTC Agenda: http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2015/agenda/ <http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2015/agenda/> Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/consensus2015 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/consensus2015> Twitter: http://twitter.com/hashtag/consensus2015 <http://twitter.com/hashtag/consensus2015> Facebook: http://facebook.cpm/hashtag/consensus2015 <http://facebook.cpm/hashtag/consensus2015>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8088#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8088#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8088 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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"creepy" social media studies
by Greg Elmer 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hi folks, wondering if anyone has come across research that discusses users' feelings of being creeped out or similar expressions of discomfort with regards to the surveillant capacities and techniques of social media. Please email me off-list and I can post a summary if there is interest. /Greg Elmer Greg Elmer, PhD Professor of Media, Communication & Culture Bell Media Research Chair & Director, Infoscape Research Lab Ryerson University, Toronto Preempting Dissent <http://www.preemptingdissent.com/>: A creative commons documentary film that investigates the genesis of the Miami Model of protest policing. Winner of the Action on Film Festival's 2014 Award for Best Social Commentary Film. The Canadian Delegation <http://www.thecanadiandelegation.com/>: In the summer of 1989, as the Soviet bloc crumbles and China fends of a democratic revolt, the head of Canada's Young Communist League leads a delegation of youth to an international student festival in one of the most isolated and enigmatic nations in the world. This feature documentary film is currently in production.

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Experiences on publishing with Lexington
by Kristin Dagmar Eckert 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hi All I am searching for scholars who have had publishing experiences with Lexington (subsidiary of Rowman & LIttlefield). I am interested in their publishing process for monographs. Please e-mail me off list (stine.eckert(a)wayne.edu) if you are willing to share your insights. Thank you! Take care, Stine Stine Eckert, Ph.D. Vice-Chair Feminist Scholarship Division, ICA Assistant Professor Department of Communication 571 Manoogian Hall Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48201 @stineeckert http://stineeckert.com/ https://wikidgrrls.wordpress.com/

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Media & Information Lab: Open rank senior faculty position. Open University of Israel
by Anat Ben-David 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

*The Open University of Israel* *Open Rank Senior Faculty Position Opening* *Media and Information Lab* The Open University of Israel is seeking a senior faculty member to establish and head an interdisciplinary media and information lab, for research and teaching in new media and related areas, such as big data, information studies, network cultures, or digital sociology. The media lab will be an inter-departmental unit that will carry out teaching and research activities in several disciplines including: communication, management, psychology, education, design, and information and computer science. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to establish and to head a lab that will be a hub of teaching and research activities at the highest international academic standards. The search is led by the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication. However, given the interdisciplinary nature of the position, the faculty member’s final departmental affiliation will be determined based on his or her disciplinary background. Academic rank (lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor or full professor) will be commensurate with experience. Requirements: - PhD in Social or Computer Science, or a relevant research discipline - Excellent international academic research capabilities in the field of new media or computational social sciences, demonstrated through publications in leading journals and/or conferences - Proven international research experience in a media and/or information lab - Experience in applying methodologies and innovative research methods in a media and information lab setting - Experience in developing digital tools for social research - Fluency in Hebrew, and demonstrated ability to develop learning materials in Hebrew. - Excellent interpersonal skills The expected employment start date is October, 2016 (flexible). Please send the following application materials by *December 30, 2015* to Media_Lab(a)openu.ac.il: - A detailed academic curriculum vitae - A Cover letter detailing the fit between the candidate’s background and skills, and the requirements of the position. - A research statement - Three letters of recommendation sent directly by the referees via email to the abovementioned address. The Open University of Israel is one of Israel’s eight public universities recognized and academically supervised by the Council of Higher Education. It has more than 45,000 students, and is well known for its open-admissions philosophy, the high academic standards of its courses, its position at the cutting edge of educational technologies, and its commitment to excellence in research and in teaching. The university’s head campus is in Ra’anana, and it has dozens of campuses and learning centers throughout Israel. For further details please write to Prof. Oren Soffer, head of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at: orenso(a)openu.ac.il

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UW Doctoral Research Fellowship: STS meets Design
by Daniela Rosner 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Dear AoIRists, Please circulate the following announcement for a UW PhD fellowship to potentially interested candidates. Many thanks! Best, Daniela *Doctoral Research Opportunity: STS meets Design* Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington Tactile and Tactical Design Lab, Professor Daniela Rosner The Tactile and Tactical Design Lab (TAT Lab) at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington, Seattle, is seeking a PhD student to begin fall 2016. Under an NSF-funded research fellowship, t he PhD student will explore questions of craft and materiality emerging around the integration of computing technology in traditional handwork practices , from ship building to weaving . Possible p rojects include: - Investigating the communicative dimensions of emerging tools for digital fabrication - Tracing the historical development of craft and DIY practices in modern maker cultures - Understanding the shifting dynamics between creativity, care, and repair in the adoption of computational technologies - Examining questions of gender and technical labor across sites and infrastructures of craftwork. Ideal applicants have a strong background in media studies and/or science and technology studies (STS). Experience with ethnographic methods is required. Strong candidates will have demonstrated success working collaboratively, will have a promising publication record, and will have an interest (or experience) in art/design practice and interventionist approaches . Doctoral applications <http://www.hcde.washington.edu/phd/FAQs> are due *December 15, 2015. * To learn more about HCDE, please look here: http://www.hcde.washington.edu/phd. For specific questions about the projects described above , email CV and materials to daniela.rosner(a)gmail.com. For general information about the HCDE PhD program and application process, please contact Pat Reilly, Academic Services Manager at preilly(a)uw.edu -- ~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~ Daniela K. Rosner danielarosner.com

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work on history of reputation as a social construct?
by Julie Cohen 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Hi all - does anyone know of any good work on the history/sociology of reputation, pre-Internet? I.e., before it morphed into a topic for computer scientists, web designers, and information economy pundits? Many thanks! Julie Julie E. Cohen Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law & Technology Georgetown University Law Center jec(a)law.georgetown.edu http://www.juliecohen.com

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Seeking Case Studies on Data Ethics
by danah boyd 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

The Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society is seeking researchers, practitioners, and educators to provide case studies based on real-world examples that examine complex issues of data ethics. Submissions will be distributed via the Council’s website in addition to Data & Society and the National Online Ethics Center. Case study authors will be given an honorarium of $250 per case study and may be invited for further participation in our growing network of data ethics researchers, educators, and practitioners. A case study should describe a real-world situation in which an ethical conundrum arose, and how responding to that situation introduced conflicting ethical duties, responsibilities, or principles. Situations used for case studies may involve data collection, publishing, aggregation, or analytics and illustrate topics such as privacy/de-identification, accuracy and quality control, cultural representation, oversight and accountability, or social outcomes of research. Examples from industry, government, and academia are welcome. Completed case studies will become part of a collection of pedagogical resources for instructors covering data ethics in various fields, and will be used to generate discussion through live and/or online discussion forums of part of ongoing work by the Council. The case studies may be distributed via the Council, Data & Society, and the National Online Ethics Center (hosted by the National Academies of Engineering). Authors are also welcome to submit their case studies for publication. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Whether researchers should use data mining tools that correlate data across many public databases and risk revealing sensitive information about human subjects; What to do when publicly available anonymous data can be reidentified; How to use scientific data that is viewed differently in different cultural contexts; When journals and conferences might reject submissions for ethical lapses; Tensions between the degrees of freedom afforded to academic researchers vs. commercial researchers/practitioners etc. etc. An example case study "No Encore for Encore?" by Arvind Narayanan and Bendert Zevenbergen explores a web-based censorship measurement tool that asks hard questions about the boundaries of technical interventions for social good. For detailed instructions and topical ideas, see: http://bdes.datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BDES-Council-Call-fo… Feel free to contact us with questions at bdes(a)datasociety.net. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, danah boyd, Geof Bowker, Kate Crawford, Helen Nissenbaum, and the BDES Council PS: If you are interested in what the Council is doing, join our Network! Here's how: http://bdes.datasociety.net/2015/09/network-expansion/

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Quantification, big data, power of numbers (a reading list)
by Daniel Kunzelmann 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Dear all, Thanks to all of you who have already contributed to the reading list on: "On the power of numbers: How databases and quantification now do (their) work in everyday life (and how they have always done so?)". For those of you who want to have a look, you do find the list here: https://danielderkunzelmann.piratenpad.de/airl-power-of-numbers-big-data (note that, unfortunately, the link does not work with a Mac or at least not with Safari!) It's always wonderful to see how this community works :) And of course you're still welcome to share your must-reads on two types of concepts... a.) "new" Cultural and Social Anthropological concepts and theories that explicitly talk about and refer to digital phenomena as in "big data", "databases", "algorithms", etc. b.) "classical" ones that do NOT explicitly talk about these issues, but that you would consider highly applicable to understand such phenomena (e.g. work on statistics, quantifications, numbers, etc.). Thanks! Daniel

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