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Need free Linkedin downloadable datasets repositories
by Babiga Birregah 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

hi everyone, I am wondering if someone can recommend me some relevant and free Linkedin downloadable datasets repositories. Thanks a lot for your help best regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS LM2S H107 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX Tél. +33 (0) 325715869 Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4

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November 4: Trusting Human Safety to Software: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
by Solon Barocas 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

On Tuesday, November 4, the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton University is hosting a public conference on the legal and policy implications of software safety, entitled “Trusting Human Safety to Software: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” https://citp.princeton.edu/thss/ Software now runs a multitude of vital systems: medical devices that dispense insulin or control heart rhythms; records of health information; and infrastructure, including power plants or air traffic control. Emerging technologies, such as drones and driverless cars, continue to extend the impact of software on the physical world. Code failures increasingly lead to bodily harms, yet public awareness of these dangers is low and our understanding of how to govern them is nascent. This conference focuses on the need for affirmative, preventative measures to be put into place in this area. Panels will discuss the legal and policy context of software safety, the general consequences of code failures, and the particular effects of software on the health and automotive sectors. If you plan to attend in person, please RSVP: https://citp.princeton.edu/thss/rsvp/. No RSVP or login is required for watching the livestream: http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/. Questions from the virtual audience will be accepted under the hashtag #safersoftware. Should you be unavailable on November 4, archived copies of the talks will be available on YouTube approximately a week after the conference: https://www.youtube.com/user/citpprinceton. == Schedule 10:00am — Introduction Andrea Matwyshyn — Trusting Human Safety to Software 10:30am — Software Safety: Setting the Legal Context Judith Rauhofer — Our Bodies, Ourselves 2.0: The Role of Informational Self-Determination in the Prevention of Physical Harm from Code-Based Devices Ian Brown — Institutional Capabilities for Information Security Regulation Elizabeth Rowe — The Tension between Intellectual Property and Consumer Protection in Technology Contexts Suzanne Munck — Alice and Bob and Software Patents Robert Anguizola — Selling Software Safety: Truthful Advertising and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act 12:00pm — Software Safety: Asking the Right Questions Seda Gürses — From Security to Resilience and Back Again Solon Barocas — Safe “Enough” for Humans?: The Meaning of Accuracy in Machine Learning Burkhard Schafer — “You Don’t Have the Right to Remain Silent”: Explanation-Aware Computing and the Management of Machine Liability 1:00pm — Lunch 1:15pm — Software Safety and Social Harms David Levine — Secret Code and Public Harms Lisa Lynch — “Snake Oil Software Crap”: Journalists, Information Vulnerability, and the Search for a Technological Fix Kim Zetter — Stuxnet and Collateral Damage: How Attacks Meant for Our Enemies Come Back to Bite Us Stephanie Pell — The StingRay’s Tale: Claims of Method Secrecy for Surveillance Technology as a Source of Public Harm 2:30pm — Software Safety and Patient Harms Jay Radcliffe — A Hacker and His Insulin: Fighting for Safety and Losing Elizabeth Jex — Health Data Integrity: Consumer Protection and Competition in Innovation Chris Marsden — How the Tubes are Strangling Their Owners 3:45pm — Break 4:00pm — Software Safety: Connected Cars and Beyond Raúl Rojas — Software Security: New Challenges for the Automotive Industry Beau Woods — Hackers in Rear View Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear Jen Ellis — Code of Conduct: Security Research and Legislative Reform

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Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Computational Social Science 2015 | Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015
by news＠iccss2015.eu 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Computational Social Science Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 WEBSITE http://www.iccss2015.eu/ IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission: 15 November 2014 Opening of registration: 15 January 2015 Conference dates: 8-11 June 2015 EVENT OVERVIEW The conference will bring together scientists from different areas to meet and discuss problems on social systems and dynamics, as well as research questions motivated by large datasets, either extracted from real applications (e.g. social media, communication systems), or created via controlled experiments. PROGRAM CHAIRS Karen Cook (Stanford) Santo Fortunato (Aalto University) Michael Macy (Cornell) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Opening talk by Michael Macy (Cornell) Lada Adamic (Facebook) Sinan Aral (MIT) Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Northeastern University and CEU) Nicholas Christakis (Yale) Robin Dunbar (Oxford) Andreas Flache (University of Groeningen) Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich) Matthew Jackson (Stanford) Jure Leskovec (Stanford) Alex Pentland (MIT) Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University) Duncan Watts (Microsoft) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Santo Fortunato (Aalto University), Aristides Gionis (Aalto), Heikki Hämmäinen (Aalto), Kimmo Kaski (Aalto), Walter Quattrociocchi (IMT Lucca), Jari Saramäki (Aalto), Juuso Valimäki (Aalto) TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to) Social networks Social contagion Communication dynamics Information diffusion and other spreading phenomena Social influence Crowd-sourcing Popularity dynamics Smart cities Attention economics Social design and user behavior Group formation, evolution and group behavior analysis Human mobility Mobility and context-awareness Economics of trust SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Contributions to the conference have to be submitted via Easychair (www.easychair.org) the name of the event there is IC2S2. Each submission consists of an extended abstract of max 2 pages (A4). Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work, put at least one figure, otherwise it will be difficult for the PC to assess its relevance. Short, paper-like abstracts will not be considered. Abstracts do not need to refer to unpublished work. If the work is published or under submission elsewhere it is fine. We want to give to everyone the opportunity to present the most relevant work to the topics of the conference. There will be no proceedings, but we are exploring the possibility of having a special journal issue, where selected contributions will be published. Authors of those contributions would be invited to submit full papers after the conference. Each extended abstract will be reviewed by two PC members. Abstracts can be submitted from September the 15th till November 15th, 2014. We will do our best to have mostly oral presentations of the selected contributions, both plenary and in parallel sessions. However, there will be a poster session as well. During the submission process, you will be asked to specify whether your contribution is intended for a) Plenary session presentation, b) Parallel session presentation or c) Poster session presentation. The final allocation of each contribution will be decided by the Program Committee. CONTACT For any question you might have please contact Prof. Santo Fortunato (santo.fortunato(a)aalto.fi)

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by ilg1953＠gmail.com 01 Nov '14

01 Nov '14

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Call for Chapters
by Dal Yong Jin 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

*Call for Chapters* *Mobile Gaming in Asia: Politics, Culture and Emerging Technologies * *Edited by Dal Yong Jin, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University. To be published by Springer in October 2016 * The dramatic improvement of mobile phones, tablets, and game consoles has fundamentally changed our daily lives. While the bite-sized software programs people loaded onto their mobile phones seemed to be frivolous games until several years ago, smartphones and their applications have recently created new capital for information and communication technology corporations and changed the way people communicate. While many countries have invested in mobile industries since the early 21st century, several Asian countries have become some of the centers for mobile technologies and culture with their global smartphone manufacturers, such as Samsung and LG in Korea, HTC in Taiwan, Huawei and Lenovo in China. Although these countries were once lagging behind in the penetration of mobile phones, Asia exists as an interesting test-bed for the future of mobile technology and culture because several Asian countries advance several new mobile games based on their smartphones and application. The recent emergence of the smartphone industry and mobile gaming in Asia can be attributed to favorable information technology policies, severe competition among IT corporations, and enthusiastic mobile game users in the region. Equally important is the role of local smartphone applications, which have provided convenient smartphone platforms for local game users. Asians’ engagement with smartphones and related mobile apps suggest that the smartphone becomes a symbolic and material resource for people’s mobile game lifestyle. *SCOPE * Despite the significance of smartphones and mobile gaming in both digital economy and youth culture across the globe, there has been a lack of academic literature exploring how mobile phones are integrated into the socio-economic and cultural landscapes of a particular local game context, and how smartphone users engage in the process. This volume looks into a hitherto neglected focus of inquiry, a localized mobile landscape emerging with the smartphone and its apps, with particular reference to Asians’ engagement with mobile gaming. This edited volume focuses on not only the celebratory achievement of local mobile games, but also the significance of the social milieu in the development of Asian mobile gaming culture. It also investigates several dimensions in the growth of mobile game technologies and culture, including government policy through the lens of globalization theory. Although it seeks to identify factors for the growth of local mobile games, it will also critically examine significant conflicts between global and the local forces. Given that users are the primary actors propelling the smartphone era forward, the volume analyzes how smartphones have taken shape within the context of Asia’s particular mobile culture. We welcome research by emerging Asia-focused or Asian-based scholars whose work has not been published in English. Possible topics for submissions include but are not limited to: *History of the growth of mobile gaming as a regional/global industry, discourse, and media product *Critical interpretation of emerging local game industries in Asia *Comparative mobile game studies *Mobile games and globalization/regionalization *Convergent technologies and the impact on established modes of mobile/social game play *Government regulations and types of mobile game play *Mobile game fandom and free labor *Mobile gaming as social technology/media *A culturally specific aesthetic to the production and consumption of mobile games *New media and experimental mobile gaming *Gendered consumption and production of mobile games *Mobile gaming and the role of apps *Moral panics about mobile gaming (especially among religious communities) *Concerns about mobile gaming addiction and consequent policy changes *Traditional dominance of the market by Asian developers *Unique ways in which specific Asian countries have adopted mobile devices *Intellectual property issues particular to the region *Tendency for big developers to look to Asia for outsourcing and localization *Case studies to gaming in places such as Korea (PC Bangs/StarCraft tournaments etc.) *SUBMISSION * Please submit proposals of up to 800 words, and a brief (300-word) author bio in an e-mail attachment by 30 May, 2015, to Dal Yong Jin ( yongjin23(a)gmail.com) Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 15 July, 2015, and invited to submit a full paper by 15 October, 2015. Manuscripts should be no more than 8,000 words, including notes and references, and conform to APA style. All chapters will be subjected to anonymous peer review following submission.

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International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly 2015 - Call for papers
by Grotke, Abigail 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Forwarding on behalf of the IIPC….AOIR members might be interested. Abbie Grotke ~ Lead Information Technology Specialist ~ Web Archiving Team ~ NDIIPP ~ Office of Strategic Initiatives ~ Library of Congress abgr(a)loc.gov<mailto:abgr@loc.gov> ~ @agrotke ~ 202-707-2833 ------------------------------------------------------- The International Internet Preservation Consortium is seeking proposals for presentations and workshops at the next conference and general assembly to be held at Stanford University in California, USA on the 27 and 28 April 2015. The theme is “Innovation, connection and co-operation in web data”, see more below. Proposals The presentations should be aimed at 20 mins for single papers and up to 60 mins for panel sessions of up to 3 speakers. Workshops or training for specific web archiving tools, concepts, or issues can be up to half a day in length. Abstracts should include the name of the speaker, a title, conference sub-theme (see below) and be no more than 300 words. Proposals should be emailed to jason.webber(a)bl.uk<mailto:jason.webber@bl.uk> by Friday 28 November 2014. All abstracts should be in English. All submissions will be reviewed by the Conference Committee and those which are accepted will be notified by Friday 19 December 2014. http://netpreserve.org/ga2015-call-papers Theme Innovation, connection and co-operation in web data The history of web archiving has been one of the interaction between fast-evolving web technologies and the processes and technologies used to archive the web: a perpetual arms race between developers of the live web, and the archivists charged to preserve the record. This interplay is the theme for this year’s GA at Stanford, in the heart of Silicon Valley. It has four sub-themes: Access How can the providers of archives harness the power of new technologies to improve the experience of users, and to enable them to do more with the content that archives provide ? Which are the innovative projects that show the way, and which are the emerging technologies that will be next ? Can web archiving developers co-operate more and better with others in the field, to mutual benefit ? There are common technical issues at play, such as the scalability of technologies such as Apache Solr for big data: how might expertise best be shared? Research What does truly innovative research look like ? How are researchers, both inside and outside the academic sector, using the archived web now, and what are the questions they would like to ask of the archive, but cannot (yet)? Is there yet innovation in the *methods* that researchers are using; or is the use of web archives still analogous to older paradigms of the use of printed objects ? Harvesting How can archivists and indeed all those who rely on crawler technologies keep pace with the ever-changing technologies by which content is delivered ? How might developers and archivists work better together so that questions of “archivability” become part of the design process ? Preservation As the web evolves, so do the formats in which it is delivered, and formats that were once innovative soon become obsolescent. How might developers and archivists work together to ensure that data can be preserved, and effective global standards adopted ? ****************************************************************************************************************** Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk<http://www.bl.uk/> The British Library’s latest Annual Report and Accounts : www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html<http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html> Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. www.bl.uk/adoptabook<http://www.bl.uk/adoptabook> The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled ***************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the postmaster(a)bl.uk<mailto:postmaster@bl.uk> : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. ***************************************************************************************************************** Think before you print

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Fwd: [Ipprofs] Conference: Access to Material and Immaterial Goods
by Dan L. Burk 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Of possible interest. Further information is available here: registration [1] DLB Access to Material and Immaterial Goods Jan. 23-24, 2015 University of Lucerne, Switzerland The aim of the conference is to explore the relationship between intellectual property and its physical materialisations, with a particular focus on the issue of access and the challenges of new technologies. Though intellectual property protects the intangible, it is indisputable that intellectual property goods (whether they be copyrighted works, patented inventions or trade marks) classically had to be physically materialised in order to be enjoyed or used, such as on canvas, as a pharmaceutical and trade marked products. This materialisation can, however, challenge our theoretical notion of the intangible and the tangible as constituting discrete forms of property and can have serious consequences on access to intellectual property goods. A classic example is that of an owner of an original art work, who may not own the copyright, but who can control access to the work and thereby exert copyright-like rights. New technologies raise further problems relating to the relationship between the intangible and tangible. For example, biotechnology patents that cover or encompass specific cell lines that are not reproducible from the patent disclosure could be seen as protecting something tangible. What exactly constitutes materialisation is also of significance. As an illustration, whether digital reproductions of copyrighted works are considered to be physically materialised can affect the doctrine of exhaustion and, thus, access to a "second-hand" market. Indeed, the move away from classical analogue materialisation, as a consequence of the digital age, highlights the issue of what copyright means when there is no copy in the classical sense. Our aim is to address the divide between the intangible and the tangible from the perspective of issues of access and problems relating to new technologies. -- School of Law University of California, Irvine 401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000 Voice: (949) 824-9325 Fax: (949)824-7336 Links: ------ [1] https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-law/institutes-and-research-ce…

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Jill Walker Rettberg talk on selfies in Aarhus, Nov 7
by Annette Markham 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Hi All, If you’re near Aarhus, Denmark next Friday, Nov 7, come listen to Jill Walker Rettberg talk about her research and new book: Seeing Ourselves Through Technology (Palgrave). You can choose from two events: 1. Workshop/lunch meeting Friday, Nov 7, 11:00-13:00 Topic: Seeing Ourselves As Researchers Through Technology Abstract: Jill Walker will give a broader introduction to her work, discuss her topic and method of research in her new book and research in general, including how this relates to the questions in Digital Humanities and how she has used digital and social media. Location: Nygaard Building # 5335, room 295 Check for and reserve available seats: Contact Lene Elsner: elsner(a)dac.au.dk 2. Open lecture, Friday, Nov 7, 14.00-16.00 Title: Seeing Ourselves Through Technology - How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves Abstract: In this presentation, Jill Walker Rettberg looks at technologically mediated self-representations in a variety of genres, from selfies, Facebook profiles, Tumblrs, automated diaries and the quantified self movement with its many forms of self-tracking. These modes of self-documentation are also "technologies of the self" in Foucault's sense: techniques we use to shape and discipline ourselves, both individually and as a society. Rettberg analyses today's vernacular self-documentation in the context of the history and theory of visual self-portraits and textual diaries, and as an important part of today's algorithmic culture, critiquing and playing with the "dataism" inherent that culture. Location: Store Auditorium, INCUBA, Aabogade Aarhus N Jill Walker Rettberg is professor of digital culture at the University of Bergen in Norway. Her new book "Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves" was published by Palgrave in 2014, and her book "Blogging" was published in a 2nd edition by Polity Press in 2014. She has also co-edited an anthology of critical writing on World of Warcraft (MIT Press 2008). In addition to work on electronic literature and social media, her recent work has also made use of digital methods to visualise network relationships in electronic literature. Jill Walker's new book is published as open access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9781137476661 Organizers: The Humans and IT research program, The Digital Arts Initiative & The Literature Between Media research center ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept of Aesthetics & Communication, Aarhus University Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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CfP: Civic life in digital age. Mapping the impact of big data and social media
by Mirko Tobias Schaefer 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

*Call for Papers* *Civic life in digital age. Mapping the impact of big data and social media* *(edited by Mirko Tobias Schäfer)* The Journal of Computer Supported and Cooperative Work will publish a special issue on how datafication, big data and social media affect civic life, participation and labour. Information technology affords that almost all aspects of our lives can be translated into data, data that are used for forecasting, assessment, real-time tracking, targeted advertising and polling. The practice of digitization and the role of electronic information media technology affects in various degrees almost all aspects of everyday life. This 'datafication' affects our public sphere as much as our consumption behaviour. A datafied public sphere changes the game of opinion polling, political debate and civic action. As a result our understanding of citizenship, democracy, public sphere and public space is fundamentally transforming. This special issue investigates to what extent datafication transforms governance, labour and civic participation. We solicit contributions that address the emerging algorithmic governance through public administrations and corporations:the availability of digital records from birth certificate to curricula vitae, the assessment of work performance, financial transactions, communication records, travel data, health data have contributed to shaping novel forms of managing the population of citizens. Datafication and algorithmic governance affects many areas of everyday life. We, therefore invite a broad spectrum of contributions to provide a broad overview of appropriate case examples and an apt presentation of relevant issues and ongoing discussion. *Topics could include:* Big data and its relation to governance and civic participation Big data and surveillance Social media monitoring Social media and public opinion Campaigning through social media Public opinion and polling in age of social media Impact of data analysis & visualization on decision making Labour & leisure transformed through big data Digital labour User/citizen participation Open data and civic participation Security issues in big data Civic rights, surveillance and security Algorithmic curation and content moderation Social physics User management and user monitoring Politics of nudging *Deadline for submitting proposals:*20.November 2014 *Proposals* Please submit a 400-600 word proposal outlining theoretical framework, empirical data and argument of the proposed paper. Please submit your proposal / paper to mts(a)mtschaefer.net *Note of acceptance:*20 December 2014 with request for submitting full paper by 30 February 2015. Publication date is planned for fall 2015 *About the journal:*Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is a 25 year old journal that disseminates innovative research results and provides an interdisciplinary forum for the debate and exchange of ideas concerning theoretical, practical, technical, and social issues in CSCW. The journal encompasses the diverse nature of research within the field and its related areas. Coverage ranges from ethnographic studies of cooperative work to reports on the development of CSCW systems and their technological foundations. The journal is published by Springer Computer Science: http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606 *About the editor:**Mirko Tobias Schäfer* is Assistant Professor for New Media & Digital Culture <http://www.newmediastudies.nl>at the University of Utrecht and director of the Utrecht Data School <http://www.dataschool.nl>. Mirko's research interest revolves around the socio- political impact of media technology. His publications cover user participation in cultural production, hacking communities, politics of software design and communication in social media. He is co-editor and co-author of the volume <http://mtschaefer.net/entry/digital-material/>/Digital Material. Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology/ (Amsterdam University Press, 2009) and author of /Bastard Culture! How User participation Transforms Cultural Production/ (Amsterdam University Press 2011). www.mtschaefer.net

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Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops
by Maurizio 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

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