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ACM RecSys - First call for reproducibility papers
by Starke, Alain 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

Dear all, The ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys) is soliciting submissions for its reproducibility track. The conference will take place in Prague, September 22-26, and the reproducibility track is complementary to the regular full and short tracks. All details can be found here: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys25/call/reproducibility. We encourage the submission of different types of papers, including: * Reproducibility and Replicability papers, that analyze prior works in different contexts, such as across different domains, using different datasets, or comparing against alternative baselines. * Resource papers that lay the foundation for future reproducibility, for example, by introducing new datasets or open-source software frameworks for evaluating recommender systems. * Methodology papers that propose, for example, novel offline evaluation protocols for reproducibility tasks or provide validated measurement scales for user-centric evaluations of recommendations. * Reflective works such as guidelines for reproducibility, surveys on reproducibility levels, or theoretical insights into research methodologies. Important dates: * Abstract submission deadline: May 6, 2025 * Paper submission deadline: May 13, 2025 * Author rebuttal period focused on the paper artifacts: June 5-10, 2025 * Author Notification: July 3, 2025 * Camera-ready version deadline: July 21, 2025 More information is available here: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys25/call/reproducibility. Kind regards, Alain Starke Publicity Co-Chair ACM RecSys 2025

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Call for papers: Navigating Algorithmic Society: Audiences’ tactics to understanding the world
by Stina Bengtsson 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

Dear AoIR colleagues, I'm writing to bring your attention to a the ECREA Audience and Reception Section’s Mid-Year Conference that will take place at Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden, on 30-31 October 2025. The theme of the conference is Navigating Algorithmic Society: Audiences’ tactics to understanding the world and the submission deadline is 1 May 2025. Our confirmed keynote speakers are Professor Stine Lomborg, University of Copenhagen, Associate professor Tiziano Bonini, University of Siena, and Professor Andra Siibak, University of Tartu. ECREA Audience and Reception Section Mid-Year Conference 30-31 October 2025 Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden Conference theme: Navigating Algorithmic Society: Audiences’ tactics to understanding the world Call for papers Social media platforms have dramatically changed the ways that people of all ages encounter and engage with news and information, as well as manage vital aspects of everyday life. The algorithmically governed media landscape of today, likewise, not only situates media users in a ‘world of information plenty’ but shapes our daily practices and impacts on how we think, learn, and socialise. This entanglement of media technologies and everyday life is challenging for a variety of reasons, not least as the structure of platforms is ephemeral and fluctuating. A notable example is how Twitter was swiftly turned into X, while the outcome of the American election pushed many users to leave the platform for less politicised alternatives. New platforms, similarly, emerge for the management of people’s professional networks, just as young people and children in many parts of the world rapidly gather around TikTok as a key source of information and entertainment. The ephemerality of “the space of the world” of platforms is particularly pertinent to discuss in politically turbulent times, as the need for stable and predictable spaces for exchange of information and organisation of daily life is crucial – and increasingly threatened. Understanding the role and consequences of the shifting digital landscape for society and human life is an urgent task for scholars of varied fields related to media audiences, with a need to discuss the altering relationships between media technologies, audiences’ practices, and the use of content and information on social media. How do media users – across Europe and beyond – navigate and develop tactics to stay informed and socially connected in this rapidly shifting media landscape – and what does it mean for the spread of information, for social cohesion and for everyday life? Main topic Navigating algorithmic society Subtopics * Algorithms and datafication * Cross European research * Social media and information * Platforms and everyday life * Decolonization of the field * Participatory media * Popular culture * Audiences and news * Media use and socialization * Media literacies * Information disorders * Theoretical reflection and future perspectives of the field * Methodological discussions Keynote speakers * Stine Lomborg, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark * Andra Siibak, Professor of Media Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia * Tiziano Bonini, Associate Professor, University of Siena, Italy Read more and submit your abstract here: https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/calendar/events/2025-10-30-e…

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CfP Digital Intimacies, young people, and everyday life, 25-26 September 2025 - University of Padova, Italy
by Vittoria Bernardini 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

Call for papers | International conference Digital intimacies, young people and everyday life 25-26 September 2025 - University of Padova, Italy View the full call here: https://digitalintimacies.eu/conference/ Submission deadline: 27 April 2025 The digital space is gradually contributing to shaping the concept of intimacy, transforming what was once considered the exclusive domain of the private sphere into a continuous flow of data, desires, and connections. >From social media to dating apps, from digital tools for self-expression to algorithmic imaginaries, intimate relationships are constantly redefined in the digital environment in increasingly complex and multifaceted ways. For young people, digital media has become an essential part of their everyday lives, as they are the fastest group in taking up, transforming and abandoning new technologies. In their daily media practices, young people establish, maintain, and perform relationships while negotiating the need for privacy with the desire for visibility. Digital platforms act as affective architectures, creating new marketplaces where emotions, identities, and relationships are continuously profiled and monetized. As Laurent Berlant (1998) noted, these “contradictory desires” are intrinsic to the intimacy of daily life. By welcoming the ambiguities and paradoxes of intimacy, connection and identity, the field of digital intimacies contends with the constant interplay between public and private in everyday life. How is intimacy experienced in a context where everything seems mediated through algorithms and regimes of visibility? What new forms of affection, sexuality, and bonds emerge in the digital daily lives of young people, and what risks do these transformations entail? How do young people draw on, negotiate and transform representations and models of intimate relationships? This conference invites researchers to investigate the multiple ways in which young people interact with, negotiate, and reinvent intimacy in a progressively digitalized world. Intimacy is not limited to romantic or sexual relationships, but includes a broader spectrum of dimensions, such as friendships, family bonds, personal identity, and emotional well-being. We welcome approaches that move beyond and challenge heteronormative, Western-centric notions of intimacy, inviting broader and more inclusive conceptualizations. The goal of the conference is to create a critical discussion space to reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and contradictions inherent in digital intimacies, exploring its intersections with the social, cultural, and technological dimensions of daily life. While the digital offers new possibilities for connections, self-expression, and identity construction, it simultaneously raises questions about privacy, surveillance, commodification, and inequalities. While the main focus of the conference lies within media, cultural, and gender studies—particularly concerning young people, digital intimacies, and everyday life—interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome. We invite presentations on the following topics, but not limited to: - Dating, relationships, and intimate connections - Sexual expressions and practices, including sexting and pornography - Gender identities, performances and representations - LGBTQIA+ activism and communities - Intersectional perspectives on digital intimacies - Friendship and networks of care - Constant connection and digital disconnection in interpersonal communication - Bodies, health, and sex education - Online and offline abuse in intimate relationships - Datification and commodification of intimacy - Platforms, algorithms, and digital monitoring, including intimate partner surveillance and location tracking - Intimate citizenship and rights - Methodological and ethical challenges in doing research with young people and digital intimacies Abstract Submission Please submit your 350-400 words abstract in English, including contact details before 27 April 2025. Abstracts will be reviewed via a blind peer review process. Please submit your abstract via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/cmmfHvcbfh5ZzjYo6 Find the full call for papers and submission guidelines here: http://www.digitalintimacies.eu/conference

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Fwd: The LIS-Bibliometrics committee is recruiting a couple of new colleagues!!
by Behrooz Rasuli 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

Apologies for cross-posting! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Barbara S Lancho Barrantes <B.LanchoBarrantes(a)brighton.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM Subject: The LIS-Bibliometrics committee is recruiting a couple of new colleagues!! To: <LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS(a)jiscmail.ac.uk> Dear Colleagues I hope you are all doing well. The LIS Bibliometrics Committee is looking for two new colleagues to join us: a new Blog Manager and Deputy Blog Editor to look after our The Bibliomagician – Comment & practical guidance from the LIS-Bibliometrics community <https://thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/> and continue the excellent work of our colleagues Rachel Miles and Laura Bredahl all these years. The Bibliomagician blog is a highly regarded source used by practitioners, scholars, and others. You will have a key role in caring for this jewel! *Lis-Bibliometrics Committee Role Descriptions* *Blog Manager* The Blog Manager is committed to the following: - Ensure that the blog editors consist of one Blog Manager and up to 2 Deputy Blog Editors - Ensure that blog posts happen on a regular basis at approximately 1 post per month. - Ensure consistency in the entire blog posting process by leading the solicitation and management of posts with or through the Deputy Blog Editors. This includes: - identifying potential authors, - soliciting content, - editing, - signing of authorship agreement, - posting and - communications associated with the dissemination of the blog post. - Time commitment: Approximately 5-10 hours per month split between all blog editors. *Deputy Blog Editor* The Deputy Blog Editor is committed to the following: - Working with the Blog Manager to ensure that blog posts happen on a regular basis at approximately 1 post per month. - Working with the Blog Manager to ensure consistency in the entire blog posting process. This includes: - solicitation and management of posts - identifying potential authors, - soliciting content, - editing, - signing of authorship agreement, - posting and - communications associated with the dissemination of the blog post. Time commitment: Approximately 5-10 hours per month split between all blog editors. The Committee meets face-to-face once a year (usually at the annual conference) and virtually about three times a year, to move forward with the group's work. Committee terms are usually for two years, with the possibility of extension for a further term. If you are interested in joining, please could you reply to me by Monday 21 April with a short statement (max 300 words) saying why you’d like to join the group and what you could bring to that role. The committee: https://thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/about/meet-the-committee/ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/about/me…> We very much look forward to hearing from you! All the very best Barbara Chair LIS Bibliometrics committee https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/barbara-s-lancho-barrantes ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS&A=1 -- *Behrooz Rasuli* Ph.D. in LIS *Department of **Library & Information Science* *Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology <http://irandoc.ac.ir/irandoc-english/irandoc-english.html>* irandoc.ac.ir/u/b-rasuli *Skype: rasuli99*

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VIDEO – NextGen@ICANN82 Presentations
by Joly MacFie 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

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CfA: Datafied Welfare for Human Flourishing
by Christian Pentzold 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** Call for Abstracts Datafied Welfare for Human Flourishing: People-centered perspectives on automation and communication from Europe Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research Guest edited by: Christian Pentzold, Leipzig University, Germany; Anne Kaun, Södertörn University, Sweden; Stine Lomborg & Sille Obelitz Søe, both Copenhagen University, Denmark. Much is at stake: The welfare sector across the EU faces growing demands and dwindling resources, with automation expected to bring about significant changes. Automated decisionmaking (ADM) is being proposed as a solution to improve efficiency in the provision of public goods and services by leveraging data-driven processes and reallocating resources to better support citizens’ well-being. Recent academic work, especially within the humanities and social sciences, has critically examined algorithms, datafication, and AI. These studies often emphasize the need for accountability in technical systems, focusing on data ethics, transparency, and regulatory oversight to safeguard human justice within ADM systems. Yet, real-world examples abound of human rights violations, including privacy breaches, biases in automated systems, and discriminatory outcomes. Cases such as the use of data for fraud detection, welfare distribution, and profiling vulnerable populations illustrate these issues globally. Consequently, concerns about the potential adverse effects of automation on various aspects of life—healthcare, welfare, labor, and the functioning of public spheres—have been raised by researchers, public figures, and the general public. Stories about the implications of ADM for the welfare of citizens sometimes come to public scrutiny, such as a recent WIRED piece on the Danish welfare system turning into a ‘surveillance nightmare’. When these stories surface, they relay ADM as extraordinary and scandalous. But in fact, ADM for welfare provision is becoming ordinary, widespread, and is fundamentally changing the nature of public goods provision and public services, and thus the conditions for human flourishing. Some argue that ADM is critically altering European welfare states from being based on trust, equity and solidarity to being based on efficiency, control, and discrimination of vulnerable populations. This transformation is largely happening under the public radar. As governments try to ride the waves of automation and drive the exploitation of technological potentials and vast registers of data on citizens, we argue that it is urgent to have a critical and informed debate to shape the use of ADM in the interest of public values, and for the people. Indeed, this call comes at a moment when automation is changing the very notion of what communication and information is. Rather than being mainly about the rights and processes of creating and distributing messages, of speaking and being heard, data streams become significant assets and objects of interest no matter what they contain. This Special Issue seeks to explore the impact of ADM on welfare and well-being from European perspectives. It starts from the position of those directly involved: the engineers and designers, the case workers who collaborate with these systems in welfare and service provision decisions, and the people whose data fuel the systems and are affected by automation efforts. The Special Issue aims to address the digital transformation of the citizen–state relationship by examining the development, data work, and human-machine collaboration within ADM, alongside the technological, social, and cultural dynamics that either facilitate or impede progress in automating welfare for the public good. A people-centered approach builds on the idea that welfare in societies is fundamentally about fostering the conditions for the flourishing of everybody. Hence public goods and services provision becomes a question of justice and equity. When welfare is increasingly automated this consequently has implications for social justice for the people more generally and must be addressed through the lens of the people implicated in the process of automation. The Special Issue is open to theoretical and empirical approaches. It invites senior as well as emerging scholars. Contributions can address, but are not limited to, the following aspects: · Conceptualizations of automation, datafication, and communication · Reflections on human flourishing in datafied and automated citizen–state relationships · Public communication and discourses around datafication and automation for the public good · Communicative and media practices around automation, datafication and artificial intelligence · Case studies of ADM implementation in public administration and public service provision, including public service broadcasting · ADM’s and AI-powered tools in newsrooms and their implications for journalistic practices and the public’s right to information · Policies, norms, and regulations of ADM deployment and development · Human rights perspectives on automation and public goods · Resistance and civic actions against automated processes · Impacts of ADM on employability in the media sector and beyond, and the shifting roles of human labor · Environmental and climate impacts of ADM and AI deployment for public service provision and media production There will be no publication fee. Timeline and procedure 500 to 700 word abstracts should be sent to (christian.pentzold(a)uni-leipzig.de <mailto:christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de>) by March 30, 2025. The abstract should articulate: 1) the issue or research question to be discussed, 2) the methodological or critical framework used, and 3) the expected findings or conclusions. Feel free to consult with the Special Issue Editors about your article ideas and potential angles or approaches. Decisions will be communicated to the authors by April 30, 2025. Invited paper submissions will be due August 31, 2025 and will be submitted to christian.pentzold(a)uni-leipzig.de <mailto:christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de>. They will then undergo peer review through Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research following the journal’s standard double-blind procedures. The invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee acceptance into the Special Issue. The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in summer 2026. This call for abstracts is also accessible via https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/COMM/downloadAsset/COMM_D… Contact Prof Christian Pentzold Email: christian.pentzold(a)uni-leipzig.de <mailto:christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de> — Professor Dr. Christian Pentzold Institut für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft | Department for Communication and Media Studies Universität Leipzig | Leipzig University Nikolaistrasse 27-29, D-04109 Leipzig christian.pentzold(a)uni-leipzig.de https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-kommunikations-und-medienw…

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NEW: Propaganda Forum for Critical Studies in Media Communication
by Dr. Emma Briant 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share the exciting open access Propaganda Forum I've co-edited with Marc Owen Jones for Critical Studies in Media Communication - here is our introduction on the vital transformation of Propaganda Studies for our current time 'A century of propaganda studies: from pen and sword to surveillant smartphone' <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15295036.2025.2464184> - This presents a series of short essays by our fantastic contributors, including: Victoria Fielding, Robert Boucaut, Catherine Son & Alexander. H. Beare; Dmitry Chernobrov; Philip Di Salvo; Chang Zhang, Yong Jin & Ran Si; Tim Graham; James Fitzgerald, Rose Marie Santini, Débora Salles. Many of these contributions are already online and are available open access. We are very proud of the collection and grateful to all the contributors - we hope you will check for the latest article releases. Many thanks and best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Visiting Associate Professor at Notre Dame University Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> Book agent: Inkwell Management <https://inkwellmanagement.com/> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Support my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Sign up for my Newsletter! <https://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/> Follow me on Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce 15 Mar '25

15 Mar '25

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission (Research/Industry) *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Extended deadline: Abstract -- March 21, 2025; Paper -- March 28, 2025) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). SCOPE The theme for ECSA 2025 is “impactful software architecture”. The software architecture discipline has had a critical role in shaping robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. We are interested in learning about software architecture principles and practices, emergence trends and case studies highlighting strategic architectural choices that can lead to enhanced performance, improved collaboration, and long-term sustainability. The overarching question is how these architectural principles and practices, both well-established and emerging, are making an impact in real-world systems, and how that impact is being felt across various domains, from enterprise systems to more novel areas like, e.g., AI-driven or autonomous applications? The Program Committee of the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture seeks submissions of original and unpublished high-quality papers describing fundamental and applied research; new methods, approaches, and processes; novel applications; education and training in software architecture; and experience reports on all topics related to software architecture. We particularly encourage papers that demonstrate that diversity in gender, culture, religion, country, etc. are key factors for success and innovation in software architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundational principles of software architecture • Relationship of requirements engineering and software architecture • Quality attributes and software architectures • Architecture practices for secure, explainable, and trustworthy software • Architecture design and analysis • Architecture description languages and meta-models • Architecture verification and validation • Management of architectural knowledge, decisions, and rationale • Architecture patterns, styles, and tactics; reference architectures • Architecture viewpoints and views • Architecture conformance • Software architecture virtualization and visualization • Architecture-centric process models and frameworks • Software architecture and agile, incremental, iterative, and continuous development • Component-based models and deployment; middleware • Software architecture and system architecture • Software tools and environments for architecture-centric software engineering • Ethics, cultural, economic, business, social, human, and managerial aspects of software architecture • Architecture and technical debt • Architecting for sustainable and environment friendly systems • Applying AI and LLMs in software architecture and architecting for AI and LLM intensive systems • Software architecture education • Cross-disciplinary approaches to software architecture • Architectures for reconfigurable and self-adaptive systems • Architectural concerns of autonomic systems • Software architecture applied to new and emerging areas, such as the cloud/edge, big data, blockchain, cyber-physical systems, IoT, autonomous systems, systems-of-systems, energy- aware software, quantum computing, AI-enabled systems • Empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and mapping studies in software architecture • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in activities related to software architecture RESEARCH PAPERS ECSA 2025 seeks four types of papers for the research track: • Research papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) which describe novel contributions to software architecture research (submissions should cover work that has a sound scientific/technological basis and has been validated) • Education and training papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that address methodologies, experiences and best practices for teaching and training software architecture • Experience reports (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that cover innovative implementations, novel applications, insightful performance results and experience in applying software architecture research advances to practical situations and systems • Short papers (max. 8 pages in LNCS style) that present novel and preliminary work-in- progress or challenges in a topic of software architecture research, education, and training. Submissions must have a sound basis, but not necessarily be validated in full. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. All contributions must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. Plagiarism checking will be conducted and any paper reporting more than a 20% match with published work will be desk-rejected. To note is that research papers, education and training papers, and experience reports that are rejected in their categories may be re-evaluated as short papers only if the committee decides on rejection of the full paper on the basis that it presents preliminary work. The research track of ECSA 2025 supports an Open Science policy. We encourage all contributing authors to disclose (anonymized and curated) data/artifacts to increase reproducibility. Note that sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance. Upon submission to the research track, authors are required: • To make their artifacts available to the program committee (via a link to an anonymous repository) and provide instructions on how to access this data in the paper; or • To include in the paper an explanation as to why this is not possible or desirable; and • To indicate why they do not intend to make their data or study materials publicly available upon acceptance, if that is the case While sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance, authors are required to include a Data Availability statement after the Conclusions section in a section named "Data Availability". This statement should explain whether or not data and/or artifacts are available or how they could be accessed (or not). Upon acceptance, papers with Open Science artifacts (e.g., data, tools, etc.) will be invited to upload their artifacts into the ECSA Zenodo community (https://zenodo.org/communities/ecsa/) to make them accessible and visible to the ECSA community. Sharing artifacts via the ECSA Zenodo community is required for authors to be eligible for the best Open Artifact award. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Research Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". The proceedings will be published by Springer as part of the LNCS series. We also plan to organize a Journal Special Issue on the theme of ECSA 2025 and to invite authors of selected papers to submit an extended version of their research. INDUSTRY PAPERS The Industry Track at ECSA 2025 brings together practicing software architects and software architecture researchers from regional, European, and worldwide communities. We are seeking contributions from industry that share challenges, practical solutions, successful practices, failures, and lessons learned while analyzing, designing, implementing, evaluating, and evolving software architectures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following themes: • Experience with architectures for emerging technologies, like LLM, and Agent-based system • Domain-specific challenges for software architects and architectures • Architecture specification and documentation • Architectural patterns, tactics, and tools • Practices and methods supporting architecture design, evaluation and evolution • Integration of architectural practices and methods with other software engineering approaches/practices/methods (e.g. Agile) • Social and organizational aspects, like human-machine, human-AI interactions, human-in-the-loop The ECSA 2025 Industry track aims to contribute to bridging the gap between academia and industrial practice by establishing an open communication and discussion environment. It will offer researchers and practitioners the opportunity to interact with fellow professionals and develop new ideas and skills for addressing industrial problems and collaborations. There are three ways to contribute: Full Papers (up to 16 pages in Springer LNCS style) describing best practices and experience from applying novel approaches to large-scale industrial projects in the context of software architecture. Submissions will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Short Papers and Presentations (6-10 pages in Springer LNCS style) outlining presentations on practices and experience related to software architecture from the industry. Submissions will be selected based on originality, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Software Architecture Showcases (6 pages in Springer LNCS style) demonstrating a specific real-world architecture (including its flaws) together with a discussion of the context, challenges, and/or process that led to its present form. It can be formulated as an abstract outlining the architecture to be presented, preferably together with links to externally available work products. Submissions will be selected based on the offered insights into real architectural work, work products, and learnings related to architecture. All contributions need to be written in English, must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. If accepted, each contribution needs to be presented by one of the authors who is registered at the conference. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Industry Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: March 21, 2025 (extended and firm!) • Paper submission: March 28, 2025 (extended and firm!) • Notification: May 9, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: June 23, 2025 Early/Author registration: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Program Co-Chairs • Nour Ali, Brunel University London, UK • Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Pisa Industry Co-Chairs • Miroslaw Staron, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden • Xiwei (Sherry) Xu, CSIRO's Data61, Australia

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Registration open for the Catherine Will Symposium 14th April, University of Sussex
by Kate O'Riordan 15 Mar '25

15 Mar '25

The Catherine Will Symposium Monday, April 14, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, UK Registration open<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/catherine-will-symposium-tickets-12778416918…> This symposium honours the life and work of Catherine Will, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Sussex. Catherine died in 2024 and left a legacy of academic work across a number of social science areas, including science and technology studies (STS), sociology of health, medicine and illness, politics and economics of health, social practices, research methods, social theory and social justice. The symposium will be in-person only. It will be recorded and the recording will be made available after the event.

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Call for new Research Committee members
by Sujata Mukherjee 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

tl;dr The Trust & Safety Foundation <https://trustandsafetyfoundation.org/>’s Global Majority Research Committee has an open call for new members. Trust & Safety practitioners, researchers, and multidisciplinary scholars interested in producing, facilitating, and disseminating research related to Trust & Safety in the Majority World can apply using this link <https://tspa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_byAJBMQRhQdg7s2> by March 28, 2025. Hello AOIR, The Global Majority Research Committee, part of the Trust and Safety Foundation <https://trustandsafetyfoundation.org/> (see below) has an open call for members. The Global Majority Research Committee (GMRC) aims to foster a more equitable and effective Trust & Safety (T&S - see below) ecosystem by elevating the expertise and inclusion of Majority World voices in product design, policy development and organizational practices. We are now seeking new members to join us in planning, facilitating and executing committee activities in 2025 - 2026. We invite T&S practitioners, researchers, and multidisciplinary scholars interested in producing, facilitating, and disseminating research related to T&S and the Majority World to apply for membership using this link <https://tspa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_byAJBMQRhQdg7s2>. The application closes on March 28, 2025. For questions, please write to amanda(a)trustandsafetyfoundation.org. What is Trust & Safety? Trust & Safety (T&S) refers to the teams, technology and corporate function(s) at internet companies and service providers dedicated to ensuring that users are protected from unwanted or harmful experiences. Key functions include Policy, which is the team developing the company’s rules to govern its products, platforms and services, and Enforcement or Operations, the teams that work on ensuring these rules are followed. Large companies may include engineering, machine learning, data science, threat intelligence, research and communications capabilities that support and augment these two core elements. About the Trust and Safety Foundation: The Trust and Safety Foundation <https://trustandsafetyfoundation.org/> (TSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, charitable organization with the mission to convene stakeholders, share knowledge, and engage in activities that facilitate meaningful advancements in trust and safety. TSF created the Trust & Safety Research Coalition in furtherance of TSF’s role as a bridge between industry researchers, academic researchers, the trust and safety professional community, the technology industry, civil society, and other public interest groups. TSF’s vision for the Coalition is to convene key stakeholders to engage in dialogue and collaboration with the aim of improving society’s understanding and furthering the field of trust and safety. Right now, the Research Coalition hosts three Research Committees: the Global Majority Research Committee, the Psychological Health Research Committee, and the Tooling Research Committee.

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