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"Semantic and Social Network Analysis in the Evolving Age of Social Media: Unveiling Patterns and Impacts"
by James Danowski 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

How can semantic and social network analysis best uncover the otherwise elusive structures and processes over and underlying social media posts? This special edition of Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics <https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/research-metrics-and-analytics>, “Network Analysis of Social Media Texts,” explores contemporary methodologies and ideas in this evolving field, emphasizing the need for innovative strategies to analyze social media's content and impacts. Our focus spans various platforms and aims to enhance theoretical understanding and inform critical policy decisions. We invite researchers to contribute original studies employing diverse, cutting-edge supervised and unsupervised text analysis methods. A social benefit of your work may be lessening the negative effects and amplifying the positive aspects of social media interactions. All accepted research will be published in Open Access, ensuring global visibility. Furthermore, we are compiling a free eBook to provide an accessible, comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in this dynamic field. Join us in shaping the future of social media studies. Learn more and contribute your insights at http://fron.tiers.in/rt/41263. Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: April 14, 2024 Ke Jiang, James Danowski, and Weiai Wayne Xu are the editors.

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12th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), https://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2024/, Paphos, Cyprus (Sept. 24-27, 2024)
by Announce 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

CfP: 12th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), https://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2024/, Paphos, Cyprus (Sept. 24-27, 2024) The IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) is a premier conference on Cloud Computing, which in the last two decades has significantly changed the way IT resources are consumed. ###IMPORTANT DATES### * Abstract submission deadline: April 12, 2024 (AoE) * Full and short paper submission deadline: April 19, 2024 (AoE) * Author notification and start of shepherding phase: June 30, 2024 * Camera-ready copies: August 2, 2024 ###TOPICS OF INTEREST### IC2E provides a high-quality, comprehensive forum where researchers and practitioners can exchange information on engineering principles, enabling technologies, and practical experiences related to Cloud Computing. The conference brings together experts who work on different levels of the cloud stack – including systems, storage, networking, platforms, databases, applications, and software engineering. IC2E offers an end-to-end view of the challenges and technologies in Cloud Computing, fosters new research that addresses the interaction between different layers of the stack, and ultimately helps shape the future of cloud-transformed business and society. IC2E 2024 invites submissions of high-quality research papers describing fully developed results and ongoing foundational and applied work related to all aspects of cloud engineering. The IC2E Program Committee will interpret “cloud engineering” very broadly – to include everything from engineering principles to practical experiences, and advances that target different levels of the cloud stack, from both academia and industry. In particular, submissions on topics of emerging interest in the research and development communities are encouraged. Authors can choose to submit their papers under either the Research and Vision or Industry and Experience Track. Submissions are invited on the following non-exhaustive list of topics for both tracks: * Cloud management and engineering, from single (micro-)services to complete system landscapes * Cloud applications, ranging from the Internet of Things (IoT) over Big Data to Machine Learning * Cloud systems, including storage, data distribution, and serverless computing * Cloud security and privacy concerns on all levels of the Cloud stack * Fog and Edge Computing, and all other system types in the Cloud-Edge Compute Continuum * Everything as a Service * Non-technical aspects of Cloud Computing, e.g., Cloud governance or cloud economics For a full list of the topics, please visit https://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2024/. IC2E is looking for the following three types of paper submissions: * Research papers describe original well-evaluated research. Novelty is a key criterion in the review process. * Vision papers describe speculative but well-reasoned and inspiring papers. Here, the insights and clarity of the vision are of key concern. * Industry and experience papers describe how existing research has been transferred into practice. The review focus is on the lessons learned, including those relevant for researchers. Research and vision papers should be submitted to the Research Track, industry and experience papers to the Industry Track. Vision papers should have "(Vision Paper)" as a subtitle on the first page. ###SUBMISSION### Authors must submit full and short papers in PDF via the Web submission form at EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ic2e2024) upon selecting Research Track or Industry Track options. Both Research Track and Industry Track papers should use the IEEE Manuscript Template for Conference Proceedings for formatting. LaTeX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran}, without including the compsoc or compsocconf options. As reviewers often ask for additional content, IC2E differentiates between paper formatting for reviewing and for the final published version: * Full papers: For reviewing, full papers (including figures and tables) should not exceed 9 double-column pages; references can be additional pages. For the final published version, full papers are limited to a total of 12 double-column pages including everything. * Short papers: For reviewing, short papers are limited to 5 pages, not including references, and should be clearly marked as such in the title. For the final published version, short papers are limited to 8 pages, including everything. IC2E supports Open Science practices. Therefore, authors are strongly encouraged to publish software and data sets as open-source/data. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. Depending on the paper type, submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference scope. Submitted manuscripts must contain original contributions, and their contributions must not have appeared in or be under consideration for publication in another workshop, conference, or journal. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (EI indexed). ###ORGANIZATION & CONTACT### General Chairs: * George Pallis University of Cyprus, Cyprus * Weisong Shi University of Delaware, US TPC Chairs: * Xiaohui (Helen) Gu North Carolina State University, US * Stefan Schulte Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

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CfP Learning or not learning from experience: Psychosocial approaches to researching and experiential learning
by Jacob Johanssen 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Full CfP: https://www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2024/ *A joint conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society* *17th-18th June 2024* *St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX* *Conference enquiries:* conference2024(a)protonmail.com Submission link: https://www.conftool.net/aps-apcs-2024/ *Call for papers* Psychosocial Studies is an inherently transdisciplinary field which encompasses the interplay between psychological, social and cultural experience. The forms of inquiry and modes of learning it tries to foster include a focus on the unconscious dynamics at work in these various domains. Psychosocial studies is informed by a body of theoretical work that draws on psychoanalysis, critical social theory, anglophone and continental philosophy and the arts and humanities. It has stimulated considerable innovation in research and practice methodologies and in learning and teaching. Experiential inquiry has often been at the heart of these developments, including biographical, narrative, visual and other sensory methods, and reflexive auto-ethnography. All this speaks to the first part of the title. However, as new psychic and social borderlines blur fantasy and reality, confusion, insecurity and precarity are generated between actual and virtual worlds, and between materialities and imaginaries. The temptation to reach for simple and incontestable certainties leads to a range of beliefs and behaviours that narrow the potential for learning from others and our encounters with them. This is fertile ground for the polarisations of populism, the idealisations of celebrity culture, the excitements of disinformation and conspiracy and the comforts of the media echo chamber. At the same time the structures that contain and mediate are in disarray. Politics is said to be ‘broken’, welfare states are ‘unaffordable’, education systems ‘fail’ to prepare the young to live in a fragmented world that appears to be rapidly degrading its own habitat. The gathering crises of climate breakdown and human displacement appear irresolvable amidst the social and political fragmentation that afflicts and divides whole populations and manifests in everyday relationships and social institutions as traumatic repetition, denial and disavowal. In that sense there is a real danger of repeating mistakes from the past and not learning from painful historical experiences, or of helplessness and hopelessness in the face of technological and socio-political change. We welcome submissions from clinicians and practitioners as well as academics from different fields, arts, humanities and social/sciences, who may be working at the psychosocial edge and/or working with psychoanalytic and philosophical theories able to shed light on learning from experience. We welcome submissions for experiential events and artistic productions. In the face of problems of this severity what does learning from experience look like? What does it involve and what are the obstacles? What processes and methods will serve such learning? This conference will include paper presentations, workshops and an experiential strand which will be threaded throughout. Its suggested sub-themes could include (but are not limited to) - Psychosocial approaches to digital culture - Climate emergency, environment and sustainability - Ageing societies - Colonial legacies, racism and migration - The evolving politics of gender - Political formations and discourses - Social memory and its erasure - Trauma and repetition - Experiential learning - Psychosocial methodsand methodologies - Psychosocial approaches to learning and teaching - Technosolutionism and medicalisation - Learning to live with problems - The de-humanization and pathologization of distress - Information overload: knowledge obstructing thinking - Mentalizing misery: working with reality - Institutional mindlessness *We really encourage in person attendance to create the community feel that comes from being together for social events, meals and coffee breaks, however there will also be provision for online participation for those who for their own health or the health of the planet would not wish to or would feel unsafe coming in person.* Please submit via Conftool here: https://www.conftool.net/aps-apcs-2024/

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CFP EASA Barcelona: Doing and Undoing the Anthropology of Place in an Increasingly Digitalized World
by Monika Palmberger 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Dear friends and colleagues, We warmly invite you to submit a paper to the EASA Panel “Doing and Undoing the Anthropology of Place in an Increasingly Digitalized World” at the EASA conference in Barcelona (July 23-26, 2024). Please submit your proposal here: https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2024/programme#14648 Convenors Monika Palmberger, University of Vienna, Austria Katrien Pype, KU Leuven University, Belgium Doing and Undoing the Anthropology of Place in an Increasingly Digitalized World [Media Anthropology Network] Short abstract Researching the digitalization of everyday life brings us back to the query of how to define the ethnographic field and how to conceptualise place and its relation to culture. This panel invites empirical and theoretical contributions that (re-)address concepts of place, culture and the digital. Long abstract Since the late 1980s, anthropologists have questioned the concepts of “culture” and “the ethnographic field” as bounded entities and gradually have shifted their focus from entities to relations. Research into the digitalization of everyday life brings us back to the query of how to define the “ethnographic place” (Pink et al. 2016), and how to conceptualise place and placemaking and its relation to culture more broadly. Due to the ubiquitous proliferation of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, machine learning and new communication media, anthropologists encounter place and placemaking increasingly as a relational practice in virtual and physical proximity (Kaufmann and Palmberger 2022). Concepts such as “virtual culture”, “online culture” or “cyberculture” are too narrow. While people build social relations, negotiate identities and claim space beyond territorially defined places, physical place remains important for the experience of being in the world, including the experience of inequalities (Udupa and Dattatreyan 2023). Concepts such as “ethnographic co-presence” (Chua 2015), “field events” (Ahlin and Li 2019), and smartphones as “domestic spaces” (Miller et al. 2021) have been proposed to address the complex entanglements of place in ethnographies of the digital, however there is little engagement with the notion of culture in the digital environment and digitalized society. Yet, culture can be conceptualized and theorized in different ways, especially when attending to its relationship to place. This panel seeks to re-evaluate place, culture and their interconnections and invites contributions that (re-)address conceptual questions of place, culture and the digital, empirically and theoretically. Best wishes, Monika and Katrien ----------- Monika Palmberger, DPhil https://www.monikapalmberger.eu Latest publications Refugees enacting (digital) citizenship through placemaking and care practices near and far. In Citizenship Studies. 2022. Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies (with Katja Kaufmann). In Media and Communication. 2022. Migrants and New Media: Digital Ethnography, Transnationalism, and Superdiversity. In The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity. 2023. Narratives of Transnational Placemaking. Exploring Migrant Workers’ Hidden Histories through Memory-Guided City Walks. In Narrative Culture. 2022. The Nexus of Anthropology and Narrative: Ethnographic Encounters with Storytelling Practices (with Barbara Götsch). In Narrative Culture. 2022. Special issues Across mobile online and offline spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, and ethics (with Katja Kaufmann). In Media and Communication, 2022. ‘Let me tell you a story‘: anthropological encounters with narrative (with Barbara Götsch). In Narrative Culture, 2022. Book Care across Distance: Ethnographic Explorations of Aging and Migration (with Azra Hromadzic), Berghahn (Paperback) 2022.

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Conference Programm and Registration: Shifting AI Controversies, Berlin, 29-30 JAN, 2024
by Christian Katzenbach 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, we are happy and proud to announce that the conference programme for our international conference „Shifting AI Controversies“ is now live, and registration is open and free: https://www.hiig.de/en/events/conference-shifting-ai-controversies/ The conference happens on-site in Berlin, 29-30 January, 2024, at the wonderful vicinities of Museum für Kommunikation, and of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). The conference includes keynote and closing panels, a public evening event on "Not my Existential Risk! The politics of controversy in an age of AI“, and ten academic panels with fifty international speakers. Confirmed speakers include Louise Amoore, Sally Wyatt, Christian Pentzold, Alison Powell, Matthias Spielkamp, Mark Scott, Marek Tuszynski, Jeanette Hofmann, Minna Ruckenstein, Caja Thimm, Daniel Mügge, and many more. The conference is co-hosted by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the ZeMKI, University of Bremen, in cooperation with the research group “Politics of Digitalization” at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). It is the concluding of the international research project „Shaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research“ with partners at SciencesPo (FRA), University of Warwick (UK), and Concordia University (UK). Please see below and online for more information and registration. With best regards, Christian Katzenbach #### Conference Shifting AI Controversies – Prompts, Provocations & Problematisations for Society-Centered AI 29 & 30 January 2024 | Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany https://www.hiig.de/en/events/conference-shifting-ai-controversies/ Controversies about AI abound, especially since ChatGPT took over the Internet by storm, becoming the most popular applications in the Web’s history within only a few months. The current excitement about the perils and prospects of general purpose AI applications like ChatGPT is only the most recent wave of public interest in the long history of “artificial intelligence” (AI). With its metaphysical imaginaries of human-machine symbiosis, anthropomorphic robots and machine thinking, arguably oversized scientific claims and technological developments in this field have always raised concerns. What the current debate makes much more visible than previous attention cycles, though, is that contemporary AI companies and scientists dominate not only the discourse promoting AI’s prospects but also that on AI’s perils. From engineers at OpenAI to research pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, technologists and industry-based scientists increasingly articulate warnings that AI might cause serious and fundamental damage to societies. With this move, the already dominant players are now also occupying the space of public critique, yielding the risk that activism, social science, critical journalism and the arts are pushed even further to the margins of public and expert debates. Are we currently having the public controversies on AI that we should have, or is AI panic derailing us from actual and relevant concerns? How do we get to the controversies that we need and to the exploration and articulation of society-centered AI? The conference will hold keynotes, panels and interventions from scholars, civil society and practitioners on the topic of AI controversies. Conference Programme (pdf): https://www.hiig.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Shifting-AI-Controversies-Co…

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WEBCAST DEC 20 – Space Wars: What to Expect from Satellite Broadband
by Joly MacFie 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Not an ISOC webcast. But notable! [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0d1a3b2c935d584050d6fe8…> On *Wednesday December 20 2023* at *12:00 EST* (17:00 UTC) *Broadband Breakfast <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=896066f84464a81e83c362b…>* presents an episode in its weekly *Broadband Breakfast Live Online <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ce448e70ab090c599bfd1e8…>* series, '*Space Wars: What to Expect from Satellite Broadband <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f7da2061a6d3fabbb159be9…>*'. As satellite internet providers like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper continue expanding, the race for space-based broadband is heating up. With the FCC approving SpaceX’s Gen2 satellite deployment and Amazon testing prototype launches, these companies are poised to blanket the skies with thousands more satellites. What are the implications of this new phase, particularly the potential for interference issues, orbital debris concerns and 5G backhaul capabilities? What about the regulatory and policy questions surrounding mega-constellations and space commercialization? Will satellite broadband address the current digital divide, potentially on a global scale? *PANEL* *David Goldman*, Vice President of Satellite Policy, SpaceX *Kalpak Gude*, Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Project Kuiper *Kelly Martin*, Account Director, Eutelsat OneWeb *MOD*: *Drew Clark*, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast *YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/axQq6ZHNW7c <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cbaa4e4afcbee8290f7f007…>* *TWITTER #LEO @BroadbandCensus #Satellite <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b76f662749bb3071979e4e7…> #BroadbandBreakfastLive @BroadbandCensus @SpaceX @ProjectKuiper @EutelsatOneWeb @drewclark* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.facebook.com/broadbandbreakfast/videos/664163259124374/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8a6c0212b48228e016ffcc9…>* *https://twitter.com/BroadbandCensus/status/1737518269324828791 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ab99d6cf9dc025790cf31ad…>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/17178 <https://isoc.live/17178>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFA: Open Panel “Degrowing Data" EASST/4S Conference, Amsterdam
by Miedema, M. 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Dear Colleagues, We are inviting submissions to our open panel “Degrowing Data: Valuing and Practicing Intentional Data Loss” at the 4S/EASST Conference, which will take place in Amsterdam, 16-19 July 2024. We are interested in both ‘traditional’ paper abstracts and diverse creative contributions, especially for the second half of the panel which focuses on degrowth as both an academic discourse and a social movement. Submission Deadline: February 12, 2024. Short Abstract: This panel explores intentional data loss. Contributions engage with data loss practices, narratives, and values and how they can expose power structures but also provide space for resistance. A concluding interactive dialogue session links intentional data loss to degrowth for liveable futures. Long Abstract: This combined format open panel seeks to decentre our need to accumulate data and the fear of its loss. For good reasons, much effort has been put into protecting, saving or securing diverse data, for example at cultural heritage sites, for personal digital archives or as part of seed banks. But what about the inverse? What about data practices, narratives and values focusing on, or even desiring data loss through deletion, deconstruction, decluttering, discarding or disconnecting (cf Hobbis and Hobbis 2021; Thylstrup 2022)? The first session welcomes traditional papers (research papers, essays, reviews) but also more creative, playful, submissions (scripts, dialogues, audio/visual work). Contributions may ask questions like: When, why, and how is data loss practised and valued? Who benefits when data loss is (forcefully) prevented and why? Can there be a right to delete besides a legalized ‘right to be forgotten’ (cf Gupta and Naithani 2023)? How and when can intentional data loss be an expression of power and/or resistance against it (cf Liboiron and Lepawsky 2022)? The second session consists of an interactive dialogue connecting the papers to degrowth debates, that are yet to find a clear position in STS scholarship. Reflecting the twofold goal of the degrowth debate, this session is concerned with an advancement of social theory and a social movement. Leaning on insights from degrowth debates, we first think through the capitalist dynamics (accumulation, extraction, abundance) surrounding fears of data loss. Secondly, we seek to uncover possibilities for connecting intentional data loss practices with degrowth initiatives. Could intentional data loss practices and values contribute to more liveable futures? We are especially interested in case studies/contributions from diverse global contexts, epistemologies and ontologies and intend to combine our insights from the panel into a special issue/book, joint dialogic article, and/or more creative output. Convenors Marije Miedema (University of Groningen), m.miedema(a)rug.nl Stephanie Hobbis (Wageningen University), stephanie.hobbis(a)wur.nl Discussant Nanna Bonde Thylstrup (University of Copenhagen) You can submit abstracts of up to 250 words here: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/p/14164 More details about the conference: https://www.easst4s2024.net/ If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us! Best wishes, Marije & Stephanie -- Marije Miedema PhD Candidate *University of Groningen* Faculty of Arts | Department of Media and Journalism Studies Campus Fryslân | Department of Knowledge Infrastructures Website <http://www.marijemiedema.com>| LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marijemiedema/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/miedemamarije> I am sending this email at a time that suits my workflow, I do not expect a response outside yours.

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CFP: Special Issue on Data Economy and Data Marketplaces
by Xiaohui Yu 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Data Economy and Data Marketplaces IEEE Internet Computing Magazine ------------------- * Important Dates: - Submission Due: 15 January 2024 - Publication issue: July/August 2024 ------------------- * Guest Editors: - Xiaohui Yu, York University, Canada - Jinfei Liu, Zhejiang University, China ------------------- The digital revolution and the proliferation of Internet-based systems have catalyzed an era where data transcends its traditional role as mere information and emerges as a foundational pillar of contemporary economic structures. As we transition into a paradigm where data is synonymous with currency, the emergence and prominence of data-driven economies and data marketplaces have reshaped our understanding of value, trade, and commerce. This evolution marks a significant shift from traditional business models, introducing a multifaceted ecosystem that hinges on the availability, accessibility, and value of data. The data economy represents a system where data becomes a pivotal economic agent, driving innovation, fostering growth, and catalyzing commercial ventures. Within this economy, the data marketplaces stand out as the nexus where data providers and consumers come together, enabling a dynamic exchange of datasets that power everything from advanced machine learning algorithms to business intelligence insights. The intricacies of the data economy are vast and manifold. It encapsulates the very heart of Internet computing, merging foundational technologies with emergent applications. This sphere is neither confined by mere technical constructs nor solely driven by commercial pursuits; it's a symbiotic ecosystem where technology and application continually inform and refine each other. It's where the granular details of computational processes meet the broad vistas of global digital trade. This special issue of the IEEE Internet Computing Magazine aims to shed light on the rapidly evolving landscape of the data economy and data marketplaces. We solicit contributions that delve deep into the mechanics of these markets, explore their implications, and envision their future trajectory. We invite thought leaders, researchers, industry pioneers, and innovators to contribute, casting light on the nuances of this domain. By synthesizing insights from both the technical and application realms of Internet computing, this issue aims to present a holistic view of the current landscape, challenges, and the road ahead for the data economy and its bustling marketplaces. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Architectures and infrastructures for data marketplaces - Network architectures supporting data marketplaces - Advanced computing techniques for data marketplace optimization - Data valuation and pricing mechanisms - Security, privacy, and trust mechanisms in data transactions - Distributed systems and blockchain technologies in data marketplaces - Data storage, retrieval, and transfer protocols in data-driven platforms - Scalability and performance issues in data-driven ecosystems - Data compression, transmission, and real-time processing for data marketplaces - Edge and fog computing in the context of data economies - Data quality, curation, and provenance in marketplaces - Real-world applications and case studies highlighting technical challenges and solutions ------------------- * Submission Guidelines All submissions must be original manuscripts of fewer than 5,000 words, focused on data economy and data marketplaces enabled by Internet technologies. All manuscripts are subject to peer review on both technical merit and relevance to IC’s international readership—primarily practicing engineers and academics who are looking for material that introduces new technology and broadens familiarity with current topics. We do not accept white papers, and papers which are primarily theoretical or mathematical must clearly relate the mathematical content to a real-life or engineering application. To submit a manuscript, please log on to ScholarOne (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:443/ic-cs) to create or access an account, which you can use to log on to IC’s Author Center and upload your submission.

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WEBCAST DEC 19 – A11yVR – The Challenges of Implementing Accessibility in a Digital Twin for Learning
by Joly MacFie 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

Just starting. Very interesting education case study from France, of accessibility in a virtual laboratory. [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b7c4305d4008f9d7f83c726…> On *Tuesday December 19, 2023* at *16:00 EST / 21:00 UTC / 06:00 JST (Dec 20)* the *Accessibility VR Meetup <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3bd827986da893a653a8aba…>* hosts '*The Challenges of Implementing Accessibility in a Digital Twin for Learning <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0a5186bb4b5bcdb0f78c89a…>* '. *Christian Cousquer <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f1601709619e81416c1b488…>* of the *National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=73b960f013d174bf14706f0…>* in Paris will talk about '*Mimbus Chemistry <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e860b30b030f382436019c1…>*', that institution's design of a virtual reality digital twin of a chemistry laboratory. The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society New York Chapter Accessibility SIG <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=85a368908c9f0f282dc80b0…>* (A11ySIG). *LIVESTREAM:* https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr32 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=895b5297c231a284b4cd335…> (open captions) *PARTICIPATE VIA YOUTUBE: **https://youtu.be/PGwolawoLkY* <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d2cd5842798300c7047eb79…> (open captions) *REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d82ee75fd578543ec5498a5…>* *TWITTER: #virtualtwin @a11yvr <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=854942fdc91a4e024e39a27…> #a11y #AR #XR #VR @IAAPOrg @mimbus @LeCnam @prairycat* *MASTODON #A11yVR <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8c972825cd49754d92e14db…>* *SIMULCASTS* (open captions) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=434829a11a3b3b3c1d88686…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ef2b4e3989c6ae517cee3f9…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e3dc0c67e519d1660cefa8a…>* *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/a11yvr32 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=16b9635b0aa5f8229093694…>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Applications invited for 2 short fellowships on WhatsApp research, LMU Munich
by sahana udupa 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

*Fellowships in the CAS Research Group * *“Messaging Apps, Encryption and the Enticement of Extreme Speech”* *Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich* The Center of Advanced Studies (CAS) at LMU Munich, Germany, is advertising two fellowships for Internet media researchers (for a stay up to 3 months) to join the CAS Research Group *"Below the Radar? Messaging Apps, Encryption and the Enticement of Extreme Speech"*. The Center for Advanced Studies at LMU Munich is a forum for intensive international academic exchange. Its purpose is to promote cooperation with national and international Visiting Fellows who work closely on collaborative projects with LMU professors. In order to intensify cooperation between researchers at LMU Munich and leading experts from other universities, the Center has set up a major program, the CAS Research Groups. The CAS Research Group *“**Messaging Apps, Encryption and the Enticement of Extreme Speech*” is initiated by Professor Dr. Sahana Udupa (Media Anthropology, LMU) and will commence its work in October 2024: https://www.cas.lmu.de/en/programs/cas-research-groups/below-the-radar-mess… The focus of the CAS Research Group is to develop global critical inquiry into entanglements between encrypted messaging apps and forms of extreme speech such as hateful language and disinformation. The group will approach the problem with an empirical focus on WhatsApp – an end-to-end encrypted, cross- platform messaging service owned by Meta, which has emerged as a central communication tool for a vast number of people, with more than 2 billion users and 100 billion daily messages around the world. The group will also extend its focus to Telegram, Signal and similar encrypted messaging services. Based on insights from different regions and diverse contexts of use, the research group will analyze the role of encrypted messaging services in extreme speech cultures globally, and highlight the regulatory and methodological challenges they have raised for academic research and policymaking. The CAS Research Group will bring together internationally renowned researchers and policy experts who are invited to LMU Munich to contribute to the Group’s research. Applications are invited from candidates with · a PhD in a relevant field such as anthropology or communication studies OR Internet policy expertise · ongoing policy-focused or field-based empirical research on encrypted messaging apps and extreme speech in Africa or South Asia · publications relevant to the topic The successful candidates will team up with the group for a co-authored policy and public-focused report on methodological, policy and practical issues in addressing extreme speech on instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp. This report is jointly commissioned by United Nations Peacekeeping. The Center for Advanced Studies will provide financial and organizational support for visits from a stay of up to three months in early 2025, coinciding with the first workshop planned in January 2025. The costs for travel and accommodation as well as an expense allowance will be covered. The successful candidates will receive a workspace in an open and stimulating research environment in an interdisciplinary setting at the Center, and a team of academic researchers, policy experts and factcheckers. *Applications* should consist of a brief outline (1-2 pages) of the expertise and intended contribution to the CAS Research Group. Applications should also contain a résumé including a list of the most recent publications as well as the names of two referees. In order to strengthen the role of women in research, female scholars are strongly encouraged to apply. Please submit all the application documents electronically (in one PDF file) by *29 February 2024 *to Email: researchgroups(a)cas.lmu.de Center for Advanced Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 80539 München For any questions on the CAS Research Groups please contact Dr. Lena Bouman at CAS: Email: Lena.Bouman(a)cas.lmu.de

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