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Digital Data Processing 2023
by ijwa dline.info 24 Aug '23

24 Aug '23

Third International Conference on Digital Data Processing University of Bedfordshire Luton. UK November 27-29, 2023 Hybrid mode- Virtual/Physical www.socio.org.uk/ddp IEEE CPS will publish the proceedings (Xplore) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organisation or industry processes over a few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyse and process data more efficiently, where Data analytics can reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. Data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, studying data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies is a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous; they do not sufficiently solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that require further consideration. The proposed conference will discuss topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data Ecosystem Business Analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modelling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Data in Biomedical Engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial Intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data Publications The IEEE Xplore will publish the DDP papers. Besides modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Journal of Digital Information Management 5. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 6. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering Important Dates Full Paper Submission: September 10, 2023 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: October 10, 2023 Registration Due: November 10, 2023 Camera Ready Due: November 10, 2023 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: November 28, 2023 Main conference: November 27-29, 2023 Post-conference proceedings: December 20, 2023 General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Chair UK& RI IEEE TEMS, UK Program Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Hathairat Ketmaneechairat, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: stm(a)socio.org.uk

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Last Day to Join the Waitlist! Community+Coffee: Spotlight on Identity-Affirming Youth Spaces in the Connected Wellbeing Impact Studio
by Cindy Hau 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

<https://connectedwellbeing.org> [image: August Event] Last Day to Join the Waitlist! Community+Coffee: Spotlight on Identity-Affirming Youth Spaces in the Connected Wellbeing Impact Studio <https://connectedlearning.news/AugCC-list> Equity-oriented and asset-based approaches are central to connected wellbeing. Join us for a roundtable discussion with experts with deep experience collaborating with diverse youth to build intergenerational coalitions that are connected and responsive to culture and community. August 28, 2023 1:00pm – 2:30pm Eastern/10:00am – 11:30am Pacific This is the second of two special community gatherings the Connected Wellbeing Coalition is hosting in July and August 2023, focused on the innovative teams in our Impact Studio. Chat with the teams, get inspired by their work, and compare notes on how you approach similar work. These events have limited capacity, and today, August 23rd, is the last day to sign up for the August event waitlist! *Sign up here <https://connectedlearning.news/AugCC-ListservWaitlist> before it closes!* We will contact you if space opens up for you. About the Connected Wellbeing Initiative *The Connected Wellbeing Initiative* brings together researchers, designers, educators, and funders to accelerate youth and community-powered innovations for fostering wellbeing in a digitally connected world. We build shared approaches and purpose through an Impact Studio for innovators, and free Workshops to build capacity and community. View Our Events Calendar <https://connectedwellbeing.org/events/> <https://clalliance.org.>

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Recommendations about TV shows / episodes about digital activism?
by Victoria Balan 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

***With apologies for cross posting*** Dear all, I am a PhD student currently working on a project about representations of digital activism. I am looking for some recommendations of TV series / shows that have at least one episode featuring digital activism (including social media activism, hacktivism, clicktivism, etc). I am looking for episodes from 2010 until present, and they can be from any country, as long as they are also available in English (dubbed or subbed). If any ideas come to mind, could you kindly share these with me at balan(a)eshcc.eur.nl? Thank you in advance! Kind regards, Victoria Balan, MSc. Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication E balan(a)eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:balan@eshcc.eur.nl> I www.eshcc.eur.nl<http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/> Visiting address Erasmus University Rotterdam Van der Goot Building, M8.45 Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 Rotterdam, The Netherlands New publication: Technologies of last resort: The discursive construction of digital activism in Wired and Time magazine, 2010–2021<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448221135886> Classification: Internal

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WEBCAST 22-24 AUG – 19th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) and 2nd Caribbean Youth Internet Governance Forum (CYIGF)
by Joly MacFie 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

As we are often reminded, the Caribbean IGF is the granddaddy of all regional IGFs. While there is always vibrant discussion, there is also a healthy emphasis on education, including at the more recently instituted CYIGF. [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16805%20>On *Tuesday-Thursday August 22-24 2023* the *Caribbean Telecommunications Union <https://ctu.int/>* (CTU) will host the *19th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) and 2nd Caribbean Youth Internet Governance Forum (CYIGF) <https://ctu.int/event/19th-caribbean-internet-governance-forum-and-2nd-cari…>* in Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The theme of CIGF 2021 is “*Evolving Caribbean Internet Governance Priorities for Sustainable Development.*” This will be a hybrid event. *LIVESTREAM https://bit.ly/cigf2023live <https://bit.ly/cigf2023live>* *AGENDA https://ctu.int/event/19th-caribbean-internet-governance-forum-and-2nd-cari… <https://ctu.int/event/19th-caribbean-internet-governance-forum-and-2nd-cari…>* (ALL TIMES AST = UTC-4) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/47DNFbR <https://bit.ly/47DNFbR>* *TWITTER #CIGF2023 <https://bit.ly/CIGF2023> #CYIGF2023 @TheCtunion @intGovForum #IGF #NetGov * *SIMULCASTS* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/cigf2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/cigf2023>* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion <https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion>* *https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean <https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cigf2023 <https://archive.org/details/cigf2023>* *https://isoc.live/16805* <https://isoc.live/16805> - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Survey on HCI methods in academia (please distribute)
by Pierre Fastrez 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

***Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email.*** Dear colleagues, We are currently seeking additional participants for a survey on the methods commonly used in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The objective of our study is to measure the extent to which these methods have penetrated academic research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Our survey is intended for researchers whose (current or past) research is related to information and communication technology (ICT) or digital technology uses. If you meet this criterion, or know researchers who do, we would be very grateful if you could complete the questionnaire below and share the link within your academic circles. https://limesurvey.uclouvain.be/limesurvey319/index.php/315272?lang=en Completing the questionnaire should take you about 15 minutes. All responses are anonymous. Thank you for your collaboration. Prof. Pierre Fastrez & Prof. Suzanne Kieffer Center for Research in Communication - Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) -- <http://www.uclouvain.be/> Pierre Fastrez <http://www.uclouvain.be/pierre.fastrez> Maître de recherches F.R.S.-FNRS IL&C <http://www.uclouvain.be/ilc> > RECOM <http://www.uclouvain.be/recom> | ESPO <http://www.uclouvain.be/espo> > COMU <http://www.uclouvain.be/comu> Ruelle de la Lanterne Magique, 14 bte 2.03.02 - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Tél. 32 (0)10 47 29 14 - Fax 32 (0)10 47 30 44

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CFP: Posthumanism and Media Studies
by J.J. Sylvia IV 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Please see below for a call for a special issue that I'm co-editing, which may be of interest. I'm happy to answer questions! Call posted online: https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/announcement/view/65 *Theme and Scope:* The Journal of Posthumanism (Transnational Press) invites submissions for a special issue exploring the intersection of posthumanism and media studies. Posthumanism fosters a more inclusive and less hierarchical approach to our entanglements with both human and non-human elements. Posthuman theory, particularly as articulated by N. Katherine Hayles and Rosi Braidotti, has long been influential in media studies. However, it has often been applied without a systematic or thoroughly developed methodology. Ferrando (2020) argues: > > “posthuman ethics invites us to follow on three related layers. First of > all, as a post-humanism, it marks a shift: from universalism to > perspectivism, from multiculturalism to pluralism and diversity. As a > postanthropocentrism, it induces a change of strategy: from human agency > to agential networks, from technology to eco-technology. As a postdualism, > it requires an evolution of our awareness: from individuality to > relationality, from theory to praxis.” > > This Special Issue of the Journal of Posthumanism therefore asks, how does such posthuman perspectivism, pluralism, agentiality, eco-technology, relationality, and praxis, apply to the future of media and cultural studies? How might we understand the very concept of “future”? Media is exploding at an ever-increasing pace across digital platforms, working with, through, and against new technological advances such as AI. These developments are also occurring during a time of global shifts that include pandemics and climate change. In light of these changes, it is the ideal time to provoke more conversations between media and cultural studies through Posthumanism. Several approaches have been proposed that align media studies with or explicitly draw on posthuman concepts. In 2021, Posthumanism in Art and Science: A Reader was published, making the argument that “aesthetic production is a vital part of posthumanist thinking processes, which thereby grow ever more urgently relevant to social and ecological problem-solving.” (Aloi & McHugh, 2021, 2) Recent studies have developed posthuman approaches to rhetorical practice (Boyle, 2018) and explored how we might understand the combination of humans and technical media as synthetic subjects (Wiley & Elam, 2018). Elsewhere, Iliadis (2013) proposed that a shift away from a cybernetic understanding of communication as a process of pre-existing agents that transmit messages to one another could offer the possibility for the development of a new underlying informational ontology for communication and media studies, which would lend itself to new methods. Such ontologies and methods have been explored in relation to media studies through, for example, posthuman approaches to autoethnographies and subjectivities (Wilde, 2020; 2022). Monea and Packer (2016) have proposed a media genealogy approach that extends the type of work being done in media archaeology. Building on this genealogical approach, Sylvia (2019; 2021) has argued that posthuman ethics, ontology, and epistemology could be adopted in media studies through a more explicit embrace of affirmative approaches such as counter-actualization, modulation, and counter-memory. Elsewhere, exploring the tensions and potential contradictions between the history of cultural studies and posthumanism, Cord (2022) asks, “can or should Cultural Studies and the nonhuman turn really be brought into the contact zone?” There are therefore a variety of possible responses and resonances between posthumanism and media studies. We propose this special issue as an avenue to explore, extend, and develop a posthuman praxis for media studies. We invite researchers to explore themes related to these posthuman approaches. This might include, but is not limited to: * Pieces that build on or extend existing theory and methods in posthuman media and/or communication practices. * The role of AI in shaping posthuman futures and subjectivities. * Posthuman approaches for the study of games, television, social media, journalism, and rhetoric. * The exploration of posthuman ethics in media studies. * Application of posthuman paradigms such as counter-actualization, modulation, and countermemory in media case studies. * Posthuman conceptualizations of media’s role in processes of subjectivation. * How media intra-actions emphasise different modes of materialism and materialities. * Experimental approaches to media studies. * Post-anthropocentric or non-human media studies. * Ontologies of posthuman media. * Posthumanist entanglements of media and culture. * Onto-epistemological postdualisms that could/should be applied to media studies. We encourage submissions that draw broadly on the work of theorists such as N. Katherine Hayles, Rosi Braidotti, Karen Barad, Gilles Deleuze, and Michel Foucault, and that engage with the ethical, epistemological, and ontological aspects of posthumanism. We are particularly interested in papers that propose new methods of inquiry and analysis within media studies, and that engage with the potential of an affirmative posthuman turn within critical and cultural theory. *Guest Editors:* Dr. J.J. Sylvia IV, Associate Professor of Communications Media, Fitchburg State University Dr. Poppy Wilde, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, Birmingham City University *Submission Guidelines:* Submissions should adhere to the Journal of Posthumanism guidelines for authors, which can be found here: https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/about/submissions. Please submit your abstract (max. 500 words), including a tentative title, and a short author biography (max. 100 words) via email to jsylvia3(a)fitchburgstate.edu *and* poppy.wilde(a)bcu.ac.uk by September 30, 2023 , with the subject line “JoP - Posthumanism and Media Studies”. *Review Process:* All submitted abstracts will be initially reviewed by the guest editors to ensure relevance to the special issue theme. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers, which will then undergo a peer-review process in accordance with the journal’s standard review procedures. *Important Dates:* Abstract Submission Deadline: September 30, 2023 Notification of Abstract Acceptance: October 31, 2023 Full Paper for Peer Review (5,000-6,000 words, excluding footnotes and references) Deadline: March 10, 2024 Publication of the Special Issue: October, 2024 Please note: by submitting an abstract for this Special issue, you may also be asked to conduct peer review for an article within it (even if you are also accepted). If you would not like to be asked to conduct peer review, please indicate this in your email. Please feel free to circulate this call for proposals among your colleagues and networks. If you have any questions about this call or the proposed special issue, please feel welcome to contact us. All inquiries and submissions can be sent to: jsylvia3(a)fitchburgstate.edu *and* poppy.wilde(a)bcu.ac.uk. *References* Aloi, G., & McHugh, S. (eds) (2021). Posthumanism in art and science: A reader. Columbia University Press. Boyle, C. A. (2018). Rhetoric as a posthuman practice. The Ohio State University Press. Cord, F. (2022). Posthumanist cultural studies: Taking the nonhuman seriously. Open Cultural Studies , 6 (1), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2020-0138 Ferrando, F. (2020). Posthuman feminist ethics: Unveiling ontological radical healing. In M. R. Thomsen and Jacob Wamberg The Bloomsbury handbook of posthumanism , (pp. 141-60). Bloomsbury Academic. Iliadis, A. (2013). Informational ontology: The meaning of Gilbert Simondon’s concept of individuation. Communication + 1, 2 (1). Article 5. https://doi.org/10.7275/R59884XW Monea, A., & Packer, J. (2016). Media genealogy and the politics of archaeology. International Journal of Communication, 10 , 3141–59. Sylvia IV, J.J. (2019). From archaeology to genealogy: Adding processes of subjectivation to artistic intervention. Communication +1, 7(2). Article 3. https://doi.org/10.7275/a3dm-3770 ———. (2021). Posthuman media studies. Journal of Posthumanism, 1 (2), 139-51. https://doi.org/10.33182/jp.v1i2.1360 Wilde, P. (2020). I, posthuman: A deliberately provocative title. International Review of Qualitative Research, 13 (3), 365–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940844720939853. ( https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?SSBYIt ) ———. (2022). Storytelling the multiple self: Posthuman autoethnography as critical praxis. In C. Blyth & T. K. Aslanian (Eds.), Children and the power of stories (pp. 1-16). Children: Global Posthumanist Perspectives and Materialist Theories. Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9287-1_1. Wiley, S B. C., & Elam, J. (2018). Synthetic subjectivation: Technical media and the composition of posthuman subjects.” Subjectivity, 11 (3), 203–27. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41286-018-0055-0 -- J.J. Sylvia IV, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Associate Professor, Communications Media Coordinator, Digital Media Innovation major ( https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/digital-media-innovation-… ) Fitchburg State University Office: Conlon Hall 335 http://www.jjsylvia.com (978) 665-3418 Assistant Editor, Journal of Posthumanism ( https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/ )

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ADE for Games Communitities Speakers Series: Fall Events and Winter Recaps
by Gerald Voorhees 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Dear colleagues, I'm happy to announce the lineup for the eight Fall 2023 lectures, workshops, and panels for the "Anti-racism, Decolonization, and EDI (ADE) for Games Communities" Speakers Series. We are, once again, looking forward to centering marginalized perspectives and ideas from Indigenous, Black, and otherwise racialized game scholars and practitioners. You can find the event descriptions and details on this webpage <https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/sites/ca.games-institute/files/uploads…> . We are also excited to launch a website for the speakers series <https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/ade-games-communities-workshop-and-spe…> where you will find summary write-ups of the eight Winter 2023 events, as well as recordings of these events. We hope that you can use these resources to help you bring the insights of the series into your classrooms, and we will be adding 10-15 minute video summaries in the coming months to further enable this. Write up and recordings of the Fall 2023 events will be added in due course. Please distribute widely. Best regards Gerald

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WEBCAST 22-24 AUG – African Peering and Interconnection Forum 2023 | Le Forum africain sur le peering et l’interconnexion 2023 (AfPIF)
by Joly MacFie 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

I say it every year, AfPIF is the single best event that ISOC is involved in. It's all about interconnection, cooperation, and building out connectivity. Je le dis chaque année, l'AfPIF est le meilleur événement auquel l'ISOC participe. Il s'agit d'interconnexion, de coopération et de développement de la connectivité. [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16801%20>On *Tuesday-Thursday August 22-24 2023* the *African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2023 <https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/>* will convene in Accra, Ghana. An open and inclusive forum, AfPIF focuses on developing Internet interconnection and traffic exchange opportunities by bringing together key players – infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content producers and providers, data center operators, policy-makers and regulators, to advance the peering ecosystem in Africa. AfPIF aims to promote the development of national and cross border interconnection and offers the African technical community a unique opportunity to showcase interconnection challenges and opportunities. *AGENDA https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/agenda/ <https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/agenda/>* *ENGLISH LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2023>* Du *mardi au jeudi 22 au 24 août 2023*, Le* Forum africain sur le peering et l’interconnexion (AfPIF) 2023 <https://www.afpif.org/fr/afpif-2023/>* se déroulera à Accra, au Ghana. Forum ouvert et inclusif, l’AfPIF se concentre sur le développement d’opportunités d’interconnexion et d’échange de trafic Internet en réunissant des acteurs clés – fournisseurs d’infrastructures, fournisseurs de services Internet (FAI), points d’échange Internet (IXP), producteurs et fournisseurs de contenu, opérateurs de centres de données, politiques-makers et régulateurs, pour faire progresser l’écosystème de peering en Afrique. AfPIF vise à promouvoir le développement de l’interconnexion nationale et transfrontalière et offre à la communauté technique africaine une occasion unique de présenter les défis et les opportunités de l’interconnexion. *ORDRE DU JOUR https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/agenda/ <https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/agenda/>* *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpif2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpif2023>* *REAL TIME TEXT / TEXTE EN TEMPS RÉEL* *https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-AfPIF <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-AfPIF> *(EN/FR) *TWITTER #AfPIF2023 <https://bit.ly/AfPIF2023> @AfPIF @ISOC_Africa @Mainoneservice @Af_IX #IPeerinAfrica* *SIMULCASTS* (captioned) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive* <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> (EN ONLY) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *https://www.facebook.com/AfPIF/ <https://www.facebook.com/AfPIF/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpif2023 <https://archive.org/details/afpif2023>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ACM IMC 2023 -- Call for Travel Grant Applicants; Deadline: Friday September 1st, 2023 at 11:59PM AoE (UTC-12)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

Call for Travel Grant Applicants We are proud to announce that IMC 2023 will support conference attendance by students with travel grants. Important Dates Please note that late applications will not be considered. Submission deadline Friday September 1st, 2023 at 11:59PM AoE (UTC-12) Notification of acceptance Monday September 11th, 2023 at 11:59PM AoE (UTC-12) Student Travel Grants The purpose of this program is to encourage graduate student participation at the conference by funding the travel cost for students who would otherwise be unable to attend. Eligibility: Applicants to this grant must be a student at the time of physically attending IMC 2023 to qualify. Selection criteria: The student statement/letter and advisor letter(s) weigh strongly in selecting students for an IMC travel grant. Generally, travel grants are awarded to PhD students pursuing research in areas of interest to IMC. We rarely consider master students and do not consider postdocs. Prioritization order: 1. Students from under-represented groups or institutions. Additionally, grants are spread across institutions, and the historical tendency is to not award more than one travel grant per institution. 2. Students who are authors of rejected IMC papers. 3. Students who have not received a prior IMC travel grant. 4. Students who are authors of accepted IMC posters. 5. Students in early stages of their Ph.D. studies without alternate means of support 6. Students who are co-authors of accepted papers and will not be speaking at the conference. The factors above represent our rough prioritization. We also take into account extenuating circumstances that are discussed in statements and letters. In addition to this, we prioritize equal representation and diversity. Funding level: The expectation is that a student travel grant will significantly offset air fare, shared hotel accommodation, and registration. It may not fully cover these expenses, however, since our desire is to maximize participation by students. Thus, we strongly encourage students to seek alternative top-up funding. Note, we are working with ACM towards waiving the registration fees for travel grant recipients. While that is in progress, we ask that applicants include the registration fee from 2022 as an approximate cost in their planning. Note for presenting student authors: We generally expect presenting authors to be sponsored by their institution, and will generally not consider student authors for travel grants. If, however, you would struggle to attend IMC without a travel grant because your institution cannot sponsor your travel, please have your advisor provide details in their letter. How to Apply Your application must include the following and must be based on the following template<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZGAfwzSwzsGrDnJ8ZxAfd8uJTgq1fS2hyvA4hZ…>: * A resume with complete contact information and correct email address. * A short personal statement (no more than 250 words) that includes the following: * information that the applicant feels is relevant to support their case, e.g., why the conference attendance is important to the applicant's research and career development. * estimated expenses for attending the conference (total, and breakdown by conference registration, travel, and lodging). * If you will be unable to attend IMC without a travel grant, please explain why this is the case. * A letter (max. 1 page) from your advisor (or a faculty contact if you do not have an advisor), which should: * Confirm the applicant's good standing in the institution; * Explain why the applicant would benefit from attending IMC as well as how they could contribute to the conference; and * Explain the current funding status and why the applicant is in need of the travel grant as well as commit to supplement the travel award (to cover remaining costs) to enable attendance. * Submit your application using the template<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZGAfwzSwzsGrDnJ8ZxAfd8uJTgq1fS2hyvA4hZ…> including your CV and Reference Letter as a single PDF file at https://imc2023-travel-grants.hotcrp.com<https://imc2023-travel-grants.hotcrp.com/>. Additional Information Please pay attention to the following details about the travel grant application and reimbursement process: * Tell us if you are a student at a US institution (so we can determine which travel grants budget to use). * There is no strict upper or lower bound for the travel grants, however, travel grants will typically be capped at $1500 USD. * Please provide complete contact information. We will need to have your current mailing address. Please take into account any address changes you may have near the time of the stipend deadline, for example due to school breaks. You will be notified via email, so make sure your email address is correct on your application. * In order to obtain reimbursement, you must provide IMC with your original receipts for airfare and hotel expenses. * We do expect you to prefer affordable accommodation over more expensive options. * Note to those awarded a travel grant: The reimbursement process can take in the order of several months so please be patient! * The decision on student travel grants is made by the IMC Student Travel Grant Committee; all decisions are final. * Grant applicants should ensure that they have the proper travel documents (i.e., a visa) to travel to and enter Canada, and to return to their home institution after the conference. Contacts Please contact the travel grant chairs for any question or comment: Gautam Akiwate<mailto:gakiwate@cs.stanford.edu> (Stanford University) Alberto Dainotti<mailto:dainotti@gatech.edu> (Georgia Tech). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Gritty 5K at #AoIR2023
by Zimmer, Michael 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

To all #AoIRunners attending #AoIR2023 in Philadelphia: The Gritty 5K is Saturday Oct 21 at 8:30am. Start is about 30 minutes away from the conference hotel via the orange line. While the conference program isn’t live yet, I’m hoping some of us can fit this race into our weekend! https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Philadelphia/Gritty5K ~ Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society Associate Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/> Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/michael-zimmer

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