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CFP // The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter
by Deen Freelon 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

* The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter Conference details Sunday, October 22, 2023 (the day after AOIR ends) Annenberg Public Policy Center 202 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 8:30am - 4:30pm ** *Organizing committee* * Deen Freelon, University of Pennsylvania Josephine Lukito, University of Texas at Austin Bree McEwan, University of Toronto Mississauga Josh Pasek, University of Michigan * If you use social media data in your research, you’re going to want to listen up, because we’ve reached a crisis point. Digital data access has survived in an uncomfortable and unpredictable flux for years, but the most recent wave of policy changes may well be existential. Consider the following developments from the past 12 months: * Elon Musk has eliminated free access to Twitter’s API, and the only academically useful paid tiers far exceed most researchers’ budgets. <https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/30/23662832/twitter-api-tiers-free-bot-nove…> * Musk has also demanded that Decahose users delete all Twitter data acquired under previous agreements <https://inews.co.uk/news/twitter-researchers-delete-data-unless-pay-2364535>–whether this demand will be extended to Academic API users is currently unknown. * Reddit has denied access to its API for Pushshift <https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/134tjpe/reddit_data_api_update_ch…>, a popular service used by researchers to collect Reddit data. Popular Reddit app Apollo is facing API charges of $1.7M per month <https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_…>to continue operating. * TikTok released a new API for researchers, which among other things requires them “to regularly refresh TikTok Research API Data at least every fifteen (15) days, and delete data that is not available from the TikTok Research API at the time of each refresh." <https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/terms-of-service-research-api/en> * Crowdtangle, Meta’s researcher tool for acquiring data from Facebook and Instagram, still exists as of this writing. But rumors of its imminent demise have been reported in multiple <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-23/meta-pulls-support-for-t…>reputable <https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180357/meta-crowdtangle-shut-down-face…>outlets <https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-08-16/facebook-crowdtangle-meta-di…>. If your research pipeline has been caught in the crossfire of these and similar developments, this one-day Post-API Conferenceis for you. We’re looking to convene some of the brightest minds working on these issues across disciplines to help identify the most viable solutions and alternatives. To encourage informal conversation between participants, the conference will adopt a nontraditional structure. Participants will be organized into four informal plenary panels–two in the morning and two in the afternoon–each of which will begin with a series of four 5-minute lightning talks. However, most of the time will be spent in large-scale moderated discussions between participants and panelists. Each of the four panels will focus on one of the following topics: * Gaps.What tools/software/workflows/perspectives are missing from our research toolkits? How can we stay nimble and responsive to a constantly changing data ecosystem? * Education.What tools/software/workflows/perspectives have you developed or used that you’d like to showcase? What broad types of education do people in this area need (e.g. does everyone need to learn to code)? * Storage and access.How can we overcome challenges in post-acquisition data storage and access, especially across institutions? * Ethics.What ethical considerations should we bear in mind as we plow forward? Would it be worth the effort to create a broad, interdisciplinary ethical framework? Submission Information Applicants interested in giving a lightning talk should submit a memo (no more than 1 page single spaced) describing their topic. We encourage participants to think broadly here: for example, you could discuss a project that failed because you could not gather the data, impending concerns about studying a particular platform, concerns regarding non-traditional data collection methods, or new data collection software you developed. In your proposal, please indicate which panel you feel best fits your talk. You may also apply to attend the conference without submitting a lightning talk proposal, but preference will be given to those who submit proposals. Submissions are due by Monday,July 17, 2023 at midnight Pacific Daylight Time/PDT (UTC -700). Please submit your proposal in MS Word or PDF format by clicking the following link: Post-API conference submission form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvztMyqjUUMFrTQEyIOJyLwCM6zL9Yc3m…> Author teams for which multiple authors wish to attend the conference should designate one team member to submit their proposal.Every individual who wishes to attend must submit their own separate application. Please send any questions to post.api.conf(a)gmail.com <mailto:post.api.conf@gmail.com>. Travel Funding We are currently working on obtaining need-based travel funding for graduate students, non-tenure track faculty, and independent researchers. If you are interested in being considered for funding, please complete the relevant section of the application. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a lack of institutional funds (e.g. via a link to your department’s travel policy or a letter from your chair, dean, or relevant administrative staff confirming your lack of travel funds). Stable link to CFP: https://tinyurl.com/post-api-conf-cfp *Stable link to submission form: https://tinyurl.com/post-api-conf-submit -- Deen Freelon, Ph.D. Associate Professor | Hussman School of Journalism and Media Principal Researcher | Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://dfreelon.org | @dfreelon <https://twitter.com/dfreelon> | https://github.com/dfreelon | https://citap.unc.edu/ Schedule an appointment with me <https://doodle.com/bp/deenfreelon/book-a-time>

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CfP: When was the "Smart Border"? Tracing Critical Histories of Media Technological Border and Migration Control
by Seuferling,P 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Papers When was the “Smart Border”? Tracing Critical Histories of Media Technological Border and Migration Control Location: TU Dresden, Germany, hosted by the Chair of Digital Cultures Date: 15–17 November 2023 Format: in-person presentations Submission deadline: 14 July 2023 Conference website: https://smartborderconference.com/ Confirmed keynote speaker: Dr Iván Chaar-López<https://www.ivanchaar.net/>, University of Texas Austin The conference is organized in collaboration between the Chair of Digital Cultures at TU Dresden, Germany, and the Department of Media and Communications at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. The event is funded by the Internationalization Strategy of TU Dresden and the LSE Global Research Fund. Organizing team: Dr Michelle Pfeifer (TU Dresden): michelle.pfeifer1(a)tu-dresden.de<mailto:michelle.pfeifer1@tu-dresden.de> Dr Philipp Seuferling (LSE): p.seuferling(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:p.seuferling@lse.ac.uk> The buzzword “smart borders” commonly captures the widespread digitalization and automation of migration control and the expansion of racial capitalist security regimes by technological means. Yet, the term describes only the most recent instance of media technologies constituting and enabling state bordering. While states around the world rely on and invest in ever newer “smart” technologies to control migration, these developments stand in longer historical continuities, not least hailing from projects of mobility and population control of colonialism, racism, eugenics, or carceral regimes (Chaar-López, 2019; Weitzberg, 2020; Pfeifer, 2021; Leurs & Seuferling, 2022; Tazzioli, 2023). This conference aims to address the international research field on temporalities and histories of smart borders, to trace genealogies and longue durées of media, communication, and information technologies in the control of borders and migration. Such histories can be traced on different levels: materialities of media technologies, uses and practices around them, struggles against bordering tactics and technologies, as well as socio-technical imaginaries of what these technologies can and cannot do – all of which are characterized by continuities and change. While media shape borders across time, media technologies are also shaped by and emerge from projects of bordering. In this sense, borders can be better understood by attending to their media, and vice versa, media histories more generally can be explored at the border – a “technological testing ground” (Molnar, 2022) historically and today. Questions guiding the conference are: * How can we understand histories of the “smart border” within histories of media technology and digitalization, as well as within histories of territorialization, biopolitics, racial capitalism, colonialism, and bordered states? * How are technological innovation as well as processes of digitalization and computation historically tested, developed, and trialed in the context of border and migration control? * How has the entanglement of media technologies with borders evolved over time? * How can historical perspectives on smart borders advance critiques of violence and discrimination enacted by smart border regimes today? We explicitly welcome papers that engage with queer, feminist, decolonial, postcolonial, abolitionist, and critical race perspectives on the histories of mediated bordering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Theoretical perspectives on “smart borders” across time * Methodological approaches to historicizing “smart borders” * Histories of digitalization and automation, in contexts of mobility, migration, and border control * Studies of historical empirical contexts of mediated borders * Histories of border and technological regulation, policy-making, and law * The role of risk, uncertainty, and security in genealogies of border and migration control * Genealogies of datafication of people on the move * Histories of biometrics, surveillance, policing, and carcerality * Mediated containment, surveillance, and control of people on the move, mobility, and movement concerning imperatives of digitalization, automation, and artificial intelligence * Histories of struggles against and contestations of “smart border” regimes Submission guidelines: Submissions should include an abstract (300-400 words), as well as a short biographical note (100-150 words). Please use this form: https://forms.office.com/e/fmhfvNQE5T The submission deadline is 14 July 2023. We plan to notify applicants about proposal acceptance by 4 August 2023. Funding will be available to support travel and accommodation of invited speakers. Please note whether you need financial assistance in the submission form.

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CfP: Social media in Higher Education: What’s happening?
by Mark Carrigan 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

*JIME special collection* <https://jime.open.ac.uk/>* - call for papers* The Twitter interface famously prompts users to submit content by asking the question, ‘What’s happening?’. Given the recent turmoil surrounding the platform, it is a timely question to reflect back on itself, and social media more broadly. While the relationship between social media and higher education is far from new, the uncertainty around Twitter’s future, and migration to other platforms such as Mastodon, highlights the precarity of relying on corporate infrastructure to support public scholarship. It is against this background of uncertainty and movement between platforms and infrastructures that we launch a call for submissions to a special collection of the the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) on the topic of social media in higher education. Within this topic, the scope of the call is broad. We welcome papers, particularly empirical submissions, addressing any current issues in relation to the use of social media in Higher Education or other critical aspects of the relationship between social media and the academy. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - The academic social media ecosystem – post-Twitter - The role of algorithms in mediating scholarly communication - Professional practice by academics in the post-Twitter era - Social media and research impact - AI and academic social media - New and under-studied social media platforms in the context of higher education, e.g. Mastodon, TikTok - The use of social media in teaching and learning in higher education - Training and supporting academics for social media beyond Twitter If you have an idea for a paper and would like informal feedback or to verify whether it would be in scope, please do feel free to get in touch with the authors by email at klj33(a)cam.ac.uk (Katy). Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the JIME guidelines for submissions <https://jime.open.ac.uk/about/submissions#author-guidelines>. Note that submissions should be no more than 7,500 words in length, including all referencing and citations. To be considered for the special collection, full papers must be submitted by 4th September 2023.Submissions can be made through the JIME website at https://account.jime.open.ac.uk/index.php/up-j-jime/login . Please indicate that your paper is to be considered for the Special Collection when submitting. Please note that we may also ask submitting authors to act as a reviewer for one other submission. *Special collection editors: Dr Katy Jordan, University of CambridgeDr Mark Carrigan, University of Manchester* *Deadline for submissions: 4th September 2023 (full papers)Provisional publication date: January 2024* markcarrigan.net <http://www.markcarrigan.net/> | @theplatformuni <http://www.twitter.com/theplatformuni/> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-c-516017123/> | Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflmX41wlvtXPIhy51Wfonw/videos> | Recent publications <https://manchester.padlet.org/j04936mc/jbob1uin0weo43dh> *I occasionally send e-mail outside of normal hours as my preferred way of balancing multiple commitments. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this e-mail until your own working hours have resumed. *

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Call for Workshop Proposals -- 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) -- Deadline: 12 June 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Workshop Proposals Submission The 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) www.bdcat-conference.org<http://www.bdcat-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> CONTEXT & SCOPE The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications, and Technologies (BDCAT) is a premier annual conference series aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications. Previous events were held in London, UK (BDCAT 2014), Limassol, Cyprus (BDCAT 2015), Shanghai, China (BDCAT 2016), Austin, USA (BDCAT 2017), Zurich, Switzerland (BDCAT 2018), Auckland, New Zealand (BDCAT 2019), Leicester, UK (BDCAT 2020), Leicester, UK (BDCAT 2021) and Vancouver, USA (BDCAT 2022). BDCAT 2023 will be held in conjunction with the 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) in Taormina, Messina, Italy. Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposals Due: 12 June 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on quality of the proposal. TOPICS OF INTEREST We encourage workshops on both established research topics to promote newly developed ideas as well as workshops on emerging topics with sufficient body of research being carried out. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1. Scaling Machine Learning and Data Mining - Data Science Models and Approaches - Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning and Best Practices - Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning - Neural Networks, Convolution Neural Networks and Recurrent Neural Networks - Transformer and Natural Language Processing - Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Strategy - Efficient Model Training, Inference and Serving - Distributed, Federated and Parallel Learning Algorithms - Testing, Debugging and Monitoring - Fairness, Interpretability and Explainability - Specialized Hardware for Scaling 2. Scaling Data Infrastructures and Platforms - Scalable Computing Models, Theories and Algorithms - Mapreduce: Hadoop and Spark - Privacy and Security over the Data Life Cycle - Data Search and Information Retrieval Techniques - Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) or ETL Pipelines - In-Memory Systems and Platforms - Performance Evaluation Reports - Storage Systems (including file systems, NoSQL, and RDBMS) - Resource Management Approaches - Data Analytics on Edge Devices - Fault Tolerance and Reliability - Energy-Efficiency and Sustainability - Data Archival and Preservation 3. Scaling Data Applications - Data Applications for Internet of Things, Mobile Applications and Cyber-Physical Systems - Data Applications for Healthcare and Life Science (e.g., Genome Processing) - Data Applications for Physical Science and Engineering - Data Applications for Business and Enterprise Applications - Data Applications for Social Networks - Data Applications for Scientific Case Studies - Data Applications over the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Data Streaming and Batch Applications - Data Trends and Challenges 4. Scaling Data Visualization - Visual Analytics Algorithms and Foundations - Graph and Context Models for Visualization - Analytics Reasoning and Sense-making - Visual Representation and Interaction - Data Transformation and Presentation RESPONSIBILITIES Workshop chair(s) will be responsible for the following: - Setup the submission system of your choice. - Invite TPC members. - Produce a web site and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the BDCAT Workshops chairs. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Edge, Fog, Big Data, Grid, and Cluster Computing community. It should mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must register under the BDCAT 2023 workshop day registration fee or the conference fee. The CfP should make it clear that the registration of at least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate. - Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length, following the main conference format. It is the responsibility of the workshop organizers to ensure that this page limit has been adhered to. Additional pages may be purchased (in some circumstances) subject to approval by the proceedings chair. - Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program. - Select the participants and the format of the workshop. - Advertise the workshop beyond the conference web page. - Assist in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings. - The conference will take place in person and one workshop organizer should attend the conference to take care of the workshop sessions. The BDCAT 2023 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: - Provide a link to the workshop's web site on the main conference site. - Provide logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop. - In conjunction with the organizers, determine the workshop date and time. - Provide copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the BDCAT conference proceedings for the current year. Details and Important Notes 1. If the workshop is too small (i.e., it does not attract enough submissions) the BDCAT 2023 Organizing Committee may decide to merge that workshop with another. We encourage workshop organizers to attract a large community. In extreme situations we may also cancel workshops if there are not enough submissions. 2. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been taken to ensure that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must be reviewed by an international Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. The workshop organizers should also try to observe an acceptance rate that is no higher than 50%. 3. Workshops are not automatically endorsed by ACM and should not use the names of these organizations in their titles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice 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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Call for Workshop Proposals Submission: 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) - Deadline: 12 June 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Workshop Proposals Submission 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) www.ucc-conference.org<http://www.ucc-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> CONTEXT & SCOPE The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing is a premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to utility computing and cloud and edge computing services. This will be the 16th UCC in a successful conference series of community-driven events. Previous events were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 & UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), Dresden, Germany (UCC 2013), London, UK (UCC 2014), Limassol, Cyprus (UCC 2015), Shanghai, China (UCC 2016), Austin, Texas, USA (UCC 2017), Zurich, Switzerland (UCC 2018), and Auckland, New Zealand (UCC 2019), Online (UCC 2020), Leicester, UK/hybrid online (UCC 2021), Vancouver, WA, USA (UCC 2022). Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop proposal by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposals Due: 12 June 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on quality of the proposal. TOPICS OF INTEREST We encourage workshops on both established research topics to promote newly developed ideas as well as workshops on emerging topics with sufficient body of research being carried out. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Applications: Games, Social Networks, Scientific Computing (e-science) and Business - Architectural and Programming models for Cloud-Edge Continuum - Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS) - Autonomic Techniques for the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Cloud-Edge Continuum Business and Legal Implications Beyond Technology - Cloud-Edge Continuum Management: Autonomic, Adaptive, Self-*, SLAs, Performance Models and Monitoring - Cloud-Edge Continuum Middleware, Stacks, Tools, Delivery Networks and Services at All Layers (XaaS) - Cloud-Edge Continuum for Internet of Things, Smart Industries and Smart Cities - Design and Deployment Models for the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Economic Models and Scenarios of Use - Edge Intelligence and Cognitive Computing Continuum - Mobile and Energy-efficient use the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Multi-access Edge Computing / Mobile Edge Computing - Policy Languages and Programming Models, such as Edge-Native and Edge-Enabled Applications - Principles and Theoretical Foundations of Utility Computing, Including Pricing and Service Models - Scalability and Resource Management: Brokering, Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Parallelism and Elasticity - Serverless Computing - Utility-Driven Models and Mechanisms for Cloud Federations - Virtualization Technologies and Other Enablers RESPONSIBILITIES Workshop chair(s) will be responsible for the following: - Setup the submission system of your choice. - Invite TPC members. - Produce a web site and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the UCC Workshops chairs. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Edge, Fog, Big Data, Grid, and Cluster Computing community. It should mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must register under the UCC 2023 workshop day registration fee or the conference fee. The CfP should make it clear that the registration of at least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate. - Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length, following the main conference format. It is the responsibility of the workshop organizers to ensure that this page limit has been adhered to. Additional pages may be purchased (in some circumstances) subject to approval by the proceedings chair. - Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program. - Select the participants and the format of the workshop. - Advertise the workshop beyond the conference web page. - Assist in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings. - The conference will take place in person and one workshop organizer should attend the conference to take care of the workshop sessions. The UCC 2023 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: - Provide a link to the workshop's web site on the main conference site. - Provide logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop. - In conjunction with the organizers, determine the workshop date and time. - Provide copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the UCC conference proceedings for the current year. Details and Important Notes 1. If the workshop is too small (i.e., it does not attract enough submissions) the UCC 2023 Organizing Committee may decide to merge that workshop with another. We encourage workshop organizers to attract a large community. In extreme situations we may also cancel workshops if there are not enough submissions. 2. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been taken to ensure that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must be reviewed by an international Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. The workshop organizers should also try to observe an acceptance rate that is no higher than 50%. 3. Workshops are not automatically endorsed by ACM and should not use the names of these organizations in their titles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice 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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The Synthetic City: Extended Deadline and Keynote Speakers
by Scott Rodgers 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

We have two important announcements for the forthcoming conference ‘The Synthetic City: Potential, Politics and Everyday Life<https://syntheticcity2023.wordpress.com/>’, to be held 6-7 September 2023 at Dublin City University, Ireland, hosted by the ECREA Media, Cities and Space Section<https://mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/>. First, we are extending our submission deadline to 12 June 2023 (by midnight anywhere in world). That’s more time to craft your proposals for individual papers, practice-based interventions, and paper or panel sessions! Read the revised call for more details<https://syntheticcity2023.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/>. Second, we are very pleased to announce two fantastic keynote speakers for the conference: Aphra Kerr and Alison Powell. Their details are below, and available at the conference website<https://syntheticcity2023.wordpress.com/keynotes/>. Aphra Kerr Dr Aphra Kerr is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University, Ireland. She is a co-PI and science lead within the Transparent Digital Governance strand at the Science Foundation Ireland funded ADAPT Centre for AI and Digital Content Technology, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary national research centre (2021-2026). She is also PI on two collaborative projects with Dublin City Council and Smart Dublin (2022-2024) which focus on novel applications of digital technologies, including digital twins, in the public sector and for civic engagement. In addition, she is co-PI on the YouGamSI project (2022-2024) which examines gambling marketing on the island of Ireland funded by the HEA North South research programme. Her current research focuses on the design, governance and social impacts of AI across media, games and everyday smart technologies. Her books include Global Games: Production, Circulation and Policy in the Networked Age, Routledge, 2017, and she was associate editor of The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. In 2021 she was invited into the Academy of Europe on the Film, Media and Visual Studies panel. In 2016 she received a Distinguished Scholar award from the international Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). She was awarded a PhD in Communication Studies (DCU, 2000). For more see Maynooth University work website<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.maynoothuniversity.…>, LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-aphra-kerr-74b630/> or Twitter @aphrak<https://twitter.com/AphraK>. Alison Powell Dr Alison Powell is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She researches how people’s values influence the way technology is built, and how technological systems in turn change the way we work and live together. Dr Powell’s book Undoing Optimization: Civic Action and Smart Cities (Yale University Press) argues that ‘techno-systemic frames’ of urban smartness shape not only commercial and government interventions but also configure citizen responses. In big data optimised cities, citizenship performs to techno-systemic norms. The book provides a historically grounded critique of smart-city optimisation, while outlining the roots of some new ethics and practices that might transform it. Dr. Powell’s other research includes a project on explanation as governance in complex systems, another on the concept of ‘repairable AI’, and acting as Director of JUST AI, a humanities-led network inviting new ways of thinking about data and AI ethics, supported by the AHRC and in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute. For more see LSE work website<https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/alison…> or Twitter @a_b_powell<https://twitter.com/a_b_powell>.

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Survey On How Non-U.S. Students Learn About The U.S.
by Cristina Migliaccio 31 May '23

31 May '23

Dear *Non-U.S. Educated Colleagues*: If you could take a minute to fill out the survey below *before June 7th*, it would greatly assist my lovely niece in her important research! Warmly, Cristina Migliaccio, CUNY Medgar Evers College Hello, My name is Lucy Mahoney and I am a junior at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. My friend Mackenzie and I are working on our final project for our AP US History class. We are going to be comparing how other countries learned about the United States in their schools vs how we learned about it in ours. If you could take 5 minutes to fill out the attached form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSzqW2hORuhPodWlaj9TvAHpYVxsq0niO…>, that would be amazing. Thank you so much for your time and help with our project! Thank you, Lucy Mahoney The United States in Non-US Curriculum <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSzqW2hORuhPodWlaj9TvAHpYVxsq0niO…>

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Join meeting of an international network of researchers
by Janet Salmons 31 May '23

31 May '23

Bringing Ethics into Policy-Making. Register: https://bit.ly/3YhgYeA In times of crisis, policy-makers urgently need advice from researchers. Can such advice take ethical values into consideration? PREPARED is an international network of researchers, funders, policymakers, NGOs, citizens and publishers. (See https://prepared-project.eu/) Join the PREPARED team live at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris when Sage Methodspace Zooms in. We'll be a part of the meeting where colleagues from around the world consider how researchers can influence policy and bring an ethics dimension to the table. There is a seat for you at the table, join this important discussion! Register here: https://bit.ly/3YhgYeA See you online, Janet Janet Salmons, PhD (She/her/hers) Research Community Manager, SAGE MethodSpace www.methodspace.com

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[Deadline Extended] IEEE ICT-DM 2023, Cosenza, Italy - Sept. 13-15, 2023
by Jui-Yi Tsai 31 May '23

31 May '23

[Our apologies for multiple copies of this email] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM) - Cosenza, Italy, 13-15 September 2023 https://ict-dm2023.inria.fr/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Track 4: Crowdsourcing and social media for disaster & crisis management https://ict-dm2023.inria.fr/tracks/four.html Scope: Natural disasters like flooding and earthquakes, as well as terrorism attacks and industrial disasters, should be dealt with in a fast and effective manner. In such scenarios, first responders, news agencies and the victims are used to exploit social media as a first “communication channel” to disseminate situational information in a reliable way, reaching a huge pool of users. Similarly, crowdsourcing applications engage user communities in emergency response and disaster management for natural hazards. However, some drawbacks may occur in such social tools, thus limiting authorities and disaster management stakeholders to use social media data to make decisions. As an instance, social media crowdsourcing data should be georeferenced to improve situational awareness, and the positioning error should be very low. In addition, social media data should be merged with other external data sources and authoritative data to establish geographic relationships between the disaster event and social media messages. Also, the dissemination of a message should occur between trusted and reliable nodes, in order to be sure the disseminated information is secure. As a solution, the main goal is to handle a set of learning materials such as methods, tools and guidelines on the use of social media and crowdsourcing in disasters in an effective manner, especially for what concerns security and trustworthiness of data information. So, this track wants to stimulate the scientific community to propose new technical studies that may address different topics such as: - Secure and reliable communications in social media and crowdsourcing for disaster & crisis management - Opportunistic data dissemination in social media and crowdsourcing tools - Network architectures for social media and crowdsourcing - Machine learning techniques in social media and crowdsourcing for disaster & crisis management - Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, and wireless power transfer for social IoTs in disaster and crisis - Fog/edge computing and social IoT convergent services, systems, infrastructure, and techniques for disaster and crisis management - Agile, intelligent, and resilient aerial (swarm) social-inspired communications and control in disaster crisis - Localization and positioning with social IoT in disaster/crisis areas - Social-aware self-organizing network optimization for efficient crowdsourcing in mobile social networks - Security, privacy, and trust in social IoT-assisted disaster/crisis management systems - Disaster/crisis data aggregation, dissemination, collection, and mining via crowdsourcing and social media in multi-hop heterogeneous networks - Crowdsourcing, gamification, and social media incentivization for natural hazard prevention, mitigation, and management - Real-time query processing, data fusion, and event summarization for multi-source disaster data and social media - Big data analysis, AI and machine/deep learning models with Age of Information (AoI) in crowdsourcing and social media analysis - Innovative crowdsourcing applications and social network services for disaster and crisis management Track Chair Anna Maria Vegni, University of Roma Tre, Italy De-Nian Yang, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Important dates Full/short paper submission: June 7, 2023 (extended) Acceptance notification: July 23, 2023 Camera ready: August 20, 2023

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Canadian Game Studies Association 2023 Conference (June 6-9) Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. The conference theme is “Sustainable Action/Sustaining Action"
by Gerald Voorhees 31 May '23

31 May '23

Dear Colleagues, The fully online annual conference <https://gamestudies.ca/cgsa-acej-2023-sustainable-action-sustaining-action/>of the Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. The conference theme is “Sustainable Action/Sustaining Action,” which both expresses CGSA’s continued commitment to anti-racism and decolonization and signals our concern for the ecological impact of games and academic conferencing. Recorded paper presentations can be accessed now and between June 6-9 there are live discussion panels with paper authors, workshops, and special events including keynotes by *Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin* (Université du Québec à Montréal) on *“What Ecofeminism and Decolonial Studies Have to Teach Us About Raising Ecological Awareness Though Games,”* and *Alenda Y. Chang* (University of California, Santa Barbara) on sustainably developed games “*Animal, Digital, Vegetable, Mineral: An Unsustainable Guessing Game*.” In all, the conference features 80+ papers, lectures, and workshops from critical, humanities, and social-science approaches (see the online program <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zMX48z2bSML8PfAzBPjGs7VWeFhfCmPFM3N…> for more information and details about workshops, play sessions, and special events). To attend the live panels and gain access to recorded paper presentations, you will need to register for the conference here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cgsaacej-2023-conference-tickets-423673808767>. Note that you can either become a CGSA member and register for the conference at a discount rate or purchase a non-member conference registration. Black and/or Indigenous students who are members of CGSA can register for the conference for free. We hope you’ll join us for an amazing online conference! ------------------------------ Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. (he/him) President, Canadian Game Studies Association Associate Professor Department of Communication Arts University of Waterloo 257A ML, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1 ------------------------------ *I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River. *

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