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Speculative Theory Summer School, Naples, Italy June 15-17.
by Adam Arvidsson 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Speculating at the End (?) of Times Summer school on the future of politics and technology Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II June 15-17, 2023 This summer school invites PhD students and Junior Scholars for three days of reflection and discussion on future visions of politics, technology and their intersection. The general mood in the early 21st Century is that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of our current socio-economic conditions (or, as the original quote went, ‘the end of Capitalism’). Yet we will have to do precisely that, since things are starting to change very quickly at the level of climate change , technological development as well as political and economic transformations, while our theoretical and political imaginaries are struggling to keep the pace. The purpose of this summer school is to begin to think about social theory tools for comprehending the possible direction of these changes. The summer school consists of one day of keynotes and public panels (June 15) and one and a half day of round table discussion of position papers that have been submitted by participants. We have space for ten papers (call for papers on the website below). People who wish to participate as auditors (without submitting a paper) are advised to email an expression of interest to [1]speculativesummerschool23(a)gmail.com by April 30. Acceptance will be communicated by May 10. Thanks to our generous sponsors, the summer school if free of charge. Website with program, detailed info and call for papers [2]here Adam Arvidsson Professore di Sociologia Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali Università di Napoli, Federico II Vico Monte della Pietà 1 801 38 Napoli Tel 081-2535899 From: [3]Sophie H Bishop via Air-L Sent: 09 March 2023 17:21 To: [4]air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Registration for Algorithms for Her? Conference in Sheffield UK Hi everyone I hope you are doing well! We still have a few spaces to register *in person *for *Algorithms for Her? 2 *- a hybrid conference taking place at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield on the 23rd and 24th of March 2022. Our Keynotes are Tiara Roxanne <https://www.tiararoxanne.com/about.html> and Professor Ros Gill <https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/ros-gill>- and we have a wide range of absolutely amazing presentations from many different disciplines and geographies. *Algorithms for her?* is a conference prioritising the study of intersectional forms of injustice that algorithms (and the systems in which they are embedded) often propagate and sustain. Given the significance of such processes in our daily lives, and how they disproportionately affect those marginalised across intersections of gender, sexuality, class and race, this event will create a dedicated space for the discussion of algorithmic oppression and inequality. We are lucky to have received support from the BRISTT cluster at the University of Sheffield, The University of Sheffield Digital Society Network and a Meta Seed Grant. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorithms-for-her-2-tickets-53378522497 7 Password: AFH2 Please sign up to be sent the link for the livestreamed programme here: https://algorithmsforher.wordpress.com/livestreaming/ We hope to see you there! Best wishes Sophie Bishop on behalf of the Algorithms For Her? Organising Committee -- Dr Sophie Bishop (she/her) Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries [image: SUMS logo for staff emails] Sheffield University Management School Conduit Road Sheffield S10 1FL [image: Triple Crown accreditation] Our Triple Crown accreditation places us within the global elite of business schools. It is an endorsement of the quality of our teaching, research, and links with industry. World top-100 university <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/rankings> | Top northern university for graduate prospects <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-top-north-employable-gra duates-1.738658> | Top five in the UK for student experience <https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-s urvey-2018-results> _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. mailto:speculativesummerschool23@gmail.com 2. https://dariomazzocco0.wixsite.com/my-site 3. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS: 19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2023), June 19-21, 2023, Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS 19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2023) Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus June 19-21, 2023 https://dcoss.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DCOSS-IoT 2023 will feature 13 thematic Workshops, addressing recent trends and special topics in relevant research and technology. The accepted papers of all Workshops will be included in full text in IEEE Proceedings, available at IEEE Xplore. For the full details and individual dates, please refer to www.dcoss.org<http://www.dcoss.org>. Wi-DroIT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensors and Drones in Internet of Things) IoTI5 2023 (5th International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 5.0) SmaCE 2023 (5th IEEE International Workshop on Workshop on Smart Circular Economy) REFRESH 2023 (4th International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks) ISIoT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things) UrbCom 2023 (5th International Workshop on Urban Computing) C19STDC 2023 (2nd IEEE International Workshop on Novel Methods to Study COVID-19 Using Sensor Technology and Distributed Computing) WCNEE 2023 (7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments) LS-NoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Long and Short Range Wireless Technologies Applied to IoT for Networks of Tomorrow) Un-IoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Unconventional IoT Applications) SecRIoT 2023 (4th International Workshop on Security and Reliability of IoT) NEXCOM 2023 (1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Technologies for Wireless Networks) DISCOLI 2023 (2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collective Intelligence) Workshop Chairs: Enrico Natalizio (University of Lorraine, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wi-DroIT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensors and Drones in Internet of Things) Recently, the rapid development of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has highlighted a plethora of emergent applications such as infrastructure inspection and surveillance, smart agriculture, seek and rescue, parcel delivery, communications, and post-disaster recovery. In all these applications UAVs may coexist with ground Internet of Things (IoT) devices. For example, UAVs autonomously perform remote sensing relaying the collected data by the sensors. Additionally, one or more UAVs can collaborate to provide services that require efficient protocols where multiple objectives and constraints need to be considered. For this workshop, we seek papers that combine the design of algorithms and testbed implementations to develop the theoretical foundations for UAVs as well as the synergies with IoT devices. The numerous emergent applications raised by IoT may require an interdisciplinary approach involving techniques from algorithm foundations and different areas, such as computer networks, artificial intelligence, concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing, security, digital signal, image, and sound processing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IoTI5 2023 (5th International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 5.0) It is evident that IoT is entering multiple fields of everyday life. The proliferation of IoT devices as well as the numerous use cases reveal the very promising potentials of IoT in revolutionizing several aspects of common activities as well as business processes. The vision of interconnecting billions of devices in a holistic network, where machines communicate along with traditional human communications is now being realized, towards the formation of the Internet of Everything (as called by Cisco). The workshop focuses on Industrial Internet of Things systems and applications, which represent the highest value segment of the IoT market. The heavy research endeavors of last years have provided efficient solutions and enhanced technologies that enable the creation of such a network, overcoming several challenges stemming from the special attributes of device-to-device communications, embedded devices, and big data management. The new challenge is to identify efficient ways of integrating IoT technologies in contemporary applications exploiting the potentials of real-time monitoring, interactive control, self-management, and data analytics towards "smart" behavior and enhanced performance. The main scope of the "IoT Applications and Industry 5.0" (IoTI5) workshop is to identify and promote new techniques for the realization of promising IoT applications in various areas, including Industry 5.0 scenarios. The workshop is also supported by the EU Horizon projects: ELECTRON, TALON, AI4CYBER, and DYNABIC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmaCE 2023 (5th IEEE International Workshop on Workshop on Smart Circular Economy) Circular Economy is a paradigm for sustainable growth that envisions the transformation of how modern societies design, produce and consume goods and services towards a regenerative economic cycle. Future and emerging technologies, such as 5G and 6G networks, Distributed Ledger Technologies, and crowdsourcing systems, along with innovative models and paradigms, such as the Internet of Things, Industry 5.0, and community networks, will play an important role in the transition to Circular Economy. The development of relevant international standards and policy-making initiatives, such as the European Green Deal, will also facilitate the transition. Smart Circular Economy is an international workshop focusing on the role of ICT as an enabler for Circular Economy. This workshop brings together scientists, researchers, as well as relevant stakeholders from the industry and local communities to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research lying in the intersection of ICT and Circular Economy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFRESH 2023 (4th International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks) The economic and societal potential of emerging 5G/6G and cyber-physical social systems is vastly greater than what has been realized so far, and major investments are being made worldwide to develop the corresponding science and technology. The Future Internet paradigm, the proliferation of emerging networks and architectures, wireless access technologies and multi-homing smart devices are evolving towards a competitive environment, where users and devices have access to various resources, while their behaviors become strongly interdependent. This fact demands and motivates the development of user-centric resource management and optimization frameworks, which enable user's self-optimization and autonomy. This vision is further motivated and supported by the convergence of various emerging technologies enabling Cyber-Physical Systems operation, including 5G/B5G/6G technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Edge Computing and Software Defined Networking, all targeting flexibility and efficiency. To deal with the involved complexity, and driven by the requirements of autonomy and scalability, distributed resource orchestration approaches appear as a necessity rather than a desire. The REFRESH Workshop aims at to stimulate research on the most novel topics of real-life modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond. This year's edition encourages submission of theoretical and experimental work (including studies of real deployment), with a primary interest in new directions of wireless networking in concrete application scenarios and demonstrators in areas such as, but not limited to: mobile edge computing, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, public safety networks, dynamic spectrum utilization, smart grid communications, wireless power communication, green wireless networks, information-centric wireless networks. The workshop seeks original work presented in the form of research papers describing new research and development approaches and results, as well as work-in-progress papers. Highly disruptive work-in-progress and position papers are also welcome, provided they focus on particularly innovative solutions or applications for 5G/6G networks and beyond. All papers shall be forward-looking, describe their relationship to existing work, and shall argue their impact and implications for ongoing or future research. Selected workshop papers will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue and/or Special Sections of international peer-reviewed journals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISIoT 2023 (5th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things) The Internet of Things is a paradigm that assumes a pervasive presence in the environment of many smart things, including sensors, actuators, embedded systems and other similar devices. The development of IoT, however, has reached a crossroads, which means that without intelligence, an IoT system will act as an ordinary information transfer system. Emerging IoT applications in various fields, including smart city, smart home, smart grid, e-health, intelligent transportation systems, etc., require trustworthy networking solutions that are resilient against high mobility, high density, disasters, infrastructure failures, cyberattacks, and other disruptions. This interdisciplinary landscape of IoT applications demands researchers from different areas such as machine learning, computational intelligence, optimization, distributed computing, embedded systems, and big data to synergize their efforts in better understanding the untapped opportunities to produce highly efficient, deployable, intelligent IoT systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UrbCom 2023 (5th International Workshop on Urban Computing) It is undeniable that the cities' urbanization has modernized people's lives, bringing several benefits to the population. However, it has also brought serious challenges such as public management of collective spaces, air pollution, traffic congestion, energy consumption, and quality of life. In this context, Urban Computing emerges as a process of acquisition, integration, and analysis of a large volume of heterogeneous data generated from different sources in urban spaces, such as portable devices, sensors, vehicles, humans, among others. Urban Computing is an interdisciplinary area that connects information and communication technology, advanced management of large volumes of data, and diverse data analysis methods to propose solutions to problems faced by cities. In addition, Urban Computing seeks to understand the nature of urban and social phenomena to better plan the future of cities and improve their inhabitants' quality of life. UrbCom aims to create a space for: (1) presentation and discussion of studies in the area of Urban Computing; (2) collaboration between researchers from different areas that, given the interdisciplinary nature, is not limited to Computer Science. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C19STDC 2023 (2nd IEEE International Workshop on Novel Methods to Study COVID-19 Using Sensor Technology and Distributed Computing) This workshop will cover a number of aspects related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics of interest for C19:ST&DC include several novel methods used for COVID-19 detection using deep learning and distributed computing methods. Distributed computing has accelerated COVID-19 research in molecular dynamics as it allows people around the world to make their computers available to researchers for effective virtual screening of chemical compounds. Distributed computing encourages international collaboration and enables access to richer datasets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCNEE 2023 (7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments) Wireless communications and networking in extreme environments such as underwater, underground, rural areas, intra-body, in flight and in space have been attracting growing interest from both academia and industry in an effort to conquer the last frontier for wireless technologies. In recent years, underwater wireless networks have attracted significant attention for military and commercial applications including oceanographic data collection, disaster prevention, tactical surveillance, offshore exploration, and pollution monitoring. Unmanned aerial systems that are autonomously networked can assist humans in extreme or difficult-to-reach environments as well as provide cost-effective wireless connectivity for devices without infrastructure coverage. Underground wireless networks could enable applications such as precision agriculture, pipeline fault diagnosis, mine disaster rescue, concealed border patrol, and crude oil exploration, among others. Wireless networked systems of intra-body sensors and actuators could play a key role on real-time monitoring and medical treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes, as well as enable automated drug administration and targeted drug delivery. Satellite (mega-)constellations could improve communications and ongoing monitoring of Earth phenomena ranging from weather and climate to disaster management. Rural areas remain underserved by increasingly core societal applications. Despite the obvious differences, underwater, aerial, underground, intra-body, rural and space wireless networks share common core research challenges that arise from the harsh nature of the propagation medium (fading, absorption, scattering, multipath) and the inaccessible nature of the environment. As a result, conventional communication and networking techniques do not "scale up" in extreme communication environments mainly due to the excessive propagation losses of traditional wireless technologies and the financial limitations of operating far from "grids". The goal of the WCNEE workshop, now in its 6th edition, is to bring together academic researchers and industrial players to share their research findings and technical contributions, from the physical all the way to the application layer in realizing underwater, aerial, underground, intra-body, rural and space wireless communication networks with a focus on bridging the gaps between theory, algorithms, prototypes, testbeds, demonstration and production networks. WCNEE will also facilitate discussions about modeling and characterizing propagation and wireless network performance in such diverse environments based on real-world data measurements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LS-NoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Long and Short Range Wireless Technologies Applied to IoT for Networks of Tomorrow) The popularity of the IoT has grown over the last decade thanks to its numerous applications and the evolution of micro electronics. Moreover, with this evolution, the price of IoT components decreased during the last decade, which made them more accessible and eased their integration in specific areas. This leads to pioneer IoT applications opening an exciting path to the world of tomorrow. From these domains, we can note : Satellite communications (satellite-to-satellite, satellite-to-earth, earth-to-satellite), Wide range communication in white areas, Vehicular communications (vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infrastructure-to-vehicle), Fog and Edge computing, etc. just to name a few. These new domains in IoT bring challenges and opportunities in terms of communication, whether in long or short range, that the actual wireless technologies need to tackle. For these reasons, this new workshop aims at finding and promoting new solutions for long and short range IoT applications. Moreover, any recent communication technologies that can be applied to IoT devices have to be investigated and promoted. From these technologies, we can note the next upgrade of the Internet (6G, tactile Internet, etc.), Bluetooth Low Energy, Visible Light Communications (VLC), Magnetic Inductions, Acoustic waves, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Un-IoT 2023 (1st International Workshop on Unconventional IoT Applications) IoT is experiencing a dramatic growth in recent years, leading to different interaction paradigms between people and their environment. In this sense, we can already see many useful application areas like Smart Cities, environmental monitoring, connected logistics, smart digital supply chains, healthcare, smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, and smart power grids. Yet, more unconventional solutions could be devised with the support of IoT-related technologies, for example, to interconnect the real and the virtual worlds of the Metaverse. In Un-IoT, we seek papers that address unconventional IoT uses and applications targeting new target areas that still remain mostly unexplored. This can be achieved by combining techniques and technologies from different research areas, including embedded systems, wireless communications, machine learning/artificial intelligence/deep learning, social science, citizen science, human-computer interaction, etc. Papers are expected to bring forth new ideas, proofs of concept, and fruitful discussions regarding future research directions in this area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SecRIoT 2023 (4th International Workshop on Security and Reliability of IoT) The next years more than 20 billion devices will be interconnected. The Internet of Things provides unparalleled opportunities for the development of new novel services. Currently, most of the new electronic devices are offering from basic to advanced networking capabilities in the context of smart environments. Newer vehicles are partially or completely autonomous, powered by modern microprocessors, hundreds of sensors and Internet enabled services. The same applies to robotic and medical devices and almost every other advanced equipment. Despite the longstanding efforts of the scientific community to secure Internet and Network communications, Operating Systems and Software Applications, only a limited amount of this knowledge has been applied to the IoT ecosystems. Most of the IoT devices, including modern vehicles suffer from numerous and multilayered vulnerabilities. Default, weak or no password authentication for remote connections, unencrypted traffic or obsolete and insecure cryptographic algorithms, outdated, unmanaged and vulnerable software are among the most serious problems of the IoT landscape. Even more alarming is the unregulated manufacturing process of many IoT constructors. Aiming to reduce the cost and minimize the time to market of their products, minimal or none effort is put to secure and support them sufficiently. Worse, there are recorded cases of IoT devices delivered with preinstalled malware that demonstrate total lack of operations security in the supply chain. In contrary to software applications in PCs and mobile devices, the owners are not likely to replace their devices because of security problems. As consequence, these systems remain vulnerable for extended periods. Recent very large-scale DDoS attacks based and executed entirely by IoT Botnets, signify the magnitude of the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXCOM 2023 (1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Technologies for Wireless Networks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCOLI 2023 (2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collective Intelligence) Recent technological and scientific trends are promoting a vision where intelligence is more and more distributed and collective. Indeed, as computing and communication technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive, and complexity of systems is growing in terms of scale, heterogeneity, and interaction, hence the focus tends to shift from the intelligence of individual devices or agents to the collective intelligence (CI) emerging from a dynamic collection of diverse devices. Such intelligence would allow systems to address complex problems through proper coordination (e.g., cooperation or competition), to self-organise to promote functionality under changing environments, and to improve decision-making capabilities. The workshop aims to provide a forum where researchers and practitioners can share and discuss fundamental concepts, models, and techniques for studying and implementing collectively intelligent distributed systems. Accordingly, it welcomes original research work providing ideas and technical contributions for promoting scientific discussion and practical adoption of CI mechanisms in engineered systems. As such, the workshop also welcomes cross-disciplinary contributions (e.g., extracting computational mechanisms from natural systems exhibiting forms of CI) and contributions from related research areas like coordination (the study of interaction), multi-agent systems (MAS), socio-technical systems, organisational paradigms, Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSANs), the Internet of Things (IoT), crowd computing, and swarm robotics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DEMOS AND POSTERS] IEEE WoWMoM 2023, June 12-15, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 31, 2023 (FIRM)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) June 12-15, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, USA CALL FOR DEMOS AND POSTERS https://coe.northeastern.edu/Groups/wowmom2023/call_for_demos.html Submission Due Date: March 31, 2023 (FIRM) Notification Date: April 7, 2023 Camera-ready version: April 15, 2023 Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOPE AND OVERVIEW Welcome to the 24th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks. IEEE WoWMoM 2023 is soliciting original and previously unpublished research works addressing research challenges and advances in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems and applications. Wireless networking technologies are continuously evolving and have become a critical part of modern life, be it for communication services, media distribution, or sensing and actuation services within the Internet of Things (IoT) context. Appropriate resource management, applications design, and architectural networking paradigms are necessary to provide users with high quality experience in multimedia communication and services. Edge computing and data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are becoming essential tools to cope with the increasing diversity of connected devices and the plethora of new data-intensive and latency-sensitive applications requested by end-users. At the same time, the interoperability among IoT environments (including wearable computing and sensors), the network edge, and the cloud are evolving towards an edge-cloud continuum that is expected to support a wide range of application domains and services in a more smooth and efficient manner. In this context, providing rich sets of measurements for characterizing, detecting, and understanding the behavior of such complex systems is of paramount importance. IEEE WoWMoM 2023 takes a broad view and seeks papers describing innovative research contributions to the field of mobile and wireless networking and applications. We solicit papers that present original work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. We also welcome practical experiences and experimental efforts from both industry and academia, duly documenting the lessons learned from testbeds, field trials, or real deployments. You are invited to submit a poster and/or demo related to the following topics of interest: SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST * 5G/ 6G networks for mobile and multimedia services * AI-assisted and data-driven networking in wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Authentication, authorization, accounting for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Behavior-aware human-centric multimedia networks * Communication technologies and services for MTC * Connected vehicles: networking issues and services * Content-centric architectures for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Context-awareness in wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Dependability and survivability issues for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * IoT-edge-cloud continuum for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking and services * Energy efficiency for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) multimedia networks * Internet/Web of Things * Localization, tracking, and mobility management and services * Middleware services for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks * Mobile big data networking and services * Mobile social networks * Modeling, analysis, and performance evaluation of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Network traffic characterization and measurements * Participatory, mobile, and urban sensing * Resource management and QoS/QoE provisioning * Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) enabled multimedia networks * Resource management and QoS/QoE provisioning * Seamless inter-networking and self-organization * Software-Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization, and slicing for wireless and mobile networks * System prototypes, measurements, real-world deployment, and experiences * Trust and privacy issues for wireless, mobile, and multimedia networks * Virtual mobile infrastructure * Wearable Computing * Wireless multimedia systems, services, and applications We particularly encourage the following types of submissions: * Demos of the research related to accepted IEEE WoWMoM papers * Demos and posters from student authors related to their research topics within the IEEE WoWMoM topics of interest * Demos from experts from industry and academia showing the state-of-the-art within IEEE WoWMoM topics of interest * Posters showing results of a work-in-progress paper SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers must be submitted electronically as a PDF file through the conference management system, at: Poster submission: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30201 Demo submission: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30200 Please note: All posters/demos will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. All poster/demo submissions will be handled electronically. Posters/demos that do not comply with the Submission Guidelines will be rejected without review. All posters/demos should be submitted electronically in PDF and be no longer than 3 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Papers exceeding 3 pages will not be accepted. All accepted abstracts will appear in the proceedings. The demos and posters should include the prefix "DEMO:" and "POSTER:" in the title of the submitted paper, respectively. Download manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Poster title must start with "Poster:" and Demo title must start with "Demo:" At least one author of each accepted poster/demo is required to register to the conference and present. Only registered and presented posters/demos will be published in the conference proceedings. Accepted posters/demos will be included in the IEEE WoWMoM 2023 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. Demos must show how the user can interact with the device/concept. IMPORTANT DATES: * Submission Due Date: March 31, 2023 (FIRM) * Notification Date: April 7, 2023 * Camera-ready version: April 15, 2023 * Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2023 POSTER AND DEMO CHAIRS Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA ) Uichin Lee (KAIST, South Korea) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Registration Open For ICA Post-Conference: Novel Directions In Media Innovation And Funding
by Hermida, Alfred 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Friends Registration is now open<http://bit.ly/3mroHt8> and the preliminary program <https://journalisminnovation.ca/2023/02/27/program-conference2023/> is available for the ICA post-conference, Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding. This is a two-day conference bringing together scholars, journalists, and students to analyze the impact of journalism funding and policy in different national contexts, consider innovative and successful funding solutions, and examine the role of digital news start-ups and peripheral actors in reshaping journalism. Key information: * The conference runs from May 29, 6.00 – 8:30 pm and May 30 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, 2023 * The conference will be held at the Gladstone House <https://www.gladstonehouse.ca/> at 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto, which is a short ride by streetcar from the location of ICA 2023 * Queen Street West is a hub of Toronto’s best restaurants, cafés, independent boutiques, street art and galleries * Registration fees<http://bit.ly/3mroHt8>: CAD$75 for academics and professionals, and CAD$25 for students, including evening canapés, breakfast, lunch and snacks * The conference will feature a variety of sessions, including a keynote, research breakfast, and table talks, to foster generative discussions Confirmed speakers include: * Hanan Badr, Universität Salzburg, Austria * Rodney Benson, New York University * Diana Bossio, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia * Hossein Derakhshan, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Terry Flew, University of Sydney, Australia * Rick Harp, MediaIndigena * Aske Kammer, Roskilde University, Denmark * Hadiya Roderique, University of Toronto, Canada * Vinita Srivastava, Executive Producer + Host, Don’t Call Me Resilient, and Senior Editor, Culture and Society, The Conversation Canada * … and more Questions? Get in touch with organizers Mary Lynn Young and Alfred Hermida at journalisminnovationlab(a)gmail.com<mailto:journalisminnovationlab@gmail.com>

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The 5th International Geomedia Conference EXTENDED CPF DL MARCH 31
by Anna Rantasila 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

CFP EXTENDED DL MARCH 31 "Digital Geographies of Hope" The 5th International Geomedia Conference Tampere, Finland, 20-22 September 2023 In the current world of precarity, uncertainty and violence, digital media technologies and datafication have produced complex new forms of spatial and temporal connections, interactions and power dependencies. Digital media technologies are immersing in growing areas of urban environments, everyday practices and experience. Increasingly digital and data driven media technologies are used to surveil, control, track, sensor, and manage everyday life and mobilities. New automated systems, from location tracking to facial recognition and language detection systems, have profoundly shaped migration and border practices. Data driven systems of surveillance and automated decision making have further enforced racialized inequalities, poverty categorizations, discrimination and algorithmic oppression. At the same time, new avenues of hope arise in the everyday connections, intimacy, care and comfort. Digital media, as everyday infrastructure, may operate as a fragile bridge to sociality, imagination and joy, creating pathways to new forms of solidarity, resistance and witnessing. Digital technologies of community building, counter-mapping, artistic interventions and collective imagination explore original technologies to enhance both spatial and data justice. New intersectional and decolonial theorizations of digital geographies, datafication and AI are needed to provide critique as well as imaginations of alternatives to data universalism. The 5th Geomedia conference explores Digital Geographies of Hope. We invite theoretical and empirical approaches to digital geographies. We encourage critical investigations that seek to identify hope and hopeful constellations in the current digitized world - related to imaginations and appropriations of different media in different places and spaces. The term geomedia captures the conjuncture of mediated and spatial dimensions of the social world. The Geomedia conference, in turn, provides an interdisciplinary arena for research carried out at the crossroads of geography,communication, media, film and cultural studies. It also builds bridges to such fields as urban studies, rural studies, regional planning and tourism studies, media anthropology, critical data studies, STS, gender and race and ethnicity research. The theme will be addressed through invited keynote talks, a plenary panel and film screenings. Participants are also encouraged to submit proposals for paper sessions addressing the conference theme. Keynote speakers: The confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Sarah Elwood, (University of Washington), Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana (Western Sydney University) and Professor Payal Arora (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Abstract submissions: Geomedia 2023 welcomes proposals for individual papers as well as thematic panels by March 31 in English through the conference submission system: https://www.lyyti.in/geomedia2023cfp Individual paper proposals: The authors submit abstracts 250-300 words. Accepted papers are grouped by the organizers into sessions of 5 papers each according to the thematic fitting. Thematic panel proposals: The panel chair submits a single pdf document proposal consisting of 4 individual paper abstracts (200-250 words) along with a general panel presentation of 200-250 words . Suggested paper areas include, but are not limited to: * Affect and emotions * Art and event spaces * Cinematic geographies * Cosmopolitanism * Datafication and AI * Decoloniality * Digital activism and spaces of resistance * Digitalized work/labour * Disconnection research * Everyday communication geographies * Epistemologies and methodologies of geomedia * Geographies of media and culture industries * Geographies of news * Geomedia futures * Historical perspectives of geomedia * Home and belonging * Infrastructures of digital media * Lifestyle and tourism mobilities * Locative and spatial media * Material geographies of media * Media ecologies * Mediatization and space * Migration and media * Mobility and governance * Power geometries and mobility capital * Representations of space and place * Solidarity and social justice * Surveillance and spatial control * Urban and rural media spaces Conference timeline December 2022: Submission system opens March 10th 2023: Deadline for thematic panel and individual paper proposals May 12th 2023: Notes of acceptance and registration opens Conference website: https://events.tuni.fi/geomedia2023/ Contact: Geomedia2023(a)tuni.fi<mailto:Geomedia2023@tuni.fi> Organizers and venue: The conference is hosted by the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication at Tampere University, Finland. It is organized in collaboration with the Centre for Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. For the organizers: Kaarina Nikunen, Professor of Media and Communication Research at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication, Tampere University, Finland André Jansson, Professor in the Department of Geography, Media and Communication and Director of the Centre for Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden Cornelia Brantner, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Media and Communication and Coordinator of the Centre for Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden Local organizing committee: Kaarina Nikunen, Asko Lehmuskallio, Anne Soronen, Saara Särmä, Sanna Valtonen and Kaisa Tiusanen Kaarina Nikunen Professor of Media and Communication Research Faculty of Information Technology and Communication 30014 Tampere University Finland kaarina.nikunen(a)tuni.fi<mailto:kaarina.nikunen@tuni.fi> +358-40-1904094 https://www.tuni.fi/fi/kaarina-nikunen Nikunen, K. (2021) Ghosts of White Methods? Challenges of Big Data Research in Exploring Racism in Digital Context. Big Data & Society Oct 7 2021 https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211048964 Andreassen, R., Kaun, A. & Nikunen, K. (2021) Fostering the data welfare state: A Nordic perspective on datafication. Nordicom Review 42(2):207-223. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0051 Recent book: Media Solidarities: Emotions, Power and Justice in the Digital Age (SAGE 2019)<https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/media-solidarities/book253882>

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Participants Needed: UIC Research Study on Online Harassment and Social Media
by Caitlyn Lackey 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Hello All, The UIC Social Media Lab is in need of about 15 more participants for a qualitative research study investigating the intersection of online harassment and algorithms on social media. Please pass this study information along to whoever you can. Attached is the study info that can be shared in classrooms and on social media. Thank you! Cait ___________________ *Participants Needed: **UIC Research Study on Online Harassment and Social Media* Have you ever encountered online harassment or nasty comments or posts in your feed? Have you ever been the target of online harassment, cyberbullying, or found yourself caught up in online toxicity? Have you ever received unwanted attention online? The UIC Social Media Lab wants to know more about the effects of social media platforms and their design, and we need your help and voluntary participation to learn more! *You are eligible to participate, if you are:* - Between the ages of 18 to 60 - An active user of at least ONE social media platform (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc.) - A witness, victim, or perpetrator of online harassment, cyberbullying, and online toxicity on social media *What you’ll do: * - Complete a welcome survey, which will take at most 3 minutes. If we think you are eligible to participate in the interview, we will invite you for an interview. - Complete an interview via Zoom, which will take about 30-60 minutes. Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future relations with the university or your grades in any University of Illinois Chicago course. If you decide to participate, you are free to withdraw at any time without affecting that relationship. *We will provide a compensation of $20 Amazon gift card if participants complete the interview portion of the research study. * *Get started via **this link: * https://uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1UgosG8UwV0K8jc If you think of anyone who might be interested in participating in this study, please pass this info on. If you have any questions, please email to Cait Lackey at clackey(a)uic.edu. -- Cait Lackey, M.A. PhD Student & Teaching Assistant Department of Communication University of Illinois Chicago

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Call for Papers: IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), Deadline: March 16, 2023 (FIRM)
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

=============================================================================================================== ================================================================================================================ IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, June 26-30, 2023 https://smartcomp.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ https://twitter.com/IEEESmartComp Paper Submission: 3.16.23 ================================================================================================================ ================================================================================================================ SMARTCOMP 2023 is the 9th edition of the premier conference on smart computing. Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain based on the synergistic influence of advances in sensor-based technologies, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, edge computing, big data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing, ambient intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in various societal domains, including transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and systems advancements of cloud computing, mobile and pervasive computing, sensor networking, and social computing are taking smart computing to a new level while improving our ways of living. SMARTCOMP 2023 welcomes novel, cutting-edge, and creative research. Authors are encouraged to discuss the importance, timeliness, significance of their work, as well as limitations, potential future extensions, and open research directions. Topics SMARTCOMP 2023 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build scalable and reliable smart computing systems, and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Topics of interest include---but are not limited to---the following: Emerging Smart Computing Paradigms Evaluation Studies and Datasets of Smart Environments Algorithms for Smart Computing AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing Security, Privacy, and Trust in Smart Computing Smart and Usable Security and Privacy Fairness and Socio-technical Aspects of Smart Computing Middleware for Smart Systems Mobile and Ubiquitous Smart Systems Cloud, Edge, and Fog based Smart Computing Platforms Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing Computing for Smart and Connected Communities Smart Green Computing Distributed Sensing and Computation Social Computing and Smart Systems Wearable Computing and IoT Architectures and Software for Smart Computing Novel Communication Paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in Smart Computing Contact-free Sensing Backscatter Communicating Smart ComputingÂ Platforms Quantum Computing in Smart Systems Interdisciplinary Approaches to Smart Computing Applications of Smart Computing: - Healthcare and Digital Epidemiology - Agriculture - Smart Cities - Power Systems - Transportation - Water Distribution - Manufacturing - Workspaces Important Dates (All Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth) Paper Submission: March 16, 2023 (FIRM) Acceptance Notification: April 18, 2023 Camera-ready Submission: May 10, 2023 Industry Track Papers Registration: March 9, 2023 (FIRM) Industry Track Papers Submission: March 16, 2023 (FIRM) WiP/Demo/Poster Submission: April 01, 2023 PhD Forum Submission: April 29, 2023 Conference: June 26-30, 2023 The conference is planned as an in-person event in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The organizers will monitor the public health situation and may make adjustments if necessary. Paper Submission Guidelines Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages (the page count limit includes the references list) and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template. Authors should use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (PDF-A standard complies with this), through EDAS. All submitted papers that conform to these guidelines will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Journal Fast Track Extended versions of selected high-quality papers accepted by IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023 will be considered for publication in Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal (IF: 3.453). Program Chairs Aron Laszka, Pennsylvania State University, USA Stephan Sigg, Aalto University, Finland Contact Information For any questions about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs at smartcomp2023(a)list.aalto.fi<mailto:smartcomp2023@list.aalto.fi> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Upcoming Book Talk by Aynne Kokas on "Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty"
by Joshua Braun 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Hi All, We're writing to invite you to an upcoming book talk. Aynne Kokas, Associate Professor of Media Studies, C.K. Yen Chair, and Director of the East Asia Center at the University of Virginia will be speaking on her new book, Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/trafficking-data-9780197620502?cc=u…> (Oxford University Press, 2022) here at UMass Amherst. The talk will take place this coming Monday, March 20th from 11am to 12:15pm EST and will be livestreamed on Zoom for anyone who is interested (free registration required). The registration link is here<https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoce-hqDIiGtLjzd6PH8FPFNQx…> and book details are below. In Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty, Dr. Aynne Kokas looks at how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have exploited government policy (and the lack thereof) to gather information on citizens. Kokas argues that US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley's disruption fetish, and Wall Street's addiction to growth have fueled China's technological gold rush. In turn, American complacency yields an unprecedented opportunity for Chinese firms to gather data in the United States and quietly send it back to China, and by extension, to the Chinese government. Drawing on case studies from rapidly growing areas of global media investment like social media apps TikTok, WeChat, and Grindr, and gaming platforms like Fortnite, Trafficking Data explains how China is fast becoming the global leader in internet governance and policy, and thus of the data that defines our public and private lives. This free event is co-sponsored by the UMass Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Journalism Department, the Department of Communication, the School of Public Policy, the Public Interest Technology Initiative, and the Public Engagement Project. All the Best, Josh Braun and Emily West -- Josh Braun, Ph.D. Associate Professor // Journalism Department University of Massachusetts Amherst Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social Distribution Matters series @ The MIT Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/search-result-list/?series=distribution-matters "Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more." William Least Heat-Moon

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CfA Funding for Research Sabbaticals and Cooperations at CAIS
by Esther Laufer 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

The Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) funds innovative projects that deal with the social opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation. We support individual researchers and groups. You want to spend a sabbatical in a vibrant interdisciplinary research community? Become a fellow at CAIS! A fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) releases you from your regular work obligations and opens up new perspectives. As a fellow, you can spend either six or three months in Bochum, Germany. During this period, we will finance your sabbatical leave from work through compensation (e.g. for a substitute). Alternatively, we will pay grants of up to 2.000 € per month. You can invite guests for collaboration and will receive financial support for research expenses. Individual offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities offer optimal working conditions. In addition, we will provide comfortable apartments free of charge. Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/fellowships/ You want to boost your collaboration? Bring your group together at CAIS! Working groups bring together experts from different locations to work on joint projects in an inspiring environment. We provide modern meeting facilities for working groups of up to twelve members. In addition, we will cover travel and accommodation expenses. You can spend up to three weeks in Bochum or get together for several shorter meetings. Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/working-groups/ Application The next deadline for applications is 30 April 2023. The earliest possible starting date for new fellowships is April 2024. The earliest possible starting date for new working groups is January 2024. You can also combine both programs. Please use the application forms provided on our website. The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners, to all career stages, disciplines and areas of investigation, as well as to pure research and to projects that are more applied in orientation. Further questions? Please contact esther.laufer(a)cais-research.de mailto:esther.laufer@cais-research.de.

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EGOV 2023 Call for Papers
by Noella Edelmann 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Dear All, we look forward to your contributions and seeing you at EGOV 2023, to be held 5-7. September 2023 in Budapest. All details here: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2023/ Tracks: General E-Government and E-Governance Track General e-Democracy & e-Participation Track ICT and Sustainable Development Goals Track Digital Society Track AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making Track Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions) Track Open data: social and technical aspects Track Emerging Issues and Innovations Track Digital and Social Media Track Legal Informatics Deadline for submission: 31.03.2023 Best regards Noella Edelmann Dr. Noella Edelmann, BA, MAS, MSc Senior Research Fellow University of Continuing Education Department of E-Governance and Administration Center for E-Government Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems, Austria 0043 (0)23732 893 2303

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