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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 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '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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Apply for the NextGen@ICANN Program at ICANN77
by Joly MacFie 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/join-the-webinar-and-apply-f… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is calling for applications <https://webportalapp.com/sp/login_saml/nextgen_prod> for the NextGen@ICANN Program <https://www.icann.org/public-responsibility-support/nextgen> for the ICANN77 Policy Forum. ICANN wants to hear from university students living and studying in North America who are interested in the future of the Internet and in participating in the ICANN77 meeting. ICANN77 is scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C. from 12 to 15 June 2023. If ICANN77 is held virtually, the NextGen@ICANN Program will also be held virtually. The NextGen@ICANN Program application window will remain open until 31 March 2023. Successful candidates will be announced on 14 April 2023 on the ICANN website. For more information about the program and to apply, please visit the NextGen@ICANN website <https://www.icann.org/public-responsibility-support/nextgen>. To inform potential applicants about the NextGen@ICANN Program and the application process for ICANN77, ICANN is hosting a webinar. The hour-long session is free to attend and will be conducted via Zoom in English. Interested students are invited to register at the link below. When: 22 February 2023 19:00 Universal Time UTC What: NextGen@ICANN77 webinar Why: Boost your NextGen@ICANN Program application Register in advance for this webinar: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XAq6MOyHTfeqxj4GgxEWpg What is NextGen@ICANN? The NextGen@ICANN Program provides opportunities for university students to better understand how ICANN contributes to the technical governance of the Internet and the multistakeholder model. Through an immersive program, participants will learn about topics such as the Internet ecosystem, Internet governance, and policy development at ICANN. The program also provides insight into how to engage and contribute to the work that supports the stability, resiliency, and reliability of the Internet. NextGen@ICANN runs in conjunction with ICANN Public Meetings and is geared towards students who are 18–30 years old and who live in the region hosting the selected ICANN meeting. Participants will be required to attend courses and presentations six weeks prior to the ICANN Public Meeting. In addition, they are expected to prepare a 10-minute presentation during the ICANN Public Meeting. Experienced mentors will support participants throughout the program. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Registration for Algorithms for Her? Conference in Sheffield UK
by Sophie H Bishop 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

Hi there, Please find the link below to register 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. Please only register if you plan to attend the conference *in person* in Sheffield. Our finalised programme will be uploaded to our website <https://algorithmsforher.wordpress.com/> soon, in addition to where you can access the link to livestream the conference. Please stay tuned if you hope to watch the conference online! Accepted speakers are *already registered* and *do not *need to register via this link. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorithms-for-her-2-tickets-533785224977 Password: AFH2 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-graduate…> | Top five in the UK for student experience <https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-survey…>

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Call for Papers | Special Issue on "Care-ful Data Studies"
by Zakharova, Irina 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Hello everyone, Please find below our call for papers for the special issue "Care-ful Data Studies" with Information, Communication and Society: https://bit.ly/Care-ful_Data_Studies It may be relevant for academics interested in critical data studies and ethics of care in diverse fields. With our Special Issue, we encourage authors to explore whether and how shifting from critique to care as a central concept for the developing field of data studies opens new pathways for more generative engagements with the transforming roles, relations, practices, and politics of data-driven automation. For questions and to submit your 500-word abstracts, please contact Irina Zakharova (irzakhar(a)uni-bremen.de<mailto:irzakhar@uni-bremen.de>) **********CfP************ Critical data studies is a growing interdisciplinary research field concerned with the relations between digital data and society. It has developed as a response to the data-utopian views on society which gained traction with the technological advancement of algorithmic and automated systems used for processing Big Data. This critical response was initiated amongst others by boyd and Crawford (2012) who formulated critical questions to the imaginaries of big data envisioning new possibilities for datafied knowledge production based on data's interconnectivity and portability. Central to data studies is its critique of technological determinism and 'data-intensive and positivistic' approaches to datafied societies enacted through narratives of big tech corporations. At the same time, scholars also identify a need for more generative and care-ful perspectives that counterbalance and/or challenge the data-utopian narratives and envisaged "big futures" (Michael 2017) of big tech corporations and policy makers. In particular, concepts of care have been used to critically examine data science and the increasingly important role of digital data in a variety of social domains. This turn towards care-ful perspectives in data studies follows a general trend of care-ful engagements with technology (design), where scholars propose alternative strategies such as community-led design and organisation, survival, repair, or refusal. In this Special Issue we want to explore these engagements with concepts and theories around 'ethics of care' further. In doing so, we shift our attention from the implications of data-driven automation for societies as 'matters of concern' (Latour 2004) to one that understands processes of datafication as 'matters of care' (Puig de la Bellacasa 2017). In this approach, care can be understood as both an ethico-political obligation (Puig de la Bellacasa 2017; Tronto 1993; 2016) and a practice of local tinkering (Mol 2008) required to create and maintain better futures. This 'double vision of care' (Lindén and Lydahl 2021) bridges normative perspectives on care, often critiqued as distanced from experience, and the local, partial practices of caring. The Special Issue invites scholars to submit empirical and conceptual contributions covering, but not limited to, various social domains from education, health care, ageing, to the public sector and welfare state. These domains are not only those where care is a necessary part of upholding (social) relations, but are also characterised by expectations of good care, while this care is increasingly required to meet certain datafied criteria. We especially invite submissions from or work engaging with scholars and activists of Black feminism, of the 'Global South' and Asia, and Indigenous scholars. Aware of different perspectives on data universalism, advocating plurality (Milan and Treré 2019) or making non-Western values more universal (Hoffmann 2021), this Special Issue aims to bring together contributions situated locally and not aiming to make universal claims. We invite care-ful engagements with, about and in data studies, addressing one or more of the following questions: What can we learn by examining data politics and practices as care-less or care-ful? How do practices of data care evolve through and in opposition to human-centred care practices and responsibilities? How can data management and governance be designed to incorporate collective practices of caring? What 'dark sides of care' (Martin, Myers, and Viseu 2015) are obscured when care is presented as an individual obligation and practice? What (un)caring transgressions may we observe across care and technology sectors? How may a 'double vision of care' (Lindén and Lydahl 2021) allow us to attend to care in data studies differently and more generatively? **********Timeline************ 28 February 2023 - Deadline for 500-word abstracts 10 March 2023 - Authors notified and invited to write full manuscript 15 July 2023 - Deadline for full manuscripts 15 September 2023 - Deadline for reviewer feedback 30 November 2023 - Deadline for final submissions of revised articles **********Guest Editors************ Irina Zakharova (University of Bremen, ZeMKI) & Juliane Jarke (University of Graz) -- Dr. Irina Zakharova (she/her) Postdoctoral researcher University of Bremen<https://agim.uni-bremen.de/en/team/zakharova-en/>, ZeMKI<https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/about-zemki/members/members/member-profi…> & Institute for Information Management Bremen (ifib)<https://www.ifib.de/en/about-us/team/detail/irina-zakharova> Am Fallturm 1 (Entrance F) D-28359 Bremen, Germany Twitter: @irzakhar<https://twitter.com/irzakhar> Mastodon: @irzakhr@sciences.social<https://sciences.social/@irzakhar> Mail: irzakhar(a)uni-bremen.de<mailto:irzakhar@uni-bremen.de>, izakharova(a)ifib.de<mailto:izakharova@ifib.de>

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TikTok Ban Op-Ed
by Arditi, David M 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Colleagues, Many of you may be interested in this. Several weeks ago, I mentioned how I could no longer access TikTok from work computers. I wrote an Op-ed about TikTok bans. This relates to my forthcoming book and experiences teaching Introduction to Popular Culture. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-02-07-tiktok-bans-limit-the-free-flow-of-… Best, David Dr. David Arditi Associate Professor of Sociology Director of the Center for Theory University of Texas at Arlington

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Call for Papers: Hipertext.net, n. 26 | Call for Short Papers: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Communication. Trends
by GUERRERO SOLE, Frederic 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Hipertext.net | Call for Short Papers: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Communication. Trends Guest editors: Frederic Guerrero-Solé Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona frederic.guerrero(a)upf.edu <mailto:frederic.guerrero@upf.edu> Coloma Ballester Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona coloma.ballester(a)upf.edu <mailto:coloma.ballester@upf.edu> Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023 Notification of acceptance: April 2023 Publication: May 2023 Introduction This monographic section aims to bring together the works of communication researchers who address the debate on how AI is transforming all aspects of digital content creation. In line with the most recent research on the intersection between AI and communication (Sundar and Lee; 2022; Dehnert & Mongeau, 2022; Brandtzaeg, Skjuve & Følstad, 2022; Endacott & Leonardi, 2022; Banas, et al., 2022; Duan et al., 2022; Guzman, 2019; Guzman & Lewis, 2020; Donath, 2021), this call for short articles is an invitation to communication researchers to analyse and reflect on how AI will impact communication practices. and in the methods and theories about the role of the media and communication in our society. For this reason, among other topics (not exclusive), the following are proposed: • How are theoretical approaches to communication transformed in a context governed by AI? • How are the effects of the media reformulated, and what new effects can emerge through the intervention of AI in the creation of content? • How does AI impact narrative forms? What narrative possibilities and innovations does it introduce? (In particular, but not restricted, in the case of visual content). • How do biases and aesthetic stereotypes of AI image and sound generation models influence content creation? What role does AI have in overcoming these stereotypes? • What are the methods for detecting biases and stereotypes in AI generation models? • What is the impact of the generation of texts with AI in the production of scripts and visual narrations? • How should the concept of authorship be reviewed in the case of creations and narratives in which the content is generated, in whole or in part, by means of AI technologies? • What are the ethical aspects to consider in the use of AI programs for the creation of texts, images and sounds from models fed by works and narratives from other artists? How should we approach legal issues? • How will we understand creativity in a context dominated by AI and its models? • How does AI influence the veracity of content, and what tools can be developed to detect false information? • What are the democratizing capabilities of AI in the production of visual narratives, and what hypothetical new inequalities are introduced? Both theoretical essays and empirical works that address any issue related to the intersection between visual creation and AI are welcome. The articles will be in a short communication format (letters), with a recommended length of between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Bibliography Banas, J. A., Palomares, N. A., Richards, A. S., Keating, D. M., Joyce, N. & Rains, S. A. (2022). When machine and bandwagon heuristics compete: Understanding users’ response to conflicting AI and crowdsourced fact-checking. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 430–461. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac010 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac010> Brandtzaeg, P. B., Skjuve, M. & Følstad, A. (2022). My AI Friend: How Users of a Social Chatbot Understand Their Human–AI Friendship. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 404–429. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac008 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac008> Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI. Yale University Press. Dehnert, M. & Mongeau, P. A. (2022). Persuasion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Theories and Complications of AI-Based Persuasion, Human Communication Research, 48(3), 386–403, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac006 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac006> Donath, J. (2021). Commentary: The Ethical Use of Powerful Words and Persuasive Machines. Journal of Marketing, 85(1):160-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242920973975 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242920973975> Duan, Z., Li, J., Lukito, J., Yang, K.-C., Chen, F., Shah, D.V. & Yang, S. (2022). Algorithmic agents in the hybrid media system: Social bots, selective amplification, and partisan news about COVID-19. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 516–542. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac012 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac012> Endacott, C. G. & Leonardi, P. M. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and Impression Management: Consequences of Autonomous Conversational Agents Communicating on One’s Behalf. Human Communication Research, 48(3) 462–490, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac009 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac009> Guzman, A. L. (2019). Voices in and of the machine: Source orientation toward mobile virtual assistants. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 343–350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.009> Guzman, A. L. & Lewis, S. C. (2020). Artificial intelligence and communication: A human-machine communication research agenda. New Media & Society, 22(1), 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858691 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858691> Sundar, S Shyam & Lee, Eun-Ju (2022). Rethinking Communication in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, Human Communication Research, 48(3), 379–385, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac014 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac014> Information and contact: Guest editors Frederic Guerrero-Solé Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona Frederic.guerrero(a)upf.edu <mailto:Frederic.guerrero@upf.edu> Coloma Ballester Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona Coloma.ballester(a)upf.edu <mailto:Coloma.ballester@upf.edu> Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2023 Notification of acceptance: Abril 2023 Publication: May 2023 Author guidelines: http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions <http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions> Section Policies: Letters (short papers) Texts of between 1.500 and 3.000 words. Recommended structure: introduction, report, discussion, references. Publication Fees: Hipertext.net is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. The authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge (APC) Languages: Originals written in Spanish, English and Catalan are accepted. Revision: Peer Review Contact: Pere Freixa, Editor-in-chief, hipertext(a)upf.edu <mailto:hipertext@upf.edu> About the Journal: http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about <http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about> Hipertext.net prioritizes articles from competitive research projects, especially if they can have an international impact. It provides an open space for other national and international groups and researchers who are willing to publicize the state of the art, case studies, conceptual models and research results related to Digital Documentation and Interactive Communication in general. Hipertext.net is aimed at the international academic, scientific, and professional community (researchers, professors, doctoral students, professionals, etc.), with special attention to the Spanish-American scene, interested in digital documentation and interactive communication. More about this call for papers: https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/announcement/view/178 <https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/announcement/view/178> -- *Prof. Frederic Guerrero-Solé*PhD Program Director Faculty of Communication Department of Communication University Pompeu Fabra Roc Boronat, 138, 52.825 | 08018 Barcelona [Tel.] +3493542 2399 frederic.guerrero(a)upf.edu <http://www.twitter.com/guersole> <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8145-8707> [image: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona]

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About scientific data repositories
by Xanat Meza 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Hello everyone! Does someone here have recommendations of data repositories? Are there free options for researchers? Xanat V. Meza Ph.D. Kansei, Behavioral and Brain SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba M.A. Media and Communication Yeungnam University B.D. Graphic Communication Design Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

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Article on Platform Funding for Journalism
by Charis Papaevangelou 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Dear all, I wanted to share with you a new publication on Digital Journalism about Meta’s and Google’s funding for journalism worldwide programs: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2022.2155206. The article is behind a paywall, so do not hesitate to contact me if you cannot access it. I also wrote a piece for the Tech Policy Press with broader insights drawn from the article alongside recent policy developments: https://techpolicy.press/journalism-platforms-and-the-challenges-of-public-…. I hope these are of interest to some of you in the list! Kind regards, Charis Papaevangelou PhD Candidate Université Toulouse III, LERASS <https://www.lerass.com/> <mailto:charilaos.papaevangelou@univ-tlse3.fr>@CharisPapaev<https://twitter.com/charispapaev>

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Featured Sessions and CfP REMINDER - GIG-ARTS 2023: "The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy" 15-16 May, Padova
by Mauro SANTANIELLO 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Dear colleagues, We hope this message finds you well. With the reminder that only 3 weeks are remaining for submission of your abstracts (*deadline: 26 February 2023*), GIG-ARTS 2023 Organizing Committee is glad to pre-announce 4 exciting featured sessions for this Padova edition. We are delighted to welcome *Laura DeNardis as our 2023 Keynote speaker.* Speakers at the Special session and the Stakeholders roundtables will be announced later. GIG-ARTS 2023 Featured Sessions: *Keynote Session: “New Frontiers of Cybersecurity Governance”* Keynote Speaker: Laura DeNardis, Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA Chair: Meryem Marzouki, Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert - Paris, France *Special Session: Presentation of the Italian PRIN Project: “Cybersecurity (as a) Public Policy”* Chair: Maria Stella Righettini, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Performance Evaluation at the University of Padova, Italy *Stakeholders Roundtable: “Framing and Implementing Cyber Resilience”* Chair: Mauro Santaniello, Assistant Professor of Internet Governance and Digital Policy at the University of Salerno, Italy *Stakeholders Roundtable: “Geopolitics of Cybersecurity”* Chair: Joanna Kulesza, Professor of International Law, and Director of Lodz Cyber Hub at the University of Lodz, Poland Below is the full GIG-ARTS 2023 Call for abstracts. Feel free to disseminate this call. We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts describing your latest research work and we very much hope to see you in Padova! Best regards, GIG-ARTS 2023 Organizing Committee: Joanna Kulesza, Meryem Marzouki, Claudia Padovani, Maria Stella Righettini, and Mauro Santaniello ===== GIG-ARTS 2023 - The Seventh European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies 15-16 May 2023, Padova The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy events.gig-arts.eu/gig-arts2023 Call for Abstracts - Deadline: 26 February 2023 While during the early stage of Internet development security concerns were generally dealt with as a regulation matter with law enforcement authorities fighting cybercrime, cybersecurity has recently become one of the most debated and controversial issue in the field of internet governance. Cyberattacks have changed in nature and intensity: their growing number; the variety of their targets (public institutions, critical infrastructures and utilities, large and strategic companies); in some cases the terrorist and/or quasi-military objectives of their proven or alleged authors, sponsors or beneficiaries; the expansion of their surface, making profit of digitalization progresses in all sectors; together with the escalation of geopolitical tensions and conflicts; are all features pushing cybersecurity issues to the top of the agendas of both public and private actors. The increasing relevance of cybersecurity is reshaping state powers, public administration, private businesses, civil society and academic research as well. New agencies, procedures, and structures have been institutionalised both by national governments and international organisations to deal with cybersecurity policy problems. New power relations are being established, both inside and beyond the state. Governments, both at the national and local levels, are still struggling to find their own governance structures and set of instruments in the range of different cybersecurity models (e.g. cyber defence, cyber offence, cyber resilience, etc.) and their possible implementations. The provision of public goods and services is undergoing a profound re-design and re-engineering process led by cybersecurity concerns, that implies new models of citizenship and new modes of public administration. Private companies are facing new challenges, often dealing with a shortage of skills and competences of the workforce, while new companies and new business models are emerging around the transnational market of cybersecurity. At the global level, states, through their representatives at the United Nations and its different bodies, confirmed that international law applies online as it does offline. They also identified the need to better understand how international law could be applied in cyberspace, with issues of attribution, liability, sovereignty, rule of law and due diligence being raised. Given the multistakeholder feature of global internet governance, private companies have also jumped in with their own proposals, promoting their roles as possible norms entrepreneurs. Technical management and standardisation organisations have a prominent role to play as well when dealing with global cybersecurity. As a consequence, new research agendas and scientific perspectives on cybersecurity are consolidating, shaping a novel multidisciplinary field of inquiry that is not only exceeding the original field of internet governance, but seems also phagocytizing it: internet governance as an issue of cybersecurity governance. After having addressed “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue” at its first edition in 2017, “Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance” in 2018, “Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance” in 2019, “Online Information Governance” in 2020, and “Global Internet Governance and International Human Rights” in 2022, the European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies turns its attention this year to the governance of cybersecurity, in view of further investigating and inquiring the political, economic and epistemic transformations connected to the rise of cybersecurity and how they impact on democracy and human rights. In addition to general internet governance issues and topics, submissions are particularly welcome on the following themes: - Cybersecurity and democracy: civil liberties and human rights; - Cybersecurity, citizenship and digital sovereignty; - Institutionalisation of cybersecurity as a field of public policy; - From cybersecurity to cyber resilience: risk analysis, organisational challenges and capacity building; - Models and typologies of cybersecurity; - Relationships between cybersecurity and internet governance; - New theoretical frameworks and methods for the study of cybersecurity; - Cybersecurity and public administration digitalization; - The cybersecurity market and business models; - New technological developments and cybersecurity; - Cybersecurity narratives: policy discourses, cultures and ideologies; - Cybersecurity strategies, policies, instruments, and their implementation; - Multilateral and multistakeholder discussions and instruments for the global governance of cybersecurity; - Cybersecurity in international relations: cyber warfare, cyber peace, diplomacy and international law; - Cybersecurity in Europe Union strategy and policies. Submission information Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts (no longer than 500 words), describing their research question(s), theoretical framework, approach and methodology, expected findings or empirical outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a peer-review process. Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through the Easychair conference management system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2023 Key dates - Deadline for abstract submissions: 26 February 2023 - Notification to authors: 5 April 2023 - Authors registration (at least one author must register for a selected presentation to appear on the programme): From 5 to 15 April 2023 - Programme publication: 25 April 2023 - General registration: From 25 April to 5 May 2023 - Conference dates: 15 & 16 May 2023 GIG-ARTS 2023 Co-Sponsors (tbc) - Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI) / University of Padova, Italy - Grant programme PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale – Bando 2020 Prot. 2020X5LAK7 / Ministry of University and Research, Italy - Internet & Communication Policy Centre / University of Salerno, Italy - LIP6 Laboratory, Sorbonne Université & CNRS, France - Lodz Cyber Hub / University of Lodz, Poland GIG-ARTS 2023 Committees Co-Chairs - Joanna Kulesza, Łódz Cyber Hub, University of Łódz, Poland - Meryem Marzouki, Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert, France - Maria Stella Righettini, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy Organizing Committee - Joanna Kulesza, Łódz Cyber Hub, University of Łódz, Poland - Meryem Marzouki, Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert, France - Claudia Padovani, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy - Maria Stella Righettini, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy - Mauro Santaniello, Internet & Communication Policy Centre, University of Salerno, Italy Scientific Programme Committee - Francesco Amoretti, University of Salerno, Italy - Eric Brousseau, Université Paris Dauphine, France - Simone Busetti, University of Teramo, Italy - Andrea Calderaro, Cardiff University, United Kingdom - Mauro Conti, University of Padova, Italy - Laura DeNardis, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA - Frédérick Douzet, Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis, France - Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno, Italy - Louise Marie Hurel, London School of Economics, United Kingdom - Jonathan Kamkhaji, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Joanna Kulesza (co-chair), University of Łódz, Poland - Nanette S. Levinson, American University Washington DC, USA - Robin Mansell, London School of Economics, United Kingdom - Meryem Marzouki (co-chair), Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert, France - Fortunato Musella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy - Maria Stella Righettini (co-chair), University of Padova, Italy - Michele Rioux, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada - Kavé Salamatian, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, France, and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia - Mauro Santaniello, University of Salerno, Italy - Yves Schemeil, Sciences Po Grenoble, France - Jan Aart Scholte, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Jamal Shahin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & United Nations University - CRIS, Belgium, and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Evelyne Tauchnitz, University of Lucerne, Switzerland - Giancarlo Vecchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Venue GIG-ARTS 2023 will be held in Padova city centre, at The University of Padova (Archivio Antico room), Via VIII Febbraio, 2, 35122 Padova, Italy. Conference Registration and Fees Registration fees are 100€ for regular participants and 50€ for students showing proof of status. Conference fees include a participant kit as well as coffee breaks and meals. GIG-ARTS 2023 Communication Details - Website: events.gig-arts.eu - Email for information: events(a)gig-arts.eu - Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2023 - Twitter: @GigArtsEU - Hashtag: #GIGARTS23 - Mailing list for updates: https://listes.lip6.fr/sympa/subscribe/info-gig-arts -- GIG-ARTS Conference (The European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies) Email: events(a)gig-arts.eu - Web: http://events.gig-arts.eu - Twitter: @GigArtsEU

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Open Letter: Imposing Fees to Access the Twitter API Threatens Public-Interest Research
by Joly MacFie 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

[Not sure if this has been already posted - link to sign is on the page] https://independenttechresearch.org/letter-twitter-api-access-threatens-pub… We call on Twitter to ensure that APIs for studying public content on the > platform remain easily accessible for journalists, academics, and civil > society. > > We call on policymakers to demonstrate leadership and require reliable > public-purpose data access for all to protect this vital infrastructure. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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