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CfP: International Workshop on WhatsApp, hate and disinfo/ March 30-31, 2023, abstracts due 30 Nov 2022
by sahana udupa 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

Apologies for cross-posting! *Call for papers * *International Workshop* *Hate and Disinformation on WhatsApp: Global Perspectives* *30, 31 March 2023* Venue: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa Hosted by Sahana Udupa, University of Munich (LMU), Germany Herman Wasserman, Stellenbosch University, South Africa *Extended abstract deadline: 30 Nov 2022* *Full papers due: 28 Feb 2023* This workshop aims to examine the cross-platform messaging service WhatsApp and its relationship with disinformation and extreme speech in a global perspective. Our objective is to contribute to disinformation and extreme speech scholarship by exploring the unique cultures, affordances and challenges of WhatsApp. Based on insights from different regions and diverse contexts of use, we aim to map the differences, similarities and connections globally, and highlight regulatory and methodological challenges that encrypted information services such as WhatsApp have raised for academic research and policymaking. WhatsApp’s popularity has been linked to low Internet connectivity and high data costs in the global South contexts but its uptake in different regions of the world, including parts of the global South, awaits systematic research around how distinct user practices, infrastructural conditions and political deployments have developed around the messaging service, and how such features have uniquely inflected disinformation and extreme speech environments. The workshop will have five interrelated focal points: Culture, regulation, content, infrastructure and method. Questions we will be exploring include: *Cultures and contexts* - What contextual social and cultural conditions amplify the co-creation, consumption and spread of disinformation and extreme speech on Whatsapp? What kind of practices have emerged around WhatsApp, and how do they fold into extreme speech as habitual, deliberate and lived forms of discourse and meaning? - How do contemporary practices of extreme speech and disinformation on Whatsapp map onto longer social, political and cultural histories? - To what extent do political cultures shape the nature and tone of discourse on Whatsapp? - How do political campaigns and disinformation services engage and deploy WhatsApp? How do such strategies include the very instrumentalization of “fake news”, “hate speech” and “disinformation” as rhetorical and misleading devices for divisive politics? - How does state surveillance against political dissent unfold on and with WhatsApp? - What kind of subversive speech practices and anti-hate activism have developed in and through WhatsApp? *Regulation* - What is an appropriate normative framework within which Big Tech can be held accountable for the spread of extreme speech and disinformation on their encrypted and cross-platform messaging services? - What challenges does Whatsapp pose for policy-making across countries and regions with vastly different media rights environments? *Content* - What are examples of problematic content on Whatsapp? How do they connect with or draw from problematic content types circulating on other platforms? - How can problematic content on WhatsApp be countered, corrected or challenged? - What challenges do content in languages other than English as well as visuals, memes and multimedia materials pose for regulation and moderation? *Infrastructure* - What affordances offered by WhatsApp facilitate or help amplify problematic and harmful content? How do these affordances develop in situated contexts of use and as sociotechnical architectures shaped by global technology? - How should we understand the impact of low connectivity and high data rates on the popularity of Whatsapp? - What challenges to awareness raising campaigns are posed by WhatsApp’s significance in low-data environments? - What are the unique infrastructural possibilities of WhatsApp where data and connection are not an issue? - What capacities does Whatsapp offer to tackle disinformation? - How does WhatsApp as an infrastructure intersect with and constitute the disinformation ecosystem in very specific ways? - To what extent can solutions for disinformation on Whatsapp be relevant for similar encrypted information services? *Method:* - What are the unique methodological challenges that encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp have posed to research? What are the ways to overcome emerging problems? - How do researchers negotiate ethical and practical issues of data protection, privacy, confidentiality and trust in studying WhatsApp? - What are the opportunities for researchers to combine ethnography, field experiments and computational methods in WhatsApp research? - How do WhatsApp networks challenge methodological nationalism? The types of problematic content we will be covering in the workshop include: Extreme speech (derogatory, exclusionary and dangerous), Dis-/misinformation (including health misinformation, political disinformation, conspiracy theories, rumors and scams) and foreign influence operations. We welcome a wide range of methods and approaches, including ethnographies, field experiments, online content analysis, political economy analysis, network analysis and NLP, and policy and regulation research. *Workshop Format: * The workshop will run over two days. To enable participants to learn from a diverse range of perspectives, approaches and methods, all sessions will be in plenary format. We invite researchers to send extended abstracts (1200 words) to whatsappworkshop(a)ethnologie.lmu.de before 30 November 2022. Selected participants will be notified by 15 December 2022. Abstracts should contain a clear outline of the argument, theoretical framework, methodology, empirical findings, and a brief note on how your research links to the overall theme of the workshop. Please also include 3-5 keywords that describe your work, and a short bio (up to 100 words, stating affiliation). Full papers (6000 words) of selected submissions are due on 28 February 2023. Attendance to this closed workshop is fully funded. Organizers will cover the costs of travel and accommodation. Submissions will contribute to a planned co-edited volume, and should therefore not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. *** Sahana Udupa | Professor of Media Anthropology | University of Munich (LMU) Out now: https://shorensteincenter.org/ethical-scaling-content-moderation-extreme-sp… https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/digital_technology_and_extr…

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Call for participation: Empowering Learners for the Age of AI (fully online, free event)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

Hi all, The past year has resulted in incredible breakthroughs in AI technology. How these advancements impact learning and education is an area of important consideration. For example, one area that has received extensive media coverage of Generative AI and its capability of creating images and videos from short text inputs. Similarly, AI now exists that can produce papers that challenge existing plagiarism detection software. For educators, advancements in creativity raise consequential questions about how education and teaching and learning are impacted. The Empowering Learners for the Age of AI conference is now in its third year: https://empoweringlearners.ai. This year, over 130 speakers and 6 keynotes from around the world will explore learning, teaching, AI, creation, and innovation in the education sector. Registration is free and the event is fully online, held in time zones flexible to all regions globally. Please contact conference organisers at contact.graileai.2022(a)gmail.com<mailto:contact.graileai.2022@gmail.com> for any questions. Thank you!

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CFP: All Things in Moderation - Cultures of Care
by Ness 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

From: Venessa Paech <venessa.paech(a)sydney.edu.au> > Date: 13 November 2022 at 10:51:54 pm AEDT > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: CFP: All Things in Moderation - Cultures of Care > > > Dear colleagues, > > It was wonderful catching up with many of you in Dublin. I draw your attention to a new conference and CFP. > > CALL FOR PAPERS - All Things in Moderation: Cultures of Care > > Submission Date: February 6, 2023 > Organisation: ACM | University of Sydney | University of Melbourne > Contact email: venessa.paech(a)sydney.edu.au > > Moderation is an ancient human practice taking on new forms and significance in the digital age. Human moderators of all types, across cultures, countries and contexts, work to maintain boundaries, implement regulation, create safe and healthy spaces for interaction within digital settings. They work alone, in groups and for organisations. They work within machine culture and with machine assistance, in circumstances that range from oppressive to empowering. They may be an avatar for organic community standards, or for external logics and priorities. The practice is diverse and complex, yet this is rarely reflected in the public discourses or research surrounding online moderation and its relational labors. > > All Things in Moderation (11-12 May, 2023) is the first global conference dedicated to online moderation which emphasises its richness, complexity and importance. It will gather moderation practitioners around the world alongside researchers, policy-makers, technologists, and anyone who cares about moderation as a critical cultural practice, for two days of knowledge sharing, learning and action-focused collaboration. > > The conference is an initiative of Australian Community Managers (ACM), the leading training and research organisation for online community managers and moderators in Australia (working across all industries), and a collaboration between the University of Sydney and Melbourne. It will be conducted online to ensure safety and accessibility by the widest possible range of contributors and attendees. > > Symposium and Call for Papers > The conference includes an academic symposium on moderation, with the goal of generating critical research and promoting greater understanding and visibility of this practice and profession. > > We invite papers that focus on the following and related themes: > > Moderation in spaces of care > How can we emphasise the care of humans within moderation systems and structures? > First Nations approaches to moderation > Trauma informed approaches to moderation > Impacts of automation and AI on structures of care in social media spaces > Emotional labour and caring for moderators > Legislating care within digital social spaces > We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers or panel proposals (with several papers) exploring any and all aspects of these topics. In particular, encourage submissions from non-dominant voices in academic or media on these issues, and from the global South. > > Final papers are due in April 2023 (date to be confirmed) for presentation at the May conference. > > Email Abstracts of 300 words with a short biography to venessa.paech(a)sydney.edu.au by February 6, 2023. We welcome questions or further discussion prior to submission to this email. > > VENESSA PAECH > She/Hers > PhD Student | Community in the Age of Machine Culture > Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Lecturer, Online Community Management > Phone: + 61 0435 217 > I respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders past and present of the Wadawurrung people, on whose lands I reside.

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European Parliament panel on targeted advertising and disinformation on Monday 14 November
by Dr. Emma Briant 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I’m very excited to share with you that I’ve been invited to speak at the European Parliament tomorrow about the threat of targeted advertising for driving disinformation in elections. The event will include a film screening and panel discussing: How can political advertising change voting behaviour and steer the public debate? The panel includes: - Peter Kreysler, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. - Dr. Emma Briant, Fellow at Bard College and researcher of contemporary propaganda, surveillance and information warfare who was involved in exposing the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Zoé Fourel, Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. - Fernando Hortal Foronda, Digital Policy Officer at the European Partnership for Democracy. It's unfortunately not being streamed, but the speakers and a debate follow the screening of the documentary “Election campaign undercover” by Gesine Enwaldt and Peter Kreysler, 2021 which I highly recommend you watching as Peter managed to gain explosive undercover access to former Cambridge Analytica and Brexit campaign firms still operating unethically today worldwide (it’s German but there is translation): “Election campaign undercover <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C5C58DfI4kI>” - it would be great to play for students in class... The main audience for the panel will be policy-makers, all relevant MEPs and the Council of the EU's representatives working on the file "Proposal for a regulation for the transparency and targeting of political advertisement". You can look at the draft proposal I’ll be commenting on here <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> . I will be pressing for a ban on targeted advertising, proper regulation of influence firms and making it clear how inadequate these proposals are as well as addressing some common myths the Big Tech lobbyists have sought to spread, and pressing for stronger restrictions. As it's not being streamed I will try and do a follow up post on Patreon <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> as soon as I can after the event giving a report and brief reflection of the arguments. If you want to share, I’ve tweeted details here <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1591334163235295232?s=20&t=FnxRGHpmA…> . Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Fellow at Central European University's Center for Media, Data and Society Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Sign up for my Newsletter <http://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/>! Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin

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Call for Workshops Proposal -- SMARTCOMP 2023, DEADLINE EXTENSION: 29 NOVEMBER 2022
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 12 Nov '22

12 Nov '22

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMARTCOMP 2023 -- Call for Workshops Proposal https://smartcomp.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ June 26-30, 2023, Nashville, Tennessee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** DEADLINE EXTENSION: 29 NOVEMBER 2022 ***** SMARTCOMP 2023 is the 9th edition of the premier conference on Smart Computing and will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Vanderbilt University, hopefully as a fully in presence event. 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, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. SMARTCOMP 2023 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computing, sensing, and communications in heterogeneous application domains. The Workshops co-chairs of SMARTCOMP 2023 invite proposals for half or full day workshops affiliated with the conference, held in Nashville, Tennessee during June 26-30, 2023. The purpose of the workshops is to stimulate discussions on state-of-the-art, emerging, visionary, and also controversial topics in the area of Smart Computing, and to create new opportunities for attendees' interactions in a less formal and more sharply focused context than at the conference itself. Therefore, workshops should be organized to promote lively interactions, and appropriate plans should be described in the written workshop proposals. Papers presented in the SMARTCOMP 2023 workshops will be included in the conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. The organizers of the accepted workshops are required to publicize the workshop through disseminating the call for papers, soliciting submissions, organizing the review process, and deciding upon the final workshop program. At least one organizer should be physically present at the workshop in the case of SMARTCOMP will take place at least partially in presence and there will be no travel restrictions due to the pandemic situation. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Each workshop proposal must include the following: * the title and acronym of the workshop; * the names, addresses, and short bios of up to 200 words for each organizer; workshops may have up to three organizers. It is strongly recommended that organizers belong to at least two different institutions. * A brief description (up to 2 page) including: o the technical issues that the workshop will address, o the reasons the workshop is of interest to the SMARTCOMP community, o a short discussion on other available workshops and conferences on similar topics and an outline of why the proposed workshop is unique; o a description of the communities groups the workshop aims to attract, o the names of potential Program Committee members; o the planned format of the workshop (e.g., keynotes, paper presentations, posters, demos) and duration (e.g., one-day, half-day), including a strategy to facilitate lively discussions and involvement of the attendees - possibly in an online or hybrid format; o if applicable, a description of past versions of the workshop, including dates, organizers, number of submitted and accepted papers, and number of attendees; o if the workshop is going to be organized for the first time, an estimate of the expected number of submissions and attendees; o a tentative Call for Papers (as complete as possible); o a description of the plans for publicity and workshop Website. Workshop proposals should be submitted, by NOVEMBER 29, 2022 (HARD DEADLINE), in PDF format by email to smartcomp2023-workshops(a)iit.cnr.it<mailto:smartcomp2023-workshops@iit.cnr.it> with the subject line "SMARTCOMP 2023 Workshop Proposal". SMARTCOMP 2023 WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS Franca Delmastro, IIT-CNR, Italy Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan CONTACTS: smartcomp2023-workshops(a)iit.cnr.it<mailto:smartcomp2023-workshops@iit.cnr.it> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Papers: IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing, Deadline: January 23, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 12 Nov '22

12 Nov '22

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing Artificial Intelligent Next Generation (NextG) Integrated Communications and Computing Systems 5-7 June 2023 @ Albuquerque, New Mexico https://hpsr2023.ieee-hpsr.org/ https://twitter.com/ieeehpsr2023 *IEEE HPSR 2023 Organizing Committee is planning for an in-person conference and encourages the authors to participate physically; however, we understand that the pandemic situation is not over yet. Therefore, depending on the situation during the conference time, remote participation and online presentation may be allowed under special circumstances. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Generation (NextG) Integrated Communications and Computing Systems are envisioned to be characterized by resiliency, security, robustness, adaptability, and autonomy, while being supported by modern communication devices, computing solutions, networks, and systems. New networking technologies and intelligent techniques are needed to efficiently and effectively cope with the intricacy in traffic demands, as well as the heterogeneity of the services and applications requested by the end-users. In parallel, the advent of the Digital Continuum, i.e., device-to-edge-to-fog-to-Cloud continuum, promises to offer low-latency and ubiquitous computation to heterogeneous mobile and Internet of Things devices. A rich array of network services is expected to emerge seeking to realize greater synergy across the various component subsystems of the NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems. The main focus of the HPSR 2023 - the 24th edition of HPSR conference - will be to assess how breakthrough changes occurring to NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems are affecting areas related to switching and routing, and NextG networks and systems in general. We are soliciting original and thought-provoking works on big data, data analytics, cloud and edge services, and artificial intelligent techniques applied to networking and switching and routing. Works on autonomous networks, 5G/6G, Industry 4.0, social networks, network, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics are also welcome. Papers describing original, previously unpublished research, experimental efforts, practical experiences, as well as visionary roadmaps, in all aspects of switching and routing, and NextG networks and systems are solicited. Research works on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for submission through the following symposia: Track A: NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems Symposium - Application of data analytics to switching and routing - Artificial intelligent routing and resource-allocation algorithms - Behavior-aware human-centric NextG networks and systems - Deep-learning technologies for NextG networks - Digital Continuum -- device-to-edge-to-fog-to-Cloud continuum - Dynamic bandwidth access and management for smart-factory/Industry 4.0 applications - Experimental measurements and testbed implementations - Game theory enabling resource allocation and routing - High performance, programmable networks for the Internet of Things - Integrated access and backhaul technologies - Integrated caching, computation, and communications - Positioning, Navigation, and Timing techniques - Quality of Experience resulting from intelligent routing - Quality of Service Optimization and resource allocation - Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-enabled switching and routing - Switching architectures for NextG applications - Traffic monitoring and modeling applied to switching and routing - Traffic predictions in routing and resource assignment Track B: High-Performance High Functionality Architectures Symposium - Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping - Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks - Applications of GPU on network functions - Efficient data structures for networking applications - Future technologies for IoT - High-speed packet processors - ICT enabling technologies for e-health systems - Multiprocessor networks - Nano-communication networks - Network management - Network traffic characterization and measurements -Optical switching and routing -Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols -Routing and resource allocation for Tactile Internet -Switching, bridging, and routing protocols whether wide-area or data centers -Switching support to Extended reality (including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality) -Traffic characterization and engineering -Standardization activities of emerging high performance switching and routing Track C: Autonomous Networks Symposium - Architectures of high-performance switches and routers, with a focus towards reconfigurable pipelines (P4, OpenFlow, etc.) - Blockchain technologies -Computation offloading -Decentralized applications (DApps) -Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) -Economics and pricing -Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer -Green network monitoring and routing -Intelligent and connected vehicular networks -Medium access control, routing, and path selection -Middleware services for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks -Mobile social networks and routing -Multi-access edge computing (MEC) -Network and switch slicing -Network performance for Human-Agent-Robot Teamwork (HART) -Physical-layer aspects of switching and routing -Software-defined networking -Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) Track D: Network Security Symposium -Adversarial machine learning -Applied cryptography for cyber, information, and network security -Attack prediction, detection, response, and prevention -Authentication protocols and key management -Blockchain security -Cloud, data center, and distributed systems security -Future Internet Architecture (FIA) security and privacy -Intrusion detection with artificial intelligent techniques -Malware detection and damage recovery -Network security and privacy protection -NextG networks and Internet security -Security in SDN and networking slicing -Security aspects of social networks -Security in smart grid communications -Security in virtualized network functions built or managed using software-defined networks -Security and privacy in the Age of Information -Trust management in networks through emerging technologies -Virtual Private WANs -Zero Trust Architecture Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: January 23, 2023 Acceptance Notifications: April 3, 2023 Author Registration Deadline: April 24, 2023 Final Version Submission Due: May 1, 2023 General Chair Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA General Co-chair Abdelhamid Mellouk, L'Université Paris-Est Créteil, France TPC Co-chairs Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University, USA Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan [critical algorithm studies, cscw, social computing]
by Nazanin Andalibi 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Hi everyone, I have an opening for a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan School of Information. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Details about the position here: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/226474/research-fellow <https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/226474/research-fellow> Summary excerpt from the job posting: The University of Michigan School of Information seeks to hire a postdoctoral scholar to conduct research in social computing and critical algorithm studies. The desired start date is flexible, but will be sometime between January - September 2023. This scholar will work closely with Dr. Nazanin Andalibi at the University of Michigan School of Information’s Marginality in Sociotechnical Systems (MiSTS) research group. Andalibi and the fellow will decide on projects the fellow will collaborate on together, but the projects would need to align with MiSTS’s overall theme and be of interest to both the fellow and Andalibi. Our projects span (emotion) AI’s justice, social, and ethical implications across a range of high stakes contexts (e.g., work, education, mental health), social media’s (including algorithms’) roles in (de)marginalization processes, and ways to resist and combat sociotechnical marginalization/harms across diverse contexts (e.g., social media, algorithmic systems). Overall, there is some flexibility on the projects the fellow engages in as long as the team is well-suited to carry out the work with the highest caliber. The ideal candidate will have experience with both qualitative and quantitative methods (qualitative is a must) and be able to lead research studies from start (conception) to finish (publicizing, publication), while also work collaboratively and effectively in teams. Research work will include designing studies, submitting IRB applications, collecting data, analyzing data, conducting literature reviews, and writing up academic publications. Other responsibilities may include assisting in writing grant applications; coordinating and running meetings with partners; preparing reports/presentations; mentoring PhD, master’s, and undergraduate students; providing feedback on others’ projects; and collaborating on projects others lead. The fellow will have opportunities to engage with other research groups, centers, and institutions such as the Digital Studies Institute, the Center for Social Media Responsibility, and the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing depending on their interests and goals. Note: This is a one-year appointment renewable up to one additional year, pending satisfactory job performance which the PI and fellow will evaluate together periodically. Nazanin Andalibi, PhD http://www.nazaninandalibi.net/

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PhD in social data science and assistant professor in cybersecurity (incl. online information disorder)
by Matteo Magnani 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Dear colleagues, I'd be grateful if you could share the following link with people potentially interested in doing a PhD in social data science focused on computational analysis of online visual communication: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=561864 Some details. Place of work: Uppsala University Information Laboratory, Sweden Duration: 5 years, with 80% research and 20% teaching. Salary: starting around 30k SEK, increasing to around 35.5kSEK (before taxes) Starting time: as soon as possible (flexible) Deadline to apply: Nov 25. Some might also be interested in the following tenure-track assistant professor position at our Department, which is part of our investments in cybersecurity, and has analysis of information disorder (e.g. disinformation, hate speech, …) as a possible area of specialisation: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=552637 Let me know if you have any questions. Best, -- Matteo Magnani Docent (Associate Professor) in Computing Science and Distinguished university teacher Coordinator, Master’s programme in Data Science Director, Uppsala University InfoLab (https://uuinfolab.github.io) Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University TW: @matmagnani @uuinfolab FB: @uuinfolab När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Second Call for Workshops and Minisymposia
by Announce Announcements 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

*** Second Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. • A tentative program committee (10-15 members) • Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops • Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity i including european project meetings) * organizational aspects • Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) • Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines • Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review • Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest • Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management • Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered • Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper • Registering for the conference • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2023 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. • Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives • Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), • Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. The responsibilities are as follows: • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation • Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers • Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions • Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions • Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) • Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 • Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS • Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) • Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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WEBCAST NOV 10-12 – 17th Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum
by Joly MacFie 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Day 2 of this starts shortly. Good quality webcast. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16005>From *Thursday 10 November 2022 to Saturday 12 November* the 17th *Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum <https://bangladeshigf.org/>* will be convened in Dhaka. The meeting will be hosted under the overarching theme: *Resilient Internet for Sustainable Development and Smart Bangladesh*. The program will be developed around the following 15 constituent themes aligned with the UN Secretary-General's envisioned *Global Digital Compact <https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact>*. *PROGRAM* (BST/UTC) *Day -1 (10 November 2022)* *15:00/09:00 Empowering Youth for Smart BangLadesh onwards to IG Process <https://youtu.be/Z5j9QlX5Lyw>* *Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa*, Bangladesh Youth Internet Governance Forum *Manik Mahmud*, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) *Nehrin Mustofa*, Bangladesh Awami League *Biplob G Rahul*, BASIS /eCourier *Ilmul Hoque Sajib*, e-CAB / Sheba.xyz *Jenna Fung*, Dot Asia *Srinivas Goud Chendi,* APNIC *Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir*, Aspire to Innovate (a2i), Moderator: *Faisal Ahmed Bhubon*, Bangladesh Youth Internet Governance Forum *16:15/10:15 Resilient Internet for Sustainable Development and Smart BangLadesh; Road to Addis Ababa <https://youtu.be/9demDzgbrjg>* *Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu*, Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) *Anir Chowdhury*, UNDP Bangladesh *Rojina Nasrin*, Bangladesh Mohila Awami League *Md Emdadul Hoque*, Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) *Rizwan Rahman*, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) *Shyam Sunder Sikder*, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) *H.E. Mustafa Jabbar*, Minister, Post and Telecommunications Division *H.E. Hasanul Haq Inu*, MP, Chair, Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum Moderator: *AHM Bazlur Rahman*, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio andCommunication (BNNRC) *Day 2 (11 November 2022)* *10:00/04:00 Kid's IGF: Rights in the DigitaL environment* *Zartaj Haque Simra*, Viqarunnisa Noon School & College *Rituraaz Bhowmik*, Australian International School *Afreen Ahmed*, Ideal School & College *Khundkar Ayesha Shahriyar Anika*,BCSIR School & College *Samarah Arisha Hossain*, Australian International School *Dr. Md. Idris Ali*, BCSIR School & College *Md. Tazul Islam*, Chief Executive Officer, IXPRESS *Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed*, Dhaka University *Adv. Khundkar Hasan Shahriyar*, Bangladesh Kid’s Internet Governance Forum Moderator: A*yesha Labiba*, Saint Francis Xaviers Greenherald International School *11.15/05:15 Fellowship Opportunity on Internet Governance* *Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa*,Bangladesh Youth Internet Governance Forum *Srinivas Goud Chendi*, APNIC Moderator: *Mohammad Kawsar Uddin*, Internet Society Bangladesh Chapter *11.45/05:45 Basic Routing Security & MeaningfuL Coordination in Digital Ecosystem* *Simon Sohel Baroi*, Fiber@Home Global Limited *Srinivas Goud Chendi*, APNIC Moderator: *Abdur Rahman Khan Jehad*, Bangladesh Computer Society *12.15/06:15 Kid's IGF CLosing Ceremony* *Adv. Khundkar Hasan Shahriyar*, Bangladesh Kid’s IGF *14:30/08:30 The disruptors for digital transformation* *Bijoy K. Chowdhury*, Fred Intelligence Ltd. Moderator: *Farha Mahmud Trina*, Bangladesh Women Internet Governance Forum *15:00/09:00 Youtube Village model, Shimulia, Khoksa, Kushtia - How it Contributes to Socio-Economic Development?* *Liton Ali Khan*, YouTube Village, Shimulia, Khoksa, Kushtia *Shazzad Hossain*, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Jasod Moderator: *AHM Bazlur Rahman*, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) *15:45/09:45 Governing Data and Protecting Privacy* *Barrister Nazmus Saliheen*, Bangladesh Supreme Court *Dr. Mohammed Shafiul Alam Khan*, IIT, University of Dhaka *Md. Saleh Akram*, University of Asia Pacific *Sumon Ahmed Sabir*, Fiber @ Home Ltd. *Samira Zuberi Himika*, Bangladesh Association of Software and InformationServices (BASIS) *Tapan Kanti Sarkar*, CTO Forum *Mohammad Saiful Alam Khan*, Enhancing Digital Government Economy *Adv Mahafujur Rahman Likhon*, Assistant Attorney General *Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood*, Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd. Moderator: *Khundkar Hasan Shahriyar*, Supreme Court of Bangladesh *Day 3 (12 November 2022)* *10.00/04:00 Women IGF: MeaningfuL access and affordable Internet for women* *11:15/05:15 Policy Dialogue on Dot Bd and Universal Acceptance* *12.15/06:15 Women IGF CLosing Ceremony* *14:00/08:00 Data Privacy & Emerging Technologies in Financial Ecosystem* *15:15/09:15 Opportunities and Challenges of Mobile Telecom Towards Smart BangLadesh* *16:15/10:15 Connecting ALL People and MeaningfuL Access; Declaration for the Future of the Internet* *LIVESTREAM https://www.youtube.com/@BangladeshIGF <https://www.youtube.com/@BangladeshIGF>* *FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/BangladeshInternetGovernanceForum <https://www.facebook.com/BangladeshInternetGovernanceForum>* *TWITTER #BIGF2022 <https://bit.ly/BIGF2022> @BangladeshIgf #Bangladesh * Permalink https://isoc.live/16005 - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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