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Online Survey on Media Consumption Behavior
by ALEXANDER WASDAHL 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

Hello everyone, I am conducting an (extremely brief) online survey on media consumption behavior as part of my dissertation project on automated journalism. It takes less than 2 minutes to complete and I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to fill it out. Thanks! Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M7CS2BR Best regards, Alex Wasdahl -- Alex Wasdahl PhD Candidate, Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles alexwasdahl(a)g.ucla.edu | alexwasdahl16(a)gmail.com

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Digital Data Processing 2022
by ijwa dline.info 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

Second International Conference on Digital Data Processing University of Bedfordshire Luton. UK December 07-09, 2022 www.socio.org.uk/ddp (IEEE Xplore. Papers should follow the IEEE template) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than a few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more efficiently where the Data analytics can reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, studying data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous; they do not sufficiently solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that require further consideration/ The proposed conference will discuss topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data Ecosystem Business Analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modelling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Data in Biomedical Engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data Publications DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Webology 5. Journal of Digital Information Management 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 7. Journal of Optimization 8. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Important Dates Full Paper Submission: October 01, 2022 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: November 01, 2022 Registration Due: November 25, 2022 Camera Ready Due: December 01-09, 2022 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: December 08-09, 2022 Main conference December 07-09, 2022 Keynote Speakers Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK Program Committee General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Chair UK& RI IEEE TEMS, UK Program Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau - Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: ddp(a)socio.org.uk

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New CDT report - Learning to Share: Lessons on Data-Sharing from Beyond Social Media
by Dhanaraj Thakur 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

Hi all, I am excited to announce that our new report "Learning to Share: Lessons on Data-Sharing from Beyond Social Media <https://cdt.org/insights/learning-to-share-lessons-on-data-sharing-from-bey…>" was just published. It builds on the Center for Democracy & Technology's work <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-15-FX-RAtD-workshop-repo…> to address the problem of independent researcher access to data from social media companies. In this new report we examine how other industries have attempted to balance the benefits of novel research against privacy and other harms, and what social media companies can learn from that. More specifically, we examine data sharing practices among clinical trials, electricity smart meters, and environmental impact statements. Based on this we offer several lessons for social media companies including how: * Baseline information can be shared with researchers without compromising privacy. * Addressing the “black box” problem of how data gets generated will make for more robust, actionable research. * Transparency mechanisms let civil society serve as watchdogs for making sure companies are sufficiently sharing data. * Standards make shared data usable. * Data sharing should be flexible to accommodate public crises. * Ease of understanding is a factor that should be considered in the design of privacy practices. * Data can be tailored to different use cases. * Having a diverse set of actors controlling access to data creates new affordances. You can read a Twitter thread about it here <https://twitter.com/CenDemTech/status/1567879345431089152> and the pdf of the full report is available here <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220907-learningtoshare-final.p…>. Feel free to share and we look forward to your feedback. take care, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Last Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

*** Last Call for Papers *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) is the second of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Artificial Intelligence, Computation and Data Analytics • Artificial Intelligence methods for medical device testing. • Algorithms, methods and services for condition-specific intervention (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dementia, post cancer treatment, allergies, mental health). • Algorithms, methods and services for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Crowd-sourcing and social media analysis for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Medical Data and/or Medical Image Analysis. • Electronic Medical Records Analysis. • Computational methods for medical devices. Human Computer Interaction and Cognition • Human-Machine Interaction for healthcare and well-being. • Cognitive Mechatronics for healthcare and well-being. • Models for human-device interaction for medicine. • Cobotics for healthcare and well-being. • Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being. Assistive Devices • Precision medicine. • ICT for in-silicon trials. • Implantable medical devices. • Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments. ICT & Wellbeing • Age-friendly systems for active and healthy ageing (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection). • ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition). • Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention). • Smart Systems and services promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment. • IoT and smart real-time surveillance systems for monitoring, auditing and control to prevent the spread of the pandemic. • eHealth smart solutions in the fight against a COVID-19 like pandemic. • IoT and Smart Healthcare systems with an environmentally friendly and sustainable footprint. Health Infrastructure and Healthcare Operation Services • Distributed and connected digital healthcare services. • IoT services for real-time monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • Wearable devices and IoT systems for remote monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • mHealth services and applications using mobile and wearable devices to collect community and clinical health data, and deliver healthcare information to practitioners, researchers and patients. • Sustainable city environments for emergency health management. • 5G and beyond for healthcare in sustainable smart cities. • Wireless Sensor Networks for advanced smart healthcare in sustainable cities. Quality in Healthcare Systems • New experimental validation methods with end-users. • Systems and services for ensuring patient’s commitment to the medication schedule. • Digital health systems and tools for health care professional training and workforce development. • Communication systems and services improving the quality of patient and healthcare provider contact before, during and after admission. • Methods and Technology for Improving the quality of services-oriented care delivery systems. • Methods, Digital Tools and/or Services for inclusive-for-all healthcare systems. • Co-Creation of healthcare systems for social well being of people with special needs, older adults and/or deprivileged or disadvantaged people. • Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self- management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care). Privacy, Security & Standardization • Standardization, certification, labelling, and communication issues (related to ageing well, to sensory impairment). • Privacy and Security/Regulation compliant services in health care systems (e.g., HIPAA). • Security and privacy of digital health systems and service. • Socio-economic issues of smart healthcare in sustainable societies. • Privacy, security and ethics in eHealth smart solutions and surveillance at scale in the fight against a COVID-19 pandemic. High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Submissions We invite Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. As was the case for IHAW 2021, the proceedings of IHAW 2022 will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in the technical sessions of the conference. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icihaw2022 . Important Dates • Submission Deadline: September 26, 2022 (AoE) • Notification: October 24, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: November 7, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: November 7, 2022 Organizers Honorary General Chair • Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Scientific Vice-Chair • Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Publicity Chair • Jessica Allingham, Lakehead University, Canada Finance Chair • Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD, Cyprus Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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WEBCAST SEP 11-14: 2022 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
by Joly MacFie 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

This is well under way, and I have my hands full juggling the two-track simulcast, with captions, international sign interpreting etc. Accessibility is recurring theme at the AprIGF, and the ISOC Accessibility Standing group is well represented at two sessions: S04 Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the ICT Job Sector, coming up at 08:30 UTC, and S03 Strengthening the disability voice in Internet Governance, both on Stream 1. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/15756>On *12-14 September 2022* the *13th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum <https://ap.rigf.asia/>* (APrIGF) will be held as a hybrid event, online and in Singapore, with the theme '*People at the Centre:Envisioning a community-led Internet that is inclusive, sustainable and trusted*'. APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion, exchange and collaboration at a regional level, and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions, ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region. APrIGF 2022 is being held as part of *APNIC54 <https://conference.apnic.net/54/>* and in conjunction with *APSIG2022 <https://www.apsig.asia/>* and *SGNOG9 <https://www.sgnog.net/>*. *STREAM 1 - PLENARY + TRACK 1* *Sunday 11 September 2022* *06:00* Capacity Building Program for Fellows and Newcomers *Monday 12 September 2022* *01:30* S06 Empowering New Voices in Internet Governance Spaces *03:00* Opening Plenary *05:30* S17 Advancing data justice in (post-)pandemic data governance: perspectives from Southeast Asia *07:00* S05 Resilience and inclusivity in digital education *08:30* S04 Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the ICT Job Sector *09:30* Townhall Session *Tuesday 13 September 2022* *01:30* S02 Digital accessibility and connectivity for disabled students in higher education during COVID-19 *03:00* APNIC Opening Ceremony and Keynotes *05:30* S11 Responding to changing digital rights priorities in a post-pandemic world *07:00* S12 Multi-stakeholder Collaborative Approach for Developing Local Digital Literacy Champions *08:30* S01 Connecting the Unconnected - Efforts from Private Sector and Policy Lessons from the APAC *09:30* Townhall Session *Wednesday 13 September 2022* *01:30* S03 Strengthening the disability voice in Internet Governance *03:00* S19 Locally Accessible Cloud Service (LACS) for e-resilience + S21 LEO Satellite Constellations - Will They Bring Better Internet Access and a More Resilient Internet? + S25 Koo - Empowering Users and Building Cyber Resilience *05:30* S20 Here's How Your Genital and Physical Affects Your Digital Lives + S22 Measuring the Internet protocol parameters for reducing Internet poverty *07:00* S23 Child Online Safety: A Kids conversation on creating a Child-centric Internet + S24 Assessing investments in surveillance and technology *08:30* Closing Plenary *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aprigf2022 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aprigf2022>* (Open Captions) *STREAM 2 - TRACK 2* *Monday September 2022* *01:30* S13 Combating Disinformation from COVID-19 to the General Election: Multistakeholder Digital Literacy vs Legislation & Censorship? *05:30* S07 Online harassment as tools of exclusion: A discussion on Addressing Online Gender Based Violence Through Community Organised Helplines *07:00* S08 Towards an EcoInternet - A Multistakeholder Dialogue on Policy Making and Strategising for a Sustainable and Energy Efficient Internet *08:30* S10 Future of Work: Achieving a sustainable gig economy *Tuesday 13 September 2022* *01:30* S15 Toward Trusted Design: User Protections for a Better Web for All *05:30* S16 Protecting the Healthcare Sector from Cyber Harm 08:30 S14 Digital Resiliency of Civil Society in the context of shrinking Civic Space *Wednesday 13 September 2022* *01:30* S09 Social Media Regulation during Elections: Expanding or Limiting Digital Democracy? *03:00* Internet governance within the system of United Nations: is IGF on a good path to adapt, innovate and reform? *05:30* IG Futures *07:00* S18 Routing Security – We can do better! *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/aprigf2022 <https://www.sgnog.net/> *(Open Captions) *PROGRAM https://ap.rigf.asia/news/2022-program-schedule/ <https://ap.rigf.asia/news/2022-program-schedule/> (pdf https://bit.ly/3xd5Qog <https://bit.ly/3xd5Qog>)* *REGISTER https://igf.asia/2022register <https://igf.asia/2022register>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see* ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15756>*) *TWITTER #APrIGF2022 <http://bit.ly/aprigf2022> #aprigf #internetgovernance #netgov #APAC @aprigf_official @isocapac #apnic54 @apnic * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocapac/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocapac/>* *https://www.facebook.com/aprigf.asia/ <https://www.facebook.com/aprigf.asia/>* *http://bit.ly/aprigf2022video <http://bit.ly/aprigf2022video>* (YouTube) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/aprigf2022 <https://archive.org/details/aprigf2022>* *Permalink - https://isoc.live/15756 <https://isoc.live/15756>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (IEEE HPSR 2023) -- Deadline: January 23, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '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://www.ieee-hpsr.org/ *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 Director of Recruiting and Admissions Computer Engineering Area Chair 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> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Call for or Papers: Symposium on Misinformation and Global Communication
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

Online Media and Global Communication Call for or Papers: Symposium on Misinformation and Global Communication Digital media technology has accelerated the spread of false or misleading information, particularly amid the pandemic of COVID-19, making it a global social concern and an emerging research topic for various social science disciplines. To date, a variety of scholarship has investigated the various forms of misinformation, their spreading patterns, methods of detection and dispelling, the causes and effects of misinformation, etc. However, more research is still needed to address the global dissemination of misinformation. We are soliciting extended abstracts or full papers for a variety of presentations at our symposium, “Misinformation and Global Communication,” to be held on March 12, 2022, in Shanghai. The symposium will take a hybrid format, consisting of in-person and virtual meetings. We welcome innovative and original research proposals addressing the theme of our symposium from all disciplines, methodologies, and professions, including case studies, quantitative and qualitative research, data and network science, etc. Some possible topics include but are not limited to: * Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news on social media * COVID-19 misinformation * The effects of misinformation on audience * Comparative Study on fake news * Fact-checking * New methodologies to study misinformation * The ethic of misinformation * Digital literacy on misinformation * Misinformation inventions * The cultural implications of misinformation * Other related topics Please submit an abstract or research proposal with a minimum of 500 words for your presentation. Submissions should be sent via email globalopinion(a)shisu.edu.cn<mailto:globalopinion@shisu.edu.cn> by February 15, 2022. Decisions for the conference presentation will be communicated on February 25, 2022. High-quality articles will be selected to present at our symposium “Misinformation and Global Communication,” co-sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai International Studies University, Center for Global Public Opinion of China, and the Online Media and Global Communication (OMGC) journal. OMGC is a new free open-access English language referred journal published quarterly by De Gruyter and sponsored by Shanghai International Studies University. It aims to publish high quality, innovative and original research on global communication, especially in the use of global online media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Weibo, WeChat, Wikipedia, websites, blogs, etc., in an effort to make theoretical contributions under the contextual scenarios of and based on practices of online media and global communication, particularly in but not limited to the Global South. Selected papers from the symposium will be published in Online Media and Global Communication after peer review.

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CFP NordiCHI22 Ethical Future Environments: Engaging refugees in Smart City participation
by Aal, Konstantin 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

Sorry for Cross-Posting This one-day workshop aims to engage researchers, Smart city practitioners and refugees in discussions about Smart Cities and the increasing role of technology in our environments. The main aim is to empower marginalized stakeholders in these discussions, who are currently underrepresented in design and development processes of digitalized environments. During this workshop, we use and further develop an inclusive card game method to scaffold discussions among different stakeholders. We aim to support a mutual learning environment for participants, in which we can share and discuss different perspectives. Finally, we aim to create a sharing community in which this card game and other methods and tools support collaboration with marginalized citizens can be shared with practitioners, researchers and citizens. For researchers and Smart city practitioners, this workshop will be hold as a one-day, hybrid workshop. The main activities will take place in zoom and we offer networking opportunities during the breaks. For the refugees, we offer a series of three co-located, in-person workshops in different countries of the organizers (Austria, Germany, the Netherlands): * A pre-workshop to brainstorm about relevant topics the refugees would like to discuss during the conference workshop and to practice the experience of a workshop. Researchers (other than the organizers) and practitioners are not participating in this workshop. * During the main conference workshop the participants of the co-located workshops participate virtually, supported by the organizers. The researchers and smart city professionals take part in the discussions with the participants of the co-located workshops via zoom. We will play a visual card game to scaffold discussions and to support participants with a language barrier. The topics of the discussions will be Smart city related and picked by the participants during the pre-workshop. * A post-conference workshop will be held with the participants of the co-located workshops to discuss the participant’s experience and to learn how we can improve the methods we used during the workshops. All participants will be invited to contribute to the main outcomes we aim for: 1) a scientific publication about methods for involving marginalized groups in Smart city discussions 2) a sharing community to support practitioners with methods and tools to involve marginalized groups in Smart City projects. Researchers (other than the organizers) and practitioners are not participating in this workshop. We invite to this workshop researchers, practitioners who work in fields related to Smart Cities, and refugees. We aim to create an inclusive and accessible workshop experience for all participants. To have a balanced number of participants from each group, we limit the amount of participants for each. We invite a maximum number of 10 researchers and a maximum of 10 Smart city practitioners to take part in this workshop. The submission format is open and flexible. We suggest researchers to write a positioning paper (1-2 pages) or using a google form (google form),<https://forms.gle/oMS5btEiGZucgUaJ9> stating their motivation to participate and background. Submissions can be sent to ethical.future.environments(a)gmail.com. All submissions will be reviewed based on relevance and interest in contributing to the workshop. At least one co-author of each accepted paper must register to attend the workshop. Final Submission Deadline: September 16th Final Notification of Acceptance: September 20th Workshop Day: October 9, 2022 For further questions about the workshop contact: ethical.future.environments(a)gmail.com<https://margins-in-hci.tech/ethical.future.environments@gmail.com> -- Konstantin Aal Research assistant and PhD student pronouns: he/him/his Information Systems and New Media SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation" University of Siegen Kohlbettstr. 15, 57072 Siegen Raum. US-E-102 Tel. +49 (0)271 / 740 3383 Mob. +49 (0)176 / 30 780 007 http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/index.html.en?lang=en

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Platforming & Unplatforming Workshop, Los Angeles, Feb 4-5
by Alexander Halavais 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

Platforming and Unplatforming: A Research Workshop Los Angeles, February 4-5, 2023 (Writing Sprint, February 6-7, 2023) Over the last decade, there has been growing concern over the influence of platforms on multiple spheres of life. Definitions of “platforms” are various and controversial. As defined by van Dijck, platforms are, “providers of software, (sometimes) hardware, and services that help code social activities into a computational architecture; they process (meta)data through algorithms and formatted protocols before presenting their interpreted logic in the form of user-friendly interfaces with default settings that reflect the platform owner’s strategic choices” (2013, p. 29). As Tarleton Gillespie (2010) notes, the choice of the term “platform” itself is an indication of the role many of these sites hope to project and establish their role in society as a “neutral intermediary.” Yet, major social platforms like Facebook and Twitter have affected (inflected, infected) social discourse, leading to questions of how people use and are used by these platforms (Burgess, 2021). And while social platforms have dominated many of these conversations, interdisciplinary scholars have called attention to the platformization of everything from healthcare to business education (e.g., Ajunwa & Greene, 2019; Berg et al., 2018; Kelkar, 2018; Kellogg, Valentine, & Christin, 2020; Lee et al., 2015; Zhang, 2021). Critical attention to platforms and platformization across domains raises common questions: namely, when we all use the same “Software as a Service” how far does that remove the locus of control from the users and from the institutions and organizations they work within? We invite you to join us for a two-day unconference and workshop that seeks to bring together researchers from across disciplines who are seeking to understand the role of platforms, broadly construed, in society and within institutions, the threats and opportunities they pose, and how effective policies might be crafted to address them. An optional writing sprint will follow the unconference, with the intention of producing substantial collaborative and individual works, to be published in a collected volume. We ask participants interested in attending the workshop to submit a 500 to 1000 word position paper, no later than December 1, 2022, to unplatforming(a)gmail.com. The position papers may include any of the following: - Explorations of how we should be defining and conceptualizing platforms themselves. What is included in these definitions, and what might be missed? - A potential empirical study of a specific platform. - An analysis of the conceptual traditions and methodologies that may be of most benefit to researchers interested in studying platform mediation. - Structures of ownership and control for platforms. - Theoretical perspectives that advance our understanding of the relationship between platforms and users. - Design implication or policy position papers that address the role platforms are playing in society. - Critical examination of the field of platform studies itself. We are seeking unformed, unpolished work that is at a stage that can be influenced by the discussions that will occur at the meeting. Additionally, this work can take many forms: research ideas or drafts, speculative fiction, and other forms of creative work. Registration for the workshop is free to participants. The workshop is sponsored by the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Health Solutions and at Arizona State University, and will be held in the historical Herald-Examiner Building in Los Angeles. We have invited several people to help to encourage our conversations and think about possibilities: - Roderic N. Crooks, UC Irvine - Paul Dourish, UC Irvine - Lilly Irani, UC San Diego - Michael Yudell, Arizona State University Organizing Committee: - Alexander Halavais - Kathleen (Katie) Pine - Nicholas Proferes - Shawn Walker Works Cited Ajunwa, I., & Greene, D. (2019). Platforms at work: Automated hiring platforms and other new intermediaries in the organization of work. In Work and labor in the digital age. Emerald Publishing Limited. Berg, J., Furrer, M., Harmon, E., Rani, U., & Silberman, M. S. (2018). Digital labour platforms and the future of work. Towards Decent Work in the Online World. Rapport de l’OIT. Burgess, J. (2021). Platform studies. In S. Cunningham & D. Craig (Eds.), Creator culture: An introduction to global social media entertainment (pp. 21-38). NYU Press. Gillespie, T. (2010). The politics of “platforms.” New media & society, 12(3), 347-364. Kelkar, S. (2018). Engineering a platform: The construction of interfaces, users, organizational roles, and the division of labor. New Media & Society, 20(7), 2629-2646. Kellogg, K.C., Valentine, M.A., & Christin, A. (2020). Algorithms at work: The new contested terrain of control." Academy of Management Annals, 14(1), 366-410. Lee, M. K., Kusbit, D., Metsky, E., & Dabbish, L. (2015, April). Working with machines: The impact of algorithmic and data-driven management on human workers. In Proceedings of the 33rd annual ACM conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 1603-1612). Van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity: A critical history of social media. Oxford University Press. Zhang, L. (2021). Platformizing family production: The contradictions of rural digital labor in China. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 32(3), 341-359. Please share this call. A copy is available online at: https://socialdatasci.org/platforming/ -- // Alexander Halavais (he/him) @halavais alex.halavais.net // Associate Professor of Social Data Science socialdatasci.org // New College, Arizona State University theprof(a)asu.edu <http://asu.edu/>

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Childcare at AoIR2022
by Kevin Driscoll 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Hello everyone, Are you traveling to AoIR2022 with children? My partner and I will be there with our four year old and would love to coordinate childcare with other parents. If you're interested, please email me off-list and we can start making plans. And if this conversation is already happening elsewhere, please do put me in touch. Looking forward to seeing many of you soon! Kevin

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