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#NTF22 - Call for Papers - MTV 2.0: Modularity, Transdisciplinarity, Vexation
by Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Two-day workshop as part of the MOTRA-K Research Cluster of Excellence Conference, September 1 and 2, 2022, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden (on-site and via Zoom) Academia, also - or especially? - security research, consists of numerous routines, the striving for stability, precisely: security. In addition, there are business and organizational necessities to "increase efficiency." At best, science is still free within narrow content-related limits. Third-party funding, conference events, paper dissemination - the requirements are substantial, but so is the need; see not only #IchBinHanna. But where should all the creativity, innovation, and invention come from if the same habitat is walled off, reduced, and precarized more than ever? Desired freedom of research and actual development and rigidity of "flexible" systems contradict each other. The smoother, cleaner, and more efficient, the less creative, is the diagnosis. After all, the scientific enterprise also follows the innovation paradox. Yet radicalism is not evil per se and thus worth fighting. Crossing boundaries is not only helpful and good in youth; the advantages of breaking taboos, of meandering on the interface between genius and madness, also become very clear later on. Even if the well-structured but sometimes somewhat bloodless and thick-skinned scientific community often doesn't like to admit it: it needs disrespect, impropriety, and disturbance. Shaking things up is impossible without touching; change only works with a change of direction, and questioning oneself is only possible without limiting oneself and others. Therefore we dedicate workshop #NTF22 to the three topoi modularity, transdisciplinarity, and vexation. We want a workshop that brings together units of meaning (M) and strives for transcending disciplines and problem-solving (T) while using the element of vexation creatively, innovatively, and radically (V). The MTV Idents serve as a model, among others, as "gap fillers" between the television program parts, making the MTV brand known in a visually radical way, at the same time promoting non-conformist art and providing space for new visual experiences and worlds of thought, despite their integration into a thoroughly profit-oriented company. However, this Call for Papers is not only addressed to researchers active in the arts and sciences but explicitly to all people in Academia who find the element of disruption meaningful and who find themselves and their work in one or more of the topoi mentioned above. Our workshop is thus intended to go a step further than last year's workshop, which was themed "Revolution, Innovation, Provocation." This time, we want it to be more radical, vexing, awakening, and, therefore, more intensive than last year's workshop in terms of content and structure. However, this is not meant to devalue the previous workshop, but - quite the opposite! - to tie in with it. Because without this preliminary work of the presenters at that time, this year's setting would not be possible - they have opened the eyes of many responsible persons to the necessity of provocative contributions. We want to build on this and therefore invite you: Become scientifically creative by disturbing! In particular, we would like to strongly encourage young scientists, especially from the ranks of the NTF, to submit proposals. Presentations should be approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length and should be followed by an opportunity for discussion. We welcome contributions from the following security research areas (although other proposals not mentioned here may, of course, be submitted): - Terrorism research from marginalized perspectives - Extremism research in structurally underexposed areas - Methodological criticism - Artistic-scientific work in and from the field of security research - New theoretical approaches to terrorism research - Transdisciplinary innovations from research, development, and teaching - Digital art that disturbs, irritates, and provokes - New forms of international (digital) security collaboration - Developments in problem-solving skills - Creative methods for authorities, NGOs, associations, etc. - Predictive policing - Experimental forms of artificial intelligence in security research - Trends in Machine Learning If you would like to present your idea at our workshop, please send us an abstract of no more than 1000 characters and a short biography by June 30, 2022, to: NTF22(a)ntfev.org. You will receive feedback by July 15, 2022. We may cover travel and lodging expenses for up to ten presenters. Two outstanding papers, selected by the Board of Directors, will be presented directly at the MOTRA conference in the "grand setting." MOTRA and the Terrorism Research Network (Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung/NTF) The collaborative project "Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalization" (MOTRA) (https://www.motra.info) is a research network in the context of civil security research funded through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). The project arose within the framework of establishing a Research Cluster of Excellence on the early detection, prevention and countering of Islamist Extremism and Terrorism. MOTRA aims to systematically monitor radicalization in Germany, focusing on the development of Islamist extremism and terrorist acts, using multimethod, longitudinal phenomenon/trend analyses, and in-depth case analyses. The Terrorism Research Network (NTF) has been an associated/transfer partner of the MOTRA network since 2019. This role is responsible for promoting young researchers in the subject areas of terrorism/extremism research. We are pleased to be the first security research network for young researchers in the context of a Research Cluster of Excellence and cordially invite you, as young researchers, in particular, to present and discuss your research ideas, projects, theses, or doctoral and post-doctoral projects at this year's NTF workshop in the context of the MOTRA annual conference in Wiesbaden! The small stage of the NTF workshop, close to the large MOTRA stage, offers you the opportunity to come into contact and exchange with scientists from the field of security research as well as (de)radicalization work, terrorism and extremism research, to deepen specific topics in person or digitally via provided break-out rooms, to expand your network as well as to approach potential supervisors for research papers. As the pandemic allows, social gatherings are also possible as part of the workshop. Of course, we must always observe the legal regulations at the conference/workshop! Notes on event format due to the corona pandemic Due to the dynamic pandemic situation, the final format of the event is currently not irrevocably fixed. If necessary, the workshop will be held as a hybrid event. Online participation is possible without restrictions. If you are interested in participating without a presentation, we request registration (NTF members as well as external guests) by August 15, 2022. Spontaneous or anonymous participation is not possible either on-site or online! We will inform you about the exact format, conditions of participation, and program in due time. Your contact persons: Stephan Humer: stephan.humer(a)ntfev.org Isabelle Holz: isabelle.holz(a)hs-fresenius.de Literature: Husbands, L.: The ‘Quasi-Artistic Venture’: MTV Idents and Alternative Animation Culture. In: Cook, M., Thompson, K.M.: Animation and Advertising. pp. 229-246. Palgrave Animation, 2019. -- Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer Internet Sociologist Director, Internet Sociology Department, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Chief Research Officer, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Founding Chairman (2013-2021), Coordinator Advanced Research, NTF e.V. Member, Research Cluster of Excellence on Terrorism/Extremism (MOTRA) Tel. (DE/EU): +49 (0)157/58064165 Phone (US): (213) 267-0214 Website: www.humer.de Twitter: @netsociology

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Call for abstracts: ECREA post-conference on "Digital media and information disorders"
by Anja Bechmann 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Dear all, Please consider sending abstracts for our ECREA post-conference on Digital media and information disorders with an extended deadline on 15 June 2022 and do not hesitate to forward to any relevant scholars: Call for papers ECREA post-conference Digital media and information disorders: Theorizing and investigating influence operations, impact and contextual factors Time: Monday October 24th, 2022 at 10-17 Venue: Building ADA, room 333, IT-City, Aarhus University, Denmark (plus Zoom) - During the pandemic we have experienced a hitherto unprecedented international focus on digital information disorders such as misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories both in policies and scientific contributions across research fields. With among others Lazarsfeld and Merton’s (1948) work on propaganda, communication studies has a strong tradition in theorizing and methodologically operationalizing empirical studies on how mediated propaganda affects user behavior and attitudes with central notions such as influentials and opinion leaders. The notion of ‘limited effect’ has sparked renewed heated debate on whether this transfers into weak/no effect or under what limited contextual conditions new forms of digital propaganda might actually have quite powerful effects. Digital media does not provide the same mediated versus unmediated life and instead collapse in onlife that provide new theoretical and empirical contexts for effect and influence studies. Recent studies on digital social media influence have pointed to contextual (e.g. platform) factors to be central for the operationalization of communication-style influence (Malhotra & Galletta, 2003; Gruzd & Wellmann, 2014; Goggin & Petakovic, 2014) measured on different levels as network visibility, in and outgroup social cues, rhetorical and emotional persuasion, and inauthentic behavior such as strategic communication overload, flagging and boosting from e.g. bots, sock puppets, junk news and click farms (Bastos & Mercea, 2019; Howard, 2020). This post-conference invites scholars from around the world to bring forward research focusing on theories and/or empirical studies on digital information disorders e.g., its complex conceptual and contested nature, its contextual factors and associated influence operations, effects and impacts and potential prevention strategies such as digital literacy, fact checking operations and other counter propaganda strategies. We welcome contributions from a variety of topics such as covid-19, Russian-Ukrainian war, climate change, anti vaxxer social movements etc. The post-conference will furthermore focus on nations and regions as contextual factors. Open call for abstracts:We invite abstracts of max 500 words together with a short author bio of max 100 words. Max capacity: 30 participants. Extended deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2022 to Jessica G. Walter at jewalter(a)cc.au.dk (subject field please write "ecrea post-conference"). Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2022. Organizer: DATALAB - Center for digital social research, Aarhus University Funding: EDMO, SHAPE, and NORDIS (EU CEF) Sincerely, Anja Bechmann Professor & Director of DATALAB PI, NORDIS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.datalab.au.dk_nordi…> Mobile: (+45) 51335138 DATALAB, Center for Digital Social Research<https://datalab.au.dk/> Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, ICT-City, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark New publications: Nissen, I.A, Walter, J.G., Charquero-Ballester, M & Bechmann, A. 2022. Digital Infrastructures of COVID-19 Misinformation: a new conceptual and analytical perspective on fact-checking<https://www-tandfonline-com.ez.statsbiblioteket.dk:12048/doi/full/10.1080/2…>, Digital Journalism Kim, J.Y., Fusaroli, R., Park, H.W. & Bechmann. 2021. Systemic Gendering in Facebook Group Participation<https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211064906>, Social Media + Society. Bechmann, A. 2021. DATA,<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funipress.…> Aarhus University Press. Osmundsen, M,, Bor, A, Vahlstrup, P.B., Bechmann, A & Petersen, M.B 2021. Partisan Polarization is the primary psychological motivation behind “fake news” sharing on Twitter<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambr…>, American Political Science Review. Bechmann, A. 2020. Tackling Disinformation and Infodemics Demands Media Policy Changes<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf…>, Digital journalism, 1-13. Pavleska, T, Školkay, A, Zankova, B, Ribeiro, N & Bechmann, A. 2020. Performance analysis of fact-checking organization and initiatives in Europe: a critical overview of online platforms fighting fake news<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcompact-me…> IN: Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy. ed. / Georgios Terzis; Dariusz Kloza; Elzbieta Kuzelewska; Daniel Trottier. Cambridge : Intersentia. (European Integration and Democracy Series, Vol. 6), 217-246. Henriksen, A & Bechmann, A. 2020. Building truths in AI: Making predictive algorithms doable in healthcare<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf…>, Information, Communication & Society, 1-15 Bechmann, A. & Zevenbergen, B. 2020. AI and Machine Learning: Ethical Guidelines<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%…> IRE 3.0, Association of Internet Researchers. Bechmann, A. & Kim, J.Y. 2020. Big Data: A Focus on Social Media Research Dilemmas<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.spri…>, Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity, 427-444 Bechmann, A. 2019. Inequality in posting behavior over time: a study of Danish Facebook users<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2…>, Nordicom Review, 40(1). Bechmann, A. & Bowker, G.C. 2019. Unsupervised by any other name: Hidden layers of knowledge production in artificial intelligence on social media<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2…>, Big Data & Society, 6(1). ////// IMPORTANT: Please be aware that all emails at Aarhus University can be made subject to ’access to documents’ requests in accordance with Danish Public Administration Act. ////////

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Call for abstracts: ECREA Post-conference
by Anja Bechmann 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Dear all, Please consider sending abstracts for our ECREA post-conference on Digital media and information disorders with an extended deadline on 15 June 2022 and do not hesitate to forward to any relevant scholars: Call for papers ECREA post-conference Digital media and information disorders: Theorizing and investigating influence operations, impact and contextual factors Time: Monday October 24th, 2022 at 10-17 Venue: Building ADA, room 333, IT-City, Aarhus University, Denmark (plus Zoom) - During the pandemic we have experienced a hitherto unprecedented international focus on digital information disorders such as misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories both in policies and scientific contributions across research fields. With among others Lazarsfeld and Merton’s (1948) work on propaganda, communication studies has a strong tradition in theorizing and methodologically operationalizing empirical studies on how mediated propaganda affects user behavior and attitudes with central notions such as influentials and opinion leaders. The notion of ‘limited effect’ has sparked renewed heated debate on whether this transfers into weak/no effect or under what limited contextual conditions new forms of digital propaganda might actually have quite powerful effects. Digital media does not provide the same mediated versus unmediated life and instead collapse in onlife that provide new theoretical and empirical contexts for effect and influence studies. Recent studies on digital social media influence have pointed to contextual (e.g. platform) factors to be central for the operationalization of communication-style influence (Malhotra & Galletta, 2003; Gruzd & Wellmann, 2014; Goggin & Petakovic, 2014) measured on different levels as network visibility, in and outgroup social cues, rhetorical and emotional persuasion, and inauthentic behavior such as strategic communication overload, flagging and boosting from e.g. bots, sock puppets, junk news and click farms (Bastos & Mercea, 2019; Howard, 2020). This post-conference invites scholars from around the world to bring forward research focusing on theories and/or empirical studies on digital information disorders e.g., its complex conceptual and contested nature, its contextual factors and associated influence operations, effects and impacts and potential prevention strategies such as digital literacy, fact checking operations and other counter propaganda strategies. We welcome contributions from a variety of topics such as covid-19, Russian-Ukrainian war, climate change, anti vaxxer social movements etc. The post-conference will furthermore focus on nations and regions as contextual factors. Open call for abstracts: We invite abstracts of max 500 words together with a short author bio of max 100 words. Max capacity: 30 participants. Extended deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2022. Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2022. Organizer: DATALAB - Center for digital social research, Aarhus University Funding: EDMO, SHAPE, and NORDIS (EU CEF) Sincerely, Anja Bechmann Professor & Director of DATALAB PI, NORDIS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.datalab.au.dk_nordi…> Mobile: (+45) 51335138 DATALAB, Center for Digital Social Research<https://datalab.au.dk/> Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, ICT-City, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark New publications: Nissen, I.A, Walter, J.G., Charquero-Ballester, M & Bechmann, A. 2022. Digital Infrastructures of COVID-19 Misinformation: a new conceptual and analytical perspective on fact-checking<https://www-tandfonline-com.ez.statsbiblioteket.dk:12048/doi/full/10.1080/2…>, Digital Journalism Kim, J.Y., Fusaroli, R., Park, H.W. & Bechmann. 2021. Systemic Gendering in Facebook Group Participation<https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211064906>, Social Media + Society. Bechmann, A. 2021. DATA,<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funipress.…> Aarhus University Press. Osmundsen, M,, Bor, A, Vahlstrup, P.B., Bechmann, A & Petersen, M.B 2021. Partisan Polarization is the primary psychological motivation behind “fake news” sharing on Twitter<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambr…>, American Political Science Review. Bechmann, A. 2020. Tackling Disinformation and Infodemics Demands Media Policy Changes<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf…>, Digital journalism, 1-13. Pavleska, T, Školkay, A, Zankova, B, Ribeiro, N & Bechmann, A. 2020. Performance analysis of fact-checking organization and initiatives in Europe: a critical overview of online platforms fighting fake news<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcompact-me…> IN: Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy. ed. / Georgios Terzis; Dariusz Kloza; Elzbieta Kuzelewska; Daniel Trottier. Cambridge : Intersentia. (European Integration and Democracy Series, Vol. 6), 217-246. Henriksen, A & Bechmann, A. 2020. Building truths in AI: Making predictive algorithms doable in healthcare<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf…>, Information, Communication & Society, 1-15 Bechmann, A. & Zevenbergen, B. 2020. AI and Machine Learning: Ethical Guidelines<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%…> IRE 3.0, Association of Internet Researchers. Bechmann, A. & Kim, J.Y. 2020. Big Data: A Focus on Social Media Research Dilemmas<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.spri…>, Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity, 427-444 Bechmann, A. 2019. Inequality in posting behavior over time: a study of Danish Facebook users<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2…>, Nordicom Review, 40(1). Bechmann, A. & Bowker, G.C. 2019. Unsupervised by any other name: Hidden layers of knowledge production in artificial intelligence on social media<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2…>, Big Data & Society, 6(1). ////// IMPORTANT: Please be aware that all emails at Aarhus University can be made subject to ’access to documents’ requests in accordance with Danish Public Administration Act. ////////

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WEBCAST JUN 7: ‘Concealing for Freedom: The Making of Encryption, Secure Messaging and Digital Liberties’ Book Launch
by Joly MacFie 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Begins shortly. Speaker Francesca Musiani is the Vice-President for Research at ISOC France. The book is published Open Access and can read be online or downloaded free at https://www.matteringpress.org/books/concealing-for-freedom/read/ REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3aAKNna [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/15478>On *Tuesday June 7 2022* at *13:00-14:00 UTC* the *International Association for Media and Communication Research <https://iamcr.org/>* (IAMCR) *Communication Policy & Technology Section* presents a webinar '*Concealing for Freedom <https://iamcr.org/webinars/Concealing-for-freedom>*'. Authors *Francesca Musiani* and *Ksenia Ermoshina* will launch their new book '*Concealing for Freedom: The Making of Encryption, Secure Messaging and Digital Liberties <https://www.matteringpress.org/books/concealing-for-freedom>*' (Mattering Press), the first in-depth sociological inquiry in the field of secure communication. Current debates around encryption have fundamental implications for our individual liberties and collective presence on the Internet, while the cryptography community has renewed its efforts to create next-generation secure messaging protocols and applications. The webinar will show how these tools differ in their intended technical architectures, their targeted user publics, and the underlying values and business models. *SPEAKERS* *Francesca Musiani*, Deputy Director, Centre for Internet and Society, CNRS *Ksenia Ermoshina*, Researcher, Centre for Internet and Society, CNRS *MODERATOR* *Jo Pierson*, Professor of Responsible Digitalisation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (imec-SMIT) & Hasselt University (R4D), Belgium *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/concealingforfreedom <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/concealingforfreedom>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15478>*) *TWITTER #concealingforfreedom <https://bit.ly/concealingforfreedom> @IAMCRtweets @franmusiani @edok_lotosov @cis_cnrs @iMuses #encryption #globalencryption* *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/> (*AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/concealingforfreedom <https://archive.org/details/concealingforfreedom>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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[Data to Power]: Final Events recordings
by Natalia Grincheva 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Hello all, Apologies for X postings. We are happy to share the recordings of the Final Research Session developed in the framework of the project:* GLAM and Digital Soft Power in the Post-Pandemic World. *Please, read more about the project here: datatopower.net *Webinar: Urban Data Infrastructures and Digital Place-making*The webinar discussed the concept of digital soft power from the perspective of digital place-making, urban diplomacy and city branding. Exploring digital tourism, digital cultural heritage and its virtual cultural consumption, it discussed the role of digital representations, narratives and images constructed by GLAM institutions. *Read more here:* *https://www.datatopower.net/webinar3 <https://www.datatopower.net/webinar3>* *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://youtu.be/0O_3UiyMC80 *Datathon: * *Forecasting local impacts of travelling exhibitions* The Datathon discussed challenges and opportunities of urban cultural infrastructure mapping and its value for designing and mapping touring exhibitions. It presented the Local Engagement Layer of the Data To Power prototype designed in collaboration with the Science Museum Group in London and Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne. *Read more here:* https://www.datatopower.net/datathon3 <https://www.datatopower.net/datathon2> *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://youtu.be/vcwHOZXZsqg *To stay in the loop of current and future activities:* Subscribe to our Google group https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower

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Call for chapters — The De Gruyter Handbook of Automated Futures
by Martin Berg 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, What does automation do with us, our environment, and our imaginaries? What do we do, conversely, with automation, its environments, and its imaginative worlds? In addition to grand narratives and technology-driven design visions about the future, what else can automation offer? The growing prevalence of automated and algorithmic systems geared towards transforming humankind’s future has raised critical questions for scholars in the social sciences and humanities. The De Gruyter Handbook of Automated Futures addresses these questions while complicating the techno-solutionist narratives that frame automation discourse in industry and policy circles. The handbook will be a comprehensive guide to imaginaries and interactions with automation technologies that cuts across different fields and disciplines, along with critical explorations of their potential impact. Importantly, it is grounded in a pedagogy that integrates perspectives at both philosophical and practical levels – from the understanding of automated futures to the development of skills and value judgments. My colleague Vaike Fors and I are editing this handbook, and we are inviting you to submit an abstract! Deadline for abstracts is June 10, 2022. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! The full call can be accessed on: http://automatedfutures.se Please consider submitting an abstract and sharing this call in your networks! (Apologies for cross-posting!) All the best wishes, Martin Berg — Professor Martin Berg Department of Computer Science and Media Technology Malmö University https://mau.se/en/persons/martin.berg/

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Online seminar 16 June | Nick Couldry & Ulises Mejias: Resisting Data Colonialism
by Orsolya Gulyás 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, You are warmly invited to attend the third edition of our online Data Sovereignty Seminar Series on 16 June at 17.00 (CEST) with Nick Couldry (LSE) and Ulises Mejias (SUNY) on resisting data colonialism. Please follow the link below to register, where you can also find the recordings of our past seminars. Registration: https://brussels-school.be/event/data-sovereignty-seminar-series Seminar #3: Resisting Data Colonialism:The Benefits and Limits of Data Sovereignty Description In their book The Costs of Connection: How Data Colonizes Human Life and Appropriates it for Capitalism (Stanford University Press, August 2019), Couldry and Mejias argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism, but as the start of a new phase in human history that rivals in importance the emergence of historic colonialism. This new "data colonialism" is based not on the extraction of natural resources or labor, but on the appropriation of human life through data, paving the way for a further stage of capitalism. Resisting it will require strategies that decolonial thinking has foregrounded for centuries, including the articulation of new forms of sovereignty. By reviewing the benefits and limits of these emerging proposals for digital sovereignty—including the ones currently being discussed in the EU—the authors will explore how effectively this concept can inform government and public responses against emerging forms of data colonialism. Programme 17:00-17:05: Welcome and introduction by Orsolya Gulyás & Clément Perarnaud (BSoG) 17:05-17:25: Presentation by Nick Couldry (LSE) and Ulises Mejias (SUNY) 17:25-17:35: Discussion by Julia Pohle (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) 17:35-18:00: Q&A with the audience Time: June 16, 2022 at 05:00 PM CEST The Data Sovereignty seminar series is jointly organised by the Center for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation at the Brussels School of Governance and the UNU-CRIS/VUB Chair on Digital Sovereignty. Best wishes, Orsolya Gulyás and Clément Perarnaud ORSOLYA GULYÁS PhD Researcher +32 485 980 172 Brussels School of Governance<https://brussels-school.be/> Pleinlaan 5 - 1050 Brussels

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24th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking -- ICDCN 2023 -- Abstract submission: 24th June, 2022 -- 3 WEEKS AWAY!!
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India January 4 - 7, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Website: https://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/conf/ICDCN23/ The International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) addresses advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks. At its 24th edition, ICDCN is a leading forum for disseminating the latest research results in these fields. Regular Papers should not exceed 10 pages double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Regular papers may additionally include a clearly marked Appendix with all the additional details required to validate the results (including technical proofs and experimental results that did not fit in the 10 pages). Short Papers should not exceed 5 pages double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper. All papers must be submitted through the easychair portal using the URL link below: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcn23 Papers describing original research work and practical experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics that include, but are not limited to: Next-generation Networks and Services Ad-hoc, Sensor, PAN and Mesh Networks Backscatter and Ultra-low Power Networks Intent-based Networking and Zero-configuration Networks Information-centric and Content-based Networking Blockchains in Distributed Computing and Networking Cloud Computing and Big Data Processing Cognitive Networking Distributed Algorithms: Design, Analysis, and Complexity Distributed Embedded Systems Distributed Operating Systems and Database Systems Distributed Quantum Computing Edge Computing and Mobile Offloading Energy-efficient and Sustainable Networking Fault-tolerance, Reliability, and Availability of Distributed Systems Formal Methods for Distributed Systems High performance Computing and Grid Computing Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems Internetworking Protocols & Internet Applications Machine Learning in Distributed Computing and Networking Mobile Crowdsensing and Social Networks Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking Overlay and Peer-to-peer Networking and Services Pervasive and Mobile Computing Pricing and Network Economics Scalable Distributed Systems Security, Privacy and Game Theory in Distributed Computing and Networking Self-organization, Self-stabilization, and Autonomic Computing UAV Networks and Mobile Robots Vehicular Networks, Smart Grids and Smart City Applications Extended versions of selected best papers from ICDCN 2023 will be invited for fast track publications in the Elsevier’s Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Journal. The conference will consider awarding Best Paper Awards. Abstract submission: 24th June, 2022 -- 3 WEEKS AWAY!! Paper submission: 1st July, 2022 Notifications: 3rd October, 2022 Camera Ready Papers: 31st October, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering 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 ________________________________ #################################################### IEEE Technical Committee on Big Data http://www.comsoc.org/committees/technical-committee/big-data http://bdpan.committees.comsoc.org/ https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tcbd&A=1 ________________________________

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IEEE MeditCom 2022 -- Firm Deadline: June 12, 2022 -- 6 DAYS AWAY!
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

================================================== IEEE MeditCom 2022 CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 12 JUNE (FIRM) 6 DAYS AWAY!!! ================================================== The Second IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (IEEE MeditCom 2022) will take place on 5-8 September 2022, in Athens, Greece ( https://meditcom2022.ieee-meditcom.org/) IEEE MeditCom is the IEEE ComSoc Conference serving the Mediterranean area and surrounding countries. It gathers visionaries in academia, research labs and industry from all over the world to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, with a top-notch technical program addressing hottest topics in the areas of communications and networking. IEEE MeditCom 2022 solicits Industry and Academia to submit papers on a wide range of research subjects, spanning both theoretical topics and system engineering. Original technical papers are sought in the following areas: - Network Architectures, SDN, NFV - Cloud Communications and Data-Center Networks - Optical Networks and Systems, Radio over Fiber - Mobile and Wireless Communications and Networking - 5G Mobile Systems and their Components - Molecular and Nanoscale Communications - Satellite and Space Communications - Underground and Underwater Communications - Image, Speech and Signal Processing for Communications - Big Data and Machine Learning for Communications - Semantic Web and Ontologies - Internet of Things, Smart grids, and Vehicular Networks - Edge Computing, Edge Intelligence, and Fog Networks - Semantic Communications - Green Communications and Energy Efficient Computing - Network Applications and Services - Analytical Models, Simulation, Testbeds & Prototypes - Network Management and Cognitive Radio - QoE/QoS Support and Cross-Layer Optimization - Performance Evaluation of Communication Systems - Massive MIMO, Signal Processing, and Coding - Advanced PHY and MAC Techniques - Security, Privacy, Trust and Blockchain - 6G Systems - Machine Learning for Communications and Networks - Communications and Information Theory - Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Communications - Integrated Sensing and Communications - Cell-Free Massive MIMO - RIS/LIS-Aided Communications IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Due: June 12, 2022 (Extended, firm) Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 Camera-ready Submission: July 29, 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs Stefano Bregni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Hikmet Sari, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Executive Co-Chairs Christos Verikoukis, University of Patras, Greece Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Technical Program Co-Chairs Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada Jalel Ben Othman, Centrale Supelec, France Steering Committee Chair Khaled B. Letaief, HKUST, Hong Kong More information can be found at https://meditcom2022.ieee-meditcom.org/ ================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Online Study - iScience Team of the University of Konstanz
by Isabel Helm 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

Hi everyone! The iScience team of the University of Konstanz is currently conducting an online survey. We would really appreciate if you could spend a few minutes to answer the survey. In this study we want to investigate human behavior in leisure situations. We are aiming to taget especially an european sample. It only takes less than 5 minutes. Here is the link to the study: https://exp.wextor.eu/iSciencecore/RepBA/index.html?so=airl Thank you so much! Isabel Helm

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