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Content Moderation on Discord: Bonfire Chat on May 18
by PS Berge 16 May '22

16 May '22

The Discord Academic Research Community (D/ARC) is excited to announce the first event in our new Bonfire Chat 🔥 series, happening this week: “Content Moderation on Discord: A Bonfire Chat” Hosted in the D/ARC Discord server on Wednesday, 18 May at 1pm EST/5pm GMT To join the event, RSVP in the D/ARC server at: <https://darcmode.org/invite>https://darcmode.org/invite This free, hour-long bonfire chat will feature an all-star lineup of content moderation and platform experts, including Robyn Caplan, Joseph Seering, Sohyeon Hwang, and Zac Parker, as they discuss current developments in content moderation on Discord with moderator Hibby Thach. You can find out more about the event and our panelists at: <https://darcmode.org/bonfire>https://darcmode.org/bonfire -- *PS Berge* *they/them pronouns* Ph.D. Student in Texts & Technology University of Central Florida psberge(a)knights.ucf.edu

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GRAILE Webinar: Establishing Higher Education EdTech Research Labs (18 May 2022)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 16 May '22

16 May '22

The Global Research Alliance for AI in Learning and Education (GRAILE) is pleased to announce the following free online webinar: Establishing Higher Education EdTech Research Labs Wed, 18 May 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ACST (6:30-7:30 AM CET), via Zoom To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/owning-our-future-establishing-higher-educatio… The digitization of higher education continues to accelerate. Globally, an unprecedented amount of products and services are now available by startups and established "big tech" to help universities make the transition to digital classrooms. Most universities have now established teaching and learning units to provide support for faculty and staff to move their courses online, or at minimum, augment them with digital features. As universities partner more with external providers, it's critical that they engage in active research programs to understand what's making an impact and what's not working. Several forward thinking universities have already established research labs that specifically assess the experience of students and teachers in these online settings. These centres often develop new software products, new pedagogical models, and learning design approaches to meet the needs of various stakeholders in the learning process. This panel will draw on the expertise of global edtech research leaders to discuss their experiences in establishing and supporting an edtech research centre. Topics include: motivations, resourcing, staff and faculty affiliations, results and impact, and future vision. More info on speakers at http://www.graile.ai/events/

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Twitter Created a New GUI for Academics with Historical Data Access
by Stuart Shulman 16 May '22

16 May '22

Twitter Created a New GUI for Academics with Historical Data Access A question I get weekly concerns how to access historical Twitter and other types of social data. I have developed a stock answer that goes out in the confirmations when an academic signs up for a free DiscoverText account and excerpts of it appear below with an update. Currently new academic users get a 10-user license for 12 months to store 500,000 Tweets or other text data units on DiscoverText. The training is free. The big news is that Twitter recently created a new graphical user interface for accessing historical Twitter in JSON format. Several PhD candidates reported to me this was news to them when I pointed to the URL, so I am sharing the updated academic user form letter below. --- If you want Twitter data that is historical, academics must apply directly to Twitter for special credentials: https://developer.twitter.com/en/products/twitter-api/academic-research Once you get the credentials, you could use Python to download the JSON format data: https://github.com/texifter/tools-for-twitter There is a fantastic new academic Twitter research GUI for those who may prefer skipping the Python steps altogether. https://developer.twitter.com/apitools/downloader This is an excellent addition to the academic Twitter ecosystem. These exported JSON files upload directly to DiscoverText for collaborative, web-based, TOS-compliant data science experiments using the Twitter display, deduplication, and machine-learning. You can upload historical Twitter data in JSON format to DiscoverText for analysis: https://vimeo.com/679097662 Many people also ask about Facebook, Instagram, and other social data. DiscoverText has not been connected to Facebook's open API since 2014. We do not store or access any social data except Twitter. A caveat is that some academics do have legal access to non-Twitter social data and that data, when stored in spreadsheets, can be uploaded by researchers into their DiscoverText account like any other spreadsheet: https://vimeo.com/622539257 No academic should study Twitter data in a spreadsheet until they have spent 7 minutes watching this "Case Against..." to which I have never heard a cogent rebuttal: https://vimeo.com/526218014 If you are a professor and you want to use DiscoverText in class, please send me a list of student emails and they will all get licenses directly issued. In general, feel free to let me know if you have questions or want a meeting about your research design or implementation. I look forward to supporting your work, ~Stu Dr. Stuart Shulman

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8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 14 May '22

14 May '22

*** Fifth Call for Papers *** 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) "Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era" September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.” The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to: • Smart city theory, modelling and simulation  • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services • Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies The complete list of technical areas can be found here: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ . Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org . Paper Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 . Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages, should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/ ). The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award contests. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 . Sponsorship Opportunities Please refer to the web site for further details: https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ . Important Dates • Conference Paper Submission Deadline: May 31, 2022 • Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022 • Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: July 31, 2022 • Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022 Organizing Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/ Special Track Chairs Committee https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/ IEEE Smart Cities https://smartcities.ieee.org

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27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2022) -- Demos and Posters -- Submissions deadline: May 31, 2022
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 13 May '22

13 May '22

======================== Call for Posters and Demos ======================== The 27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2022) Submission Due Date: May 31, 2022 Notification Date: June 5, 2022 Conference Dates: 30th June - 3rd July, 2022 Conference Venue: Rhodes, Greece Poster/Demo submission: https://iscc2022.unipi.gr/guidelines2022.php#subs Conference Website: https://iscc2022.unipi.gr ================================================================= Welcome to the 27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC). The first IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) was held in 1995 in response to the growing interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC takes place annually, usually in the Mediterranean region, in locations such as Egypt, Greece, France, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy, and Brazil. In 2022, the Symposium is going to be held in Rhodes, Greece. ISCC sessions will include presentations on new research results and tutorials. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the computer and communications areas that the Call for Papers considers. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2022 Conference Proceedings, which will be subject to independent peer-review procedures for quality, and may be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore(r) Digital Library. Merit, relevance, and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented. ISCC 2022, in its 27th edition, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2022 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 computers and communications. You are invited to submit a poster and/or demo related to the following topics of interest: * 5th Generation Networks (5G) * Resource Allocation * Network Slicing * Topology Management * 5G Core Network and Service Based Architecture * C-RAN and backhaul * SDN and NFV for 5G * Network Stability, Control and Optimization * Standardization Activities by IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI * Artificial Intelligence (AI) * Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications * Game Theory * Machine Learning * Bio-inspired Computing in Communications * Data Science and Data Engineering * Distributed Knowledge and Processing * Trusted AI * Cloud and Edge Computing * Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) * Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking * Fog Computing * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * Internet of Things (IoT) * LPWAN (LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M, Wi-SUN) * 6TiSCH, 6LoWPAN, Roll * Rest API, CoAP, CBOR, OSCORE * Smart Spaces * Cyber Physical Systems * Telecare Medical Information System * Optical Networks * Optical Network Protocols and Architectures * Energy-efficient/green Optical Communications and Networks * Visible Light Communications (Indoor, Outdoor and Localization) * Optical Wireless Communication Applications for Future Networks * Vehicular Networks * Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) * IEEE 802.11p ITS-G5 * Millimeter Waves * V2X, V2I, V2N, V2V, V2P, V2D, V2G * Inter and intra vehicle communication and protocols * Wireless Networks * Cognitive Radio Networking * Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications * Modeling and Simulation * Signal Processing for Communications * Services and Protocols * Advances in Internet Protocols * Green Networking * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Network Design, Optimization and Management * Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures * Standards Evolution * Digital Satellite Communications Service * Localization Protocols * Communications Services and Management * Crowdsourcing applications * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Software Defined * Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization * Software Defined Smart Objects * Software Defined Data Centers * Software Defined Radio * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Security and Privacy * Data Privacy * Attacks and Defenses * Authentication, Authorization and Accounting * Hardware Security * Intrusion Detection * Moving Target Defense (MTD) * Blockchain * Application domain / Framework / Architecture * e-Health and Bioinformatics * Smart Grid * Smart City * Industry 4.0 * Smart Building We particularly encourage the following types of submissions: * Demos of the research related to accepted ISCC papers * Demos and posters from student authors related to their research topics within the ISCC topics of interest * Demos from experts from industry and academia showing the state-of-the-art within ISCC topics of interest * Posters showing results of a work-in-progress paper =========================== Submission Guidelines =========================== Papers must be submitted electronically as a PDF file through the conference management system, at: Please note: (1) All posters/demos will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. All poster/demo submissions will be handled electronically. Posters/demos that do not comply with the Submission Guidelines will be rejected without review. (2) All posters/demos should be submitted electronically in PDF and be no longer than 3 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Papers exceeding 3 pages will not be accepted. Download manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html (3) Poster title must start with "Poster:" and Demo title must start with "Demo:" (4) At least one author of each accepted poster/demo is required to register to the conference and present. Only registered and presented posters/demos will be published in the conference proceedings. Accepted posters/demos will be included in the ISCC 2022 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. (5) Demos must show how the user can interact with the device/concept. ======================== POSTER AND DEMO CHAIRS ======================== Ramona Marfievici, Digital Catapult, UK Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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Privacy Behavior Study - iScience Team of the University of Konstanz
by Maria Rosa Miccoli 13 May '22

13 May '22

Hi everyone! The iScience team of the University of Konstanz is currently conducting an online survey. We would really appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes answering the survey. In this study, we want to investigate online privacy behaviors. It only takes 5 minutes. Here is the link to the study: https://exp.wextor.eu/iSciencecore/pbfn_v/index.html?so=lyx Thank you! Maria Rosa Miccoli Ph.D. student Research Methods, Assessment and iScience University of Konstanz

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Sixth Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 13 May '22

13 May '22

*** Sixth Call for Contributions *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022 • Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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CfP: Data for Policy 2022 Special Track - Deadline: 1 June
by Mamello Thinyane 13 May '22

13 May '22

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit to the Data for Policy 2022<https://dataforpolicy.org/data-for-policy-2022/> special track on Citizen-generated Data for Policy, Innovation, and Democratic Participation<https://dataforpolicy.org/special-track-6/>. The conference will use a hybrid format with in-person sessions held in three locations: Hong Kong (5th Dec), Seattle (9th Dec) and Brussels (13th Dec). The deadline for submissions is 1st June 2022. Session Overview: Data innovations are having a growing effect on the participation of citizens in both political and non-political issues of public concern around the world. Initiatives to engage citizens through data platforms and systems are having an impact on numerous sectors, such as science, public health, humanitarian interventions, activism, and much more. At the same time, countries are beginning to develop policies that affect these systems, covering issues such as cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence. As we have observed in this regulatory process globally, citizens are not always at the centre of these policy processes, often competing with diverging national and corporate interests. Citizen science is a way for citizens to engage with and learn about scientific processes, contribute to issues they care about, and effect change. Engagements commonly occur both in person – e.g. through environmental monitoring – or online. Crowdsourcing is a technique used both within citizen science and innovation, allowing either volunteers or paid crowd-workers to engage in activities such as data categorisation, often for later use in machine learning algorithms. Open source projects in many fields use similar approaches, including collaborative projects such as Open Street Maps or Wikipedia, where groups of users with specific interests contribute to achieving common goals. What all of these activities share is that citizens generate contribute or process data. The motivation for this proposed track is therefore to allow researchers to highlight citizens' uses of data innovations, with the hope of placing citizens at the centre of future policy-making initiatives. The track aims to discuss challenges and opportunities in developing data platforms, systems and policies for civic participation, including for participation in global development processes, democratic participation and inclusion of marginalised communities. The aim of this special track is to explore and showcase the full potential of citizen-generated data in its many forms, for both policy and innovation. We will go into more depth on the specific challenges related to the generation, processing and use of citizen-generated data for policy and innovation; connections between policymakers, innovators, and citizens to enable the use of such data; and case studies of both successful and unsuccessful connections. Possible topics might include (but not be limited to): * Consultations and monitoring for regional or global development (such as the Sustainable Development Goals); * Civic participation in democratic governance and other decision-making processes; * Citizen-centric data governance frameworks (such as data trusts, data commons, and data collaboratives); * Citizen science or participatory research; * Citizen generated data for innovation; * Citizen perspectives on emerging data and technology policy challenges (such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc.); * Tensions between grassroots data collection and monitoring and high-level engagement and policy; * Perspectives on the above in relation to gender, age, ethnicity, or migration. More information is available on the Data for Policy 2022<https://dataforpolicy.org/data-for-policy-2022/> website. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Kind regards, -- Dr. Mamello THINYANE Principal Research Fellow United Nations University Casa Silva Mendes, Estrada do Engenheiro Trigo No 4, Macau SAR Tel: +853 2871-2930 | Skype ID – mthinyane LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamellothinyane/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/MamelloThinyane> | Website<http://cs.unu.edu/>| www.unu.edu<http://www.unu.edu/>

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Literature request - flagging and reporting
by Sophie Helen Bishop 12 May '22

12 May '22

Hello does anyone know of any literature about flagging and reporting mechanisms (motivations, misuse of, communities affected by, procedures etc etc). Not looking for moderation more generally, specifically flagging and reporting please. Thanks! Sophie -- Dr Sophie Bishop www.sophiehelenbishop.com | @sophiehbishop

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NEW: Unmissable Documentary Film on Disinformation
by Dr. Emma Briant 11 May '22

11 May '22

Dear Colleagues, I'm excited to finally be able to share with you this amazing new Documentary Film by the German broadcaster DW “Fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories - The fight against disinformation” <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> - I know you won't want to miss it! (Share on Twitter here <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> ) I also wanted to take this opportunity to share the latest episode of 'Afternoon Tea and Truth Biscuits' where I interview Susie Alegre <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…>, an inspiring international human rights lawyer, who has particular expertise on tech ethics and neuroscience through the lens of human rights. We discuss her new book “Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate our Minds” - do subscribe and share the show if you find these insightful. My most recent article was also published last week by Brookings, here again in case you missed it: "How Russia benefits from ill-informed social media policies" <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> I hope you are all keeping safe and well and again want to underscore how grateful I am for your support of my work. With all my best, 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 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

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