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[Call for Participation] ACM WSDM 2022
by Ugur Kursuncu 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2022) Virtual Conference (was Tempe, Arizona, USA) February 21-25 2022 https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/> ------------- Register before February 20, 2022. ------------- WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original, high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical yet principled novel models of search and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economic implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance. The conference is now moved to a completely virtual format. This difficult decision is made in light of the latest surge in Omicron cases, enhanced travel restrictions from various parts of the world, and companies scrapping office-return deadlines without setting a new date. Conference program includes 7 workshops <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/wsdm-workshops/>, 7 tutorials <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-tutorials/>, 9 doctoral consortium presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/>, 14 technical demos <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-demos/>, 160 research paper presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-papers/>, industry day presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/industry-day-schedule/>, smart city day presentations, and 3 exciting keynote talks on timely topics: Keynote talk by Yejin Choi <https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~yejin/> (U. Washington) - Knowledge is Power: Symbolic Knowledge Distillation, Commonsense Morality, and Multimodal Script Knowledge Keynote talk by George Karypis <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/> (Amazon) - Graph Neural Network Research at AWS AI Keynote talk by Ricardo Baeza-Yates <https://www.baeza.cl/> (Northeastern University) - Ethics Challenges in AI To register for the conference, please visit https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/> Note that the registration ends on February 20, 2022.

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Fwd: CDT Report: Making Transparency Meaningful
by Dhanaraj Thakur 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hi all, I'm writing to let you know about a report that CDT published just before the new year called /Making Transparency Meaningful: A Framework for Policymakers <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12132021-CDT-Making-Transparency…>/. The report lays out a conceptual framework for transparency about practices that affect internet users’ speech, access to information, and privacy from government surveillance. A section of the report about researcher access to data <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-01-21-FX-Transparency-Frame…> held by online hosts of user-generated content may be of particular interest to members of this network. The purpose of /Making Transparency Meaningful /is to provide a structure for understanding the big picture of technology company transparency, and how to approach the critical decisions that must be made if we are to achieve meaningful transparency by, and about, technology companies. The report addresses four categories of transparency: 1. Transparency reports that provide aggregated data and qualitative information about moderation actions, disclosures, and other practices concerning user generated content and government surveillance; 2. User notifications about government demands for their data and moderation of their content; 3. Access to data held by intermediaries for independent researchers, public policy advocates, and journalists; and 4. Public-facing analysis, assessments, and audits of technology company practices with respect to user speech and privacy from government surveillance. As we explain in the accompanying blog post <https://cdt.org/insights/new-cdt-report-provides-guide-for-policymakers-on-…>, /Making Transparency Meaningful/ is relevant to many ongoing policy conversations around transparency, and the numerous transparency bills from recent months (including researcher access to data bills) in the U.S. and EU like the PACT Act, Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act, Social Media DATA Act, Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, Digital Services Act, and many more. The full report is available on CDT’s website <https://cdt.org/insights/report-making-transparency-meaningful-a-framework-…>, where we also have links to each of the four individual sections if you want to look at just one specific topic. take care, Dhanaraj

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Faculty Position Announcement for Media Psychology PhD Program
by Regina Tuma 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Dear all, Please share with colleagues—open faculty position in Media Psychology. Thanks, Regina Tuma (rtuma(a)fielding.edu) Doctoral Faculty, Media Psychology Program Reports to: Media Psychology Program Director Location: Remote Position: Regular, Full Time Wage Range: DOE FLSA Status: Exempt Applications will not be considered complete unless both a CV and COVER LETTER are uploaded. SUMMARY Fielding Graduate University aspires to be a world leader in Media Psychology science and practice, and graduate training in Media Psychology. Toward this end, we seek to hire a full-time, core faculty member to join our dedicated team. The new core faculty member will teach graduate courses in Psychology and Media Psychology, mentor graduate students, serve on Dissertation committees, and advance their scholarship and/or practice related to Media Psychology. Applications for Doctoral Faculty in Media Psychology will be accepted for consideration until the position has been filled. The position begins July 1, 2022 or later. Fielding Graduate University uses a distributed model to deliver a personalized graduate education that fosters individual development, community collaboration, and societal engagement. We use a combination of asynchronous and synchronous course instruction and dissertation supervision and meet occasionally for face-to-face sessions in US locations. Our vision is for our graduates to excel in scholarship and practice that create a more humane, just, and sustainable world. Fielding encourages and supports scholarship (broadly defined), professional practice, and professional development. QUALIFICATIONS We seek Psychology scholars and/or practitioners who can contribute to our Media Psychology programs. Minimum qualifications include a doctorate degree in PSYCHOLOGY at the time of hire and a growing or established record of contributions to scholarship and/or practice in an area relevant to Media Psychology, such as (but not limited to) social media, data science, virtual and augmented reality, gaming, and the application of media and technology to business, politics, health, mental health and social justice. We welcome applications from junior, mid-career, and late-career psychologists. Fielding values diversity and invites applicants from historically underrepresented groups. Preference will be given to candidates who have not earned their doctorate degree from Fielding. Candidates who wish to be considered must be able to show proof of the right to work in the U.S. BENEFITS Fielding core faculty have access to medical/dental/vision insurances, Flexible Spending and/or Health Savings Accounts, retirement contributions after one year of service, and professional development funds. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Fielding Graduate University utilizes ADP Workforce Now for online applications. You will be prompted to create a user name and password to initiate the application process. Applications will not be considered complete unless both a CV and COVER LETTER are uploaded. Applicants are encouraged to have their employment history, educational information, and professional references on hand while completing the application. The online application process takes approximately 30 minutes. Upon completion, applicants will receive a confirmation of receipt via email. Apply here: [1]https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitm ent.html?cid=371bf4c2-8681-458c-8b35-722b1fc8d540&ccId=19000101_000001& type=MP&lang=en_US ABOUT FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY Fielding Graduate University is an innovative global community dedicated to educating scholars, leaders, and practitioners in pursuit of a more just and sustainable world. We do this by providing exemplary interdisciplinary programs within a distributed and relational learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge. Fielding has approximately 1,050 students and 176 faculty members residing throughout the United States and internationally. Please visit our website at [2]www.fielding.edu to learn more. Sent from [3]Mail for Windows References 1. https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.htm… 2. http://www.fielding.edu/ 3. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986

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[Data to Power] Events follow up
by Natalia Grincheva 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hello all, Apologies for X-postings. Thank you to all those who attended our first Online Research Session last week! *https://www.datatopower.net/events <https://www.datatopower.net/events>* It was a pleasure to organize the Webinar and the Datathon for you. We are impressed with the amount of your interest, positive feedback, and useful suggestions that you shared with us! We have compiled a *Padlet Ideas Wall* with all links to additional resources, projects, and ideas that you generously provided during the online events. Please, feel free to add more links or comment on any of the listed resources. You can do it here: https://padlet.com/DataToPower/links If you missed any of the events, you are welcome to watch the recordings: *Webinar: GLAM collections and exhibitions in immersive environments* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH-Kn5hGabw *Mapping the potential appeal of heritage collections: From API to geo-visualization* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcU9EPYzcvU We will be happy to see you again at the end of March for our *Second Research Session*, which will be devoted to risks and challenges that the GLAM sector meets in the global media spaces, including digital propaganda, fake news, AI censorship and data surveillance. More info on the session will come soon and will be available on our website https://www.datatopower.net/ Please check for the updates or *subscribe to our mailing group **https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower* <https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower> With kind regards, *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Arts Management School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts Senior Research Fellow (Hon) Digital Studio, the University of Melbourne *Recent Books:* *Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age* (Routledge 2020) *Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy* (Routledge 2019) *Research Creation Project: *datatopower.net

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Tips on passing Facebook App Approval?
by Nastasia Griffioen 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Dear fellow media researchers! I am a PhD student studying adolescent wellbeing and social media use at the Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab in the Netherlands. For the past year we’ve been working on an app that is aimed at helping young adults gaining insight into their social media use. Part of our functionality is to have access to people’s Facebook and Instagram posts and being able to present those posts to users of the app. Naturally, this requires app approval by Facebook. We’ve been through this process once, and since our app was not yet complete then, we got denied on those simple grounds. This time around, we want to make sure that we get as much of it right as we can, since preparing for the application is time consuming and time is limited. I’m sure some of you have had experiences with applying for approval from Facebook? I would be extremely grateful for any tips/lessons learned that you can give us to make this process as successful as we can. Thanks in advance, and have a great week all! Nastasia

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Algorithms and Subjectivity || New Book
by Eran Fisher 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hello, Could you please circulate in the group? All the best, Eran *Algorithms and Subjectivity* The Subversion of Critical Knowledge (Routledge, 2022) Eran Fisher Series: *Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture* In this volume, Eran Fisher interrogates the relationship between algorithms as epistemic devices and modern notions of subjectivity. The book provides an investigation of how algorithms challenge Enlightenment-era notions of the subject, analysing how algorithmic knowledge differs from the ideas of critical knowledge that emerged during modernity. -- Prof. Eran Fisher Chair, Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication The Open University 1 University Road, P.O.Box 808, Ra'anana 43537, Israel פרופ' ערן פישר ראש המחלקה לסוציולוגיה, מדעי המדינה ותקשורת האוניברסיטה הפתוחה דרך האוניברסיטה 1, ת.ד. 808, רעננה 4353701

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce Announcements 30 Jan '22

30 Jan '22

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022) May 25-27, 2022, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/eais2022/ (Proceedings to be published by the IEEE Xplore Digital Library; Special Journal Issue with Evolving Systems, Springer) (*** Submission Deadline: February 7, 2022 (firm) ***) IEEE EAIS 2022 will provide a working and friendly atmosphere and will be a leading international forum focusing on the discussion of recent advances, the exchange of recent innovations and the outline of open important future challenges in the area of Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems. Over the past decade, this area has emerged to play an important role on a broad international level in today's real-world applications, especially those ones with high complexity and dynamic changes. Its embedded modelling and learning methodologies are able to cope with real-time demands, changing operation conditions, varying environmental influences, human behaviours, knowledge expansion scenarios and drifts in online data streams. Conference Topics Basic Methodologies Evolving Soft Computing Techniques. Evolving Fuzzy Systems. Evolving Rule-Based Classifiers. Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. Adaptive Evolving Neural Networks. Online Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms. Data Stream Mining. Incremental and Evolving Clustering. Adaptive Pattern Recognition. Incremental and Evolving ML Classifiers. Adaptive Statistical Techniques. Evolving Decision Systems. Big Data. Problems and Methodologies in Data Streams Stability, Robustness, Convergence in Evolving Systems. Online Feature Selection and Dimension Reduction. Online Active and Semi-supervised Learning. Online Complexity Reduction. Computational Aspects. Interpretability Issues. Incremental Adaptive Ensemble Methods. Online Bagging and Boosting. Self-monitoring Evolving Systems. Human-Machine Interaction Issues. Hybrid Modelling, Transfer Learning. Reservoir Computing. Applications of EAIS Time Series Prediction. Data Stream Mining and Adaptive Knowledge Discovery. Robotics. Intelligent Transport and Advanced Manufacturing. Advanced Communications and Multimedia Applications. Bioinformatics and Medicine. Online Quality Control and Fault Diagnosis. Condition Monitoring Systems. Adaptive Evolving Controller Design. User Activities Recognition. Huge Database and Web Mining. Visual Inspection and Image Classification. Image Processing. Cloud Computing. Multiple Sensor Networks. Query Systems and Social Networks. Alternative Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches. Submissions Submitted papers should not exceed 8 pages plus at most 2 pages overlength. Submissions of full papers are accepted online through Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eais2022) The EAIS 2022 proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible inclusion in a special issue of Evolving Systems, published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/journal/12530 ). Important Dates • Paper submission: February 7, 2022 (firm) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 7, 2022 • Camera ready submission: March 20, 2022 • Authors registration: March 20, 2022 • Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2022 Social Media FB: https://www.facebook.com/IEEEEAIS Twitter: https://twitter.com/IEEE_EAIS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/2022ieeeconferenceonevolvingand681556007867… Organization Honorary Chairs • Dimitar Filev, Ford Motor Co., USA • Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus • Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK Program Committee Chairs • Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari, Italy • José A. Iglesias, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

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OPEN TALKS | Deen Freelon | Katrin Tiidenberg
by Smart Inovamedialab 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

*SMART Data Sprint invites to open lectures * The sixth edition of the SMART Data Sprint will include open lectures by internationally recognised researchers, such as Deen Freelon (University of North Carolina, USA) and Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University, Estonia). Katrin Tiidenberg's lecture on Internet Research Ethics will take place in Room 217 of the Almada Negreiros College, Campolide, NOVA University of Lisbon, on 31 January (Monday) and online. Just before Katrin Tiidenberg's talk, we will receive an opening lecture by Janna Joceli Omena (ICNOVA/iNOVA Media Lab) on the perspective from technicity to digital methods practice, starting at 9 am (Lisbon time). Deen Freelon's conference - The Post-API Age Reconsidered: Web Science in the '20s and Beyond - will take place in room A224 (and also broadcasted), at the Campolide campus of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, on February 1st (Tuesday), from 4 pm (Lisbon time). To follow the conferences in person or online, register now (free of charge): https://forms.gle/buAv6TTKPCfPf3Zz7 More information about SMART Data Sprint 2022: https://smart.inovamedialab.org/2022-discussing-methods-making SMART Data Sprint team -- SMART ˚ ˚ Social Media Research Techniques I #SMARTDataSprint <https://smart.inovamedialab.org/> iNOVA Media Lab <http://inovamedialab.org/> I NOVA FCSH I Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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4th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT 2022)
by Announce Announcements 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

4th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT 2022) Link: https://sites.google.com/view/isiot2022 Important Dates Paper Submission: 15 March 2022 Acceptance Notification: 10 April 2022 Camera Ready: 20 April 2022 Scope The Internet of Things is a paradigm that assumes a pervasive presence in the environment of many smart things, including sensors, actuators, embedded systems and other similar devices. The development of IoT, however, has reached a crossroads, which means that without intelligence, an IoT system will act as an ordinary information transfer system. Emerging IoT applications in various fields, including smart city, smart home, smart grid, e-health, intelligent transportation systems, etc., require trustworthy networking solutions that are resilient against high mobility, high density, disasters, infrastructure failures, cyber-attacks, and other disruptions. This interdisciplinary landscape of IoT applications demands researchers from different areas such as machine learning, computational intelligence, optimization, distributed computing, embedded systems, and big data to synergize their efforts in better understanding the untapped opportunities to produce highly efficient, deployable, intelligent IoT systems. Topics (Not limited to): Computational Intelligence for the IoT Performance evaluation for the IoT Machine Learning in IoT and Smart Systems Dependability and Fault Tolerance in Smart Systems Big Data and Data Mining for the IoT Intelligent Network Technologies for the IoT Swarm and Multi-Agent Models for IoT Embedded Multiagent Systems Collective and Collaborative Robotics Robotics for the IoT Applications of the IoT Smart Systems in Different industry verticals IoT platforms Blockchain for the IoT IoT Intrusion Detection Trust and Privacy in IoT Cloud Computing for the IoT Data Fusion from the IoT Chairs: Dr. Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus and CYENS Research Center Dr. Zinon Zinonos, Municipality of Pafos and CYENS Research Center Submission instructions Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts reporting applied or technical research. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the same volume with the DCOSS 2022 conference proceedings. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and selected papers will be organized for presentation at the workshop. All submissions will be exclusively electronic with a maximum length of eight (8) printed pages including title, authors, abstract, figures, diagrams, references and attachments. Articles must be prepared in English following the IEEE two-column Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings and submitted in PDF format only. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conference?conf=isiot2022

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MedComNet 2022 - Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

MedComNet 2022 - Call for Papers † 20th Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference 1-3 June 2022, King Evelthon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus † https://www.medcomnet.org † MedComNet 2022 continues the tradition of the MedHocNet conference series that started in Sardinia in 2002 and was held annually in beautiful locations on the shores of the Mediterranean. MedComNet is a forum for the presentation of new research results in the broad area of wired and wireless communication and computer networking. All aspects of the networking research area are welcome. † MedComNet has requested the Technical Co-Sponsorship of the IEEE, and accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore. Extended versions of the best papers presented at the conference will be considered, by invitation and upon additional review, for publication in Elsevier Computer Communications journal. The best paper in the conference will be awarded the Mario Gerla Best Paper Award, which is associated with a 1000 euro prize. † Topics include but are not limited to: - Wireless networks - Cellular networks including 5G and 6G - Network coding for 5G - Vehicular networks - Dynamic spectrum sharing - Interference management and mitigation - Medium access control - MIMO-based networking - mmWave, THz, VLC networking - Mobile sensing and applications - Mobility management and models - Innovative Internet architectures - Internet of Things / Cyber-physical systems - Secure and intelligent Internet of Things - Routing and multicast - Software-defined Networking and Radio - Optical networks - Overlay and peer-to-peer networks - Age of Information - Energy efficiency in networks - Machine Learning and AI for networks - Edge, fog and cloud computing - Edge AI, Network for AI - Localization and location-based services - Integrated sensing and communication - Multimedia networking - Network economics and pricing - Network management - Network measurement and analysis - Network security and privacy - Network virtualization - Satellite networks † Important information ---------------------- Paper submission deadline: Feb. 16, 2022 Acceptance notification: April 04 2022 Registration (authors and early birds): May 06, 2022 Camera Ready Papers due: May 06, 2022 Conference: June 1-3, 2022 † Instructions for authors: ------------------------- Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research related to the aforementioned topics of interest. All paper submissions must be written in English and must be formatted in standard IEEE 2-column format. Only Adobe PDF files will be accepted for the review process. The mandatory IEEE template in Microsoft Word and LaTeX format can be found at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. All submissions must be made electronically through EDAS at https://edas.info/N29242. We will consider two different categories of papers: Full papers†should describe novel research contributions and are limited in length to ten (10) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, tables, and references. Papers exceeding ten (10) pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Short papers†should be more visionary in nature and may report on work in progress without finished results. They are meant to present novel perspectives, so as to foster discussion about innovative directions and new points of view. They are limited to at most four (4) pages including figures, tables, and references, but might in many cases be even shorter. Accepted short papers will be included in the proceedings and they will be given (a shorter) time for oral presentation at the conference. For more information, please see: https://www.medcomnet.org/authors-instructions/ † No-show policy -------------- Submission to the conference implies willingness to present. No-shows will be excluded from the proceedings. No-show papers are defined as papers submitted by authors who subsequently did not present the paper in-person at the technical meeting (given the current situation, remote presentations will be allowed). Presentations by proxies are not allowed. No refund of the paid fees can be claimed by the no-show author. Exceptions to this policy can only be made by the Technical Program Chairs and only if there is evidence that the no-show occurred because of unanticipated events beyond the control of the authors, and every option available to the authors to present the paper was exhausted. † Organizing Committee -------------------- General Chairs Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus and CYENS Research Center, Cyprus General vice-Chairs George Ellinas, University of Cyprus, KIOS Research Center, Cyprus TPC Chairs Antonella Molinaro, Universit‡ Meditterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, KIOS Research Center, Cyprus † Keynote and Panel Chairs Panos Sarigiannides, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Antonio J. Jara, HOP Ubiquitous, Spain Publicity Chairs Christian Vitale, University of Cyprus, KIOS Research Center, Cyprus Ala' Khalifeh, German Jordanian University Publication Chair Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus Web Chairs Michele Segata, Free University of Bolzano, Italy Christiana Ioannou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus † Steering Committee Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (Chair) Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Edmundo De Souza e Silva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, Tunisia Giovanni Pau, University of Bologna, Italy Guy Pujolle, Sorbonne UniversitÈ, France Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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