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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: Call for Nominations
by Greg Wise 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

Hello, all, The Surveillance Studies Network Book Award Committee has decided to extend the deadline for the receipt of nominated books for the 2021 Book Award to 30 September, 2021. The original call for nominations [now updated] is below. Best, Greg Dr. J. Macgregor Wise (he/him/his) Professor of Communication Studies and Social Technology Associate Editor, Surveillance & Society School of Social and Behavioral Sciences New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax) On 6/4/21, 3:41 PM, "Air-L on behalf of Greg Wise" <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Greg.Wise(a)asu.edu> wrote: This call may be of interest to some on this list. Cheers, Greg Call for Nominations: Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2021 The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The award is given in recognition of an outstanding monograph on surveillance published during the preceding year. We are currently inviting nominations for 2021 (i.e., books with a ‘2020’ copyright date). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner will receive an award amount of £100 (to be split among authors if there is more than one), as well as a 1-year membership for the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN), which provides benefits including discounts on all SSN-sponsored conferences and events. The winner/s will be announced in late 2021 and will be honored at the 2022 SSN conference, if possible. Using the subject heading “SSN Book Award 2021,” please email the committee chair, Greg Wise (Gregwise(a)asu.edu) to nominate a book. Please include the title of the book, year of publication, author, publishing house, and a paragraph of no more than 250 words detailing specifics about why this book would be suitable for the award. The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is September 30th, 2021. A copy of the book must be sent to each member of the prize committee (addresses will be provided). Hard copies are preferred where possible. Please note that books will not be returned. SSN Book Award Committee Members: Mr. Egwuchukwu Ani, Renaissance University, Nigeria Dr. Chiara Fonio, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr. Torin Monahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. J. Macgregor Wise, Arizona State University, USA Find out more about the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) and how to become a member here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.surveillance-studies.net/__;!!IKRxdw… _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MGUqKWGwKidu… Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MGUqKWG…

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WEBCAST TUE-WED: 17th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum
by Joly MacFie 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

This is under way. There are AI captions on the Facebook streams. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday-Wednesday August 24-25 2021 the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will host the 17th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) online. The theme of CIGF 2021 is “Caribbean Internet Governance Priorities for Post-COVID ICT-Driven Develop" [image: YouTube] <https://bit.ly/cigf2021live>On *Tuesday-Wednesday August 24-25 2021* the *Caribbean Telecommunications Union <https://ctu.int/>* (CTU) will host the* 17th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum <https://ctu.int/event/17thcigf/>* (CIGF) online. The theme of CIGF 2021 is “*Caribbean Internet Governance Priorities for Post-COVID ICT-Driven Development.*” *LIVESTREAM https://bit.ly/cigf2021live <https://bit.ly/cigf2021live>* *AGENDA https://ctu.int/event/17thcigf/ <https://ctu.int/event/17thcigf/> (ALL TIMES AST = UTC-4)* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/381B8Bo <https://bit.ly/381B8Bo>* *TWITTER #CIGF2021 <http://bit.ly/cigf2021> #17CIGF <http://bit.ly/17cigf> @TheCtunion @intGovForum #IGF #NetGov* *SIMULCASTS* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf2021>* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion <https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion>* *https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean <https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cigf2021 <https://archive.org/details/cigf2021>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14480/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Job: Senior Research Software Engineer
by nathaniel tkacz 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

Hi AOIRers, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at The University of Warwick (UK) has an opening for a senior research software engineer, similar to what is often called an 'academic technologist'. The position is permanent and includes supporting teaching and research. Full details are here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair… Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. Best Nate Tkacz Director of Research CIM, Warwick

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Ideas, texts and data for course on "Critical social media studies and methods"
by Jakob Linaa 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

Dear all I am to teach a new course in the fall with theoretical perspectives (I am pretty strong on that) combined with methodological approaches. The idea is a part one on critical algorithm studies (quite theoretical) and a part two where we discuss various kinds of social media data and methods for data retrieval and analysis. My ideas so far include network analysis, content analysis, media-go-along and hopefully some machine learning as well. I also want to focus on data retrieval, data cleaning and data formats. I have thought of including crash courses in R and Tableau. As I have taught no methods courses for a couple of years I am eager to learn what perspectives others include and not at least where to get data examples in a time with API closure. Pls hit me with your examples, ideas, syllabi etc. On the list, mail, private message, whatever ... Thanks All the best Jakob Jakob Linaa Jensen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Critical Social Media Studies Department of Media and Journalism School of Communication and Culture Aarhus University, Denmark Phone: +45 20 86 77 77 Mail: mailto:linaa@cc.au.dk Website: www.linaa.net Twitter: @jakoblinaa Recent book: The Medieval Internet. Power, Politics and Participation in the Digital Age. Emerald Publishing, 2020. https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/The-Medieval-Internet/?k=97818…

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WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC TT Conversations with… Shernon Osepa, Director, Caribbean Affairs and Development of the Internet Society
by Joly MacFie 23 Aug '21

23 Aug '21

Yes, this is the one that got away. As promised. Think of this as a warm up for the 17th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf2021>, which starts tomorrow. [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt8>Today, *Monday September 23 2021*, at *10am AST* (14:00 UTC) ISOC.LIVE will webcast the *Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter <https://isoc.tt/>* '*Conversations with... Shernon Osepa, Director, Caribbean Affairs and Development of the Internet Society'* held on July 29 2021. In the 8th instalment of the “Conversations with…” webinar series, guest *Shernon Osepa <https://twitter.com/ShernonOsepa>* addressed "*The State of the Internet during the Pandemic and Beyond*". *MODERATORS*: *Kevon Swift* and *Jacqueline Morris* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt8 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt8>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2UDZ0rF <https://bit.ly/2UDZ0rF>* *TWITTER @isoctt #conversationswith <https://bit.ly/3pGTxLL> @ShernonOsepa @InternetSociety @swiffay @triniwebdiva* *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/groups/ISOCTT/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ISOCTT/>* *https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean <https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean>* *http://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <http://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoctt8 <https://archive.org/details/isoctt8>* Comment <https://isoc.live/14472/#respond> See all comments <https://isoc.live/14472/#comments> *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14472/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Canceled event: CDT Non-Residential Fellows Program - Call for Ap... @ Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:30am - 8:30am (PDT) (air-l@listserv.aoir.org)
by marc.smith.email＠gmail.com 22 Aug '21

22 Aug '21

This event has been canceled. Title: [Air-L] CDT Non-Residential Fellows Program - Call for Applications Hi all, The Center for Democracy & Technology is now accepting applications for its 2022 cohort of non-residential Fellows. The Fellows program is a great opportunity for researchers and academics to help inform important tech policy debates and to engage with policy-makers in the US and EU. In addition, new Fellows will be able to participate in ournetwork of non-residential Fellows . We encourage applications from interested persons who will commit to a two-year, nonresident engagement and possess a Ph.D., JD, or equivalent in their respective field of study. These can include but are not limited to public policy, sociology, psychology, computer science, economics, law, etc. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, including areas of interest and how they are align... When: Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:30am – 8:30am Pacific Time - Los Angeles Joining info: Join with Google Meet https://meet.google.com/vsq-cqyb-ddf?hs=224 Calendar: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Who: * marc.smith.email(a)gmail.com - organizer * research(a)cdt.org * dthakur(a)cdt.org * air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer and be added to the guest list, or invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or to modify your RSVP. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Invitation: CDT Non-Residential Fellows Program - Call for Ap... @ Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:30am - 8:30am (PDT) (air-l@listserv.aoir.org)
by marc.smith.email＠gmail.com 22 Aug '21

22 Aug '21

You have been invited to the following event. Title: [Air-L] CDT Non-Residential Fellows Program - Call for Applications Hi all, The Center for Democracy & Technology is now accepting applications for its 2022 cohort of non-residential Fellows. The Fellows program is a great opportunity for researchers and academics to help inform important tech policy debates and to engage with policy-makers in the US and EU. In addition, new Fellows will be able to participate in ournetwork of non-residential Fellows . We encourage applications from interested persons who will commit to a two-year, nonresident engagement and possess a Ph.D., JD, or equivalent in their respective field of study. These can include but are not limited to public policy, sociology, psychology, computer science, economics, law, etc. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, including areas of interest and how they are align... When: Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:30am – 8:30am Pacific Time - Los Angeles Joining info: Join with Google Meet https://meet.google.com/vsq-cqyb-ddf?hs=224 Calendar: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Who: * marc.smith.email(a)gmail.com - organizer * research(a)cdt.org * dthakur(a)cdt.org * air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Event details: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NHZxdjJzbjJ0M3Jm… Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer and be added to the guest list, or invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or to modify your RSVP. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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CDT Non-Residential Fellows Program - Call for Applications
by Dhanaraj Thakur 20 Aug '21

20 Aug '21

Hi all, The Center for Democracy & Technology is now accepting applications for its 2022 cohort of non-residential Fellows. <https://cdt.org/about/fellows/> The Fellows program is a great opportunity for researchers and academics to help inform important tech policy debates and to engage with policy-makers in the US and EU. In addition, new Fellows will be able to participate in ournetwork of non-residential Fellows <https://cdt.org/about/fellows/current-fellows/>. We encourage applications from interested persons who will commit to a two-year, nonresident engagement and possess a Ph.D., JD, or equivalent in their respective field of study. These can include but are not limited to public policy, sociology, psychology, computer science, economics, law, etc. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, including areas of interest and how they are aligned with CDT’s work, resume, and one relevant writing sample which should already be published. To send applications or request further information please contact Jamal Magby at research(a)cdt.org thanks, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org <mailto:dthakur@cdt.org> | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj

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Announcing five Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines (WAIM) Doctoral Research Fellows!
by Kevin G Crowston 19 Aug '21

19 Aug '21

The Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines Research Coordination Network<https://waim.network/> is delighted to announce the five WAIM Doctoral Research Fellows<https://waim.network/fellows2021> for the 2021-22 academic year. The Fellows were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, which was systematically reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel of judges. Each Fellow will be supported with a $50,000 stipend to support the advancement of their dissertation research. Over the coming year, Fellows will participate as key actors in the WAIM network by sharing their progress at a series of public talks and as part of the final WAIM Convergence Conference in the summer of 2022. The Fellows and their thesis projects are: Anastazja Harris<https://commstudies.utexas.edu/graduate/student-profiles/organizational-com…>, University of Texas Austin Connecting artificial intelligence literacy and human-AI decision making outcomes in organizational hiring Artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies are quickly becoming a part of many decision-making processes across industries. To further explore human-AI decision-making, this dissertation will explore the connection between decision makers’ AI literacy and their use of AI-based recommendations to assess job applicants. The primary goals of this two-phase dissertation research are to 1) develop a scale measure for perceptions and understanding of AI, or AI literacy, and 2) test the scale within a hiring scenario experiment. In addressing these goals, the research will examine whether people’s AI literacy impacts their evaluation of job applicants when working with an AI-based hiring tool. Azra Ismail<https://www.azraismail.me/>, Georgia Institute of Technology Towards equitable futures in frontline health: Design of intelligent systems for supporting (gendered) care work in resource-constrained settings This research aims to inform the design of data-driven and automated systems in frontline health, particularly for women workers in low-level and precarious roles in the Global South. Frontline health workers are increasingly using such systems, or collecting data for intelligent systems in their everyday work. Taking a participatory approach, the researcher will investigate how data-driven systems might be designed to support workers by selectively automating routine workflows and enabling better distribution of work. In addition to contributing towards eventual improved health outcomes for care-seekers from underserved communities, this research targets improved futures for health workers and robust healthcare ecologies overall. Yasmine Kotturi<https://ykotturi.github.io/>, Carnegie-Mellon University (Co-)Designing a More Inclusive Future of Work This research focuses on (co-)designing a more inclusive future of work for minority workers from diverse genders, ethnic and racial identities, and socio-economic statuses. To do so, the researcher creates peer-to-peer support systems which leverage both human and machine intelligence to scaffold skill, identity, and career development among individuals engaged in non-traditional, alternative working arrangements. Overall, the dissertation research aims to inform new design methods for an inclusive future of work for vulnerable workers and contributes two open-source software systems which introduce novel algorithms and interaction design paradigms to support human-machine collaboration. Virginia Leavell<https://tmp.ucsb.edu/people/virginia-leavell>, University of California Santa Barbara Anticipating intelligent technologies: Nonlinear dynamics in the digital transformation of essential water infrastructure This dissertation research is a multi-site ethnography of digital transformation in water infrastructure. As many water agencies across the United States are adopting similarly complex sets of intelligent, autonomous digital technologies, many different actors collaborate during the leadup to implementation. The researcher is most interested in how the anticipation of the future affects work, technology and organizing long before the effects of digital transformation become apparent. In addition to ethnographic data, the project also includes social network data to track how patterns of interaction and advice seeking shift in the early stages of selecting and adopting new digital technologies. Zahra Mobini<https://jindal.utdallas.edu/phd-students/zahra-mobinidehkordi>, University of Texas Dallas How to save a life: Design and implementation of a data-driven alert system for early detection of sepsis This research focuses on the design and implementation of a data-driven clinical decision support tool in the form of an automated alert system for a prevalent, deadly, and costly condition: sepsis. The designed alert system simultaneously considers two aspects that together determine the efficacy of alerts in practice: (i) personalized prediction of sepsis risk for each patient, (ii) timely response of alert users---caregivers---in following care protocols, i.e., caregivers’ compliance behavior. The findings of this research provide guidelines for the development of effective alert systems that can ultimately improve the quality of care in various healthcare settings. Kevin Crowston Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor of Information Science School of Information Studies Editor-in-chief ACM Transactions on Social Computing and Information, Technology & People +1 (315) 443.1676<tel:+1%20(315)%20443.1676> crowston(a)syr.edu<mailto:crowston@syr.edu> 348 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 crowston.syr.edu<http://crowston.syr.edu/> Syracuse University Most recent publications: Wei, K., Eseryel, Y., & Crowston, K.. (In Press). Participation in Community-Based Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Tasks: The Impact of Task Characteristics. Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.1108/INTR-03-2020-0112 Sandusky, R. J., Allard, S., Baird, L., Cannon, L., Crowston, K., Forrester, A., et al.. (2021). Assessment, Usability, and Sociocultural Impacts of DataONE: A Global Research Data Cyberinfrastructure Initiative. International Journal of Digital Curation, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v16i1.678 Crowston, K., Saltz, J., Sitaula, N., & Hegde, Y.. (2021). Evaluating MIDST, a system to support stigmergic team coordination. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW1), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449110 Check out our research coordination network on Work in the Age of Intelligent Machine: http://waim.network/

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Call for Abstracts: Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology 2021 (BudPT21)
by Mihály Héder 18 Aug '21

18 Aug '21

Dear All, The third Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology will be held December 9-10, 2021, at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Proposal abstracts are due by 31 August 2021. Instructions and details are online: https://www.budpt.eu/. There are no fees of any kind. As in 2019, the presenters will be offered an opportunity to publish a full paper in the WoS SSCI-indexed InfTars (“Information Society”: inftars.infonia.hu) journal after the workshop. At budpt.eu you can browse a selection of the papers from BudPT19. BudPT21 hopes to be an in-person conference. This displays our trust in medical technology as well as a certain amount of optimistic bias. However, should any accepted participants become unable to attend, they will still be able to submit a pre-recorded video and publish the full paper (but we will not transition to a hybrid conference). See the details at the event website. Please only submit with the intent of travelling to Budapest but delay all hard expenses as long as you can. While on-line events are great because of their flexibility and low barrier of entry, the atmosphere of a face-to-face event can never be fully replicated, and this is exactly what we are trying to create. Thank you for your understanding. Mihály -- Mihály Héder, PhD, habil. Associate Professor, Head of Department Dept. of Philosophy and History of Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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