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WEBCAST SEP 27-30: 2021 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum #APrIGF2021
by Joly MacFie 27 Sep '21

27 Sep '21

Day 0 of this is just kicking off. Plenty of good sessions over the next 4 days. ISOC Live posted: "On Monday-Thursday 27-30 September 2021 the 12th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) will be held as a hybrid event, online and in Kathmandu, Nepal, with the theme 'Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet'. APrIGF serve" <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aprigf2021> On *Monday-Thursday 27-30 September 2021* the *12th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum <https://aprigf.org.np/>* (APrIGF) will be held as a hybrid event, online and in Kathmandu, Nepal, with the theme ‘*Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet*‘. APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion, exchange and collaboration at a regional level, and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions, ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region. *LIVESTREAMS* (ALL TIMES UTC) *ROOM 1 https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aprigf2021 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aprigf2021>* *27 SEP* 04:00-07:00 01 Capacity Building Program for Fellows and Newcomers vkvg-0ckj-brbu-s9bm-6t7u 07:30-08:30 Towards an innovative IGF 2021 *28 SEP* 04:00-05:30 Opening Plenary – Covid-19: Internet as a Lifeline 05:50-06:50 S1. Critical Times: Impact of Digitalization on Climate Change 07:50-08:50 S2. Don’t shoot the messenger, intermediary liability principles under threat 09:10-10:00 Townhall session *29 SEP* 03:00-04:00 S5. Why open and interoperable Internet infrastructure is key to the Internet’s continued success 04:20-05:20 S4. Decrypting the encryption debate in Asia-Pacific 06:30–07:30 S6. Citizen-Centered Approach on Tackling Hate Speech, Hindering State Authoritarianism and Algorithmic Censorship of Tech Platforms 07:50-08:50 S9. More than wor(l)ds : Can AI effectively monitor online harms 09:10-10:00 Townhall session *30 SEP* 03:00-04:00 S7. Internet Rules: Judicial and regulatory developments on digital rights in Asia 04:20-05:20 S12. MANRS for Policy Makers to improve global routing security 06:30–07:30 A workplan for greater online security and safety (DC-ISSS) 07:50-09:20 Closing Plenary – Sail, not Drift: Multistakeholderism and Diversity at APrIGF *ROOM 2 https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/aprigf2021 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/aprigf2021>* *28 SEP* 05:50-06:50 S3. Helping kids learn in times of pandemic 07:50-08:50 Open Conversations on Internet Governance with 2021 Fellows *29 SEP* 03:00-04:00 S8. Building digital information literacy skills for trust and well-being 04:20-05:20 S13. Weaponization of surveillance amid a pandemic in Asia Pacific 06:30–07:30 S15. The Impact of the Global Pandemic on Schools on Internet Governance 07:50-08:50 S10. Advancing Internet Freedom in Asia-Pacific via applying UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM Principles and Indicators *30 SEP* 03:00-04:00 S14. Human rights impact of Covid-19 technologies and the role of businesses 04:20-05:20 S11. Digitally-led, Inclusive Growth in the Age of COVID-19 06:30–07:30 Summary Report by 2021 Fellows *SHOWCASES https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/aprigf2021 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/aprigf2021>* *28 SEP* 06:50-07:40 Showcase 1: Transnational conversations on reclaiming freedom of expression online *29 SEP* 05:20–06:10 Showcase 2: Internet’s Technical Success Factors *30 SEP* 05:20–06:10 Showcase 3: Is the internet trusted forever? — The issue about the pirate site on “Manga” and freedom of expression in Japan *PROGRAM https://ap.rigf.asia/aprigf-2021-program-schedule/ <https://ap.rigf.asia/aprigf-2021-program-schedule/>* *REGISTER https://igf.asia/2021register <https://igf.asia/2021register>* *REAL TIME TEXT* *(Otter inside zooms – also FB Simulcast below)* *TWITTER #APrIGF2021 <http://bit.ly/aprigf2021> #aprigf #internetgovernance #netgov #APAC @isocapac @NepalInternetF1* *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/aprigf.asia/live <https://www.facebook.com/aprigf.asia/live>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *http://bit.ly/aprigf2021video <http://bit.ly/aprigf2021video>* (YouTube) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/aprigf2021 <https://archive.org/details/aprigf2021>* *HOSTS Internet Governance Institute <https://igovinstitute.org/> | Nepal Internet Foundation <https://nepalinternetfoundation.org.np/> | Internet Society Nepal <https://internetsociety.org.np/> | NPIX <https://www.npix.net.np/>* *SECRETARIAT dotAsia <https://www.dot.asia/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14541/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Webcast Wednesday: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
by Jack Qiu 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Dear all, You're welcome to join the Asian launch for Professor Kate Crawford's new book: *Atlas of AI*:* Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence *(Yale University Press, 2021). This book maps out the planetary networks of AI systems and how they are reshaping the world toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality. *Time: *Sep 29, 2021, 08:00-9:30 PM (Singapore time UTC+8) *Registration Link:* https://cutt.ly/FmOptUW (Zoom webinar, free of charge) *Book author & main speaker: *Professor Kate Crawford is renowned for her world-leading scholarship on AI (artificial intelligence) from social, political, and cultural perspectives. Formerly founding director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Crawford is currently a Research Professor of Communication and STS at the Annenberg School of University of Southern California, a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and the inaugural Visiting Chair for AI and Justice at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Her academic research has been published in journals such as *Nature*, *Science*, and *Information, Communication & Society*. Beyond academic journals, she has also written for *The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harpers’ Magazine*, among others. Her work also includes collaborative art projects and critical visual design. Her project* Anatomy of an AI System *with Vladan Joler — which maps the full lifecycle of the Amazon Echo — won the Beazley Design of the Year Award in 2019, and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the V&A Museum in London. *Moderator: *Dr. Rosemary Overell (Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore) *Lead discussants:* Drs. Kokil Jaidka and Jack Linchuan Qiu (Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore) Sorry for cross-posting if you have already seen this. Best, -- Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ph.D. Professor & Research Director <https://ap5.fas.nus.edu.sg/fass/cnmqlj/>, Dept of Communications & New Media, <https://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm/> National U of Singapore New article, "Radical praxis of computing in the PRC <https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2021.1949817>", *Internet Histories* (2021) New article, "Effects of digital media upon labor knowledge and attitudes <https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1933565>", *iCS* (2021) New special issue of *Comunicação e Sociedade,* "Digital Platforms in Connected Economies <https://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/revistacomsoc/issue/view/175>" (2021) New special issue of *China Perspectives,* "Agency beyond Precarity <https://www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-perspectives-2021-1/>" (2021) Chapter, Toward a sustainable information society, in Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Comm <https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Digital-Media-and-Communica…> (2020) Special issue of *Contracampo: Brazilian J of Comm,* "Platform Labor <https://periodicos.uff.br/contracampo/issue/view/2137/showToc>" (2020)

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New Round for Master of Science in Learning Analytics (University of Texas at Arlington)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

[apologies for multiple copies] Hi all, The University of Texas at Arlington is currently accepting applications for the second cohort of our Master of Science in Learning Analytics program in the Department of Psychology. Applications are due November 19 with the next term starting in January. The program is 100% online, does not require any travel to the university, and includes a special tuition model to substantially reduce the cost for prospective out-of-state and international students. If you know someone who might be interested, please share with them! To learn more, visit https://go.uta.edu/msla UTA M.S. in Learning Analytics Interactions in digital environments produce data. Learning analytics is the field of study that uses this data to understand what individuals have learned, how teams perform most effectively, and the networks that support social and organizational knowledge development. The University of Texas at Arlington's Master of Science in Learning Analytics (MSLA) is the world's first fully online program intended for individuals who want to pursue a career in fields that are impacted by the digitization of learning, sensemaking, and knowledge processes in complex information environments. The 36-credit hour program offers two pathways, with one requiring a traditional research thesis and the other requiring a capstone project. Additionally, students following both paths will complete six core courses and electives that suit their needs and contexts. Why Learning Analytics? Learning analytics is a rapidly growing area of research and practice that uses data science to make sense of the world and to improve teaching, learning, and knowledge processes in a variety of contexts, such as informal settings, schools, universities, corporations, and non-profit organizations. It sits at the nexus of learning science, education, computer science, and psychology and uses a range of analytics approaches. Course Listing LAPS 5310 - Learning Analytics Fundamentals LAPS 5320 - Experimental Design & Methodology LAPS 5330 - Psychology of Learning & Learning Sciences LAPS 5340 - Big Data Methods LAPS 5350 - Privacy & Ethics in Learning Analytics LAPS 5360 - Introduction to Data Analysis and R LAPS 5370 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis LAPS 5375 - Probability and Statistical Inference LAPS 5376 - Applied Regression Analysis LAPS 5377 - Linear Models and Experimental Design LAPS 5378 - Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering LAPS 5380 - Causal Inference for Program Evaluation LAPS 5388 - Advanced Methods in Educational Data Management/Learning Analytics LAPS 5390 - Learning Design and Analytics LAPS 5391 - Independent Study LAPS 5392 - Cognition, Computers and Metacognition LAPS 5393 - Natural Language Processing for Educational Research LAPS 5394 - Social Network Analysis LAPS 5395 - Human and Artificial Cognition LAPS 5610 - Capstone

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Media Psychology Faculty Search - Fielding Graduate University
by Patrick Sweeney 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

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 January 4, 2021. 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 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) interactive media, virtual and augmented reality, gaming, social technologies, and the application of media and technology to education, health, and social justice. We welcome applications from junior, mid-career, and late-career psychologists as well as applicants from historically underrepresented groups. To fulfill our goal of a more diverse faculty, 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: *https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=371bf4c2-8681-458c-8b35-722b1fc8d540&ccId=19000101_000001&type=MP&lang=en_US* <https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.htm…> 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 www.fielding.edu to learn more. *Patrick Sweeney, Ph.D.* Core Faculty | Media Psychology *Fielding Graduate University* 2020 De la Vina Street | Santa Barbara, CA 93105 psweeney(a)fielding.edu | fielding.edu

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): First Call for Special Track Proposals
by Announce Announcements 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

*** First Call for Special Track Proposals *** 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 ACM GoodIT focuses on the application of IT technologies to social good. Social good is typically defined as an action that provides some sort of benefit to the general public. In this case, 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 positive societal impact. GoodIT topics include but not limited to: • IT for education • Data Science • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Data sensing, processing, and persistency • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for development • Privacy and trust issues and solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Smart governance and e-administration • IT for smart living • Technology addressing the digital divide • IT for automotive • Frugal solutions for IT • Ethical computing • Decentralized approaches to IT • Citizen science • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable IT • Social informatics • Civic intelligence Special Tracks Proposals GoodIT 2022 will feature special tracks whose aim is to focus on a specific topic of interest related to the overall scope of the conference. We solicit proposals for special tracks to be held within the main conference and whose publications will be included in the conference proceedings. Tracks proposals can focus on any contemporary themes that highlight social good aspects in the design, implementation, deployment, securing, and evaluation of IT technologies. Special Track Proposal Format A special track proposal must contain the following information: • Title of the special track. • The names of the organizers (indicatively, two) with affiliations, contact information, and a single paragraph of a brief bio. • A short description of the scope and topics of the track (max 1/2 page) and a brief explanation of: (1) why the topic is timely and important; (2) why the topic is related to the conference’s main theme; (3) why the track may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality. • Indication if a journal special issue is associated with the track, possibly with information on the process of selecting papers. • The plan to disseminate the call for papers of the special track for achieving a reasonable number of paper submissions (a list of emailing lists will help). • A tentative Program Committee list. • A draft Call for Papers (max 1 page). Publication Papers submitted to each particular track have to satisfy the same criteria as for the main conference. They must be original works and must not have been previously published. They have to be peer-reviewed by the track's Program Committee (at least three reviews per submitted paper are required). The final version of papers must follow the formatting instructions of the main conference (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/) 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. The special track may provide an option for publishing extended versions of selected papers in a special issue of a journal. Special Track Proposal Submission Guidelines Special track proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file to the special track Chairs (see below) via email to: ombretta.gaggi(a)unipd.it, valentino.vranic(a)stuba.sk, and rysavy(a)fit.vut.cz. The subject of the e-mail must be: “GoodIT 2022 – special track proposal”. The special track chairs may ask proposers for supplying additional information during the review period. Important Dates • Special Track Proposal Submission Deadline: 13 December 2021 • Notification of Selection: 20 December 2021 Contact (Special Tracks Chairs) • Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy) • Ondrej Rysavy (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) • Valentino Vranic (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)

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CFP Reminder for Failures of Care
by Alexis De Coning 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Hi AoIR list, Please share our CFP reminder as the final date for submissions is coming up soon! Thank you and best regards, Alexis de Coning CFP - Failures of Care Edited Volume 150 word abstracts Due by September 30, 2021 Decision notification by October 30, 2021 “Care” is often framed in discourse as a laudatory goal and a set of individualized skills that each person should master. Care, however, is a complex concept and practice. Providing care for some communities can mean failing to care for others. And, failures of care may act as “features rather than bugs” in hierarchical systems. This edited volume approaches care as a relational phenomenon through a critical lens rooted in the scholars’ experiences and observations of failures of care in institutions, within their own data collection and analysis, while promoting their research, or interpersonally with other scholars. Researchers of online cultures and phenomena are at high risk of harassment and threats of physical, mental, and emotional harm. Crucially, the majority of online harassment is targeted toward women, women of color, gender non-conforming, and other marginalized scholars. Researcher safety is now a common topic for conferences, reports, and articles and yet, “guidelines” and “best practices” in this area are lacking and often leave those mired in difficult data or suffering harassment to (re)invent their own. Such failures of care also present challenges during data analysis itself, with researchers navigating traumatic and distressing content often in isolation, affecting the retention of marginalized scholars. These pressing concerns result in safety recommendations targeted toward individuals, without much regard to the role that institutions can and should play in researcher safety. Institutional failures to provide sufficient care to researchers who are harassed because of their scholarship has, in some cases, led to institutional silencing and punishment of researchers for drawing negative “public” attention. Failures of institutional care in this light pose potential breaches of researchers’ civil rights. Grappling with questions of morality, responsibility, and justice, we invite contributions for an edited volume which aims to engage with crucial conversations in feminist scholarship and other disciplines as to what care entails and what happens when it is appropriated, misaligned, and poorly practiced, if at all. In the midst of growing racism, misogyny, global health crisis, and the catastrophic failures of care we have witnessed, we are compelled to explore the ways that organizations and institutions can ensure care in our research, teaching, and collaborations. Topics can include but are not limited to: - institutional failures of care ( e.g. lack of response to experiences of harassment, lack of policy to protect researchers in the field, etc.) - working with distressing data - networked harassment / online abuse - relational and collegial failures of care (e.g. harassment from other academics, unhelpful advice or indifference from mentors, gatekeeping behaviors, etc.) - researcher safety (e.g. ethical standards for “safe” research focusing on subjects and leaving out researchers, etc.) - care and methodological challenges (e.g. ethical review board expectations around informed consent, gaining access to toxic or extremist communities, etc.) - self-care (e.g. as a rhetoric of neoliberalism, a genuine practice and coping mechanism, etc.) - researching extremist communities and phenomena (e.g. GamerGate, transphobia, right wing extremism, white supremacist extremism, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theory groups, etc.) If interested, please fill out this Google form <https://forms.gle/CAU4B2Qgfbo97zEx7> with your information and a 150 word abstract describing the contribution. We are inviting contributions in the form of academic essays (4,000 to 5,000 words), personal essays (2,000 to 3,000 words), or works of poetry and/or art (please contact us to discuss the number of pieces). We especially encourage submissions from early career researchers, graduate students, international scholars, BIPOC scholars, women and non-binary researchers, and other marginalized scholars. Because we are submitting this as a book proposal, we do not yet have a definitive timeline for when contributions need to be submitted to us, but we are targeting Rutgers University Press and have garnered interest from a section editor. If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out to the volume editors -- Dr. Julia DeCook, Dr. Ashley Mattheis, and Alexis de Coning -- at failuresofcare(a)gmail.com.

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Assistant Professors in HCI, Human-Centered Data Science, and Health/Social Justice Informatics, UT Austin School of Information
by Lee, Min Kyung 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

The School of Information at UT Austin has multiple tenure-track positions available: - Assistant Professor in Human-Centered Data Science or Human-Computer Interaction - Assistant Professor in Health Informatics and/or Social Justice Informatics More information: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/about/jobs Please spread the word and consider applying! —————————————————— Min Kyung Lee Assistant Professor School of Information, University of Texas at Austin http://minlee.net

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Job opening: Early career researcher in digital methods
by Richard Rogers 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Dear all, We have an opening for an early career researcher who has completed an MA/MSc. Job advert is below. Kind regards Richard Rogers Media Studies University of Amsterdam Research Staff Member in Digital Methods Faculty of Humanities – Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis Closing date: 15 October 2021 Level of education: Master's degree Hours: 38 hours per week Salary indication: €2,700 tot €3,606 gross per month (based on 38 hours per week) Vacancy number: 21-757 Research at the Faculty of Humanities is carried out by six research schools under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR). The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (AIHR), one of six research schools of the Faculty of Humanities, has a vacant, early-stage research staff member position as part of the CLEOPATRA ITN: 'Cross-lingual Event-centric Open Analytics Research Academy', led by Prof. Richard Rogers. ASCA is home to more than 110 scholars and 120 PhD candidates and is a world-leading international research school in Cultural Analysis. ASCA members share a commitment to working in an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates. What are you going to do The research staff member position is in digital methods with a focus on the cross-lingual study of media events. It is connected to the CLEOPATRA EU research project that aims to make sense of the massive digital coverage of events of global importance in Europe over the past decade. CLEOPATRA offers a unique interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research and training programme, which explores how we can begin to analyse and understand the major events that influence and shape our lives and our societies. It facilitates advanced cross-lingual processing of textual and visual information related to key contemporary events at scale and develops innovative methods for efficient and intuitive user access to and interaction with multilingual information. Successful candidates will have a strong background in digital methods for media analysis (an outstanding MA or MSc degree in the corresponding discipline). Excellent proficiency in English is expected; knowledge of further European languages is an advantage. International experience during your studies or afterwards as well as good social and communication skills are helpful. Your tasks and responsibilities: • conduct research in coordination with the project leader at University of Amsterdam (UvA) in digital methods with a focus on the cross-lingual study of media events. The research will take place in the context of the CLEOPATRA project. • provide important input to the development of integrated cross-lingual data analytics platforms.; • actively participate in the training programme offered by the CLEOPATRA ITN; • engage with researchers at CLEOPATRA partner organisations across the EU; • conduct research visits and secondments according to the individual career development plan. What do we require of you To be eligible the applicant must satisfy the mobility requirements of Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. According to these guidelines, at the time of recruitment, the potential candidate 'must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date'. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention (1951) are not taken into account. Furthermore, according to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie rules, Early-Stage Researchers shall, at the time of recruitment by the host organisation, 'be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree'. Your experience and profile: • a relevant Master’s degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences, focusing on digital methods or new media and digital culture; • outstanding research qualities, manifested in strong transcripts and a high-quality Master’s thesis; • demonstrable experience with research software and working in data sprint environments; • demonstrable experience working with theoretical frameworks and a keen interest in new media and digital culture; • excellent written and spoken English; • eeen interest in interdisciplinary research methods and approaches; • ability and willingness to work in a team; • willingness to travel abroad for research stays, conferences and project expert workshops; • strong organizational skills. Our offer We offer a temporary full-time contract for the period of 16 months. Preferred starting date is 1 January 2022. The gross monthly salary based on 38 hours per week ranges from €2.700 up to a maximum of €3.606. This is exclusive 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus. The starting salary will be based on qualifications, expertise and relevant experience, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. About us The University of Amsterdam is the Netherlands' largest university, offering the widest range of academic programmes. At the UvA, 30,000 students, 6,000 staff members and 3,000 PhD candidates study and work in a diverse range of fields, connected by a culture of curiosity. Curious about our organisation and attractive fringe benefits such as a generous holiday arrangement and development opportunities? Here you can read more about working at the University of Amsterdam. The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strong international profile in a large number of disciplines in de field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Research and teaching staff focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are active in several teaching programmes. Job application The University of Amsterdam is an equal-opportunity employer. We prioritise diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity. Do you recognise yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your application. You may apply online by using the link below. Applications, including a letter of motivation and CV, should be submitted in pdf. The response period closes on 15 October 2021. Only complete applications received within the response period will be considered. The interviews will be held in mid-November. Applications may be made here: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2021/09/21-757-research-staff-membe… CLEOPATRA project: http://cleopatra-project.eu Prof. Richard Rogers Media Studies University of Amsterdam digitalmethods.net r.a.rogers(a)uva.nl Out now: R. Rogers (2019), Doing Digital Methods, Los Angeles: Sage. Just out: R. Rogers and S. Niederer (eds.) (2020), The Politics of Social Media Manipulation, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

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Fwd: tenure track position in Black Media and Technology Studies
by Jeremy Hunsinger 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Please share the following academic job announcement in your networks. With apologies for cross-posting. The Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Black Studies in Media and Technology (tenure-track). We welcome candidates working in Black Studies as it intersects with one or more of the following areas: media studies, digital culture and/or internet research, cultural studies, science and technology studies, music and sound studies, film studies, infrastructure studies, and gender and sexuality studies. We welcome research and teaching concentrations that could include but are not limited to: Black digital culture and counterpublics; cultural studies of the Black diaspora; Black diasporic expressive cultures; anti-colonial, decolonial, and postcolonial theory and methods; environmental humanities; media histories; feminist, queer and transgender studies; disability studies; and production studies. Black scholars, and scholars working with anti-oppressive research frameworks and methods, broadly conceived, are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, develop curriculum in their areas of expertise, supervise graduate students, and contribute to the intellectual life of the department and university. PhD in hand at the time of appointment is preferred. Appointment is expected to be at the rank of Assistant Professor, but appointment at a higher rank is possible under exceptional circumstances. The position start date is August 1, 2022. Complete applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, contact information for three referees, evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness (for example: sample course syllabi and summaries of teaching evaluations), and two writing samples (20-30 pages). Full review of applications will begin on 27 October 2021. Applications will continue to be reviewed after that date until the position is filled. Interviews are expected to take place online in December 2021. Inquiries may be sent to the Chair of the search, Prof. Carrie Rentschler (carrie.rentschler(a)mcgill.ca) All materials must be submitted electronically via Workday, at the following link: https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill_careers/job/Arts- Building/Assistant-Professor-of-Black-Studies-in-Media-and-Technology_JR0000016020 Knowledge of French is an asset. English is the language of instruction at McGill. This position is part of a multi-year interdisciplinary initiative designed to strengthen and support research innovation and excellence in African, African diasporic, and Black Studies at McGill, while simultaneously addressing the under-representation of Black faculty in the tenure stream, as laid out in the University Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism 2020-2025. Our department and McGill University are located on the unceded territory of Tiohtià:ke, now known as Montréal; the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation are the traditional custodians of these lands and waters. To learn more about the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, please visit our website at: https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/. The full online posting of the job announcement in both English and French is available at the following link: https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/jobs The department is also hiring a tenure-track position in Contemporary Art. Information on that position can also be found at the link above. -- Jeremy Hunsinger Associate Professor Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): Final Call for Special Sessions Proposals
by Announce Announcements 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

*** Final Call for Special Sessions Proposals *** 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) 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. Special Sessions Proposals Distinguished researchers working in theory, analysis and applications of evolving adaptive and intelligent systems and related areas are encouraged to submit proposals within the technical scope of IEEE EAIS 2022. Researchers interested in organising special sessions are invited to submit a formal proposal to the Special Sessions Chair Gabriella Casalino (gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it) and to the General Chair George Angelos Papadopoulos (george(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy) by specifying: - Special Session Lead Organiser email address, details and mini-bio - Co-Organiser(s) details and mini-bio (optional) - Special Session title - Aim and scope of the Special Session (~half a page) - A list of main topics of the Special Session - A list of potential/expected contributors Important Dates • Special Session proposal submission: October 1, 2021 • Special Session proposal acceptance: October 10, 2021 • Paper submission: January 10, 2022 • Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 19, 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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