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First International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021): Last Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

*** Last Call for Papers *** First International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021) November 8-10, 2021, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2021/ (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Session on AAL, see below; Special Journal Issue with SN Computer Science) ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2021) is the first of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: • AI and Cognition, Cognitive Mechatronics, Human-Machine Interaction, Cobotics, Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being, AI methods for medical device testing • Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self-management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care) • Precision medicine • ICT for in-silico trials • Implantable medical devices • Computational methods for medical device • Models for human-device interaction for medicine • Systems promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment • Age-friendly systems for active and healthy aging (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection) • Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments • ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition) • Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention) • New experimental validation methods with end-users • Standardization, certification, labeling, privacy, security and communication issues (related to aging well, to sensory impairment) High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Early works and works- in-progress are invited to submit a short or demo paper. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Special Session on Active Assisted Living (AAL) Do you do research or commercial work in the active and healthy ageing area and you want to participate in the discussion driving the future of healthy ageing? Do you have a funded project in the AAL programme and would like to present the results of the project? Then the Special Session on AAL is the perfect opportunity for you to be involved in an ecosystem that promotes active and healthy ageing. This special session at the IHAW 2021 conference aims to bring together the community of healthy ageing to present their results and to discuss the existing opportunities in health technology and reflect on the future of ageing well in the digital world. You will be presented with the opportunity to meet and discuss with several stakeholders from universities, industry, regional and national authorities, private companies working with older adults and many more. You can use the opportunity to showcase the best practices and find solutions to challenges through presentations, discussions, workshops and networking. The Special Session on AAL is the ideal meeting place for presenting the results from cutting-edge, funded AAL projects, as well as independent research or commercial work in the active and healthy ageing area, performed from: • Universities and research institutions • End-user organisations and companies working with older adults • Industry professionals involved in the technology sector with an interest in active and healthy ageing • Health care and social care providers • Individuals and organisations implicated in the AAL funded projects The goal of this Special Session is to engage researchers and all relevant stakeholders of the healthy ageing value chain into networking and discussions to present their experiences and provide answers and solutions to problems and issues faced by older adults. This community is of great importance since it drives and aims to achieve better conditions and a healthier and improved society for the future of older adults. The proactive involvement of the community in conceptualising, designing and developing cost-effective systems that offer services to serve our ageing society, as well as the presentation of the solutions and discussion and exchange of ideas in this special session aims to drive and cultivate innovative thinkers, creative people and change makers in the area of active and healthy ageing. Please follow the submission guidelines and important dates as they are stated below and make sure that under the abstract of your submitted paper there is the statement: "Submitted to the Special Session on AAL". Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the CCIS Series. Submissions We invite three types of paper submissions: 1. Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field 2. Short papers, up to 6 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a small but solid contribution to the field 3. Demos, up to 4 pages, describing innovative tools that address topics relevant to the conference All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted contributions will appear in the archival proceedings of IHAW 2021, published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in plenary sessions of the conference. The authors of the best papers accepted for IHAW2021 will be invited to submit extended versions for a special issue with SN Computer Science (https://www.springer.com/journal/42979) Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and should specify on the first page the type of submission ("R&T", "Short", "Demo"). The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icihaw2021 . Important Dates • Submission Deadline: July 7, 2021 (AoE) • Notification: August 23, 2021 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: September 6, 2021 • Author Registration Deadline: September 6, 2021 Organizers Honorary General Chair • Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair • Salim Bouhlel, University of Sfax, Tunisia Scientific Vice-Chair and Special Session Chair • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Publicity Chair • Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Finance Chair • Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus

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a podcast episode that may be of interest
by Paul Levinson 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

https://paullev.libsyn.com/supreme-court-protects-student-right-to-free-spe… -- my happy take on the U. S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week on a student's right to free speech off-campus on social media -PL *Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time * - digital <https://open.spotify.com/album/4S1oaV75qF6tRFfdDwDczE>, CD <http://paullev.com/product/welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time-cd/>, vinyl <https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6371-welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time> "Eight slices of interstellar delight" -- Jon Pruett, *Ugly Things Magazine*, September 2020 -- more press <https://www.reverbnation.com/paullevinson/press> <https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/join_mailing_list/artist_86705>

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Investigations Conclude: Canadian Military Broke the Rules
by Dr. Emma Briant 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Dear Friends, Some of you may recall back in October last year I published an article revealing <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> a company called Emic, spun off from the Cambridge Analytica parent SCL, had been hired by several western militaries in the last few years to train their information operations and public affairs officers - despite the ongoing investigations into the linked firms. This made big news particularly in Canada, where the military was already in the middle of a breaking scandal for targeting its own citizens during the pandemic with methods normally reserved for foreign psychological operations. I am delighted to be able to bring you an update... the Canadian parliament and military took it very seriously and launched no less than four investigations into what we revealed which have just concluded. Here is reporting of the outcome of the investigations from David Pugliese 'Military violated rules by collecting information on Canadians, conducting propaganda during pandemic: report <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…>' in the Ottawa Citizen. The reports concluded not only were rules not followed, but senior leaders also had no authority to conduct such initiatives. As reported, a June 9 document signed by acting Chief of the Defence Staff Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre and Deputy Minister Jody Thomas stated that “Errors conducted during domestic operations and training, and sometimes insular mindsets at various echelons, have eroded public confidence in the institution”. This is especially important to see because I was attacked and there was a lot of pushback from those seeking to protect people involved. Brig Gen. Jay Janzen who was reported to have overseen these developments in propaganda called them "on the leading edge." It is vital that abandonment of democratic values and restraint not become recast as innovation. I wrote here <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…>about the importance of the need for other NATO governments learning from this example and indeed I hope whoever becomes future Director of the Communications Division at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) will take the outcome here on board following Mark Laity's departure from his important NATO role. Militaries must learn on their feet to respond to disinformation and the most important lesson here is in a democracy they must give citizens reason to trust in their good conduct. Best wishes to you all - do feel free to share this if you feel your students or colleagues may find it of interest. Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant

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Call For WSDM Cup Proposals
by Ugur Kursuncu 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Dear Researcher, We (Neil Shah, Jerry Zitao Liu, Lei Li) are co-organizing WSDM Cup 2022 <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/call-for-wsdm-cup-proposals/>, a machine learning competition-style event co-located with the leading WSDM conference (International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining). The conference has high-visibility, and is regularly attended by experts in the field. We are looking for competition tasks, and we are e-mailing you in hopes that you may have an task/idea to contribute; competition tasks regularly draw 100-200 teams of experts who dedicate their time to working on and achieving the best results on your task. This is an excellent opportunity to solicit expert feedback and brainpower towards solving your problems, identifying intern and FTE candidates, and building improved collaborations with your organization and academia. Typically, competition tasks are Kaggle-style, offering a clear specification of objective, a dataset (can be anonymized and de-identified appropriately), and a small reward for top-3 winning teams (typically ~$5K total, split across winners). Past tasks have come from amazing partners like Microsoft, Wikimedia, Adobe, ByteDance, Spotify, Baidu and more, on tasks as diverse as fake news classification, user retention prediction, music recommendation, vandalism detection, and knowledge-base completion, and winning teams have received excellent results across the board. You can find task specifications, and associated results below for inspiration: 2016 <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2016/wsdm-cup.html>, 2017 <https://www.wsdm-cup-2017.org/>, 2018 <http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2018/call-for-participants.html>, 2019 <http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2019/wsdm-cup-2019.php>, 2020 <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2020/wsdm-cup-2020.php>. Please let us know if you have a tentative idea in mind. We are happy to work with you on identifying and narrowing task specification. We expect competitions to run from mid-October to January, with the final results settled and the physical WSDM Cup event held around February 21-25, in conjunction with WSDM 2022, so there is time yet to ideate and put something together concretely. Cheers. --- Ugur Kursuncu, PhD Publicity Co-chair for ACM WSDM 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow AI Institute, University of South Carolina

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Scouting for PhD students at IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy - DEADLINE approaching
by Andrea Passarella 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

The Ubiquitous Internet Research Unit @ IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy, is scouting for PhDs on the topics indicated below. ************************************************************************* * Full information available at http://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/ * * Deadline: continuous evaluation, up until 10th July 2021 * ************************************************************************* The Institute is funding several PhD positions on cutting-edge topics, due to start in November 2021, in one of the several PhD programmes it is part of. Please see the dedicated section at http://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/ for specific information. Selected candidates identified through the interviews will be invited to apply to one of the specific PhD programmes where the PhD positions are funded. Available PhD positions -------------------------- Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Decentralised AI for resource-constrained edge systems Quantum Internet: Interconnection of Quantum and Legacy-Internet Networks Resource allocation and slicing in MEC systems for latency-sensitive IoT applications AI-based Decision Support Systems for Smart Healthcare applications ** Hosting Universities for PhDs: IIT-CNR is part of the newly-established national PhD programme on Artificial Intelligence (https://www.phd-ai.it/) and has multiple agreements for joint PhD programmes with the University of Pisa (https://www.unipi.it/index.php/english) and the University of Florence (http://www.unifi.it/changelang-eng.html) Interested people are requested send an Expression of Interest (EoI) to the reference person for each topic as described in the following, for possibly scheduling an interview on the specific topic.

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PhD Scholarship in Media/Internet Freedom - School of Communications, Dublin City University
by Tetyana Lokot 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Hi folks, *The School of Communications at Dublin City University is inviting applications for a PhD Scholarship in the area of Media/Internet Freedom.* The School now has an opening for one funded PhD scholarship (across a four-year duration). As well as a tax-free stipend of €16,500 plus fees, the successful candidate will also be supported with funding for conference travel; we also offer PhD students opportunities to gain teaching experience. In this call, we invite applications in the following area: *Media/Internet Freedom: * The fellowship will focus on contemporary threats to media freedom and/or internet freedom. Possible research topics include (but are not limited to): threats to journalism; new forms of media capture and control; media/internet freedom measures and indicators; freedom of expression and content moderation or combating disinformation; human rights approaches to platform governance. *How to Apply* - Inquiries and applications should be submitted directly to *Dr. Eileen Culloty* (eileen.culloty(a)dcu.ie) the prospective supervisor. - Applications should consist of a 2,000 word research proposal as well as a brief CV detailing academic qualifications and professional experience to date. *Closing date for applications*: Friday 9th July 2021. The scholarship will commence on 1st October 2021. More details: https://www.dcu.ie/communications/phd-scholarships-call-2021 -- Dr Tanya Lokot Associate Professor, School of Communications, Dublin City University O +353 1 7008595 tanya.lokot(a)dcu.ie Twitter: @TanyaLokot

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WEBCAST TODAY – Philippines Peering Forum
by Joly MacFie 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

This has just started. There are two sessions 1) Lessons learned from Africa and Japan 2) Panel: Future overview on Internet peering in Philippines ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 24 June 2021 at 15:00-16:30 PST (07:00-08:30 UTC) the Internet Society and the Philippine Network Operator Group (PhNOG) host the 2021 Philippines Peering Forum. As a pre-event leading to the Virtual PhNOG 2.0 conference in July, this event wi" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/phpf2021>On *Thursday 24 June 2021* at *15:00-16:30 PST* (07:00-08:30 UTC) the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/asia-pacific/>* and the *Philippine Network Operator Group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/632112196877805/>* (PhNOG) host the* 2021 Philippines Peering Forum <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/philippines-peering-forum/>*. As a pre-event leading to the *Virtual PhNOG 2.0 <http://bit.ly/vPHNOG>* conference in July, this event will host deliberations on peering and interconnection development in Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Philippines, and will consider the recent report '*Effective IXP strategies for the Asia-Pacific <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2021/effective-ixp-strategies…>* '. *SPEAKERS* *Bayani Benjamin Lara Bani* - Community Trainer, APNIC *Jose Luis Dabao* - President, PCTA *Ricson Singson Que* - President and CEO, SQrity Consulting *Amante Alvaran* - Program Manager, Google *Katsuyasu Toyama* - COO, JPNAP / INTERNET MULTIFEED CO. *Michuki Mwangi* - Regional Development Manager for Africa, Internet Society *Achie Atienza* - Peering, Interconnection & Strategy, Globe Telecom *MODERATOR* *Naveed Haq* - Regional Director, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/phpf2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/phpf2021>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3xBWfow <https://bit.ly/3xBWfow>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see ISOC.LIVE) *TWITTER #Philippines #peering <https://bit.ly/3wSbYzR> @ISOCapac #PhNOG #APIX @APNIC @NaveedHaq @pcta_news @SQrityX #JPNAP @michukis @ISOC_Africa* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/phpf2021 <https://archive.org/details/phpf2021>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14214/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Today's webcasts - Broadband Mapping / IGF-USA Preview
by Joly MacFie 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

The first of these is under way REAL TIME TEXT for both is https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC-DL 2pm EDT The State of Broadband Mapping in the United States https://isoc.live/14207/ 3:30pm EDT Present Trends and Visions of the Future: An IGF-USA Preview Event https://isoc.live/14172/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Predictive Cities: VR Exhibition and Public Colloquium
by Scott Rodgers 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

Predictive Cities: VR Exhibition and Public Colloquium * Thursday 01 July 2021 14:00 to 15:30 (GMT+1, Online) Next week (1 July 2021) Melissa Butcher<https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8721221/melissa-butcher>, Sarah Keenan<https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8636111/sarah-keenan>, Joel McKim<https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8005964/joel-mckim> and Scott Rodgers<https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8005868/scott-rodgers> engage in a roundtable discussion with Manu Luksch<http://www.manuluksch.com/> about her VR Exhibition Predictive Cities<http://www.manuluksch.com/project/augmented-reality-virtual-reality-cryptar…>. The live colloquium, hosted by the BISR Urban Intersections Experimental Collective<https://www.bbk.ac.uk/research/centres/birkbeck-institute-for-social-resear…>, will also be recorded and made available as a podcast. The Predictive Cities exhibition - sponsored by the BISR Urban Intersections Experimental Collective, running from 16 June – 31 August 2021 - is situated in the virtual space of a Mozilla Hubs VR chatroom. It contains two kinds of objects. First, memes that spawn a selection of Luksch’s artworks interrogating network urbanism and citizen agency, and second, spherical photographs of Songdo, South Korea, internationally famous as case study of greenfield smart cities. The series Songdo is custom-made for VR and shown the first time at this occasion. Attendees are strongly encouraged to visit the exhibition<http://www.manuluksch.com/project/augmented-reality-virtual-reality-cryptar…> before attending the Public Colloquium, though can also choose to do so afterwards. Visit the exhibition: http://www.manuluksch.com/.../augmented.../predictivecities/<http://www.manuluksch.com/project/augmented-reality-virtual-reality-cryptar…> Register for the colloquium: https://t.co/4C8bymi5PI?amp=1<https://t.co/4C8bymi5PI?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR1ybCjuc9UPH0jMbHb1Ok5DqLWY5-vW_Ppy…>

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Two positions at the University of Passau, Germany
by Wolfram Schaffar 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

*Two positions at the University of Passau, Germany* The Chair of Development Politics, University of Passau (Germany) is inviting applications for two positions: 1) Assistant professor (post-doc position, 3+3 years contract), in the field of digitalization/political mobilization; the Belt and Road initiative; and/or democratization/authoritarianism https://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/beschaeftigte/Stellenangebote… 2) PhD position (3 years contract) https://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/beschaeftigte/Stellenangebote… Deadline: 2 July 2021 ___________________________________ Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schaffar Chair of Development Politics University of Passau Dr.-Hans-Kapfinger-Str. 14 b 94032 Passau Germany https://www.phil.uni-passau.de/lehrstuehle/entwicklungspolitik/ <https://www.phil.uni-passau.de/lehrstuehle/entwicklungspolitik/> Wolfram.Schaffar(a)uni-passau.de <mailto:Wolfram.Schaffar@uni-passau.de>

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