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IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026: Call for Research Papers (Submission Deadline: 1st February 2026)
by h-yonekura+ist 29 Dec '25

29 Dec '25

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. We appreciate your help in contributing & forwarding this call for workshop proposal to your colleagues. ====================================================================== Call for Research Papers: IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026 ====================================================================== **** Submission Deadline: 1st February 2026 **** Call for Research Papers --------------------------- SMARTCOMP 2026, the 12th edition of the premier conference on smart computing, will be held in Messina, Italy from 22nd to 25th June 2026. https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/ [1] Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain enabled by advances in sensor-based technologies, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, edge computing, big data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing, ambient intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in diverse societal domains, including transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, industrial systems, precision farming, and entertainment. Algorithmic and systems advancements in edge, fog, or cloud computing, mobile and pervasive computing, sensor networking, and social computing are accelerating such innovation while expanding its influence in everyday ways of living. SMARTCOMP 2026 welcomes novel, cutting-edge and creative research contributions. Authors should discuss the importance, timeliness, and significance of their work as well as limitations, implications, future opportunities and open research directions. Main Research Track: SMARTCOMP 2026 solicits papers that address the core challenges of smart computing, focusing on the design and development of scalable, dependable systems, and on leveraging computing technologies to enhance resource sustainability and enhance sustainable quality of human life. Topics of interest include - but are not limited- to the following: * Emerging Smart Computing Paradigms * Algorithms for Smart Computing * AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing * Mobile and Ubiquitous Smart Systems, Wearable Computing and IoT * Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems * Cloud, Edge, and Fog based Smart Computing Platforms * Data Engineering and Analytics for Smart Computing * Distributed Sensing, AI, and Computation * Middleware for Smart Systems * Novel Communication Paradigms in Smart Computing * Low Power Communication and Computing for Smart Systems * Social Computing and Smart Systems * Quantum Computing in Smart Systems * Security, Privacy, and Trust in Smart Computing * Fairness and Socio-technical Aspects of Smart Computing * Interdisciplinary Approaches to Smart Computing * Novel applications of Smart Computing in emerging and high potential fields (e.g. Smart Communities, Health, Industry, Transport, Energy, Space, Agrifood, ...) Important Dates * Paper Submission: 1st February 2026 * Acceptance Notification: 15th April 2026 * Camera Ready (tentative): 22th April 2026 * Conference: 22 to 25 June 2026 All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth. Submission Guidelines: Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages including references and formatted using the two-column IEEE proceedings template. All submitted papers following these requirements will be peer reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEEXplore Digital Library. The conference will be in-person and no virtual or remote presentations will be permitted. Accepted papers must be presented in person by one of the authors under full registration. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the exclusion of the paper from the final proceedings, the conference program, and the IEEE Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers are responsible to obtain an Italian visa, if required, in a timely manner so as to meet the above expectations. The conference applies a single-blind review process. Submit your paper here [2] : https://smartcomp2026research.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34461 [2] One additional page for the camera-ready version can be purchased after the paper review and selection. ------------------------- BEST PAPER AWARD and Editorial Follow-Ups The authors of the best paper will receive an award in recognition to their contribution to the field. Extended versions of selected high-quality papers accepted to the main conference will be considered for publication in Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal (IF: 3.5) [3] Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs * Daniela Nicklas * George Roussos Contact Information： For any questions about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs at: smartcomp26-tpc-chairs.mobi(a)uni-bamberg.de We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you in Messina, Italy, in June 2026! Sincerely, --------- Haruki Yonekura Publicity and Social Media Co-Chairs, IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026 https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/ [1] https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-smartcomp/ [4] Graduate School of Information Science and Technology The University of Osaka, Japan Mobile Computing Laboratory Links: ------ [1] https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/ [2] https://smartcomp2026research.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34461 [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/pervasive-and-mobile-computing [4] https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-smartcomp/

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Antw: Air-L Digest, Vol 257, Issue 24 (Abwesenheit / Out of Office)
by Merle Willenberg 23 Dec '25

23 Dec '25

Ich mache gerade eine kurze Weihnachtspause, um mich mit meiner Familie, gutem Essen und Freude zu erholen. Ich werde nach meiner Rückkehr am 7. Januar 2026 alle Mails antworten. Fröhliche Feiertage! ________________________________________________________ I’m on a short Christmas holiday break, recharging with family, food, and fun. I’ll respond when I return on 7 January 2026. Warm wishes, Merle Willenberg Merle Willenberg (sie/ihr) Anglistik/Sprachwissenschaft Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Adam-Kuckhoff-Str. 35 | 06108 Halle (Saale) >>> <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> 23.12.25 22:00 >>> Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Job Opening: Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research at Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (Alan Wervick) 2. CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (Greenhalgh, Spencer P.) 3. Platforms & Society, Articles published in 2025 (Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann) 4. CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (Greenhalgh, Spencer P.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:40:59 +0100 From: Alan Wervick <awervick(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Job Opening: Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research at Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Message-ID: <CABZwOjE2oUGSti5Rx5wjc1VEhRqSrwZOND2+=NbhNBTsnGrkew(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" *Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research* The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research starting on June 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Department is seeking a new colleague with strong qualifications in quantitative communication research as demonstrated through the application in research projects and teaching activities. In addition, competencies in qualitative and mixed-methods studies of communication are an advantage. It is a further advantage, if the candidate has experience from collaborations with organizations outside the university in research and/or teaching. *The deadline for applications is 23:59 [CET] on 26 January 2026.Read more* *Read more:* https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=3010&ProjectId=15… ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:47:28 +0000 From: "Greenhalgh, Spencer P." <spencer.greenhalgh(a)uky.edu> To: Kylie Jarrett via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture Message-ID: <0A033B2F-9B6A-4936-84BD-4B3E47E06636(a)uky.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear AIR-L colleagues, The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular?but not exclusive?focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels aPlease see attached for the full CFP?abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade(a)uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:14:21 +0000 From: Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann <rafael.grohmann(a)utoronto.ca> To: Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Platforms & Society, Articles published in 2025 Message-ID: <YT1PR01MB3369EBBBC6B46994CC7F19B9FDB5A(a)YT1PR01MB3369.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Hi AoIR, As the year wraps up, check out the articles published by Platforms & Society in 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/pnsa/2 And consider submitting your article in 2026! Platforms & Society Volume 2, January-December 2025 Table of Contents Platform gaslighting: A user-centric insight into social media corporate communications of content moderation Tom Divon, Carolina Are, Pam Briggs Multichannel networks in China's livestreaming industry: Failing industrial lore and limited intermediary roles amidst platformization Zhen Ye Disciplined autonomy: A failed platform-cooperativism initiative in Brazil Walmir Estima, Andr? Lemos Online moving of Chinese boys? love fans: A platform ecology perspective Lin Zhang State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft's data centres in Greece 2.0 Charis Papaevangelou, Eugenia Siapera Platform imperialism and disinformation in Aotearoa-New Zealand Olivier Jutel, Leon A. Salter Gendered inequalities of platform work in Africa: Findings from a multi-country analysis Batoul Al Mehdar, Sharon Geeling, Nagla Rizk, Funda Ustek Spilda, Eisha Afifi, Joseph Budu, Pitso Tsibolane, Richard Boateng, Hilda Mwakatumbula, Mark Graham, Richard Heeks Navigating labour's labyrinth: Developing a typology of platform work in Sub-Saharan Africa Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika Mapping Amazon's logistical footprint on the Ruhr ? How a tech company is influencing cities, cluster politics and climates Maja-Lee Voigt ?We do not marshal your feed?: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety Paloma Viejo Otero, Rebecca Scharlach ?Eyo, mixed girl check?: The commodification of embodied performance in the #mixedgirlcheck trend on TikTok Ana-Nzinga Wei?, Florian Primig, Hanna Dorottya Szab? Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme Jacob ?rmen, Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen, Anne Mette Thorhauge, Linea Munk Petersen The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones Tom Divon, Moa Eriksson Krutr?k Prodexchange: Digital?industrial economization in Google Search supply chain Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan Injustice by design: A critical technocultural discourse and Latina feminist analysis of Amazon's ACX audiobook labor platform Ruth L. Nu?ez Labour super-exploitation in differential uberisation: A Latin American perspective on the platform economy Federico De Stavola Platforms and the governmentality of political consumerism: A critical analysis of review bombing and de/politicization on Steam Andrew Wirzburger The Amazonification of Royal Mail and postal worker identity Jess Brand, Lina Dencik Intermediation of lending: Platforms, mobile money, and data transactions in India Rahul Mukherjee >From platform governance to institutional practice: Experimentation, misalSurveil to protect and surveil to punish: Strategies to tackle sexual exploitation between national law and global corporate policies Carmela Morgillo, Salom? Lannier The incentives of PayPay against the convenience of cash: On the conveniencing of cashless payments in Japan Marc Steinberg Data interoperability and the governance of public value Linda Huber Value through contribution systems Ellie Rennie Value from data? A decentralized approach Kelsie Nabben Comparing TikTok and Instagram's sociotechnical environments for cultural production Alex Turvy Golden shares in Chinese platforms: The state as news licensor and minority shareholder Angela Xiao Wu Local platformized utopias? corporate discourse, community groups, and volunteer moderation on Facebook, Reddit, and NextDoor Nicholas Proferes, Kelley Cotter, Kjerstin Thorson, Ankolika De, Chia-Fang Chang, Ava Francesca Battocchio Sex work as cross-platform self-branding. Challenges and strategies of OnlyFans? content creators in a precarious ecosystem Margherita Di Cicco, Davide Beraldo A systemic framework for disinformation on social media platforms Raquel Recuero Algorithmic pedagogy: How Douyin constructs algorithmic imaginaries for content creators Meng Liang, Linqi Ye The politics of value: Platform economies in the ecological transition Franziska Cooiman Data or content? The conceptual battles defining dataset markets Jake Goldenfein Toward a platform?labor?territory nexus: Platform-driven deterritorialization and reterritorialization processes in the Chilean Andes Jae-Young Elisabeth Lee Worker power in self-organised networks: Algorithmic management, solidarity and resistance on platforms Mohammad Amir Anwar Value from digital twins Mark Andrejevic, Zoe Elena Horn, Michael Richardson Synthetic imaginaries of ?sensitive? AI: On ambient amplification and jail(break)ing as method Elena Pilipets, Marloes Geboers Workflow monopolies: A platform historiography of Unity in the immersive app economy Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph, David B Nieborg Sociotechnical enveloping: Productization of APIs and the transnational expansion of Alipay+ Jing Wang ?Why can?t I just be fat and exist on the internet??: The embeddedness of antifatness on TikTok Kelley Cotter, Rebecca Jonas, Ankolika De Coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook? A typology of manufactured attention Richard Rogers, Nicola Righett Digital platform economies: Value from data? Janet Roitman, Andrew Moon, Leila Lin Platform power and climate responsibility: A longitudinal view on digital platform companies? environmental discourse Mervi Pantti, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Elis Karell How do multi-modal large language models understand non-English visual hate? Insights from studying hate speech in Chinese-speaking communities on Instagram Jing Zeng, Qinghao Guan, Ariadna Matamoros-Fern?ndez, Xiran Liu Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba: Twitch's controversial metas as cultural negotiations of platform governance CJ Reynolds A conversation on housing under platform capitalism: The contentious regulation of short-term rentals in European cities Emanuele Sciuva, Mara Ferreri, Gianluca Bei, Francesca Artioli, Thomas Aguilera, Claire Colomb >From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance Paddy Leerssen States and platform capitalisms: A conversation Hatim El-Hibri, Joe F. Khalil, Marc Steinberg, Lin Zhang, Rahul Mukherjee Redefining social media influencership through followership building Muhammed Tobiloba Alakitan Adaptive governance: How digital platforms change their design Dani?lle Flonk Kevin Garvey Platformized labour and harassment in Canada: Quantifying the effects of racism on content creators Daniela Zuzunaga Zegarra Music streaming platforms and everyday musical lives: Dynamics of community, individualisation and personalisation in China David Hesmondhalgh, Shuwen Qu Regulating AI in the workplace: A criDigital rhythmanalysis: Studying memetic and affective rhythms on the post-viral Web Sal Hagen, Dani?l de Zeeuw, Tommaso Venturini The vortex of visibility: Platformization and literary practices in an emerging economy Rosie Nguyen The Salesforce of safety: Software vendors as infrastructural/professional nodes in the field of online trust and safety Lucas Wright Ghost infrastructure: The political economy of abandoned submarine data cable projects Sofie Flensburg, Signe Sophus La Infrastructural platforms as producers of incremental innovation: Investigating software development in Amazon's Alexa Prize Competition Niklas Str?ver Seeing (like) a platform: Using data rights for participatory study of platforms Ana Pop Stefanija, Jo Pierson Symbolic surplus: How recruitment strategies form workers? social composition and protest in food delivery gig work Heiner Heiland The editors Julie Yujie Chen Rafael Grohmann Andrea Pollio Cheryll Soriano Niels van Doorn -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor…> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:58:35 +0000 From: "Greenhalgh, Spencer P." <spencer.greenhalgh(a)uky.edu> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture Message-ID: <E088454F-4537-44FD-83AB-AEBF202D595E(a)uky.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear AIR-L colleagues, Please don't tell my colleagues that I can't do attachments properly, or they'll take away my tenure. :) Here's a link to the CFP: https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/46091 The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular?but not exclusive?focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels as well. Please see the link above for the full CFP?abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade(a)uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://lists------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 257, Issue 24 **************************************

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CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture
by Greenhalgh, Spencer P. 23 Dec '25

23 Dec '25

Dear AIR-L colleagues, Please don't tell my colleagues that I can't do attachments properly, or they'll take away my tenure. :) Here's a link to the CFP: https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/46091 The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular—but not exclusive—focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels as well. Please see the link above for the full CFP—abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade(a)uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh

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Platforms & Society, Articles published in 2025
by Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann 23 Dec '25

23 Dec '25

Hi AoIR, As the year wraps up, check out the articles published by Platforms & Society in 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/pnsa/2 And consider submitting your article in 2026! Platforms & Society Volume 2, January-December 2025 Table of Contents Platform gaslighting: A user-centric insight into social media corporate communications of content moderation Tom Divon, Carolina Are, Pam Briggs Multichannel networks in China's livestreaming industry: Failing industrial lore and limited intermediary roles amidst platformization Zhen Ye Disciplined autonomy: A failed platform-cooperativism initiative in Brazil Walmir Estima, André Lemos Online moving of Chinese boys’ love fans: A platform ecology perspective Lin Zhang State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft's data centres in Greece 2.0 Charis Papaevangelou, Eugenia Siapera Platform imperialism and disinformation in Aotearoa-New Zealand Olivier Jutel, Leon A. Salter Gendered inequalities of platform work in Africa: Findings from a multi-country analysis Batoul Al Mehdar, Sharon Geeling, Nagla Rizk, Funda Ustek Spilda, Eisha Afifi, Joseph Budu, Pitso Tsibolane, Richard Boateng, Hilda Mwakatumbula, Mark Graham, Richard Heeks Navigating labour's labyrinth: Developing a typology of platform work in Sub-Saharan Africa Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika Mapping Amazon's logistical footprint on the Ruhr – How a tech company is influencing cities, cluster politics and climates Maja-Lee Voigt ‘We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety Paloma Viejo Otero, Rebecca Scharlach ‘Eyo, mixed girl check’: The commodification of embodied performance in the #mixedgirlcheck trend on TikTok Ana-Nzinga Weiß, Florian Primig, Hanna Dorottya Szabó Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen, Anne Mette Thorhauge, Linea Munk Petersen The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones Tom Divon, Moa Eriksson Krutrök Prodexchange: Digital–industrial economization in Google Search supply chain Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan Injustice by design: A critical technocultural discourse and Latina feminist analysis of Amazon's ACX audiobook labor platform Ruth L. Nuñez Labour super-exploitation in differential uberisation: A Latin American perspective on the platform economy Federico De Stavola Platforms and the governmentality of political consumerism: A critical analysis of review bombing and de/politicization on Steam Andrew Wirzburger The Amazonification of Royal Mail and postal worker identity Jess Brand, Lina Dencik Intermediation of lending: Platforms, mobile money, and data transactions in India Rahul Mukherjee >From platform governance to institutional practice: Experimentation, misalignment, and contingent adoption of Google Arts & Culture T. Leo Cao Surveil to protect and surveil to punish: Strategies to tackle sexual exploitation between national law and global corporate policies Carmela Morgillo, Salomé Lannier The incentives of PayPay against the convenience of cash: On the conveniencing of cashless payments in Japan Marc Steinberg Data interoperability and the governance of public value Linda Huber Value through contribution systems Ellie Rennie Value from data? A decentralized approach Kelsie Nabben Comparing TikTok and Instagram's sociotechnical environments for cultural production Alex Turvy Golden shares in Chinese platforms: The state as news licensor and minority shareholder Angela Xiao Wu Local platformized utopias? corporate discourse, community groups, and volunteer moderation on Facebook, Reddit, and NextDoor Nicholas Proferes, Kelley Cotter, Kjerstin Thorson, Ankolika De, Chia-Fang Chang, Ava Francesca Battocchio Sex work as cross-platform self-branding. Challenges and strategies of OnlyFans’ content creators in a precarious ecosystem Margherita Di Cicco, Davide Beraldo A systemic framework for disinformation on social media platforms Raquel Recuero Algorithmic pedagogy: How Douyin constructs algorithmic imaginaries for content creators Meng Liang, Linqi Ye The politics of value: Platform economies in the ecological transition Franziska Cooiman Data or content? The conceptual battles defining dataset markets Jake Goldenfein Toward a platform–labor–territory nexus: Platform-driven deterritorialization and reterritorialization processes in the Chilean Andes Jae-Young Elisabeth Lee Worker power in self-organised networks: Algorithmic management, solidarity and resistance on platforms Mohammad Amir Anwar Value from digital twins Mark Andrejevic, Zoe Elena Horn, Michael Richardson Synthetic imaginaries of “sensitive” AI: On ambient amplification and jail(break)ing as method Elena Pilipets, Marloes Geboers Workflow monopolies: A platform historiography of Unity in the immersive app economy Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph, David B Nieborg Sociotechnical enveloping: Productization of APIs and the transnational expansion of Alipay+ Jing Wang “Why can’t I just be fat and exist on the internet?”: The embeddedness of antifatness on TikTok Kelley Cotter, Rebecca Jonas, Ankolika De Coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook? A typology of manufactured attention Richard Rogers, Nicola Righett Digital platform economies: Value from data? Janet Roitman, Andrew Moon, Leila Lin Platform power and climate responsibility: A longitudinal view on digital platform companies’ environmental discourse Mervi Pantti, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Elis Karell How do multi-modal large language models understand non-English visual hate? Insights from studying hate speech in Chinese-speaking communities on Instagram Jing Zeng, Qinghao Guan, Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Xiran Liu Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba: Twitch's controversial metas as cultural negotiations of platform governance CJ Reynolds A conversation on housing under platform capitalism: The contentious regulation of short-term rentals in European cities Emanuele Sciuva, Mara Ferreri, Gianluca Bei, Francesca Artioli, Thomas Aguilera, Claire Colomb >From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance Paddy Leerssen States and platform capitalisms: A conversation Hatim El-Hibri, Joe F. Khalil, Marc Steinberg, Lin Zhang, Rahul Mukherjee Redefining social media influencership through followership building Muhammed Tobiloba Alakitan Adaptive governance: How digital platforms change their design Daniëlle Flonk Kevin Garvey Platformized labour and harassment in Canada: Quantifying the effects of racism on content creators Daniela Zuzunaga Zegarra Music streaming platforms and everyday musical lives: Dynamics of community, individualisation and personalisation in China David Hesmondhalgh, Shuwen Qu Regulating AI in the workplace: A critique of the EU AI act and the platform work directive through a worker-centred lens Alexandros Minotakis Digital rhythmanalysis: Studying memetic and affective rhythms on the post-viral Web Sal Hagen, Daniël de Zeeuw, Tommaso Venturini The vortex of visibility: Platformization and literary practices in an emerging economy Rosie Nguyen The Salesforce of safety: Software vendors as infrastructural/professional nodes in the field of online trust and safety Lucas Wright Ghost infrastructure: The political economy of abandoned submarine data cable projects Sofie Flensburg, Signe Sophus La Infrastructural platforms as producers of incremental innovation: Investigating software development in Amazon's Alexa Prize Competition Niklas Strüver Seeing (like) a platform: Using data rights for participatory study of platforms Ana Pop Stefanija, Jo Pierson Symbolic surplus: How recruitment strategies form workers’ social composition and protest in food delivery gig work Heiner Heiland The editors Julie Yujie Chen Rafael Grohmann Andrea Pollio Cheryll Soriano Niels van Doorn -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor…> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>

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CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture
by Greenhalgh, Spencer P. 23 Dec '25

23 Dec '25

Dear AIR-L colleagues, The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular—but not exclusive—focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels as well. Please see attached for the full CFP—abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade(a)uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh

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Job Opening: Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research at Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
by Alan Wervick 23 Dec '25

23 Dec '25

*Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research* The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research starting on June 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Department is seeking a new colleague with strong qualifications in quantitative communication research as demonstrated through the application in research projects and teaching activities. In addition, competencies in qualitative and mixed-methods studies of communication are an advantage. It is a further advantage, if the candidate has experience from collaborations with organizations outside the university in research and/or teaching. *The deadline for applications is 23:59 [CET] on 26 January 2026.Read more* *Read more:* https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=3010&ProjectId=15…

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Postdoctoral fellowship on platform work
by Kylie Jarrett 22 Dec '25

22 Dec '25

Hello all, My colleague in Geography is advertising a 2 year postdoctoral fellowship researching delivery riders in Ireland. See below. Suitable for postdoctoral researchers just out of PhD. 2-year Postdoc on delivery rider labour and health in Dublin Ireland Deadline 15 Jan 2025 RIDERLAB aims to build a novel participatory research program with Dublin’s migrant delivery riders for a greater understanding of the issues at the intersection of labour, migration & health to increase public awareness of these issues, foster collective action, and improve public/occupational health for migrants and marginalized communities. To combat the pressing occupational, environmental, and social hazards experienced by the delivery riders in the city, we have begun engaging with the riders to codesign RIDERLAB and document labour issues (precarity, exploitation, power, inequality), co-create a health monitoring program (e.g., through bike and body sensor program), codevelop participatory mapping methods to describe unsafe work locations and community assets, and identify paths for participatory democracy. RIDERLAB is a 2-year research project with PI Jeremy Auerbach at the UCD School of Geography and funded by Research Ireland’s Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges (COALESCE) scheme. PD1 Salary Range: €46,305 - €52,863 Per Annum; PD2 Salary Range: €54,307 - €59,063 Per Annum . Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience. Apply Here https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ <https://lnkd.in/eY-fGfMJ> Reference # 019252 Thanks and have a happy festive season. Kylie Jarrett _________________ Prof. Kylie Jarrett School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin She/her Editor-in-chief: *Dialogues on Digital Society* Author: *Digital Labor *(Polity 2022)*;* *Feminism, Labour, and D**igital Media: The Digital Housewife *(Routledge 2016) Co-author*: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media *(MIT Press 2019) *Google and the Culture of Search *(Routledge 2013)

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The 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training: Call for Papers
by Announce 22 Dec '25

22 Dec '25

(Apologies for crossposting) Dear Colleague We are pleased to announce that CSEE&T 2026 (The 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training) will be held at The University of Florence, Italy, from July 20 - 22. The CFP is posted at https://cseet26.techconf.org/download/CFP-CSEE&T-2026.pdf<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Please refer to the conference website for the most recent updates. If you have any questions related to paper submission to the main conference, please send emails to the Program Chairs: Professor Matthew Barr Professor Lin Liu, or Professor Rafal Wlodarski. For the Academy for Software Engineering Education & Training (ASEE&T) Workshop, please visit its website or contact Professor Nancy Mead and Professor Hossein Saiedian. For other inquiries, please get in touch with the CSEET 2026 Secretariat. We look forward to working with you for a successful conference. CSEE&T Secretariat

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2026 Joint Call for Submissions
by daniil.dobriy＠wu.ac.at 22 Dec '25

22 Dec '25

We are pleased to announce the Joint Call for Submissions for the SEMANTiCS 2026 <https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/>, which will be held on 15-17 September 2026 in Ghent, Belgium. Given the potential relevance of SEMANTiCS for the association, I wanted to draw your attention to our calls for submissions in the following tracks: Research and Innovation Industry and Use Case Posters and Demos Workshops and Tutorials More details below: SEMANTiCS 2026 - Calls for Submissions =========================================== 22nd International Conference on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS 2026) Ghent, Belgium September 15-17, 2026 Follow us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/semantics-conf/ Mastodon Social: https://sigmoid.social/@semantics Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/semantics-conf.bsky.social Twitter/X: @SemanticsConf (https://twitter.com/SemanticsConf) The SEMANTiCS conference serves as a forum for researchers, industry leaders, and developers to discuss advances in Linked Data and semantic-enabled AI systems. SEMANTiCS 2026 features multiple tracks, i.e., Research and Innovation, Industry and Use Case, Posters and Demos, Workshops and Tutorials. Hence, authors are kindly asked to check out the calls of each track to choose the one that best fits their contribution. =========================================== Call for Research and Innovation Track Papers The SEMANTiCS 2026 conference is excited to invite submissions from researchers of all genders, backgrounds, and career stages for the Research and Innovation Track, welcoming groundbreaking research contributions, innovative solutions, and experimental studies relevant to the Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI-enabled semantics. We also encourage submissions at the intersections of these fields with other scientific and applied disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and advancement. URL: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_research_innovation Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline - April 23, 2026 Paper Submission Deadline - April 30, 2026 Notification of Acceptance - June 22, 2026 Camera-Ready Paper - July 16, 2026 Research and Innovation Track Chairs: Contact: semantics2026-research(a)easychair.org <mailto:semantics2026-research@easychair.org> Cogan Shimizu, Wright State University, US Annette ten Teije, VU Amsterdam, NL =========================================== Call for Industry and Use Case Track Presentations The Industry and Use Case track at SEMANTiCS welcomes submissions that present use cases and industry adoption of semantic technology. We reach out to professionals to present industry implementations, best practices and use case prototypes, to discuss semantic systems, and to exchange insights with a diverse and supportive community of peers. Additionally, we welcome submission of software applications, apps or services that demonstrate the usefulness and benefits of semantic technologies and semantic data management. We warmly encourage submissions from contributors of all genders, backgrounds, and career stages. Early-career professionals are especially welcome. URL: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_industry Important Dates: Submission Deadline - June 2, 2026 Notification of Acceptance - June 30, 2026 Presentation Ready - August 30, 2026 Industry and Use Case Track Chairs: Contact: semantics2026-industry(a)easychair.org <mailto:semantics2026-industry@easychair.org> Marco Brattinga, Sopra Steria, Netherlands Aad Versteden, redpencil.io <http://redpencil.io/>, Belgium Kathrin Füllenbach, TDCC-NES, Netherlands =========================================== Call for Posters and Demos Track Paper The SEMANTiCS 2026 Posters and Demos Track offers a platform for late-breaking research results, ongoing or early-stage projects, innovative ideas grounded on on-going research, prototypes, systems, applications, datasets, and other cutting-edge contributions relevant to semantic technologies. We welcome submissions that showcase emerging research directions as well as practical solutions demonstrating the impact of semantic technologies across academic and industrial settings. We warmly encourage contributions from individuals of all genders, backgrounds, and career stages — including students, early-career researchers from academia and industry, and those from groups traditionally underrepresented in our community. URL: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_posters_demos Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline - May 30, 2026 Notification of Acceptance - July 6, 2026 Camera-Ready Paper - August 2, 2026 Posters and Demos Track Chairs: Contact: semantics2026-pd(a)easychair.org <mailto:semantics2026-pd@easychair.org> Genet Asefa Gesese, FIZ Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe, Germany Eleni Ilkou, TIB - German National Library of Science and Technology, Hannover, Germany =========================================== Call for Workshops and Tutorials We encourage submissions of proposals on all topics in the general areas of SEMANTiCS 2026 and proposals bridging or introducing new perspectives and/or challenges in these areas. Workshops and tutorials may incorporate a variety of inclusive and engaging formats such as panel discussions, lightning talks, meetings, networking or hands-on sessions, hackathons and other practical formats where applicable. We warmly encourage submissions from teams and individuals of all genders, backgrounds, and career stages, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in the community. URL: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials Important Dates: Proposals Workshop Deadline - February 27, 2026 Notification of Acceptance - March 13, 2026 Proposals Tutorial Deadline - May 15, 2026 Notification of Acceptance - May 29, 2026 Workshop and Tutorial Chairs: Contact: semantics2026-ws(a)easychair.org <mailto:semantics2026-ws@easychair.org> (workshops); semantics2026-tut(a)easychair.org <mailto:semantics2026-tut@easychair.org> (tutorials) Beyza Yaman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Rosa Filgueira, University of Edinburgh, UK =========================================== All deadlines are 23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth) For more details check out the conference website: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/ -- Daniil Dobriy Publicity Chair, SEMANTiCS 2026 WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Department of Information Systems and Operations Management Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management Building D2, 3rd Floor Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria Email: daniil.dobriy(a)wu.ac.at <mailto:daniil.dobriy@wu.ac.at> LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/semantic <http://linkedin.com/in/semantic> Phone: +43-1-31336/6282 Web: dobriy.org <http://dobriy.org/>

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Global Cyber Alliance report “Salt Typhoon Across the Internet: What AIDE Honeypots Reveal About a Persistent State-Linked Campaign”
by Joly MacFie 21 Dec '25

21 Dec '25

[image: image.png] https://globalcyberalliance.org/new-report-salt-typhoon-across-the-internet/ Overview and Context The report analyzes the *Salt Typhoon* cyber-espionage campaign, a long-running and highly sophisticated operation publicly attributed by U.S. authorities to state-linked actors. The campaign focuses on global telecommunications and critical internet infrastructure and is assessed as persistent, strategic, and ongoing rather than opportunistic. Data Source and Methodology The analysis is based on data from the Automated Internet Defense Environment (AIDE), a global network of honeypots operated across more than 25 countries. These decoy systems emulate vulnerable internet-facing services, particularly those used in telecommunications environments. Between August 2023 and August 2025, AIDE recorded more than 72 million attack attempts originating from China-based IP space. Behavioral patterns observed in this data align closely with previously documented *Salt Typhoon* tactics, techniques, and procedures. Key Findings - Multi-Phase Campaign Evolution: The activity follows a clear lifecycle: - Initial reconnaissance and scanning (mid-2023 to late-2024) - Targeted exploitation and credential attacks (late-2024 to early-2025) - Persistence, lateral movement, and advanced operations (early- to mid-2025) - Targeting Patterns: Attackers consistently focused on internet-exposed remote access systems, especially VPN gateways and network management interfaces. Vendors and platforms commonly observed include Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet, mirroring public vulnerability disclosures during the same period. - Operational Techniques: The campaign relies heavily on “living-off-the-land” techniques, using legitimate administrative tools alongside custom payloads to evade detection. Common behaviors include credential harvesting, webshell deployment, command-and-control preparation, and staged data exfiltration. - Geographic Reach: Activity consistent with *Salt Typhoon* was observed globally, with notable concentrations affecting North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The campaign appears designed to scale across borders rather than focus on a single national target. Observed Scale and Indicators Across the observation period, AIDE recorded: - Tens of thousands of exploitation attempts - Widespread credential-based attacks - Large volumes of potential data exfiltration activity - Coordinated use of multiple IP addresses across different campaign phases These indicators point to sustained resourcing and centralized coordination rather than isolated threat actors. Strategic Implications The report emphasizes that *Salt Typhoon* represents a deliberate effort to gain long-term access to communications infrastructure. Such access could enable surveillance, intelligence collection, or future disruption of essential services. Telecommunications networks are highlighted as especially high-value targets due to their role in lawful intercept systems and national communications resilience. Defensive Recommendations Organizations operating critical or internet-facing infrastructure are urged to: - Audit and harden all VPN and remote access systems - Patch known vulnerabilities in network devices promptly - Enable detailed logging and monitor for anomalous administrative behavior - Enforce strong authentication, including multi-factor authentication - Conduct proactive threat hunting aligned with observed attacker behaviors Conclusion The report concludes that *Salt Typhoon* remains an active and serious threat. By combining large-scale honeypot telemetry with known adversary behaviors, it provides a data-driven view of a persistent state-linked campaign and underscores the need for immediate and sustained defensive action across the global internet ecosystem. RESOURCES - Full Report <https://globalcyberalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PUBLIC-REPORT-Sa…> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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