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WEBCAST TODAY: WSIS 2021 High-Level Policy Sessions 133/154: Bridging Digital Divides
by Joly MacFie 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

The first session of this is just finishing. High level could be interpreted to mean starchy wordiness, but there are nuggets to be found. Probably the best way to digest is to read the transcripts, which I will upload to the archive in short order. Spicing up proceedings is the inclusion of representatives from Cambodia and iran. ISOC is represented by Trustee Olga Cavalli, and USA by our FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Monday March 22 2021 at 11:00-15:15 UTC the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 (WSIS 2021) opens its High Level Sessions with two sessions, 133 and 154, on "Bridging Digital Divides". SESSION 133: 11:00-12:30 UTC OPENING Mr. Houlin " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2021-dd>Today, *Monday March 22 2021* at *11:00-15:15 UTC* the *World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/>* (WSIS 2021) opens its *High Level Sessions <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/HighLevel>* with two sessions, *133 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/Agenda/Session/133>*and *154 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/Agenda/Session/154>*, on "*Bridging Digital Divides*". SESSION 133: 11:00-12:30 UTC *OPENING* *Mr. Houlin Zhao*, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) *H.E. Mr. Maxim Parshin*, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, Russian Federation *PANEL* *Mr. Stephen Bereaux*, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) *H.E. Ms. Masooma Khawari*, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Afghanistan *H.E. Mr. Sanjay Dhotre*, Union Minister of State for Education, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications, India *H.E. Mr. Hajymyrat Hudayguliyev*, Chairman (Minister), «Türkmenaragatnasyk» (Turkmen Communications) Agency, Turkmenistan *H.E. Dr. Jenfan Muswere*, Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Zimbabwe *H.E. Mr. Sattar Hashemi*, Deputy-Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Iran (Islamic Republic of) *Mr. Chenda Thong*, Chairman, Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), Cambodia *Dr. Jacek Oko*, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland *Dr. Salma Abbasi*, Chairperson and CEO, eWorldwide Group *Ms. Clarisse Iribagiza*, Founder and CEO, HeHe *MODERATOR* *Dr. Olga Cavalli*, South School on Internet Governance SESSION 154:14:00-15:15 UTC *OPENING* *Malcolm Johnson*, ITU *PANEL* *Dr. Bilel Jamoussi*, Chief of the Study Groups Department, Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) *H.E. Dr. Daryl Vaz*, MP, Minister, Ministry of Science, Energy & Technology, Jamaica *H.E. Ms. Allyson West*, Minister, Ministry of Public Administration and Digital Transformation, Trinidad and Tobago *H.E. Ms. Pamela Gidi*, Vice Minister, Under Secretariat of Telecommunications, Chile *Ms. Nahima Díaz*, Director General, Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos TELCOR, Nicaragua *Mr. Apollo Knights*, Director, National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines *Ms. Jessica Rosenworcel*, Acting Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission, United States *Dr. Mercedes Aramendia*, Presidenta de Directorio de URSEC, UNIDAD REGULADORA DE SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACIONES (URSEC), Uruguay *Mr. Luis Pacheco Zevallos*, Manager, Enforcement Directorate, Telecommunications Regulatory Agency - OSIPTEL, Peru *Ms. Kate Wilson*, CEO, DIAL *MODERATOR* *Ms. Eleanor Sarpong*, Deputy Director & Policy Lead, A4AI/Web Foundation *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2021-dd <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2021-dd>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ITU-WSIS <https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ITU-WSIS>* *TWITTER #WSIS2021 <http://bit.ly/WSIS2021>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.facebook.com/WSISprocess/live <https://www.facebook.com/WSISprocess/live>* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/wsis2021-dd <https://archive.org/details/wsis2021-dd>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13877/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Digital Methods Summer School 2021 - Amsterdam
by Richard Rogers 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Digital Methods Summer School 2021 5 - 16 July 2021 Online via Zoom or in-person (as circumstances allow) New Media & Digital Culture University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam the Netherlands Call for participation. For application information see here <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2021>. Fake everything: Social media’s struggle with inauthentic activities This year’s Summer School has as its theme the so-called ‘faking’ and detecting of inauthentic users, metrics and content on social media. The uptick in attention to the study of the fake online could be attributed in the first instance to the ‘fake news crisis <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-new…>’ of 2016, where it was found that so-called fake news outperformed mainstream news on Facebook in the run-up to the U.S. presidential elections that year. That finding also set in motion the subsequent struggle around the occupation of the term from a type of news originating from imposter media organisations or other dubious sources to a ‘populist’ charge against mainstream and elite media <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720906992> that seeks to delegitimate sources found publishing inconvenient or displeasing stories. In its study we have had calls to cease using the term <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1685231?casa_tok…>, fake news. There also has been a variety of classification strategies. Both the expansion as well as contraction of the term may be seen in its reconceptualisation by scholars as well as by the platforms themselves. The definitional evolution <https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02003893/> is embodied in such phrasings as ‘junk news <http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/03/What-Were-M…>’ and ‘problematic information <https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DataAndSociety_Lexiconof…>’, which are broader in their classification <https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-the-scale-of-fa…>, whilst the platforms appear to prefer the terms ‘false’ (Facebook) or ‘misleading’ (Twitter), which are narrower. On the back-end the platform companies also develop responses to these activities. They would like to automate as well as outsource its detection and policing, be it through low-wage content moderators, (volunteer) fact-checking outfits or user-centred collaborative filtering such as Twitter’s ‘birdwatchers <https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-birdwatch-a-…>’, an initiative they say born of societal distaste for a central decision-making authority, found through qualitative interviews. They also take major decisions to label content by world leaders (and indeed have world leader content policies <https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/worldleaders2019.html>), which subsequently land platform governance and decision-making in the spotlight. More broadly there has been a rise in the study of ‘computational propaganda <https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6298>’ and ‘artificial amplification <https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42884>’ which the platforms refer to as ‘inauthentic behaviour’. These may take the form of bots or trolls; they may be ‘coordinated’ by ‘troll armies’, which has been outlined in Facebook’s regular ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour reports’. As its head of security policy puts it <https://about.fb.com/news/tag/coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/>, Facebook defines it (in a roomy and plainspeak manner) as ‘people or pages working together to mislead others about who they are or what they are doing’. Occasionally data sets become available (by Twitter or other researchers) that purport to be collections of tweets <https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-were-sharing-3-million-russian-tro…> by these inauthentic, coordinated campaigners, whereupon scholars (among other efforts) seek to make sense of which signals can be employed to detect them. Other types of individuals online also have caught the attention of the platforms as ‘dangerous’ (Facebook), and have been deplatformed <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0267323120922066>, a somewhat drastic step that follows (repeated) violations of platform rules and presumably temporary suspensions. ‘Demonetisation’ also is among the platforms’ repertoire of actions, should these individuals, such as extreme internet celebrities, be turning vitriol into revenue, though there is also the question of which advertisers attach themselves (knowingly or not) to such content. Moreover, there are questions about why certain channels <https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-06906-001> have been demonetised for being 'extremist’. Others ask, is ‘counter-speech’ an alternative to counter-action? On the interface, where the metrics are concerned, there may be follower factories behind high follower and like counts. The marketing industry dedicated to social listening as well as computational researchers have arrived at a series of rules of thumb as well as signal processing that aid in the flagging or detection of the inauthentic. Just as sudden rises in follower counts might indicate bought followers, a sudden decline suggests a platform ‘purge’ of them. Perhaps more expensive followers gradually populate an account, making it appear natural. Indeed, there is the question of which kinds of (purchased) followers are ‘good enough <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2020GoodEnoughPublics>’ to count and be counted. What is the minimum amount of grooming? Can it be automated or is there always some human touch? Finally, there is a hierarchy in the industry, where Instagram followers are the most sought after, but ‘influencers’ (who market wares there) are often contractually bound to promise that they have not ‘participated in comment pods (group 'liking' pacts), botting (automated interactions), or purchasing fake followers <https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-fake-followers/>'. Organisers: Richard Rogers, Guillen Torres and Esther Weltevrede, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. Application information at https://www.digitalmethods.net <https://www.digitalmethods.net/> Prof. Richard Rogers Media Studies University of Amsterdam 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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looking for researchers on public movements advocating on telecom
by Patricia Aufderheide 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

For a Telecommunications Policy Research Conference panel on research about public interest advocacy in telecom, we're looking for people who would like to join! Deadline is end of March, yikes. Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication (she/her/hers) PhD Program Director Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Zoom Office Hours: https://american.zoom.us/j/96788556467?pwd=eFNpa2JMWlZQRm5pT1Z0b3RVUlRXQT09 Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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SSN Seminar: 'Prototype Nation: China & the Contested Promise of Innovation' with Prof Silvia Lindtner
by Thao Phan 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Please join us for this online seminar hosted by the Deakin Science and Society Network <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/> (SSN). You can join the conversation on Twitter by following us at @SSNDeakin and using the hashtags #SSNseminar *Register here: *https://ssnseminar-silvialindtner.eventbrite.com.au *Date/time:* Tuesday 30th March, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time, GMT+11) *Title:*Prototype Nation: China & the Contested Promise of Innovation *Abstract:* How did China’s mass manufacturing and “copycat” production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets? Prototype Nation offers a transnational analysis of how the promise of democratized innovation and entrepreneurial life has shaped China’s governance and global image. Lindtner reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the rise of the global maker movement and the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Lindtner’s investigations draw on more than a decade of research in makerspaces, tech incubators, corporate offices, and factories. She examines how the ideals of the maker movement, to intervene in social and economic structures, served the technopolitical project of prototyping a “new” optimistic, assertive, and global China. In doing so, Lindtner demonstrates that entrepreneurial living influences governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexism, racism, colonialism, and labor exploitation. Prototype Nation shows that by attending to the bodies and sites that nurture entrepreneurial life, technology can be extricated from the seemingly endless cycle of promise and violence. *About the speaker:* *Silvia Lindtner *(she/her) is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information and Associate Director of the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC). She is a founding member of Precarity Lab, a research collective working on various forms of insecurity, vulnerability, and social and cultural exclusion that digital platforms produce, and mediate. She is the co-founder of the China research collective Hacked Matter, dedicated to critically investigating processes of technology innovation, urban design, and production cultures in China. Lindtner's research interests include cultures and politics of technology innovation and entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on the gendered and racialized forms of labor necessary to sustain and incubate technological promise. Lindtner draws from more than ten years of multi-sited ethnographic research, with a particular focus on China's position in the global political economy of technology production. Lindtner’s work contributes to the fields of STS (science and technology studies), cultural and feminist anthropology, China studies, HCI (human computer interaction), global communication studies, science and technology policy, and design. Her research has been awarded support from the US National Science Foundation, IMLS, Intel Labs, Google Anita Borg, and the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation. *About the respondent:* *Dr Luke Heemsbergen* is a Lecturer at Deakin University, Australia, and researches the political relations afforded through our digital choices in the real world. He was previously a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Networked Society Institute, and a ‘Berktern’ at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. His main research interests are based in the (digitally) networked terrain of radical transparency and democratic governing. Recently he’s been thinking about digital artefacts in the real world and physical artefacts from the digital world (from 3D printing to new ways of augmenting ‘reality’). *Dr Leonard Hoon* is a Senior Research Fellow in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, leading the Health Technologies and AI Ethics portfolios for the institute, and is a Chief Investigator with the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Hub for Digital Enhanced Living. Leonard leverages his background in software engineering, usability and product management to enable research translation. Dr Hoon operates in discovery through to delivery of commercial research projects for the institute including work in human factors, natural language processing and the operationalisation of artificial intelligence. *Watch the seminar:* Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live link: https://youtu.be/9WOJdCjA6LE Q&A with the speaker to follow. To send questions/participate in the chat, you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account <https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>. The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on the SSN YouTube channel after the Livestream. If you have any questions, please send to ssn-info(a)deakin.edu.au <http://ssn-info@deakin.edu.au/>

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CFC: Edited Book: Big Data Intelligence for Smart Applications by Springer
by Yassine MALEH 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

*Edited Book: Big Data Intelligence for Smart Applications* *Publication in "Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.springer.com/series/7092>", by Springer and indexed by (Scopus & Web of Science)* *Call for Chapters: **Call for Chapters Link <https://sites.google.com/view/bigdatasmart>* *Submission link: Submission link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21>* *Chapter Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editors of the Springer Book "*Big Data Intelligence for Smart Applications*" invites submissions containing Original, High Quality Ideas that are relevant to the SCOPE OF THE BOOK. The chapter proposal may kindly be sent in Latex or Word format. The book will MAINLY focus on significant issues in the field of Big Data intelligence for smart applications. The book is mainly intended for post graduate students, research scholars, academics, industry and research lab scientists. The objective of this book is to provide state-of-the-art of research results, applications and real Big Data Intelligence deployment scenarios related to Smart Applications. EXPERIENCED Authors and Contributors in the field of Big Data intelligence may kindly submit their chapter. All chapter proposals that conform to submission guidelines will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and research content, depth, correctness, relevance to scope of the book and readability. For details the following website may kindly be referred: ------------------------------------------------------ Call for chapters Website <https://sites.google.com/view/bigdatasmart> *Topics of Interest:* This book targets a mixed audience of researchers, academics and investigators from different communities to share and exchange new ideas, approaches, theories and practice to resolve the challenging issues associated with the leveraging of Machine Intelligence and Big Data Analytics For Cybersecurity and Privacy paradigm. Therefore, the suggested topics of interest for this book include, but are not limited to: - Computing Models and Algorithms for Smart Applications - Machine Learning and AI technologies for smart applications - Advanced analytics, including data visualization, BI, real-time, predictive, prescriptive - Cloud strategies: hybrid, containerization, serverless, micro-services - Automated Machine Learning, Edge AI, Augmented Intelligence, Graphical Databases - Data governance and quality for smart applications - Digital Ops including DataOps, AIOps, CloudSecOps - AI in Healthcare – from Data to Intelligence - Big Data analytics in IoT-based smart applications - Big Data applications in smart city - Big Data intelligence for cyber-physical systems - Big Data Science Solutions for Real-life Applications - Big Data Analytics for cybersecurity and Privacy - Case Studies and Innovative Applications *Submission Procedure:* Authors are invited to submit their full chapter by *April 15, 2021*. Manuscripts submitted for the book must be original, must not be previously published or currently under review anywhere. Submitted manuscripts should respect the standard guidelines of the Springer book chapter format. Manuscripts must be prepared using Latex, or Word, and according to the Springer requirements that can be downloaded from the (*link <https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/resources-…>*) and the Chapter should contain in between *15-24 pages*. Manuscripts that do not follow the formatting rules will be rejected without review. Prospective authors should send their manuscripts electronically through the easychair submission system as mentioned below: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21> *NB:* There are *no submission or acceptance fees* for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. *Abstracting and Indexing:* The accepted chapters will be published in "*Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.springer.com/series/7092>*" by *Springer*, *h-index = 40*, highly indexed in S*copus, Thomson reuters, EI, DBPL, etc*… *Contact: * For questions regarding the book, please contact the *volume editors*: - *Youssef Baddi*: youssef.baddi(a)ieee.org <yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org> We look forward to hearing from you. -- Y. Maleh, Ph.D. *Senior Member IEEE* *Professor of Cybersecurity, ENSAK* *Editor in Chief IJSST <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-smart-security-tec…>* *Associate Editor,* IEEE <https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/editorial-leadership-and-staff/associate-editor…>*Access <https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/editorial-leadership-and-staff/associate-editor…>, IJISP <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-information-securi…>, IJDCF <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-digital-crime-fore…>* <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-digital-crime-fore…> Phone +212 608 867 568 Webiste: Personal Website <https://sites.google.com/view/maleh> *yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org <yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org>* ORC*ID* <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-5364> ; *Pub* <https://publons.com/researcher/1529982>lons ; *R*esearch*G*ate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maleh_Yassine> *Edited Book: Big Data Intelligence for Smart Applications* *Publication in "Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.springer.com/series/7092>", by Springer and indexed by (Scopus & Web of Science)* *Call for Chapters: **Call for Chapters Link <https://sites.google.com/view/bigdatasmart>* *Submission link: Submission link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21>* *Chapter Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editors of the Springer Book "*Big Data Intelligence for Smart Applications*" invites submissions containing Original, High Quality Ideas that are relevant to the SCOPE OF THE BOOK. The chapter proposal may kindly be sent in Latex or Word format. The book will MAINLY focus on significant issues in the field of Big Data intelligence for smart applications. The book is mainly intended for post graduate students, research scholars, academics, industry and research lab scientists. The objective of this book is to provide state-of-the-art of research results, applications and real Big Data Intelligence deployment scenarios related to Smart Applications. EXPERIENCED Authors and Contributors in the field of Big Data intelligence may kindly submit their chapter. All chapter proposals that conform to submission guidelines will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and research content, depth, correctness, relevance to scope of the book and readability. For details the following website may kindly be referred: ------------------------------------------------------ Call for chapters Website <https://sites.google.com/view/bigdatasmart> *Topics of Interest:* This book targets a mixed audience of researchers, academics and investigators from different communities to share and exchange new ideas, approaches, theories and practice to resolve the challenging issues associated with the leveraging of Machine Intelligence and Big Data Analytics For Cybersecurity and Privacy paradigm. Therefore, the suggested topics of interest for this book include, but are not limited to: - Computing Models and Algorithms for Smart Applications - Machine Learning and AI technologies for smart applications - Advanced analytics, including data visualization, BI, real-time, predictive, prescriptive - Cloud strategies: hybrid, containerization, serverless, micro-services - Automated Machine Learning, Edge AI, Augmented Intelligence, Graphical Databases - Data governance and quality for smart applications - Digital Ops including DataOps, AIOps, CloudSecOps - AI in Healthcare – from Data to Intelligence - Big Data analytics in IoT-based smart applications - Big Data applications in smart city - Big Data intelligence for cyber-physical systems - Big Data Science Solutions for Real-life Applications - Big Data Analytics for cybersecurity and Privacy - Case Studies and Innovative Applications *Submission Procedure:* Authors are invited to submit their full chapter by *April 15, 2021*. Manuscripts submitted for the book must be original, must not be previously published or currently under review anywhere. Submitted manuscripts should respect the standard guidelines of the Springer book chapter format. Manuscripts must be prepared using Latex, or Word, and according to the Springer requirements that can be downloaded from the (*link <https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/resources-…>*) and the Chapter should contain in between *15-24 pages*. Manuscripts that do not follow the formatting rules will be rejected without review. Prospective authors should send their manuscripts electronically through the easychair submission system as mentioned below: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdatasmart21> *NB:* There are *no submission or acceptance fees* for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. *Abstracting and Indexing:* The accepted chapters will be published in "*Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.springer.com/series/7092>*" by *Springer*, *h-index = 40*, highly indexed in S*copus, Thomson reuters, EI, DBPL, etc*… *Contact: * For questions regarding the book, please contact the *volume editors*: - *Youssef Baddi*: youssef.baddi(a)ieee.org <yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org> We look forward to hearing from you. -- Y. Maleh, Ph.D. *Senior Member IEEE* *Professor of Cybersecurity, ENSAK* *Editor in Chief IJSST <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-smart-security-tec…>* *Associate Editor,* IEEE <https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/editorial-leadership-and-staff/associate-editor…>*Access <https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/editorial-leadership-and-staff/associate-editor…>, IJISP <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-information-securi…>, IJDCF <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-digital-crime-fore…>* <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-digital-crime-fore…> Phone +212 608 867 568 Webiste: Personal Website <https://sites.google.com/view/maleh> *yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org <yassine.maleh(a)ieee.org>* ORC*ID* <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-5364> ; *Pub* <https://publons.com/researcher/1529982>lons ; *R*esearch*G*ate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maleh_Yassine>

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Call for applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-2022
by Marie Santini 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Call for applications Postdoctoral researcher vacancy Netlab - Internet Studies and Social Media Lab School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil ***** *Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship * *on Misinformation and Disinformation Campaigns at Netlab/UFRJ* *Our Project* Netlab is a research laboratory on Internet Studies and Social Media at the School of Communication (ECO), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - Brazil, specialized in Online Disinformation Campaigns. We combine traditional social science methods and computational communication approaches. We understand that research into computational communication requires seamless integration of meaningful theoretical questions and background, powerful statistical tools and efficient computing algorithms. Researchers in our lab are working to unravel the intricate mechanisms behind burgeoning computational communication phenomena by collecting and analyzing online data on an unprecedented scale, bringing new life to old ideas, and new ideas to social life. *Main Research Topics* Netlab is seeking to appoint Post-doctoral Research Fellows to work on the interplay between misinformation, disinformation, news, and social media, with an emphasis on public opinion on at least one of these topics: 1. Civil society and social movements 2. Politics and elections 3. Climate change, land use, and environmental issues 4. Science and health We welcome postdoctoral submissions that further the understanding, development, and application of computational methods in disinformation research. Computational methods include (but are not limited to) methods such as text analysis, topic modeling, social/semantic network analysis, online experiments, machine learning, visual analysis and agent-based modeling and simulations. Computational methods can be applied to “big data” and social media, or online behavior data, but can also be used to provide a more sophisticated understanding of “small data” or for theoretical explorations. *Selection Criteria* The successful candidates must have a completed doctorate degree in any area but with experience in a substantive field of social science, including communication and media studies, sociology, statistics, political science, economy and/or social data science. The ideal candidate must also have familiarity with existing academic work on misinformation, disinformation, public understanding of politics, science and technology, media manipulation and propaganda, news media, online platforms, and digital media. Excellent written, editing, and verbal communication skills in English which demonstrate a potential to write and present at an international level are required. Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills are desirable. A record of published work on misinformation, disinformation and social media are very desirable, as well as a detailed knowledge of existing research on misinformation, public understanding of news, politics, elections, environmental issues and its relation to digital media. *How to Apply?* We have opened three postdoctoral positions. These are full-time, fixed-term appointments with a desired start date as soon as possible and no later than April 2021 for a one-year research fellowship. The individual appointed will be working with other researchers; postdoctoral fellows; Ph.D., master, and undergraduate students; and with the principal investigator behind the project, Professor R. Marie Santini, Head of the Netlab research team. Grant: R$4.100,00 per month (one-year fellow). This is a full-time, one-year position with the option of a second-year extension based on demonstrated performance. The closing date for applications is 11 pm on Monday, 12th April 2021 (GMT -3, Brazilian Standard Time). Candidates are required to send an email to netlab(a)eco.ufrj.br. All emails must use the subject title “Netlab Post-Doctoral Research Fellow” with the following documents attached (files in PDF format): - A supporting statement: a cover letter explaining your interest in, and experience with, the Netlab research agenda (written in English). The candidate must choose and indicate in the letter one of the areas below to work with: 1) civil society and social movements; 2) politics and elections; 3) climate change, land use and environmental issues; 4) science and health. - A Research Proposal (written in English) as part of your application in a 2- or 3-page project. This proposal is not necessarily a commitment to what you will work on at Netlab, but serves as a way for the application committee to assess your ability to plan a research project. - An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae with full academic records (in English). - A writing sample of a research paper or working paper (preferably in English but can be in Portuguese or in Spanish). - Reference letter (with contact information), preferably from an academic advisor, co-author, or research peer. *Postdoctoral Researchers Responsibilities* The duties of the researchers will be: - To work with other team members and the PI on developing methodological approaches. - To arrange and conduct empirical research and data collection. - To work with colleagues on analyzing and interpreting the data. - To interpret the results in light of contextual background provided by the wider project and other people’s research. - To liaise with other team members, the PI, and other partners on getting advice and input on the research design, data analysis, and conclusions. - To develop academic publications and other project output based on the research done, working closely with other postdoctoral researchers and the PI to finalize output. - To prepare a range of presentation materials suitable for external events, conferences, meetings, and workshops. - To represent the project at external events/conferences, either with the PI, postdoctoral researchers, or alone. - To develop ideas for further research (including ideas for generating research funds) and to present detailed research proposals to the principal investigator for future work in the Netlab area. - To work with other team members, the project coordinators, the principal investigator and Netlab partners (such as technology developers, companies, start-up partners, etc.) on other aspects of the wider project, to develop innovation and technology, and work with the rest of the Netlab staff as part of the everyday life of the laboratory. - To teach undergraduate and graduate classes under the PI’s supervision and coordinate internal workshops and study groups with Netlab staff. - To organize and coordinate Netlab external events, workshops, Summer and Winter Schools (2021-2022). *Summary* *Job title * Postdoctoral Research Fellow *University* Federal University of Rio de Janeiro *Division * School of Communication and The Brazilian Institute of Information, Science and Technology *Graduate Program* PPGCI - Graduate Program in Information Science - *Location * Netlab - Internet and Social Media Research Lab *Position modality* Remote work *Grant* R$4.100,00 per month (one-year fellow). *Hours * Full time (40 hours per week) *Contract type * Fellowship *Reporting to * Dr. R. Marie Santini (ECO/UFRJ) *Research topics* 1) civil society and social movements; OR 2) politics and elections; OR 3) climate change, land use, and environmental issues; OR 4) science and health. *Principal Investigator and Supervisor* Dr. R. Marie Santini (ECO/UFRJ). http://lattes.cnpq.br/8757803805826489 *Laboratory website* www.netlab.eco.ufrj.br _______________ Contact: netlab(a)eco.ufrj.br -- Dr. R. Marie Santini Associate Professor at the School of Communication Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil Av. Pasteur, 250 – fundos, Urca, 22290902 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil Founding member and Research Director of NetLab / UFRJ Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0657-7217 Website: http://www.netlab.eco.ufrj.br <http://www.netlab.eco.ufrj.br/home-en>

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ART/DATA/HEALTH seminar series-Communicating public health data creatively
by Aristea Fotopoulou 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

*apologies for cross-posting Communicating public health data creatively during the pandemic Join us in an exciting online seminar series with international speakers exploring how health data have been communicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on creative and artistic representations of data. The series includes perspectives and approaches to data from bioart, community art, participatory dance, media art, film, animation and data viz. 30/03 Anna Dumitriu<https://www.artdatahealth.org/people/artists/>. “Creating meaning from healthcare data through art”. BOOK HERE<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-meaning-from-healthcare-data-throug…> 01/04 Prof <https://dataculturegroup.org> Rahul Bhargava <https://dataculturegroup.org> Northeastern University "Get off the screen! Creative approaches to embodying data in the real world”. BOOK HERE<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-approaches-to-embodying-data-by-pro…> 09/04 Dr Younghui Kim<https://absurdee.com>, Queensland University of Technology. “Data art: Exploring data as artistic material and medium”. BOOK HERE.<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/artdatahealth-project-university-of-brighton…> 12/04 Prof Sally Wyatt<https://sallywyatt.nl>, Maastricht University. “Touching Data: touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove”. BOOK HERE<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/touching-data-by-prof-sally-wyatt-tickets-14…> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/touching-data-by-prof-sally-wyatt-tickets-14…> 14/04 Dr Shreepali Patel, Meghan Horvath and Dr Marques Hardin (StoryLab<https://storylabresearch.com/projects/the-frontline/> project, Anglia Ruskin University). "Communicating Emotions Through Creative Data: Voices of Healthcare Practitioners during Covid-19". BOOK H<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-emotions-through-creative-data…>ERE <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-emotions-through-creative-data…> 20/04 Launch of ART/DATA/HEALTH film “Human, Planet, Weaker, Other”, directed by Aristea Fotopoulou<https://www.artdatahealth.org/people/research-team/>, animation by Caroline Beavon<https://www.artdatahealth.org/people/artists/>, Filming by Hydrocracker<https://www.artdatahealth.org/people/artists/>. BOOK HERE<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-artdatahealth-short-film-human-pla…> The seminar series Communicating public health data creatively during the pandemic is organised by Dr Aristea Fotopoulou, PI of ART/DATA/HEALTH<https://www.artdatahealth.org/> project (University of Brighton, UK, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council). For full programme and bookings: https://tinyurl.com/ybcrbzu8

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Looking for: freelance internet policy researcher (start April)
by Katja Bego 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Hi AoiR, I'm looking for an internet policy researcher to help support part-time (30 to 40 days over a period of three to four months) on an exciting new project exploring the role cities (can) play in preserving privacy in public spaces. This is a joint project between Nesta <https://www.nesta.org.uk/> and the City of Amsterdam. The project would present a good fit for experienced policy researchers, but also current PhD students and early career researchers in academia, advocacy or the public sector. The budget for this work is relatively flexible, and can be adapted depending on the level of experience of the successful candidate. We are looking for someone with demonstrable knowledge of internet policy, particularly around issues of privacy and data protection, with strong writing skills. Candidates are preferably UK or EU based, and need to be available part-time from the start/middle of April. Deadline for expressions of interest:* March 26* (so just a couple of days left to apply!). *Read more about the application process, what we're looking for and the project here <https://www.nesta.org.uk/project-updates/freelance-internet-policy-research…>* . This is a pretty flexible role - if you'd like to learn more or want to discuss details, definitely do drop me a message. *More info about the project: * This joint project between Nesta and the City of Amsterdam will explore the current legislative, political and societal developments around the deployment of facial recognition systems, WiFi-tracking and other related technologies and challenges in our public spaces. While a lot of decision-making around these issues takes place on the European or national level, we want to understand what cities and regions are currently already doing to preserve the privacy of their residents, and how they can be empowered to potentially do even more. The project will culminate in the release of an in-depth research report in July 2021. Thanks! Katja -- Katja Bego | Principal Researcher, Explorations & Futures team, Nesta <https://www.nesta.org.uk/team/katja-bego/> and Project Lead of NGI Forward <https://research.ngi.eu/> | @katjabego <https://twitter.com/katjabego> -- 58 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DS www.nesta.org.uk <http://www.nesta.org.uk/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/nesta_uk> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1868227&goback=%2Egdr_1274367066783_1> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NESTA/116788428355432?v=wall&ref=sgm> If you no longer want to receive emails from Nesta, send an email to info(a)nesta.org.uk <mailto:info@nesta.org.uk>. This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Any use, copying or disclosure other than by the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately or by email to info(a)nesta.org.uk <mailto:information@nesta.org.uk> and delete this message and any copies from your computer and network. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nesta. Nesta is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS. --

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Call for Papers: Digital Narrative and Interactive Storytelling for Public Engagement with Health and Science
by Lyle Skains 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Call for Papers: Digital Narrative and Interactive Storytelling for Public Engagement with Health and Science ABSTRACTS DUE 31 MARCH 2021! Register your interest and submit abstracts at https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/17893<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.front…> Keywords: digital narrative, interactive storytelling, health communication, science communication, science education, science journalism We are seeking papers for a joint issue with Frontiers in Communication (Science and Environmental Communication; Health Communication) and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Science and Environmental Communication) on digital and interactive narratives and science and health education and journalism. This Special Topic aims to investigate how digital media affordances—such as human-machine and human-human interactivity, multimedia capacities, dynamic visual appeal, playfulness, personalization, real-time immersion, multilinear narrative, and so on—have been and can be used to effectively communicate health and science issues. We would like to go beyond the current discourse on fake news, mis/disinformation and online radicalization, which recognizes the malignant effects of digital media on health and science affairs, to refocus on the positive affordances of digital media—both in direct education (e.g., museums, public demonstrations, school settings) and through the media (e.g., news, film, games)—as communication tools and techniques for health and science topics. The aim of this Research Topic is, therefore, to explore the current state of play, as well as potential future trajectories, of digital narrative and storytelling in the communication of health and science topics. We invite scholarly investigations, including theoretically driven and practice-related research, on any topic relevant to that overall goal. Some potential topics include, but are not limited to: * How can science and health be effectively communicated through both playful and informative digital narrative and storytelling forms? * How can information, education and entertainment be integrated into digital narratives about health and science issues? * How do the socio-technical affordances of digital health and science narrative and storytelling, especially interactivity, affect audience experience, message cohesion, knowledge acquisition, emotional engagement and, ultimately, health/science literacy? * Can digital narrative and storytelling serve as an antidote to digital health and science mis/disinformation and online science denial more broadly, and in what way? * How are interactive narratives currently used for health & science communication and what are the social, economic and technological constraints on their production? Types of Manuscripts: ● Empirical Research Papers ● Practice-led research Projects ● Reviews ● Conceptual Analysis ● Brief Research Reports ● Perspectives/Commentaries Details on manuscript types: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication#article-types<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.front…> Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2021 Full Papers: 30 Sept 2021 The full call is at https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/17893<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.front…>; please register interest using the “Participate” button, and contact Lyle Skains (lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk>) with any questions. Guest Editors: R. Lyle Skains and An Nguyen, Bournemouth University -- Dr. R. Lyle Skains Senior Lecturer, Health & Science Communication Faculty of Media & Communication Bournemouth University lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk> she/her -- Playable Comms<http://playablecomms.org/>: Interactive Digital Narrative for Health & Science Communication ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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Data Release for the Shared Task Socio-political and Crisis Events Detection at CASE @ ACL-IJCNLP 2021
by ali hürriyetoglu 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Dear all, Please consider participating in the shared task on socio-political and crisis event detection we are organizing in the scope of the workshop CASE @ ACL-IJCNLP (https://emw.ku.edu.tr/case-2021/) The tasks are: Task 1: Multilingual protest news detection (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi) - Subtask 1: Document classification - Subtask 2: Sentence classification - Subtask 3: Event sentence coreference identification - Subtask 4: Event extraction Task 2: Fine-grained classification of Socio-political events Task 3: Discovering Black Lives Matter events in the United States The description of the tasks, application form, sample data, baseline scripts, and submission formats are on the dedicated repository ( https://github.com/emerging-welfare/case-2021-shared-task) Just let us know if there is any point not clear enough. We will be ready to fix it. Important dates are at the bottom of this e-mail. We are looking forward to working on it with you! Best wishes, Ali *** Important dates Release of training data: (send me the application form for Task 1 and Task 3 to access the data) Registration deadline: April 30, 2021 Release of test data for all tasks to registered participants: May 4, 2021, Submission of system responses: May 8, 2021 (12:00 CET) Results announced to participants: May 10, 2021 Shared Task Papers Due: May 21, 2021 Notification of Acceptance: May 28, 2021 Camera-ready papers due: June 7, 2021 CASE 2021 Workshop (presentation of the ST results): August 5-6, 2021

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