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Information visualization resources
by Gohar F. Khan 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

Hello list members, I am developing a course on information visualisation and looking for resources (articles, case studies, books, syllabus, videos, slides, etc) on Information visualisation in support of business decisions and transforming data into meaningful information. Some examples topics include: - Management approaches to visualisation and visual explorations - Information management and information principles - Information visualisation for decision-making in a business context - Principles of information visualisation. - Communication issues around information visualisation, visual complexity, and business value of visualisation, etc. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Gohar -- *Dr. Gohar Khan **|* *Senior Lecturer of Digital Business* *|* *Undergraduate and Graduate Convenor for Digital Business* *|* *School of Management & Marketing **|** Faculty of Management **|* *University of Waikato* *Private Bag 3105* *|* *Hamilton 3240* *|* *New Zealand**|* *+64 7 838 4233* *|** gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> ** | o**ffice: MSB.2.32D / Web*: gfkhan.wordpress.com *Check out my books on* social media analytics <https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1977543979/…> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…>

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15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021): Last Mile for Paper Submission!
by Announce Announcements 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission! *** 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) May 12-14, 2021, Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/ Abstract submission deadline (recommended): January 25, 2021 (AoE) Paper submission deadline: February 1, 2021 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier) SCOPE AND TOPICS RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2021 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned with the special theme "Information Science and global crisis". Global crisis, as the pandemic we are experiencing in these days, natural disasters, wars and international political crisis, are challenging Information Science to help building effective management solutions, to learn from previous experience how to prevent them, and to support Humans keep on performing core activities, as education, and communication. The diversity of crises' causes, the quality of the collected data as well as the complexity of the underlying mechanisms are among the relevant research challenges. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to: Information Systems and their Engineering · Requirements Engineering · Software Testing · Information Security and Risk · Method Engineering User-Oriented Approaches · Social Computing and Social Network Analysis · User-Centred Design · Collaborative Computing · Human Factors in Information Systems Data and Information Management · Databases and Information · Information Search and Discovery · Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Business Process Management · Business Process Engineering and Reengineering · Process Mining · Enterprise Engineering Domain-specific IS Engineering · E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ... · Web-Based Applications and Services · Industry 4.0 · Web-Based Applications and Services · Smart Cities · Educational Technologies · Digital Humanities Data Science · Big Data & Business Analytics · Decision Information Systems · Knowledge Management · Knowledge Discovery from Data Information Infrastructures · Cyber-Physical Systems · Web Information Systems · Grid Computing and Cloud Computing · Internet of Things · Pervasive and Mobile Computing Reflective Research and Practice · Research Methodologies in Information Science · Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual · Lifecycle Models · Design Science and Rationale Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos and Research Projects @RCIS tracks will complement the main conference. SUBMISSION PROCESS Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2021. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the following categories: Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them in follow-up research. Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer) thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice, elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and explain the lessons learned. Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a preliminary evaluation of a technique. Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, appendices, etc. The submission site is https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcis2021 . By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author within the early registration deadline on March 29, 2021. We adopt a single-blind review format, meaning that the author names are included in the paper itself under the paper title. JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS 2021, chosen by a dedicated committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering) The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores and arguments, and the potential for extension. IMPORTANT DATES · Abstract submission deadline for regular papers: January 25, 2021 (AoE) · Regular paper submission deadline: February 1, 2021 · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 12, 2021 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Conference: May 12-14, 2021 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES Steering Committee · Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France · Marko Bajec,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia · Pericles Loucopoulos, Manchester University, University Kingdom · Haralambos Moratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France · Oscar Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain · Jolita Ralyté, CUI, University of Geneva, Suisse · Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Samira Cherfi, CNAM, France · Anna Perini, FBK, Italy Social Media Chairs · Itzel Morales Ramirez, Instituto de Ingeniería de la UNAM, Mexico · Vítor E. Silva Souza, UFES, Brasil Proceedings Chair · Raihana Ferdous, FBK, Italy

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Recommendations for early studies on changing ICT/social media uses and practices amongst families in Covid times, anyone?
by Helga Sadowski 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

Dear all, I am looking for references and reading lists - or like to create one - containing early studies on how "these Corona times" are having an impact on how (extended) family members communicate with each other (cross-households, within households). I assume many of you have worked on/read on such or related issues, so I would be very happy to hear back from you. More than happy to also share the literature list afterwards, of course. With best wishes from Sweden, Helga (Researcher in HCI, Uppsala University) N?r du har kontakt med oss p? Uppsala universitet med e-post s? inneb?r det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. F?r att l?sa mer om hur vi g?r det kan du l?sa h?r: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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WEBCAST TODAY: Empowering Rural Communities – Opportunities and Challenges
by Joly MacFie 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

The second Rural Dev SIG webinar of 2021 - Real Time Text will be running at https://bit.ly/2Y9c0Uy ISOC Live posted: "On Saturday 23 January 2021 at 6pm-7pm IST (12:30-13:30 UTC) the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (ISOC RD SIG) presents a webinar ‘Empowering Rural Communities - Opportunities and Challenges‘ featuring Mr. Ganesh K, Assistant pro" <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralsig2021-2>On *Saturday 23 January 2021* at *6pm-7pm* IST (12:30-13:30 UTC) the *Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group <https://ruralisocsig.org/>* (ISOC RD SIG) presents a webinar ‘*Empowering Rural Communities - Opportunities and Challenges <https://ruralisocsig.org/ruralsig2021-2>*‘ featuring Mr. *Ganesh K* <https://www.facebook.com/ganesh.davangere>, Assistant professor in Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere. *MODERATOR / HOST* *Adarsh B U*, Founder and President, ISOC RD SIG *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralsig2021-2 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralsig2021-2>* *TWITTER: @IsocSig @2ganesh #ruraldevelopment* *SIMULCASTS* *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/groups/ruralisocsig/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ruralisocsig/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ruralsig2021-1 <https://archive.org/details/ruralsig2021-1>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13567/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Truth and Trust Online 2021: Open Call for Nominations
by Ahmed Medien 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

Dear all, Truth and Trust Online (TTO) has launched an open call for new members nominations to join its Board of Trustees. TTO started in 2019 as an independent initiative and organization and, in 2021, joined Hacks Hackers, a US-incorporated non-profit, as an independent chapter. Our mission is to bring together all parties working toward improving the truthfulness and trustworthiness of online communications. TTO is an annual forum for academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss the problems facing (social) media platforms and technical solutions to understand and address them. You can view past conferences here (2019 <https://truthandtrustonline.com/2019-home/>) and here (2020 <https://truthandtrustonline.com/2020-home-2/>). The nomination process is open to members who will contribute to our mission with their expertise and help us build a sustainable future for the organization. You can read more about the election and nomination process here in our announcement <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHQw5XOQ13c4TSuXUDSekPGKXDL2IEcOVf-TDGd…>. You can directly nominate a Trustee here <https://forms.gle/bnAZ1XHz8t4CUm4H7>. You can nominate yourself as well as more than one person. If you do have any questions, do not hesitate to reply back to this email. Best regards, TTO Admin - Ahmed Medien ahmed(a)hackshackers.com truthandtrustonline.com youtube.com/truthandtrustonline <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfxladyS0NozgeFb-yYPLQ>

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WEBCAST TODAY – The Storming of the Capitol and the Future of Speech Online
by Joly MacFie 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

You may recall we last visited Stanford CPC <https://isoc.live/12131/> just after Trump announced Section 230 reform back in June 2020. There's been a fair amount of water, including the recent tsunami, under the bridge since then. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday January 22 2021 at 1pm-2pm PST (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Stanford Cyber Policy Center hosts a seminar 'The Storming of the Capitol and the Future of Speech Online'. A panel will discuss the role of social media during the Trump presidency, including" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpcstorm>On *Friday January 22 2021* at *1pm-2pm PST* (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Stanford Cyber Policy Center <https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/> hosts a seminar '*The Storming of the Capitol and the Future of Speech Online <https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/storming-capital-and-future-speech-on…>*'. A panel will discuss the role of social media during the Trump presidency, including the role of platform policies in fomenting or responding to the recent violence, the benefits and risks posed by steps subsequently taken, and what this means for the future of speech online. *SPEAKERS* *Nate Persily*, Faculty Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center *Daphne Keller*, Director, Cyber Policy Center Program on Platform Regulation *Alex Stamos*, Director, Cyber Policy Center Internet Observatory *Renee DiResta*, Research Manager, Cyber Policy Center Internet Observatory *MODERATOR*: *Kelly Born*, Executive Director, Cyber Policy Center *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpcstorm <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpcstorm>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: http://ow.ly/Fsht50D8L5E <http://ow.ly/Fsht50D8L5E>* *TWITTER: @StanfordCyber <https://twitter.com/search?q=StanfordCyber&src=typed_query&f=live> @persily @alexstamos @daphnehk @noUpside @KellyKborn #section230* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cpcstorm <https://archive.org/details/cpcstorm>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13576/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-2022
by Yang, Guobin 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear list members, Please help us spread the word about these fellowships. Thank you! -Guobin Yang *** Call for Applications: CDCS Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2021-2022 The Center on Digital Culture and Society<https://cdcs.asc.upenn.edu/> at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication invites applications to fill two post-doctoral fellowship positions for the 2021-2022 academic year. Applications are welcomed from scholars who have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last three years. The term of appointment is September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022. Founded in July 2019, the Center on Digital Culture and Society (CDCS) supports critical, interdisciplinary scholarship on digital culture, technology, and society. CDCS aims to develop critical approaches to digital cultural studies and create spaces for dialogue and collaboration among academics, citizens, and activists. CDCS postdoctoral fellowships support research on all aspects of digital culture and society which fall within CDCS’s broad mission. For these two positions, we seek scholars whose work contributes to the study of one or more of the following areas: 1) technology and social movements; 2) technology and critical race studies; 3) technology, ethics, and cultural transformation; and 4) digital media and social impact. Applicants from all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply. Fellows at the CDCS pursue their own research and participate in the activities of the Center. The fellowship comes with a stipend of $60,000, a $3,000 research fund, and health insurance. Depending on needs, fellows may be asked to teach an online elective course in areas of their expertise. The University of Pennsylvania is an EO/AA employer and we welcome applications from women and minorities. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by February 20, 2021. To apply, please send a cover letter, a C.V., a research statement, and a writing sample as one pdf document to: cdcs(a)asc.upenn.edu<mailto:cdcs@asc.upenn.edu>. Finalists will be notified and asked to arrange two letters of recommendation to be sent to the same email.

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MAB20 will be ONLINE and Call for Papers EXTENDED
by Media Architecture Biennale 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Check out extended deadlines and upcoming events! ANNOUNCEMENT Dear MAB-Community, The MAB20 will now take place from June 28th - July 2nd, 2021 in an ONLINE format. All of the major events such as workshops, keynotes, awards and paper sessions will be accessible online from locations throughout the world. With this change we hope to make the MAB even more accessible worldwide, while also providing an exciting and safe experience to the MAB-Community. We still hope to be able to organise some smaller scale, on-site meet-ups in Amsterdam and Utrecht, depending on the local Covid-19 regulations at that time. Therefore, we will be updating you regularly with more details on MAB's virtual format via our website, social media accounts and this monthly newsletter. So, stay tuned! In the meantime, we are glad to announce the deadline extension of two of our calls: Papers and MAB Awards and the continuation of the series of MAB Livecasts at the Pakhuis de Zwijger! Find more details about this below. We are excited to continue to organise an inspiring and relevant conference for the MAB-community and we hope to welcome you virtually in the Summer/Winter of 2021! ** CALLS ------------------------------------------------------------ MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites papers from academics, students, and industry practitioners that align to the theme 'Futures Implied' (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . The paper contributions should address current practices, discuss theoretical approaches, or present novel research that explore and further develop our understanding of media architecture through relevant case studies, design processes, and community and industry examples. Deadline: Extended to March 1st More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites architects, urban designers, artists, and other industry practitioners to submit outstanding projects at the intersection of architecture, urban design and planning, media and interaction design, and art. This call is for projects that are already built or realized except if your project fits the category 'Future Trends and Prototypes'. Deadline: Extended to March 29 More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) MAB20 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) invites students to send in their projects for the MAB Student Awards. An internationally acclaimed jury will select nominees and winners in five categories. During MAB20, a selection of projects will also be presented in an on-site exhibition and awards will be given out during a special event. We look forward to showcasing your innovative ideas! >> Deadline: April 1st, 2021 More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ** EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ Yellow Dust 2018, South Korea, Seoul (Photo: Nerea Calvillo and Daniel Ruiz) MAB20 Livecast #3 | Designing Restorative Environments: Moving Beyond COVID-19 Wednesday, FEB 3rd | 18:30 – 19:30 CET at Pakhuis de Zwijger (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) With the arrival of vaccines’ distribution, a crucial momentum is here to rethink how we make our cities once COVID-19 is under control. Assuming, the pre-Covid trend of radical densification continuous, how could Spatial Projects and the perspective of Media-Architecture offer new ways to deal with an increased set of social challenges (inclusivity, diversity, unemployment) and ecological resilience? This MAB20 Livecast will together a group of thinkers and do-ers who can help carve out new perspectives and radical solutions for the monumental endeavours that await our Cities. Join speakers Maria Aiolova (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Ben Hooker (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Usman Haque (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and moderators, Frank Suurenbroek (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and Indira van ’t Klooster (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) in a rich conversation about restorative environments, media architecture and possible futures. More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) ** MAB-COMMUNITY ------------------------------------------------------------ Lithopy - the Cartesian Church of 3D Printing. Director: Petr Šourek. Design: Eva Holá. Photo: Jan Hrdý ONLINE EVENT | Rights to the Blockchain City #1 Wednesday, FEB 10th | 18:30 CET at Pakhuis de Zwijger (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) This is the first episode of a series of three livecasts around digital ledger design, organised by MAB20 organiser Hogeschool van Amsterdam - Play & Civic Media (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , together with: Institute of Network Cultures (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Het Nieuwe Institute (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and The University of Edinburgh (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . As more and more blockchain projects engage in urban systems such as (local) governments, commons communities, and social entrepreneurship, it is becoming clear that they have much greater consequences and influence social systems in fundamental ways. Join a multidisciplinary group speakers in an instigating conversation about the impact of urban blockchain governance systems and explore what might life be like among all these blockchains. More info >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) WORKSHOP | Research Through Design Approaches In Human-Robot Interaction Submission deadline: Monday, FEB 15th, 2021 This workshop sets out to bring researchers across the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Design fields that use, or are interested in using Research through Design (RtD) in their work. In particular, we aim to provide the venue to discuss the potential perspectives and contributions that can be brought to the HRI field by applying Research through Design approaches. To this end, we strongly encourage submissions from researchers, designers, and artists that work at the intersection of Human-Robot Interaction studies and Design Research. This workshop is organised by MAB Workshop Chairs Marius Hoggenmueller (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and Luke Hespanhol (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) together with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Sydney and Cornell University. Sign up >> (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) Project: Ahsen Cavlak PAPER | Exploring Media Architecture Design in Virtual Design Environments MAB Student Volunteer chair Waldemar Jenek (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , has published a paper about the first case study for his PhD at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) in collaboration with CSIRO's Data61 (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and Hochschule Bochum - Bochum University of Applied Sciences (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . The new peer-reviewed research paper, published in the JDS Journal of Design Studio (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , was co-authored with Jenek's supervisors: Glenda Caldwell (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Jared Donovan (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Veronica Garcia-Hansen (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) , Matt Adcock (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) and Mingze Xi (https://facebook.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98b784859935f80b0b03b53…) . In this research, Jenek worked with a group of talented students exploring dynamic media architecture structures modelling in Archicad and animating in Twinmotion. 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CfP: DataTV 2021 Workshop
by Aisha Villegas 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Call for Papers: DataTV 2021 Workshop *Submission Deadline - 19 March, 2021 Dear all, The DataTV workshop is back this year at the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video (ACM IMX) <https://imx.acm.org/2021/> The aim of the DataTV-2021 is to address the increasing importance and relevance of richly granular and semantically expressive data about TV and immersive audiovisual content in the media value chain. Such data needs software, specifications, standards and best practices for extraction, modelling and management before it can be meaningfully reused in new, innovative services for TV or other immersive audiovisual settings (360° video in AR orMR) such as: -Content Understanding and Summarization (e.g. to provide highlights of a program according to a specific user, theme or channel) - Recommendation and Scheduling across Publication Channels (Broadcast, Streaming,Social Networks) - In Stream Personalisation of Content (both spatial and temporal modification of text,audio, video) - Personalised and adaptive presentation for various media experiences, including user-user or network-user delivery using interworking media presentation formats 2 types of submissions: - Full papers will have an oral presentation at the workshop - Short papers to be presented as a poster or a demo at the workshop We kindly ask you to share this call with your professional networks or potentially interested parties. Find the full call at http://datatv2021.iti.gr/ * Conference Organizing Committee * Jeremy Foss <http://datatv2021.iti.gr/>, Birmingham City University, UK Lyndon Nixon <https://www.modul.ac.at/user/Nixon/>, MODUL Technology GmbH, Austria Vasileios Mezaris <http://www.iti.gr/~bmezaris/>, CERTH-ITI, Greece Please contact the workshop organizers if you have any questions about the conference at DataTV2021-chairs(a)iti.gr. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! ------ Join the growing DataTV Community----- The DataTV Community aims to bring together experts in the field of (meta)data and television from academia and industry, and build a platform where professionals can share the latest state of the art and innovations in this field. Join the conversation in LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/326vSd9 <https://t.co/tjnq7GnwTV?amp=1> Thank you, -- *Aisha Villegas* Outreach & Communications Coordinator *Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision* *Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum * *Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | **beeldengeluid.nl <http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/>*

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Live stream MONDAY: Timnit Gebru: Computer Vision -- Who Is Helped And Who Is Harmed? (4pm ET on Zoom)
by Christian Sandvig 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

It seems like this might be of interest to this list? Christian ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig(a)umich.edu> Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:16 PM Subject: MONDAY: Timnit Gebru: Computer Vision -- Who Is Helped And Who Is Harmed? (4pm ET on Zoom) To: Dear Ethics and AI Enthusiasts, Welcome to the new year! I'm writing with the exciting news that ESC will launch the semester with a talk by Dr. Timnit Gebru. Even if you have already seen announcements of this event, I want to reiterate its significance. In the domain of computing and ethics, Dr. Gebru is one of the most sought after speakers available. Dr. Gebru is a leading and widely-respected researcher in the domain of AI ethics. In addition, Dr. Gebru was recently dismissed from Google after what the MIT Technology Review described as "a protracted disagreement over a research paper...[which] detailed the risks of large AI language models." This has received such widespread attention, last month it led members of Congress to call for a federal investigation. Monday's talk promises to tackle the proposed use of computer vision for such shocking applications as the alleged ability to use your image to identify your sexual orientation, your "propensity to violence," and others. I hope you will join us. All are welcome -- please feel free to forward this e-mail as appropriate. Christian -- Timnit Gebru: Computer Vision – Who is helped and who is harmed? January 25, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Times are shown in Eastern Time JOIN VIA ZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/92549579663 TIMNIT GEBRU Computer Scientist, former Co-Lead Ethical AI Research Team, Google Brain, Founder of Black in AI ABSTRACT Computer vision has ceased to be a purely academic endeavor. From law enforcement, to border control, to employment, healthcare diagnostics, and assigning trust scores, computer vision systems are being rapidly integrated into all aspects of society. In research, there are works that purport to determine a person’s sexuality from their social network profile images, others that claim to classify “violent individuals” from drone footage. These works were published in high impact journals, and some were presented at workshops in top tier computer vision conferences such as CVPR. A critical public discourse surrounding the use of computer-vision based technologies has also been mounting. For example, the use of facial recognition technologies by policing agencies has been heavily critiqued and, in response, companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM have pulled or paused their facial recognition software services. Gender Shades showed that commercial gender classification systems have high disparities in error rates by skin-type and gender, and other works discuss the harms caused by the mere existence of automatic gender recognition systems. Recent papers have also exposed shockingly racist and sexist labels in popular computer vision datasets–resulting in the removal of some. In this talk, I will highlight some of these issues and proposed solutions to mitigate bias, as well as how some of the proposed fixes could exacerbate the problem rather than mitigate it. SPEAKER BIO Timnit Gebru was a senior research scientist at Google co-leading the Ethical Artificial Intelligence research team. Her work focuses on mitigating the potential negative impacts of machine learning based systems. Timnit is also the co-founder of Black in AI, a non profit supporting Black researchers and practitioners in artificial intelligence. Prior to this, she did a postdoc at Microsoft Research, New York City in the FATE (Fairness Transparency Accountability and Ethics in AI) group, where she studied algorithmic bias and the ethical implications underlying any data mining project. She received her Ph.D. from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, studying computer vision under Fei-Fei Li. Prior to joining Fei-Fei’s lab, she worked at Apple designing circuits and signal processing algorithms for various Apple products including the first iPad. This event is organized by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and co-sponsored by ESC, the U-M AI Lab, and the IT Dissonance Event Series. Link to this event on the Web: https://esc.umich.edu/event/timnit-gebru-computer-vision-who-is-helped-and-… More information about ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing: http://esc.umich.edu/ LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR NEXT ESC EVENT: Charlton McIlwain: Smash the Mainframe -- The Collision Between Civil Rights and Computing February 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm https://esc.umich.edu/event/charlton-mcilwain-smash-the-mainframe/ -------- ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication & Media in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.

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