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You’re Invited to Submit A Session Proposal for MozFest 2021
by Ahmed Medien 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hi everyone, Sorry for cross-posting. MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. That’s why I’m excited to invite you <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>and your community to participate in the first-ever virtual MozFest! Submit A Session Idea for MozFest This Year <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/> I'm on the openness programme committee and I'm looking forward submissions around content moderation and misinformation if that is your area of expertise. We’re excited to use the programming that we’ve honed over a decade of festivals – participant-led sessions, immersive art exhibits, space for spontaneous conversations, inspiring Dialogues & Debates – to address current and global crises. Through our Call for Session Proposals (where you're invited to propose an interactive workshop to host at the festival), we’ll seek solutions together, through the lens of trustworthy artificial intelligence. Anyone can submit a session – you don’t need any particular expertise, just a great project or idea and the desire to collaborate and learn from festival participants. Since it’s online this year, we’re especially eager to see session proposals from those that haven’t been able to attend in year’s past due to travel restrictions. If you or someone you know is interested in leading a session at MozFest this year, you can submit your session idea here <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>! The deadline is November 23. Kind regards, Ahmed Medien Researcher Advancing Content Digital Content Safety | weforum.org

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Job opportunity at Loughborough
by Andrew Chadwick 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hello all. Please find below details of a part-time, Leverhulme-funded teaching replacement job opening in my department at Loughborough. All enquiries to my head of department, Professor John Downey j.w.downey(a)lboro.ac.uk<mailto:j.w.downey@lboro.ac.uk> Yours, Andy • • • • www.andrewchadwick.com<https://www.andrewchadwick.com> • www.lboro.ac.uk/research/online-civic-culture-centre<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/online-civic-culture-centre> • www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media> +++++++++ Dear All, We have a job opening at Loughborough https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCE632/university-teacher-communication-and-media I’d be very happy to field informal enquiries. Part-time (0.33 FTE/12 Hours per Week). Fixed-term from 1 February 2021 - 31 January 2024. This is an opportunity to join Communication and Media at Loughborough University, part of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Communication and Media is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence in research, teaching and enterprise. In the latest UK Research Excellence Framework (2014), Communication and Media at Loughborough was ranked 2nd in the UK for research intensity, with 90% of its research “world leading” or “internationally excellent.” It was ranked Top in the UK in the Times Good University Guide in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and Top in the UK in the Complete University Guide for 2021. Applicants for the post of University Teacher must have experience, and evidence of excellence, in teaching communication and media to undergraduate and post graduate students. The post holder will be expected to help lead teaching and contribute to other areas of the curriculum as required, including the delivery and development of undergraduate and post graduate programmes. They must be able to support students and cooperate with colleagues in the continuous review and development of core Loughborough Communication & Media Modules as well as provide strategic leadership to teaching at the programme level. Candidates are expected to have a PhD (or close to completion) in Communication and Media or a closely related discipline, an active research profile, and the clear potential to contribute to the University Strategy of Building Excellence in a high-performing HE environment. Informal enquiries should be made by email to Professor John Downey (j.w.downey(a)lboro.ac.uk<mailto:j.w.downey@lboro.ac.uk>), Head of Communication and Media. Application Closing Date: 15 November 2020. Interviews will be held during the week commencing 7 December 2020. Please follow this link<https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/jobdesc/REQ200721.PDF> for details. John Downey Professor of Comparative Media Analysis<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/john-downey/> Head of Communication and Media<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/> Vice-President, European Communication Research & Education Association<http://www.ecrea.eu/>

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IEEE CyberSecurity 2021 | Dublin City University | Call For Papers
by HANAN HINDY 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email) **** International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2021) June 14-16, 2021 | Virtual - Dublin, Ireland **** Theme: Advancing Cyber Security Education in a post-COVID World (https://www.c-mric.com/cs2021) The aim of the Cyber Security 2021 is to encourage participation and promotion of collaborative scientific, industrial and academic inter-workings among individual researchers, practitioners, members of existing associations, academia, standardisation bodies, and including government departments and agencies. The purpose is to build bridges between academia and industry, and to encourage interplay of different cultures. Cyber Security 2021 invites researchers and industry practitioners to submit papers that encompass principles, analysis, design, methods and applications. All submitted papers are independently peer-reviewed. All accepted papers must be registered (registrations fees TBD) and presented at the conference to be considered for listing in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and other reputable bibliographic indexes. Previous conference papers are listed in IEEE Xplore ---------Submission Deadline Deadline for all paper submissions, that is, both full papers and extended abstracts for Poster, WIP, PoC, Research Idea and PhD Seminar presentations is 26th January 2021. ---------Topics of Interest Original papers are invited on recent advances in Cyber Security, Online Services, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger and Digital Services. The topics in Cyber Security 2021 include but not limited to: Cyber Security * Information Security * Computer Network Security * Application Security * Web Services Security * Mobile Security * Protective Security * Software Security * Wireless & Sensor Network Security * Software Coding Security * Barcode Scanner Security * Security in Middleware, Interface and Interaction * Security Services in Authentication, Authorisation, Accountability, Automation, Availability, Integrity and Non-repudiation * Security Management * Security Operations * Digital Trust and Reputation * Geographical Location (IP Geo-location) and Cyber Travel * Geospatial Intelligence Networks (Centralised, Distributed & Hybrid) * Policy, Legal, Legislation & Compliance * Security Standardisation * Law, Legal and Ethics Digital Services * Web Services * Internet Banking * E-Booking * Cloud Computing * E-Government * Electronic Commerce * Citizens Public Online Services * Mobile Commerce * E-Postal Services * E-Health * Online & Virtual Education * E-Learning * Web Chats * Secure Protocols, Coding and Development * Security Principles, Theory and Analysis * Security Policy, Standards and Procedures * Security in Business Processes * Security Enforcing Function (SEF) Gateways * Intrusion Detection Systems * Intrusion Prevention Systems * Firewalls * Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware Gateways * Data Loss Prevention & Encryption Services Protection of Digital Services * Protection of Business Information Systems * Protection of Online Services * Energy Sector Security, Oil and Gas and SCADA Networks * Protection of E-Currency & E-Money Transactions * Security, Trust, Privacy * Security in Online Gaming Systems * Security in e-Government and Electoral Systems * Content Security * Protection of Public Online Content Distribution Systems * Secure practices, processes and procedures in Public Online Services * Cryptography - PKI, HSMs, Symmetric and Asymmetric Crypto, Crypto Custodian & Crypto Standards and Practices * Digital Forensics and Investigations * HoneyPots and Honey Nets * Critical National Infrastructures (CNIs) * Critical Network Systems (CNS) Security Operations Centre * Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) * Joint Security Operations Centre (JSOC) * Strategic Security Operations Centre (SSOC) * Virtual Security Operations Centre (vSOC) * Cyber SOC Designs * SOC Design Architecture Patterns * Threat Intelligence * Fusion Centre & Cyber Centre * Operations Monitoring Centre * Security Monitoring * Transaction Monitoring * Web Fraud Detection (WFD) * Incident Management * Cyber Incident Response * Anomaly Detection * Heuristic Learning * Intrusion Detection * Computer Misuse and Abuse Application and Container Platform Security * Application and Container Platform (ACP) * Container Technologies * Security Concerns Associated with Container Technologies * Apps * Cultural and Technical Processes for Managing Containers & Apps * Microservices * Kubernetes * Docker * Cloud Computing * Container Technology Architecture * Approaches to Management, Maintenance and Processing of Containers, Apps and HostOS * CI/CD * Risks & Issues * OWASP * Open Web Application Security Remediation and Optimisation * Remedial Action Plans * Risk Management * Business Process Optimisation * Security Management * Policy and Standards Compliance * Vulnerability Management * Accreditation & Assurance * Security Assurance and Certification * Process, Procedure and Standardisation * Global IT Outsourcing * Supplier Management DevSecOps * Virtualisation (Network, OS, Container & Apps) * DevOps * API * HostOS * Microservices security * Agile and Scrum Methodologies * Issues, practices and challenges Blockchain * Cryptocurrency * Bitcoin & Bit-everything * Blockchain in Manufacturing * Blockchain in Banking & Financial Systems * Blockchain in Aviation * Blockchain in Pharmaceuticals * Blockchain in IoT * Blockchain in Defence * Blockchain in Cybersecurity Operations * Blockchain in Publications * Blockchain Education Curriculum Security Operations Centre Management * Design Requirements * Principles and Operations * SOC Security Operating Procedures (SOC SyOPs) * Architectures and Design Considerations * Implementation of SOC Centres * Monitoring and Security Analysis * Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) * Log Analysis & Analytics * IDS/IPS & Firewall Administration * Alerting and Event Prioritisation * Log Management * Analysis Tools and Techniques * Incident Triage * Incident Analysis, Management, Reporting and Escalation * Management Reports and Management Information (MI) Reports * Coordination and Containment * Collaboration and Incident Investigation * National CERT Liaison * Model of Operations * Intelligence Interfaces and Threat Intelligence Feeds * Asset Management, Prioritisation and Categorisation * Investigation & Forensic Readiness STEM & Cyber Security Education * Cyber Security in childhood education * Code - Teaching Education for Kids, Teens and Colleges * Secure by Code * Secure by Design * Secure by Default Automation and Robotics * Autonomous & Self-driving * Self-Healing * Domestic Assistance * Autonomous Healthcare and Assistance * Industrial Manufacturing Robotics * Search and Rescue Operations * Robotics Process Automation (RPA) Network Operations Centre * Functions of NOCs * Design Principles * Design Architectures and Design Requirements * Monitoring and Analysis * Coordination * Incident Response & Handling * Incident Management * Operations Management * Models of Operations * System Interfaces and Automation * Asset Management * Data Leak Prevention (DLP) * Denial and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Vulnerability Management * Vulnerability Scanning, Ranking and Prioritisation * IT Health Checks (ITHC) * Vulnerability Analysis * Vulnerability Management * Asset Management & Configuration Management Database * Asset Classification, Categorisation & Prioritisation ---------Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmricorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CMRiCCyberScience/ Kind regards, Hanan ---------------------------------- Hanan Hindy CyberScience 2021 Co-Chair School of Design and Informatics Abertay University Dundee, Scotland

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CFP: IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA)
by Axel Soto 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Fourth IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA) https://sites.google.com/view/esida2021/home 13 April 2021, Virtual Important Dates: Submission deadline: December 23, 2020 (midnight Hawaii time) Acceptance notification: January 31, 2021 Final manuscript due: February 15, 2021 Workshop: April 13, 2021 Workshop Description: This workshop will be part of the ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2021 Conference (http://iui.acm.org/2021/) The workshop focuses on systems that personalize, summarize and visualize the data for supporting interactive information seeking and information discovery, along with tools that enable user modeling and methods for incorporating the user needs and preferences into both analytics and visualization. Our aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on different personalization aspects and applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. This will allow us to achieve four goals: (1) propose new strategies for systems that need to convey the rationale behind their decisions or inference, and the sequence of steps that lead to speciﬁc (search) results; (2) develop new user modeling and personalization techniques for exploratory search and interactive data analytics; (3) develop a common set of design principles for this type of systems across platforms, contexts, users and applications; (4) develop a set of evaluation metrics for personalization in exploratory search. The workshop aims to solicit submissions in the following areas of personalized interactive data analytics and exploratory search: Personalized interactive exploration via interactive data analytics: – personalization aspects in systems for exploratory search. – cross-domain/ context-aware/ cross-platform exploratory search systems. – interactively modelling the user’s information needs for high-recall information retrieval. – new applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. Data analytics: – interactive interfaces for data-intensive platforms. – interaction degrees of freedom. – preprocessing vs. online processing. – interactive data visualization evaluation of interactive systems for exploratory search and data analytics. Metrics for explainable intelligent systems: – metrics for explainable exploratory search. – explainability and transparency in expert vs. non-expert systems. – human-in-the-loop analytics systems. – efﬁcient vs. explainable analytics. – user perception of explainability and transparency in interactive intelligent systems. Organisers: Dorota Glowacka, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki (Finland), glowacka[at]cs.heelsinki.fi Evangelos Milios, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), eem[at]cs.dal.ca Axel J. Soto, Institute for Computer Science and Engineering, UNS - CONICET (Argentina), axel.soto[at]cs.uns.edu.ar Fernando V. Paulovich, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), paulovich[at]dal.ca Denis Parra, Department of Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile) , dparra[at]ing.puc.cl Osnat (Ossi) Mokryn, Department of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Haifa (Israel), omokryn[at]univ.haifa.ac.il Submission Information: We encourage submissions of work in progress, concept papers, case studies, ongoing research projects, reports on recently completed PhD dissertations or recently accepted journal papers, and generally material that will stimulate discussion, generate useful feedback to the authors, encourage research collaborations and vigorous exchange of ideas on promising research directions, in one of the following formats: -full papers (up to 8 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will presented either as contributed talks or posters -extended abstracts (up to 4 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will be presented as posters with a possibility to be accompanied by a demo. Papers can be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esida21

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ACM UMAP 2021: Call for Papers
by Oana Inel 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

--- Apologies for cross-posting — ============================ Call for Papers - ACM UMAP 2021 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Re-Evaluating Evaluation in Personalization Research" Hybrid: Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Online June 21-25th (tentative), 2021 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper due: January 24, 2021 ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with past years’ chairs. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization and adaptation may be applied. This includes a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation, recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks, personalized health, entertainment, and many more. We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation; the conference web site provides a detailed list. Below we present a short (but not proscriptive) list of topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2021 is “Re-Evaluating Evaluation” we encourage submissions in all areas that offer a critical analysis of evaluations of personalized systems. We particularly want to acknowledge that some of the research might be influenced by Covid-19 related constraints (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies), and welcome submissions which introduce novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation in any area. The topics listed below are not intended to limit possible contributions. Final decisions will be made on the basis of suitability for, and fit to, the overall conference (not for specific tracks). Additionally, there is no quota for the maximal number of accepted papers per track. Topics include (but are not limited to): • Personalized Recommender Systems • Track chairs: Alejandro Bellogin, Sole Pera, Ludovico Boratto • Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web • Track chairs: Maria Bielikova, Panagiotis Germanakos, Ben Steichen • Intelligent User Interfaces • Track chairs: Katrien Verbert, Dennis Parra • Personalized Social Web • Track chairs: Julita Vassileva, Jie Zhang • Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning • Track chairs: Ella Haig, Manolis Mavrikis • Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy • Track chairs: Christine Bauer, Michael Ekstrand • Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Track chairs: Jaap Ham, Rita Orji SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 Long (8 pages + references) and Short (4 pages + references) papers in ACM style. Original research papers addressing the theory and/or practice of UMAP, and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. * Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate its innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. * Short papers should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories, but only within each category. Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. UMAP uses a double blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' own prior work should be made in the third-person. All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed for students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper: January 24, 2021 Notification: March 8, 2021 Camera-ready: April 11, 2021 Video submission: May 5th, 2021 Conference: June 21-June 25, 2021 (tentative) Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Judith Masthoff, University of Utrecht Eelco Herder, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Program chairs Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, and Demo/Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements.

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WEBCAST TODAY – DC-CIV – Internet in Crisis – Management and Renewal #vIGF2020
by Joly MacFie 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

This is one that I somehow overlooked in my IGF roundup earlier in the week. I am making up my omission by streaming it! ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 4 November, 2020 at 10:30 -12:00 UTC the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values (DC-CIV) will hold it's vIGF2020 session entitled: Internet in Crisis - Management and Renewal. During the pandemic the Internet has become the lifeline. Has t" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020>On *Wednesday 4 November, 2020* at *10:30 -12:00 UTC* the *Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dynamic-coalition-on-core-…>* (DC-CIV) will hold it's *vIGF2020 <https://www.intgovforum.org/>* session entitled: *Internet in Crisis - Management and Renewal <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi…>*. During the pandemic the Internet has become the lifeline. Has this paradigm shift triggered the need to change Core Internet Values? *SPEAKERS* *Sébastien Bachollet*, EURALO Chair *Olivier Crépin-Leblond*, ISOC UK England *Olga Makarova*, MTS *Gregory Name* *Alejandro Pisanty*, UNAM *MODERATOR* *Sébastien Bachollet*, EURALO Chair *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-civ2020>* *AGENDA https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi… <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-internet-in-crisi…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration>* *TWITTER #vIGF2020 <https://bit.ly/2HVKvbU> * *SIMULCAST* *https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ>* *https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live <https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/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/CoreInternetValues <https://www.facebook.com/CoreInternetValues>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/dc-civ2020 <https://archive.org/details/dc-civ2020>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12948/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Automating Society - we'll show the evidence (IGF 2020 Pre-Event #20)
by Matthias Spielkamp 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear all, apologies for cross-posting. We would like to invite you to tomorrow’s IGF 2020 Pre-Event session "Automating Society - we'll show the evidence" Predictive video surveillance to prevent suicides in German jails; algorithmic risk assessment of domestic violence in Spain; predictive justice systems helping Italian courts decide whether a complaint is algorithmically sound or not. An automated decision-making system that suggests treatments for cancer patients in Switzerland, while others help profiling the unemployed and provide payments of welfare system benefits in Denmark. Sounds (France), smiles (Poland), faces (increasingly, everywhere): nothing seems to escape the realm of automated analysis and decision. And yet, much of the debate in the field of algorithmic decision-making systems (ADMS) and so-called Artificial Intelligence privileges discourses of lofty ethical norms. Too little is known about the many ways in which these systems are already being used in practice. Within these disparate use-cases, it is very important to ask what constitutes context-specific, fit-for-purpose policies with regards to ADMS. To do this we need evidence that will both inform and shape the needed actions, so that ADMS could be used to increase welfare and liberties, whilst also limiting their abuses through harmful surveillance, discrimination, and control. We will share state-of-the art evidence about the practice of algorithmic decision-making processes already in use, taken from our brand new Automating Society 2020 report, covering 16 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK. In a first part, we will briefly present excerpts of our evidence-based research on issues of ADMS and lay out our recommendations for policies and government arrangements. In the second part we will discuss these with the audience. Agenda • Introduction: Matthias Spielkamp, Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch • Overview: Fabio Chiusi, Editor Automating Society Report 2020 • Poland: Alek Tarkowski, President of the Board, Centrum Cyfrowe • Q&A event website: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-20-auto… Automating Society 2020 report: https://automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org/ Hope to see you there! All the best Matthias — Matthias Spielkamp Executive Director http://algorithmwatch.org/ ms(a)algorithmwatch.org Tel.: +49.30.99.404.9000 AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH Linienstr. 13 10178 Berlin Berlin Charlottenburg HRB 186522 B Geschäftsführung: Matthias Spielkamp

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zoom fatigue 'chorus' essay
by Geert Lovink 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear AOIR members, my Zoom fatigue ‘chorus’ essay was just published on www.eurozine.com. https://www.eurozine.com/the-anatomy-of-zoom-fatigue/ Best, Geert www.networkcultures.org

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Three full-time positions available at the Berlin Social Science Centre: A Project Manager, a Communication Manager and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on action research in the gig economy
by Mark Graham 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear colleagues, We're hiring three new full-time positions based at the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB). Full details below. Mark ********** The WZB Berlin Social Science Centre <https://www.wzb.eu/> and the Fairwork Foundation <https://fair.work/> are hiring a *Project Manager*, a *Communication Manager *and a *Postdoctoral Research Fellow* for the new Fairwork Secretariat in Berlin <https://fair.work/partnership-with-wbz-to-develop-a-faiwork-secretariat-in-…> . *About Fairwork * Fairwork is an action-research project based between the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB). We research working conditions in the gig economy, in order to develop ‘fairness ratings’ for digital labour platforms like Uber, Helpling and Deliveroo. We use these ratings as a lever to improve pay and conditions for platform workers, through media and consumer pressure. Fairwork’s programme of action research intends not just to understand the world, but to change it. By bringing workers, platforms, scholars, labour researchers and policymakers to the table, we work to collaboratively develop and embed principles of fair work into the script of the gig economy. Fundamental to the project is a commitment to being participatory and non-hierarchical within our communities. Our ultimate aim is to understand, and counter, some of the forces that disempower gig workers across the world. Over the past three years, we have mobilized a unique and growing transnational network of social justice minded scholars from over ten countries in pursuit of this planetary goal. In order to effectively advocate for gig workers everywhere, we believe it necessary for our team too to reflect a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and more. In growing our team, we value and welcome the unique contributions that applicants can bring in terms of their education, opinions, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, religion, disability, and beliefs. We actively strive to build and nurture a culture of empathy, inclusiveness, and respect. The Fairwork Secretariat sits at the nexus of three research clusters in Oxford and Berlin that focus on the future of work. The Oxford Internet Institute is home to over a dozen researchers studying digital transformations and what they mean for work and workers. The WZB GAP group comprises a number of researchers focusing on the digitalization of work, including research on platforms, automation, and artificial intelligence. The work at the Fairwork Secretariat will also involve cooperation with the Berlin-based Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. There will be regular travel opportunities to facilitate collaboration between the Oxford- and Berlin-based teams, and the opportunity to conduct fieldwork in partner countries. *Project Manager* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 14 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 55,000 and 64,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 The primary aim of this position will be to coordinate the international network of Fairwork research and researchers in collaboration with the project leaders. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate would have: - A relevant graduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - A high level of project management experience, from early stage all the way through to realisation, preferably in international research projects and activities. - A high level of project administration experience, including experience in writing research funding bids, raising sponsorship, budget tracking, and reporting of complex projects. - Professional experience in managing a diverse team; strong interpersonal skills. - Excellent English and preferably good German skills (written and oral). - Preferably language competencies in languages spoken in any of the Fairwork partner countries (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin). The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Co-designing an annual research strategy and project plans. - Coordinating and monitoring the project activities, timelines and budgets. - Collaborating in the preparation of research publications, chapters, summaries, and reports; managing the workflow of collaborative publications. - Managing data repositories across the project and ensure ethical and legal compliance. - Collaborating in the preparation and management of grant applications. - Coordinating the Fairwork project expansion to further countries; coaching and monitoring the Fairwork research activities abroad; assisting with the supervision of project researchers external to the WZB. - Outreach and liaising with external partners and stakeholders; cooperating with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/research-coordinator-project-manager-fmx>. *Communication Manager* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 13 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 51,000 and 60,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 Because external-facing communication is such an integral part of the project’s impact strategy, the Communication Manager will play an essential role in driving the project’s success. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate(s) will have: - A relevant graduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - Professional experience in communications, journalism, public relations, preferably in academia / research. - Excellent communication skills, including the ability to confidently represent the project externally, and present concepts verbally in precise and concise language. - Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, professional printing/publishing skills. - Experience in developing and maintaining website content and social media channels. - Experience in using the Adobe Creative Suite or similar software. - Experience with managing publication processes. - Strong organizational and planning skills. - Preferably language competencies in languages spoken in Fairwork partner countries (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin). The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Developing a cohesive communications strategy for Fairwork. - Working closely with the central team and the wider Fairwork network to ensure delivery of regular communications, including eg. maintaining social media channels; maintaining the website, including blog posting and editing, content editing, keeping track of translations; drafting regular newsletters. - Overseeing the development of multimedia outputs (podcasts, videos, infographics, interactive games, applications, etc.) and compelling social media campaigns to share findings and communicate key messages. - Developing and executing strategy to disseminate findings and communicate key messages to platform workers. - Writing and disseminating press releases targeting media in our 12+ countries of operation. - Designing (including page-setting) regular high-quality reports and other outputs published by teams in 12+ countries. - Coordinating events such as meetings, retreats, short courses/summer school, conferences, workshops and seminars in close liaison with project members as required. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/communication-manager-fmx>. *Postdoctoral Research Fellow* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 14 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 55,000 and 64,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 The primary aims of this position will be to (1) conduct research with platform workers and platform managers about job quality on digital labour platforms; (2) use that research as part of action research strategies to leverage change in the gig economy; (3) play a coordination role with some of the project’s international partners; (4) collaborate on publications and research outputs to disseminate the evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate(s) will have: - A relevant postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - Strong publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research related to the gig economy, platform work, the digital economy, decent work, or precarious/temporary work. - Academic or professional experience, experience in the development of research projects and methodologies. - Experience conducting, analysing, and interpreting interview data. - Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publications, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. - Experience coordinating a diverse set of stakeholders. - Knowledge of issues impacting on precarious and insecure workers, and a demonstrable commitment to working towards the empowerment of workers, and to equality and inclusion. The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Conducting primary research and secondary comprehensive and comparative analysis of data collected in the Fairwork project. - Preparation of research publications, chapters, summaries, and reports. - Collaborating in the preparation and management of grant applications. - Coaching and monitoring the Fairwork research activities abroad, assisting with the supervision of project researchers external to the WZB. - Developing strategies to turn the Fairwork scores into an ethical consumption strategy. - Assisting the Fairwork team in the expansion of the project to further countries. - Outreach and liaising with external partners and stakeholders, in particular also the German development policymakers. - Managing and coordinating the new Fairwork Observatory. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdoctoral-research-fellow-fmx-6>. ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Director, Fairwork www.fair.work Professor, University of Oxford www.markgraham.space <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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WEBCAST TODAY: VIRTUAL PEERING SERIES – AFRICA #4: IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa | LA SÉRIE VIRTUAL PEERING – AFRIQUE #4: Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique #IPeerinAfrica
by Joly MacFie 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Every year I say that AfPIF is the single best event that ISOC puts on. Because interconnecting networks is the very essence of what we do. This year it is virtual, and spread out over time, but no less valuable. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday November 3 2020, at 13:00-15.00 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fourth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa'." [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4>On *Tuesday November 3 2020*, at *13:00-15.00 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fourth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-du…>* '. This session aims to understand the behavior of traffic at African IXPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was there significant traffic increase due to the lockdown? Were there countries where there was a decrease in traffic mainly because people traditionally accessed more Internet from their offices? How critical are IXPs in these situations? It would also be relevant to understand the inter-regional traffic pattern during the pandemic. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>Le *mardi 4 novembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 15h00 UTC*, l'*Association africaine des IXP <https://www.af-ix.net>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, présente le quatrième webinaire de la *série Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-du…>*, sur le thème « *Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/comportement-du-…>* ». Cette session vise à comprendre le comportement du trafic sur les IXP africains pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Y a-t-il eu une augmentation significative du trafic en raison du verrouillage? Y a-t-il eu des pays où le trafic a diminué principalement parce que les gens accédaient traditionnellement à plus d'Internet depuis leurs bureaux? Dans quelle mesure les IXP sont-ils critiques dans ces situations? Il serait également utile de comprendre la configuration du trafic interrégional pendant la pandémie. *SPEAKERS* *Kyle Spencer*, Executive Director, Uganda Internet Exchange Point, and Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association *Andrew Baskett*, Edge Strategy Manager, Facebook *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Muhammed Rudman*, CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) *Amreesh Phokeer*, Research Manager, AFR *MODERATORS* *Darwin Costa*, Senior Business Development Latin America (LATAM) & Africa, DE-CIX *Chidinma Iwe*, Systems Architect, Cisco *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4> (English) (open captions) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM **https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM* <https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM> (EN/FR Interpretation, English closed captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* (English) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica>* @internetsociety @AfIX *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/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering4 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering4>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12938/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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