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CSST Summer Institute 2020 in Austin, June 8-12
by Jaime Snyder 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

The CSST Summer Research Institute supports emerging scholars in sociotechnical systems research. This much loved "summer camp" has been an activity of the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Research (CSST) since 2008. We welcome post-proposal doctoral students, post docs, new assistant professors and others at similar stages of career. Now accepting applications: https://sociotech.net/csst2020/ Deadline is March 20. Research areas include (but are not limited to) personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy; education and learning. Follow the link for more information. At least twelve senior mentors will be available to work with campers, representing a breadth and depth of sociotechnical research and career paths. The 2020 Summer Institute is being co-organized by James Howison (UT Austin) and Jaime Snyder (University of Washington). _____________________________ Jaime Snyder Assistant Professor, Information School Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design and Engineering Core Affiliate, Data Science Studies Special Interest Group University of Washington jas1208(a)uw.edu she/her

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Empirical data on facial recognition technology and
by Matt Seraph 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

Hello list, I'm writing a FAQ on facial recognition technology, and would like to address the question of the real utility of the currently available technology in solving crimes for law enforcement. I see lots of anecdotal evidence about it helping make arrests, but haven't seen anything more quantitative. We may just be too early on, but has anyone seen a study address this? Thank you.

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REGISTRATION Media Industries 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions, 16-18 April 2020 King’s College London
by McDonald, Paul 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Media Industries 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions 16-18 April 2020 King’s College London Registration is now open to NON-SPEAKERS. Visit https://media-industries.org/ for details of the conference, delegate fees, venue, travel, accommodation and accessibility. Important: Tickets are limited and will be available until all are sold or until 18.00hrs GMT on Friday 13 March, whichever is soonest. Delegate Rates For full registration details, visit https://media-industries.org/registration Rates are divided between Full (academics, waged) and Reduced (students, unwaged), and graduated according to the three tiers of the World Bank’s classification of countries by per capita income levels<https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank…>. As a delegate, you pay the rate according to the country you live in and not the country from which you originate. Delegates who are residents of countries in tier B pay 75% of the tier A price, and residents of tier C countries pay 50% of the tier A price.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Toomas Hendrik Ilves + 2020 Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Forum
by Joly MacFie 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Toomas Hendrik Ilves was the President of Estonia fro, 2006 to 2016. From Wikipedia "*In 2013 he chaired the High-Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms convened by ICANN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN>. From 2014 to 2015 Ilves was the co-chair of the advisory panel of the World Bank <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank>'s World Development Report <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Development_Report> 2016 "Digital Dividends" and was also the chair of World Economic Forum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum>'s Global Agenda Council on Cyber Security beginning in June 2014. Beginning in 2016, Ilves has been co-chairing The World Economic Forum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum> working group '**The Global Futures Council on Blockchain Technology'." *Should be an interesting fireside chat with Dean Janow. The Global Digital Futures Forum is somewhat pared down in length from previous years, but not in strength. High-level, as always. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Friday February 21 2020 the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Columbia World Projects present a double event. First, at 1pm EST (18:00 UTC) former Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will deliver the Georg" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf20>Today, *Friday February 21 2020* the *Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs <https://sipa.columbia.edu/>* (SIPA) and *Columbia World Projects <https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/>* present a double event. First, at *1pm EST* (18:00 UTC) former Estonia President *Toomas Hendrik Ilves* will deliver the *George W. Ball Lecture <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ball_(diplomat)>* in the form of a discussion with SIPA *Dean Merit E. Janow*. This will be directly followed at *2:30pm EST* (19:30 UTC) by the *Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Forum <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cybersecurity-the-digital-state-and-democratic…>*. The forum, now in its sixth year, brings together leading scholars from across Columbia University, CEOs, senior policy makers, entrepreneurs, legal and policy experts, amongst others to discuss the broad challenges and opportunities created by the wide-ranging digital transformations occurring in the world today. The theme of this year’s Forum is *Cybersecurity, the Digital State, and Democratic Governance*. Both events will be webcast live via a partnership with the* Internet Society New York Chapter <http://isoc-ny.org>*. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf20 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gdf20>* *SCHEDULE (EST = UTC-5):* *1:00pm-2:15pm | George W. Ball Lecture* *2:30pm-4:00pm | Pursuing Digital and Cyber Peace* *4:00pm-4:30pm | Data Flows and Transparency* *4:30pm-6:00pm | Digital Identity: A Development Agenda* *AGENDA: http://bit.ly/3bJpLPa <http://bit.ly/3bJpLPa>* *TWITTER: @IlvesToomas <https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas>* *#SIPADigitalFutures <https://bit.ly/sipadigitalfutures>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11803/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ACM IUI 2020: Call for Participation
by Oana Inel 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

* We apologize for cross-posting * *** ACM IUI 2020: Call for Participation *** * Cagliari, Italy * March 17-20, 2020 * http://iui.acm.org/2020/ ## Upcoming deadlines Early registration: Feb 8, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2020 ACM IUI 2020 is the 25th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ## CONFERENCE PROGRAM ================================ In addition to the 65 papers, the conference program will include three keynote presentations by Brad A Myers (IUI4EUD: Intelligent User Interfaces for End-User Development), Margaret Burnett (Explaining AI: Fairly? Well?) and Ana Paiva (Humans and Robots Together: engineering sociality and collaboration), 49 posters and demos, 8 workshops and 2 tutorials. The technical program will be complemented by social events to facilitate informal discussions and networking among the conference attendees and invited guests. TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Workshop & Tutorial Day WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Opening Plenary 09:30 - 10:30 Keynote Brad A Myers (IUI4EUD: Intelligent User Interfaces for End-User Development) 11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Sessions (Intelligent Support and Active & Interactive ML) 14:00 - 15:30 Parallel Sessions (Gestures & Accessibility and Natural Language Interfaces) 16:00 - 17:30 Doctoral Consortium 18:00 - 20:00 Reception with poster/demo THURSDAY, MARCH 19 09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Margaret Burnett (Explaining AI: Fairly? Well?) 10:00 - 11:00 Parallel Sessions (Recommender Systems 1 and Intelligent Visualizations) 11:30 - 13:00 Parallel Sessions (Sketching and Explanations 1) 14:30 - 16:00 Parallel Sessions (Multimodal and User Modeling/Personalization 1) 16:30 - 17:00 Most Impactful Paper Award 17:00 - 18:00 Panel "25 years of IUI - the road traversed and the road ahead" 20:00 - 22:00 Social Dinner FRIDAY, MARCH 20 09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Ana Paiva (Humans and Robots Together: engineering sociality and collaboration) 10:00 - 11:00 Parallel Sessions (Displays & Accessibility and User Modeling/Personalization 2) 11:30 - 13:00 Parallel Sessions (Methods and Explanations 2) 14:30 - 16:00 Parallel Sessions (Wearable & Ubiquitous and Recommender Systems 2) 16:30 - 17:30 Town Hall Late Registration ends on March 15!

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PhD studentship in Information Studies at Lund University
by Jutta Haider 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Available: 4-year fully funded doctoral student position in Information Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultural Science, Lund University, Sweden See job announcement here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:313135/type:job/where:4/apply:1 For more information please contact Prof Olof Sundin ( olof.sundin(a)kultur.lu.se)

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AI Now hiring Graduate Research Assistants
by Sarah Myers West 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Hi all, AI Now is hiring several (paid!) Graduate Research Assistants for now through the 2020-21 academic year. Info on the positions and how to apply is available here <https://grnh.se/7b990ae63>. We welcome graduate students with any disciplinary or experiential background to apply, including technical and non-technical backgrounds, and especially those with experience in Science and Technology Studies, History, Media Studies, Critical Race and Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy. Please share and circulate widely - we'd LOVE to see folks from the AOIR community apply!! All the best, Sarah -- *Dr. Sarah Myers West* Postdoctoral Researcher AI Now Institute New York University sarah(a)ainowinstitute.org | @sarahbmyers

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ICADIWT 2020
by ijwa＠dline.info 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

The Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information & Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2020) Thessaloniki, Greece November 09-11, 2020 https://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/ The Eleventh International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information & Web Technologies (ICADIWT) has travelled along 3 continents (America, Asia, Europe): from Bangalore (2019), Juarez City (2017), Keelung (2016), Hong Kong (2015), Chennai (2014), Stevens Point, WI (2011), Ayia Napa (2012), Istanbul (2010), London (2009) to Ostrava (2008).The 11th ICADIWT organization will take place at Thessaloniki, the second largest city of Greece. Research in Digital Information is a long lasting continuum of efforts in many directions, Web technologies being a mature field of profound impact. Notably, many researchers address application issues not necessarily limited to computing technologies in a narrow sense. ICADIWT’2020 is a forum for researchers to present innovative ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Applications of Digital Information & Web Technologies. ICADIWT’2020 will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers, focusing in the following topics (but not limited to): Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Intelligent Agent systems Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Vibration and noise control Smart cities and structures Control and Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through EasyChair. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer LNCS series. Author instructions along with LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available at Springer’s Information for LNCS Authors page (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submitted papers should not exceed 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references. Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights to Springer. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration Venue The venue is a 5* hotel, Grand Hotel Palace, https://www.grandhotelpalace.gr/en Important Dates 29 June 2020: Full papers submission 24 August 2020: Notification 7 September 2020: Camera ready and registration General Chairs Richard Chbeir, Univ Pau & Pays Adour,France Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Opole University, Poland Program Chairs Yannis Manolopoulos,Open University of Cyprus,Cyprus Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs., UK Workshop Chair Spyros Sioutas, University of Patras, Greece Publicity Chair Anastasios Gounaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Contact: icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk -----------------

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UMAP 2020 - Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results
by Oghenemaro Anuyah 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

============================ Call for Demos and Late Breaking Results (LBR) - ACM UMAP 2020 28th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Responsible Personalization" Genoa (Italy) July 14-17, 2020 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2020/ ============================ - Submission of demos and LBR papers: April 6, 2020 - Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2020 - Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 7, 2020 ============================ 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, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2020 invites Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Results (LBR) papers of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). Demonstrations Demonstrations will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and to get valuable feedback from the community. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or to any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Descriptions of demonstrations should have a length of max. 2 pages in the ACM SIG proceedings template. On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2020. Late-Breaking Results Late-Breaking Results (LBR) are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit a late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Late-Breaking Results papers have a length of 4 to 6 pages in the ACM SIG proceedings template and will be presented to the conference as posters. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymized before submission. Submissions (demos and late-breaking results) must adhere to the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template. A template can be found at: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template . Submit your papers in PDF format via EasyChair for ACM UMAP 2020 Demos and Late-Breaking Results at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2020 SUBMIT A PAPER <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2020> The review process will be single blinded, i.e. authors’ names should be included in the papers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits (2 pages for demos and 6 pages for LBR) or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION ============================ Accepted Demo and Late Breaking Results papers will be published in the ACM UMAP 2020 Adjunct Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. All categories will be presented at the poster reception of the conference, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS AND DEMO CHAIRS ============================ - Li Chen, Department of Computer Science Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong - Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University, South Carolina USA - Frosina Koceva, University of Genova, Genova, Italy Regards, Oghenemaro Anuyah Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Computer Science, Boise State University ACM UMAP Conference 2020 - *Co-publicity Chair* oghenemaroanuyah(a)u.boisestate.edu

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Reminder: cfp Media Industries 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions, 16-18 April 2020, King’s College London
by McDonald, Paul 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Apologies for cross-posting Reminder: deadline for submissions 16 September 2019 Media Industries 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions 16-18 April 2020 King’s College London media-industries.org Second international Media Industries conference, hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London Following the success of Media Industries: Current Debates and Future Directions (2018) we are pleased to announce the next Media Industries conference will take place in April 2020. Media Industries 2020 (MI2020) maintains an open intellectual agenda, inviting papers, panels or workshops exploring the full breadth of media industries, in contemporary and historical contexts, and from all traditions of media industries scholarship. MI2020 will therefore provide a meeting ground for all forms of media industries research. As a specialized focus, the 2020 conference takes Global Currents and Contradictions as its coordinating theme. In media industries scholarship, repeated attention to a few key territories, frequently but not exclusively located in the Global North, has concentrated but also limited the scope of the field. In choosing the theme Global Currents and Contradictions, we are therefore particularly interested in receiving submissions engaging with industries, contexts and bodies of research that represent, extend or challenge the geographic reach of the field. To headline this theme, a programme of keynote speakers will be announced in due course. PARTNERS A core aim of the Media Industries conference is to bring together scholars researching media industries from across multiple professional associations and their relevant sub-groups or sections. The Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London is therefore very pleased to be organizing MI2020 in partnership with: · British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) - Screen Industries Special Interest Group · European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) - Media Industries and Cultural Production Section · European Media Management Association (EMMA) · European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) - Screen Industries Work Group · Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM) - AG Medienindustrien · Global Media and China journal · International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) · International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) - Media Production Analysis Working Group · International Communication Association (ICA) - Media Industry Studies Interest Group · Media Industries journal · Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group · South Asia Communication Association (SACA) HOST COMMITTEE For King’s College London: Sarah Atkinson, Bridget Conor, Virginia Crisp, Sonal Kantaria (conference administrator), Wing-Fai Leung, Paul McDonald (conference chair), Jeanette Steemers and Jaap Verheul ADVISORY COMMITTEE Deb Aikat (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Courtney Brannon Donoghue (University of North Texas), Hanne Bruun (Aarhus Universitet), Evan Elkins (Colorado State University), Elizabeth Evans (University of Nottingham), Tom Evens (Universiteit Gent), Franco Fabbri, Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), David Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds), Catherine Johnson (University of Huddersfield), Derek Johnson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Ramon Lobato (RMIT University), Skadi Loist (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf), Amanda Lotz (Queensland University of Technology), Alfred Martin (University of Iowa), Jack Newsinger (University of Nottingham), Sora Park (University of Canberra), Alisa Perren (University of Texas-Austin), Steve Presence (University of the West of England), Roel Puijk (Høgskolen i Innlandet), Willemien Sanders (Universiteit Utrecht), Kevin Sanson (Queensland University of Technology), Andrew Spicer (University of the West of England), Petr Szczepanik (Univerzita Karlova), Harsh Taneja (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Patrick Vonderau (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) REGISTRATION Registration for the conference will go live in mid-November 2019. Fees will be published then and will be tiered according to the delegate’s country of residence using the World Bank’s country classifications by Gross National Income per capita. SUBMISSIONS To submit, see the ‘Submission Instructions’ and accompanying link at https://media-industries.org. Deadline Submissions will be accepted until 16 September 2019 at 23.00hrs British Summer Time (BST) (please note: BST is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 1 hour) Submission Categories Submissions are welcomed in three categories. i. Open Call Papers Format: solo or co-presented research paper lasting no more than 20mins. ii. Pre-constituted Panels Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked solo or co-presented research papers followed by questions. iii. Pre-constituted Workshops Format: 90mins interactive forum led by 4 to 6 x 6mins thematically linked informal presentations. Led by a chair or co-chairs, workshops adopt a roundtable format bringing together 4 to 6 speakers to offer short (up to 6 minute) position statements or interventions designed to trigger discussions around a central theme, issue, or problem. As such, the workshop does not involve the presentation of formal research papers, but rather is designed to create a forum for the speakers and the audience to engage in a shared discussion. The workshop format is flexible and can be adapted to allow the chair or co-chairs to introduce exercises or other activities where appropriate. Delegates can make TWO contributions to the conference but only ONE in any category, i.e. presenting an open call paper and participating in a workshop will be permitted but presenting two open call papers will not be. Chairing a panel or organizing a workshop will NOT count as a contribution. Professor Paul McDonald Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries / Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries Vice Dean (People and Planning) for Arts / Faculty of Arts and Humanities King’s College London Strand London WC2R 2LR UK (t) +44 (0) 20 7848 1100 (Skype) paulmcdonald100 (WWW) PaulMcDonald<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/person.aspx?id=aa77eb9e-202a-45db-8501-c8e9af6…>

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