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RECORDING – SCOTUS Cox v Sony Oral Arguments
by Joly MacFie 02 Dec '25

02 Dec '25

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/>*AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/scotus_cox_v_sony/scotus_cox_v_sony.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/144875895/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/scotus_cox_v_sony> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19900>* On *December 1, 2025*, the *U.S. Supreme Court <https://www.supremecourt.gov/>* heard *Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment <https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/…>*, a case testing whether Internet service providers can be held liable for copyright infringement by their users when the ISP continues providing service after receiving repeated infringement notices. Cox and the U.S. government argued that secondary copyright liability requires intentional facilitation or inducement, not mere knowledge. They warned that a knowledge-based standard would force ISPs to cut off Internet access to entire buildings, campuses, and communities, undermining speech and commerce. Sony argued that Cox knowingly continued to serve habitual infringers and, under common law, intent can be inferred when infringement is substantially certain to continue. The Justices focused on the divide between knowledge and purpose, the role of the *DMCA safe harbor <https://www.copyright.gov/512/>*, and the real-world impact on shared networks. The decision could significantly reshape the balance between copyright enforcement and universal Internet access. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Last Call for Doctoral Consortium
by Announce 02 Dec '25

02 Dec '25

*** Last Call for Doctoral Consortium *** The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the leading annual venue for researchers and practitioners to explore advancements at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). IUI 2026 attracted a record number of submissions for the main conference (561 full paper submissions after an initial submission of 697 abstracts). The IUI 2026 Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides students an opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from a panel of mentors comprising senior researchers in the field. We invite students who want to benefit from the guidance given by the experienced mentors for planning the future steps in their research project. The ideal participant is a doctoral student about two years from finishing their Ph.D. However, we will also consider advanced Master students and junior Ph.D students provided their research plan is sufficiently developed to benefit from the discussion at the DC. The IUI Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to: • present and discuss the status of their research with experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment; • explore and further develop their research ideas through constructive feedback provided by the mentors and other DC students; • network and build collaborations with other members of the community; • discuss various professional aspects and career opportunities. Submission and Participation Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the DC committee and DC mentors. DC candidates should have developed a clear topic and research approach and have made some progress, but are not too far along in their research so that they can still reshape their research topic or approach. The final version of accepted Doctoral Consortium submissions will be included in the IUI companion proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. DC participants are expected to attend in person the Doctoral Consortium workshop that will take place as a separate session during the conference (date to be announced). DC participants will also have the opportunity to present their research in the poster session during the main program. Complimentary/reduced conference registration will be available for DC participants under the precondition that they agree to assist as student volunteers in the organization of the conference. They will also be given priority when applying for the student travel awards (for details, see the Travel Funding page on the conference website). Submission Instructions If you are unsure about eligibility or submission requirements, please do not hesitate to email us at dc2026(a)iui.acm.org! To apply for the Doctoral Consortium, two steps are required: • Please submit a single PDF containing your technical submission (for details see below) via PCS by December 17, 2025. • In addition, your doctoral or thesis advisor should send a separate, brief letter of recommendation to the DC chairs at dc2026(a)iui.acm.org by December 17, 2025. For the technical submission, please upload a single PDF containing the following four items to https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . 1. Cover Letter (1 page max): Please include your full name, contact details, affiliation, web page, expected graduation date and target degree, the name of your thesis advisor, gender (optional), home country (optional), and whether you are a member of an underrepresented minority group (optional). 2. DC Submission (4 pages max including references): A document describing your thesis/dissertation topic and research plan and your progress thus far. Key points the submission should include: • motivation for your dissertation research • goal and research questions • related work that frames your research • methods/approach to reach the goal • results, if any • next steps for your research 3. Questions to mentors and co-students (1 page max): List the main questions and discussion points regarding your thesis/dissertation topic for which you expect to receive feedback from the Doctoral Consortium mentors/ participants. 4. Your CV (3 pages max): Provide an academic curriculum vitae (CV) document. How to Format and Submit Prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates: Word Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template. All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> by the Doctoral Consortium deadline. In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select "SIGCHI", "IUI 2026" and "IUI 2026 DC", respectively, and press "Go". Notifications and Possible SIGCHI Funding Acceptance notifications will be sent by January 6, 2026. Note that SIGCHI offers travel funding via the Gary Marsden Travel Awards. The application deadline for this is Jan 9th. More information can be find at https://iui.acm.org/2026/travel-funding/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . Important Dates • Paper Submission: December 17, 2025 • Acceptance Notification: January 6, 2026 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). Organisation General Chairs • Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel • Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University, USA • Osnat (Ossi) Mokryn, University of Haifa, Israel • Martijn Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology & JADS, The Netherlands

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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): Last Mile for Research Papers Submission (1st Round)
by Announce 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

*** Last Mile for Research Papers Submission (1st Round) *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> (*** Submission Deadline: 11 December, 2025 (extended) ***) The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and practitioners in software engineering, systems engineering, and related disciplines focussing on a broad spectrum of methods, concepts, and tools for variability. VARIABILITY aims to be the premier forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and results in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software configuration, and customization. As software and systems become increasingly configurable, reusable, and adaptable, managing their variability across all lifecycle phases is more critical—and more challenging —than ever. VARIABILITY 2026 seeks to bring together the diverse communities that address these challenges from theoretical, technical, and practical perspectives. VARIABILITY results from a merge of three prominent conferences focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions). VARIABILITY is by design open as a conference. It welcomes new fields of variability- intensive research, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid software-hardware systems, etc. For this first edition of VARIABILITY, we strive to continue the success of the predecessor conferences ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS by welcoming high-quality submissions for the research track in numerous closely related areas, such as systems and software product lines, systems and software reuse, configurable systems and software, product configuration, and systems and software variability. We will award the best research paper and the best artifact paper. Topics of Interest We invite contributions on variability management, reuse, and configuration across all phases of the software and systems lifecycle. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Requirements & Domain Engineering • Domain analysis and variability modeling • Decision modeling and support • Customization and personalization specification • Requirements variability and traceability Architecture & Design • Variability-aware software architectures • Architecture-centric product line engineering • Model-driven engineering (MDE) • Multi-product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software ecosystems Implementation & Code Generation • Generative programming and code synthesis • Modularization techniques for reusable code • Programming languages and frameworks for variability • Open-source strategies for software reuse Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance • Testing and analysis of configurable systems • Safety and security in variable systems • Formal Methods for Software Product Lines • Non-functional properties: quality-aware analysis, quality-driven configuration • Reuse in testing, verification, and quality assurance Evolution, Maintenance & Operation • Refactoring and restructuring of configurable systems • Reverse engineering, variability mining, and refactoring • Runtime variability and dynamic (software) product lines • Maintenance strategies for large-scale reused systems • Variability in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines AI and Data-Driven Methods • Machine learning for variability management • AI-assisted product configuration • Data and repository mining from product lines and configuration histories • Recommendation systems for reuse and customization Submission Guidelines Paper Types We invite the following types of submissions: • Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Research papers must present original, unpublished work with validated results through empirical evaluation, formal analysis, or implementation-based experiments. Submissions must clearly articulate the problem, its relevance, the proposed contribution, and validation results. • Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Short papers present early-stage research, novel ideas, or conceptual proposals that are not yet fully developed or validated but offer promising directions. These papers should articulate the vision, motivation, and potential impact. Formatting Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details: https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/conten…<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Submission Link Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the research track: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Paper Originality, Double-Blind Policy, Reviewing All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be double- blind and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based on their novelty, relevance, rigor, transparency, and presentation. Authors of submissions to the first deadline might be invited to submit a revision of their papers to the second deadline, which will be reviewed as a revision. Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. Revisions Research-track papers can be submitted to the first or second cycle. In the first cycle, papers can receive the following decisions: accept, revision, or reject. Revision means that the reviewers believe that the paper has potential, but that its quality or contribution is not yet ready for publication. Such papers are offered lightweight shepherding by a community member, who is not necessarily a PC member or reviewer. Revised papers should be submitted to the second cycle together with a response letter, explaining how the reviewer comments were addressed. They are then reviewed by the same PC members. Papers rejected in the first cycle can be resubmitted in the second cycle, but need to contain an appendix “Changes to First-Cycle Submission” at the end of the PDF (after references, regardless of the page limit) that lists the major changes in bullet-point format. Best Paper Awards Springer will sponsor the awards for bet papers with an overall amount of €1000. Journal Special Issue Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions with at least 30% additional and original material, to be published in a special issue in a reputable Software Engineering journal (currently under negotiation). Important Dates (AoE) • First Paper Submission Deadline: 4 December 2025 (extended) • First Notification of Acceptance/Revisions: 16 February 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline of Directly Accepted Papers: 1 April 2026 • Second Paper Submission Deadline: 2 April 2026 • Second Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline of Accepted Revised Papers and Directly Accepted Papers: 15 July 2025 • Author Registration: 15 July 2025 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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New open access book: Informational Peripheries
by Fox, Alison 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

*** We apologise for any cross-posting*** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers Informational Peripheries edited by Ayona Datta and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot. Download it free: https://bit.ly/3VyHlxr ******************************************* Informational Peripheries Rethinking the urban in a digital age Edited by Ayona Datta and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot Free download: https://bit.ly/3VyHlxr ******************************************* Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located simultaneously across the geographic centre and edge, across social, material and digital worlds. Moving beyond current scholarship in urban and regional studies, this book presents a case for ‘informational peripheries’ as an analytical lens to understand the uneven, fragmented and disconnected geographies of urban peripheries in the Global South. While ‘unplanned urbanisation’ has been a key discourse in the production of urban periphery in the Global South, Informational Peripheries argues that the coming of an informational age destabilises the geographic location of the urban periphery. Informational peripheries capture the complexities of digital, material and social dispersal and fragmentation that emerge from informational extraction, redlining, manipulation and bypassing. Exclusions are marked by both geographic and informational distance from the state. It includes subjects who are uncountable, as well as territories that are digitally, socially and materially unmappable. This approach provides an important vantage point for interrogating the political and technological apparatuses that are reconfiguring the notion of the urban in a digital age. Free download: https://bit.ly/3VyHlxr ---------------------- uclpress.co.uk | @uclpress

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Critical Realism and Digital Technologies: Platforms, AI and Human Agency
by Mark Carrigan 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

*Critical Realism and Digital Technologies: Platforms, AI and Human Agency *January 19th, 1pm GMT, Online What does it mean to be human in an age of generative AI and ubiquitous platforms? This joint book launch brings together two new works that draw on critical realism to interrogate digital technologies and their implications for education, selfhood and society. Jérémie Bouchard presents Humanising Language Education in the Generative Artificial Intelligence <https://www.routledge.com/Humanising-Language-Education-in-the-Generative-A…> Age, examining GenAI's presence in language education through a social realist lens. Mark Carrigan presents Platform and Agency: Becoming Who We Are <https://www.routledge.com/Platform-and-Agency-Becoming-Who-We-Are/Carrigan/…>, exploring how platforms shape personal and collective reflexivity across biographical timescales. Following the authors' presentations, responses from Helen Beetham, Dave Elder-Vass, Clive Lawson and Angela Dy will open up a broader conversation about critical realism's contribution to understanding digital life. Register here: https://forms.gle/hGohMitRAqXTJA2L8 Dr Mark Carrigan FRSA Senior Lecturer in Education Manchester Institute of Education University of Manchester www.markcarrigan.net *I occasionally send e-mail outside of normal hours as my preferred way of balancing multiple commitments. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this e-mail until your own working hours have resumed. * *Latest book: *Platform & Agency - Becoming Who We Are <https://www.routledge.com/Platform-and-Agency-Becoming-Who-We-Are/Carrigan/…> *Latest paper*: Teacher agency and generative artificial intelligence <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439884.2025.2575993> *Latest chapter: *Generative AI and the next phase of the platform university <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003442264-9/generat…> *Latest guest blog: *A new academic year has begun, but UK universities are still struggling to respond to AI <https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/09/26/a-new-academic-ye…>

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RECORDING – Interoperability in AI Safety Governance Ethics, Regulations, and Standards
by Joly MacFie 30 Nov '25

30 Nov '25

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19892>*VIDEO <https://youtu.be/zbb36DOnaLI> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/isoc-uk-ai-interop/isoc-uk-ai-interop.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/144702230/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/isoc-uk-ai-interop> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19892>* On *28 November 202*5, the *Internet Society United Kingdom Chapter <https://internetsociety.uk/>* (ISOC UK) hosted a webinar ‘*Interoperability in AI Safety Governance Ethics, Regulations, and Standards <https://internetsociety.uk/interoperability-in-ai-safety-governance/>*‘. D*r. Yik Chan Chin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/yik-chan-chin-874174b/>*, Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University, and *David A. Raho <https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaraho/>*, PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, presented their collaborative policy report ‘*Interoperability in AI Safety Governance <https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10363/Interoperability_in_AI_Safety_G…>*‘, developed through the United Nations University Institute in Macau. This landmark study brings together perspectives from four jurisdictions, the UK, China, South Korea, and Singapore, to explore the ethical, legal, and technical dimensions of AI safety governance. This presentation not only shared the key findings of the global report , but also provided a deep dive into the UK’s role in shaping a governance ecosystem that is both globally informed and locally grounded. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Yik Chan Chin* – Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University *David A. Raho* – PhD researcher, Sheffield Hallam University *HOST* *Olivier Crépin-Leblond* – Internet Society United Kingdom Chapter -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Deadline extended (Jan 5): Playable Southeast Asia edited collection
by iskandar zulkarnain 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

Apologies for cross-posting! Due to several requests, we are extending the submission deadline for Playable Southeast Asia edited collection to January 5. Below is our call for contribution again. Best, Izul *Call for Contribution: * *Playable Southeast Asia: Gaming Cultures, Politics, and Aesthetics in a Multiethnic Region* edited volume Editors: Peichi Chung, Byron Fong, Iskandar Zulkarnain *Deadline for abstract and author bio: January 5, 2026* *Notification of abstract acceptance*: *February 1, 2026* *Deadline for full chapter*: *December 1, 2026* *Expected date of publication*: *2027* While video games have always been a global phenomenon, they have been received, played, and created differently in different regions and localities (Hjorth and Chan 2009; Huntemann and Aslinger 2013; Penix-Tadsen 2019). These differences add multiple levels of complexity to how we experience them. Games can be, and often are more than just an entertainment medium, capable of serving as a subversive means of self-expression under authoritarian regimes (Svelch 2018), or being converted into cultural currency for both game designers and players (Penix-Tadsen 2016). Games can also exist as platforms of ideological protest, representing voices from below (Mukherjee 2017), or can reveal the “upside/down” logics that have defined the Asia/America geopolitical relationship since the 19th century (Patterson and Fickle 2024). Especially important is how they can also be used as a lens to explore how nations struggle with the legacies of war, colonialism and religious strife that define part of the nation-building process (Kang, Yang, Mochocki, Majewski, and Schreiber 2024*)*. Yet, despite these valuable insights, much of the purportedly global focus of video game studies still emphasizes the experience of regions in the Global North and other conventionally prominent centers for the production and consumption of games, while largely omitting the experiences of the Global South from consideration. By following the path of scholars who focus on regions that have traditionally been underserved by dominant industry players, and thus aiming to rectify the broadly lacking examination of these regions by journalists and academics, this edited collection will focus on gaming cultures, politics, and aesthetics in Southeast Asia. As a region, Southeast Asia offers layered, vast levels of complexity. It is a geopolitical and economic construct deeply rooted within the history of global colonialism. It invites multiple approaches in its mapping and description. The region’s nuances are evident in its most prominent geopolitical construction, ASEAN, as an anti-communist bloc while also having two nominally communist countries in the region (Vietnam and Laos). There is mainland Southeast Asia and there is also maritime Southeast Asia. The southern region has a predominantly Muslim population and the northern region is predominantly Buddhist. Meanwhile, the Philippines and East Timor are the only predominantly catholic countries in the region. The region also has the largest number of Chinese diaspora in the world, mostly living in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. All these cultural connections and political configurations have shaped and are currently being shaped by the production, circulation, and consumption of video games both from within and outside the region. In terms of video game theory, for instance, a specific play practice in Southeast Asia–Balinese cockfight–contributes to the theoretical formulation of “gamic action” (Galloway 2006), even though it is somewhat underexplored. Furthermore, within the video game industry framework, there is a conscious effort–driven by data analytics–of “mythifying” Southeast Asia as “the world’s fastest growing game region” to attract foreign (i.e. western) investors, creating a depoliticized configuration of the region and flattening cultural and racial differences (Wong 2023). Meanwhile, in an effort to collectively re-imagine Southeast Asia’s regional identity through game art, some independent game studios in the region have adopted two types of approaches: following the production formula of global popular media to achieve “niche globality,” or presenting their version of “contested regionalism” (Chung 2016). In some cases, game developers and professional players in Southeast Asia also participate in the promotion of digital nationalism (Zulkarnain 2014; Jiwandono 2024). In this context, this edited collection aims to further study gaming practices in Southeast Asia that reflect and reshape cultural paradigms in local and regional settings while simultaneously attending to global gaming progression. Here, we want to frame the concept of “Southeast Asia as a method,” following the theoretical formulation of Kuan-Hsing Chen (2010), to emphasize the use of Southeast Asia as an imaginary anchoring point that allows for inter-referentiality between countries within and outside of the region in terms of their gaming cultural practices (e.g. E-sports, industry, indie games, streaming, etc). We are also interested in having a mix of contributions from scholars from the region (or in close proximity to the region, geographically and/or culturally) and perspectives from/interviews with people who are involved in Southeast Asian gaming cultures (e.g. game developers, studios, archivists, gaming communities, etc). Possible topics might include, but not limited to: - Early histories of video game cultures - Identity (e.g. national, gender, racial, sexual, religious) - “Asiatic” style or form in SEA games - Nostalgic aesthetic/themes in SEA games - Labor exploitation and unionization (or lack of) in SEA gaming industry - Historical and counterhistorical representation in SEA games - Inter-regional citation practice among indie or AAA game developers - Significance of paratextual elements in SEA games (e.g. streaming, game magazines, gaming clubs) - Cultural representations in SEA games (e.g. religious, linguistic, or national) - The roles of the state in SEA gaming cultures - Archival initiatives of SEA games - Decolonizing SEA in video games - Gaming platforms in Southeast Asian context - Video games as a heritage - Gaming preservation - E-sports cultures in SEA - Mobile gaming cultures - Video game bans by the state/state apparatuses Abstract submissions should comprise of: 1. Abstract (250-500 words) 2. Author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Submissions should be sent to *playablesea(a)gmail.com <playablesea(a)gmail.com>*. Abstract submissions will then undergo an internal editorial review process. Authors will be notified of the outcome as soon as reports are received. Chapter submissions should comprise of: 1. Full-length article (5000-9000 words), including references and a bibliography, or 2. Perspectives/Interviews (3000-5000 words) in English or translated 3. Final author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Feel free to send us questions regarding this proposed edited collection. *References:* Chen, Kuan-Hsing, *Asia as Method: Toward Deimperialization*, Duke UP (2010) Chung, Peichi, “The Globalization of Game Art in Southeast Asia,” in Hjorth, Larissa, and Olivia Khoo (Eds.), *Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia*, Routledge (2016) Galloway, Alexander, *Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture*, University of Minnesota Press (2006) Hjorth, Larissa, and Dean Chan (Eds.), *Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific*, Routledge (2009) Huntemann, Nina B., and Ben Aslinger (Eds.) *Gaming Globally: Production, Play, and Place*, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) Jiwandono, Haryo Pambuko, “Mobile Game Esports as an Indonesian National Identity,” in Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), *Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games*, Routledge (2024) Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), *Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games*, Routledge (2024) Mukherjee, Souvik, *Videogames and Postcolonialism: Empire Plays Back*, Palgrave Macmillan (2017) Patterson, Christopher B., *Open World Empire: Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games*, NYU Press (2020) Patterson, Christopher B., and Tara Fickle (Eds.), *Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us*, Duke UP (2024) Penix-Tadsen, Phillip, *Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America*, The MIT Press (2016) ___________ (Ed.), *Video Games and the Global South*, ETC Press/Carnegie Mellon University (2019) Švelch, Jaroslav, *Gaming the Iron Curtain*, The MIT Press (2018) Wong, K. T., “The Data-Driven Myth and the Deceptive Futurity of ‘The World’s Fastest Growing Games Region’: Selling the Southeast Asian Games Market via Game Analytics,” *Games and Culture*, Vol. 18(1), 2023: 42-61 Zulkarnain, Iskandar, “‘Playable’ Nationalism: *Nusantara Online* and the ‘Gamic’ Reconstructions of National History,” *SOJOURN*, Vol. 29(1), 2014: 31-62 -- Iskandar "Izul" Zulkarnain, Ph.D. (He/him) Assistant Professor of Media and Society Global Digital Media Hobart and William Smith Colleges Personal website: https://www.digitalperipheries.com/ "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" -- Iskandar "Izul" Zulkarnain, Ph.D. (He/him) Assistant Professor of Media and Society Global Digital Media Hobart and William Smith Colleges Personal website: https://www.digitalperipheries.com/ "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!"

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AAMAS 2026: Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award
by Announce 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

*** Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award *** The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026) May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IFAAMAS) in 2006 established an award to recognize publications in the autonomous agents and multiagent systems field that have made influential and long-lasting contributions. Candidates for this award are papers that have proved a key result, led to the development of a new subfield, demonstrated a significant new application or system, or simply presented a new way of thinking about a topic that has proved influential. A list of previous winners of this award appears at http://www.ifaamas.org/award-influential.html<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . This award is presented annually at the AAMAS Conference. Winning papers must have been published at least 10 years before the first day of the conference. Therefore, papers eligible for the 2026 award must have been published earlier than May 2016, and in a recognized scientific forum (e.g., journal, conference, or workshop). The criteria that will be considered in the selection for the award are: 1. Opened up new research line(s) within and even outside AAMAS; 2. Broad impact, e.g. started new fields, new conferences, new journals; 3. Broadly inspired the community; 4. Posed and/or solved an issue seen as fundamental to the field. To nominate a publication for this award, please send by December 10, 2025 the full reference plus a brief statement (200 words or fewer) arguing for the significance of the paper to the chair of the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award committee, Maria Gini (gini(a)umn.edu)

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Online Seminar Series of the Data Methods Initiative
by Marcel Garz 29 Nov '25

29 Nov '25

The Data Methods Initiative (https://datamethodsinitiative.org/) is a collaborative academic group committed to promoting the use of computational methods (e.g., deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision) in political science, communications, internet research, and other disciplines. Next talk: "Hierarchies of Meaning: Mapping the Semantic Architecture of Corporate Biodiversity Discourse" by Fredrik Svahn (University of Gothenburg) on December 3, 1:15 - 2:45 pm CET, on Zoom: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/67448948642 This introduces a methodological framework for constructing hierarchies of meaning within corporate biodiversity discourse. In this session, Fredrik examines how small semantic units can be grouped into coherent clusters, how those clusters form higher-level themes, and how these layers together reveal the architecture of firms' biodiversity talk across industries and time. The seminar discusses the value of multi-level semantic modeling for identifying underlying logics, such as the emphasis on metrics over governance, and for comparing emergent discourse patterns with the expectations set by frameworks like the TNFD. The focus is on what these computational steps make analytically visible and how they support research on sustainability communication, institutional dynamics, and digital trace data.

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The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Last Call for Posters and Demos
by Announce 28 Nov '25

28 Nov '25

*** Last Call for Posters and Demos *** The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the leading annual venue for researchers and practitioners to explore advancements at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). IUI submissions should address HCI challenges using machine intelligence and consider both computational and human- centric aspects. As AI becomes more integrated into everyday technology, understanding its role in meeting human needs is vital for developing effective and responsible systems. This conference fosters collaboration among experts from diverse fields to tackle significant issues in AI and HCI through discussions, workshops, and networking sessions. UI 2026 attracted a record number of submissions for the main conference (561 full paper submissions after an initial submission of 697 abstracts). Posters Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable last-minute ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions relevant to all conference topics. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full-length research paper at a refereed conference. The page limit for poster papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Submitting a draft poster along with your submission is not required, but is recommended. Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the poster session. Demos The demonstration track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Authors further need to submit a video (max. 5 mins) along with their demo paper to showcase their work. Accepted demo papers will be presented as interactive demonstrations at IUI and published in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the demo sessions. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission: December 21, 2025 • Decision notification: January 26, 2026 • Camera-ready submission: February 6, 2026 Topics The topics for the Posters and Demos are the same as for the main track. Submission Instructions Papers must be up to 4 pages (references do not count towards the page limit). Demo and poster submissions do not need to be anonymized. Submissions should follow the ACM Master Article Templates in a single-column format. We adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow. Please prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates: Word Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template. Authors are required to include a proper classification for the paper according to the ACM Classification System (CCS). Additional information on how to use it is available at: https://dl.acm.org/ccs<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . A video (up to 5 mins) is required for demo submissions. The video should showcase the system that will be demonstrated during the conference. Please follow the SIGCHI Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos (https://sigchi.org/resources/guides-for-authors/videos/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>). Please submit your demos and posters electronically to the Precision Conference Submission (PCS) Portal (https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>) by the paper deadlines. In PCS, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for Society, Conference, and Track, please select “SIGCHI”, “IUI 2026”, and “IUI 2026 Posters” or “IUI 2026 Demos”, respectively, and then press “Go”. Note: If the corresponding author (the individual who submits the paper, not necessarily the first author) is affiliated with a participating institution that has an open access agreement with ACM, the Article Processing Charges (APCs) will be waived for publishing the paper. Details are under “Publication and Open Access”. Accessibility Authors are asked to make their paper submissions accessible (so that reviewers with vision impairments can access them, for example). The authors of accepted papers will be required to make their final PDFs accessible. Please use the SIGCHI Guide to an Accessible Submission for detailed instructions. If you are submitting a video as supplemental material, please provide captions, as described in Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos. Please refer to the Accessibility page of the conference site for further details and guidelines. Usage of Generative AI All submissions must comply with the ACM policy on the usage of GenAI: the April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship and Frequently Asked Questions. Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Authors should include a “GenAI Usage Disclosure” section, right before the references, to provide full disclosure of all use of GenAI tools in all stages of the research (including the code and data) and the writing. This section, together with the references, will not be counted toward the word limit. While we do not anticipate using tools on a large scale to detect LLM-generated text, we will investigate submissions brought to our attention and desk reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked. Organisation General Chairs • Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel • Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Posters and Demos Chairs • Julia Sheidin, Braude College of Engineering, Israel • Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Ming Yin, Purdue University, USA

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