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RACI Deadline End of Week!
by Gergana Petrova 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, This is the final reminder about the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI). The deadline to apply is end of this week - 9 February. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. To apply submit a short abstract and draft slides via: https://www.ripe.net/raci -------- Meetings -------- - RIPE NCC Day (29 April, Tashkent) - RIPE 80 (11-15 May, Berlin) - ENOG 17 (8-9 June, Moscow) At ENOG 17 and the RIPE NCC Day in Tashkent you can present in either Russian or English. --------------------------- Examples of relevant topics --------------------------- - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things ------------------------------------------------- Get the latest news on RACI and Internet research ------------------------------------------------- - Subscribe to the RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list - Join our group on LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a lovely day! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC @_GeriPetrova

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Fwd: 2020 Summer School for Designing Technology for Social Impact
by Palashi Vaghela 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Please see the announcement below, might be of relevance to your audience. Request to forward on your listserv if possible. -- *Palashi* she/her PhD Student, Information Science, Cornell University infosci.cornell.edu | palashi.github.io 219 Gates Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Hello all, I am happy to report that we are once again running the Cornell Summer School for Designing Technology for Social Impact this coming June. This is a one-week research training and cohort-building event targeted towards PhD and PhD-bound students from across the US and Canada who come from racially and ethnically underrepresented backgrounds and who are interested in issues around the societal implications of technology. All costs of the summer school are included in admission. You can find out more about the summer school here: https://impact.infosci.cornell.edu/ Applications are short and are due Feb 7. Please feel free to apply, or to forward this to others who you think would be interested. Best wishes, Phoebe --- Phoebe Sengers Associate Professor Information Science / Science & Technology Studies Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14850 USA phoebe.sengers(a)cornell.edu

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Seeking Participants for Instagram Panel
by Plothe, Theo 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, After the success of last year's Instagram panel that so many esteemed colleagues joined me for, I would like to continue my investigation of the app, and I am again seeking participants for a panel on Instagram. Instagram portends to show glimpses of life as it happens, but with filters, influencers, and posed pictures that belie identity performance, does it really? Thus for AoIR 2020 in Dublin, I am looking for panelists who align closely with the conference theme, life, but that is not to say this is the only rubric for inclusion in the panel. If you research Instagram and are interested in joining this panel, please reply off-list with a 250-word abstract of your study by February 17 at 5 pm GMT-5 to my email address at plothet(a)savannahstate.edu<mailto:plothet@savannahstate.edu>. I'll contact you by February 19 in order for us to move forward with selected panelists. Thanks for your attention and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Theo Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University

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Interest in #AoIR2020 panel on mental ill-health and internet research
by Natalie Hendry 02 Feb '20

02 Feb '20

Hello AOIR list, I’d love to collaborate with others for #AoIR2020 on a panel or another submission type related to digital/internet research about mental ill-health (mental illness, mental disorders, psychiatric illness etc.). The panel/other format could explore how mental health challenges are experienced, understood, medicalised, datafied, commercialised etc. through digital technologies/internet life, and vice versa. (Realising that the concept of mental illness varies in different locations, cultures, communities, histories and politics, and is tied to (ongoing) discrimination and violence.) It would be great to brainstorm ideas with other internet researchers with lived experience or working from perspectives informed by cultural studies, critical psychology, madness studies etc. If this might fit your work, please let me know. Best to email me directly natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com (especially if you want to double check that your response is not sent to the whole AoIR list). With thanks Natalie *Natalie Hendry (PhD)* *Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia* -- *Natalie Hendry* *natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com <natalie.hendry(a)gmail.com>* skype: natalie.hendry *Q: Why is this email three sentences or less?A: http://three.sentenc.es <http://three.sentenc.es>*

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Final Joint Call for Tutorials, DC, Posters and Demos (extension deadline!)
by Announce Announcements 02 Feb '20

02 Feb '20

*** Final Joint Call for Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters and Demos *** 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020) Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submission deadline: February 21, 2020 (AoE) (extended!) (Proceedings to be published by Springer) RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ): · Information Systems and their Engineering · User-Oriented Approaches · Data and Information Management · Business Process Management · Domain-specific IS Engineering · Data Science · Information Infrastructures · Reflective Research and Practice IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS · Submission deadline for all paper types: February 21, 2020 (AoE) (extended!) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Conference: May 20-22, 2020 TUTORIALS Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers. Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity. The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees' conference fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them. Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ). Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ), where you choose "RCIS2020 Tutorials". Instructions on the structure of a tutorial proposal can be found online: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Tutorial Chairs · Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium · Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The RCIS 2020 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and widen their network of contacts. The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives: · Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. · Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future research directions. · Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research and networking. · Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers. Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the online call: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose "RCIS2020 Doctoral Consortium". Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom · Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands POSTERS AND DEMOS The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions: · Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe completed work, they should report on research for which at least some preliminary results are available. · Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas. Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… ) including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6 pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose "RCIS2020 Posters & Demos". More details on the submission and presentation format is online: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Posters & Demos Chairs · Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France · Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden · Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands

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2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in AI and Sustainable Development, 3-year each, University of Oxford
by Luciano Floridi 01 Feb '20

01 Feb '20

Dear All, please share with any potentially interested candidate: 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in AI and Sustainable Development, 3-year each, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford to conduct research into how AI has been and can be used to support and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Philosophers, social and computer scientists very welcome to apply. For more information and how to apply please visit: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/work-us/postdoctoral-research-… <https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/work-us/postdoctoral-research-…> Best regards, Luciano _______________________________________ PA Danuta Farah | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287015 | @Floridi Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Professorial Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford Turing Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics Group The Alan Turing Institute, London

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Nonhuman Vision: How Technologies and Animals See and Make Sense
by Adam Fish 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Dear Colleagues, We invite papers for our 4S panel, Nonhuman Vision: How Technologies and Animals See and Make Sense. Please submit your abstract by February 29 to: https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/call-for-papers-and-panels/ Yours, Adam Fish, Michael Richardson, Edgar Gomez Cruz, University of New South Wales *Nonhuman Vision: How Technologies and Animals See and Make Sense* Seeing—and the sense making that follows—is usually conceived as something humans alone do. Anthropocentric vision has been radically decentered by both computer vision and by multispecies ontologies, even if all-too-human biases stain the former and the latter is anything but surprising to indigenous people. And yet nonhuman vision remains under-examined and under-theorised in disciplines cognate to STS, where image and sense-making often remain the privilege of the human. This panel offers a corrective by advancing vivid case studies in non-human vision that center technologies and animals as agents of meaning-making. >From analogue photography to computer vision, technologies of vision see in nonhuman ways (Mackenzie and Munster 2019, Zylinska 2017). Photons are processed into computer readable code, filtered by algorithms, and correlated by machine learning to build so-called artificial intelligence. Animals, too, can see beyond, differently, and better than RGB, the human visual light spectrum (Barad 2007). While the chasm separating human vision from other animal vision is vast, efforts towards remembering and forging inter-species companionship are essential to responding to the species extinction and climate crisis (Haraway 2016). Seeing as non-human–technological or animal–uniquely challenges key concepts in media studies: who or what makes sense of symbols. Across the assembled papers, this panel explores some of the crucial technical, affective, multi-species and multi-modal ways in which nonhuman vision figures in the contemporary moment. In doing so, it brings expertise in STS, new materialism, visual culture, media arts, and cultural studies to the study of communication and technology. Collectively, we question the politics of vision: who or what sees who? What, how, and when? What or who can avoid being seen, provide consent, and avoid the gaze? Awareness of how vision technologies and non-human animals see and sense–or avoid such efforts–in uncanny and alien ways not only challenges but should transform human relationships to others, both technical and animal. *Contact: **mediacultures(a)protonmail.ch <mediacultures(a)protonmail.ch>* *Keywords:* vision, animal, drone, visual, seeing, gaze *Categories: *Environmental/Multispecies Studies Information, Computing and Media Technology STS and Social Justice/Social How to apply: https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/call-for-papers-and-panels/

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Interest in AoIR2020 submission on industry-academia data sharing?
by Zimmer, Michael 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Hi all - I'm brainstorming some kind of session at #AoIR2020 on the challenges of data sharing between industry and academia. This has lots of flavors, but includes issues related to changes in APIs that might limit researchers' access to data, attempts to formalize data sharing through arrangements like Social Science One, or researchers deciding to just hack & scrape their way to data. What might a session at #AoIR2020 on this topic look like, and what would be helpful for the community? I can envision a workshop on the topic, or just a roundtable session discussing it. I can envision having researchers and industry folks both there. But what makes sense? Anyone interested in exploring this with me? Please send me an email at michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu and let's brainstorm how to put a submission together. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu www.michaelzimmer.org @michaelzimmer

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WEBCAST TODAY: Data as a Development Issue #digitaltrade @DataGovHub
by Joly MacFie 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

This is under way. It is the second in the series, first is here <https://isoc.live/11474/>. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday, January 31, 2020 from 9am - 5pm ET (14:00-22-00 UTC) the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub (GWU), the Center for Global Development, the Heinrich Böll Foundation of Washington, D.C. and the Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP " [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade2>On *Friday, January 31, 2020* from *9am - 5pm* ET (14:00-22-00 UTC) the *Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub <https://datagovhub.org/>* (GWU), the *Center for Global Development <https://www.cgdev.org/>*, the *Heinrich Böll Foundation of Washington, D.C. <https://us.boell.org/>* and the *Institute for International Economic Policy <https://iiep.gwu.edu/>* (IIEP GWU) present *Data as a Development Issue <https://datagovhub.org/data-as-a-development-issue/>* at the Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC. We are in the early phase of debating how governments should prepare for and manage the growing role of data in their economies and there is a limited consensus on best approaches. The aim of this free conference is to improve our shared understanding of the role of data governance for economic growth and development. The event is sponsored by *GW CIBER <https://business.gwu.edu/research/ciber>* and will be webcast live by the *Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <http://isoc-dc.org>*. *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade2 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade2>* *AGENDA https://datagovhub.org/data-as-a-development-issue/ <https://datagovhub.org/data-as-a-development-issue/>* *TWITTER #digitaltrade @DataGovHub <http://bit.ly/35Ym97K> * *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11749/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Wikimedia in Education UK Summit
by Daniel Villar-Onrubia 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Dear All The Wikimedia in Education UK Summit 2020 will be taking place on the 26th of Feb at Coventry University. The event aims to share experiences from Wikimedia’s use in teaching, learning and assessment. It is a chance to learn more about the role of Wikipedia (and other sister projects such as Wikidata or Wikimedia Commons) in education and to reflect on current pedagogical practice. The keynotes will be delivered by Prof. Allison Littlejohn (Director of UCL Knowledge Lab) and Lorna Campbell (Senior Service Manager – Learning Technology, University of Edinburgh). The programme of sessions include presentations by experienced practitioners on the use of Wikipedia and its sister projects in higher education, research insights, hands-on workshops and unconference-style sessions. Full programme: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/Events/Wikimedia_in_Education You can now register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-in-education-uk-summit-tickets-839… Tickets are £30 for waged attendees and £10 for unwaged. A hot lunch, reception snacks and break-time refreshments are included in the price of the ticket. Hope this is of interest to many of you. Dr Daniel Villar-Onrubia SFHEA Co-Chair of the OER20 Conference Principal Innovation Lead Disruptive Media Learning Lab Coventry University

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