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CFP Asian Internet Histories (abstracts due 21 Feb, 2020)
by Gerard Goggin (Prof) 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

‘Asian Internet Histories’ - Call for papers (abstracts due 21 Feb, 2020) Special issue of the journal Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture & Society The future is history, as the great wisdom in many Asian cultures has long taught people the importance of looking backward in time for lessons, models, inspirations, and visions for the present and the future. This special issue provides a timely opportunity to showcase and reflect upon Asian Internet histories – both in their own right, but also as part of the wider emerging and maturing field of Internet histories and Internet and digital technology research. With its great diversity of places, society, languages, cultures, infrastructures, and economy, the Asian region contains roughly half of the world’s Internet users. Since the mid-twentieth century at least, the region prefigured and then incubated a wide range of forms of Internet technologies and associated digital cultures. Some of these Internet histories have been formulated, but many aspects of Asian Internet remain to be researched, documented and represented, theorized and enacted, considered, and debates. Accordingly, we welcome papers on a wide range of aspects of the histories of Asian Internets and digital cultures, including but not limited to: * Theories, concepts, and methods; * histories of particular Internet technologies or cultures in Asian location; * co-evolution of Asian languages, scripts, and Internet technology; * histories of Internet and digital technology policy and governance in Asia; * historiographies of Asian Internet or digital technology; * histories of mobile Internet and mobile apps in Asia; * studies of distinctively ‘Asian’ Internet technologies, formats, and cultures; * the long histories of Asian Internets and digital cultures; * new histories of Asian Internet; * Internet histories of particular groups, cultures, and social identities in Asia; * Asian Internet and social imaginaries. * Inter-Asian Internet and digital histories; * Asia as method and methods for/in Asia for Internet histories, including digital and computational methods; * analysis of the implications of Asian Internet histories for international and global discussions of Internet histories, forms, and futures. We especially welcome papers that explore neglected or new aspects of Internet in Asia, or studies of understudied countries, areas, and cultures in the region. Please send a 300-500 word abstract for consideration by 21 February 2020 to the special issue editors: * Gerard Goggin, Nanyang Technological University (gerard.goggin(a)ntu.edu.sg<mailto:gerard.goggin@ntu.edu.sg>); * Haiqing Yu, RMIT, Melbourne (haiqing.yu(a)rmit.edu.au<mailto:haiqing.yu@rmit.edu.au>); * Kwangsuk Lee, Seoul National University of Science & Technology (kslee(a)seoultech.ac.kr<mailto:kslee@seoultech.ac.kr>) Following notification of acceptance of abstract, full papers of 6000-8000 words will be due by Friday 3 July 2020 (with final revised papers, if accepted, due by 1 November 2020). For more information on the Internet Histories journal, and its style requirements, see: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rint20/current \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Dr Gerard Goggin<http://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/pages/StaffProfile.asp…>| FAHA Wee Kim Wee Professor of Communication Studies Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information<http://www.wkwsci.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/Home.aspx> Nanyang Technological University, Singapore e: gerard.goggin(a)ntu.edu.sg<mailto:gerard.goggin@ntu.edu.sg> publications via ORCiD<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-5309> ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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Digital Media Ethics, 3rd edition
by Charles M. Ess 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

Dear AoIR-ists, with the usual apologies for self-promotion - but since this book has grown up alongside AoIR over the past 10 years or so, I'm cautiously optimistic that at least some of you - including the many AoIRists who are acknowledged as contributing to both the earlier editions and now the revised 3rd, as well as innumerable colleagues over the years whose conference contributions and conversations have informed and made this text far better than it ever would have been otherwise - will be pleased and interested. == Digital Media Ethics, 3rd edition, is now available for pre-purchase: <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428> The original edition of this accessible and interdisciplinary textbook was the first to consider the ethical issues of digital media from a global, cross-cultural perspective. This third edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research and developments, including the rise of Big Data, AI, and the Internet of Things. The book’s case studies and pedagogical material have also been extensively revised and updated to include such watershed events as the Snowden revelations, #Gamergate, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, privacy policy developments, and the emerging Chinese Social Credit System. New sections include “Death Online,” “Slow/Fair Technology”, and material on sexbots. The “ethical toolkit” that introduces prevailing ethical theories and their applications to the central issues of privacy, copyright, pornography and violence, and the ethics of cross-cultural communication online, has likewise been revised and expanded. Each topic and theory are interwoven throughout the volume with detailed sets of questions, additional resources, and suggestions for further research and writing. Together, these enable readers to foster careful reflection upon, writing about, and discussion of these issues and their possible resolutions. Retaining its student- and classroom-friendly approach, Digital Media Ethics will continue to be the go-to textbook for anyone getting to grips with this important topic. == A thousand thanks again to countless AoIRists for your insights, contributions, and helpful critiques. best, - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Co-chair & Editor, Internet Research Ethics 3.0 <https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> Digital Media Ethics, 3rd edition, is now available from Polity: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428 Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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CFP: 24th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers - DS-RT 2020 24th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications http://www.ds-rt.com September 14-16, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic (*Pending) Sponsored by IEEE and ACM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important: Paper submission deadline: April 15th, 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** The Symposium *** The 2020 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2020) promises to be a grand affair and will take place in Prague, Czech Republic. DS-RT 2020 serves as a platform for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2020 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments, pervasive and ubiquitous application scenarios, motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2020 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. *** Call for Papers *** DS-RT provides an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, research students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very encouraged. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: - Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (e.g., Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web, Grid and cloud based Simulation, hardware-software co-design for extreme scale simulations) - Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Constraints - Advanced modelling techniques (reuse of models, new modelling languages, agent-based M&S, and spatial M&S) - Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) - Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (e.g. Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) - Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems) - Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations (e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies DIS, HLA/RTI studies) - Algorithms and methods for parallel or distributed simulation (synchronization, scheduling, memory management, and load balancing) - Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositories that address Very Large Simulations - Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modelling, Multi-resolution Modelling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints - Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (e.g. Interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments) - Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Shared Interaction Spaces, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, 3D Video and Acoustic Reconstruction, Shared Object Manipulation - Serious Gaming and Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) applications, architectures and scalability issues - Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modelling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning, Scientific Visualization, High-End Computer Graphics) - Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Commuter Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems - Media Convergence (e.g. New Technologies, Media Theory, Real-Time considerations of Multi Modality, etc.) - Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, etc.) - Technologies for Living Labs (e.g. Mirror World Simulation, Interoperability, Large Scale Multi Sensor Networks, Global Wireless Communication, Multi Stakeholder Understanding and Innovation) - Environmental and Emerging Simulation Challenges (e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Air Traffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Smart Cities, Disaster Planning, etc.) - Advanced Simulation Studies and Technologies (e.g. Discrete event, continuous Simulation, etc.) - Cognitive Modelling and Simulation, Artificial Intelligence in Simulation, and Neural Network Models and Simulation - Service-oriented Computing and Simulation, Web-based Modelling and Simulation, and Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems - Modeling and Virtual Evaluation of Distributed Systems through Simulation, Resilience Network Evaluation in Distributed Systems through Simulation, Models and Simulation Environments for Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems Evaluation - Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices - Smart Network Design and Traffic Modelling - Haptic-audio-visual System and applications - Medical and surgical simulation based Systems - Human-computer interaction in virtual reality environment Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a prestigious international journal *** Important Dates Full Papers *** Paper Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2020 Notification of Acceptance: June 1st, 2020 Camera Ready version due: TBA Symposium presentation: September 14-16, 2020 *** Call for Posters/Demos/Industrial Case Studies *** The 24th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2020) also solicits posters and technical demonstrations that report on recent original results, ongoing research or industrial case studies in the area of distributed simulation and real time applications. *** Important Dates Posters/Demos/Industrial Case Studies *** Paper submission deadline: May 5th, 2020 Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2020 Camera-ready deadline: TBA *** Submission *** Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All paper should be submitted using the following < http://edas.info/N26936 >. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE-CS press. General information regarding submission can be found at http://ds-rt.com/2020 Questions from authors may be directed to the Program Co-Chairs. IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY *** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*** General Chair: Miroslav Voznak, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Program Co-Chairs: Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy Carlos Tavares Calafate, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Special Session Chair: Rodolfo W. L. Coutinho, Concordia University, Canada Local Organization Chair Robert Bestak, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Posters/Demos Chair: Gokhan Ilk, Ankara University, Turkey Publicity Co-Chairs: Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, Mexico Mirela Sechi Notare, University of Technology in Fly Transportation, Brazil Publication/Proceedings Chair: Dusan Maga , Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Web Chair: Noura Aljeri, University of Ottawa, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE>

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new funding for our PhD program next year--can you share the news?
by Patricia Aufderheide 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

Our PhD program has just been allocated several more full-funded lines for PhD students in 2020-21, and we've reopened applications (american.edu/soc/admissions/graduate-apply.cfm) With stellar scholars such as Laura DeNardis, Aram Sinnreich, Saif Shahin, Filippo Trevisan, Ericka Menchen-Trevino and others, the program focuses on the intersection of media, technology and democracy. Our latest PhDs did theses on global inequality in internet exchange points, commercial uses of country-level domain names, Turkish government censorship and social media, and protest movements in India around India's digital identity card. Can you spread the word? We're grateful! And excited about the generous windfall. Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication PhD Program Director Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Refugees and Digital Work (10 Jan)
by HACKL Andreas 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

Dear colleagues, As a reminder, please consider submitting an article proposal for the following special issue: Special Issue on Refugees and Digital Work Aimed at: Development and Change Digital transformations are currently reshaping labour markets and employment opportunities around the world. Some suggest that online work platforms and the so-called 'gig economy' are now planetary in scope, promising access to work for anyone with an internet connection and some skills. However, to what extent does that hold true for the world's refugees? Parallel to this spread of digital opportunities, refugee self-reliance has now become one of the leading mantras in global refugee governance and international development. A plethora of programmes and initiatives have therefore tapped into a pool of digital opportunities for livelihood provision and skills training among displaced persons and host communities. However, their scope, methods, and outcomes remain underexplored in both academia and policy. This special issue will explore the diverse implications of this transformation on refugees, who often face severe restrictions to economic activity, financial inclusion, and a limited right to work. Particular consideration will be given to critical contributions that are rooted in empirical research and offer insights linking important debates in the international development literature on refugee economies, livelihoods, and digital work. Articles might address one of the following questions: What do particular case studies tell us about the unique relationship between forced displacement and digital economies? How does the inclusion of refugees, and a perspective grounded in their experience, change established views on digital economies and the future of decent work? How do digital economies reshape the role of work within increasingly prolonged conditions of forced displacement? What are the risks and opportunities of digital work for refugees? Other themes articles might address may include the following: * Digital refugee livelihoods and the decent work agenda * Digital skills training or remote job-mentoring * Freelancing and online entrepreneurialism * Working conditions and social protection * Informal means of digital work (e.g. social media platforms) * Refugees' involvement in the informal or illicit digital economy * Gender dimensions of digital work * Barriers to digital access and/or financial inclusion * The interaction between host country legal and social environments and digital economies These questions and issues are for guidance only and should not be considered exclusive of other important themes. Deadlines If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please submit the following to the issue editors by Friday, January 10, 2020: * A 500-750 word abstract including main research question, details on the empirical research, theoretical contribution, research methods, main findings, and conclusions * Author CV Tentative deadline for full-length articles: May 2020 Special issue editors: Dr Andreas Hackl, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh Andreas.hackl(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:Andreas.hackl@ed.ac.uk> Dr Evan Easton-Calabria, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Evan.easton-calabria(a)qeh.ox.ac.uk<mailto:Evan.easton-calabria@qeh.ox.ac.uk> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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by Dana Nuseibeh 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

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UMAP 2020 - Fourth call for papers
by Oghenemaro Anuyah 05 Jan '20

05 Jan '20

============================ Call for Papers - 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/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 31, 2020 (mandatory) Papers due: February 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 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 in any area; the conference web site provides a detailed (but not proscriptive) list of topics and sub-topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2020 is “Responsible Personalization,” submissions in all areas that emphasize ethical dimensions of personalized systems are welcome. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ For details, see the conference website (https://www.um.org/umap2020/) * Personalized Recommender Systems * Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web * Intelligent User Interfaces * Personalized Social Web * Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning * Privacy, Fairness, and Transparency * Personalized Health * User Modeling and Personalization Applications * Theory, Opinion, Reflection SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2020 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 that receive high scores and are considered promising by reviewers, but didn’t make the acceptance cut may be revised and resubmitted as posters. Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. 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 to students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 31, 2020 (mandatory) Full paper: February 7, 2020 Notification: March 27, 2020 Camera-ready: May 3, 2020 Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa Ilaria Torre, University of Genoa Program chairs Robin Burke, University of Colorado, Boulder Cristina Gena, University of Turin RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters, and Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements. 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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Job Posting: Assistant Professor Business Communication (Organizational Communication)
by Adil AL-Busaidi 05 Jan '20

05 Jan '20

Dear colleagues, *Ref: Job Vacancy at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. College of Economics and Political Science For the academic year 2020-2021 At the Assistant Professor level in the Business Communication Unit* Sultan Qaboos University, the national university of the Sultanate of Oman, provides, through its nine colleges and other units, a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs, research and outreach services. The University is located in the capital area and close to excellent international schools and unique natural recreational areas. Apart from an attractive competitive tax-free salary, SQU offers free furnished accommodation, free medical care including access to hospital and a family clinic on campus, excellent recreational facilities on campus, end of service gratuity, subsidized schooling for up to two children (conditions apply), 60 days’ annual leave with return tickets, up to 28 days’ research leave (conditions apply), an initial two-year contract followed by rolling three-year contracts. SQU is one of the top 500 universities in the world, one of the best in the Arabian Gulf and the top university in Oman. Visit *http://www.squ.edu.om/ <http://www.squ.edu.om/>* and *https://www.squ.edu.om/ceps/About-CEPS/CEPS-Vacancies <https://www.squ.edu.om/ceps/About-CEPS/CEPS-Vacancies>* for more information. SQU is strongly committed to equity and diversity and seeks a broad spectrum of candidates in terms of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age and disability status. *Position Requirements: Business Communication Unit* The Business Communication Unit within the College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University invites qualified candidates to apply for the positions. The position requires: - Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Communication Studies or related field, from an internationally recognized university - Candidates should have an established record of successful grant applications and peer-reviewed research publications in any field of communication studies. - Candidates should have Significant experience in teaching, particularly developing courses and supervising students. - Candidates should be able to develop and teach courses in Business Communication, Corporate Communication and other areas related to his/her expertise including introductory and advanced courses - Candidates should be able to supervise undergraduate and post-graduate students - Candidates should develop a research program in Communication Studies and other areas related to his/her expertise. The candidate is expected to work as part of an inter-disciplinary research team and to conduct joint research in his/her field nationally and internationally. - Provide community service including participation in committees at different levels, - Candidates should be active researchers in their area of specialization and intellectually engaged in their discipline - Candidates should also have the necessary practical computing skills in their areas of expertise. - Candidates should be participating members of the university, professional and local communities, conducting workshops, technical training, public presentations etc. *Application:* Applications must include: 1. *Online form link*: *https://forms.gle/aKvieioyv2HPdet3A <https://forms.gle/aKvieioyv2HPdet3A>* 2. Cover letter 3. Current Curriculum Vitae 4. Statement of research interests 5. Philosophy of teaching 6. Teaching evaluations (if available), (2, 3, 4 and 5 should be in one file) 7. Three letters of recommendation (will be asked later for short-listed applicants) 8. Copies of all degree and experience certificates 9. Job application must be received no later than 29th Feb, 2019. *To apply, please complete online form and send your application with all the above documents to: * jobsbcom(a)squ.edu.om -- ----------------------------- Adil Al-Busaidi, PhD Director of Research & Innovation, Oman Smart City Platform Assistant Professor of Measurement, Research Methods & Organizational Communication College of Economics and Political Science Sultan Qaboos University P.O.Box 20 Al-Khoud 123 Sultanate of Oman Tel. (968) 24142988 Fax. (968) 24414043 Email: abusaid(a)squ.edu.om Email: abusaid(a)squ.edu.om

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12 Streams #10 – Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2019
by Joly MacFie 05 Jan '20

05 Jan '20

This was just one of a number of regional community connectivity summits that the Internet Society convened around the Globe in 2019. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Saturday January 4 2020, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the 10th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature a number of presentations from the 2019 Indigenous Connectivity Summit, held on 13-13" *[image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ics19>* [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ics19>Today, *Saturday January 4 2020*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC) in the 10th installment of the *Internet Society Livestreaming <https://isoc.live/>*‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams*‘ annual highlights, we feature a number of presentations from the *2019 Indigenous Connectivity Summit <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/2019/>*, held on 13-13 November, 2019 in Hale‘ōlelo, Hawaii. Speakers include *Edward McNair*, NANOG, *Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele*, Head of State, Independent & Sovereign Nation State of Hawaiʻi: *Geoffrey Blackwell*, AMERIND Risk; *Matt Rantanen*, Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association; *Chief Leroy Denny*, Eskasoni First Nation; *Danae Wilson*, Nez Perce; *Madeleine Redfern*, Mayor, Iqaluit, Nunavut; *Linnea Dick* and *Joshua Watts*, We Matter; *Denise Williams*, First Nations Technology Council; *Brian Howard*, Research and Policy Analyst, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University; *Chris Ritzo*, MLab; and *May Lynn Lee*, Cybera*.* *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ics19 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ics19>* *ORIGINAL STREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/2019ics <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/2019ics>* *TWITTER: #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J> # <http://bit.ly/39D01mw>2019ICS* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11669/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Histories of Computing in Asia: First Call for Papers
by Christopher Leslie 04 Jan '20

04 Jan '20

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the next IFIP Working Group 9.7 workshop will be held in China at the end of the year. If you’re interested in submitting a paper, attending the workshop, or volunteering as a peer reviewer, let us know at http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/ <http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/> Please feel free to forward this announcement. Sincerely, Chris Leslie ++++++ HISTORIES OF COMPUTING IN ASIA 4 TO 8 DECEMBER 2020 SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY GUANGZHOU The next meeting of IFIP’s Working Group 9.7 will be hosted by the South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Guangzhou, China, from 4 to 8 December 2020. This workshop will bring together international and Chinese academic researchers, public historians, and industry professionals who are interested in the history of computing. THEMES The theme of conference will be histories of computing in Asia, with a particular emphasis on contextualizing China’s success in computing. The program committee will consider any paper in line with this theme, but we are particularly interested in topics such as: China, Asia, and Beyond. The rapid rise of Chinese computing: electronic computing and the three phases of Chinese manufacturing: introduction, digestion, re-innovation computing innovations by Chinese professionals, both within the PRC and by overseas Chinese in other countries antecedents to business models like the sharing economy, e-payments, and online shopping that led to success for Alibaba, Tencent, and others computing in the Asian republics of the former USSR (such as Kazakhstan) Internationalism. Frameworks that foster multinational cooperation and innovation: computing on the silk road, and along the modern belt and road standards, protocols, and diplomacy machine translation, global English, and language plurality Science and Technology Studies. History and philosophy of technology, from east to west: theoretical and ideological responses to computing case studies of equitable technological development insights from feminist, masculinity, and gender studies linguistic analysis in the history of computing, computing’s contributions to linguistics Pedagogy. Teaching the history of computing in or about Asia to: engineering students business, humanities, and social science students high school students employees or the general public Public History and Imagination. Remembering and presenting histories of computing: images of computing in literature, film, and television computing in/with/for the arts and humanities preserving and presenting the history of computing inside and outside of Asia REVIEW PROCESS Academic and amateur historians, computing and informatics professionals, archivists, and museum curators are welcome to submit papers for this workshop. Following our typical practice, we will ask for full papers for anonymous peer review by a program committee. If you would like preliminary feedback on the suitability of your project, you may submit an extended abstract in advance. Use the form at http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/ <http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/> to receive additional instructions. Accepted papers must be revised according to the comments of the peer reviewers. In order to provide for a lively discussion at the workshop, we will distribute draft papers to participants in advance. After the workshop, authors will have the chance to incorporate feedback from the audience before submitting their final papers for consideration of the edited volume of selected papers for the proceedings volume. The official language of the workshop and the printed proceedings is English. IMPORTANT DATES 22 March 2020: Deadline for optional review of extended abstracts (1000–2000 words and bibliography) for review by the Program Committee 1 May 2020: Draft paper submissions open on workshop website 1 June 2020: Deadline to submit draft papers for consideration by Program Committee 1 September 2020: Comments from Program Committee, decisions, and invitations sent to authors 4 November 2020: Collection of papers, revised based on reviewer comments using Springer template, for distribution to workshop participants 4 December 2020: Participants arrive in Guangzhou, China 13 January 2021: Revised papers due for consideration in proceedings volume For instructions on how to submit your extended abstract or draft paper, please fill out the form at http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/ <http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/> Enquires in advance of your submission may be addressed to the chair of the working group, Christopher Leslie, at <chrisleslienyc(a)hotmail.com <mailto:chrisleslienyc@hotmail.com>>. ORGANIZER The International Federation of Information Technology (IFIP), established in 1960, consists of fourteen technical committees (TCs) dedicated to information and communication technologies and sciences. Most are technical in nature. Technical Committee 9 (TC 9), however, is dedicated to the intersection of information communication technology (ICT) and society. Working Group 9.7 focuses on the history of computing and seeks to support effective teaching, academic research, and public histories. History of computing is a broad term that can include such topics as pre-digital (analog) computers. For more information and a list of our previous workshops, see our website: http://ifipwg97.org/ <http://ifipwg97.org/> VENUE SCUT (https://www.scut.edu.cn/en/ <https://www.scut.edu.cn/en/>) is a comprehensive research university with a specialization in engineering. Located in China’s third-largest city, the university is easily accessible by Baiyun International Airport as well as high-speed rail. As a major transportation hub, Guangzhou is less than two hours away by train from Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is also less than three hours away by airplane from many cities in the region, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hanoi, Bangkok, Taipei, Manila. Guangzhou is capital of Guangdong province, which is famous for the many emigrants who brought Chinese culture to the rest of the world, and visitors can enjoy learning about 2,500 years of history here. Guangdong province is also the tech capital of China, where many internet and new media companies (such as Tencent) are located. In this way, Guangzhou offers visitors a glimpse into China’s future as well as its past. --- Christopher Leslie Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing Lecturer, South China University of Technology

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