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2019-06-30 | CfP - International Congress on Applied Informatics, Madrid, 7-9 Nov
Building Up a Global Sustainable Information Society The information technologies have shown an ever growing capacity to perform operations we could not even dream of some decades ago. During this time, we have witnessed a constant growth of the interconnectivity of agents in a thriving global network in which the algorithmic capacity of the nodes and the intensity of the interaction have continuously increased. As a consequence, this global network evolves as an ecosystem in which our lives are more and more immersed, and our destinies are increasingly entangled, as it happens with the lives of the organisms evolving in a dense ecosystem. The question is whether the conditions of this global life are given to evolve towards a sustainable future. Namely a future in which the needs of the so called information society can be attended, a sustainable future without exclusion and oppression, a sustainable future in which it is not taken from nature more than what is given back. The design, development and implementation of the information technologies has a profound consequence on these dynamics. The technological development is not an end in itself, it has to prove its applicability in the solution of human needs, in the building up of a sustainable information society at a global scale. Under this broad focus, we call for contributions to the next edition of the International Congress on Applied Informatics to be held in Madrid, next November (ICAI-2019, http://icai.itiud.org/). Aware of the multifarious tasks to be accomplished in the endeavour of building up a global sustainable information society, ranging from artificial intelligence to information ethics, from bioinformatics to education, from data science to co-creation of knowledge… ICAI aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in the broad-spectrum of topics referred bellow. Submitted papers, to be published in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (Springer, with JCR and Scopus indexing), should be related to one or more of the ICAI’s topics:
Important Dates
Submission Guidelines Authors must submit an original full paper (12 to 15 pages using the template) that has not previously been published. All contributions must be written in English. Authors should consult Springer's authors' guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for MSWord, for the preparation of their papers: http://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each accepted paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form, through which the copyright for their paper is transferred to Springer. Besides the proceedings in CCIS, other publication venues are previewed, as several special issues in peer-reviewed indexed journals and book-series for extended versions of selected papers. Further Information Visit congress website: http://icai.itiud.org/ |
2018-04-5/6 | 10th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management
10th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management The international group “Emergent systems, information and society” invites you to join the following Workshop at the S-BPM ONE 2018, 10th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management from April 5-6, 2018 at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
2017-04-5/7 | International Conference on Monitoring, Decision-making and Information Technology
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2017-11-30 | Call for papers: Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies
http://libraryjuicepress.com/journals/index.php/jclis/announcement/view/3 Call for Papers: Information/Control - Control in the Age of Post Truth
ISSN: 2572-1364 |
2016-04-18 | Call for papers: Autopoiesis Perspective on Information, Communication and Social Systems (APICSS'2016)
Autopoiesis Perspective on Information, Communication and Social Systems (APICSS'2016) September 11-14, 2016 that will be held in the city of Gdansk, Poland. The workshop is organized in conjunction with Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems FedCSIS'2016 (http://www.fedcsis.org).
Deadline for Paper Submission: April 18, 2016. Please visit: https://fedcsis.org/2016/apicss for workshop and submission details.
Conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers and posted at the conference WWW site. Conference proceedings will be indexed in BazEkon and submitted for indexation in: Thomson Reuters - Conference Proceedings Citation Index, SciVerse Scopus, Inspec, Index Copernicus, DBLP Computer Science Bibliography and Google Scholar.
The main scope of the workshop is to present the latest advances of autopoietic systems in heterogeneous fields. The workshop would cover the whole range of theoretical and practical aspects, technologies and systems, and its aim is to bring together specialists to exchange ideas and promote fruitful discussions on:
· self-organizing into desirable structure and patterns; · self-configuration following high level specification; · self-optimization to adapt to changing environment without direct human input; · self-healing to recover from faults; · self-protection against malicious attacks.
Therefore, taking into account the theories on autopoiesis, a discussion between researchers from all disciplines is expected. This includes formal, cognitive, engineering and philosophical aspects of autopoiesis. The topics and areas include, but are not limited to: Self-adaptive and self-organizing Information Systems: · auto-configuration, · viable systems, · adaptability, learning and self-production of information systems, · QoS (Quality of Service) for self-producting systems, · self-organizing geographic connectivity maps, · self-organizing artificial intelligence. · self-tuning databases. Self-adaptive and self-organizing Communication Systems: · evolutionary networks, · interacting autonomous systems, · self-maintained networks, · self-organizing data visualization, · policy-based self-management. Self-adaptive and self-organizing Social Systems: · virtual organizations, · socio-economic cybernetics, · self-organizing social networks.
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2016-06-01 | Symmetry Festival 2016
The World Largest Multidisciplinary Conference & Art Festival in Symmetry Studies Organized by SYMMETRION, under the auspices of the International Symmetry Association www.symmetry.hu |
2015-11-29 | Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy : Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh
Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy : Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh CALL FOR APPLICATIONS At the University of Vienna (15 faculties, 4 centres, about 188 fields of study, approx. 9.700 members of staff, more than 92.000 students) the position of a University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy is vacant. Identification number of advertisement: 6184 The advertised position is situated in the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. The Department is large (by international comparison) and its members have a considerable variety of areas of competence. This motivates both the duty to offer a teaching programme that spans the full breadth of the discipline, and the intention to satisfy high standards of research performance. The Department attaches great value to the core areas of philosophy, but it also has the aim to contribute to the philosophical discussion of current problems in philosophy. The intention to acknowledge new philosophical developments and tasks is reflected in the number of co-operations and research fields of the department. Duration of contract: 6 years. Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week Occupation group in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) On top of this relevant chargeable work experience determines the assessment to a particular salary grade. Areas of work: The successful candidate will actively participate in research, teaching and administration at the Department of Philosophy in the field of Philosophy of Media and Technology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh). Working closely with Univ.-Prof. Coeckelbergh, she or he will pursue research in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology, philosophy of artificial intelligence and robot ethics, and in the fields of digital media, technology and enhancement, developped by Mark Coeckelbergh. The main outcome is to produce a publishable "Habilitation" in the field of philosophy of technology. It is also expected, that the university assistant postdoc will (1) publish articles in international journals in the area of philosophy of technology and related areas - alone or in collaboration with Prof. Coeckelbergh, (2) participate in acquisition of third party funding, (3) participate in organization of workshops, conferences etc. related to the Chair. Teaching load to the extent regulated by the collective bargaining agreement. Profile: To be successful, applicants must fulfil the following conditions: - PhD in philosophy, - high command of written and oral English, good international network, - publication activity should be shown by having many excellent publications in international peer-reviewed journals in the area of philosophy of technology and / or related areas, - preferably experience with acquisition of third party funding, - appropriate teaching experience, - ability to work as a member of a team, - the willingness to acquire, within three years from the point of appointment, a command of the German language that is sufficient to teach at the Bachelor- and Master-level and to participate in university committees. Your application should have the following components: - academic CV (including certified copies of academic degrees), - list of publications, - a Habilitation project outline of about 3,000 words, - the PhD thesis, - two published papers and - two letters of recommendation. Research fields: Main research field: Philosophy, Ethics Special research fields: Philosophy of technology; Ethics; Philosophy Importance: MUST Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 29.11.2015, mentioning reference number 6184. For further information please contact Coeckelbergh, Mark. The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ADVERTISEMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA JOB CENTRE https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cB35A22A1-8150-0E75-E736-08E76BF2F815_k9E610D7A-0B60-836E-B0FA-E67A928DFB86&tid=55614.28 |
2016-01-31 | Call for Abstracts: Conference Panel ”The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media”
http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/26 Call for Abstracts: Conference Panel ”The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media” (2 sessions) Part of the 2nd Marx Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. October 14-16, 2016. Venue: ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41. Website: http://www.marx2016.org Convenors: Arwid Lund, Uppsala University, Sweden; Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster, UK. Supported by the open access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (http://www.triple-c.at) Details: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/26 Abstract submission: max. 250 words. Deadline January 31, 2016. Submission to: arwid.lund@abm.uu.se. Please indicate to which of the two sessions you submit (see below). Each session will consist of a panel of four speakers, 15 min. for each presentation, and half an hour for concluding questions and discussions. In 2013, a very successful Marx conference was held in Stockholm, gathering 2000 activists and scholars, with keynote speakers such as Michael Heinrich and Wolfgang Haug. The main topic of the conference was Marxist theory as a tool for analysing contemporary society. 2016’s follow-up conference (Marx2016) aims at political openings and potentials for a world beyond capitalism based on a thorough analysis of contemporary society. The general theme of the conference is To change a changed world. The conference consists of four main tracks. One of the sub-tracks will focuses on Marxist studies of media, communication and information There will be two sessions based on the following questions and themes: Theme 1: Digital labour, Marx and Dallas Smythe: In 1977, almost 40 years ago, Dallas Smythe published his seminal article “Communications: Blindspot of Western Marxism”, in which he introduced the notions of audience labour and the audience commodity. This session asks: What is the relevance of “audience labour” for the political project of Marxism and the analysis of online participants and user generated content in the age of commercial social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Google? Does it matter for Marxism as a political project if the analysis of digital capitalism is based on the concepts of surplus-value or rent? Theme 2: Exploitation 2.0: Class and Exploitation in the Digital Age: Capitalism is a dynamic, dialectical system that changes in order to maintain its fundamental structures of exploitation. The rise of the computer, digitisation and the Internet’s role in the economy and society has brought about changes of class structures. This session asks: How have class and exploitation changed in the age of digital media? How can we analyse unpaid activities on commercial platforms with the help of class and other concepts such as the multitude and exploitation? What is the role of conflicts and struggles between users and the owners of corporate Internets platforms (such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, Weibo, Amazon, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr, etc.). Can peer production and non-commercial, alternative online media challenge capitalism? What are the implications of digital Marxism and media Marxism for Marxist theory and socialist politics? The sub-theme of The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media will be accompanied by one keynote talk in a general plenary session that provides a general introduction to the Marxist political economy of media, information and communication: Christian Fuchs: “The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of Media in the Age of Digital Capitalism”. _______________ tripleC : Communication, Capitalism & Critique | Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society | http://www.triple-c.at |
2016-07-13/15 | "Thinking Machines in the Physical World” (IEEE 2016 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century)
Thinking Machines in the Physical World” (IEEE 2016 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century) The
conference “Thinking Machines in the Physical World” (IEEE 2016
Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century), which will be held at
the University of Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 July 2016, following the
successful inaugural conference in Boston in 2014. Attached is the Call
for Papers, including greetings from Professor Graeme Clark, AC Laureate
Professor Emeritus, leader in pioneering cochlear implant research.
We are also pleased to announce our initial confirmed list of keynote speakers:
- Prof Thomas Kailath, Professor, Stanford University
- Prof Brian Anderson, Distinguished Professor, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Dr. James Hughes, Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
- A speaker on Cognitive Computing from IBM Watson
Details on these speakers and on the conference itself can be found at http://21stcenturywiener.org.
Dr Greg Adamson
President, IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology |
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