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Author information event: computational analysis skills for humanities data
by Anna-Maria Sichani 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Please join us , if you are interested , and circulate widely ! ---- The National Archives, Jisc and the Programming Historian (a publisher of multilingual tutorials that support humanists in learning digital tools and methods) have formed a partnership that aims to publish a series of articles to aid humanities researchers wishing to use digital tools and methods in their analysis of large-scale digital collections. A call for papers <https://programminghistorian.org/posts/cfp-jisc-ph> is currently open, inviting prospective authors to submit proposals for article-length tutorials on the computational analysis of large-scale digital collections. Register for this online event, and learn more about the Programming Historian in general, and about the call for papers in particular. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about the call in the second part of the event. The event is free, but requires registration <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-information-event-computational-analy…> . PROGRAMME (provisional) 2pm: Welcome 2.05pm : The Programming Historian : an introduction 2.25pm : Why I value the Programming Historian (Quinn Dombrowski) 2.40pm : The call for papers 3.10pm : Getting started with large Twitter datasets (Max Odsbjerg Pedersen and Helle Strandgaard Jensen) 3.20pm : Questions and answers 3.45pm : Close. (The event timings are in UK time, ie. UTC/GMT +1. See times for other time zones <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210923T1300>.) Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford University. Helle Strandgaard Jensen is Associate Professor of Contemporary Cultural History, Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University. Max Odsbjerg Pedersen is Information Specialist, Aarhus University Library and the Danish Royal Library -- *Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani* *Post Doc Research Fellow in Media History & Historical Data Modeling * *School of Media, Arts and Humanities | Sussex Humanities Lab* *University of Sussex* *Editor, The Programming Historian* *Director, ProgHist Ltd. | **ProgHist Ltd is a Not for Profit Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England, Company Number 12192946* *programminghistorian.org/ <http://programminghistorian.org/>* @amsichani <https://twitter.com/amsichani> amsichani.github.io *Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail*

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PhD position (or Postdoc) in Computational Literary Studies at University of Stuttgart
by Jonas Kuhn 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

The Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS) at University of Stuttgart has an opening for a doctoral researcher (or a postdoc) in the context of project CAUTION [1] to work on the operationalization of concepts from the field of narratology and on tools for computer-aided analysis of a corpus of literary texts. CAUTION is a collaboration between literary studies and computational linguistics, headed by Janina Jacke (University of Göttingen) and Jonas Kuhn (University of Stuttgart) [2], which addresses the phenomenon of unreliable narration in fiction. The project aims to advance the representational means for capturing this phenomenon, to devise a framework for intersubjectively stable annotation in texts, and to develop computational tools for automatically detecting signals for unreliable narration in a corpus. The project is funded by DFG (the German Research Foundation) and is associated with the Priority Programme SPP 2207 Computational Literary Studies. The successful candidate will work (i) on the detection of text properties signaling unreliable narration using data-driven techniques from natural language processing (NLP) and (ii) on capturing systematically what reasoning leads a reader to consider the narrator of a story to be unreliable, using a symbolic knowledge representation & reasoning framework. Specifically, the project explores how the interaction between story-internal knowledge and background knowledge from various sources can be formalized in a belief-desire-intention model for intelligent agents and how such a formalization can be integrated with the practice of text annotation. An important element of the project will be a close exchange between theoretical research in literary studies and research on algorithmic modeling techniques. The candidate must have a Master's degree in computational linguistics, computer science, digital humanities, or similar. Familiarity with the data-driven modeling paradigm in current NLP research, programming skills and experience in running and evaluating corpus-based modeling experiments are a prerequisite. A reading knowledge of German is desirable, since we work on a corpus of German texts. Some background in digital humanities on the one hand, and in knowledge representation & reasoning, declarative programming (e.g. Prolog) and/or multi-agent systems on the other hand would be a plus. IMS Stuttgart offers an inspiring environment for interdisciplinary work on algorithmic text analysis in a range of research contexts; several groups work on digital humanities and computational social science projects. The position will be available for three years, starting in November 2021. All applications received until October 5, 2021 will receive full consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. Do not hesitate to get in touch when you find this opening after October 5. The salary for a doctoral researcher working on the CAUTION project is according to the German university payscale (TV-L 13 65%, see [3] for details). By contributing to teaching at the department, the 65% contract can be increased to 100% TV-L 13, which can make the project position attractive to postdoctoral researchers with the relevant qualifications. To apply, please send a CV and letter of motivation in a single PDF document to Jonas Kuhn, jonas.kuhn at ims.uni-stuttgart.de <http://ims.uni-stuttgart.de/>. Please include names of 2-3 individuals willing to write a letter of recommendation. For inquiries regarding the position, please also contact Jonas Kuhn. The University of Stuttgart aims at increasing the number of women in academia. Therefore, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications of severely disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be given priority. Information according to article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for job application processes at University of Stuttgart can be found here: https://www.zendas.de/zendas/informationen_bewerbung.html <https://www.zendas.de/zendas/informationen_bewerbung.html> and https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/privacy-notice/job-application/ <https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/privacy-notice/job-application/>. [1] https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/projects_en/2020/01/24/TP-Caution/ <https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/projects_en/2020/01/24/TP-Caution/> [2] https://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/arbeitsgruppen/gcl <https://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/arbeitsgruppen/gcl> [3] https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2021 <https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2021>

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Community Open Principles: Before, During and After the Global Pandemic (Jun 30, 2021)
by Francesca Giovannetti 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

The Force11 Working Group Reimagining Educational Practices for Open (REPO) will be hosting its second webinar on Jun 30, 2021 at 13:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=…> . *Community Open Principles: Before, During and After the Global Pandemic* Dr. Ana Persic, UNESCO, Dr. Arianna Becerril García, AmeliCA, Dr. Johanna Havemann, Open Science MOOC, Osman Aldirdiri, AfricArXiv When we talk about Open (Open Science, Open Data, Open Access) what do we mean? How can we navigate the different definitions of what it means to be a community and to be Open? How do we engage with communities and train members around Open? What evidence are we using of how we are addressing Open? How can we be more inclusive and align our Open principles to foster norms, incentives, and recognition? Have our understandings around Open shifted during the pandemic? This online webinar will address these questions via the experiences of invited open science communities, how they have designed and applied their open (science) principles before and during the pandemic, particularly with regard to outreach and training, while also looking out at the horizon, at a future beyond the pandemic. The webinar aims to include open (science) perspectives from a diverse group of communities, learn from their approaches, how they have evolved, and identify possible next steps that all, in our global community can consider. Register now <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dvUoVNkvR42UTVrswfwpYQ>

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Second Call for Papers: The 5th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature
by Nils Reiter 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

LaTeCH-CLfL 2021: The 5th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature to be held on-line on 11 November 2021 in conjunction with EMNLP 2021 https://sighum.wordpress.com/events/latech-clfl-2021/ Second Call for Papers (with apologies for cross-posting) Organisers: Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Anna Kazantseva, Nils Reiter, Stan Szpakowicz LaTeCH-CLfL 2021 is the fifth in a series of meetings for NLP researchers who work with data from the broadly understood arts, humanities and social sciences, and for specialists in those disciplines who apply NLP techniques in their work. The workshop continues a long tradition of annual meetings. The SIGHUM Workshops on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (LaTeCH) ran from 2007 to 2016. The ACL Workshops on Computational Linguistics for Literature (CLfL) took place from 2012 to 2016. The first four joint workshops (LaTeCH-CLfL) were held from 2017 to 2020. Topics and Content In the Humanities, Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage and literary communities, there is increasing interest in, and demand for, NLP methods for semantic and structural annotation, intelligent linking, discovery, querying, cleaning and visualization of both primary and secondary data. This is even true of primarily non-textual collections, given that text is also the pervasive medium for metadata. Such applications pose new challenges for NLP research: noisy, non-standard textual or multi-modal input, historical languages, vague research concepts, multilingual parts within one document, and so no. Digital resources often have insufficient coverage; resource-intensive methods require (semi-)automatic processing tools and domain adaptation, or intense manual effort (e.g., annotation). Literary texts bring their own problems, because navigating this form of creative expression requires more than the typical information-seeking tools. Examples of advanced tasks include the study of literature of a certain period, author or sub-genre, recognition of certain literary devices, or quantitative analysis of poetry. NLP methods applied in this context not only need to achieve high performance, but are often applied as a first step in research or scholarly workflow. That is why it is crucial to interpret model results properly; model interpretability might be more important than raw performance scores, depending on the context. More generally, there is a growing interest in computational models whose results can be used or interpreted in meaningful ways. It is, therefore, of mutual benefit that NLP experts, data specialists and Digital Humanities researchers who work in and across their domains get involved in the Computational Linguistics community and present their fundamental or applied research results. It has already been demonstrated how cross-disciplinary exchange not only supports work in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage communities but also promotes work in the Computational Linguistics community to build richer and more effective tools and models. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • adaptation of NLP tools to Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and literature; • automatic error detection and cleaning of textual data; • complex annotation schemas, tools and interfaces; • creation (fully- or semi-automatic) of semantic resources; • creation and analysis of social networks of literary characters; • discourse and narrative analysis/modelling, notably in literature; • emotion analysis for the humanities and for literature; • generation of literary narrative, dialogue or poetry; • identification and analysis of literary genres; • linking and retrieving information from different sources, media, and domains; • modelling dialogue literary style for generation; • modelling of information and knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage; • profiling and authorship attribution; • search for scientific and/or scholarly literature; • work with linguistic variation and non-standard or historical use of language. Information for Authors We invite papers on original, unpublished work in the topic areas of the workshop. In addition to long papers, we will consider short papers and system descriptions (demos). We also welcome position papers. • Long papers, presenting completed work, may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content plus additional pages of references; final camera-ready versions of accepted long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. • A short paper / demo can present work in progress, or the description of a system, and may consist of up to four (4) pages of content plus additional pages of references. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. • A position paper — clearly marked as such — should not exceed six (6) pages including references. All submissions are to use the EMNLP stylesheets (for LaTeX / Overleaf and MS Word), to be announced soon at https://2021.emnlp.org/call-for-papers/. Papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF, via the LaTeCH-CLfL2021 submission website at https://www.softconf.com/emnlp2021/LaTeCHCLfL/. Reviewing will be double-blind. Please do not include the authors’ names and affiliations, or any references to Web sites, project names, acknowledgements and so on — anything that immediately reveals the authors’ identity. Self-references should be kept to a reasonable minimum, and anonymous citations cannot be used. Please see https://2021.emnlp.org/call-for-papers/#anonymity-period for the official EMNLP policy (except that our anonymity period starts later). Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, and later available in the ACL Anthology. Important Dates Anonymity period begins on July 1, 2021. Paper submission deadline: August 5, 2021 Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2021 Camera-ready papers due: September 15, 2021 Workshop date: December 11, 2021 More on the organisers Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Anna Kazantseva, National Research Council of Canada Nils Reiter, Department for Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Stan Szpakowicz, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa Contact latech-clfl(a)googlegroups.com

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CfP for DHd 2022 (Potsdam, Germany)
by Francesca Giovannetti 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

### Apologies for Cross posting ### Dear all, We would like to inform you that submissions are welcome for *DHd 2022*, 7.- 11.03.2022, at *Potsdam*, Germany. DHd 2022 "Kulturen des digitalen Gedächtnisses" is the annual conference of the Verband Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum, an associative member of the European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH). Check out the website (https://www.dhd2022.de) for the Call for Papers (in German) and details about the submission procedure. Please notice that the deadline is 15.07.2021. You can also follow us on Twitter @dhd2022! Looking forward to welcome you at Potsdam, Ulrike Wuttke on behalf of the Local Organisers of DHd 2022 Dr Ulrike Wuttke Vertretungsprofessorin für Bibliotheks- und Informationstechnologien und Digitale Services | Interim professor for Library and Information Technologies and Digital Services & Internationalisierungsbeauftragte des FB5 *Aktuell ausschließlich über E-Mail erreichbar | Currently only available via e-mail.* E-Mail: ulrike.wuttke(a)fh.potsdam.de Phone: +49 331 580-4533 Twitter: UWuttke | Skype: ulrike.wuttke ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-4025 FH Potsdam | University of Applied Sciences Potsdam Fachbereich Informationswissenschaft | Department of Information Science Kiepenheuerallee 5 | 14469 Potsdam http://www.fh-potsdam.de/ https://ulrikewuttke.wordpress.com/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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DH-CH Event 7. - 9. June 2021, Rome
by tobias.hodel＠wbkolleg.unibe.ch 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

*Apologies for crossposting* Event: dh-ch.ch Digital Humanities Workshop @ the Istituto Svizzero and the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome next Monday, 7. - 9. June 2021 Digital Images, Metadata and Cultural Heritage Objects Metadata and semantic information are crucial for most operations with data. Enriching images with words and words with images is more important than ever. That's why the focus of a starting event is on image-based research. This can be demonstrated particularly well by the research on cultural heritage, as sources of great importance for our social and cultural identity. The change towards digital methods and tools is essential in this context in several ways since the form of capturing technology as well as the visualization of content changed greatly with the advent of the digital. We are very honored and pleased to have the following keynote speakers at dh-ch21: Dr. Heidi Amrein, Chefkuratorin, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum Prof. Dr. Tobias Wildi, Fachochschule Graubünden Prof. Dr. Geoff Cox and Nicolas Malevé, London South Bank University Prof. Dr. Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Université de Genève Paola Manoni, Vatican Library Dr. Elena Chestnova, Università della Svizzera Italiana Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne You can register here to follow the keynote presentations of our workshop: https://www.istitutosvizzero.it/de/conferenza/digital-visual-media-and-meta… www.dh-ch.ch

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Postdoc Computational Literary Studies in Amsterdam (3 years)
by Peter Boot 12 May '21

12 May '21

Hi all, As you may have seen on other lists, we're looking for a postdoc computational literary studies. The postdoc position is part of the project 'ImpFic: The Impact of Fiction'. Within this project we investigate the impact fiction can have on readers. We use a large corpus of electronically available Dutch-language (original and translated) novels and a large collection of online book reviews. The aim of the project is to translate concepts of literary theory about how literature works into a computational form suitable for computational analysis of books and book reviews. The position is for 3 years at Huygens ING (Amsterdam) and is a collaboration with the Netherlands eScience Center. More details at: https://www.academictransfer.com/300391/ (NL) https://www.academictransfer.com/300413/ (EN) You can send your application to the Personnel & Organisation department by e-mail: sollicitaties(a)bb.huc.knaw.nl before May 25. The application consists of a motivation letter, a curriculum vitae, a publication list and where available links to digital projects that you have participated in, and/or a profile on GitHub or other public code repositories. Please contact us if you want to know more! Best wishes, Peter Boot

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EADH 2022 Call for Hosts
by Fabio Ciotti 11 May '21

11 May '21

EADH 2022 Call for Hosts The EADH Executive Committee invites proposals for Local Organisers (LO) to host the 2022 EADH Conference. The EADH Conference is organised each year that the annual ADHO Digital Humanities conference takes place outside of Europe, and has the objective to strengthen the scientific, institutional and cultural relations between the members of the DH communities in Europe and the Mediterranean area. EADH is particularly interested in proposals from institutions and regions that: • Have recently developed or are developing digital humanities communities and organizations; • Have not previously hosted an ADHO or the EADH Digital Humanities conference. Please note that the lead applicant must be a direct member of the EADH or of one of its Associate Organisations (currently AIUCD [Italy], DHD [Germany], DHN [Nordic Countries], CzADH [Czechia], and DH Russia). Organisation EADH Conferences are co-organised by two committees: The scientific organisation is conducted by a Programme Committee (PC) between 8 and 14 members and one Chair, appointed by the EADH Executive Committee. The local organiser may appoint up to two members of the PC. The PC decides the main theme of the conference, identifies and invites keynote speakers, produces and issues the Call for Papers, manages the review process, and decides the academic conference programme. The logistical organization will be the responsibility of a Local Organisation Committee, whose members and chair are appointed by the Local Organisers. Time Period and Venue Conference dates are decided by the Local Organiser, in consultation with EADH Executive committee. It is recommended that the conference takes place in the autumn of 2022. Other large DH-related conferences in Europe should be taken into account when fixing the precise dates. The venue must be an academic or cultural institution in the European and Mediterranean area in its broadest sense. The hosting institution should be able to accommodate a minimum of 300 delegates (including plenaries), at least three parallel sessions, and a communicative poster session. The Local Organizers must also have the infrastructure and organizational staff to guarantee online access to delegates and speakers. The availability of accommodations at accessible prices is an element that will be considered in the evaluation of the bid. Bids Bids should contain a preliminary budget and up to two pages describing the motivations and logistical opportunities offered by the proposed venue. Bidders must take into account the EADH diversity and inclusivity statement and the ADHO code of conduct. The venue for the 2022 conference will be decided by the EADH Executive Committee on the basis of: • Academic and social impact of the conference for the LO; • Logistical and economical adequacy of the venue (including costs of accommodations and availability of a childcare program); • The overall quality of the proposal. Bids should be submitted to secretary(a)eadh.org and CC to fabio.ciotti(a)uniroma2.it no later than June 30, 2021. Structure of the Conference The Conference should be a 2/3-day event, avoiding weekends. Workshops and training events can precede the official conference days, depending on the availability of the LO. Presentations will be organized in 90-minute slots. The conference should have two keynote plenary talks. Typical presentations are: • Long papers for theoretical or highly relevant methodological or technical issues; • Short papers to present research ideas, approaches and projects; • Panel or roundtable for one relevant topic discussed under different perspectives by 5/6 presenters; • Posters. One session of the conference is reserved for short poster presentations. Bidders in coordination with the Programme Committee are encouraged to propose alternative formats and innovative organization of the conference in addition to this general framework. Budget The conference must be financially self-sustaining or create a small surplus. Surpluses and deficits for conference finances are distributed at a ratio to EADH and to the local organizer according to this formula: 60% ADHO / 40% LOs. In case of loss, EADH backstop funding will not exceed €5,000. The EADH will also provide bursaries for young scholars. At least 50% of ADHO’s share of surpluses will be earmarked specifically for future conference travel bursaries and other pro-inclusion actions. The local organizers are expected to set six levels of registration fees: • Faculty and staff with a permanent contract, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Faculty and staff with a permanent contract, non-members; • Faculty and staff with a fixed-term contract, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Faculty and staff with a fixed-term contract, non-members; • Students, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Students, non-members. Local Organisers are expected to set member/non-member rates so that the difference between member/non-member rates are higher than the EADH membership costs. Registration fees are recommended not to exceed €300 for the highest level of non-member fees to make the conference more accessible to the community. Social Programme Local Organisers are expected to arrange a diverse social programme, including a social dinner, that can contribute to the EADH community building. Usually, this social programme will highlight the local culture of the conference venue. Synergies and Possible Sponsorship Suggested collaborative activities range from hosting of workshops and tutorials to co-organisation of the conference or financial support. Private in-kind and financial sponsorship is welcome, provided that any activity from sponsoring organizations is clearly distinct from, and does not influence, the academic program. -- Fabio Ciotti Department of "Studi letterari, Filosofici e di Storia dell’arte" - University of Roma "Tor Vergata" Chair, European Association for Digital Humanities Chief Editor, "Umanistica Digitale" https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/ @Fabio_Ciotti f.ciotti(a)pec.it

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Digital Humanities Research Hub seminar series (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
by Naomi Wells 04 May '21

04 May '21

Digital Humanities Research Hub Seminar Series (School of Advanced Study, University of London) We cordially invite you to the inaugural seminar series of the School of Advanced Study’s Digital Humanities Research Hub in the 2021 summer term (convened by Gabriel Bodard). Please come to hear from the Hub’s faculty and some of our close collaborators at these lunchtime events. * Thurs May 6, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gethin Rees and Valeria Vitale (British Library) - Locating a National Collection through Audience Research (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24361>) * Thurs May 20, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Christopher Ohge (SAS) - Editorial Transformations and Minimal Computing at the Melville Electronic Library (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24369>) * Thurs Jun 3, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gabriel Bodard (SAS) - Teaching Digital Approaches to Cultural Heritage as an International Collaboration (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24362>) * Thurs Jun 17, 12:30–13:30 (BST): Ruth Ahnert (QMUL) - “Stop, collaborate and listen”: Lessons on interdisciplinary collaboration from the Living with Machines Project (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24363>) * Thurs July 1, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Naomi Wells (SAS), Nayana Dhavan (KCL) and Rhiannon Lewis (SAS) - Researching Social Media in the Digital Humanities (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24367>) Attendance is free but booking is essential. Zoom links will be sent to registered attendees a few days before each seminar. ALL WELCOME. Dr Naomi Wells Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities Institute of Modern Languages Research/Digital Humanities Research Hub School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/

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CFP for UbiComp 2021
by KRISTIN BREANNE CORNELIUS WAY 03 May '21

03 May '21

Hi all-- Here is a CFP for a workshop that I am co-chairing for UbiComp 2021. Please apply or send to relevant colleagues or mailing lists. If you have any questions, you can email me or visit the website. All the best, Dr. Kristin Cornelius Visiting Research, Compliant and Accountable Systems Group Cambridge University, UK =================== Call for papers ================== Workshop on Reviewable and Auditable Pervasive Systems (WRAPS) Website: https://wraps-workshop.github.io/ Location: Virtual In conjunction with UbiComp (https://www.ubicomp.org) Important dates: - Paper submission: 15th June, 2021 - Author notification: 15th July, 2021 - Final camera ready due: 23rd July, 2021 - Workshop date: 25/26th September, 2021 (exact date/time to be confirmed) All deadlines are 23:59 AoE. ================================================== *** This workshop will bring together a range of perspectives into how we can better audit and understand the complex, sociotechnical systems that increasingly pervade our world. >From tools for data capture and retrieval, technical/ethical/legal challenges, and early ideas on concepts of relevance – we are calling for submissions that help further our understanding of how pervasive systems can be built to be reviewable and auditable, helping to bring about more transparent, trustworthy, and accountable technologies.*** Emerging technologies (e.g. IoT, AR/VR, AI/ML, etc.) are increasingly being deployed in new and innovative ways – be it in our homes, vehicles, or public spaces. Such technologies have the potential to bring a wide range of benefits, blending advanced functionality with the physical environment. However, they also have the potential to drive real-world consequences through decisions, interactions, or actuations, and there is a real risk that their use can lead to harms, such as physical injuries, financial loss, or even death. These concerns appear ever-more prevalent, as a growing sense of distrust has led to calls for *more transparency and accountability* surrounding the development and use of emerging technologies. A range of things can—and often do—go wrong, be they technical failure, user error, or otherwise. As such, means for the ability to *review, understand and act upon* the inner workings of how these systems are built/developed and used are crucial to being able to determine the cause of failures, prevent re-occurrences, and/or to identify parties at fault. Yet, despite the wider landscape of societal and legal pressures for record keeping and increased accountability (e.g. GDPR and CCPA), implementing transparency measures face a range of challenges. This calls for different thinking into how we can better understand (interpret) the emerging technologies that pervade our world. As such, this workshop aims to explore new ideas into the nascent topic, collating some of the outstanding challenges and potential solutions to implementing more meaningful transparency throughout pervasive systems. We look to bring together experts from a range of disciplines, including those of technical, legal, and design-oriented backgrounds. ============================================ Submissions: We invite papers of varying length from 2 to 6 pages (excluding refs) using the ACM sigconf template ( https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) Submissions can be made via PCS at https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions. Accepted papers will be published in the UbiComp/ISWC 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be included in the ACM Digital Library. All submissions will be peer reviewed, and should be properly anonymised. Some suggested topics include (but are not limited to): - Tools, techniques, and frameworks to assist in providing greater transparency & oversight over the workings of pervasive systems - Methods for explaining & understanding systems/models - Methods for fostering trust & transparency in pervasive systems - The usability of audit data - Performance implications of capturing audit data - Privacy, security and data protection implications of auditability mechanisms - Vocabularies and frameworks for modelling relevant information to support auditability & explainability - Data aggregation and consolidation - Legal considerations relating to record keeping & auditing mechanisms - Access controls & data sharing regimes - Audit log verification methods

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