From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Sun Nov 5 14:23:40 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 14:23:40 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] LIMITS Workshop, Call for Papers Message-ID: <7EFEB0C9-212D-4328-B875-D6453E0A9035@publicsphereproject.org> This should be a great conference! I hope to see you all there. Please distribute to anybody who might be interested. LIMITS 2018 Fourth Workshop on Computing within Limits May 12-13, Toronto, Canada computingwithinlimits.org ABOUT ACM LIMITS 2018 The ACM LIMITS workshop aims to foster discussion on the impact of present and future ecological, material, energetic, and societal limits on computing. These topics are seldom discussed in contemporary computing research. A key aim of the workshop is to promote innovative, concrete research, potentially of an interdisciplinary nature, that focuses on technologies, critiques, techniques, and contexts for computing within fundamental economic and ecological limits. A longer-term goal is to build a community around relevant topics and research. We hope to impact society through the design and development of computing systems in the abundant present for use in a future of limits. This year we are colocating for the first time with ICT4S (ICT for Sustainability). PROGRAM COMMITTEE Oliver Bates, Lancaster University, o.bates at lancaster.ac.uk Eli Blevis, Indiana University, eblevis at indiana.edu Jay Chen, NYU, jay.chen at nyu.edu (co-chair) Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, sme at cs.toronto.edu Elina Eriksson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, elina at kth.se Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington, kheimerl at cs.washington.edu Lara Houston, Goldsmiths, University of London, l.houston at gold.ac.uk Ann Light, University of Sussex, ann.light at sussex.ac.uk Bonnie Nardi, UC Irvine, nardi at ics.uci.edu (co-chair) Lisa Nathan, UBC, lisa.nathan at ubc.ca Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University, tessy at dsv.su.se Daniel Pargman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, pargman at kth.se Don Patterson, Westmont College, dpatterson at westmont.edu Birgit Penzenstadler, bpenzens at gmail.com Barath Raghavan, ICSI, barath at icsi.berkeley.edu Christian Remy, University of Zurich, remy at ifi.uzh.ch Debra Richardson, UC Irvine, djr at ics.uci.edu Nithya Sambasivan, Google, nithyas at gmail.com Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College, douglas at publicsphereproject.org Bill Tomlinson, Victoria University of Wellington, bill.tomlinson at vuw.ac.nz IMPORTANT DATES Abstract registration deadline: Feb 2, 2018, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper submission deadline: Feb 9, 2018, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper reviews available: March 7, 2018 Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler A Mobilization Story: Patterns for the Impending Emergency Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[1] If you were going to ask the entire CI4CG group one (or more) questions, what would it / they be? The dual questions I'd like to hear answered are: What can you offer to the group and what would you like to get from the group? Then we could try matching needs and offers. [2] What definition of Collective Intelligence for the Common Good would you suggest? (Or: what attributes might it have?) I would use some of the verbiage that I use when I talk about "civic intelligence." It helps address significant shared problems efficiently and equitably. I also use the phrase "civic means for civic ends." My students and I have identified lots of enablers so let me mention just a few: humility, courage, social critique, social networks, and social imagination. [3] Imagine a CI4CG event that you’d really like to attend. What would it look like? (Feel free to describe a broad vision or just an event or outcome that you personally find compelling.) [revised] I would like to attend an event in which about 100 dedicated people attended that was convivial but was also structured so as to promote integration of all of the efforts in some meaningful way, i.e. nudged emergence.... It seems like this event could be a collaborating session not just a discussing session. [4] What are some of the barriers that stand between our work and the outcomes we’d like to see? lack of resources, including external inducement (such as funding streams) and time lack of alignment or coordination, including the perceived need to do this the over-strictness of the disciplines a very persuasive social context that suggests that computing advances will automatically help us solve our problems [5] Please describe one or more ways in which people in our community / network might be able to build on the work you're doing. [revised] I can offer... 136 (or more) Liberating Voices patterns online, in book form, and in cards. Full decks of cards in 4 languages besides English. These can be used in many ways — most of which haven't been contemplated yet. eLiberate, an online tool for supporting meetings using Roberts Rules of Order The idea of civic intelligence and what that entails — an orienting paradigm, a set of methodologies, a way of seeing the world and one's place in it. The desire to collaborate in a big project to integrate a broad variety of projects together ... somehow. Maybe even more! [6] Please send 1-10 sentences from a paper or from anything that you've written — whether or not it's published or not — that you think is pertinent. (As before you can send more than one thing — but, please, send me one short section.) It wasn't obvious what to include here. This question wasn't easy to answer! Who asked that question in the first place anyway?! So, I selected the last few sentences from the Liberating Voices book that I wrote with 85 other people: "The work does not end with the book. The Liberating Voices pattern language will continue to evolve, and we intend to use the Web and other venues to ensure that the work remains vital. This book is intended to promote communication that is alive and life affirming. The pattern language that we have created and presented in this book must also be alive if the communication revolution it helps spawn will assist humankind in its struggles. If this effort helps in some way, the authors of this work will be pleased. And regardless of the success of this particular venture, humankind’s need to cultivate its collective wisdom remains crucial. All work is partial, and all thinking is only one step of a voyage, a voyage that one hopes is enlightening, productive, and engendering—and at the very least not destructive. Liberating Voices, like life on earth, is intended to be part of the One Big Project. Have you enrolled?" Thanks! — Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler A Mobilization Story: Patterns for the Impending Emergency Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Back to the Roots Demystification and Reenchantment Translation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pastedGraphic.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 295820 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Tue Nov 14 09:37:16 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:37:16 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Fwd: Early Submission closes 1st Dec - Intelligent Systems Conference 2018 (London) In-Reply-To: <0100015fb953fabf-b97dd361-76a4-4328-bf22-64e25de8b86c-000000@email.amazonses.com> References: <0100015fb953fabf-b97dd361-76a4-4328-bf22-64e25de8b86c-000000@email.amazonses.com> Message-ID: May be of interest... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IntelliSys Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:00 PM Subject: Early Submission closes 1st Dec - Intelligent Systems Conference 2018 (London) *Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2018 - Call for Papers* 6-7 September 2018 - London, United Kingdom Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE We'd like to invite you to submit your papers/posters/demo proposals for the *IntelliSys 2018* to be held from 6-7 September 2018 in London, UK. IntelliSys provides a leading international forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields with the purpose of exploring the fundamental roles, interactions as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence. The conference programme will include paper presentations, poster sessions and project demonstrations, along with prominent keynote speakers and industrial workshops. View previous conference videos here . Important Dates (Early Submission - Save £100): - Submission Deadline: 1 December 2017 - Acceptance Notification : 5 January 2018 - Author Registration : 15 January 2018 - Camera Ready Submission : 1 February 2018 - Conference Dates : 6-7 September 2018 Complete details are available on the conference website : http://saiconference.com/IntelliSys All IntelliSys 2018 presented papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and submitted for indexing to *IEEE Xplore* and various international databases like *Scopus*, Inspec, Google Scholar and more. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Regards, Professor Kohei Arai Chair, IntelliSys 2018 2017 Conference Recap | Unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Mon Nov 27 10:07:45 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:07:45 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Fwd: ACM e-Energy 2018 Call-for-Papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: May be of interest... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Irwin Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 6:38 PM Subject: ACM e-Energy 2018 Call-for-Papers To: SIGCAS-ANNOUNCE at listserv.acm.org 9th International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) June 12-15, 2018, Karlsruhe, Germany http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2018/index.php ACM eEnergy is the premier forum for research at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with energy systems. It has established a strong track record for high-quality research in the application of computing and networked systems to make legacy systems more energy-efficient and in the design, analysis, and development of innovative energy systems. The Ninth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from the 12th to the 15th of June 2018. By bringing together researchers in a single-track conference designed to offer significant opportunities for personal interaction, it is a major forum for shaping the future of this area. CALL FOR PAPERS Important Dates Paper registration deadline: January 15th, 2018, AOE Paper submission deadline: January 22nd, 2018, AOE Author notification: April 9th, 2018 We seek high-quality papers at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with energy systems. We welcome submissions describing conceptual advances, as well as advances in system design, implementation and experimentation. ACM e-Energy is committed to a fair, timely, and thorough review process with sound and detailed feedback. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the following: - Monitoring and control of energy systems for smart grids, smart buildings, and smart cities - Energy-efficient computing and communication, including in data centers - Electric vehicles and energy-efficient transportation systems - Control of distribution and transmission networks - Microgrid and distributed generation management and control - Distributed energy resources, including energy storage resources - Privacy and security of smart grid infrastructure - Demand-side management, including innovative pricing and incentive design - Modeling and understanding the user behavior of energy systems enabled by computing and communication technologies - Data analytics for the smart grid and energy-efficient systems - Electricity market and electricity supply chain measurement, modeling, and analysis - Applications of cyber-physical systems and industrial Internet-of-Things to smart energy systems Three types of contributions are solicited: Full papers, up to 10 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format for the main body of the paper (i.e., everything excluding references) and unlimited number of pages for appendices and references, should present original theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above that has not been published, accepted for publication, or under review by another workshop, conference, or journal. The review of full papers will follow the standard double-blind policy. Full paper submissions may also be considered for acceptance as Notes papers. Selected full papers will have the option of being fast-tracked to a Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing on the Intersection of Computing and Communication Technologies with Energy Systems. Notes, up to 4 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format for the main body of the paper (i.e., everything excluding references) and unlimited number of pages for appendices and references. Notes are intended to discuss preliminary research results, advocate new research directions, or present industrial projects. While notes are not expected to have extensive evaluations, they will be reviewed based on the novelty of their ideas, potential for impact, and quality of presentation. The review of note will also follow the standard double-blind policy. Poster/Demo descriptions, up to 2 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format showcasing work in progress are encouraged. Accepted posters/demos will be showcased in a separate session at the conference. Topics of interest are the same as research topics listed above. Preference will be given to posters/demos where the primary contribution is from one or more students. Industry participation is also encouraged. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The submission must be in PDF format and be formatted according to the official ACM Proceedings format. Papers that do not meet the size and formatting requirements may not be reviewed. Word and LaTeX templates are available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings- template.html. 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