[ecrea] cfp - Internet science

*INTERNET SCIENCE - 2018 (INSCI’2018)***

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  CALL FOR PAPERS

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Dates: *October 24 to 26, 2018*


  Place: St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia

Language: *English*

Submission deadline: *May 20, 2018*


  Proceedings: Axel Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  (LNCS)

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    CONFERENCE THEME

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*Internet in World Regions: Digital Freedoms and Citizen Empowerment*

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Withtime,Internethasbecomeanaturalcommunicativespaceinmanyregionsoftheworld,while 
in others it still passes through the first stages of penetration into 
citizenry and policing. As a discussion milieu, Internet has been both 
praised for its involvement potential, growth of local initiatives, and 
provision of voice to those disempowered - and also criticized for 
excessive deregulation, dark web formation, and inefficiency in bringing 
on public consensus. Today, universality of approaches to Internet 
freedoms, as well as of experiences of their empowerment impact, is 
questioned and needsreassessment.

This year, *the Internet Science conference focuses on the Internet as a 
tool and space for (dis)empowerment of individuals and social groups in 
local and regional contexts*, thus forming a comparative perspective in 
looking at the power of Internet in communities all around the world. 
For instance, the EU has been attentive to cultivating local online 
initiatives, but even within the EU, the speed of modernization differs 
from state to state, with Estonia being a global 
leaderine-governance.Inthepost-Sovietspace,countrieshaveadoptedhighlyvaryingpoliciesin 
developing both digital freedoms and restrictive Internet regulation. 
The USA has had a more liberal approach to empowerment strategies but 
used online information to aggregate data for 
citizen,voter,andconsumerprofiling,whileinChina,economiclogichasboostedonlinebusinesses 
withinanon-competitivepoliticalenvironment.Also,Middle-Eastern,LatinAmerican,orAfrican 
perspectivesononlinefreedomsandempowermentexperiencesremainheavilyunder-researched.

Moreover, digital technologies make us rethink what (dis)empowerment 
might mean beyond political life. Tech corporations like Google or 
Facebook have created new forms of labour expropriation bypassing 
national lawmaking, at the same time advocating for free access to 
information as public commodity and providing new chances for charity, 
education, and collaborative change. Cultural, educational, and even 
bodily divides re-emerge today on highly competitive digitech markets of 
connection, communication, monitoring, learning, and 
consumption,providingbothnewfreedomsandnewhandicapsfortheworldsocieties.Inthenear 
future, being rich would mean having tech-prolonged and tech-enhanced 
life; new, more severe 
dividesmayform,andthequestionrises,howtheInternetoftodaymaycontributetoharmonizing 
socialrelationsinourfuturereliantonhuman-computercoexistence.

Thus, INSCI’2018 welcomes submissions to a wide range of topics (not 
limited to) in the following six tracks:**

*Internet and Societal Structures*

·TheconceptsofcitizenempowermentviaInternetinlocalandregionalcontexts

·Socialstratificationandinequalitiesofgrouprepresentationonline

·Internetcommunities,socialpolarization,anddialoguepotential

·Sociallyharmfulpracticesandcontentinonlinecommunication


    Internet and Digital Politics

·Onlinepoliticalfreedomsinpolicingandineffect:regionalandlocalperspectives

·Citizeninvolvementintodecision-making:platforms,actors,andexperiences

·Politicaldiscussionsonline:issuesandgroupsbehindthem

·E-governance practices of today’sauthorities

·Internet regulation: security vs.openness


    Internet and Free Communication Patterns

·Freedomofspeechonline:acontestedareaofpolicing

·Algorithms as new total communicativepower

·Extremistandradicaltalkonlineandpoliciesagainstit

·Universal Internet freedoms vs. darkweb

·Post-truth practicesonline


    Internet and New Political Economy

·Economicpowerofonlineplatforms:expropriationofdigitallabour

·Digitalcorporations:worldleadersandregionalalternatives

·Analogous elites, technologicalprecariat

·Enhancementofbodyandthenewpoor

·Digitalprofessionsandreshapingofonlinelabourmarkets


    Internet and Global Access Opportunities

·Globalandlocalfacesoftoday’sdigitaldivide

·Internetandlife-longlearningpracticesaroundtheworld

·Globalmediaonline:translationandlanguagedivide

·Empowermentofdisabledwithnewbodyextensions

·Post-humanandtech-humanindividualsandsocieties


    Internet and Data Protection

·Data openness vs. userprotection

·Limits of privacy andanonymization

·Clouds and data protectionregulation

·Global tech powers and alternativesolutions

·Blockchain technologies as promise andthreat


    PARTICIPATION FORMATS

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The conference accepts submissions of *full papers *(up to 15 pages of 
standard Springer format) and *short papers *(up to 8 pages of standard 
Springer format).

The conference also welcomes *half-day workshop and tutorial proposals*. 
The themes for them should be oriented to discussing issues and 
developing skills important for Internet projects and Internet research. 
A 2-3-page paper describing the academic and/or industrial rationale for 
the workshop/tutorial may be included into the conference proceedings 
(subject to peer-review). A range of workshops and tutorials will be 
offered by the conference organizers, including the ones on webometrics 
and deep learning.


    SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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All *submitted *papers must:

·BewritteninEnglishandbesubmittedinPDFformat;

·Befullyanonymized(nodetectableauthorinformation,includingauthornames,affiliations,and 
works mentioned in thetext);

·BeformattedaccordingtotheSpringer'sLNCSformatProceedingstemplate.Informationabout 
theSpringerLNCSformatcanbefoundathttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html;

·Threetofivekeywordscharacterizingthepapershouldbeindicatedattheendoftheabstract;

·Full paper submissions should not exceed 15 pages and short paper 
should not exceed 8 pages 
(includingalltext,figures,referencesandappendices).Weencouragealengthof12pagesforfull 
papers and 6 for shortpapers;

·SubmissionsnotconformingtotheLNCSformat,exceedingthesubmissionpagelimitsorbeing 
obviouslyoutofthescopeoftheconferencewillberejectedwithoutreview.

Submissions should be made electronically in PDF via the electronic 
submission system of the INSCI2018 Conference Management system at 
EasyChair (please follow the updates at internetscienceconference.eu 
<http://internetscienceconference.eu/>).

All *camera-ready *papers should be corrected by following the remarks 
of the referees and 
submittedinzipformatincluding(1)thecamera-readyversionoftheauthors'workinpdfformat,

(2) the camera-ready version of the authors' work in editable sources 
format as well as (3) the Consent to Publish signed in ink and scanned 
to image file. The results described must be unpublished and must not be 
under review elsewhere. Submissions must conform to Springer's LNCS format.


    STEERING COMMITTEE

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Thanassis Tiropanis, University of Southampton, UK

AnnaSatsiou,CentreforResearchandTechnologyHellas,Greece 
JonathanCave,UniversityofWarwick,UK

Olessia Koltsova, National Research University - Higher School of 
Economics, Russia Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission DG CONNECT, Belgium

Franco Bagnoli, University of Florence, Italy


    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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Svetlana Bodrunova, St.Petersburg State University, Russia - General 
Conference Chair Heiko Niedermayer, Technische Universität München, 
Germany - TCP Co-Chair

AnnaSmoliarova,St.PetersburgStateUniversity,Russia-TCPCo-Chair Ivan 
Blekanov, St.Petersburg State University, Russia - WorkshopsChair

Alexander Marchenko, St.Petersburg State University, Russia - Visas and fees

Tamara Gromova, St.Petersburg State University, Russia - Venue and 
accommodation


    KEY DATES

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May 20, 2018 - submission of full and short papers

May25,2018-submissionofworkshop/tutorialproposals(infreeform,2to3pages) 
June25,2018-notificationofacceptance

July 10, 2018 - deadline for camera-ready papers 
August1,2018-early-birdonlineregistrationcloses October 1, 2018 - 
regular online registration closes October24-26,2016-conferencingdays


    CONFERENCE VENUE

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BeingoneoftherichestcitiesofEuropeintermsofculturalandhistoricheritageandtherecipient 
of World Travel Awards for three years in a row, St.Petersburg is a 
natural attraction for any 
traveller.Foralltheconferenceparticipants,excursionswillbeoffered.

Moreover, in the recent years, St.Petersburg has been hosting a vibrant 
and efficient academic 
communityinterestedinInternet&societyresearch.WithLaboratoryofInternetStudiesatHigher 
School of Economics, Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy 
of Sciences, Centerfor International media research, Cognitive Studies 
Lab, and IT Clinic at SPbU, labs on quantum computing to e-governance at 
IFMO University, St.Petersburg is a Russian hub for Internet & 
societystudies.

Forover70years,SchoolofJournalismandMassCommunicationsatSt.PetersburgStateUniversity 
has been a leading educational and research entity for communication in 
Russia. It is home for 
internationalconferences,includingCMSTWandSTRATCOM.Thevenueislocatedat:26,1lineof 
Vasilievsky island, St.Petersburg 199004Russia.


    CONFERENCE FEES

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The conference fees (subject to slight change) remain similar to the 
previous years and differ according to the country of residence. UN 
country tiers may be found here. <https://www.icahdq.org/page/tiers>

Conference presenter:

250 euro (early-bird), 300 euro (regular) - Tier 1

220 euro (early-bird), 250 euro (regular) - Tier 2

200euro(early-bird),220euro(regular)-Tier3 
PhDstudentpresenter:150euro(early-bird),200euro(regular)-alltiers 
Workshop/tutorialpanel(upto4participants):400euro

Workshop/tutorialandconferenceaccess-100euro(early-bird),150euro(regular) 
Two-daynon-presenterconferenceaccess-40euro

Open Day (workshops/tutorials) observer access - free


    TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

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Forthemajorityofcountries,travelingtoRussianconferencesrequireshavingahumanitarianvisa. 
St.PetersburgStateUniversityprovidesvisasupport;pleasenotethatobtainingavisamayrequire 
up to amonth.

The conference partners include the Sokos 4* hotels chain; the partner 
hotel is Sokos Vasilievsky 
whichiswithinthewalkingdistancefromtheSchool.Also,weadviseonsmallerhotelsaroundthe 
SchoolandprovideplacesinthedormsforPhDstudents.


    QUESTIONS?

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Please contact us via 
(applicationspb2017 /at/ spbu.ru)<mailto:(applicationspb2017 /at/ spbu.ru)>in case of 
any queries!


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