<div dir="auto">Related to the previous call - but without a budget: </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Trevor U Watkins via discuss list</strong> <span dir="auto">&lt;<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.iassistdata.org">discuss@lists.iassistdata.org</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:59 AM<br>Subject: [IASSIST] Final Call For Papers: Special Issue IASSIST Quarterly<br>To: <a href="mailto:discuss@lists.iassistdata.org">discuss@lists.iassistdata.org</a> &lt;<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.iassistdata.org">discuss@lists.iassistdata.org</a>&gt;<br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">[Please accept my apologies for any duplicate postings]<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Final Call for Papers: Systemic Racism in Data Practices IASSIST Quarterly</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Inspired by the work of Black scholars, technologists, and activists including Dr. Safiya Noble, Yeshimabeit Milner, and Joy Buolamwini, </span><i><span style="color:black">IASSIST Quarterly</span></i><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"> is
 publishing a special issue focusing on systemic racist practices in data. We invite you to submit a proposal that discusses anti-Blackness, anti-indigeneity, white supremacy, and racism against minoritized and marginalized communities in data, research, tools,
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Topics of this issue include but are not limited to:<span class="m_-3985413708223159555apple-converted-space" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Implicit or explicit bias in AI and Machine Learning</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Data activism<span class="m_-3985413708223159555apple-converted-space" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Anti-Indigeneity in big data</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Decolonizing data and data science</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Decolonizing scholarly data</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Bias in data collection practices</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Data and racial disparities in health sciences<span class="m_-3985413708223159555apple-converted-space" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Race and precision medicine<span class="m_-3985413708223159555apple-converted-space" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Racist practices in data reporting – Climate change, Covid-19, etc. reporting in marginalized communities</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ethics of algorithm design</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Equity in data education – More inclusive (marginalized and underrepresented communities) -How do we improve this?</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3985413708223159555MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;color:black">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Theories or suggestions on fair, ethical or trustworthy AI</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Submissions should be received by </span><b><span style="color:black">August 31, 2021</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">. This issue is co-edited by Jonathan
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Columbia University, and Trevor Watkins, George Mason University. Authors should adhere to </span><i><span style="color:black">IASSIST</span></i><span class="m_-3985413708223159555apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"> </span></span><i><span style="color:black">Quarterly</span></i><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"> instructions
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Trevor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Trevor Watkins, MS, MCIS, MLIS, MIDT <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Teaching and Outreach Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Teaching and Learning Team<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(11,76,180)"><a href="https://idea.infosci.utk.edu/fellows/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">2021 IMLS Fellow: IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(11,76,180)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Co-editor: IASSIST Quarterly Special Issue “<a href="https://iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/announcement/view/4" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,76,180)">Systemic Racism in Data Practices</span></a>”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Technical Lead: Digital Initiatives Team, Project STAND <a href="https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/robert-w-woodruff-library-of-the-atlanta-university-center-inc/2007-08690/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,76,180)">Mellon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Chair: Web Committee Project STAND<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">George Mason University Libraries<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">George Mason University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:twatkin8@gmu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(9,55,126)">twatkin8@gmu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(9,55,126)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Research Gate: <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FTrevor_Watkins4&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpwolf3%40kent.edu%7C21c5d196a6054f4da56c08d87aa0e3b8%7Ce5a06f4a1ec44d018f73e7dd15f26134%7C1%7C0%7C637394178913016629%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2FheN2Q2v4V%2BsaJPP6JOW%2Bwbxq9fStCJEsi%2FM2RsHsI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(9,55,126)">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trevor_Watkins4</span></a>  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(9,55,126)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What I am reading for research: “Ontology, Epistomology, and Teology for Modeling and Simulation Philosophical Foundations for Intelligent M&amp;S Applications,” Tolk,
 Andreas.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What I am reading for fun: “Interface Between Quantum Information and Statistical Physics,” Nakahara, Mikio and Tanaka, Shu.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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