PhD opportunities are available for students pursuing a research degree in digital forensics. These are just some of the PhD opportunities that are available for digital forensics students in 2024. Link: https://shorturl.at/xzTW9
The 8th International Conference on Research in Social Sciences is a leading conference in politics, humanities, communications, law, education, and other areas of social sciences. Beautiful Prague, Czech Republic will host the event, which will take place on the 08th-10th of March. Link: https://www.rssconf.org/
Students from across Africa can apply to be part of the September 2024 cohort and become one of our 40 Google DeepMind Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year! The deadline for the first round of the application process is 11:59 PM SAST on 29 March 2024. Link: https://ai.aims.ac.za/
Join us for the 2024 American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Virtual Research Meeting, an inaugural online event, February 8th and 9th (EST)! This two-day event provides a forum for scholars interested in sharing their research, providing constructive feedback for others, and creating partnerships and networks for future collaboration. I am a chair of the Information and Democracy Panel. Link: https://connect.apsanet.org/virtual-research-meeting/
The Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament. The deadline for submission of applications is February 29, 2024. Link: https://balkanfund.org/general-news/apply-for-western-balkans-fellowship-programme-at-the-austrian-parliament
This CNBC video describes how the UAE, a desert country with scarce rainfall, is fighting desertification by greening its land and investing in cloud seeding research — a process designed to enhance rainfall. https://youtu.be/sSqfc15c36U?si=tQ8toGUjN1UAhqsG
This article by The Economist claims that retirement is bad for people's health, wealth, and happiness and that working longer can have many benefits, such as:
• Keeping your brain and body active and preventing cognitive decline and chronic diseases
• Boosting your income and savings and reducing your dependence on pensions and social security
• Enhancing your social network and sense of purpose and avoiding loneliness and depression
• Contributing to the economy and society and alleviating the burden of an aging population
https://www.economist.com/business/2024/01/25/why-you-should-never-retire
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Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) at the University of Cambridge welcomes applications for the British Academy International Fellowships 2024. The deadline for applications to CDH is midnight on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, and the deadline for applications to the British Academy is 13 March 2024. https://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/cdh-accepting-applications-for-british-academy-international-fellowships-2024/
REGIONAL RESHAPING WORK CONFERENCE 2024
FUTURE OF WORK REVISITED: PLATFORM WORK IN THE AGE OF AI
May 22 & 23, 2024, Belgrade, SERBIA The Regional Reshaping Work 2024 conference in Belgrade will address the significant changes in digital labor, especially in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, due to the pandemic and AI advancements.
Call for Papers: https://reshapingwork.net/regional/call-for-papers/
The PhD studentship in political science offered by the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin. This is a four-year fully funded program that provides high-quality training and supervision to PhD students who want to conduct original and cutting-edge research in various fields of political science. https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/assets/pdfs/Postgraduate/PhD_studentships_2024-25.pdf
The article "Gen Z and Millennials are Obsessed with the Idea of Being Rich, and it Could be Leading to money dysmorphia" by Credit Karma explores a new trend that emerged online and across social media where people began questioning how well they were doing financially. The phenomenon coined "money dysmorphia" occurs when people feel insecure about their financial standing, no matter the reality of their situation. This is especially true for younger generations, with 44% of Gen Z and 46% of millennials admitting to being obsessed with the idea of being rich. Link: https://shorturl.at/qtu69
An internship opportunity for PhD students who want to research various aspects of artificial intelligence and productivity, such as natural language processing, computer vision, human-computer interaction, and more. The internship will be based in Redmond, Washington, and will last 12 weeks. https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1681556/Research-Intern---AI-%26-Productivity
This article summarizes the findings of a new study that compared the brain activity of university students who wrote or typed words on a screen. The study showed that writing by hand led to more elaborate and widespread brain connectivity patterns than typing on a keyboard, which may indicate that writing by hand supports learning and memory formation. https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/01/26/writing-by-hand-increase-brain-connectivity-typing
The GEMMA Master's Degree in Women's and Gender Studies. This two-year program offers an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective on gender issues and feminist theories and allows students to study in two different European universities. The program is coordinated by the University of Granada, Spain, and has seven partner universities in Italy, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, the Netherlands, and Austria. Link: https://gemmaerasmusmundus.eu/information/news/call-applications
This is challenging. The Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR) initiative is a project by Microsoft Research that aims to engage the broader academic research community in exploring different aspects of foundation models, such as large language models (LLMs), and their impact on various domains and disciplines. The initiative provides grants, resources, and access to state-of-the-art foundation models hosted on Microsoft Azure to support researchers in developing and evaluating novel methods, applications, and challenges related to foundation models. Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/collaboration/accelerating-foundation-models-research/
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