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Are you fascinated by the potential of smartphone data to understand human behavior and society? Are you a data service provider or researcher looking to leverage the power of smartphone sensor data for your social research?

The IAB-SMART project has gathered valuable insights by combining in-app survey data with 1.3 million location observations derived from GPS and mobile network data. Now, we are excited to invite you to our three-part webinar series that will guide you through the process of collecting, processing, and utilizing smartphone sensor data for social research.

While attending the entire series is recommended, you are welcome to participate in individual sessions based on your interests and requirements. Here are the details of each webinar session:

📅 IAB-SMART 1: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟴, 2023, 12 pm – 1:30 pm CEST
🎙️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗔𝗕-𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
🗣️ Presented by Georg-Christoph Haas
💻 Register here

📅 IAB-SMART 2: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟬𝟱, 2023, 1 pm CEST – 2 pm CEST
🎙️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹? – 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗔𝗕-𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁
🗣️ Presented by Florian Zimmermann
💻 Register here

📅 IAB-SMART 3: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮, 2023, 1 pm CEST – 2 pm CEST
🎙️ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗶𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗔𝗕-𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁
🗣️ Presented by Andreas Filser
💻 Register here

You will learn about the ethical and transparent collection of smartphone data, explore the research potential of geolocation smartphone data, and gain practical insights into tidying and anonymizing raw smartphone geolocation data.

Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your research toolkit and gain comprehensive insights into smartphone sensor data! Register now for the IAB-SMART Webinar Series by visiting the respective links provided above.

Ready for a new chapter of industry-academia collaboration:

Today, 12th May, the Industry Engagement Section commences its activities with a kickoff meeting at DECHEMA in Frankfurt a. M. The meeting marks an inspiring beginning for discussing the strategic direction of the section and paving the way for impactful collaborations between industry and the NFDI consortia, basic services, and sections. Find the section concept here.

The Mannheim University Library is seeking a Project Management Assistant to support our BERD@NFDI team.

Are you interested in working closely with the project managers to ensure the successful delivery of project tasks within scope, schedule, and budget?

Then, please, see the job posting for more information.

Apply now by February 15th for the “Data Science for Social Good” summer fellowship in Munich in 2023!

Hosted by the Chair of Frauke Kreuter and the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), this 2-month full-time program joins forces of aspiring talents in the area of Data Science in small groups to work on projects with a positive societal impact.

The program is designed for two teams of 4-5 fellows, each working on a separate project for the social good. Both teams will be assisted by a Technical Mentor and a Project Manager. The participants receive a fellowship that covers living expenses for the time of the program from August 1st – September 30th.

The program is aimed at students, recent graduates or PhD students from diverse scientific, as well as geographical backgrounds. We therefore encourage applications from the fields of data science, computer science, statistics, but also in general the social and natural sciences.

If you are interested in joining the program or have students, friends or colleagues in mind that could be interested, check out the website and apply by February 15th: https://sites.google.com/view/dssgx-munich-2023/startseite

Please also share this call in your network, in classes you teach or approach people directly.

In case of any concerns please feel free to reach out via dssg2023@stat.uni-muenchen.de

At the Kiel or Hamburg location, a position is available as soon as possible to strengthen the team as

Software Architect and Engineer for innovative Research Data Infrastructures

Candidates are supposed to contribute to software development projects such as the BERD@NFDI Consortium of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).

There is the possibility to combine it with a PhD in computer science.

Please find further informations here.

Quo Vadis, Digital Privacy? Perceptions, Practices, and Policies
January 26, 2023, 5 – 6.45 pm CET, onlineA

Just in time for privacy day, BERD@NFDI and the Transatlantic Privacy Perceptions Panel (TAPP) invite you to join the online discussion on perceptions, practices, and policies of digital privacy.

Jessica Vitak (University of Maryland), Leah von der Heyde (LMU Munich), and Zothan Mawii (University of Maryland) will present first results from TAPP’s qualitative and quantitative research on the Diversity of Transatlantic Stakeholders’ Privacy Perceptions.

Vasilka Stoilova (University of Mannheim) and Markus Herklotz (LMU Munich) from BERD@NFDI will show how the interactive Virtual Assistant (iVA) contributes to privacy literacy in practice.

A panel discussion featuring Alena Buyx (TU Munich), Kobbi Nissim (Georgetown University), and Philipp Räther (Allianz) will explore the question how data sharing and protection can be balanced in the development and use of AI, moderated by Frauke Kreuter (LMU Munich & University of Maryland).

An der Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine befristete Teilzeitstelle als Referent/in für Communication and Dissemination (m/w/d) zu besetzen.

Mit Ihrem Kommunikationstalent interagieren Sie mit Nutzer*innen, Stakeholder*innen und Gestalter*innen der BERD@NFDI-Plattform.

Weitere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte der Stellen­ausschreibung.

The planned InfraTalk by Porf. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann (ZBW) “Commercial Cloud Solutions for non-commercial RDM” announcd for December 5th has to be postponed to a later date.