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OB VACANCY: Agent-based modelling at the Macaulay Institute (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 03 Sep '01

03 Sep '01

Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ To Live is To Network To Network is To Live ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 08:48:42 -0400 From: Kathleen Carley <Kathleen.Carley(a)cmu.edu> To: Kathleen.Carley(a)cmu.edu, Norm Hummon <nph+(a)pitt.edu>, Patrick Doreian <pitpat+(a)pitt.edu>, Thomas Schott <tschott(a)pitt.edu>, Linda Argote <argote+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Cristina H. Amon <camon(a)post.ices.cmu.edu>, Granger Morgan <gm5d+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Bonnie Brinton <bbrinton(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Yuqing Ren <yren(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Ju-Sung Lee <jusung+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Neil Douglas Strachan <nds2(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Tim Johnson <tjohnson(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Wenxuan Ding <wding+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Brigham Anderson <brigham+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Joshua Mindel <jmindel(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Marcelo Cataldo <mcataldo(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Eleanor Theodora Lewis <lewis+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Curtis M. Topper <ct3d+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, David Rode <rode+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Karthik Kannan <kkannan(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Tiffany Tummino <ttummino+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Tair-Rong Sheu <tsheu(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Carter T Butts <ctb(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Craig Schreiber <craigs(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Li-Chiou Chen <lichiou(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Max Tsvetovat <maksim(a)cs.cmu.edu>, alex yahja <ay(a)cmu.edu>, Jason Dana <jdd+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, David Meieran <dmeieran(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Matthew Dombroski <mjd5d(a)cms.mail.virginia.edu>, Renyou Wang <renyou(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Scott Moser <smoser(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Linda Moya <lhmoya(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Peter Simon <diver2000(a)msn.com>, Brian Carini <bcarini(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Marcus Louie <mlouie(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Darren Gergle <dgergle+(a)cs.cmu.edu>, Rammaya Krishnan <rk2x(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Christos Faloutsos <christos(a)cs.cmu.edu>, David Krackhardt <krack+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Shelby Stewman <cherry(a)fyi.net>, Patrick D Larkey <pl15+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Benoit Morel <bm1v+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Ray Reagans <rreagans(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Greg Adams <gadams+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Pradeep Khosla <pkk(a)ices.cmu.edu>, Randy Weinberg <randy2+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Sarosh Talukdar <talukdar(a)gauss.ece.cmu.edu>, Manuela Veloso <Manuela.Veloso(a)cs.cmu.edu>, Katia Sycara <Katia.Sycara(a)cs.cmu.edu>, Sebastian Thrun <Sebastian_Thrun(a)heaven.learning.cs.cmu.edu>, William J Mcevily <bmcevily+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Sandra Slaughter <sandras+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Stephen Spear <ss1f+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Cristina Bicchieri <cb36+(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, John Miller <miller(a)santafe.edu>, Tsuhan Chen <tsuhan(a)ece.cmu.edu>, Larry Heimann <lheimann(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Cleotilde Gonzalez <conzalez(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, Brian Butler <bbutler(a)katz.pitt.edu>, Jon Cagan <jon.cagan(a)cmu.edu>, John Patty <jpatty(a)andrew.cmu.edu>, David Deerfield <deerfield(a)PSC.EDU> Subject: OB VACANCY: Agent-based modelling at the Macaulay Institute ANNOUNCEMENT: Agent-based modelling job vacancy at the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland (Apologies for cross-postings.) A post-doctoral research assistant is required for a two and a half year contract as part of a multidisciplinary research project aimed at understanding the interactions of individual and collective interests in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive, potentially providing guidance to policy makers on possible implementation strategies. The postholder will take part in work on extending the FEARLUS (Framework for Evaluation and Assessment of Regional Land Use Scenarios) agent-based simulation modelling system, then take the lead in using FEARLUS to explore the dynamics of common pool resource dilemmas among agents with multi-dimensional and contextually variable utility functions. The postholder should ideally have experience of agent-based simulation modelling in the context of socio-economic or environmental management research. They should have, or expect shortly to obtain, a PhD involving research into agent-based computing, artificial life, or related areas. Experience of programming in Java or of using the Swarm libraries would be desirable. Potential candidates can get further information about FEARLUS at http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/fearlus/, or from Nick Gotts (n.gotts(a)macaulay.ac.uk) or Gary Polhill (g.polhill(a)macaulay.ac.uk) Gary Polhill Research Scientist The Macaulay Institute Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH UK Tel: +(44) (0)1224 498200 Ext 2238 Fax: +(44) (0)1224 311556 e-mail: g.polhill(a)macaulay.ac.uk http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/ http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/fearlus/

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Re: [Air-l] quoting from public websites
by Una McCormack 03 Sep '01

03 Sep '01

Thank you to all who gave advice and thoughts on quoting from public websites. Una McCormack

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Re:quoting from public websites (Barry Wellman)
by Massimo Torre 03 Sep '01

03 Sep '01

The following Internet Draft from the IETF could be useful: <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-massimo-gfibi-01.txt> Best regards, Massimo Torre -------------------------------- Massimo Torre Electronic Engineer Economics and Management Ph.D. Current Location: Rome (Italy) E.Mail: maxtow(a)altavista.net Tel: +39 338 6212300 Fax: +39 06 233208654 (Local Time: GMT+1,+2 in Summer) -------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.av.iname.com Powered by Outblaze

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Internet in historicial perspective
by Niels Ole Finnemann 03 Sep '01

03 Sep '01

<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>New paper on The Internet - a new communicational Infrastructure in historical Perspective. From the information society type 4 to the information society type 5. The first part of the paper describes the internet as a new communicational infrastructure and discusses how the internet can be incorporated into a general history of media covering the history of mankind. The second part is concerned with general mechanisms in the present days transitions. The internet is seen as an emerging backbone in a new matrix of media, and the paper is concluded with a discussion of the web as a discursive and narrative space. The paper was presented at »The 15th Nordic Conference on Media and Communication Research«, Reykjavik, Iceland 11-13th August, 2001. For the time being it can be downloaded for free via the conference site: http://www.nordmediakonferens.hi.is/english/groups/mediahistory.html or directly at http://www.nordmediakonferens.hi.is/papers/five/NOFinnemann.doc A printed edition will appear in a series of papers from the Center for Internet Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Webpage: http://www.cfi.imv.au.dk Niels Ole Finnemann, Director, Center for Internet Research, Dept. for Information & Media Studies, University of Aarhus. finnemann(a)imv.au.dk </fontfamily>

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quoting from public websites
by Barry Wellman 02 Sep '01

02 Sep '01

I personally consider public websites to be like other published material. I cite, reference and quote all the time, without hiding everything. (Indeed, if you give the URL [as you should] in the references, what's there to hide?) Of course, like other published material, fair use copyright considerations come into play. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ To Live is To Network To Network is To Live

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Re: Internet and Academic Disciplines
by Paul Wouters 02 Sep '01

02 Sep '01

At the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, we are running a new research programme to look into how scientific and scholarly research and ICT interact to create new forms of knowledge production, ways of communication and new forms of quality control. The programme can be downloaded from: www.niwi.knaw.nl/us/research/research.htm From this week on we are with 3 and we will call for two new researchers in the next few weeks. We are combining ethnographic and quantitative research with case study approaches. First results are presently under submission. We are eager to collaborate, of course. The programme centers around the notion of "the informational turn". regards Paul Wouters NIWI Research

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Re: [Air-l] Ethics
by Charles Ess 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

> on air-l Una McCormack asked: > >> Can anyone give guidance on ethical conduct when quoting material >> from publicly >> accessible websites? Has the aoir produced any guidelines for this? > The aoir ethics working committee is attempting to develop guidelines for these and other cases encountered in Internet Research (IR). A preliminary report is now under discussion by the committee, in preparation for presentation and further discussion at aoir 2.0. So I'm afraid that a more complete response will not be available for another month or so. BUT - I can report that recent discussion of the question of protecting subjects' identity has pointed toward the following: there is _clear_ agreement that we must protect subjects' identity - but that there are levels of such protection that IR should ensure their subjects, depending very much on the context of research, ranging from strong protection (no use of "real" nicknames - e.g., on a Thai webboard as researched by Dag Elgesem) to moderate protection (use of "real" nicknames - e.g., in the case of chatrooms researched by Malin Svenningson and performance-oriented folk on IRC as researched by Brenda Danet) to no protection (use of nicknames and real subject names when necessary for research, appropriate permissions have been obtained, etc.) Again, these are provisional suggestions based on committee members' experience and discussion. They need further refinement - especially in light of cross-cultural differences that we're attempting to identify and document. But this may be a good start for your reflection. Please feel free to forward any questions, suggestions, etc., for clarification, improvement, additions, and so forth. Cheers and best wishes, Charles Ess, Chair AoIR Research Ethics Working Group http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/ethics Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Center Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Co-chair, CATaC 2002: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/ "Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons." -- Martin Buber, _I and Thou_ "Ethics does not furnish recipes any more than do science and art. One can merely propose methods." -- Simone de Beauvoir, _The Ethics of Ambiguity_

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Internet and Academic Disciplines/ Q
by thomas/swiss 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

Hi, Looking for some help. An interdisc. program at my university is thinking about putting on a 'mini-conference' (one or two days) on the general subject of "How has the Web/internet changed practices in various academic fields" ....the fields are wide-open. "Practices" would likely include such things as: writing in the field; review/publication in the field; hiring into departments (and the split often opened among dept colelagues when depts. hire "internet researchers" 'traditional' depts.); and plenty of other things, of course. Indeed any ideas you might have related to topics this mini-confernece should explore would be welcome. Very broad at the moment, obviously, but the folks in this program are wondering if there have been any conferences on this topic that you all might know of (a URL would be helpful) or conferences forthcoming. In short, they don't want to re-invent the wheel; and 2) they are looking for possible speakers who really have some interesting things to say about the topic -- which also might take up academic listservs, moos, chat spaces, web sites, networks and so on and how it they have changed/will change futher particular academic disciplines. All help much appreciated. Thanks. Thom Swiss thomas-swiss(a)uiowa.edu

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Fwd: Call for papers - Convergence
by Wendy Robinson 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

>***** Call for Papers ***** > >Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies > >Convergence is a refereed academic journal which addresses the creative, >social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new media >technologies. > > >Reminder - final submissions date for articles for the Spring 2002 issue is >30 Sept 2001 > >Submissions and proposals of articles for the Autumn 2002 issue should be >received by 30 January 2002 > > >Papers on any of the following areas are welcome: computer games, cable and >telecomms, digital photography, VR, control and censorship of the media, >copyright, media policy, new media products, interactive TV, CD-ROM >developments, the Internet, gender and technology. For details of past and >forthcoming issues see our web site: http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence > >Proposals for articles or completed papers should be sent to: Julia Knight >or Alexis Weedon, Editors, Convergence, Department of Media Arts, University >of Luton, 75 Castle Street, Luton, LU1 3AJ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1582 >734111, Fax: + 44 1582 489014, <Convergence(a)luton.ac.uk>. > > >Submission details: Three hard copies and where possible one disk copy >(Macintosh Word98 compatible) of all articles should be sent to the editors >with the following information attached separately: name, institution and >address for correspondence, telephone, fax and email address. Papers should >be typed on one side of the sheet with endnotes in accordance with the MLA >style sheet (see our website at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence) >Authors should also enclose a 50 word biography and an abstract. > >Convergence is published by the University of Luton Press <ulp(a)luton.ac.uk>. >Institutional subscription rates: all countries (except N. America) surface >mail £60; air mail £70. N. America surface mail USA$126, air mail USA$140. >Private subscription rates: all countries (except N. America) surface mail >£30, air mail £35. N. America surface mail USA$72, airmail USA$80. ISSN >1354-8565. Orders should be sent direct to University of Luton Press, >University of Luton. Tel +44 (0)1582 743297. Fax +44 (0)1582 743298.

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