September 2003 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Researching
by Elaine Floyd 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

How does one become a researcher? Where does one go to find people, organizations etc. that need research done? i have the time and the interest but do not know how to begin.

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Fwd: [seweb-list] WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
by jeremy hunsinger 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps(a)research.bell-labs.com> > Date: Wed Sep 3, 2003 12:23:34 PM US/Eastern > To: ontoweb-list(a)www1-c703.uibk.ac.at, seweb-list(a)www1-c703.uibk.ac.at > Subject: [seweb-list] WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > > WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > The Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference > May 17-22, 2004 New York City, NY USA > http://www2004.org/ > Paper submission deadline: November 14, 2003 > > The WWW2004 conference will be held in Manhattan at the Sheraton > Hotel. The > technical program will include refereed paper presentations, alternate > track > presentations, plenary sessions, panels, and poster sessions. > Tutorials and > workshops will precede the main program, and a Developers Day, devoted > to > in-depth technical sessions designed specifically for Web developers, > will > follow. > > IMPORTANT DATES > > Tutorial/workshop proposals deadline: October 15, 2003 > Paper submission deadline: November 14, 2003 > Panel proposals deadline: November 14, 2003 > Poster submission starts: January 15, 2004 > Poster submission deadline: February 7, 2004 > Author notification (papers): January 31, 2004 > Developers Day deadline: February 14, 2004 > Final papers due: February 28, 2004 > Author notification (posters): March 14, 2004 > Industrial Practice track deadline: March 15, 2004 > Conference:May 17-22, 2004 > > REFEREED PAPERS TRACK > > WWW2004 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the > Web. > Papers should not have been published or be in submission at another > conference > or journal. Topics include but are not limited to: > Applications > Browsers and User Interfaces > Data Mining > Electronic Commerce (potential papers should be submitted to the > EC'04 > Conference, which is co-located with WWW2004) > Mobility and Wireless Access > Performance and Reliability > Search > Security and Privacy > Semantic Web > Web Engineering > > Submissions should present original reports of substantive new > work. Papers should properly place the work within the field, cite > related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work > and its contribution to the field. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at > least 3 reviewers from an International Program Committee. Accepted > papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the > Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and will also be accessible > to the general public via http://www2004.org/. Authors are not > required to transfer copyright. Papers must be submitted > electronically in PDF format, and must be formatted using the ACM > proceedings format. Detailed formatting requirements will be available > on http://www2004.org/. The official language of the conference is > English. Inquiries can be sent to www2004-pc-chairs(a)cs.wpi.edu. > > ALTERNATE TRACKS > > Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and > invited > presentations. Topics include: > Education > Web of Communities > Web Services > Industrial Practice > Panels > W3C Track (latest news and views from the World Wide Web Consortium) > Invited > papers only > > Inquiries can be sent to www2004-pc-chairs(a)cs.wpi.edu. > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS > > Marc Najork, Microsoft Research > Craig Wills, Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > POSTERS > > Posters provide a forum for late-breaking research, and facilitate > feedback in an informal setting. Posters are peer-reviewed. Formatting > and publication details will be available on http://www2004.org/. > > The poster area provides an opportunity for researchers and > practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent Web-related > research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal > setting. It gives conference attendees a way to learn about innovative > works in progress in a timely and informal manner. > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS > > A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to Web > design, > development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These half and > full-day > sessions will be led by internationally recognized experts and > experienced > instructors using prepared content. > > Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers, designers, leaders, > and > practitioners to explore current Web R&D issues through a more focused > and > in-depth manner than is possible in a traditional conference session. > Participants typically present position statements and hold in-depth > discussions with their peers within the workshop setting. > > DEVELOPERS DAY > > Developers Day (D-Day) will be devoted to the interests of Web > developers, and > will offer in-depth discussions of technologies and tools at the > forefront of > the Web. This day-long program will consist of several parallel > streams focused > on specific content areas. D-Day sessions are designed to be timely and > state-of-the-art. > > REFEREED TRACK AREA CHAIRS > > Applications: > Vice Chair: Corin Anderson, Google, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Prashant Shenoy, University of Massachusetts, USA > > Browsers and UI: > Vice Chair: Andreas Paepcke, Stanford University, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Bay-Wei Chang, Google, USA > > Data Mining: > Vice Chair: Krishna Bharat, Google, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Ramakrishnan Srikant, IBM Almaden, USA > > Electronic Commerce: > WWW2004 Liason to EC2004 Conference: David Pennock, Overture Services, > USA > WWW2004 Liason to EC2004 Conference: Mark Manasse, Microsoft Research, > USA > > Mobility and Wireless Access: > Vice Chair: Yoelle Maarek, IBM Haifa, Israel > Deputy Vice Chair: Jason Nieh, Columbia University, USA > > Performance and Reliability: > Vice Chair: Mike Dahlin, University of Texas Austin, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Steve Gribble, University of Washington, USA > > Search: > Vice Chair: Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University, USA > > Security and Privacy: > Vice Chair: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft Research, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Patrick McDaniel, AT&T Research, USA > > Semantic Web: > Vice Chair: Peter Patel-Schneider, Bell Labs, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe, Germany > > Web Engineering: > Vice Chair: Daniel Schwabe, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de > Janeiro, > Brazil > Deputy Vice Chair: Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany > > ALTERNATE TRACK CHAIRS > > Education: > Co-Chair: Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA > Co-Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany > > Web of Communities: > Co-Chair: David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK > Co-Chair: Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia > > Industrial Practice: > Chair: Raymie Stata, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > Deputy Chair: William Cook, University of Texas Austin, USA > > Web Services: > Chair: Francisco (Paco) Curbera, IBM Research, USA > Deputy Chair: Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, Netherlands > > W3C: > Chair: Marie-Claire Forgue, W3C, France > > Panels: > Chair: Lloyd Rutledge, CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Deputy Chair: Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM, USA > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS > > Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA > Bebo White, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA > > POSTER CO-CHAIRS > > Chair: Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong > Deputy Chair: Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA > > DEVELOPERS DAY CO-CHAIRS: > > TBD > > CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS > > Stuart Feldman, IBM > Michael Uretsky, New York University > > IW3C2 Liason to WWW2004 > > Vincent Shen, W3C > > IW3C2 LIAISON TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE > > Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA > > CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS > > International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) > > New York University Center For Advanced Technology > > IBM > > ACM > > CONFERENCE PARTNERS > > IFIP Working Group 6.4 on Internet Applications Engineering > > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > General questions about WWW2004 may be sent to info(a)www2004.org > _______________________________________________ > seweb-list mailing list > seweb-list(a)informatik.uibk.ac.at > http://informatik.uibk.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/seweb-list > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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AOIR Hotel Draw: We have some winners!
by Rhiannon Bury 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

We held our draw this afternoon and are pleased to announce the names of the winners: Dinner for two at the Hilton: Christiana Freitas Guest Room Internet Access: Kristin Foot Suely Fragoso Camille Johnson Bill and Sally Robertson Rajiv Shah The prize winners have all been contacted individually by email. New names will be drawn if no response is forthcoming by Friday September 12. Many thanks to all of you who have registered so far. Rhiannon Bury AOIR Conference Organizing Committee

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[Fwd: Grants: international fellowship in social research methods]
by Merlyna Lim 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

>Apologies for any cross-posting > >University of Surrey Institute of Social Research > >VISITING INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP in social research methods > >The Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey, Guildford, >United Kingdom, has established a Visiting International Fellowship to >foster the development of sociological research methods. Between one and >three Fellowships are awarded by competition each year. > >The awards are open to those who would value the opportunity to advance >methodological understanding, for example by reflecting on methods used >in >previous empirical research, by validating existing or new >methodological >procedures, or by reviewing and synthesizing methodological approaches. >'Methods' may be interpreted widely, to include, for example, >statistical >techniques and conversation and discourse analysis. > >Applications from female and ethnic minority candidates are particularly >encouraged. > >An honorarium of £2,000 will be paid (it is expected that award-holders >will normally be on paid leave of absence from their employment). Award >holders will be expected to pay their own travel costs to Guildford and >their accommodation and subsistence for the duration of their award, >which >should be for one or more visits with a duration of at least one month >in >total. Visiting International Fellows will become honorary Research >Fellows >of the University and be entitled to use the University Library and make >use of University facilities. The holder is usually permanently resident >outside the United Kingdom. > >The Institute of Social Research of the Department of Sociology at >Surrey >provides research expertise and research methods for the application of >social research to contemporary society. It promotes high methodological >standards and new developments in methodology for the social science >research community. ISR is well known for the work of CAQDAS, the ESRC >supported centre for Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis >Software, >the Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences (CRESS), >and >the Social Survey Question Bank associated with CASS, the ESRC Centre >for >Applied Social Surveys, and is well known for its work on the secondary >analysis of large data sets and online research methods. > >Recent recipients have included David De Vaus (La Trobe), Ed Brent >(Missouri), Gary Shank (Duquesne), and Elisabetta Ruspini (Padua). > >Applications should be sent to Agnes McGill, Administrator, Institute of >Social Research, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey >Guildford, >GU2 7XH, UK >Tel: +44(0)1483 689450 >Fax: +44(0)1483 689551 >Email: isr(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk > >Applications must be received by 29th September 2003 for visits during >the >calendar year 2004. Applications should describe in no more than 500 >words >the activity to be carried out during the Fellowship and should be >accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and the names, postal address, >telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of two referees. >Applicants >may find it helpful to contact the Institute to discuss their >application >before submitting it. Collaborative research with members of the >Institute >is especially welcome. > >More information about the International Fellowship, the Institute of >Social Research and the Department of Sociology at the University of >Surrey >is available on our www site > >http//www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ > >************************************************************************ >* >INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH >Department of Sociology >University of Surrey >Guildford, >Surrey GU2 7XH, UK > >Joint Directors: Professor Nigel Fielding and Professor Martin Bulmer > >Associate Director: Professor Roger Tarling Institute Administrator: Ms >Agnes McGill > >Tel+44 (0)1483 689450Fax + 44 (0)1483 689551email: >isr(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk > >************************************************************************

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Hotel bookings
by Rhiannon Bury 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

I know that there are some AOIR delegates booked at the Hilton who found a better rate and booked on their own. I would greatly appreciate it if those people could contact me off list asap. It would help us greatly with our planning. If you get back to me with your confirmation number before 1:30 EDT today (Wed), I'll even enter your name in the draw , to be take place later this afternoon. <smile> Thanks! Rhiannon

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recs for books/essays on new media political economies
by Lisa Nakamura 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

> I am posting this query for a colleague, but am also curious for > myself. any suggestions appreciated, either on or off list. Lisa Nakamura > i wanted to ask you if you had any suggestions for essays or books > about the institutional practices of new media companies or > suggestions re political economy studies of new media? what i had in > mind were scholarly versions of books like cringely's accidental > empires. even a more updated version of that book would be useful. > any thoughts in this regard?

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Device/PC Pre/Post Upgrade behaviors
by Philip Sidel 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hello: I'm currently in the process of looking for previous/current research efforts that study the usage behaviors of consumers as they upgrade to a new PC or wireless device. Does anyone on this list know of any research that's been done in this area? I've already got plenty of information on TAM, Social Cognitive Theory, and Uses and Gratifications theory. But I'm specifically trying to understand if there is a body of research out there that's looked at the changes in consumer behavior as people upgrade a device or machine. For example, here in Japan if someone moves from a 503 series phone to a 505 series phone from DoCoMo, what usage/behavioral changes occur. Any feedback or information would be greatly appreciated. Best, Philip

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Seeking research on Internet cafes
by Delwiche, Aaron 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

Dear AIR-L colleagues, I am undertaking a study of Internet cafes, and am searching for existing research on this topic. Not much work has been published, so I suspect that many findings have been shared at various Internet-related conferences. I would be grateful for any references to work on Internet cafes that you have found useful and provocative. Also, in a recent posting to this list, Mete Yýldýz mentioned an article on Internet cafes that she co-authored with Dr. Kaya Bensghir. Unfortunately, Mete's e-mail address was not appended to the message and a Google search has been fruitless. Mete, if you see this message, could you please contact me? Best regards, Aaron Delwiche ****************************************** Aaron Delwiche, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Trinity University Department of Communication 715 Stadium Drive San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 Phone: 210.999.8153 Fax: 210.999.8355 e-mail: aaron.delwiche(a)trinity.edu

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (september 2003)
by david silver 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: Marc Smith and Peter Kollock, eds., Communities in Cyberspace. Routledge, 1999. Reviewed by Janet Armentor. Chris Werry and Miranda Mowbray, eds., Online Communities: Commerce, Community Action, and the Virtual University. Prentice Hall, 2000. Reviewed by Gloria Gannaway. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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