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CfP Semantic Ambient Media Experiences (SAME 2010) in conjunction with AmI-10
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Call for Workshop Position Papers SAME 2010 - 3rd International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience (NAMU Series) November, 10th-12th November 2010, in conjunction with AmI-10, in Malaga, Spain http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/node/56, http://ami2010.lcc.uma.es/ creating the business value-creation, vision, media theories and technology for ambient media News - Position paper submission date: 1st October, 2010 - Submission system: http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2010same/openconf.php - We are aiming at an Springer MTAP special issue as result of the workshop (to be negotiated) Call for Papers Submissions are expected to be 2-4 pages position papers according the paper format of AmI-10: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 The medium is the message! And the message was transmitted via a single distinguishable media such as television, the Web, the radio, or books. In the age of ubiquitous and pervasive computation, where the information through a distributed interlinked network of devices the question, what is content in the age of ambient media? becomes more and more of importance. Ambient media are embedded throughout the natural environment of the consumer in his home, in his car, in restaurants, and on his mobile device. Predominant example services are smart wallpapers in homes, location based services, RFID based entertainment services for children, or intelligent homes. The distribution of the medium throughout the natural environment implies a paradigm change of how to think about content. Until recently, content was identified as single entities to information a video stream, audio stream, TV broadcast. However, in the age of ambient media, the notion of content extends from the single entity thinking towards a plethora of sensor networks, smart devices, personalized services, and media embedded in the natural environment of the user. The user actively participates and co-designs media experience with his location based input. Initiatives as the smart Web considering location based tagging for web-pages underline this development. This multidisciplinary workshop aims to answer to the challenges how to select, compose, and generate ambient content; how to present ambient content?; how to re-use ambient content and learning experiences?; what is the characteristics of ambient media, its content, and technology?; and what are ambient media in terms of story-telling and art? And finally, how do ambient media create business and value? How can ambient media be integrated into business processes and strategies? Semantics plays a crucial role in the generation of ambient media content. It can be seen as the glue between the raw data and the ambient media. Therefore we are interested to see innovative ideas how data can be (semi-)automatically be interpreted and translated into media presentations. The workshop aims at a series, and at the creation of a think-tank of creative thinkers coming from technology, art, human-computer interaction, and social sciences, that are interested in glimpsing the future of semantic ambient intelligent empowered media technology. Workshop Challenges How can ambient media be applied in business processes? How do ambient media create value and business? Business opportunities and strategic issues of ambient media? What is content and how can it be presented in the age of ubiquitous and pervasive? How to select, compose and generate ambient content? How to manage and re-use ambient content in specific application scenarios (e.g. e-learning)? What is interactivity between the single consumers and consumer groups in the ambient context? How can collaborative or audience participatory content be supported? Which methods for experience design, prototyping, and business models exist? How can sensor data be interpreted and intelligently mined? How can existing media such as TV, home entertainment, cinema extended by ambient media? More information on the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience held in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2008 http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=1461912&type=proceeding&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CF… , and more information on the 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experiences held in conjunction with AmI-09 can be found http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/forum/node/55 Best contributions will be compiled to a special issue following up the workshop - we aim at Springer MTAP after reviewing the quality of contributions Check also the Ambient Media Association (AMEA): www.ambientmediaassociation.org Description of the Workshop Topics The following (and related) topics are within the scope of this workshop and shall act as examples: * Supply chain management with ubiquitous computation * eCommerce & ubiquitous commerce * Business processes, value-creation, and opportunities of ambient media * Understanding of the semantics of ambient content and methods for adding intelligence to daily objects * Mobile and stationary sensor data collection and interpretation algorithms and techniques * Context awareness and collection and context aware composition/selection of ambient content * Creation and maintenance of meta-information including metadata and data management * Ambient and mobile social networks, user generated content, and co-creation of content and products * Characteristics of ambient media, its content, and technological platforms * Ambient content creation techniques, asset management, and programming ambient media * Algorithms and techniques for sensor data interpretation and semantic interpretation * Applications and services, including ambient games, art and leisure content in specific contexts * Ambient interactive storytelling, narrations, and interactive advertising * Personalization, user models, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and universal access * Experience design, usability, audience research, ethnography, user studies, and interface design * Business models, marketing studies, media economics, and x-commerce of semantic ambient media * Ambient interfaces (touch, gesture, haptics, biometrics) * Management of information, knowledge and sapience in the context of semantic ambient media * Methods for context awareness, sensor networks, and sensor data mining * Semantic data mining and text mining for pervasive media * Semantic models, semantic interpretation for ambient media presentation; * Personalization and methods for locative media The workshop aims at a series, and at the creation of a think-tank of creative thinkers coming from technology, art, human-computer interaction, and social sciences, that are interested in glimpsing the future of semantic ambient intelligent empowered media technology. We are aiming at multidisciplinary, highly future oriented submissions that help to develop the "ambient media form" for entertainment services, such as: * case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) * oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas * artistic installations and running system prototypes * user-experience studies and evaluations * technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions Important Dates * paper submission: 1st October, 2010 * notification of acceptance: 22nd October, 2010 * final papers due: 27th October, 2010 * workshop day: between 10th and 12th November 2010 in Malaga, Spain * special issue articles due: December 14th , 2010 (to be fixed) Target Audience The target audience are researchers and practitioners in the field of ubiquitous and pervasive computation and its related areas. These include pervasive computation, emotional computation, content creation, ubiquitous computation, human-computer-interaction and usability experts, mobile industry, service creators, etc. Workshop participants shall have previous experience in this or related fields to be able to contribute on a high scientific level. The workshop participants will actively contribute to the development of semantic ambient media, due to a different method of workshop organization. Participants shall participate rather than passively contribute. The participants shall discuss and actively elaborate the topic and we plan to kick-off an international web-based informal forum for ambient media, which shall increase the effect of this workshop tremendously. We strongly welcome multidisciplinary contributions coming from the media technology, business, artistic, and human experience side. Case studies (successful and especially unsuccessful), artistic installations, technologies, media studies, and user-experience evaluations are highly welcome, which are affecting the development of ambient media as new form of media. Especially visionary contributions shaping the future of ambient media are strongly welcome. Workshop Chairs * Artur Lugmayr, Tampere University of Technology (TUT) & lugYmedia Inc., FINLAND * Thomas Risse, L3S Research Center, GERMANY * Bjorn Stockleben, Univ. of Applied Sciences Magdeburg, GERMANY * Juha Kaario, Varaani Works Oy, FINLAND * Bogdan Pogorelc, Jozef Stefan Institute & Spica International d.o.o., SLOVENIA

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Registrations Open: EURO mGOV, mSOCIETY and mDEVELOPMENT 2010
by Prof. I. Kushchu 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Dear Colleagues Online registration for the mLife Events is now open. We are aiming to bring together business academia and third sector to discuss the role of mobility on improving our lives - economical, business or personal. We are still accepting one page practice talk proposals. If you wish to speak at the mLife Events please do send in your proposal. Please visit http://www.m4life.org/ or see below for more. Best wishes, Kushchu ------------------ ---- Apologies for X postings ---- MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES 2010 NEW CONFERENCE DATES: 27-28-29 October 2010 The Grand Hotel, Brighton, UK, http://www.m4life.org conf(a)m4life.org *** Practice submissions are open **** -- The 5th European Conference on Mobile Government (The EURO mGOV 2010) -- The 3rd International Conference on Mobile Society (mSOCIETY 2010) -- The 2nd Int. Conference on Mobile Development (mDevelopment 2010) mLife Events: Social Implications of Mobility for Organizations in the Mobile Value Chain The mLife 2010 key plenary speakers: -- Serge Ferre, NOKIA, Vice President Corporate and Head of EU Representation -- Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director, National Center for Digital Government (ncdg.org) Director, Science, Technology and Society Initiative (umass.edu/sts) -- Dorothy Gordon, Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT -- William H. Dutton, Professor and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College -- ibrahim Kushchu, Associate Prof. and Founding Director, mGCI, UK -- Rain Rannu, Founder at Fortumo Ltd, Estonia -- Roland Traunmüller, Professor Emeritus, the Institute for Informatics in Business and Government at Linz University, Austria. The influences of mobile technologies range from personal relations to interaction in society, and from the transformation of the public sector to the dynamics of economic development. mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. The three conferences will cover all aspects of mobile life, technology, services, implementation as they relate to individuals, society, economies and governments. Please refer to the Conference web site (http://www.m4life.org) for updates, detailed information on submissions and participation. Also, looking forward to your contributions of proposals for panels, workshops, and demos ------- mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org Mobile Government Consortium International, UK conf(a)m4life.org +44 1273 327876 ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 327876 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

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Registration for Internet Research 11.0: Sustainability, Participation, Action, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21-23, 2010 now open
by Ann-Sofie Axelsson 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Dear all, We are pleased to announce, finally, that the registration for Internet Research 11.0: Sustainability, Participation, Action, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21-23, 2010 now is open and can be accessed at http://ir11.aoir.org/registration-3/! We welcome academics, industrial associates and practitioners from all fields to participate in this exctiting conference! Ylva Hård af Segerstad and Ann-Sofie Axelsson Organizing Committee Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Ph.D. Department of Technology Management and Economics Division of Technology and Society Chalmers University of Technology SE-412 96 Gothenburg Sweden Phone: +46 31-772 11 19 Fax: +46 31-772 37 83 E-mail: annaxe(a)chalmers.se<BLOCKED::mailto:annaxe@chalmers.se> Web(TinyURL): http://tinyurl.com/yw8n9s

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QR Codes
by Steffen Schilke 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Dear all, any leads on QR Codes? Their use etc. Calls or Publications etc.? Thank you and kind regards S.W.Schilke

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Inside Higher Education > The iPad for Academics
by Gerry McKiernan 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Colleagues/ IMHO > A Balanced Assessment > Not Only For Academe But Libraries As Well ! /Gerry July 12, 2010 / By Alex Golub After having used an iPad shortly since its release I can safely say that the device — or another one like it — deserves to become an important part of the academic’s arsenal of gadgets. [snip] At base the iPad is an anything box that replaces a seemingly endless plethora of other things you already own: It's a TV, a radio, an MP3 player, a compass, a flashlight, a level, a deck of cards, a calculator, a photo album, an alarm clock, a Bible, the Talmud (yes, the Talmud has been ported to the iPad)... the list goes on and on. The crucial question for academics is: What in our current arsenal will the iPad replace? After using the device, the answer surprised me: the iPad makes a lousy computer replacement, but it does a great job of replacing paper. [snip] Apple deserves credit for making the thing as usable as it is, but it is still not quite there. [more] Access to The Source/Full Text Available At [ http://bit.ly/8ZyGZ6 ] BTW: Do Visit If Not Just For The Comic/Cartoon > "Shakespeare Meets The iPad" Speaking Of Images >>> Do Also View The Pic I Took Of What May Be The Largest Cell Phone Taken At The Istanbul Airport From A Moving Vehicle At [ http://bit.ly/9pJ0z6 ] On My Way To Deliver An Invited Seminar At Koç University > In Late April >>> "AnyTime / AnyWhere > LEARNING > Education In The > iPhone Age >" [ http://bit.ly/bjXKYR ] enJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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WebSci '09
by Axel Bruns 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

G'day Barry ! Replying publicly as well - might be of interest to others on the list, too: I attended WebSci '09 in Athens. For a flavour of the presentations, see my conference blog at http://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/103 Overall, this was an enjoyable event with a number of useful keynotes, though from my perspective the humanities and social sciences tended to be underrepresented, with computer science dominating - which tends to result in rather too much belief in the power of technology to address all challenges, and a lack of understanding for the complexities of human activities online. -- Dr Axel Bruns http://snurb.info/ - http://produsage.org/ ARC Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation http://cci.edu.au/ Associate Professor, Media & Communication a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty, Z1-515, CIP Twitter: @snurb_dot_info Queensland University of Technology +61 7 31385548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J > > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:37:22 -0400 > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org>, communication and information > technology section asa <citasa(a)list.citasa.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Web Science Conference > Message-ID: > <Pine.SGI.4.64.1007121036290.6532375(a)origin.chass.utoronto.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Does anyone have any experience with the Web Science conference, > held 2 > years ago in Greece, and this year in USA? > > Pls email me privately. > > > Barry Wellman >

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suggestions for peer review
by Tery G 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Hi all, If you were looking for someone who's qualified to look at a new media package (website, email list, Facebook fan page, etc) and peer review it in terms of how it meets the goals it set out to meet, who might you ask? I'm looking for articles in this area to see if I can find people writing about it, but I'm not finding them. Thanks in advance, Tery Griffin

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Re: [Air-L] Registration for Internet Research 11.0: Sustainability, Participation, Action, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21-23, 2010 now open
by Alex Halavais 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Just to second Jeffrey's observation--there seems to be some bottleneck on the reservations accessible through the site (via MCI). Unfortunately, the deep discounters Priceline and Hotwire, which have served me well at earlier IR meetings, don't have any arrangements with hotels in Gothenburg. However, there are hotel rooms available, and with a little hunting, at rates lower than those offered on the site. I ended up finding a deal using airline miles, but also found, e.g., economy rooms at the Gothia Towers in the $113 range, via Kayak.com and hotels.info. And as Peter notes, there are a range of other less expensive options in town. Best, Alex On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Jeffrey Keefer <j.keefer(a)lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > I want to share what I learned when I booked the hotel for the conference in > Sweden. The conference website showed that most of the hotels were already > booked on the Saturday night, the final night of the conference, which will > make for some tricky moving on that day. -- -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Web Science Conference
by Barry Wellman 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Does anyone have any experience with the Web Science conference, held 2 years ago in Greece, and this year in USA? Pls email me privately. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Paramecium Don't Request Permission > Copyright Is Obstructing Evolution
by Gerry McKiernan 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Friends/ IMHO > CopyRight Is Not Only Obstructing Human Cultural Development > But >>>Human Biological Evolution >>> We Are Mobile Creatures > According To Some > Originating From Single Cell Entities [But Enough About Rush and Glenn And Sarah [:-)] IMO > Biological Progression [And I Mean That In A Positive Way [:->] Is Dependent On Free/Open Interaction > Mental ; Mobile; Etc. > Your Thoughts ? >>> /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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