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Call for papers: International Joint Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation IIeP
by Mauri Kaipainen 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

http://iiep-project.eu/ International Joint Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation November 2-3 2011, at the University of Helsinki, Finland The aim of the workshop is to gather an up-to-date account on facts, policies, technologies as well as research results on electronic and web-based means of immigrant participation in the society, and to discuss whether these means can contribute to the overall inclusion of immigrants. The pronounced approach of the issue is bottom-up, emphasizing immigrants’ own needs, initiatives, organizations as well as their web competences and practices as the starting point of active citizenship. We encourage not only academic communities but also citizen groups, activists, NGOs and authorities to submit in order to gain a holistic picture of the issue. Accordingly, the submissions may take the form of position statements, white papers as well as initiatives or research results. Please submit an abstract of 200 words by September 1, 2011 to email addressmauri.kaipainen(a)sh.se with “IIeP submission” in the subject field. On the basis of the review, the final submissions for the international joint workshop will be invited before October 1, 2011, after which full papers are due to the date of the event itself. The contributions will be published in the Publication series of the Department of Social Research, Helsinki University and/or in the context of the IIeP outcomes such as manuals and website. A selection of the presented and further developed papers will be considered for an anthology in an international journal with a referee practice. The program of the international joint workshop will be published by end of September athttp://iiep-project.eu/ -- Mauri Kaipainen Professor, PhD Södertörn University mauri.kaipainen(a)sh.se http://mt.sh.se/kaipainen/ Tel: +46-70-7670351 (Sweden) Fax: +46 8 6084535 Skype: mkaipain MeetMe: http://www.doodle.com/mkaipain School of Communication, Media and Information Technology Alfred Nobels allé 7 S-141 89 Huddinge Sweden

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two jobs at Intel - one ethnography, one data viz
by danah boyd 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Job descriptions below. Contact Sue Faulkner Sue.Faulkner(a)intel.com with any questions. -------------- Research / Social Scientist - 604804 Description The Experience Insights Lab (XIL) in the Interaction & Experience Research IXR group in Intel Labs seeks a research scientist to develop and conduct hybrid quantitative & qualitative research projects. The candidate must be able to conduct statistical analyses on very large, heterogeneous data sets and create innovative and compelling visualizations that capture the patterns, dynamism and movement in the patterns. Example projects could include writing software to track how people use their mobile phones, deploying that script on a few hundred devices for a month, and analyzing + visualizing the results. Or, mining a hundred years of US patent data and creating an interactive display about trends in innovation. The candidate must also create, maintain, and troubleshoot software on multiple platforms, work with engineers and ethnographers to develop projects, methods, and tools for discovery, analysis and synthesis and communicate research findings to engineering and business stakeholders. The candidate will translate findings into technology, product, service and business concepts and work extensively with IXR, IL and other Intel business units. The ideal candidate will have experience with one or more of the following: Information Visualization, Computer Science, Statistics Qualifications This position requires an ability to combine elements of machine learning, statistical data analytics, and data visualization to support social and drive research agendas. This position requires a proven ability connecting quantitative methods with such qualitative social research methods as ethnography, surveys, observation, and media studies. Minimum Requirements: -Masters degree in information visualization, computer science, or in the social sciences with an emphasis on statistical analysis, and/or in a related field, such as economics, sociology, psychology, media art, etc. -6 months strong programming and analytic software skills required (e.g. MatLab, Java, C++, or similar). Preferred Requirements: -Experience working with large data sets is preferred. -Familiarity with social science theory and qualitative methods is also desired. - PhD preferred. ------ Title: Research Scientist Experience and Insights Research (XIL) within the Interaction and Experience Research Lab, is a team of social scientists in Intel Labs. XIL uses social science methodologies to understand the currents of global socio-technological change in order to bring business, market, and product value to Intel. We are seeking an ethnographer with deep interest and experience in understanding people and everyday lives around the globe. This is an entry level position and we are looking for candidates who recently completed their academic degrees. Individuals with strong research profiles have graduate level training in a social science discipline such as sociology, economics, psychology, or anthropology. Qualified candidates… · …have a track record of creative, innovative research thinking, and have or are about to complete their PhD, or advanced graduate work. · …are inspired to develop research or “design” programs that seek to understand people, practices and institutions and seek to use this understanding as a basis from which to map out new, disruptive opportunities for technological innovation. · …believe in the value of interdisciplinary work and collaboration as means for conducting innovative research. · ...have exceptional communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, specifically the ability to communicate key messages to a broad technical audience, and to work with business stakeholders to translate ethnographic insights into business value. · …are enthusiastic about working in industry and are passionate about working at Intel Candidates should have some affinity for theory and theoretical frameworks as is relevant for their area of expertise. A candidate’s expertise might include: Islam and Islamic societies, China, media and image culture, on-line communities and the internet, “emerging regions”, synthetic worlds, gaming and artificial intelligence, sustainability, biotechnology, economics. Experience with ethnographic research methods and techniques is desirable. Full-time offers will require relocation to Santa Clara, California or Portland, Oregon. Responsibilities include: -Planning (global) research programs -Executing (global) research programs -Experimenting with new tools, techniques, methods -Discussing, sharing, presenting work in progress -Collaborating with PaPR peers, research colleagues, Intel stakeholders -Developing materials that represent key facets of analysis, arguments, stories -Working in Powerpoint (among other media) -Relationship building with Intel stakeholders -Showcasing work in conferences, publications, seminars Please send inquires or applications (job letter, cv, references, publications and/or work sample) to Sue.Faulkner(a)intel.com ------ "taken out of context, i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ http://www.danah.org/ @zephoria

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Conference suggestions for undergraduate hacking research?
by Cathy Dwyer 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

I just complete a summer independent study with an undergraduate looking at hacking and the 2011 activities of Anonymous and Lulzsec. The student produced a video as his final project ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8xnj_K2tU ), and he is interested in writing an academic paper on the topic. Can anyone suggest an appropriate conference for this topic? (It is too late for AoIR 2011). Thanks, -- Catherine Dwyer, Ph.D. http://twitter.com/ProfCDwyer Associate Professor Seidenberg School of CS & IS Pace University 163 William Street #225 New York, NY 10038 212-346-1728 Chair of AIS SIGGreen <http://siggreen.wikispaces.com/home>

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CFP: Digital Scholarly Communication @ HASTAC 2011
by Sheryl Grant 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

*HASTAC 2011: Digital Scholarly Communication* What will a dissertation or monograph look like (or sound like) in 20 years? With new forms of digital scholarship evolving, how can credit be given for projects that are non-traditional? How will university presses and libraries publish and archive new and evolving forms of scholarship? The creation and sharing of new academic knowledge in the 21st century is pushing the boundaries of traditional systems of scholarship. Our question to a diverse audience from both within and beyond the academy is: What next? How do we adapt our systems, practices, and institutions to the creation, display, communication, presentation, dissemination, and organization of 21st century digital scholarship? Librarians, PhD students, junior scholars, faculty up for tenure, archivists, Masters students, multimedia artists, publishers, school teachers, technology designers, innovators, digital humanists at any stage in their careers -- all have a stake in how we re-imagine digital scholarly communication. HASTAC 2011 invites you to join this lively discussion of digital scholarly communication in the 21st century. - Where: Institute for the Humanities <http://www.lsa.umich.edu/humin>, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - When: December 2-3, 2011 - What: A face-to-face Conference and unConference*, featuring both traditional and non-traditional forms of scholarship, including panels, keynotes, lightening talks, posters, a digital demo space and gallery(the *unConference will take place December 1) - *Cost to attend:* Corporate: $300, Academics: $150, Students $75 - *Deadline for proposal submissions*: September 15, 2011 (submit proposals:http://tinyurl.com/HASTAC2011-Proposal) - *HASTAC 2011 website:* http://hastac2011.org/ ------------------------------ *Submit proposals for presentations, posters or demos that explore the following range of topics, including but not limited to:* - Reformulating scholarly projects and products for different audiences - Reconsidering questions of narration and argumentation, evidence and epistemology, interactivity, and/or text/visual presentation - Re-mapping the routes through which scholarly products circulate and recirculate - Expanding the digital and new media arts to include the humanities and vice versa - Reshaping the global system of knowledge production in the humanities, including access, circulation, exchange and equity both within the global north and between the global north and south - Generating new kinds of research, modes of teaching, and partnerships - Expanding new forms of dissertations and theses - Copyright challenges and strategies for digital scholarly communication - Web design and digitization of archives for multiple and different constituencies (local communities, global peers) - New forms of digitally based humanities research. Presentations may include the following formats: - Individual five-minute “lightening” talks or ten-minute lecture-style presentations, with or without technology (e.g., PPT, Prezi) - Panels featuring a common theme with short presentations , followed by discussion, with or without technology - Posters or demos displayed digitally (e.g., YouTube or other presentation format uploaded to the conference website; laptop-based video on a continuous loop, slidecast, interactive website; print poster board, etc.) (Presenters will have the option of pre-circulating materials on the website before and during the conference.) ------------------------------ HASTAC 2011 highlights: - Keynotes by Siva Vaidhyanathan (The Googlization of Everything), Dan Cohen (Open Access and Crowd Sourcing), Josh Greenberg (Public Digital Display), Dan Atkins (Cyber-infrastructure), and Cathy Davidson (co-founder of HASTAC and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn) - A digital projection by Paul Kaiser and the Open Ended Group with text by Merce Cunningham - A 2-hour tour of the renown UM Digital Commons with top music technology and 3D labs, ending with two screenings of 3D work by the Open Ended Group - A world premiere of the Open Ended Group’s piece commissioned by the Institute for the Humanities’ Mary Kidder fellowship, based on 12,000 images shot in the Packard Building in Detroit - HASTAC 2011 unConference* *Check for information on the HASTAC unConference at http://hastac2011.org/ ------------------------------ HASTAC.org HASTAC <http://hastac.org/> (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, pronounced "haystack") is a network of networks, an organization of over 7,000 individuals and institutions inspired by the possibilities that new technologies offer for shaping how society learns, teaches, communicates, creates, and organizes at local and global levels. Membership is open and free through http://hastac.org. Twitter: @hastac and @hastacscholars Facebook: HASTAC page <https://www.facebook.com/pages/HASTAC/335945846081> HASTAC LinkedIn Group<http://www.linkedin.com/groups/HASTAC-3930533?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr> ------------------------------ Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan The Institute for the Humanities is a center for innovative, collaborative study in the humanities and arts. Our mission is to serve as a national and international centerpiece for scholarly research in the humanities and creative work in the arts. We exist to deepen synergies between the humanities, the arts and other regions of the university, to carry forward the heritage of the humanities, and to bring the voices of the humanities to public life. 202 South Thayer Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734 936-3518 phone 734 763-5507 fax humin(a)umich.edu www.lsa.umich.edu/humin Facebook: Institute for the Humanities Page<https://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Michigan-Institute-for-the-Hum…> Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition <http://www.dmlcompetition.net/> <https://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp> <http://twitter.com/#%21/dmlcomp><http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Digital-Media-Learning-Competition-3935137><http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmlcomp/favorites/><http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p> <http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p>

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Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
by Seda Guerses 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

i am wondering if the following article about a new new law in missouri is sign of a trend in the us or an exception? it also seems that in the law, the lawmakers in missouri have introduced types of communication that will be allowed and others that will not be, which is based on conceptions of what is public and private. in any case, its implications at first sight seem quite grave. it also raises questions about how the law will be enforced? s. Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship A law signed into law last month in Missouri is making waves nationally, this week. A small part of the wide-ranging SB54, makes it illegal for teachers to be "friends" with students on any social networking site that allows private communication. That means teachers and students can't be friends on Facebook or can't follow each other on Twitter for example. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/03/138932276/missouri-outlaws-s…

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PhD course: Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning
by Stefan Hrastinski 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

PhD course Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning, 7.5 ECTS Oct-Dec, 2011 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Graduate Programme in Mediated Communication Course leaders: Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Martha Cleveland-Innes, visiting professor Ambjörn Naeve, head of the knowledge management research group Olle Bälter, associate professor The aim of this seminar course is to provide an overview of contemporary research topics in technology-enhanced learning (TEL). The course leaders will lead introductory seminars where they put forth current challenges and emerging TEL topics. Each participant will chose and present two research papers of high quality and provide a critical examination of its aims, theoretical framing, research approach, findings, analysis and implications. All participants will be expected to read and take part in a critical discussion of the selected papers. The papers should have been published in an established and well-known journal during 2010 or 2011. There are many high quality research journals that publish papers on online learning. We suggest the following journals included in the ISI journal index: Computers & Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, British Journal of Educational Technology, Interactive Learning Environments, Journal of Educational Technology & Society and The Internet and Higher Education. We also recommend International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning and International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. The final assignment of the course will be to write a literature review on current TEL research. It should be related to the thesis topic of the PhD student and should encompass 3000-4000 words. The first set of papers will be discussed during a two-day session at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, October 10-11. The second set of papers will be discussed asynchronously by using KTH social. The final assignments will be discussed in video conference sessions, tentatively December 13-14. If you are enrolled as a PhD student and interested in taking this course, please send an e-mail with a bio to Stefan (stefanhr(a)kth.se) as soon as possible. The course will include up to ten PhD students. Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Media Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Lindstedtsv. 3 SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Office: +46 8 790 65 68 Mobile: +46 739 75 17 47 stefanhr(a)kth.se http://hrastinski.posterous.com

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Re: [Air-L] Recommendations on mobile (phone) tech books
by noah.arceneaux＠sdsu.edu 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Something else for the growing list of suggestions.... The Cell Phone Reader, eds. Kavoori & Arceneaux (Peter Lang, 2006). It's a pretty diverse anthology that touches upon many topics. - N Noah Arceneaux Assistant Professor of Media Studies San Diego State University Noah Arceneaux Assistant Professor of Media Studies San Diego State University

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Egypt & Tunisia twitter network visualizations
by nativebuddha 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

does anybody have the links for the Egypt & Tunisia twitter network visualizations? thanks. -robert

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research on internet-based petitions
by Dan Ryan 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Pavel, Not an empirical examination of efficacy per se, but some analysis of the old style of internet petitions in this old working paper of mine: "Please take a few minutes... : Using 'Pointless' Internet Petitions to Characterize the Shape of Acquaintance Networks" (http://djjr-courses.wdfiles.com/local--files/djjr-cv%3Aresearch/RYAN-petiti…) or 2007 CASBS Presentation (http://djjr-courses.wikidot.com/local--files/djjr-cv:research/CASBS-Petitio…) Sciences Dan ---- Dan Ryan I work at Mills College o 5000 MacArthur Blvd o Oakland, CA 94613 o 510-430-3242 I write at http://djjr.net/papers/index.html I blog at http://soc-of-info.blogspot.com/ I innovate at http://www.innovationexchange.com

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CfP: CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interactive Posters, Panels, Videos and Student Volunteers; September 9 deadline
by Joe McCarthy 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

The *ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work* (http://cscw2012.org) is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and communities. CSCW encompasses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. Although work is an area of focus, CSCW embraces research and technologies supporting a wide range of recreational and social activities using a diverse range of devices. The conference brings together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in both technical and social aspects of collaboration. CSCW 2012 will be held February 11-15, 2012, in Seattle, Washington, USA. A record number of Papers & Notes were submitted to CSCW 2012 in June. The Papers & Notes track is now closed, and we want to encourage CSCW researchers and practitioners -- including those who submitted Papers & Notes -- to submit contributions to one or more of the following open tracks, all of which have an deadline of *September 9, 2011*, 5:00pm PDT: /CSCW Horizon/, /Demonstrations/, /Interactive Posters/, /Panels/, /Videos/ and /Student Volunteers/ (http://cscw2012.org/participation.php) The Interactive Posters and Demos Reception on the first evening of the main conference represents an often under-appreciated opportunity for participants to make valuable connections with other researchers and learn what they find interesting or unclear about your work, get pointers to related work, and forge relationships that may lead to potential new paths, collaborations and/or future external letters of reference. Unlike most other tracks, where the number of accepted submissions is limited by available time in the program, we have ample space for a large number of Posters and Demos, and are hoping a record number of participants will help fill it with engaging people, ideas and conversations. *CSCW Horizon * (http://cscw2012.org/participation/horizon.php) CSCW Horizon provides an opportunity to showcase and discuss research that expands the boundaries of CSCW beyond its standard topics and approaches. We solicit creative, unorthodox, inspirational submissions that help advance the CSCW community constructively, by provoking debate, predicting beyond the research horizon, or revealing unresolved issues in the field. This can be a chance for authors to present work that: * Challenges the basdic questions being asked and approaches used in traditional CSCW work * Brings new perspectives from other fields * Is visionary, futuristic, or has not been previously explored * Is generally less represented at the conference * Is controversial * Could benefit from public discussion that would not be possible in a traditional session. *Demonstrations* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/demos.php) CSCW 2012 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may include work that has been previous published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. Demonstrations should be interactive and provide attendees a hands-on experience. The demo forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the unique and novel contributions of the system. *Interactive Posters* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/posters.php) CSCW 2012 will include an interactive poster category for late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or short paper, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, early student research, and other research best presented in an interactive forum. Posters will be presented in a special Poster Session where researchers will interact directly with conference attendees. The posters will then remain up throughout the remainder of the conference. Accepted Interactive Poster abstracts will be published in ACM Digital Library and distributed to conference attendees as part of the Conference Extended Abstracts *Panels* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/panels.php) Panels are a great way to generate debate and raise new and interesting issues at CSCW. With panels we want to provide a forum for discussing provocative, controversial, innovative, emerging, boundary-spanning and boundary-breaking issues. The best panels provide opportunities for audience participation. We especially encourage innovative formats that will engage the audience, that address critical and contemporary topics, and that engage multiple disciplines in productive dialog. Is a panel a kind of cooperative work that can benefit from some kind of computer support? Or not? While paper sessions provide detailed discussions of work recently completed, panels provide an opportunity to explore what is on the horizon --- or what is already here but not adequately recognized, acknowledged or discussed. *Videos* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/videos.php) The CSCW Videos provides researchers with opportunities to present their cutting-edge work in an interactive fashion in front of an expert audience. Videos are ideally suited to demonstrate the practical application of research results and the functionality of CSCW systems, visualize the outcome of research and development projects, or describe inspiring visions of future systems that are grounded in today's reality. The Videos Program provides a venue to present work that involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. CSCW 2012 will accept both standalone full videos and video figures which illustrate papers in the Papers and Notes programs. Potential topics include, but definitely are not limited to: * demonstrations of innovative research prototypes * demonstrations of innovative aspects of commercial systems * studies of work practice that have implications for CSCW * retrospective collections of significant CSCW fields of work * visions of future technologies *Student Volunteers* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/sv.php) Student volunteers are essential to the success of the CSCW conference. In return for help at the conference, student volunteers receive a number of benefits including: * free conference registration * a fabulous t-shirt sure to be the envy of all conference goers * a complimentary Conference Reception ticket The complete Call for Participation, including more information about CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interative Posters, Panels, Videos and Student Volunteers can be found on the CSCW 2012 web site (http://cscw2012.org/participation.php) You can also follow announcements about the conference on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ACM_CSCW2012) and/or "like" us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012) We look forward to your participation! -- *The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work* 11-15 February 2012 Seattle, Washington, USA /Homepage/: cscw2012.org <http://cscw2012.org> /Twitter/: @ACM_CSCW2012 <http://twitter.com/acm_cscw2012> /Facebook/: www.facebook.com/CSCW2012 <http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012>

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