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Call for Submissions to the Research and Experimental Game Festival
by cindyPoremba 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Please feel free to forward this Call for Submissions to anyone you feel may/should be interested. Cheers, Cindy Poremba Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Tech Chair, Foundations of Digital Games 2012 Research and Experimental Game Festival ------------------ Call for Submissions to the Research and Experimental Game Festival Foundations of Digital Games 2012 May 29-June 1, 2012 Raleigh, North Carolina Important Dates Research and Experimental game Festival Submission:19 January 2012 Research and Experimental Game Festival Notification: 01 March 2012 Research and Experimental Games Festival Submissions The Festival is designed to showcase playable games that are experimental or have a research component. Submitted games could be significant because they are designed to answer a research question or experiment with the design process, or because their technological components represent research advancements. Works in progress are permitted, but the game will ideally include at least one playable level (or comparable unit of play time). Works that have not yet reached this stage may be more suitable for the conference demo track. Submissions should also include a 2-4 page writeup of the project which addresses requirements (technical and otherwise) needed for demonstrating the game at FDG. The text should outline the game’s research context, and how the work demonstrates rigor in methodology and a contribution to knowledge. Submissions should also include a link to the game, and/or substantive documentation, hosted on your own server or one of your choosing. We welcome and encourage works exploring a variety of disciplinary approaches and methodologies, including interdisciplinary collaborations. It is the responsibility of the contributor to ensure all necessary information is accessible at all times during the judging period (19 January 2012 to 01 March 2012). Games will be peer reviewed by an international panel comprised of academics, artists, and game designers. The Festival accepts works at all stages of publishing, regardless of source funding, provided the work clearly demonstrates an advancement to current and/or ongoing research. Works previously submitted to other festivals or exhibitions are permitted. General Submission Guidelines The 2-4 page writeup must be in either PDF or DOC format, and comply with the official ACM proceedings format using one of the templates provided at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submissions must be made via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fdg2012 If you have any questions or problems, please do not hestitate to contact the Festival Chair Cindy Poremba at cindy @ docgames dot com.

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Open access sites that charge
by Johnson, Thomas J 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

I was just asked to be an editor for an article for the Sage Open Access space. Sage currently charges about $350 for an article to appear in the open area space. First, I am not quite sure how this works. Articles are reviewed and presumably revised, but is the review process actually meaningful? That is, can a poorly reviewed article still get in the Open Access space or is space such as this only reserved for peer-reviewed articles? Would you recommend being an editor for an arrangement such as this? Tom

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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Applications due Friday, January 6, 2012 | Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning
by Sheryl Grant 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

The *Digital Media and Learning Research Competition* closes on January 6, 2012 at 5 pm PST/8 pm EST. The Research Competition application requirements can be found here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-competition-announcement.p…> . *(Please note that although we will make every effort to assist applicants with questions and technical problems on the final day of the Research Competition, due to expected volume, we cannot make any promises. The application system is open now and we advise applicants not to wait until the last moment to apply.) If you have already submitted your application, you can view it here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-proposals.php?show=dmlc-4rg>. For information on applying, click here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-apply.php>. Questions or concerns?Email your inquiry to dml(a)hri.uci.edu. ***** *Digital Media and Learning Research Competition: Call for Applications**** *Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning* ***Deadline: January 6, 2012 at 5pm PST/8pm EST * *Awards: $5,000 to $80,000* Online networks, digital resources, and gaming environments provide rich opportunities for learning that is demand-driven and learner-centered. More and more people are turning to networked knowledge communities, online tutorials, and other digital resources for wide ranging learning needs. While learning is migrating to these more informal and non-institutionalized kinds of contexts, we still have little research that examines how people assess, recognize, and display the learning that happens in these settings. - What are the emerging techniques and practices for managing reputation and recognizing learning? - What are the broad historical and structural understandings of how accreditation operates in our changing social and cultural environment? - What systems exist for recognizing learning outside of formal degree and training programs? - How do credentials and other displays of achievement operate in the digital and networked world? - What kinds of skills and experiences have not been well captured by existing credentialing and recognition systems? - How is the landscape of credentialing changing (or not) with the shift to digital and networked society? We seek empirical and theoretical research focusing on these questions. Studies should focus on areas such as: - Ranking, badging, and achievement systems in games, clubs, competitions, and other forms of interest-driven activities. - Accreditation and certificates outside of formal degree programs, including areas such as work skills training, language, writing and critical capabilities, arts, crafts, and other trades. - The role of credentials, badges, and other recognitions of achievement in career and reputation development. - Empirical, theoretical, and critical studies of how companies, groups, institutions, and individuals produce, utilize, and exploit various credentialing and reputation systems. *Apply to the Research Competition here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-apply.php> by Friday, January 6, 2012, 5pm PST/8pm EST. * * * Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition <http://www.dmlcompetition.net/> Duke University Box 90403 114. S. Buchanan Blvd., Bay 5 Durham, NC 27708-0403 <http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p>

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CFP: Visualization, Art, & Design Symposium
by Frank Marchese 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

First Call For Papers Visualization, Art, & Design A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualization, 10, 11 - 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Click on Symposia hypertext Applications at the intersection of art and visualization have become a recurring theme at visualization, graphics, and HCI conferences. Inspirations from artistic movements, artistic practice, and the field of aesthetics have stimulated visualization research with an increasing number of practitioners creating works that transcend these fields. Performance, sonic, and visual artists, designers, and architects have capitalized on innovations from the computing sciences, expanding their semiology, to create radically new representations of form and process. At the core of all works is the concept of information, its transformation, and its representation. It is at this nexus that the symposium resides. Its goal is to develop and promote an expanding dialog among individuals and groups working in the digital information arts, sciences, and technologies, by providing a venue for discussions about their works and the processes through which they were created. Submissions to this symposium are invited from the breadth of the digital arts, science, and technology, including artists, scientists, technologists, designers, architects, psychologists, historians, critical theorists, practitioners, and others. Theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, and manifestos that address all manner of process or product are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: · Artistic and design practices supporting the visualization process · Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations · Art by visualizers · Visualizations by artists and designers · Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations · Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes · Artistic mapping of information, including cartographic art, virtual and built architectural environments, interactive systems, and animations. · Infographic design and its associated process · The role of the viewer in visualization design · Visualization design aesthetics · The role of aesthetics in the design of information visualization tools Symposium Committee Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (Chair) – Contact: fmarchese(a)pace.edu Sarah Kenderdine, City University of Hong Kong (Chair) Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia (Chair) Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2012: Notification of Peer Review Result 05 May 2012: Submission of camera-ready 15 May 2012: Early registration closes Paper Format Guide: (Not more than 6 pages - excess pages at 30 GBP per page.) http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/INSTRUCTION.htm Submission procedures:http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm Dr. Francis T. Marchese Professor Dept. of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese email: fmarchese(a)pace.edu phone: 212 346-1803 Co-director Pace Digital Gallery http://www.pace.edu/DigitalGallery Director Pace Center for Advanced Media

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Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation - Call for papers
by Frank Marchese 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

First Call For Papers Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation, DHKV (formerly Cultural Heritage Knowledge Visualisation, CHKV - now expanded to include the Digital Humanities) A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualisation, 10, 11 - 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Click on Symposia hypertext Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2011: Notification of Peer Review Result 05 May 2011: Submission of camera-ready 15 May 2011: Early registration closes Paper Format Guide: (Not more than 6 pages - excess pages at 30 GBP per page.) http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/INSTRUCTION.htm The Humanities has enjoyed a renaissance in the last two decades. This has been largely facilitated by the acceptance of digital media as a tool for the critical analysis of scholarly works. This new field, the Digital Humanities, includes applied and theoretical use of digital media. Increasingly, large collections of data are being investigated using digital tools. These tools assist in visualising the information contained in ways that expose new meanings and interpretations of scholarly knowledge. Our host, the International Information Visualisation Conference, provides a uniquely propitious environment for a Digital Humanities symposium. With other symposia spanning Information Visualisation Theory & Practice to Visualisation in Software Engineering, attendees of the Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation symposium are well placed to make serendipitous connections with technologists in similar fields. This symposium seeks short and long papers on original and unpublished work addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: * Culture and Heritage Knowledge Visualisation * Art and Design * Visualization techniques for text corpora * Cartographics * Virtual and built environments * Interactive systems * Infographic design and its associated process * Data mining in the humanities * Information design and modelling * Social Networks * Network graph visualisation of historical precedents * Digital media enabled humanities research * Digital media assisted linguistics research * The digital arts, architecture, music, film, theatre, new media, digital games, and related areas Symposium Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualization Liaison: Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia Symposium Committee Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia (Chair) Sarah Kenderdine, City University of Hong Kong (co-Chair) Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (co-Chair) Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee: Theodor G Wyeld (Flinders University, Aust) Sarah Kenderdine (Museum Victoria, Aust) Francis T. Marchese (Pace University, NY, USA) Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland (NTNU, Trondheim, Norg) Teng-Wen Chang (NYUST, Taiwan) Brett Leavy (CyberDreaming, Aust) Malcolm Pumpa (QUT, Aust) Marinos Ioannides (HTI, Cyprus) Giovanni Issini (DFI, Italy) Special Journal Edition for selected papers: TBA. Supporting Bodies: Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities, Flinders University, Australia HOST: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ All enquiries about Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualization should be addressed to: Theodor Wyeld Screen and Media Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide 5001 South Australia ph: +06 8 8201 3264 fx: +06 8 8201 3635 em: theodor.wyeld(a)flinders.edu.au wb: www.flinders.edu.au/people/theodor.wyeld URL: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/DHKV.htm Instructions for Authors All submitted papers are peer reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Authors are invited to upload full original papers to the conference online submission system by March 01, 2012, https://www.conftool.net/IV2012. Electronic submissions (PDF) are recommended and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm. The final manuscripts for full papers are expected to be no more than 6 pages - up to 4 excess pages may be purchased and is set by publisher at 30 GBP per page.

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CFP - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER NETWORKS (IJCN)
by J. Stewart 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

CALL FOR PAPERS - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER NETWORKS (IJCN) ISSN: 1985-4129 Volume 4, Issue 2 Info. at http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/journals/IJCN/journal_cfp.php?JCode=IJCN Computer Science Journals (CSC Journals) invites researchers, editors, scientists & scholars to publish their scientific research papers in an International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN) Volume 4, Issue 2. The International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN) is an archival, bimonthly journal committed to the timely publications of peer-reviewed and original papers that advance the state-of-the-art and practical applications of computer networks. It provides a publication vehicle for complete coverage of all topics of interest to network professionals and brings to its readers the latest and most important findings in computer networks. CSC Journals anticipate and invite papers on any of the following topics: Ad-hoc Wireless Networks Network Architectures and Protocols Algorithms, Systems and Applications Network Coding ATM Networks Network Modeling and Performance Analysis Network Body Sensor Networks Network Operation and Management Cellular Networks Network Security and Privacy Cognitive Radio Networks Network Services and Applications Congestion and Flow Control Optical Networks Cooperative Networks Peer-to-Peer Networks Delay Tolerant Networks Personal Area Networks Fault Tolerant Networks Switching and Routing Information Theory Telecommunication Networks Local Area Networks Trust Worth Computing Metropolitan Area Networks Ubiquitous Computing MIMO Networks Web-based Services Mobile Computing Wide Area Networks Mobile Satellite Networks Wireless Local Area Networks Multicast and Broadcast Networks Wireless Mesh Networks Multimedia Networks Wireless Sensor Networks Important Dates - IJCN CFP - Volume 4, Issue 2. Paper Submission: January 31, 2012 Author Notification: March 15, 2012 Issue Publication: April 2012 For complete details about IJCN archives publications, abstracting/indexing, editorial board and other important information, please refer to IJCN homepage. We look forward to receive your valuable papers. If you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact us at cscpress(a)cscjournals.org. Our team is committed to provide a quick and supportive service throughout the publication process. A complete list of journals can be found at http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/bysubject.php Sincerely, J. Stewart Computer Science Journals (CSC Journals) B-5-8 Plaza Mont Kiara, Mont Kiara 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: + 603 6207 1607, + 603 2782 6991 Fax:+ 603 6207 1697 Url: http://www.cscjournals.org

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CFP: 2012 Digital Government Society Conference
by Andrea Kavanaugh 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

NOTE: Papers, workshop, and panel proposals due January 29, 2012 Dear Colleagues: The 2012 Digital Government Society Conference (dg.o 2012) marks the 13th annual conference, and will take place at the University of Maryland College Park June 4-7, 2012. The conference will bring together e-Government researchers and practitioners to explore cutting edge research and best practices regarding e-Government initiatives. Accepted papers are published in the ACM Proceedings Digital Library, and selected papers will appear in leading journals such as Government Information Quarterly; Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy; and the International Journal of E-Planning Research. Discussions are ongoing with other journal editors regarding additional special issues. Each year the conference combines: Presentations of effective partnerships and collaborations among government professionals and agencies, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of e-Government. Presentations and discussions on new research on e-Government as an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of information technology research, social and behavioral science research, and the challenges and missions of government. Practice regarding e-Government projects, implementations, and initiatives that bring together the research and practitioner communities, demonstrate the effectiveness and/or challenges of e-Government, and offer best practices. Governments today face unprecedented opportunities and challenges. New technologies provide governments with the opportunity to redefine the relationship between government and the public that they serve, create innovative public services, provide customer-focused services, encourage transparency, promote participatory democracy, facilitate the co-design of services, form new partnerships in service delivery, streamline operations and reduce costs, and build trust in government. But harnessing and implementing technologies effectively raise a number of policy, technology, and governance challenges. This year, the conference program will focus on the ways governments and the e-Government research community can work collaboratively to leverage information and communication technologies as part of innovative and dynamic approaches to creating and implementing high quality, efficient, and effective e-Government. Research, practice, and collaboration submissions addressing this theme could include but are not limited to: social media and public participation in digital government; effective use of social media by governments; crowd sourcing for government decision making; transformative government; open and transparent government; models of collaboration among government, industry, NGOs, and citizens; data integration, visualizations, and analytics for government decision making; agile and flexible government; financial/economic/social policy making; government productivity and effectiveness; service quality and customer-centric e-Government; social and health infrastructure; global government collaboration models and practices; infrastructure for data sharing among government agencies; computing infrastructure models, cyber-security and project management; IT-enabled government management and operations, and interest in program execution; IT and tools to support government security; and methods to measure and evaluate success in e-Government. In addition, we welcome submissions from the broader domain of e-Government research. We invite completed research papers, papers describing management and practice, policy, and case studies, student research papers, on-going research posters, and live demonstrations that demonstrate the use of technology to promote innovative e-Government services. We particularly encourage submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics. We also encourage the submission of suggestions for panels, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. More specific conference details are below. Kind regards, John Carlo Bertot, Conference Chair Luis Luna Reyes, Sehl Mellouli, and Yigal Arens, Program Chairs Jing Zhang and Soon Ae Chun, Workshop and Tutorials Chairs Teresa Harrison, Panel Chair Gabriel Puron Cid, Poster and Demo Chair Sharon Dawes, Björn Niehaves, and Jochen Scholl, Doctoral Colloquium Chairs 13th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2012) Bridging Research and Practice University of Maryland, College Park MD Monday– Thursday, June 4-7, 2012 Website: http://dgo2012.dgsna.org General inquiries: dgo2012(a)easychair.org Paper submissions: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2012 Important Dates: Jan 29, 2012 Papers, doctoral colloquium papers, workshop, tutorial, and panel proposals due March 11, 2012 Paper, doctoral colloquium, workshop, tutorial, and panel acceptance notifications Mar 18, 2012 Poster and demo proposals due Mar 30, 2012 Camera-ready manuscripts due April 6, 2012 Poster and demo acceptance notifications May 4, 2012 Early registration closes Jun 4-7, 2012 dg.o 2012 conference ************************************************************************* John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director Information Policy & Access Center College of Information Studies University of Maryland 4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing College Park, MD 20742 Email: jbertot(a)umd.edu Web (Bertot): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jbertot/ Web (Center): http://ipac.umd.edu Phone: 301.405.3267 Fax: 301.314.9145 Editor, Library Quarterly (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/lq/current) Editor, Government Information Quarterly (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf/)

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Make Your Writing Research Count!
by Jenn Fishman 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, *We invite you to join an important writing research initiative: the Research Exchange Index (REx). * By registering your previous and/or on-going research, you can contribute to the first comprehensive database of contemporary writing research. When it is complete, REx will enable researchers to easily locate research partners, identify project models, and access data that can help their ongoing work. Designed to include—and go beyond—published scholarship, REx will increase the visibility of the work we do—but only if everyone contributes. To learn more and get started, visit the REx site: < http://researchexchange.colostate.edu/>. Also, to learn additional ways you can contribute and shape the REx collection, contact us—and don’t miss this opportunity to register your work and make it count. REx Editors Jenn Fishman (jenn.fishman(a)marquette.edu) Joan Mullin (jmullin(a)ilstu.edu) Mike Palmquist (Mike.Palmquist(a)colostate.edu)

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Fwd: new issue of Fast Capitalism (FC8.2)
by jeremy hunsinger 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

> > > Happy New Year! We have just posted a new issue of Fast Capitalism--FC8.2. The issue offers a cluster of articles on academia in the Internet age, and a diverse set of regular articles, including a sustained reflection by Tim Luke on the last decade of economic crisis. The journal can be found at: > > http://www.fastcapitalism.com/ > > > Our next issue should appear in late summer. > > > --ben Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Live without dead time. -graffitti Paris 1968

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Politics and Social Media in Pakistan - The struggle for new power within an immature democracy!
by Fouad Bajwa 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

Starting the new year with a view on politics and social media in Pakistan: Politics and Social Media in Pakistan - The struggle for new power within an immature democracy!Source: http://tinyurl.com/84g6hkhor direct link:http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-and-social-me… Excerpt:"With the massive terror attacks and daily target and political killings carnage across the nation, the never ending NRO case hearings, political unrest with fading accountability, death of Osama Bin Laden, the chaotic mishandling of Raymond Davis case, the political Memo Gate scandal, the crisis after NATO and ISAF'smurderous attack on the Pakistani military border checkpoints, the protesting crushed citizenry against the unavailability of electricity, natural gas, rising prices of daily commodities with increasing inflation, the highest rates of joblessness in the world, no law or legal protection even at the basic level, with constant human rights violations midst constant media threats of martial law over an immature democracy, the country remains struggling to withhold its weight and avoid a total collapsing failure. Cooking pot for an Epic political drama of the century!Despite all this chaos and pitfalls of democracy in Pakistan, the political stage is getting ready for the best election drama of the new millennium, a moment in history that everyone across the world will be interested in following. What will be the future of Pakistan and its governance? Hardcore dirty politics is not the focus of thisdiscussion but more on how the political parties and key political actors have taken to the Internet, World Wide Web and Social Media to heat up the political battle ground for upcoming elections. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa Internet Governance Advisor ICT4D Social Practitioner & Researcher Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa MAG Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA

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