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Internship in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
by Jankowski, Jacek 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Internship in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing The Unit for Service Oriented Architecture (USOA) at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI: http://www.deri.ie) at the National University of Ireland, Galway invites applications for an internship in the area of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. DERI is a leading research institute in semantic technologies. The successful candidate will design and implement components of a search engine for Cloud Computing services using Linked Data technologies. We offer: * A stimulating, dynamic, multi-cultural research environment. * Excellent ties to research groups worldwide. * Close collaborations with leading industrial partners. * Up-to-date infrastructure and resources. * 3 months paid internship: commensurate with qualifications and experience. We expect: * Strong background in Computer Science. Preferably the candidate should be currently pursuing MSc degree in Computer Science or related discipline. * Strong programming skills in Java. * Software design, development & testing skills. * Ability to work in a team on software projects on time and to specification. * Motivated and proactive attitude. * Strong communication skills, verbal and written. Bonus skills: * Experience in Scala is a strong additional advantage. * Experience with RDF and SPARQL. * Knowledge about deployment of Web services/Web APIs/Domain Specific Languages. Application procedure: Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and CV in PDF to: maciej.zaremba(a)deri.org. Closing date for receipt of applications is June 5, 2012. We expect the successful candidate to start at the earliest possible date, ideally in July 2012. Regards, Dr. Jacek Jankowski on behalf Dr. Maciej Zaremba

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The effectiveness of online reactions to online bullying behavior?
by Van Cleemput Katrien 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Dear all, I am currently involved in a multi-disciplinary project that aims to develop an evidence-based online game to combat cyberbullying (more information www.friendlyattac.be<http://www.friendlyattac.be>). Currently, we are looking for more information on the effectiveness of online reactions against cyberbullying. Often victims and bystanders are advised to act in certain ways to the bullying: block the bully, stand up for yourself (and react). We are not sure to what extent these tips are useful, especially in a SNS context (e.g. is it a good advice to tell victims to react to the bullying online as these online ‘discussions’ often tend to escalate?, or to what extent is blocking the bully a good solution for the victim?). Does anyone know of researchers that have focused on the effectiveness of this type of provided advice? Or does anyone have suggestions with regard to theory or research in related area’s (I think for instance about flaming on BB) that could help us with these questions? Thank you Katrien Van Cleemput University of Antwerp Department of Communication Studies Sint-Jacobstraat 2, M.171 2000 Antwerpen Tel: +32 (0)3 265 52 57

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PhD scholarships at the European University Institute for citizens of the Russian Federation
by Angela Daly 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Call for applications here: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/News/2012/03-28-Callfora… Deadline is 30 April, so very soon!

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CFP: Social lives of and on computers, technology and the internet
by Jonathan Marshall 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

People from Australia or people who are visiting Australia in September, please consider submitting a paper for the following panel at ‘Culture and Contest in a Material World’, the Australian Anthropological Society Conference 2012, 26th to 28th September 2012, University of Queensland, St. Lucia (Brisbane) Australia. The Deadline for paper submissions is close: 4th May P11 Social lives of and on computers, technology and the internet Convenor: Jonathan Marshall (University of Technology, Sydney) The material basis of many social interactions throughout the world is provided by computer software or other forms of technology such as mobile phones, local two-way radio and so on. It is even possible that the material structures of communication form the ‘new’ infrastructure of global information capitalism. This relatively new situation opens up many ways of thinking about anthropology and what it can contribute to the world. The panel invites people to reflect upon the interaction of people, culture and communication within these forms of materiality. Questions that could be considered include: What happens to the ‘locale’ of communication, or indeed what happens to conceptions of the local? How do these forms of communication subvert, reinforce and extend existing cultural and social modes of action or understanding? Can what seems to be an extension or reinforcement, also induce disruption? How is the technology of communication and labour designed and implemented? How is technology changed by its users consciously or unconsciously? What are the social dynamics of software? What kinds of social organisations form ‘around’ communication technologies? What are the dynamics of living online? What are the social experiences of international call centre workers? What are the myths and motifs that are growing up around the technology of communication? What does all this tell us about the materiality, or ‘material base’ of socio-culture? Both primarily theoretical and completely ethnographic-descriptive papers are welcome. Please submit your abstracts by email to Jon Marshall jon.marshall(a)uts.edu.au by Friday, 4th May 2012. More Panels from the same conference at: http://www.uq.edu.au/aasconf2012/panels Please further note, as additional attractions: P1 The anthropology of media Convenors: Anna Cristina Pertierra (the University of Queensland) and Heather Horst (RMIT). P20 Build your own ethnograph: Creative reflections on ethnography and technology Convenor: Kirrily Thompson (Central Queensland University) plus much other intersting stuff. The keynote speakers for the conference include: Genevieve Bell director of User Interaction and Experience in Intel Labs, author of *Divining the Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing*. Thomas Hylland Eriksen who will be talking about "The three crises of globalisation: Culture, climate, finance". hope to see you there. jon UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Digital Culture and Society Post, King's College London
by Jordan, Timothy 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Dear all, Please share with any suitable candidates, a lectureship in Digital Culture and Society at King's College London. Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society King's College London - Culture, Media and Creative Industries and Digital Humanities http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEI676/lecturer-in-digital-culture-and-society/ Job Ref: A7/AAI/352/12-JM In order to build on our successful work in digital culture, we are seeking to appoint one post at lecturer level to teach on our successful MA and PhD programmes, on possible future undergraduate programmes, and to conduct research. This is a joint appointment between the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries and the Department of Digital Humanities. The successful applicant may have expertise in any area of digital culture, but applicants with an interest in gaming, social networking and/or digital art will be particularly welcome. The successful applicant must show an ability to contribute to the Research Excellence Framework submission, and to contribute to the international excellence of the two departments' research and teaching. The closing date for receipt of applications is 24th May 2012 Interviews are provisionally set for 11 June 2012 Equality of opportunity is College policy. The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications, within the Grade 6 to 7 scale, currently £31,020 to £45,486, per annum plus £2,323 per annum London Allowance. For an informal discussion of the post please contact Dr Tim Jordan via email at timothy.jordan(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:timothy.jordan@kcl.ac.uk> to arrange a time to speak. Cheers Tim Dr Tim Jordan, Acting Head of Department Culture, Media and Creative Industries, Senior Lecturer Digital Humanities Creative Arts Administrative Centre, Room 5D, D Floor, Chesham Building, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, England Phone: +44 (0)20 78481100 See Digital Culture blog at: http://blogs2.cch.kcl.ac.uk/madcs/

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FW: Call for Papers: International Journal of McLuhan Studies
by Alex Kuskis 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

International Journal of McLuhan Studies Call for Papers The International Journal of McLuhan Studies seeks contributions for each monograph issue, embracing different theoretical and methodological approaches, to review McLuhan's critical thought as represented in his lectures and writings. The aim of the Journal is to open a dialogue between academics, researchers, teachers, artists and business people, in order to relate the contributions of Marshall McLuhan to contemporary questions focused on issues of production, co-production and the consumption of media, intelligence, education, memory, identity, desire, art, design, collaboration and technology in the society of knowledge. Spring-Summer 2012, Issue 2 Education Overload >From Total Surround to Pattern Recognition Streams: Alternative learning environment, collaborative learning, digital natives, educational computing, educational gaming, educational media ecology, edupunk, edutainment, e-portfolios, e-readers & iPads, figure-ground analysis, information literacy, invisible learning, digital literacy, learning analytics, learning biologies, learning interfaces, learning economies, massive online open courses (MOOC), new pedagogies, social-media driven education, tertiary orality, training of perception, web learning, wiki culture. Call for papers: The United Nations General Assembly in 2002 declared the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: a ten-year period from 2005 to 2014 in which it is increasingly evident that education, culture and the way children are brought up form the keys for peaceful co-existence and a sustainable future. Education was one of the central concerns of McLuhan's work. Marchessault (2008) writes that McLuhan's total body of work expresses "a deeply and consistently pedagogical project" (p. 4). The two volumes Report on Project in Understanding New Media (1960), commissioned by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, and The City as Classroom: Understanding Language and Media (1977) open a wide perspective on education, pedagogy and media in the Electronic Era. Marshall McLuhan's ideas on education and learning were proposed in lectures and writings, mainly during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Harshly critical of the "place-based, book-paced" educational practices of the time, McLuhan offered a compelling vision of learning to replace lectures with active student participation, interaction and involvement, engaging learners in discovery learning, rather than pre-packaged teacher and textbook-delivered content to be regurgitated on tests. His vision of "classrooms without walls" included a transition from hardware to software, redefinition of teacher roles, elimination of subjects, reform of assessment, and the use of instructional media, not just books. The curriculum would focus on media literacy and include the training of perception through figure/ground analysis and the inclusion of arts education. Noting the trend toward "learning a living", the constant upgrading of knowledge and skills by professional workers, he anticipated today's emphasis on lifelong learning and workplace training. If McLuhan's writings and lectures on media anticipate the Internet, social media and global consciousness, his work on education and learning anticipates today's use of instructional media, online, collaborative and experiential learning, constructivism, as well-as lifelong learning and other current trends in education. He noted in 1967 that: "The little red schoolhouse is already well on its way toward becoming the little round schoolhouse", foreshadowing the arrival of the most powerful learning platform yet devised - the Internet. Traditional classrooms and the global village would give way to a global "classroom without walls". Contemporary society is presently facing a situation of "education overload", in which the information environment outside of schools is far richer than that inside of schools, in which virtual environments offer a multifaceted and complex dimension for learning practices, in which people suffer the limits, and benefit of the possibilities of this "total surround" of information and knowledge. In this scenario traditional pedagogies no longer suffice for a world that calls for new visions, tools and skills for training in perception and pattern recognition. The International Journal of McLuhan Studies invites the submission of full papers related to these themes (8000 words maximum, references not included). All submitted papers will be refereed and the authors of those accepted will be notified, accompanied by revision suggestions where necessary, and asked to submit a camera ready version to be published in Issue 2 of IJMS. Details: Deadline for full paper submissions: June 3rd, 2012. First step: double blind peer review - Full paper submission, maximum 8000 words, references not included - Submission opens April 30th and close June 3rd 2012 - Papers must be electronically submitted according to the guidelines published on the website (www.mcluhanstudies.com) Second Step: - Papers accepted will receive detailed feedback and suggestions for revision, where necessary, to be taken into consideration before submission of the camera-ready version for publication in the Journal - Every accepted paper requires proofreading by a proof reader of the mother tongue. . Some Marshall McLuhan probes and ideas on education and learning: The business of school is no longer instruction but discovery. And the business of the teaching establishment is to train perception upon the outer environment instead of merely stenciling information upon the brain pans of children inside the environment The goal of science and the arts and of education for the next generation must be to decipher not the genetic but the perceptual code. In a global information environment, the old pattern of education in answer-finding is of no avail: one is surrounded by answers, millions of them, moving and mutating at electric speed. Survival and control will depend on the ability to probe and to question in the proper way and place. As the information that constitutes the environment is perpetually in flux, so the need is not for fixed concepts but rather for the ancient skill of reading that book, for navigating through an ever uncharted and unchartable milieu. Else we will have no more control of this technology and environment than we have of the wind and the tides. What is indicated for the new learning procedures is not the absorption of classified and fragmented data, but pattern recognition with all that that implies of grasping relationships (...) We seem to be approaching the age when we shall program the environment instead of the curriculum. There is no kind of problem that baffles one or a dozen experts that cannot be solved at once by a million minds that are given a chance simultaneously to tackle a problem. The satisfaction of individual prestige, which we formerly derived from the possession of expertise, must now yield to the much greater satisfactions of dialogue and group discovery. The task yields to the task force. .continue online at www.mcluhanstudies.com

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Call for short papers: "Words and Networks" workshop at ACM Web Science Conference 2012
by David Reitter 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Call for short papers: Words and Networks: Language Use in Socio-Technical Networks (WON 2012) We solicit short papers for a workshop on research at the nexus of text analysis and network analysis. The workshop will be held at the ACM Web Science 2012 Conference in Evanston, IL, on June 22nd (http://www.websci12.org/) Workshop webpage: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/calls/WON_2012.html. While text analysis and network analysis have evolved into mature yet still quickly advancing fields, new work at their intersection emerges that enhances our understanding of the transformative role that language can play in networks and the relationship between information and networks. By jointly considering text data and network data we can analyze networks along multiple dimensions of human behavior. This has facilitated eminent work on collective problem solving through information propagation, language change, and the adoption of beliefs and sentiments, to name a few areas. The overarching goal with this workshop is to bring together people that bridge the gap between text analysis and network analysis, and to discuss current advances and challenges in this new field. What and how to submit: We welcome short papers (2-6 pages) on algorithmic, methodological and applied empirical work that considers text data and network data. We are also interested in computational solutions that support this process. Please submit your paper EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=won2012) Please use the Word or LaTeX templates for WebSci12 for you submission (http://www.websci12.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WebSci-Proceedings-Templ…) Topics of interest include: - Semantic network analysis - Information networks - Mental maps - Joint utilization of natural language processing or computational linguistics and network analysis, e.g. in the context of social media analytics - Evolution and change of language, trust and reputation in online and offline settings Important dates: May 16: Short papers due May 25: Acceptance notes sent out June 08: Final version of short papers due June 22: Workshop June 22-24: Web Science Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA Organizers: Jana Diesner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The iSchool/ Graduate School of Library and Information Science Web: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/ David Reitter Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Psychology and Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology Web: http://www.david-reitter.com Program Committee: Christian Baden, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Moira Burke, Facebook Lee Giles, Penn State University Scott Golder, Cornell University Georg Groh, Technical University Munich Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Peter Landwehr, Carnegie Mellon University Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, University of Porto Wouter van Atteveldt, University Amsterdam John Yen, Penn State University

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Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces
by Adriana de Souza e Silva 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Apologies for the self-promotion, but I just would like to bring to your attention my newest book (co-authored with Jordan Frith), which has just been published by Routledge. Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces: Locational Privacy, Control, and Urban Sociability Adriana de Souza e Silva & Jordan Frith Short Description Mobile phones are no longer what they used to be. Not only can users connect to the Internet anywhere and anytime, they can also use their devices to map their precise geographic coordinates – and access location-specific information like restaurant reviews, historical information, and locations of other people nearby. The proliferation of location-aware mobile technologies calls for a new understanding of how we define public spaces, how we deal with locational privacy, and how networks of power are developed today. In Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces, Adriana de Souza e Silva and Jordan Frith examine these social and spatial changes by framing the development of location-aware technology within the context of other mobile and portable technologies such as the book, the Walkman, the iPod, and the mobile phone. These technologies work as interfaces to public spaces – that is, as symbolic systems that not only filter information but also reshape communication relationships and the environment in which social interaction takes place. Yet rather than detaching people from their surroundings, the authors suggest that location-aware technologies may ultimately strengthen our connections to locations. TOC: Section I: Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces 1. Interfaces to public spaces 2. The public and the private 3. From voice to location Section II: Location-awareness in the contemporary city 4. Locational privacy 5. Power in location awareness 6. The presentation of location About the Authors: Adriana de Souza e Silva is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on how mobile and locative interfaces shape interactions with public spaces and create new forms of sociability. She is the co-editor of Digital Cityscapes: Merging Digital and Urban Playspaces, and co-author of Net-Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World, Jordan Frith is a doctoral candidate in North Carolina State University's Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media program. His main research interests are locative media and space, particularly how locative media may influence interactions in urban spaces. He has recently been published in the journals Mobilities and Communication, Culture, and Critique.　 http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Interfaces-Public-Spaces-Sociability/dp/041550… ______________________________ Adriana de Souza e Silva, PhD Associate Professor of Communication NC State University http://www.souzaesilva.com Lead organizer ICA Mobile Communication pre-conference 2012 http://sociomobile.org/mobile2012/index.html

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AJET special issue on virtual worlds published
by Lee, Mark 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the much-awaited Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) special issue on Virtual Worlds in Tertiary Education, guest edited by Mark J. W. Lee (Charles Sturt University and University of New England), Barney Dalgarno (Charles Sturt University) and Helen Farley (University of Southern Queensland) has now been published. The guest editorial and all eight articles that constitute the special issue are freely available from the AJET website at http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet . Please feel free to spread the word about the special issue to colleagues at your institution and elsewhere who might be interested, and through the various networks and associations of which you are part. Kind regards, Mark J.W. Lee, Barney Dalgarno and Helen Farley Guest Editors, AJET special issue - Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective Email: ajet.virtualworlds(a)gmail.com Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT) Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email.

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Call for Conference Proposals: Higher Education Teaching and Learning: Exploring Spaces for Learning, Orlando, January 2013
by Patrick Blessinger 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Our website is now open to submit your proposal to the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association <http://hetl.org/> International Conference, which will be held here in Orlando next January in cooperation with the Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning<http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/> * *at the University of Central Florida <http://www.ucf.edu/>. The theme of this interdisciplinary conference, *Exploring Spaces for Learning*, will accommodate a wide range of faculty development concerns, including* *engagement with students in informal learning sites, virtual learning spaces, global classrooms, and sites for experiential learning. A proceedings of book abstracts will be produced. The best papers will be published in the *HETL Review <http://hetl.org/>* online journal.**** ** ** The conference will feature three content tracks: **** Track 1: Engaging and retaining students using *cutting-edge technologies*;* *** Track 2: Engaging and retaining students using *innovative pedagogies*;**** Track 3: Engaging and retaining students using *international collaborations *.**** ** ** *Proposals are due before May 18.* Please go to this URL to find more info about the event and to submit a proposal: http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/hetl2013/ . We hope to see you in Orlando. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please forward this announcement to your colleagues. **** * * Best regards,**** ** ** * Charles Wankel*, St. John's University, New York, Program Co-Chair**** *Melody Bowdon*, University of Central Florida, Program Co-Chair**** *Patrick Blessinger*, HETL, Chair of the Cutting-Edge Technologies Track**** * Olga Kovbasyuk*, Far East Russia Global Learning Center, Chair, Innovative Pedagogies Track**** * Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch*, Silesian U. of Technology, Chair, International Collaborations Track

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