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Autocomplete research
by Jasmine E McNealy 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could suggests journal articles or other readings on "autocomplete" particularly with respect to the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! (and I guess Bing now). Thank you in advance for you assistance. Best, JM ________________________________ Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse of Public Communication Syracuse University 215 University Place Room 377 NH2 Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-1151 jemcneal(a)syr.edu

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|| ACADEMIC MINDTREK || LAST CALL: 3rd June || Last CfP || * HCI * Social Media * Digital Games * Open Source * Media Management * Ambient Media *
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

============================================================================================ Academic MindTrek Conference 2012: Last Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstrations, Workshops, Tutorials 3rd-5th October, 2012 Tampere, Finland http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org * SOCIAL MEDIA * AMBIENT MEDIA * MEDIA MANAGEMENT * HCI * OPEN SOURCE * DIGITAL GAMES * Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on: 3rd JUNE 2012 (LAST CALL) Tutorials and Workshops due on: 1st JUNE 2012 in cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI contributions will be published in the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level work will be published as book chapters or in journals ============================================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference, 3rd ? 5th October 2012, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. The conference explores academically the emerging and frontier-breaking applications of new media in everyday contexts of leisure, business and organizational life. October 3rd is the main Academic MindTrek day. Due increasing popularity of the conference, we are extending the scope of Academic MindTrek 2012! The academic conference features six major themes: * Social Media * Ambient & Ubiquitous Media * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction (new track!) * Open Source * Digital Games SOCIAL MEDIA ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. AMBIENT AND UBIQUITOUS MEDIA ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, location based services, ubiquitous computation, augmented reality, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. MEDIA BUSINESS, MEDIA PRODUCTION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media. This theme focuses on business studies, policies, practices, and organizational structure of media firms. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (HCI) The wide field of HCI is to discuss issues around human computer interaction modalities, consumer experience, design of computer systems, human aspects, universal media access, ergonomics, communication, novel interaction modalities, privacy, trusted systems, interaction theories, and sociological and psychological factors. This theme of devotes to several of these aspects, and is targeted to the scientific community dealing with several applied and theoretical aspects of HCI and user experience. OPEN SOURCE The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. DIGITAL GAMES The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. DEMONSTRATIONS The aim is to gather demonstrations from researchers and professionals from the communities related to the topics of MindTrek. The objective for the demonstrations is to provide a forum for exchanging experiences, practical projects, or media demonstrators. The target audience includes members of the academic community, industry, or laboratories who can demonstrate the results of their research projects with a practical implementation. ACADEMIC MINDTREK AS A CONFERENCE In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to register for the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference with our special registration rate. The Academic MindTrek registration includes full service such as coffees, lunches, and social gatherings. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Several papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference. SHORT AND LONG PAPER PROPOSALS All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the Academic MindTrek. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Depending on the attracted number of papers for each workshop, we provide space for either half-day or full-day workshops. DEMONSTRATIONS PROPOSALS Demonstration proposals shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the demonstration; b) general architecture of the demonstration; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related demonstrations; e) audio-visual materials to illustrate the demonstration (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the Internet address of the demonstration (if applicable). It is strongly recommended that the authors make the demonstration (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference. Attendees have the possibility to exhibit their posters on a A0 poster wall during the conference. SUBMISSION DEADLINES - 3rd June 2012 (LAST CALL): deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), extended abstracts (1-2 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 1st June 2012: deadline for tutorial proposals and workshop proposals - 5th August 2012: camera ready papers and copyright forms KEY-DATES - 15th July 2012: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, extended abstracts, posters, and demos, tutorials - 5th August 2012: submission of camera ready papers - 3rd-5th October 2012: Academic MindTrek and MindTrek Business Conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers - 15th August 2012: deadline for workshop papers - 10th September 2012: deadline for camera-ready papers CONFERENCE THEMES 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - social media in innovation and business - intra- and interorganizational use of social media - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - knowledge management and learning with social media - experience management with social media - crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - social media and community design - benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - user positioning, location awareness - augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - media policy, politics, practices, conception, and media regulation - organizational structures, practices, and strategies - production technology, processes, and optimization - business models, service models, public funding, and media economics - patterns of media use, engagement, and consumer experiences - advertising, media consumption, new audience models, and media user models - competition analysis, media governing, assessment, performance indicators - business and media management: gaming, social media, Internet, digital cinema, iTV - traditional media business and management: broadcasting, publishing, journalism, and movie industry - innovative service designs, strategies, and ideas - teaching & training of media management and media business 4. Human-Computer Interaction - user experience and experience design - interaction design techniques and methods - user interaction and HCI design - creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - human centered computing and understanding interaction - interactivity methods - designing for experience and interactivity - design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Open Source - forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - establishment of an open source community - practices on developing open source systems - practices for maintaining a successful project - open source processes and techniques - differences on open source and closed source systems - using open source in commercial context - challenges of open source development - teaching open source in academia and industry 6. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - analysis of player experience - game design research - economy and business models in the game industry - innovation in and around games - digital distribution of games - online gaming - social and casual gaming - player-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - mobile and cross-media gaming - gamification, funware and playful designs PAPER SUBMISSION - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your paper - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2012mindtrek/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Karsten Wolf, Univ. Bremen, GER Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Theresa Champel, Univ. of Lisbon, PT Yuan Fu, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Dominik Strohmeier, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), GER CONTACT Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email:academic-mindtrek-chairs@listmail.tut.fi General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic-mindtrek-info(a)listmail.tut.fi PAPER SUBMISSIONS http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2012mindtrek/ FURTHER INFORMATION http://www.academicmindtrek.org SUPPORTED BY MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Ambient Media Association (AMEA).

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 34
by Patricia Jeter 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

I either create a PDF or JPEG screen capture of any web pages I use and save them along with all of my other references. I hope this helps. -----Original Message----- >On Jul 26, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Maria Eronen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. >> >> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. >> >> Maria >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 34 > *************************************

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CFP- Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice
by Judd Ruggill 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Call for Papers: Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area 34th Annual SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference February 13-16, 2013 Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center Albuquerque, NM The Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area welcomes papers, panels, and other proposals on games (digital and otherwise) and their study and development. The Area is also offering a three hour workshop titled “Teaching About and With Games” on the first day of the conference. - PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - Possible topics include (but are in no way limited to): Alternative reality games Archiving and artifactual preservation Competitive/clan gaming Design and development Economic and industrial histories and studies Educational games and their pedagogies Foreign language games and culture Advertising (both in-game and out) Game art/game-based art Haptics and interface studies Localization Machinima MOGs, MMOGs, and other forms of online/networked gaming Performance Pornographic games Religion and games Representations of race and gender Representations of space and place The rhetoric of games and game systems Serious games Strategy games Table-top games and gaming Technological, aesthetic, economic, and ideological convergence Theories of play Wireless and mobile gaming For paper proposals: Please submit a 250 word abstract and brief biographical sketch to the conference event management site: http://conference2013.swtxpca.org. Make sure to select the Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice topic area. The submission deadline is 11/16/2012. For panel and other proposals: Feel free to query the Area Chair first (Judd Ruggill, jruggill(a)asu.edu) Panel and other proposals should also be submitted to the conference event management site and include the information requested for individual paper proposals, as well as a 100-word statement of the panel’s raison d’etre and any noteworthy organizational features. As always, proposals are welcome from any and all scholars (including graduate students, independent scholars, and tenured, tenure-track, and emeritus faculty) and practitioners (developers, artists, archivists, and so forth). Also, unusual formats, technologies, and the like are encouraged. - AWARD - Graduate students accepted to present in this area may apply for the conference’s monetary Computer Culture and Game Studies Award. The full paper is due to the judges on 1/1/2013. For details on this award and the conference’s other awards for the best graduate papers, see http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/112.html. - WORKSHOP - The Area Research Coordinator is pleased to announce this year’s Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice workshop, “Teaching About and With Games.” This three hour workshop is geared toward participants interested in game-based pedagogies. Many disciplines are experimenting with incorporating games into their curricula to increase student engagement and teach content in a participatory manner. As with any pedagogical approach, there are challenges and rewards to incorporating games. The workshop organizers will work with participants to articulate goals for a unit, course, or program of study. They will help participants begin to evaluate whether games are appropriate for a particular pedagogical goal, and if so, suggest useful games and game types. The workshop will also discuss the technologies needed for all skill- levels and technological goals. The workshop is limited to 10 participants, and the goal is for participants to leave with a framework for implementation or to refine previous game-based pedagogies. The limited number of participants will ensure that everyone involved will get the time and attention they need. Those interested in participating in the workshop should email a 100-250 word statement to the Area Research Coordinator (Jennifer deWinter(a)wpi.edu) outlining what they are thinking about doing, so that the organizers can best prepare to meet the specific needs of the participants. Nota bene: There is no charge for the workshop (for registered conference presenters/attendees). The submission deadline is 1/15/13. - COLLABORATION & PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES - The Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area is international in scope and emphasizes diversity, an openness to innovative approaches and presentations, and the energetic practice of post-conference collaboration and publication. The Area Research Coordinator would like to note the following publication opportunities for this year’s participants: Technical Writing and Computer Games: The editors of this collection are interested in representing the intersection of technical communication theory, practice, and pedagogy. The editors are attending the conference. If you are interested in the CFP, contact Ryan Moeller (rylish.moeller(a)usu.edu) or Jennifer deWinter (jdewinter(a)wpi.edu) Computer Game Policy and the Shaping of Play (tentative title): This is a collection of essays that arose out of the 2012 SW/TX PCA/ACA conference. The editors are soliciting submissions that critically engage with national, corporate, and educational policy on computer games. The editors are attending the conference. If your are interested in the CFP, contact Steven Conway (sconway(a)swin.edu.au) or Jennifer deWinter (jdewinter(a)wpi.edu) Computer Game Production: The editors of this collection are soliciting web-texts for Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, an online multimedia journal. This collection is interested particularly in computer game production. Most inquiry into computer games in the fields of English, Composition, and Rhetoric have been on consuming/playing computer games or critiquing the larger culture of games. This special issue will be about the composing process, to use terminology from those disciplines. The editors are attending the conference. If you are interested in the CFP, contact Stephanie Vie at (vie_s(a)fortlewis.edu) or Jennifer deWinter (jdewinter(a)wpi.edu) For more information about these opportunities, or to discuss others, please email the Area Research Coordinator (Jennifer deWinter, jdewinter(a)wpi.edu) Cheers, Judd Ruggill, Area Chair Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice jruggill(a)asu.edu http://www.swtxpca.org Jennifer deWinter, Research Coordinator Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice jdewinter(a)wpi.edu http://www.swtxpca.org

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UK Gov consultation on digital consumer rights
by Ren Reynolds 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

[usual if this is a re-post, don't think my other email is registered here] The UK Government’s Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) launched a consultation titled “Consultation on enhancing consumer confidence by clarifying consumer law”. The deadline for the consultation is 5 October 2012. The consultation proposes a range of options that seek to harmonise UK consumer law. What marks this out for digital industries such as social media, cloud computing, computer games, music services etc is that as part of the consultation the UK Government is proposing options for a set of consumer rights designed specifically for ‘Digital Content’. In short the proposal is to bring UK / European notions of consumer rights to the digital arena i.e. putting in place statutory notions of quality and rights such as return. The consultation makes direct or side reference to famous cases such as Amazon removing 1984 from Kindles and Sony forcing patches on users that stopped PS/3's running linux. Some of the proposed options would mean that companies would not simply have these rights. What's more the consultation makes is clear that the rights apply to all companies selling to the UK (wherever they are based) and they cannot be contracted out of. tVPN have created a short summary of the consultation here: http://www.virtualpolicy.net/ukcontentrights.html We are very interested in hearing from legal and other academics who would be interested in contributing to a joint response - see the link above for details. ren Ren Reynolds FRSA Founder: the Virtual Policy Network www.virtualpolicy.net --8<-- web: www.renreynolds.com Think Tank: www.virtualpolicy.net blog: terranova.blogs.com Skype: RenZephyr http://www.linkedin.com/in/renreynolds

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Re: [Air-L] trolls and Aspergian "sufferers"
by Frances Shaw 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

I can offer some suggestions of people doing work that intersects disability studies and internet studies - Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell, and Katie Ellis are the first names that come to mind. A lot of the work done in this area addresses the issues of accessibility and so forth, but also extends to issues of inclusion and participation for people with disabilities. In any case, there should be loads more research on trolling being published soon, with the upcoming issue of Fibreculture: http://fibreculturejournal.org/cfp-special-issue-for-the-fibreculture-journ… Frances. > There are a lot of researchers in the area of disability studies doing > interesting work - I'm not really very aware of anyone doing work that > crosses disability studies with internet research, but I am going to > go ask a friend now if they do know of some - it seems to me that > there's a nexus of interest there that someone should be exploring. > You're right to point it out, and I want to acknowledge that I see the > value in having you point to it, even tho I don't really agree with > how you went about it. > > best, > > --elijah > >

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Re: [Air-L] IR 13.0 Registration
by Andrew Herman 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Help! I am trying to register but the website will not accept my password or let me reset it! ANrdew Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Director, Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> Alex Halavais <alex(a)halavais.net> 07/02/12 5:09 PM >>> Hello, members of the AoIR community, Registration is now open for Internet Research 13.0, to be held in Salford October 18-20. With many thanks to our local chair, Ben Light, and our treasurer, Michael Zimmer, we have maintained the registration costs from last year's conference. Registration costs for the conference are: Non-member professional: $350 ($425 after September 1) Member professional: $285 ($360 after September 1) Non-member student: $220 ($295 after September 1) Member student: $170 ($245 after September 1) In addition, our banquet this year ($55) will be held at the Peoples History Museum (http://www.phm.org.uk/) and despite the warning that "Strong Drink is Not Nourishment" on their home page, I expect it to be a great event as always. To enable member pricing, you will need to join or renew your membership first, as you must be a member through the end of the conference to receive members' pricing. Note that member pricing remains less expensive even with the inclusion of annual dues. If you would like to renew your membership before registering for the conference, you should sign-in at http://aoir.org. (If you do not know your password, please click "forgot password.") To join AoIR and support our scholarly community, go to: http://aoir.org/membership-options/ To register for the conference without becoming a member, go to: http://aoir.org/confreg Information regarding any pre-conferences will be coming shortly, as will information for applying for the fee-waiver program. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact me or help(a)aoir.org. I look forward to seeing you in Salford! Best, Alex Halavais AoIR President _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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[JVWR] Augmented Reality ala 3D3C (google+ Hangout remote meeting)
by Tzafnat Shpak 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

** [image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research] <http://jvwresearch,org> [image: Googl+ Hangout Augmented Reality ala 3D3C” 04-Sep-2012]<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cb6lptpbpv2ed3sjt880ijh8opo/104328553869…> Dear members, Augmented Reality ala 3D3C (google+ Hangout remote meeting) There's more to it than google glass Tue, Sep 4, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT+03:00 Google+ Hangout (remote meeting) *Join us<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cb6lptpbpv2ed3sjt880ijh8opo/104328553869…>on Google+Hangout * In future, the real world is set to combine with the virtual. +Google Glass<https://plus.google.com/114577722282151998747/posts?utm_source=Journal+of+V…>got a lot of hype recently . Did you know that BMW has their own glasses too? Have you heard of the i-Cocoon<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26xFmaajc7Q&utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Wo…>? A device that allows you to be part of an intuitive and holistic experience where your interface is YOU. Prof. +Yesha Sivan<https://plus.google.com/115734652606909222420/posts?utm_source=Journal+of+V…>is the Managing editor of the Journal of Virtual Worlds research and Head of the Management Information System Program at the Tel Aviv Academic College. He is also the man behind the 3D3C theory that talks about the 3 critical component s to the 3D reality: community, creativity and commerce. Join +Yesha Sivan<https://plus.google.com/115734652606909222420/posts?utm_source=Journal+of+V…>and +Yifat Cohen<https://plus.google.com/u/0/104328553869453938019?utm_source=Journal+of+Vir…>and discover the latest devices and ideas in augmented reality today, and more importantly - let’s discuss how we can make money out of them. We'll Cover - The critical components of Augmented Reality today. - The broad settings of 3D3C (Community, Creation and Commence) - The future business models. - Business opportunities in this field. *Join us<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cb6lptpbpv2ed3sjt880ijh8opo/104328553869…>on Google+Hangout * More Information about Prof. Sivan Prof. Yesha Sivan is the head of the Management Information Systems (MIS) Program (http://is.mta.ac.il<http://is.mta.ac.il?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcem…>) at the School of Management and Economy at the Tel-Aviv-Yaffo academic college (http://www.mta.ac.il<http://www.mta.ac.il?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announce…>). He is also the founder of Metaverse Labs (MVL) - a leading think tank focusing on connecting virtual and real worlds. Sivan's professional experience includes developing and deploying innovative solutions for corporate, hi-tech, government, and defense environments (see for example: the Harvard 9-Keys for Knowledge Infrastructure). He published numerous papers in the areas of Strategy and IT, knowledge, 3D3C virtual worlds, and standards. Sivan received his doctorate from Harvard University. His avatar is Dera Kit, and his blog is http://www.dryesha.com<http://www.dryesha.com?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announ…>. He has taught EMBA, MBA, engineering and design in the areas of strategic value of IT, the emergence of virtual worlds, and software development in virtual worlds. *Official website: *http://www.gplusgotogal.com/live-hangout-on-air<http://www.gplusgotogal.com/live-hangout-on-air?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtu…> We connect with relevant virtual worlds' events to advance the agenda of high-level research. If you would like to cooperate with JVWR regarding an event, please contact info(a)jvwresearch.org. *We invite you to join us<http://araticis2012.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Re…>also at our ARatICIS2012<http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/2011-06-12-18-46-09/11-events/42?utm_sourc…>event (December 16, 2012) * Thankfully, Prof. Yesha Sivan Head of the Management Information System Program Tel Aviv Academic College Managing Editor, The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research [image: BMW Augmented Reality Service]<http://www.bmw.com/com/en/owners/service/augmented_reality_introduction_1.h…> http://jvwresearch.org © 2012 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research All rights reserved. -- =========== *Tzafnat Shpak* Coordinating Editor *The Journal of Virtual World Research* tzafnat.shpak(a)jvwresearch.org http://jvwresearch.org

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Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities
by Isidro F. Aguillo 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

It just have been published the fourteenth edition of Web Ranking Universities. The July 2012 edition includes nearly 21,000 higher education institutions worldwide, classified according to their academic and research performance, prestige and international visibility and their commitment to open access policies. Access to the Rankings portal: http://www.webometrics.info/ In this edition, some indicators have been modified to increase the Ranking utility and reflect more accurately the recent, especially the pursuit of excellence. The Ranking, published by a nonprofit research group belonging to a public academic institution, can be distinguished from other similar classifications because it is not based on prestige obtained from decades old prizes, nor it is mission or discipline biased (biomedical research at the expenses of other activities) or succumb to commercial or political interests as shown by suspicious over-representation of certain countries. The report provides the results for four indicators: Presence, which measures the volume of information published on the web; Impact, built from the links received from third parties; Openness, counting the number of documents that are freely available from scientific repositories and Excellence, which only includes the quality papers that are among the 10% most cited of each discipline. As in previous editions Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Berkeley lead the world ranking. The first non-US University is Sao Paulo (15), which thanks to its commitment to the open publication overcame Cambridge (20) that should improve its current repository. Asia is performing well, with Tokyo, National of Taiwan, Kyoto, National of Singapore and Tsinghua among the Top 100, followed closely by Shanghai Jiao Tong and Hong Kong. Besides of Cambridge, the European universities are represented in the top 50 by Oxford (25), ETH Zurich (29) and the University College of London (43). The Imperial College is still out due to its confusing web naming practices. Charles University is the only Central & Eastern European University with a rank among the top 100. The performance of Canadian (22 in the Top 500) and Australian (15 in the top 500) universities is outstanding. Only two African universities (Cape Town and Stellenbosch) appears in the top 500 Besides the Ranking of Universities the portal provides access to rankings of Research centers (8000), Hospitals (16000) Business Schools (1500) and Repositories (1600). Among the research centers, the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) and the NASA in that top the list Ranking of Research Centers: http://research.webometrics.info/ -- **************************** Isidro F. Aguillo, HonDr. The Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC Madrid. SPAIN isidro.aguillo(a)cchs.csic.es ****************************

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POST-DOCTORAL POSITION at University of Technology of Troyes, France
by Babiga Birregah 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

UMR CNRS 6279 Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Université de technologie de Troyes, 12 rue Marie Curie – BP 2060 – 10 010 Troyes Cedex POST-DOCTORAL POSITION *Title: *Modelling and Simulation of Security for Mobile devices * * *Desired profile: *Doctorate in Computer Science/ Applied Mathematics *Skills: *graph theory, algorithms, mathematical modelling (probabilistic and statistical approaches, etc.),* *and information system security *Organisational assignment*: The postdoctoral fellow will work in the department HETIC (Man, Environment, Information Technology and Communications), and the CNRS Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management (STMR). * * *Position availability*: starting in October 2012 *Type of contract*: 1 year (with renewal possible based on performance) *Type of funding*: *European Regional Development Fund* (*ERDF*), project CyNIC (Cybercrimes, Nomadism and eConomic Intelligence) *Monthly salary*: €2,190 gross * * *Context*: Security for Mobile devices For several years now, the use of mobile information devices has increased on a major scale at both the corporate and private level. The problem of information system security is a renewed concern. In fact, information system security has long been based on a perimeter defence, focused on a defined and controlled geographic area for a given information system. However, with the massive advent of mobile devices and systems (portable computers, mobile phones, smart phones, wireless networks and forthcoming broadband service for mobile devices), companies will see a large portion of their information system operations going beyond their physical borders. This loss of data perimeter control, combined with the massive advent of outsourcing systems such as cloud computing, virtualisation or green IT, is forcing us to rethink security as it is today. The CyNIC project funded by the Champagne-Ardenne region and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to provide innovative solutions to the problem of mobile devices security, and specifically for the new generation of mobile phones named smart phones. The topics for research involve preventing data leaks in the context of mobility, the design of monitoring and diagnostic applications and software. *Job responsibilities: * - Security for mobile terminals - State of the art for methods (statistics, fudging, probabilistic, etc.) to detect the hacking of mobile terminals - Modelling of the interactions between the on-board applications and the terminal, and between the applications themselves - Proposal of an approach to hacking detection - Tests and validations The approach to be proposed as part of this post-doc position will be integrated into an auditing and diagnostic application for mobile equipment systems. * * *Other tasks depending on experience:* - Participation in related research projects. *Contact: * * * Please send your application (detailed research CV and cover letter) by e-mail to: marc.lemercier(a)utt.fr <file://server2008/comun/TRAD/O-Z/Univtet/40271/Traduccio/marc.lemercier@utt.fr%20>and to rida.khatoun(a)utt.fr <file://server2008/comun/TRAD/O-Z/Univtet/40271/Traduccio/rida.khatoun@utt.fr%20> Interviews may be conducted via Skype or in person. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. For any information, please contact these address. Université de technologie de Troyes, 12 rue Marie Curie – BP 2060 – 10 010 Troyes Cedex

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