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2nd Call for Editors: Real Virtual Hardware Issue
by Tzafnat Shpak 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

[image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Logo] <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> 2nd Call for Editors: Real Virtual Hardware September 16, 2014 We are looking for a *Prime Editor* and 1-2 co-editors (you can join as a group) to lead this “Real Virtual Hardware” issue due to be published 2015Q3. If you have an interest and background in the field, as well as experience in academic editing, please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are the perfect person to the task. Email the lot to info(a)jvwresearch.org. These days’ news is all about technology: *Apple Watch* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…>; *Samsung’s Gear VR headset* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> for smartphones; *Oculus Rift* acquisition by *Facebook* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…>; and more. This period is therefore a timely occasion to examine the importance of *Virtual Reality hardware* and its current and future presence in the market. *Virtual worlds are now being augmented with hardware that includes*: - Oculus Rift <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Leap Motion <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Google Glass <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Eyesight <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Omnidirectional Treadmills <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> - Intel Camera <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Precision Position Tracking <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Sony Project Morpheus <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - Head Mounted Displays <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> - … - … - And more… We are looking for research papers on and not limited to: - Description of current and new hardware - Research on new interfaces - New market analyses that stems from new hardware - Users perception & insights - Market impacts - … - … - And more Final decision about the editor will be made by *end of October* or earlier based on the information we get. For more details about editors’ role and requirements see JVWR site --> About JVWR --> For Editors <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> . Publication is planned for *Q3 of 2015*. Potential authors are invited to think about these subjects. An official call will be placed by the issue editor, once selected. Further Information: The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://www.jvwresearch.org/) is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds’ research. The field of virtual worlds’ research is a continuously evolving area of study that spans across many disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range of creative and scholarly work. For any further information regarding this call, please contact: tzafnat.shpak AT jvwresearch DOT org - Past issues <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> are available on our website's special All Issues cover view page. - We welcome you to join our *Facebook <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> * - Follow us *@theJVWR <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…>* on Twitter - Subscribe to *JVWR <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…>* mailing list (top left of http://www.jvwreserach.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> .) We are looking forward to your proposals for an intriguing new issue, *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan* *Tzafnat Shpak* Editor In-Chief Coordinating Editor *TheJVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research* http://jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> *[image: Like 2nd Call for Editors: Real Virtual Hardware on Facebook] <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=f8525fe413…>* [image: Apple-Watch on JVWR call] <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> © 2014 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research All rights reserved.

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New article on YouTube, ARG, transgressive fan play
by Burcu Bakioglu 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Greetings all, For those who are interested: Bull in a china shop: Alternate reality games and transgressive fan play in social media franchises http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/594/453 Kind regards. -- Thanks, Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media Lawrence University http://www.palefirer.com -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon Chaney

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MPhil/PhD scholarships (2015 Spring intake) for Media/Internet Research in The University of Hong Kong: Deadline: September 30, 2014
by KW Fu 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear all, The <http://jmsc.hku.hk/> Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at <http://www.hku.hk/> The University of Hong Kong is inviting applications for the 2015 Spring intake for the MPhil/PhD programme. Postgraduate scholarships are available for eligible candidates. Applicants should possess a good bachelor's or master's degree in communication / media / engineering / statistics or, information science. Good command of written and spoken English is essential. The scholarship programme offers about HK$14,000 (US$1795) per month for the normative study period. For further details, please visit the <http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/gra dsch/web/> HKU Graduate School website. Deadline: September 30, 2014 General enquiries: Jason Hui (email: tyhui(a)hku.hk <mailto:tyhui@hku.hk> ). Research-related enquiries: Dr. King-wa Fu (email: kwfu(a)hku.hk <mailto:kwfu@hku.hk> ) Applications to the HKU Graduate School website <http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/gra dsch/web/> . Apply now <http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/gra dsch/web/apply/guide1415/5.htm l> King-wa Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917-1643 Fax: (852) 2858-8736 Website: <https://sites.google.com/site /fukingwa/> https://sites.google.com/site/ fukingwa/

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UC Santa Cruz: Assistant Director of Research and Academic Programs (Job search)
by Kate O'Riordan 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

This may intersect with interests on this list: UC Santa Cruz: Assistant Director of Research and Academic Programs (Job# JPF00179) The Science and Justice Research Center (SJRC) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for the position of Assistant Director of Research and Academic Programs (AD). The SJRC, brings together faculty and graduate students from across all divisions of the University to address contemporary problems that entangle questions of science and knowledge with those of ethics and justice. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to SJRC’s efforts to foster a new domain of research and teaching in science and justice. Possible related areas of research and teaching might include biodata and society, biotechnology and the environment, environmental modeling and environmental politics, technoscience and difference, and sustainability. The AD will: 1) develop the Center’s research profile through grant-writing and building research programs that reflect the Center’s research foci; 2) develop the Center’s public profile; 3) develop and teach up to two classes per academic year; 4) develop collaborations with researchers and affiliated Centers and Institutes both on and off-campus; 5) expand the Science and Justice Broader Impacts Initiative to a campus-wide program. The AD will hold two university appointments. The primary appointment will be as a coordinator at 100%, fiscal year basis. When teaching, the coordinator appointment will be reduced and a lecturer position will be added (lecturer appointment usually 37.5% for a five unit course). At no time will the appointment drop below 100%. For more information visit: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/. A Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in Science and Technology Studies or closely allied field and a demonstrated record of research, teaching, and grant writing in higher education are required. For more information on the AD position, visit: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/opportunities/jobs/. To apply, visit: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00179 The initial review date is November 3, 2014 with an anticipated start date of January 5, 2015. For more information, visit: http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00179-15T.pdf or contact scijust(a)ucsc.edu. Refer to position #JPF00179 in all correspondence.

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computing on billions of words of academic literature and the open web
by kalev leetaru 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

I thought many of you on this list would find of great interest our latest paper out today, which represents one of the first pilot large-scale content analyses of JSTOR, DTIC, and the Internet Archive. The hope is that this paper will serve as a blueprint and template for others and inspire, seed, and enable a new wave of large-scale internet and literature content analysis research and to open the door to new disciplinary applications like socio-cultural and area studies work. For those interested in working with academic literature collections like JSTOR, government document repositories like DTIC, or the open web via the Internet Archive, this paper provides a blueprint for how to work with the collections, their nuances, artifacts, and strengths, lessons learned (for example how to work with the Internet Archive's 1.6-billion PDF archive in the absence of fulltext search or metadata), and general workflows. http://dlib.org/dlib/september14/leetaru/09leetaru.html ABSTRACT The vast array of academic literature published by the humanities and social sciences disciplines codifies our collective scholarly understanding of how societies function and the beliefs, ideals, and ethnic, religious, and tribal contexts that undergird global societal behavior, yet this material has been largely absent from the recent computational revolution in the study of culture. Applying temporal, geographic, thematic, and citation algorithms to an archive of more than 21 billion words spanning 1.5 million publications from 7 collections, including the entire contents of JSTOR, DTIC, CORE, CiteSeerX, and the Internet Archive's 1.6 billion PDFs, academic literature is seen to offer a powerful new lens onto global culture. Four case studies demonstrate using this archive to map the Nuer ethnic group and identify its top experts, map the literature on food and water security, explore the thematic underpinnings of the Rwandan genocide, and construct a network over the ethnic groups of the world as seen through the combined academic literature of the past half century. Kalev Leetaru 2013-2014 Yahoo! Fellow, Georgetown University http://kalevleetaru.com/

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HETL - PsTL Conference Call for Proposals
by Patrick Blessinger 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Dear Colleagues: The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association <https://www.hetl.org/> (HETL) and the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning <http://www.cehd.umn.edu/PsTL/> at the University of Minnesota invite you to attend the 2015 International HETL – PsTL Conference, to be held in *Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from September 22nd - 24th, 2015*. HETL and PsTL invite you to submit your conference presentation proposal at https://www.hetl.org/2015-hetl-pstl-conference-submission-form/. Our conference theme, *Learning without Borders*, invites a wide range of research and perspectives on learning-centered teaching practices, curricular activities, and assessment methods related to global learning and engagement. Possible topics include: global citizenship, diversity and equity, intercultural pedagogy, internationalization of the curriculum, and mobile learning technologies. *Proposals are due by October 27, 2014. * Conference website: https://www.hetl.org/events/2015-hetl-pstl-conference/ We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis next year! *Patrick Blessinger*, Convener and Program Co-chair, USA, International HETL Association *Rhiannon Williams*, Program Co-chair, USA, University of Minnesota *Amy Lee*, Program Co-chair, USA, University of Minnesota

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Introducing the Artstor Digital Humanities Awards
by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Artstor is proud to announce the inception of the Digital Humanities Awards to recognize and help facilitate the most innovative and intellectually stimulating projects in the field. This award recognizes the importance of the Digital Humanities and supports Artstor's mission to enhance scholarship and teaching through the use of digital media. The award of five years' free access to Shared Shelf to winners helps to address the need recently identified in Ithaka S+R's Sustaining the Digital Humanities<http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/sustaining-digital-humanities> "for an end-to-end solution... to support faculty from planning, to building, to preservation and outreach." To enter, describe your Digital Humanities project in 1,000 words or less, and your team could receive full, long-term access to Artstor's Shared Shelf digital media management software to upload, catalog, manage, store, and share the project. Learn more about the award at artstor.org/dha<http://artstor.org/dha>. Deadline for entries: October 15, 2014. Winners will be announced in early December. Rules and application instructions at artstor.org/dha<http://artstor.org/dha>. Giovanni Garcia-Fenech Communications Manager Artstor 151 East 61st Street New York, NY 10065 212.500.2404 tel 212.500.2401 fax giovanni.garcia-fenech(a)artstor.org<mailto:giovanni.garcia-fenech@artstor.org> artstor.org<http://www.artstor.org/> facebook.com/artstor<http://www.facebook.com/ARTstor> artstor.org/blog<http://artstor.wordpress.com/>

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CFP reminder: Problematizing Cyber Wars
by Vit Sisler 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Problematizing Cyber Wars Call for Papers CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Helga Tawil-Souri Submission deadline: September 30, 2014 (Full Papers) Aim According to military analysts, since the 1991 Gulf War and even more so since the Hezbollah-Israel 2006 war, we have entered a new phase of warfare, in which kinetic and traditional military power are losing importance to symbolic and media power. Perhaps unsurprisingly given a still-widely held Orientalist view in military circles, many such perspectives revolve around wars and conflicts in the ‘Middle East’ or against ‘Islam’ more broadly – taking place in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, Syria, but also on cyber networks and mobile phones. While these claims are of course hyperbole, this special issue of CyberOrient invites articles on questions of how we might define wars in a (new) media-age in the region; whether, why, and how (new) media are increasingly sites of warfare; the relationships between ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ battlespaces. Topics could include the significance of targeting (and bombing) telecommunications and media infrastructures; the use of (new) media as outlets for propaganda during wartime; the mediatization of war and the militarization of media; the role of participatory or social media and mobile communications during and in wars; relationships or differences between official, military, alternative, citizen, and grass-roots (new) media uses during war and conflict; the expanding definition of warzones; commemoration and memorialization of war in a digital age; among others. We welcome submissions from across disciplines and methodological approaches that are empirically and critically grounded. About CyberOrient CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Anthropological Association, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. Submission Articles should be submitted directly to Helga Tawil-Souri (helga(a)nyu.edu) and Vit Sisler (vit.sisler(a)ff.cuni.cz) Article should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including references), and follow the AAA style in referencing and citations. Upon acceptance, articles will be published online with free access in spring 2015. More information can be found here: http://www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682 -- Vit Sisler, Ph.D. Charles University in Prague Faculty of Arts Institute of Information Science and Librarianship New Media Studies http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/

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ASIST Workshop on Understanding Web search engine users - Abstracts due today!
by Dirk Lewandowski 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute widely! Call for Papers Understanding Web search engine users Workshop at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) October 31, 2014, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ Organized by Shari Thurow, Founder and SEO Director, Omni Marketing Interactive, USA Dirk Lewandowski, Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Matt Wallaert, Behavioral Scientist, Microsoft, USA INTRODUCTION Many researchers are interested in internet search behaviour, both as a primary action and as a secondary source of data that reflects the what, how, and why of information seeking. But despite that interest, we still lack a systematic research agenda on search engine use and searcher behaviours, perhaps because the potential for the data is so broad and the fields of study being applied so vast that it is difficult to coordinate and discuss across disciplines. Consequently, researchers usually focus on the methods popular in their fields, but are unaware of other methodological approaches and/or software tools that could help them achieve their research goals. Thus, by collaborating across disciplines, there is substantial opportunity to introduce new methods and research questions to investigators who are working along similar lines but without awareness of each other. GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOME The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and industry, who are interested in understanding search engine use, both as a primary and secondary source to reflect on user behaviour. We are interested in discussing methods and results in various areas, aiming for establishing a research agenda for information science researchers interested in Web searching. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Theories of Web search engine user behaviours * Evaluating search engine user interfaces * Information retrieval evaluation methods applied to Web search engines * Query log analysis * Eye-tracking research * User guidance in the search process * Incorporating user behaviours into search engine optimization techniques * Usability and user experience in Web searching * Using and sharing information found through search engines * Understanding user behaviours through triangulation of methods (e.g., transaction-log analysis, lab-based studies, online questionnaires, diary studies) TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS The workshop invites short research papers and position papers, as well. We also welcome overviews of relevant research done within a research group over the last few years. Accepted submissions will be presented in a 20-minute presentation. At least one presenter must be present at the event and register for the workshop. Extended abstracts and presentations will be made available on the workshop website. There will be no formal workshop proceedings. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts (approx. 1,500 words) including references. HOW TO SUBMIT Please send your extended abstracts to the workshop organizers: sthurow(a)search-usability.com dirk.lewandowski(a)haw-hamburg.de matt.wallaert(a)microsoft.com IMPORTANT DATES Paper deadline: 15 September 2014 Notification of acceptance: 22 September 2014 Workshop: 31 October 2014 -- Prof. Dr. Dirk Lewandowski Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) Fakultät Design Medien Information Department Information Finkenau 35 D - 22081 Hamburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40-42875 3621 Fax: + 49 (0) 3222-1445 301 Skype: dirk.lewandowski Twitter: @Dirk_Lew http://www.searchstudies.org/dirk ********* Editor, Aslib Journal of Information Management (previously: ASLIB Proceedings) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ajim *********

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Call for Submissions: The 9th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2014)!
by g.akmayeva＠icitst.org 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Apologies for cross-postings! Kindly email this Call for Papers to your colleagues, faculty members and postgraduate students. CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, PAPERS, POSTERS, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ***************************************************************************************************************************** The 9th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2014) Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter Venue: Heathrow Windsor Marriott Hotel December 8-10, 2014, London, UK (www.icitst.org) **************************************************************************************************************************** The 9th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2014) is Technical Co-sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter. The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry. The topics in ICITST-2014 include but are not confined to the following areas: Internet Applications and Technology: * Internet Architecture * Internet of things * Broadband Access Technologies * Application Agents * Boundary Issues of Internet Security * Database Management * Data Models for Production Systems and Services * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems * IPSec Quality of Service * Knowledge Management * Embedded Systems * Defence Systems Ubi/Cloud Computing: * Authentication and Access Control for Data Protection in Ubi/Cloud Computing * Context-Awareness and its Data Mining for UbiCom * Data Grids * Distributed Information Systems * Human-Computer Interface and Interaction for UbiCom * Ubiquitous Systems * USN/RFID Service * Smart Homes and its Business Model for UbiCom Service * Security and its Data Management for UbiCom * Peer to Peer Data Management * New Novel Mechanism and Application for Ubi/Cloud Computing Information Security: * Trust, Privacy and Data Security * Network Security Issues and Protocols * Security Challenges and Content Authoring * Cryptography * Secure Communications * Authentication Techniques * Chaos-based Data Security * MANET Security * Wireless Sensor Network Security * Organization Considerations in Security Policy Formulation and Implementations * Digital Forensics and Crimes * Biometrics * Cyber Security Multimedia and Web Services: * Intelligent Multimedia and its Data Management * Multimedia Information Systems * Multimedia Security * Web Databases * Web Metrics and its Applications * Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0. * Web Services * XML and other extensible languages * Semantic Web and Ontology Infonomics and e-Technology: * Infonomics * Information Visualization * Information Management * Information Quality * Technology-Enabled Information * e-Learning * e-Commerce * e-Business * e-Government * e-Society * System Design and Security for e-Services * Synchronizing e-Security Paper submission You can submit your paper online at http://www.icitst.org/Paper%20Submission.html or email it to papers(a)icitst.org IMPORTANT DATES *Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: September 20, 2014 *Notification of Extended Abstract Acceptance/Rejection: September 30, 2014 *Camera Ready Extended Abstract Due: October 15, 2014 *Full Paper Submission Date: September 15, 2014 *Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection: October 10, 2014 *Camera Ready Paper Due: November 01, 2014 *Workshops and Tutorials Submission Date: October 01, 2014 *Notification of Workshop and Tutorial Acceptance: October 15, 2014 *Special Track Submission Date: October 05, 2014 *Notification of Special Track Acceptance: October 15, 2014 *Poster/Demo Submission Date: September 20, 2014 *Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: October 02, 2014 *Proposal for Industrial Presentation: September 15, 2014 *Notification of Industrial Presentation Acceptance: October 01, 2014 *Early Registration Deadline (Authors only): October 20, 2014 *Late Registration Deadline (Authors only): November 15, 2014 *Participants Registration: May 01 to December 01, 2014 *Conference Dates: December 08 - 10, 2014 For more details, please contact info(a)icitst.org

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