October 2015 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

"no definitive research yet"
by Joly MacFie 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

>From Civicist <http://civichall.org/civicist/> today: *Brave new world*: An in-depth report <http://civichall.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=784ac4a90c07e1e7ebbf294d…> by Mother Jones' *Mark Follman* on data-driven efforts by "threat assessment professionals" to intervene before mass killers take action includes this troubling news: "When I asked threat assessment experts what might explain the recent rise in gun rampages, I heard the same two words over and over: social media. Although there is no definitive research yet, widespread anecdotal evidence suggests that the speed at which social media bombards us with memes and images exacerbates the copycat effect." -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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FACULTY POSITION: Open Rank (Tenure Track) - The University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business, Department of Management Sciences
by Kang Zhao 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

*FACULTY POSITION: Open Rank (Tenure Track)* The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Department of Management Sciences* The Department of Management Sciences is recruiting for an open rank tenure-track position in business analytics beginning August 17, 2016. Areas of interest include but are not limited to data science, data mining, text/web/social media analytics, and data visualization. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Management Science, Informatics /Information Sciences, Statistics or a related field and exhibit exceptional research and teaching promise. The Department of Management Sciences offers undergraduate and doctoral programs in Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS). The Department offers a Graduate Certificate and Master’s programs in Business Analytics and a specialization in Analytics in the Fulltime MBA program. Further, extensive collaborative opportunities are available with faculty and doctoral students in other departments and interdisciplinary programs such as The University of Iowa Informatics Initiative and the Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences program. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications. *How to Apply:* Applications are accepted online through Jobs@UIOWA at http://jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/faculty, reference Requisition #67548. All applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, statement of research interests, statement of teaching interests, three references, and 1-3 research papers online. *Deadlines:* Screening of applications will begin October 23, 2015, and applicants will be considered until the position is filled. The position is subject to funding. *Contact:* Please direct questions to the Chair of the Recruiting Committee Barry Thomas (barrett-thomas(a)uiowa.edu <mailto:barrett-thomas@uiowa.edu>). The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Allqualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Job Advertisement Department of Mass Communication at the American University of Sharjah
by Sohail Dahdal 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

The Department of Mass Communication at the American University of Sharjah seeks a full time faculty member in journalism at the rank of assistant or associate professor and with a professional background and expertise in multimedia journalism, digital storytelling and social media beginning in Fall 2016. Successful candidates must have a doctoral degree in journalism or mass communication from an accredited university, and are expected to have an active research agenda in their area of expertise. Candidates will also have evidence of effective university teaching competencies in multimedia journalism, digital storytelling and social media. The Department of Mass Communication at AUS is one of the most vibrant and successful programs of its kind in the region. Its graduates are recognized as being amongst the best in the industry in the Middle East. AUS is located in the emirate of Sharjah, adjacent to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, AUS is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational university in the Gulf, serving some 5,500 students of 82 nationalities. The UAE Commission of Higher Education and the US Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools accredit the American University of Sharjah. Applications must be received prior to November 15 2015 for full consideration. Review of applications will begin upon that date and will continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Mahmoud Anabtawi, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, email: (cashr /at/ aus.edu) with the subject line: Application for Journalism. http://www.aus.edu/info/200218/employment/77/faculty_positions/3/#7 Best, Sohail Sohail Dahdal, PH.D Assistant Professor Department of Mass Communication Tel +971 6 515 2530 Mobile +971 55 361 9600 Fax +971 6 515 2554 College of Arts and Sciences Office: NAB 230 American University of Sharjah PO Box 26666, Sharjah United Arab Emirates www.aus.edu sdahdal(a)aus.edu

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2nd CfP LAK16: Edinburgh 25-29th April 2016
by Simon Knight 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

**** Call for papers Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference **** The 6th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference will be held in Edinburgh, UK April 25-29th 2016, co-located with ACM Learning @ Scale 2016. The deadline for all submissions is *October 30, 2015*, which will NOT be extended*.* See http://lak16.solaresearch.org/?page_id=6 This annual conference provides a multidisciplinary forum for addressing the critical issues and challenges confronting the education sector today. The conference theme this year is: “Enhancing Impact: Convergence of Communities for Grounding, Implementation and Validation”. The theme for the LAK16 conference aims to explore the multidisciplinary connections that effectively illustrate how learning analytics can provide critical insights into the individual and collective learning process. It embraces the convergence of these disciplines to provide theoretical and practical insights that will further advance the field – through research, adoption and implementation and ultimately provide a foundation for informing government and institutional policy. We invite research and practice papers that address the “convergence of communities” in LAK and bring a novel perspective and approach for reflecting on the field. *** SUBMISSIONS *** The conference welcomes researcher and practitioner submissions of the following kinds: 1. *Full papers*: 10 pages 2. *Short papers*: 5 pages 3. *Panel proposals*: 4 pages plus 2 separated pages with information about the confirmed panelists 4. *Workshop proposals*: 2 pages 5. *Tutorial proposals*: 2 pages (will not be included in the proceedings) 6. *Demonstrations*: 2 pages 7. *Posters*: 2 pages 8. *Doctoral consortium*: 5 pages (Details: http://lak16.solaresearch.org/?page_id=173) *** RELEVANT DATES *** - *31 October 2015*: Deadline for all submissions - *30 November 2015*: Notification of acceptance for workshop and tutorial proposals - *18 December 2015*: Notification of acceptance for full/short papers, panel proposals, demonstrations and posters - *5 February 2016*: Final version of accepted papers due - *25-29 April 2016*: LAK conference Conference proceedings will be published in ACM Digital Library.

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 135, Issue 4
by Charles Steinfield 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Kevin, While I am sure this is not the earliest reference to this idea, it was certainly a core argument in Shoshanna Zuboff’s 1988 book “In the Age of the Smart Machine.” It’s been a long time since I looked at the book, but as I recall, she talks at length about the role of information byproducts generated computer-mediated work to better manage organizations, not always in positive ways from the perspective of workers. To me, this is fundamentally an argument about “digital trace data." best, Chip Charles Steinfield Department of Media and Information Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48840 USA +1 517 432 8651 steinfie(a)msu.edu On Oct 5, 2015, at 6:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org <mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>] On Behalf Of Kevin G Crowston > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 11:17 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] "Definitive" citation for the concept of digital trace data? > > An argument for studies of online behaviour is that the systems collect records of what people do and that such digital trace data provide a rich source of evidence for all kinds of studies. I?m trying to trace back that idea but it seems so taken for granted that there?s often not a citation. So I wondered what people consider the definitive citation for that idea, and for the term "trace data? in this context more specifically.? > > For example, there?s a 2008 handbook article: > > Welser, H. T., Smith, M., Fisher, D., and Gleave, E. 2008. "Distilling Digital Traces: Computational Social Science Approaches to Studying the Internet," in The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, N. Fielding, R.M. Lee and G. Blank (eds.). London, England: SAGE Publications, Ltd, pp. 116?141. > > But I suspect there are even earlier sources. > > Kevin Crowston | Distinguished Professor of Information Science | School of Information Studies > > Syracuse University > 348 Hinds Hall > Syracuse, New York 13244 > t (315) 443.1676 f 315.443.5806 e crowston(a)syr.edu <mailto:crowston@syr.edu> > > crowston.syr.edu <http://crowston.syr.edu/>

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"Definitive" citation for the concept of digital trace data?
by Kevin G Crowston 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

An argument for studies of online behaviour is that the systems collect records of what people do and that such digital trace data provide a rich source of evidence for all kinds of studies. I’m trying to trace back that idea but it seems so taken for granted that there’s often not a citation. So I wondered what people consider the definitive citation for that idea, and for the term "trace data” in this context more specifically. For example, there’s a 2008 handbook article: Welser, H. T., Smith, M., Fisher, D., and Gleave, E. 2008. "Distilling Digital Traces: Computational Social Science Approaches to Studying the Internet," in The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, N. Fielding, R.M. Lee and G. Blank (eds.). London, England: SAGE Publications, Ltd, pp. 116–141. But I suspect there are even earlier sources. Kevin Crowston | Distinguished Professor of Information Science | School of Information Studies Syracuse University 348 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t (315) 443.1676 f 315.443.5806 e crowston(a)syr.edu crowston.syr.edu

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ELD16 Announces Call for Proposals - 11/9/15 deadline
by AJ Kelton 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference (ELD15) is accepting proposals for its 2016 conference, to be held June 2nd & 3rd, 2016, on the campus of Montclair State University. *PROPOSAL DEADLINE – NOVEMBER 9th, 2015. See below for details.* *All proposals received by the above deadline, whether eventually accepted or not,will be included in a drawing for a complimentary ELD16 full registration.* - For the Call for Proposals Submission Form – click HERE <https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ddmxihPwjHqzyIZ> - For the ELD16 Session Types – click HERE <http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/session-types/> - For the Call for Proposals FAQ – click HERE <http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/eld-call-for-proposals-faq/> The theme for this year’s conference is *Adopt & Adapt: Connecting Learning to Life* *ROLLING SUBMISSION / EARLY ACCEPTANCE MODEL* ELD uses a “rolling submission” model for proposals: every proposal will be reviewed and given feedback within 2 weeks of submission. Your submission will either be accepted or you’ll be provided feedback from our reviewers and offered an opportunity to revise and resubmit. We’ll continue this process of accepting or giving constructive feedback to proposals until all presentation slots are filled. Submissions will still be accepted after November 9th, but they will be considered in the second round of proposals. We will work with those who submitted by the deadline and then look toward later submissions to complete the program, should presentation slots still be available. Why this model? Two main reasons: we seen that having revise-and-resubmit cycles make our conference’s presentations the best they can be for our attendees, and accepting excellent proposals as they arrive is a great way to let our prospective audience know what to look forward to even before the whole program is finalized. In addition, this model is easier on our reviewers as we don’t get a rush of proposals on deadline day. How do you submit a proposal? Go here <http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/eld-call-for-proposals-faq/> to read some brief instructions on what we need in your submission, and then go HERE <https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ddmxihPwjHqzyIZ> and supply that information. We’ll be in touch to confirm your submission was complete, and then let you know within a couple weeks the response from our reviewers. -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2016 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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List of banned Instagram hashtag searches?
by Tama Leaver 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone either has a full working list of the hashtag searches that Instagram has banned? Or, even better, if anyone has been doing any work with the implications of these bans? Thanks in advance, Tama -- Dr Tama Leaver Senior Lecturer in Internet Studies Faculty of Humanities, MCCA, Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth WA Australia 6845 Ph: (+61 8) 9266 1258 Fax: (+61 8) 9266 3166 Email: t.leaver(a)curtin.edu.au Web: www.tamaleaver.net Twitter: @tamaleaver CRICOS Provider Code: 00301J (WA) 02637B (NSW)

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crucial topics about digital media
by Heider, Donald 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Mark your calendars for three days of programming on crucial topics about digital media. Data, Democracy and the Human Story: A Conversation with Members of Deep Lab Simone Browne, Ingrid Burrington, and Allison Burtch will discuss how their work as artists, critics and members of the Deep Lab collective engages with issues of privacy, security and surveillance. Thursday, November 5th, 2015 6:30-8:00 PM 5th International Symposium on Digital Ethics Featuring artist and activist Hasan Elahi; Goodvertising founder Thomas Kolster; Wearable Technology Designer Maggie Orth; NPR Music Editor Jacob Ganz and a host of other scholars and researcher presenting new research on digital ethics. Friday, November 6th, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Big Boulder Initiative Workshop; Using Social Date for Social Good Featuring Check 12's Andrew Salter; mRelief's Rose Afriyie; Derek Edder from Datamade; Farida Viz; Twitter's Brett Taylor and many more. Saturday, November 7th, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM All sponsored and hosted by the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy, Loyola's School of Communication and held at Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower Campus. Co-sponsors include the Illinois Humanities Council, the Big Boulder Initiative, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the Social Media Club of Chicago. http://digitalethics.org/events/fifth-annual-international-symposium-on-dig… Don Heider Dean School of Communication Loyola University Chicago Register today! Fifth Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics<http://digitalethics.org/events/fifth-annual-international-symposium-on-dig…> Friday, November 6, 2015

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ACM IUI 2016 - CFP abstracts Oct 9 - Papers Oct 14
by Denis Parra 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Apologies for cross-postings. --------------------------- Call for Submissions --------------------------- ACM IUI 2016: ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonoma, CA, USA March 7 - 10, 2016 http://iui.acm.org/ ACM IUI 2016 is the 21st annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. We are also very interested in contributions from related fields, such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, etc. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in an focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively (we expect over 200 people), but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Processing of multi-modal input (gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) - Natural language and speech processing - Intelligent visualization tools - Generation of multimodal content - Big Data/Text summarization and analytics - Intelligent interfaces for ubiquitous computing - Smart environments and tangible computing - Smart interaction and interfaces for wearable computing - Intelligent assistants for complex tasks - Support for collaboration in multiuser environments - Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI - Affective, social and aesthetic interfaces - Education and learning-related technologies - User-Adaptive interaction - Recommender systems - Modelling and prediction of user behaviour - Interactive Machine Learning - Planning and plan recognition for IUI - Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation - Proactive and agent-based paradigms for user interaction - Example-and demonstration-based interfaces - Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces SUBMISSION ------------------- Full and Short Papers ----------------------------- We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. IUI 2016 especially encourages submissions on innovative and visionary new concepts or directions for the design of intelligent interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. Full papers (10 pages with unlimited references) should make substantial, novel and relevant contributions to the field. Short papers (4 pages with unlimited references) can either contain smaller contributions or novel work that is still progress. Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation and short papers either as oral or poster presentation. Authors of accepted IUI 2016 full papers will have an opportunity to submit extended versions to the ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) for consideration for a special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2016". For information on what counts as an appropriate "extension" of a conference paper for TiiS, see submissions) Abstracts Due: October 9, 2015, 6pm PST Full and Short Papers Due: October 14, 2015, 6pm PST Posters ---------- Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early- stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions on all topics of the conference. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full length research paper at a refereed conference. The page limit for poster papers is 4 pages. Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Abstracts Due: December 20, 2015, 6pm PST Demonstrations --------------------- The demonstrations track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 4 pages. Accepted demo papers will be published in the companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Abstracts Due: December 20, 2015, 6pm PST Student Consortium --------------------------- The ACM IUI 2016 Student Consortium provides an opportunity for Masters and Doctoral students to present and receive feedback about their research in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of mentors, selected from senior people in the field. We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their research to apply for this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. The strongest candidates will be those who have a clear topic and research approach, and have made some progress, but who are not so far along their research that they can no longer make changes. Submissions : December 20, 2015, 6pm PST ACM IUI 2016 ORGANIZERS ---------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs <chair2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Jeff Nichols, Google - John O'Donovan, UCSB - Jalal Mahmud, IBM Program Co-Chairs <program2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Cristina Conati, UBC - Massimo Zancanaro, Bruno Kessler Foundation Poster and Demo Co-Chairs <poster2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen - Bongwon Suh, Seoul National University - Matt Dennis, University of Aberdeen Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs <workshop2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Ido Guy, Yahoo! - Jill Freyne, CSIRO Student Consortium Co-Chairs <studentconsortium2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University - Aaron Adler, BBN Technologies Publicity Co-Chairs <publicity2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Denis Parra, PUC Chile - Christoph Trattner, NTNU & Know-Center Sponsorship Chair <sponsors2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Jian Wang, LinkedIn Proceedings Chair <proceedings2016(a)iui.acm.org>: - Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Denis Alejandro Parra Santander Profesor Asistente, DCC Escuela de Ingeniería, PUC Chile +56 (2) 2354-4442 http://web.ing.puc.cl/~dparra/

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