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Webology: Volume 12, Number 1, 2015
by Alireza Noruzi 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 12, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS bi-annual journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 12, Number 1, 2015 TOC: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/toc.html This issue contains: ------------------------- Articles ------------------------- - What students are saying on Facebook about their schools? -- Su Iong Kio -- Keywords: Feedback; Social networking site; Education; Social learning; Learning Technology -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a130.pdf - Analysis of tweets in Twitter -- Giovanni Borruto -- Keywords: Social network analysis; Information; User behavior -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a131.pdf - Crime vs. demographic factors revisited: Application of data mining methods -- Xingan Li, Henry Joutsijoki, Jorma Laurikkala, & Martti Juhola -- Keywords: Data mining; Self-organizing map; K-means clustering; Discriminant analysis; K-nearest neighbor classifier; Naïve Bayes classification; Decision trees; Support vector machines (SVMs); Crime; Demographic factors -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a132.pdf - Aggregate ranking of the world's leading universities -- Vladimir M. Moskovkin, Nikolay A. Golikov, Andrey P. Peresypkin, & Olesya V. Serkina -- Keywords: Aggregated Global University Ranking (AGUR); Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Rankings; Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU); Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT); CWTS Leiden Ranking; Scimago Institutions Rankings; University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP); Webometrics; Machine learning; Data mining; Python; Cross-correlation matrix -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a133.pdf - Function of knowledge culture in the effectiveness of knowledge management procedures: A case study of a knowledge-based organization -- Mitra Dilmaghani, Fatima Fahimnia, Mohammad Aboyee Ardakan, & Nader Naghshineh -- Keywords: Knowledge culture; Knowledge management; Knowledge management aspects; Contextual factors; Knowledge creation; Knowledge cooperation; Knowledge learning; Knowledge sharing; Conceptual model -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a134.pdf - Webgraph connectivity and dynamics: Russian research institutions -- Andrey A. Pechnikov, & Anthony M. Nwohiri -- Keywords: Webgraph dynamics; Science policy; Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian institutions; Administrative actions -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a135.pdf - Characterizing relatedness of web and requirements engineering -- Akshi Kumar, M.P.S. Bhatia, & Rohit Beniwal -- Keywords: Web application; Requirements engineering; Web 2.0; Web 3.0 -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a136.pdf ------------------------- Call for Papers ------------------------- -- http://www.webology.org/callforpapers.html ================================== Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. -------------------- Editor-in-Chief of Webology: Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Website: http://www.webology.org ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~

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Three positions in Comm School at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
by Rich Ling 26 Jul '15

26 Jul '15

Dear all, There are three positions open at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. There is a Full and an Asst. Prof. position in the area of ICT and an Asst. position in Integrated Marketing Communication. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/career/CurrentOpenings/FacultyOpenings/WKWSCI/Pag… The University is very dynamic. It is rising in the rankings and it is a great place to work. -- Rich L.

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Call for Workshops/Tutorials: Computational Social Science Winter Symposium. December 1-3, Cologne (Germany).
by Katrin Weller 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

==============================================================CALL FORWORKSHOPS / TUTORIALS============================================================== 2ndCOMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM Cologne,Germany Pre-conferenceworkshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015Mainconference dates: December 2-3, 2015 Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/ Hashtag:#cssws15============================================================== ------------------------------------------ABOUT THEWINTER SYMPOSIUM------------------------------------------ The CSSWinter Symposium 2015 will be a three-day event consisting of: * anexciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will providedifferent perspectives on current advances and limitations of computationalsocial science* an opencall for contributed papers and posters that will provide opportunities forcomputational social scientists to present and discuss their own work.* theopportunity to participate in workshops and tutorials on the day prior to thesymposium* plenty ofpossibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an evening event atthe famous Cologne Christmas markets. KEYNOTESPEAKERS: Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech), Noshir Contractor (NorthwesternUniversity), Sune Lehmann (Technical University of Denmark), Jürgen Pfeffer(Carnegie Mellon University), Ralph Schroeder (University of Oxford) -------------------------IMPORTANTDATES------------------------- Workshop/Tutorialsubmissions: September 01, 2015 Workshop/Tutorialnotification: September 16, 2015 (Posters+presentationssubmissions:) (September 28, 2015) Registrationdeadline: November 19, 2015 Pre-symposiumworkshops andtutorials: December 1, 2015 Mainsymposium dates: December 2-3, 2015 ------------------------------------------------WORKSHOP /TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS------------------------------------------------ We arelooking for ideas for interactive workshops and instructional tutorials in thearea of computational social science. Workshops may feature (invited) talks orexplore novel formats for discussion. Tutorials should focus on teachingmethodological and practical skills.We welcomeproposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the following and relatedtopics: *introduction to programming skills for computational social science*introductions to social science methods for computer scientists and othertechnical disciplines* use casesfor combining social science and computational methods* coreprinciples and future directions of computational social science*introductions to tools for computational social science* bestpractices for data analysis, data cleaning and processing*comparisons of analysis techniques and tools*evaluation of tools and their appropriateness for specific tasks* networkanalysis*statistics Please seethe call for workshops/tutorials for details about the submission format: http://www.gesis.org/en/css-wintersymposium/home/call-for-workshops-and-tut… Proposalsshould be submitted as PDF files via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cssws15 -------------Organization------------- GESIS willprovide the basic infrastructure for the accepted workshops, e.g. the venue andrefreshments. Workshop/tutorial organizers are responsible for organizing andconducting their events, including invitation or recruiting of speakers. Ashort description of each accepted workshop or tutorial has to be provided forthe CSSWS website. ------------CONTACT------------ WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALSCHAIR: -------------------------------------------- Dr. KatrinWellerGESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667KölnGermany E-mail: katrin.weller@gesis.orgTwitter:@kwellePhone: +49221 47694472 LOCALORGANIZATION:----------------------------------- DianaLindner, M.A.GESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667KölnGermany Email: diana.lindner(a)gesis.orgPhone: +49(0221) 47694-401 CONFERENCECHAIR:----------------------------- Prof. Dr.Markus StrohmaierGESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667 KölnGermany E-mail: markus.strohmaier(a)gesis.orgTwitter: @mstrohmPhone: +49 (221) 47694-225

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Call for Submissions: The 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015)!
by g.akmayeva＠icitst.org 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

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 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015) Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter Venue: Heathrow Windsor Marriott Hotel December 14 - 16, 2015, London, UK (www.icitst.org) ************************************************************ 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-2015 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: August 25, 2015 * Notification of Extended Abstract Acceptance/Rejection: September 05, 2015 * Full Paper Submission Date: September 15, 2015 * Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection: October 10, 2015 * Camera Ready Paper Due: November 01, 2015 * Workshops and Tutorials Submission Date: September 01, 2015 * Notification of Workshop and Tutorial Acceptance: September 10, 2015 * Special Track Submission Date: August 25, 2015 * Notification of Special Track Acceptance: August 31, 2015 * Poster/Demo Submission Date: September 01, 2015 * Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: September 10, 2015 * Proposal for Industrial Presentation: August 30, 2015 * Notification of Industrial Presentation Acceptance: September 15, 2015 * Early Registration Deadline (Authors only): October 31, 2015 * Late Registration Deadline (Authors only): November 25, 2015 * ate Registration (Participants only): December 13, 2015 * Conference Dates: December 14 - 16, 2015 For more details, please contact info(a)icitst.org

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FW: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position at Virginia Tech in Public Policy: Electronic Governance and Cybersecurity
by Becky Lentz 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Reposted ad ________________________________________ >From: Hedge, Kim [khedge(a)vt.edu] >Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:22 AM >To: Babak Bahador >Subject: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position at Virginia Tech > >Good afternoon. Our institution is in the process of recruiting for a >tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Public Policy: Electronic >Governance and Cybersecurity. This position has a start date of August >10, 2016. If you have any questions or need additional information >please do not hesitate to contact me. >Thank you for your assistance. > >Kim > >~ ~ ~ ~ Virginia Tech Hokies ~ ~ ~ ~ >Kim Hedge >Political Science (0130) >Major Williams Hall, Room 531 >220 Stanger Street > >Phone: 231-8477 >Fax: 231-6078 >Email: khedge(a)vt.edu<mailto:khedge@vt.edu>

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CITASA and ICS
by Barry Wellman 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

AoIR-niks might be interested in reading my piece, "CITASA and ICS" about how the special issue relationship can to be -- as the process was quite similar about the AoIR annual special issue in ICS (information, Communication & Society), with Caroline Haythornthwaite quite prominent. It's at http://www.citasa.org/ and then click on the appropriate line. CITASA is the Communication and Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association. It is slated to become CITAMS as of the ASA's general meeting in August, when Media joins Communication and Information. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ FRSC INSNA Founder University of Toronto http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $9 _______________________________________________________________________

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Fwd: [governance] Fwd: Student Writing Competition: Case Studies on Multistakeholder Models
by Jeremy Hunsinger 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

forwarded: Dear Friends: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is excited to announce a student writing competition to identify innovative multistakeholder governance groups and help us understand the conditions under which they are most effective. We are seeking original papers (8 to 12 pages, single spaced) that help us better understand innovative, globally diverse governance groups. The top submissions with receive cash stipends. We are hoping that you will share this announcement with any students or post-doctoral scholars that might be interested in submitting a short case study. Submissions will be due September 15, 2015, and the full details about the competition and submission are available here: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/98897. The Berkman Center, in collaboration with the Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers <http://networkofcenters.net> (NoC), recently examined twelve diverse examples <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2549270> of multistakeholder governance groups. Through this writing competition, we are seeking submissions that will add to this list and help us help us explore other globally diverse and unique real-world examples. A sample case study (based on the NoC case study about Switzerland’s fiber optic cable deployment) is available for reference here <https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Swiss%20Com…>. >From the submitted case studies, we will select the top three. First place will receive a cash stipend of $ 4000; second place will receive $3000; and third place will receive $2000. Additional awards for honorable mentions may be given at the discretion of the Berkman Center. These cash stipends are made possible by a generous Google Research Grant <http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html> awarded to the Berkman Center. In addition, the top case studies will be published as part of a forthcoming Berkman Center report on multistakeholder governance groups. We believe this is a great opportunity for students to contribute to our understanding of how these governance groups operate and what makes them successful. We hope you’ll help us publicize this opportunity and let students know about this competition. If you have any questions, please contact me (rbudish(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu ). Warmly, Ryan Budish -- Ryan Budish Senior Researcher Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University rbudish(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu | @budish <https://twitter.com/budish>

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tracking memes and virality (and money+politics) on television
by kalev leetaru 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Apologies for cross-posting - thought many of you would be extremely interested in two new interactive visualizations in collaboration with the Internet Archive that we released this morning, one tracing the flow of money through campaign advertising in Philadelphia in the 2014 election cycle, and the other introducing a whole new way of tracing what “goes viral” on television by charting how the US President’s 2015 State of the Union address was excerpted and discussed across American and select international television over the following two weeks: http://blog.archive.org/2015/07/22/tracking-politics-on-television-campaign… PHILLY 2014 - Using human coding and machine tracking, all 74 political ads that ran on 7 major television stations in the Philadelphia market September 1 to November 4, 2014 were coded for acclaim/attack/defend tone, a transcript entered, and the sponsor who paid for each of the 13,675 airings of the ads was determined. You can drill through all of this via an interactive visualization, doing things like comparing the ads about a candidate that were paid for by that candidate vs his/her opponents. You can also view all 74 ads in order from most positive to most negative: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_philly2014/iatv_philly2014 http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/iatv/philly2014/clips.html STATE OF THE UNION 2015 - Using massive audio scanning algorithms, the 2015 State of the Union address was broken into soundbites and each was tracked across American and select international television monitored by the Internet Archive for the two weeks following the address. An interactive visualization lets you search/filter/browse the entire speech and see how each line went viral, and even view the actual video clips of all 524 broadcasts that aired excerpts of the speech, including a wide array of domestic programming and television stations from Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, Venezuala, and Vietnam. The underlying scanning algorithms operate entirely on the audio channel, so they are not dependent on closed captioning, which is extremely noisy and absent from many foreign stations. It turns out they are accurate enough to pick up even very short excerpts masked by overdubbing, music, and other noise, offering an entirely new approach to tracking memes and what "goes viral" on television: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_sotu2015/iatv_sotu2015 Kalev Leetaru http://kalevleetaru.com/ http://blog.gdeltproject.org/

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New 3-year job working with the Geonet team at the Oxford Internet Institute: ‘Researcher in ICTs, Geography and Development’
by Mark Graham 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Dear colleagues, We are hiring a Researcher to work with us to study low-wage digital work being carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/microwork/>. This is a 3-year position to work with me and a team of social scientists on the Geonet <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk> project. The job description is below. Feel free to forward this to relevant people and lists, and please get in touch if you would like to discuss any aspect of the position. Best, Mark *Researcher in ICTs, Geography and Development* *OXFORD INTERNET INSTITUTE* *Grade 7: £30,434 – £37,394 p.a.* The Oxford Internet Institute is a leading centre for research into individual, collective and institutional behaviour on the Internet. We are looking for a full-time Researcher to work with Professor Mark Graham <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=165> on the ERC-funded project Geonet <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/>: Investigating the Changing Connectivities and Potentials of Sub-Saharan Africa's Knowledge Economy. Combining archival research, surveys, and in-depth interviews, this ambitious project will critically assess the changing landscape of digital work in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ask who benefits (and who doesn’t) from those changes. In this exciting role, the Researcher will carry out 9-12 months of fieldwork among digital workers and organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as working at OII’s premises in Oxford. The Researcher will also contribute to the dissemination of the findings through peer-reviewed academic papers, project reports, events, blogs and social media. Candidates should have experience of social science research in Development Studies, Geography, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Communications, Organization Studies, Management or related disciplines, training and practical experience in qualitative research methods. Based primarily at the Oxford Internet Institute (with periods of fieldwork), this position is available immediately for 3 years in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter, funding permitting. For qualified candidates, there may also be opportunities to teach course modules on our ‘Social Science of the Internet’ MSc course. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. The application form and further details, including a job description and selection criteria, are available on Oxford University's recruitment website <https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs…> . *The closing date for applications is 12:00 BST on Thursday 3 September 2015 and only applications received before then can be considered.* Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing Monday 21 September 2015. ------------------------------------------ Dr Mark Graham Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Research Fellow Green Templeton College University of Oxford Visiting Research Associate School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham> | geospace.co.uk <http://www.geospace.co.uk> | Information Geographies <http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk> | wikichains.org <http://www.wikichains.org> | @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | zerogeography blog <http://www.zerogeography.net/> | Connectivity, Inclusion and Inequality Group <http://cii.oii.ox.ac.uk/> | GEONET <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk> <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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Troll data collection methods
by Natalie Sappleton 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

AoIR-isters Has anyone had any experience in interviewing online trolls? Can you offer any insights re access/methods/pitfalls/challenges? Thanks Natalie "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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