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CFP: Chinese CHI 2016 (Submission due: Jan 6, 2016 PDT)
by Lu Xiao 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

We invite you to submit papers to the 4th Chinese CHI Symposium ( http://chchi2016.icachi.org/calls) The symposium will be held on May 8 in San Jose, CA, USA, as a one-day pre-conference event of CHI 2016. Papers in all areas of human-computer interaction are invited and will be assessed on their contribution to the field. Papers must present original materials and will be reviewed rigorously by expert reviewers. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published through the ACM Digital Library. Authors are invited to submit high-quality original work to advance the field. Chinese CHI 2016 especially encourages submissions that contribute to HCI research and design related to Chinese individuals and communities. Examples include but are not limited to user research that provides a deeper understanding of Chinese users or cultural differences, interaction design and techniques based on behavioral characteristics or knowledge of Chinese individuals, or simply regular HCI research with a more focused discussion that reveals implications for Chinese HCI. *Important Dates* Submission Due Jan 6, 2016 PDT Review Due Feb 6, 2016 PDT Paper Notification Feb 15, 2016 PDT *Submission Guidelines* *Format* Papers must be in the two-column ACM SIGCHI format. They must be anonymized and in PDF file format. Length must match the contribution, and the same general criteria hold for all papers. Papers must be at least 4 pages, but can be up to 10 pages. Paper length must be based on the weight of the contribution. A new idea presented in a compact format is more likely to be accepted than the same idea in a long format. Long papers need to include very strong contributions to warrant acceptance. Shorter, more focused papers are also highly encouraged. All work – both papers and optional video illustrations – must be submitted electronically via the conference submission system ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chinesechi2016) <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chinesechi2015> Chinese CHI 2016 will also have a separate poster submission category. Formatting requirements for posters will be specified in the call for posters that will be announced separately. *Language* Chinese CHI 2016 accepts papers in English only. Chinese CHI 2015 also accepts poster submissions in Chinese and English as a separate submission category. See the call for posters for details. 中文投稿說明：Chinese CHI 2016之長論文以及短論文類別僅接受以英文撰寫之投稿。Chinese CHI 2016另外亦徵求海報論文，接收中文或英文之投稿。海報論文的格式與投稿細節則另外公告。 *Review Process* Submissions will be reviewed in a double-blind process, and authors must ensure that their names and affiliations do not appear on the submitted papers. The author and affiliation sections of the ACM SIGCHI template must be left blank. In case of acceptance, authors will be asked to provide a camera-ready copy that includes this information, along with any recommended improvements as suggested by the reviewers. *Confidentiality* Confidentiality of submissions will be maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the start of the conference. *File Size* Please note that the maximum size of your submission should not exceed 5Mb. If your requirements exceed this limit, please contact the conference chairs to make alternative arrangements. It will be possible to submit large videos via a link to online content (e.g. youtube or vimeo). *Attendance* One author of each accepted submission must register for the conference before the early registration deadline in order for the final paper version to appear in the conference proceedings. *Submission Templates* Please use the ACM SIGCHI paper template: - Download the Microsoft Word template http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers-word-template/v… - Download the LaTeX class file http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers-latex-template/… For additional information please contact the Program Co-Chairs at chinesechi2016(a)easychair.org --- *Conference Chairs* Xiaojun Bi, Google Lu Xiao, University of Western Ontario *Program Co-Chairs* Xianghua (Sharon) Ding, Fudan University Feng Tian, Chinese Academy of Science Yong Ming Kow, City University of Hong Kong

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Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 2016 Media Workshop
by Dr Samita Nandy 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

*The following workshop might be of interest to scholars considering traditional and digital media in career development.* We are pleased to announce that the 2016 CMCS conference *Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists, and celebrities selling?* will feature media workshop “Scholars as Critics” with Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs and Dr Celia Lam in Barcelona on July 5, 2016. Details are given below. *Deadline for abstract submissions*: Sunday, December 20, 2015 *---* *2016 CMCS Conference Media Workshop “Scholars as Critics* Red Room, Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal Barcelona, Spain July 5th, 2016 This workshop will offer: guidance on professional skills and career opportunities both inside and outside academia; insights and resources for scholars to become critics and experts in media; and theoretical and practical overview of basic media relations. *Key Speakers**:* *Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs* Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance and International Lead for the Americas in The School of Arts and Media at The University of Salford, UK. Kirsty received her MA in Screen Studies from the University of Manchester and a PhD on feminist theory and celebrity culture from The University of Salford. She regularly works with a number of cultural organisations and networks including Salford International Media Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Home, The National Media Museum and Cofilmic and has strong links in the UK comedy industry. Her leadership in the recent launch of *Women in Film and Television Network North* and *The Hunting Ground* screening/ Q and A with Emmy award winning director Kirby Dick has established significant links between academic and media industries. Kirsty is a member of the editorial board of the international journal Celebrity Studies (Routledge) and is currently a guest editor of the special issue “Fame-inism: Feminism and Global Celebrity Culture.” She has appeared on BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 News, and Al Jazeera among others. URL: *http://www.salford.ac.uk/arts-media/arts-media-academics/kirsty-fairclough-isaacs <http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b56…>* *Dr Celia Lam* Dr Celia Lam is a Lecturer in digital media at the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney Campus). Celia has a background in production, having completed a Bachelor degree in screen production at Macquarie University and a Masters in Film and Digital Media at the University of Sydney. Celia’s research areas include digital technologies, media production and consumption and audience spectatorship. Celia also has an interest in online identity presentation, and was the recipient of a 2012 Endeavour Award Post Doctoral Fellowship to conduct research in online identity presentation in Hong Kong. Celia has worked for Radio Television Hong Kong and various production companies in Sydney. She was part of the production team on the Australian Government funded ‘Raising Children DVD’. Her research was also reported in the Education section of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2011. URL: *https://www.nd.edu.au/sydney/schools/arts/staff/celia-lam <http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5…>* *Registration includes*: Your printed conference package*,* catered lunch, coffee / tea breaks, evening drinks, professional development workshop, eligibility to publish in *Bridging Gaps *edited book series, and consideration for the $100 best paper and screen awards. *Conference Chairs*: Dr Jackie Raphael & Dr Celia Lam *Conference Committee Members*: Dr Samita Nandy, Dr Louis Massey, Josh Nathan, and Andrea Marshall *Conference URL* http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/barcelona/ <http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b56…> *Deadline*: Sunday, December 20, 2015 *Cross-posted*: http://eepurl.com/bJF3yn

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A recent compilation of scraping tools
by Julian Hopkins 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Hi, there was relatively recent posting of a compilation of social media/online scraping tools. It was in a Wiki of some type I think. I can't track it down - can someone who remembers please post the link again? Thanks, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia +60 3 5514 4920 www.sass.monash.edu.my @julianhopkins

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job opening London
by Olga Goriunova 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Dear all, Royal Holloway, University of London has announced a job opening for a lecturer in Digital Media, department of Media Arts. You can see the official Job Announcement and application details at this link: https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=1215-373 *Salary: *£41,030 to £48,548 per annum - including London Allowance *Closing Date: *Friday 29 January 2016*Interview Date: *Tuesday 16 February 2016 Please feel free to forward this on to people that may be interested. Olga Goriunova Senior Lecturer, Media Arts Royal Holloway, University of London

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CFP> AMCIS 2016 STIR '16 Mini-Track Call for Papers
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Call for Papers: 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems August 11 - 13, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA Dear Colleagues, We welcome papers for the mini track titled “Social Theory in Information Systems (STIR ’16)”, for AMCIS 2016. Details are as follows: Track: Social Technical Issues and Social Inclusion Track Mini Track Title: Social Theory in Information Systems (STIR ’16) Description This year we are proud to celebrate the 20th consecutive year of the Social Theory in Information Systems Research minitrack. Since 1996, scholars and researchers have presented cutting edge research, using social theory in their work. STIR’16 solicits papers that use social theory in IS research drawing upon such approaches as sociotechnical theory, critical theory, social informatics, and organizational theory. We are interested in highlighting research that critically examines the constitution of ICT, and their roles in organizations and society. We are interested in research that addresses the conference theme, Surfing the IT Innovation Wave; focusing on innovative uses of theories and methodologies to study the impacts of new and emerging technologies, such as social media and wearable technologies, on people’s organizational and social lives and on organizations and institutions. Issues might include designing smart and sustainable digital futures, critically examining the constitution of ICTs, and their roles in the design, maintenance and dissolution of online and offline communities, and posing and investigating questions about how we interact with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and sometimes hinder progress towards more useful, productive, and happier lives. Please join us in San Diego for this milestone! Suggested Topics In addition to research aligned with the conference theme we are also interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and understand: • The interplay between ICT and the development, implementation, and evaluation of Blue Ocean Strategy • The implications of social networks for organizations and social groups • Conceptual and empirical work focusing on the ways ICT can promote or hinder social inclusion • The significance of cyberinfrastructure for commerce, governing and research and sustainable development • The relationships between ICTs and people as they participate in online communities and virtual teams • Online communities of practice, their processes and outcomes • The dynamics of and social and cultural impacts on ICT • Hacktivism and the use of technology to mobilize resources and advance ideology • Unintended consequences of technology implementation and use in organizations and in social life • Scientific collaboration and scholarly communication as enabled and constrained by ICTs • The impacts of social computing on our social and work lives SUBMISSION SITE http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2016 Submissions may be of two types: • Completed research papers (< 5000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) • Research-in-progress papers (< 3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2016 For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2016 website at http://amcis2016.aisnet.org IMPORTANT DATES January 4, 2016: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2016 begin March 2, 2016: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at 10:00am PST CHAIR CONTACT INFORMATION Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu

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Second CfP: Crowd Dynamics: Exploring Conflicts and Contradictions in Crowdsourcing (CHI 2016)
by Karin Hansson 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Call for papers: Deadline December 21, 2015. Crowd Dynamics: Exploring Conflicts and Contradictions in Crowdsourcing A one-day workshop at CHI 2016, 7 or 8 May 2016, San Jose, CA, USA In this workshop we explore the reasons, processes, power relations, and dynamics of conflicts within crowdsourcing. We invites participants to contribute with insights from different types of crowd-work, and thereby deepen our understanding about the relations in contexts such as crowdsourcing, crowd-funding, peer-production and citizen science. Furthermore, we examine strategies for accommodating differences in crowdsourcing environments. This one-day workshop explores the topics in mini presentations and brainstorming sessions, and will result in a research agenda for addressing these questions. Subthemes and topics can for example be: Citizen empowerment versus control in open government Various levels of transparency in the implementation of crowdsourcing Clash of needs between people and systems Conflict management and conflict resolution in crowdsourcing Conflicting discourses and theories about crowd work: E.g. solidarity versus the “economic man” Conflicts of expectations in crowd contexts Distribution of labor and capital in crowd work Dynamics of inclusion/exclusion in crowd work, reflecting societal issues of race, gender, identity, and geography Social capital and community engagement in crowd work conflicts Research ethics in citizens’ science (or other types of crowd work) The position-paper should be 2-4 pages and follow the CHI formatting guidelines for the CHI extended abstract format <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/guide-to-submission-formats/>. Send submissions and inquiries to the following email address: crowddynamicschi2016(a)gmail.com <mailto:crowddynamicschi2016@gmail.com> Deadline is Monday, December 21, 2015. At least one author of the position paper must attend the workshop. All participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the conference. The workshop is organized by: Karin Hansson (Stockholm University), Michael Muller (IBM Research), Tanja Aitamurto (Stanford University), Lilly Irani (University of California), Athanasios Mazarakis (Kiel University), Neha Gupta (University of Nottingham), and Thomas Ludwig (University of Siegen). More information is available at http://crowddynamics.blogs.dsv.su.se/ <http://crowddynamics.blogs.dsv.su.se/>

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CFP WWW'16 Workshop: 7th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2016) - Behavioral Analytics on the Web
by Christoph Trattner 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2016) Behavioral Analytics on the Web to be held on April 12, 2016, Montreal, Canada co-located with ACM WWW 2016 http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/ws/msm2016/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** Submission Deadline: Dec 22, 2015 (23:59 Hawaii Standard Time) ** Notification of Acceptance: Feb 2, 2016 ** Camera-Ready Versions Due: Feb 8, 2016 ** Workshop date: April 12, 2016 Workshop Organizers: ==================== Martin Atzmueller, University of Kassel, Germany: atzmueller(a)cs.uni-kassel.de Alvin Chin, BMW Group, USA: alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner, Know-Center, Austria: trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com For the 7th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media, we aim to attract researchers from all over the world working in the field of behavioral analytics using web and social media data. Behavioral analytics is an important topic, e.g., concerning web applications as well as extensions in mobile and ubiquitous applications, for understanding user behavior. We would also like to invite researchers in the data and web mining community to lend their expertise to help to increase our understanding of the web and social media. Thus, we invite submissions which may include the following topics, but are not limited to: * Behavioral analytics methods or frameworks for social media, big data and the web * Approaches for personalization and recommendations * Methods for social structure and community discovery * Methods for tie strength or link prediction * Methods for extracting and understanding user and group behavior * Methods for predicting user behavior * Methods for user modeling and profiling * Applications of behavioral analytics * Privacy and security in behavioral analytics * Applications of any of the above methods and technologies The goal of this workshop is to apply behavioral analytics approaches and algorithms on social media, big data and the web. Hence, the workshop aims to attract and discuss various novel aspects of personalization, recommendation, community discovery, profiling and prediction from social media. Submissions: We solicit full research papers (4-6 pages), and short papers (1-4 pages) both in the ACM conference paper style. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair to https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msm16 Program Committee: ================== Alejandro Bellogin, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain Shlomo Berkovsky, CSIRO, Australia Robin Burke, DePaul University, USA Javier Luis Canovas Izquierdo, IN3 - UOC, Spain Guanling Chen, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Stephan Doerfel, University of Kassel, Germany Ruth Garcia, Oxford University, UK Daniel Gayo-Avello, University of Oviedo, Spain Mouzhi Ge, University of Bolzano, Italy Michael Granitzer, University of Passau, Germany Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft, Netherlands Sharon Hsiao, Arizona State University, USA Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Barcelona Media, Spain Mark Kibanov, University of Kassel, Germany Bart Knijnenburg, University of California, Irvine, USA Simon Koo, Jesuit Liberal Arts College, Hong Kong, China Florian Lemmerich, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Harold Liu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Kjetil Nørvåg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Denis Parra, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Shaghayegh Sahebi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Philipp Singer, GESIS, Germany Alan Said, Recorded Future, SE Su Yang, Fudan University, China Shengdong Zhao, National University of Singapore, Singapore Arkaitz Zubiaga, University of Warwick, UK Proceedings: ============ Contributions will be included in the Companion volume of the ACM WWW2016 conference, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. However, to make that happen at least one author of the accepted paper has to register. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. Any paper published by the ACM, IEEE, etc. which can be properly cited constitutes research which must be considered in judging the novelty of a WWW submission, whether the published paper was in a conference, journal, or workshop. Therefore, any paper previously published as part of a WWW workshop must be referenced and suitably extended with new content to qualify as a new submission to the Research Track at the WWW conference. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must * be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; * occupy no more than six pages, including the abstract, references, and appendices. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msm16 Contact: ======== Martin Atzmueller - atzmueller(a)cs.uni-kassel.de Alvin Chin - alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner - trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Follow us on: ============= Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/527164050627185/ Twitter https://twitter.com/msm_workshop -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Know-Center Research Center for Big Data Analytics & Data Driven Business Graz University of Technology, Austria E-mail: ctrattner(a)know-center.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info ------------------------------------------------------- New book: Mining, Modeling, and Recommending 'Things' in Social Media* by M. Atzmueller, A. Chin, C. Scholz, C. Trattner (eds.) http://link.springer.com/978-3-319-14723-9 -------------------------------------------------------

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[JVWR] CfP for 2016 Assembled issue
by Tzafnat Shpak 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

CfP for the Journal of Virtual Worlds Issue 'Assembled 2016' A General Call for Papers <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://www.jvwresearch.org/ <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…>) 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 with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds ignite a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range of creative and scholarly research. *Note:* this is a good opportunity for authors for a quick turnaround of papers with February 2016 *decisio*n on publication and March 2016 *actual publication*. *Motivation and Scope* The Assembled issue is a place for various papers, on the topic of the journal - that are being collected during the year and published usually once a year. Authors who would like to submit directly to the ‘Assembled’ issue should do so by adding the words “submitted for Assembled” in the “Comments for Editor” on the 1st step of the submitting process. *Possible topics include, but are not limited to:* - 3D fun - Mini robots - Social networks that change our mind - Artificial limbs - New forms of hardware - Augmented and mixed environments - Wearables - User generated content - 3D printing - Visual data streaming - Immersive technologies - Shopping from home - Projections of the real - Wireless people - Portable friends - The Internet of Things - Virtual currencies - E-readers - … - And more *See past Assembled issues:* Assembled 2010 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Assembled 2011 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Assembled 2012 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Assembled 2013 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Assembled 2014 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Assembled 2015 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit original scholarly papers of 3000-7000 words including footnotes, references, and appendices. Interested authors should submit a full paper by the deadline indicated below. All submissions should be made via the JVWR publishing system (see www.jvwreserach.org > About JVWR > For Authors). All submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published online in the Volume 9, Number 1 (2016) of the Journal. *Deadlines and Timetable* Issue editor(s) are to be announced. *January 15, 2016:* Authors submit full paper *January 20, 2016:* Editors return initial decision *February 10, 2016:* Editors return final review *March 10, 2016:* Authors submit final revision *March 25, 2016:* Camera ready papers *March 31, 2016:* Publication Further Information Please contact: info(a)jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Submit by January 15, 2016 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> *Copyright © 2015 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, All rights reserved.*

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CfP for CHI Workshop in San Jose | Development Consortium 2016: HCI Across Borders
by Neha Kumar 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

*Call for Proposals* Two-Day Workshop in San Jose (CA, USA) at CHI 2016 <http://chi2016.acm.org/> Development Consortium 2016: HCI Across Borders <http://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/> 7th-8th May, 2016 *About the Workshop* The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community at CHI has expanded its scope in recent years to study technology use in under-served, under-represented, and under-resourced regions around the world. This area of work is identified (not without debate) at CHI as HCI4D*, where the ‘D’ is used for highlighting the ‘developing world’ context where much of this work has taken place. To work around the limitations imposed by this term, we invite individuals who identify themselves as HCI4D researchers/practitioners, *and also more broadly* – those who are keen to (or keenly) pursue research and practice in these under-served, under-represented, and/or under-resourced contexts. Nearly a decade ago, at CHI 2007, the first workshop on user-centered design and international development was held – also in San Jose. Since then, we have seen an explosion of work in this area. This has been accompanied by a growth of sophistication in understanding, methods, approaches, and techniques towards devising solutions to problems seemingly intractable due to logistical and methodological challenges. As the area has grown, it has understandably become harder for us to stay connected with the expanding scope of research and practice and the increasing number of people involved. While technological and methodological advances are critical for further development of our field, so too is it important for us to stay connected. We often work in relatively isolated contexts, geographically dispersed across the globe, and rarely find the opportunity to associate with the larger community even though we know this could be helpful. Why work across borders? Though every country and context is unique, and much of our work aims to design for “situatedness”, there are lessons to be learned across borders as well. Questions we would like to ask include: What are common themes that tie together different resource-constrained contexts? For instance, could a maternal health project in India benefit from lessons learned from a project in Kenya and vice versa? How can we – as a community – work within countries *and* across them as well? The primary objective of this event is to bring together HCI voices from across the globe at one venue as they develop themes of common interests and work on potential projects/proposals they can pursue together as collaborators. Our secondary, and larger, objective however is to launch a series of such workshops that will help advance towards a richer, stronger, and a fundamentally more cohesive community overall. ** Unpacking the term HCI4D will be one of the undertakings of this workshop. Though debated, the term helps us refer to the area that applies what we know about human-centered processes and technology design to work that aspires towards economic, social, and human development. * *Participation* Our workshop will take place over two days – *7th/8th May 2016* – and solicit participation from HCI researchers and practitioners across the globe who work with under-served, under-represented, and/or under-resourced communities. We invite participants keen to explore collaborations across borders and geographies. We define “borders” and “geographies” broadly to include both national boundaries and more localized boundaries such as those between cities or different groups within a country. Research areas of focus can be diverse, including but not limited to education, healthcare, civic engagement, mobile banking, etc. We welcome all methodological and ideological leanings. Examples of topics/themes of interest might include, among others: - Leveraging participatory design and co-design approaches - Factoring cultural sensitivities in the design of new technologies - Designing to accommodate power differentials - Devising innovative techniques for engaging users - Designing for sustainability Examples of projects might include, among others: - Study of Facebook use and gender roles in South Africa vs. in Namibia - Design of mobile-based reporting systems for targeted African-American and impoverished citizens to report police brutality in Atlanta (GA), Minneapolis (MN), and New York (NY) - Design of mobile media for maternal and newborn health in India and Pakistan - Study of IVR use to provide information on agricultural practices in Peru and Ethiopia - Development of mobile technology-based supports for prenatal care among the Ngabe-Bugle and the Embera in Panama *Submissions* Please submit a proposal (2-4 pages in the CHI Extended Abstracts <http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-extended-abstracts-for…> format) by *21st December 2015* for early notification of acceptance (by 31st December) and *15th January 2016* for notification by *19th February*. Submissions should discuss a plan or intent to collaborate ‘across borders’, articulating an area of work and research questions of interest. If these include potential projects and collaborators, even better! Submissions can be crafted by *a set* of authors (who may like to meet and discuss at the workshop), or by a smaller group/individual seeking additional team members. If additional collaborators are sought, submissions should describe desired expertise/profiles/locations. These submissions will seed small group discussions and informal presentations at the workshop. All submissions will be reviewed by the organizers and selected according to their potential to contribute to the workshop’s goals and foster discussion. Accepted submissions will be available on our workshop website at least two weeks before the conference to allow participants to prepare. In addition, organizers may consider the publication of revised versions of accepted papers as part of a special issue in a related journal. Please send submissions to hci4d.across.borders(a)gmail.com. All deadlines will be observed at 11.59pmAoE <http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe>. *Bursaries* CHI workshop guidelines require that at least one author of each accepted submission attend and that each (physical) participant be registered for the workshop and one day of the conference. If these constraints become limiting, please contact us so that workarounds might be considered. We are working on obtaining funding to pay travel expenses (or at least a portion thereof) for attendees in need. So if you do work in this area and are hesitating because you believe that obtaining travel money will be difficult to impossible, please go ahead and submit anyway. We will work with you to try and fund (or partially fund) your travel. *Virtual Participation* We understand that not everyone who wishes to participate (with or without a submission) will be able to attend physically, be it due to financial or other constraints. We invite you to express an interest to participate (via email) and we will work with you to accommodate you on our ‘virtual track’ where you will also have the chance to work with a mentor and on a team. *Organizers* Neha Kumar, Georgia Tech, co-chair (USA) Susan Dray, Dray & Associates, co-chair (USA) Andrew Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Nicola Dell, Cornell Tech (USA) Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Brian DeRenzi, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Beki Grinter, Georgia Tech (USA) Zhengjie Liu, Dalian Maritime University (China) Mario A. Moreno Rocha, Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca (Mexico) Eunice Sari, University of Western Australia (Australia) Bill Thies, Microsoft Research, India (India) Indrani Medhi Thies, Microsoft Reearch, India (India) William Tucker, University of the Western Cape (South Africa) Elba Valderrama Bahamondez, Universidad Technologia de Panama (Panama) Susan Wyche, Michigan State University (USA) *Contact* For more details, please check the workshop website: https://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/ Email us your questions at: hci4d.across.borders(a)gmail.com

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CSCW2016: Toward a typology of participation in crowd work (extended deadline)
by Karin Hansson 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

Call for papers CSCW2016 workshop, February 28 Toward a typology of participation in crowd work Deadline for paper submissions extended to December 22 (January 8) http://ttpcw.blogs.dsv.su.se/ <http://ttpcw.blogs.dsv.su.se/> The development of technologies and practices of broad public participation are changing the notion of the public. As the use of participatory and social media has become widespread in society and enabled a more collaborative information production, the potential for a transformation of production relations through crowd-based activities affect many aspects of life. There are new potentials for transformative developments in government, work life, science, and emergency response. However, these new platforms for participation have not solved many of the pre-crowd problems regarding participation, such as lack of representativeness and flawed deliberative processes. Therefore it is important and relevant to look at the power relations within crowd production and to examine how different tools handle participatory processes in the crowd. This workshop examines different types of participatory process, in crowd work such as crowdsourced policymaking, crisis management, citizen science and paid crowd work, among other, focusing on relations and power dynamics within and beyond the crowds. We welcome researchers from a diversity of disciplines and perspectives to formulate a typology of participation in crowd work. Typologies of participation In the wider field of participation, in areas like participatory planning, design or participatory research, the power relations in the participatory setting are seen as central for the outcome of the participation. However, we haven’t seen a more structured overview of typologies of participation indicating levels of power and agency in the context of crowdwork. For this workshop, we therefore invite participants to look more closely at different types of participation within crowdwork, and at different levels of interaction. Possible sites of analysis could be the interaction between crowd workers, the participation in the work by different stakeholders, the potentially privileged levels of interaction with the data, or tensions in the agency of the crowdworkers in relation to the task. What types of ontologies exist in different types of crowdsourcing contexts, and how do these ontologies reflect one or more epistemologies? How is this expressed in the relations between the crowd and the sourcer, or in how different interfaces and tools support different roles and different modes of crowd participation? What are the relations between different attitudes towards knowledge and the social relations in the crowdsourcing process? What are the implications for power relations between different modes of participation? If we learn more about how participation in crowd work can be described in terms of power and relations, we might get a better understanding of how participation can be articulated, how different tools for crowd participation can be developed, and how the different perspectives and stakes in crowd work might be harmonized, or at least clarified. Suggested subthemes and topics Controlling economic structures in crowd work • Controlling levels of; access; transparency, secrecy, closeness, connectedness, alienation • Relation between crowd work control dynamics and power relationships outside the technology framework. • Differentiations in entry and exit points to the platform Intersecting belief systems in crowd work • Norms about crowds, collaboration and democracy • Balance between exclusive groups and democratic publics • Stakeholders’ different cultural assumptions • Tensions between individual scoring systems and collective sharing processes Community support in crowd work • Communication needs within the crowd • Available avenues of communication to support community • Apprenticeship models • Relations between the crowd and the “sourcers” • Navigating intersecting communities in crowd setting • Relations between different types of stakeholders in the crowd setting Going from crowd to public • Publics as performative states; co-constitution an interdependence • Ethics and power relations in crowd sourced research • The power relations between the designer/inventor and the crowd • Quantified selves, data sources or co-researchers Workshop activities This one-day workshop will explore the topics in mini presentations and brainstorming sessions. The objective with the workshop is to develop a typology of participation in crowd work based on an overview of the field. Furthermore, selected contributions from the workshop will be considered for a special issue in a HCI journal. Submission Participants are selected based on their submitted position-papers. The maximum length of a paper is 2,000 words. Submit to round 1 to receive notification before the early registration: Submissions due: 22nd December 2015 Notifications sent: 5th January 2016 Early registration: 8th January 2016 Alternatively submit to round 2: Submissions due: 8th January 2016 Notifications sent: 22nd January 2016 February 28, 2016 Workshop date * The maximum length of a paper is 2,000 words. Send submissions and inquiries tocrowdtypologies(a)gmail.com <mailto:crowdtypologies@gmail.com>. Send submissions and inquiries to: crowdtypologies(a)gmail.com <mailto:crowdtypologies@gmail.com> Organization The workshop builds on four earlier successful workshops: Back to the Future of Organizational Work: Crowdsourcing Digital Work Marketplaces, Structures for Knowledge Co-creation between Organizations and the Public hosted at ACM CSCW 2014, The Morphing Organization – Rethinking Groupwork Systems in the Era of Crowdwork hosted at ACM GROUP 2014, and Examining the Essence of the Crowds: Motivations, Roles and Identities at ECSCW 2015. (2) This workshop is organized by: Karin Hansson PhD, the Department of Computer & Systems Sciences at Stockholm University. Michael Muller, PhD, the Cognitive User Experience group of IBM Research, Cambridge MA USA Tanja Aitamurto, PhD, Deputy Director of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Ann Light, Professor of Design and Creative Technology at the University of Sussex and leader of the Creative Technology Group. Athanasios Mazarakis, PhD, Web Science at Kiel University. Neha Gupta, PhD student at the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK. Thomas Ludwig, Ph.D. student at the Institute for Information Systems at the University of Siegen, Germany. More information about the workshop and the organizers can be found on the website: http://ttpcw.blogs.dsv.su.se/ <http://ttpcw.blogs.dsv.su.se/>

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