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Last chance to register for SNIC 2015 (Social Networking In Cyberspace conference, Wolverhampton, UK)
by Fullwood, Chris 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

Dear colleagues, The 3rd international Social Networking In Cyberspace conference (SNIC 2015) will be held at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, 3 - 4 September, 2015.. === Last chance to register === Registration for SNIC 2015 will close on Sunday 30th August, 2015. To register and pay for conference attendance please follow the appropriate link from our conference web page - http://www.wlv.ac.uk/snic2015 · Standard rate: £160 for two days attendance (£100 for one day only) · Student rate: £120 for two days (£80 for one day only) · The fee includes morning and afternoon coffee and a buffet lunch The full conference programme can also be downloaded from the same web page. === Keynote speakers === We are delighted to confirm Professor Tom Buchanan (University of Westminster), Professor Adam Joinson (University of the West of England) and Dr Grainne Kirwan (Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire) as keynote speakers at the conference. Further information (including bios and keynote topics) can also be accessed from the conference web page. We look forward to seeing you there Kind regards Chris Fullwood On behalf of the organising committee ________________________________ Dr Chris Fullwood Reader in Cyberpsychology Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton Mary Seacole Building - MH010 City Campus - North, Wolverhampton, UK, WV1 1AD Tel: +44-(0) 1902 323 531 Email: C.Fullwood(a)wlv.ac.uk<mailto:C.Fullwood@wlv.ac.uk> Twitter: twitter.com/drchrisfullwood<http://www.twitter.com/drchrisfullwood> Web: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/DrChrisFullwood SOCIAL NETWORKING IN CYBERSPACE CONFERENCE (SNIC2015) 3RD & 4TH SEPTEMBER 2015 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON www.wlv.ac.uk/SNIC2015<http://www.wlv.ac.uk/SNIC2015>

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Call for Submissions ACM IUI 2016 ~ 21st ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
by Denis Parra 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

*** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** --------------------------- 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 Workshop Proposals ---------------------------- We invite proposals for full-day and half-day workshops on topics that are of interest to the ACM IUI community. Workshops will be held on the first (March 29) and last day (April 1) of the conference. The conference may provide a free registration for each workshop to assist its organization. Workshop proposals due: September 4, 2015, 6pm PST Tutorial Proposals ------------------------ We invite proposals for tutorials from active researchers and experienced presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover the state-of-the-art research and development in a specific area strongly related to ACM IUI. Tutorials on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing directions, and significant practical applications are also encouraged. Accepted tutorial organizers will be exempt from the registration fee (one per tutorial). Tutorials proposals due: September 4, 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 <workshop-tutorial2016(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 Parra Assistant Professor, PUC Chile e: dparras(a)uc.cl t: @denisparra w: web.ing.puc.cl/~dparra/

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Faculty Position in Information and Library Science, Indiana University Bloomington
by Hara, Noriko 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Title: Asst/ Assoc/ Full Professor Department: Information and Library Science Expected start date: 08/01/2016 Position summary: The School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a position beginning in Fall 2016 in the Department of Information and Library Science (all subareas solicited with preference for data curation, CSCW, digital libraries, information policy, digital youth, documentation, metadata, and the social web). This position is open at all levels (assistant, associate, or full professor). Duties include teaching, research, and service. The Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), formerly the School of Library and Information Science, has a long, successful history, having graduated over 8,000 students since it opened its doors in 1946. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Bloomington Information and Library Science program eighth nationally in its most recent rankings. The School of Informatics and Computing is the first of its kind and among the largest in the country, with unsurpassed breadth. Its mission is to excel and lead in education, research, and outreach spanning and integrating computing and information technologies. In addition to ILS, the School includes the Department of Computer Science and Informatics and has a total of more than 100 faculty, 900 graduate students, and 1,500 undergraduate majors on the Bloomington campus. Faculty research areas in ILS include bibliometrics; big data; computer-mediated communication; data science; data curation; digital libraries; information organization, retrieval, and visualization; human computer interaction; science studies; semantic web; social informatics; CSCW; text mining; web science; and more. Graduate degrees offered in the School include Master’s degrees in Information Science, Library Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Human Computer Interaction Design, and Security Informatics, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Informatics, and Information Science. The School is also known for its strong undergraduate programs. Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research university with over 2,000 faculty and over 45,000 students. The beautiful campus hosts 110 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. IU is renowned for its high-performance computing and networking facilities, top-ranked music school, and performing and fine arts. Located in the wooded rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is a culturally thriving college town with a moderate cost of living and the amenities for an active lifestyle. Basic qualifications: Applicants should have an established record (for senior level) or demonstrable potential for excellence (for junior level) in research and teaching, and a Ph.D. in Information Science or a related field or (for junior level) expected before 8/2016. Interested candidates should submit their application at http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/1658 Application should include curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching, and names of three references (junior level), or six references (senior level). Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Prof. Noriko Hara, nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu> or to Faculty Search, Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing, Herman B. Wells Library LI011, Bloomington, IN 47408. For full consideration, completed applications must be received by December 1st, 2015. Informal and confidential inquiries may be sent to the ILS Chair, Pnina Fichman, (fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu>) or to members of the search committee: Noriko Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu>), Stasa Milojevic (smilojev(a)indiana.edu<mailto:smilojev@indiana.edu>, Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hrosenba@indiana.edu>), John Walsh (jawalsh(a)indiana.edu<mailto:jawalsh@indiana.edu>). Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. IU Bloomington is vitally interested in the needs of Dual Career couples. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Noriko Hara, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of Graduate Programs Department of Information & Library Science School of Informatics & Computing | Indiana University http://norikohara.org

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Now Accepting Submissions: iConference 2016
by Karine Nahon 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

Now Accepting Submissions: iConference 2016 iConference 2016 | Partnership with Society Philadelphia, PA, USA March 20-23, 2016 SUBMISSION DEADLINES Papers: Sept. 9 Workshops: Sept. 28 Doctoral Colloquium: Sept. 28 Posters: Oct. 5 Sessions for Interaction and Engagement: Oct. 5 Doctoral Dissertation Award: Oct. 12 Conference website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ Conference submission site: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/ We are now accepting submissions for iConference 2016, our eleventh annual gathering of scholars, researchers and professionals who share an interest in the critical information issues of contemporary information society. iConference 2016 takes place March 20-23, 2016, in historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This year’s theme of “Partnership with Society” examines the dynamic, evolving role of information science and today’s iSchool movement, and the benefits to society. The conference includes peer-reviewed papers, posters, workshops and sessions for interaction and engagement, interspersed with multiple opportunities for networking. Early career and next generation researchers can engage in the Doctoral Student Colloquium, Early Career Colloquium and Undergraduate Student Showcase forums. Authors and organizers can now submit materials using our secure submissions website: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/. The official proceedings will be published in the open access Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS). The deadline for papers is Sept. 9, with other deadlines thereafter. The iConference brings together scholars and researchers addressing critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations—all shaping interdisciplinary discourses. Visit our website for more information, including sample topics and links to past proceedings: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/<http://ischoo/> iConference 2016 is hosted by Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics. Our conference venue, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, is located in Philadelphia’s bustling center city. The historic 33-storey building is hailed as America’s first skyscraper, and is in easy walking distance of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, birthplace of the United States Constitution. Other nearby attractions include the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Art Museum. The iConference is presented by the iSchools (www.ischools.org<http://www.ischools.org/>), a worldwide association of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field, and preparing students to meet the information challenges of the 21st Century. Affiliation with the iSchools is not required—all information scholars, researchers, and practitioners are welcome at the iConference. The event is sponsored by Microsoft Research. IMPORTANT LINKS * Conference: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ * Submissions: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/ * Past Proceedings: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/about-the-iconference/ * Facebook: IConference: https://www.facebook.com/IConference * Twitter: @iConf | #iconf16 SUBMISSION INFORMATION All submissions must be in English using our official template. All work should be original and not previously published. Complete guidelines can be found on our Author Instructions page: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/author-instructions/ * PAPERS: We invite papers falling into two categories: completed research, and early work/preliminary results. Completed research papers should be a maximum of 10 pages, including references; early work/preliminary results papers should be a maximum of 6 pages, including references. Each paper will be refereed in a double-blind process. The author(s) of the completed research paper judged the best of the conference will receive the Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper and $5,000. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/papers/<http://ischo/> Submission deadline: September 9, 2015 Papers Chairs: Yong Ming Kow, City University of Hong Kong; Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine; Chirag Shah, Rutgers University * POSTERS We welcome submission of posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Submitted posters should be a maximum of 1,500 words, not including references. These posters will undergo a double-blind review. Poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/posters/ Submission deadline: October 5, 2015 Posters Chairs: Elke Greifeneder, Humboldt University; Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin * WORKSHOPS Workshops can be half- or full day, and are intended to foster interactive discussions focusing on the particular topic within the purview of the iSchools, namely, the relationships among information, people and technology. Workshops provide a great opportunity for attendees who share common interests and want to have intensive discussions. Workshop proposals should be less than 750 words, and follow the guidelines on our website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/workshops/ Submission deadline: September 28, 2015 Workshops Chairs: Denise Agosto, Drexel University; Sam Oh, Sungkyunkwan University; Nicole A. Cooke, University of Illinois * SESSIONS FOR INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT (SIE) These sessions provide an excellent opportunity to present ideas, facilitate discussions, and foster knowledge-sharing in unconventional ways. Formats can include panels, fishbowls, installations, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly participatory, informal, engaging, and pluralistic. SIE proposals should be less than 750 words, and follow the guidelines on our website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/sessions-for-interaction-and-en… Submission deadline: October 5, 2015 SIE Chairs: Karen E. Fisher, University of Washington; Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED * DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM The Doctoral Colloquium provides doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty and engage with one another in a setting that is relatively informal but that allows for the fullest of intellectual exchanges. Students receive feedback on their dissertation, career paths, and other areas from participating faculty and student peers. More athttp://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/ Application deadline: September 28, 2015 Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Greg Leazer, UCLA; Iris Xie, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD Recognizing the outstanding dissertation of the preceding year, this competition is open to all member iSchools. Each school may submit one dissertation for consideration. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, the runner up $1,000; both will be honored at the iConference. More athttp://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/dissertation-award/ Submission deadline: October 12, 2015 Dissertation Award Chairs: Michael Seadle, Humboldt University; Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba * EARLY CAREER COLLOQUIUM This half-day event is intended for assistant professors, post-docs, or others in pre-tenure positions and builds on the tradition of highly successful events at past iConferences. Participants will sign up at registration. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/early-career-colloquium/ Early Career Colloquium Chairs: Virginia Ortiz-Repiso Jimenez, University Carlos III-Madrid; Kristin Eschenfelder, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Eric Myers, University of British Columbia *UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SHOWCASE FORUMS The undergraduate showcase will feature iSchool undergraduate research. Such examples include senior design, senior projects, STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholars Program students, etc. Details will be posted to our website as they become available. ADDITIONAL ORGANIZERS Conference Chairs: David Fenske and Jane Greenberg, Drexel University Technical Program Chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University; Spiros Mancoridis, Drexel University Proceedings Chairs: Xia Lin and Mick Khoo, Drexel University Program Committee: Naresh Agarwal, Simmons Moranan Alac, University of California, San Diego Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas Eric Baumer, Cornell University Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, Stockholm University Gobinda Chowdhury, Northumbria University Hong Cui, University of Arizona Xianghua Ding, Fudan University Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland Ingrid Erikson, Rutgers University Andrea Forte, Drexel University Roberto Gonzalez-Ibanez, University of Santiago Helen Hasan, University of Wollongong Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University James Howison, University of Texas at Austin Yun Huang, Syracuse University Mohammad Jarrahi, University of North Carolina Victor Kaptelinin, Umea University Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Wayne Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Liz Lyon, University of Pittsburgh Karine Nahon, University of Washington and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Gabriela Marcu, Drexel University Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kyong Eunoh Oh, Simmons Sanghee Oh, Florida State University Xinru Page, Bentley University Matt Ratto, University of Toronto Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University Jennifer Rode, ACM Bryan Semaan, Syracuse University Patrick Shih, Indiana University Clay Spinuzzi, University of Texas Norman Makoto Su, Indiana University Emiliano Treré, Autonomous University of Querétaro Deborah Turner, Drexel University Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University Hao-chuan Wang, National Tsing Hua University Yang Wang, Syracuse University Rosina Weber, Drexel University Tan Xu, AT&T Jude Yew, National University of Singapore Xiaojun Yuan, University at Albany, State University of New York Yan Zhang, University of Texas at Austin More at: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ Karine Nahon/Author of Going Viral/Best Information Science Book Award and Outstanding Academic Title/eKarine.org Associate Professor/Information School at University of Washington/Government School at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya-IDC

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Social Media ROI
by Gohar F. Khan 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

Dear list members: I am looking for studies (both conceptual and empirical) on social media ROI (return on investment) calculation. I will appreciate any suggestions and will report back a summery to the list. Thank you, -- Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD Assistant Professor Korea University of Technology & Education (KoreaTECH) ------------------------------------------------------- My new book on social media analytics is out <http://7layersanalytics.com/>!

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Request for the help on the smartphone launchers for older adults
by Šetinc, Mojca 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Dear all, we are working on a project researching the existing smartphone launchers for older adults (55 and older). We are interested solely in research done on the launchers (e.g. »KoalaPhone«, »GoLivePhone«, »Seniors Phone, etc.) and not in the research on applications for older adults (e.g. health-managing apps, medication-reminder apps, voice recognitions apps, etc.) With the literature search we have come across 3 papers on the launchers (Balata et al. 2015 – study on the KoalaPhone launcher; Arab et al. 2013 – study on the PhonAge launcher; and Al-Razgan et al. – a survey of the literature on guidelines and design for older adults). Because we would like to have a comprehensive insight into the topic, we are trying to discover if there are any other (published or unpublished) studies done on the smartphone launchers for older adults. We would appreciate any suggestions that could help us with finding more research related to launchers. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. Best regards, Mojca, Andraž and Vesna University of Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences Centre for Social Informatics

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CFP: Computer Culture (SWPACA Conference, February 10-13, 2016)
by natasha chuk 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association 37th Annual Conference CFP: COMPUTER CULTURE AREA February 10-13, 2016 Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, NM <http://www.southwestpca.org/>*www.southwestpca.org <http://www.southwestpca.org/>* *PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, November 1, 2015* Proposals for papers are now being accepted for the area of Computer Culture, as one of the many areas within the 37th annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA). Please consider submitting. COMPUTER is broadly defined as any computational device, whether smartphone or abacus, and any form of information technology, including the origins of concepts of interactive text that may predate computational devices as traditionally conceived. CULTURE is rooted in the concept of cultural meaning. We ask not just operational questions such as, "How do people communicate using computers?" but questions of meaning such as, "What does it mean when people communicate using computers instead of using pre-computer approaches to communication?" Along these lines, we are interested in communication as well as creative practices/applications and how computer technologies shape them. "Computer Culture" can be understood in a variety of ways: ● the culture of the computer, that is, as computers interact with each other, what culture do they have of their own? ● the culture around the computer, that is, (sub)cultures associated with the production, maintenance, use, and destruction of computers ● the culture through the computer, that is, explicit treatment of how computer mediation influences cultural phenomena that exist or have existed in forms that did not involve computer mediation, and what these influences mean ● the culture by the computer, that is, the ways in which new (sub)cultures or (sub)cultural phenomena have arisen because of computers and understandings of these given awareness of the nature and/or workings of computers Example questions associated with Computer Culture would include, but not be limited to: ● What implications are there because of the powerfulness of (computer/information) technology; and are these implications beneficial, detrimental, inevitable, or avoidable? ● What are the cultural origins of computers, computer/information technologies, and practices associated with them? What is the descriptive and prescriptive outlook for the conditions of those cultural forces associated with those cultural origins? ● How do cultural forces (such as changes from one generation to the next, trends in education or society, or other cultural phenomena) impact (and how are they impacted by) computer/information technologies/market-forces, and what do these impacts (in either direction or both) mean? Paper topics might include (but are not limited to) those that address: ● issues of (re)presentation through computers (website analysis and design); ● methods of discourse involving computers (blogging, Twitter, social networks, YouTube, viral video, live feeds); ● theories focused on the relationship between computers and culture, uses of computers in particular contexts and the impacts thereof (such as computers and pedagogy, online dating, virtual currencies, commerce, marketing, entertainment, etc.); ● the relationship between computers and social forces (such as journalism, community engagement, social change, politics, social media alternatives, etc.); ● security/privacy/fraud/surveillance and computers (such as security breaches, spam, scams, hoaxes, terrorism, etc.); ● creative practice, web art, generative and digital art, virtual performance; ● the self, the “second self,” identity formation/negotiation, anonymity; ● “cyberkids,” internet youth cultures; ● data visualization and digital geographies; ● hashtag thinking, data organization and archives, search predictions/autocomplete functions; ● cultural markers (such as social media trends, memes, internet fame); ● digital divides (such as internet inclusion/exclusion, user diversity, interface/software architectures, etc.); ● the general mediascape (such as issues of governance, mediation, ownership, the ‘public sphere’, crowdsourcing, etc.) While we will consider any relevant paper, we have a preference for those that involve transferable methodological approaches. This is an interdisciplinary conference, and other conference attendees would benefit from being able to adapt your research methods to their future research. Scholars, teachers, professionals, artists, and others interested in computer culture are encouraged to participate. Graduate students are also particularly welcome, with award opportunities for the best graduate papers. More information about awards can be found at <http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/> http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/ Specifically, we would like to highlight the following award opportunities: ● The "Computer Culture and Game Studies Award" ● The "Heldrich-Dvorak Travel Fellowships" Given how papers may often fall into multiple categories, there may be other award opportunities listed at <http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/> http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/ which would be appropriate for your paper. (However, each presenter may only apply for one – not including the Travel Fellowships, which can be in addition.) For consideration, submit 100-200 word abstracts and proposals for panels by Sunday, November 1, 2015 to the conference’s electronic submission system, which can be found at: <http://conference2016.southwestpca.org/> conference2016.southwestpca.org If you wish to propose forming your own panel, we would be glad to help facilitate your needs. This conference is a presentation opportunity. Visit <http://www.journaldialogue.org/>http://journaldialogue.org <http://www.journaldialogue.org/> for information about the organization's new, peer-reviewed journal, *Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy*. Please feel free to pass along to friends and colleagues. Questions should be directed to the Computer Culture area chair, Natasha Chuk (nchuk(a)sva.edu ). -- Natasha Chuk writer, scholar, and curator natashachuk.com Vanishing Points: Articulations of Death, Fragmentation, and the Unexperienced Experience of Created Objects Intellect Books, available September 15

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Re: [Air-L] [SIG-IRList] CFP: ACM IUI 2016: ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
by Denis Parra 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Thanks Man! Ill do it early next week Denis On vie, 21 ago 2015 at 7:08 Christoph Trattner <trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com> wrote: > --------------------------- 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 > > Workshop Proposals > ---------------------------- > We invite proposals for full-day and half-day workshops on topics that are > of interest to the ACM IUI community. Workshops will be held on the first > (March 29) and last day (April 1) of the conference. The conference may > provide a free registration for each workshop to assist its organization. > > Workshop proposals due: September 4, 2015, 6pm PST > > Tutorial Proposals > ------------------------ > We invite proposals for tutorials from active researchers and experienced > presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover the state-of-the-art research > and development in a specific area strongly related to ACM IUI. Tutorials > on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing directions, and > significant practical applications are also encouraged. Accepted tutorial > organizers will be exempt from the registration fee (one per tutorial). > > Tutorials proposals due: September 4, 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 <workshop-tutorial2016(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 > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc > Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) > Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norway > and > Know-Center > Research Center for Big Data Analytics & Data Driven Business > Head of Social Computing Area > 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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CFP: ACM IUI 2016: ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
by Christoph Trattner 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

--------------------------- 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 Workshop Proposals ---------------------------- We invite proposals for full-day and half-day workshops on topics that are of interest to the ACM IUI community. Workshops will be held on the first (March 29) and last day (April 1) of the conference. The conference may provide a free registration for each workshop to assist its organization. Workshop proposals due: September 4, 2015, 6pm PST Tutorial Proposals ------------------------ We invite proposals for tutorials from active researchers and experienced presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover the state-of-the-art research and development in a specific area strongly related to ACM IUI. Tutorials on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing directions, and significant practical applications are also encouraged. Accepted tutorial organizers will be exempt from the registration fee (one per tutorial). Tutorials proposals due: September 4, 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 <workshop-tutorial2016(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 -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norway and Know-Center Research Center for Big Data Analytics & Data Driven Business Head of Social Computing Area 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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Special Issue Call for Papers: Big Data and Media Management
by phil.napoli＠rutgers.edu 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

International Journal on Media Management Special Issue Call for Papers: Big Data and Media Management Deadline: 14 December 2015 Enthusiasm, concern, and uncertainty about big data have permeated virtually every industry sector and sphere of government. The field of media management is no exception. Big data is playing an increasingly influential role in all sectors of the media, impacting how media organizations analyze audiences; produce, distribute, and market content; formulate and evaluate strategy and tactics; and even reconfigure their business models. Contemporary media organizations are both producers and users of big data. Interactive media platforms represent some of the most important ways by which large scale databases are produced. Further, the promise of big data speaks directly to the uncertainties of audience demand that have long permeated virtually every media industry sector. This special issue seeks to showcase research that employs big data to address media management questions; that analyzes the uses of big data in the media management sphere; or that explores the broader implications of how big data use (or misuse) might transform how media is produced, distributed, marketed, or consumed. - This special issue seeks to feature a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. - Specific areas of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to: - Big data and the potential transformation of audience measurement - Big data and algorithmic decision-making in media production and consumption - Ethical and policy issues surrounding the use of big data in media management contexts - The role of big data production and marketing in the economics, business models, and strategy of contemporary media organizations - The impact of big data on the future of media professions - Big data’s potential for uncertainty reduction in predicting audience tastes and preferences - Historical context for big data’s role in media management - Privacy issues related to the use of big data in media management - The social and cultural implications of the use of big data in media management - Ethnographic research on the usage of big data in media management contexts - Promise versus performance in the use of big data in media management Submission Instructions If authors have any questions regarding the suitability of their work for this special issue, whether topical or methodological, they should not hesitate to contact guest editor *Philip Napoli* at *phil.napoli(a)rutgers.edu* <phil.napoli(a)rutgers.edu>, or journal editor *Bozena Mierzejewska *at *jmm-journal(a)unisg.ch* <jmm-journal(a)unisg.ch>. Articles will be evaluated on their general merit, contribution to new knowledge, and relevance to the topic “Big Data and Media Management.” Manuscripts that meet the scope of this special issue will be peer-reviewed by two to three reviewers. All submissions must conform to academic standards, be original, and not be published nor under review elsewhere. Submissions must be in English and should be no longer than 6,000 words. Articles must be submitted via the electronic submission system at: *http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hijm* <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hijm>. Editorial information - Guest Editor: Philip Napoli, *Rutgers University* ( phil.napoli(a)rutgers.edu) - Journal Editor: Bozena Mierzejewska, *Fordham University* ( jmm-journal(a)unisg.ch)

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