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betaworks data science - summer internships [NYC]
by Gilad Lotan 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

I know this is a *tad* late, but in case any of you (or your students) find this interesting. The data science team at betaworks is looking for summer interns. This is a paid position in NYC. betaworks is a technology studio, building new products, growing companies and seed investing. Tweetdeck, bitly, SocialFlow and Chartbeat launched out of betaworks over the past couple of years. We're currently incubating 11 startups, and are working with a wide array of data streams - social data, sharing, information consumption, news, weather, multi-media, etc. We're committed to get summer projects published either on our blog, or in academic journals. More information here - http://data.betaworks.com/betaworks-data-summer-internships/ Thanks! Gilad | @gilgul

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Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard
by Amy Johnson 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme

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CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS
by Fichman, Pnina 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Track: Internet and the Digital Economy Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Research that considers the impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on organizational work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at> Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel(a)american.edu<mailto:carmel@american.edu> About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: * A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. * Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. * A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. * A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). * Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. * Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. * A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. * Best Paper Awards<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/bestpapers2014.htm> in each track which recognize superior research performance. * HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 * Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) * Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. * Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference)

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Call for Submissions - Civic Media Reader (MIT Press)
by Eric Gordon 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

There is a groundswell of activity in the fields of civic engagement and technologies coming from a wide range of academic and practical disciplines. But there is no volume that attempts to pull this work together under a single umbrella. The Civic Media Reader (MIT Press, 2015), edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis, will provide a thorough exploration of the relationship between citizens, technologies and engagement in a global context and serve as a shared framework for this emerging discipline. The book is divided into five sections– Big Picture, Modes of Engagement, Institutions and Organizations, Activism and Participation, and Methods and Collaborations– each with a host of sections that investigate how civic technologies are affecting certain policy domains, civic practices, or facilitating more efficient or meaningful participation in contemporary society. To support and enrich these theoretical chapters, we are looking for case studies in the various fields and disciplines in which civic technologies and corresponding practices have developed since the turn of the 21st Century. A case study presents a detailed look at a particular organization, use of technology, or methodology which highlights a unique aspect of contemporary civics. Our submissions page is www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase<http://www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase>. Cases will take two forms: written, descriptive pieces about 1000 words in length or multimedia cases (e.g. annotated video, audio clip, image timeline, slideshow, etc.). Successful cases will offer an overview of the organization, method, intervention or tool, and will connect it to t1he larger themes of the chapter intended to include it. Examples of cases might include Kony2012, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Civic Cloud Collaborative, Nation Builder, E-Democracy, EngagethePower.org<http://EngagethePower.org>, or Change.org<http://Change.org>. About 30 1000-word cases will be published in the print book and multimedia cases will be made available on a companion website to be launched around the time of the book’s publication. The book’s online companion will be authored on Scalar (http://scalar.usc.edu/scalar/) Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that is designed to make it easy for authors to create born-digital scholarship. These multimedia submissions will facilitate discussion about the chapters online and offer a more interactive digital perspective on their themes and ideas. If you intend to submit a multimedia submission, please indicate it on the form. For all submissions, please specify which chapter your case is intended to accompany. We are asking for 100-word proposals by April 25, 2014. Authors will be notified in early May. Final cases will be due by June 30. For further information about the project, please visit www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook<http://www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook> or email marissa_koors(a)emerson.edu<mailto:marissa_koors@emerson.edu>. Thank you very much. Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis

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PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?’
by Niels Brügger 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 March*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?’ (Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014) has been extended to Monday 31 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract which can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. The lectures and the lecturers: • “Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web”, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago • “A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research”, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam • “Archiving web material for future research?”, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark • “Probing a nation’s web sphere”, Niels Brügger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Brügger ------------------------------------------------------------ PhD seminar — Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? — Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol: http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk

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CFP: Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks
by Mathieu.O'Neil 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

*apologies for multiple posts* Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra Wednesday 27 August 2014 In this research practice-oriented workshop graduate students and early-career researchers will have the opportunity to present their work (including work-in-progress) and obtain feedback from a panel of specialists. A particular focus of the workshop will be to assess to what extent the methodological and conceptual tools used to analyse online communities can be applied to the personal networking behaviour of social media users. Specialist panel: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia Associate Professor Robert Ackland, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Associate Professor Mathieu O'Neil, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panel members will discuss some of the latest conceptual and methodological developments in web social science, social network analysis, and online field theory. In addition, the workshop will represent an opportunity to explore connections and confrontations with: -content analysis -critical and feminist approaches -diffusion and information cascades -frame analysis -issue ballistics -mixed methods -organizational behaviour -sentiment analysis -social influence Applicants are encouraged to focus on key characteristics of online communities and networks, including but not limited to: -activist, diasporic and health communities -codes of conduct, rules and norms -emergence and disappearance -influentials and followers -mobilization and engagement -participant capabilities and skills -personal and collective identity -topologies of online communities Submission process: Proposals should be emailed to Mathieu O'Neil <mathieu[dot]oneil[at]canberra[dot]edu[dot]au> by 31 May 2014. As the research may not be complete, we do not expect abstracts to include all findings and conclusions. However abstracts should outline what kind of findings and conclusions the authors expect to present. Specifically the abstract should include: -the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s) -a title -a description of the paper's core topic, case, and/or argument -the methodological approach and theoretical background -the paper's relevance to related academic literature -expected findings or conclusions Proposal length should not exceed 400 words. More information can be found at the Workshop webpage: http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/…

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CSCW 2015 Call for Participation
by Barry Wellman 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:54:55 +0000 From: Moira Burke <mburke(a)fb.com> To: "wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca" <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> Subject: CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Hi, Barry. Would you mind posting this to the listservs for CITASA and SOCNET? Moira __________________________________________ CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://cscw.acm.org&k=ZVNjlDMF0F…> The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/…> for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: âª Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. âª System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. âª Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. âª Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. âª Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. âª Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. âª Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. âª Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. âª Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:chairs2015@cscw.acm.org> Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2015@cscw.acm.org> Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:posters2015@cscw.acm.org> Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:panels2015@cscw.acm.org> Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:workshops2015@cscw.acm.org> Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:demos2015@cscw.acm.org> Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:dc2015@cscw.acm.org>

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Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17
by Kendall, Lori 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. Lori Kendall President, AoIR prez(a)aoir.org

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Registration now open - 1984: Freedom and Censorship in the Media
by Mark Mckenna 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Apologies for cross posting Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open and conference passes are now available from the University of Sunderland's online shop. Booking is available until the 31th of March and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk/?page_id=350 Should you require any further information about the event please visit our site http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk

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Study Participation: Making Medical Decisions in Uncertainty
by Roundtree, Aimee 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

I am conducting a study about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers handle uncertainty when they make medical decisions (UHD CPHS #26-14). Please consider volunteering to participate in a brief, online questionnaire where you share your experiences pertaining to uncertainty in medical decision making. Please also consider forwarding this invitation to others in your community who might be willing to participate. CONSUMERS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GVMGDW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GC5NJ7 Your participation will help improve models for making more effective healthcare decision products. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at roundtreea(a)uhd.edu or 713-222-5315. Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Master of Science in Technical Communication University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, 1045-South Houston, TX 77002 713-222-5315 roundtreea(a)uhd.edu

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