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Journal that may be of Interest IJSKD
by Constance Elizabeth Kampf 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

In Manchester, I spoke with some of you about consider the idea of a "macro level for socio-technical design"- Here is the latest issue of the International Journal of SocioTechnology and Knowledge Development which has a link to an article I wrote intended to start a discussion about it. We are welcoming papers that respond, reject, pose alternatives and generally engage the idea of a macro level for socio-technical design. Here is the latest issue with links below. Cheers, Connie International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 4, Issue 4, October - December 2012 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1941-6253 EISSN: 1941-6261 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijskd Editors-in-Chief: José Abdelnour-Nocera (University of West London, UK) and Constance Kampf (Aarhus University, Denmark) PAPER ONE The Organizational Blog as a Boundary Object: The Roles and Dilemmas of Government Agency Bloggers Annette Agerdal-Hjermind (Department of Business Communication, Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark) This article looks at organizational blogger roles and how they both reflect and affect the way knowledge is communicated across department boundaries in a corporate blogging context. The blog is approached from a sociotechnical perspective, addressing and looking into the various roles in a community of practice and the enactment of the bloggers in a transparent context. Empirical examples of discourses at work in an organizational blog are highlighted, and the diverging roles and dilemmas of the blogging employees are discussed. People within the same organization have different goals in relation to the same technology, and the content of the blog and the blog comments are managed differently by the internal bloggers which feel empowered or disempowered. The article pinpoints roles of enactment in a socio-technical perspective through pointing out conflicting goals, roles and the resulting counter discourses and shows examples of how the group of bloggers with the shared narrative tradition is able to mobilize its members and create subgroups for appropriate blog behaviors and changing behavior. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/organizational-blog-boundary-object/74846 To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=74846&ptid=59639&t=the+or… PAPER TWO Revealing the Socio-Technical Design of Global E-Businesses: A Case of Digital Artists Engaging in Radical Transparency Constance E. Kampf (Department of Business Communication, Institute for Erhvervskoomunikation, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark) Global e-businesses such as Google, Amazon and E-bay affect both users and society. How can society begin to understand this duality in the socio-technical affordances of e-business? This paper examines a digital art performance as an example of the tensions between capitalist businesses and the public commons. Using notions of transparency and knowledge as a form of Knowledge Management rooted in Nonaka’s SECI Model, it examines ways in which knowledge about how Google uses the Internet are made explicit through the digital art performance. It discusses the implications for both defining a macro level of socio-technical design and using dimensions of transparency to understand technology based Internet business, positing global Internet business as having two levels of socio-technical design—1) the micro level, dealing with user interaction, and 2) the macro level, dealing with the social design and implications for society inherent in pervasive technology based businesses. The Macro level of design is operationalized through a combination of knowledge management theory and dimensions of transparency. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/revealing-socio-technical-design-global/7… To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=74847&ptid=59639&t=reveal… PAPER THREE Design Democratization with Communities: Drawing Toward Locally Meaningful Design Naska Winschiers-Goagoses (Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany), Heike Winschiers-Theophilus (School of Information Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia), Kasper Rodil (Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark), Gereon Koch Kapuire (School of Information Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia) and Kasper Jensen (School of Information Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia) The authors present community drawing as meaningful representations to inform locally valid technology design. They investigate recognition within and across cultural borders, thereby exposing variances of localities. The study contributes to the still scarce body of empirical work on culturally meaningful development of visual representations and recognition, as part of a longitudinal research project in which we co-design a 3D visualization for a specific Namibian pilot site. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/design-democratization-communities/74848 To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=74848&ptid=59639&t=design… PAPER FOUR An Effective and Quality Approach to Reduce the Turnover Rate for Hair Salon Industry Jen-Hui Tsai (PhD Program in Management, DaYeh University, Dacun, Changhua, Taiwan), Meng-Chuan Tsai (Department of Human Resource Public Relations, DaYeh University, Dacun, Changhua, Taiwan), Yu-Ming Chung (Department of Chains and Franchising Management, Takming University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chia-Wen Tsai (Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University, Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan) This study aims to provide an effective approach to reduce the turnover rate and forecast the supply of hair stylists for the hair salon industry. An absorbing Markov chain process was applied in this study to forecast the supply of hair stylists for a hair salon chain. A hair salon chain with 13 salons in Taiwan was investigated as the case in this study. According to its business goals and expansion plans, and considering the firm’s present personnel profiles, the authors estimate the future demand for stylists and reduce the turnover rate for this company. In addition, this study finds that, based on a promotion system, the average turnover rate for hairdressing apprentices decreases from 19.500% to 17.770%, and the training period could be shortened from three years to one year and 11 months. Finally, they also found that the estimated supply of hair salon workers at each hierarchy level from 2010 to 2014 will be insufficient. The findings in this study could provide insights for the human resources department of hair salon industry. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/effective-quality-approach-reduce-turnove… To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=74849&ptid=59639&t=an+eff… **************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.igi-global.com/eresources/infosci-journals.aspx. ***************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJSKD: The overall mission of the International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) is to provide a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large. At the same time it will provide a forum for considering the ethical issues linked to organizational change and development. It will encourage interdisciplinary texts that discuss current practices as well as demonstrating how the advances of - and changes within - technology affect the growth of society (and vice versa). The aim of the journal is to bring together the expertise of people who have worked practically in a changing society across the world for people in the field of organizational development and technology studies including information systems development and implementation. Coverage of IJSKD: This journal will look for practical sociotechnical approaches that can assist practitioners, academics, researchers, and students. A particular focus will be on new ideas and approaches including studies of their practical implementation. Appropriate themes might thus include (but are not restricted to) a sociotechnical perspective on: • Applied Ergonomic Critical success factors (and key performance indicators) for organizations and technological implementation • Culture and trust within organizations and their relevance to technological artifacts • Design and technology development issues including requirements and stakeholder participation • E-government and democracy as affected by technological change • Empowerment and team development • HRM issues for innovation and knowledge sharing • Humanistic redesign and technological politics in organizations • Implementation issues of change and technology • Influence of human factors on operational efficiency • Information systems development • Innovation • Knowledge management systems • Knowledge sharing • Learning organizations • Managing organizational knowledge as a strategic asset • Organizational change • Performance and quality of working life • Quality assessment of computer information systems • Relevance of the worker’s perspective • Social aspects of automation • Sociotechnical systems • Systems failures • Technological forecasting and social change • Technology and its role in society and organizations • Technology in society • Using knowledge management principles to solve organizational performance problems Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijskd. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Dr. José Abdelnour-Nocera at jose.abdelnour-nocera(a)uwl.ac.uk

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New Noise — a cultural sociology of digital disruption
by Simon Lindgren 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Hi all, This is me promoting my new book "New Noise -- a cultural sociology of digital disruption" http://www.amazon.com/New-Noise-Sociology-Disruption-Formations/dp/14331199… all best, Simon Simon Lindgren Professor Department of Sociology Umeå University (+46) 70 565 61 04 http://simonlindgren.com

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At attempt at streamlining the conference template
by Lois Scheidt 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Attached is my attempt at streamlining the conference template so it is easier to use. -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com

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Extended Deadline for ICA CAT Doctoral Consortium to 3/15
by Lee Humphreys 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Sorry if you've already received this, but if you're headed to London in June please consider applying or encouraging your grad students to apply. Thanks, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept of Communication Cornell University CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 4TH ANNUAL DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM OF THE COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ***APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 15, 2013!*** Date and Time: Monday, 17 June 2013; 9:00 – 17:00 Location: Hilton London Metropole Hotel Cost: $75.00 USD (some scholarships available, see below) Primary Organizers: Miriam Metzger, UCSB; Nicole Kramer, U Duisburg-Essen and Lee Humphreys, Cornell U Description: The consortium brings together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics. Students who would like to participate in the doctoral consortium are invited to submit applications as per the instructions listed below. During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work and they will receive feedback from their fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, at least one faculty participant will be assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of proposals, there will also be professional development sessions on topics such as ethics, research methods, publishing the dissertation, and positioning one’s work for the job market. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy and have their dissertation proposal topic. Ideally, students will be in the early stages of their dissertation, where feedback would be most helpful in refining and advancing their work. To apply, students must submit a proposal describing their research as follows: • Submissions must be related to the working area of the Communication and Technology Division of ICA • Proposals must identify the significant problems in the field of research, briefly outline current knowledge of the problem domain, and clearly formulate a research question • Proposals must outline the proposed research approach, methods, and results obtained so far • Submissions must not exceed 6000 words, and must include name and affiliation of the PhD candidate • Applications should be accompanied by a short letter of recommendation from the advisor stating how the PhD candidate can benefit from participation in the Doctoral Consortium The proposal and letter of recommendation must be submitted as one PDF document and sent as an attachment in an email to Miriam Metzger, metzger(a)comm.ucsb.edu<mailto:metzger@comm.ucsb.edu>. The new deadline for submission is March 15, 2013. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the members of the program committee based on significance of research, specificity of research topic and/or questions, clarity of writing, and degree to which the student can benefit from expert guidance and feedback. To help ensure the consortium best meets the needs of its members, limited financial assistance will be made possible by the CAT Division. Please note in your application if you would like to be considered for financial support to cover your costs for participation in the CAT Doctoral Consortium (this support would cover only the $75 participation fee and not travel to London). Information about CAT: The CAT Division within ICA is concerned with the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of communication. It is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining to adoption, usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational, societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses. The goal of the CAT Doctoral Consortium is to provide a unique professional development and intellectual opportunity for those doctoral candidates who seek to make an innovative and original contribution to our understanding of ICTs, with the primary focus on communication aspects of particular technological characteristics. ICA CAT Doctoral Consortium Program Committee: Dr. Nosh Contractor, Northwestern University, USA Dr. Benjamin Detenber, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Nicole Krämer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Dr. Miriam Metzger, University of California, USA Dr. Ron E. Rice, University of California, USA Dr. S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State University, USA Dr. Lee Humphreys, Cornell University Dr. Lidwien van de Wijngaert, University of Twente, The Netherlands Contact: Miriam Metzger (metzger(a)comm.ucsb.edu<mailto:metzger@comm.ucsb.edu>)

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AoIR 14 Announcement. Extended Deadline and More
by Hector Postigo 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Hello Everyone Some important announcements regarding AoIR 14 and the submission process. Please read carefully. 1. We are extending the deadline for submissions. It is now March 14, 2013. 2. The submission site is now open at https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir14/index.php?page=login It is ready to accept your submissions. Please note that we are not accepting emailed submissions. They must be submitted through the submission site. If you do not have a profile please take the time to set one up. If there are any problems please let us know. The site will have specific instructions on how to submit your work be it a short paper, a panel with papers or a roundtable/fishbowl. 3. In the interests of providing reviewers with consistency in submitted papers, all paper submissions must adhere to the SPIR template. That template is now linked on the CfP page of the AoIR 14 site. See it at http://ir14.aoir.org/cfp/ 4. Because our submission requirements have changed from previous AoIR conferences we ask that you please read the CfP and template carefully. Should you have questions please contact the program chair if they are submission related and the site chair if they are venue related. All the best, Hector Postigo, Program Chair

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ECSCW '13 Workshop and Master Class Proposals Due This Week
by Matthias Korn 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to this week's deadline for ECSCW 2013 Workshop and Master Class Proposals. The conference will take place in Paphos, Cyprus on September 21-25. Submission deadline is Friday, March 8, 2013. Full Call for Proposals at http://ecscw2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php?p=CallForWorkshops Electronic submission at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecscw2013 Please contact us at ecscw2013workshops(a)gmail.com for any questions or requests you may have. Best, Matthias Korn and Pär-Ola Zander [apologies for cross-posting] ::: ECSCW 2013 ::: Final Call for Workshops and Master Classes The 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2013) 21-25 September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. Website: http://www.ecscw2013.org/ Master Classes and Workshops will be held on Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 September. Submission deadline for proposals: March 8, 2013 Notification: April 11, 2013 Proposed workshop paper deadline: June 28, 2013 Workshops Workshops are designed to offer an informal environment for focused group discussion and learning. They can be in the format of presentation followed by synthesis of contributions and discussion. However, we also encourage proposals that include activities such as extensive hands-on sessions, site explorations, or applied method sessions to advance practical understandings of emerging application areas, concepts, and new methodologies. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the ECSCW community a new, organized way of thinking about a given topic or suggest promising directions for future research. Workshops may be half-day or full day sessions. Workshop proposals should consist of an abstract and a detailed proposal. The abstract should be no more than 150 words. The body of the proposal should be no more than 3000 words, and should include a description of the theme(s) of the workshop, the workshop activities and goals, the duration of the workshop (one or two full days), the background of the organizer(s), the maximum number of participants, and the means of recruiting and selecting participants. We encourage workshop organizers to create web-based resources for their workshops so that advertising, submission and organization can be handled online. Submissions should be sent through the ECSCW 2013 electronic submission system. Accepted workshops will need to provide a short description of the workshop for publication on the conference web site containing the workshop title, names and affiliations of organizers, 150-word abstract, workshop web site, and position paper submission or other participation requirements. Accepted workshops may optionally provide a 2-page Workshop Program for printing in the conference supplemental proceedings. The program should contain the workshop title, 150-word abstract, objectives, participant names and schedule. Master Classes Master classes will offer a small number of participants the opportunity to learn about specific CSCW concepts, methods and techniques from recognized experts. Master classes may be for half-day or full day sessions. Master classes proposals should be no more than 3000 words, and should include a description of the theme(s) of the master class, the background of the organizer(s) and the maximum number of participants. Submissions should be sent through the ECSCW 2013 electronic submission system. Chairs Matthias Korn, Aarhus University Pär-Ola Zander, Aalborg University Contact: ecscw2013workshops(a)gmail.com Submission deadline: March 8, 2013 All submissions should be made through the ECSCW 2013 electronic submission system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecscw2013 -- Matthias Korn, PhD (cand.), Postdoc Center for Participatory IT and Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University Phone: +45 871 56157 Mobile: +45 6172 6248 Office: Ada-126 Mail: mkorn(a)cs.au.dk Twitter: @matsch_o0 Web: http://cs.au.dk/~mkorn/

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Re: [Air-L] Quantitative analysis of online pornography
by John Paul Laprise 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

The absence may be disciplinary. I know that Shane Greenstein in his discussions of internet adoption takes up the very prominent role that pornography distributors have. In diffusion of technology terms, pornography has been major content source for VHS and DVD media as well as internet and broadband adoption. I believe there is quantitative data there, I don't have a reference at my fingertips though. Best regards, John Laprise, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication in Residence Northwestern University in Qatar Northwestern University

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Knight News Challenge: Pioneering the practice of public autonomy
by Michael Allan 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

I'm seeking practitioners to collaborate on a second Knight News Challenge proposal. Again, this year's challenge is, "How might we improve the way citizens and governments interact?" https://www.newschallenge.org/ The submission deadline is March 18. Below is a rough draft of the proposal. Aside from practitioners, we might also need organizational support (in part because there's financing if we win). Please let me know if you can help. My contact details are at: http://zelea.com/ PROJECT TITLE Pioneering the practice of public autonomy MAIN IMAGE http://zelea.com/project/votorola/d/practice/2-grow/validity/seeking.png DESCRIPTION We aren't quite free if we live under laws and other norms that we cannot reasonably agree with. To be free in a social world that regulates itself by norms (to have public autonomy), we must be able to amend and correct those norms that offend us on this principle. As the social theorist and philosopher Habermas puts it, "Just those action norms are valid to which all possibly affected persons could agree as participants in rational discourses." Taking this discourse principle as our guiding star, we aim to pioneer a practice of public autonomy based on the continual exposure of draft norms to the guidance of rational discourses. We'll simultaneously run electoral primaries based on open, transitive voting to put our most qualified practitioners on the ballot and into office. There they'll continue to work with us, their un-elected peers. Together we'll use this improved mechanism of interaction between citizens and government to ratchet up the legitimacy of statutes and other regulatory norms. On the technical side, we'll use MediaWiki for the drafting medium; Semantic MediaWiki as an open database and voter registry (streetwiki); existing public forums as the discussion media; Votorola's prototype toolset for transitive voting and recombinant text; plus any other suitable tools and technical projects that we pick up along the way. Already we have enough to support a crude practice. Pioneering that practice is the topic of this proposal. There are two things to understand about this from the outset. The first is that, despite the proliferation of designs for participatory democracy that are flawed in terms of legitimacy and efficacy, nobody has yet found such a fundamental flaw in the design of this particular practice. The acid test is to locate the single person who cannot reasonably assent to a law, then evolve that law in a direction to which all can assent. Second, it appears that the core of this practice can be developed and proven by a small group of pioneers. The core is the process of validity seeking (main figure). It is conducted by small "leaf groups" of typically 2-5 practitioners who continually join with the public in discourse. These discourses are structured not only to guide the would-be normative action in the direction of validity, but also to provide the human resources that are necessary to carry out that action. This implies that *if* a pioneering leaf group ever succeeds in getting the design and performance of this core process right, delivering on both its purposes, then the entire population will be led into freedom by that success. To achieve that success will require special skills. We're looking for people who have the capacity to critique the design of the practice and to expose any flaws, while also being resourceful enough to handle a toolset that is only partly implemented and may yet require some re-design work. The technical designs cannot be allowed to harden into finished tools until we have a better understanding of the hands-on practice. We're also looking for people with imagination. When your hands are engaged in a nascent practice such as this, and your mind is equipped to make up for the missing parts, then it becomes like a lense into the future; you're out in front thinking for all the others who will follow. If you know of anyone possessing these skills who might be interested, please point them to this proposal. WHAT IS YOUR PROJECT? (1 sentence max) To pioneer a practice of public autonomy that interrelates citizens and government via mechanisms of transitive primary voting, recombinant text, and the continual exposure of legislative bills and other draft norms to the guidance of rational discourses. LINKS http://www.mediawiki.org/ http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.html http://zelea.com/w/Stuff:Votorola/p/validity_seeking OTHER IMAGES http://zelea.com/project/votorola/d/practice/3-act/election/singleNominate.… http://zelea.com/project/votorola/d/practice/3-act/election/singleElect.png http://zelea.com/project/votorola/d/practice/3-act/law/prepare.png The latest copy of this draft is at: http://zelea.com/w/User:Mike-ZeleaCom/Knight -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/

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Knight News Challenge: Collaborators for free-range voting
by Michael Allan 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

We're seeking collaborators for a Knight News Challenge proposal. This year's challenge is, "How might we improve the way citizens and governments interact?" https://www.newschallenge.org/ The submission deadline is March 18. Below is a tentative draft of our proposal. We haven't finalized it yet. If you're a provider of online voting services and wish to join in this proposal, please contact one of us (see provider list in description below). Aside from technical providers, we might also need organizational support (in part because there's financing if we win). PROJECT TITLE Free-range voting MAIN IMAGE http://zelea.com/project/outcast/vomir.png DESCRIPTION This is a proposal to apply the technology of vote mirroring in order to forestall the formation of a monopoly in primary voting services. Innovations in primary voting are beginning to improve the way citizens and governments interact. New methods of continuous, online voting will soon enable citizens to form and express their opinions well in advance of government decisions. To ensure that these developments offer enhancements to our political freedom, rather than reductions, we must maintain a level playing field among the competing technical providers; both the ability of the citizen to express herself clearly and effectively, and the ability of the technician to supply the necessary innovations, depend on the citizen's unrestricted freedom in choosing a technical provider. You might think that opening up the source code of a voting facility would be sufficient to ensure that the facility itself stays free and open, but that is not true. Voting is prone to network effects. It's like a telephone service in this regard. If I plug my telephone into a different network than everyone else is using, then it isn't going to work. Having a copy of the source code won't help. Unless something is done to address and tame the broader network effects, then online voters (like telephone customers before them) will become locked into the services of a dominant provider. The solution proposed here is vote mirroring. Votes cast at facility A are mirrored at facilities B, C, and so forth. This involves copying each vote and translating it from the format of the source facility (A) to that of the mirroring facility (B, C, etc.). Voting methods may differ hugely and the translation may therefore entail a degree of information loss, making for an imperfect image. Such imperfections cannot invalidate the overall technique, however, because a best effort at an image is always a better reflection of reality than no image at all. The upshot is that each facility now gets all the votes and can show the truest possible picture of the overall results. It no longer matters where I cast my own vote, because it shows up everywhere regardless. So I can range freely across all the available facilities and settle on whichever best suits my personal needs and preferences. Never again can I be trapped by a particular provider. This proposal will initially implement free-range voting in: Agora Voting http://agoravoting.com/ Libre software voting platform, through the small company Wadobo, which has collaborated very actively in its development. Contact: Eduardo Robles Elvira. Votorola http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.html Social software in support of public autonomy. Contact: Michael Allan, +1 416-699-9528, http://zelea.com - if you're a technical provider of voting facilities and wish to join us in this proposal, please contact one of us - Together we plan to build a lightweight mirroring network to loosely interconnect our voting facilities. We'll begin with voting forms that are fully public; those are the simplest to handle and they allow for unrestricted technical freedom among providers. We'll work out the problems and gain experience with the technology. An immediate benefit will be to reduce the expectation of network effects that has long poisoned relations among providers and hampered their development work. Small projects will no longer be forced to devote scarce resources to attempts at tipping an unstable balance in their own favour. Instead, we may expect an improvement in the professional climate of the field and an increase in its attractiveness to talent, and other resources. Along the way, we'll document the techniques, patterns and protocols that work for us. These will be the first entries in what we hope later evolves into a catalogue of lightweight standards that others may optionally apply; both to hook into the mirroring network itself, and also to interoperate with other facilities related to voting. We'll avoid developing standards that are mandatory for mirroring, however, because that might restrict technical freedom, impair innovation, and degrade the mirroring network into a technical monopoly of its own. Instead, we'll keep the mirroring network forever open to all possible methods, forms and implementations of voting. WHAT IS YOUR PROJECT? (1 sentence max) To apply the technology of vote mirroring in order to forestall the formation of an online monopoly in the provision of primary voting services, improve the professional climate among providers, and keep the field open as a source of innovation for improving the way citizens and governments iteract. LINKS http://zelea.com/w/User:ThomasvonderElbe_GmxDe/Vote_mirroring http://zelea.com/w/User_talk:ThomasvonderElbe_GmxDe/Vote_mirroring http://zelea.com/w/User:Mike-ZeleaCom/Vote_mirroring_as_a_counter-monopoly_… OTHER IMAGE http://zelea.com/project/outcast/voteFree.png ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Vote mirroring is the invention of Thomas von der Elbe. See: http://mail.zelea.com/list/votorola/2009-December/000215.html The latest copy of this draft is at: http://metagovernment.org/wiki/Knight_News_Challenge/Free-range_voting -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/

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Fwd: IFIP Summerschool on Privacy & Identity: Deadline extended to March 15
by Seda Guerses 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

fyi, s. > Subject: IFIP Summerschool on Privacy & Identity: Deadline extended to March 15 > > ************************************************************************ > * * > * CALL FOR PAPERS * > * * > * (deadline extended to March 15) * > * * > * Eighth International Summer School * > * organised jointly * > * by the IFIP Working Groups 9.2, 9.5, 9.6/11.7, 11.4, 11.6 * > * * > * Privacy and Identity Management for * > * Emerging Services and Technologies * > * (IFIP Summer School 2013) * > * * > * Hosted by PI.lab / Radboud University Nijmegen, * > * Nijmegen, the Netherlands * > * * > * 17-21 June, 2013 * > * * > * in cooperation with A4Cloud, ABC4Trust, PRISMS, DigiDeas, FutureID * > * * > ************************************************************************ > > Current trends such as Web 2.0, mobile applications, cloud computing, > big data analysis and sensor technologies mean processing more and > more personal information. In this situation, the privacy of > individuals is at stake. In 2012, several legislative initiatives that > may foster better privacy protection were proposed, among others the > US Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, Australia's Privacy Amendment > (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill and the European Data Protection > Regulation that promotes "data protection by design" as well as "data > protection by default". In addition, the European Commission has > proclaimed 2013 Year of the Citizens. > > Yet how can the individuals' privacy rights be effectively achieved > considering the rapid changes and massive challenges stemming from > emerging information and communication technologies and services? What > frameworks and tools do we need to gain, regain and maintain > informational self-determination and lifelong privacy? > > These questions will be addressed by the IFIP Summer School 2013 on > Privacy and Identity Management for Emerging Services and > Technologies. The Summer School organisation will be a joint effort of > IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing, Working > Groups 9.2, 9.5, 9.6/11.7, 11.4, 11.6) and several European and > national projects. The IFIP Summer School 2013 will bring together > junior and senior researchers and practitioners from multiple > disciplines to discuss important questions concerning privacy and > identity management and related issues. > > We are especially inviting contributions from students who are at the > stage of preparing either a master's or a doctoral thesis. The school > is interactive in character, and is composed of keynote lectures and > workshops with master/PhD student presentations. The principle is to > encourage young academic and industry entrants to the privacy and > identity management world to share their own ideas, build up a > collegial relationship with others, gain experience in making > presentations, and potentially publish a paper through the resulting > book proceedings. Students that actively participate, in particular > those who present a paper, can receive a course certificate which > awards 3 ECTS at the PhD level. The certificate can certify the topic > of the contributed paper so as to demonstrate its relation or > non-relation to the student's master's/PhD thesis. > > Basic elements of the Summer School > ----------------------------------- > > The Summer School takes a holistic approach to society and technology > and supports interdisciplinary exchange in the keynote lectures, > tutorials and workshops. In particular, participants' contributions > that combine technical, legal, regulatory, socio-economic, social or > societal, ethical, anthropological, philosophical, or psychological > perspectives are welcome. The interdisciplinary character of the work > is fundamental to the school. > > Confirmed keynote speakers at this moment are David Lyon (Queen's > University), Jan Camenisch (IBM Zürich), Simone Fischer-Hübner (Karlstad > University), Yannis Stamitiou (University of Patras), Rodica Tirtea > (ENISA), Eleni Kosta (TILT), Sianni Pearson (HP Labs), Alessandro > Acquisti (CMU), Bart Jacobs (RU Nijmegen), Colin Bennett (University of > Victoria) and Luciano Floridi (University of Hertfordshire). > > Workshops held during the Summer School week are targeted at > optimising student involvement. They are aimed at giving the most > effective feedback possible to students on their work. They are not > intended for submissions by established researchers or industrialists. > > Related European, national, or regional/community research projects as > well as other senior researchers are also very welcome to present > papers or to organise workshops as part of the Summer School. > > An award for the best student paper submitted and presented will be > organised, which will be handed out during the Summer School week. The > paper should be written by the master/PhD student herself or > himself. Any contribution to the paper by other researchers should be > made clear. > > Contributions > ------------- > > We welcome: research papers from all disciplines (e.g., computer > science, economics, law, psychology, sociology and other social > sciences); contributions on application scenarios, use cases, and good > practices; research with an empirical focus; and interdisciplinary > work. Contributions will be selected by the Summer School Programme > Committee based on an extended abstract review. See Important dates > and details (below) for the length of the abstract. > > The contributions should contain a concise problem statement, an > outline, and clear messages (they should not be about work "to be > done"). Accepted short versions of papers will be made available to > all participants in the Summer School Pre-Proceedings. After the > Summer School, authors will have the opportunity to submit their final > full papers which will be extended to 8 pages in length (and will > address questions and aspects raised during the Summer School) for > publication in the Summer School Proceedings published by the official > IFIP publisher (Springer). The papers to be included in the Final > Proceedings will again be reviewed and selected by the Summer School > Programme Committee. Students are expected to try to publish their > work through this volume. > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > - privacy and identity management (services, technologies, > infrastructures, usability aspects, legal and socio-economic aspects), > - privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), > - transparency-enhancing technologies (TETs), > - multilateral security, > - anonymity and pseudonymity, > - individual's rights concerning privacy and identity management, > - privacy metrics, > - privacy protection goals, > - assurance evaluation and control, > - privacy impact assessment, > - privacy by design and privacy by default, > - privacy standardisation, > - trust management and reputation systems, > - lifelong privacy challenges and sustainable privacy and identity > management, > - privacy and trust policies, > - privacy-aware web service composition, > - semantic web security and privacy, > - profiling and tracking technologies, > - social network and big data analysis, > - surveillance and sensor networks, > - data retention and law enforcement, > - privacy issues relating to eIDs, social networks, biometrics, and > cloud computing, > - data breaches and cybercrime, > - impact of legislative or regulatory initiatives on privacy, > - impact of technology on social exclusion/digital divide/social and > cultural aspects > - privacy, identity, social accountability or social responsibility. > > General Summer School Chair: > > - Ronald Leenes, Tilburg University > > Programme Committee Co-Chairs: > > - Marit Hansen, ULD > - Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Radboud University Nijmegen > - Diane Whitehouse, The Castlegate Consultancy > > Important dates > --------------- > > Submission deadline for extended abstracts: March 15, 2013 > (2,000-3,000 words in Springer LNCS format, PDF) and workshop proposals: > > > Notification of acceptance: April 7th, 2013 > Short paper (up to 8 pages) for preroceedings: May 15th, 2013 > Final paper: September 1st, 2013 > Notification of acceptance of the final paper: October 15th, 2013 > > Additional information > ---------------------- > > Submission Website: > > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifipsummerschool2013 > > Summer School Website: > > http://www.pilab.nl/ifip-summerschool-2013/ > > The submission address for extended abstracts and workshop proposals > will be accessible via the Summer School Website > (http://www.pilab.nl/ifip-summerschool-2013/) soon. > > Programme Committee > ------------------- > > Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt, University of Skövde > Michele Bezzi, SAP > Katrin Borcea-Pfitzmann, Technische Universität Dresden > Caspar Bowden > Sonja Buchegger, KTH > Bruno Crispo, University of Trento > Colette Cuijpers, Tilburg University > Bart De Decker, K. U. Leuven > Claudia Diaz, K. U. Leuven > Penny Duquenoy, Middlesex University > Simone Fischer-Huebner, Karlstad University > Michael Friedewald, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation > Research ISI > Carlisle George, Middlesex University > Thomas Gross, University of Newcastle upon Tyne > Seda Gurses, K. U. Leuven > Serge Gutwirth, VUB > Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF ICT > Audun Josang, University of Oslo > Thomas Keenan, University of Calgary > Kai Kimppa, University of Turku > Markulf Kohlweiss, Microsoft > Bert-Jaap Koops, Tilburg University > Eleni Kosta, Tilburg University > Ioannis Krontiris, Goethe University Frankfurt > Louise Leenen, CSIR > Ronald Leenes, Tilburg University > Chris Mitchell, Royal Holloway, University of London > Refik Molva, EURECOM > Norberto Patrignani, Politecnico of Torino > Siani Pearson, HP Labs > Charles Raab, University of Edinburgh > Kai Rannenberg, Goethe University Frankfurt > Heiko Roßnagel, Fraunhofer IAO > Joseph Savirimuthu, University of Liverpool > Johanneke Siljee, TNO > Einar Snekkenes, Gjvik University College > Bibi Van Den Berg, Leiden University > Irma van der Ploeg, Hogeschool Zuyd > Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo > Jozef Vyskoc, VaF > Martin Warnke, University of Lüneburg > Erik Wästlund, Karlstad University > David Wright, Trilateral Research & Consulting > Tal Zarsky, U. of Haifa/NYU Law School >

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