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COMETS 2012 - 3rd IEEE Track on Collaborative Modeling and Simulation - Call for Papers
by Daniele Gianni 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

(Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ################################################################# IEEE WETICE 2012 3rd IEEE Track on Collaborative Modeling and Simulation (Comets 2012) in cooperation with AFIS (INCOSE France Chapter) MIMOS (Italian Association for M&S) CALL FOR PAPERS ################################################################# June 25-27, 2012, Toulouse (France) http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/comets12 ################################################################# # Papers Due: March 16, 2012 # Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings # by the IEEE Computer Society Press and indexed by EI. ################################################################# Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is increasingly becoming a central activity in the design of new systems and in the analysis of existing systems because it enables designers and researchers to investigate systems behavior through virtual representations. For this reason, M&S is gaining a primary role in many industrial and research fields, such as space, critical infrastructures, manufacturing, emergency management, biomedical systems and sustainable future. However, as the complexity of the investigated systems increases and the types of investigations widens, the cost of M&S activities increases for the more complex models and for the communications among a wider number and variety of M&S stakeholders (e.g., sub-domain experts, simulator users, simulator engineers, and final system users). To address the increasing costs of M&S activities, collaborative technologies must be introduced to support these activities by fostering the sharing and reuse of models, by facilitating the communications among M&S stakeholders, and more generally by integrating processes, tools and platforms. Aside from seeking applications of collaborative technologies to M&S activities, the track seeks innovative contributions that deal with the application of M&S practices to the design of collaborative environments. These environments are continuously becoming more complex, and therefore their design requires systematic approaches to meet the required quality of collaboration. This is important for two reasons: to reduce rework activities on the actual collaborative environment, and to maximize the productivity and the quality of the process the collaborative environment supports. M&S offers the methodologies and tools for such investigations and therefore it can be used to improve the quality of collaborative environments. A non–exhaustive list of topics of interest includes: * collaborative environments for M&S * collaborative Systems of Systems M&S * workflow modelling for collaborative environments and processes * agent-based M&S * collaborative distributed simulation * collaborative component-based M&S * net-centric M&S * web-based M&S * model sharing and reuse * model building and evaluation * modeling and simulation of business processes * modeling for collaboration * simulation-based performance evaluation of collaborative networks * model-driven simulation engineering * domain specific languages for the simulation of collaborative environments * domain specific languages for collaborative M&S * databases and repositories for M&S * distributed virtual environments * virtual research environment for M&S * collaborative DEVS M&S To stimulate creativity, however, the track maintains a wider scope and invites interested researchers to present contributions that offer original perspectives on collaboration and M&S. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CoMetS'12 intends to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss key issues, approaches, open problems, innovative applications and trends in the track research area. This year, we will accept submissions in two forms: (1) papers (2) poster and industrial presentations (1) Papers should contain original contributions not published or submitted elsewhere. Papers up to six pages (including figures, tables and references) can be submitted. Papers should follow the IEEE format, which is single spaced, two columns, 10 pt Times/Roman font. All submissions should be electronic (in PDF) and will be peer-reviewed by at least three program committee members. Accepted full papers will be included in the proceedings and published by the IEEE Computer Society Press (IEEE approval pending). Please note that at least one author for each accepted paper should register to attend WETICE 2012 (http://www.wetice.org) to have the paper published in the proceedings. (2) Posters should describe a practical, on-the-field, experience in any domain area using collaborative M&S. The poster submission requires the submission of an abstract for evaluation from the organizers. Accepted abstract must be followed by the submission of a poster which will be displayed at conference time. With the poster submission, a short (15 minutes) slot might be allocated for oral presentation illustrating the industrial case. The presentation may also include a live demo, but it should not include commercial details. Interested authors and participants may contact the organizers for expression of interests and content appropriateness at any time. Papers and posters can be submitted in PDF format at the submission site (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comets2012) which is supported by the EasyChair conference management system. Please feel free to contact the track chairs (comets2012(a)easychair.org) if you experience problems with the EasyChair Web site. +++++++++++++++ Important Dates +++++++++++++++ * Submission Deadline: March 16, 2012 * Notification to authors: April 16, 2012 * Camera Ready to IEEE: April 30, 2012 * Conference dates: June 25 - June 27, 2012 ++++++++++++++++++++ Organizing Committee ++++++++++++++++++++ * Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Roma TorVergata, Italy * Daniele Gianni, European Space Agency, The Netherlands * Joachim Fuchs, European Space Agency, The Netherlands * Giuseppe Iazeolla, University of Roma TorVergata, Italy +++++++++++++++++ Program Committee +++++++++++++++++ * Santiago Balestrini, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Massimo Bandecchi, European Space Agency, The Netherlands * Joseph Giampapa, SEI, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Alain Kerbrat, CollESys - AFIS, France * Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany * Cristiano Leorato, Rhea, The Netherlands * Steve McKeever, University of Oxford, UK * David Nickerson, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, NZ * Alfred Park, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA * Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT and RWTH Aachen, Germany * José L. Risco-Martin, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain * Jean-Francois Santucci, University of Corsica, France * Gabriel Wainer, Carleton University, Canada * Quirien Wijnand, European Space Agency, The Netherlands * Heming Zhang, Tsinghua University, China *** Contact Information *** Daniele Gianni (track co-chair) Email: danielegmail-comets(a)yahoo.it

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survey on privacy-related firefox extension
by Seda Guerses 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

dear airs, my colleague andreas pashalidis is looking for participants in a survey for a firefox plugin. you find the description and related links below. he is also in cc, in case you have any questions or comments. best, s. We recently released FHEO, a privacy-related Firefox extension that converts online messages into images in a way that makes it hard for computers extract messages, while genuine humans can still read it. http://fheo.esat.kuleuven.be In order to evaluate its usability, we set up an online survey; please feel free to participate and to widely disseminate the link. We do need more participants! http://fheo.esat.kuleuven.be/survey Best Regards, Andreas Pashalidis P.S. Completing the survey takes about 10 minutes, and it is important THAT YOU DO NOT GET DISTRACTED WITH OTHER THINGS while completing it. This is because your answers are timed, and we don't want that you appear to be slow...

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CFP: Digital crossroads - Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective - Abstract deadline extended to January 31st
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Please circulate the following CFP: NB. Abstract Deadline extended Digital Crossroads: Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective Conference 28-30 June, 2012, Utrecht, the Netherlands A kind reminder for everyone interested, please send your 300-word abstracts for papers or 500-word panel proposals for 3 to 4 presentations by January 31st 2012. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Apologies for cross-posting* CALL FOR PAPERS: Digital Crossroads: Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective Conference website: http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl<http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl/><http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl%3chttp//www.digitalcrossroads.nl/%3E>. Conference 28-30 June, 2012, Utrecht, the Netherlands Deadline for abstract submission and panel proposals: January 10, 2012 Conference chair: Sandra Ponzanesi Conference coordinator: Fadi Hirzalla Because of the disjunctive and unstable interplay of commerce, media, national policies, and consumer fantasies, ethnicity, once a genie contained in the bottle of some sort of locality (however large), has now become a global force, forever slipping in and through the cracks between states and borders - Appadurai 1996, p. 41, Modernity at Large Keynote speakers: Shakuntala Banaji London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Kirsten Drotner University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University, USA Eva Lam University of Northwestern, USA Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Liesbet van Zoonen Loughborough University, UK and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands The rapid development of digital technologies has radically transformed ways of keeping in touch with home cultures and diasporic networks. Moreover, the notion of migration has undergone significant shifts, coming to signify imaginaries on the move which are not necessarily linked to geographical displacement. The aim of this conference is to address the relationship between migration and digital technologies across national contexts and ethnic belonging. Migrancy embeds many of the local and global paradoxes that also pertain to digital media with their compression of space and time. However, the link between the two fields is still under-theorized and in need of more situated and comparative analysis. Drawing from approaches from the humanities and social sciences (media theory, communication studies, learning sciences, gender studies, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, migration and transnational studies, among others), the primary aim of this conference is to explore how the study of digitalization and migration challenges existing notions of diaspora, identity, nation, family, learning, literacy, social networks, youth, body, gender and ethnicity, asking for new approaches and a rethinking of traditional social and cultural categories. The conference will consider the following questions, among others: How has the development of new digital technologies changed the experience of migration? Conversely, how has the reality of migration impacted on the use, development and distribution of new media technologies? How does the use of media differ among different migrant generations? How does media literacy impact on issues of integration and socialization in a hosting country? What are the differences in media access, diffusion and use among different migrant communities across the world? How are race, gender, age, class, ethnicity and other markers of identity recodified online? How are transnational relationships and resources arrayed in networks? How do ideas and practices move across these networks? How is the notion of home or community, which is no longer locatable with a "here" and "there" reconceptualised through digital diasporas? How do these developments impact on the spaces for learning and education, which are no longer limited to place-based classrooms and curricula? How can learning processes and networks be conceptualised when these networks expand larger geographical distances, and multiple communities are crossed? What resources of identity do migrants draw on and how are these resources hybridized in practice, and related to their learning and socialization processes? In short, how are digital crossroads created, distributed and experienced in the context of migration, diaspora and transnationalism? The conference will explore three inter-related strands of the relationships between media and migration: Identity and diaspora (Strand 1) - identity and performativity - gender, race, ethnicity, religion and online communities - digital borders, digital diasporas - imagined communities, transnationalism and mobility - digital divides (generational, access, skills, user-generated content) - cultural industry, participatory culture and social media Migrant networks (Strand 2) - mediated spatialities - relations between online and offline worlds - affinity networks and intimacy - media literacy and migration - comparative perspectives on digital media practices Learning in a globalized world (Strand 3) - informal learning in the digital space - network approaches to learning - immigrant learning - globalization and learning - learning & identity - socialization in transnational families Please send 300-word abstracts for papers or 500-word panel proposals for 3 to 4 presentations by January 31st 2012. Submission should be made online via http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl<http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl%3chttp//www.digitalcrossroads.nl/%3E> See further submission instructions on the website. Notification of acceptance will be given by 20 February, 2012. For more information or questions please send an e-mail to info(a)digitalcrossroads.nl<mailto:info@digitalcrossroads.nl>. The conference comes at the end of a five-year High Potential project, entitled "Wired Up: Digital media as innovative socialization practices for migrant youth", carried out by the Faculty of Humanities (project leader Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (project leader Prof. Dr. Mariette de Haan) at Utrecht University in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, USA (Dr. Kevin Leander, Peabody College for Education). The project was funded by the Executive Board of Utrecht University to stimulate interdisciplinary research. See http://www.uu.nl/wiredup. Organization Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi: conference chair Dr. Fadi Hirzalla: conference coordinator Prof. Dr. Mariette de Haan: scientific committee Dr. Kevin Leander: scientific committee Dr. Fleur Prinsen: conference committee Dr. Lisa Schwartz: conference committe Koen Leurs, MA: conference committee Asli Ünlosoy, MSC: conference committee Koen Leurs | Phd student Graduate Gender Programme | Utrecht University | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 EV Utrecht | tel. 030-253 7859 | K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl<mailto:K.H.A.Leurs@uu.nl> | www.uu.nl/wiredup<http://www.uu.nl/wiredup> | www.koenleurs.net<http://www.koenleurs.net/> | www.digitalcrossroads.nl<http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl/>

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CFP: CyberOrient - “The Net Worth of the Arab Spring”
by Vit Sisler 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

**apologies for cross posting** “The Net Worth of the Arab Spring” Call for Papers - Special Issue CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Ines Braune Submission deadline: 31 May 2012 Aim As the first anniversary of the “Arab Spring” nears, several long-standing dictators have been toppled, protests still continue in other countries and new governments are being formed. Arguably, throughout this last year digital media have played an important, if not defining, role through Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the extensive news coverage in cyberspace. This is a call for papers across disciplines aiming for critical and evidence-based evaluation of the use of social media in the Arab Spring, the coverage of the Arab Spring in cyberspace and beyond, and the remediation and appropriation between social media and traditional media outlets, including satellite TVs and the press. First-person and ethnographic accounts are welcomed, but CyberOrient welcomes contributions from any field. About CyberOrient CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. The articles will be published online with free access in early autumn, 2012. Submission Articles should be submitted directly to Ines Braune (ines.braune(a)uni-marburg.de) and Vit Sisler (vsisler(a)gmail.com) -- Vit Sisler, Ph.D. Charles University in Prague Faculty of Arts & Philosophy Institute of Information Science and Librarianship New Media Studies http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/

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Re: [Air-L] Research on Twitter - a couple of questions
by Stuart Shulman 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

We have been doing some experiments with Twitter and geospatial data. I just made a 3-minute video this morning that demonstrates the extremely limited availability of geospatial data, even in Tweets collected using the GNIP-enabled Power Track for Twitter (the full fire hose). http://www.screencast.com/t/eVrP2y2UWf This may change over time. I have recently talked to Michael Macy of Cornell, who has made strides identifying techniques for using a combination of features to peg the country of most Tweets. My sense, however, is there is much work to be done.

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CFP: You, Me, User – Conference on User-Generated Culture
by Susanna Paasonen 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi, Thought this might be of interest to AoIR folks! cheers, Susanna CALL FOR PAPERS You, Me, User – Conference on User-Generated Culture Friday 25, May - Saturday 26, May 2012 in Helsinki. From social media to video games and from online fan production to machinima the phenomenon of user-generated culture has secured its position in the mainstream during the last few years. This shift has resulted from the blurring boundaries between media production and consumption as well as between professional and amateur authorship. The phenomenon is claimed to be characterized by collaboration, accessibility and democratic potential. During the You, Me, User Conference we approach the user-generated culture, or in other words, multiple situations where culture becomes modified, produced and distributed through everyday practices, social and new media. The Finnish Society for Cinema Studies (SETS) invites presentations which explore the questions surrounding user-generated culture. The conference will bring together Finnish and international scholars of a wide range of relevant fields of studies. The conference will offer a chance to focus on a new and active field of study and is open to presentations from a wide spectrum. Keynote speeches are delivered by David Buckingham and Frans Mäyrä. Professor David Buckingham (Loughborough University) is a media education researcher. He is especially interested in children’s and young people’s interactions with electronic media, consumer culture and civic participation. His most recent book is The Material Child: Growing Up in Consumer Culture (2011). Professor Frans Mäyrä (University of Tampere) has focused on media culture, digital media and games. He leads an interdisciplinary research group on games study where game culture, players, their activities and gameplay experiences are approached. Mäyrä has published Introduction to Game Studies: Games in Culture (2008), for example. We seek paper proposals from various fields, such as film, television, games, internet, music, art, literature etc. It is our intention to organize the symposium around questions, such as: • What is user-generated culture and how to conceptualize it? • Changes in the distribution channels of audiovisual media due to user-generated culture • Changes in the consumption of audiovisual media due to user-generated culture • Fan as an author? • How does user-generated culture blur the boundaries of production and consumption? • Politically, socially or culturally significant forms of user-generated culture. • Global and local implications of user-generated culture. • Does user-generated culture produce new forms of community? • Problems of control and copyright in user-generated culture. • Does user-generated culture produce new forms of community? What are the problematic dimensions of user-generated culture (censorship, legal issues etc.) Proposals including an abstract (max 300 words) and a short CV should be submitted to Conference Secretary Maija Uusitalo by email: amkuus(a)utu.fi by 19.2.2012 at latest. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1.3.2012. Organizers: Finnish Society of Film Research in concert with National Audivisual Archive, Media Studies (University of Turku), Cinema and Television Studies (University of Helsinki), Aalto University, School of Communication, Media and Theatre (University of Tampere) and Koulukino. More information: http://sets.wordpress.com/user-generated-conference/ ------------------------------------- Susanna Paasonen Professor of Media Studies University of Turku, Finland <suspaa(a)utu.fi>

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References about profile registration options (gender and sexuality)
by Szulc Lukasz 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi all, Could you please recommend me any readings which deal with the design of profile registration options? I mostly look for works on gender and sexuality options in software design (mainly profile registration options on dating sites or internet affinity portals) or any analysis or the interpretation of registration options on the websites designed for sexual and gender minorities. But I will also welcome the recommendation of other works which deal with the issue in a broader sense. Regards, Lukasz Szulc PhD Candidate Media, Culture & Policy Research Group Department of Communication Studies University of Antwerp www.ua.ac.be/lukasz.szulc

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Early career fellowships - Internet / media
by Matthew Allen 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear all The Australian Research Council annually funds a number of early-career researcher fellowships through its DECRA scheme (http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm ). While the process is highly competitive, strong applicants with a good track record of publication and a solid proposal can be successful in gaining these positions (normally for three years). Fellowships are located at an Australian university and the application will be submitted via that university. I am seeking well-qualified early career researchers, preferably with at least 2 years' experience post-PhD (and no more than 5 years), who wish to apply through the DECRA process for a fellowship to be taken up within the Department of Internet Studies, Curtin University. Please be aware that the process of application involves quite a bit of work and deadlines are tight. We will not support applicants who do not have strong publications records, nor from people whose PhD is not yet awarded (just being realistic ... it significantly limits your chances of success). There are two critical deadlines set by Curtin university: by 20 January you must submit a notification of interest to me (email me for a copy of the NoI form) by 24 February you must submit your full application (if approved to do so) to Curtin If you wish to apply, email me at your earliest convenience and complete the NoI I return by Friday this week. Professor Matthew Allen Head of Department, Internet Studies, Curtin University Life member, Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Fellow, Australian Learning and Teaching Council Visit me at: http://netcrit.net. Follow me @netcrit v: +61892663511 f: +61892663166 CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)

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Re: [Air-L] Are 'categories' the same as 'genres'?
by Julian Hopkins 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

I agree that genres are still relevant, and particularly in a commercial media context where they can be used to categorise potential audience demographics and therefore advertising potential. I have found the concept of genre to be useful in analysing the relevance of monetised personal blogs. Drawing from Lüders et al. I have approached genres as sociotechnical assemblages that specify and generalize communication, ensuring coordination of specific practices involving many people, and contributing to the reproduction of social institutions and sectors in society (Lüders et al. 2010: 950). Although it is true that any particular blog can have a variety of types of writing, they can usually be roughly identified with a particular genre. The usefulness of genre is that they reflect and constitute particular communicative patterns that stabilise particular social contexts. A personal blog aimed at a small group of family and friends uses language and pictures appropriate to maintaining relations amongst those people. When some personal blogs gained a large audience, the bloggers usually toned down some of the more intimate aspects in order to avoid offending family members and so on, and sought to blog about topics that kept the audience present (e.g. more blog posts about how to style one's hair). When they were given the opportunity to make money, the blog posts tended to become more impersonal and oriented around consumption, public events (product launches, parties), and so on. This led to a new genre, the 'lifestyle blog', that reproduces opportunities for localised advertising, marketing opportunities, and so on. New bloggers can see these different genres in operation, and are likely to choose to emulate one or the other, thus demonstrating the relevance of genre to ongoing blogging practices. Lüders, M., L. Prøitz & T. Rasmussen 2010. Emerging personal media genres. New Media & Society 12, 947 -963. All the best, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins Skype: julhop -----Original Message----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:14:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Denise N. Rall" <denrall(a)yahoo.com> To: Matthew Allen <M.Allen(a)exchange.curtin.edu.au>, "Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> Cc: "ravindra.mohabeer(a)viu.ca" <ravindra.mohabeer(a)viu.ca> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Are 'categories' the same as 'genres'? Message-ID: <1326669279.63475.YahooMailNeo(a)web112719.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 As much as I can hardly disagree with a Professor, not to mention a life-time member of AoIR and a memorable past-President, my recent trip to the USA during which I (unfortunately) watched television, I have to say that in the 300 - 600 multi-channel media that tv has become, if anything,? genre is even more pronounced. There are sci-fi channels, sports channels, lifestyle channels, history channels, and one of my country friends leaves his set tuned to the Western Country Riding channel. There is little or no cross-flow. To change channels, one can stay in the genre (sports, etc.) or at the insistence of other family members, switch to another genre (such as a movie channel). While I agree totally that the word genre is perhaps outdated, it appears to drive selection into an increasing narrow version of reality - lifestyle vs. sports, etc. The biggest movie channels, such as HBO would have the opportunity to offer cross-cultural (sic) events such as new dramas, new comedy, and new mini-series that include more than one 'lifestyle' such as gangsters, chic flicks, history fiction (The Tudors) and so on. I am tempted to say the word 'lifestyle' while ridiculous, offers a chance to differentiate between the goth, the nerd, the gangbanger, the preppy, the hipster, the tragic romantic, and so on, might offer a clue to the next generations after X and Y (whatever they are called) as to what genre might mean. Genre indicates multiple things (among others) appropriate beginnings, tone, rhetoric, and endings. Category seems a weak way to cover that richness of terminology. ? Dr Denise N. Rall, Research Assistant, School of Health & Human Sciences Upcoming exhibit: "The Bride as Banquet" The Channon Gallery, The Channon, NSW? Denise N. Rall, Mobile +(61)(0)438 233344 Fax +(61)(0)2 6624 5380 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ ________________________________

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Fwd: [Asis-l] Book announcement: Automatic Identification of Genre in Web Pages (2011)
by natalya godbold 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

strangely topical. I assume more publicity will be good publicity for this new tome. -- Natalya Godbold PhD Candidate (Human Information Behaviour / Health Communication) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Technology, Sydney ¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .~´¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .~´¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .><((((º>`~.¸¸.~´¯`~.¸.~´¯`~...¸><((((º> .,,.~´¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .....,,.><((((º>`~.¸¸.~´¯`~.¸.~´¯`~...¸><((((º> .~´¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .,,.~´¯`~.. ¸><((((º>¸. .~´¯`~.. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marina Santini <marinamailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:24 PM Subject: [Asis-l] Book announcement: Automatic Identification of Genre in Web Pages (2011) To: asis-l(a)asis.org Cc: Marina Santini <marinaromestockholm(a)gmail.com> Automatic Identification of Genre in Web Pages: A new perspective [Paperback] Marina Santini (Author) Paperback: 332 pages Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (December 19, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 3847306871 ISBN-13: 978-3847306870 Genre is a complex but intuitively understood concept. Home pages, FAQs, blogs, etc. are examples of genres currently thriving on the web. Automatically identifying web genres would help us find documents that are more relevant to our information needs. The aim of the research described in this book is to develop automatic genre classification algorithms. There are several challenges, however, that affect the modelling of these algorithms. First, genres on the web are instantiated in web pages, which can be considered documents of a new type, much more unpredictable and individualised than documents on paper. Second, the web is unstable and fluid, undergoing a fast-paced evolution, so genre identification is influenced by phenomena such as the formation of novel genres, genre hybridism, individualisation, intra-genre and inter-genre variation. Finally, the automatically extractable genre-revealing features used up to now are not adequate to define existing and novel web genres. The author argues that automatic identification of genre in web pages needs more flexible genre classification schemes. The main body of the book describes experiments that support this claim. Link to the outline: http://www.forum.santini.se/2012/01/book-outline-automatic-identification-o… Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Automatic-Identification-Genre-Web-Pages/dp/384730687… -- Marina Santini http://www.forum.santini.se https://www.facebook.com/genresontheweb ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l

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