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Guest lecturer position in Information Science (Hamburg, Germany)
by Dirk Lewandowski 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, the Department of Information at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) is hoping to promote the internationalisation of its study programmes. We are therefore looking for a guest lecturer from abroad in the field of Information Science. The interested person must have a PhD, s/he must be member of a university abroad and have teaching experiences at university level. We plan for the prospective colleague to stay for at least 1 year and desirably up to 2 years. S/he is expected to teach 2-3 modules in our International Programme “Digital Information Services” which is taught in English. Each module involves a class contact of 4 hours, i.e. the teaching load will be about 10 hours a week. Terms at our university roughly last from the middle of March until the middle of July and again from the end of September until the beginning of February. We would be happy to find a colleague who takes an interest in our research focus “Knowledge Access und Accessibility” and who is committed to the internationalisation of study programmes and student life. The salary of the guest lecturer would amount to about 53.000 € /year or more – depending on his or her status at the home university - plus required social security contribution. Your and our schedule: · March 15th 2012: Deadline for your letter of interest (via email) · July 15th 2012: given that interested parties are found we will send a proposal for funding to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) who runs a programme for the promotion of foreign guest lecturers. · February 2013: Move to Hamburg · March 11th 2013: Start of summer semester Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) With about 14.000 students HAW is one Germany’s largest universities of applied sciences . The Department of Information is part of the Faculty of Design, Media & Information. Other faculties are Engineeering & Computer Science, Life Sciences and Business & Social Sciences. Our department offers 2 bachelor programmes and one master programme, namely Library and Information Management, Media and Information and Information Science and Management. Hamburg Hamburg is Germany‘s second largest city with a population of more than 1.7 million – a traditional trading town with Germany‘s biggest harbour and Germany‘s most important town of media. Hamburg is renowned for its parks, waterfronts and its international flair. For further information please refer to: www.haw-hamburg.de/english/hamburg.html (about Hamburg) www.haw-hamburg.de/english.html (about HAW) www.haw-hamburg.de/department-information/international-guest-students/depa… (about the Department of Information) www.haw-hamburg.de/department-information/international-guest-students/prog… (about our International Programme) As an interested party please contact: Prof. Ursula Schulz: ursula.schulz[at]haw-hamburg[dot]de or Prof. Dr. Ulrike Spree: ulrike.spree[at]haw-hamburg[dot]de -- Prof. Dr. Dirk Lewandowski Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) Fakultät Design Medien Information Department of Information Finkenau 35 D - 22081 Hamburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40-42875 3621 Fax: + 49 (0) 3222-1445 301 http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de/lewandowski.html ********* Associate Editor - Europe, Online Information Review http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1468-4527 ********* Aktuelles Buch: Handbuch Internet-Suchmaschinen, Band 2: Neue Entwicklungen in der Web-Suche http://www.amazon.de/Handbuch-Internet-Suchmaschinen-Neue-Entwicklungen-Web… ********* Fortcoming book (February 2012): Web Search Engine Research http://www.amazon.com/Search-Research-Library-Information-Science/dp/178052…

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Call for Papers: 1st International Workshop on Declarative 3D for the Web Architecture at WWW2012
by Jankowski, Jacek 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers 1st International Workshop on Declarative 3D for the Web Architecture (Dec3D2012) http://events.declarative3d.org/Dec3D2012 in conjunction with WWW2012, 21st International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2012) 16-20 April 2012, Lyon, France http://www2012.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, you are invited to submit your papers to the 1st International Workshop on Declarative 3D for the Web Architecture, co-located with the WWW2012 conference. The workshop aims to encourage researchers and practitioners from both the Web and 3D graphics communities to meet and talk about an integration of interactive 3D graphics capabilities into the Web technology stack in a declarative way. === Topics === Topics of interest for the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: * Declarative 3D Use-Cases and Requirements: Discussion of the use cases, where embedding 3D data in HTML using declarative approach provides significant benefit; deduction of the requirements for the D3D specification. * Declarative 3D and DOM: Discussion of integration of 3D with existing and future W3C standards, specifically: integration of high-level scene concepts; integration with client and server side rendering services, 3D REST; integration with existing security aspects for content delivery and visualization; content portability and platform independence. * Declarative 3D in current web browsers: Exploring how the incorporation of declarative 3D graphics can be done in currently popular web browsers (e.g., by using WebGL in WebKit or Gecko); what are the possible difficulties? * Semantics of 3D objects in DOM: Discussion of how descriptive 3D can be combined with semantics. This includes topics such as querying and manipulation of graphical objects, mash-up from several sources, integration of RDF technology, creation of useful APIs based on web services etc * Declarative 3D User Interface Issues: Novel interfaces and interaction methods for online 3D + HTML content; mobile 3D Web interfaces, interaction techniques; accessibility and usability of 3D Web content. === Submissions === We seek three kinds of submissions: * Full technical papers - should not exceed eight pages in length in ACM format; * Short technical papers and position papers - up to four pages in ACM format; * Demo descriptions - two-page description of the application in ACM format, ideally accompanied with a link to a demo; Submissions must be formatted using the ACM SIG Proceedings Templates. Please note that the author list does not need to be anonymized, as we do not follow a double-blind review process. Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and included in the workshop proceedings (published online at CEUR-WS). Please submit papers via EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dec3d2012 === Important Dates === * Submission deadline: 22nd February, 2012, 23:59 CET * Notification of acceptance: 6th March, 2012 * Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: 22nd March, 2012 * Workshop date: 17th April, 2012 === Organising Committee === * Johannes Behr, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft * Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School/Web3D Consortium * Ivan Herman, W3C * Jacek Jankowski, DERI Galway * Kristian Sons, DFKI === Programme Committee === * Rémi Arnaud, Screampoint * Johannes Behr, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft * Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School/Web3D Consortium * Anita Havele, GlobalEdge/Web3D Consortium * Ivan Herman, W3C * Jacek Jankowski, DERI Galway * Yvonne Jung, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft * Fabio Pittarello, Ca'Foscari University * Nicholas Polys, Virginia Tech/Web3D Consortium * Sandy Ressler, NIST * Philipp Slusallek, DFKI * Kristian Sons, DFKI * Neil Trevett, Khronos/NVidia * Krzysztof Walczak, Technical University of Poznan For any further informations, please contact organizers via dec3d2012(a)easychair.org

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Final call for chapters: Advancing Social and Business Research Methods with New Media Technologies
by Natalie Sappleton 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

A reminder that the call for chapters for Advancing Social and Business Research Methods with New Media Technologies closes on January 30th. This volume will be published in 2013 by IGI Global. Submissions are invited by email to n.sappleton(a)mmu.ac.uk. Full details of the call are posted below. Happy New Year! ************************************** Introduction The 21st century has presented the professional researcher with a myriad of challenges and opportunities. In particular, there are a number of new and exciting digital technologies, which offer researchers considerable advantages in terms of speed, access connectivity and economy. Skype and other Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications allow practitioners to carry out face-to-face interviews with research subjects thousands of miles away and in different time zones. Short attitudinal surveys can be sent via text message. Online surveys are now no longer confined to public opinion research, but can be adapted for a myriad of research objectives. Researchers all over the world are using these new, innovative methods to design and develop research programmes, but until now, no tome has brought together their work in a single publication. This edited volume will form a comprehensive introduction to new media technologies and their applicability to the world of business and social research. The book will comprise both discussions of new technologies, as well as real-life examples of their use in various disciplines, from psychology to political science. Together, this approach aims to reduce scholar's anxiety about adapting these new technologies for use in their own work. Objective of the Book There are already in existence a number of manuals and textbooks that critique and provide guidance on traditional research methodologies such as pen-and-paper surveys and telephone interviews. There is also a growing body of journal articles and unpublished papers outlining the use of new technologies in research activities. But, there is no single, edited volume that examines the applicability and usefulness of new technologies to academic research, including experiments, surveys, field studies, secondary research, content analysis, ethnography and focus groups. These technologies offer a wealth of opportunities to the research practitioner, but without prior knowledge of how these technologies can, should, and should not be used, researchers may experience a degree of anxiety when considering their use. The overall mission of this valuable publication is therefore to aid researchers in recognizing the advantages of speed, economy, interactivity, and connectivity that these technologies offer, to alert them to the pitfalls of these methods, and to provide a foundation on which they can build reliable, sound and scientific research projects. Target Audience This volume is aimed at research practitioners at all academic levels, from Masters students to Professors. These readers will be able to use the case studies as a practical guide to designing and conducting their own research projects. This volume is not limited to scholars in any particular discipline. Social scientists of all backgrounds will find use from this book. Additionally, most pre-doctoral courses include electives or compulsory subjects in research methodology, so the market for this volume is potentially very large. A mix of contributors from the UK, US, Europe and other countries will be deliberately selected to increase the appeal of the book to a world market. Submissions Excellent case studies detailing the use of new technologies in empirical research are sought for this volume. Additionally, chapters dealing with theoretical issues in planning, designing and developing research studies using new technologies are also welcome. The book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks, empirical research findings, and practitioners' best practices in the use of new technologies. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following: · History of technology in research · Impact of new technologies on research epistemologies and ontologies · Electronic forms of data acquisition · Email and Web Surveys · Mobile Text Messaging · Online diaries · Blogging · Instant Messaging · Virtual Focus Groups · Skype and VOIP platforms · Video sharing websites and research methods · Collaborative authoring Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 30th 2012, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 25th, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 30th, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com<http://www.igi-global.com>. It is anticipated that this book will be released in 2013. Important Dates January 30th 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline April 30th 2012: Full Chapter Submission June 15th, 2012: Review Results Returned July 30th 2012: Final Chapter Submission Enquiries and submissions should be forwarded electronically as a Word or PDF document by email to: Natalie Sappleton: n.sappleton(a)mmu.ac.uk<mailto:n.sappleton@mmu.ac.uk> Tel: +44 161 247 6249 "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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Digital Crossroads: Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective - Conference
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

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 10 January 2012. Kind regards, 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 | www.uu.nl/wiredup | www.koenleurs.net | www.digitalcrossroads.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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/>. 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 10 January 2012. Submission should be made online via http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl<http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl/>. 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 _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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2012 DML Research Associates Summer Institute program: Innovation & Public Policy focus
by Jon Barilone 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Just a friendly reminder that the Digital Media & Learning (DML) Research Hub invites advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars conducting research in the DML field to submit applications for the DML Research Associates Summer Institute to be held June 11-15, 2012, at Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The deadline is this coming MONDAY, JAN 9. Anyone interested in applying should go to http://bitly.com/dmlsummer2012 for full details. This year's theme is "Thinking In and Out of the Box: How Innovation and Policy Shape Networked Learning." This one-week institute, hosted by danah boyd, will examine where innovation and public policy collide, and how this introduces new challenges and opportunities for those invested in digital media and learning. **Please feel free to forward this email to friends and associates whom you think would be interested. Thank you!**

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Call for Submissions to the Research and Experimental Game Festival
by cindyPoremba 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Please feel free to forward this Call for Submissions to anyone you feel may/should be interested. Cheers, Cindy Poremba Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Tech Chair, Foundations of Digital Games 2012 Research and Experimental Game Festival ------------------ Call for Submissions to the Research and Experimental Game Festival Foundations of Digital Games 2012 May 29-June 1, 2012 Raleigh, North Carolina Important Dates Research and Experimental game Festival Submission:19 January 2012 Research and Experimental Game Festival Notification: 01 March 2012 Research and Experimental Games Festival Submissions The Festival is designed to showcase playable games that are experimental or have a research component. Submitted games could be significant because they are designed to answer a research question or experiment with the design process, or because their technological components represent research advancements. Works in progress are permitted, but the game will ideally include at least one playable level (or comparable unit of play time). Works that have not yet reached this stage may be more suitable for the conference demo track. Submissions should also include a 2-4 page writeup of the project which addresses requirements (technical and otherwise) needed for demonstrating the game at FDG. The text should outline the game’s research context, and how the work demonstrates rigor in methodology and a contribution to knowledge. Submissions should also include a link to the game, and/or substantive documentation, hosted on your own server or one of your choosing. We welcome and encourage works exploring a variety of disciplinary approaches and methodologies, including interdisciplinary collaborations. It is the responsibility of the contributor to ensure all necessary information is accessible at all times during the judging period (19 January 2012 to 01 March 2012). Games will be peer reviewed by an international panel comprised of academics, artists, and game designers. The Festival accepts works at all stages of publishing, regardless of source funding, provided the work clearly demonstrates an advancement to current and/or ongoing research. Works previously submitted to other festivals or exhibitions are permitted. General Submission Guidelines The 2-4 page writeup must be in either PDF or DOC format, and comply with the official ACM proceedings format using one of the templates provided at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submissions must be made via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fdg2012 If you have any questions or problems, please do not hestitate to contact the Festival Chair Cindy Poremba at cindy @ docgames dot com.

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Open access sites that charge
by Johnson, Thomas J 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

I was just asked to be an editor for an article for the Sage Open Access space. Sage currently charges about $350 for an article to appear in the open area space. First, I am not quite sure how this works. Articles are reviewed and presumably revised, but is the review process actually meaningful? That is, can a poorly reviewed article still get in the Open Access space or is space such as this only reserved for peer-reviewed articles? Would you recommend being an editor for an arrangement such as this? Tom

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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Applications due Friday, January 6, 2012 | Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning
by Sheryl Grant 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

The *Digital Media and Learning Research Competition* closes on January 6, 2012 at 5 pm PST/8 pm EST. The Research Competition application requirements can be found here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-competition-announcement.p…> . *(Please note that although we will make every effort to assist applicants with questions and technical problems on the final day of the Research Competition, due to expected volume, we cannot make any promises. The application system is open now and we advise applicants not to wait until the last moment to apply.) If you have already submitted your application, you can view it here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-proposals.php?show=dmlc-4rg>. For information on applying, click here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-apply.php>. Questions or concerns?Email your inquiry to dml(a)hri.uci.edu. ***** *Digital Media and Learning Research Competition: Call for Applications**** *Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning* ***Deadline: January 6, 2012 at 5pm PST/8pm EST * *Awards: $5,000 to $80,000* Online networks, digital resources, and gaming environments provide rich opportunities for learning that is demand-driven and learner-centered. More and more people are turning to networked knowledge communities, online tutorials, and other digital resources for wide ranging learning needs. While learning is migrating to these more informal and non-institutionalized kinds of contexts, we still have little research that examines how people assess, recognize, and display the learning that happens in these settings. - What are the emerging techniques and practices for managing reputation and recognizing learning? - What are the broad historical and structural understandings of how accreditation operates in our changing social and cultural environment? - What systems exist for recognizing learning outside of formal degree and training programs? - How do credentials and other displays of achievement operate in the digital and networked world? - What kinds of skills and experiences have not been well captured by existing credentialing and recognition systems? - How is the landscape of credentialing changing (or not) with the shift to digital and networked society? We seek empirical and theoretical research focusing on these questions. Studies should focus on areas such as: - Ranking, badging, and achievement systems in games, clubs, competitions, and other forms of interest-driven activities. - Accreditation and certificates outside of formal degree programs, including areas such as work skills training, language, writing and critical capabilities, arts, crafts, and other trades. - The role of credentials, badges, and other recognitions of achievement in career and reputation development. - Empirical, theoretical, and critical studies of how companies, groups, institutions, and individuals produce, utilize, and exploit various credentialing and reputation systems. *Apply to the Research Competition here<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-apply.php> by Friday, January 6, 2012, 5pm PST/8pm EST. * * * Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition <http://www.dmlcompetition.net/> Duke University Box 90403 114. S. Buchanan Blvd., Bay 5 Durham, NC 27708-0403 <http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p>

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CFP: Visualization, Art, & Design Symposium
by Frank Marchese 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

First Call For Papers Visualization, Art, & Design A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualization, 10, 11 - 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Click on Symposia hypertext Applications at the intersection of art and visualization have become a recurring theme at visualization, graphics, and HCI conferences. Inspirations from artistic movements, artistic practice, and the field of aesthetics have stimulated visualization research with an increasing number of practitioners creating works that transcend these fields. Performance, sonic, and visual artists, designers, and architects have capitalized on innovations from the computing sciences, expanding their semiology, to create radically new representations of form and process. At the core of all works is the concept of information, its transformation, and its representation. It is at this nexus that the symposium resides. Its goal is to develop and promote an expanding dialog among individuals and groups working in the digital information arts, sciences, and technologies, by providing a venue for discussions about their works and the processes through which they were created. Submissions to this symposium are invited from the breadth of the digital arts, science, and technology, including artists, scientists, technologists, designers, architects, psychologists, historians, critical theorists, practitioners, and others. Theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, and manifestos that address all manner of process or product are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: · Artistic and design practices supporting the visualization process · Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations · Art by visualizers · Visualizations by artists and designers · Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations · Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes · Artistic mapping of information, including cartographic art, virtual and built architectural environments, interactive systems, and animations. · Infographic design and its associated process · The role of the viewer in visualization design · Visualization design aesthetics · The role of aesthetics in the design of information visualization tools Symposium Committee Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (Chair) – Contact: fmarchese(a)pace.edu Sarah Kenderdine, City University of Hong Kong (Chair) Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia (Chair) Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2012: Notification of Peer Review Result 05 May 2012: Submission of camera-ready 15 May 2012: Early registration closes Paper Format Guide: (Not more than 6 pages - excess pages at 30 GBP per page.) http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/INSTRUCTION.htm Submission procedures:http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm Dr. Francis T. Marchese Professor Dept. of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese email: fmarchese(a)pace.edu phone: 212 346-1803 Co-director Pace Digital Gallery http://www.pace.edu/DigitalGallery Director Pace Center for Advanced Media

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Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation - Call for papers
by Frank Marchese 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

First Call For Papers Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation, DHKV (formerly Cultural Heritage Knowledge Visualisation, CHKV - now expanded to include the Digital Humanities) A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualisation, 10, 11 - 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Click on Symposia hypertext Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2011: Notification of Peer Review Result 05 May 2011: Submission of camera-ready 15 May 2011: Early registration closes Paper Format Guide: (Not more than 6 pages - excess pages at 30 GBP per page.) http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/INSTRUCTION.htm The Humanities has enjoyed a renaissance in the last two decades. This has been largely facilitated by the acceptance of digital media as a tool for the critical analysis of scholarly works. This new field, the Digital Humanities, includes applied and theoretical use of digital media. Increasingly, large collections of data are being investigated using digital tools. These tools assist in visualising the information contained in ways that expose new meanings and interpretations of scholarly knowledge. Our host, the International Information Visualisation Conference, provides a uniquely propitious environment for a Digital Humanities symposium. With other symposia spanning Information Visualisation Theory & Practice to Visualisation in Software Engineering, attendees of the Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation symposium are well placed to make serendipitous connections with technologists in similar fields. This symposium seeks short and long papers on original and unpublished work addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: * Culture and Heritage Knowledge Visualisation * Art and Design * Visualization techniques for text corpora * Cartographics * Virtual and built environments * Interactive systems * Infographic design and its associated process * Data mining in the humanities * Information design and modelling * Social Networks * Network graph visualisation of historical precedents * Digital media enabled humanities research * Digital media assisted linguistics research * The digital arts, architecture, music, film, theatre, new media, digital games, and related areas Symposium Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualization Liaison: Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia Symposium Committee Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia (Chair) Sarah Kenderdine, City University of Hong Kong (co-Chair) Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (co-Chair) Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee: Theodor G Wyeld (Flinders University, Aust) Sarah Kenderdine (Museum Victoria, Aust) Francis T. Marchese (Pace University, NY, USA) Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland (NTNU, Trondheim, Norg) Teng-Wen Chang (NYUST, Taiwan) Brett Leavy (CyberDreaming, Aust) Malcolm Pumpa (QUT, Aust) Marinos Ioannides (HTI, Cyprus) Giovanni Issini (DFI, Italy) Special Journal Edition for selected papers: TBA. Supporting Bodies: Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities, Flinders University, Australia HOST: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ All enquiries about Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualization should be addressed to: Theodor Wyeld Screen and Media Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide 5001 South Australia ph: +06 8 8201 3264 fx: +06 8 8201 3635 em: theodor.wyeld(a)flinders.edu.au wb: www.flinders.edu.au/people/theodor.wyeld URL: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/DHKV.htm Instructions for Authors All submitted papers are peer reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Authors are invited to upload full original papers to the conference online submission system by March 01, 2012, https://www.conftool.net/IV2012. Electronic submissions (PDF) are recommended and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm. The final manuscripts for full papers are expected to be no more than 6 pages - up to 4 excess pages may be purchased and is set by publisher at 30 GBP per page.

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