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Looking for PhD study opportunities
by Robert Rattle 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear Colleagues, I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who may be seeking a PhD student for studies at the nexus of ICTs, sustainable consumption and social determinants of health. Best, Robert

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UT Austin iSchool's Information Work Research Group; Call for Doctoral Students
by James Howison 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Announcing the Information Work Research Group at UT Austin's iSchool Call for Doctoral Students The School of Information (iSchool) of the University of Texas at Austin announces the creation of theInformation Work Research Group (IWRG), a faculty collaboration designed to explore information work broadly conceived. IWRG faculty are looking for top students to apply to the UT iSchool doctoral program to work in this area. Funding is available for high-quality doctoral students interested in information work. IWRG faculty (Diane Bailey, William Aspray, Lecia Barker, Nathan Emsmenger and James Howison) have expertise in the social sciences, including sociology, organizational studies, communication studies, science and technology studies, political science, public policy, and history. The faculty educates graduate students at the doctoral and masters levels, typically through joint advising, organizing lecture series, participating in reading groups, and conducting joint research projects. Topics currently of interest to IWRG faculty include, among others: · software development (including free and open source software) · global distribution of information workers, e.g. offshoring, outsourcing · education and training for information workers · gender, racial, and ethnic issues in the information workforce · integration of information work and information technology into various application domains, e.g. the auto industry or science · computer-supported cooperative work · social media and work · the trajectory of information work careers · professionalization, ethics, and information work · studies of work that inform design of information systems For more information on the IWRG, including faculty members and research interests, please see http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/research/iwrg.php Information about applying to the iSchool doctoral program can be found at http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/admissions/phd.php Best regards, James Howison

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Tenure-Track Faculty Positions @ UNIST
by Joon Sang Baek 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

***If you are interested in applying to the tenure-track faculty position at Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, please upload the required documents through the application site : http://www.unist.ac.kr/invite/pro/eng/invite_proeng_main.jsp. On the website, click the Design and Human Eng. under the engineering and science fields. UNIST invites applications for *full-time, tenure-track faculty positions*in the area of “Integrated Industrial Design” in the School of Design and Human Engineering. We are especially interested in candidates who have multidisciplinary research background and will demonstrate the potential for research and teaching excellence in the following areas: · *Interaction design/Interactive technologies/Physical computing* · *UX/UI design* · *Product service system design/Service design* · *Product design & engineering* · *Design management* The School of Design and Human Engineering has a unique program integrating three disciplines; Integrated Industrial Design, Engineering & Systems Design and Affective & Human Factors Engineering. They are closely collaborating in education and research. Inter-school collaboration in UNIST is active and we are actively pursuing global cooperation with international industrial and academic partners. We are aiming at becoming one of world’s top-class design schools realizing multidisciplinary design research and practice. Successful applicants will: · teach a minimum of 3 credit hours per semester, · supervise Masters and Ph.D. theses, · run their own laboratories, · carry on diverse industry and government projects, · engage in research and publication, · and, actively work with colleagues to shape the direction of this emerging school Compensation and benefits for successful applicants are below; · *Competitive salary commensurate with research experience and performance (70,000 ~ 100,000 USD/year).* · *A faculty apartment. * · *Settlement research fund.* · *Relocation expense.* Requirements: · Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline or outstanding achievement in design field · Outstanding research and teaching skills · Fluency in both written and spoken English (courses run in English) · Good teamwork, multidisciplinary approach and strong interpersonal skills · Pioneering spirit Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the positions are filled. If you are interested in the positions, please upload a letter of application, C.V., research plan, and representative research papers through the application site: http://www.unist.ac.kr/invite/pro/eng/invite_proeng_main.jsp Or please contact: *Prof. SeonHee Jung* *Coordinator, Integrated Industrial Design, DHE, UNIST* *shjung(a)unist.ac.kr* *+82 52 217 2712***

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Reminder: CFP: Computer Culture (SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference, February 8-11, 2012)
by Andrew Shi-hwa Chen 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association February 8-11, 2012 Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.swtxpca.org Proposal submission deadline: December 1, 2011 Conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center 330 Tijeras Ave NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: +1 505 842 1234 Computer Culture: Call for Papers We are beginning to form panels for the area of computer culture, with possible topics in blogging; Twitter; social networks; computers and pedagogy; Web site analysis and design; viral video; news and politics; terrorism; online literary journals; online security issues; spam, scams, and hoaxes; live feeds; theories of computer culture; and others. Scholars, teachers, professionals, artists and others interested in computer culture are encouraged to participate. Graduate students are also particularly welcome with award opportunities for best graduate papers. If you wish to form your own panel, I would be glad to facilitate your needs. Please pass along this call to friends and colleagues. For early consideration, submit 100-200 word abstracts and proposals for panels by 11 November 2011 to the conference electronic submission system which can be found at: http://conference2012.swtxpca.org/ For any questions regarding the Computer Culture Area, feel free to contact Dr. Andrew Chen ( andrewsw(a)gmail.com ) and Dr. Joseph Chaney ( jchaney(a)iusb.edu ) Co-Chairs, Computer Culture Area http://www.swtxpca.org

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blog photo copyrights
by joana ro 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Dear Air-List, I am in the process of publishing a book about blogs and would like to use not just screenshots, but also individual photos taken from the blog. These photos were more often than not, taken by the bloggers themselves and might be considered theirs in copyright terms (although there is nothing to indicate this in the text itself). What are your experiences with publishing this sort of material? How did you proceed? Did you ask the bloggers for permission? Any tipps? I would be greatful for any help! Best, Johanna Roering American Studies University of Tuebingen Wilhelmstrasse 50 72070 Tübingen

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Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: [liberationtech] ONI Summarized Global Internet Filtering Data NowAvailable for Download
by gene loeb 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hi all,'this should be very useful to many in airlistserv. Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.d. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: michael gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:28 PM Subject: [ciresearchers] FW: [liberationtech] ONI Summarized Global Internet Filtering Data NowAvailable for Download To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net Cc: masashi(a)citizenlab.org -----Original Message----- From: liberationtech-bounces(a)lists.stanford.edu [mailto:liberationtech-bounces@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Masashi Nishihata Sent: November-03-11 6:02 PM To: liberationtech(a)mailman.stanford.edu Subject: [liberationtech] ONI Summarized Global Internet Filtering Data NowAvailable for Download The OpenNet Initiative is pleased to announce the availability of our summarized global Internet filtering data as a downloadable CSV file under a Creative Commons license. The data provides an overview of the most recent ONI ratings of the breadth and depth of Internet censorship in seventy-four countries across four content categories (political, social, Internet tools and conflict/security). This release makes ONI data more accessible to researchers, journalists, and data mash-up developers. The data is available on ourresearch<http://opennet.net/research>page (http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20111102.zip <http://opennet.net/research>), along with adescription of our methodology (http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONIDatareadme_Nov%202011.pdf ) This release is in part timed for Hack4Transparency (http://www.euhackathon.eu/)being held November 8-9, 2011 in Brussels as part of ONI support for the event. We are excited to see what the community does with this data and invite feedback and suggestions for future releases. See Orginal blog post here: http://opennet.net/blog/2011/11/oni-summarized-global-internet-filtering -data-now-available-download<http://opennet.net/blog/2011/11/oni-summarized-global-internet-filtering-da…> -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech To unsubscribe (subscribe) send an email to: sympa(a)vcn.bc.ca with the message unsub (sub) ciresearchers -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene ash'e best frend

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04 Nov '11

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Call for papers for the 8th International Conference on Internet Law & Politics
by Ismael Peña-López 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Source of the information: http://edcp.uoc.edu/symposia/idp2012/cfp/?lang=en The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya<http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/index.html>(Open University of Catalonia, UOC) Law and Political Sciences department<http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/estudis_arees/dret_ciencia_politica/index…>herby invite scholars, practitioners and policy makers to participate in the *8th International Conference on Internet Law & Politics<http://edcp.uoc.edu/symposia/idp2012/cfp?lang=en> * (IDP 2012): Challenges and Opportunities of Online Entertainment by submitting papers, from either legal or political science perspectives, focusing on the following topics: - *Online Entertainment* and its implications in fields such as, among others, the legal framework of audiovisual communications, the liability of intermediaries, legal aspects of videogames and online gambling, social networking sites, behavioural advertising, privacy, data protection, defamation, protection of minors, intellectual property, new models of content distribution, user generated contents, illicit and harmful contents, net neutrality, new generation networks, antitrust. Papers may also focus on: - Legal issues relevant to the current status and future perspectives of the Internet, such as, among others, online privacy, data protection, intellectual property, ISP liability, freedom of expression, cybercrime, e-commerce. - Issues regarding electronic government, such as, among others, open data, reuse of public sector information, political participation online, e-procurement, Internet governance. Interested participants should first submit an abstract (a 300-word outline) of their paper by 20 December, 2011, indicating clearly its subject and scope, and including a provisional title. There is no need to use a template for submitting the abstract. The abstracts received will be peer-reviewed and authors will be notified of the outcome by 10 January, 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to send the full paper by 26 March, 2012. Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words in length, including notes and references. For the full paper authors should use the conference template that will be available to download from the web. The full papers will be peer-reviewed as well. The outcome will be notified by 16 April, 2012. Final version of the paper (camera ready) should be sent by 30 April, 2012. All papers accepted will be included in the electronic proceedings of the Conference, which will hold an ISBN number. Accepted papers may also be selected for oral presentation at the Conference. Important dates - *Abstract submission: please submit a 300-word outline by 20 December, 2011.* - Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 10 January, 2012. - *Full paper submission: please submit the full paper by 26 March, 2012. * - Notification of full paper’s acceptance: 16 April, 2012. - Final version (camera ready): 30 April, 2012. Please send all submissions by electronic mail in a .DOC or .ODT document to: uoc.idp2012(a)gmail.com

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Ph.D. positions available: exploring networks of humans and machines in peer production settings
by Oded Nov 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Citizen Science uncovers Brooklyn Atlantis: exploring networks of humans and machines in peer production settings In this National Science Foundation-funded project we design and implement peer production systems consisting of socially interacting volunteers and underwater robots that jointly perform distributed tasks. The project focuses on cyber-enabled citizen science environmental monitoring and control in the highly polluted Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. The “Brooklyn Atlantis” citizen science system consists of an array of mobile instrumented buoys for water monitoring with wireless capabilities. The physical platform is operated by a community of volunteers using an online peer production system tasked with monitoring the environment. The project involves the integration of dynamical systems theory, marine robotics, and technology-mediated social participation. We are looking for people with experience in one or more of the following areas: robotics, human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, dynamical systems, social computing Contact Oded Nov (Technology Management, onov(a)poly.edu) or Maurizio Porfiri (Mechanical Engineering, mporfiri(a)poly.edu) for more details.

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