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ASA, want to meet-up?
by Baker, Andrea 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hello, everyone, I am leaving early on the CITASA section day of ASA so would like to know if anyone from the air-list wants to meet up for coffee and conversation at the meetings in Las Vegas this weekend. Please contact me off list or here! cheers, andee (andrea baker) bakera(a)ohio.edu

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Re: [Air-L] Race and the Cultural Industries Conference- 14 September 2011, University of Leeds
by Sanaz Raji 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Please circulate to those interested. Thank you, Sanaz ________________________________________________ Race and the Cultural Industries – Wednesday 14th September 2011, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds A one-day conference organised by the Media Industries Research Centre (MIRC), University of Leeds, in conjunction with the MeCCSA Race Network and the ECREA Media Industries and Cultural Production Temporary Working Group Registration now open. Standard rate = £50. Concessions (students, retired, unwaged) = £25 Click on the link below to register: https://store.leeds.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=117&modid=1&compid=1 Deadline for registration is 5th September 2011 For further information please visit the website (http://www.raceandtheculturalindustries.leeds.ac.uk/) or email a.saha(a)leeds.ac.uk Description The conference explores issues of ‘race’ and the media in the West. The papers will cover a wide range of issues on ‘race’ and ethnicity in relation to the cultural industries, from the experience of creative work, and cultural production, to the representation of multiculture in the media. Subjects include British jazz and the Black Creative City, the BBC and the politics of representation; racial struggles for work in post-civil rights Hollywood, Islamophobia in the news media, and online technologies, anti-racism and postcolonial communications. Keynote speakers are Tanika Gupta, MBE – award-winning playwright and screenwriter Mykaell Riley – Director of the Centre for Black Music Research, and ex-member of British reggae band Steel Pulse Other confirmed speakers include: Kim Allen (London Metropolitan University), Mark Banks (Open University), Rinella Cere (Sheffield Hallam University), Lee Edwards (Manchester Business, Julie Firmstone (University of Leeds), David Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds), Rupa Huq (Kingston University), Stephen Hutchings (University of Manchester), School), Keir Keightley (University of Western Ontario), Sarita Malik (Brunel University), Chris Paterson (University of Leeds), Eithne Quinn (University of Manchester), Ash Sharma (University of East London), Sanjay Sharma (Brunel University), Annelies Thoelen (Hasselt University), Jason Toynbee (Open University) --- Sanaz Raji ICS PhD Scholar Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds Mobile: +44 (0) 785 4706 374 ICS URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/details.cfm?id=185&susername=cssr Guardian URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sanaz-raji

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Program Details: "Internet and Politics: Bridging Current Research and Outlining Future Directions" Section at the ECPR General Conference (Reykjavik)
by Calderaro, Andrea 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Sorry for any cross-posting. Please find below the panels list of the "Internet and Politics" Section at the forthcoming ECPR General Conference. Feel free to contact section chairs for any further information: andrea.calderaro(a)eui.eu<mailto:andrea.calderaro@eui.eu> - a.kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:a.kavada@westminster.ac.uk> ------------- ECPR General Conference 25-27 August 2011 University of Iceland - Reykjavik 2011 Section: "Internet and Politics: Bridging Current Research and Outlining Future Directions" Section Chairs Andrea Calderaro, PhD European University Institute Anastasia Kavada, PhD University of Westminster Panels List --------------------------------------------- Comparing Digital Media and Politics Across Regimes Chairs: Bruce Bimber (UC Santa Barbara) and W. Lance Bennett (U. of Washington) Analyzing Internet Voting Chairs: Alexander Trechsel (EUI) and Michael Alvarez (CalTech) Digital Media and Collective Action after Mass Society Chairs: W. Lance Bennett (U.of Washington), Alexandra Segerberg (U.of Stockholm), Andrew Chadwick (Royal Holloway College) New Methodologies for Web Research in the Social Sciences Chairs: Rachel Gibson (U.of Manchester), Sarah Oates (U.of Glasgow), Marta Cantijoch (U.of Manchester) Digital Media and Participatory Democracy: Bridging the Political Gap? Chairs: Yanina Welp (U.of Zurich) and Clelia Colombo (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Digital Politics: Collective Action Born in and From the Internet Chairs: Mayo Fuster Morell (EUI), Johanna Niesyto (U.of Siegen), Sigrid Baringhort (U.of Siegen) New Frontiers in Studying Online Politics Chairs: Lorenzo Mosca (U.of Roma3), Andrea Calderaro (EUI), Anastasia Kavada (U.of Westminster) Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) under Scrutiny – Assessing their Impact on Elections Chairs: Andreas Ladner (U. of Lausanne) and Stefaan Walgrave (U. of Antwerp) In collaboration with the "Open Section" Information Governance: Transformations and its Drivers? Chairs: Jeanette Hofmann (London School of Economics), Sebastian Haunss (U. of Konstanz), Ingrid Schneider (U.of Hamburg) In collaboration with the Section: "Contentious Politics in Times of Crisis" New W(h)ines in New Bottles? Voicing Protest in the Digital Age Chairs: Paul Nixon (U.of Hague), Rajash Rawal (U. of Hague), Dan Mercea (U.of York) In collaboration with the Section: "Political Communication" Political Representation on Web 2.0: Concepts, Methods and Empirical Data Chairs: Asimina Michailidou (U.of Oslo) and Axel Bruns (U. of Queensland) -------------------------------------------------- Please find program details at: http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/reykjavik/section_deta… _________________________________ Andrea Calderaro, PhD Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Italy ----------------------------------------------- PERSONAL PAGE: http://www.andreacalderaro.net/ CV: http://bit.ly/ACalderaroCV

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Deadline extended to 15th September: DGI-Conference 2012 "Social Media & Web Science". European Afternoon on March 22nd, Düsseldorf Germany
by Isabella Peters 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

*Apologies for cross-posting* Call for Papers – Deadline extended to 15th September 2011! DGI-Conference 2012 European Afternoon, 22 March 2012 <http://www.dgi-info.de/CfP2012DGI-Konferenz_GB.aspx> http://www.dgi-info.de/CfP2012DGI-Konferenz_GB.aspx *Social Media and Web Science* *The Web as a Living Space* Co-located with the 2nd DGI-Conference and 64. Annual Meeting 22 and 23 March 2012, Düsseldorf/Germany Twitter hashtag: #dgi2012 (For those of you who speak German the Call for Papers for the main DGI-Conference might also be of interest: http://www.dgd.de/CfP2012DGI-Konferenz.aspx) The upcoming DGI-Conference, hosted by the German Society of Information Science and Information Practice, will take place on March 22nd and 23rd in Düsseldorf, Germany. DGI-Conference continues the long tradition of annual meetings by the DGI, being held regularly since its foundation in 1948. This time, the conference topic is “Social Media & Web Science”. While the presentations of the main conference will be held in German, it is planned to also organize a special research track in English language. This “European Afternoon” will take place on March 22nd. We would like to welcome researchers and practitioners interested in the social dimensions of Web developments and information technologies, e.g. from the fields of information science, library and documentation science, computer science, digital humanities, linguistics, psychology, political science, law and economics. The conference will cover topics such as: Social Media ● Collaborative and collective information services (e.g. social bookmarking, social networking, wikis) ● Information retrieval for the Social Web, social search ● Knowledge representation for the social web (social tagging and folksonomies) ● Social Semantic Web ● Social software use cases & policies (e.g. corporate social software, social media for research, in e-learning environments, in libraries) ● Enterprise 2.0: knowledge management with social media ● Social analytics, metrics for social media ● Market research and trend monitoring ● Communities of practice and user networks ● Web-economy, new business models ● Linked Data and Open Data on the Social Web Web Science ● Characteristics and structures of communication on the Web (e.g. blogs, microblogging) ● Information literacy and didactics for information science ● Measuring information behaviour, e.g. for particular target groups ● Visualization of data structures, networks and information ● Science and the Internet: eScience, digital humanities, scientific communication, eLearning ● Game studies, serious games and browser-based games ● Digital libraries ● The digital divide, accessibility and usability of information on the Web ● Emotions on the Web ● Legal dimensions of Web usage, trust and privacy, cybercrime ● eGovernment, eGovernance & eDemocracy ● eActivism & eProtest (e.g. Guttenplag-Wiki, Wikileaks) ● Crowdsourcing (e.g. for politics, in science, in business) ● Mobile Web and location based services ● Webometrics We particularly welcome interdisciplinary approaches for Web research! Submissions You can submit scientific research papers of up to 36,000 characters in length (including spaces). Please use the APA style for formatting your references. Additional information and a link to a conference management tool for uploading your submission will be provided on <http://www.dgi-info.de/CfP2012DGI-Konferenz_GB.aspx> http://www.dgi-info.de/CfP2012DGI-Konferenz_GB.aspx. Accepted papers will have to be presented during the conference and will be published in the printed conference proceedings. Important Dates Submission of full papers: 15.09.2011 Notification of acceptance: 21.11.2011 Submission of camera-ready (revised) versions: 21.12.2011 Programme Committee Programme Chairs: Katrin Weller & Isabella Peters (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf) Organiser Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V. (DGI) / German Society of Information Science and Information Practice Windmühlstraße 3 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Fon +49 (0)69 430313 Fax +49 (0)69 4909096 e-mail: mail(a)dgi-info.de www.dgi-info.de Contact Nadja Strein

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Call for papers: International Joint Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation IIeP
by Mauri Kaipainen 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

http://iiep-project.eu/ International Joint Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation November 2-3 2011, at the University of Helsinki, Finland The aim of the workshop is to gather an up-to-date account on facts, policies, technologies as well as research results on electronic and web-based means of immigrant participation in the society, and to discuss whether these means can contribute to the overall inclusion of immigrants. The pronounced approach of the issue is bottom-up, emphasizing immigrants’ own needs, initiatives, organizations as well as their web competences and practices as the starting point of active citizenship. We encourage not only academic communities but also citizen groups, activists, NGOs and authorities to submit in order to gain a holistic picture of the issue. Accordingly, the submissions may take the form of position statements, white papers as well as initiatives or research results. Please submit an abstract of 200 words by September 1, 2011 to email addressmauri.kaipainen(a)sh.se with “IIeP submission” in the subject field. On the basis of the review, the final submissions for the international joint workshop will be invited before October 1, 2011, after which full papers are due to the date of the event itself. The contributions will be published in the Publication series of the Department of Social Research, Helsinki University and/or in the context of the IIeP outcomes such as manuals and website. A selection of the presented and further developed papers will be considered for an anthology in an international journal with a referee practice. The program of the international joint workshop will be published by end of September athttp://iiep-project.eu/ -- Mauri Kaipainen Professor, PhD Södertörn University mauri.kaipainen(a)sh.se http://mt.sh.se/kaipainen/ Tel: +46-70-7670351 (Sweden) Fax: +46 8 6084535 Skype: mkaipain MeetMe: http://www.doodle.com/mkaipain School of Communication, Media and Information Technology Alfred Nobels allé 7 S-141 89 Huddinge Sweden

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two jobs at Intel - one ethnography, one data viz
by danah boyd 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Job descriptions below. Contact Sue Faulkner Sue.Faulkner(a)intel.com with any questions. -------------- Research / Social Scientist - 604804 Description The Experience Insights Lab (XIL) in the Interaction & Experience Research IXR group in Intel Labs seeks a research scientist to develop and conduct hybrid quantitative & qualitative research projects. The candidate must be able to conduct statistical analyses on very large, heterogeneous data sets and create innovative and compelling visualizations that capture the patterns, dynamism and movement in the patterns. Example projects could include writing software to track how people use their mobile phones, deploying that script on a few hundred devices for a month, and analyzing + visualizing the results. Or, mining a hundred years of US patent data and creating an interactive display about trends in innovation. The candidate must also create, maintain, and troubleshoot software on multiple platforms, work with engineers and ethnographers to develop projects, methods, and tools for discovery, analysis and synthesis and communicate research findings to engineering and business stakeholders. The candidate will translate findings into technology, product, service and business concepts and work extensively with IXR, IL and other Intel business units. The ideal candidate will have experience with one or more of the following: Information Visualization, Computer Science, Statistics Qualifications This position requires an ability to combine elements of machine learning, statistical data analytics, and data visualization to support social and drive research agendas. This position requires a proven ability connecting quantitative methods with such qualitative social research methods as ethnography, surveys, observation, and media studies. Minimum Requirements: -Masters degree in information visualization, computer science, or in the social sciences with an emphasis on statistical analysis, and/or in a related field, such as economics, sociology, psychology, media art, etc. -6 months strong programming and analytic software skills required (e.g. MatLab, Java, C++, or similar). Preferred Requirements: -Experience working with large data sets is preferred. -Familiarity with social science theory and qualitative methods is also desired. - PhD preferred. ------ Title: Research Scientist Experience and Insights Research (XIL) within the Interaction and Experience Research Lab, is a team of social scientists in Intel Labs. XIL uses social science methodologies to understand the currents of global socio-technological change in order to bring business, market, and product value to Intel. We are seeking an ethnographer with deep interest and experience in understanding people and everyday lives around the globe. This is an entry level position and we are looking for candidates who recently completed their academic degrees. Individuals with strong research profiles have graduate level training in a social science discipline such as sociology, economics, psychology, or anthropology. Qualified candidates… · …have a track record of creative, innovative research thinking, and have or are about to complete their PhD, or advanced graduate work. · …are inspired to develop research or “design” programs that seek to understand people, practices and institutions and seek to use this understanding as a basis from which to map out new, disruptive opportunities for technological innovation. · …believe in the value of interdisciplinary work and collaboration as means for conducting innovative research. · ...have exceptional communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, specifically the ability to communicate key messages to a broad technical audience, and to work with business stakeholders to translate ethnographic insights into business value. · …are enthusiastic about working in industry and are passionate about working at Intel Candidates should have some affinity for theory and theoretical frameworks as is relevant for their area of expertise. A candidate’s expertise might include: Islam and Islamic societies, China, media and image culture, on-line communities and the internet, “emerging regions”, synthetic worlds, gaming and artificial intelligence, sustainability, biotechnology, economics. Experience with ethnographic research methods and techniques is desirable. Full-time offers will require relocation to Santa Clara, California or Portland, Oregon. Responsibilities include: -Planning (global) research programs -Executing (global) research programs -Experimenting with new tools, techniques, methods -Discussing, sharing, presenting work in progress -Collaborating with PaPR peers, research colleagues, Intel stakeholders -Developing materials that represent key facets of analysis, arguments, stories -Working in Powerpoint (among other media) -Relationship building with Intel stakeholders -Showcasing work in conferences, publications, seminars Please send inquires or applications (job letter, cv, references, publications and/or work sample) to Sue.Faulkner(a)intel.com ------ "taken out of context, i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ http://www.danah.org/ @zephoria

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Conference suggestions for undergraduate hacking research?
by Cathy Dwyer 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

I just complete a summer independent study with an undergraduate looking at hacking and the 2011 activities of Anonymous and Lulzsec. The student produced a video as his final project ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8xnj_K2tU ), and he is interested in writing an academic paper on the topic. Can anyone suggest an appropriate conference for this topic? (It is too late for AoIR 2011). Thanks, -- Catherine Dwyer, Ph.D. http://twitter.com/ProfCDwyer Associate Professor Seidenberg School of CS & IS Pace University 163 William Street #225 New York, NY 10038 212-346-1728 Chair of AIS SIGGreen <http://siggreen.wikispaces.com/home>

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CFP: Digital Scholarly Communication @ HASTAC 2011
by Sheryl Grant 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

*HASTAC 2011: Digital Scholarly Communication* What will a dissertation or monograph look like (or sound like) in 20 years? With new forms of digital scholarship evolving, how can credit be given for projects that are non-traditional? How will university presses and libraries publish and archive new and evolving forms of scholarship? The creation and sharing of new academic knowledge in the 21st century is pushing the boundaries of traditional systems of scholarship. Our question to a diverse audience from both within and beyond the academy is: What next? How do we adapt our systems, practices, and institutions to the creation, display, communication, presentation, dissemination, and organization of 21st century digital scholarship? Librarians, PhD students, junior scholars, faculty up for tenure, archivists, Masters students, multimedia artists, publishers, school teachers, technology designers, innovators, digital humanists at any stage in their careers -- all have a stake in how we re-imagine digital scholarly communication. HASTAC 2011 invites you to join this lively discussion of digital scholarly communication in the 21st century. - Where: Institute for the Humanities <http://www.lsa.umich.edu/humin>, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - When: December 2-3, 2011 - What: A face-to-face Conference and unConference*, featuring both traditional and non-traditional forms of scholarship, including panels, keynotes, lightening talks, posters, a digital demo space and gallery(the *unConference will take place December 1) - *Cost to attend:* Corporate: $300, Academics: $150, Students $75 - *Deadline for proposal submissions*: September 15, 2011 (submit proposals:http://tinyurl.com/HASTAC2011-Proposal) - *HASTAC 2011 website:* http://hastac2011.org/ ------------------------------ *Submit proposals for presentations, posters or demos that explore the following range of topics, including but not limited to:* - Reformulating scholarly projects and products for different audiences - Reconsidering questions of narration and argumentation, evidence and epistemology, interactivity, and/or text/visual presentation - Re-mapping the routes through which scholarly products circulate and recirculate - Expanding the digital and new media arts to include the humanities and vice versa - Reshaping the global system of knowledge production in the humanities, including access, circulation, exchange and equity both within the global north and between the global north and south - Generating new kinds of research, modes of teaching, and partnerships - Expanding new forms of dissertations and theses - Copyright challenges and strategies for digital scholarly communication - Web design and digitization of archives for multiple and different constituencies (local communities, global peers) - New forms of digitally based humanities research. Presentations may include the following formats: - Individual five-minute “lightening” talks or ten-minute lecture-style presentations, with or without technology (e.g., PPT, Prezi) - Panels featuring a common theme with short presentations , followed by discussion, with or without technology - Posters or demos displayed digitally (e.g., YouTube or other presentation format uploaded to the conference website; laptop-based video on a continuous loop, slidecast, interactive website; print poster board, etc.) (Presenters will have the option of pre-circulating materials on the website before and during the conference.) ------------------------------ HASTAC 2011 highlights: - Keynotes by Siva Vaidhyanathan (The Googlization of Everything), Dan Cohen (Open Access and Crowd Sourcing), Josh Greenberg (Public Digital Display), Dan Atkins (Cyber-infrastructure), and Cathy Davidson (co-founder of HASTAC and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn) - A digital projection by Paul Kaiser and the Open Ended Group with text by Merce Cunningham - A 2-hour tour of the renown UM Digital Commons with top music technology and 3D labs, ending with two screenings of 3D work by the Open Ended Group - A world premiere of the Open Ended Group’s piece commissioned by the Institute for the Humanities’ Mary Kidder fellowship, based on 12,000 images shot in the Packard Building in Detroit - HASTAC 2011 unConference* *Check for information on the HASTAC unConference at http://hastac2011.org/ ------------------------------ HASTAC.org HASTAC <http://hastac.org/> (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, pronounced "haystack") is a network of networks, an organization of over 7,000 individuals and institutions inspired by the possibilities that new technologies offer for shaping how society learns, teaches, communicates, creates, and organizes at local and global levels. Membership is open and free through http://hastac.org. Twitter: @hastac and @hastacscholars Facebook: HASTAC page <https://www.facebook.com/pages/HASTAC/335945846081> HASTAC LinkedIn Group<http://www.linkedin.com/groups/HASTAC-3930533?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr> ------------------------------ Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan The Institute for the Humanities is a center for innovative, collaborative study in the humanities and arts. Our mission is to serve as a national and international centerpiece for scholarly research in the humanities and creative work in the arts. We exist to deepen synergies between the humanities, the arts and other regions of the university, to carry forward the heritage of the humanities, and to bring the voices of the humanities to public life. 202 South Thayer Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734 936-3518 phone 734 763-5507 fax humin(a)umich.edu www.lsa.umich.edu/humin Facebook: Institute for the Humanities Page<https://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Michigan-Institute-for-the-Hum…> Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition <http://www.dmlcompetition.net/> <https://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp> <http://twitter.com/#%21/dmlcomp><http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Digital-Media-Learning-Competition-3935137><http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmlcomp/favorites/><http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p> <http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p>

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Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
by Seda Guerses 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

i am wondering if the following article about a new new law in missouri is sign of a trend in the us or an exception? it also seems that in the law, the lawmakers in missouri have introduced types of communication that will be allowed and others that will not be, which is based on conceptions of what is public and private. in any case, its implications at first sight seem quite grave. it also raises questions about how the law will be enforced? s. Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship A law signed into law last month in Missouri is making waves nationally, this week. A small part of the wide-ranging SB54, makes it illegal for teachers to be "friends" with students on any social networking site that allows private communication. That means teachers and students can't be friends on Facebook or can't follow each other on Twitter for example. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/03/138932276/missouri-outlaws-s…

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PhD course: Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning
by Stefan Hrastinski 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

PhD course Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning, 7.5 ECTS Oct-Dec, 2011 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Graduate Programme in Mediated Communication Course leaders: Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Martha Cleveland-Innes, visiting professor Ambjörn Naeve, head of the knowledge management research group Olle Bälter, associate professor The aim of this seminar course is to provide an overview of contemporary research topics in technology-enhanced learning (TEL). The course leaders will lead introductory seminars where they put forth current challenges and emerging TEL topics. Each participant will chose and present two research papers of high quality and provide a critical examination of its aims, theoretical framing, research approach, findings, analysis and implications. All participants will be expected to read and take part in a critical discussion of the selected papers. The papers should have been published in an established and well-known journal during 2010 or 2011. There are many high quality research journals that publish papers on online learning. We suggest the following journals included in the ISI journal index: Computers & Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, British Journal of Educational Technology, Interactive Learning Environments, Journal of Educational Technology & Society and The Internet and Higher Education. We also recommend International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning and International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. The final assignment of the course will be to write a literature review on current TEL research. It should be related to the thesis topic of the PhD student and should encompass 3000-4000 words. The first set of papers will be discussed during a two-day session at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, October 10-11. The second set of papers will be discussed asynchronously by using KTH social. The final assignments will be discussed in video conference sessions, tentatively December 13-14. If you are enrolled as a PhD student and interested in taking this course, please send an e-mail with a bio to Stefan (stefanhr(a)kth.se) as soon as possible. The course will include up to ten PhD students. Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Media Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Lindstedtsv. 3 SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Office: +46 8 790 65 68 Mobile: +46 739 75 17 47 stefanhr(a)kth.se http://hrastinski.posterous.com

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