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Call for Nominations for AoIR Executive Committee
by Mia Consalvo 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear all, I am pleased to announce that AoIR has now commenced the process of electing a new Executive Committee to take office in October of this year to serve until October 2013. We are seeking members' interest in nominating for the new executive and providing notice for everyone of the voting timeline and procedures. I should also note that we have moved the election cycle up in time, in order that more people can participate in the process. Here is an overview of the election timeline, procedures and positions for nomination, as determined strictly by the Association's by-laws. Voting instructions will be provided later and separately. **Please note the different timing for officers and other positions** TIME FRAME OF THE ELECTION: 1. Call for Nominations: opens April 4, 2011 2. Nominations close for the 5 officer positions: April 18, 2011 Nominations close for the 3 open seats on the executive: May 3, 2011 3. Ballot sent to members May 24, 2011 4. Voting begins: May 25, 2011 5. Voting ends for 5 officer positions: June 3, 2011 Voting ends for 3 open seats: June 23, 2011 The new committee is formally announced and assumes its duties at the end of the Annual General Meeting during the AoIR conference, 10-13 October 2011. (Specific time of the AGM to be announced soon.) During the period of voting, a forum will be available for discussion with candidates. Candidates' statements will also be made available with the ballot sent to members. A QUICK ORGANIZATIONAL PRIMER: The organizational structure of AoIR is simple. There are 5 officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Graduate Student representative), 3 open seat representatives and 2 appointed positions who together with the Immediate Past President make up the 11-member executive committee that runs the association. Elected officials hold their positions for two years. In this election, you are invited to nominate yourself or anyone else whom you think would do a good job, for any position other than the President - the current Vice President assumes the Presidency. Here are brief descriptions of positions 1. President: the "CEO", supervises the organization, performs certain legally required duties. [The Current VP becomes the President] 2. Vice President: "back up" for President, various duties as they arise; *becomes President after 2 years* 3. Secretary: Handles records and membership matters. 4. Treasurer: liaises with Secretary to maintain membership records; takes care of financial and related administrative duties (e.g., annual report to membership and U.S. tax authorities), including close attention to the annual Internet Research (IR) conference budget. 5. Graduate Student Representative: responsible for running graduate student activities. The Graduate Student Representative must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election. All members can vote for the grad student representative. 6-8. Open Committee Seats: Three open Seats on the Executive Committee Represent membership of AoIR, contribute to decision making. Take responsibility for specific projects or activities to promote the association within their term. 9-10. Appointed positions to manage systems and email lists 11. Immediate Past President Candidates should also familiarize themselves formal statement of duties and responsibilities in the Association's by-laws: <http://aoir.org/about/bylaws-statements-and-policies/bylaws> NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION PROCESSES Only a member of AoIR can run for a position, nominated by anyone. If nominated for more than one position a nominee must choose to run for one (and only one) position in this election. You may nominate yourself or another person (or people). Self Nominations: Email AoIR Secretary Catherine Middleton < catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca> and indicate the position for which you are nominating and you will be added to the list of nominees. Please provide, in your nomination email a short candidate statement addressing the questions below. Nominating Others: Email AoIR Secretary Catherine Middleton < catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca> with the name of the person you want to nominate, the position for which you are nominating this person, contact information for that person, and an indication of whether you know if this person would accept this nomination (if you don't know, we'll contact them and ask). All candidates for election will be required to provide answers to the questions listed at the end of this email, have the answers posted to the AoIR election forum website, and participate in an online candidate forum. In addition the Graduate Student candidates must confirm in their response that they comply with the by-laws: the Graduate Student Representative must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election. The voting system used by AoIR is one vote per member for each of the eight positions for election listed above. Votes are counted by a ballot counter who is a member of the Association but not a member of the executive. In the case of the five officers, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner; in the case of the open seats, the three candidates with the highest, second-highest and third highest votes shall be declared the winners of the open seats. In the case of tied results for the officer positions, the winner shall be determined by the ballot counter, by drawing of lots, using a method that ensures each of the tying candidates has an equal chance of success and witnessed by at least 1 person independent of the association. In the case of tied results for the open seat positions, the drawing of lots shall be used only when there are more tied candidates than seats available. QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES 1) What is your interest in this position? 2) What are your qualifications for this position (including prior experience and participation in AoIR)? 3) What are two or three short-term goals you would like to achieve through membership of the executive (include a rationale for each and how you would contribute to their achievement)? 4) What is your long-term vision for AoIR? 5) What else should voters consider when deciding whether or not to vote for you? In answering the questions, please be concise and give information specific to the position for which you are nominating and which will permit voters to assess your case for election to that position. In closing - please consider carefully contributing your time and energy to making AoIR even better in the upcoming years! I would also encourage persons interested in running for a specific position to contact the current office-holder(s) with any specific questions, etc. Many thanks in advance to all who will consider running and serving AoIR in this way. Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor Comparative Media Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 14N-226 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA consalvo(a)mit.edu 617.324.1868

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YouTube in the classroom
by Michelle Everson 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi Everyone, I'm very interested in social media and specifically how certain tools (like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) can be used for educational purposes. I haven't found a lot of articles specifically about YouTube (and possible educational uses) and I was wondering if anyone here knows of possible references I might find useful. Thank you! Michelle Michelle Everson, Ph.D. Quantitative Methods in Education Department of Educational Psychology University of Minnesota gaddy001(a)umn.edu 612-624-0691 http://www.tc.umn.edu/~delma001/CATALST/

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New issue of CyberOrient journal published
by Vit Sisler 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

(Sorry for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, the first issue of the renewed CyberOrient journal resulting from the collaboration of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association and the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague is online. CyberOrient presents original, peer-reviewed articles and books reviews on the online representation of any aspect of Middle Eastern cultures, Islam, the imagined "Orient" and the use and impact of the internet in the Middle East and Islamic countries. Vol. 5, Iss. 1, 2011 The Islam-Online Crisis: A Battle of Wasatiyya vs. Salafi Ideologies? http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6239 Mona Abdel-Fadil Islam Online has been one of the most prominent and stable Islamic websites since it was founded in 1997. However, in March 2010 Islam Online suffered a major crisis, which has come to be known as 'the IOL-Crisis'. This is a suitable case for exploring whether multiple layers of authority are at play in online religious communities. At the time of the crisis, I was conducting fieldwork with the social team of IOL-Arabic. This article provides rich ethnographic detail about the time before, during, and after the crisis – as experienced by the social team. I outline how the social team made sense of the crisis through producing crisis-narratives that draw on Islam Online's institutional narrative. Moreover, I illustrate how narratives about the crisis gradually shift to alternate explanations, in tact with new developments of the crisis. I conclude with reflections on what types of authority were drawn on during the IOL-Crisis. Overcoming the Digital Divide: The Internet and Political Mobilization in Egypt and Tunisia http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6212 Johanne Kuebler Comparing the patterns of Internet use for political mobilization in Egypt and in Tunisia, this article shows how the Internet as a relative free space can be a vital factor in opening windows and expanding the realm of what can be said in public. However, the Internet as such appears not to be sufficient to radically transform the society as a whole. Instead, the case of Egypt shows how traditional media such as the press can serve as a bridge to the general public sphere, helping to operate results of discussions online and to transform the newly acquired space of discussion into actual power on the street. Beyond the Traditional-Modern Binary: Faith and Identity in Muslim Women’s Online Matchmaking Profiles http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6219 Anna Piela Finding a suitable partner in both diasporic and non-diasporic settings proves increasingly challenging for young Muslims, especially those unable or not wanting to search within their kinship networks. At the same time, religious matchmaking websites are becoming increasingly common especially among Muslim women. As studies of Muslim matchmaking sites tend to focus on the ever-popular topic of the headscarf and its associations in the matchmaking context, a much more comprehensive study of the specificity of the online religious identities and self-representation is required. This paper examines a number of profiles of young Muslim women using online matchmaking sites and discusses broad themes of faith, ethnicity and identity that emerge in the analysis. New Media and Social-political Change in Iran http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6187 Mohammad Hadi Sohrabi-Haghighat The increasing penetration of new communication technologies into everyday life has attracted a growing interest in the social, economic and political implications of these technologies. Most studies have looked at Western democratic societies and the literature on the developing countries is unfortunately small in comparison. In 2009 Iran witnessed a political upheaval in the aftermath of the presidential election in which the Internet was utilized effectively by the political opposition. News and videos of police brutality and repression were uploaded online, including onto social networking sites, in what was called the ‘Twitter Revolution’. Expectations rose on the capacity of new media to bring about democratic change in Iran. Later developments, however, showed that ‘mouse clicks’ alone do not produce profound political changes. In this article we look at the role of the new media and the social and political functions it took on in the post election period. e-Islam: the Spanish Public Virtual Sphere http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6206 Arturo Guerrero Enterría The increasing presence of Islamic content in cyberspace has made it possible for an ever-expanding Muslim public space to be established. In Spain, institutionalised Islam has found new routes for communication, information and visibilisation with these new technologies. However, as this paper will show, its strategy is based on traditional mass media models of communication, namely the one-way and one-to-many communication models. This leaves room for other types of actors to use strategies based on different communication models: two-way and many-to-many, taking better advantage of the potential in new information and communication technologies to more easily find a niche in Spanish Muslim cyberspace. Book Review: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6202 Vit Sisler With growing Internet penetration rates and the proliferation of new media outlets in the Muslim world there is a simultaneously growing academic interest in possible social and political changes endorsed by these media. A recent contribution to this rapidly expanding body of research has been provided by Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis. They have co-authored a book called Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace, which deals with the virtual Muslim public sphere and the contestation of and deliberation over religious authority and Muslim identity online. Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CyberOrient! Feel free to forward or post this email online. All the best, -- Vit Sisler 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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New Book: The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age
by David Berry 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Colleagues, I would just like to take this opportunity to let you know that my new monograph is available called The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age (Palgrave Macmillan), ISBN 9780230244184, 216 pages. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=395958 See below for further information. Best regards David Berry --- Contents Acknowledgements 1. The Idea of Code 2. What is Code? 3. Reading and Writing Code 4. Running Code 5. Towards a Phenomenology of Computation 6. Real-Time Streams Bibliography Index Review 'This is a beautifully written book that pulls off the difficult task of introducing the subject of software and the workings of code to the non specialist whilst also providing an original take of the philosophical and the cultural importance of Code in contemporary culture.' - Michael Bull, University of Sussex, UK Product Description The Philosophy of Software is a critical introduction to the subject of code and software, and develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. The book has been written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background and provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms. The book argues that software is a tangle, a knot, which ties together the physical and the ephemeral, the material and the ethereal, into a complete system that can be controlled and directed. However, software exceeds our ability to place limits on its entanglement, for it has in the past decade entered the everyday home through electronic augmentation that has replaced the mechanical world of the twentieth century. From washing machines to central heating systems, children's toys to television and video; the old electro-magnetic and servo-mechanical world is being revolutionised by the silent logic of virtual devices. It is time, therefore, to examine our virtual situation. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0230244181/ref=kinw_rke_rti_1 --- Dr. David M. Berry Department of Political and Cultural Studies Room JC015 James Callaghan Building Swansea University Singleton Campus Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602633 http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/ArtsHumanities/berryd/

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FW: Gary Chapman International School on Digital Transformation
by michael gurstein 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Apologies for any duplication... M -----Original Message----- From: Karen Gustafson [mailto:kegustafson@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:48 PM To: Karen Gustafson Subject: Gary Chapman International School on Digital Transformation Dear all, We are very pleased to announce that the application period for the Gary Chapman International School on Digital Transformation is now open! Please see www.digitaltransformationschool.org for program details and application instructions. Also, we would appreciate your help in spreading the word--please forward this announcement as you feel is appropriate. The deadline for applications is April 30. Best, Karen The Gary Chapman International School on Digital Transformation July 17-22, 2011 Porto, Portugal Application deadline: April 30 The UT Austin Portugal program is now accepting applications for the third annual International School on Digital Transformation, to be held July 17-22 in Porto, Portugal. Advanced students and emerging professionals, social entrepreneurs, and activists from around the world with an interest in digital technology and the enrichment of civil society are invited to apply. For the past two years, this intensive residential program has brought together scholars, policy experts, community advocates, designers, and hackers to explore the potential for digital media to empower citizens, strengthen communities, and contribute to a more vibrant civil society. The School is named for Gary Chapman, an internationally renowned Internet policy expert and member of the faculty at the LBJ School for Public Policy at UT Austin who founded this innovative program and passed away suddenly last year. His life continues to inspire the School. The School is conducted in English and in previous years has attracted faculty and participants from Portugal, South Africa, Finland, India, the U.K., the U.S., and Brazil, among many other countries. During the week, innovators in digital communications serve as teachers and mentors, presenting current projects and engaging in discussion. Faculty and students will be regarded as peers during the School. Participants of the School will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own projects with those having similar interests, and explore ways to further develop their work. Additionally, members will collaborate on group projects involving digital media and civil society. Consisting of approximately 40 participants and 15 faculty, the School seeks to create an atmosphere of scholarly collegiality, fostering dialogue among diverse perspectives including those of design, policy, activist, and research backgrounds. The daily schedule will include time for presentations, bar camp style meetings, and informal conversations among faculty and students. The Schools program for 2011 will focus on these themes: Information access and open civic discourse Digital tools for government transparency Evolving Internet content regulation and the publics right to information Digital media and the democratic process Factors influencing the growth of online civic engagement The School will be held at the Hotel Eurostars Das Artes, a four-star hotel near the heart of Portos historic district, an area renowned for its active arts culture, wine, architecture, and breathtaking views. A link to the hotel site is below. Participant fees are: 370 Euros with accommodation at the Hotel Eurostars das Artes, breakfast included 170 Euros for UT-Austin-Portugal PhD Program students (extra fee for accommodation at the Hotel Eurostars das Artes) The cost of the School includes daily breakfast from Monday through Saturday, a nightly dinner at a local restaurant attended by all faculty and students, the daily program, and an evening cultural activity. Participants are expected to be present at all dinners and activities during the week. Travel to Porto is not supported; students must arrange and pay for their own travel. The Gary Chapman International School on Digital Transformation is organized by the UT Austin-Portugal program, a cooperative endeavor between the University of Texas at Austin and some of the top universities of Portugal. The co-directors of the School are Dr. Sharon Strover of the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Artur Pimenta Alves of the University of Porto. For more information about the School, its faculty, and to apply, please visit www.digitaltransformationschool.org More details on the program will be added and updated as they are confirmed. The Eurostars Das Artes is a deluxe hotel located near many shops, restaurants, and art galleries and about a 20-minute walk to the Praça da Ribeira, at the shores of the Douro River. More information may be found at http://www.eurostarshotels.com/EN/hotels-oporto.html For more information on the broader program, please see http://utaustinportugal.org/ There is limited space and the final deadline for applications is April 30. For questions regarding the program or call for applications, please contact Karen Gustafson at kegustafson(a)gmail.com. -- Karen Gustafson, Ph.D. Research Associate, Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute Program Manager for Digital Media, UT Austin|Portugal Program The University of Texas at Austin

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Social Media Network Analysis short course - 4-8 July (Brisbane)
by Robert Ackland 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

I will be conducting a 5-day intensive course in social media network analysis, 4-8 July, University of Queensland - St Lucia campus (Brisbane). The course is part of the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (http://www.acspri.org.au) 2011 Winter Program. Here is the blurb for the course: This course will provide students with practical training in social media network analysis using two software packages: the VOSON System (a web-based application for hyperlink network construction and analysis) and NodeXL (a free Excel 2007/2010 template for social network analysis). The main focus will be on quantitative analysis of Internet trace data from websites, blogsites, Twitter and Facebook. While there will be a lot of emphasis on network analysis (e.g. WWW hyperlink networks, friend/follower networks in Twitter, buddy networks in Facebook), text analysis will also be covered. There will also be an introduction to using Virtual Worlds (e.g. Second Life and Massively Multiplayer Online Games) for social research. Bookings can be made at the following page: http://www.acspri.org.au/node/699 Early bird cutoff date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- ------------------------------------- Dr Robert Ackland Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University homepage: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/people/robert.php project: http://voson.anu.edu.au Information about the Master of Social Research (Social Science of the Internet specialisation): http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/msr.php -------------------------------------

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CFP: First International Workshop on Securing Services on the Cloud (IWSSC 2011)
by Fulvio Frati 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SECURING SERVICES ON THE CLOUD IWSSC 2011 Held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2011) September 6-8, 2011, Milan, Italy - http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/iwssc2011 IWSSC 2011 BACKGROUND AND GOALS The ongoing merge between Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and the Cloud computation paradigm provides a new environment fostering the integration of services located within company boundaries with those on the Cloud. An increasing number of organizations implement their business processes and applications via runtime composition of services made available on the Cloud by external suppliers. This scenario is changing the traditional view of security introducing new service security risks and threats, and requires re-thinking of current development, testing, and verification methodologies. IWSSC 2011 aims to address the security issues related to the deployment of services on the Cloud, along with evaluating their impact on traditional security solutions for software and network systems. The workshop seeks submissions from academia and industry presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security of services implemented on the Cloud, as well as experimental studies in Cloud infrastructures, the implementation of services, and lessons learned. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Security in Cloud services * Software verification in critical services * Static code analysis of software services * Test-based verification of services * Authentication and access control on the Cloud * Challenges in moving critical systems to the Cloud * Cybercrime and cyberterrorism on the Cloud * Communication confidentiality and integrity * Data security and privacy on the Cloud * Formal methods for the Cloud * Homeland security * Information assurance and trust management * Intrusion detection on the Cloud * Model-based validation of services * Orchestration and choreography * RESTful service security * SOAP security * Security certification of services * Security metrics on the Cloud * Security models and architectures * Security patterns for the Cloud * Security protocols on the Cloud IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: June 1, 2011 (midnight Samoa time) Notification to authors: July 11, 2011 Camera-ready due: July 21, 2011 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or conference/workshop with proceedings. Each submission should be at most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. Submissions are to be made to the submission web site (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwssc2011) Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the main conference and present the paper. Accepted papers at the workshops will be published in the conference proceedings and in the IEEE digital library. IWSSC 2011 COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS Program Chairs * Claudio A. Ardagna, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Ernesto Damiani, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Publicity Chair * Fulvio Frati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Publication Chair * Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Program Committee * Marco Aimar, Opera21, Italy * Marco Anisetti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Luis Soares Barbosa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal * Michele Bezzi, SAP, France * Simona Brugnoni, Telecom Italia, Italy * Marco Casassa Mont, HP Labs, UK * Richard Chbeir, Universite de Bourgogne, France * Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, Telecom Bretagne, France * Sergio Di Martino, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy * Tharam Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia * Eduardo Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, USA * Nils Gruschka, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany * Sigi Guergens, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany * Paul Hofmann, SAP Labs - Palo Alto, USA * Hejiao Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China * Renato Iannella, Semantic Identity, Australia * Meiko Jensen, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany * Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Luigi Lo Iacono, European University of Applied Sciences, Germany * Antonio Mana, Universidad de Malaga, Spain * Renato Menicocci, Fondanzione Ugo Bordoni, Italy * Domenico Presenza, Engineering, Italy * Jorg Schwenk, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany * George Spanoudakis, City University of London, UK * Yanjiang Yang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore TO BE COMPLETED This call for papers and additional information about the conference can be found at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/iwssc2011 Program chairs can be contacted at iwssc2011(a)unimi.it

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CfP 5th Future and Reality of Gaming, Vienna
by Jeffrey Wimmer 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear all, Vienna’s annual Games Conference, “Future and Reality of Gaming” (FROG), offers an open and international platform for leading game studies researchers and scholars, game designers, researchers and scholars from various other fields, education professionals, and gamers from around the world. The main objective of the FROG11 is to explore the phenomena of applied playfulness in regard to questions of media competence, media convergence, the sociability of play and the impacts of games on future and reality of our culture. FROG11 is jointly organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, the City of Vienna, wienXtra, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, the University of Vienna, the Danube-University Krems and FAMUS. The Vienna Games Conference is a key element of the "Game-City". In 2011 the City of Vienna will host the high profile event "Game-City" for the fifth time, bringing together representatives of the games industry, non-profit organizations, academia and the general public to enjoy and discuss the current state of computer games, digital youth cultures and games research. Be a part when the magnificent Vienna Town hall converts into a vibrant playground for players, fans and games researchers. The call for papers is just released http://bupp.at/en/service-en/frog/frog-2011/call-for-papers/ Deadline: 15th may 2011 all the best Jeff ------------ Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Wimmer Assistant Professor Institute of Media and Communication Science Ernst Abbe Zentrum (EAZ) Ilmenau University of Technology Ehrenbergstr. 29 D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany Tel: +49-(0)3677 69 4642 Email: jeffrey.wimmer(a)tu-ilmenau.de http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/vwdg/team/jeffrey-wimmer/

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For Boston area members of the AIR list: Invitation to the Ethos Roundtable
by Deborah Elizabeth Finn 03 Apr '11

03 Apr '11

Dear AIR Colleagues, The Ethos Roundtable is an informal group of people who are interested in 1) measuring and extending ethos, and 2) using technology for positive social change. We meet once a month in Harvard Square (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) for discussions and presentations. We invite you to join us for our next session, during which we'll be discussing online tools that facilitate local volunteerism: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:30 - 6:00 pm Charles Hotel 1 Bennett Street Harvard Square, Cambridge Featured guest: Lisa McNeill, President of Cape Cod Volunteers Full information about the session, including directions, is available here: <http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2011/03/lisa-mcneill-talks-about-online…> At the conclusion of our Ethos Roundtable session, we will stroll down the hall to enjoy the good company, charming venue, and free food at the Boston 501 Tech Club, which is generously underwritten by TechFoundation. The 501 Tech Club is the monthly gathering of technology professionals who work with nonprofit organizations. All Ethos Roundtable attendees are welcome at the Boston 501 Tech Club, and vice versa. Please remember that there's never any need to make a reservation to attend Ethos Roundtable events. Just come if you can, and feel free to invite others! Best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Strategist and Consultant Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Boston, Massachusetts, USA Email: deborah_elizabeth_finn(a)post.harvard.edu Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com Skype: Deborah909 Twitter: Deborah909 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information and communication technologies.

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The Third International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011) 6-8 October 2011, Singapore
by Stuart Shulman 03 Apr '11

03 Apr '11

This organization is *recruiting new Program Committee members* from the social sciences. Please contact me if you wish to join the SocInfo Program Committee for 2011. The *abstract deadline is April 7*, however the full paper deadline is likely to be extended a little bit. Call for Papers The Third International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011)6-8 October 2011, Singapore http://www.socinfo2011.org or http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo) is an interdisciplinary venue for researchers from informatics and the social & management sciences to come together to share ideas and opinions, and present original research work. The goal is to create an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledge between the two communities, as well as to enable mutual critical discussion of current research. The conference solicits original research and experience based case study papers, as well as proposals for demonstrations. It welcomes interdisciplinary papers on methods from the social sciences in the study of information systems, applying information technology in the study of social phenomena, or applying social concepts in the design of information systems. Detailed research topics of interest for this conference include, but are not limited to: - Computational models of social phenomena and social simulation - Social networks: discovery, evolution, analysis and applications - Web mining and its social interpretations - Security, privacy, trust, reputation and incentive issues - Design and analysis of Web2.0 applications (social or collaborative Web applications) - Algorithms and protocols inspired by human societies - Mechanisms for providing fairness in information systems - Social choice mechanisms in the e-society - Recommendation systems and social applications of the semantic Web - Virtual communities (e.g., open-source, multiplayer gaming, etc.) - Impact of technology on socio-economic, security, defense aspects - Visualization of dynamic social networks Accepted papers (research, poster and demonstration) will appear in Springer's Lecture Note Series in Computer Science. More details on the conference and submission guidelines can be found at the conference website. Selected papers will be invited to be extended for Social Network Analysis and Mining (Springer) journal submission. Keynotes: --------- - Michael Macy, Cornell University - Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona - Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota - Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Other Supporting Organizations: ------------------------------- - International Communication Association - National University of Singapore - Nanyang Technological University Important dates: ---------------- Research papers: - Abstract submission: April 7, 2011 - Full paper submission: April 15, 2011 - Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2011 - Submission of final version: July 15, 2011 Poster/Demonstration Papers: - Poster/Demo submission: April 15, 2011 - Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2011 - Submission of final version: July 15, 2011 Organizing Committee: --------------------- Honorary General Chairs: - Rajendra K. Srivastava, Provost, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Steven Miller, Dean, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore General Co-Chairs: - Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University, USA - Stephen E. Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Program Co-Chairs: - Anwitaman Datta, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam, Netherland - Stuart Shulman, University of Massachusetts Amherst Workshop Co-Chairs: - Lin Qiu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Angela Leung, Singapore Management University, Singapore Tutorial Co-Chair: - Do Quoc Anh, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Poster/Demo Co-Chairs: - Baihua Zheng, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Shoude Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Sponsorship/Exhibition Co-Chairs: - David Lo, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Jin-Cheon Na, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publications Co-Chairs: - Aixin Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Leonard Bolc, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Poland Registration Chair: - Feida Zhu, Singapore Management University, Singapore Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: - Hady Wirawan Lauw, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore - Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Co-Chairs: - Jie Tang, Tsinghua University, China (CHINA) - Paolo Boldi, University of Milano, Italy (EUROPE) - Yan Wang, Macquarie University, Australia (AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND) - Vineet Chaoji, Yahoo! 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