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Digital Libraries Community of Practice Questionnaire
by Marcial Reyes Batiancila 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Hello everyone, My name is Marcial Batiancila. I am a master's student at Tallinn University, Estonia working toward a degree leading to International Master in Digital Library Learning. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey on “Digital Libraries' Community of Practice” This survey forms part of my master's thesis. Please click on the following link to download the survey. http://www.dlorg.eu/uploads/External%20Publications/The_DL_Professionals_Le… Please complete the questionnaire and send it to m_batiancila(a)yahoo.com as an e-mail attachment on/before March 22, 2011. Thanking you in advance for your participation.

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Coming soon - to each nation near you, its own internet
by Steve Cavrak 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Following our discussion of the "non-American" internet, twitter limiting the scope of research, university presses and scholarly publication, and ebook readings, Google felt encouraged to send me an alert to the following guest editorial from the Bangkok Post on a proposed Balkanized Internet for the future ... Coming soon - to each nation, its own internet Philip J Cunningham Bangkok Post Published: 12/03/2011 at 12:00 AM http://j.mp/hHMDoX aka http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/226318/coming-soon---to-each-nat… During this era of incessant online babble, blogs, tweets and cacophonous concatenations, the internet has become a virtual Tower of Babel, an ambitious, overloaded unitary structure breaking at the seams. It's only a matter of time before it crumbles. That, in a nutshell, is the view put forward by a group of US military thinkers in the latest issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly, who see the breaking up and "Balkanisation of the Internet" as natural as it is inevitable, and not without public benefit, assuming that the 'Net reorganises along traditional, nationalistic lines. … Inspired by the folk wisdom that good fences make good neighbours, there is a school of thought in the US military that posits a not-so-distant future in which the worldwide web will be divided up along national lines. The Rise of a Cybered Westphalian Age, authored by Chris C Demchak and Peter Dombrowski for the spring 2011 issue of the Strategic Studies Quarterly argues that the internet at present is too open and too unguarded. Cyberspace, when compared to the contours of natural space, can be understood as an under-regulated domain replete with badlands and bandits, a frontier to be tamed and subdivided. … ------ Here's the Journal's TOC for this issue. Each of the articles is available as a downloadable PDF; comments are invited via email. SSQ Strategic Studies Quarterly Spring 2011 Air University Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base Montgomery, Alabama http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/ Commentary The Future of Things “Cyber” Gen Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Retired Part I Feature Article An Air Force Strategic Vision for 2020-2030 Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired Adam B. Lowther Perspectives Rise of a Cybered Westphalian Age Chris C. Demchak Peter Dombrowski Retaliatory Deterrence in Cyberspace Eric Sterner Perspectives for Cyber Strategists on Law for Cyberwar Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap Jr., USAF, Retired World Gone Cyber MAD: How “Mutually Assured Debilitation” Is the Best Hope for Cyber Deterrence Matthew D. Crosston Nuclear Crisis Management and “Cyberwar”: Phishing for Trouble? Stephen J. Cimbala Cyberwar as a Confidence Game Martin C. Libicki Book Reviews Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar Martin C. Libicki Reviewed by: COL Jeffrey L. Caton, USA, Retired Cyberpower and National Security Edited by: Franklin D. Kramer, Stuart H. Starr, and Larry K. Wentz Reviewed by: Col Rizwan Ali, USAF The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking Edited by: Paul Dragos Aligica and Kenneth R. Weinstein Reviewed by: Col Joe McCue, USAF, Retired

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Re: [Air-L] Internet history textbook (CarrieLynn Reinhard)
by Francesca da Rimini 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi Gillies, J. & Cailliau, R. 2000, How the Web was Born, Oxford University Press, Oxford. is an interesting and thorough insider's account of the development of the web -- with chapter 1 devoted to the history of the internet itself. It also has a useful 10-page timeline for the period 1935-1999 Co-author Robert Cailliau worked at CERN from 1974 onwards, joining Tim Berners-Lee WWW project in 1990. Cheers Francesca da Rimini

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MobileHCI 2011: Call for Posters, Demos and Experiences, Doctoral Colloquium, and more
by Markus Bylund 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

MobileHCI 2011 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2011), August 30th - September 2nd, 2011, Stockholm Sweden www.mobilehci2011.org/ www.facebook.com/mobilehci2011 www.twitter.com/mobilehci2011 MobileHCI 2011 will be held between the 30th of August and the 2nd September, 2011, in Stockholm Sweden, Doctoral Consortium Day, Workshops and Tutorials on August 30th, 2011. MobileHCI 2011 is organised by the Mobile Life VinnExcellence Centre (Stockholm University, Interactive Institute and SICS) in collaboration with Ericsson, Nokia, Kista Science City, the City of Stockholm, and in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE. Upcoming deadlines ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Posters submission: 8th April, 2011 - Demos and Experiences submission: 8th April, 2011 - Industrial Case Studies submission: 8th April, 2011 - Doctoral Colloquium: 8th April, 2011 - Panels: 8th April, 2011 - Design Competition: 22nd April, 2011 - Conference Dates: August 30th - September 2nd, 2011 Conference Scope and Description ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Mobile HCI conference is at the centre of the most expanding area of computing, i.e. the astonishing emergence of a mobile application market and the expansion of internet services to wide and mobile user groups. It is the leading conference in the field of Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. The MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for mobile and wearable computing devices and services. MobileHCI is now on its 12th Edition with some of the previous events taking place in Lisbon (2010, Bonn (2009), Amsterdam (2008), Singapore (2007), Espoo (2006), Salzburg (2005), Glasgow (2004), Udine (2003), Pisa (2002), Lille (2001), Edinburgh (1999), Glasgow (1998). Suggested topics ---------------------------------------------------------------- We solicit original research and technical papers not published elsewhere focusing on the following topics (but not limited to): - Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques - Mobile social networks - Context-aware systems - Multimodal interaction (including audio and speech) - User centred design tools and methods for mobile systems - Ethnographical and field studies with mobile technology - Group interaction and mobility - Mobile social networks - Interfaces for mobile communities - Services for mobile devices - The design of location based services for mobile devices - The design; evaluation and case studies-of-use of application development environments - Wearable computing, smart clothes, new devices and sensors - Mobile entertainment, storytelling and location based gaming - Aesthetic interaction and experience design - Affective Computing and mobile embodied interaction - Perception and modelling of the environment - Personal assistance with mobile devices - Mobile art - Mobility and work environments - Evaluation and usability of mobile devices and services - Mobile accessibility - Model-based design of interactive mobile systems - Visualization techniques for the mobile context (including 3D graphics on mobile devices) - Safety issues e.g., in-car user interfaces, payments - Trust, privacy, content protection, legal aspects & issues in mobile applications & services Chairs ---------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Markus Bylund, SICS, Sweden - Local: Maria Holm Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Program: Oskar Juhlin, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden and Ylva Fernaeus Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Papers and notes chairs: Elizabeth Churchill, Yahoo! Research, USA and Albrecht Schmidt, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Doctoral consortium: Kristina Höök, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and Jofish Kaye, Nokia Research, USA - Demonstrations: Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK and Jakob Eg Larsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark - Workshop: Giulio Jacucci, Helsinki Institute of Technology, Finland and Sara Ljungblad, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Design competition: Mauro Cherubini, Telefonica Research, Spain and Younghee Jung, Nokia Research, India - Industrial design case: Virpi Roto, Helsinki Institute of Technology, Finland and Tim Paek, Microsoft Research, USA - Poster: Henriette Cramer, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and rank Bentley, Motorola Research, USA - Tutorial: Cristian Norlin, Ericsson Research, Sweden and Johan Bornebusch, School of Communication, Media and IT, Södertörn University, Sweden - E-publication: Jarmo Laaksolahti, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Student volunteers: Zeynep Ahmet, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and Pedro Sanches, SICS, Sweden - Social buzz: Alexandra Weilenmann, Mobile Life Centre, Gothenburg University, Sweden and Mattias Rost, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Industrial exhibit: Tomas Bennich, Kista Mobile Showcase, Sweden - Web: Pedro Ferreira, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS Keynote Speakers ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Jeanna Kimbré, Manager, Colours & Materials, Creative Design Centre, Sony Ericsson Sweden - Professor Adrian Cheok, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, Japan

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scope conditions
by Barry Wellman 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

I've encountered 1 or 2 items on this -- and some in the past -- that request course reading, but don't give scope conditions. What university? What discipline? What course? What's the ability and experience level of the students? What is their quantitative or qualitative analysis background? It's hard to suggest readings -- books or articles -- without such basic information. In at least one case, I couldn't even tell the counry from which the requester was writing. Yours in GiGo, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Internet history textbook
by CarrieLynn Reinhard 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi everyone, I am designing a course for undergraduates about new media technologies. One thing I want to cover is the history and technological construction of the Internet, WWW, and web applications. Are there any good textbooks or reading materials you can suggest I use on the syllabus? CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD

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CFP: KEY 2011, Cardiff University, May 23-24
by Lise Fontaine 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Please find below a reminder of the call for papers for the KEY 2011 conference. We hope you will think of joining us in Cardiff in May. best wishes Lise Fontaine and Michelle Aldridge KEY 2011: Keystroke Language (and Text) Production: perspectives from cognitive and functional linguistics 23-24 May 2011 Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales The use of keystroke logging as a methodology in language research is not a new field of study since the first Computer Keystroke Logging conference was held at Umeå University in Sweden in 2002. However to date this area of research has primarily focussed on written composition and translation studies. The KEY 2011 workshop and conference intends to broaden this perspective by extending the contributions keystroke logging can make to language production generally, including spontaneous language such as chat messaging. Its theme is to explore functional and cognitive perspectives on the use of keystroke logging in language research where the focus of interest is on the dynamic process of production rather than on the static product of language production. Keynote Speakers Professor Kristyan Spelman Miller (University of Winchester) Dr Mick O’Donnell (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Wagsoft Software) Call for papers Papers are invited on the general theme of the conference, dealing with the use of keystroke logging in linguistic and language-related research. Presentations will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes discussion time. Papers which present work in progress or that focus on software development and methodology are also welcome. Although we will consider all contributions that relate to the main theme in general, we especially encourage papers that explore: · Evidence of cognitive processing in electronic language production · Corpora and the study of electronically produced language · Language or text as dynamic process (rather than static product) · Human-Computer Interaction as related to language and keyboard competence · Linguistic competence (including translation competence) · Descriptive work that enhances our understanding of electronically produced language · Functional accounts of language production (including manual and cognitive errors) · Methodological and/or ethical issues in the use of keystroke logging software Abstracts An abstract of approximately 400 words should be submitted electronically at the following webpage: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/KEY2011. Please state, where appropriate, research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results. Abstracts will be refereed anonymously by members of the programme committee. The deadline for submissions is 16 March 2011. Notification will be sent to authors by 4 April 2011. KEY2011 website: http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/newsandevents/events/conferences/key2011/ email: linc-network(a)cf.ac.uk

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URL security and sharing links RE: Internet history textbook
by Peter Timusk 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Thanks I am exploring this book and related books now on Amazon. Just a note about net security and sharing links on Amazon and other web sites. You only needed this much of your URL http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ not this http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 To add the extra part afterwards can sometimes be a security risk if there are codes when you are logged into Amazon that could allow others access to your account because of the coded information. It may never happen with Amazon for all I know I just also know that some of these extra codes are tracking information used by the web site to watch you web surfing path on their web site. Peter Timusk at571(a)ncf.ca ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca web: www.crystalcomputing.net blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Jones Sent: March-13-11 6:26 PM To: CarrieLynn Reinhard Cc: AOIR Subject: Re: [Air-L] Internet history textbook Without question the best book for the history of the Internet, and where we are today is "Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World". This should be required introductory reading for anyone in the information field. http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406 47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 HTH, Thomas Jones @othertomjones http://theothertomjones.com One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. -- Albert Einstein, On Education -- On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:48 PM, CarrieLynn Reinhard wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am designing a course for undergraduates about new media > technologies. One thing I want to cover is the history and > technological construction of the Internet, WWW, and web applications. > > Are there any good textbooks or reading materials you can suggest I > use on the syllabus? > CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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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Cf Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Demos, and Workshops :: Academic MindTrek 2011 :: Tampere, Finland :: first deadline: 31st March 2011
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

======================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2011: Call for Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Demos, and Workshops 28th-30th September, 2011 Tampere, Finland http://www.mindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org/2011/academic In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI publications will be published in the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level contributions will published as book chapters or in journals ======================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2011 Call for Papers, Demonstrations, Tutorials and Workshops We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference from 28th - 30th September 2011, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. Among the media to be discussed, will be business, social, technical and content-related topics. September 6th is the main Academic day, featuring the following themes: Social Media ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. Digital Games The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. Open Source The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. Media Business, Media Production and Media Management Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media. This theme focuses on business studies, policies, practices, and organizational structure of media firms. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to attend the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference fee during these days as well. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. Academic MindTrek 2011 offers a wider spectrum of topic areas that previously, and we are looking forward for: - case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) - oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas - artistic installations and running system prototypes - user-experience studies and evaluations - technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions - scientific, business, or media oriented contributions - proposals for own workshops. Paper Proposals ======================================================================== All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Workshop Proposals ======================================================================== Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with MindTrek 2011. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Tutorial Proposals ======================================================================== Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. Submission Deadlines ======================================================================== - 31st March 2011: deadline for workshop proposals - 22nd May 2011: deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 1st July 2011: deadline for tutorial proposals - 20 July: camera ready papers and copyright forms Key-Dates - 15th April 2011: notification for workshops - 22nd June 2011: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, posters, and demos - 15th July 2011: notification of tutorial proposals - 28th-30th Sept. 2011: MindTrek academic conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers - 1st July 2011: deadline for workshop papers - 20th July 2011: deadline for final papers Conference Themes ======================================================================== 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - social media in innovation and business - intra- and interorganizational use of social media - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - knowledge management and learning with social media - experience management with social media - crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - social media and community design - benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - user positioning, location awareness - augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - analysis of player experience - game design research - economy and business models in the game industry - innovation in and around games - digital distribution of games - online gaming - social and casual gaming - player-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - mobile and cross-media gaming - gamification, funware and playful designs 4. Open Source - forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - establishment of an open source community - practices on developing open source systems - practices for maintaining a successful project - open source processes and techniques - differences on open source and closed source systems - using open source in commercial context - challenges of open source development - teaching open source in academia and industry 5. Media Business and Media Management - media policy, politics, practices, conception, and media regulation - organizational structures, practices, and strategies - production technology, processes, and optimization - business models, service models, public funding, and media economics - patterns of media use, engagement, and consumer experiences - advertising, media consumption, new audience models, and media user models - competition analysis, media governing, assessment, performance indicators - business and media management in new media genres: gaming, social media, Internet, digital cinema, iTV - traditional media business and management: broadcasting, publishing, journalism, and movie industry - innovative service designs, strategies, and ideas - teaching & training of media management and media business Paper Submission ======================================================================== - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings- templates for formatting your position paper and final paper. - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library - all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2011mindtrek/ Organizing Committee ======================================================================== General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Programme Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Christian Safran, Graz University of Technology, AUT Imed Hammouda, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Social Media Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Open Source Bj?rn Lundell, University of Sk?vde, SE Theme chair: Ambient Media Lasse Kaila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Media Business, Economics and Management Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Theme chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Demonstration Chair Daniela Soares Cruzes, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, NOR Workshop Chair Niels Henrik Helms, Knowledge Lab, Univ. of Southern Denmark, DK Tutorial Chair Theresa Champel, Univ. of Lisbon, PT Local Arragement Chair and Conference Management Karen Thorburn, Hermia, FIN Steering Board Olli Sotamaa, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Pertti N?r?nen, Tampere Univ. of Applied Sciences (TAMK), FIN Tentative Programme Committee (from MindTrek 2010 - to be confirmed) ======================================================================== Pradeep K. Atrey, The University of Winnipeg, CANADA Staffan Bj?rk, Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN Johanna Bragge, Helsinki School of Economics, FINLAND (Confirmed) Peter A Bruck, CEO and Chief of Research Studios Austria, AUSTRIA Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, USA Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Confirmed) Jussi Holopainen, Nokia, FINLAND Abdelmagid Salem Hammuda, Qatar University, QATAR Kaisa Henttonen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Confirmed) Sal Humphreys, Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), AUSTRALIA Aki J?rvinen, IT University of Copenhagen, DENMARK Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND Jan Kallenbach, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Jonas Kronlund, ELISA, FINLAND Kai Kuikkaniemi, HIIT - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, FINLAND Cai Melakoski, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND Maarit M?kinen, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND (confirmed) Frans M?yr?, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND Marko Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND - (confirmed) Marianna Obrist, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, FINLAND (confirmed) Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS Calin Rusu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA Antti Salovaara, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), FINLAND Kirsi Silius, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Sanna Talja, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND (confirmed) Manfred Tscheligi, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Kaisa V??n?nen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SWEDEN Karsten D.Wolf, University of Bremen, GERMANY Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, JAPAN Ioannis Stamelos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE Jonas Gamalielsson, University of Sk?vde, SWEDEN Sulayman K. Sowe, UNU-MERIT, NETHERLANDS/UNITED NATIONS Tommi Mikkonen, Tampere University of Technology, FINLAND Jaco Geldenhuys, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA Andrea Capiluppi, University of East London, UK Contact ======================================================================== Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic.chairs (at) mindtrek.org General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: ======================================================================== Email: academic.info (at) mindtrek.org Submit papers here ======================================================================== http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2011mindtrek/ Further Information ======================================================================== http://www.mindtrek.org Supported by: City of Tampere, Nokia Oyj, Ubiquitous Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, Digibusiness cluster, Sombiz and COSS The Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions, Ambient Media Association (AMEA).

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JITP 2011 - Early Registration for One More Week - Save $50 if you are coming to Seattle May 16 & 17
by Stuart Shulman 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

JITP 2011 "The Future of Computational Social Science" will be held May 16 & 17, 2011 at the University of Washington. http://www.umass.edu/jitp/ The early-bird registration deadline is March 20, 2011. After March 20, the fees go up $50. Students: $50 Others: $75 Click here to register now: https://quikpayasp.com/umass/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=POLSCI In addition to a keynote by Jaime Teevan of Microsoft Research, two featured panels, free tutorials, and a variety of posters, this conference will focus discussions around extended presentations on: "Researching Real-world Web Use with Roxy, A Research Proxy" "Tradeoffs in Accuracy and Efficiency in Supervised Learning Methods" "An Automated Snowball Census of the Political Web" "Facilitating Encounters with Political Difference: Engaging Voters with the Living Voters Guide" "InfoExtractor – A Tool for Social Media Data Mining" "Politics 2.0 with Facebook – Collecting and Analyzing Public Comments on Facebook for Studying Political Discourses" "News Media Environment, Selective Perception, and the Survival of Preference Diversity within Communication Networks" "Ethical Considerations: Social Media as Computational Social Science" The goal is to produce a special issue of JITP via a combination of multiple peer review rounds and a thorough discussion with an all-in-one-room interdisciplinary group. We are very excited to do this on the UW campus this year, as we know the campus is home to some of the leading thinkers in this space. On behalf of the JITP community, I hope to see you in Seattle in May. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003 http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu 413-545-5375 Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net Director, QDAP-UMass http://www.umass.edu/qdap/ Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government http://www.umass.edu/digitalcenter/

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