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FW: [JoCI] Re-Launch of Vol. 6 No. 2 of Journal of Community Informatics
by Michael Gurstein 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Readers: Due to technical difficulties the original launch of Vol. 6 No. 2 of JoCI had to be withdrawn. We are now relaunching the issue with two additional articles. The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Continue the discussion on the community informatics research e -list by sending an email to: sympa(a)vcn.bc.ca message: subscribe ciresearchers Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training, Vancouver CANADA v6z 2s1 Phone 604-602-0624 Email: gurstein(a)gmail.com Blog: http://gurstein.wordpress.com Twitter: mgurst The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 6, No 2 (2010) Table of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/32 Editorial -------- Investment 58-Poverty 14: TheUN'sBroadband Commission for Digital Development vs. the MDGs Michael Gurstein Articles -------- IS Mentors and Peculiarities in the Development of the Hungarian Information Society Szilárd Molnár, Mihály Csótó Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Options for Local and Global Communities in Health-Related Crisis Management Elizabeth Avery Gomez Council Community Directories as a Source of Information about Local Health Services in Rural Australia Rob Eley, Delwar Hossain Digital Technology Access and Use among Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups in South Australia Lareen Ann Newman, Katherine Biedrzycki, Fran Baum The value of Community Informatics to participatory urban planning and design: a case-study in Helsinki Joanna Catherine Saad-Sulonen, Liisa Horelli Commons or gated community? A theoretical explication of virtual community and the example of Craigslist Daniel Schackman Co-construction as complex adaptive system Salil Sayed, Abhigyan Singh, Joanna Saad-Sulonen, Lily Diaz Case Studies -------- ICT, rural dilution and the new rurality: a case study of 'WheatCliffs' Larry Stillman, Michael Victor Arnold, Martin R. Gibbs, Chris Shepherd Notes from the field -------- E-Agro Initiative of Ekutir and Grameen-Intel JV Social Business Srinivas B Garudachar TELECENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Evaluation of the Tunjang telecentre, Malaysia Linda Johansson Hedberg, Notes and cases from the field (practitioners) -------- Telesupport Experiment for Agricultural Information Management in West Bengal, India Rupak Goswami, Jhumpa Ghosh Ray, Jhulan Ghose ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net

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Mobile Phones & SOTU
by Stuart Shulman 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Folks, If you want to be part of a widely distributed data collection and data sharing project involving mobile phones and the State of the Union, please visit: http://surveyanalytics.com/sotu thanks, ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman President & CEO Texifter, LLC <http://www.texifter.com/> Have you tried DiscoverText? http://discovertext.com *Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs*

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public policy analysis course online
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

distribute as appropriate: Usually i wouldn't advertise these things on email lists, but I've had several people ask where they can get a course in public policy analysis that deals with air-l oriented topics that is oriented toward professionals or researchers who want to learn how to analyze public policies as an academic or professional in that field. If you have a graduate student that is interested in public policy analysis, I'm teaching such a course this Spring. The course is online and asynchronous based on weekly and biweekly assignments. We will have students from around the world taking it, though it is limited to 20 participants. Students from other universities can take the course, of course we'd prefer to have tuition for that, but other arrangements might work. Students can contact me OFF-LIST at my usual email address if they are interested. Note this really is policy analysis, not policy studies, students will be researching and analyzing a policy of their choosing. The syllabus, for colleagues, will be posted on my website on monday. Jeremy Hunsinger, Ph.D. Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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ICWSM-11 Call for Papers, Demos
by danah boyd 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

ICWSM is looking for interesting papers from social scientists as well as computer scientists. The deadline is coming up quickly but if you have a work-in-progress, this might be a good venue: Begin forwarded message: > From: Corina Anzaldo-Vaughn <anzaldovaughn(a)aaai.org> > Date: January 11, 2011 12:39:45 PM EST > To: icwsm11(a)aaai.org > Subject: ICWSM-11 Call for Papers, Demos > > Dear ICWSM Community, > > Please note that the deadlines for submission of abstracts, full papers, poster papers, and demo papers to the Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-11) are as follows: > > January 31 (11:59 PM PST): Abstracts due for full, poster, and demo papers > February 7 (9:00 AM PST): Papers due for full, poster, and demo papers > > The full Call for Papers for the technical program (full papers and posters) is available at http://www.icwsm.org/2011/cfp.php. The Call for Demos can be seen at http://www.icwsm.org/2011/cfd.php. > > All submissions must be made through the ICWSM web-based paper submission site at http://icwsm.confmaster.net. Authors should register well in advance of the abstract deadline to avoid any delays on the deadline day. All papers must be in trouble-free, high resolution PDF format, formatted for US Letter (8.5" x 11") paper in AAAI two-column style. Reviewing for the ICWSM Conference is blind to the identities of the authors, so authors must prepare their papers for a blind review. Authors should adhere strictly to all the formatting and submission guidelines provided at the websites listed above. > > ICWSM-11 will be held July 17-20, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, and will be collocated with IJCAI-11. For further information, please consult the ICWSM-11 website (http://www.icwsm.org/2011) or write to us at icwsm11(a)aaai.org. > > We hope to see you in Barcelona this summer! > > Regards, > > Carol Hamilton > Executive Director, AAAI ------ "taken out of context, i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ http://www.danah.org/ @zephoria

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REFerents: CFP for Neo-Situationist edited book
by David Kreps 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Dear AoIRists, “Capitalism transforms life into the money necessary for living. One tends to do any particular thing towards an end other than that implied by the content of the activity.” Funding for academic activity that is tied to the needs of industry ties academic thought to the capitalist system. As John le Carre put it, once the Cold War against the failings of Communism had been won it was time to focus on the failings of capitalism, but such a project is impossible when “the wage system makes one foreign to what one does, to what one is, to other people.” Research Assessment in such an academic environment requires each academic, focussed on her/his c.v., to yoke their thought to the capitalist pragmatic, write what will get into print for the sake of being in print, bid for funds that are made available in the service of industry for the sake of having funds to justify one’s continued employment and progression in academic heirarchies. REFerents seeks to explore what academics might do in their spare time, so to speak, to showcase work divorced from the industrial referent, to provide an unassessed – but peer-reviewed - space for true exploration. REFerents will be a free bound book, published annually with discretionary funds. Authors are invited to break free from standard academic paper formats, to make their work visual as well as cerebral: Information is Beautiful. Documentation of disruptive events is especially welcomed. REFerents pays homage to Semiotexte and to the creative naivety of May 1968 and the radicalism of Seattle 1999. In the Society of the Surveilled, creating GPS psychogeographies with our mobile devices, the spectacle of hyperreality has us mesmerised: post-industrial capitalism as counter-revolutionary baroque inspires a geeked-up awe in our techno-commodity fetishism, dominating our lives with the exchange of pixels. REFerents invites playful outrage and Not-Safe-For-Work lampoon. David Kreps is a cultural theorist, and currently the Director of the Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS) Research Centre at the University of Salford, a former Local Authority Arts Centre Director, and one-time 1980s Glastonbury hippy. Gordon Fletcher is Salford Business School’s Associate Head of Marketing and unashamedly flirts with the ‘creative industries’ but, after first hand experience with a collectively managed media outlet, knows that the feelings are only platonic. Marie Griffiths is a onetime Madchester raver, a technophile and digital society observer. Bruce Robinson lived through May 68 from the UK side of the Channel, going on two marches to the French embassy while it was happening. David, Gordon, Marie and Bruce are all active members of the ISOS research centre. Paul Sermon is Professor of Creative Technology, both academic, as Associate Head of School of Art & Design (Research) and practicing artist and pioneer of telematic artworks, having worked in the field for nearly 20 years. We welcome all subversive and radical contributions that combine the immediacy of contemporary communication with questioning of the assumptions of the information society. Abstracts for contributions to REFerents should be received by the editors by 28th February 2011, not limited to but including: • Documentation of happenings o Experimental theatre o Disruptive events • Write-ups about Academic presentations at conferences turned into performance art pieces • Situationism in an “Information Everything” era • Are we still within the Society of the Spectacle? • Spectacle : Hyperreality? • Self-critique of REF – academia succumbing to the Society of the Spectacle? • The Society of Surveilled • Location-based-services / GPS apps Happenings • DRIFTING and PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY on the internet Short pieces for a special section title “irREFerents” also welcomed. If any questions please don't hesitate to contact any of us offlist. Editors: David Kreps d.g.kreps(a)salford.ac.uk, Gordon Fletcher g.fletcher(a)salford.ac.uk, Marie Griffiths m.griffiths(a)salford.ac.uk, Bruce Robinson bruce(a)brucerob.eu ISOS, University of Salford Paul Sermon p.sermon(a)salford.ac.uk, Art & Design, University of Salford

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Soc Media researchers in Scandinavia
by Mathias Klang 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hi, I am working at the University of Borås and planning a networking workshop in Social Media. The idea is to gather researchers in Scandinavia who are actively researching this vague topic. Please send me a mail off list if you are interested. Mathias -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang, LL.M., Ph.D. Universities of Göteborg& Borås Phone: +46 (0) 31 786 55 63 Mobile: +46 705 43 22 13 http://twitter.com/klang67 http://digital-rights.net http://techrisk.se http://creativecommons.se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Seeking solutions to small text search mystery
by Craig Scott 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Colleagues, a graduate student and I could use your help solving a mystery related to computerized text searching/coding of online documents. We are examining documents (all saved as .pdf files) using the advanced search tool in Adobe Reader. While that tool generally works fine, it does not seem to recognize certain fairly standard statistical/mathematical symbols (such as the p used in statistical significance testing and symbols such as <, >, or =) in numerous documents. This is true even when we directly cut and paste the symbol in question into the search tool (surprisingly, it still does not recognize that symbol in the document). The problem occurs only with certain sources (such as all articles from certain journals), even when the rest of the article is fully searchable. This is happening with very recent documents published after 2000 (we are not searching older ones). We suspect these symbols might be part of some equation editor or specially formatted text, but we don't know. Has anyone else encountered and solved a similar problem? Do you have any other suggestions on a search tool for .pdf documents that might be superior? We would also welcome any suggestions on other ways to save these documents and search them that would address this (I think we could do optical character recognition, but fear that may create other accuracy problems). Thanks for any suggestions/thoughts you have related to helping us solve this frustrating little mystery. Craig Craig R. Scott, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication & Director, Ph.D. Program School of Communication & Information Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Voice: 732-932-7500 x8142; Fax: 732-932-3756 Office in 201 DeWitt (185 College Avenue) Web: <http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/crscott/index.html> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/crscott/index.html <https://www.scils.rutgers.edu/directory/crscott/index.html> Linked in: <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/11/b83/241> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/11/b83/241

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Final reminder deadline Fri 14th Jan - Full Time PhD position on social media & privacy, Free University of Brussels
by Jo Pierson 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Vacancy: Full Time PhD position, Free University of Brussels (ref. IBBT/SMIT/Privacy) The research centre IBBT-SMIT at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) offers a full time PhD position in the field of Social Sciences, more in particular of Media and Communication Studies. The vacancy is open for a research position of 4 years, in order to realize a PhD on the use of social media and social networks sites, the reconfiguration of privacy practices and the social and technological consequences thereof. The position starts in January 2011, and is supervised by Prof. Jo Pierson. Candidates are expected to show strong affinity with and interest in the domain of audience and user studies, social media technologies and media sociology, and are holder of a Masters degree in Social Sciences (Communication Studies, Sociology, ...). Applications are to be sent electronically as soon as possible (at the latest by 14th January 2011) to Hans De Canck (Hans.De.Canck(a)vub.ac.be) and Prof. Jo Pierson (jo.pierson(a)vub.ac.be ). When applying, a motivation and an elaborated vision on the theme under concern are expected to be included with the CV. Contact information: Hans De Canck IBBT-SMIT Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Pleinlaan 9 B-1050 Brusssels E-mail: Hans.De.Canck(a)vub.ac.be Tel.: +32-(0)2-6291628 Prof. dr. J. Pierson Dept. of Media and Communication Studies Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brusssels E-mail: jo.pierson(a)vub.ac.be Tel.: +32-(0)2-6292412 Description of research theme: We are witnessing the rapid growth of a new generation of participatory and collaborative network technologies that provide individuals with a platform for sophisticated online social interaction. Social networks today have hundreds of millions of users and are transforming our social and professional interactions and to some extent are shaping society itself. Gradually, society is discerning that this development not only brings strong beneﬁts to the social and economic fabric, but also introduces new risks related to privacy violations. At this stage, these issues are often perceived as isolated incidents that most organizations do not take accountability for. Yet, the implications of social networking environments for individual users, communities, organizations and society at large will become much more evident and most likely more substantial if necessary precautions are not taken. Especially alarming is the massive responsibility that individuals incur with respect to managing privacy and security risks arising from the information collected and shared about their everyday life on social networking sites. This phenomenon is has been coined as the responsibilisation of individuals. The main objective of the overall research project is to mitigate the responsibilisation of individuals who use or are aﬀected by social networking services by making the underlying social networking infrastructures and the organizations that run them more accountable. In order to achieve this objective ﬁrst an understanding of the target audience is required as well as forms of responsibilisation. This target audience includes users, communities and organizations in Flanders (Belgium). The plan is to develop solutions that facilitate better decision making with respect to the target groups’ privacy and security concerns, and that mitigate the risks, threats and concerns that currently are manifest in this domain. The PhD research position at IBBT-SMIT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) is part of this larger four-year interdisciplinary research project on security and privacy in online social networks, involving different Belgian universities and one American university. More in particular the doctoral research has a twofold perspective. On the one hand it wants to understand the practices and needs of users with regard to privacy issues within social network sites, mainly based on the use of qualitative and ethnographic methods. On the other hand it will focus on the critical design variables and tools for social software. For the latter a translation needs to be made from the user research findings to possible guidelines and requirements for future media en technological solutions. Requirements: A Master degree in Social Sciences, (Communication Studies, Sociology, ...) Good knowledge of Dutch (and English) Strong affinity and/or interest in the domain of audience and user studies, social media technologies and media sociology Good knowledge of user research methods Good writing skills To be flexible and to be able to cope with deadlines Team player with strong social skills Research experience is a plus. We offer: An interesting PhD research position (4 years) in a stimulating work environment Enthusiastic and young co-workers and a pleasant environment Day to day support and project guidance based on high quality standards A place for personal involvement and input Flexible working hours Multiple social benefits Salary in accordance with the job market.

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Call for Papers: i-Society 2011!
by i-Society 2010 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Apologies for cross-postings. Please send it to interested colleagues and students. Thanks! CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************************* International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2011), Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter 27-29 June, 2011, London, UK www.i-society.eu ******************************************************************* The International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2011) is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter. The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society, which includes technical and non-technical research areas. The mission of i-Society 2011 conference is to provide opportunities for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing and generate new knowledge in the field of information society. The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap between academia and industry with regards to research collaboration and awareness of current development in secure information management in the digital society. The topics in i-Society 2011 include but are not confined to the following areas: *New enabling technologies - Internet technologies - Wireless applications - Mobile Applications - Multimedia Applications - Protocols and Standards - Ubiquitous Computing - Virtual Reality - Human Computer Interaction - Geographic information systems - e-Manufacturing *Intelligent data management - Intelligent Agents - Intelligent Systems - Intelligent Organisations - Content Development - Data Mining - e-Publishing and Digital Libraries - Information Search and Retrieval - Knowledge Management - e-Intelligence - Knowledge networks *Secure Technologies - Internet security - Web services and performance - Secure transactions - Cryptography - Payment systems - Secure Protocols - e-Privacy - e-Trust - e-Risk - Cyber law - Forensics - Information assurance - Mobile social networks - Peer-to-peer social networks - Sensor networks and social sensing *e-Learning - Collaborative Learning - Curriculum Content Design and Development - Delivery Systems and Environments - Educational Systems Design - e-Learning Organisational Issues - Evaluation and Assessment - Virtual Learning Environments and Issues - Web-based Learning Communities - e-Learning Tools - e-Education *e-Society - Global Trends - Social Inclusion - Intellectual Property Rights - Social Infonomics - Computer-Mediated Communication - Social and Organisational Aspects - Globalisation and developmental IT - Social Software *e-Health - Data Security Issues - e-Health Policy and Practice - e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision - Medical Research Ethics - Patient Privacy and Confidentiality - e-Medicine *e-Governance - Democracy and the Citizen - e-Administration - Policy Issues - Virtual Communities *e-Business - Digital Economies - Knowledge economy - eProcurement - National and International Economies - e-Business Ontologies and Models - Digital Goods and Services - e-Commerce Application Fields - e-Commerce Economics - e-Commerce Services - Electronic Service Delivery - e-Marketing - Online Auctions and Technologies - Virtual Organisations - Teleworking - Applied e-Business - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) *e-Art - Legal Issues - Patents - Enabling technologies and tools *e-Science - Natural sciences in digital society - Biometrics - Bioinformatics - Collaborative research *Industrial developments - Trends in learning - Applied research - Cutting-edge technologies * Research in progress - Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals Important Dates: Paper Submission Date: March 31, 2011 Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress): March 20, 2011 Notification of Paper Acceptance /Rejection: April 15, 2011 Notification of Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress) Acceptance /Rejection: April 10, 2011 Camera Ready Paper and Short Paper Due: April 30, 2011 Participant(s) Registration (Open): January 1, 2011 Early Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): February 1 to April 30, 2011 Late Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): May 1 to June 1, 2011 Conference Dates: June 27-29, 2011 For more details, please visit www.i-society.eu

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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 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '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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