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Final Call for Informational Submission about Degree Programs and Research Centers related to internet research.
by Jeremy Hunsinger 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Please distribute broadly as appropriate-jh Call for Submissions deadline March 1, 2008. Information on Internet Research Degrees and Research Programs. In the International Handbook of Internet Research (Springer, 2008), we intend to include two appendices. This call includes information for each submission. Internet research is broadly conceived in this call, so if you have material that you think will fit, please submit it. Appendix 1 will be a listing of Research Degree Programs, that is programs that offer either an Master's or Doctoral level degree relating to internet research. We intend to include as many programs as we can collect within editorial discretion and space limitations. To have your degree program/s included in this listing, please send the following information: Name of Program: Departmental home/s of Program: University/Institutional home of Program: Address of Program: Short description of Program (250 words): Listing of contributing faculty working in internet research: and other pertinent information to be included at editor's discretion. Appendix 2 will be a listing of Major Research Centers/Institutes in the field of Internet Research. Inclusion in the list will be at the editors' discretion, but we will strive to be reasonably inclusive given space limitations. To have a Center included in this listing please send the following information: Name of Center/Institute: Institutional home of center/institute: Address of center/institute: Short Description of Program (250 words): Listing of fewer than 10 research topics/keywords: Listing of leading members of the center/institute: Listing of founders of the center/institute: Listing of recent research projects/publications (up to 5 bibliographic citations with up to 50 word descriptions which may be edited because of space limitations): Listing of affiliated research centers as appropriate: Please submit this information to: handbook08(a)gmail.com with the subject 'degree' for degree programs and the subject line 'center' for research centers. The deadline for submission is March 1, if you need more time, please contact us at the address above. Thank you, Handbook Editors Jeremy Hunsinger Matthew Allen Lisbeth Klastrup

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Other conferences in Europe in October?
by Sal Humphreys 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hi All I am aiming to come to Copenhagen for the conference this year, but Brisbane to Denmark is a long way to go for one conference, so I am wondering whether anyone is running, or knows of, any other conferences in the area of internet/new media/games studies that might be happening in the 2 weeks either side of the AoIRs conference, somewhere in the European general vicinity. cheers Sal Dr Sal Humphreys Post Doctoral Fellow Creative Industries Faculty Z6 501 The Hub Queensland University of Technology Musk Ave Kelvin Grove 4059 Brisbane, Australia s.humphreys(a)qut.edu.au Ph. 61 7 3138 8175 Mob. 0414 456 078 http://www.salhumphreys.org Projects: http://edgex.org.au http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw

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Webology: Volume 4, Number 4, 2007
by Alireza Noruzi 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 4, No. 4 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 4, Number 4, December, 2007 TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/toc.html This issue contains: Editorial - Educational Impact and Open Access Journals -- Alireza Noruzi -- Keywords: Educational Impact; Reading text; Impact Factor; Visibility; Accessibility; OA -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/editorial14.html ----------------------------------------- Articles - Lost in Cyberspace: Where to Go? What to Believe? -- Maryam Moayeri -- Keywords: Information seeking behavior; Search engines; Students; Education -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/a47.html - Location-Based Search Engines Tasks and Capabilities: A Comparative Study -- Saeid Asadi, Xiaofang Zhou, Hamid R. Jamali & Hossein Vakili Mofrad -- Keywords: Location-based search; Web search; Geographic search engines -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/a48.html - E-Commerce Development in Iran -- Alireza Abbasi -- Keywords: E-Commerce; E-Government; Information Communication; Iran -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/a49.html ----------------------------------------- Book Reviews - Digital Health Information for the Consumer: Evidence and Policy Implications -- David Nicholas, Paul Huntington, Hamid Jamali & Peter Williams -- Shahram Sedghi -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/bookreview8.html - The Indexing Companion -- Glenda Browne & Jon Jermey -- Mozaffarian, Mehrnoush -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/bookreview9.html - Institutional Repositories: Content and Culture in an Open Access Environment -- Catherine Jones -- Isabel Galina -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/bookreview10.html - Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory -- Diane Nahl & Dania Bilal (Eds.) -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/bookreview11.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers: -- http://www.webology.ir/cfp.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, PhD Editor-in-Chief of Webology ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~

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Sambad Seminar 2008
by Ganesh Ghimire 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Apologies for cross posting.*** * *Can the importance of literacy be compensated for by technology?*** *Bhashaka Kura (7th March 2008)* *4:30pm-6:00pm* *Yalamaya Kendra, PatanDhoka, Lalitpur, Nepal.* Presenters: Prof. Pat Hall, Ganesh Ghimire, Abhishek Shrestha, Prabin Gautam Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, Nepal. Summary: Literacy is frequently seen as a prerequisite in helping very poor people enhance their quality of life through improved livelihoods, leading to the achievement of the millennium development goals. Often literacy is taught independently as a life skill, outside of any context of its use, but increasingly the practice is to teach other practical subjects like agriculture or health care and in that context teach sufficient literacy for that particular purpose. An important part of this use of literacy would be to access communal knowledge, but equally important would be the contribution of traditional knowledge to the shared pool of knowledge. But just how critical is literacy to all this? We can view writing as a means of recording speech, and when writing was invented many thousands of years ago, making marks on stone or clay or bark was the only technology available. However today we can directly record speech using electronic devices, and with computers can manipulate and edit that speech. We can also generate speech from written materials, so that previously written materials can be read to the person who cannot read. Writing may no longer be as important as it was previously. In this seminar we will discuss these issues and demonstrate speech based technologies that could enable illiterate people to immediately gain benefits previously denied them due to the barrier of literacy. Interested people are kindly welcome. http://sambad.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=1&Itemid=2 Further information: Phone: 977 1 5521393 Email: info(a)sambad.org regards, Ganesh

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MSc in Cyberpsychology
by Grainne Kirwan 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Your students or colleagues may be interested in the MSc in Cyberpsychology, which is now accepting enrollments for September 2008 at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Co Dublin, Rep of Ireland. The MSc is accredited by the Irish Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), and is a two-year part-time programme (classes are held on campus on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm). Assessment is via assignments - there are no examinations. The deadline for receipt of applications is 4pm on Friday 9th May, 2008 Further information and application forms are available from grainne.kirwan(a)iadt.ie and http://www.iadt.ie/en/ProspectiveStudents/SchoolsCourses/SchoolofCreativeTe… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADT Disclaimer.This e-mail and any other items transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or relay on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return email or inform Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art | Design | Technology's (IADT) Information Communication Technology Office on 01 2144770 or mailto:support@iadt.ie Any views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of IADT. IADT does not guarantee that this e-mail is free from viruses, worms or the like. Please undertake your own checks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Beta Test Opportunity
by David Miller 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Greetings List... Be a part of history! Gogimon is taking names for our much anticipated beta test (Scheduled initial release is March 1st). If you'd like to be on our distribution list, please send us a quick bio and contact info. For those not in the know, Gogimon has been developed as a major leap in the Internet search engine process, which will position it to be the preeminent search tool for the foreseeable future. Gogimon - Go Get It! With Regards, David Miller Director of Marketing

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BIS 2008: Call for Participation (early registration deadline: March, 20)
by Dominik Flejter 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

BIS 2008 features Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web as well as some social software-oriented sessions that may interest some of you. =========================================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION =========================================================================== 11th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2008) Innsbruck, Austria May 5, 6 or 7, 2008 http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl =========================================================================== International Conference on Business Information Systems is a forum for international researchers to discuss the wide range of the development, implementation, application and improvement of business applications and systems. It is addressed to the scientific community, the developers of business computer applications, consultants helping to properly implement computer technology and applications in the industry. =========================================================================== THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE WILL FEATURE * PRESENTATION OF 42 ACCEPTED PAPERS * (accepted papers: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/papers.php) (conference programme: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/programme.php) Accepted papers cover a wide range of IT problems related to contemporary business information systems such as Business Process Management, Ontologies, Contexts, Content retrieval and filtering, Web Services, Collaboration and E-government. * FIVE KEYNOTE TALKS * (see: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/keynotes.php) Keynote talks will be given by five experts in different areas of business information systems: - Dr. Alistair Barros Research leader at SAP Research with interests in business process management, service sciences and software architectures and over 20 years of experience. - Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Buhl Professor and Director of the Department of Information Systems & Financial Engineering and the Competence Center IT & Financial Services at the University of Augsburg with interests in finance and information management, Customer Relationship Management, and Service Science. - Prof. Fabio Ciravegna Professor of Language and Knowledge Technologies at the University of Sheffield and director of X-Media project with interests in Knowledge Management, the Semantic Web and language technologies. - Dr. John Davies Leader of the next generation Web research group at BT and director of SEKT EU integrated project with interests in application of Semantic Web technology to knowledge management, information retrieval and Semantic Web services. - Prof. Dr Frank Leymann Professor and director of the Institute of Architecture of Application Systems at the University of Stuttgart with interests in area of service oriented computing and middleware, workflow- and business process management, programming in the large, transaction processing, integration technology, and architecture patterns. * TWO TUTORIALS * - Tutorial on Collaborative Work Environments presented by Hans-Ludwig Hausen, Senior Researcher and Project Manager at Fraunhofer German National Engineering Research Society and VSEK German National Software Competence Centre with over 25 years of experience in computer aided software engineering, software quality assurance, software process modeling and tailoring. - Tutorial on Realizing a Semantic Web Application presented by Emanuele della Valle, Program Manager of CEFRIEL's Semantic Web Activities, lecturer of "Advanced Information System" at Politecnico di Milano, lecturer of "Knowledge Engineering" at Universita dell'Insubria, Service Coordinator for "Testbeds and Challenges service" of STI and Technical Manager of the European Project SEEMP. * THREE WORKSHOPS * - 2nd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2008) covering a wide range of research on users and communities on the Web, mining of social Web resources, relations of social Web and business as well as real-life applications of Web-based social software. - 1st Workshop on Advances in Accessing Deep Web (ADW 2008) focused on methods and technologies allowing to access rich and valuable resources of Hidden Web as well as on usage of Deep Web data in real-life scenarios. Call for papers is still open (deadline March, 16th) See: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/wscfp.php?ws=adw2008 - Workshop on E-learning for Business Needs covering a variety of e-learning technologies, environments and user interfaces applicable in business scenarios. The workshop will also cover problems related to e-learning security, copyright issues and business models. Call for papers is still open (deadline: February, 29th) See: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/wscfp.php?ws=elearn2008 * PHD SESSION OF SUPER EU PROJECT * Its objective is to create an opportunity for doctoral students to test their research ideas, present their current progress and future plans, and most of all to receive constructive criticism and insights related to areas of Business Process Management and Semantic Web Services. =========================================================================== REGISTRATION & FEES (see: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/registration.php) Conference participation fee are: - 440 EURO (Paid by Mar. 20, 2008) - 480 EURO (Paid by Apr. 30, 2008) - 500 EURO (On-site) Price for participant includes: participation in all BIS 2008 sessions, workshops and tutorials, conference materials, proceedings, lunches, coffee breaks, and conference dinner. =========================================================================== CONTACT DETAILS (see: http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/org_com.php) Krzysztof Wecel BIS 2008 OC Co-Chair phone: +48618543632 fax: +48618543633 mail: k.wecel(a)kie.ae.poznan.pl Department of Information Systems Poznan University of Economics al. Niepodleglosci 10 60-967 Poznan Poland ===========================================================================

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ICCMSN submission deadline extended - March 9th
by Andrew Long 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi - A note from the Conference Organisers for the 'International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN - 2008)'. ------------------------------- Please note the new submission date for ICCMSN 2008 conference. This is to accommodate those who have asked for some extra time to finalize and submit their paper. Submission date: 9th March 2008 (Extended) Acceptance notification: 7th April 2008 Camera ready submission: 21st April 2008 Conference dates: 11-13 June 2008 If you have already submitted a paper, you may modify your paper and submit an updated version. ------------------------------- The conference should be fun and in a lovely part of the world too so come on down. Kind regards Andrew ________________________________________________________ Andrew Long | Department of Information Science | University of Otago New Zealand | +64 3 4798319 | mailto:along@infoscience.otago.ac.nz <mailto:along@infoscience.otago.ac.nz> http://socialspacestation.com <http://socialspacestation.com> | http://claimid.com/socialspacestation <http://claimid.com/socialspacestation>

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ASIS&T Announces - Social Computing Summit
by Richard Hill 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

ASIST Social Computing Summit http://www.asis.org/Conferences/SCS08/SCS08.html April 10-11, 2008, Hyatt Regency, Miami, Fl About the Summit http://www.asis.org/Conferences/SCS08/SCS08.html [Parior to the IA Summit http://www.iasummit.org/2008/ . Separate registration required. Early Registration Deadline for Social Netowrking is Feb. 29, 2008] The First Annual ASIST Social Computing Summit will bring together researchers and practitioners of social computing for two days of discussion and exploration in Miami, Florida. The event will directly precede the 2008 Information Architecture Summit, providing attendees a complimentary opportunity to learn about and discuss emergent areas of social computing and software. The Social Computing Summit will feature keynote addresses from Dr. Nancy Baym, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas, and Thomas Vander Wal, principal consultant at InfoCloud Solutions. Social software and computing drives Web 2.0 technology, enabling global connections and providing rich social experiences. Social networking services challenge established notions of privacy, identity and relationship management. Beyond the browser, mobile devices promise new forms of ubiquitous connectivity and presence, offering unprecedented research and business opportunities. To understand the successful applications of tomorrow, we come together today to share research and insight. This summit aims to bring together thought leaders, developers, and scholars working in this rapidly changing area, facilitating the conversations required for tomorrow�s innovations. Complementing the keynote addresses will be panels exploring the following topical areas: Social networking services, data portability/open social networks, mobile services, social computing and politics, global voices, social computing and the enterprise, and youth social computing. The summit will feature interactive sessions, as well as a poster session for sharing information about services and recent research. In bringing together a blend of experts from different disciplines, as well as enabling conversation, the ASIST Social Computing Summit offers something for everyone interested in this fascinating, fast-changing space. Preliminary Speaker Lineup Nancy Baym, University of Kansas Thomas Vander Wal, InfoCloud Solutions Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Blue State Digital Alex Hunsucker, Eventful.com Jevon MacDonald, SocialWrite.com Mary Madden, Pew Internet and American Life Project Robin Miller, Slashdot Brian Oberkirch Terrell Russell, UNC-Chapel Hill Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum Ramesh Srinivansan, UCLA Fred Stutzman, UNC-Chapel Hill Sarita Yardi, Georgia Tech Many more speakers to be announced as they confirm! Call For Posters The program committee invites submission of posters to be showcased at the 2008 ASIST Social Computing Summit. To be considered, authors should submit a 500-800 word poster abstract by Friday, February 29, 2008. Notification will be made on a rolling basis, with final notifications by Monday, March 10, 2008. Send submissions in PDF, DOC or TXT format to socialcomputing2008(a)gmail.com. Preliminary Schedule Day 1, Thu April 10 8:30-9:30 Opening Keynote 9:30-10 Break 10-11:15 Panel 1 � Social networking services 11:15-12:30 Panel 2 � Youth 12:30-2 Lunch 2-3:15 Panel 3 - Portable Social Networks 3:15-4:00 Break 4-5:15 Posers and Interactive Session Day 2, Fri April 11 8:30-9:30 Opening Keynote 9:30-10 Break 10-11:15 Panel 5 - Enterprise 11:15-12:30 Panel 6 - Politics 12:30-2 Lunch 2-3:15 Panel 7 � Global voices 3:15-4:00 Closing interactive session Registration information Before 2/29/08 After 2/29/08 ASIS&T Members: $300 $350 Student Members: $195 $245 Nonmembers: $450 $500 Nonmember Students: $245 $295 Hotel Hyatt Regency 400 South East Second Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA 33131-2197 Tel: +1 305 358 1234 Rates: $179 single or double (conference rate: Group code G-ASIS) Dick Hill _____ Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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a common root of french theory and internet research?
by David Toews 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

while I've been aware of, and highly intrigued by the convergence of french theory and ethnographic internet research in the work of people like Norman Denzin for some time now, this article by Celine Lafontaine in the september issue of TCS - http://tinyurl.com/2zybdq - is the first I've found that actually follows up Turkle's suggestion in Life on the Screen and explicitly argues in a strong way that french theory and cybernetics share a common matrix, or spring from the same theoretical and philosophical problems and sources ... i highly recommend this interesting article to anyone who likes to keep their research theoretically-informed, and would point out to people in general how interesting TCS is becoming these days as it gets closer and closer to the explicit themes of many internet researchers...

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