I just locknoted ACM's Webscience 11 in Koblenz. At the end of which the indefatigable Nosh Contractor announced that he (and colleagues) will host the next ACM Web Science conference in Evanston, June 12-24 2012 (Kellogg School, Northwestern U), right after the Network Science conference June 19-22 at the same venue. If you're wondering what "web science" is, it's mostly work by computer scientists eager to build more social science understanding into their research. Much like the early days of the social networks network (INSNA) and the internet researchers of AOIR, it's heavily weighted towards eager young students, many of whom are either building apps or are doing studies of Internet use and users. Steffan Stabb and York Sure led the current conference. Nosh Contractor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Dame Wendy Hall, Peter Monge, Janet Fulk have been active. For more info, contact Noshir Contractor <ncontractor4@gmail.com>, nosh@northwestern.edu, 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 _______________________________________________________________________