JITP 2011 Conference Co-Chair John Wilkerson (University of Washington, Department of Political Science) and I are pleased to announce that early planning is underway for JITP 2011, tentatively titled: "JITP 2011: The Future of Computational Social Science," to be held on the campus of the University of Washington in May 2011. Building on recent workshops, we want to unite and foster social and computational scientists in functional collaborations that enrich the work of scholars in both fields. This is not easy, but we are making progress one algorithm and special issue at a time. This has been one part of the core mission of JITP since its founding. We still face substantial hurdles getting the reward structures of academe to validate these efforts. The conference theme is forward-looking and we hope it contributes to more dialog about the role of new, integrative digital methods in older, more established disciplines. If you would like to nominate anyone (including yourself) to join the JITP 2010 Program Committee, please send an email to JITP Managing Editor Michelle Sagan Gonçalves <mgoncalves@pubpol.umass.edu><mgoncalves@pubpol.umass.edu>indicating your interest. We are also accepting nominations for keynote speakers. thanks! ~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@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/