From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Mon Jun 8 02:55:01 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 08:55:01 +0200 Subject: [Sigtis-l] ACM MEDES 2015 (submission deadline approaching): Call for papers (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Message-ID: * Submission Deadline is approaching * The 7th International ACM Conference on Management of computational and collective Intelligence ??????????????????????in Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2015) ??????????????In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 ??????????????????????http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/15/ ????????????????????????????October 25-29, 2015 ??????????????????????Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapid growth and exponential use of digital components leads to the emergence of intelligent environments namely "digital ecosystems" connected to the web and composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. With the help of the computational intelligence, these digital ecosystems can exhibit new self-* properties (such as self-management, self-healing and self-configuration) environments, thanks to the re-combination and evolution of its "digital components", in which resources provided by each entity are properly conserved, managed and used. The underlying web-based resources mainly comprehend big data management, innovative services, smart and self-* properties platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems, they are highly complex to study and design. This also leads to a poor understanding as to how managing resources will empower digital ecosystems to be innovative, intelligent and value-creating. The application of Information Technologies has the potential to enable the understanding of how entities request resources and ultimately interact to create benefits and added-values, impacting business practices and knowledge. These technologies can be improved through novel techniques, models and methodologies for fields such as big data management, web technologies, networking, security, human-computer interactions, artificial intelligence, e-services and self-organizing systems to support the establishment of digital ecosystems and manage their resources. The International ACM Conference on Management of computational and collective IntElligence in Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. Topics ------- MEDES 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: 1. Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure 2. Green computing 3. Computational and Collective Intelligence 4. Services 5. Trust, Security & Privacy 6. Data & Knowledge Management 7. Internet of Things and Intelligent Web 8. Human-Computer Interaction 9. Networks and Protocols 10. Open Source Paper Submission ---------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 8 ACM single-space printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. After the preliminary notification date, authors rebut by evidence and arguments all reviewer inquiries and their comments. Based on the rebuttal feedback, reviewers notify authors with the final decision. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Important Dates ---------------- Submission Deadline:? June 10th, 2015 Notification of Acceptance: July 3rd, 2015 Camera Ready: July 08th, 2015 Paper Registration: July 09th, 2015 Conference Dates: 25-29 October 2015 Keynote speakers ---------------- Nivio Ziviani, CEO, Zunnit Technologies, Brazil Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, UNICAMP, Brazil Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada Conference Chairs ---------------- Victor Pellegrini Mammana, CTI, Brazil Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Eduado Antonio Mondena, IFSP, Brazil Program Chairs ---------------- Agma Traina, Sao Paolo University, Brazil Oscar Salviano, CTI, Brazil Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France Frederic Andres, NII, Japan International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From zimmerm at uwm.edu Mon Jun 8 09:55:34 2015 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael T Zimmer) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 13:55:34 +0000 Subject: [Sigtis-l] =?utf-8?q?CFP_for_First_Monday_special_issue=3A_?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CA_Decade_of_Web_2=2E0=3A_Reflections=2C_Critical_Persp?= =?utf-8?q?ectives=2C_and_Beyond=E2=80=9D?= References: <98DFFEFE-BD6B-4F61-A1CF-CD0C95C4511D@uwm.edu> Message-ID: Call for Papers: Special Issue of First Monday (June 2016) ?A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond? Special Editors: Michael Zimmer and Anna L. Hoffmann 2015 marks 10 years since the publication of ?What Is Web 2.0?? [1], Tim O?Reilly?s influential declaration of Web 2.0?s practical and conceptual underpinnings. In the intervening years, the popularity of Web 2.0 as a descriptive term has waxed and waned. At the same time, however, the platforms, principles, and ideologies that ushered in the Web 2.0 Era have only grown in their relevance: concerns over labor and social production have persisted in, for example, critical discussions of personal data ownership or the ?sharing economy;? questions of exploitation and dominance are increasingly pressing in the face of the power and reach exhibited by companies like Google, Facebook, or Twitter; as knowledge platforms like Wikipedia have flourished, so have concerns over diminished critical-thinking skills and the monopolization of knowledge; and, finally, critical attention to the (often tenuous) relationship between democracy and participatory platforms remains vital to understanding the power of social media tools for facilitating social and political protest at the same time as it enables new opportunities for surveillance and political repression. In addition, while social networking sites and tools have provided unparalleled opportunities to connect, communicate, and share, they?ve also given rise to problems of identity management, cyberbullying, revenge porn, and (sometimes cruel) practices of trolling. Under various guises, Web 2.0 has retained an ability to expand social, political, and economic opportunity while at the same time fostering resistance and controversy in its reach and ideological commitments. In 2008, First Monday published a special issue on ?Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0? [2] bringing together a diverse group of scholars to ?expose, explore and explain the ideological meanings and the social, political, and ethical implications of Web 2.0?. These contributions addressed issues of labor, privacy, exploitation, and broader conceptual and practical implications of participatory platforms and social production online. In light of Web 2.0?s continued relevance and impact, we are pleased to edit a new special issue of First Monday ? A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond ? that aims to update and extend previous critical assessments of online social and participatory platforms and practices. We seek submissions from a broad array of disciplines and perspectives representing a diverse collection topics, including, but not limited to: ? identity and pseudonymity ? algorithms and the filter bubble ? exercise of power and protest ? social media and democracy ? privacy and data flows ? memes and virality ? labor and exploitation ? commodification and corporatization ? content production and appropriation ? cyberbullying and online harassment ? law and regulatory interventions ? social data and research ethics In addition, we especially encourage submissions that examine the above (or other) issues as they intersect with issues of race, gender, sexuality, disability, or socioeconomic status. Timeline: ? Extended Abstracts Due: September 1, 2015 ? Feedback from Editors: October 1, 2015 ? Full Submissions Due: February 1, 2016 ? Peer Review Feedback: April 1, 2016 ? Final Submissions Due: May 15, 2016 ? Issue Appears: June 2016 Logistics: Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of 400-500 words to DecadeOfWeb20 at gmail.com for review by the editors. Selected authors will be invited to submit a full paper for the special issue, which will then undergo formal external peer-review. Final submissions must follow the Author Guidelines [3] for First Monday. Editors: ? Dr. Michael Zimmer, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ? Dr. Anna Lauren Hoffmann, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley References: [1] http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html [2] http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/263 [3] http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/about/submissions#authorGuidelines -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org From rhill at asis.org Mon Jun 8 13:22:23 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 13:22:23 -0400 Subject: [Sigtis-l] 2015 Awards Deadlines Message-ID: <3815-22015618172223699@LEN-dick-2011> Furthwe Information at https://www.asist.org/about/awards Awards Nomination Deadline Award of Merit July 1 Best Information Science Book July 1 History Fund Research Grant June 20 History Fund Research Paper Award June 20 James M. Cretsos Leadership July 15 Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper June 15 ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation June 15 Research in Information Science June 15 Thomson Reuters Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship July 1 Thomson Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher August 1 Watson Davis July 15 Chapter Awards Nomination Deadline Chapter of the Year August 15 Chapter Member of the Year August 15 Chapter Event of the Year August 15 Chapter Publication of the Year August 15 Chapter Innovation August 15 Student Chapter of the Year July 1 Special Interest Group (SIG) Awards Nomination Deadline SIG of the Year August 15 SIG Member of the Year August 15 SIG Publication of the Year July 15 Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Thu Jun 11 15:06:08 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:06:08 +0200 Subject: [Sigtis-l] ACM MEDES 2015 (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Submission deadline has been extended Message-ID: * Submission Deadline has been extended * The 7th International ACM Conference on Management of computational and collective Intelligence ??????????????????????in Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2015) ??????????????In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 ??????????????????????http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/15/ ????????????????????????????October 25-29, 2015 ??????????????????????Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapid growth and exponential use of digital components leads to the emergence of intelligent environments namely "digital ecosystems" connected to the web and composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. With the help of the computational intelligence, these digital ecosystems can exhibit new self-* properties (such as self-management, self-healing and self-configuration) environments, thanks to the re-combination and evolution of its "digital components", in which resources provided by each entity are properly conserved, managed and used. The underlying web-based resources mainly comprehend big data management, innovative services, smart and self-* properties platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems, they are highly complex to study and design. This also leads to a poor understanding as to how managing resources will empower digital ecosystems to be innovative, intelligent and value-creating. The application of Information Technologies has the potential to enable the understanding of how entities request resources and ultimately interact to create benefits and added-values, impacting business practices and knowledge. These technologies can be improved through novel techniques, models and methodologies for fields such as big data management, web technologies, networking, security, human-computer interactions, artificial intelligence, e-services and self-organizing systems to support the establishment of digital ecosystems and manage their resources. The International ACM Conference on Management of computational and collective IntElligence in Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. Topics ------- MEDES 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: 1. Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure 2. Green computing 3. Computational and Collective Intelligence 4. Services 5. Trust, Security & Privacy 6. Data & Knowledge Management 7. Internet of Things and Intelligent Web 8. Human-Computer Interaction 9. Networks and Protocols 10. Open Source Paper Submission ---------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 8 ACM single-space printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. After the preliminary notification date, authors rebut by evidence and arguments all reviewer inquiries and their comments. Based on the rebuttal feedback, reviewers notify authors with the final decision. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Important Dates ---------------- Submission Deadline:? June 30th, 2015 Notification of Acceptance: July 20th, 2015 Camera Ready: July 25th, 2015 Paper Registration: July 25th, 2015 Conference Dates: 25-29 October 2015 Keynote speakers ---------------- Nivio Ziviani, CEO, Zunnit Technologies, Brazil Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, UNICAMP, Brazil Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada Conference Chairs ---------------- Victor Pellegrini Mammana, CTI, Brazil Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Eduado Antonio Mondena, IFSP, Brazil Program Chairs ---------------- Agma Traina, Sao Paolo University, Brazil Oscar Salviano, CTI, Brazil Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France Frederic Andres, NII, Japan International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From adam at adamworrall.org Mon Jun 15 17:26:48 2015 From: adam at adamworrall.org (Adam Worrall) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:26:48 -0400 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Postdoc position, Digital Media & Learning Research, UC-Irvine References: Message-ID: Passing this on for the potential interest of students whose research falls in youth, digital media, and learning, particularly with ethnographic or online research methods? - Adam Begin forwarded message: > > From: Crystle Martin > Subject: For the SIG SI listserv > Date: June 15, 2015 at 1:06:40 PM EDT > To: adam at adamworrall.org > > [note snipped] > > One postdoctoral position is available in the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub, at the UC Humanities Research Institute, based on the University of California, Irvine campus. The postdoctoral scholar will collaborate in a MacArthur Foundation-funded research network on Connected Learning, investigating how digital and networked media can support interest-driven and socially connected forms of learning. The postdoctoral scholar will be responsible for conducting ethnographic and design research on interest-driven learning with digital media, with a focus on parental involvement. The project will involve building on an existing body of research to develop and study how families can more productively engage with digital media. Research, design, and writing will be conducted as part of a collaborative team effort with principle investigators and others involved in the research network. > > Requirements ? Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and research experience with contemporary developments concerning youth, digital media and learning. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in ethnographic and online research with families and youth and expertise in learning theory, Internet research, and design research. Fluency in Spanish is desirable. Evidence of collaborative and mixed methods research will also be valued. Travel may be required in this position to perform research and meet with collaborators. > > Position is dependent on extramural funding. Initial appointment is for one year and renewal is based on performance and is contingent on receipt of project funding. Review of applications will begin May 11, 2015, and will continue through application deadline of July 1, 2015. > > The appointment may begin as early as January 1, 2016 and would continue until December 31, 2016, renewable for an additional year, pending review and available funding. Annual salary ranges from $52,000 to $56,243 depending on experience. > > Application Procedure: Applications should be submitted online at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02800 and must include: > > 1. Letter of Interest (including research skills) > 2. Curriculum Vitae > 3. Three Letters of Reference > 4. Writing Sample > > More information about the Connected Learning Research Network can be found at CLRN.dmlhub.net . > > > -- > Crystle Martin > Postdoctoral Researcher > Connected Learning Research Network > Digital Media and Learning Hub > University of California, Irvine > www.crystlemartin.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam at adamworrall.org Wed Jun 24 16:03:22 2015 From: adam at adamworrall.org (Adam Worrall) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:03:22 -0400 Subject: [Sigtis-l] =?utf-8?q?CFP=3A_Critical_Data_Studies_=E2=80=93_speci?= =?utf-8?q?al_section_of_Big_Data_and_Society?= References: <842798358.46476.1435019235411.JavaMail.root@mailhub051.itcs.purdue.edu> Message-ID: A call for papers has been issued for a special theme section of Big Data and Society on Critical Data Studies. 1,000-word proposals are due by July 10th, with accepted full submissions due October 4th. Proposals and questions should be e-mailed to section guest editors Andrew Iliadis (Purdue University) and Federica Russo (Universiteit van Amsterdam) . Full details are included below and available at http://bigdatasoc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/call-for-proposals-special-theme-on.html. Adam Worrall, Ph.D. Communications Officer, ASIS&T SIG SI Florida State University School of Information adam at adamworrall.org aworrall at fsu.edu http://www.adamworrall.org > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Andrew J Iliadis > Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: ?Critical Data Studies? ? Big Data & Society Special Theme > Date: June 22, 2015 at 8:27:15 PM EDT > To: asis-l at asis.org > > CFP: ?Critical Data Studies? ? Big Data & Society Special Theme > > Guest Editors: Andrew Iliadis (Purdue University) and Federica Russo (Universiteit van Amsterdam) > > Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by ?Big Data.? Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages. Assemblages is a concept that helps capture the multitude of ways that already-composed data structures inflect and interact with society, its organization and functioning, and the resulting impact on individuals? daily lives. CDS questions the many assumptions about data that permeate contemporary literature on information and society by locating instances where data may be naively taken to denote objective and transparent informational entities. > > CDS may be viewed as an emerging field connected to Information Ethics, Software Studies, and Critical Information Studies in that it seeks to question the ethical import of information and Big Data for society. Problems of causality, quality, security, and uncertainty concern CDS scholars. Recent articles outlining the theoretical program of CDS offer a new platform from which to question data in this manner. We seek essays for this special volume that broaden these latest commitments in CDS to include new empirical research projects on information and communication technologies (ICTs) that fall under the umbrella of Big Data, while also seeking to question their attendant epistemological shifts. Through the critical lens of ethics and morality, this special volume opens up CDS to localizations where Big Data can no longer be seen as neutral, and where an ethics of Big Data might emerge. > > Issues of interest include (but are not limited to): > - Causality: how should we find causes in the era of ?data-driven science?? Do we need a new conception of causality to fit with new practices? > - Quality: how should we ensure that data are good enough quality for the purposes for which we use them? What should we make of the open access movement; what kind of new technologies might be needed? > - Security: how can we adequately secure data, while making it accessible to those who need it? How do we protect databases? > - Uncertainty: can Big Data help with uncertainty, or does it generate new uncertainties? What technologies are essential to reduce uncertainty elements in data-driven sciences? > > Proposals of 1000 words are invited for consideration and inclusion in the Special Theme to be published in Big Data & Society (BD&S), an open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies. > > Manuscripts should be 8,000 words for an Original Research Article, 3,000 words for a Commentary, and 1,000 words for an essay in the Early Career Research Forum section. All submissions of Original Research Articles to BD&S are double-blind, and triple peer-reviewed. Commentaries and ECR submissions are reviewed by the Guest Editors. > > Proposals should be sent to the Guest Editors: ailiadis at purdue.edu and f.russo at uva.nl > > Manuscript Guidelines: > > http://www.uk.sagepub.com/msg/bds.htm#PEERREVIEWPOLICY > > Style Guidelines: > > http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdf/SAGE_UK_style_guide_short.pdf > > Proposal Deadline: July 10, 2015 > > Notification of Acceptance: end of July > > Paper Deadline: October 4, 2015 > > Reviews Returned: end of December > > Revised Paper Deadline: February 29, 2016 > > Anticipated Publication Date: Spring/Summer 2016 > > CFP link: http://bigdatasoc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/call-for-proposals-special-theme-on.html From lingfeiw at asu.edu Sat Jun 27 02:15:39 2015 From: lingfeiw at asu.edu (Lingfei Wu) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:15:39 -0700 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Call for papers - Quantifying Science Workshop in Conference on Complex Studies 2015 (CCS2015) Message-ID: *Quantifying Science* *Oct 1st 2015 - Tempe, Arizona* http://dashunwang.com/workshop/qs-ccs15/ A satellite to CCS?15: http://www.ccs2015.org/ The increasing availability of large-scale datasets that capture major activities in science?publications, patents, citations, grant proposals, as well as detailed meta-data associated with them?has created an unprecedented opportunity to explore in a quantitative manner the patterns of scientific production and reward. In contrast with standard bibliometric studies, the recent surge in quantitative studies of science is characterized by a few distinct flavors: (i) They typically rely on large-scale datasets to study science, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of authors, papers and their citations; (ii) Instead of evaluating metrics, they use models to more deeply probe the mechanisms driving science, from knowledge production to scientific impact, systematically distinguishing predictable from random patterns; (iii) More quantitative studies of science no longer hold the unique goal of evaluating and improving the system of science. Rather, researchers from a wide range of disciplines have begun to use science as an observatory to probe social phenomena that are more universal and widely applicable than the institutions of science themselves. As such, the tools and perspectives vary, involving social scientists, information and computer scientists, economists, physicists and mathematicians, with results published in venues with non-overlapping readership. The goal of this satellite is to bring together leading researchers from various disciplines and form discussions on the proliferating subject of quantifying science. We specifically look for contributions that satisfy one or more of the aforementioned flavors. *Submission * Submit a (max) one-page abstract including one descriptive figure and caption using easy chair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qsccs15 Selected submissions are invited to present a research talk. Note, as a focused workshop, we welcome submissions that may also be presented in the main conference. *Areas of Interest* include but are not limited to the following focused topics: - Dynamical and structural properties of citations - Patterns behind normal and successful scientific career - How institutions (e.g., universities) shape scientific production - Collaborations and team science - Emergence and life course of concepts - Extinction, evolution and emergence of knowledge - Prediction of future knowledge and impact - Altmetrics - Peer review processes in science - Crowdsourcing science *Submission Deadline:* July 10, 2015** *Acceptance Notification:* July 17, 2015. ** We also honor expedite review of your submission if you demand a response prior to early registration deadline - please contact Dashun Wang < dashunwang at gmail.com> upon submission. *Confirmed Speakers as of June, 2015* *Brian Uzzi*, the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University *Filippo Radicchi*, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University *C. Lee Giles*, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University *Carl Bergstrom*, University of Washington *Jacob Foster*, Department of Sociology, UCLA *Roberta Sinatra*, CCNR, Northeastern University *Luis A. Nunes Amaral*, Northwestern University *Organized by: Dashun Wang, James A. Evans, Qing Jin, Lingfei Wu* College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hrosenba at indiana.edu Tue Jun 30 12:17:19 2015 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Rosenbaum, Howard S.) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:17:19 +0000 Subject: [Sigtis-l] ASIST '15> SIG-SI workshop - First call for papers Message-ID: <73F358D0-70B0-44C9-B2E4-C29A7670B1AB@indiana.edu> First Call for Papers and Participation The 11th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Impacts of Social Informatics Research Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG Social Informatics and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, USA Organizers: Pnina Fichman, Indiana University (fichman at indiana.edu) Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University (hrosenba at indiana.edu) Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics -and- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington This year we are celebrating the start of our second decade of successful and vibrant SIG-SI Research Symposia. Since 2004, established scholars, young researchers and doctoral students interested in the study of people, ICT and work and play have gathered at the SIG-SI ASIS&T Annual Research Symposium to share their work and ideas. Approximately 110 papers, posters and panels have been presented and for the past three years, we have given awards for the best papers published by Social Informatics (SI) faculty and students in the preceding years. This year we gather to celebrate a decade of intellectually challenging and engaging work in SI and hope that you will join us. Our goal remains the same: to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIS&T. Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines ?social? broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines ?technology? broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the Symposium?s theme but are also soliciting research on other related social informatics topics. We encourage all scholars interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. Papers that take social informatics further in theoretical conceptualization or empirical grounding are of particular interest to SIG-SI this year as we celebrate a decade of Symposia in ASIS&T. This year?s conference theme is ?Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community.? In keeping with this theme, the symposium is also soliciting work from Social Informatics researchers that focuses on the impact of their work on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, GLAMs, and on other practice contexts. We are interested in work that addresses questions and issues such as the following: ? What are the social, political, economic, and legal implications of social informatics research? ? What are the ways in which social informatics research impacts various organizations, groups, and communities of practice? ? How can social informatics researchers work more closely with members of these communities? ? What can a social informatics approach tell us about roles of information and communication technologies in the work and social practices of people in these communities? ? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging in SI work that seeks to understand and improve the work and social lives of people in these communities? The schedule for the workshop will involve the presentations of papers and the best social informatics paper awards for 2013 (call to follow). We expect an engaging discussion with lively interactions with the audience. Deadlines: August 9, 2014: Submit a short paper (2000 words), a poster (500 words), or a panel (1000 words) by email to Kiotta Marshall (kiomarsh at indiana.edu) September 2, 2014: Author notifications (in time for conference early registration (NOTE: this timeline may be adjusted when the registration dates are announced). Fees: To be determined