From asis at gwizdka.com Tue Jun 6 08:02:41 2017 From: asis at gwizdka.com (Jacek Gwizdka) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 14:02:41 +0200 Subject: [Siguse-l] 2nd CFP: JASIST Special Issue on Neuro-Information Science Message-ID: CFP: JASIST Special Issue on Neuro-Information Science http://bit.ly/CFP_JASIST_SI_NeuroIS Please forward to those interested. Summary and Scope ================= The field of neuroscience has fruitfully contributed to a wide variety of other fields, for example, economics, marketing and information systems. In the last decade, wide adoption and influence of neuro-physiological (NP) research tools also led the creation of several new sub-fields, including neuroeconomics, neuromarketing and NeuroIS. There is now a growing interest in the use of NP methods in human-information interaction (HII) and interactive information retrieval (IIR) research. The latter interest has been motivated, at least partially, by researchers who regularly utilize search logs, direct searcher observation and questionnaires and interviews as data collection methods and are concerned with the limitations of these traditional methods. Experimental data obtained from NP methods is expected to complement the more traditional data sources and, together, contribute to improving and deepening the understanding of HII (*1). The deeper understanding offers potential for the development of new information search models. The long-term and primary goal is to create robust and predictive models that go beyond behavioral data. A secondary and additional goal is to develop new search models that can account for physiological and neurological responses to information stimuli and the influence of cognitive and affective states on users' information behavior. The NP methods of potential usefulness to HII include, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), electro-encephalography (EEG), magneto-encephalography (MEG), eye-tracking (esp. pupilometry). Example research questions include, investigating which cognitive functions are engaged in assessing relevance; establishing differences in NP signals collected when users are assessing relevant vis-a-vis not relevant information; establishing differences in brain activity between easy and difficult search tasks; relating individual differences in search task performance to differences in activations of brain regions. Early applications of NP methods to HII has resulted in two emerging threads of active research: (1) the investigation of inferring relevance assessment and (2) the study of human responses to search tasks. The results from the two research threads have been disseminated through a number of recent publications that appeared at major international conferences (e.g., ACM CHIIR, ACM SIGIR, ECIR) as well as (less frequently) in scholarly journals (e.g., JASIST). Importantly, a few of these early publications have garnered best-paper awards at major conferences and scholarly venues (including JASIST). Unfortunately, many IIR researchers and more broadly information science scholars in general are largely unaware of the new NP methods and NP applications. This special issue aims to increase the awareness of NP methods and their applicability and to showcase the state-of-the-art work in this area, as well as to to examine challenges in applying NP methods to HII and IIR research. Topics of Interest ================== Topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following: * Application of NP-methods in measuring antecedents of HII behaviors and NP correlates of HII behaviors; * HII and IIR studies that utilize NP methods; * Adaptive or personalized search and retrieval systems that incorporate NP data (e.g., brain-computer or gaze-based interfaces specialized for search); * NP-based search and retrieval systems for special populations (e.g., older adults, people with cognitive disabilities); * Models and theories of HII informed by NP theories and data; * Methods for incorporating NP data in HII research and limitations of NP methods; * Ethical considerations in application of NP methods in HII research; The NP methods of interest include, but are not limited to: fMRI, fNIRS, EEG, MEG, eye-tracking (esp. pupillometry). Submission Guidelines ===================== Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have carefully read JASIST Submission Guidelines. The complete manuscript should be submitted through JASIST's Submission System. To insure that you submit to the correct special issue, please select "Special Issue on Neuro-Information Science" as your manuscript type. Submission Deadlines ==================== *Abstract Submission Due: July 31, 2017 - Response by Sept 11, 2017* (abstracts are **required**, please email to: jasist.si.neurois at gmail.com) *Paper Submission Due: November 15, 2017 (*submit to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jasist) First Review Notification: January 15, 2018 Revision Due: March 15, 2018 Final Notification: May 15, 2018 Guest Editors =============== Jacek Gwizdka, iSchool, University of Texas at Austin, USA, jacekg at ischool.utexas.edu Heather O'Brien, iSchool, University of British Columbia, Canada, h.obrien at ubc.ca, Kelly Giovanello, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina, USA, kgio at email.unc.edu Yashar Moshfeghi, CS, University of Glasgow, UK Yashar.Moshfeghi at glasgow.ac.uk Max Wilson, CS, University of Nottingham , UK, Max.Wilson at nottingham.ac.uk (*1) Mostafa, J., & Gwizdka, J. (2016). Deepening the Role of the User: Neuro-Physiological Evidence As a Basis for Studying and Improving Search. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (pp. 63-70). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2854946.2854979 Best - Jacek Jacek Gwizdka, PhD(Toronto) MASc(Toronto) MEng(TULodz) 'Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate' - William of Ockham (1285-1349) Research Talk on NeuroIR | http://gwizdka.com/research Assistant Professor at School of Information, University of Texas at Austin 1616 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78701, USA | Office 5.532 (5th floor) Information eXperience (IX) lab Co-Director | ACM Senior Member Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Community talks and posters that explore broad topics of discoverability, reproducibility and sustainability are invited. Some examples are provided below: *Data Discoverability:* - Describing, Documenting, and Representing Data - Connecting journal articles to datasets to repositories - Distinguishing between publishing, data, preservation repositories *Reproducibility:* - Best Practices, Guidelines, and Standards - Procedures, Tools, and Workflows - Projects, Prototypes, and Use Cases *Sustainability:* - Collaborations, Partnerships, and Stakeholders - Infrastructure, Resources, and Support - Computation, Integration, and Certification DataONE encourages DataONE Member Nodes, data scientists, researchers, scientists, students and others to submit abstracts for posters and talks. *Abstract Submission for Posters* Abstracts for posters are solicited during the registration process. 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CHIIR focuses on elements such as human involvement in search activities, and information seeking and use in context. The CHIIR Doctoral consortium, held in conjunction with the main conference, provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present and discuss their research with senior researchers and other doctoral students in a seminar format. The Doctoral consortium focuses on 1) advising students regarding current critical issues in their research, and 2) making students aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their research as viewed from different perspectives. Doctoral consortium is targeted at students in their second or third year of a year PhD program. At minimum, students ought to have formulated their research problem, theoretical framework and suggested methods, and at maximum, students will have just submitted some of the early PhD work for publication. *Mentors* On our list of mentors are so far: Dr. Pia Borlund, Dr. Katriina Bystr?m, Dr. Rob Capra, Dr. Luanne Freund, Dr. Diane Kelly, Dr. Heather O'Brien, Dr. Ian Ruthven, Dr. Max Wilson. *Fees* Participation to the Doctoral consortium is included in the conference registration fee. *Funding* Students participating in the Doctoral Consortium (DC) may apply for a limited number of travel grants. Information on how to apply for travel grants will made available to DC student participants. *Important Dates* ? *Nov. 1, 2017* *Deadline for research proposals* ? *Dec. 15, 2017* Notification of acceptance ? *Dec. 15, 2017-Jan 3, 2018 - *Application period for SIGIR sponsored travel grants ? *March 11, 2018 **Doctoral Consortium* *Topics* All topics within the main CHIIR submission call are acceptable as topics for the Doctoral consortium. *Format* Proposals must be written in English and formatted using the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX or Word) . Submissions should be made in PDF. The final version of accepted proposals will be included in the CHIIR proceedings. The proposal must be no longer than 3 pages and contain the following contents: ? Title of research proposal, Name of student, Stage of degree (e.g., 2nd year PhD), Affiliation, Name of supervisor(s) ? Abstract ? Motivation ? Research questions ? (Planned or ongoing) Methodology ? Progress made so far ? Future plan ? References *Submission* Applications should be submitted electronically via the conference submission system . *Credit, certificate and grants* It is recommended that students participating in the Doctoral consortium will be awarded 2 credits, ECTS or equivalent, by their home department. Students will be presented with a certificate upon completed participation in the Doctoral consortium. *Contact* If you have any enquiries regarding the Doctoral consortium, please contact the chairs, Jacek Gwizdka (chiir2018 at gwizdka.com) and Vivek Singh ( v.singh at rutgers.edu). http://sigir.org/chiir2018/call.php Best - Jacek Jacek Gwizdka, PhD(Toronto) MASc(Toronto) MEng(TULodz) 'Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate' - William of Ockham (1285-1349) Research Talk on NeuroIR | http://gwizdka.com/research Assistant Professor at School of Information, University of Texas at Austin 1616 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78701, USA | Office 5.532 (5th floor) Information eXperience (IX) lab Co-Director | ACM Senior Member Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From syn at cua.edu Wed Jun 21 01:02:07 2017 From: syn at cua.edu (Sue Yeon Syn) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:02:07 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] ASIS&T SIG USE Annual Awards 2017 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We hope you will consider applying for the slate of SIGUSE awards available for travel and research; award winners will be formally recognized at the SIGUSE symposium, to be held at the upcoming ASIST Annual Meeting in Crystal City, VA. Applications for Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award is due AUGUST 1, 2017 and ALL other awards are due JULY 15, 2017. Applications can be forwarded to both of the SIG USE Awards Co-Chairs: Sue Yeon Syn ( syn at cua.edu) and Sanghee Oh (sangee.oh at cnu.ac.kr). The following awards are open for competition: *The Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award* for ?best research proposal that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $1000, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/elfreda-a-chatman-research-award/ *The Innovation Award *for ?innovative work that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $200,* Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/innovationaward/ *The Student Conference Travel Award* to ?assist student in a Master?s or doctoral program in attending the ASIST annual conference by defraying travel expenses.? Value: $500, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-masters-student-conference-travel-award/ *The Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award* to ?provide financial support for members to attend non-LIS specific conference.? Value: 3 awards of $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/interdisciplinary-conference-travel-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award* in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/best-information-behavior-conference-paper-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award* in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due AUGUST 1, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-best-information-behavior-conference-poster-award/ Please note the application requirements and procedures for the various awards, which can be found though the URLs provided above. Please encourage your faculty and student colleagues to apply. Sincerely, Sue Yeon Syn and Sanghee Oh SIGUSE Awards Co-chairs *Sue Yeon Syn, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Catholic University of America* *620 Michigan Ave. N.E.* *Washington, D.C. 20064* *Phone: 202-319-6277* *Email: syn at cua.edu * *Web: http://faculty.cua.edu/syn * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Value: $1000, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/elfreda-a-chatman-research-award/ *The Innovation Award* for ?innovative work that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/innovationaward/ *The Student Conference Travel Award* to ?assist student in a Master?s or doctoral program in attending the ASIST annual conference by defraying travel expenses.? *Value: $1000 (**more than one award may be given depending on SIGUSE resources**)**,* *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-masters-student-conference-travel-award/ *The Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award* to ?provide financial support for members to attend non-LIS specific conference.? Value: 3 awards of $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/interdisciplinary-conference-travel-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award* in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/best-information-behavior-conference-paper-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award *in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due AUGUST 1, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-best-information-behavior-conference-poster-award/ Please note the application requirements and procedures for the various awards, which can be found though the URLs provided above. Please encourage your faculty and student colleagues to apply. Sincerely, Sue Yeon Syn and Sanghee Oh SIGUSE Awards Co-chairs *Sue Yeon Syn, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Catholic University of America* *620 Michigan Ave. N.E.* *Washington, D.C. 20064* *Phone: 202-319-6277* *Email: syn at cua.edu * *Web: http://faculty.cua.edu/syn * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From syn at cua.edu Wed Jun 28 21:01:06 2017 From: syn at cua.edu (Sue Yeon Syn) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:01:06 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] ASIS&T SIG USE Annual Awards 2017 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We hope you will consider applying for the slate of SIG USE awards available for travel and research; award winners will be formally recognized at the SIGUSE symposium, to be held at the upcoming ASIST Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Applications for Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award is due AUGUST 1, 2017 and ALL other awards are due JULY 15, 2017. Applications can be forwarded to both of the SIG USE Awards Co-Chairs: Sue Yeon Syn ( syn at cua.edu) and Sanghee Oh (sangee.oh at cnu.ac.kr). The following awards are open for competition: *The Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award* for ?best research proposal that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $1000, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/elfreda-a-chatman-research-award/ *The Innovation Award* for ?innovative work that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/innovationaward/ *The Student Conference Travel Award* to ?assist student in a Master?s or doctoral program in attending the ASIST annual conference by defraying travel expenses.? Value: $1000 (more than one award may be given depending on SIG USE resources), *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-masters-student- conference-travel-award/ *The Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award* to ?provide financial support for members to attend non-LIS specific conference.? Value: 3 awards of $200,*Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/interdisciplinary-conference-travel-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award* in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due JULY 15, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/best-information-behavior- conference-paper-award/ *Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award *in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200, *Due AUGUST 1, 2017* https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-best-information- behavior-conference-poster-award/ Please note the application requirements and procedures for the various awards, which can be found though the URLs provided above. Please encourage your faculty and student colleagues to apply. Sincerely, Sue Yeon Syn and Sanghee Oh SIG USE Awards Co-chairs *Sue Yeon Syn, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Catholic University of America* *620 Michigan Ave. N.E.* *Washington, D.C. 20064* *Phone: 202-319-6277* *Email: syn at cua.edu * *Web: http://faculty.cua.edu/syn * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: