Potentially of interest. Apologies for Cross-Posting!
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CFP: WWW 2011 Workshop on Online Reputation Context, Privacy, and Reputation Management
See: http://technotaste.com/reputation/
Reputation information has been an invaluable tool for building confidence in computer-mediated exchange, finding potential bad actors in networks, filtering out poor content, and identifying high-quality content creators. With the explosion of user generated content and social networking, online reputation is more important but also more problematic than it has ever been. A vast amount of personal information is now widely available through search engines and social media sites. While this information provides ample raw material for reputation systems, its easy availability highlights the need for reputation systems which are sensitive to interaction contexts, which provide users with a measure of control over their reputation information, and which respect users' attitudes about privacy.
There is strong evidence that reputation management is on users' minds. According to a 2010 Pew report, more than 70% of users aged 18-29 say they have acted to limit what they share online in order to guard their reputation. Recent studies have suggested that users differ --- sometimes drastically --- in their attitudes and behaviors around reputation and privacy. While some users are vigilant about managing their online reputation information, for instance by customizing privacy settings and changing online behaviors, others are largely unconcerned. Research has also shown that users differ in their general attitudes about online information control and online discretion.
Despite the mounting evidence that users differ in important ways, to date relatively little attention has been devoted to the design of reputation systems that are adaptive to individual attitudes in specific contexts. Current systems largely implement a single standard and apply it to all users. Providing customizable privacy and reputation settings has been a popular tactic for addressing the need for adaptable reputation systems. However, managing online reputation places additional burdens on users and demands system information, technical skills, and knowledge of potential risks which many users simply do not posses. There is a real, unmet need to develop adaptable, context-aware reputation systems which facilitate finding trustworthy others and high quality content but which also give users the control and confidence to effectively manage their online reputation.
In this workshop we will bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines to discuss the future of online reputation systems. Our goal is to combine social and technical perspectives on adaptable, usable, and context-aware reputation systems. We hope to stimulate discussion and the development of systems, models, and research agendas which simultaneously tackle the social and technical challenges of online reputation. The key themes of the workshop will include:
We invite submissions of 2-4 page position papers in the ACM SIG Proceedings format. Theoretical discussions, proposed models, works-in-progress, and demonstrations of existing systems are all welcome. Submissions may address any part of the complex ecosystem of online reputation. However, we particularly encourage submissions which break out of traditional silos to integrate social and technical perspectives on reputation and which pay particular attention to the issues of adaptive reputation systems, reputation in context and user privacy.
Submissions are due Friday, January 28th 2011 by 5pm PDT and authors will be notified by Monday, February 28th. Submissions should be made via email to reputation.workshop@yahoo.com.
Judd Antin, Elizabeth F. Churchill, and Bee-Chung Chen Yahoo! Research
Cameron Marlow, Facebook
Cliff Lampe, Michigan State University
Andrew Fiore, Michigan State University
Luca de Alfaro, Google
Randy Farmer, MSB Associates
Coye Cheshire, UC Berkeley
Cody Simms, Yahoo!
judd antin
research scientist
jantin@yahoo-inc.com
direct 408-336-5305 mobile 510-684-0393
4401 great america parkway, santa clara, ca, 95054, us
I should have noted that this workshop is being held in conjunction with the ACM World Wide Web (WWW) Conference in Hyderabad, India. Apologies for the omission, several folks have emailed me off-list.
--Judd
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Subject: [CITASA] CfP: WWW '11 Workshop on Online Reputation
Potentially of interest. Apologies for Cross-Posting!
============
CFP: WWW 2011 Workshop on Online Reputation Context, Privacy, and Reputation Management
See: http://technotaste.com/reputation/
Reputation information has been an invaluable tool for building confidence in computer-mediated exchange, finding potential bad actors in networks, filtering out poor content, and identifying high-quality content creators. With the explosion of user generated content and social networking, online reputation is more important but also more problematic than it has ever been. A vast amount of personal information is now widely available through search engines and social media sites. While this information provides ample raw material for reputation systems, its easy availability highlights the need for reputation systems which are sensitive to interaction contexts, which provide users with a measure of control over their reputation information, and which respect users' attitudes about privacy.
There is strong evidence that reputation management is on users' minds. According to a 2010 Pew report, more than 70% of users aged 18-29 say they have acted to limit what they share online in order to guard their reputation. Recent studies have suggested that users differ --- sometimes drastically --- in their attitudes and behaviors around reputation and privacy. While some users are vigilant about managing their online reputation information, for instance by customizing privacy settings and changing online behaviors, others are largely unconcerned. Research has also shown that users differ in their general attitudes about online information control and online discretion.
Despite the mounting evidence that users differ in important ways, to date relatively little attention has been devoted to the design of reputation systems that are adaptive to individual attitudes in specific contexts. Current systems largely implement a single standard and apply it to all users. Providing customizable privacy and reputation settings has been a popular tactic for addressing the need for adaptable reputation systems. However, managing online reputation places additional burdens on users and demands system information, technical skills, and knowledge of potential risks which many users simply do not posses. There is a real, unmet need to develop adaptable, context-aware reputation systems which facilitate finding trustworthy others and high quality content but which also give users the control and confidence to effectively manage their online reputation.
In this workshop we will bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines to discuss the future of online reputation systems. Our goal is to combine social and technical perspectives on adaptable, usable, and context-aware reputation systems. We hope to stimulate discussion and the development of systems, models, and research agendas which simultaneously tackle the social and technical challenges of online reputation. The key themes of the workshop will include:
We invite submissions of 2-4 page position papers in the ACM SIG Proceedings format. Theoretical discussions, proposed models, works-in-progress, and demonstrations of existing systems are all welcome. Submissions may address any part of the complex ecosystem of online reputation. However, we particularly encourage submissions which break out of traditional silos to integrate social and technical perspectives on reputation and which pay particular attention to the issues of adaptive reputation systems, reputation in context and user privacy.
Submissions are due Friday, January 28th 2011 by 5pm PDT and authors will be notified by Monday, February 28th. Submissions should be made via email to reputation.workshop@yahoo.com.
Judd Antin, Elizabeth F. Churchill, and Bee-Chung Chen Yahoo! Research
Cameron Marlow, Facebook
Cliff Lampe, Michigan State University
Andrew Fiore, Michigan State University
Luca de Alfaro, Google
Randy Farmer, MSB Associates
Coye Cheshire, UC Berkeley
Cody Simms, Yahoo!
judd antin
research scientist
jantin@yahoo-inc.com
direct 408-336-5305 mobile 510-684-0393
4401 great america parkway, santa clara, ca, 95054, us
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