>2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute >(a joint effort of the Consortium for Science of Sociotechnical Systems >(CSST) and the Summer Social Webshop) > >July 28 ­ August 1, 2013 >University of Maryland -- College Park, Maryland USA > >APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2013 > >MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open >innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, >and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy >management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; >disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy ­ these are just a few >problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of >complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a >trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as >wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, >information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information >systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, >education, learning science, journalism, and political science. > >Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), >preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities >(Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this >community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a >strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of >social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, >organizations, and societies. > >The 2013 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and >expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, >post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at >the University of Maryland, College Park on July 28-August 1: > >Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early >career researchers ­ Through mentoring, peer networking, and >skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, >pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify >substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the >larger community can advance their work with the design and study of >sociotechnical systems. > >Established researchers ­ Prior summer institute/workshop participants >and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior >and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research >agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about >practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the >design and study of sociotechnical systems. > >Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams ­ Nascent groups of >researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will >work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research >goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and >interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. >Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying >sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as >(but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; >cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; >technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and >civic engagement and participation. > >Research infrastructure development teams ­ Groups of researchers >interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, >training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and >study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer >institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure >³hackathon² sessions will result in the creation of use cases, >prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and >resources. > >APPLYING FOR DSST 2013 > >Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public >sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, >select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the >appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Brian >Butler) at bsbutler@umd.edu by April 5th, 2013: > >* Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and >early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) >response to: ³How does/will your work advance our ability to design and >understand critical sociotechnical systems?² Several core references >should be included to situate your work within the larger research >community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of >recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their >expected graduation date. > >* Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) >response to: ³What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities >related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What >activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the >Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and >opportunities?² Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer >Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused >presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; >method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. > >* Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, >sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: ³What is the >research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are >needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance >our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?² >References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to >situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups >invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, >only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be >considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to >help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). >Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which >junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. > >* Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, >sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: ³What is the >problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that >problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or >infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical >sociotechnical systems?² References to examples from other domains can be >included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer >Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and >institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an >application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the >Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as >needed). > >Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer >Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, >for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given >to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be >available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for >all available financial support you should provide the following >information when you apply: >* What college, university, or organization are you affiliated with? >* What is your primary department affiliation? >* If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the >GRAND network? > >Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Brian >Butler) at bsbutler@umd.edu by April 5th, 2013. Applications will be >reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning April 6th, 2013 >using the following criteria: >* Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, >practice, or design of sociotechnical systems >* Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant >practical benefit for the individual/team >* Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants >The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding >and the fit between applicants¹ interests and goals. > >For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer >Institute co-coordinators, Brian Butler (bsbutler@umd.edu) and Susan >Winter (sjwinter@umd.edu). For information about the broader community >of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, >see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), Social Webshop >(http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop2012/), the "Researchers of the >Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv >(csst@listserv.syr.edu). > >DSST 2013 ADVISORY GROUP > >Diane Bailey (University of Texas, Austin) >John Bertot (University of Maryland, College Park) >Jeremy Birnholtz (Northwestern University) >Amy Bruckman (Georgia Tech) >John Carroll (Penn State University) >Derrick Cogburn (American University) >Nosh Contractor (Northwestern University) >Dan Cosley (Cornell University) >Jonathon Cummings (Duke University) >Laura Dabbish (Carnegie Mellon University) >Leslie DeChurch (Georgia Tech) >Paul Dourish (University of California, Irvine) >Nicole Ellison (University of Michigan) >Susan Fussell (Cornell University) >Matt Germonprez (University of Nebraska at Omaha) >Sean Goggins (Drexel University) >Jen Golbeck (University of Maryland, College Park) >Rebecca Grinter (Georgia Tech) >Anatoliy Gruzd (Dalhousie University) >Caroline Haythornthwaite (University of British Columbia) >Libby Hemphill (Illinois Institute of Technology) >Pamela Hinds (Stanford University) >Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) >Nicolas Jullien (TELECOM Bretagne) >Sara Kiesler (Carnegie Mellon University) >Aniket Kittur (Carnegie Mellon University) >Mark Klein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) >Bob Kraut (Carnegie Mellon University) >Karim Lakhani (Harvard University) >Natalia Levina (New York Univesity) >Wayne Lutters (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) >Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve) >Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine) >Anne Massey (Indiana University) >Bonnie Nardi (University of California, Irvine) >Mark Newman (University of Michigan) >Gary Olson (University of California, Irvine) >Felipe Ortega (University Rey Juan Carlos) >Jenny Preece (University of Maryland, College Park) >David Ribes (Georgetown University) >Tony Salvador (Intel) >Steve Sawyer (Syracuse University) >Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland, College Park) >Marc Smith (Social Media Research Foundation) >Charles Steinfeld (Michigan State University) >Kate Stewart (University of Maryland, College Park) >Susan Straus (Rand Corporation) >Andrea Tapia (Penn State University) >Michael Twidale (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) >Youngjin Yoo (Temple University) > >DSST 2013 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS > >The 2013 DSST Summer Institute is offered in conjunction with the >following partners: >* The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), >* The Summer Social Webshop > >Financial support for DSST 2013 is being provided by the following >Enabling Sponsors: >* U.S. National Science Foundation via Digital Societies and Technology >Research Coordination Network (DST-RCN) >* GRAND-NCE > >Facilities, administrative, and logistical support for DSST 2013 is >provide by the following Host Sponsors: >* The University of Maryland, College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) > *The Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) > * Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), > * Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC) > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/

The College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University is a college that emphasizes a) systems-level thinking to approach global, societal problems, b) multiple methodologies in the pursuit of interdisciplinary research and design, and c) active, collaborative learning to support transformative teaching. To learn more about our vision, mission, goals, structure, faculty and students, please go to http://ist.psu.edu. We are searching to fill multiple positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in our ranks of tenure-track faculty members, who will assist our college in attaining its goals in education, research and service to the community. The College has strengths in six key areas including: 1) Computational Informatics and Science; 2) Organizational Informatics; 3) Social Policy, Economics and Informatics; 4) Human-Computer Interaction; 5) Cognition and Networked Intelligent Systems and 6) Security, Privacy and Informatics. We seek applicants who show clear evidence that they will become or are leading scholars and premier teachers in their fields and are interested in being part of a vibrant, civil and diverse academic community. Although we welcome applications from a broad variety of areas that match the research interests in the college, we are particularly interested in applicants who would like to pursue research and teaching in the following areas: 1) Enterprise Architecture; 2) Biomedical/Health Informatics; 3) Computational Informatics; 4) Security & Risk Analysis. We are interested in applicants who approach these areas from either a social, cognitive, or computational perspective or a combination of these perspectives. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their curriculum vitae, summary of research and teaching plans, as well as the contact information of four persons who will write letters of recommendations at http://recruit.ist.psu.edu . For questions, please contact Dr. Prasenjit Mitra, Faculty Search Committee Chair, 313F IST Building, College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6823 or via email to facsearch@ist.psu.edu . Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2013, and continue until the positions are filled. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.

Hi CITASA folks-- My new research on social media and the northern lights (space weather) has a slim chance of getting a camera on the International Space Station. (SERIOUSLY--HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!? A Sociologist getting a tool in space!) We'd take the best pictures possible of the northern lights and share them via social media in real time. However, we have to win the chance. We currently have 1200 votes. The leading team has 2600. Voting ends Friday morning. PLEASE go vote 5 times per IP. Share with your students/friends? http://iframe.wizehive.com/voting/view/52321da9-23f0-4d23-949c-789e0a91afa5 /0/1543857/0 Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology College of Information Sciences and Technology Penn State University University Park, State College, PA Website‹http://andreatapia.net <http://andreatapia.net/> Email‹atapia@ist.psu.edu Facebook--https://www.facebook.com/andrea.tapia

ISCRAM 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT GENERAL paper deadline EXTENSION until December 1st, 2013 Please share very widely. Due to the typhoon in the Philippines and the involvement of many of our members in the recovery effort, the general deadline for full papers for ISCRAM 2014 has been postponed until December 1. However, no extensions can be granted beyond that date for full papers. Those who can are strongly urged to submit their papers before December 1, so that reviewers have a longer time and you are more likely to receive more reviews to help you with any revision. ISCRAM: The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and Communities through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management DATES: May 18-21 2014 LOCATION: Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu <http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/>

ISCRAM is calling! You still have time to send in your papers to ISCRAM 2014! Shorter papers (5-pages), posters, doctoral student colloquium applications are all due January 20th, 2014! Submit your paper, poster or application here. https://www.conftool.com/iscram2014/ ISCRAM: The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and Communities through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management DATES: May 18-21 2014 LOCATION: Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/