From adam at adamworrall.org Thu Oct 16 13:06:10 2014 From: adam at adamworrall.org (Adam Worrall) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:06:10 -0400 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Social Media Postdoc at MSR New England References: <933c43874e8f4035930b38f56f6d74bc@BY2PR03MB297.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Microsoft Research New England?s Social Media Collective is hiring for a postdoctoral researcher in social media and sociotechnical issues, starting July 1st, 2014. The application deadline is November 3rd. "This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on anthropology, communication, media studies, sociology, and/or science and technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to complex socio-technical issues." More details and how to apply are available at: http://socialmediacollective.org/2014/09/30/msr-new-england-is-hiring-a-social-media-postdoc/. Good luck to all! (via Nancy Baym / AoIR listserv) Adam Worrall, Ph.D. Communications Officer, ASIS&T SIG SI Adjunct Professor, Florida State University School of Information - Florida?s iSchool adam at adamworrall.org aworrall at fsu.edu http://www.adamworrall.org > We are hiring a postdoc at Microsoft Research New England > > http://socialmediacollective.org/2014/09/30/msr-new-england-is-hiring-a-social-media-postdoc/ > > > > The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a social media postdoctoral researcher (start date: 1 July, 2015). This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on anthropology, communication, media studies, sociology, and/or science and technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to complex socio-technical issues. Application deadline: Monday 3 November, 2014. > > Microsoft Research provides a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment with an open publications policy and close links to top academic institutions around the world. Postdoctoral researcher positions provide emerging scholars (PhDs received in 2014 or to be conferred by July 2015) an opportunity to develop their research career and to interact with some of the top minds in the research community. Postdoctoral researchers are invited to define their own research agenda and demonstrate their ability to drive forward an effective program of research. Successful candidates will have a well-established research track record as demonstrated by journal publications and conference papers, as well as participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels. The position offers the potential to have research realized in products and services that will be used world-wide. > > Postdoctoral researchers receive a competitive salary and benefits package, and are eligible for relocation expenses. Postdoctoral researchers are hired for a two-year term appointment following the academic calendar, starting in July 2015. Applicants must have completed the requirements for a PhD, including submission of their dissertation, prior to joining Microsoft Research. We do accept applicants with tenure-track job offers from other institutions so long as they are able to negotiate deferring their start date to accept our position. > > While each of the Microsoft Research labs has openings in a variety of different disciplines, this position with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England is especially interested in identifying social science/humanities candidates with critical approaches to their topics. SMC postdocs are based at Microsoft Research New England (located in Cambridge, MA) and enjoy opportunities to visit and collaborate with our sister Social Media Collective members in the New York City Lab. > > Qualifications include a strong academic record in anthropology, communication, media studies, sociology, science and technology studies, or a related field. The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation, be interested in questions related to technology or the internet and society or culture, and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes computer scientists, mathematicians, and economists. > > The Social Media Collective is comprised of full-time researchers, postdocs, visiting faculty, PhD interns, and research assistants. Our current projects include: > > - How does the use of social media affect relationships between artists and audiences in creative industries and what does that tell us about the future of work? (Nancy Baym) > > - What are the cultural, political, and economic implications of crowdsourcing as a new form of semi-automated, globally-distributed digital labor? (Mary L. Gray) > > - What are the social and political consequences of popular computing folklore? (Kevin Driscoll) > > - How do online technologies shape countercultures and communities of alterity? (Jessa Lingel) > > - What are the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development? (danah boyd) > > - What are the politics, ethics and policy implications of big data science? (Kate Crawford) > > To apply for a postdoc position at MSRNE: > > Submit an online application here. > > - Indicate that your research area of interest is "Anthropology, Communication, Media Studies, and Sociology" and that your location preference is "New England, MA, U.S." > > - In addition to the CV and names of three referees (including your dissertation advisor) that the online application will require you to include, upload the following 3 attachments with your online application: > 1. two journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent writing samples (uploaded as 2 separate attachments); > 2. a single research statement (four page maximum length) that does the following: outlines the questions and methodologies central to your research agenda (~two page maximum length); provides an abstract and chapter outline of your dissertation (~one page maximum length); offers a description of how your research agenda relates to research conducted by the social media collective (~one page maximum length) > > After you submit your application, a request for letters will be sent to your list of referees on your behalf. You can check the status of progress on individual reference requests at any time by clicking the status tab within your application page. Note that a complete application includes three submitted letters of reference. > > THE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUEST REFERENCE LETTERS UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION! Please warn your letter writers in advance so that they will be ready to submit them when they receive the prompt. The email they receive will automatically tell them they have two weeks to respond but that an individual call for applicants may have an earlier deadline. Please ensure that they expect this and are prepared to submit your letter by the deadline. Please make sure to check back with your referees if you have any questions about the status of your requested letters of recommendation. > > For more information, see here. From adam at adamworrall.org Thu Oct 16 13:10:41 2014 From: adam at adamworrall.org (Adam Worrall) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:10:41 -0400 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Open call for Berkman Center 2015-16 fellowships References: <54381CDF.1040000@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Message-ID: Harvard University?s Berkman Center for Internet and Society has posted an open call for fellowship applications for 2015-16. Applications are due by December 12, 2014. > We invite applications from folks around the globe working on a broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may overlap with ongoing work at Berkman or will expose us to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, innovators, engineers, artists, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest who come from ? and have interest in ? countries industrialized or developing, with ideas, projects, or activities in all phases on a spectrum from incubation to reflection. More details on the fellowship opportunities and how to apply are available below and in the open call on the Berkman Center Web site: http://brk.mn/fellows1516. Good luck to those who apply! (via the Berkman Center's Rebecca Tabasky) Adam Worrall, Ph.D. Communications Officer, ASIS&T SIG SI Adjunct Professor, Florida State University School of Information - Florida?s iSchool adam at adamworrall.org aworrall at fsu.edu http://www.adamworrall.org > The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened its annual call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2015-2016 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues. > > Applications will be accepted through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and applications will be submitted online through our Application Tracker tool at: http://brk.mn/1516app > > We invite applications from folks around the globe working on a broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may overlap with ongoing work at Berkman or will expose us to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, innovators, engineers, artists, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest who come from -- and have interest in -- countries industrialized or developing, with ideas, projects, or activities in all phases on a spectrum from incubation to reflection. > > More information about this call for applications may be found below and at http://brk.mn/fellows1516. > > More information about the Berkman Center Fellowship Program may be found at http://brk.mn/fellows. > > A Fellowship Program FAQ may be found at http://brk.mn/fellowsfaq. > > Through this annual open call, we seek to advance our collective work and give it new direction, and to deepen and broaden our networked community across backgrounds, disciplines, cultures, and nations. We welcome you to read more about the program below, to share this announcement with your networks, and to apply! > > With thanks, > Becca > > --- > > Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2015-2016 > > About Berkman?s Fellowship Program > > ?The Berkman Center's mission is to explore and understand cyberspace; to study its development, dynamics, norms, and standards; and to assess the need or lack thereof for laws and sanctions. > > We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our mode is entrepreneurial nonprofit.? > > Inspired by our mission statement, the Berkman Center?s fellowship program provides the opportunity for some of the world?s most innovative thinkers and changemakers to hone and share ideas, find camaraderie, and spawn new initiatives. The program aims to encourage and support fellows in an inviting and rigorous intellectual environment, with community activities designed to foster inquiry and to identify and expose the common threads across fellows? individual activities. > > Fellows actively participate in exchanges through a weekly fellows hour, fellows-run working groups, and a wide-range of Berkman Center events and interactions. While engaging in both substance and process, much of what makes the fellowship program rewarding is created each year by the fellows themselves to address their own interests and priorities. These entrepreneurial, collaborative ventures ? ranging from goal-oriented to experimental, from rigorous to humorous ? are what ensure the dynamism of the fellows, the fellowship program, and the Berkman community. > > Additionally, with Berkman faculty, students, staff, and other affiliates, fellows help to develop and advance their own work and Berkman Center projects, and they learn and teach through courses, skill sharing, hacking and development sessions, cultural productions, and other gatherings. > > Fellows are essential to the Berkman Center as nodes of intelligence, insight, energy, and knowledge-sharing. From their diverse backgrounds and wide-ranging physical and virtual travels, Berkman Center fellows bring fresh ideas, skills, passion, and connections to the Center and its community, and from their time spent in Cambridge help build and extend new perspectives and initiatives out into the world. > > Current fellows have shared reflections on their experiences here, and provide great insights and specifics from an insider?s view. Sara Watson writes, ?Berkman became a supportive community of people I can count on to a read a draft of something I write before I post it, or to talk through a difficult decision and urge me to find my own voice. Parts of my work this year were challenging in unexpected ways, and I'm thankful to have had the support of this inspiring and encouraging group.? Nathan Matias says, ?As a fellow, you'll be part of an amazing, supportive network of people who will help you, challenge you, and work with you to make your work more socially conscious, more visible, more effective, and more awesome.? > > About Berkman Fellowships > > An appointment that defies one-size-fits-all description, each Berkman fellowship carries a unique set of opportunities, responsibilities and expectations. All fellows engage issues related to the fairly limitless expanse of Internet & society issues, and are committed to the intellectual life of the Center and fellowship program activities. Some fellows work as researchers directly on Berkman Center projects. Other fellowships consist of independent work, such as the research and writing of a manuscript or series of papers, the vision and planning of an action-oriented meeting, or the development and implementation of an initiative or a study on issues related to the Berkman Center?s areas of inquiry. > > Fellowship terms typically run the course of the academic year, roughly from the beginning of September through the end of May. In some instances, fellows are re-appointed for consecutive fellowship terms. > > While we embrace our many virtual connections, spending time together in person remains essential. In order to maximize their engagement with the community, during their fellowship terms fellows are expected to routinely spend time in and conduct much of their work from Cambridge, in most cases requiring residency. Tuesdays hold particular importance as it is the day the fellows community meets for a weekly fellows hour, in addition to it being the day Berkman hosts our public luncheon series; as such, we ask that fellows commit to spending as many Tuesdays at the Center as is possible. > > Qualifications > > We do not have a defined set of requirements for the fellows we select through our open call; we welcome applications from a wildly diverse range of people. > > Fellows come from across the disciplinary spectrum and different life paths, and are at all stages of career development. Some fellows are academics, whether students, post-docs, or professors. Others come from outside academia, and include lawyers, philosophers, activists, technologists, entrepreneurs, journalists, and other types of practitioners. > > The commonality among all Berkman fellows is an interest in the intersections of the Internet and related emergent technologies, social change, and policy and regulatory developments, as well as a commitment to spending their fellowship exploring those dynamics in concert with others. > > To learn more about the work and interests of our current community of fellows, you can read their bios and find links to their outstanding work, check out their blogs, and find them on twitter. > > Commitment to Diversity > > The work and well-being of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society are strengthened profoundly by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We actively seek and welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities, as well as applications from researchers and practitioners from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. The roots of this deep commitment are many and, appropriately, diverse. We welcome your inquiries, comments, and ideas on how we may continue to improve. > > Stipends, Benefits, and Access to University Resources > > Stipends: Fellowships awarded through the open call for applications are rarely stipended. Some fellows receive partial stipends ?the award of such a stipend is based on the nature of the responsibilities the applicant would assume while a fellow, and their relation, relevance, and application to Berkman?s funded projects. Most fellows receive no direct funding or stipend through the Berkman Center, but rather have obtained funding through other means, such as an outside grant or award, a home institution, or other forms of scholarship. > > Benefits: Fringe benefits do not routinely accompany Berkman fellowships. Fellows must make their own housing, insurance, childcare, and transportation arrangements. > > Office Space: Most Berkman fellows work out of the greater-Boston area and spend a significant amount of time at the Berkman Center. There are many desks and workspaces available for flexible use at the Berkman Center, though few fellows are given their own permanent desk or office. We endeavor to provide comfortable and productive spaces for fellows to work, even if it is not the same space each day. Fellows are welcome to host small meetings and gatherings at the Center and on the Harvard campus. > > Access to University Resources: Fellows are allowed physical access into Langdell Library (the Harvard Law School Library), and fellows are able to acquire a Special Borrower Card for privileges with the Harvard College Libraries. At present, we do not routinely provide remote access to the University?s e-resources, however access is available within the libraries. Fellows do not have the ability to purchase University health insurance or get Harvard housing. Berkman fellows often audit classes at Harvard University, however must individually ask for permission directly from the professor of the desired class. > > Additional Information about the Berkman Center > > The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. Founded in 1997, through a generous gift from Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman, the Center is home to an ever-growing community of faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates working on projects that span the broad range of intersections between cyberspace, technology, and society. To learn more about Berkman's current activities and interests, consider watching a video of a Fall 2014 lunch talk led by Berkman's Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain. > > Frequently Asked Questions > > More information about fellows selection and the application process can be found on our Fellows Program FAQ. > > Required Application Materials > > 1.) A current resume or C.V. > > 2.) A personal statement which should a) frame your motivation for applying for a Berkman Center fellowship and b) outline the work you propose to conduct during a fellowship. This statement should be roughly 1,000 ? 1,500 words or should be a multi-media equivalent. > > 3.) A copy of a recent publication or an example of relevant work. For a written document, for instance, it should be on the order of a paper or chapter - not an entire book or dissertation - and should be in English. > > 4.) Two letters of recommendation, sent directly from the reference. > > In addition to the above materials, we ask applicants to share some additional information in a form as part of the application. > > 1.) Disciplinary background: Up to three disciplines in which you have been trained and/or have worked. > > 2.) Tags: Five tags that describe or represent the themes, issues, or ideas you know about and on which you propose to conduct work during a fellowship at Berkman; and five tags that represent work, themes, issues, or ideas that you do not currently know much about, but would like to explore and learn more about during a fellowship year. Each tag should be one- to three- words or terms. > > 3.) Berkman projects of interest. > > To Apply for a 2015-2016 Academic Year Fellowship Through Our Open Call > > Applications will be submitted online through our Application Tracker tool at: http://brk.mn/1516app > > Applications will be accepted through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. > > Instructions for creating an account and submitting an application through the Application Tracker may be found here. > > Note related to recommendation letters: Recommendation letters will be captured through the Application Tracker, and will require applicants to submit the names and contact information for references in advance of the application deadline. References will receive a link at which they can upload their letters. 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By completing the survey you get a chance to participate in the random draw: 10 gifts valuing 50 euros each. https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/7110BA381403B169.par Aqdas Malik Doctoral candidate, Strategic Usability Group. Aalto University, Espoo, Finland From mcunha at ipca.pt Sun Oct 26 20:51:21 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:51:21 +0000 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Call for abstracts | ViNOrg - 3rd International Conf. on Virtual and Networked Organizations | Portugal, November 2014 Message-ID: <201410270051.s9R0pN7j011668@mail.asis.org> Dear Colleague, We invite you to consider submitting to ViNOrg 2014. Please visit the conference webpage for more information (http://2100projects.org/conferences/vinorg14/ ). We look forward to welcoming in P?voa de Varzim next November. Kind regards, Manuela and Goran CALL FOR PAPERS / EXTENDED ABSTRACTS *** ViNOrg 14 3rd International Conference on Virtual and Networked Organizations: Emergent Technologies and Tools *** P?voa de Varzim, Portugal November 5-7, 2014 *** Full Papers/ Ext. Abstracts / Abstracts submission deadline: November 2, 2014 Notifications of acceptance within 2 days after submission *** The authors of accepted Abstracts or Extended Abstracts may also present their work during the Conference and submit their Full Paper after the Conference, for publication in the Conference Proceedings book. *** http://2100projects.org/conferences/vinorg14/ vinorg at 2100projects.org *** conference chairs: - Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal *** From news at iccss2015.eu Mon Oct 27 13:01:00 2014 From: news at iccss2015.eu (news at iccss2015.eu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:01:00 +0200 Subject: [Sigtis-l] Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Computational Social Science 2015 | Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 Message-ID: <20141027190100.Horde.NedgknYVjA5x6GqRsziehw2@box451.bluehost.com> ***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Computational Social Science Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 WEBSITE http://www.iccss2015.eu/ IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission: 15 November 2014 Opening of registration: 15 January 2015 Conference dates: 8-11 June 2015 EVENT OVERVIEW The conference will bring together scientists from different areas to meet and discuss problems on social systems and dynamics, as well as research questions motivated by large datasets, either extracted from real applications (e.g. social media, communication systems), or created via controlled experiments. PROGRAM CHAIRS Karen Cook (Stanford) Santo Fortunato (Aalto University) Michael Macy (Cornell) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Opening talk by Michael Macy (Cornell) Lada Adamic (Facebook) Sinan Aral (MIT) Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Northeastern University and CEU) Nicholas Christakis (Yale) Robin Dunbar (Oxford) Andreas Flache (University of Groeningen) Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich) Matthew Jackson (Stanford) Jure Leskovec (Stanford) Alex Pentland (MIT) Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University) Duncan Watts (Microsoft) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Santo Fortunato (Aalto University), Aristides Gionis (Aalto), Heikki H?mm?inen (Aalto), Kimmo Kaski (Aalto), Walter Quattrociocchi (IMT Lucca), Jari Saram?ki (Aalto), Juuso Valim?ki (Aalto) TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to) Social networks Social contagion Communication dynamics Information diffusion and other spreading phenomena Social influence Crowd-sourcing Popularity dynamics Smart cities Attention economics Social design and user behavior Group formation, evolution and group behavior analysis Human mobility Mobility and context-awareness Economics of trust SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Contributions to the conference have to be submitted via Easychair (www.easychair.org), the name of the event there is IC2S2. Each submission consists of an extended abstract of max 2 pages (A4). Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work, put at least one figure, otherwise it will be difficult for the PC to assess its relevance. Short, paper-like abstracts will not be considered. Abstracts do not need to refer to unpublished work. If the work is published or under submission elsewhere it is fine. We want to give to everyone the opportunity to present the most relevant work to the topics of the conference. There will be no proceedings, but we are exploring the possibility of having a special journal issue, where selected contributions will be published. Authors of those contributions would be invited to submit full papers after the conference. Each extended abstract will be reviewed by two PC members. Abstracts can be submitted from September the 15th till November 15th, 2014. We will do our best to have mostly oral presentations of the selected contributions, both plenary and in parallel sessions. However, there will be a poster session as well. During the submission process, you will be asked to specify whether your contribution is intended for a) Plenary session presentation, b) Parallel session presentation or c) Poster session presentation. The final allocation of each contribution will be decided by the Program Committee. CONTACT For any question you might have please contact Prof. Santo Fortunato (santo.fortunato at aalto.fi)