From rhill at asis.org Thu Aug 1 12:08:49 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:08:49 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] ASIS&T Makes Key Editorial Appointment Message-ID: <384-2201384116849353@LEN-dick-2011> ASIS&T Makes Key Editorial Appointment August 1, 2013. The Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. (ITI) has announced the appointment of Dr. Gerald Beno?t as Editor of the ASIS&T Monograph Series. In this role, Beno?t will acquire and develop print and digital monographs covering a range of practical and theoretical topics in information science and technology and allied disciplines. The ASIS&T Monograph Series is a leading series of books and ebooks for students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of information science and technology. The series has been published by ITI on behalf of ASIS&T since 1991. In making the announcement, ASIS&T president Andrew Dillon said, ?We are pleased to have someone with a strong international orientation accept this position. With his language skills and broad teaching experience across the technical and cultural aspects of the field as well as his business experience as a consultant on information systems, Gerry is well-positioned to advance the monograph series for ASIS&T.? Gerald ?Gerry? Beno?t is an associate professor at the Simmons College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Library and Information Science, teaching undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses. He holds a PhD from UCLA, an MS from Columbia, and degrees in French and Russian from the University of California, and also completed studies in mathematics and graphic design. Before entering academics he worked as a programmer/analyst for the College of Chemistry at UCLA?s UC Davis School of Medicine and as art director and partner at Imada Wong Park + Beno?t. He is a frequent reviewer for JASIST, the iSchool conferences, and ACM SIGIR. Thomas H. Hogan, Sr., ITI president and CEO and a past president of ASIS&T, said, ?We are very pleased to have found in Gerald Beno?t an editor with the skills and vision needed to bring this small but highly regarded series to the next level. As the information age accelerates, we look forward to working with Gerry and ASIS&T to provide authoritative, in-depth coverage of topics that matter to readers in the field.? Examples of current print and ebook titles in the ASIS&T Monograph Series may be found at books.infotoday.com/asist and books.infotoday.com/ebooks. For further information contact John B. Bryans, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Information Today, Inc. by email to jbryans at infotoday.com or call 609/654-6266, ext. 134. 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 michel.menou at orange.fr Wed Aug 7 05:35:55 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:35:55 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd: [Eurchap] PhD Scholarships at the iSchool in Denmark In-Reply-To: <68ED31DF-1B63-4DD4-87A6-E67DC6AF29F4@iva.dk> References: <68ED31DF-1B63-4DD4-87A6-E67DC6AF29F4@iva.dk> Message-ID: <520214FB.1070705@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Eurchap] PhD Scholarships at the iSchool in Denmark Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:40:15 +0000 From: Jens-Erik Mai To: eurchap at asis.org Two PhD scholarships are available at the Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS), University of Copenhagen. RSLIS is dedicated to developing the field of information studies in new ways that will integrate the study of information with cultural and humanistic studies. #1: PhD scholarship in Cultural Communication The basis for this scholarship shall be in one or more of the following areas: - Digital humanities - E-books - Cultural heritage - Digital youth Read more here: http://phd.humanities.ku.dk/how_to_apply/calls/phd-scholarship-in-cultural-communication/ #2: PhD scholarship in Information Science The basis for this scholarship shall be in one or more of the following areas: - Bibliometrics - Interactive information retrieval - Information seeking - Information management - Information behavior Read more here: http://phd.humanities.ku.dk/how_to_apply/calls/phd-scholarship-in-information-science/ For more information about the scholarships, please contact PhD coordinator Hans Dam Christensen: jbg621 at iva.ku.dk [http://iva.ku.dk/english/employees/?id=26962&vis=medarbejder] About RSLIS: in Danish: http://iva.ku.dk/forside/ in English: http://iva.ku.dk/english/home/ Jens-Erik ------------------------------------- Jens-Erik Mai Professor University of Copenhagen Royal School of Library and Information Science jem at jenserikmai.info http://jenserikmai.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Wed Aug 7 05:37:26 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:37:26 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd [JESSE]: Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Poster Competition Message-ID: <52021556.2080003@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Poster Competition Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:36:22 -0400 From: Susan Davis *Jean Tague-Sutcliffe* *Doctoral Student Poster Competition* *CALL FOR PROPOSALS* ** *Submission Deadline: October 1, 2013* *Notification of Acceptance: November 2, 2013* *About the Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Poster Competition* This competition was established in memory of Jean Tague-Sutcliffe, professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario (now the Faculty of Information and Media Studies). During her thirty-year career, Professor Sutcliffe?s research on the measurement of information made significant contributions to the theoretical, methodological, and practical foundations of library and information science. This award, established by students at UWO in 1997, also recognizes Professor Sutcliffe?s dedication to the education of information professionals by awarding a certificate, a one-year student annual membership to ALISE, and a $200 cash prize to the first-place winner. *Eligibility* ?Only one submission per student is permitted. ?Only doctoral students who have completed or are near completion of their doctoral dissertation research (i.e., post-proposal; the core data have been analyzed; the student is at the stage of drawing conclusions from the research findings) are eligible to enter this competition. ?Students whose posters are accepted must submit a final copy of the poster as a PDF by November 30, 2013. Failure to submit a poster at this time will result in elimination from the competition.As with poster proposals, final poster submissions will be made through EasyChair (see below for more information). ?Students whose posters are accepted are required to register for and attend the ALISE 2014 Conference in Philadelphia, PA, on January 21-24, 2014. *Judging Criteria* Posters will be judged according to the following criteria on a scale of 1-5: *Practical, theoretical, and statistical significance*: The discovery has broad application and potential benefit for practice, promotes the understanding of theory or suggests a new theoretical direction, and reports results that are statistically significant or provide a persuasive basis for argument. *Design and method*: Research design is logical and appropriate to the problem or research question(s), and method(s) of data collection, and analysis is appropriate, well described and demonstrates meaningful results. *Oral presentation*: Presentations are clear and to-the-point and are no longer than necessary to describe broadly the overall nature of the problem, the design and methodology, the results, and their implications. *Organization, clarity, and aesthetics of visual materials*: Posters should be well organized and attractive, understandable without the oral presentation, and coherent with the oral presentation. *Submission Requirements* Submissions should include the following: ?Student?s name and the name of the student?s advisor ?Title of the research study ?50-word brief abstract (for the conference program) ?500-word extended abstract (in Word format) Submissions should be made by midnight October 1, 2013, through the Easy Chair system, at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/conf=alise2014. Follow these steps: 1.Log on the system (create an EasyChair account if you do not already have one). 2.If you are also a reviewer, please be sure to select "author" as your role for your own submission. 3.Select "New Submission". 4.Complete all the information requested. Enter a title and provide a 50-word abstract for your submission. This will be used for the Conference Program. 5.Upload your Word file (extended abstract) and press "Submit". 6.You should also receive a confirmation email from the EasyChair system. Please note: submitting a proposal constitutes your permission for ALISE to publish the brief and extended abstracts in the conference program and on the ALISE website, if your proposal is accepted. *Questions?* Please direct any questions regarding the 2014 ALISE Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition to: *Susan E. Davis, Ph.D.* Associate Teaching Professor The iSchool, College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University sed48 at drexel.edu *Athena Salaba, Ph.D.* Associate Professor and Assistant Director School of Library and Information Science Kent State University asalaba at kent.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From naresh.agarwal at simmons.edu Fri Aug 9 14:02:52 2013 From: naresh.agarwal at simmons.edu (Naresh Agarwal) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:02:52 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] ASIS&T Chapter Awards, funds and more In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, Hope you're all doing well. Please note that the deadline for chapter annual reports and nomination for awards is fast approaching - August 15. The awards with the August 15 deadline are listed below. Click on the appropriate links for details and nomination forms: 1) Chapter of the Year http://www.asis.org/awards/chapteroftheyear.html 2) Chapter Member of the Year http://www.asis.org/awards/chaptermemberoftheyear.html 3) Chapter Event of the Year http://www.asis.org/awards/chaptereventoftheyear.html 4) Chapter Publication of the Year http://www.asis.org/awards/chapterpublicationoftheyear.html 5) Chapter Innovation http://www.asis.org/awards/chapterinnovation.html Warm regards, Naresh On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Naresh Agarwal wrote: > Hi everyone, > > CHAPTER AWARDS > --------------- > Please note that the deadline for a number of Chapter Awards is August 15. > These include: > > 1) Chapter of the Year > 2) Chapter Member of the Year > 3) Chapter Event of the Year > 4) Chapter Publication of the Year > 5) Chapter Innovation > > The deadline for the Student Chapter of the Year Award is July 1, as > Chirag had notified earlier. > > You'll find details about the chapter awards and nomination process at > http://www.asis.org/awards.html > > CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT FUND > ------------------------ > We'd encourage you to apply for the chapter development fund to assist in > the development of your chapter. A regional chapter may request up to > $1,000 from the Chapter Development Fund annually. A student chapter may > request up to $200 from the Chapter Development Fund annually. Joint > projects, including any combination of regional and student chapters, may > request up to $1500. annually. Here are the details and the online > application form http://www.asis.org/Chapters/chapterdevfundform.html > > CHANGES VOTED DURING THE LAST CHAPTER ASSEMBLY IN OCTOBER 2012 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > In order to enhance greater collaboration and knowledge sharing within and > among chapters, SIGs and other bodies, the Chapter Assembly approved the > following three changes at the 2012 Annual Meeting (something that officers > of Student and Regional Chapters need to note): > > 1) Judging criteria for student and regional Chapter-of-the-Year awards > will be modified to have 5 points allocated for collaboration with any SIG, > chapter or a body within or outside ASIS&T. For the student chapter award, > these points would be taken from the 40 points allocated for Chapter > Activities. [Jury will take a lenient view of this criteria this year] > > 2) We will create an opt-out (instead of opt-in) to the various lists for > leaders. If you are a chapter leader, you are automatically added to the > key lists such as the list for all chapters and any other list. > > 3) From this point forward, all student and regional chapter annual > reports will be made public (instead of them being viewed only by the > jury), but only after the jury has decided on the award. A chapter > submitting a report will have an opt-out option in the submission form if > it doesn?t want the report to be made public. [or you could contact us by > email should you wish to opt out] > > YOUR SUGGESTIONS > ---------------- > We have implemented certain changes. These include monthly Skype meetings > of the Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee, and beginning to revisit some > of the documents - bylaws / chapter officer manuals, etc. Do please let us > know your feedback, concerns and suggestions, as well as any update about > your chapter. These will be helpful to discuss during the upcoming ASIS&T > Board Meeting 3 weeks from now, and also for the Chapter Assembly to take > up. > > Warm regards, > > Will (Director) and Naresh (Deputy Director) > ASIS&T Chapter Assembly > > > > -- > > Naresh Agarwal, PhD, *Assistant Professor* > Graduate School of Library and Information Science > Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 > office 617.521.2836 | fax 617.521.3192 > agarwal at simmons.edu > www.nareshagarwal.co.nr > > -- Naresh Agarwal, PhD, *Assistant Professor* Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 office 617.521.2836 | fax 617.521.3192 agarwal at simmons.edu www.nareshagarwal.co.nr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Tue Aug 13 08:23:25 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:23:25 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd: [ciresearchers] Hong Kong Poly: PhD fellowship message In-Reply-To: <02f501ce9576$39b16650$ad1432f0$@gmail.com> References: <02f501ce9576$39b16650$ad1432f0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <520A253D.90205@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- *From:*Qureshi, Israr [MM] [mailto:israr.qureshi at polyu.edu.hk] *Sent:* Saturday, August 10, 2013 9:13 AM** ========================================================= Graduate students and practitioner with evidence of academic excellence, research ability, good communication skills, and interest in pursuing their dissertation in the field of social entrepreneurship and ICT for development are invited to apply for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme. The Fellowship provides monthly stipend of HK$20,000 and travel allowance of HK$10,000 per year. In addition, each awardee will also enjoy tuition fees waiver for a maximum of three years. Hong Kong serves as an excellent hub to access China, South-East- and South-Asia, dynamic social innovations space. To understand how social entrepreneurship is helping solve social issues, PolyU has recently established three centers: Sustainability Research Management Center; Design Institute for Social Innovation; and Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development. For additional information on PhD fellowship see (http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ro/hkphd-fellowship/) For any clarification about application process: contact Ms Martha Hui (martha.hui at polyu.edu.hk ) For information on ongoing research projects on social entrepreneurship: contact Dr. Israr Qureshi (israr.qureshi at polyu.edu.hk ) =================================================== Israr Qureshi, Ph.D. (Ivey) Assistant Professor & Area Convener (Social Enterprise & ICTD) Sustainability Management Research Center Lead Member (Social Enterprise Research Group) Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development Dept. of Management and Marketing Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Hong Kong E-mail: israr.qureshi at polyu.edu.hk ================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Note: students do not have to attend the conference in order to qualify. To accommodate students who cannot attend the conference, we are accepting pre-made video presentations and mailed-in posters. All abstracts, presentation media, and posters will be published on the SIG DL website after the conference. The full Call for Proposals is located here: *"Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation Theory and Practice"* SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 16, 2013 ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: by September 27, 2013 A prize of $300 will be given for the best paper and $150 for the best poster. A prize for honorable mention for one paper and one poster with a prize of $100 each will also be awarded. Please see and/or redistribute this announcement to prospective students. Thank you, SIG DL Officers & SIG DL Student Panel Committee Email: asist.sigdl at gmail.com Web: http://www.asis.org/SIG/sigdl/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From naresh.agarwal at simmons.edu Wed Aug 14 15:31:23 2013 From: naresh.agarwal at simmons.edu (Naresh Agarwal) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:31:23 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] ASIS&T Chapter Awards, funds and more In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, This is the direct link for the chapters annual activities report http://www.asis.org/awards/CHAPTER_ANNUAL_ACTIVITIES_REPORT.doc Regards, Naresh On Friday, August 9, 2013, Naresh Agarwal wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope you're all doing well. Please note that the deadline for chapter > annual reports and nomination for awards is fast approaching - August 15. > > The awards with the August 15 deadline are listed below. Click on the > appropriate links for details and nomination forms: > > 1) Chapter of the Year http://www.asis.org/awards/chapteroftheyear.html > 2) Chapter Member of the Year > http://www.asis.org/awards/chaptermemberoftheyear.html > 3) Chapter Event of the Year > http://www.asis.org/awards/chaptereventoftheyear.html > 4) Chapter Publication of the Year > http://www.asis.org/awards/chapterpublicationoftheyear.html > 5) Chapter Innovation http://www.asis.org/awards/chapterinnovation.html > > Warm regards, > Naresh > > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Naresh Agarwal > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > CHAPTER AWARDS > --------------- > Please note that the deadline for a number of Chapter Awards is August 15. > These include: > > 1) Chapter of the Year > 2) Chapter Member of the Year > 3) Chapter Event of the Year > 4) Chapter Publication of the Year > 5) Chapter Innovation > > The deadline for the Student Chapter of the Year Award is July 1, as > Chirag had notified earlier. > > You'll find details about the chapter awards and nomination process at > http://www.asis.org/awards.html > > CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT FUND > ------------------------ > We'd encourage you to apply for the chapter development fund to assist in > the development of your chapter. A regional chapter may request up to > $1,000 from the Chapter Development Fund annually. A student chapter may > request up to $200 from the Chapter Development Fund annually. Joint > projects, including any combination of regional and student chapters, may > request up to $1500. annually. Here are the details and the online > application form http://www.asis.org/Chapters/chapterdevfundform.html > > CHANGES VOTED DURING THE LAST CHAPTER ASSEMBLY IN OCTOBER 2012 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > In order to enhance greater collaboration and knowledge sharing within and > among chapters, SIGs and other bodies, the Chapter Assembly approved the > following three changes at the 2012 Annual Meeting (something that officers > of Student and Regional Chapters need to note): > > 1) Judging criteria for student and regional Chapter-of-the-Year awards > will be modified to have 5 points allocated for collaboration with any SIG, > chapter or a body within or outside ASIS&T. For the student chapter award, > these points would be taken from the 40 points allocated for Chapter > Activities. [Jury will take a lenient view of this criteria this year] > > 2) We will create an opt-out (instead of opt-in) to the various lists for > leaders. If you are a chapter leader, you are automatically added to the > key lists such as the list for all chapters and any other list. > > 3) From this point forward, all student and regional chapter annual > reports will be made public (instead of them being viewed only by the > jury), but only after the jury has decided on the award. A chapter > submitting a report will have an opt-out option in the submission form if > it doesn?t want the report to be made public. [or you could contact us by > email should you wish to opt out] > > YOUR SUGGESTIONS > ---------------- > We have implemented certain changes. These include monthly Skype meetings > of the Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee, and beginning to revisit some > of the documents - bylaws / chapter officer manuals, etc. Do please let us > know your feedback, concerns and suggestions, as well as any update about > your chapter. These will be helpful to discuss during the upcoming ASIS&T > Board Meeting 3 weeks from now, and also for the Chapter Assembly to take > up. > > Warm regards, > > Will (Director) and Naresh (Deputy Director) > ASIS&T Chapter Assembly > > > > -- > > Naresh Agarwal, PhD, *Assistant Professor* > Graduate School of Library and Information Science > Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 > office 617.521.2836 | fax 617.521.3192 > agarwal at simmons.edu > www.nareshagarwal.co.nr > > -- Naresh Agarwal, PhD, *Assistant Professor* Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 office 617.521.2836 | fax 617.521.3192 agarwal at simmons.edu www.nareshagarwal.co.nr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Sat Aug 24 07:56:57 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:56:57 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd: Doctoral position in Information Studies at Lund University, Sweden Message-ID: <52189F89.5080302@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Doctoral position in Information Studies at Lund University, Sweden Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:30:09 +0000 From: Olof Sundin Doctoral position in Information Studies at Lund University, Sweden. We are seeking applications for the position of one doctoral student fellow in Information Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden to start in January 2014. The official call will open 15th of September and close 4 weeks later. However, we strongly encourage those interested to begin working on their project descriptions and to update their resumes already now. The position is connected to the project "Knowledge in the Digital World (KDW): Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web" http://www.kdw.lu.se, funded by the Swedish Research Council. The project is a collaboration between Information Studies and Philosophy at Lund University. The KDW project addresses issues that bear directly on how information is searched, used, communicated and assessed on the web. We focus on the role and effects of search engines, cognitive outsourcing, online monitoring and trust. The doctoral program in Information Studies at Lund University is located at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences. The research environment is dynamic and growing with well-established national and international contacts. For examples of ongoing and completed projects see: http://www4.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=21355&p=_BOA A Swedish doctoral education lasts four years full-time. The position is a full-time employment. It is fully funded including wages, social security and entitlement to benefits. If you are interested, please contact us for more information. Best regards, Olof _______________________________________ Olof Sundin Professor in Information Studies Department of Arts & Cultural Sciences Lund University, Sweden T: +46 46 2220966 E: olof.sundin at kultur.lu.se W: http://www4.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=22822&p=OlofSundin _______________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Fri Aug 30 05:02:24 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:02:24 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd: [Air-L] CFP: CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium Message-ID: <52205FA0.6070605@orange.fr> > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:48:26 +0000 > From: Irina Shklovski > To:"air-l at listserv.aoir.org" , Carpentier > Nico ,"id_group at itu.dk" , > caos , pitlab, CITASA List > > Subject: [Air-L] CFP: CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > ***Please forward to Ph.D. students at your institution*** > > The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners. The colloquium itself will begin with dinner Saturday night February 15, 2014 and continue all day Sunday February 16, 2014. > > All submissions must be received by the chairs by 5:00pm (17:00) Pacific Time on October 7, 2014. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email. > > We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform CSCW, including anthropology, sociology, computer science, cognitive science, organizational studies, and related fields. We are particularly interested in applications from institutions and groups that have not traditionally been well-represented at past CSCW conferences. > > Applicants should be Ph.D. students with an already well-established direction of research relevant to CSCW, but whose research would benefit from guidance provided by peers and senior colleagues at the Doctoral Colloquium. Preference will be given to students who have a defined topic and program of work e.g., who have proposed their topics and are within 2 years of graduation within a 5 year program or are half way through a 3 (or 4) year program. > > The Colloquium committee will select approximately 15 participants who will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by extensive group discussion. Participants will also present their research in an interactive poster session during the main technical program of the conference. > > Applicants should submit the following items by email todc2014 at cscw.acm.org with the subject line "CSCW2014 Colloquium Submission." All items below should be collated into one PDF file named YOURNAME_CSCWDC2014.pdf (substitute your full name where it reads YOURNAME): > > * A FOUR-page overview of your doctoral research that describes your research question, work in progress, and expected contributions. This overview should also include (1) a paragraph that articulates what you hope to gain from attending the CSCW Doctoral Colloquium, and (2) an abstract of no more than 100 words. Your overview will be published in the ACM Digital Library and distributed to all attendees as part of the Conference Extended Abstracts. Please submit your overview in the Extended Abstracts Format. > * A short (2-3 paragraph) biographical sketch on another page. > * An up-to-date curriculum vitae. > * Optionally, one publication that you feel best illustrates your progress in your research. > * An email letter from your supervisor sent todc2014 at cscw.acm.org indicating that they support your application to the colloquium and that they agree that your research is at an appropriate stage for participation. These letters should also make reference to how you might benefit from the Doctoral Colloquium and how they expect that you might benefit the other students in this group experience. The email should have "CSCW Doctoral Colloquium: " + YOUR NAME in the subject header. > > Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs > > Claus Bossen, Aarhus University > Darren Gergle, Northwestern University > dc2014 at cscw.acm.org >