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Big Data & Collaboration Conference, Duke University

Big (and messy) Data & Collaboration Workshop & Conference
A Workshop Sponsored by HASTAC, the NSF EAGER Grant team, and the Duke University PhD Lab on Digital Knowledge

May 28, 2014
10:00am – 4:00pm
Ph.D Lab, Garage, C107
Duke University

The National Science Foundation awarded HASTAC the EAGER grant to allow for extensive data mining of HASTAC data. The website includes over 200MB in SQL tables with individual and institutional information of scholars. HASTAC is also an academic social network site and the data allows for various forms of visualization, text, spatial, and content analysis. We are now completing the first year of the grant and we would like to share the preliminary results of the project “Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research: A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network.”

Together with researchers from the U.S. and abroad, we are holding a workshop to discuss the use of computational analysis, data extraction, and social networking analysis to investigate the interplay between scholarly communication and academic networks. This workshop is sponsored by HASTAC, the NSF EAGER grant team, and the Duke University PhD Lab on Digital Knowledge. We are inviting researchers interested in the impact of scholarly networks to cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional research and who are interested in discussing the analysis of big (and sometimes messy) data in academic, collaborative settings. If you are interested, save the date and make sure to register on Eventbrite.

See a detailed conference schedule here

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Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston College (MA)

Boston College Libraries seeks TWO creative, knowledgeable, and intellectually curious Digital Scholarship Librarians (Arts & Humanities, and Sciences & Social Sciences) to advance digital scholarship initiatives at Boston College by providing  consultation, technical support, and project management for faculty, librarians, staff, and students engaged in technology-rich scholarly projects, Under the direction of the Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives & Public Programs, and in conjunction with subject and instruction liaisons, systems and digital library staff, scholarly communications and repository librarians, and others, s/he works directly with clients (faculty, students, staff) in identifying and deploying appropriate tools and technologies to meet research or publication needs. In addition to direct support at the project level, s/he will deliver training, group instruction, and workshops on Digital Scholarship topics with an emphasis on data visualization, text mining and encoding, mapping, and data analysis, and will maintain project documentation for a growing corpus of digital scholarly production. This role requires exceptional technology skills, creativity, and communication skills, and an understanding of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary research methodology. The ability to listen, articulate problems, and find effective technology solutions across a variety of disciplines, while working with a range of clients from novice scholars to senior faculty, is essential.

See full details at https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000830601-01

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NMCC Graduate awarded a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities

McGinnNMCC Graduate Emily McGinn (PhD in Comparative Literature) has been awarded a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities at Lafayette College where she will work with the library’s Digital Scholarship Services department to formulate policies, manage projects, and develop training to support an expanded and sustainable Digital Humanities (DH) program.  McGinn’s research during the NMCC program focused on the impact of recording technology on vanguard narrative form.

McGinn told us, “The academic job market in the humanities is always competitive and now, more than ever, the job listing are asking for someone who has a background in digital humanities. DH is such a new field that it can be difficult to discern which people have the actual skills required for these positions. The New Media and Culture Certificate has proven to be a crucial part of my resumé. It gave me the kind of credential people were looking for and provided me with the legitimacy I needed to set me apart from the competition in this increasingly crowded market.”

Congratulations, Emily!

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“Remixing Persona” lecture with Mark Amerika

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“Remixing Persona”

May 29th, 6pm
Lawrence 115

Internationally-renowned new media artist Mark Amerika will visit UO to discuss his work in “Remixing Persona,” Thursday, May 29th.

Mark Amerika’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Whitney Biennial of American Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, and the Walker Art Center. In 2009-2010, The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece, hosted Amerika’s comprehensive retrospective exhibition entitled UNREALTIME. In 2009, Amerika released Immobilité, generally considered the first feature-length art film ever shot on a mobile phone. He is the author of many books including remixthebook (University of Minnesota Press, 2011 — remixthebook.com) and his collection of artist writings entitled META/DATA: A Digital Poetics (The MIT Press, 2007). His latest art work, Museum of Glitch Aesthetics [glitchmuseum.com], was commissioned by the Abandon Normal Devices Festival in conjunction with the London 2012 Olympics. The project was recently remixed for his survey exhibition, Glitch.Click.Thunk, at the University Art Galleries at the University of Hawaii. Amerika is a Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In Fall 2013, he was the Labex-H2H International Research Chair at the University of Paris 8. More information can found at his website, markamerika.com and at his twitter feed @markamerika

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Post-Screen: International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures CFP (Lisbon)

The Artistic Studies Research Center of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon University invites researchers and artists to submit, until May 31st, a proposal for a paper or artwork to the upcoming POST SCREEN: International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures to be held in 28 and 29 of November 2014, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Post-Screen 2014 is an International Festival of Art, New Media and Cybercultures and is the first edition of several international meetings related to the use of screens and its influence on contemporary thought.

This project aims to create a Festival that will annually gather a number of experts in diverse fields of research and artistic practice and promote interdisciplinary discussion and exhibition of creative productions on emerging issues related to screen based artistic practices (printing, painting, moving image, sound, digital images, virtual reality, immersive environments, network cultures), considering its evolution throughout history, the circumstances in which it was used, the aesthetic and technological language that is inherent to it, and its artistic, social, cultural and technological context.

The subject of the Post-Screen 2014 will be Device, Medium and Concept, on which we intend to discuss the specifics of these aspects and their intersections between art, technology and the social behaviors mediated by screens.

The event will have a theoretical, artistic and training component, with a cycle of conferences, an exhibition of artworks in a virtual gallery and workshops.

For further information go to: http://postscreen.fba.ul.pt/#/intro

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Opportunity for Publication in Science Journals

Call for papers for the February issue of the following journals:

JETCIS (Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences) Vol. 5 No. 4
http://www.cisjournal.org/

Topics of interest for JETCIS include, but are not limited to:

  • Computer Systems
  • Networks & Telecommunication
  • Database Systems & Theory
  • Embedded Systems
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Distributed Computing

JST (Journal of Science and Technology) Vol. 4 No. 4
http://ejournalofscience.org/

Topics that fit the interests of the JST include the following, but are not limited to:

  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Agriculture & Forestry
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Social Science
  • Political Science

JSS (Journal of Systems and Software) Vol. 4 No. 2
http://scientific-journals.org/

A partial list of topics of interest includes:

  • Systems Biology/Bioinformatics
  • Software Engineering
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Discrete Systems & Methodologies
  • Mechanical & Physical Modeling
  • Fuzzy Systems/Models
  • Business Systems/Models

Manuscripts can be submitted through online submission system (by browsing the Journal URL) or in an electronic form (.pdf or .doc) to: editor.scjournal@gmail.com

Authors may contact for expression of interest and content appropriateness at any time.  Since we receive papers in continuous flow, there is no deadline for manuscript submission.

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Apply for a White Stag Summer 2014 Work Residency

Interested in space to pursue a research, design or art project in Portland this summer?

We invite you to apply for a White Stag Summer 2014 Work Residency:

The School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Portland is offering shared studio workspace and conditional access to the woodshop and Fab Lab in Summer 2014. Individual or group residencies are available for one to eight weeks between June 23 – August 13, 2014. Architects, artists and designers are invited to work in the White Stag Block in the heart of Portland’s Old Town | Chinatown neighborhood. The residency is open to A&AA regular and adjunct faculty interested in spending time in the vibrant Portland environment, with studio space to experiment and develop research. You may request access to the fabrication lab resources including a CNC milling machine, laser-cutters, a rapid-prototyping 3D plastic printer, loaded high-end graphic workstations and an adjacent woodworking shop. Interdisciplinary projects and multi-institutional teams are welcome. There will be no fee for use of the studio facilities, but residents will be required to pay all production-related costs on the fabrication equipment. Residency does not include a stipend or housing. Participants will provide their own materials.

How to Submit a Proposal:

Proposals should be sent electronically to Corey Smitke at csmitke@uoregon.edu, and are due by Monday, May 19th. Please send as digital files or email text (PDF preferred).

Please include the following in your proposal e-mail:

2 possible time periods for your residency
Approximate scale of space required
A general work plan, including any specialized tools and equipment you are requesting access to (ex: lasercutter, woodworking tools)
If requesting access to Fab Lab/Shop equipment, please describe your prior experience and need for technical support.
Name(s), UO affiliation, and contact e-mail addresses for all people on your residency team

* Fab Lab and shop staff support are limited, and we will select proposals based on staff ability to support the proposed projects. Proposals should be academic or personal in nature – we cannot support commercial proposals. Please note that access to shop spaces and equipment may or may not be available depending on the time-frame. Any non UO employees will need to sign a liability waiver before being given access to the residency space. *

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Three Minute Thesis Finals

You can participate in deciding which of these students will participate in the statewide competition in Portland on Saturday, May 17 by coming to the UO Finals and text-voting in the People’s Choice competition.

Wednesday, May 7
6:00-8:00 pm
Lawrence 177

  • Help yourself to a few appetizers at the pre-event reception, 6:00-6:30.
  • Learn something new!
  • Vote for the best presenter.
  • Play trivia for a chance at door prizes provided by the DuckStore.

3MT is a trademarked academic competition developed by the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, for research students. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of graduate students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. The trademarked name of this event is Three Minute Thesis, but students may present research they are conducting for a thesis, dissertation, terminal project, or any other research project they are working on. The UO hosted its first competition in 2013. The 2014 UO winners will compete against the winners of the 3MT competitions held at Oregon State University, Oregon Health Sciences University, and Portland State University. Statewide champions will be announced here in May.

See full details on the UO Graduate School website