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CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIUMS
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IPID 2011 SYMPOSIUM : CALL FOR REGISTRATION
The 2011 Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate
Students in the Area of ICT4D (IPID) will be held 12 - 13 September at
Università della svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland. This symposium
will grant postgraduate researchers the opportunity to present their work to a
diverse audience, and gain positive and valuable experience. It is also an
opportunity for young scientists to network and engage with international
scholars in ICT4D.
For more information: www.ipid2011.com and www.ipid.se
1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SENSOR NETWORKS(SENSORNETS), 24 - 26 FEBRUARY,
2012, ROME, ITALY
Conference Date: 24 - 26 February, 2012
Regular Paper Submission: September 27, 2011
Authors Notification (regular papers): November 21, 2011
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: December 5, 2011
For more information http://www.sensor-nets.org/
MOBILE NEWS ********************
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FRONTLINEMS’S USER GUIDE ON DATA INTEGRITY
We're pleased to announce that on Tuesday 9th August FrontlineSMS officially
released a brand new User Guide on Data Integrity. You can find out more and
download a copy from
http://www.frontlinesms.com/resources/user-guide-data-integrity/
SPECIAL ISSUE ON SMART MOBILE MEDIA SERVICES
The deadline for the Special Issue on Smart Mobile Media Services to be
published in the International Journal of E-Business Research has been
extended until the 31st of August.
For more information contact Mr. Phil O'Reilly <[email protected]>
VACANCIES/ PHD/POST-DOC POSITIONS:
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PHD POSITION IN INFORMATICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
The University of Gothenburg invites applications for one PhD position in
Informatics with a special focus on Digital, distributed and open innovation.
The position is placed at the Department of Applied Information Technology
within the section for Informatics and the Digital Innovation Group.
The position is also part of the Swedish national PhD-school Management and
Information Technology.
It is a four-year fully salaried position. The full announcement is found at
http://ledig-anstallning.adm.gu.se/detail.php?lt_id=6946〈=eng&eng=true
SEVERAL RESEARCH POSITIONS IN INFORMATION SECURITY AT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN
INFORMATION ASSURANCE (COEIA) - KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, SAUDI ARABIA
CoEIA is continuing a large expansion and seeks outstanding faculty and
research staff at Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor,
Post-Doc, and Research Assistant positions. The potential candidates are
expected to work on established research of the center within the four declared
research areas provided below, and, when called upon, teach graduate level
information security courses and supervise students in their projects/thesis.
For more information http://www.coeia.edu.sa
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER POSITIONS IN IS/CS AT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA
The Department of Information Systems, situated in the Faculty of Commerce, is
seeking to appoint up to three full-time permanent Lecturers/Senior Lecturers.
The incumbents will be expected to conduct and support research, teach, have a
strong work ethic and function as part of a dynamic and diverse team. For
further information regarding this position, please contact the head of
department
[email protected].
Departmental website: http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/InformationSystems
CALL FOR PAPERS/SUBMISSIONS/PARTICIPATIONS/PROPOSALS:
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NEXT GENERATION LEARNING (NGL) CONFERECNE, SWEDEN
Dalarna University in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden, invites you to submit session proposals for the Next Generation
Learning (NGL) conference, a conference on the implications for learning and
education of the digital revolution. The conference is aimed at development and
research projects on NGL in both educational and professional settings.
For more information http://bit.ly/mCEc1m
SOUTH ASIA IN FOCUS AT 2011 NORDIC CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
A Nordic conference on 'Future of Development Research: Exploring the Nordic
perspective(s)?' will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 24-25 November 2011. The
theme of the conference's workshop no. 9 is "Nordic Perspectives on South Asian
Development". This year, University of Oslo has decided to merge its Annual
Contemporary India Seminar with the joint Nordic conference on development
research in Copenhagen and its workshop no. 9.
For more information http://www.sasnet.lu.se/newsletter125.html#conference
2012 CAMBRIDGE WORKSHOP ON UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
The workshop theme: ‘Designing Inclusion for real-world applications’ refers to
the emerging potential and relevance of the latest generations of inclusive
design data, tools, techniques and thinking, to mainstream project applications
such as healthcare and the design of working environments. Previous research
developments have addressed these issues in the context of simple daily living
activities based on single tasks. New developments are now extending the scope
of the approach into real-world applications.
For more information http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/cwuaat/
17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED LEARNING & TRAINING
30 November 2011 - 2 December 2011 Berlin, Germany
This event offers a forum for e-learning experts and users from all over the
world. Participants are high-level decision makers from education, business and
government sectors, the three areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation.
The accompanying exhibition gives international providers the opportunity to
demonstrate their products, tools and services.
For more information http://www.online-educa.com/
ECSS 2011 - 7TH EUROPEAN COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMIT
7 November 2011 - 9 November 2011 Milan, Italy
This event is the meeting place for anyone interested in issues of research,
education and policy in Informatics. It will provide a unique opportunity to
meet some of the leading decision makers in informatics research and education,
and discuss current critical issues.
For more information http://www.ecss2011.polimi.it/
ADDRESSING EVOLVING NEEDS FOR CROSS-BORDER EGOVERNMENT SERVICES
11 October 2011 Brussels, Belgium
This workshop will focus on the evolving needs of the European Union towards a
more efficient delivery of ICT-facilitated public services for citizens and
businesses across the EU. The target is to widen the scope of use of the
electronic means that public administrations have at their disposal outside the
local, regional or national level. A further aim is to facilitate mobility of
businesses and citizens i.e. for entrepreneurs to set up and run a business
anywhere in Europe and allowing individuals to study, work, reside, receive
health care and retire anywhere in the European Union.
For more information
http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/epractice-workshop-cross-border-services
PROPOSAL FOR OPEN SESSION AT THE ICTD 2012 CONFERENCE, ATLANTA, USA
We invite you to propose an Open Session at ICTD2012, taking place at Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA from 12th to 16th March, 2012!
Accompanying the full papers program on the 13th and 14th March are two further
days of events with a less formal flavor to take place before and after (on the
12th and 16th). These lively and diverse sessions made a major contribution to
the spirit of the conference in London in 2010 and, with your input, they can
be an exciting and integral part of the experience in Atlanta. Open Sessions
vary widely in theme and style, including panels, discussions, SIGs and
workshops. They may be a whole day, or run for just 90 minutes. They may be run
in a language other than the official conference language of English (we are
particularly interested in a French and/or Spanish program). And the
application process is simple and quick.
For more information http://www.ictd2012.org/opensessions
4TH ANNUAL SIG GLOBDEV WORKSHOP
Paper submission deadline for the 4th Annual SIG GlobDev Workshop has been
extended to Wednesday, August 31. For more information http://www.globdev.org/
WORKSHOP ON INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE 2011
Co-located with the American Medical Informatics Association’s Fall Symposium,
October 22, 2011
Washington, DCWith the growing emphasis on the adoption and impact of Health IT
(HIT), HIT researchers and practitioners are increasingly focusing on the
design of interactive systems, human factors, and human-computer interaction.
Despite this progress, however, there exists a largely untapped potential to
create deeper and more profound connections among the biomedical, informatics,
human-computer interaction, human factors, medical sociology and anthropology
communities that would lead to the development of new methods, approaches, and
techniques for removing the barriers to the adoption of HIT. To address this
limitation, the Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM) Conference on
Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI'2010) hosted the 2010 Workshop on
Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH 2010, http://www.chi2010.org/wish/).
The workshop attracted over 150 participants from a variety of disciplines and
institutions and included a
combination of invited panels, keynote presentations and research
presentations. At WISH 2010, researchers and practitioners discussed the most
pressing issues in the design, development, and evaluation of HIT and the
impact of the new research on commercial HIT systems.
For more information https://wish2011.wordpress.com/
IT GOES GREEN : SPECIAL ISSUE IN IJITSA
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue ?IT goes green: Systemic approaches to IT policy making, design,
evaluation and management? on or before September 15, 2011. All submissions
must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED
AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH COLLQUIUM SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
The goal of this colloquium is to provide an opportunity for novice researchers
starting with their post-graduate studies (masters or doctoral) or post
graduate students who are isolated to be exposed to experienced researchers and
peers in their field. A panel of experienced international researchers will
provide input during the sessions where the candidates will present their
research.
This is a call for suitable persons whose research is in line with the
conference theme to participate. Please submit your research proposal (2,500
words) plus a motivation (150 words) why you should be selected to Dr Retha de
la Harpe ([email protected]) before 31 August 2011.
For more information
http://www.design-development-research.co.za/index.php/DDRC/2011
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL INFORMATICS (SOCINFO2011)
Singapore, October 6-8, 2011
The Third International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011) will be
held in Singapore, a major hub in the Asia Pacific region well known for its
multi-racial and multi-cultural society. The mission of SocInfo2011 is to make
the conference a premier venue for both social and computer scientists to
exchange the latest research ideas that better integrate scholars from the two
disciplines. The conference program will reflect this in the keynote talks,
tutorials, workshops and paper sessions addressing emerging topics which
attract interdisciplinary research attention.
The early registration deadline is 10th September 2011.
Learn more at http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011
IFIP WG 8.6 INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE ON GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Call for Participation at the upcoming IFIP WG 8.6 International Working
Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems: Managing
the Transfer and Diffusion of IT, Hamburg, Germany, September 22-24, 2011
For more information http://www.ifip86.uni-hamburg.de/
ICST TRANSACTIONS ON E-EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
Call for papers: ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning. For more at
http://icst.org/e-education-and-e-learning/
REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS
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ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY
Actor-network theory has emerged over the past twenty years as a major
conceptual force in social science. To date, though, it has hardly been
applied within ICT4D research despite obvious potential to address questions
about ICT4D project trajectories; the diffusion of new digital technologies;
the formation of ICT4D policy; etc.
For more information :
http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/using-actor-network-theory-in-ict4d-research/
LATEST ISSUE OF IJITSA
The contents of the latest issue of ‘International Journal of Information
Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) has been published. To read the
preface, click on the link below, and then click "View PDF" under "Preface."
http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=47961&detailstype=contents
SMART 2009/0061
Role and Impact of Professional and Scientific Societies in ICT Research,
Education and Innovation (SMART 2009/0061). The study examines the current
situation and the dynamics of the ICT societies in Europe, and proposes
strategies to help overcome ICT society fragmentation, increasingly seen as a
major bottleneck to their future development and their impact on research,
innovation and policy-making. The study also created and developed an online
inventory describing 442 societies throughout Europe to be used as a reference
tool.
Learn more at
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/document.cfm?action=display&doc_id=874
STUDIES/ COURSES/SEMINARS/ COLLOQUIUMS/GRADUATE SYMPOSIUMS
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MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS INFORMATICS
Dublin City University (Ireland) offers a Master’s programme in Business
Informatics, which focuses on Designing and Managing Business Information
Systems. There are still places available for the upcoming year (2011/12).
Application deadline is 30/August 2011, and applications are accepted via the
central Postgraduate Applications Centre at www.pac.ie
This programmed is financially supported by the Higher Education Authority/EU.
This means that most European Union student pay only a small portion of the
annual fee. For more information see
http://www.dcu.ie/finance/fees/
Further Information at: http://www.computing.dcu.ie/europeanmbi
IRAN MEDIA PROGRAM POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is
currently soliciting applications for the Iran Media Program Post Doctoral
Fellowship at the Center for Global Communication Studies. The Iran Media
Program Post Doctoral Fellow will help develop and manage existing research
programs surrounding the Iran Media Program, develop his/her own independent
research agenda in the area of Iranian media, and have the possibility of
teaching one undergraduate course in this area during the Fall 2012 semester.
For more information www.iranmediaresearch.org
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CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOPMENT (ICTD)2012, ATLANTA, USA
ICTD will provide a limited number of scholarships, sponsored by the ACM, to
enable people to participate in the conference who might not otherwise be able
to do so. The level of support will depend on the amount of sponsorship money
available. Scholarships will be of three kinds:
• Contribution to flights, registration fee, and accommodation
• Contribution to registration fee and accommodation
• Free registration
The application form is at http://goo.gl/aoUWg. For further information at
http://www.ictd2012.org/
STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATING AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
SOCIAL INFORMATICS (SOCINFO2011),
Singapore, October 6-8, 2011
The Third International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011) will be
held in Singapore, a major hub in the Asia Pacific region well known for its
multi-racial and multi-cultural society. The SocInfo2011 organizing committee
invites applications for small grants to help cover the travel expenses and
registration. The award grant has kindly been made available by the previous
SocInfo organizers.
Learn more at http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011/student-travel-support.html
TRAVEL GRANT FOR PARTICIPATING AT THE MENTORING PROGRAM AT THE WISH 2011
(WORKSHOP ON INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE 2011), Co-located with the
American Medical Informatics Association’s Fall Symposium, October 22, 2011
Washington, DC
Committed to the development of early-career health informatics researchers,
WISH 2011 will include a mentoring program in which junior researchers
(students and post-docs) are matched with senior researchers in the fields of
biomedical informatics and human-computer interaction (HCI). Mentors will
include individuals from our dynamic steering committee. Students and
postdoctoral researchers interested in health or wellness research in HCI and
biomedical informatics are encouraged to apply. At the workshop, there will be
special invite-only events to foster interaction between accepted applicants
and their mentors. We anticipate accepting 10-12 students into the mentoring
program.
Through generous funding from ACM SIGCHI, WISH 2011 is pleased to provide
partial travel support for those who are selected for the mentoring program.
For more information https://wish2011.wordpress.com/
9TH HILTI FELLOWSHIP AWARD / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Hilti awards the most talented Master students in Information Systems (IS) from
around the globe with a truly unique fellowship program: The Hilti Fellowship
is a combination of practical training at Hilti and academic learning at the
University of Liechtenstein, designed to set the cornerstone for a successful
future. As such, it combines a stay abroad with a challenging work experience,
and the possibility to continue and deepen your Master studies at the same
time:.
For more information http://www.uni.li/hilti-fellowship
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOCIETY AT INFORMS : DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARD - CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS
The Information Systems Society supports the intellectual interests of
information systems scholars who are members of INFORMS. In addition to
providing support for the annual Conference on Information Systems and
Technology (CIST) and the summer Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research
(SCECR) conference, the society also provides support for editorial activities
and publication of Information Systems Research. A Fellows Committee has been
formed to recommend candidates for the award for 2011. The committee consists
of Ravi Bapna (chair, ex officio-ISS), Izak Benbasat, Prabuddha De, and Andrew
B. Whinston. At this stage, nominations for the award are invited from the
information systems community. Though self nominations are discouraged, anyone
can submit a nomination to the chair of the search committee by email:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. The deadline for submission of
nominations is September 15, 2011.
IPID MEMBERS’
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Hi,
My name is Mary-Jane Sule from Uni-Jos,Nigeria, currently doing an MSc at the
University of Hull,UK
I am doing a dissertation about deploying cloud infrastructure as a Service in
African/Developing Countries HEIs. I have designed a questionnaire to collect
data for the dissertation, please if are working with the ICT unit or
department in any African or a developing country HEI, can you spare some
minutes of your time and fill the questionnaire.
The web link is below : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GWJ2RNW . Please click on
the link to participate the survey.
Thank you,
Mary-Jane
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IPID (www.ipid.se) is administered by the Swedish Business School of Örebro
University (www.oru.se) and sponsored by the SPIDER - Swedish Program for ICT
in Developing Regions (http://spidercenter.org)
If you have any ICT4D-related news, ideas and suggestions about how to develop
the network further, please send an e-mail to [email protected]
For further contact : M. Sirajul Islam, [email protected], IPID Coordinator,
Swedish Business School (Informatics), Örebro University.
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