9 PhD Scholarships in GIScience, Salzburg, Austria

9 Doctoral Positions in GIScience - Doctoral College, Salzburg, Austria

GIScience - Geographic Information Science

University of Salzburg, Austria

Doctoral College - DK-GIScience

Announcement of 9 Doctoral Positions

Geographic Information Science (GIScience) as an interdisciplinary field seeks to understand the nature of geographic phenomena and of geographic information. This doctoral college (DK for the German abbreviation used by the Austrian Science fund) advances formalized doctoral education and research training in GIScience at the University of Salzburg by integrating PhD students with focused research clusters. The DK seeks to conceptualize spatial principles and to explore scientific, educational, and policy-related uses of geographic information in order to analyze the complex relationships between individuals and society. It provides a framework for explicitly spatial scientific studies of physical and social phenomena. Three interconnected, interdisciplinary, research clusters have been defined. Representations and Data Models is focused on research into the conceptual modelling of space, spatial features and phenomena, and provides a spatial view of various categories of physical and abstract information objects in order to reveal the potential power of the 'spatial perspective'. Time and Process research will leverage the increasing availability of real-time sensor data, the importance of process-oriented modelling, and will address the need for temporal modelling beyond simple discrete time slices. Spatialization, Media and Society considers user perspectives and utilizes geospatial communication as a hypotheses generator for geospatial research: cognitive processes lead to mental maps which are highly relevant for actions, which in turn modify physical and societal spaces.
Concepts of spatial thinking and spatial theory are the lynchpin of this innovative cross-cutting field of research. The research clusters are logically linked, provide structure and direction for the research topics addressed, and define operational working groups for collaboration across PhD topics. Research clusters are critically important building blocks for workflows and information processing chains based on geospatially referenced information. Salzburg is an established hotspot for GIScience research and a well-known trademark in research and education, and combines University (Dept. of Geography and Geology) with non-university research (collaborating with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Salzburg Research and research studio iSPACE). The Centre for Geoinformatics Salzburg (Z_GIS) is a flagship institution dedicated to research and postgraduate education. Since 1994, more than 750 students have graduated from the successful MSc program UNIGIS GIScience, the basis of a strong alumni culture.
Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the program offers 9 scholarships for doctoral researchers at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg
The positions are in accordance with the regulations of the FWF (www.fwf.ac.at) and the gross salary is 26.278.- Euro per year, regardless of age and family situation. Contracts will be awarded for three years with an extension option of several months under defined circum stances. It is foreseen to spend one semester at one of 22 pre-selected partner Universities worldwide. Candidates need to choose from the following list of 9 topics while providing a first choice and a second (alternative) choice. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found at http://www.uni-salzburg.at/giscience.

PI / supervisor
- R/M-1 T. Blaschke: Incorporating LiDARscapes in an OBIA framework
- R/M-2 L. Schrott: Visualisation of landforms and geomorphic process domains using regional data sets – creating a digital geomorphological map of the European Alps
- R/M-3 R. Marschallinger: 3D modelling and simulation of sediment structures in overdeepened alpine basins and implications for hydro(geo)logical modelling
- R/M-4 F. Neubauer: 3D Structure of major fault zones and its application in engineering geology and geothermics
- T/P-1 J. Strobl: Spatial System Dynamics: Simulation for Decision Support
- T/P-2 A. Koch: Spatial Simulation of Urban Segregation Processes
- T/P-3 E. Beinat: Geo-spatial models for collective sensing
- S/M-3 S. Reich: Scalability and performance in near-real-time processing of geo-spatial data streams
- S/M-4 M. Leitner: Developing a research framework for criminal geographic profiling

Requirements include the excellent completion of a degree at the Masters level in Geoinformatics, Geomatics, Geography, Computer Science or any scientific/technical subject in a relevant field, and excellent English
language (both oral and writing) skills.

Important dates:
- First Application deadline: 20 April, 2011 (later applications may be considered for a second round of interviews if any positions remain open)
- Selection workshop (for pre‐selected applicants): end of May / early June, 2011
- Start of the program: Late September 2011, start of regular classes: 03 October.
Applicants have to submit the complete scholarship application as detailed at the website from 01 February. Successful candidates will then be invited to start their admission process at the University of Salzburg.
Further information will be forthcoming at http://www.uni-salzburg.at/giscience

For all inquiries, please contact giscience@sbg.ac.at

Two Open PhD Positions in Semantic Patent Informatics at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

Two Open PhD Positions at Freie Universitaet Berlin
Corporate Semantic Web

AG Corporate Semantic Web (http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/en/groups/ag-csw/) at the Freie Universitaet Berlin is currently seeking candidates for two positions as a PhD student in a 2-year industrial research project in
Semantic Patent Informatics. The project is aiming at the semantic representation and reasoning on patents and national patent laws. Freie Universitaet Berlin is a leading research institution. It is one of the nine German Elite universities successful in all three funding lines in the federal and state Excellence Initiative. The AG Corporate Semantic Web at the Freie Universitaet Berlin was founded in 2008 and has developed into a challenging and dynamic research group. Our major objective is to establish Semantic technologies as a core pillar of modern enterprise information technology and systems.

We offer
* A stimulating environment of a leading research group in the fields of Semantic Web, formal languages and reasoning, rule-based and ontology-based systems and services
* Excellent ties to research groups worldwide
* Up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including funding for attending international conferences, PhD symposia, summer schools, etc.
* Opportunity to work with internationally established academic and industrial partners
* Multicultural working place with modern infrastructure and facilities

We expect
The ideal candidate holds a very good Master degree (or German diploma degree) in Computer Science or related field and is able to consider both theoretical and practical and implementation aspects in her/his work. Fluent English communication and programming skills are fundamental requirements.
* A strong background in Computer Science or related disciplines
* Willingness to work in an international environment
* The ability to take part in a large-scale international research project with an industry partner
* Willingness to combine formal scientific work with application-oriented research in order to solve real-world problems
* Research interest and expertise in at least one of the areas:
Formal languages and reasoning (Description Logics, Logic Programming, normative legal reasoning), rule and ontology languages, Semantic Web, formal logic-based patent informatics, logic-based natural language
processing and knowledge representation. Excellent candidates are invited to apply to one of these positions with:
* Curriculum vitae and copies of degree certificates/transcripts,
* Writing samples/copies of relevant scientific papers (e.g. thesis, etc.),
* Letters of recommendation.
The university strives to increase the proportion of women in scientific service and therefore particularly welcomes applications from women. Also handicapped applicants, if qualified, will be given preference.
Please send your application in a printed version indicating in the subject "041950/CSW/SPI" to the following contact. The application deadline is February 4th.

Contact and application:
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Informatik
AG Corporate Semantic Web
Melanie Siering
Königin-Luise-Straße 24-26
D-14195 Berlin
siering@inf.fu-berlin.de

The 2011 Visual Interfaces and User Experience (VIUE 2011)

The 2011 Visual Interfaces and User Experience (VIUE 2011 - http://www.salle.url.edu/viue/ ) will be held at Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France. The event is held between the 21 - 23 June 2011.

Conference Call for Paper (Final Extension for Paper Submission Deadline) : 20 Feb 2011

VIUE 2011 will be in conjunction with International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications
(DICTAP2011 - http://www.sdiwc.net/fr/ ) will be organized by the Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC).


The VIUE and DICTAP proceedings will be published in the "Communications in Computer and Information Science" (CCIS) Series of Springer LNCS (indexed in ISI Proceedings and Scopus), and in addition, selected and extended papers of VIUE session, will be published in a special issue of the UBICC Journal
(http://www.ubicc.org/news_detail.aspx?id=33 )
Authors are invited to submit full papers describing original research. Areas of interest includes, but are not limited to the following symposium tracks:
- Educational software
- Multimedia tools for the disabled users
- Serious Games
- New technologies and their approaches to the elderly people
- Quality of the image evaluation
- Ambient intelligence and emotional response
- 3D and visual technologies applied to architecture, cinema..
- User Experience and Accessibility studies.

Submission Format :
To submit paper go to submission paper website http://www.sdiwc.net/fr/openconf/openconf.php, or send your manuscript by email to di [@] sdiwc.net (subject: DICTAP 2011 Paper Submission to Special Session).
Please provide in the on-line system or in the mail, information about that your paper is for VIUE Special Session (you can put it as "Comments to Chair").


Further information can be obtained from the following website :
http://www.salle.url.edu/viue/ AND http://www.sdiwc.net/fr/

Two postdoc positions in Weblog Structure and Semantics available at the university of Warwick, UK

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST TITLE:	Postdoctoral Researcher (2 posts available, each for 2 years)
DEPARTMENT:	Computer Science
SUB-DEPARTMENT:	-
POST RESPONSIBLE TO:	Dr. Alexandra Cristea and Dr. Mike Joy (acristea@dcs.warwick.ac.uk)
SALARY IN THE RANGE:	FA6/27 (~£27,319) pa
STARTING DATE:	One position 1st March 2011, one can start later
CLOSING DATE: INTERVIEW DATE: APPLICATION LINK:	28th of February 2011 4th of March 2011 https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/research/job26806.html

 

JOB PURPOSE:

To pursue research in the domain of studying weblog structure and semantics; defining a robust digital preservation policy for weblogs; implementing a weblog digital repository; implementing specific case studies for validation.  Specifically, you will work on weblogs survey report, report on weblog data model, weblog ontologies, weblog spider prototype and methodology, weblog spam filtering and methodology, definition of weblog data extraction methodology, within the BlogForever FP7 project. You will adapt and develop new methods to suit a wide range of types of data and publish your results in journals of excellent standard. You will be working as a member of the IAS (Intelligent and Adaptive Systems) group at the Computer Science Department, University of Warwick.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. To carry out high quality research and publish results in conferences and journals.

2. To present papers at conferences and workshops.

3. To carry our research and management activities in the BlogForever EU FP7 project.

4. To assist in the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

5. To participate in the preparation of proposals for research funding and in the writing of project reports.

6. To assist in the organisation of research meetings and workshops.

7. To assist in the teaching process.

13 Geoinformatics/GeoWeb2.0 - junior researcher/PhD positions

Call for Expressions of Interest Marie-Curie Early-Stage-Researcher Positions (Doctoral students) in "Geoinformatics/GeoWeb 2.0"

OVERVIEW

13 Early Stage Researcher (ESR) positions are available at the following institutions:

• National Technical University of Athens, Greece  Prof. Timos Sellis
• Universitaet Bremen, Germany  Prof. C. Freksa (Cognitive Systems Group)
• Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany  Prof. Jochen Schiller and Prof. Agnes Voisard
• Aarhus Universitet, Denmark  Prof. C. S. Jensen
• ETH Zürich, Switzerland  Prof. G. Alonso
• National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland  Prof. Stewart Fotheringham (National Center for Geocomputation)

These positions are funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme project GEOCROWD (http://www.geocrowd.eu). The duration of the positions is 3 years with the possibility of an extension funded from other sources. Applications for smaller periods will be considered.
Recruited ESRs will have the option to enroll as PhD students at the various institutions.

RESEARCH TOPIC

GeoWeb 2.0 is the geographic embodiment of the Web 2.0 moniker for the next generation Web, that is, it is a term the next generation of geographic information publishing, discovery and use. The goal of the GEOCROWD project is to establish a fertile research environment by means of a training network that will promote the GeoWeb 2.0 vision and advance the state of the art in collecting, storing, analyzing, processing, reconciling, and making large amounts of semantically rich user-generated geospatial information available on the Web. Specifically, activities will be centered on (i) exploiting user-contributed geospatial data, (ii) Web-geodata management, (iii) efficient means for data collection and dissemination, e.g., mobile computing, and (iv) innovative uses for such data. The project goal is to tame this data explosion, which applied to the geospatial domain translates into massively collecting and sharing knowledge to ultimately digitize the world! . This is the challenging research goal to be undertaken by the recruited ESRs.
Junior researchers with an MSc in areas such as spatial databases, query processing and indexing, mobile and pervasive computing, large scale data management, distributed systems, AI, geographic information science, geocomputation, and spatial and temporal reasoning are encouraged to apply.

ELIGIBILITY

• The recruited ESR should be, at the time of selection, in the first four years of their research careers (measured from the date when they obtained the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate).
• ESR should not already have a PhD and they should have the qualifications to embark on a PhD program (i.e., s/he should have an MSc by the time of the recruitment).
• ESR must not have resided or carried out their main activities (work, studies, etc.) in the host country for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. This requirement is irrespective of the applicant's nationality.

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Marie Curie fellows enjoy good salaries and working conditions, career development opportunities and work-life balance. More specifically, the financial support of Marie Curie ITN to the ESR includes:

• a considerable monthly living and mobility allowance,
• a yearly travel allowance (i.e., a fixed amount of money based upon  the direct distance between the location of origin of the researcher and the host),
• a career exploratory allowance (i.e., a single payment for attending job interviews, additional courses, job fairs, etc.), and
• coverage of the expenses related to the participation of the ESR in research and training activities (contribution to research-related costs, meetings, conference attendance, training actions, etc.).

HOW TO APPLY?

To communicate your expression of interest, please send (i) your curriculum vitae and (ii) country/institution preference by email to contact@geocrowd.eu.
While expressions of interest are accepted on a continuous basis, applications received by February 25, 2011 will be considered in the first evaluation cycle.

MORE INFORMATION

• About the project - http://www.geocrowd.eu
• Questions - contact@geocrowd.eu
• Download call for expression of interest

ACM Multimedia 2011- Call for Workshop Proposals

Call for Workshop Proposals for ACM Multimedia 2011

ACM Multimedia 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2011.

ACM Multimedia 2011 Organization Committee invites active members of community to submit workshop proposals. The workshops should be "clearly focused" and facilitating active discussions and constructive
interactions on current or emerging topics of interest. They should allow members of the community to compare and discuss approaches, methods,and new concepts on research topics pertinent to the main conference. These topics often offer emerging interests to the multimedia research community or bridge the community with other areas.
ACM Multimedia 2011 will experiment a new workshop format such that the workshop will be co-located with ACM Multimedia main conference during the normal conference days (November 28-December 1, 2011). We hope that this new format will increase the appeal of the workshop, and significantly boost the workshop attendance.
Workshop proposals for ACM Multimedia 2011 should include:
* The title, goals of the workshop;
* The specific topics that will be addressed by the workshop;
* The relevance and significance of this workshop to the main conference;
* The history of the workshop if it is not the first version;
* The estimated paper submission volume and paper acceptance rate;
* Full day or half day workshop program;
* If there is journal special issue arrangement of the published workshop paper;
* A draft workshop call for papers with:
o The names, affiliations, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses
of the workshop organizers, who should be experts in the related topics  and preferably from multiple institutions;
o The paper selection process;
o A list of potential Program Committee members and their affiliations.
Workshop proposals should not exceed 3 pages and should be submitted to the Workshop Chairs, Borko Furht (bfurht@fau.edu),Jin Li (jinl@microsoft.com), and Maria Luisa Sapino (mlsapino@di.unito.it).
Workshop proposals will be evaluated based on various criteria including the quality and level of details of the proposal, the theme of the workshop, its relevance to the main conference, and the overall balance of the conference workshop program.

Important Dates:
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 14, 2011
Proposal Acceptance: March 28, 2011
Workshop Day: November 28-December 1, 2011

Contacts:
Workshop Co-chairs:
Borko Furht (bfurht@fau.edu), Florida Atlantic University, USA
Jin Li (jinl@microsoft.com), Microsoft Research, USA.
Maria Luisa Sapino (mlsapino@di.unito.it),University of Torino, Italy.

Main conference website: http://acmmm2011.utdallas.edu/

ACM Multimedia 2011 Workshops Policy
Organizing a workshop with ACM Multimedia 2011 makes a great contribution to the  community and takes great effort from the organizers and the program committee.  It is also a high visibility undertaking. In general, ACM Multimedia 2011 expects  full-day workshops. One key organizer must commit to attend and manage the workshop on site. It is recommended to have at most three co-chairs for a workshop. In the past, we have received workshop proposals with similar and/or highly related themes.  In such a case, the ACM Multimedia 2011 workshop chairs may encourage  the organizers of the related workshop to consider to merge the related workshop into a combined workshop. Although we encourage the workshop organizers to feature novel and high-quality events (for example, keynote speaker session, panel discussion session, roundtable discussion)  to promote their workshop quality and attendance, it is required for the organizers
to discuss with the ACM Multimedia 2011 workshop chairs in advance to get approval  for any special sessions other than paper presentation sessions. It is the duties of the workshop organizer to inform the ACM Multimedia 2011 workshop chairs as soon as possible, but no later than June. 30, 2011,  if it is desirable to hold the workshop on a particular date, (e.g., to accommodate  the conference schedule and travel need of the invited speakers).  The workshop chairs will check the availability of the facility to see if such request can be accommodated. It is required for the workshop organizers to submit an estimated paper submission
volume in their workshop proposals. For a workshop, if the received number of paper  submission is lower than 25 or the number of accepted paper is lower than 12,  the workshop may not have sufficient sessions for a full-day program. In such a case, the workshop may be converted into a half-day event. If the number of submitted paper for a workshop is at a significant lower level, the event may also be cancelled. All attendants of a workshop (organizers, invited speakers, authors, etc) need to register. The workshop should follow agreed submission deadlines specified by the ACM Multimedia 2011 Workshop Chairs. Workshop organizers should not change these deadlines without the explicit agreement from the workshop chairs. All invited and regular paper submissions must go through professional peer reviews.  Although no hard acceptance rate threshold specified, one would not normally expect more than 50% of papers to be accepted. In addition, any accepted paper should make a reasonable contribution to the field of study.

Collaborative Storytelling on the Web 2.0

Last Friday, I had the honor to be invited to give a presentation at the TERENCE workshop, L3S, Hannover, Germany. TERENCE is a EU FP7 project involving higher education organizations from eight European countries jointly working together in order to develop few adaptive learning systems (ALSs) for poor comprehenders, hearing and deaf children. The project has been launched on October 1st, 2010, having an implementation period of 36 months.
My presentation was about our experiences at RWTH Aachen University DBIS  with collaborative storytelling on the Web 2.0. From the discussion it became clear that there is still a big gap between the use of storytelling for adults and for children especially those with special needs. Anyway, at least me learned a lot and I enjoyed meeting a highly motivated bunch of people interested in a very relevant research topic.

Collaborative Storytelling on the Web 2.0

View more presentations from Ralf Klamma.

PhD and postdoc research opportunities in cloud computing, Linz, Austria

The Christian-Doppler Laboratory for client-centric Cloud Computing (CDCC) invites applications for several positions for Ph.D. students and post-docs.

The CDCC is a laboratory associated with Johannes-Kepler University Linz with Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schewe as director. The CDCC is dedicated to application-oriented fundamental research. It will start in March 2011 with funding (50% from industry, 50% from the Christian-Doppler society) for seven years (subject to positive evaluations at the end of the second and the fifth year). The laboratory will investigate foundations of cloud computing, client needs, contracting aspects, and security and privacy in cloud computing. For further information contact Klaus-Dieter Schewe at kd.schewe@scch.at or kdschewe@acm.org . The salary for the positions follows the FWF scheme (see http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/projects/personalkostensaetze.html). Applicants for Ph.D. positions must have earnt a Master degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Mathematics. Applicants for a post-doc must have earnt a Ph.D. in these areas. For both types of position the applicant should indicate whether his/her major interest is more in client needs or in security and privacy aspects. Part-time employment is possible. Applications (in English or German) with an informative curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a cover letter indicating the research interest in cloud computing should be sent as e-mail attachment to Klaus-Dieter Schewe at kd.schewe@scch.at or kdschewe@acm.org .

Sixth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2011)

EC-TEL 2011

Sixth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning

Towards Ubiquitous Learning

http://www.ec-tel.eu

20-23 September 2011, Palermo, Italy

EC-TEL is a unique setting for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in Technology Enhanced Learning from Europe and other continents to meet together and exchange on the current challenges and advances in the field. At EC-TEL, experts and young researchers in Computer Science, Education, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Social Science, as well as entrepreneurs have the opportunity to establish collaborations, strengthen their links and cross-fertilize their core disciplines. EC-TEL 2011will push further the Ubiquitous Learning paradigm by not only tackling the challenges of exploiting new trendy devices in various contexts, but also by investigating ways to meet and support formally and informally the learners in their learning playgrounds and social environments thanks to innovative scenarios.

*** CONFERENCE TOPICS ***
>From both research and experience perspective the following topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

Technological underpinning
* Large scale sharing and interoperability
* Personalization, user modeling and adaptation
* Context-aware systems
* Social computing
* Social media
* Semantic Web
* Mobile technologies
* Serious games and 3D virtual worlds
* Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL
* Sensors and sensor networks
* Augmented reaility
* Roomware and ubiquitous learning
* Data mining and information retrieval
* Recommender systems for TEL
* Natural language processing and latent semantic analysis
* eLearning specifications and standards
* Learning analytics

Pedagogical underpinning
* Problem- and project-based learning / Inquiry based learning
* Computer supported collaborative learning
* Collaborative knowledge building
* Game-based and simulation-based learning
* Story-telling and reflection-based learning
* Instructional design and design approaches
* Communities of learners and communities of practice
* Teaching techniques and strategies for online learning
* Learner motivation and engagement
* Evaluation methods for TEL

Individual, social &organizational learning processes
* Cognitive mechanisms in knowledge acquisition and construction
* Self-regulated and self-directed learning
* Reflective learning
* Social processes in teams and communities
* Social awareness
* Knowledge management and organizational learning
* Sustainability and TEL business models and cases
* Business-learning models
* Trust and reputation in TEL
* Fitness and evolvability of learning environments

Learning contexts and domains
* Applications of TEL in various domains
* Formal education: initial (K-12, higher education), post-initial (continuing education)
* Workplace learning in small, medium and large companies
* Aggregated learning at the workplace Distance and online learning
* Lifelong learning (cradle to grave)
* Vocational training
* Informal learning
* Non-formal learning
* Ubiquitous learning
* Knowledge management

TEL in developing countries
* ICT Inclusion for learning
* Digital divide and learning
* Generation divide and learning
* Education policies
* Rural learning

TEL, functional diversity and users with special needs
* Accessible learning for all
* Visual, hearing and physical impairments
* Psycho-pedagogic support for users
* Educational guidance for tutors
* Adapted learning flow, content and monitoring process
* Standards about accessibility and learning

*** DEMONSTRATIONS ***
The EC-TEL Demonstration is your chance to fully engage EC-TEL attendees at a personal level by letting them see, touch, squeeze, or hear your visions for the future of TEL. We expect that your Demonstration will be a reliably running prototype of your vision ready to be tried out, questioned, and interacted with. In particular, we encourage Demonstration submissions that complement an EC-TEL Paper submission, so that attendees can get a direct experience of your work in addition to the scientific presentation.

*** WORKSHOP ORGANISATION ***
EC-TEL 2011 offers the opportunity to host several workshops. Parties interested to organize a workshop are asked to submit a proposal of max. 4 pages outlining the theme of the workshop, workshop format, expected participants and domains addressed, dissemination activities, programme committee, and organizational requirements. A separate call will be published in parallel. Proposals should be submitted via the EasyChair system of EC-TEL.

*** PROJECT MEETINGS ***
In addition to the regular sessions and workshops, EC-TEL offers a unique opportunity for European Projects in TEL to held face-to-face meetings. Please contact the local organization Chair at your earliest convenience to book meeting rooms.

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
Paper & demonstration submission: 04 April 2011
Paper & demonstration acceptance: 31 May 2011
Camera-ready final papers: 30 June 2011

Workshop proposals: 04 April 2011
Workshop acceptance: 09 May 2011

Workshops: 20-21 September 2011
Conference: 22-23 September 2011

*** SUBMISSION FORMATS ***
All papers will be reviewed through a non-blind review process. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Proceedings will be published by Springer within their "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series which is ranked in the ISI Web of Knowledge. The use of supplied template is mandatory:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0
* Full Papers (max. 14 pages)
* Short Papers and Posters (max. 6 pages)

*** CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ***
General Chair: Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

Programme Chairs: Carlos Delgado Kloos, eMadrid/TELSpain/University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain;
and Denis Gillet, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Workshop Chair: Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know-Center Graz, Austria

Poster and Demonstration Chair: Fridolin Wild, The Open University, UK

Dissemination Chair: Abelardo Pardo, eMadrid/TELSpain/University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

Local Organization Chair: Mario Allegra, Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche, Italy

Doctoral Consortium Chairs: Katherine Maillet, Télécom SudParis, France;
and Mike Sharples, University of Birmingham, UK

Resarch Assistant/PhD student in multimedia retrieval at Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Research Assistant/PhD student at Vienna University of Technology

The Interactive Media Systems Group of the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems at the Vienna University of Technology is seeking to recruit a Research Assistant (PhD student) for a fixed period of 3 years. The post holder will work in the field of multimedia retrieval.

Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute", it currently has about 20.000 students, 8 faculties and about 1800 academic staff members. The university's teaching and research is focused on engineering and natural sciences. The post holder will be based at the urban campus which is located in walking distance from Vienna City Centre and easily reached by public transportation.

You will work on the Automatic Analysis of Elephant Vocalizations project, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The project's main objectives are the investigation of the complex vocal communication system of elephants and the development of automatic techniques for the analysis of elephant calls. You will work in an interdisciplinary team of biologists and computer scientists developing algorithms for the detection of elephant vocalizations, estimation of group-sizes from vocalization rates, analysis of age and gender of the callers, etc. Additionally, you will investigate the benefits of visual information for these tasks.

To qualify for this role you need an outstanding M.Sc. or Diploma in Computer Science or a related discipline. Ideally, you will also have research experience in pattern recognition, signal processing and retrieval, and analysis techniques for audio and/or visual media.

You should be highly motivated and able to work both independently, as well as in a team of other researchers in the area of multimedia retrieval. You must have an interest in interdisciplinary research work and be comfortable with opportunities and challenges that come with such work.

Command of German or willingness to acquire German language skills is appreciated.

We offer a great working atmosphere as well as remuneration according to the current FWF labor cost rates which includes statutory health insurance and participation in the public pension scheme. Additionally, you may participate in the Vienna University of Technology’s human resources development scheme.
The Vienna University of Technology is an equal opportunity employer actively committed to ensuring diversity in all campus employment.


For more information about this post please contact:

Dalibor Mitrovic (mitrovic 'at' ims.tuwien.ac.at)


Please submit your application including your cover letter, CV, transcripts, references (if available) and a list of publications (if available) to:

jobs 'at' ims.tuwien.ac.at

Applications received by February 7, 2011 will be give full consideration.


Looking forward to receiving your application,
Dalibor Mitrovic

ACM TIST: Special Issue on Semantic Adaptive Social Web

CALL FOR PAPERS

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

Special Issue on Semantic Adaptive Social Web

http://tist.acm.org/CFPs/TIST-SI-SASWeb.html

1. OVERVIEW
Social Web is growing daily, together with the number of users and applications.  Users generate a significant part of Web content and traffic: they create, connect,  comment, tag, rate, remix, upload/download, new or existing resources in an architecture of participation, where user contribution and interaction add value.
Users are also involved in a broad range of social activities like creating friendship relationships, recommending and sharing resources, suggesting friends, creating groups and communities, commenting friends activities and profiles and so on. At the same time, Semantic Web, whose main goal is to describe Web resources in a way that allows machines to understand and process them, has started to go out from academies and begins to be massively exploited in many web sites, incorporating high-quality user contributed content and semantic annotations using Internet-based services as an enabling  platform.

The recent advances in the Semantic Web area, and specifically the widespread use of weak semantic techniques (the so-called 'lowercase' semantic web), such as the use of microformats (e.g. eRDF, RDFa) to attach semantics to content, also provide new standardized ways to process and share information. This approach allows information intended for end-users (such as contact  information, geographic coordinates, calendar events, ...) to also be automatically processed by machines, and this obviates other more complicated methods of processing, such as natural language  processing or screen scraping.

The primary goal of this special issue is to showcase cutting edge research on the intersection of  Social Web and Semantic Web, in order to analyze the benefits adaptation and personalization have to offer in the Web of the future, the so-called Social Semantic Web. We are particularly interested in system-oriented papers, in which the approaches are accompanied by  an in-depth experimental evaluation.


2. TOPICS
=========
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
- The impact of Social Web on Semantic Web, and viceversa
- Applications and tools using Social Semantic Web technologies
- Emerging semantic platforms for the Social Semantic Web
- Enriching Social Web with semantic data: weak semantic techniques, microformats and other approaches
- Folksonomies vs Ontologies
- Novel approaches and/or systems combining semantic, social and adaptive aspects
- Adaptation, personalization, recommendation models and goals in the Social Semantic Web
- Reasoning in the Social Semantic Web
- Novel trust and reputation models
- Social navigation support, social search and semantic browsing
- Semantic Mashups
- User studies and novel metrics for evaluating Social Semantic Web applications
- Querying and mining Social Semantic Web data


3. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Full paper submission: September 30, 2011
Review decision notification: December, 22 2011
Final manuscript: February 6, 2012


4. SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
Manuscripts submitted to the special issue should contain original material not published in nor submitted to other journals. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three expert  reviewers. Papers which do not meet publication quality standards, or does not pass the editorial  assessment of suitability of this special issue will be rejected before the review process.

Full papers should be sent via on-line submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tist
(please select "Special Issue: Semantic Adaptive Social Web" as the manuscript type).  Details of the journal and manuscript preparation are available on the ACM TIST  Website at http://tist.acm.org/


5. GUEST EDITORS
Federica Cena
Department of Computer Science - University of Turin, Italy
Web site: http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/
E-mail: cena@di.unito.it

Antonina Dattolo
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - University of Udine, Italy
Web site: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/antonina.dattolo/
E-mail: antonina.dattolo@uniud.it

Pasquale Lops
Department of Computer Science - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Web site: http://www.di.uniba.it/~swap/lops.html
E-mail: lops@di.uniba.it

Julita Vassileva
Department of Computer Science - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Web site: http://julita.usask.ca/homepage/j1.htm
E-mail: jiv@cs.usask.c
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19th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'11)

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

19th IEEE International

Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'11)

R E Q U I R E M E N T S I N M O T I O N

August 29 - September 2, 2011

Trento Italy

http://www.re11.org

O V E R V I E W
The IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference series (RE) is  the premier international forum for researchers, educators, practitioners and students to present and discuss the latest innovations, trends,
experiences and concerns in the field of Requirements Engineering. RE'11 will take place in Trento, Italy, a cosmopolitan city set in a spectacular mountain scenery, and home to a world-class university
and research centers.

R E ' 1 1 H I G H L I G H T S
Keynote talks Technical/research track Industry track
Workshops Tutorials Doctoral symposium
Tool demos Panels and exhibits Poster sessions

C O - L O C A T E D E V E N T S
- The 16th Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS) workshop
- The 5th i* workshop

I M P O R T A N T D A T E S
- Paper abstracts: February 14th, 2011 (research and industry tracks)
- Paper submissions: February 21st, 2011 (research and industry tracks)
- Notification to authors: May 6th, 2011
- Tutorials, Panels, Posters and Doc. Symposium submissions: May 16th, 2011

C O N F E R E N C E T H E M E :
R E Q U I R E M E N T S I N M O T I O N

In a world where change has become the only constant, requirements evolve continuously and inevitably. They do so for a variety of reasons: users become ever mode demanding, organizations mutate, business
opportunities come and go, new laws and regulations appear, technologies develop, and so on. As systems grow ever bigger and more complex, are developed globally and  become more interconnected, the impacts of changes are harder to analyze  and control. In these settings, ensuring that software will continue to exhibit its intended properties thus becomes trickier. More challenges are also imposed by new development paradigms (e.g. agile methods and software product lines) and the increasing demand for specific qualities
such as security and self-adaptation. Efficient management of change in the broad diversity of Requirements
Engineering (RE) contexts and across the whole RE process continuously  calls for novel research ideas. For this reason, the 19th IEEE  International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'11) specifically encourages submissions that address requirements change and evolution. RE'11 will nevertheless remain true to its tradition and invites papers  that address all facets of RE, from elicitation to validation, from  formal to informal, from large to small, and across people-centric,  business-centric and system-centric viewpoints.

T O P I C S O F I N T E R E S T
include but are not limited to
- Requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation and verification
- Requirements specification languages, methods, processes and tools
- Requirements management, traceability, viewpoints, prioritization and negotiation
- Modeling of requirements, goals and domains
- Formal analysis and verification
- Prototyping, simulation and animation
- Evolution of requirements over time, product families and variability
- Relating requirements to business goals, architecture and testing
- Social, cultural, global, personal and cognitive factors
- Domain-specific problems, experiences and solutions
- Requirements in service-oriented environments
- Software product management

We invite original submissions of high quality papers in the following  categories:

R E S E A R C H T R A C K
* Technical solution papers - present solutions for requirements-related problems that are novel or significantly improve on existing solutions.
* Scientific evaluation papers - evaluate existing problem situations or validate/refute proposed solutions with scientific means, i.e. by
empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, formal analyses, mathematical proofs, etc.
* Visionary papers - explore the history, successes, and challenges for various requirements related practices and research agendas, and outline research roadmaps for the future.

I N D U S T R Y C O N T R I B U T I O N S
* Problem statements - present problems or challenges encountered in practice.
* Experience reports - present successes or failures encountered in practice.

O T H E R C O N T R I B U T I O N S
RE'11 also invites proposals for tutorials, workshops, panels, doctoral  symposium contributions, posters, demos and exhibits.
All information about the various calls can be found at http://www.re11.org

G E N E R A L C H A I R
John Mylopoulos, University of Trento, Italy / University of Toronto, Canada

P R O G R A M C H A I R
Patrick Heymans, University of Namur / PReCISE, Belgium

C O N F E R E N C E O R G A N I Z A T I O N
Anna Perini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Angelo Susi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

I N D U S T R Y T R A C K C H A I R
Samuel Fricker, Fuchs-Informatik AG / University of Zurich, Switzerland

M E N T O R I N G P R O G R A M C H A I R
Barbara Paech, University of Heidelberg, Germany

W O R K S H O P C H A I R S
Daniel Amyot, University of Ottawa, Canada
Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

T U T O R I A L C H A I R S
Travis Breaux, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Luisa Mich, University of Trento, Italy

D O C T O R A L S Y M P O S I U M C H A I R S
Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University, USA
Vincenzo Gervasi, University of Pisa, Italy

P O S T E R S, D E M O S A N D E X H I B I T S C H A I R S
Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy
Seok-Won Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

P U B L I C A T I O N C H A I R S
Gilles Perrouin, University of Namur, Belgium
Marco Roveri, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

P U B L I C I T Y T E A M
Norbert Seyff, University of Zurich, Switzerland (chair)
Naoufel Kraiem, INSI, Tunisia
Lin Liu, Tsinghua University, China
Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu, Estonia
Nan Niu, Mississippi State University, USA
Julio Leite, PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
W E B M A S T E R S
Germain Saval, University of Namur, Belgium
Luca Sabatucci, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

ORGANIZATION SUPPORT FROM FBK 'CONFERENCES AND EVENTS'
Moira Osti, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Silvia Malesardi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

P R O G R A M B O A R D
Jo Atlee, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University, Chicago, USA
Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada
Olly Gotel, USA
Mats Heimdahl, University of Minnesota, USA
Alexander Egyed, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Bashar Nuseibeh, Open University, UK
Klaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Bjorn Regnell, University of Lund, Sweden
Pete Sawyer, Lancaster University, UK
Tetsuo Tamai, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sebastian Uchitel, Imperial College, UK
Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Andrea Zisman, City University, UK

P R O G R A M C O M M I T T E E
Daniel Amyot, University of Ottawa, Canada
Annie Anton, North Carolina State University, USA
Mikio Aoyama, Nanzan University, Japan
Dan Berry, University of Waterloo, Canada
Travis Breaux, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jaelson Castro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada
Ruzanna Chitchyan, Lancaster University, UK
Eric Dubois, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Marlon Dumas, University of Tartu, Estonia
Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, UK
Xavier Franch, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Don Gause, Binghamton University, USA
Vincenzo Gervasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Martin Glinz, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Stefania Gnesi, ISTI, Pisa, Italy
Paul Gruenbacher, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Connie Heitmeyer, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Jane Huffman Hayes, University of Kentucky, USA
Daniel Jackson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Michael Jackson, The Open University, UK
Ivan Jureta, University of Namur, Belgium
Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Marjo Kauppinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Kim Lauenroth, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Soren Lauesen, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Seok-Won Lee, University of Nebraska, USA
Julio Leite, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Emmanuel Letier, University College of London, UK
Sotirios Liaskos, York University, Canada
Robyn Lutz, Iowa State University, USA
Neil Maiden, City University London, UK
Haris Mouratidis, University of East London, UK
Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Barbara Paech, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Isabelle Perseil, INSERM, France
Motoshi Saeki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Camille Salinesi, Universite Paris 1 - Sorbonne, France
Guttorm Sindre, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester, UK
Axel van Lamsweerde, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, UK
Eric Yu, University of Toronto, Canada
Yijun Yu, The Open University, UK
Jin Zhi, Beijing University, China
Didar Zowghi, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

I N D U S T R Y T R A C K B O A R D
Christof Ebert, Vector Consulting Services GmbH, Germany
Tony Gorschek, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Gil Regev, EPFL and Itecor, Switzerland

I N D U S T R Y T R A C K C O M M I T T E E
Ian Alexander, Scenario Plus, UK
Aybuke Aurum, University of New South Wales, Australia
Joy Beatty, Seilevel Inc., USA
Brian Berenbach, Siemens Corporate Research, USA
Ilia Bider, IbisSoft ab, Sweden
Carlo Daffara, Conecta Research Ltd., Italy
Stefano de Panfilis, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy
Joerg Doerr, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
Rainer Grau, Zuehlke Engineering AG, Switzerland
Lin Liu, Tsinghua University, China
Walid Maalej, TU Muenchen, Germany
Alistair Mavin, Rolls-Royce, UK
Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Juha Savolainen, Nokia, Finland
Erik Simmons, Intel Corporation, USA
Inge van de Weerd, Utrecht University, Netherlands

S P O N S O R E D B Y
* IEEE Computer Society
* Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Do you want to become a sponsor of RE'11? Please contact us.

C O N T A C T
For all inquiries, see http://www.re11.org > Contact

S E E Y O U I N T R E N T O !
. . . C I V E D I A M O A T R E N T O !

ISJ Special Issue on 'Interpreting Digital Enabled Social Networks'

Information Systems Journal special issue call for paper - Interpreting Digital Enabled Social Networks

Special Issue Guest Editors

Eoin Whelan, University of Limerick, Ireland

Brian Butler, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics

Emmanuelle Vaast, Long Island University, USA

While the study of social networks enjoys a long and rich tradition, particularly in the fields of sociology and anthropology, it has only recently grown in popularity among IS researchers interested in applying established social network theories to online environments.  This recent interest from the IS community has been driven by a number of factors including the advances in the computing and visualisation power of social network analysis packages, the public availability of large-scale empirical datasets (such as the Enron email archive), and the emergence of the popular online social networking services Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter, as well as other platforms that facilitate mass collaboration and self-organisation, such as blogs, wikis, user tagging systems, and even the more recent emergence of virtual worlds.  As such, a number of prominent IS journals have already dedicated special issues to the topic of digital enabled social networks in recent times.  While the studies published in these special issues have generated many important insights, the majority have tended to investigate digital enabled social networks with a positivist philosophy employing quantitative methods.  Much of our current understanding of the dynamics of these social structures stems from methods which measure and correlate the overall network structure, or the individual’s position within the network, to a variety of dependent variables.  There is much that has yet to be understood about social networks constructed on digital platforms, particularly their impact on organisational life.  Interpretative studies can contribute greatly by providing rich and deep insights into the inner workings of these important organisational forms and the technical, behavioural, and economic challenges they face.

The aim of this special issue is to advance the state of social network research within the IS field by discussing and disseminating empirical results gained through interpretative studies.  The focus is upon highlighting work that makes significant theoretical and empirical advances to our understanding of digital enabled social networks.  Submissions that address methodological issues associated with the study of social networks in IS research are also welcome. 

Topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

·    New qualitative approaches to study digital enabled social networks

·    Assessing the nature and quality of information exchange and knowledge creation in digital enabled social networks

·    IS case studies that describe how digital enabled social networks can be harnessed in organisational settings

·    Open innovation/co-creation through digital enabled social networks

·    Interpretative studies investigating entrepreneurship and the rise of occupational communities through digital enabled social networks

·    Interpretative insights of leadership and governance in digital enabled social networks

·    Qualitative approaches to examine the interplay between online and offline social networks

·    Social networks and IT adoption

·    Interpretative studies to ascertain the role of ICT in the diffusion of information, trends, behaviours, and innovations in social networks

·    Combining social network analysis and qualitative approaches in IS research

·    Methodological issues in IS social network research

·    Critical reviews of the digital enabled social network literature

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts should not normally exceed 7000 words and should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isj. Authors will have to select Special Issue Submission as the manuscript type. Author guidelines are available at ‘author guidelines’ at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/isj/.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed following the double-blind review process of ISJ. The objective is to apply very high standards of acceptance while ensuring fair, timely and efficient review cycles.

Timeline

Full initial paper submission deadline: 31 August 2011
First Review deadline: 30 November 2011
Revised paper submission deadline: (if required) 31 January 2012
Second Review deadline: 16 March 2012
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 30 April 2012

Guest Editors

Dr. Eoin Whelan

Dept. of Management and Marketing

Kemmy Business School

University of Limerick

Limerick, Ireland

Tel: +353-61-233615

Fax: +353-61-213196

Email: eoin.whelan@ul.ie

Dr. Robin Teigland

Center for Competitiveness & Strategy

Stockholm School of Economics

Box 6501, Stockholm SE-113 53,

Sweden

Tel: +46-8-7369633

Fax: +46-8-31 81 86

Email: robin.teigland@hhs.se

Dr. Brian Butler

Katz Graduate School of Business

University of Pittsburgh

PA 15260, USA

Tel: (412) 648 1614

Fax: (412) 648-1693

Email: bbutler@katz.pitt.edu

Dr. Emmanuelle Vaast

Department of Managerial Sciences

School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences

Long Island University, Brooklyn

NY 11201, USA

Tel: (718) 488-3391

Fax: (718) 488-1125

Email: emmanuelle.vaast@liu.edu

Postdoc on privacy-aware data mining at Yahoo! Research Barcelona

Postdoc on privacy-aware data mining for the Yahoo! Research Lab in Barcelona - BM0017

The Yahoo! Labs within Barcelona Media has an opening for a postdoc position in data mining, with emphasis in the area of privacy. Yahoo! Labs is pioneering the new sciences underlying the web. As
the center of scientific excellence for Yahoo!, Yahoo! Labs delivers both fundamental and applied scientific leadership through published research and new technologies powering the company's products. Yahoo! Labs within Barcelona Media has an opening for a postdoc position in Barcelona, Spain. In this position you will be working together with our scientists to develop novel algorithms for processing large amounts of data coming from user action logs and social networks. Successful candidates should have demonstrated their ability to perform high-quality original research in the area privacy-aware data mining. Candidates should also be proficient in developing proof-of-concept prototypes and experimenting with novel algorithms in a variety of platforms for processing very large data sets.

Required skills/qualifications:
* Ph.D. degree in Computer Science;
* Proficiency in both written and spoken English;
* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills;
* Proven ability to perform high-quality original research in privacy-aware data mining, both independently and as a member of a team;
* Proven ability to develop proof-of-concept prototypes for experimenting with novel algorithms;
* Experience in research and/or development of applications in the areas of social networks or social media, a plus;
* Experience in distributed processing of large data sets (Hadoop/Pig a plus)
* Proficiency in at least one of Python, Perl, C/C++, Java;
* Experience with UNIX systems;

General information on positions at Barcelona Media Innovation Centre in partnership with Yahoo! Labs is available here. http://comunicacio.barcelonamedia.org/Ofertes/web To apply for this position please send your CV to rrhh@barcelonamedia.org indicating the position's code.

Two postdoc positions in graph mining and social-network analysis at Yahoo! Research Barcelona

Postdoc on data mining for the Yahoo! Research Lab in Barcelona - BM0016

The Yahoo! Labs within Barcelona Media has two openings for postdoc positions in data mining, with emphasis in the areas of graph mining and social-network analysis. Yahoo! Labs is pioneering the new sciences underlying the web. As the center of scientific excellence for Yahoo!, Yahoo! Labs delivers both fundamental and applied scientific leadership through published research and new technologies powering the
company's products. Yahoo! Labs within Barcelona Media has an opening for a postdoc position in Barcelona, Spain. In this position you will be working together with our scientists to develop novel algorithms for processing and mining extremely large amounts of data coming from user action logs and social networks. Successful candidates should have demonstrated their ability to perform high-quality original research in the areas of data mining, graph mining, and/or social-network analysis. Candidates should also be proficient in developing proof-of-concept prototypes and experimenting with novel algorithms in a variety of platforms for processing very large data sets.

Required skills/qualifications:
* Ph.D. degree in Computer Science;
* Proficiency in both written and spoken English;
* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills;
* Proven ability to perform high-quality original research in data mining, both independently and as a member of a team;
* Experience in research and/or development of applications in the areas of social networks or social media;
* Proven ability to develop proof-of-concept prototypes for experimenting with novel algorithms;
* Experience in distributed processing of large data sets (Hadoop/Pig a plus)
* Proficiency in at least one of Python, Perl, C/C++, Java;
* Experience with UNIX systems;
General information on positions at Barcelona Media Innovation Centre in partnership with Yahoo! Labs is available here. http://comunicacio.barcelonamedia.org/Ofertes/web
To apply for this position please send your CV to rrhh@barcelonamedia.org indicating the position's code.

Innovative Internet Community Systems (I2CS)

CALL FOR PAPERS

11th International Conference on

Innovative Internet Community Systems

I²CS 2011

http://www.i2cs-conference.org/

Berlin, Germany, June 15-17, 2011

Scope

"Research drives Innovation" is the motto of the 11th I²CS, to be held  June 15 till 17, 2011 in Berlin/Germany, dedicated to challenging as-  pects around modern community systems. With its two departments Strategic  Research and Innovation Development Deutsche Telekom Laboratories will  be an excellent conference host.

Due to the rapid evolution of web technologies and rich mobile Internet  devices, ICT support for communities is possible on next quality level.

In search of innovative solutions, multi-disciplinary collaboration  among researchers, service providers and industry partners is essential  to invent novel Internet Community Systems.

Topics

The selection of I2CS topics encompasses aspects of Internet Community

Systems: foundations, technology, applications and socializations. The  topics include, but are not limited to original work in the following

areas:

A) Foundations - Theories, models, algorithms for communities

                - Distributed algorithms and simulation models

                - Game theory, graph theory and cost models

                - Innovative communication protocols

                - Self organization and self stabilization

                - Security and privacy protection

                - Swarm intelligence and collaborative behaviour

                - Smart world models and clouds

B) Technology - Distributed architectures and frameworks

                - Service-oriented architectures for communities

                - Peer-to-peer and grid architectures

                - Distributed community middleware for Web x.0

                - Software agents and adaptive systems

                - eHealth challenges and ambient assisted living

                - Community management in ad-hoc environments

                - Information retrieval and distributed ontologies

C) Applications and socialization - Communities on the move

                - Mobile Internet applications and user experience

                - Context and location awareness

                - Personalization and unique identifier

                - Personal networks and social search

                - Social and business aspects of user generated content

                - Recommender solutions and expert profiles

                - Domain specific languages for semantic design

Submissions

We solicit submissions of unpublished papers presenting research  results, industrial experiences and applications, as well as de-  tailed specifications of open problems. Electronic submission is  required. Full papers of no more than 10 pages written in English  should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair conference  system at the

               

                URL http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i2cs2011

All submitted papers will be subject to a double reviewing process  by the program committee. All accepted contributions will be included  in the pre-proceedings of the I2CS 2011 in the series Lecture Notes in  Informatics (LNI) by the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).

Important Dates

   * Paper submission deadline  : March  1, 2011

   * Notification of acceptance : March 20, 2011

   * Camera-ready copies        : April 10, 2011

   * Author/early registration  : April 15, 2011

   * Conference date            : June  15 - 17, 2011

Organizing Committee

   * Gerald Eichler, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany

   * Axel Küpper, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

   * Volkmar Schau, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

I²CS 2011 is organized by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories and Technical  University Berlin and supported by Friedrich Schiller University  Jena and Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), Regionalgruppe  Ostthüringen/Jena as well as the Fachgruppe Mobilität und Mobile  Informationssysteme (GI-MMS).

For further details please check http://www.i2cs-conference.org/  regularly or send an email to info@i2cs-conference.org