Third International Conference on e-Social Science

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Session chairs listed

Session chair assignments are listed in the online conference program. A list of all session chair assignments (MS Excel) is also available. The job of a session chair is to introduce speakers and keep the session on time. Full papers get 30 minutes, with 20-25 for the paper, and 5-10 for questions. Short papers get 15 minutes, 10 for presentation, 5 for questions. As a courtesy to all of the presenters in a session, chairs are asked to please keep the sessions on schedule.

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Conference papers now available

PDF versions of almost all conference papers are now linked in the papers section.

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Six workshops and tutorials set for Oct. 7

Six workshop and tutorial are scheduled for the 2007 conference. Space is still available in these sessions for drop-ins on the 7th (first-come, first-served).

All-Day Workshop (9 a.m. - Noon, 1 - 4 p.m., Michigan League)

• Mapping Worldwide e-Social Science: National Comparisons of Uptake and Sustainability
  Workshop leader: Alex Voss, University of Manchester, alex.voss -at- ncess.ac.uk
  Michigan Room, Michigan League
  
  

Morning Workshops (9 a.m.-Noon, Michigan League)

• Technologies for Enhancing Visual Methods
  Workshop leader: Yuwei Lin, University of Manchester, Yuwei.Lin -at- manchester.ac.uk
  Room D, Michigan League
  
  
• Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, tensions, design, and data
  Workshop leader: Paul Edwards, University of Michigan, pne -at- umich.edu
  Koessler Room, Michigan League
  
  

Afternoon Workshops and Tutorial (1 - 4 p.m., Michigan League)

• Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) and Multi-dimensional Data Synchronization
  Workshop leader: Paul Tennent, University of Nottingham, pxt -at- cs.nott.ac.uk
  Room D, Michigan League
  
  
• Designing and Implementing Online Surveys
  Workshop leader: Frederick Conrad, University of Michigan, fconrad -at- isr.umich.edu
  Koessler Room, Michigan League
  
  
• Tutorial: "Service Oriented Science: Globus Software in Action"
  Tutorial leader: Lee Liming (liming -at- mcs.anl.gov), Argonne National Laboratory
  Hussey Room, Michigan League

Learn more about the workshops and tutorials.

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Session topics, papers, times, and locations posted

Find all of the details on individual sessions and papers.

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List of accepted papers posted

The list of accepted conference papers has been posted in the Papers section of this Web site.

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Four invited panels announced
The e-Social Science 2007 program committee announces four invited panels to be held during the October conference.

1. "Strategies for funding e-social science"
   Monday, October 8, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
   Moderator: Julia Lane, University of Chicago/NORC
   Panelists:
   • Tony Hey, Microsoft
   • Sang Kim, Purdue University
   • Frank Kuhn, European Science Foundation
   • David Lightfoot, National Science Foundation
   • Diana Rhoten, National Science Foundation
   
   
2. "Flagship projects in e-social science"
   Monday, October 8, 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
   Moderator: Peter Halfpenny, University of Manchester
   Panelists:
   • Bennett Bertenthal, Indiana University
   • Katy Borner, Indiana University
   • Noshir Contractor, University of Illinois
   • Michael Macy, Cornell University
   • Marc Smith, Microsoft Research
   
   
3. "Science and Technology Studies views of e-social science"
   Monday, October 8, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
   Moderator: Gary Olson, University of Michigan
   Panelists:
   • Jenny Fry, Loughborough University
   • Steve Jackson, University of Michigan
   • Ralph Schroeder, Oxford University
   • Ernst Thoutenhoofd, Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam
   • Paul Wouters, Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam
   Discussants:
   • Andrea Scharnhorst, Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam
   
   
4. Plenary Panel: "Relationship between traditional and e-social science"
   Tuesday, October 9, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
   Moderator: John King, University of Michigan
   Panelists:
   • Craig Calhoun, New York University
   • Myron Gutmann, University of Michigan
   • Roy Radner, New York University
   
   

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Carole Goble, director of the myGrid project in the UK, the largest UK e-Science pilot project, will be a keynote speaker at e-Social Science 2007.

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Roberta Balstad, who until recently was director of Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), will be a keynote speaker at e-Social Science 2007.

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Online conference registration is now live.

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Daniel E. Atkins, first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure, will be the opening keynote speaker at e-Social Science 2007 on Sunday, October 7.

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