Activities
From CASCI
Social Network Analysis and Visualization Gathering III (1:30pm-3:00pm, Mon. Oct 5, 2009)
We have decided to continue our Social Network Analysis meetings with faculty and students from the surrounding after our successful gatherings in the Spring. Our next meeting will be on Monday. Oct. 5, in the iSchool Meeting room 2116 (2nd floor of the Hornbake Building South West Wing). This will be an informal gathering where we will share current research and information, as well as discuss possible collaborations. Please contact Derek Hansen at dlhansen@umd.edu or Ben Shneiderman at ben@cs.umd.edu with any questions. This is an open gathering, so please invite your colleagues and students with a shared interest in network analysis and visualization.
CASCI Roundtables & Workshops
Beginning in October 2009 we will reconvene our weekly roundtable and workshops held in the CASCI room (2118D, Hornbake Library, South Wing). Some of these will be formal Roundtables where we will bring in individuals from funding agencies interested in community-related projects, and others will be more informal discussions where we will brainstorm on possible collaborations. We will also use part of the time for skill-building workshops where we will have students or professors with particular expertise present to the rest of the group. For example, we may discuss social network analysis software, how to create a Facebook App, or how to get around Second Life. All are welcome to attend. Ideas for roundtables can be sent to Derek Hansen at dlhansen@umd.edu
CASCI on the Web
A few of us are using to the tag CASCI at delicious.com to share websites of interest to our community: http://delicious.com/tag/CASCI. You're all encouraged to join in the fun.
Prior Events
Social Network Analysis Gathering II (4:00-5:30pm, Wed. April 1, 2009)
We have decided to continue our Social Network Analysis meetings with faculty and students from across campus after our successful gathering in February. Our next meeting will be April 1, Wednesday 4-5:30pm in the iSchool Meeting room 2119 (turn left immediately after getting off the elevator and you'll get to the room - note this is a different room that we met in previously). We invite those who would like to give 10-15 minute talks on their work to send a title with 2-3 sentence abstract to Derek Hansen at dlhansen@umd.edu and Ben Shneiderman at ben@cs.umd.edu.
Roundtable Discussion with Phil Piety of the American Institutes for Research (AIR)
We will meet with Phil Piety in the CASCI room (2118D, Hornbake Library South Wing) at 3:00pm on Monday, March 9th, 2009. Phil and his colleagues work in the area of education and information science and is involved with several projects funded by the Department of Education. These projects include developing information clearinghouses and communities of practice in the education and health arenas (e.g., [1], [2]). We will be brainstorming future collaborative projects, as well as discussing some existing projects that AIR is engaged with. Faculty and students are welcome to come. If you'd like to set up a one-on-one meeting with Phil, please let me know.
NodeXL Workshop (1:00pm-3:00pm, Fri. 13, 2009)
Derek Hansen will be hosting a workshop on using NodeXL for social network analysis. The workshop will be particularly helpful for those new to social network analysis. Please come to room 2108 (iSchool Student Lab) on the 2nd floor of the Hornbake Library (South West entrance). We will likely have room for drop-ins, but if you can please send an email if you plan to attend to dlhansen@umd.edu
Social Network Analysis Gathering I (4:00-5:30pm, Wed. Feb 18, 2009)
At 4:00-5:30pm on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 in the Hornbake Second Floor South Wing Conference Room (2116) a researchers from across campus working on social network analysis will convene to discuss how we can work together, share resources, and assure that UMd is recognized as an expert in this important area of research. Thanks to Ben Shneiderman for getting this group started last semester.
Marc Smith Visit and CASCI Kick-Off Event
On Thursday Nov 13th, CASCI was officially launched with a day full of activities. Faculty and students from across campus came together to explore how communities are using novel technologies such as mobile devices to interact in new ways. Over 50 individuals from various programs attended events during the day including individuals from the iSchool, Computer Science, Journalism, Sociology, Public Health, and Business.
Dr. Marc Smith, Chief Social Scientist for Telligent Corporation and founder of the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research that he managed for 10 years, provided the keynote address titled: “Pictures of traces of places, people, and groups: visualizing computer-mediated collective action” (see Marc_Smith_Talk). Earlier in the day, Dr. Smith met with CASCI and HCIL members to describe and discuss a new network visualization tool that works off of Microsoft Excel - NodeXL. Faculty and graduate students met with him throughout the day in the CASCI meeting room (2118D Hornbake) to plan future collaborations.
Dr. Smith also presented CASCI Director Derek Hansen with a $2,000 gift to support CASCI activities on behalf of Telligent Corporation, a leading social software provider.
