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[ecrea] Conference on Science and the Internet

Fri Jan 13 13:32:05 GMT 2012


>Conference on Science and the Internet 2012
>
>DEADLINE EXTENDED: January 31, 2012!
>
>Düsseldorf, August 1-3, 1012
>
>Online media have brought about numerous changes in scholarly  
>practices, including, but not limited to gathering data, finding  
>relevant literature, making research and results accessible,  
>organising collaboration, communicating with colleagues and students  
>as well as creating fruitful learning environments.
>
>The interdisciplinary conference "Science and the Internet", to be  
>held August 1-3, 2012 in Düsseldorf, brings together researchers and  
>practitioners from multiple disciplines (e.g. information science,  
>computer science, sociology, communication and media studies,  
>linguistics, educations studies, legal studies, etc.).
>
>Keynote speakers are
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>- Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
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>- Isa Jahnke (Umeå University, Sweden)
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>- Ralph Schroeder (Oxford Internet Institute, Great Britain)
>
>We invite submissions on the following or related issues:
>
>- How is the research process transformed through the use of digital  
>infrastructures?
>
>- How can the challenges of the public availability of (large scale)  
>scientific data be met?
>
>- How do scholars make use of social networking platforms,  
>(micro-)blogs, wikis, or websites?
>
>- How does the Internet affect scholarly publishing (e.g. Open Access,  
>unpublished manuscripts, blogs)?
>
>- How has the Internet changed the practice and relevance of citations  
>and of receiving reputation?
>
>- How do teaching styles or beliefs and use of the Internet mutually  
>influence each other?
>
>- Do Web 2.0 platforms offer opportunities to advance public  
>understanding of science?
>
>- What is the role of ethics, policies, and legal regulation in  
>academic use of the Internet?
>
>- What theoretical and practical implications do the aforementioned  
>considerations have for science and the Internet?
>
>Call for Submissions:
>
>The conference language is English. We invite two types of submissions:
>
>- Abstracts for talks (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for  
>discussion) should not exceed 500 words, excluding data and  
>references. In case of acceptance a full paper (max. 3.000 words or 12  
>pages) in either English or German must be submitted by July 15, 2012.  
>The full paper will be published in conference proceedings (print and  
>online).
>- Proposals for interactive workshops (90 minutes) should outline both  
>the thematic focus and the session design. Workshops should engage  
>participants in developing the topics. Proposals should not exceed  
>1.000 words.
>
>Both abstracts for presentations and proposals for interactive  
>workshops must be submitted via EasyChair  
>(https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=cosci12).
>
>Important Dates:
>
>- Deadline for submitting abstracts: January 31, 2012
>
>- Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2012
>
>- Camera-ready submission of papers: July 15, 2012
>
>- Conference dates: August 1-3, 2012
>
>Registration:
>
>A registration fee of 50 ? must be paid by Paypal or on site.
>
>Updates will be posted on the conference website  
>http://nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/de/cosci12 .
>
>..................................................

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