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iConference 2011 Summary2011 ContentsQuick Links Program Commitee 2011 Quick LinksLocation: Seattle, WA, USA
Date: 8 – 11 February, 2011 Host: University of Washington Information School Conference Theme: Inspiration • Integrity • Intrepidity Submission Template: ACM Template Official Proceedings: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1940761 Printed Conference Brochure and Schedule: Click here Doctoral Colloquium Brochure: Click here 2011 By the NumbersTotal participants: 538Papers presented: 86 Posters presented: 90 Workshops presented: 12 Alternative Events presented: 16 Doctoral Colloquium Participants: 20 Rates (listed in GBP):
2011 OrganizersConference Co-Chairs: Harry Bruce, University of Washington; Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Corporation Program Co-Chairs: Karen E. Fisher, University of Washington; Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Alternative Events Co-Chairs: Paul Dourish, University of California, Irvine; Andrea Forte, Drexel University Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Eliza Dresang, University of Washington; Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine; Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University, SLIS Junior Faculty & Postdoc Colloquium Co-Chairs: Eileen Abels, Drexel University; Jack Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University Papers Co-Chairs: Karen E. Fisher, University of Washington; Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Posters Co-Chairs: Allison Druin, University of Maryland; Ping Zhang, Syracuse University Proceedings Co-ChairsWorkshops Chair: Karen Fisher, University of Washington Local Organizing Committee (all from University of Washington, unless otherwise noted):
2011 Program Committee
2011 AwardsThe following awards were presented at iConference 2011. Best Paper Awards
Best Poster Awards
2011 Keynote SpeakersThis year’s keynote speakers embody the focal elements of people, information, and technology–one from the perspective of the humanities and academia, the other from sciences and industry. Susan Dumais is a behavioral scientist who has been a major contributor in the field of Information Retrieval. Historian Colin Burke has studied the documentalists and technologists who gave rise to Information Science. With insight spanning the field’s past, present, and future possibilities, their remarks are sure to provoke lively discussion in Seattle. Susan Dumais![]() Susan Dumais is a Principal Researcher and manager of the Context, Learning and User Experience for Search (CLUES) Group at Microsoft Research. She has been at Microsoft Research since 1997 and has published widely in the areas of human-computer interaction and information retrieval. Her current research focuses on the temporal dynamics of information systems, user modeling and personalization, novel interfaces for interactive retrieval, and implicit measures of user interest and activity. Susan has published more than 200 articles in the fields of information science, human-computer interaction, and cognitive science, and holds several patents on novel retrieval algorithms and interfaces. She is Past-Chair of ACM’s Special Interest Group in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), and served on the NRC Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Digital Government, and the NRC Board on Assessment of NIST Programs. She is on the editorial boards of ACM: Transactions on Information Systems, ACM: Transactions on Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction, Information Processing and Management, Information Retrieval, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, and the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. She is an associate editor for the first and second editions of the Handbook of Applied Cognition, and serves on several program and advisory committees. She was elected to the CHI Academy in 2005, an ACM Fellow in 2006, and received the SIGIR Gerard Salton Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Click here to view a transcript of Dumais’ presentation. Colin B. BurkeNote: Due to an unexpected health emergency, Colin Burke was unable to speak at iConference 2011.
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