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iConference 2012 Summary
2012 ContentsQuick Links Program Commitee 2012 Quick LinksLocation: Toronto, Canada Printed Conference Brochure and Schedule: Click here 2012 By the NumbersTotal participants: 486Papers presented: 53 Posters presented: 95 Workshops presented: 9 Alternative Events presented: 16 Doctoral Colloquium Participants: 20 Rates (listed in GBP):
2012 OrganizersConference Chair: Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Conference Coordinator: Clark Heideger, iCaucus Local Organizing Committee Chair: Andrew Drummond, University of Toronto Papers Chair: Jonathan Furner, University of California, Los Angeles Posters Chair: Paul Marty, Florida State University Workshops Chair: Kelly Lyons, University of Toronto Alternative Events Chair: Philippa Levy, University of Sheffield Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Hamid R. Ekbia, Indiana University and Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University Keynote Speakers Chair: Brian Cantwell Smith, University of Toronto Publication Chair: Yuri Takhteyev, University of Toronto Early Career Colloquium Co-Chairs: Joseph Janes, University of Washington and Anita Komlodi, UMBC Local Organizing Committee (all from University of Toronto):
2012 Program CommitteeAlessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Jack Andersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science Nick Belkin, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Jean-François Blanchette, University of California, Los Angeles Johan Bollen, Indiana University Geoff Bowker, University of Pittsburgh Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology Donald Case, University of Kentucky Chen Chuanfu, Wuhan University Paul Clough, University of Sheffield Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University Ron Day, Indiana University Melanie Feinberg, University of Texas, Austin Robert Glushko, University of California Berkeley Sean Goggins, Drexel University Sara Grimes, University of Toronto David Hendry, University of Washington Steven Jackson, University of Michigan Jim Jansen, The Pennsylvania State University Michelle Kazmer, Florida State University Anita Komlodi, UMBC Christopher (Cal) Lee, University of North Carolina Bonnie Mak, University of Illinois William Moen, University of North Texas Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine Heather L. O’Brien, University of British Columbia Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Management University Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin Elizabeth Shepherd, University College London Bo Xie, University of Maryland 2012 AwardsThe following awards were presented at iConference 2012. Best Paper AwardsPresented in order of paper ID number:
Best Poster AwardsPresented in order of poster ID number.
Best Poster Runners-UpPresented in order of poster ID number:
Ron DeibertRon Deibert is professor of Political Science, and director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary research and development hothouse working at the intersection of the Internet, global security, and human rights. Deibert is a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor projects. Deibert was one of the founders and (former) VP of global policy and outreach for Psiphon Inc. Deibert has published numerous articles, chapters, and three books on issues related to technology, media, and world politics. He has been a consultant and advisor to governments, international organizations, and civil society on issues relating to Internet censorship, surveillance and information warfare. Deibert presently serves on the editorial board of the journals International Political Sociology, Security Dialogue, Explorations in Media Ecology, Review of Policy Research, and Astropolitics. He is on the advisory boards of The Watson Institute for International Studies’ InfoTechWarPeace project (Brown University), Access Now, and Privacy International; he is also a member of the board of directors of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. Deibert was awarded the University of Toronto Outstanding Teaching Award (2002), the Northrop Frye Distinguished Teaching and Research Award (2002), and the Carolyn Tuohy Award for Public Policy (2010). He was a Ford Foundation research scholar of Information and communication technologies (2002-2004). Deibert’s Keynote Abstract “What was once a domain characterized by openness and the free exchange of ideas, cyberspace is being re-shaped by technological changes, a growing underworld of cyber crime, a burgeoning cyber security industrial complex that feeds a cyber arms race, and an increasingly intense geopolitical contest over the domain itself. “Together, these driving forces are creating a kind of ‘perfect storm’ in cyberspace that threats to subvert it entirely either through over-reaction, the imposition of heavy-handed controls, or through partition and cantoning. “To restore cyberspace as an open global commons will require a multi-layered strategy, from the local to the global. “Drawing from the research and other activities of the Citizen Lab, Deibert discusses the ‘Coming Perfect Storm in Cyberspace’ and what is to be done to prepare for it.” Visit the Citizen Lab website to learn more about Deibert. Geoffrey NunbergClick here to view a pdf of Nunberg’s presentation, delivered at iConference 2012 on Feb. 9, 2012. Geoffrey Nunberg is an adjunct full professor at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley. His linguistics research includes work in semantics and pragmatics, text classification, and written-language structure; he also works and writes on the social and cultural implications of new technologies. Nunberg has written scholarly books and articles on a range of topics, including semantics and pragmatics, information access, written language structure, multilingualism and language policy, and the cultural implications of digital technologies. His books include The Years of Talking Dangerously (2009), Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show (2006), Going Nucular (2004), and The Way We Talk Now (2001). Nunberg does a recurring feature on language for National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air,” is the emeritus chair of the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary, and has served as an expert witness in numerous high-profile court cases, including the American Library Association’s legal challenge of the Children’s Internet Protection Act, which mandates the use of Internet filtering software in all libraries that receive the e-rate subsidy. Until 2001, Nunberg was a principal scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, working on the development of linguistic technologies. Nunberg’s Keynote Abstract Title: A Word Whose Time has Come: A Brief History of ‘Information.’ “It’s the name we’ve given to the age itself, to its dominant technologies, to the economy and professions that have grown up around them, to a basic divide between the sectors of society, to the Visit the UC Berkeley website to learn more about Nunberg.
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