The iConference 2013 Papers deadline is September 3, 2012—less than a week away! All authors are encouraged to finalize their submissions as soon as possible.
Following the Papers deadline, Notes will be due September 10; this new category is for reporting early and partial results. Poster submissions should be made by September 24. Doctoral colloquium applications and proposals for workshops, panels, and other alternative events are also due September 24.
We also want to call your attention to several new participation opportunities this year. FUSE Labs of Microsoft Research is sponsoring a Social Media Expo, and will send student teams to the iConference to exhibit their work. Our Doctoral Dissertation Competition will honor the year's best dissertation from the iSchools. And our Special Workshop on Information Privacy is an opportunity to share your expertise on this crucial topic. Visit our conference website for details.
iConference 2013 takes place February 12-15, 2013 in Fort Worth, TX.
It is presented by the iSchools and hosted by the University of North Texas. The presenting sponsor is Microsoft Research, with additional support from Emerald Publishing. Conference registration opens in November. We hope you'll make plans to join us!
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
The following describe the details for each of the submissions along with deadlines.
* Papers: Results of completed original research, maximum 6,000 words (not counting references). Papers will be refereed in a double-blind process. Submissions will be in PDF format. Visit the Papers webpage for more information on formatting:
Submission deadline: September 3, 2012.
Notification: Early November.
Final version due: December 3, 2012.
* Notes: Reports of early and partial results, maximum 2,500 words (not counting references). Notes will be refereed in a double-blind process. Submissions will be in PDF format. Visit the Notes webpage for more information on formatting:
Submission deadline: September 10, 2012.
Notification: Early November.
Final version due: December 3, 2012.
* Posters: We welcome submission of Posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Applicants will submit an abstract, maximum 1,500 words (not including references), describing the proposed Poster, and these abstracts will undergo a single-blind blind review process (i.e., reviewers will know the identity of authors, but not vice versa). Abstract submissions will be in PDF format. Completed Posters will be presented at the iConference. Visit the Posters webpage for more information:
Abstract submission deadline: September 24, 2012.
Notification: Mid-November.
Final abstract due: December 7, 2012.
Completed poster due: February 12, 2013 at iConference 2013.
* Workshops: Workshops can be half- or full-day and can focus on any area related the conference theme (Scholarship in Action) or more broadly to the purview of the iSchools, namely, the relationships among information, people, and technology. Submission will be in PDF format, and additional information submission guidelines are provided on the Workshops webpage:
Submission deadline: September 24, 2012.
Notification: Early October.
Final version due: Early November.
* Alternative Events: These can include panels, fishbowls, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly participatory, informal, engaging, and pluralistic. Submission will be in PDF format, and additional information and submission guidelines are provided on the Alternative Events:
Submission deadline: September 24, 2012.
Notification: Mid-November.
Final version due: December 7, 2012.
* Research Paper Development Roundtable: This new iConference submission track is for researchers developing manuscripts for submission as journal articles. The goals of this track are to provide a forum for interactive development of research papers, enable a discussion of current research ideas, provide a clear path to journal publication, and increase collaboration opportunities for junior faculty. Papers reporting work in progress and late breaking research are welcome. Visit the Roundtable webpage for detailed submission and other information:
http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/research/Submission deadline: Extended abstracts due August 1, 2012.
Notification: Early October.
Full draft due: January 7, 2013.
OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED
* Doctoral Colloquium: The doctoral student colloquium will provide doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty and one another in a setting that is relatively informal but that allows for the fullest of intellectual exchanges. Students will receive feedback on their dissertation and/or current research from participating faculty and student peers. Participation in the doctoral colloquium is restricted to students who have applied for and been accepted into the colloquium. The colloquium will not be open to observers. Visit the doctoral colloquium webpage for more information:
Application deadline: September 24, 2012.
Notification: Mid-November.
* Early Career Colloquium: This half-day event is intended for assistant professors, post-docs, or others in pre-tenure positions and builds on the tradition of highly successful events at past iConferences. The program will include an introductory presentation on the tenure process, panels by recently tenured faculty and experienced former deans, and small group discussions to provide informal dialogue, guidance, and insights. Visit the early career colloquium webpage for more information:
* FUSE Labs iConference Social Media Expo: The iConference, in collaboration with FUSE Labs of Microsoft Research, is pleased to announce the first iConference Social Media Expo. The exposition is designed to showcase exceptional interdisciplinary research and development work from information school programs specializing in social media. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of
3-5 students to perform research, design, development or community engagement exploring technological solutions to people’s real needs around the theme of leveraging social media to foster lifelong learning in everyday life. A representative team from each participating school will be selected to attend and featured in a presentation at a special session of the iConference in February of 2013. Visit the Social Media Expo webpage for more information:
Initial notification: Letters of Interest due September 14, 2012
* Doctoral Dissertation Competition: As a way of recognizing the outstanding work being done at iSchools, the iCaucus has instituted a Doctoral Dissertation Competition, with awards to be given out at iConference 2013. The Coordinating Committee will accept one nomination from each member iSchool, and will select up to two best dissertations. The winning nomination(s) will receive a cash prize of
$2,500.00 US. Applicants should have successfully defended the doctoral dissertation and completed the doctoral degree (including all final revisions, if any, and all final paper work) within the academic year from July 1, 2011 to June 30 2012. The dissertation research can be on any topic in the information field, broadly defined, and use any methodology. Visit the Doctoral Dissertation Award webpage for more
Submission deadline: September 15, 2012
* Special Workshop on Information Privacy: New this year, the leadership of the iCaucus and the iConference 2013 organizers have arranged for a special full-day workshop on Information Privacy. This will consist of a one-day presentation of high-quality research in the area of information privacy. It will include 1) invited papers by scholars from participating schools and 2) submitted papers. We invite scholars to submit their recent research manuscripts related to information privacy and its various sub-fields. The workshop does not have proceedings, and therefore will not preclude the authors to simultaneously submit their work to other conferences or journals.
Submission deadline: December 1, 2012
ORGANIZERS
Honorary Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University; Herman Totten, University of North Texas Conference Chair: William Moen, University of North Texas Program Co-Chairs: Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University; Martin Halbert, University of North Texas Papers and Notes Co-Chairs: Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University; Martin Halbert, University of North Texas Posters Chair: Catherine Blake, University of Illinois, Elaine Toms, University of Sheffield Workshops Co-Chairs: John Carlo Bertot, University of Maryland; Paul T. Jaeger, University of Maryland Alternative Events Co-Chairs: Marcia A. Mardis, The Florida State University; Maria Souden, University College Dublin Research Paper Development Roundtable Chair: Martin B.H. Weiss, University of Pittsburgh Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Hamid Ekbia, Indiana University; Karen Fisher, University of Washington; Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Social Media Expo Committee: Shelly D. Farnham, Microsoft Research; Eytan Adar, University of Michigan; Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University; Anthony J. Rotolo, Syracuse University Doctoral Dissertation Competition Committee: David Hendry, University of Washington; Lynne Howarth, University of Toronto; Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University Information Privacy Workshop Co-Chairs: Deirdre K. Mullican, UC Berkeley; Allessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Information Privacy Workshop Steering Committee: Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University; Finn Brunton, University of Michigan; Jean Camp, Indiana University; Robert Deng, Singapore Management University; Jens Grossklags, Penn State; Xu Heng, Penn State; Chris Hoofnagle, UC Berkeley; Apu Kapadia, Indiana University; Cliff Lampe, University of Michigan; Deirdre K. Mulligan, UC Berkeley; Rahul Telang, Carnegie Mellon University; Yingjiu LI, Singapore Management University Proceedings Co-Chairs: Linda Schamber, University of North Texas; Oksana Zavalina, University of North Texas Conference System Coordinator: Yunfei Du, University of North Texas
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Eileen Abels, Drexel University
Theresa Anderson, University of Technology, Sydney Rosa Arriaga, Georgia Institute of Technology Nicholas Belkin, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey John Carlo Bertot, University of Maryland Randolph Bias, University of Texas Wade Bishop, University of Kentucky Catherine Blake, University of Illinois Pia Borlund, Royal School of Library and Information Science Copenhagen Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh Joy Davidson, Glasgow University Robert Deng, Singapore Management University Yunfei Du, University of North Texas Hamid Ekbia, Indiana University Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon Andrew Flinn, University College London Fred Fonseca, Pennsylvania State University Maria Gade, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin Steve Howard, University of Melbourne Paul T. Jaeger, University of Maryland Heikki Keskustalo, University of Tampere Anita Komlodi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Cory Knobel, University of California, Irvine Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Marcia A. Mardis, The Florida State University; Eden Medina, Indiana University Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia Karine Nahon, University of Washington Arcot Rajasekar (Raja), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lionel Robert, University of Michigan Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University Linda Schamber, University of North Texas Maria Souden, University College Dublin Mega Subramanian, University of Maryland Elaine Toms, University of Sheffield Herman Totten, University of North Texas Martin B.H. Weiss, University of Pittsburgh Judith Wusteman, University College Dublin Iris Xie, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
The iConference series is presented by the iSchools Caucus (
www.ischools.org), a growing association of Schools, Faculties and Colleges in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Affiliation with the iSchools is not required to participate—all information scholars and practitioners are invited.