Program for e-Social Science 2007

More details on sessions, papers, and invited panels are at the Papers section of this Web site.

More details on workshops and tutorials are at the Workshops section of this Web site.

Note: Online registration for the conference is accessible until 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 1. On-site registration will be available Sunday, October 7, and the morning of Monday, October 8.

Schedule

Sunday, October 7

Doctoral Colloquium

All Doctoral Colloquium events on October 7 take place in West Hall.

• 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Coffee and Breakfast
• 9:00 - 9:15 a.m.: Welcoming Remarks: Mark Birkin and Julia Lane
• 9:15 - 9:45 a.m.: Opening Keynote: Mark Batty
• 9:45 - 11:00 a.m.: Simulation and Visualization
• 11:00 - 11:15 a.m.: Coffee
• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Virtual Collaboration
• 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.: Social Shaping
• 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.: Coffee
• 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.: Closing Keynote: Nosh Contractor
• 3:45 - 4:30 p.m.: Closing Comments and Synthesis: Mark Birkin and Julia Lane

Conference Registration and Breakfast

• 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.: On-site Conference Registration - Rackham 4th Floor
• 8 - 9 a.m.: Continental Breakfast: Rackham 4th Floor

Morning Workshops

• 9 a.m. - Noon: Morning Workshops - Michigan League
  1. Computational Tools for Social Simulation (This workshop has been canceled.)
  2. Mapping Worldwide e-Social Science: National Comparisons of Uptake and Sustainability (part 1)
     [Michigan Room]
  3. Technologies for Enhancing Visual Methods
     [Room D]
  4. Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, tensions, design, and data
     [Koessler Room]
  5. Web 2.0 & e-Social Science (This workshop has been canceled.)

Lunch

• 12 - 1 p.m.: Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Workshops and Tutorial

• 1 - 4 p.m.: Afternoon Workshops - Michigan League
  
  1. Computational Tools for Social Simulation (This workshop has been canceled.)
  2. [cont.] Mapping Worldwide e-Social Science: National Comparisons of Uptake and Sustainability (part 2)
     [Michigan Room]
  
  
  6. Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) and Multi-dimensional Data Synchronization
     [Room D]
  7. Designing and Implementing Online Surveys
     [Koessler Room]
  8. Data Ethics in e-Social Science (This workshop has been canceled.)
  9. Tutorial: Service Oriented Science: Globus Software in Action
     [Hussey Room]

Conference Opening Reception

• 4 - 5:30 p.m.: On-site Conference Registration - Rackham 4th Floor
• 5 - 7 p.m.: Opening Reception - Rackham 4th Floor

Keynote

• 7 - 8:30 p.m.: Opening Keynote Speaker: Daniel E. Atkins
  "Revolutionizing Science and Engineering through Cyberinfrastructure: It Can’t Be Done Without You"
  - Rackham Amphitheatre

Monday, October 8

Accepted posters and Doctoral Colloquium posters will be on display Monday in the Michigan League Concourse (2nd floor).

Registration and Breakfast

• 7 - 9:30 a.m.: On-site Conference Registration - Rackham 4th Floor
• 8 - 9 a.m.: Continental Breakfast - Rackham 4th Floor

Keynote

• 9 - 10:30 a.m.: Keynote Speaker: Roberta Balstad - Rackham Amphitheatre

Morning Break/Posters

• 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Break - move to Michigan League
  Posters on display

Morning Sessions

• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Paper Sessions I - Michigan League
  • Invited panel: Strategies for funding e-social science [Vandenberg Room]
    Moderator: Julia Lane
  • Methods: Simulation and modeling [Hussey Room]
    Session chair: Andrea Scharnhorst
  • Tools and services: Novel forms of data collection [Michigan Room]
    Session chair: R. Maybry-Hubbard
  • Collaborative practices: Real-time collaboration [Kalamazoo Room]
    Session chair: Gary Olson
  • Cyberinfrastructure: Design and development practices [Henderson Room]
    Session chair: D. Terrance Langendoen
  • Architectures: Provenance, security, and digital rights management [Koessler Room]
    Session chair: Paul Conway

Lunch

• 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch - Michigan League

Early Afternoon Sessions

• 1:30 - 3 p.m.: Paper Sessions II - Michigan League
  • Invited panel: Flagship projects in e-social science [Vandenberg Room]
    Moderator: Peter Halfpenny
  • Barriers and facilitators: Uptake and adoption [Hussey Room]
    Session chair: Cory Knobel
  • Cyberinfrastructure: Data ethics and security [Michigan Room]
    Session chair: Derrick Cogburn
  • Tools and services: GIS and spatial analysis [Kalamazoo Room]
    Session chair: Wayne McIntosh
  • Methods: Social network analysis [Henderson Room]
    Session chair: Mirsad Hadzikadic
  • Collaborative practices: How to work together [Koessler Room]
    Session chair: N. Sadat Shami

Afternoon Break/Posters

• 3 - 3:30 p.m.: Break - Michigan League
  Posters on display

Late Afternoon Sessions

• 3:30 - 5 p.m.: Paper Sessions III - Michigan League
  • Invited panel: Science and technology studies views of e-social science [Vandenberg Room]
    Moderator: Andrea Scharnhorst
  • Architectures: Data collection, integration, and simulation [Hussey Room]
    Session chair: Robert Ackland
  • Barriers and facilitators: Sustainability [Michigan Room]
    Session chair: Marina Jirotka
  • Collaborative practices: Knowledge sharing (session cancelled)
  • Tools and services: Workflow and machine learning [Henderson Room]
    Session chair: Peter Mohler
  • Cyberinfrastucture: Social and organizational issues [Koessler Room]
    Session chair: Ann-Sofie Axelsson
  • Methods: Data and text mining [Kalamazoo Room]
    Session chair: Ann Zimmerman

Dinner and Keynote

• 6 - 9 p.m.: Conference Banquet with Banquet Keynote Speaker: Carole Goble - Michigan League Ballroom

Tuesday, October 9

Breakfast

• 8 - 9 a.m.: Continental Breakfast - Rackham 4th Floor

Plenary Session

• 9 - 10:30 a.m.: Plenary Panel - Relationship between traditional and e-social science, with John King (moderator), Craig Calhoun, Myron Gutmann, Tony Hey, and Roy Radner
  - Rackham Amphitheatre

Break

• 10:30 - 11 a.m.: Break - Rackham 4th Floor

Morning Sessions

• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Paper Sessions IV - Rackham 4th Floor
  • Methods: Lessons from the field [Assembly Hall]
    Session chair: David Zeitlyn
  • Cyberinfrastructure: Data preservation, provenance, and ontology development [East Room]
    Session chair: Richard Harris
  • Digital scholarship: Electronic publishing and attitudes toward innovation [Rackham Amphitheatre]
    Session chair: Christine Borgman
  • Tools and services: Metadata and large-scale data collection [West Room]
    Session chair: Rob Procter

Closing

• 12:30 p.m.: Conference Adjourns
• 12:30 - 2 p.m.: Doctoral Colloquium Closing Lunch

If you have questions specifically about the e-Social Science 2007 Program, you can contact the program committee co-chairs at ess2007program-at- umich -dot- edu .