Pursuant to prior discussions about the need for a research
policy on Wikipedia, WikiProject Research is drafting a
policy regarding the recruitment of Wikipedia users to
participate in studies.
At this time, we have a proposed policy, and an accompanying
group that would facilitate recruitment of subjects in much
the same way that the Bot Approvals Group approves bots.
The policy proposal can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Research
The Subject Recruitment Approvals Group mentioned in the proposal
is being described at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subject_Recruitment_Approvals_Group
Before we move forward with seeking approval from the Wikipedia
community, we would like additional input about the proposal,
and would welcome additional help improving it.
Also, please consider participating in WikiProject Research at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Research
--
Bryan Song
GroupLens Research
University of Minnesota
Hi!
I am doing a PhD on online civic participation project
(e-participation). Within my research, I have carried out a user
survey, where I asked how many people ever edited/created a page on a
Wiki. Now I would like to compare the results with the overall rate of
wiki editing/creation on country level.
I've found some country-level statistics on Wikipedia Statistics (e.g.
3,000 editors of Wikipedia articles in Italy) but data for UK and
France are not available since Wikipedia provides statistics by
languages, not by countries. I'm thus looking for statistics on UK and
France (but am also interested in alternative ways of measuring wiki
editing/creation in Sweden and Italy).
I would be grateful for any tips!
Sunny regards, Alina
--
Alina ÖSTLING
PhD Candidate
European University Institute
www.eui.eu
For the last week or so I am getting the following error when trying to
use the http://wikidashboard.appspot.com/ tool: "403: User account
expired. The page you requested is hosted by the Toolserver user
wiki_researcher, whose account has expired. Toolserver user accounts are
automatically expired if the user is inactive for over six months. To
prevent stale pages remaining accessible, we automatically block
requests to expired content. If you think you are receiving this page in
error, or you have a question, please contact the owner of this
document: wiki_researcher [at] toolserver [dot] org. (Please do not
contact Toolserver administrators about this problem, as we cannot fix
it---only the Toolserver account owner may renew their account.)"
I've tried contacting the owner, and send an email to PARC
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_%28company%29> (it's their project,
per the logo seen at the project page ) through their web form, but so
far - nothing. Can anyone help to contact them?
The tool is useful not only for research (I've used and I am sure so
have others here); it is also one of the tools used by Good Article
reviewers (and linked from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Good_article_tools)
Why we allow toolserver tools used by the community to expire in such a
confusing way is beyond me.
--
Piotr Konieczny, PhD
http://hanyang.academia.edu/PiotrKoniecznyhttp://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gdV8_AEAAAAJhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus
Dear all,
I am starting this thread in the hope that some of the great Wiki
researchers on this list could advise me on a data collection problem.
Here is the question: for a each of 120 Wikipedia admins (for whom I have
the usernames and unique numeric ids), I would like to reliably count the
number of times they (i) deleted a page (ii) undeleted (i.e. restored) a
page (iii) protected a page (iv) blocked a user and (v) unblocked a user.
Those types of edits all correspond to a specific "action" in the Wikipedia
API documentation page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php): action=delete,
action=undelete, action=protect, action=block and action=unblock.
I don't know, however, what would be the best strategy to go about
collecting those edits. Does anyone have an idea about which data
collection strategy I should adopt in this case? Is there a way to query
the Wikipedia API directly, or should I look for some specific markers in
the edit summaries?
I would be very grateful for any advice of feedback!
Thanks much for your attention and time. :)
Best,
Jérôme.
by The Second International Conference on Informatics Engineering & Information Science (ICIEIS2013)
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[ICIEIS 2013] The Second International Conference on Informatics
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Important Dates
Paper due: Submission is still open.
Author Notification:Oct. 30, 2013
Camera-ready due and Registration: Nov. 02, 2013
Conference Date:Nov. 12-14, 2013
For more information: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icieis2013/
Dear Drs. Gianni and Cuccuru:
Are you aware that you posted a solicitation of papers for publication
in non-open access journals to wiki-research-l? Ref.:
http://www.scs.org/publications
Would you please find a publisher adhering to the open access principles?
Thank you.
Regards,
James Salsman
> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:10:22 +0100
> From: Daniele Gianni
> To: wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wiki-research-l] *** Extended deadline *** CfP: 4th
> International Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation
> Engineering part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
> (SCS SpringSim 2014)
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 4th International Workshop on
> Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
> part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
> (SCS SpringSim 2014)
>
>
> #################################################################
>
> April 13-16, 2014, Tampa, FL (USA)
> http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim14
>
> #################################################################
> # Papers Due: *** November 22, 2013 *** extended
> # Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings
> # and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
> #################################################################
>
> The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven
> and software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation
> practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in
> model-driven simulation engineering.
>
> Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
> software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent
> and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in
> a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also
> support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse,
> programming code generation, and model checking, for example.
>
> The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its
> execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As
> simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can
> similarly benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic
> software generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs,
> development effort and time-to-market.
>
> Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can
> exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the
> abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the
> derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using
> modeling languages, such as UML and SysML – but not exclusively those. For
> example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to
> describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify
> analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation
> modeling (to define the respective simulator).
>
> A partial list of topics of interest includes:
>
> * model-driven simulation engineering processes
> * requirements modeling for simulation
> * domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
> * model transformations for simulation model building
> * model transformations for simulation model implementation
> * model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
> * relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore) and
> distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
> * metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
> * model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms (discrete
> event simulation, multi-agent simulation, sketch-based * simulation, etc.)
> * model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of simulation
> systems
> * simulation tools for model-driven software performance engineering
> * model-driven technologies for simulation verification and validation
> * model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
> * model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
> * Executable UML
> * Executable Architectures
> * SysML / Modelica integration
> * Simulation Model Portability and reuse
> * model-based systems verification and validation
> * simulation for model-based systems engineering
>
> To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and
> welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven
> engineering of simulation systems.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> On-Line Submissions and Publication
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> We invite paper submissions in three forms:
>
> 1. Full paper (max 8 pages), describing innovative research results. These
> papers are eligible for the best paper award and may be invited for an
> extended version in a special issue of the SCS SIMULATION journal.
> 2. Work-in-progress paper (max 6 pages), describing novel research ideas
> and promising work that have not yet been fully evaluated.
> 3. Short paper (max 6 pages), describing industrial and hands-on experience
> on any relevant area (i.e. military, government, space, etc.).
>
> All the papers must be submitted through the SCS conference management
> systems (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS14/) and select the Mod4Sim track.
> The submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the SCS conference
> template (Word template is available at
> http://www.scs.org/upload/documents/templates/ConferenceSubmissionWORDTempl…,
> guidelines are available at
> http://www.scs.org/PDFs/formattingkit.pdf). All the submitted papers must
> be original and not submitted else where. Submitted papers will be peer
> reviewed with respect to their quality, originality and relevance. The
> authors of the accepted papers must register in advance for inclusion of
> their paper in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will
> be invited to update their papers basing on the reviews, before providing
> the camera ready.
>
> All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and
> archived in both the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library.
>
> Authors may contact the organizers for expression of interest and content
> appropriateness at any time.
>
> +++++++++++++++
> Important Dates
> +++++++++++++++
>
> * Submission Deadline: November 22, 2013 (extended)
> * Decision to paper authors: January 5, 2014
> * Camera ready due: February 2, 2014
> * Conference dates: April 13-16, 2014 (to be confirmed within the
> SpringSim schedule)
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> Organizing Committee
> ++++++++++++++++++++
>
> * Daniele Gianni – University Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
> * Arnaud Cuccuru – CEA/LIST, France
>
> +++++++++++++++++
> Program Committee
> +++++++++++++++++
>
> * Steffen Becker - University of Paderborn, Germany
> * Paolo Bocciarelli - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
> * David Chen - University of Bordeaux I, France
> * Andrea D'Ambrogio - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
> * Cristian Englert - Serco, The Netherlands
> * Huascar Espinoza - ESI-Tecnalia, Spain
> * Paul A. Fishwick - University of Florida, USA
> * Sebastien Gerard - CEA/LIST, France
> * Carlos Juiz - University of Balearic Islands, Spain
> * Cristiano Leorato - RHEA, The Netherlands
> * Steve McKeever - Uppsala University, Sweden
> * Halit Oguztüzün - Middle East Technical University, Turkey
> * Chris Paredis - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
> * Nicolas Rouquette - NASA/JPL, USA
> * Volker Schaus - DLR, Germany
> * Sara Tucci - CEA/LIST, France
> * Andreas Tolk - SimIS, USA
> * Anthony Walsh - European Space Agency, Germany
> * Heming Zhang - Tsinghua University, China
>
> *** Contact Information ***
> Daniele Gianni and Arnaud Cuccuru (workshop co-chairs)
> Emails: danielegmail-mod4sim(a)yahoo.it and arnaud.cuccuru(a)cea.fr
1st CALL FOR PAPERS (DRAFT)
ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci14), June 23-26, 2014
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
websci14.org · @WebSciConf
Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014
Web Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications,
and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the largest informational
artifact constructed by humans in history. Web Science embraces the study of the
Web as a vast universal information network of people and communities. As such,
Web Science includes the study of social networks whose work, expression, and
play take place on the Web. The social sciences and computational sciences meet
in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior and social
interaction contributes to our understanding of the Web, while Web data is
transforming how social science is conducted. The Web presents us with a great
opportunity as well as an obligation: If we are to ensure the Web benefits
humanity we must do our best to understand it.
Call for Papers
The Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts to
integrate computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics,
sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, philosophy, digital
humanities, and other disciplines in pursuit of an understanding of the Web.
This conference is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines
together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers from all the
above disciplines, and in particular those that cross traditional disciplinary
boundaries.
Following the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11 in
Koblenz, WebSci 12 in Evanston, and WebSci13 in Paris, for the 2014 conference
we are seeking papers and posters that describe original research, analysis, and
practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and
thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress.
Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online
communities
* Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction
* Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web
* Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web
* Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing
* Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web
* Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web
* The architecture and philosophy of the Web
* The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web
* Economics and social innovation on the Web
* Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons
* Personal data, trust, and privacy
* Web and social media research ethics
* Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems
* Web access, literacy, and development
* Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web
* People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open data, and new
interfaces
* Digital humanities
* Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources
* Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives
* New research questions and thought-provoking ideas
Submission
Web Science is necessarily a very selective single track conference with a
rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct traditions of its many
disciplines, we provide three different submission formats: full papers, short
papers, and posters. For all types of submissions, inclusion in the ACM DL
proceedings will be by default, but not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All
accepted research papers (full and short papers) will be presented during the
single-track conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the
single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers during a
dedicated poster session.
Full research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation
including Q&A)
Full research papers should present new results and original work that has not
been previously published. Research papers should present substantial
theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to
research and/or practice.
Short research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation
including Q&A)
Short research papers should present new results and original work that has not
been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary theoretical,
empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or
practice.
Full and short paper submissions should be formatted according to the official
ACM SIG proceedings template (WebSci archive format at
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates).
Posters (up to 6 pages, ACM abstract template, lightning talk + poster presentation)
Extended abstracts for posters, which should be in English, can be up to 6
pages, and should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG abstract
template (extended abstract format at
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pl130rtd134fxu6/hiyzXgWwTs).
Other creative submission formats (flexible formats)
Other types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the exact format
and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic performances
or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, or other creative
formats. For these submissions, the proposers should make clear both what they
propose to do, and any special requirements they would need to successfully do
it (in terms of space, time, technology, etc.)
Instructions for all types of submissions will be posted on the WebSci14
conference website soon.
Review
The Web Science program committee consists of a program committee that covers
all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed by three PC
members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC chair, to cover both the
research background of each submission as well as the necessary
interdisciplinary aspects.
(Optional) Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library
All accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science 2014
Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through the ACM Digital
Library, in the same length and format of the submission unless indicated
otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and archived can opt out of the
proceedings).
Deadlines (tentative)
Full & Short Papers:
* 23 February 2014: Submissions of full and short papers
* 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for papers
* 25 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due (determined by ACM
proceedings production - waiting for final production timeline info)
Posters:
* 23 April 2014: Submissions of posters due
* 14 May 2014: Notification of acceptance of posters
* 25 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due (determined by ACM
proceedings production - waiting for final production timeline info)
Authors take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are
made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks
prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects
the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (If proceedings
are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the
official publication date is the first day of the conference.)
Call for Workshops
TBA - more information will be made available on the conference website soon
Conference calendar and rough program
23 June 2014: workshops, opening reception and keynote
24 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, poster reception
25 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, social event
26 June 2014: keynote, technical program, closing
General chairs
Fil Menczer, Indiana University
Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Program chairs
Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing)
Ciro Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics)
Eric T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social Sciences)
PC: TBA
--
Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Postdoctoral fellow
Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research
Indiana University
✎ 910 E 10th St ∙ Bloomington ∙ IN 47408
☞ http://cnets.indiana.edu/
✉ gciampag(a)indiana.edu
(Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
4th International Workshop on
Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
(SCS SpringSim 2014)
#################################################################
April 13-16, 2014, Tampa, FL (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim14
#################################################################
# Papers Due: *** November 22, 2013 *** extended
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings
# and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
#################################################################
The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven
and software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation
practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in
model-driven simulation engineering.
Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent
and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in
a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also
support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse,
programming code generation, and model checking, for example.
The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its
execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As
simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can
similarly benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic
software generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs,
development effort and time-to-market.
Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can
exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the
abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the
derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using
modeling languages, such as UML and SysML – but not exclusively those. For
example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to
describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify
analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation
modeling (to define the respective simulator).
A partial list of topics of interest includes:
* model-driven simulation engineering processes
* requirements modeling for simulation
* domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
* model transformations for simulation model building
* model transformations for simulation model implementation
* model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
* relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore) and
distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
* metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
* model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms (discrete
event simulation, multi-agent simulation, sketch-based * simulation, etc.)
* model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of simulation
systems
* simulation tools for model-driven software performance engineering
* model-driven technologies for simulation verification and validation
* model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
* model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
* Executable UML
* Executable Architectures
* SysML / Modelica integration
* Simulation Model Portability and reuse
* model-based systems verification and validation
* simulation for model-based systems engineering
To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and
welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven
engineering of simulation systems.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On-Line Submissions and Publication
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We invite paper submissions in three forms:
1. Full paper (max 8 pages), describing innovative research results. These
papers are eligible for the best paper award and may be invited for an
extended version in a special issue of the SCS SIMULATION journal.
2. Work-in-progress paper (max 6 pages), describing novel research ideas
and promising work that have not yet been fully evaluated.
3. Short paper (max 6 pages), describing industrial and hands-on experience
on any relevant area (i.e. military, government, space, etc.).
All the papers must be submitted through the SCS conference management
systems (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS14/) and select the Mod4Sim track.
The submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the SCS conference
template (Word template is available at
http://www.scs.org/upload/documents/templates/ConferenceSubmissionWORDTempl…,
guidelines are available at
http://www.scs.org/PDFs/formattingkit.pdf). All the submitted papers must
be original and not submitted else where. Submitted papers will be peer
reviewed with respect to their quality, originality and relevance. The
authors of the accepted papers must register in advance for inclusion of
their paper in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will
be invited to update their papers basing on the reviews, before providing
the camera ready.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and
archived in both the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library.
Authors may contact the organizers for expression of interest and content
appropriateness at any time.
+++++++++++++++
Important Dates
+++++++++++++++
* Submission Deadline: November 22, 2013 (extended)
* Decision to paper authors: January 5, 2014
* Camera ready due: February 2, 2014
* Conference dates: April 13-16, 2014 (to be confirmed within the
SpringSim schedule)
++++++++++++++++++++
Organizing Committee
++++++++++++++++++++
* Daniele Gianni – University Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
* Arnaud Cuccuru – CEA/LIST, France
+++++++++++++++++
Program Committee
+++++++++++++++++
* Steffen Becker - University of Paderborn, Germany
* Paolo Bocciarelli - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* David Chen - University of Bordeaux I, France
* Andrea D'Ambrogio - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* Cristian Englert - Serco, The Netherlands
* Huascar Espinoza - ESI-Tecnalia, Spain
* Paul A. Fishwick - University of Florida, USA
* Sebastien Gerard - CEA/LIST, France
* Carlos Juiz - University of Balearic Islands, Spain
* Cristiano Leorato - RHEA, The Netherlands
* Steve McKeever - Uppsala University, Sweden
* Halit Oguztüzün - Middle East Technical University, Turkey
* Chris Paredis - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Nicolas Rouquette - NASA/JPL, USA
* Volker Schaus - DLR, Germany
* Sara Tucci - CEA/LIST, France
* Andreas Tolk - SimIS, USA
* Anthony Walsh - European Space Agency, Germany
* Heming Zhang - Tsinghua University, China
*** Contact Information ***
Daniele Gianni and Arnaud Cuccuru (workshop co-chairs)
Emails: danielegmail-mod4sim(a)yahoo.it and arnaud.cuccuru(a)cea.fr
Dear all,
I am at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
today and have mentioned that it would be interesting for our community to
see how much traffic they get from Wikimedia servers.
They said that they would be willing to look into the possibility of
providing such data, but before embarking on that, they would like to get
an overview of what kind of data or analyses people would be interested in.
If you have suggestions in this regard, please post them at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Institute….
Thanks and cheers,
Daniel