Wiki-research-l October 2013

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Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on November 9

by Dario Taraborelli

Cross-posting the announcement from the Wikimedia Blog. The details of the event are on Meta and we're also creating meetup.com pages for the local events. Check them out and RSVP if you're planning to attend. Looking forward to see you on November 9! Dario, on behalf of the organizers Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on November 9 Last summer at Wikimania in Hong Kong, the annual global Wikimedia conference, we (a group of Wikipedia researchers) discussed how we could make wiki researchmore impactful. In our work in academia and on Wikimedia projects, we saw a host of missed opportunities to share ideas, hypotheses, code, and research methods. We set out to create a space to bring researchers together with Wikipedians and facilitate problem solving, discovery and innovation with the use of open data and open source tools. Labs2 (L2) aims to build this space, by providing infrastructure and venues for collaborative wiki research. Today we’re thrilled to announce the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon – a global event hosted by Wikimedia Foundation researchers, academic researchers and Wikipedians from around the world on Saturday, November 9, 2013. What This hackathon is an opportunity for anyone interested in research on wikis, Wikipedia, and open collaboration to meet, share ideas, and work together. It is targeted at Wikipedia editors, students, researchers, coders and anyone interested in designing new tools, statistics and data visualization, and producing new knowledge about Wikimedia projects and their communities. The goal of this event is to: share knowledge about research tools and datasets (and how to use them) ask burning research questions (and learn how to answer them) get involved in ongoing research projects (or start new ones) design new data-driven apps and tools (or hack existing ones) Where (Locations are approximate) This hackathon will be held both as a series of local meetups (Perth, Mannheim, Oxford,Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle, etc.) and virtual meetups (Asia/Oceania, Europe/Africa & The Americas) for those who can’t make it to the local events. An IRC channel (#wikimedia-labsconnect) and a Google Hangout open throughout the day will allow attendees to connect online. How Interested attendees can sign up for the event on Meta-wiki. Local and virtual meetups are listed on theevent page. All you need to do is add your name to the list of participants for the event that makes sense for you. Who For any question about the event (including volunteering for a local meetup), you can reach us at wrh(a)wikimedia.org or leave a message on the hackathon’s talk page on Meta-wiki. We look forward to seeing you on November 9. Aaron Halfaker, Wikimedia Foundation Jonathan Morgan, Wikimedia Foundation Morten Warncke-Wang, University of Minnesota Aaron Shaw, Northwestern University Dario Taraborelli, Wikimedia Foundation Taha Yasseri, Oxford University Henrique Andrade, Wikimedia Foundation

10 years, 5 months

Tenure-Track Faculty Position @ UMD iSchool

by Brian Butler

University of Maryland, College Park College of Information Studies: Maryland's iSchool Assistant Professor The iSchool at the University of Maryland seeks creative and forward-thinking individuals for a tenure-track faculty position in a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment where research and teaching share the highest priority and colleagues collaborate in all aspects of their academic work. We seek a colleague whose research and teaching interests focus on how information can be employed to meet the needs of entrepreneurial startups, non-profits, government and non-governmental organizations, and communities. This may include (but is not limited to): - Social media and social network analysis in teams and organizations - Design and evaluation of data management policies, procedures, and infrastructures - Sociotechnical, cultural, and organizational aspects of information and knowledge management - Innovation and research networks - Management and evaluation of information systems, services and innovation We are a faculty that engages in a broad range of research with the shared theme of information, technology and people. This is a 9-month tenure-track appointment, with opportunities for grant-funded summer research. Salary and benefits are competitive based upon qualifications and experience. The ideal candidate will: - Conduct cutting edge, high impact research that shapes the information field; - Craft exceptional educational experiences for students; - Aspire to leadership roles in relevant professional service; and - Thrive in an diverse, interdisciplinary environment. The iSchool enrolls nearly 500 students in four degree programs: Ph.D. in Information Studies, Master of Information Management, Master of Library Science, and Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction; faculty teach across programs. We are known internationally for our vibrant program of interdisciplinary research in group and organizational dynamics, cloud computing, computational linguistics, digital humanities, health information, knowledge management, information policy, information retrieval, interface design, online communities, learning environments, and social media. Several members of our faculty hold joint appointments in Business, Education, English, and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. More information is available at http://ischool.umd.edu<http://ischool.umd.edu/>. Qualifications. Ph.D. or equivalent in a related area at time of appointment; demonstrated research excellence; a research agenda with the potential to attract external support; interest in developing effective and innovative teaching. Application Submission. For best consideration, apply by November 30, 2013. Provide a CV, letter of interest that clearly describes your primary area(s) of expertise and the specific contributions that you would make to the iSchool, and separate statements outlining research and teaching interests. Applications for the position of Assistant Professor, Information Management (Position #119623) must be submitted through the University of Maryland's online system at https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/22393. The University of Maryland is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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The Last Invitation for ICIEIS2013-Malaysia

by The Second International Conference on Informatics Engineering & Information Science (ICIEIS2013)

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WikiPapers has now over 1,000 publications

by emijrp

Hi all; WikiPapers has reached recently the 1,000 publications milestone.[1] Looks like the publication rate peaked in 2009 and has plateaued in the last 3 years. I continue adding more data... but with little help. Don't you like editing wikis? ; ) Regards, emijrp [1] http://wikipapers.referata.com/wiki/List_of_publications -- Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada. E-mail: emijrp AT gmail DOT com Pre-doctoral student at the University of Cádiz (Spain) Projects: AVBOT <http://code.google.com/p/avbot/> | StatMediaWiki<http://statmediawiki.forja.rediris.es> | WikiEvidens <http://code.google.com/p/wikievidens/> | WikiPapers<http://wikipapers.referata.com> | WikiTeam <http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/> Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/emijrp/

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IICE-2014: CALL FOR PAPERS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, POSTERS AND WORKSHOPS!

by L inda Woods

Apologies for cross-postings. Kindly email this call for papers to your colleagues, faculty members and postgraduate students. CALL FOR PAPERS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, POSTERS AND WORKSHOPS ******************************************************************* Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2014) April 28-30, 2014, Dublin, Ireland www.iicedu.org ******************************************************************* The IICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The IICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education. The aim of IICE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. The IICE 2013 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and modified version of selected papers will be published in special issues peer reviewed journals. The topics in IICE-2014 include but are not confined to the following areas: *Academic Advising and Counselling *Art Education *Adult Education *APD/Listening and Acoustics in Education Environment *Business Education *Counsellor Education *Curriculum, Research and Development *Competitive Skills *Continuing Education *Distance Education *Early Childhood Education *Educational Administration *Educational Foundations *Educational Psychology *Educational Technology *Education Policy and Leadership *Elementary Education *E-Learning *E-Manufacturing *ESL/TESL *E-Society *Geographical Education *Geographic information systems *Health Education *Higher Education *History *Home Education *Human Computer Interaction *Human Resource Development *Indigenous Education *ICT Education *Internet technologies *Imaginative Education *Kinesiology & Leisure Science *K12 *Language Education *Mathematics Education *Mobile Applications *Multi-Virtual Environment *Music Education *Pedagogy *Physical Education (PE) *Reading Education *Writing Education *Religion and Education Studies *Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) *Rural Education *Science Education *Secondary Education *Second life Educators *Social Studies Education *Special Education *Student Affairs *Teacher Education *Cross-disciplinary areas of Education *Ubiquitous Computing *Virtual Reality *Wireless applications *Other Areas of Education **Paper/Extended Abstract Submission: - You can either submit your paper/extended abstract online at <http://www.iicedu.org/IICE-2014%20April/Paper%20Submission.html> or via email: papers-2014(a)iicedu.org **Poster Submission: - Please email your poster's abstract to posters(a)iicedu.org **Workshop Submission: - Please email your workshop proposal to workshop(a)iicedu.org Important Dates: * Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Submission Date: January 30, 2014 * Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: January 25, 2014 * Proposal for Workshops Submission Date: January 20, 2014 * Notification of Workshop Acceptance/Rejection: January 31, 2014 * Posters Proposal Submission Date: January 25, 2014 * Notification of Posters Acceptance/Rejection: January 30, 2014 * Notification of Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Acceptance/Rejection: February 01, 2014 * Notification of Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Acceptance /Rejection: February 10, 2014 * Camera Ready Paper Due: February 28, 2014 * Early Bird Registration (Authors and Participants): December 30, 2013 - March 15, 2014 * Late Bird Registration Deadline (Authors only): March 16, 2014 - March 30, 2014 * Late Bird Registration Deadline (Participants only) March 16, 2014 - April 14, 2014 * Conference Dates: April 28-30, 2014 For further information please visit IICE-2014 at www.iicedu.org

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Bots vs. Wikipedians – Who edits more?

by Dario Taraborelli

A new app by Thomas Steiner (@tomayac) counting bot vs human edits in real time from the RecentChanges feed: http://wikipedia-edits.herokuapp.com/ (read more [2]). The application comes with a public API exposing Wikipedia and Wikidata edits as Server-Sent Events. [1] Dario [1] http://blog.tomayac.com/index.php?date=2013-10-14&time=16:49:46&perma=Bots+… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-sent_events

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Bots vs. Wikipedians – Who edits more?

by Dario Taraborelli

Thomas says that he is in fact using the recentchanges bot flag as well as matching a "bot" string in the username [1] (most scripts only do the former). [1] https://twitter.com/tomayac/status/389826708838547456 On Oct 14, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Stefan Petrea <stefan(a)garage-coding.com> wrote: > That's very nice, except the only criterion to classify bots there is if the word "bot" is inside the username of the user who edited or not. > I believe there is room for a lot more improvement. > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > A new app by Thomas Steiner (@tomayac) counting bot vs human edits in real time from the RecentChanges feed: > > http://wikipedia-edits.herokuapp.com/ > > (read more [2]). The application comes with a public API exposing Wikipedia and Wikidata edits as Server-Sent Events. [1] > > Dario > > [1] http://blog.tomayac.com/index.php?date=2013-10-14&time=16:49:46&perma=Bots+… > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-sent_events > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics

10 years, 6 months

Re: [Wiki-research-l] diffdb formatted Wikipedia dump

by Diederik van Liere

> *From: *Susan Biancani <inacnaib(a)gmail.com> > *Subject: **[Wiki-research-l] diffdb formatted Wikipedia dump* > *Date: *October 3, 2013 10:06:44 PM PDT > *To: *wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > *Reply-To: *Research into Wikimedia content and communities < > wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > I'm looking for a dump from English Wikipedia in diff format (i.e. each > entry is the text that was added/deleted since the last edit, rather than > each entry is the current state of the page). > > The Summer of Research folks provided a handy guide to how to create such > a dataset from the standard complete dumps here: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WSoR_datasets/revision_diff > But the time estimate they give is prohibitive for me (20-24 hours for > each dump file--there are currently 158--running on 24 cores). I'm a grad > student in a social science department, and don't have access to extensive > computing power. I've been paying out of pocket for AWS, but this would get > expensive. > > There is a diff-format dataset available, but only through April, 2011 > (here: http://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/diffdb/). I'd like to get a > diff-format dataset for January, 2010- March, 2013 (or, for everything up > to March, 2013). > > Does anyone know if such a dataset exists somewhere? Any leads or > suggestions would be much appreciated! > > Hi Susan, There is no newer version of the dataset then you have found, that's the bad news. The good news is that the dataset was used with really slow commodity hardware -- what you could do is run it on AWS using a smaller dataset, for example the Dutch Wikipedia and see how long it takes. An alternative solution would be to start thinking (with other researchers and Wikimedia community members) of having a small Hadoop cluster in Labs with only public data. That way you don't need to pay but obviously it will be less performant. The Analytics has puppet manifests ready that will build an entire hadoop cluster. The wikimedia-analytics mailinglist is a good place for such a conversation or if you need more hands on help with the diffdb then please com to irc: wikimedia-analytics. Best, Diederik

10 years, 6 months

ICIEIS2013-CFP Malaysia

by The Second International Conference on Informatics Engineering & Information Science (ICIEIS2013)

*************************************************************************** We apologize for multiples copies. Please circulate this CFP among your colleagues and students. *************************************************************************** [ICIEIS 2013] The Second International Conference on Informatics Engineering & Information Science Important Dates Paper due: Oct. 30, 2013 or 4 weeks from the submission date Author Notification:Oct. 30, 2013 or 4 weeks from the submission date Camera-ready due and Registration: Nov. 02, 2013 Conference Date:Nov. 12-14, 2013 For more information: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icieis2013/ **************************************************************************** This conference, among other things, wants to bring together researchers to present and discuss novel approaches and solutions as well as recent results in this area of research, e.g. specially designed for Cloud and Grid Computing, Wireless Mesh Networks, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, Wireless and Mobile Sensor Networks, Private Home Networks as well as Cyber Physical Systems and Networks. Technical Topics **Intelligent Methods and Applications Rough Set Theory And Its Applications In Data Analysis AI Methods in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Intelligent Data Acquisition, Selection, and Processing AI / Soft Computing Methods in Machine Learning AI Tools for Pattern Recognition, Signal, and Image Processing Decision Support Systems and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Process Mining and Intelligent Planning Web Intelligence and Web Mining Hybrid and Integrated Intelligent Systems Utilization of Domain Knowledge in KDD **Information Science Multimedia Security Network Security Cloud Computing Signal Processing Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Cryptography Forensics Software Engineering Distributed Information Systems Health Informatics **Informatics Engineering Smart Homes Technologies e-Business Applications e-Commerce Technology e-Health Technology e-Tutoring, and e-Facilitating e-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning m-Learning Emergence & Strategies m-Learning System Development Bioinformatics Oil and Gas Informatics Geographic Information System (GIS) Submitted papers will be reviewed by the conference Program Committee and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. An accepted paper must be presented at the ICIEIS 2013 venue by one of the authors registered at the full registration rate. All registered papers will be published in one of the following special issues provided that the author do major improvements and extension within the time frame that will be set by the conference and his/her paper is approved by the chief editor: International Journal of New Computer Architectures and their Applications (IJNCAA) International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (IJDIWC) International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics (IJCSDF) International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design (IJISMD) International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG) International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) Springer-Telecommuni- cation Systems Springer-Electronic Commerce Research ********************************************************************************************************************* Paper submission: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icieis2013/openconf/openconf.php ********************************************************************************************************************* *General Chair: - Azizah Abd Manaf, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. *Program Chair: - Mazdak Zamani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

10 years, 6 months

diffdb formatted Wikipedia dump

by Susan Biancani

I'm looking for a dump from English Wikipedia in diff format (i.e. each entry is the text that was added/deleted since the last edit, rather than each entry is the current state of the page). The Summer of Research folks provided a handy guide to how to create such a dataset from the standard complete dumps here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WSoR_datasets/revision_diff But the time estimate they give is prohibitive for me (20-24 hours for each dump file--there are currently 158--running on 24 cores). I'm a grad student in a social science department, and don't have access to extensive computing power. I've been paying out of pocket for AWS, but this would get expensive. There is a diff-format dataset available, but only through April, 2011 (here: http://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/diffdb/). I'd like to get a diff-format dataset for January, 2010- March, 2013 (or, for everything up to March, 2013). Does anyone know if such a dataset exists somewhere? Any leads or suggestions would be much appreciated! Susan

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