I didn't find much for my review. Page 55 in:
http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6012/pdf/imm6012.p…
There is an impact on the encyclopaedia market. :) The downfall of
Encarta gets attributed to Wikipedia. There is a recent paper from Shane
Greenstein on the Encarta/Britannica story (not that much about Wikipedia).
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Reference%20Wars%20-%20Green…
- Finn Aarup Nielsen
On 01/24/2017 11:19 PM, Aaron Halfaker wrote:
> Wikipedia has probably had some substantial external impacts. Are there
> any studies quantifying them? Maybe increased scientific literacy? Or
> maybe GDP rises with access to Wikipedia?
>
> Are there any studies that have explored how Wikipedia has affected
> economic or social issues?
>
> I'm looking for any references you've got.
>
> -Aaron
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Hi all,
In response to several requests, we have extended the submission deadline
for the Wiki Workshop @ WWW 2017 by one week. It is now on *January 31,
2017* (end of day anywhere on Earth).
Note that this deadline applies only if authors want their contribution to
appear as part of the conference proceedings. If they don't want their
contribution to appear in the proceedings, they should submit to the later
deadline (February 26, 2017).
*We emphasize that we explicitly encourage the submission of preliminary
work in the form of extended abstracts (1 or 2 pages).*
We look forward to your submissions! If you have any further questions,
don't hesitate to contact us at wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com.
Robert West, EPFL
Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
Dario Taraborelli, Wikimedia Foundation
Jure Leskovec, Stanford University
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Wiki Workshop 2017
Held at *WWW 2017* (International World Wide Web Conference), Perth,
Australia, April 4, 2017
Workshop webpage:
http://www.wikiworkshop.org
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers exploring all
aspects of Wikimedia websites such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Commons.
With members of the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team on the organizing
committee and with the experience of successful workshops in 2015
<http://snap.stanford.edu/wiki-icwsm15/> and 2016
<http://snap.stanford.edu/wikiworkshop2016/>, we aim to continue
facilitating a direct pathway for exchanging ideas between the organization
that operates Wikimedia websites and the researchers interested in studying
them.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
- new technologies and initiatives to grow content, quality, diversity,
and participation across Wikimedia projects
- use of bots, algorithms, and crowdsourcing strategies to curate,
source, or verify content and structured data
- bias in content and gaps of knowledge
- diversity of Wikimedia editors and users
- understanding editor motivations, engagement models, and incentives
- Wikimedia consumer motivations and their needs: readers, researchers,
tool/API developers
- innovative uses of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects for AI and
NLP applications
- consensus-finding and conflict resolution on editorial issues
- participation in discussions and their dynamics
- dynamics of content reuse across projects and the impact of policies
and community norms on reuse
- privacy
- collaborative content creation (unstructured, semi-structured, or
structured)
- collaborative task management
- innovative uses of Wikimedia projects' content and consumption
patterns as sensors for real-world events, culture, etc.
Papers should be 1 to 8 pages long and will be published on the workshop
webpage and optionally (depending on the authors' choice) in the workshop
proceedings. Authors whose papers are accepted to the workshop will have
the opportunity to participate in a poster session.
We explicitly encourage the submission of preliminary work in the form of
extended abstracts (1 or 2 pages).
KEY DATES
If authors want paper to appear in proceedings:
- Submission deadline: *January 31, 2017* (end of day anywhere on Earth)
- Author feedback: February 7, 2017
- Camera-ready version due: February 14, 2017
If authors *do not* want paper to appear in proceedings:
- Submission deadline: *February 26, 2017*
- Author feedback: March 7, 2017
Please see workshop webpage for formatting and submission instructions.
ORGANIZATION
Robert West, EPFL
Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
Dario Taraborelli, Wikimedia Foundation
Jure Leskovec, Stanford University
CONTACT
Please direct your questions to wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com
As previously came up in discussion about chapters, it would be very useful
to have national data about Wikipedia activities, which can be determined
(generally) from IP addresses. Now I understand the privacy argument in
relation to logged-in users (not saying I agree with it though in relation
to aggregate data). However, can we find a proxy that does not have the
privacy considerations.
My hypothesis is that national content is predominantly written by users
resident in that nation. And that therefore activity on national content can
be used as a proxy for national user editing activity.
In the case of Australia, we could describe Australian national content in
either of two ways: articles within the closure of the
[[Category:Australia]] and/or those tagged as {{WikiProject Australia}}.
There are arguments for/against either (neither is perfect, in my experience
the category closure will tend to have false positives and the project will
tend to have false negatives).
I would like to know what correlation exists between national editor
activity (as determined from IP addresses mapped to location) and national
content edits and if/how it changes over time for various nations. This is
research that only WMF can do because WMF has the IP addresses and the rest
of us can't have them for privacy reasons.
If we could establish that a strong-enough correlation existed between them,
we could use national content activity (for which there is no privacy
consideration) as a proxy for national editing activity. And we might even
be able to come up with a multiplier for each nation to provide comparable
data for national editing activity.
Now, it may be that we need to restrict the edits themselves in some way to
maximise the correlations between national content and same-nation editor
activity.
My second hypothesis is "semantic" edits (e.g. edits that add large amounts
of content or citation) to national content will be more highly correlated
with same-nation editors than "syntactic" edits (e.g. fix spelling,
punctuation or Manual of Style issues) will be. I suspect most bots and
other automated/semi-automated edits are doing syntactic edits.
Now, some of you will probably be aware of
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-01-17/Recen
t_research Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies].
So it may well be that my patriotic-editing hypothesis is also untrue. But
it would be nice to know one way or the other.
Kerry
Please participate in the discussion about the "Creation and renewal of
the Committee" section. This is not to approve it yet, just a discussion:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_of_Conduct/Draft#.22Creation_and_r…
Most of this text has been around for a while, but I made a few changes
to the draft last week, so I wanted to give people an opportunity to
comment, suggest changes, etc.
I'll give it a few more days, then start the formal approval discussion.
Thanks,
Matt Flaschen
Call for Papers
10th Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics
- CICM 2017 -
July 17-21, 2016
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.cicm-conference.org/2017
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Digital and computational solutions are becoming the prevalent means
for the generation, communication, processing, storage and curation of
mathematical information. Separate communities have developed to
investigate and build computer based systems for computer algebra,
automated deduction, and mathematical publishing as well as novel user
interfaces. While all of these systems excel in their own right, their
integration can lead to synergies offering significant added
value. The Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM)
offers a venue for discussing and developing solutions to the great
challenges posed by the integration of these diverse areas.
CICM has been held annually as a joint meeting since 2008, co-locating
related conferences and workshops to advance work in these
subjects. Previous meetings have been held in Birmingham (UK 2008),
Grand Bend (Canada 2009), Paris (France 2010), Bertinoro (Italy 2011),
Bremen (Germany 2012), Bath (UK 2013), Coimbra (Portugal 2014),
Washington DC (USA 2015) and Bialystok (Poland 2016).
This is a call for papers for CICM 2017, which will be held in
Edinburgh, Scotland, July 17-21, 2016. CICM 2017 also invites work-in-
progress papers.
The principal tracks of the conference will be:
* Track: Calculemus (chair: Matthew England)
All topics in the intersection of computer algebra systems and
automated reasoning systems including:
- Automated theorem proving in computer algebra systems.
- Computer algebra and symbolic computation in theorem proving
systems.
- Theory, design and implementation of interdisciplinary systems for
computer mathematics.
- Case studies and applications that involve a mix of computation
and reasoning.
- Case studies in formalization of mathematical theories that include
non-trivial computations.
- Representation of mathematics in computer algebra systems.
- Input languages, programming languages, types and constraint
languages, and modeling languages for mathematical assistant systems.
* Track: Digital Mathematical Libraries (DML) (chair: Olaf Teschke)
All topics related to the formation of a Global Digital Mathematics
Library (GDML) network, ranging from experiences from existing DMLs,
policies and standards facilitating interoperability, to development
and integration of new techniques for content creation,
preservation, enhancement and retrieval of the corpus, including:
- DML creation and maintenance (content aggregation, validation,
curation, enhancement).
- DML architecture and representations (organization, workflows,
policies, standards).
- DML access and applications (retrieval, interfaces, interoperability).
- DML collections and systems (experiences from various existing DMLs).
* Track: Mathematical Knowledge Management (MKM) (chair: Florian Rabe)
- Knowledge representation using, e.g., formal logics, computational
systems, narrative document formats, or databases
- Solutions to create, store, disseminate, discover, or manipulate
mathematical knowledge
- Corpora of knowledge inlcuding documents, theories, theorems, proofs,
models, algorithms, exercises, or examples
- Methods, systems, frameworks, case studies, challenges, benchmarks,
or applications for mathematical knowledge
- Comparisons, evaluations, or integrations of MKM solutions
* Track: Systems & Projects (chair: Osman Hasan)
- Systems: Stand-alone; plugins, libraries, or extensions of
existing systems; or integrations of existing systems
- Data: Formalizations; harvests or new processing of existing data;
or case studies, test cases, or benchmark suites for systems
- Projects: finished, ongoing or new
- Survey papers
* Track: Doctoral Programme (chair: TBD)
The overall programme is organized by the General Program Chair Herman
Geuvers. The local arrangements will be coordinated by Jacques
Fleuriot. The publicity chair is Serge Autexier.
We plan to have proceedings of the conference as in previous years
with Springer Verlag as a volume in Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence (LNAI).
*Important Dates*
Conference submissions
- Abstract submission deadline: 15. March 2017
- Submission deadline: 22. March 2017
- Reviews sent to authors: 26. April 2017
- Rebuttals due: 30. April 2017
- Notification of acceptance: 12. May 2017
- Camera ready copies due: 26. May 2017
- Conference: 17.-21. July 2017
Workshop Proposals
- Submission deadline: 10. February 2017
- Notification of acceptance: 15. February 2017
More details on the conference are available from
http://www.cicm-conference.org/2017
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BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH THE HELP OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Wed, 25/1/2017 6pm
University of Westminster, 309 Regent St, London W1B 2HW
Fyvie Hall
Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-community-with-the-help-of-informat…
Accessing the Internet day in, day out is part of everyday life. But we
take for granted that the way we access the Internet is via a service
provider, usually among the largest for-profit corporations in the
world. We rarely think about whether there are alternative forms of
Internet infrastructure that do not operate access as profitable
business. This event explores community networks as alternative forms of
Internet access and presents two talks on community networks by experts
who come from academia and industry.
Prof Claire Wallace, University of Aberdeen, will present work carried
out in Aberdeen among four rural communities that have used information
technology in different ways to help build community networks and an
enhanced sense of identity and social cohesion. The research was
sponsored by the EPSRC as part of the Cultures and Communities Network+
initiative and as part of the Aberdeen Digital Economy hub.
Adam Burns, member of the netCommons project advisory board and a
long-time community network practitioner, will talk about his
experiences, motivations, and the realities of community networks. He
will report on how from his experience alternative Internet access and
infrastructure can be organised and what the opportunities and
challenges are in doing so.
This public event is organised by the Westminster Institute for Advanced
Studies (WIAS) in the context of the EU Horizon2020 project netCommons
(http://netcommons.eu/)
Forthcoming WIAS events:
Fri, Feb 3: China’s Economic Transformation in the New Media Era,
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Fri, March 3: The Unreality of Reality TV: From "After Dark" towards
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2nd Call for Research & Innovation Papers
SEMANTiCS 2017 - The Linked Data Conference
13th International Conference on Semantic Systems
Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 11 -14, 2017
http://2017.semantics.cc
The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of
papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the
topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have
been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM
ICPS guidelines for formatting
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must
not exceed 8 pages in lenght for full papers and 4 pages for short
papers, including references and optional appendices.
Research & Innovation Papers are published within ACM ICP Series.
Important Dates (Research & Innovation)
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 17, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
Paper Submission Deadline: May 24, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
Notification of Acceptance: July 3, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
Camera-Ready Paper: August 14, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls
or contact the Research and Innovation Chairs:
Catherine Faron Zucker, faron [@] i3s.unice.fr, Université Nice
Sophia Antipolis
Rinke Hoekstra, rinke.hoekstra [@] vu.nl, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam/University of Amsterdam
As in the previous years, SEMANTiCS’17 proceedings will be published by
ACM ICP (pending).
SEMANTiCS 2017 will especially welcome submissions for the following hot
topics:
*Data Science (special track, see below)
*Web Semantics, Linked (Open) Data & schema.org
*Corporate Knowledge Graphs
*Knowledge Integration and Language Technologies
*Data Quality Management
*Economics of Data, Data Services and Data Ecosystems
Following the success of previous years, the ‘horizontals’ (research)
and ‘verticals’ (industries) below are of interest for the conference:
Horizontals
*Enterprise Linked Data & Data Integration
*Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search
*Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies
*Semantics in Big Data
*Text Analytics
*Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization
*Semantic Information Management
*Document Management & Content Management
*Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management
*Smart Connectivity, Networking & Interlinking
*Smart Data & Semantics in IoT
*Semantics for IT Safety & Security
*Semantic Rules, Policies & Licensing
*Community, Social & Societal Aspects
Data Science Special Track Horizontals
*arge-Scale Data Processing (stream processing, handling large-scale graphs)
*Data Analytics (Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Network Analytics)
*Communicating Data (Data Visualization, UX & Interaction Design,
Crowdsourcing)
*Cross-cutting Issues (Ethics, Privacy, Security, Provenance)
Verticals
*Industry & Engineering
*Life Sciences & Health Care
*Public Administration
*e-Science
*Digital Humanities
*Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM)
*Education & eLearning
*Media & Data Journalism
*Publishing, Marketing & Advertising
*Tourism & Recreation
*Financial & Insurance Industry
*Telecommunication & Mobile Services
*Sustainable Development: Climate, Water, Air, Ecology
*Energy, Smart Homes & Smart Grids
*Food, Agriculture & Farming
*Safety, Security & Privacy
*Transport, Environment & Geospatial
For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls
Hi all,
I know AI is dear to the hearts of many of you on this list. If you will
be in San Francisco on February 5, consider attending AI in Practice. The
lineup of speakers makes this a great event to attend if you're into AI.
Please find more information below.
Best,
Leila
*Subject*: Call for Participation: AI in Practice event at AAAI 2017 (Sun,
Feb 5, San Francisco)
AAAI-17 — AI IN PRACTICE
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php>
*The Thirty-First Conference on Artificial Intelligence*
February 4–9, 2017, San Francisco, California, USA
AI in Practice will showcase invited presentations of visionary AI
practitioners that will reflect on key successes of AI in the commercial
world and crystalize emerging technologies and promising new directions.
AI in Practice is a special event of the Association for the Advancement of
Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) <http://www.aaai.org/>. AAAI is the premier
membership organization in artificial intelligence (AI). With several
thousand members, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence (formerly the American Association for Artificial
Intelligence) is a nonprofit scientific society founded in 1979 devoted to
advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought
and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI aims to
promote research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence. AAAI
also aims to increase public understanding of artificial intelligence,
improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance
for research planners and funders concerning the importance and potential
of current AI developments and future directions.
Chairs
Evgeniy Gabrilovich (Google Research) and Vanja Josifovski (Pinterest)
Presenters
- Invited keynote by Haifeng Wang (Baidu)
- Invited talk by Deepak Agarwal (LinkedIn)
- Invited talk by Michael Witbrock (IBM)
- Dialog with Ray Kurzweil (Google)
- Invited talk by Vincent Vanhouke (Google)
- Invited talk by Alex Smola (Amazon)
- Invited keynote by Gary Marcus, Uber and NYU
- Invited talk by Joaquin Quinonero Candela (Facebook)
- Invited talk by Xavier Amatriain (Quora)
Tentative Schedule
*Sunday February 5, 2017*
- 9:30 – 10:15 — Invited keynote by Haifeng Wang
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Wang>
(Baidu)
- 10:15 – 11:00 — Invited talk by Deepak Agarwal
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Agarwal>
(LinkedIn)
- 11:00 – 11:45 — Invited talk by Michael Witbrock
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Witbrock>
(IBM)
- 11:45 – 1:00 — Lunch
- 1:00 – 1:45 — Dialog with Ray Kurzweil
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Kurzweil>
(Google)
- 1:45 – 2:30 — Invited talk by Vincent Vanhouke
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Vanhouke>
(Google)
- 2:30 – 3:15 — Invited talk by Alex Smola
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Smola>
(Amazon)
- 3:15 – 3:45 — Coffee break
- 3:45 – 4:30 — Invited keynote by Gary Marcus
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Marcus>
(Uber
and NYU)
- 4:30 – 5:15 — Invited talk by Joaquin Quinonero Candela
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Candela>
(Facebook)
- 5:15 – 6:00 — Invited talk by Xavier Amatriain
<http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php#Amatriain>
(Quora)
Further information is available online at http://www.aaai.org/Confere
nces/AAAI/2017/aaai17inpractice.php