The Network Singularity

Corporate Executive Board

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-10T20:57:02Z

The Corporate Executive Board Announces Alliance with the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation to Manage and Promote the Network Roundtable
Alliance to Increase the Prevalence of Essential Network Analytics at the World's Most Progressive Organizations

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD) today announced a strategic alliance with the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, the fundraising arm of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Through the partnership, the organizations will work together to manage, develop and grow the school's Network Roundtable, the leading provider of research and tools to help organizations assess and improve the way their teams work and collaborate.

"Organizational network analysis is a powerful tool for developing teams and leaders and growing businesses," said Rob Cross, Associate Professor in the management department of University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. "By offering valuable insights into how an organization's high performers build and maintain their networks, we help drive innovation, collaboration and revenue growth."

The new alliance will bring the organizational network analysis tools and resources of the Network Roundtable to CEB's premier network of executives and business professionals.

"Organizations worldwide look to the Corporate Executive Board and our related programs in learning and other functional areas for insights into how to build and develop high performing individuals and teams," said Andrew Huddart, General Manager of the Corporate Leadership Council, a division of the Corporate Executive Board. "The Network Roundtable offers unique and powerful insights and tools to help organizations improve their talent and business outcomes. We are excited to work with Rob Cross and the McIntire School of Commerce to bring the impact of these resources to our members and to expand the network."

As part of the alliance, Rob Cross and the McIntire School of Commerce, whose undergraduate business program is currently ranked number one in the nation by BusinessWeek, will continue to lead the research efforts of the Roundtable, while the Corporate Executive Board will take on responsibility for serving and growing the membership. Both organizations will collaborate on deploying the analytic tools and survey services to members and other organizations.

Gerry Starsia, Associate Dean for Administration at the McIntire School and the McIntire Foundation's Treasurer, added, "We are delighted that the Corporate Executive Board will be working with us to grow the Network Roundtable. Their access to a global network of high performing organizations will allow us to expand the number of organizations we work with and thereby broaden and deepen our insights and impact."

About The Network Roundtable

The Network Roundtable is a user community supporting the use of, and research into, how network analysis is used to advance organizational and personal performance. The Roundtable works with leading organizations and researchers to develop theories, best practices and user technology. These developments are shared with members. In turn members share their insights into how network analysis is and can be applied to strategic imperatives such as cost containment, innovation and leadership development. For more information, click here.

About The Corporate Executive Board Company

The Corporate Executive Board drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world's leading executives and business professionals. As the premier, network-based knowledge resource, it provides them with the authoritative and timely guidance needed to excel in their roles, take decisive action and improve company performance. Powered by an executive network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 80% of the world's Fortune 500 companies, the Corporate Executive Board offers the unique research insights along with an integrated suite of exclusive tools and resources that enable the world's most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes. For more information, visit www.exbd.com.

About The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation at the University of Virginia
The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation plays a critical role in helping to build and sustain the tradition of innovation that is fundamental to McIntire's success. Established in 1978, the Foundation receives gifts for the School and serves as a vehicle through which the School offers its top-rated undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. Through its fundraising efforts and conscientious oversight of gifts, the Foundation Board works to support important initiatives such as curriculum enhancements, scholarships, faculty support and research, and state-of-the-art technology innovation. Currently, the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation is helping to lead the School in its $150 million fundraising campaign. For more information, visit http://www2.commerce.virginia.edu/giving/about.asp.

SOURCE: The Corporate Executive Board Company

The Corporate Executive Board Company
Joni Renick, 571-303-4074
jrenick@executiveboard.com
571-303-3000
www.exbd.com

The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation
Paul Flatin, 434-962-4888
Paul.Flatin@comm.virginia.edu www.commerce.virginia.edu/

Penn Interactive Media

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-10T15:19:52Z

On February 23, WIMI kicked off the spring semester of the Penn Interactive Media Colloquium. Andrew Lucia, Peter Lloyd Jones and Jenny Sabin of the Sabin+Jones LabStudio presented their research to a packed house.

Sabin+Jones: http://www.sabin-jones.com/

Attendees were impressed by the stunning images and theoretical models that are being created at the intersections of medical research and design principles, applied by LabStudio.

by WIMI
http://www.whartoninteractive.com/

Plexus Summit

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-05T18:56:14Z

Plexus Summit 2010: Bridges and Borders

Where:

University of Texas - El Paso
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968

Driving Directions

When:
May 12, 2010 at 07:00 PM
-to-
May 14, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Add to my calendar

Plexus Institute is excited to host this year's Plexus Summit with our colleagues at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Bridges and Borders: Transforming constraints into opportunities will convene Wednesday, May 12 at 7pm and conclude Friday, May 14 at 12noon.

Join us for:

Catalyzing input from scholars and practitioners
Engaging conversations for collaborative sense-making
Opportunities to share learning from each others' work
Self-organized groups to turn ideas into action

Sample Topics:

Diffusion of Innovation - what does it take to get new ideas spread and adopted?

Engagement - what does it take to get stakeholders, staff, collaborators engaged in ways that make it possible to create together?

Innovation - what does it take to bring diverse people and ideas together to create something new?

The registration fee is $150. Click on the link below to register.

Register Now!

Additional information including accommodation details are online at http://www.plexusinstitute.org/plexussummit.

Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at Plexus Summit 2010.

Sincerely,

Susan Doherty

Plexus Institute

susan@plexusinstitute.org

609-228-8588 x5

Get Your Head In The Cloud!

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-04T23:00:17Z

Yep it's true, Presto on the Cloud is here! I admit, at first glance, it might appear that all we're doing is trying to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’. But look a little further and you'll find much, much more. It's a great opportunity for all mashers to truly kickstart their mashup efforts. Let me tell you what I mean.

http://cloud.jackbe.com/

Here's how my boss put it, "We took Presto and we've fused it together with 3 very important things: the cloud, a community, and tons of content. In other words, we put Presto in a hosted environment (Amazon's EC2), then connected it to the Mashup Developer Community (with thousands of mashers worldwide), and finally we seeded the Presto Cloud with over 250 enterprise data sources and services (to jump start your mashing)".

The day of the ‘lone coder’ is over, at least in the world of mashups. Presto, combined with the virtual nature of the cloud and an entire community focused on building out shared solutions, gives us the chance to truly change the face of enterprise development.

Dan Hudson was one of the cloud beta testers. (He also created the ‘Haiti Crisis Communication Dashboard’.) Leveraging Presto Cloud, Dan has been able to quickly demonstrate how multiple data sources can be mashed together to create an actionable view of information. His dashboard was just the start of what we can build together. By Dan sharing all of his Haiti mashups with the entire Mashup Developer Community, we’re all able to become part of his mission. Visit the Mashup Wall, to view and interact with his work.

So, how do you start mashing in the cloud? All of our community members have been given a Presto Cloud account. Simply visit the Presto Cloud login page, enter your MDC username and password and start mashing in seconds. And remember don't forget to share your mashups with fellow community members because who knows, you might share the same mashup thoughts.

For more details on the Presto Cloud, read our FAQ or watch the 5 minute Welcome Video. Get your head in the cloud!

- Jessica Agunsday
jessica.agunsday [at] jackbe.com

Enterprise Mashup Summit

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-04T10:20:56Z

The Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is Friday, 12 March 2010 in San Francisco, California USA.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2010 - The Open Mashup Alliance, Jackbe Corporation, The Programmable Web, Serena Software, EMU Summits, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Ribbit, DreamFace, Hinchcliffe & company and many others announces the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit on Friday, 12 March, 2010 in San Francisco, California USA (http://www.emusummit.com/). The Enterprise Mashup Summit will be held at San Francisco State University beautiful downtown campus in the heart of San Francisco.

Some Sponsors

Enterprise mashups are everywhere you look. From manufacturers to publishers to banks and health care, enterprise mashups are solving some very critical business problems. - John Crupi, CTO, JackBe.

Adobe Systems
Mashable
Serena Software
Ribbit Corporation
EMU Summits
Jackbe Corporation
DreamFace
Open Mashup Alliance
Programmable Web
Hinchcliffe & Company

This Open Enterprise Mashup Summit provides the deep expertise, open tools and relationships to achieve mastery of enterprise mashups (EMU). The Mashup Summit is tuned and optimized for business leaders, business users, information strategists, IT architects, programmers, developers and knowledge management professionals. The Open Enterprise Mashup Summit is an inaugural gathering of the Open Mashup Alliance and the global enterprise mashup community.

"We are very excited to be a founding member of Open Mashup Alliance and to foster mashup interoperability and portability through an open language for enterprise mashups,". said Deepak Alur, Vice President of Engineering at JackBe, and summit sponsor.

"Open enterprise mashups are the future of business computing. They are fundamentally redefining operations, tactics and strategies in the smartest organizations. They provide the essential capabilities to integrate and transform yesterday's process orientation into our network-centric future," said John Maloney, founding sponsor of the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit.

"Using Adobe's Rich Internet Applications (RIA) technology, enterprise customers are exploring mashups to deliver contextual, task centric workspaces that aggregate information from different backend applications." - Kumar Vora, VP & GM, Adobe Systems

Open Enterprise 2.0 mashups are the fastest growing ecosystem on the Web by far. They are becoming commonplace in and between top global firms. Enterprise mashups drive improvements in resource utilization, productivity, innovation and sharply improved corporate performance overall. Firms have discovered the spectacular business advantages of enterprise 2.0 mashups.

Pricing and Availability

Registration for the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is open and available now. All are welcome. The event tuition, the full-day learning experience, meals, refreshments, materials, books, discounts, Wi-Fi access and registration is $299.00. Secure, online Website registration in advance required. There is no on-site registration. All are welcome. http://www.emusummit.com/

About

The Open Enterprise Mashup Summit was founded in 2006 in Silicon Valley. The community was conceived and is sponsored by participants only. Sessions are open, low-cost, practical and conversational. Participation is capped to optimize interactions. Join the conversation to improve performance, growth, greater effectiveness, faster innovation, customer delight and mastery of open, network-centric enterprise mashups.

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Participatory Action Research

The Network Singularity — 2010-03-01T17:54:11Z

Plexus Institute webinar with Nancy Dixon

Organizational Studies that Don't Just Sit on the Shelf

Register for Free Program

Wednesday March 17, 2010 @ 11:00 AM eastern, 10:00AM central, 9:00 AM mountain, 8:00AM pacific

“Lessons learned” studies, “evaluation" and "assessment” don’t have a very good track record for making a difference in organizations. There are lots of reasons for this. Sometimes the findings are not credible, or are too abstract – but in the end, all too frequently, the recommendations are never carry out. In most situations in which an organization asks or is required to take an in-depth, objective look at an issue, the study report is more likely to be the end rather than the beginning of change.

Participatory Action Research is a way to conduct an organizational study that has a very different outcome, that is, change starts to happen while the study is still being conducted. By the time the study is completed there is already a buzz in the organization about the issues and people are trying out changes. Participatory Action Research is, at its heart, a conversational process, not an impersonal survey, nor an experimental design with “subjects;” rather it is a conversation between organizational members. That conversation takes place between interviewer and interviewee, between members of the interview team, and between organizational members in the conversations set up to discuss the findings. All of the conversations are a part of the change. In the end all change is a result of organizational conversation – the only question is who is invited into the conversation. Participatory Action Research is a methodology to focus the organization on conversations that matter and invite into the conversation those whose work will change.

Join us for a conversation about participatory action research with Nancy Dixon sponsored by Plexus Institute. Nancy has an in-depth understanding of tacit knowledge, that includes:

1) how it is developed within each individual's mind and
2) the processes that enable it to move from one mind to another.

She is expert at analyzing conversations to discover why the transfer of critical organizational knowledge is blocked or is occurring effectively.

Nancy is a prolific writer with eight books and over 50 articles on the topic of knowledge transfer and organization learning including:

Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know (Harvard Business School Press, 2000)

CompanyCommand: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession By Nancy M. Dixon, Nate Allen, Tony Burgess, Pete Kilner and Steve Schweitzer, Center for the Advancement of Leader Development & Organizational Learning, West Point, NY.

This webcast is part of the Plexus Institute Organizational Consultants’ Learning Network series on Liberating Structures. Can't make the date? No problem! This program will be available on-demand after the live program date, so please register anyway and we will send you a link to the on demand recorded program.

summer workshop on social network analysis

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-27T20:44:41Z

Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Hardin County, Kentucky

This is to announce that online registration is now open for the 2010 LINKS Center summer workshop on social network analysis. The workshop will be held June 7-12, 2010 on the University of Kentucky campus. The workshop features multiple sessions, some of which run concurrently. The schedule is as follows.

Refresher Sessions (1-day) Mon June 7

Networks for Novices. A simple introduction to the social network field by Dan Brass, Ginny Kidwell and Travis Grosser
Graphs and Matrices. Elementary graph theory and matrix algebra taught by Steve Borgatti, Rich DeJordy and Dan Halgin
Stats 101 for Networks. Statistics refresher specifically aimed at preparing participants to learn SIENA and exponential random graph models (ERGM/p*). Taught by Martina Morris

Main courses (3-day) Tue June 8 through Thu June 10

Introduction to Network Analysis. 3-day introduction to the analysis of social network data using UCINET and NetDraw. Taught by Rich DeJordy and Dan Halgin.
Advanced Network Analysis. Topics include describing network change, analyzing multiple relations, 2-mode data, advanced centrality concepts, missing data, and more. Taught by Steve Borgatti
Stochastic Modeling of Networks. The first two days, taught by Christian Steglich, are on using the SIENA model for analyzing longitudinal data. The third day, taught by Martina Morris, is on using exponential random graph models (ERGM/p*) to model networks

Application Areas (1-day) Fri June 11

Security. Network analysis in the context of national security and crime-fighting. Taught by Kim Glasgow
Organizations. Network analysis used in the context of organizations and management. Both the academic research side and the consulting/applied side will be covered. Taught by Steve Borgatti
Health. Network analysis in the context of public health. Both research and applied approaches will be covered. Taught by Tom Valente

Works-in-Progress Conference (1-day) Sat June 12

A forum for workshop participants to present network research in progress and receiving expert feedback. Led by Joe Labianca

1-on-1 Research Development Sessions (appointments available every day)

An opportunity to meet 1-on-1 to discuss your research with Ajay Mehra

For those of you that have attended before, we’ve made a few changes this year. Most important is that we are imposing a limit of 50 participants per session (last year’s 150+ was just too big). We’ve also adjusted the offerings to provide more help with your own research, and to target more specifically certain application areas (such as management, public health, and national security/crime).

One price covers all 6 days of the workshop. Given the limit of 50 participants in each session (except the conference, which is unlimited), it would be a good idea to register early. Besides, there's a 20% early bird discount! Also, fulltime students pay only half price. Visit the workshop website for full details: http://www.linkscenter.org/workshops/

Stephen P. Borgatt
Paul Chellgren Chair of Management
LINKS Center for network analysis of organizations
Gatton College of Business & Economics
University of Kentucky
550 S. Limestone St., Lexington, KY 40506-0034
Office tel: +1 859 257 2257, Mobile tel: +1 978 394 2787
Email: sborgatti@uky.edu, steve.borgatti@gmail.com

“Unsticking” a Network

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-25T15:03:09Z

Networks often become “stuck” far short of their aspirations and potential. What processes can support a network itself to change, renew and revitalize?

“Unsticking” a Network

- Steve Waddell
February 24, 2010

CoLABoration: Program for the Future 2010

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-25T01:48:06Z

We would be delighted to have you join us for CoLABoration 2010 next Wednesday March 3 at The Tech Museum. (http://programforthefuture.org/conference).

We will explore and use a number of collaboration exercises and technologies and invite you to bring your own to share. At an evening reception finalists and winner of the Engelbart Prize will also be announced. We do hope you can join us for this unique event!

You are invited to the following event:
CoLABoration: Program for the Future 2010
Date:
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 9:00 AM (PT)
Location:
The Tech Museum
New Venture Hall room
201 S. Market St.
San Jose 95113

Can you attend this event? Respond Here

For more information click here

Enterprise Mashup Summit hashtag

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-21T22:34:59Z

@emusummit
#emusummit

The Enterprise Mashup Summit hashtag is #emusummit. Please follow @emusummit. Use #emusummit as the pre/post and live event Twitter tag stream.

Please use the emusummit tag for Flickr, delicious, blogs, etc.

Secure, online registration is open. Registration ($299) includes meals, books, parking, refreshments, materials, Wi-Fi access, reception, materials, group workspace and discounts. Registration in advance required. No on-site registration.

EMU Summit: http://emusummit.com/

Registration: http://www.regonline.com/EMU10

Questions: EMUSummit@emusummit.com

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Elegant Simplicity

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-21T12:35:46Z

Modern knowledge-based organizations need an entirely new way of thinking and leading their networks and organization. One dimension is Elegant Simplicity. The principles originated from complexity science and systems thinking, two key domains of the Cluster action/research networks.

Further details are found below.

simplistic thinking	*Elegant Simplicity*
Mechanistic view Technology centered Organizational orientation Rear-view mirror Ignores complexity Advocates ‘one best way’ Singular efforts Quick fixes Independent Hold positions Discussion Governance boards	Holistic view People centered Social orientation, self organizing Future-focused Embraces complexity Framework-base approach Multiple solutions, outcomes Long-term transformation Interdependent solutions Makes sense, creates meaning Conversation Networks, communities

"As managers, we need to shift our thinking from command and control to coordinate and cultivate - the best way to gain power is sometimes to give it away."

- Thomas W. Malone
Professor of Management,
MIT Sloan School of Management

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Enterprise Mashup Summit: High Velocity Integration

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-20T17:31:56Z

Enterprise Mashups Summit: High Velocity Integration
Friday 12 March 2010 8:30am - 5:00pm San Francisco, California USA.

Enterprise Mashups are application hybrids combining content and functions from more than one existing source to create powerful Web applications, integrated Web experiences and expanded customer benefits. They combine internal sources such as enterprise data with external Web resources. Mashups are created when different application program interfaces (API) and data are combined or 'mashed' to create an entirely new application.

Mashups are the fastest growing enterprise ecosystem on the Web by far. Mashups are social, role-based, network-centric, complex, distributed and essential to all knowledge-based networks, models and businesses. Enterprise mashups advances improvisational IT, eases departmental backlogs, improves IT agility, responsiveness, productivity and effectiveness at very low cost and complexity.

Enterprise Mashups are a critical method to enhance customer experience, to drive productivity growth (innovation) and achieve fundamental advancements in knowledge economy competitiveness. Customers, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders gain enormous benefits using enterprise mashups to create new applications and expanding customer benefits and advantages.

Your summit is part of the Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Research Program. By very popular demand, this is the expanded, follow-up version of to the hugely popular 2007 and 2008 EMU 2.0 Summits.

Enterprise Mashup Summit: High Velocity Integration

This summit is open, independent and agnostic. The Open Mashup Alliance and EMML will be covered.

- Dion Hinchcliffe
Mashup Summit Speaker

This event has been improved and carefully optimized with the addition of more practical case studies. Besides in-depth coverage of enterprise mashup technology, there is even a greater emphasis on the enterprise context for mashups including governance, skills, procedures, policies and Next Practices.

You are welcome and encouraged to be an active participant in the Enterprise Mashup Summit and member of the enterprise mashup community.You will gain specific advantages and benefits including developing relationships with experts, practitioners, vendors and thought leaders. You will help build your roadmap for enterprise mashups. In addition to achieving a highly successful bootstrap of your enterprise mashup strategy you will gain a deeper, practical understanding of enterprise and customer requirements.

Enterprise Mashup Summit Registration

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Polynomial Strange Attractors

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-19T23:31:28Z

Polynomial Strange Attractors

- Julien Sprott

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The Business Value of Social Networks

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-19T09:52:11Z

Rip Van Winkle

Achingly typical business blog on social networks. Progress is marked by the good, the bad and the ugly, so here it is for sharing and posterity…

http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2010/02/the-business-value-of-social-networks.html

[excerpts]

“The Shift Index includes the intriguing concept of knowledge flows” (in social networks.)

Gasp!

"Value creation has thus been shifting from protecting proprietary knowledge, to fostering collaboration."

Yeah, circa 1980.

Good grief. Is this blog by Irving Wladawsky-Berger (IBM) or Washington Irving (Rip Van Winkle)?

Ah-ha! Finally, some truth...

"...the real reason why so many managers are uncomfortable with social networks is the fear of losing control over their employees..."

Oh the strain of incredulity.

Technorati Tags: social networks,social media

Enterprise Mashup Summit

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-16T18:11:02Z

EMU
The Enterprise MashUp Mascot

The Open Enterprise Mashup Summit is Friday, 12 March 2010 in San Francisco, California USA

http://www.emusummit.com/Enterprise%20Mashups/EMU10.htm

John the Open Mashup Alliance, Jackbe Corporation, Dion Hinchcliffe, The Programmable Web, EMU Summits, Adobe Systems Incorporated, University of Southern California, Serena Software, UC Berkeley, Ribbit and many others for the Open Enterprise Mashup Summit on Friday, 12 March 2010 in San Francisco, California USA.

Secure, online registration ($299) includes luncheon, books, parking, refreshments, materials, Wi-Fi access, reception, materials, group workspace and discounts. Registration in advance required. No on-site registration.

http://www.regonline.com/EMU10

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Combining Minds

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-14T22:29:47Z

Coordination and Social Sensemaking

The amount of information available to individuals today is enormous and
rapidly increasing. Continued progress in science, education, and technology
is fundamentally dependent on making sense of and finding insights in
overwhelming amounts of data. However, human cognition, while unparalleled at
discovering patterns and linking seemingly-disparate concepts, is also limited
in the amount of information it can process at once. One promising solution to
this problem is through social collaboration, in which groups of individuals
work together to produce knowledge and solve problems that exceed any
individual's cognitive capacity.

In this talk I describe a series of studies examining the importance of
coordination in harnessing the power of the crowds for complex information
processing tasks in Wikipedia and beyond. I also present research into
visualization and machine learning tools aimed at increasing the effectiveness
of these systems. Finally, I discuss early forays into extending social
collaboration to support insight and discovery.

Speaker: Niki Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Rob Mille, MIT CSAIL
Date: 2-19-2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Kiva Conference Room 32-G449

Speaker Biography:

Aniket Kittur is an assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in
cognitive psychology and did his undergraduate work at Princeton University in
psychology and computer science. His research focuses on understanding and
augmenting how humans make sense of large amounts of information. At the
group level he studies the dynamics of social collaborative systems such as
Wikipedia and Amazonâ€™s Mechanical Turk, and how visualization and machine
learning tools can increase their effectiveness. At the individual level, his
research interests center on human information processing in categorization
and memory. His research employs multiple complementary techniques, including
empirical experiments, statistical and computational modeling, visualization,
data mining, and machine learning.

Funding for this seminar series has been provided by Yahoo!

Relevant URL(S): kittur.org

For more information please contact: Michael Bernstein, msbernst@mit.edu

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JIT IT = Enterprise Mashups

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-14T19:46:55Z

Just-in-Time Management of Situational Projects Using an Enterprise Mashup Infrastructure

ABSTRACT

The recent advent of web mashups that enable ad hoc integration of information and services from multiple disparate resources brings into the spotlight a new approach for managing situational projects in organizations. Situational projects are unpredictable and transient projects within an organization that come with limited number of users with specific needs. Handling these projects differs from traditional project management approaches. They need rapid and good enough solutions. In this paper a simple and organized approach for managing situational projects is proposed. The proposed approach tries to handle situational projects by creating a mashup infrastructure in the organization. There are three types of participants in our approach: Mashup manager, mashup resource analyst and mashup resource builder. Cooperation between these participants results in managing a situational project. Furthermore a meaningful real world scenario is defined to describe different steps of the approach. In addition, advantages of the proposed approach are identified and challenges of using web mashups along with guidelines to cope with them are expressed.

- Shahriar Mohammadi, Ali Khalili, Sarah Ashoori

Friday 12 March 2010

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enterprise mashups

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-14T15:25:06Z

Congratulations to enterprise mashup leader JackBe for achieving Microsoft Certified Partner status.

You may track this development and other enterprise mashup news at the popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Blog.

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Mashon

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-14T15:24:24Z

EMU
Your Enterprise MashUp Mascot

Special note from Jessica, Your Mashup Developer Community Manager

My Fellow Mashers,

I wanted to take a minute and introduce myself as the new Mashup Developer Community (MDC) manager. My name is Jessica Agunsday (you can call me jess) and I’ve been a member of the MDC since its birth. I’ve watched the community grow to over 4,000 members in its first year and I am honored to be the Mashup Developer Community’s guiding hand in 2010 and beyond. I am very passionate about emerging technology and community engagement, please introduce yourself and tell me what motivates you.

Over the last several weeks, I’ve called on many of you to provide feedback on community experience, training materials, product support, design recommendations and overall site enhancements. I took your feedback, prioritized the effort and set off on our 2010 mission. Now I can assure you, there's more work to be done but together we've built a solid foundation. Take a look:

We created ‘Mashup Interest Groups’ so each and every masher can have a group of fellow mashers who share their same interests. Whether that’s learning the Fundamentals, creating mashup associations with SOA or skipping straight to the Extreme. There is a group for you or a Space for Rent.
We built upon the user’s MDC profile. Now every member has a place to call home. A place to build your network of friends, a place to show-off your latest creations and place for you to get involved. So do it, build your profile, share your thoughts and make friends.
We made a conscious effort to make all mashers Day 1 experience easy, fun and valuable. Check out the ‘How Do You Get Started’ block on the homepage where you’ll find some of the perks of being an MDC member.
We launched our new ‘Contributor’s Corner’ which is all about you. We reward great ideas, awesome mashups and dedicated mashers. You can be the ‘Member of the Month’ too. Just ask Innes, he’s done some really cool stuff.

And the best part is we’re not done, we’re just getting started. Wouldn’t it be cool if the Presto Enterprise Mashup Platform was running on the Cloud or the Mashup Developer Community got a face-lift? All ideas from fellow mashers, do you have an idea? Because I'm listening and I would really appreciate your feedback. (we're friends, send me a message)

Mash On!

- Jessica
Your Mashup Developer Community Manager

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7th Conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis

The Network Singularity — 2010-02-09T17:38:11Z

Call for papers.

Zurich, Switzerland, September 15-17, 2010

ETH Zurich & University of Zurich

Keynotes by

Thomas W. Valente, University of Southern California

Frans N. Stokman, University of Groningen

Workshops on

SIENA by Tom A.B. Snijders & Johan Koskinen, University of Oxford

visone by Ulrik Brandes & Jürgen Lerner, University of Konstanz

SNA and Behavior Change by Tomas W. Valente, University of Southern California

Conference Theme: Dynamics of Social Networks

The 7^th Conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis (ASNA) has the goal to assess the state of the field and discuss current developments and innovations in social network research. As for the previous years, ASNA 2010 will primarily provide an interdisciplinary venue with focus on applications of social network analysis. However, submissions on theoretical and methodological issues are also welcome. There are no limitations with respect of scientific disciplines and research questions. However, contributors are especially encouraged to address the conference topic of “dynamics of social networks”.

Social network analysis (SNA) suggests broadening the focus from individual actors to a set of actors and the relations among them. Hence, the characteristic paradigm of SNA is to include “the context” to understand phenomena’s in various scientific disciplines like sociology, political science, communication science, social psychology, anthropology, economics, biology, physics, and others. In recent years increasing awareness arises that “the context” also includes a temporal dimension. Hence, it is of interest whether and how the structure of a network is dependent on previous structures or which future dynamics can be assumed to happen based on a given network. Also most cross sectional research include implicit assumptions about dynamic processes of networks. Hence, contributors are encouraged to reflect on this issue even though they might not use longitudinal data.

Since the mid 1990ies both 2010 ASNA keynote speakers have contributed significantly to describe and understand dynamics of social networks. We invite people to reflect their work and discuss it throughout the venue.

Keynotes

Thomas W. Valente is Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine. He is well known for his book on „Network models of the diffusion of innovations“ (2005) and his great engagement for the international network community (INSNA). He has organized several Sunbelt conferences and is editor of the Journal „Connections“

Frans N. Stokman is Professor of Social Science Research Methodology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He is the winner of the 2004 Georg Simmel Award and is well known for his work on policy networks and collective decision making.

Workshops

Social Network Approaches for Behavior Change

Tomas W. Valente, University of Southern California

This workshop will be conducted in 2 sections. Section 1 will review existing evidence for the utility of using social network data for behavior change in a variety of settings including health behaviors and organizational performance. We present a typology of such efforts. Section 2 will demonstrate existing software programs for implementing social network interventions. The workshop will be conducted by Tom Valente who has developing and implementing network based interventions for over 10 years.

visone - Analysis and Visualization of Social Networks

Ulrik Brandes & Jürgen Lerner, University of Konstanz

This is a hands-on introduction to visone, a graphically oriented software tool that combines comprehensive means for analysis with unique visualization capabilities. After a brief introduction to its design and features, we will explore some of the core functionality of visone using exemplary network analyses; step-by-step from data input to presentation of results. Some elementary knowledge of social network analysis is required for this workshop, and it is advisable to bring a laptop running Windows, MacOS, or Linux. visone (ital.: mink) is written in Java and freely available from www.visone.info. It features many standard and non-standard methods for analysis and visualization of networks, and a powerful graphical user interface. It's native file format is GraphML, allowing for arbitrarily many attributes of nodes, links, and networks, but other formats such as CSV tables, UCINet DL, Pajek .net, etc., can be imported. Visualizations can be exported as pdf, png, tiff, svg, or Windows metafiles.

The Analysis of Longitudinal Social Network Data using SIENA

Tom A.B. Snijders & Johan Koskinen, University of Oxford

The workshop will give an introduction to statistical modeling of longitudinal network data and demonstrate the basics of using the RSiena program. Attention will be paid to the underlying statistical methodology, to examples, and to the use of the software. The first session (Wednesday morning) is intended for those without previous experience with this method, and will focus on the intuitive understanding of the model and operation of the software. The second session (Wednesday afternoon) is intended for those with previous experience with the method and the software, and also for those who followed the first session. It will present models for the simultaneous dynamics of networks and behavior and other more advanced topics such as model specification, multivariate networks, structurally determined values, and goodness of fit checking.

To get maximal profit out of the workshop, participants are advised to bring a laptop with a recent version of R installed. No previous knowledge of R is necessary. It will be possible to register only for one or both sessions of the workshop.

Submission, Presentation, and Registration

ASNA 2010 accepts two different kinds of submission types. The two formats differ with respect to submission criteria, presentation and discussion time, and consideration for publication. Both types require the submission of an extended abstract (700-1’000 words) by June 1, and receive notice of acceptance by June 13, 2010. If you submit a full paper (15-30 pages, double spaced) you will automatically be assigned to a full paper presentation. You will benefit from a longer presentation time (20 min), a discussion by a respondent (5 min) and an extended timeslot for the discussion in the panel (5 min) which totals to 30 minutes. Only full paper presented at the conference will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings (book or journal format).

	Standard presentation	Full paper presentation
Submission	Extended abstract of 700-1’000 words by June 1	Extended abstract of 700-1’000 words by June 1
Notice of acceptance	June 13, 2010	June 13, 2010
Full paper submission	-	July 31, 2010
Timeslot	15 min	30 min
Consideration for publication	No	Yes

Submission deadline: June 1, 2010

Conference and workshop registration deadline: July 31, 2010

About ASNA

Further information about ASNA 2010 (and previous conferences) can be found on the conference website: www.asna.ch

Organizing Committee

Thomas N. Friemel, U of Zurich, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research

Christian Hirschi, ETH Zurich, Institute for Environmental Decisions

Karin Ingold, ETH Zurich, Institute for Environmental Decisions

Uwe Serdült, U of Zurich, Centre for Democracy Aarau

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