October 2018

Call for Presentations – The 4th Big Data Conference

2018-10-17

Welcome to our 4th annual Big Data Conference at Linnaeus University hosted by the Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) in Växjö, November 29-30, 2018. Detailed information on the conference can be found on the following web page.

For the session on research results of LNUC DISA, we invite submissions from DISA researchers to present their academically outstanding, previously published work at the Big Data Conference 2018. Submission deadline: Nov 12, 2018

Acceptance requirements:
(i) The underlying paper has been published in an excellent journal or conference proceedings not longer than two years before the conference.
(ii) The topic of the work is clearly related to data-intensive sciences and applications.
(iii) At least one of the co-authors is a DISA researcher.
(iv) At least one of the co-authors registers for the conference and attends the conference to give a presentation about the paper.

Note, that the paper will not be part of any proceedings or similar. As the planned session has only a restricted number of slots, we have to select according to a number of criteria, such as scientific quality, fitting into the DISA research aims, topical diversity (for example, not all talks on visualization or computational social sciences), etc. Therefore, we ask the submitters to carefully choose those papers and submit only one or maximal two papers of their work.

Information on these papers should be submitted via email to Diana Unander (diana.unander@lnu.se) containing: list of co-authors (DISA researcher(s) should be marked), title, abstract and venue/journal where the papers originally appeared together with a link where the paper can be downloaded. The deadline is November 12, 2018. We expect to notify about the acceptance at Nov 16, 2018.

In case of questions, please contact Andreas Kerren (andreas.kerren@lnu.se).

//Andreas Kerren

Call for Poster Submissions for The 4th Big Data Conference at Linnaeus University Växjö

2018-10-16

The 4th Big Data Conference at Linnaeus University Växjö, November 29-30, 2018

Poster submission deadline: November 16, 2018

Welcome to our 4th annual Big Data Conference at Linnaeus University hosted by the Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA). Detailed information on the conference can be found on the following web page.

For the poster sessions during lunch at the first conference day, we invite poster submissions coming from DISA researchers and their PhD students. We ask for posters on research done/related within/to the DISA research groups (e.g., unpublished work, posters already presented at other conferences, etc.).

Note that the posters will not be part of any proceedings or similar, and that it is required that somebody will be at each poster during the poster session of the conference to take questions. It will also be possible to demo stuff nearby to the poster (should be mentioned in the poster submission).

All posters should be designed and finally printed in A0, upright (portrait format); no further layout requirements are provided from our side, but a name of a contact person + email address, or a QR code, or something similar should be provided on the poster to allow people to get in touch with the authors.

A PDF version of the poster plus a short abstract (separate PDF file; maximal half page) should be submitted via email to Diana Unander (diana.unander@lnu.se) by November 16, 2018. We expect to notify about the acceptance eventually together with comments for minor adjustments at November 20, 2018. Please remember that you also need some time after the notification to actually print the poster: The CopyCenter usually needs a couple of days for such tasks.

In case of questions, please contact Andreas Kerren (andreas.kerren@lnu.se).

//Andreas Kerren.

Welcome to a seminar about Common paths in long-term institutional dynamics

2018-10-09

Welcome to a seminar and get the first results from the project: Modelling institutional dynamics in historical commons (MIDI)

When: Thursday October 11, 13:15-14:30
Where: Linnaeus University in K3040 (Växjö)
No registration needed

Authors: Mike Farjam, Tine De Moor, Renè van Weeren, Anders Forsman, Molood Ale Ebrahim Dehkordi, Amineh Ghorbani, Giangiacomo Bravo

Abstract: Commons are governance regimes set-up to coordinate the exploitation of natural or man-made resources shared among different users. Understanding commons is important as the underlying social dilemma situation may lead to resource overuse and ultimately depletion if not appropriately managed. However, long-term processes of rule change in commons institutions are poorly understood. We present a quantitative analysis of 18 European commons across seven centuries offering an unique picture of long-term institutional dynamics. The analysis relies on the database recently built as part of the Common Rules Project. This database includes over 5000 detailed rules defining commons institutions and recording their changes across several centuries. Despite the differences in time and space, we found a shared pattern where an initial, highly-dynamic institutional-definition phase is followed by a relatively long period of stability and a final burst of changes, possibly in an attempt to respond to internal or external factors menacing the survival of the commons. Our findings not only challenge some elements of the current view on institutional dynamics but also provide important insights on the management of natural resources worldwide and how commons being formed today may be expected to evolve.

//Diana

Call for presentations – Digitala veckan

2018-10-05

Submission deadline: Oct 28th, 2018

Welcome to Digitala veckan on November 15-16th in Växjö. Researchers at Linnaeus University with a focus on DISA has been invited to give a special session on Data analytics and what new value the data can give you. Detailed information on the conference can be found on the following web page:

For the special session Data Analytics and what new value the data can give you we invite submissions from DISA researchers (4 in total, 1-2 PhD-students) to present their research findings that can be of interest for an external audience, based on collaborations etc.

Acceptance requirements:
(i) The underlying paper has been published not longer than two years before the conference.
(ii) The topic of the work is clearly related to data-intensive sciences and applications.
(iii) At least one of the authors is a DISA researcher.
(iv) At least one of the authors registers for the conference and attends the conference to give a presentation about the paper.Läs resten av detta inlägg»

Digital Humanities Day with DARIAH on 30 October 2018

2018-10-02

Welcome to a Digital Humanities Day with Frank Fischer, Associate Professor for Digital Humanities at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and co-director of DARIAH-EU. Frank Fischer will talk about his own research on digital perspectives for the study of European Drama as well as DARIAH:s work for the Pan-European Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities.

Programme
10.00-11.00 “Masks and Interfaces – Digital Perspectives for the Study of European Drama” * See abstract below.
11.00-13.00 Lunch
13:00-14.00 “A Social Marketplace for Services – Introduction to DARIAH, the Pan-European Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities”
14.00-14.30 Coffee
14.30-15.30 Discussion

Registration kerstin.broden@lnu.se. Please advise of any food allergies.

Co-organised by the Digital Humanities Initiative and iInstitute

* Abstract: The digital literary studies have offered a lot of new approaches to the study of drama in recent years. New methods like social network analysis, stylometry and other quantitative and statistical approaches are complemented by a rich landscape of literary data in many languages and formats. This talk will recap these developments, oscillating between research and infrastructure, and introduce a platform for the research on European drama.