Workshop+-+Apr+28,+2009

=National Initiative for Social Participation= April 28, 2009, 10am - 4pm, College Park, MD Univ of Maryland, Hornbake Library, SOUTH Wing, Second Floor Conference Room 2116 Travel info: []

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10am: Introductions 11am: Presentations: Ben Shneiderman presents background and goals [[|Slides 10MB]] 11:30am: Peter Pirolli gives talk on foundational science issues:
 * Agenda (Subject to Change)**


 * Theory-Driven Research to Promote Social Participation**
 * Abstract: User interfaces and information systems have become increasingly social in recent years, aimed at supporting the decentralized, collaborative production of user-generated content. Increasingly these efforts focus on national priorities such as healthcare, community safety, life-long learning, and business innovation. A theory that predicts the impact of interface and interaction designs on participation rates is likely to be useful. This talk extends Information Foraging Theory towards making predictions about the motivating/inhibiting effects of diversity, privacy, recognition, reward, etc. on participation rates, generalized reciprocity, and willingness to lead/follow. This talk pushes past the notions of only gathering information or forming collective intelligence – it is more closely aligned with promoting collective action, increasing social capital, resolving social dilemmas, and encouraging generalized reciprocity.
 * Peter Pirolli is a Research Fellow in the Augmented Social Cognition Area at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where he has been pursuing studies of human information interaction since 1991. Prior to joining PARC, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Education at UC Berkeley. Pirolli received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, the National Academy of Education, and the Association for Computing Machinery Computer-Human Interaction Academy. His recent book is titled “Information Foraging Theory: Adaptive Interaction with Information.” He is Associate Editor of Human Computer Interaction.

12:30pm: Lunch (our treat, Chinese, including vegetarian)

1:30pm: Breakout sessions to work on Research Challenges and White Paper 2:30pm: Discussion of Research Challenges and White Paper 3:30pm: Future plans 4:00pm: Departure 6:30pm: Dinner for those who are around - Garden Restaurant at the Marriott Inn & Conference Center

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 * Note:** We've been concerned about the increased carbon footprint generated by people flying in to this meeting. Upon reflection the hosts (Jenny Preece and Ben Shneiderman) have purchased carbon offsets to cover all attendees from [|www.carbonfund.org]

** National Initiatives for Social Participation  ** Participants on April 28, 2009 Ben Shneiderman, Univ of Maryland Peter Pirolli, PARC Jenny Preece, Univ of Maryland Ben Bederson, Univ of Maryland Derek Hansen, Univ of Maryland Harry Hochheiser, Towson Univ // Jeffrey R. Cooper, // SAIC Technical Fellow, VP for Technology, Chief Innovation Officer Marc A. Smith, Chief Social Scientist, Telligent David McDonald, National Science Foundation, Haym Hirsh, National Science Foundation Robert Bohn, National Coordinating Office, NITRD
 * Agreed to Attend: Organizers **
 * Agreed to Attend **

Fernanda B Viegas, IBM-Research, CambridgeMA Irene Greif, IBM-Research, CambridgeMA Wendy Kellogg, IBM-Research-Yorktown John Thomas, IBM-Research-Yorktown

Natasa Milic-Frayling, MSR-CambridgeUK Eduarda Mendes, MSR-CambridgeUK

Gary Olson, UC-Irvine Gary Marchionini, U-North Carolina Marti Hearst, UC-Berkeley John Riedl, U-Minnesota Tom Malone, MIT

Art Hanson, WatchJeffersonCounty.net David Bruggeman, USACM Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education

Bill Rand, Univ of Maryland Catherine Plaisant, Univ of Maryland

Amy Bruckman, GA Tech Jack Carroll, Penn State Univ Pierre de Vries, Silicon Flatirons Center Greg Elin, Sunlight Foundation Gerhard Fischer, U-Colo Roxanne Hiltz, NJIT Bernardo Huberman, HP Labs Sara Kiesler, CMU Joe Konstan, U-Minn Bob Kraut, CMU Jonathan Lazar, Towson U  Mike Nelson, Georgetown Univ Mary Beth Rosson, Penn State Univ Jan Gerrit Schuurman Jeannette Wing, NSF & CMU
 * Replied with interest but will not attend: **

Ben Shneiderman's [|reader-to-leader presentation]