![Summer Social Webshop on Technology-Mediated Social Participation University of Maryland, College Park August 23-26, 2011 Eventful. The 2011 Webshop at the University of Maryland was certainly that with both an earthquake and a hurricane to mark the start and end of the event. We really moved heaven and earth at this workshop. In 4 days, 20 talks, [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-WebShop-Photo-640x300.jpg "Webshop 2011 review: 4 days, 20 talks, 45 students, an earthquake, a hurricane and many new connections")
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In Search of the Ur-Wikipedia: Universality, Similarity, and Translation in the Wikipedia Inter-language Link Network
Posted on October 9, 2012 | No CommentsA notable paper about Wikipedia versions and interactions across linguistic boundaries Wikipedia has become one of the primary encyclopaedic in-... -
KredibleNet project awarded NSF grant, will study reputation in social media using network analysis
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s official: The National Science Foundation hereby awards a grant of $179,594 to Purdue University for support of the project... -
Individual team member performance decreases as a function of team size
Posted on August 26, 2012 | No CommentsThis article, which discusses the Ringelmann effect (the larger the team, the smaller the individual effort), dovetails very nicely with... -
Computational Social Science, A Science of Links
Posted on August 26, 2012 | No CommentsWhat is computational social science? It is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of vast, intact social networks and “big data”... -
Narrative Theory: A reading list
Posted on May 31, 2012 | No CommentsOur colleague, H. Porter Abbott, at UCSB teaches a great course on Narrative theory, which includes this awesome reading list…... -
A modest proposal for solving global warming: nuclear war
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsWe finally have a solution for global warming. A discussion on the board The Straight Dope about the likely effect... -
Security company Imperva disects Anonymous hack attack on Vatican in Case Study to Be Presented at Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 1st (paper, pdf, YouTube video)
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsIn a an extremely detailed report to be delivered to the computer security conference, Imperva, an IT security consulting company... -
Complex social systems, New directions of research
Posted on February 13, 2012 | No CommentsFilicudi e Lipari (Photo credit: CyboRoZ) Lipari School on Computational Complex Systems announces its 2012 annual session. Novel data mining... -
Social Media Monitoring Predicts Close Romney – Santorum Race in Iowa Caucus
Posted on January 3, 2012 | No CommentsMashable hints that Twitter might have caught a whiff of Santorum’s possible dash in the last straight line before the finish... -
Ex Yale professor William Deresiewicz rejects bureaucratic education and thinking in American Scholar Essay “Solitude and Leadership”
Posted on December 31, 2011 | No CommentsCurrent college students are called “digital natives.” They are heralded as a new type of intellectual foragers, who can multitask... -
A KML Historic and Literary Map of Pearl Harbor on the Morning of December 7, 1941 (7:55 am) According to Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsDigital Humanities Showcase: Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy mapped Walter Lord’s meticulously documented book “Day of Infamy” recounts the trivia... -
![Online Ticketing powered by Eventbrite NodeXL Event at IFTF, Thursday, December 15, 2011 Along with the Social Media Research Foundation, the Institute for the Future is co-hosting a meetup for those interested in mapping social media networks. Users of tools like NodeXL and Gephi (among others) are welcome to join us for an evening devoted to collecting, [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/201109-IFTF-Logo-115x115.jpg "December 15, 2011 – @IFTF NodeXL & Gephi – Social Media Mapping Open House")
December 15, 2011 – @IFTF NodeXL & Gephi – Social Media Mapping Open House
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsOnline Ticketing powered by Eventbrite NodeXL Event at IFTF, Thursday, December 15, 2011 Along with the Social Media Research Foundation, the Institute for the Future is co-hosting a meetup for those interested in mapping social media networks. Users of tools like NodeXL and Gephi (among others) are welcome to join us for an evening devoted to collecting, [...] -
Is open, non anonymous peer review better at producing accurate reviewes?
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No CommentsWhat if we allowed the authors and the reviewers of academic papers to interact with each other and, horribile dictu,... -
Individualist Motivators and Community Functional Constraints in Social Media: The Case of Wikis and Wikipedia
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the title of the opening theoretical chapter of Francesca Comunello’s edited book “Networked Sociability and Individualism: Technology for... -
![The Social Media Research Foundation is pleased to announce the immediate availability of ThreadMill 0.1. ThreadMill is a free and open application that consumes message thread data and produces reports about each author, thread, forum, and board along with visualizations of the patterns of connection and activity. ThreadMill is written in Ruby, and depends on [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2011-ThreadMill-treadmill-logo-small-115x115.png "ThreadMill 0.1: Social Accounting for Message Thread Collections")
ThreadMill 0.1: Social Accounting for Message Thread Collections
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe Social Media Research Foundation is pleased to announce the immediate availability of ThreadMill 0.1. ThreadMill is a free and open application that consumes message thread data and produces reports about each author, thread, forum, and board along with visualizations of the patterns of connection and activity. ThreadMill is written in Ruby, and depends on [...] -
![The Social Network Importer for NodeXL is a new graph data provider for NodeXL which enables each user to directly download and import their Facebook networks into NodeXL. With this release, you can now download your own Facebook ego-network for analysis and visualization in NodeXL and other network analysis tools that can import GraphML. Future releases will extract networks from Fan Pages [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Facebook-Logo-115x59.png "SocialnetImporter for NodeXL: Import your Facebook ego-networks")
SocialnetImporter for NodeXL: Import your Facebook ego-networks
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe Social Network Importer for NodeXL is a new graph data provider for NodeXL which enables each user to directly download and import their Facebook networks into NodeXL. With this release, you can now download your own Facebook ego-network for analysis and visualization in NodeXL and other network analysis tools that can import GraphML. Future releases will extract networks from Fan Pages [...] -
![This year the IEEE Social Computing conference is being held in Boston, October 9-11, 2011. The NodeXL team from the Social Media Research Foundation have a paper on our newest layout feature in NodeXL: Group-in-a-box. Abstract: Communities in social networks emerge from interactions among individuals and can be analyzed through a combination of clustering and [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/201110-IEE-Social-Computing-Paper-Group-in-a-box-figure-115x115.png "October 9-11, 2011: IEEE 2011 Social Computing, Boston: NodeXL Paper on “Group-in-a-box” layouts")
October 9-11, 2011: IEEE 2011 Social Computing, Boston: NodeXL Paper on “Group-in-a-box” layouts
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsThis year the IEEE Social Computing conference is being held in Boston, October 9-11, 2011. The NodeXL team from the Social Media Research Foundation have a paper on our newest layout feature in NodeXL: Group-in-a-box. Abstract: Communities in social networks emerge from interactions among individuals and can be analyzed through a combination of clustering and [...] -
![The recent Strata Conference in New York City gathered many leaders in big data, data mining, and information visualization. Link: www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/6203313170 Connections among the Twitter users who recently tweeted the word Strata when queried on September 20, 2011, scaled by numbers of followers (with outliers thresholded). Connections created when users reply, mention or follow [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110920-NodeXL-Twitter-strataconf-graph-115x115.png "Strata Conf: Mapping the connections among Twitter Users")
Strata Conf: Mapping the connections among Twitter Users
Posted on October 2, 2011 | No CommentsThe recent Strata Conference in New York City gathered many leaders in big data, data mining, and information visualization. Link: www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/6203313170 Connections among the Twitter users who recently tweeted the word Strata when queried on September 20, 2011, scaled by numbers of followers (with outliers thresholded). Connections created when users reply, mention or follow [...] -
The Visible Past / Open Context Loosely Coupled Model for Digital Humanities Ubiquitous Collaboration and Publishing: Collaborating Across Print, Mobile, and Online Media
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsAuthors: Sorin Adam Matei, Eric Kansa, Nicholas Rauh. Abstract: The paper presents a platform for supporting academic collaboration and publishing... -
The Social Media Research Foundation – Slides
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe Social Media Research Foundation is dedicated to Open Tools, Open Data, and Open Scholarship. These slides provide an overview of the goals and accomplishments of the Social Media Research Foundation: 20110830 Introducing the Social Media Research ... -
![I will speak at Purdue University on September 22 and 23, 2011 about mapping social media networks. My host is Sorin Matei, professor of Communications, who has been researching the social structure of social media networks. I will also speak at Professor Matei’s class: COM 63200 On-line Interaction and Facilitation Here is an example map of [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/201109-Purdue-Marc-Smith-Talk-Flyer-115x115.jpg "September 22-23, 2011: Purdue University – Lecture on Social Media Networks")
September 22-23, 2011: Purdue University – Lecture on Social Media Networks
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsI will speak at Purdue University on September 22 and 23, 2011 about mapping social media networks. My host is Sorin Matei, professor of Communications, who has been researching the social structure of social media networks. I will also speak at Professor Matei’s class: COM 63200 On-line Interaction and Facilitation Here is an example map of [...] -
![NodeXL is extendable. 3rd Party developers have been building data providers that can plug into NodeXL that connect the network visualization tool to sources of network data. We now have three providers of extensions to NodeXL: VOSON for WWW hyperlink networks, the Exchange Spigot for NodeXL for extracting enterprise email networks, and the Facebook Spigot [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-SMRF-Small-Logo-115x115.jpg "3rd Party Data Importers for NodeXL: Web, Exchange, and Facebook Importers")
3rd Party Data Importers for NodeXL: Web, Exchange, and Facebook Importers
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsNodeXL is extendable. 3rd Party developers have been building data providers that can plug into NodeXL that connect the network visualization tool to sources of network data. We now have three providers of extensions to NodeXL: VOSON for WWW hyperlink networks, the Exchange Spigot for NodeXL for extracting enterprise email networks, and the Facebook Spigot [...] -
![The NodeXL team from the Social Media Research Foundation has released a web application that allows users to upload network files and download files other users have uploaded. The Social Media Research Foundation is dedicated to Open Tools, Open Data, and Open Scholarship. The NodeXL Graph Gallery on the Web enables the research community to collectively gather [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-NodeXLGraphGallery-Home-Top1-115x115.png "NodeXL Graph Gallery on the web: Collectively Authored Archives of Networks")
NodeXL Graph Gallery on the web: Collectively Authored Archives of Networks
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe NodeXL team from the Social Media Research Foundation has released a web application that allows users to upload network files and download files other users have uploaded. The Social Media Research Foundation is dedicated to Open Tools, Open Data, and Open Scholarship. The NodeXL Graph Gallery on the Web enables the research community to collectively gather [...] -
![2011 ASA meetings are being held in Las Vega, Nevada. Several sessions are related to the study of the social uses and effects of information technology are hosted by the Communications and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA). These are the connections among the people who recently tweeted the term “ASA2011″ on 18 [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CITASA-Logo-Small.png "ASA 2011 – Las Vegas, NV: August 20-23 – Sociologists present on the social uses and effects of information technology")
ASA 2011 – Las Vegas, NV: August 20-23 – Sociologists present on the social uses and effects of information technology
Posted on August 20, 2011 | No Comments2011 ASA meetings are being held in Las Vega, Nevada. Several sessions are related to the study of the social uses and effects of information technology are hosted by the Communications and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA). These are the connections among the people who recently tweeted the term “ASA2011″ on 18 [...] -
![Please vote on our SxSW 2012 panel: Social Mapping : Bridging Online & Offline Events Event Interactive 2012 Format Workshop Organizer Emily Gannett ‐ IRL Productions Speakers Marc Smith ‐ Social Media Research Foundation Description Look up from your phone and you will notice that offline is not obsolete. Experiences in real life (IRL) remain powerful and memorable. Online [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110315-NodeXL-Twitter-sxsw-graph-115x115.png "Please vote on our SxSW panel: Social Mapping: Bridging Online & Offline Events")
Please vote on our SxSW panel: Social Mapping: Bridging Online & Offline Events
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsPlease vote on our SxSW 2012 panel: Social Mapping : Bridging Online & Offline Events Event Interactive 2012 Format Workshop Organizer Emily Gannett ‐ IRL Productions Speakers Marc Smith ‐ Social Media Research Foundation Description Look up from your phone and you will notice that offline is not obsolete. Experiences in real life (IRL) remain powerful and memorable. Online [...] -
![Curved edges have arrived in NodeXL (v. 174). Here is a network visualization with all the edges drawn as straight lines: The same network graph can be drawn with slightly curved edges: The result is a slight improvement in readability. To start, the edges curve just a bit. Soon, we will allow user control over [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110929-NodeXL-Twitter-pawcon-graph-network-115x115.png "NodeXL (v.174) throws a curve: edges that bend (a bit)")
NodeXL (v.174) throws a curve: edges that bend (a bit)
Posted on August 13, 2011 | No CommentsCurved edges have arrived in NodeXL (v. 174). Here is a network visualization with all the edges drawn as straight lines: The same network graph can be drawn with slightly curved edges: The result is a slight improvement in readability. To start, the edges curve just a bit. Soon, we will allow user control over [...] -
![A detailed help file describing each of the features and functions of NodeXL is now shipping in the project since version v.172. A detailed outline of all the topics covered is available: The help file will be updated as new features are added. NodeXL Excel Template Help File: An Overview of Network Graphs A Quick [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110727-NodeXL-Help-file-Dialog-115x115.png "Help file for NodeXL (v.172+)")
Help file for NodeXL (v.172+)
Posted on August 13, 2011 | No CommentsA detailed help file describing each of the features and functions of NodeXL is now shipping in the project since version v.172. A detailed outline of all the topics covered is available: The help file will be updated as new features are added. NodeXL Excel Template Help File: An Overview of Network Graphs A Quick [...] -
![Here is a nice way to display high resolution network maps: zoom.it! This is a map of the connections among the people who tweeted the terms “FOCAS11″ or “Aspen Institute” on August 2, 2011. Connections among the Twitter users who recently tweeted the word Aspeninstitute OR FOCAS11 when queried on August 2, 2011, scaled by [...]](http://www.smrfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2010-April-11-NodeXL-Twitter-CHI2010-core-zoom-115x115.png "Zoom.it – displaying zoomable Twitter network images of the terms “FOCAS11″ or “Aspen Institute”")
Zoom.it – displaying zoomable Twitter network images of the terms “FOCAS11″ or “Aspen Institute”
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsHere is a nice way to display high resolution network maps: zoom.it! This is a map of the connections among the people who tweeted the terms “FOCAS11″ or “Aspen Institute” on August 2, 2011. Connections among the Twitter users who recently tweeted the word Aspeninstitute OR FOCAS11 when queried on August 2, 2011, scaled by [...] -
No time travel for you. Hong Kong Scientists confirm that time travel is impossible
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsSpotted by my wife, thus notable. A team of scientists says it’s officially time to leave the idea of time...
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