From mziewitz at gmail.com  Mon Apr  1 14:59:49 2013
From: mziewitz at gmail.com (Malte Ziewitz)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:59:49 -0400
Subject: [re-search] Governing Algorithms - Conference at New York
	University - May 16-17, 2013
Message-ID: <CALH_Nd3H5srxDC-v0Tr_Und9aa400ZvyTQvLebYFUKa7kgWNoA@mail.gmail.com>

GOVERNING ALGORITHMS
A conference on computation, automation, and control

New York University
May 16-17, 2013

Algorithms are increasingly invoked as powerful entities that control,
govern, sort, regulate, and shape everything from financial trades to news
media. Nevertheless, the nature and implications of such orderings are far
from clear. What exactly is it that algorithms ?govern?? What is the role
attributed to ?algorithms? in these arguments? Can we turn the ?problem of
algorithms? into an object of productive inquiry?

This conference sets out to explore the recent rise of algorithms as an
object of interest in scholarship, policy, and practice beyond computer
science. Taking a fresh view on the current wave of interest in this topic,
we aim to discuss themes such as:

* the very idea of ?algorithms? as a subject and object of analysis
* issues of methodology and the kind of knowledge claims that come with
algorithms
* the rhetoric of problems and solutions, success and failure
* questions of agency, accountability, and automation
* secrecy, obscurity, inscrutability
* rules, regulations, resistance

Speakers include: Lucas Introna, Tarleton Gillespie, Evgeny Morozov, Daniel
Neyland, Frank Pasquale, Claudia Perlich, Robert Tarjan as well as Mike
Annany, Kate Crawford, Lisa Gitelman, Moritz Hardt, Matthew Jones, Karrie
Karahalios, and Martha Poon.

Everyone is welcome, but registration is required:
http://governingalgorithms.org/registration/

Organizing committee:
Solon Barocas, Sophie Hood, Helen Nissenbaum, Malte Ziewitz

The conference is supported by the Intel Science & Technology Center for
Social Computing, the Information Law Institute at NYU School of Law, and
the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.

http://governingalgorithms.org
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From kontakt at renekoenig.eu  Wed Apr  3 13:06:51 2013
From: kontakt at renekoenig.eu (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_K=F6nig?=)
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:06:51 +0200
Subject: [re-search] Fwd: Re: [Air-L] Autocomplete research
In-Reply-To: <CAH+6s9d100e9y6vpQg8-0dXgE3SigOiMi89vZ_wCmwsc-X1RVg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAH+6s9d100e9y6vpQg8-0dXgE3SigOiMi89vZ_wCmwsc-X1RVg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <515C0D4B.6060406@renekoenig.eu>

Hi everybody,

This sounds interesting. I have to check out this tool.
Best,

Ren?


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Subject: 	Re: [Air-L] Autocomplete research
Date: 	Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:44:47 +0200
From: 	Antoine Mazieres <antoine.mazieres at gmail.com>
To: 	Jasmine E McNealy <jemcneal at syr.edu>
CC: 	Samuel Huron <admin at cybunk.com>, "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" 
<air-l at listserv.aoir.org>



Dear all,

Digging out this old thread in case you're still interested in autocomplete
research. I just published a paper about a system to visualize autocomplete
of any request for all google domains, and a few observations about
produced data.

The paper : http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00805048
The tool : https://github.com/fabelier/Zeitgeist-Borders

It's all open-source, have fun ! :)

Don't hesitate to contact me and Sam (coauth, cc) if you want more info
about this project.

Best,
Antoine


On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Jasmine E McNealy <jemcneal at syr.edu> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could suggests journal articles or other
> readings on "autocomplete" particularly with respect to the big search
> engines like Google and Yahoo! (and I guess Bing now).  Thank you in
> advance for you assistance.
>
> Best,
>
>
> JM
> ________________________________
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> Assistant Professor
> S.I. Newhouse of Public Communication
> Syracuse University
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From adresscomptoir at gmail.com  Fri Apr  5 16:37:28 2013
From: adresscomptoir at gmail.com (Adresscomptoir)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:37:28 +0200
Subject: [re-search] Vor Google - Book Presentation in Vienna
Message-ID: <CAPq28hc0quRmYUSJ_coTfp6cEymZpKJJJDQU9hryDoU3kT=e2Q@mail.gmail.com>

Vor Google. Eine Mediengeschichte der Suchmaschine im analogen Zeitalter
Buchpr?sentation und Podiumsdiskussion

*9. April 2013, 19.00 Uhr*
Lesesaal der Wienbibliothek im Rathaus
Eingang Lichtenfelsgasse 2
Stiege 6 (Lift), 1. Stock, 1010 Wien

Thomas Brandstetter, Thomas H?bel, Anton Tantner (Hg.): Vor Google. Eine
Mediengeschichte der Suchmaschine im analogen Zeitalter, Bielefeld:
transcript 2012

Mit einer Einleitung der Herausgeber und Beitr?gen von Stefan Rieger,
Daniel Weidner, Alix Cooper, Volker Bauer, Andreas Golob, Markus Krajewski,
Henning Tr?per, Martin Schreiber und Bernhard Rieder.

Ein Alltag ohne digitale Suchmaschinen ist heute nur noch schwer
vorstellbar. Dabei lassen sich zahlreiche Einrichtungen, Personen und
Techniken ausmachen, die lange vor Google und Co ?hnliche Funktionen
?bernommen haben ? Staatshandb?cher und Diener etwa, aber auch
Bibliothekskataloge, Frageb?gen oder Zeitungskomptoire.

Welche strukturellen ?hnlichkeiten gibt es zwischen diesen fr?heren und den
heutigen Suchmaschinen? Welche Utopien kn?pften sich an die Suchmaschinen
des analogen Zeitalters? Welche Formen von Kontrolle erm?glichten sie? Das
vorgestellte Buch widmet sich diesen und weiteren Fragen und liefert damit
nicht nur neue Erkenntnisse ?ber die Medien der Vergangenheit, sondern
vertieft auch die Analysen der gegenw?rtigen medialen Lage.

*Begr??ung*
Sylvia Mattl-Wurm
Thomas H?bel


*Vorstellung des Buchs sowie Pr?sentation von ?Alt-Wiener Suchmaschinen?*
Anton Tantner


*Podiumsdiskussion*
Aus der Perspektive ihrer aktuellen Forschungen nehmen Jana Herwig, Astrid
Mager und Stefan Zahlmann zu dem Sammelband Stellung.
*
*

*B?chertisch*
Literaturbuffet Lhotzky <http://www.literaturbuffet.com>

Teilnehmende: Jana Herwig: Medienwissenschafterin, Bloggerin und
Internetexpertin, Institut f?r Theater-, Film und Medien-wissenschaften der
Universit?t Wien. Thomas H?bel: Generalsekret?r des Instituts f?r
Wissenschaft und Kunst (IWK). Sylvia Mattl-Wurm: Leiterin der
Wienbibliothek im Rathaus. Astrid Mager: Soziologin, Bloggerin und
Suchmaschinenforscherin, Institut f?r Technikfolgenabsch?tzung der
?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Anton Tantner: Historiker,
Institut f?r Geschichte, Universit?t Wien. Stefan Zahlmann: Historiker,
Professor f?r Geschichte und Theorie von Medienkulturen am Institut f?r
Geschichte der Universit?t Wien.

Die Veranstaltung wird von der Wienbibliothek im Rathaus gemeinsam mit dem
Institut f?r Wissenschaft und Kunst (IWK) organisiert. N?here
Informationen: http://www.univie.ac.at/iwk/

Weitere Informationen zum Buch: http://www.univie.ac.at/iwk/vor-Google/
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From miriam at networkcultures.org  Tue Apr 23 14:50:59 2013
From: miriam at networkcultures.org (Miriam Rasch)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:50:59 +0200
Subject: [re-search] Save the Date: Society of the Query #2, November 7-8,
	2013 in Amsterdam
Message-ID: <D1BAF7BD-7564-46C9-A808-FF8B2641E28F@networkcultures.org>

This fall the Institute of Network Cultures invites you to the second Society of the Query conference on search and search engines - in theory and practice, present and history. Join us on November 7 and 8 in Amsterdam in our quest to re-think search! In the coming weeks the program will be put together, so be sure to check up on the Society of the Query page regularly.
Also, we're happy to announce that the next INC Reader will be concerning online search and is planned for publication early 2014. Both the conference and the reader will be produced in collaboration with Ren? K?nig, who has worked with the INC in 2012-2013. Expect a Call for Contributions soon. The previous reader came out last February, see Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives.

When interested in search, do read up on the Re-search blog or go back into the archives to the first Society of the Query conference in 2009.

Ideas and comments are welcome as always.


Hope to see you in November!

All the best from the INC,
Miriam

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Institute of Network Cultures
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA
room 04A07
Rhijnspoorplein 1
NL-1091 GC Amsterdam
t: +31 20 5951865
miriam at networkcultures.org
www.networkcultures.org
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