[Swift-user] CFP: 2011 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science

Wed Aug 31 00:34:27 CDT 2011

  Call for Papers

    2011 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science

November 19-21, 2011
Loyola University Chicago -- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2011
http://chicagocolloquium.org

The Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS) 
brings together researchers and scholars in the humanities and computer 
science to examine the current state of digital humanities as a field of 
intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and 
perspectives for future research.

Here is a brief look at the three most recent conferences 
<http://chicagocolloquium.org/past-colloquia> in the DHCS series, which 
celebrates its sixth year running in 2011.

  * DHCS 2008 <http://chicagocolloquium.org/past-colloquia/> (University
    of Chicago) focused on "Making Sense" -- an exploration of how
    meaning is created and apprehended at the transition from the
    digital to the analog.
  * DHCS 2009 <http://chicagocolloquium.org/past-colloquia/> (IIT)
    focused on computational methods in digital humanities, including
    computational stylistics, text analytics, and visualization.
  * DHCS 2010 <http://chicagocolloquium.org/past-colloquia/>
    (Northwestern) focused on "Working with Digital Data: Collaborate,
    Curate, Analyze, Annotate."

With broad agency support for and continued cross-disciplinary interest 
in "digging into data" as well as cyberinfrastructure and collaboration, 
this year's DHCS will continue to focus on these and related topics of 
interest to the community, with a formal colloquium theme to be unveiled 
as the program is finalized.

We invite submissions from scholars, researchers, practitioners 
(independent scholars and industry), librarians, technologists, and 
students, on all topics that intersect current theory and practice in 
the humanities and computer science.

This year's DHCS is sponsored by Loyola University Chicago, The 
University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Illinois 
Institute of Technology.

    Location and Venue Description

Loyola University Chicago
Water Tower Campus
820 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640

The conference will be held at Loyola University Chicago at its Water 
Tower Campus. Located near the Magnificent Mile and the historic Water 
Tower, the venue offers convenient access to excellent hotels and 
restaurants, not to mention ample opportunities for sightseeing and 
shopping. The time frame for the conference coincides with the annual 
unveiling of the holiday lights and delightful walks on the Magnificent 
Mile--the last chance before Chicago's winter arrives in full force.

    Keynote Speakers

The list of keynote speakers is still being determined and will be 
posted as the conference program is nearing completion.

    Co-Chairs

George K. Thiruvathukal, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, 
http://www.thiruvathukal.com
Steven E. Jones, English, Loyola University Chicago, 
http://stevenejones.org/

    Program Committee

  * Shlomo Argamon, Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology,
    http://www.iit.edu/csl/cs/faculty/argamon_shlomo.shtml
  * Arno Bosse, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago
  * Helma Dik, Classics, University of Chicago,
    http://classics.uchicago.edu/faculty/dik
  * Doug Downey, Computer Science, Northwestern University,
    http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~ddowney/
    <http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/%7Eddowney/>
  * William L. Honig, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago,
    http://people.cs.luc.edu/whonig
  * Konstantin Läufer, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago,
    http://laufer.cs.luc.edu
  * Peter Leonard, Humanities Research Computing, University of Chicago,
    http://home.uchicago.edu/psleonar/
  * Catherine Mardikes, University Library, University of Chicago
  * Mark Olsen, ARTFL Project, University of Chicago,
    http://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/
  * Ioan Raicu, Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology,
    http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/ <http://www.cs.iit.edu/%7Eiraicu/>
  * Claire Stewart, University Library, Northwestern University,
    http://www.library.northwestern.edu/directory/claire-stewart

    Journal of the Chicago DHCS Colloquium

Select papers and posters accepted at DHCS are published in the /Journal 
of the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science 
(JDHCS)/. Please visit http://jdhcs.uchicago.edu to view the full text 
of presentations from these colloquia.

    Preliminary Colloquium Schedule

The formal DHCS colloquium program runs Saturday November 19 
(afternoon), Sunday, November 20 (all day), and Monday, November 21 
(ending mid-afternoon) and will consist of four, 1-1/2 hour paper panels 
and two, two-hour poster sessions as well as three keynotes. 
Pre-conference birds of a feather and tutorials will occur on Saturday, 
November 19, in the afternoon. Generous time has been set aside for 
questions and follow-up discussions after each panel and in the schedule 
breaks. There are no plans for parallel sessions. For further details, 
please see the conference website.

    Registration Fee

Attendance for DHCS 2011 is free. All conference participants, however, 
will be required to register in advance. Details to follow as the 
conference program is finalized.

    Submission Format

We welcome submissions that are either extended abstracts or full papers 
(8-page maximum, please) in PDF format. We welcome submissions for:

  * Paper presentations (15 and 30 minute presentations)
  * Posters
  * Software demonstrations
  * Performances
  * Pre-conference tutorials/workshops/seminars, and
  * Pre-conference "birds of a feather" meetings

This year, we are using the EasyChair software to handle all submissions.
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dhcs2011

The instructions are simple:

 1. Register yourself (you will add co-authors later)
 2. Confirm the registration e-mail.
 3. Make sure you go back to the main link and sign in.
 4. Create a "New Submission". Fill in all appropriate sections.
 5. Don't forget to Upload Paper at the end of the form.

Submissions will only be accepted at the EasyChair URL above. Should you 
run into problems, please contact George K. Thiruvathukal at 
gkt+dhcs at cs.luc.edu <mailto:gkt+dhcs at cs.luc.edu>. (The +dhcs is optional 
but will help to prioritize your e-mail.)

    Graduate Student Travel Fund

A limited number of bursaries are available to assist graduate students 
who are presenting at the colloquium with their travel and accommodation 
expenses. More information about the application process will be 
available shortly at the Chicago Colloquium web site.

    Important Dates

Deadline for Submissions: September 15
Notification of Acceptance: October 1
Full Program Announcement: October 15
Registration: October 1-November 15 (on-site will also be possible)
Colloquium: Sunday, November 20 -- Monday, November 21, 2011

    Contact Info

Please email gkt+dhcs at cs.luc.edu 
<http://chicagocolloquium.org/call-for-papers-2011/gkt+dhcs@cs.luc.edu>
Conference Hash Tag: #dhcs2011

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Ioan Raicu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Guest Research Faculty, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
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Distributed Systems Laboratory, MCS/ANL
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