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1995 Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences
``` Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 10:10:18 -0700 From: bamberg@sdsc.edu (Gail Bamber) To: pagre@weber.ucsd.edu
1995 Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences Changing Technology, Changing Society
June 17-20, 1995
Sponsored by the Social Science Computing Associating (SSCA)
Hosted by University of California, San Diego San Diego Supercomputer Center
Please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible; this conference overlaps with UCSD's graduation ceremonies.
The sixth annual Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences will take place June 17-20, 1995 at the Price Center on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. The conference will provide an opportunity for social scientists to share information and their experiences with the use of computers for instruction, research, decision making, policy formation, and related professional activities. The conference program will be especially valuable to social scientists who depend upon computing in their work, but also to others who support social science computing, those responsible for providing and supporting the social science computing infrastructure, and those who have an interest in the impact of the computing revolution on social science, individuals, and society. The conference is sponsored by the Social Science Computing Association (SSCA) and hosted by the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego Supercomputer Center, with additional support provided by Cray Research, Inc. and Intel.
The theme of the conference this year, "Changing Technology, Changing Society," reflects the significance of the changes that information and computing technologies are bringing to personal, community, and societal behavior. These technologies are causing changes in the subjects of social inquiry and are affecting the tools and methods used to study social phenomena.
Preliminary Program
Saturday, June 17
San Diego Supercomputer Center, training room
Workshop: Locating Data and Information Resources on the Internet for Social Scientists, 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
[Space is limited. Additional registration ($30) is required. Refreshments provided.]
Social Science Resources
Mike D'Zmura, University of California, Irvine
Access to Data
Albert F. Anderson, University of Michigan
Dinner on your own.
Conference reception at the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Come meet new colleagues, enjoy old friendships, and take in the sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
Sunday, June 18
Continental breakfast in the registration area at the UCSD Price Center, 8:30 a.m.
UCSD Price Center Theater
Keynote Address: The Evolution of a National Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Sid Karin, director, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Sidney Karin is the founder and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), adjunct professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UCSD, and the vice president for advanced computing at General Atomics, the company that administers SDSC. Karin is co-author, with Norris Parker Smith, of The Supercomputer Era, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1987. Recognized as a national expert on high-performance computing and its application to advancing scientific research, he is a frequent invited speaker and serves on numerous national panels. Karin has a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York, M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan, and is a registered professional engineer.
Plenary Panel: The Current State of Social Science Computing, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Roberta Balstad Miller, president of the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network; Darleen Fisher, program manager of the National Science Foundation Networking and Communications Research Program; and Richard Rockwell, executive director of the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Lunch provided, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Session 1A, 1:30 p.m.
The Information Superhighway: History and Future
The First Information Superhighway: The French Experience with Videotex
Andrew=20Feenberg, San Diego State University
A Computer Network is a Communications Network is a Social Network: Implications of Computer-mediated Communication for the Virtual Work Place and the Global Community
Barry Wellman, Marilyn Mantei, Janet Salaff, Dimitrina Dimitrova, Laura Garton, Milena Gulia, Paul Gregory, and Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of Toronto, Canada
Session 1B, 1:30 p.m.
Simulation and Expert Systems Computer Environments and Expert Systems for Content Analysis
William Evans, Georgia Institute of Technology
Can Your Computer Program Analyze My Data?
Lyn Richards, La Trobe University, Australia
Session 1C, 1:30 p.m.
Data Management, Access, and Analysis
Microsimulation Catalog System (MCS)
Randy Hirscher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Online Codebook Browsing and Conversational Survey Analysis
Jianzhang He and Fredric Gey, UC Data Archive & Technical Assistance, University of California
Session 2A, 3:30 p.m.
Computing and Society
Electronic Mail and the Reinvigoration of Democracy
Richard Groper, University of Southern California
Session 2B, 3:30 p.m.
Teaching and Instructional Strategies
Laboratories for Comparative Social Science: The Norwegian Social Science Data Services
Jostein Ryssevik, Norwegian Social Science Data Services
Hands-On Analysis of U.S. Census Data in the Classroom
William Frey, University of Michigan
Session 2C, 3:30 p.m.
Information Systems
Developing a Distributed-computing U.S. Census Database Linkage System
Terry Finnegan and Vernon Burton, NCSA
Session 2D, 3:30 p.m.
Desktop Computing
Computing in the Home
Alladi Venkatesh, University of California, Irvine
The Future of Spreadsheets
James Danziger, University of California, Irvine
Demonstrations (with refreshments) at SDSC, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. that may include the following:
* The Social Sciences Data Collection at UCSD: The Lijphart Election Data Archive and More
Jim Jacobs, UCSD
* Computers as Musical Instruments
Miller Puckette, UCSD
* NCSA Mosaic
Melanie Loots, NCSA
* SDSC Interactive Multimedia
Andrea Ames Alvarado, SDSC
* Computers and Art at SDSC
Robert H. Russ, SDSC
* "In the Bag" Virtual Shopping
Dema Zlotin, SDSC
* SDSC Oceana
Karin Braun and Sandra Braun, SDSC
* "Cyberspace Report," public and affairs show covering high technologies
Lisa M. Covi, UC, Irvine
* Social Sciences on the WWW
Christina Woo, UC Irvine=09
* Music Technology User Group
Jon Jenkins, SDSC=09
* Knowledge System Representations on the Web
Nicolas Thiery, UC, Irvine
* Academic Computing
Steve Franklin, UC Irvine
Dinner on your own.
Monday, June 19
Continental breakfast in the registration area, 8:00 a.m.
Session 3A, 8:30 a.m.
Analyzing Social Structures and Events
Automating the Theory of Comparative Narratives
Toby R. Conyers, M.G. Everett, and L. White, University of Greenwich, Woolwich, London, England
Computational Social Systems: A Metatheoretical Grammar and Methodology for Exploring Structurational Dynamics
Martin Ruef, Stanford University
Session 3B, 8:30 a.m.
Wired and Wireless Networks
How Fast is a Fast LAN?
Kerry Hake, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wireless Communication Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure
Todd M. La Porte, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
Session 3C, 8:30 a.m.
Computing and the Person
Human-computer Enmeshment: Identity Diffusion through Mastery
Myron Orleans, California State University, Fullerton
Another Side of Technology and Social Change: Some Reflections from Sociobiology
Louis R. Gaydosh, The William Paterson College of New Jersey
Session 3D, 8:30 a.m.
Realizing Opportunity: Bringing Technology to Bear
Analyzing Data on Mortality and Morbidity
David Phillips, University of California, San Diego
Interacting with Mass Data
Albert F. Anderson, University of Michigan
Session 4A, 10:30 a.m.
Computing and Public Policy
The Strategic Development of Informatics in Brazil (DESI)-The Role of Public Agencies in Shaping and Implementing Government Policies: CNPQ and EMBRATEL
Guillermo Asper, Universidade de Brasilia
Session 4B, 10:30 a.m.
Technology and Research Tools
Applying Parallel Techniques to Data Access
Chinya V. Ravishankar, University of Michigan
Strata: An Experiment in Devolution-Demoting the Professional Developer from Master to Servant Again
William Gould, Strata Corporation
Session 4C, 10:30 a.m.
Social Networks and Kinship Analysis
Network Analysis of "Total" Social Organization
Douglas R. White, University of California, Irvine
Kinship Software
Patricia Skyhorse, University of California, Irvine
Session 4D, 10:30 a.m.
=46ocus Group: Constructing a Global Information Infrastructure for Sustainable Development: Preliminary Brainstorming and Project Discussions
Bruce Tonn and Dennis L. White, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lunch provided with speaker, 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Workshop: NUD.IST Qualitative Data Analysis Software [NUD.IST stands for Non-numerical, Unstructured, Data Indexing, Searching, and Theorizing.], 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Lyn Richards, La Trobe University, Australia
Workshop: Multimedia in the Classroom, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Edwin H. Carpenter, University of Arizona
Workshop: Getting Internet Support Software Installed at Home, 1:30 - 4:00 p= .m.
Valerie Polichar, University of California, San Diego
SSCA Business Meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Banquet, UCSD Ballroom, 5:30 p.m.
Oxford Debate: "Resolved-Information Technology Will Significantly Increase the Quality of Life for People in the 21st Century."
Grant Blank, University of Chicago, Roberta Balstad Miller, Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Bruce Tonn, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Michael Vasu, North Carolina State University
Tuesday, June 20
Continental breakfast in the registration area, 8:00 a.m.
Session 5A, 8:30 a.m.
Research Strategies
Methodological Integration and Statistical Strategies in Social Research
Rosanna Memoli, Unversit=E1 Degli Studi Di Roma
Validating Process, Content, and Outputs: Total Quality Information
Dennis L. White and Kendra A. Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session 5B, 8:30 a.m.
Computing Support and Services
Human Capital Issues in the Use of Information Technology in Education
Byron L. Davis and Edward L. Kick, University of Utah
The Struggle for Computer Literacy in the Social Sciences: A Case Study
Michael Shalev, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Session 5C, 8:30 a.m.
Digital Libraries
Digital Libraries
Robert Kling, University of California, Irvine
Digital Libraries
Mark Ackerman, University of California, Irvine
The Materials of Scholarly Communication: The Shifting Balance between Paper and Digital Media
Lisa M. Covi, University of California, Irvine, and Rob Kling, University of California, Irvine and Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations
Closing Plenary Session, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Awards and invitation to next year's meeting in Minneapolis, MN, held in conjunction with the IASSIST meeting
Albert F. Anderson, University of Michigan, and Richard Rockwell, ICPSR
Conference adjourns.
General Information
This information and abstracts for the planned presentations are available on the World Wide Web at this URL: http://www.sdsc.edu/Events/CSS95.html
Registration
You can pick up your conference materials at the following times/places:
Saturday, June 17
12:00 - 4:30 p.m., SDSC 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (prior to the conference reception)
Sunday, June 18
8:00 - 4:30 p.m., UCSD Price Center 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., SDSC (during the demonstrations)
Monday, June 19 8:00 - 4:30 p.m., UCSD Price Center Tuesday, June 20 8:00 - noon, UCSD Price Center
Hotel Information
All room blocks for CSS95 will be honored until May 26, 1995. Mention San Diego Supercomputer Center/CSS95 when you make your reservation. Make your reservation early, as CSS95 is meeting the same weekend as the UCSD graduation ceremonies. We recommend the following hotels:
Torrey Pines Inn 11480 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 619-453-4420
$25 shuttle to/from airport; transportation to CSS95; 20-minute walk to CSS95; beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean; walking trails; golf course; simple, sparely furnished rooms. $65-$70/night.
Residence Inn 8901 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 619-587-1770
=46ree airport transportation to CSS95, 20-minute walk to CSS95, free continental breakfast and happy hour daily, convenient to restaurants, full kitchens in rooms, modern facilities. $81-$135/night.
Embassy Suites 4550 La Jolla Village Drive La Jolla, CA 92122 619-453-0400
10-minute drive to CSS95, $9 shuttle to airport, transportation to CSS95, free full breakfast and happy hour daily, microwave and refrigerator in rooms, modern facilities. $95-$105/night.
Parking
Parking on campus at UCSD is included in your registration fee. When you first arrive on campus, check in at the UCSD Information Booth at the corner of Northview Drive and Hopkins Drive, mention that you're attending CSS95, and receive a permit good for the duration of the conference. This permit should include a "fish" sticker that entitles you to park in the lot next to the Martin Johnson House for the Saturday night reception. On campus, be sure to park in one of the green slots reserved for "staff," not a red slot reserved for "faculty." For events at the UCSD Price Center, we recommend you park in lot #502 near Warren College. For the Saturday workshop and Sunday evening demos at SDSC, we recommend you park in SDSC's lot #354 or in lot #306, just to the west of the International Relations and Pacific Studies School.
Media
Members of the media are welcome to attend CSS95 at no charge. Please present your credentials at the registration desk upon arrival. For advance information, contact Ann Redelfs, 619-534-5032, redelfs@sdsc.edu.
About SDSC
=46or more information about SDSC, refer to SDSC's WWW home page at http://www.sdsc.edu/ or contact Ann Redelfs, 619-534-5032, redelfs@sdsc.edu.
About Other Sites in San Diego
Contact the San Diego Visitors and Convention Bureau at 619-232-3101 or refer to this WWW address: http://www.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Geninfo/SDarea/sdarea.html
About the Social Science Computing Association (SSCA)
The Social Science Computing Association (SSCA) was founded at the 1990 Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences (CSS90). The current president of SSCA is William Bainbridge, National Science Foundation. Albert Anderson, University of Michigan, is the president elect. The purpose of SSCA, an interdisciplinary organization, is to promote the development of computing within the social sciences through organized activities and the interchange of ideas, data, teaching materials, experiences, research results, and other resources. The term "computing" is interpreted in a broad sense, encompassing information technology and electronic networks using computers, and the term "social sciences" includes all rigorous approaches to understanding human society and all applied disciplines involving social science and behavioral research. SSCA has a professional publication, the Social Science Computer Review (SSCORE). G. David Garson, North Carolina State University, is the editor, and Ronald Anderson, University of Minnesota, is the co-editor. Membership dues for SSCA and a subscription to SSCORE are $48 (individuals); $80 (libraries and institutions); and $24 (students).
Contact: Duke University Press Journals Division Box 90660 Durham, NC 27708-0660 Phone: 919-688-5134
Duke accepts personal checks and credit cards (Visa, MasterCard). For postage outside the U.S, please add $8. Canadian residents, please add 7% GST.
SSCA also has a list-serve for sharing information about social science computing. To subscribe, send e-mail to majordomo@ag.arizona.edu
Because the system is automated, all you have to include in the e-mail message is this line: subscribe ssca
Please do not attach any signatures or other material. =46or further information about SSCA, please contact
Bruce Tonn Energy Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4500N, MS 6207 Bethel Valley Road PO Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6207 Phone: 615-574-4041 =46ax: 615-574-3895 E-mail: bet@ornl.gov
Please complete this form and send it in with your payment. Conference registration includes all sessions in the program, three continental breakfasts (Sunday-Tuesday), two lunches (Sunday and Monday), the reception on Saturday night, and the demonstrations on Sunday at SDSC.
There is a separate charge for the Saturday workshop on locating data and information resources on the Internet.
CSS95 Registration form
Professor/Dr./Mr./Ms./Mrs. (circle one) Name: Institution: Mailing address:
E-mail address: Office phone: =46AX: Home phone: Advance registration fees (Please make your check payable in U.S. dollars to UC Regents; no credit cards are accepted.)
$30 Saturday workshop
$200 Conference (includes banquet) (must be received by June 9; registration increases to $250 during the conference)
$50Student registration (includes banquet)
Total enclosed: $
Please send this form with your payment to
Doraine Bell Dean's Office of Social Sciences University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0064
Questions can be addressed to Nancy Jensen, 619-534-5039, jensenn@sdsc.edu.
Map of the northern portion of the University of California, San Diego campus, showing conference sites SDSC and the Price Center. =46rom the San Diego airport, follow signs to Hwy 5 North. Drive about 20-25 minutes on Hwy 5. Exit at Genesee Avenue. Go west (left). At the top of the hill (three lights later), turn left into campus (intersection of Genesee and N. Torrey Pines); the road into campus is called Northview Drive. You'll see a big sign for UCSD.
Directions to the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for the reception Saturday, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. At the north end of the UCSD campus (at the intersection of Northview Drive and Genesee Avenue, head west on Genesee Avenue (same as North Torrey Pines Road). At the third intersection, turn right onto La Jolla Shores Drive and wind your way down the hill. After a hairpin turn to the left (past the Southwest Fisheries Science Center), turn right onto Biological Grade. See the map above for the exact location of the Johnson House. Parking is right next to it.
1995 Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences San Diego Supercomputer Center 10100 John J. Hopkins Drive La Jolla, CA 92093
Gail W. Bamber Graphic Designer San Diego Supercomputer Center bamberg@sdsc.edu (619)534-5150 ```
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