Marc A. Smith Marc Smith is a senior research sociologist at Microsoft Research specializing in the

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Cybersociology Forum at UH with Microsoft's
in-house Sociologist

• Marc A. SmithMarc Smith is a senior research
  sociologist at Microsoft Research specializing in
  the social org anization of online communities
  and computer mediated interaction. He founded and
  leads the Community Technologies Group at MSR.
  He is the co-editor of Communities in Cyberspace
  (Routledge), a collection of essays exploring the
  ways identity interaction and social order
  develop in online groups.Smith's research
  focuses on computer-mediated collective action
  the ways group dynamics change when they take
  place in and through social cyberspaces. Many
  groups in cyberspace produce public goods and
  organize themselves in the form of a commons (for
  related papers see http//www.research.microsoft.
  com/masmith). Smith's goal is to visualize these
  social cyberspaces, mapping and measuring their
  structure, dynamics and life cycles. He has
  developed a web interface http//netscan.research.
  microsoft.com) to the "Netscan" engine that
  allows researchers studying Usenet newsgroups to
  get reports on the rates of posting, posters,
  cross-posting, thread length and frequency
  distributions of activity.
• Lectures and Videoconferences -March 17-18, 2008
  
  REGISTRATION REQUIRED in all
  events)
• Computer-mediated Collective Action - March 17,
  130-3 pm, Hemenway Theater 4-6pm
  at George 113A (with videoconference to the
  Philippines)
  Tools for Managing Online Communities - March
  18, 945am-12nn, KUY Rm 201 (with
  videoconference to UH Hilo, Maui CC, Kauia CC,
  Windward CC and Leeward CC)
• Presented by the Graduate Sociological Students
  Association and the Department of Sociology, with
  support from the Assistive Technology Centers of
  Hawaii and the Center on Philippine Studies.
  Funded (in part) by the University of Hawaii
  Student Fee Program Activity Board.

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Computer-mediated collective action March 17,
2008 (Monday) 130-3 pm, Hemenway Theater
4-6pm -George Hall Rm 113A
(with videoconference to the
Philippines)

• Collective action, social networks, and
  interactionist sociology can be integrated with
  information technology techniques like data
  mining and information visualization to
  systematically study these changes.  Online
  communication tools like email, SMS, and IM are
  now routine parts of many people's lives.  Novel
  forms of communication like blogs, micro-blogs,
  wikis, and folksomomies are attracting growing
  attention and labor contributions. Studies of
  these computer-mediated social spaces reveal
  patterns and structures that highlight
  specialized social roles and complex ecologies of
  their interactions. 
• Participating groups
• GSSA -Department of Sociology
• Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii
• AIM-World Bank Global Distance Learning
  Center
• Philippine E-learning Society
• Center on Philippine Studies
• Register via cybersociology08_at_yahoo.com

Presented by the Graduate Sociological Students
Association and the Department of Sociology, with
support from the Assistive Technology Centers of
Hawaii and the Center on Philippine Studies.
Funded (in part) by the University of Hawaii
Student Fee Program Activity Board (SAFPB).
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Tools for managing online communities March 18,
10am-12nn, KUY 201

• Speakers Dr Marc Smith, Microsoft Research
• Ms Vicky Garchitorena, President, Ayala
  Foundation, GILAS, Philippines
• Online community and social media are now
  key elements of many Internet business plans. 
  Several tools and management practices can make
  online communities return more on the investment
  organizations make in hosting facilities and
  employee time. 
• Information visualization of data mined patterns
  of behavior of contributors and collective spaces
  are reviewed to provide a guide to effective
  deployment and management of online communities
  for businesses.
• Programme
• 945am -Registration
• 1000 -Lecture Dr Marc Smith
• 1040 -Case study from the Philippines Ms Vicky
  Garchitorena
• 1110 -Question Answer
• 1140 -Synthesis
• 1150 -Acknowledgments /Closing remarks
• LIVE VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE TO UH HILO, MAUI CC,
  KAUIA CC, WINDWARD CC AND LEEWARD CC.

Register via cybersociology08_at_yahoo.com
Presented by the Graduate Sociological Students
Association and the Department of Sociology, with
support from the Assistive Technology Centers of
Hawaii and the Center on Philippine Studies.
Funded by the University of Hawaii Student Fee
Program Activity Board (SAFPB).
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Cybersociology forum at UH with Dr Marc
Smith Microsoft Research

• Marc A. Smithwww.research.microsoft.com/masmith
• Marc Smith is a senior research sociologist at
  Microsoft Research specializing in the social org
  anization of online communities and computer
  mediated interaction. He founded and leads the
  Community Technologies Group at MSR.He is the
  co-editor of Communities in Cyberspace
  (Routledge), a collection of essays exploring the
  ways identity interaction and social order
  develop in online groups.Smith's research
  focuses on computer-mediated collective action
  the ways group dynamics change when they take
  place in and through social cyberspaces. Many
  groups in cyberspace produce public goods and
  organize themselves in the form of a commons (for
  related papers see http//www.research.microsoft.
  com/masmith). Smith's goal is to visualize these
  social cyberspaces, mapping and measuring their
  structure, dynamics and life cycles. He has
  developed a web interface http//netscan.research.
  microsoft.com) to the "Netscan" engine that
  allows researchers studying Usenet newsgroups to
  get reports on the rates of posting, posters,
  crossposting, thread length and frequency
  distributions of activity.This research offers
  a means to gather historical data on the
  development of social cyberspaces and can be used
  to highlight the ways these groups differ from,
  or are similar to, face-to-face groups. Smith is
  applying this work to the development of a
  generalized community platform for Microsoft,
  providing a web based system for groups of all
  sizes to discuss and publish their material to
  the web.Smith received a B.S. in International
  Area Studies from Drexel University in
  Philadelphia in 1988, an M.Phil. in social theory
  from Cambridge University in 1990, and a Ph.D. in
  Sociology from UCLA in 2002.