CCI Participates in iConference 2015

Create • Collaborate • Celebrate
March 24-27, 2015
Newport Beach, CA

Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI), host of iConference 2016 in Philadelphia, is proud to attend this year’s iConference in Newport Beach. This year’s program includes accepted presentations and posters from several members of the Drexel and CCI community:

Doctoral Colloquium:

CCI is proud to announce that PhD students Melinda Sebastian and Zhan Zhang were accepted into the iConference Doctoral Colloquium—where doctoral students are given the opportunity to present their current research or dissertation to senior faculty and receive feedback. CCI faculty member Susan Gasson will serve as a mentor at the Colloquium.

Presentations:

• “ I Go Into a Lot of Different Places to Get my Research ”: Graduate Students’ Mental Models of Research Tools and Services
  By Michael Khoo (Drexel University), Diana Massam, Hilary Jones

• Historical Considerations in Biodiversity Informatics
  By Michael Khoo, Gary Rosenberg (both of Drexel University)

• Practice-Based Information and Data Management: A Network Approach
  By Susan Gasson (Drexel University)

• Social Media Representations of Gender Diversity in Steampunk Communities of Practice
  By Andrea Marshall (Drexel University), Jennifer A. Rode (Drexel University)

Posters Accepted:

• “Technology-In-Practice and its Influence on User Involvement in OSS 2.0 Projects”
  Michelle Purcell (Drexel University)

• “Pre-hospital Information Use during Trauma Resuscitation”
  Zhan Zhang, Aleksandra Sarcevic (both of Drexel University)

Chairing:

• Organizing Committee Workshops Co-Chair: Aleksandra Sarcevic (Drexel University)

• Preliminary Papers 5: Thematic and Meta Analysis
  Wednesday, March 25, 3:45-5:15 p.m.
  Session Chair: Michael Khoo (Drexel University)

• Preliminary Papers 8: Knowledge Management in Academia
  Thursday, March 26, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
  Session Chair: Susan Gasson (Drexel University)

About iConference 2015

The iConference is an annual gathering of a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations—all situated in interdisciplinary discourses.

The program for iConference 2015 is available online at: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/sessions.php