Group Members: Kevin Almeroth, Bruce Bimber, Jennifer Earl, Andrew Flanagin, James Frew, Tobias Höllerer, Alan Liu, Miriam Metzger, Ben Y. Zhao.

Research Assistants and Graduate Students: Monica Bulger (lead RA for group), Katrina Kimport (lead RA for group), Ben Adams, Basak Alper, Alex Bostandijiev, Pablo Colapinto, Camilla Fiorese, Darren Hardy, Daniel Havey, Rama Hoetzlein, Jim Kleban, Rebekah Pure, Milena Viljoen.

The Transliteracies Social Computing Group is affiliated with the Center for Information and Technology (CITS) and the project on Credibility and Digital Media at UC Santa Barbara. Recognizing the increasing impact of social processes today on the creation, circulation, assessment, and use of online documents (so-called “Web 2.0”), the group works on defining the new field of “social computing.” Particular topics of study include: social computing technologies, analytical and data-mining methods, information credibility (new socio-technological mechanisms of authority, quality, and trust), and collective action.

Events

• Workshops & Colloquia




• [under construction]

Working Papers

• Research Reports related to Social Computing


• Objects for Study Related to Social Computing


• Social Computing Bibliography

The UCSB Social Computing Group held a workshop on Friday May 30th on the present and future of social computing with guests Joan DiMicco (IBM Collaborative User Experience Group), Tad Hirsch (MIT Media Lab), Peter Kollock (Sociology Dept., UCLA), Larry Sanger (a founder of Wikipedia, Editor-in-Chief of the Citizendium), and Nancy van House (School of Information, UC Berkeley). The workshop is a small-scale, by-invitation-only event designed to facilitate brainstorming.

Workshop Schedule:

• 8:00—Breakfast


• 8:30 – 9:15—Introductions (led by: Alan Liu)


• 9:30 – 10:45—Conversation Roundtable 1 (co-leads: Joan DiMicco, Alan Liu)


• 11:00 – 12:00—Bluesky Group Presentation & Discussion (co-leads: Pablo Colapinto, Darren Hardy, Rama Hoetzlein)


• 12:00 – 1:00—Lunch


• 1:00 – 2:15—Conversation Roundtable 2 (co-leads: Peter Kollock, Tad
  Hirsch)


• 2:30 – 3:45—Conversation Roundtable 3 (co-leads: Nancy Van House, Larry Sanger)


• 4:00 – 5:00—Critique Session (led by Kevin Almeroth)

For more information, visit the UCSB Social Computing Workshop Wiki.

About the UCSB Social Computing Group:
The UCSB Social Computing Group includes faculty and graduate students from several UCSB centers, programs, and initiatives—including the Center for Information Technology & Society, the Transliteracies Project, the Credibility & Digital Media@UCSB Project, the Bren School, Computer Science, Media Arts & Technology, Education, and Sociology.