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css94 conferenceCSS94.UMCP (CSS94@BSS1.UMD.EDU)Thu, 12 May 1994 21:11:47 EDT
Social Sciences Computing Association Office of Academic Computing Services, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland The Social Science Computing Association's 5th Annual Conference will be held at the University of Maryland, University College, from May 31 - June 3, 1994. Computing for the Social Sciences 1994 (CSS'94) features the theme "Information Society: Superhighways or Gridlock?" The conference will focus on issues that relate to the National Information Infrastructure (NII) as the foundation of a universal electronic data network. Topics not directly related to the conference theme will be presented and discussed as well. This conference will feature presentations, panels, discussions, and demonstrations on a wide range of computing areas. Please review the conference agenda listed on the next few pages. The Program Chair for CSS94 is Dr. William Sims Bainbridge of the National Science Foundation. This year's conference chair is Professor Charles Wellford of the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Wellford is the Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, as well as the Acting Director of the Office of Academic Computing Services (OACS) at UMCP. General questions about the conference may be directed via electronic mail to CSS94@bss1.umd.edu, to Dr. Wellford at cwellford@bss2.umd.edu, or to William Bainbridge at wbainbri@nsf.gov. Registration Information CSS94 will be held May 31 - June 3, 1994 in the Adult Education Center of the University of Maryland, University College. Registration fees are as follows: Pre-registration (FAX or Mail-in by May 20): Non-Student: $150.00 entire conference Student: $75.00 entire conference On-Site Registration: Non-Student: $175.00 entire conference Student: $100.00 entire conference Single Day: $100.00 Registration includes all items listed in the agenda, as well as 2 working lunches and a working dinner. Please direct any questions to the CSS94 Office at (301) 405-1661 or e-mail CSS94@bss1.umd.edu. Registration Confirmation and Badge Pick-Up Registration forms postmarked on or before May 20, 1994 will be acknowledged by mail. Registration badges and conference materials may be picked up at University College during Registration Check-In hours. Registration Check-In Hours Tuesday, May 31 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Wednesday, June 1 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Thursday, June 2 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mail or FAX to: CSS94 Office Room 0221, Lefrak University Of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Phone : (301) 405-1665 Fax: (301) 314-9869 Name: __________________________________________ Title: __________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ City: _____________________________State: ______ Zip: ___________ Telephone: ____________________ Fax: _____________________ E-mail: ___________________ Choose one of the following: Check Enclosed for $ ____________ (Payable to University of Md) Purchase Order (Mail or FAX with Registration Form ) Internal Services Request Form ( Only for Departments at UMCP) Signature: _________________________ Date: ___________________ Getting to the Inn and Conference Center at the University of MD, University College >From Baltimore: I-95 South to the Capital Beltway (495) to College Park, U.S. Route 1 South (Exit 25). Proceed 1 mile south on U.S. 1 and take a right onto 193 West. At the 3rd traffic light (Adelphi Rd.), make a U-turn, and park in the parking lot on the right. >From Bowie/Annapolis and Areas to the East: Take Route 50 to the Capital Beltway (95), north on 95 to College Park. Exit to U.S. Route 1 South (Exit 25). Proceed one mile on Route 1 and turn right onto 193. At the 3rd traffic light (Adelphi Rd.), make a U-turn, and park in the parking lot on the right. >From Montgomery County and Areas to the West: Take the Capital Beltway (495) to New Hampshire Avenue South (650). At the 2nd light, make a left onto Adelphi Road. Go about 2 miles to the 3rd light, and make a left onto University Blvd. and an immediate right into the parking lot. Parking Garage rates at University College are $4.00 / day. The University College operates a hotel and two restaurants. Restaurant hours span 7:00 am - 10:00 pm Hotel room rates: Single $69.00 per night Double $84.00 per night Preliminary Program Theme: Information Society: Superhighways or Gridlock? Date: May 31 - June 3, 1994 Location: Adult Education Center University of Maryland at College Park Tuesday, May 31 Evening Reception Wednesday, June 1 Plenary Session Welcome - Bruce Tonn and Charles Wellford Keynote Address - Roberta Balstad Miller, Executive Director, CIESIN Title - Information Society: (O Brave New World) Thematic Panel: Perspectives on the Information Society and Social Sciences Chair: Chad McDaniel, University of Maryland Bruce Tonn, Oak Ridge National Laboratory William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation Ronald Anderson, University of Minnesota Panel 1: Towards a National Information Network: Problems and Prospects Richard Rockwell, Executive Director, ICPSR, Three Revolutions in Social Science Computing C. Ann Hollifield, Ohio State University, A National Network in the Global Village Dianne Phillips, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Vaut Le DeTour: The Information Highway in the U.K. James A. Anderson, Purdue University, Creating a National Information Infrastructure for Health Care Panel 2: The Role of Computing in History Chair: Chris Waldrep, Eastern Illinois University Randolph Roth, Ohio State University Vernon Burton, University of Illinois Terry Finnegan, William Patterson College Robert Harris, Binghamton University Luncheon Speaker, Richard Jensen, University of Illinois -- Chicago Circle H-Net -- History on Line Panel 3: Information Society: Highways or Tollroads? Chair: Sherwood Dowling, Simthsonian Institution Judith A. Perrolle, Northeastern University, The Tragedy of the Information Common: Privatization and the National Information Infrastructure Amy Fletcher, University of Georgia, Implementation of the Information Superhighway: An Analysis of Critical Issues J. Andrew Raynor, North Carolina State University, Who Owns the Road: Economic and Property Rights Implications of the Internet Panel 4: Changing Technology in Survey Data Collection Chair: Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics Demonstration - Herman W. Smith, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Interact 2.0 for AI Representation of Japanese and American Cultural Differences Tutorial: Multi Media Ed Carpenter, University of Arizona Panel 5: Teaching with Technology Chair: Joseph Lengermann, University of Maryland Panel 6: Accessing and Using Data Bases Chair: Bruce Tonn, OakRidge National Laboratory Peter Granda, ICPSR, Data Archiving and Network Distribution: The Euro-barometer Surveys Albert Anderson and Paul Anderson, University of Michigan, Interactive Access to Large Data Sets Joan Combs Durso, Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley, Getting Data on Americans Quickly: Using Census Data Exploration Programs in the classroom Demonstration - Watershed Base Map Development; From the Ignorant to the Sublime Robert O. Bixby, St. Cloud State University Demonstration in the AT&T Teaching Theater Chad McDaniel, University of Maryland Demonstration in the AT&T Teaching Theater Theo Stone, University of Maryland Thursday, June 2 Breakfast Discussion Groups: Community Network Projects Discussion Leader, Melanie Loots, National Center for Supercomputing Applications Designing a Questionnaire Concerning Federal Data Access Review Discussion Leader, Sherwood Dowling, Smithsonian Institution Plenary Session Chair: Ronald Anderson, University of Minnesota Andrew Molnar, National Science Foundation Tutorial: Using the History Network Richard Jensen, Executive Dirctor H-NET, University of Illinois at Chicago Panel 7: Information and Interaction: Technology and Social Structure Avi Hyman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, MOO's, MUD's, GOPHER and the Web: Ethnical Issues Arising from the Use of the Information Superhighway in Educational Settings John Sprage, Queens University, Approaches to Group Work and Data Sharing Glenn Ricart, University of Maryland, Economics to Networking John P. Walsh, University of Illinois at Chicago, Social Structure and Technology: Computer Networks and Scientific Work Kumiko Aoki, University of Hawaii, Intercultural Tele-Collaboration: A Proposed Research Project Panel 8: Computing Professionals and the Support of Social Sciences Kim Jordan, Chair, Whitman College Paul Duckenfield, Grinnell College Mark Keintz, University of Pennsylvania Thomas Flory, University of Wisconsin Demonstration - Global Data Systems Ric Cicone, CIESIN Luncheon Speaker: Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey Government Information Locator Service Demonstrations 1. MOSAIC, National Center for Supercomputing Applications 2. Great American History Machine, Chad McDaniel, University of Maryland 3. America On-Line, Steve Deitz, Smithsonian Institution 4. Electronic Social Science Coursework, David Garson, North Carolina State University 5. Developing Multimedia for the Social Sciences, Featuring An American Government Interactive Video Disc Marc A. Triebwasser, Central Connecticut State University 6. Information Meeting for Center for Electronic Records, National Archives, Margaret Q. Adams, National Archives 7. GIS, Street Addresses, and Social Science, Derek Thompson and Donald Jarvinen, University of Maryland 8. Interactive Access to PUMS, Albert Anderson and Paul Anderson, University of Michigan Business Meeting, Social Science Computing Association Speaker: Paul Peters, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information Imagining a World Transformed by Networking Friday, June 3 Panel 9: Simulation and Statistics: The Role of IT Chair: Albert Anderson, University of Michigan Gary Anderson, University of Maryland, The Use of Mathematica Across the Internet Solomon Honig, Montclair State University, Modeling Random Economic Models with Spreadsheet Programs Panel 10: Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis Chair: William Evans, Georgia Tech, Computer Environments for Content Analysis Evelyn Rodriguez Alamo, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Linguistics -- Conceptual or Iconographic Symbols Robert Brookshire, James Madison University, and Elaine K. Swift, Dartmouth College, Designing a Relational Database of Historical Congressional Statistics Stanford Mukasa, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Network Applications in Computer Aided Reporting Panel 11: NCSA Probe Project Update Chair: Melanie Loots, NCSA Andy Beveridge, Queens College Terry Finnegan, University of Illinois, Historical Census Data Analysis Joan Combs Durso, Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley, Constructing a Synthetic Data Set to Evaluate Income Dependent Child Support Guidelines Panel 12: Issues in the Use of IT in Higher Education Chair: David Garson, North Carolina State University Gary Klass, Illinois State University, Opening the Classroom to the World Brad Lyman, Baltimore County Community College, Scientific Inquiry into Sociology: A Laboratory Manual for Introductory Sociology Robert O. Bixby, St. Cloud State University, The Merging of Undergraduate, Graduate, Technical and Applied GIS and Remote Sensing Education Bruce Rocheleau, North Illinois University, The Organization and Politics of University Computing Panel 13: Software Reviews Chair: Ed Brent, University of Missouri Richard Goldstein, Software Reviews Editor of the American Statistician, An Editor/User's View of Software Reviews Ted Stevenson, PC Magazine, Reliable Reviews 22 Times a Year: How We Do It at PC Magazine Randy Pitzer, SPSS Inc, A Vendor's Perspective on Software Reviews Grant Blank, University of Chicago, The Science of Software Reviews ********************************************************************** CSS94 Office University of Maryland 0221 Lefrak Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: (301) 405 - 1661 FAX: (301) 314 - 9869 e-mail: CSS94@bss1.umd.edu **********************************************************************
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