2013 Schedule

i3 Scholars — Introductory Institute: June 2 - 28, 2013

                       

Sunday
June 2

Monday
June 3

Tuesday
June 4

Wednesday
June 5

Thursday
June 6

Friday
June 7

Saturday
June 8

2013 i3 Scholars Arrive at the University of Pittsburgh

Check-in at Ruskin Hall

Breakfast
Meet and Greet
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Mock Interviews
10:00AM – 11:00AM
IS 305
Formal Attire

 

Orientation & Program Overview
10:30AM – 11:30AM
IS 305

Workshop
Information Technology and Sustainability
Randy Weinberg
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Digital Mosaic: Information Needs of Diverse Peoples
Alexia Hudson
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
The Discipline of Organizing
Bob Glushko
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Interview Debriefing & Discussion of Cover Letters
11:00AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Kennywood Amusement Park
Meet outside Ruskin Hall at 10:30AM

Tour of Campus
11:30AM – 1:00PM

Group Lunch & Discussion
Overview of the iSchools
12:00PM – 1:30pm
IS 305

Discussion/Activity
Building Resumes
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch
Organizing Activities
Bob Glushko
12:00PM – 2:00pm
IS 305

Independent Lunch & Break
12:00PM – 1:30PM

Group Lunch &
Icebreaker

Writing Assignment #1 Discussed
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Discussion
Information History Facts & Trivia
Kip Currier
1:00PM – 2:30pm
IS 305

Workshop
From Archives & Avatars to Webinars & YouTube: Job Opportunities in IS
Wes Lipschultz
2:00PM – 3:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Entrepreneurship, Security, & Technology
Robert Jordan
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
What are the Information Sciences? What is Information?
Ryan Champagne
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Mobile App Development with CODIQA
Randy Weinberg
1:30PM – 3:30PM
IS 305

 

Discussion/Activity
Resume Revisions & Feedback
3:00PM – 4:30PM
IS 305

Review of Writing Assignment #2
3:00PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Writing Assignment #3 Discussed

 

Review of Writing Assignment #1
4:00PM – 5:00PM
IS 305

Writing Assignment #2 Discussed

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address: Bill Strickland
5:30PM – 8:00PM
William Pitt Union Room 548
Formal Attire

 

 

OPTIONAL
Rita’s Italian Ice & TED Talks
8:00PM
Meet outside Ruskin Hall

Introduction to Asana Project Management
8:00PM – 9:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

 

 

OPTIONAL
Three Rivers Arts Festival
June 7-16 All Day
Cultural District & Downtown

 

Sunday
June 9

Monday
June 10

Tuesday
June 11

Wednesday
June 12

Thursday
June 13

Friday
June 14

Saturday
June 15

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

2012 i3 Scholars Arrive at the University of Pittsburgh

Check-in at Ruskin Hall

Activity
RC Helicopter Obstacle Course & Discussion
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Copyright and Copy Rights in the Copy Age
Kip Currier
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Off-Site Visit
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
10:30AM – 12:00PM
PSC, Craig St.

Workshop
Not Undergrad Part 2
Marcia McIntosh
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Documenting Society, Analog and Digital: The Archival Profession and Mission
Richard Cox
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Review of Writing Assignment #3
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Speaker
Emotional Intelligence
Sandra Brandon
12:00PM – 1:30PM
IS 305

Independent Lunch on Craig St.
12:00PM – 1:00PM

Group Lunch & Discussion
Google Fiber
12:00PM – 1:30PM
IS 305

Activity
Scholarship & Financial Aid Hunting
Michael Depew
Courtney Loder
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Discussion Engineering at the iSchools
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Workshop
Building Entrepreneurial Skills at the iSchools
Michael Depew
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 305

Tour of Carnegie Mellon University
1:00PM – 2:00PM

Review of Writing Assignment #4
1:30PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Discussion
Cognitive Sciences at the iSchools
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Activity
CODIQA Mobile App Showcase & Presentations
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

i3 Application Peer Reviews

Writing Assignment #4 Discussed
3:00PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Puzzle Based Learning
Raja Sooriamurthi
2:30PM – 4:30PM
IS 305

Workshop
 Game Design Throwdown
Toni Pizza
2:30PM – 5:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
 Content Repurposing & GIF Creation
Joshua Cartagena
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

 

 

 

Activity
Panel Discussion and a Night with PhD Students
5:30PM – 7:00PM
IS 3rd Floor

OPTIONAL
Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Game
6:30PM – 10:30PM
PNC Park (Downtown)
Free T-Shirt Night at the Stadium

 

 

Cohort Meet & Greet
Pizza & Snacks
8:00PM – 9:30PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

Sunday
June 16

Monday
June 17

Tuesday
June 18

Wednesday
June 19

Thursday
June 20

Friday
June 21

Saturday
June 22

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Workshop
Information for All? Access as a Civil Right and Dangers of the Digital Divide
Marisa Ramirez
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
The Edge of Right and Wrong: Peer-2-Peer File Sharing and Mash-Ups
Kip Currier
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Team and Project Management
Jeria Quesenberry
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Social Media and Health
Fay Cobb Payton
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Landmines in the PhD Process
Fay Cobb Payton
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Research Design: Part 1
Courtney Loder
11:00AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Research Design: Part 2
Courtney Loder
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Discussion
Gender Issues in IS & Grad School
Rosta Farzan
12:00PM – 1:30pm

Female i3ers: IS 305
Male i3ers: Ruskin Hall Commons

Activity
Intellectual Property Debates
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Independent Lunch & Break
12:00PM – 1:30PM

Activity
StrengthsQuest Personal Inventory
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch
1:00PM – 2:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch
1:00PM – 2:30pm
IS 305

Group Lunch
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

 

Kayaking on the Allegheny River
3:00PM – 5:00PM

Workshop
Communication Strategies
Karen Liljequist
1:30PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Workshop
Design Exercises & Prototyping
Cory Knobel
2:30PM – 5:00PM
IS 305

Research Design: Part 5
Courtney Loder
1:30PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Workshop
GTID: Device Type Fingerprinting
Raheem Beyah
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Duquesne Incline & Mt. Washington for Pictures
1:00PM – 3:30PM
Meet Outside Ruskin Hall

Workshop
Network & Data Visualizations
 Oliver Haimson
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
The Dark Side of Social Media
Lynette Kvasny
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 522

 

 

Research Design: Part 3
Courtney Loder
8:00PM – 9:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

 

Dinner & Bowling Night at Arsenal Lanes
6:00PM – 9:00PM
Meet outside Ruskin Hall at 5:00PM

Research Design: Part 4
Courtney Loder
8:00PM – 9:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

 

 

2012 Cohort Research Presentation
Time Zone Scholars
6:00PM – 7:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

Sunday
June 23

Monday
June 24

Tuesday
June 25

Wednesday
June 26

Thursday
June 27

Friday
June 28

Saturday
June 29

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 305

 

i3 Scholars Depart from University of Pittsburgh

Check-out of Ruskin Hall

 

Research Teams Meet
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

Workshop
Bioinformatics & the Natural Sciences in IS
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305

2012 Cohort Research Presentation
Amana Kaskazi
10:30AM – 11:30AM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

2013 Cohort Research Proposals
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

Workshop
Building Your Capital
Michael Depew
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 305

Group Lunch
12:00PM – 1:30PM
IS 305

iSchool Presentation
Carnegie Mellon University
11:30AM – 12:30PM
IS 305

Group Lunch & Discussion
i3 & Opportunities for Academic Credit
12:00PM – 1:30PM
IS 305

iSchool Presentation
University of Pittsburgh
1:30PM – 2:30PM
IS 305

Group Picnic Lunch
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS Patio Outside

Workshop
How to Talk to Faculty & Advisors
Joe Sanchez
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 305

Independent Lunch
1:00PM – 2:00PM

2013 Cohort Research Proposals
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

Workshop
Building Your Networks: Professional Associations
Michael Depew
2:30PM – 3:30PM
IS 305

2012 Cohort Research Presentation
Team WORC
4:00PM – 5:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

Off-Site Visit
Mattress Factory: Installation Art Museum
2:00PM – 4:30PM
Meet outside Ruskin Hall

 

2012 Cohort Research Presentation
Team GAMERS
4:00PM – 5:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

2012 Cohort Research Presentation
Dream Team
5:00PM – 6:00PM
IS 305
Formal Attire for Presenters

 

Graduation & Recognition Ceremony
5:00PM – 8:00PM
University Club
Formal Attire