2012 Schedule

i3 Scholars — Introductory Institute: June 3 - 28, 2012

                               

Sunday
June 3

Monday
June 4

Tuesday
June 5

Wednesday
June 6

Thursday
June 7

Friday
June 8

Saturday
June 9

i3 Scholars Arrive at the University of Pittsburgh

Check-in at Ruskin Hall

Breakfast
Meet and Greet
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Meet Outside Ruskin Hall
9:30AM
Formal Attire

 

Orientation
10:30AM – 11:30PM
IS 501

Workshop
From Cave Paintings to Cloud Computing: 30,000 Years of Information Use
Dr. Kip Currier
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
From Archives and Avatars To Webinars and YouTube: Job Opportunities in the Info. Professions
Wes Lipschultz
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
Conversation Design for Spoken Language Systems
Dr. Juan Gilbert
10:30AM – 12:00PM
Alumni Hall 532

2012 Summit on Diversity in the Information Sciences
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Carnegie Mellon University
Baker Hall A53

Workshop
Design, Build, Play: Creating Mobile Games with ARIS
Puja Dasari
Courtney Loder
10:30AM – 4:00PM
IS 501 & Outside

Tour of Campus
11:30PM – 1:00PM

Group Lunch &
Discussion of June 8 Summit on Diversity
12:00PM – 1:30pm
IS 1A04 & Lobby

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

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

Group Lunch at 2012 Summit
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Carnegie Mellon University
Baker Hall A53

Group Lunch &
Icebreaker
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 501

Workshop
What are the Information Sciences? What is Information?
Dr. Patrick Keilty
2:30PM – 4:00PM
IS 501

Off-Site Visit
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Cheryl Begandy
Nathan Stone
Deb Nigra
1:30PM – 3:30PM
Meet Outside IS

Workshop
Books You Can Play With and Games You Can Read
Dr. Leanne Bowler
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
Systems Trek: Exploring Strange, New Systems
Dr. Cory Knobel
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 406

Off-Site Visit
Tour of Carnegie Mellon University
1:30PM – 2:30PM

Guest Speaker
Robert Jordan
3:30PM – 5:00PM
Alumni Hall 532

 

Activity
iSchool SWAG Giveaway
Michael Depew
Courtney Loder
4:00PM – 5:00PM
IS 501

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
5:00PM – 8:00PM
O’Hara Student Center
Formal Attire

 

 

 

OPTIONAL
Mario Kart Tournament
8:00PM – 10:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

OPTIONAL
TED Talks Movie Night
8:00PM – 10:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

 

 

OPTIONAL
Three Rivers Arts Festival
8:00PM – 10:00PM
Cultural District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday
June 10

Monday
June 11

Tuesday
June 12

Wednesday
June 13

Thursday
June 14

Friday
June 15

Saturday
June 16

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

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

Workshop
Gender, Sexuality, and Information
Dr. Patrick Keilty
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
Copyright and Copy Rights in the Copy Age
Dr. Kip Currier
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
ATM: Arts, Technology, and Media
Bob Perkoski
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
Landmines in the Doctoral Process
Dr. Fay Cobb Payton
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 405

iSchool Presentation
UNC Chapel Hill
10:30AM – 11:30AM
IS 501

Watch Research Team Presentation
Team Solutions
11:30AM – 12:30PM
IS 501
Formal Attire for Presenters

Information Scavenger Hunt
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 501

Group Lunch
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 1A04 & Lobby

Independent Lunch & Break
12:00PM – 2:00PM

Independent Lunch & Break
12:00PM – 2:00PM

Independent Lunch & Break
12:30PM – 2:00PM

Independent Lunch & Break
1:00PM – 3:00PM

Robot Obstacle Course
1:00PM – 2:30PM
IS 8th Floor

Workshop
Information Technology and Sustainability
Dr. Randy Weinberg
3:00PM – 4:30PM
IS 501

Workshop
Digital Mosaic: Information Needs of Diverse Peoples in the Internet Age
Alexia Hudson
3:30PM – 5:00PM
IS 501

Watch Research Team Presentation
Team 4.5
2:00PM – 3:00PM
IS 501
Formal Attire for Presenters

Watch Research Team Presentation
Team Six Sigma
2:00PM – 3:00PM
IS 406
Formal Attire for Presenters

Watch Research Team Presentation
Team Too Cool for Names
2:00PM – 3:00PM
IS 501
Formal Attire for Presenters

 

 

Workshop
Information For All?  Access as a Civil Right, and Dangers of the Digital Divide
Marisa Ramirez
3:30PM – 5:00PM
IS 404

Workshop
 Sharpening Your Skill Sets for Success in Graduate School and Beyond
Marisa Ramirez
3:30PM – 5:00PM
IS 406

 

 

 

Graduation Dinner
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Cheesecake Factory in Southside Works

 

Research Project Prep
8:00PM – 9:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

Sunday
June 17

Monday
June 18

Tuesday
June 19

Wednesday
June 20

Thursday
June 21

Friday
June 22

Saturday
June 23

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast and iSchool Presentation
University of Pitt.
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast with Graduate Students
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

iSchool Presentation
University of Syracuse
10:30AM – 11:30PM
IS 501

Workshop
Are You Here?  How New Technologies Can Support Geographic Knowledge
Dr. Stephen Hirtle
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 403

Workshop
Blogging and New Media
Dr. Lynette Kvasny
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
The Edge of Right and Wrong: Peer-2-Peer File Sharing and Mash-Ups
Dr. Kip Currier
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 405

Workshop
Web App Security
Dr. Larry Heimann
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Discussion/Activity
Literature Review Prep
Michael Depew
Courtney Loder
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

Formation of Research Teams
11:30PM – 12:30PM
IS 501

Group Lunch &
Resume Review
12:00PM – 1:30pm
IS 501

Group Lunch &
Resume Review
12:00PM – 1:30pm
IS 501

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

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

 

Lunch & Speaker
Sandra Brandon
12:30PM – 2:00PM
IS 501

Break
2:00PM – 4:00PM

Workshop
Team and Project Management
Dr. Jeria Quesenberry
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 501

Off-Site Visit
Tour of Cathedral of Learning
1:30PM – 3:30PM
Meet Outside Ruskin Hall

Workshop
Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation: How Wikipedia Changes Everything (without changing anything) Dr. Brian Butler
1:30PM – 3:00PM
IS 405

Workshop
Letters of Intent and Cover Letters
Shabana Reza
1:30PM – 2:30PM
IS 501

Research Teams Meet
2:30PM – 3:30PM
IS 501

Workshop
Finding the Right Program and Advisor
Cynthia del Rosario
4:00PM – 5:00PM
Via Skype

iSchool Presentation
University of British Columbia
3:30PM – 4:30PM
IS 501

iSchool Presentation
University of California Berkeley
3:30PM – 4:30PM
IS 522

iSchool Presentation
University of Washington
3:30PM – 4:30PM
IS 522

 

Research Teams Meet
5:00PM – 6:00PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

Research Teams Meet
Group Contracts Due
8:00PM – 9:30PM
Ruskin Hall Commons

OPTIONAL
Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Game
6:30PM – 10:30PM
PNC Park (Downtown)

Activity
Panel Discussions and a Night with PhD Students
6:30PM – 8:30PM
IS 8th Floor

 

Sunday
June 24

Monday
June 25

Tuesday
June 26

Wednesday
June 27

Thursday
June 28

Friday
June 29

Saturday
June 30

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

 

Breakfast
9:30AM – 10:30AM
IS 501

i3 Scholars Depart from University of Pittsburgh

Check-out of Ruskin Hall

 

 

Workshop
Web Metrics and Analytics
Dr. Diane Kelly
10:30AM – 12:00PM
IS 501

Mock Interviews
Guest Interviewers
10:30AM – 12:30PM
IS 501
Formal Attire

Team Research Proposals
All Teams Will Present
10:30AM – 12:30PM
IS 501

iSchool Presentation
Carnegie Mellon University
12:00PM – 1:00PM
IS 501

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

Independent Lunch & Break
12:00PM – 2:00PM

Group Lunch
1:00PM – 2:00PM
IS 501

OPTIONAL
Off-Site Visit
Kayaking
1:30PM – 4:30PM
Meet Outside Ruskin Hall

 

Research Teams Meet
2:00PM – 3:00PM
IS 501

Workshop
Making It Rain: Paying for Grad School
Michael Depew
Courtney Loder
3:00PM – 4:00PM
IS 501

 

 

Closing Ceremony & Address:
Dr. Alfred Moye
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Location TBA
Formal Attire