1994 Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences
Sponsors: Social Sciences Computing Association
Office of Academic Computing Services,
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Maryland
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 Balstead Miller, CIESIN
"Information Society: Its Dangers and Opportunities"
Thematic Panel: Perspectives on the Information Society and Social
Sciences
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
Chris Waldrep, Chair, Eastern Illinois University
Randolph Roth, Ohio State University
Panel 2: The Role of Computing in History (Continued)
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: Managing the Net
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:
Clyde Tucker, et. als., Bureau of Labor Statistics, Changing
Technology in Survey Data Collection
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
Joseph Lengermann, University of Maryland et als
Panel 6: Accessing and Using Data Bases
Peter Granda, ICPSR, Data Archiving and Network Distribution: The
Euro-barometer Surveys
Robert Danziger, European University Institute, Statistical
Databases of the European Union
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
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
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
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
Tutorial: Using the History Network
Richard Jensen, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle
Panel 8: Keeping Up with Technology: An Education Challenge
Chair: Ron Anderson, University of Minnesota et als
Panel 9: 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. Federal Highway GIS,
Frank Southworth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
5. Electronic Social Science Coursework,
David Garson, North Carolina State University
6. Designing Multimedia for the Social Sciences, Triebwasser
7. Information Meeting for Center for Electronic Records, National
Archives,
Margaret Q. Adams, National Archives
8. GIS, Street Addresses, and Social Science,
Derek Thompson and Donald Jarvinen, University of Maryland
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 10: Simulation and Statistics: The Role of IT
Gary Anderson, University of Maryland, The Use of Mathematica
Across the Internet
Chris Mooney, University of Essex, Bootstrapping, A
Computationally Intensive, Non-parametric Approach to Statistical
Inference
Solomon Honig, Montclair State University, Modeling PaRandom
Economic Models with Spreadsheet Programs
Panel 11: Qualitative Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis
William Evans, Georgia Tech, Computer Environments for Content
Analysis
Evelyn Rodriguez Alamo, University of Puerto Rico at Rico
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 12: NCSA Probe Project Update
Melanie Loots, Chair, NCSA
Andy Beveridge, Queens College, Vernon Burton, 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 13: Issues in the Use of IT in Higher Education
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 14: Software Reviews
Ed Brent, University of Missouri
Richard Goldstein, Software Reviews Editor of the American
Statistician, An Editor/User's View of Software Reviews
Grant Blank, University of Chicago, The Science of Software
Reviews
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University College
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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