Call for Papers: 2011 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science

November 19-21, 2011
Loyola University Chicago – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2011
http://chicagocolloquium.org

The Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS) brings together researchers and scholars in the humanities and computer science to examine the current state of digital humanities as a field of intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research.

Here is a brief look at the three most recent conferences in the DHCS series, which celebrates its sixth year running in 2011.

DHCS 2008 (University of Chicago) focused on “Making Sense” – an exploration of how meaning is created and apprehended at the transition from the digital to the analog.

DHCS 2009 (IIT) focused on computational methods in digital humanities, including computational stylistics, text analytics, and visualization.

DHCS 2010 (Northwestern) focused on “Working with Digital Data: Collaborate, Curate, Analyze, Annotate.”
With broad agency support for and continued cross-disciplinary interest in “digging into data” as well as cyberinfrastructure and collaboration, this year’s DHCS will continue to focus on these and related topics of interest to the community, with a formal colloquium theme to be unveiled as the program is finalized.

We invite submissions from scholars, researchers, practitioners (independent scholars and industry), librarians, technologists, and students, on all topics that intersect current theory and practice in the humanities and computer science.

This year’s DHCS is sponsored by Loyola University Chicago, The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Location and Venue Description

Loyola University Chicago
Water Tower Campus
820 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640

The conference will be held at Loyola University Chicago at its Water Tower Campus. Located near the Magnificent Mile and the historic Water Tower, the venue offers convenient access to excellent hotels and restaurants, not to mention ample opportunities for sightseeing and shopping. The time frame for the conference coincides with the annual unveiling of the holiday lights and delightful walks on the Magnificent Mile–the last chance before Chicago’s winter arrives in full force.

Keynote Speakers

The list of keynote speakers is still being determined and will be posted as the conference program is nearing completion.

Co-Chairs

George K. Thiruvathukal, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, http://www.thiruvathukal.com
Steven E. Jones, English, Loyola University Chicago, http://stevenejones.org/

Program Committee

Shlomo Argamon, Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, http://www.iit.edu/csl/cs/faculty/argamon_shlomo.shtml
Arno Bosse, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago
Helma Dik, Classics, University of Chicago, http://classics.uchicago.edu/faculty/dik
Doug Downey, Computer Science, Northwestern University, http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~ddowney/
William L. Honig, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, http://people.cs.luc.edu/whonig
Konstantin Läufer, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, http://laufer.cs.luc.edu
Peter Leonard, Humanities Research Computing, University of Chicago, http://home.uchicago.edu/psleonar/
Catherine Mardikes, University Library, University of Chicago
Mark Olsen, ARTFL Project, University of Chicago, http://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/
Ioan Raicu, Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/
Claire Stewart, University Library, Northwestern University, http://www.library.northwestern.edu/directory/claire-stewart

Journal of the Chicago DHCS Colloquium

Select papers and posters accepted at DHCS are published in the Journal of the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (JDHCS). Please visit http://jdhcs.uchicago.edu to view the full text of presentations from these colloquia.

Preliminary Colloquium Schedule

The formal DHCS colloquium program runs Saturday November 19 (afternoon), Sunday, November 20 (all day), and Monday, November 21 (ending mid-afternoon) and will consist of four, 1-1/2 hour paper panels and two, two-hour poster sessions as well as three keynotes. Pre-conference birds of a feather and tutorials will occur on Saturday, November 19, in the afternoon. Generous time has been set aside for questions and follow-up discussions after each panel and in the schedule breaks. There are no plans for parallel sessions. For further details, please see the conference website.

Registration Fee

Attendance for DHCS 2011 is free. All conference participants, however, will be required to register in advance. Details to follow as the conference program is finalized.

Submission Format

We welcome submissions that are either extended abstracts or full papers (8-page maximum, please) in PDF format. We welcome submissions for:

Paper presentations (15 and 30 minute presentations)
Posters
Software demonstrations
Performances
Pre-conference tutorials/workshops/seminars, and
Pre-conference “birds of a feather” meetings
This year, we are using the EasyChair software to handle all submissions.
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dhcs2011

The instructions are simple:

Register yourself (you will add co-authors later)
Confirm the registration e-mail.
Make sure you go back to the main link and sign in.
Create a “New Submission”. Fill in all appropriate sections.
Don’t forget to Upload Paper at the end of the form.
Submissions will only be accepted at the EasyChair URL above. Should you run into problems, please contact George K. Thiruvathukal at gkt+dhcs@cs.luc.edu. (The +dhcs is optional but will help to prioritize your e-mail.)

Graduate Student Travel Fund

A limited number of bursaries are available to assist graduate students who are presenting at the colloquium with their travel and accommodation expenses. More information about the application process will be available shortly at the Chicago Colloquium web site.

Important Dates

Deadline for Submissions: September 15
Notification of Acceptance: October 1
Full Program Announcement: October 15
Registration: October 1-November 15 (on-site will also be possible)
Colloquium: Sunday, November 20 – Monday, November 21, 2011