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benbendc

  1. Getting Ready for Dublin Social Media Visualization Workshop at ICWSM - strong list of speakers icwsm.org/2012/program/w…
  2. BIG NEWS! Nick @Feamster and Marshini Chetty @ineffablicious are joining #UMD faculty in CS and #i_UMD #HCIL
  3. Matt Richtel raises good issue & solutions Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era nytimes.com/2012/05/30/us/…
  4. @krees @flowingdata Thanks for the warm supportive review of #HCIL #UMD Symposium while Nathan Yau is away
  5. Thanks @nathanyau for the cheerful supportive review of #HCIL #UMD symposium flowingdata.com/2012/05/27/tho…
  6. @msbernst Congrats on the Stanford faculty spot
  7. Thanks @nanther Always fascinated when @benbendc holds court. Such an engaging and reassuring presentation style #HCIL #MedicalInformatics
  8. Photos from morning sessions at #HCIL Symposium #UMD flickr.com/photos/ben_shn…
  9. I give 25 roses to Catherine Plaisant for 25 years in #HCIL #UMD - may you all be so fortunate to have a collaborator like @cplaisant
  10. #HCIL Google Research Awards go to @danarotman (citizen science) and Chang Hu (Monotrans)
  11. The show begins #HCIL #UMD 29th Annual Symposium - @JenGolbeck thanks sponsors, tells the story...HCIL Hero Award goes to Asher Epstein
  12. Excitement mounts - #HCIL Symposium #UMD starts Tues morning: 30 talks, 4 tutorials, 3 workshops, 2 research awards, 1 surprise honor!
  13. Equity is the great economic accelerator - Everyone benefits when Everyone shares the benefits!
  14. Tues May 22 webinar: Resilience Engineering: Healthcare's next safety frontier? MedStar Institute for Innovation center.ncet2.org/index.php?opti…
  15. Rereading Tufekci:"data show that social-media users are having more conversations with people -- online and off!" theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
  16. Rereading Tufekci: "social media is a counterweight to the ongoing devaluation of human lives..brimming with humanity" theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
  17. Summer Social Webshop is open for grad student applicants, Aug 21-24, College Park with rock star speakers #UMD #HCIL cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop20…