Last week, IRE Project Members Elizabeth Buchanan and Michael Zimmer presented along with John Palfrey (Harvard University) and Montana Miller (Bowling Green University) at the Secretary's Advisory Committee to the Office of Human Research Protections.

Below you'll find slides for presentations by Buchanan, Zimmer, and Palfrey.

Of possible interest to IRE associates and colleagues:

*CALL FOR PAPERS *

/Special Issue: Trust and Privacy in Our Networked World/

"Smart networks” are becoming part of our daily life. For example, Web 2.0 and novel infrastructure networks, such as the “Smart grid,” publish and share semantically annotated data. As a result, machines are able to understand and process such data in order to enhance and increase the tasks that can be performed on today's Web. Such networks have become more and more “social” – i.e., information contained in these networks no longer consists merely of data about business services and products, but it increasingly includes information about people. Although smart networks promise new exciting business opportunities, their general goal of combining distributed semantically annotated knowledge raises controversial issues affecting both trust and privacy. These questions include:

·        Are the sources trustworthy?
·        How can I be sure that the information is valid?
·        How can I ensure that my disclosed personal data are not misused?
·        How and when can I share personal data with trusted people only?

A special journal issue entitled “Trust and Privacy in Our Networked World,” to be published in /Information /(the new Open Access Journal of Information Science, Information Technology, Data, Knowledge and Communication), examines these and related questions.  This journal (ISSN 2078-2489 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/), is published by MDPI (Molecular Diversity Preservation International) in Basel, Switzerland. The special issue will include papers that consider a wide range of topics and issues affecting both trust and privacy – e.g., from questions about conceptual and theoretical aspects of (the nature) of trust and privacy to practical and technical concerns regarding how both privacy and trust can be maintained in light of our current technological infrastructure.

On behalf of the Guest Editors of this Special Issue, Dr. Dieter M. Arnold and Professor Herman T. Tavani, we would like to invite you to contribute a comprehensive review article or a full research paper for peer-review and possible publication. This Special Issue collects both scientific papers and philosophical essays in the area of trust and privacy in smart networks. Thus, we welcome contributions that contain theoretical results as well as present practical examples from daily life. The website for this Special Issue can be found at http://mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/trust-privacy-networked-world/. The deadline for manuscript submission is 30 November 2010. You may send your manuscripts now or by the deadline. Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

This Special Issue will be fully Open Access, with Article Processing Charges waived for well prepared manuscripts. However, a fee of 250 CHF may apply if English editing or extensive revisions must be undertaken by the Editorial Office. Open Access is supported by the authors and their institutes. More information is available at http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/instructions/). Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with copies to the Guest Editors (Dr. Dieter M. Arnold, E-Mail:
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Prof. Herman T. Tavani, E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. Mark Burgin, E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). The subject title of the message should be "Manuscript for Special Issue on "Trust and Privacy in
Networked World"".

Please note that MDPI publishes several peer-reviewed, Open Access journals listed at http://www.mdpi.com/. The editorial board members, including several Nobel Laureates (http://www.mdpi.com/about/nobelists/), are all leading active scholars. All these journals maintain rapid, yet rigorous, peer-review, manuscript handling and editorial processes. All of our
journals have increased their impact factors, see the editorial "Full Open Access Journals Have Increased Impact Factors", http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/6/2254/.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Dieter M. Arnold and Herman T. Tavani

The School of Information Studies (SOIS) is proud to welcome Wilhelm Peekhaus as the 2010-11 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Information Policy.

Peekhaus earned a Doctorate in Library and Information Science in 2008 from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario (Canada).  Peekhaus comes to SOIS from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois where he was the 2008-10 Information in Society Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2003, he earned a Master’s of Library and Information Science from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from McGill University in Montréal, Quebec.

Peekhaus’ doctoral study primarily focused on the biotechnology community and information policy in Canada. In 2008, he successfully defended his dissertation, Canada’s Biotechnology Strategy: Struggles on the Knowledge Commons. At Illinois, he taught courses in information policy. In addition to numerous international conference presentations both within and beyond LIS, his work has been published by the Canadian Journal of Law & Technology, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of Information Ethics, and Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society.

“This is new ground for SOIS and we’re eager to welcome Wilhelm to our team,” said Center for Information Policy Research Director Elizabeth Buchanan. At SOIS, Peekhaus will help enhance the research profile of the school while also teaching graduate level courses. “Wilhelm brings a lot of experience with him to SOIS, and we know that he’ll play a big part in advancing our reputation as a leader in information policy.”

“Bringing in Wilhelm is a big step for SOIS,” said SOIS Interim Hope A. Olson. “With our recent grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and a postdoctoral program in place, SOIS has cemented its academic reputation as a leader in library and information science research.”

The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee offers several degrees and programs including the Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology, Master of Library and Information Science (accredited by the American Library Association), and Ph.D. in Information Studies. With a growing student body of more than 800, SOIS strives to meet the demand for information professionals at all levels in libraries, archives, corporations, government agencies, schools, and other institutions, and in higher education. SOIS is a leader in online education and currently enrolls students from all regions of the United States and from countries around the world. For more information about the school, its faculty, and its programs, see http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/ or call 1-888-349-3432.

WORKSHOP
January 4, 2011

Research Ethics and Systems Science: Where are We and Where are We Going?

Elizabeth Buchanan, Keith Miller, and Robert Mason

This full day workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of human subjects research regulations with a specific focus on the issues that impact systems sciences researchers directly. We will discuss issues in research administration, such as research integrity, scope and mission of review boards, and best practices for systems researchers in traditional forms of research, and then move into emergent issues of particular concern. These include cloud computing and privacy, confidentiality, ownership, and access issues; bot research; data repositories; shared research spaces; data security; and online research tools, such as survey generators. Each of these emergent forms of and for research raise implications for meeting
human subjects regulations.

This workshop will provide researchers with appropriate tools and strategies to meet the requirements of ethical conduct of research and research integrity responsibilities. Participants will work together to develop specific guidelines or best practices to assist research regulation in and around complex forms of research activities.

Robert Mason ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) was organizer and co-chair of the HICSS 42 minitrack on ethical issues and for minitrack for HICSS 43. His research interests include cultural issues in information science and knowledge management and the ethical dimension of
information systems research and design.

Keith Miller ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) holds the Louise and Karl Schewe Professorship in Liberal Arts and Sciences, and is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Springfield. He is the Editor of IEEE Technology & Society, Associate Director, Emiquon Field Station.

Elizabeth Buchanan ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) is the recipient of two National Science Foundation grants to study IRBs and their reviews of Internet-based research; and has been the chair and/or organizer of many professional conference sessions on Internet research ethics, including OHRP research forums. She is currently Chair, Association of Internet Researchers Ethics Working Group and Co-Director, International Society for Ethics and Information Technology. She is a member of the UWM Working Group on Research Integrity.