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NOSHIR S. CONTRACTOR
Professor, Departments of Speech Communication, Psychology and Coordinated Science Laboratory
Director,
Science of
Networks in Communities (SONIC) Group,
NCSA
Co-Director,
Age
of Networks Initiative, Center for Advanced Study
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
244 Lincoln Hall, 702 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-7780 (w/mobile), 217-244-1598 (f),
217-352-4750 (h)
http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/Nosh
Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California, 1987.
M. A., Communication, University of Southern California, 1986.
B. Tech. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1983.
2001-date Professor of Speech Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Other Appointments:
Department of Psychology, 1994–date,
Coordinated Science Laboratory, 2003-date
Director, Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Group, NCSA, 2004-date
Affiliate, Human Perception and Performance Group, Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date
Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, 2003-2004
External Faculty,
Center for Organizational Innovation, Columbia University, 2002-date
1993-2001 Associate Professor of Speech
Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Other Appointments: Department of Psychology (0%), 1994–date;
Affiliate,
Human Perception and Performance Group,
Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction,
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date
1991-date Director,
Team Engineering Collaboratory,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1987-date Director,
Computing & Instructional Laboratories, Department of Speech Communication
1987-1993 Assistant Professor of Speech
Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Short-term, Visiting, and Advisory Appointments
Annenberg Scholar,
Annenberg School of Communication,
University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.
Faculty Advisory Board, M.A. Program in Business Communication
(1994—present), B.A. Program in Business Communication (1996—present),
Jones International University, Englewood, CO.
Invited Faculty, Executive M.B.A. Program, University of
Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995.
Advisory Intranet Advisory Board, Partnership for Advanced
Computational Infrastructure,
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1996-99.
Research Associate, Intranet Working Group, Stanford Computer
Industry Project, 1997-1998.
National Science Foundation, SGER: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Analyzing Emergent Multiorganizational networks in the Hurricane Katrina Response (2005-2006, SBE-0555115, $140,000). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal with Carter Butts (University of California, Irvine).
National Science Foundation, Social Networking Tools to Enable Collaboration in the Tobacco Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Evaluation Network (TSEEN) (2005-2008, IIS- 0535214, $808,089). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal submitted with Katy Börner (Indiana University), Tom Finholt (University of Michigan), and Gary Giovino (Roswell Park Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY)
National Cancer Institute, Socio-technical Specifications for the Design of a Cyberinfrastructure for a Tobacco Control Informatics Grid (2005-2006, $50,000, via subcontract from Battelle Memorial Institute).
National Science Foundation, Workshop on “The Role of Social Network Research in Enabling Cyberinfrastructure and the Role of Cyberinfrastructure in Enabling Social Network”, To be held November 3-5, 2005 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2005-2006, SCI-0533892 , $50,000). Principal Investigator (Co-P.I.: Katy Börner, Indiana University).
National Science Foundation, 2006 International Workshop and Conference on Network Science, To be held May 2006 at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. (2005-2006, SES-0532387, $77,714). Co-Principal Investigator (with Laszlo Barabasi, Harvard University and Katy Börner, Alex Vespignani, Stan Wasserman, Indiana University).
Rockefeller Foundation, (CC 035): Mapping cultural and network assets in three Chicago communities (2005). $100,000. Principal Investigator (in collaboration with Dr. Alaka Wali, Field Museum, Chicago).
National Science Foundation/National Center for Supercomputing Application: Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) (2003-2006). Principal Investigator.
Hewlett Packard Mobile Initiative Grant Program: Using mobile technologies. $140,760. Investigator. Co-PI (with Principal Investigator : Wen-Mei W. Hwu).
National Science Foundation, ITR: IT-Based Collaboration Framework for Preparing Against, Responding to, and Recovering from Disasters Involving Critical Physical Infrastructures, (CMS-0427089, 2004-2009). $2,370,000. Co-Principal Investigator. In collaboration with Professors Feniosky Pena-Mora, Andrea B. Hollingshead, Gene E. Robinson, and Indranil Gupta at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Press Release
National Science Foundation, Digital Government: Workshop on US-Hungarian research collaborations to address the challenges of 21st century society. $97,702. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine).
National Science Foundation, SGER: Knowledge Networks and Emerging Heterarchies in Rebuilding New York (2002-2003). $42,908. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with David Stark, Columbia University).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Modeling 21st Century Project Teams: Integrating Workflow and Knowledge Network Models of Organizing (2002-2003, No. 02-NASA-C-1513,. $100,000), Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Ray Levitt, Stanford University).
European Union Information Society & Technology Program (via subcontract from LUISS University, Rome). Developing web-based knowledge asset mapping tools to study the use of communication technologies in organizations (2002-2003). (7000 Euros). Principal Investigator.
National Science Foundation, Co-evolution of Knowledge Networks and 21st Century Organizational Forms: Computational Modeling and Empirical testing. 1999-2001, $1,500,000 (Principal Investigator, Award Number: NSF-IIS-9980109). Press Release.
National Science Foundation, The Sustainable Management of Civil Infrastructure: A Methodology and Testbed to Bridge Information Technology and Application, 1994-1998, $ 1,268,403 (Co-Principal Investigator, Award Number: ECS-9422730).
Committee on Institutional Cooperation, A Curriculum in Communication and the Global Workplace, 1998-1999, $10,000. (Principal Investigator). Final Report. Press Release.
Annenberg Center for Communication, Interactive Communication and Computing for Virtual Work Communities, 1995-1997, $160,970 (Co-Principal Investigator). Press Release.
Steelcase, Inc. The Effects of Cooperative and Competitive Physical Environments and Communication on Negotiation Outcomes in Ultimatum and Communication Games. 1996-1998, $96,586 (Consultant; P.I.S: Peter Monge, Janet Fulk, Arthur Baskin).
U.S. Department of Education: Adaptive Network Library Interface, 1991, $6,000 (Co-Principal Investigator; Award Number: R197D10033).
Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group: Modeling the Use of Groupware as a Self-organizing System, 1990, $205,000 (Principal Investigator).
University of Illinois Food Security Initiative: A Social Network Perspective to Analyze Food Security, 2003-2004, $10,000. Principal Investigator.
University of Illinois Silicon, Carbon, Culture Initiative (2003). $30,000. Walking through Knowledge Networks. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Professors Narendra Ahuja and Michael Twidale).
Center For Human Resource Management: Using Technologies to Support and Enhance Organizational Knowledge Networks, 2002-2003. $10,000. Principal Investigator, with Andrea Hollingshead.
UIUC Educational Technologies Board: Virtual Digital Portfolio, 1998-1999, $6000 (Principal Investigator).
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Software Development Group: Development of a Collaboration Workbench for the NCSA Software Development Group 1996-1997, $49,722 (Principal Investigator with Barbara O’Keefe and Patricia Jones).
Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute, Evaluation of a virtual organization. 1996-1997, $35,000 (Principal Investigator with Barbara O’Keefe and Patricia Jones).
Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments: Collaboration Support for Senior Design Teams in Engineering, 1995-1996, $56,202. (Principal Investigator with Peter DeLisle, Elizabeth Faye, Barbara O'Keefe.
Resident Associate, University of Illinois’ Center for Advanced Study. 2005-2006. Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological connections.
Visiting Professor (Honorary Professor), University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China.
Research Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003.
Outstanding Member Award Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2000.
Award for Excellence in Distance Education, Purdue University, 2000.
Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 1987-1998, 2000.
Institute Gold Medal for outstanding achievement. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1983.
National Merit Scholarship, Indian School Certificate, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Government of India, 1978.
Top Conference Paper Awards
International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 2000.
International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1998.
International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1997.
International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division, 1993.
Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1993.
International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.
Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.
Contractor, N. (November 14, 2003). Keynote address “Emergence of Communication Networks in the 21st Century” at the inauguration of CITÉ de l'Université de Montréal - Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Emerging Technologies at the University of Montreal. http://www.cite.umontreal.ca/
Contractor, N. (October 17, 2003). Communication Technology in Organizations. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Knowledge networks Contractor, N. (April 22, 2002). The power of the network: Technology and new organizational forms. Keynote address at the National Laboratory of Tourism and e-commerce Forum on Technology and Change. Urbana, IL.
Contractor, N. (May 2, 2001). Collaborative knowledge in the e-Economy. Keynote address to Workshop on Collaborating in the e-Economy: Legacies, Practices, and Prospects hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Contractor, N. (April, 2001). The use of technologies to support and reconfigure Human Resource functions in 21st cetnruy organizational forms. Featured Speaker, at the Spring Roundtable on Human Resource Management and the Web: Evolution or Revolution? Center for Human Resource Management, Oak Brook, IL.
Contractor, N. (August, 2000). Communication through knowledge networks and the future of organizational structures. Keynote address, Association of Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureau 2000 Annual Educational Conference. Merrillville, IN.
Contractor, N. (February, 2000). Emergence of communication networks: A self-organizing systems perspective. Keynote address, meeting of the Finnish Speech Communication Association. Helsinki, Finland. Press Coverage.
Contractor, N. (July, 1999). Social capital and knowledge capital in network forms of organizing. Keynote address, Laboratorio di Knowledge Management: Il contributo delle tecnologie al knowledge management. Workshop organized by Istituto RSO (Institute for Action Research on Organizations and Systems). Sede Fiat, Centro Incontini, Marentino, Torino, Italy. Press Article
Contractor, N. (June, 1999). Using technologies to build productive relationships. Keynote address, McKinsey & Co.’s "Mini-Oxford." British Library Conference Centre, London.
Contractor, N. (April, 1999). Self-organizing systems research in the social sciences. Keynote address, Texas Conference on Organizations, Kerrsville, TX.
Contractor, N. (February, 1999). Communication skills in the 21st century. Keynote address, The Communication Conference: Setting the Standards for the 21st Century, hosted by McKinsey & Co.’s Global Client Communications Practice, Berlin, Germany.
Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Unintended consequences of new information technologies: The case of the Internet. Keynote address to the Spring 1996 Training Day Workshop of the UIUC Computer Consultants Support Program (CCSP). Urbana, IL.
Dynamic reformulation of perceptions of inequity: Their organizational antecedents and outcomes . Ph.D. dissertation, 1987, University of Southern California (Peter Monge, Advisor).
Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. (2003). Theories of Communication Networks. New York: Oxford University Press.
Current Drafts:
Chapter 1: Networks and Flows in Organizational Communication
Chapter 2: Network Concepts, Measures, and Analytic Techniques
Chapter 3: Communication and Knowledge Networks as Complex Systems
Chapter 4: Computational Modeling of Networks
Chapter 5: Theories of Self-interest and Collective Action
Chapter 6: Contagion, Semantic and Cognitive Theories
Chapter 7: Exchange & Dependency Theories
Chapter 8: Homophily, Proximity, and Social Support Theories
Chapter 9: Evolutionary and Coevolutionary Theories
Chapter 10: Multitheoretical, Multilevel Models of Communication and Other Organizational Networks
Contractor, N. Section Editor for “New Media and Organizing” for Handbook of New Media: Social Shaping and Consequences of ICTs (pp. 201-205) (Editors: Leah Lievrouw & Sonia Livingstone), London: Sage.
Contractor, N., Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. (in press). Testing multi-theoretical multilevel hypotheses about organizational networks: An analytic framework and empirical example. Academy of Management Review.
Katz, N., Lazer, D., Arrow, H., & Contractor, N. (2004). Network theory and small groups. Small Group Research, 35, 307-332. also available at: www.gateway.ingenta.com/patron/shopping/cart/ShoppingCart/ilurbana;jsessionid=m14ab5hrr4xi.crescent
Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (2002). Managing knowledge networks. Management Communication Quarterly, 16, 249-258.
Fesenmaier, J., & Contractor, N. (2001) Inquiring Knowledge Networks on the Web (IKNOW): The evolution of knowledge networks for rural development. The Journal of the Community Development Society, 32, 160-175.
Pollock, T., Whitbred, R. A., & Contractor, N. (2000).
Social information processing and job characteristics: A simultaneous test
of two theories with implications for job satisfaction. Human
Communication Research, 26(2), 292-330.
Contractor, N. S. (1999). Self-organizing systems research in the social sciences: Reconciling the metaphors and the models. Management Communication Quarterly, 13, 154-166.
Heald, M., Contractor, N., Koehly, L. M., & Wasserman, S.
(1998).
Formal and emergent predictors of coworkers’ perceptual congruence on an
organization’s social structure. Human Communication Research,
24,
536-563.
Ehrlich, M.C., & Contractor, N.S. (1998).
"Shock" meets "community service": J.C. Corcoran at KMOX. Journal
of Radio Studies 5(1), 22-35.
Hyatt, A., Contractor, N., & Jones, P. M. (1997).
Computational organizational network modeling: Strategies and an example.
Computational and Mathematical Organizational Theory, 4,
285-300.
Jacobs, J. L., Dorneich, M. C., Jones, P. M., O'Keefe, B.
J. and Contractor, N. (1997). SPOT: Using collaborative technologies for
developing collaborative technologies. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE
International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1, 690-695. Orlando FL, October 1997.
Jones, P. M., Chin, G., Lucenti, M., Kim, H-J., Stigberg, D., Sherman, G., Contractor, N., O'Keefe, B. J., Whitbred, R., Grobler, F., Case, M., Heckel, J., Lu, S. C-Y. and Ganeshan, R. (1997). CITYSCAPE: Civil infostructure technology system for collaborative analysis, prediction, and evaluation. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 3, 2223-2227. Orlando FL, October 1997.
Contractor, N. S., Seibold, D. R., & Heller, M. A. (1996).
Interactional influence in the structuring of media use in groups:
Influence of members’ perceptions of group decision support system use.
Human Communication Research, 22, 451-481.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., O'Keefe, B., Lu, S., Case,
M., Lawrence, P. & Grobler, F. (1995).
Workflow and cooperative problem
solving in civil infrastructure management. Proceedings of the IEEE
1995 International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 5, 4575-4580. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., Lu, S. C-Y., & O'Keefe, B. J.
(1994). Intelligent collaborative support for engineering design.
Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics
Association (IEA '94), 4, 80 - 82. Toronto, Ontario, August
1994.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., O'Keefe, B. & Lu, S. C-Y.
(1994).
Competence models and self-organizing systems: Towards intelligent,
evolvable, collaborative support. Proceedings of the IEEE 1994
International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1,
367-372. San Antonio TX, October 1994.
Contractor, N. S., & Seibold, D. R. (1993).
Theoretical frameworks for the study of structuring processes in group
decision support systems: Adaptive structuration theory and
self-organizing systems theory. Human Communication Research,
19, 528-563.
Contractor, N., & Ehrlich, M. (1993).
Strategic
ambiguity in the birth of an organization: The $50 Million Experiment.
Management Communication Quarterly, 6,
251-281.
Michaelson, A., & Contractor, N. (1992). Structural position and perceived similarity. Social Psychology Quarterly, 55, 300-310.
Case, M., Contractor, N., Jones, P. M., Lu, S. C-Y, & O'Keefe, B. (1992). Consensus management in engineering design. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics.
Monge, P. R., Cozzens, M. D., & Contractor, N. S. (1992).
Communication and motivational predictors of the dynamics of
organizational innovation. Organization Science , 3, 250-274.
Case, M., Contractor, N., Jones, P. M., Lu, S. C-Y., &
O'Keefe, B. J. (1992).
Team engineering analysis and modeling: Toward a normative model of team
interaction. Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Conference
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Chicago IL, October 1992.
Waterman, D., Schechter, R., & Contractor, N. (1991).
Overcoming barriers to the live arts: Can the media compensate?
Journal of Cultural Economics, 15, 19-40.
Rice, R., & Contractor, N. S. (1990).
Conceptualizing effects of office information systems: A methodology and
application for the study of alpha, beta and gamma change. Decision
Science, 21, 301-317.
Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers, E. M. (1988).
Metatheoretical perspectives on satellite television and development in
India. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media , 32 , 2,
129-148.
Cozzens, M. D., & Contractor, N. S. (1987). The effect of conflicting information on media skepticism. Communication Research, 14 , 437-451.
Contractor, N. S., Fulk, J., Monge, P. R., & Singhal, A. (1986). Cultural assumptions that influence the implementation of communication technologies. Vikalpa, 11, 287-300.
Hollingshead, A. B., & Contractor, N. S. (2006). New media and small group organizing. In S. Livingstone & L. Lievrouw (Eds.), Handbook of New Media: Student Edition. (pp. 114-133). London: Sage.
Katz, N., Lazer, D., Arrow, H., & Contractor, N. (2005). The network perspective on small groups: Theory and research. In Poole, M. S. & Hollingshead, A.B. (Eds.) Theories of Small Groups: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp.277-312). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. (2003). Peer to peer. In S. Jones (Ed.), Encyclopedia of New Media. (pp. 367-369). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (2003). Using multi-theoretical multilevel models to study adversarial networks. In R. Brelger, K. Carley & P. Pattison (Eds.),
Hollingshead, A. B., & Contractor, N. S. (2002). New media and organizing at the group level. In S. Livingstone & L. Lievrouw (Eds.), Handbook of New Media (pp. 221-235). London: Sage.
Contractor, N., & Baldwin, C. (2001). Adoption of communication technologies and the evolution of communication networks in organizations. In V. Burton, D. Herr, & T. Finnegan (Eds.), Wayfarer: Charting Advances in Social Science Computing (CD). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Monge, P.R., & Contractor, N.S. (2001). Emergence of communication networks. In F.M. Jablin & L.L. Putnam (Eds.), New Handbook of Organizational Communication (pp. 440-502). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Shapiro, M. A., Lang, A., Hamilton, M., & Contractor, N. S. (2001). Information systems division: Intra-personal, meaning, attitude and social systems. In W. Gudykunst (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 24 (pp. 17-49). Newbury Park: Sage.
Contractor, N., & Bishop, A. P. (2000). Reconfiguring community networks: The case of PrairieKNOW. In T. Ishida (Ed.), Digital Cities: Technologies, Experiences, and Future Perspectives (pp. 151-164). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Contractor, N., Bishop, A. , & Zink, D. (1999). PrairieKNOW: A tool to assist the study, creation, and growth of community networks. In H-J. Bullinger & J. Ziegler (Eds.), Proceedings of HCI International ’99 (the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction), Munich, Germany, Volume 2, (pp. 447-451). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Elrbaum.
Contractor N., Zink, D., & Chan, M. (1998). IKNOW: A tool to assist and study the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of knowledge networks. In Toru Ishida (Ed.), Community Computing and Support Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1519 (pp. 201-217). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Contractor, N. S., & Whitbred, R. (1997). Decision development in work groups: A comparison of contingency and self-organizing systems perspectives. In G. Barnett (Ed.), Organizational Communication: Emerging perspectives (pp. 83-104). New York: Ablex.
Contractor, N., & O’Keefe, B. J. (1997). The politics of information systems: Rational designs and organizational realities. In B. Davenport Sypher (Ed.) Case Studies in Organizational Communication: Perspectives on Contemporary Work Life (pp. 203-218). New York: Guilford Publications.
Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. (1996). Communication networks. In A. Kuper & J. Kuper (Eds.) The Social Science Encyclopedia - Edition 2. London: Routledge.
Contractor, N. S., & Grant, S. (1996). The emergence of shared interpretations in organizations: A self-organizing systems perspective. In J. Watt & A. VanLear (Eds.), Cycles and Dynamic Processes in Communication Processes (pp. 216-230). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. (1994). Self-organizing systems perspective in the study of organizational communication. In B Kovacic (Ed.) New Approaches to Organizational Communication (pp. 39-65).Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Seibold, D., Heller, M. A., & Contractor, N. (1994). Group Decision Support System (GDSS): Review, taxonomy, and research agenda. In B Kovacic (Ed.) Organizational Communication: New perspectives (pp. 143-168). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Seibold, D., & Contractor, N. (1993). Commentary on "Issues for a theory of high-speed management” by D. Cushman and E. King. In Communication Yearbook 16 (pp. 237-246). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers, E. M. (1992). Metatheoretical perspectives on satellite television and development in India. In K. S. Nair & S. A. White (Eds.), Perspectives on development communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., & Eisenberg, E. M. (1990). Communication networks and new media in organizations. In J. Fulk & C. W. Steinfield (Eds.) Organizations and Communication Technology (pp. 145-174). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. S. (1988). Communication networks: Measurement techniques. In C. H. Tardy (Ed.), A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Processes (pp. 107-138). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Contractor, N. (1999). Tecnologia e "colletti aperti" Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian Financial Daily).
Contractor, N. (2001).
Review of
Small Worlds: The Dynamics of
Networks Between Order and Randomness, by Duncan J. Watts, Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1999.
Contractor, N. (1992).
Review of Research and Reflexivity edited by F. Steier. Journal
of Communication, 42, 196-199.
Contractor, N. S. (1992). Review of A Self-Renewing Society: The Role of Television and Communications Technology by N. D. Batra. Journalism Quarterly, 69, 227-228.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION OR UNDER REVIEW
Bajcsy, R., Rubin P., Bertenthal, B. , Bimber, B., Contractor, N., Finholt, T., Franklin, K., Liberman, M., Mebane, W., Pearce, C., Scacchi, W., Teitelbaum, B., Urban M., Cyberinfrastructure-mediated interaction. National Science Foundation workshop on cyberinfrastructure for the social sciences. Available online at: http://vis.sdsc.edu/sbe/reports/Report%20--%20CI%20Mediated.pdf
Contractor, N (March, 2005). The role of social network analysis in enabling cyberinfrastructure and the role of cyberinfrastructure in enabling social network analysis. White paper prepared for the National Science Foundation workshop on cyberinfrastructure for the Social Sciences, Airlie House, Warrington, Virginia, USA.
Palazzolo, E. T., Serb, D., She, Y., Su, C., & Contractor, N. S. Co-evolution of communication and knowledge networks as transactive memory systems: Using computational models for theoretical integration and extensions.
Inquiring Knowledge Networks on the Web - IKNOW
(along with Barbara O'Keefe, Patricia Jones). ©Board of Trustees, UIUC.
Continued Development.
http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/TECLAB/IKNOW/
Blanche: A computational modeling environment for network evolution. ©Board of Trustees, UIUC. Continued Development. http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/TECLAB/BLANCHE
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND INVITATIONAL WORKSHOPS
Contractor, N. (May 26, 2005). Maximizing the opportunities and funding for international research. Organizational Communication Doctoral Consortium on “Research and Teaching in the Global Context.” Annual Convention of the International Communication Association. New York, NY.
Contractor, N. (May 2, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century forms of organizing. MeshForum 2005. Chicago. http://www.meshforum.org/archives/meshforum/coevolution_of_knowledge_netowrks_and_21st_century_forms_of_organizing.html Audio version of presentation featured under IT conversations: http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail235.html
Contractor, N. (April 28, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century cyberinfrastructure. Invited luncheon speaker at the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research Grantees Meeting, St. Louis. http://www.scgcorp.com/ceccrstlouis/Agenda.pdf
Contractor, N. (April 25, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century cyberinfrastructure. Indiana University’s Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems. Bloomington, IN, USA. http://vw.indiana.edu/talks-spring05/
Contractor, N. & Schiller, D. (April 22, 2005). Age of Networks: Social, cultural and technological connections. Colloquium hosted by UIUC Department of Speech Communication, Urbana, IL, USA.
Contractor, N., Green, H., & Aronson, E. (April 21, 2005). Mapping cultural and network assets in three Chicago communities. UIUC Community Informatics Series. Champaign, IL, USA. http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilabs/edit_list.php?cilid=814&listid=996
Contractor, N. (April 18, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational Forms. UIUC College of Education Seminar Series. Champaign, IL, USA. http://education.ncsa.uiuc.edu/print.php?sid=14
Contractor, N. (April 15, 2005). Networks in the public interest. UIUC transnational seminar series. Urbana, IL, USA. http://www.cgs.uiuc.edu/about/Events/contractor.html
Contractor, N. (April 5, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms. UIUC Center for Global Studies, Champaign, IL, USA. http://www.cgs.uiuc.edu/about/Events/noshir.html
Contractor, N. (March 28, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. 15th Annual Wayne Thompson Distinguished Lecture at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, USA. http://www.wiu.edu/unews/release.sphp?id=3737
Contractor, N. (March 23, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational Forms. Colloquium at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Contractor, N. (March 21, 2005). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Symposium organized by the Fundación Centro Internacional de Formación Financiera at the University de Alcala, Madrid. http://www.ciff.net/ver_noticia.php?id=1658
Contractor, N. (March 18, 2005). ICT support in emergency management. Eastern Europe eGov 2005. Budapest. http://www.ocg.at/egov/programmBudapest2.pdf
Contractor, N. (March 14, 2005). ICT support in emergency management. Keynote address at the e|Government der Oesterreichischen Computer Gesellschaft conference. Vienna. http://www.ocg.at/egov/egovprogramm05_06.pdf
Contractor, N. (March 1, 2005). Social network concepts & metrics. Guest lecture in course titled “Visualizing & Navigating Knowledge Networks” offered by UIUC’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Graduate School of Library & Information Science.
Contractor, N., Wali, A., & Severson, R. (February 25, 2005). Mapping cultural and network assets in three Chicago communities. Rockefeller foundation workshop on Cultural dimensions of transnational communities: Understanding and mapping cultural networks and assets. New York.
Contractor, N. (November 30, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Contractor, N. (November 24, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Visiting Professor Distinguished Lecture. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Contractor, N. (November 22, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Communication, Peking University. Beijing.
Contractor, N. (November 20, 2004). The role of networks in crisis management. 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press and Scientific and Social Progress: Science-Technology, Media & Major Crisis Management. Beijing. http://www.nationalpress.org/usr_doc/Agenda_for_APSP_2004.doc
Contractor, N. (November 18, 2004). Visioning a cyberinfrastructure for transnational digital government research. EU-US electronic government research collaboration meeting, Technical University of Delft, Delft, Netherlands.
Contractor, N., Brandon, D., Huang, M., Palazzolo, E., Steinley, D., Su, C. Suri, V. R., Swarbrick, S. A., Templin, J., Wasserman, S. (November 13, 2004). Extensions to information retrieval in transactive memory systems. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
Contractor, N. (October 29, 2004). Challenges, opportunities, and strategies for fostering transnational collaboration on e-Government research: The Budapest Workshop. EU/NSF collaboration on digital government research. E.2004 eChallenges. Vienna. http://www.echallenges.org/2004/default.asp
Contractor, N. (October 9, 2004). Closing Panel. The agent 2004 conference on social dynamics: Interaction, reflexivity and emergence. University of Chicago, Chicago. http://agent2004.anl.gov/agenda2004.html
Contractor, N. (September 24, 2004). Using technologies to support and enhance organizational knowledge networks. Center for Human Resource Management (CHRM) Roundtable on Communication Strategies to Drive Results. Oak Brook, IL. http://www.ilir.uiuc.edu/chrm/images/fall%202004%20invite.pdf
Contractor, N. (September 22, 2004). Role of knowledge networks in fostering community. UIUC’s Cross-campus initiative on the Ethnography of the University. http://www.eotu.uiuc.edu/
Contractor, N. (August 31, 2004). Challenges, opportunities, and strategies for fostering transnational collaboration on e-Government research. NSF-Delegation panel on eGovernment research in the US. eGov 2004, Zaragoza, Spain. http://falcon.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/news/cfp_egovernment2004.html
Contractor, N (May 28, 2004). Network theory and small groups. In a panel titled “Theories of Small Groups: Integrative Perspectives.” Annual convention of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
Contractor, N. (May 18, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms. Plenary lecture at the 2004 Understanding Complex Systems: Networks conference, Urbana, IL. http://www.how-why.com/ucs2004/schedule.html
Contractor, N. (May 14, 2004). Principles of network management. Invited presentation at the “Connect and Develop: Managing Networks of Innovation”, Conference organized by the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. http://emertech.wharton.upenn.edu/Agenda_5.14.04.html
Su, C., Steinley, D., Klein, K. J., & Contractor, N. (May 11, 2004). Co-evolution of team members’ attachment to the team and team interpersonal networks. Symposium on dynamics of network and behavior, Portorož,, Slovenia. http://ppswmm.ppsw.rug.nl/%7Esteglich/dynamics/piran2004/programme.html
Contractor, N. (May 7, 2004). Theories of communication networks. Invited presentation jointly sponsored by the University of Trieste’s Faculty of Communication Sciences and Faculty of Economics and Statistics. Trieste, Italy.
Contractor, N. (April 30, 2004). Designing knowledge networks for organizational change. Invited keynote speaker at the “Network of Networks” meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD.
Contractor, N. (April 24, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks and policy formation in 21st century organizational forms. Invited presentation at the “Voice and citizenship: Re-thinking theory and practice in political communication” symposium. organized by the Department of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Contractor, N. (April 2, 2004). How policy shapes networks and networks shape policy. Institute for Communication Research/Ford Policy Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contractor, N. (March 24, 2004). Multi-theoretical multilevel models to study the co-evolution of knowledge networks. Invited presentation jointly sponsored by the Central European University’s Departments of Sociology and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary.
Contractor, N. (March 5, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Marketing Proseminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contractor, N. (March 3, 2004). Enabling entrepreneurial networks. Coleman Entrepreneurship Center. DePaul University, Chicago.
Contractor, N. (December 5, 2003). Using social network analysis to leverage tobacco control networks. U.S. National Cancer Institute.
Contractor, N. (December 2, 2003). Participant, Panel on Modeling al-Qa’ida. Sponsored by U.S. Government.
Contractor, N. (November 25, 2003). Networks in the interest of society. Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. University of California at Berkeley. http://www.citris.berkeley.edu/
Contractor, N. (October 23, 2003). Challenges and opportunities for international collaboration on information society and technology. E2003, Annual Conference of the European Union Information Society and Technology Program. Bologna, Italy.
Contractor, N. (October 20, 2003). Multi-theoretical multilevel models for the study of knowledge networks. Bocconi University, Milan.
Contractor, N. (October 12, 2003). Social network application in data mining. Data Mining 2003 Conference. Las Vegas.
Contractor, N. (August 3, 2003). Facilitator, Professional Development Workshop on Knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms at the Annual Convention of the Academy of Management, Seattle.
Contractor, N. (May
24th, 2003). Roundtable participant.
Integrating the theoretical and the practical: The KDI Story.
Annual convention of the International Communication Association, San Diego,
CA.
http://convention.allacademic.com/ica2003/session_info.html?c_session_id=290&dtr_id=14
Contractor, N. (May 18th, 2003). Developing a socio-technical research agenda for international digital government. In a session titled “Challenges and Opportunities in International Digital Government Research” at the Digital Government 2003 Conference. http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2003/program/schedule_text.jsp#2a
Contractor, N. (April 25th, 2003). Multi-theoretical multi-level models for the emergence of knowledge networks. Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Contractor, N. (March 26th, 2003). Networks vs. Hierarchy: Implications for learning & development. Chief Learning Officers Forum sponsored by Executive Development Associates. Atlanta, GA.
Contractor, N. (March 4th,