This year we are hosting the Sixth Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval at IBM Research in Cambridge! Topics include interactive information retrieval, exploratory search, and information visualization. I’m looking forward to a great event.

http://thenoisychannel.com/2012/09/21/hcir-2012-symposium-oct-4-5-in-cambridge-ma/

We are looking for an outstanding UX designer who is passionate about design and visualization, and can also be hands-on on projects.

Details:

https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/job_summary.jsp?job_id=RES-0516881

After 5 days of sessions at ACM RecSys 2012 in Dublin, I’m on my way to the IBM Research Lab in Dublin to give a talk about the Center for Social Business and in particular the projects in the Cambridge Lab. Really excited to see what folks are working on within our Smarter Cities initiative.

Online Controlled Experiments: Introduction, Learnings, and Humbling Statistics

http://www.exp-platform.com/Pages/2012RecSys.aspx 

Jo Konstan giving a free Webinar on Recommnder Systems on September 20th.

Yeah, now here’s the research. Stop complaining already ….

And I love the “Go fix it” Advice.

I’m really excited to see Daniel’s keynote at our Workshop on Recommender Systems and the Social Web at RecSys 2012. Daniel will talk about how three signals content, connections, and context drive recommender systems for LinkedIn. Hope to see you there if you are attending RecSys!