Research Interests:Ingbert Floyd

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Ingbert Floyd's Research Interests. I have also made some contributions to the Ideas page.

[edit] General Description of Interests

I am interested in developing methods for design of sociotechnical systems. I prefer to understand this activity as guided evolution in sociotechnical ecologies. In particular, I have three areas of interest:

Developing methods of structuring the rich detail present in many ethnographic research studies so that it is useful for design activities.
Exploring how design techniques used in HCI and CSCW, such as participatory design, patchwork prototyping, scenario-based design, and various methods of rapid prototyping and evaluation can be used to guide evolution in the broader context of sociotechnical ecologies.
Exploring how theoretical concepts developed in Social Informatics and Social Studies of Technology can be used to inform and improve designed interventions in sociotechnical ecologies.

[edit] Publications, Work History, Etc.

See my online CV.

[edit] Courses and Academics

[edit] Advisor & Committee

Advisor

Caroline Haythornthwaite is my advisor.

J. Stephen Downie is my advisor in spirit (ex-advisor).

Committee Members

Field Exam Committee, Social Informatics Field Exam:

Annual Review 2008:

Annual Review 2007:

Annual Review 2006:

Annual Review 2005:

Other Professors

Other Professors not mentioned above I work with or turn to for advice:

Pauline Cochrane
David Dubin (technically he's a Research Scientist, not a Professor)
Carole Palmer
Bryan Heidorn

[edit] Courses

Spring 2008

LIS 590OPR Open Problems in IS Research
12 Thesis Credits

Fall 2007

Audited: SPCM529PJM Ethnography
12 Thesis Credits

Spring 2007

LIS 502 Libraries and Information in Society with Leigh Estabrook and Dan Schiller; Andre Brock as TA
LIS 453AG Systems Analysis and Management with Bryan Heidorn and Caroline Haythornthwaite
LIS 590IU Design of Information Use Studies with Carole Palmer
Audited: LIS 590OH Ontologies in the Humanities with Allen Renear

Fall 2006

LIS 590CW Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) with Mike Twidale
LIS 501 Information Organization and Access with Kathryn La Barre
PSYC594 Multivariate Analysis in Psychology and Education with Sungjin Hong
PHIL471 Contemporary Philosophy of Science with Patrick Maher
- http://patrick.maher1.net/471/

Spring 2006

LIS 590SI Seminar in Social Informatics with Chip Bruce and Les Gasser
LIS 590SOS Topics in Self-Organizing Systems with Les Gasser
LIS 503A Use and Users of Information with Carole Palmer
LIS 590TKR Topics in Knowledge Representation with Allen Renear
Audited: LIS 590DA Data Analysis for LIS with David Dubin

Fall 2005

LIS 590RPE Rapid Prototyping and Evaluation with Mike Twidale
LIS 590I Indexing and Abstracting with Pauline Cochrane
LIS 590IML Information Modeling with Allen Renear

Summer 2005

PSYC 455 Organizational Psychology with Deborah Rupp

Spring 2005

LIS 590KR Knowledge Representation and Formal Ontology with Allen Renear
LIS 409AG Storytelling with Betsy Hearne (for 2 credits)
LIS 590DRM Doctoral Research Methods with Caroline Haythornthwaite
LIS Independent Study with Caroline Haythornthwaite regarding the LEEP Redesign

Fall 2004

LIS 590SBD Scenario Based Design with Mike Twidale
LIS 590FL Folklore with Betsy Hearne
LIS 590CMC Computer Mediated Communication with Caroline Haythornthwaite
LIS 590HF History and Foundations of Library and Information Science with Boyd Rayward

[edit] Summary of Progress

Needed:

Description	Credits	Units (old version)
Total Credits of Coursework Needed:	86	21.5
Total Credits of Thesis Needed:	32	8
Total Credits Needed:	118	29.5

Course Credits Completed:

Description	Credits	Units (old version)
Credits of Coursework Obtained:	88	22
Credits of Coursework in progress:	18	4.5
Credits of Coursework left (assuming I pass everything):	0	0

Thesis Credits Completed:

Description	Credits	Units (old version)
Thesis Credits Obtained:	16	4
Thesis Credits in progress:	12	3
Thesis Credits left (assuming I pass everything):	4	1

[edit] Classes I Want To Take, but probably never will:

LIS 590TR Information Transfer and Collaboration in Science with Carole Palmer

Summer 2006

LIS 590???? Pauline Cochrane's User-Centered Thesaurus Class.
- But my summer's a mess, and I'm not sure I'll be able to take it, which I'm extremely disappointed by.

Fall 2005 -- Some of the classes I wish I had been able to take

CAS 587: Special Topics

Fall 2005 Course Offering -- The Center for Advanced Study

The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections

Mondays, 1-3 p.m.

Levis Faculty Center, Music Room

Instructors:

Noshir Contractor (Speech Communication)

Dan Schiller (LIS; Inst. for Comm. Research)

This interdisciplinary course will draw on scholarship in computer science, humanities, engineering, life sciences, law, organizational sciences and social sciences in order to take an in-depth look at socio-technical networks and theories for self-generating, self-organizing networks. It will undoubtedly reveal many ironies, ambiguities, and contradictions--precisely those shifting areas where we are likely to discover basic human and societal values. Faculty from different disciplines will take turns leading the discussion.

Enrollment limit for graduate students: 12

(permission of instructor required).

PSYC 406 Statistical Methods I
- For other statistics classes offered at UIUC, see the Statistics page.
LIS 590EL E-Learning: Social and Technical Issues in E-learning Research and Practice with Caroline Haythornthwaite
- 9-11:50 Thursday
- This seminar addresses social, technical, administrative, and pedagogical aspects of online education and learning. The course will primarily address e-learning in higher education, and but will also consider e-learning in non-educational settings. We will discuss technical and social challenges and new practices associated with teaching and learning online, as well as theoretical perspectives on e-learning, methods of researching e-learning, and research progress and agendas. Attention will be given to examining the online environment as a whole, including how computer-mediated communication affects interaction between students and instructors, and among instructors; how learning communities are built and sustained online; how students learn how to learn online; and social and technical aspects of sustaining online programs.

[edit] Eventually

I doubt I will get to all of these, but...

Vital Classes

LIS 590TP Teaching Practicum/Preparing Future Faculty with Leigh Estabrook

BADM 509 Organizational Behavior
- http://www.business.uiuc.edu/ba/courses/arealist.asp?AreaID=4
- http://www.business.uiuc.edu/ba/courses/crslist.asp
BADM 510 Founds of Organizational Behavior 09:00 AM - 11:50 AM, Mon room 120 Wohlers Hall

Methods Classes

EPSY 574 Quasi-Experimental Design with Lizanne DeStefano

Other Classes of Interest

CS 598BPB Advanced Topics in Human-computer Interaction with Brian Bailey
- Old webpages for previous versions:
  - http://www-faculty.cs.uiuc.edu/~bpbailey/teaching/2005-Spring/cs598/
  - http://www-faculty.cs.uiuc.edu/~bpbailey/teaching/2003-Spring/cs497/index.html

LIS 505 Administration and Management of Libraries and Information Systems
- Or an advanced course of Organizational Theory/Behavior taught by Caroline (she's considering it)

LIS 490KN Visualizing Knowledge Networks with Mike Twidale and Narendra Ahuja and Noshir Contractor

LIS 590II Interfaces to Information Systems with Mike Twidale 1-4, T, Room 52

LIS 590SN Social Networks and Information with Caroline Haythornthwaite
- 1-3:50 Tuesdays in Fall 2005
- Explores the use and application of the social network approach to the study of information processes. The social network approach considers the interactions that occur between people as the building blocks that determine social behavior. It is not an individual's behavior, but rather their behavior with others that is the important unit of analysis. Thus, to understand how people gain access to and distribute information, it is necessary to examine the types of interactions they engage in with others. The interactions show us patterns, and the patterns reveal how social groups organize themselves to accomplish certain goals.