Publications, Presentations, and Papers

2010

Bowker, G.C., Edwards, P.N., Jackson, S.J., Knobel, C.P. (2010 forthcoming) "The Long Now of Cyberinfrastructure" in Dutton, W.H., and Jeffreys, P.W. (eds.) World Wide Research: Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities. The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.

Knobel, C. (2010) "The Ontics of Institutional Change: The University of Michigan Digital Library and the School of Information." School of Information FIRST Lecture Series. April 10, 2010 (scheduled).

2009

Knobel, C.P. (2009) "Clarifying the Roles of Accoutability and Responsibility in Infrastructure Stimulus." 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science.

Knobel, C.P. (2009) "Ontic Occlusion and Choreographic Failure in Large Sociotechnical Systems: The Case of the I-35W Bridge." 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science.

Knobel, C.P. (2009) "Falling Bridges, Digital Libraries, Ontic Occlusion." UM Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society (STeMS) Lecture Series.

2008

Knobel, C., Knouf, N., Nguyen, L., Olivo, R., Smith, K. (2008) "Shadows of Slavery: Values-Driven Design of Sociotechnical Systems." Presentation at the 2008 Values in Design Doctoral Workshop at Santa Clara University.

Xiu, L., and Knobel, C. (2008) "Training the New Service Professional: Curricular Strategies for Service Systems Education." IBM Alamden Research Center Paper (Service Practices Group.)

2007

Jackson, S. J., Edwards, P. N., Bowker, G. C., Knobel, C. P. (2007) "Understanding Infrastructure: History, Heuristics, and Cyberinfrastructure Policy." First Monday. 12(6), June 2007.

Knobel, C. (2007) "Cyberinfrastructure, Service Science, and the Role of Interdisciplines." School of Information Field Preliminary Examination paper.

Edwards, P., Jackson, S., Bowker, G., Knobel, C. (2007) "Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, Tensions, and Design." Report of a Workshop on "History & Theory of Infrastructure: Lessons for New Scientific Cyberinfrastructures."
Report to the National Science Foundation Directorates of Computer and Information Science and Enginering, Human and Social Dyamics, and Office of Cyberinfrastructure. NSF Grant 0630263.

Knobel, C. (2007) "Cyberinfrastructure and OEP Choreography." (9.3MB) Doctoral Colloquium Poster Presentation at the Third International e-Social Science Conference. October 7-9, 2007. Ann Arbor, MI.

2006

Knobel, C. (2006) "Toward a Sociotechnical Ontology of Cyberinfrastructure." Doctoral Poster Presentation, UM School of Information.

Knobel, C. (2006) "Iterated Battle of the Sexes: An Early Complex Systems Model." Working paper.

Knobel, C., Batcheller, A., and Takazawa, A. (2006) SI 741 Group Web Project - Infrastructure Comparisons in South Africa, Germany, and Japan.

Knobel, C. (2006) "The German Toll Collect System as Context for Infrastructure Studies." SI 741 Final Paper.

Knobel, C. (2006) "Comparative Theories of Infrastructure: In Matters of Standards, How Much Does History Matter?" SI 741 Short Paper.

2005

Knobel, C. (2005) "Information Science as Emerging Metadiscipline." First Conference of the I-School Communnity. September 28-30. Penn State University.

Knobel, C., Ryan, M., and S. Jackson. (2005) "Matters of Scale and the Scales that Matter." First Conference of the I-School Communnity. September 28-30. Penn State University.

Knobel, C. (2005) "Support Economy Research U: Policy Considerations for a Networked Research University Enterprise." Precandidacy Paper and working paper.

Further comments on Support Economy Research U.

• Responses to John King
• Responses to Steve Jackson

School of Information Qualifying Exam, Part II Responses

• Q1: The Information Science rationale of the I-School. Response to Q1.
• Q2: Apply the SI literature to your current research topic. Response to Q2.
• Q3: Digital libraries versus brick-and-mortar libraries. Response to Q3.
• Q4: Elaborating on memory systems and sub-systems. Response to Q4.

2004

School of Information Qualifying Exam, Part I Responses

• Q1: Usability of organizations as technology. Q1 Response.
• Q3: Issues of infrastructural transparency. Q3 Response.
• Q4: Characterizing the relationship between people and IT. Q4 Response.
• Q5: Infrastructure as a manifestation of social values. Q5 Response.

Knobel, C. (2004) "Leveraging the MSI Experience in the SI Doctoral Application Process." Paper for PhD seminar in Qualitative Methods (SI 724).

2003 and earlier

Knobel, C. (2002). "The Death of HTML?" Intercom: The Journal of the Society for Technical Communication. September/October. 12-13.

Knobel, C., Nowicki, J. (2002). "Beyond Compliance: Bringing the Human Aspect to Accessibility Evaluation". Proceedings of the Usability Professionals' Association 2002 Conference.

Sova, D., Knobel, C. (2002). "Winning with Rapid Development: Incorporating Customer Needs into Fast-Paced Web Design". Proceedings of the Society for Technical Communication 2002 Conference.

Knobel, C. (2002). "Pursuing the Elusive User 'Experience': Defining More Meaningful Metrics in Human Factors and Usability Practice". Panel presentation at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2002 Conference.

Knobel, C., Brown, E. (2001). "Moving from Accessibility to Universal Access – Bridging Today's Techniques and Tomorrow's Web". Proceedings of the Web2001 Conference.

Addy, D., Brown, E., Knobel, C. (2001). "Designing Navigation: How User Characteristics Influence Online Behavior". Optavia Corporation Research White Paper.