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''This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.''
''This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.''
'''APSA''' - '''American Political Science Association'''


'''ASA''' - '''American Sociological Association''' or, more typically, its [http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 annual meeting] held each year; less commonly, the '''American Statistical Association'''
'''ASA''' - '''American Sociological Association''' or, more typically, its [http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 annual meeting] held each year; less commonly, the '''American Statistical Association'''
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'''DIS''' - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. [http://dis2018.org/ 2018 Conference]
'''DIS''' - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. [http://dis2018.org/ 2018 Conference]
'''foo''' (alternately, '''bar''') -- an oldskool computer nerd way of talking about 'whatever you named the thing'
'''global meeting''' -- all CDSC members meeting
'''local meeting''' -- campus-specific meetings


'''IC2S2''' - [https://ic2s2.org/ The International Conference on Computational Social Science]
'''IC2S2''' - [https://ic2s2.org/ The International Conference on Computational Social Science]


'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]
'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]
'''1AC''' - First Associate Chair. Boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW)
'''2AC''' - Second Associate Chair. Backup to the boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW, elsewhere)


=== Computers ===
=== Computers ===

Latest revision as of 18:14, 10 January 2023

This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.

APSA - American Political Science Association

ASA - American Sociological Association or, more typically, its annual meeting held each year; less commonly, the American Statistical Association

CHI - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). 2017 Conference

CSCW - (pronounced as quickly as possible). The Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). Overview

DIS - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. 2018 Conference

foo (alternately, bar) -- an oldskool computer nerd way of talking about 'whatever you named the thing'

global meeting -- all CDSC members meeting

local meeting -- campus-specific meetings

IC2S2 - The International Conference on Computational Social Science

jitsi - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. Jitsi Project Site

1AC - First Associate Chair. Boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW)

2AC - Second Associate Chair. Backup to the boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW, elsewhere)

Computers[edit]

Hyak - (pronounced 'Hi-yak'). Supercomputer at UW. See hyak.

Nada - Another computer at UW mainly for interacting with the Internet.

Asha - Another computer at UW mainly for working with Scratch data.

Things that used to be on the above list but are not so important[edit]

guix - (pronounced 'geeks'). GNU Package Manager, for team use on hyak.