Sorin A. Matei

Ph.D.

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Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

abov67@r.postjobfree.com

A. EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2001 University of Southern California, Communication (1996-2001)

M.A. 1994 Tufts University, International Relations (1993-1994)

B. A. 1991 Bucharest University, History and Philosophy (1986-1991)

B. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2008-PresentAssociate Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue

University

2003-2008Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University

2001-2003Assistant Professor,

University of Kentucky

C. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND HONORS

2012-presentFulbright Specialist

1994-Present Invited columnist for Esquire, Europe, Foreign Policy, and the BBC

World Service and various Romanian language newspapers and

magazines

2000-2001Project Manager, Metamorphosis Project (http://www.metamorph.org)

University of Southern California

1992-1993 Producer, BBC World Service

1991 Reporter, Cotidianul (national daily http://www.cotidianul.ro )

1990-1991 Freelance reporter, Cuvintul, Express, Radio Free Europe

G. PUBLICATIONS

1. Books

Matei, S. A. (2011). Idei de Schimb. [Spare Ideas]. European Institute Publishing House,

Iasi, Romania.

Matei, S. A. and Momescu, Mona (Editors). (2010). Idolii Forului. [Idols of the forum]

Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania.

Matei, S. A. (2004). Boierii mintii. Intelectualii romani intre grupurile de prestigiu si

piata libera

a ideilor. [The mind boyars. Romanian intellectuals between status groups and the free

market of ideas]. Compania Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania.

Matei, S. A. and Britt, B. C. (Editors) (2011). Virtual Sociability: From Community to

Communitas. InterAcademic Press, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Verne, J. (2010). Around the World in 80 Days. The ubitour version guided by your mobile

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phone. Sorin A. Matei, editor. Ubimark. Indianapolis, IN.

Matei, S. A., Leiter, D., and Yale, R. (2010). The Discovery Park Tour. A mobile

experience

guided by your cell phone. Ubimark/Ideagora. Indianapolis, IN.

5. Software Development and Applied Research Reports

Menal Maps Resource Website. http://mentalmaps.info A resource website for mental

mapping researchers focusing on Sorin Adam Matei s work in Los Angeles.

Ubimark. http://ubimark.com An ubiquitous platform for publishing on demand,

mobile, and collaborative books.

Visible Past. http://visiblepast.net An ubiquitous knowledge management system.

Includes gWiki technology, website, and Iphone application.

Thought Ark. http://thoughtark.com . A social media platform for research and

publishing.

Visible Effort. http://veffort.us An analytic extension for MediaWiki that visualizes

social entropy in collaborative groups and can be used for group self moderation.

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Wikiway. http://wikiway.net . A wiki course management program.

Ideagora. http://ideagora.us A platform for ubiquitous and collaborative media projects.

Matei, S. A., Anderson, Z. A., Wheatley, D. and Ferguson, L. (2004) CEC/Ensembles User

Requirements Study. A report prepared for Motorola Labs, Applications Content Services.

West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.

Matei, S. A. (2003). Good and bad neighborhoods: Perceptions and reality. A report

prepared for the Kettering Foundation. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky.

March 2, 2012.

Matei, S. A. (2012). Digital Tools and Mental Maps for Social Change. Szeged University

Planning Group for the Center of Excellence in Mental Mapping. July 5.

Matei, S. A. (2012). Mental Mapping Research Methdologies. Belgrade Open School. July 7.

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Visible Past. Purdue University Envision Center Data Visualization Series. September 13,

2011.

Data visualization for spatial scientists. A mashup approach. A presentation to the

Soundscape

project. Purdue University. July 2011.

Digital-Analog Interfaces. Presentation to the GLIE club. West Lafayette. February 3,

2011.

Invited Speaker (with Rebecca Ivic). GIS mapping and social media: Tools for

strengthening

connections between youth-serving organizations." Presentation given to the Our Kids Are

Our

Community network, Bauer Community Center, Lafayette, March 2011

Invited Speaker (with Rebecca Ivic). Spatial technologies for mapping community

organization

resources. Our Children SummitXXX. February, 2011.

Matei, S. A. (2011). Idols of the Forum: Public intellectuals in Romania and Eastern

Europe since 1989. Kennesaw State University Year of Romania Invited Lecture Series.

January

27. Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, Georgia.

Matei, S.A., Britt, B., Lee, Seungyoon, Kisselburgh, L., Braun, D. (2010). Decoding the

Social Media Genome. Cyberinfrastructure Days. Purdue University. December, 8.

Invited Speaker (with Rebecca Ivic). GIS mapping and social media: Tools for

strengthening connections between youth-serving organizations." Presentation given to

the Our Kids Are Our Community network, Bauer Community Center, Lafayette, March

2011

Keynote Speaker: Idols of the Forum, book presentation at Bookfest (Bucharest

International book fair). June 11, 2010.

Keynote Speaker: Idols of the Forum: Modern Intellectual Communication Strategies.

Transylvania University, Brasov. June 10, 2010.

Keynote Speaker: Idols of the Forum: The Culture and Social Structure of Modern

Intellectual Communication Strategies. Symposium, Tudor Vianu Interdisciplinary

Research Center. Bucharest University. June 9, 2010.

Invited Speaker: Visible Past as Spatial Content Management System. Polis Center,

IUPUI. May 12, 2010

Invited Speaker: Placing knowledge in space with Visible Past. Purdue University,

Geomatics Seminar. September 3, 2009.

Invited Speaker: Visible Past: A platform for community based GIS. CHEP, Indiana

University School of Medicine. September 2, 2009.

Invited Speaker: Health application of Visible Past. MOCHA planning group, Albert

Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University and IUPUI, August 2009.

Invited Speaker: Leveraging GIS platforms for social collaboration. Polis Center, IUPUI.

May, 2009.

Invited Speaker: Thought Ark. Bamboo Project presentation. Tucson, AZ. Jan 12-14 2009.

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Invited Speaker: Blogs are ecosystems. Soros Foundation ONG 2.0 New Media

Conference. November 17-18. Bucharest, Romania

Invited Speaker: Communication channels and urban conflict: A cross-scale and spatio-

temporal perspective. Conference on Media and Conflict, University of Missouri-

Columbia, September 13-15, 2006.

Invited Speaker: Space as a Communicative Entity. Special Research Series Seminar,

University of Texas, Austin, October 12-14, 2006.

Invited Speaker: Paramodernity in small cultures Lecture. Babes-Bolyai University,

Cluj, Romania, June 14, 2006.

Invited Speaker: Invited Speaker Local identity, communication and oral history:

Methodological implications Guest Lecture. Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania,

June 6, 2006.

Invited Speaker: Covering Immigration: The Changing Faces of Our Communities

Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. University of Southern California,

May 17, 2001.

Invited Speaker: Making the global local: The impact of globalization on the Western

US. Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. University of Southern

California, March 19, 2001.

Invited Speaker: Virtual Communities: Past, present and future. Center for

Modernization Studies Lecture. Transylvania University. Brasov, Romania. December,

2000.

9. Scholarly Service

a. Editorial Board

2006 Human Communication Research

2007 Open Journal of Communication

2010 Visible Past General Editor

b. Reviewer

New Media and Society

Communication Theory

Information Society

Journal of Computer Mediated Communication

The Journal of Human Technology

Communication Research

The Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

The Electronic Journal of Communication

International Communication Association Annual Meetings

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