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Ravi Vatrapu

Ravi Vatrapu
Associate professor , PhD
Ravi Vatrapu

Department of IT Management (ITM)

Howitzvej 60, 2.10
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45-2479-4315
Cell phone: +45-2479-4315
E-mail: vatrapu@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with Director, Computational Social Science Laboratory (CSSL)

  • Comparative Informatics: Socio-Technical intersections of Computer Science, Cognitive Sciences, Consciousness Studies, and Cultural Studies
    • Theory-based empirical study of apperception, perception, and appropriation of techno-social affordances
    • Empirically informed theory of the structures and functions of technological intersubjectivity
  • Social Media Analytics and Management
  • Computer Supported Intercultural Collaboration (CSIC)
  •  Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
  • Interactive Advertising



Selected publications

Edited Books

[EB.01] Reimann, P., Jacobson, M., & Vatrapu, R. (in preparation). Handbook of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

Journals

[J.12] Sørum, H., Andersen, K.N., & Vatrapu, R. (2011/in press). Public Services and Human Computer Interaction: An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Website Quality and User Satisfaction. Behavior and Information Technology. ( doi )
[J.11] Andersen, K.N., Medaglia, R., Vatrapu, R., Henriksen, H,Z., & Gauld, R. (2011/in press). The Forgotten Promise of E-Government Maturity: Assessing Responsiveness in the Digital Public Sector. Government Information Quarterly. ( doi )
[J.10] Nardi, B., Vatrapu, R., & Clemmensen, T. (2011). Comparative Informatics. interactions, , 18(2), 28-33. ( doi )
[J.09] Vatrapu, R., & Suthers, D. (2010). Intra- and Inter-Cultural Usability in Computer Supported Collaboration. Journal of Usability Studies, 5(4), 172-197. ( paper )
[J.08] Robertson, S., Vatrapu, R., & Medina, R. (2010). Off the Wall Political Discourse: Facebook Use in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Information Polity, 15(1-2), 11-31. ( link )
[J.07] Robertson, S., Vatrapu, R., & Medina, R. (2010). Online Video “Friends” Social Networking: Overlapping Online Public Spheres in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 7(2), 182-201. ( link )
[J.06] Suthers, D., Dwyer, N., Medina, R., & Vatrapu, R. (2010). A Framework for Conceptualizing, Representing and Analyzing Distributed Mediated Interaction. International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 5(1), 5-42. ( paper ) 
[J.05] Robertson, S.P., & Vatrapu, R.K. (2010). Digital government. In B.  Cronin (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Volume 44, Chapter  8, pp. 317-364. ( link )
[J.04] Vatrapu, R., Robertson, S., & Dissanayake, W. (2008). Are Political Weblogs Public Spheres or Partisan Spheres? International Reports on Socio-Informatics, 5(1), 7-26. ( pre-print )
[J.03] Vatrapu, R. (2008). Cultural Considerations in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(2), 159-201. (pre-print )
[J.02] Suthers, D., Vatrapu, R., Medina, R., Joseph, S., & Dwyer, N. (2008). Beyond Threaded Discussion: Representational Guidance in Asynchronous Collaborative Learning Environments. Computers and Education, 50(4), 1103-1127. ( paper )
[J.01] Vatrapu, R., & Pérez-Quiñones, M. (2006). Culture and Usability Evaluation: The Effects of Culture in Structured Interviews. Journal of Usability Studies, 1(4), 156-170. ( paper )'

Conferences (2011-2010)

[C.38] Vatrapu, R. Seven Challenges in CSCL. (2011). Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Comupter Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL 2011), Hong Kong, July 4-8, 2011. ( Pre-Print )
[C.37] Bull, S., & Vatrapu, R. (2011). Supporting Collaborative Interaction with Open Learner Models: Existing Approaches and Open Questions. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Comupter Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL 2011), Hong Kong, July 4-8, 2011. ( Pre-Print )
[C.36] Olsen, M., Hedman, J., & Vatrapu, R. (2011). E-Wallet Properties.. In: The 10th International Conference on Mobile Business. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011. p. 158-165. ( Paper )
[C.35] Hedman, J., Vatrapu, R., & Olsen, M. (2011). E-Wallet Prototypes. In Service Oriented Perspectives in Design Science Research : 6th International Conference, DESRIST 2011, Milwaukee, WI, USA, May 5-6, 2011. Proceedings. ed. / Hemant Jain ; Atish P. Sinha ; Padmal Vitharana. Berlin : Springer, 2011. p. 223-237 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ). ( Paper )
[C.34] Vatrapu, R. (2011). Rethinking Affordances. Paper presented at the Horizons venue of the 2011 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2011).
[C.33] Vatrapu, R., Teplovs, C., Fujita, N., & Bull, S. (2011). Towards Visual Analytics for Teachers' Dynamic Diagnostic Pedagogical Decision-Making. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 2011), Banff, Canada.
[C.32] Teplovs, Vatrapu, R. (2011). Generating Predictive Models of Learner Community Dynamics Through the Visualization of Networks Based on Social Network Analysis and Latent Semantic Analysis.  Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 2011), Banff, Canada.
[C.31] Vatrapu, R. (2011). Cultural Considerations in Learning Analytics. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 2011), Banff, Canada.
[C.30] Vatrapu, R. (2010). Explaining Culture: An Outline of a Theory of Socio-Technical Interactions. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2010), 19-20 August 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark. ( paper )
[C.29] Vatrapu, R., & Suthers, D. (2010). Cultural Influences in Collaborative Information Sharing and Organization. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2010), 19-20 August 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark. ( paper )
[C.28] Nielsen, J., Bødker, M., & Vatrapu, R. (2010). Culture and (I)literacy as Challenges to Scandinavian Cooperative Design. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2010), 19-20 August 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark.( paper )
[C.27] Vatrapu, R. (2010). Comparative Informatics: Investigating Cultural and Linguistic Influences in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. In the Symposium on Internationalizing the Learning Sciences across Formal and Informal Environments, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010), Vol 2, Chicago, USA. ( pre-prin t)
[C.26] Vatrapu, R., & Robertson, S. (2010). An Information Foraging Analysis of Note Taking and Note Sharing While Browsing Campaign Information . Proceedings of the 43rd Hawai`i International Conference on the System Sciences (HICSS-43), IEEE Xplore.
Full publication list (pdf)



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