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*** WEBSCI 2019: CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ***
11th ACM Conference on Web Science (WEBSCI19), Boston - MA, USA 2019

- Submission Deadline: January 25, 2019
- Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci19
- Notification of acceptance: February 5, 2019
- Workshop/tutorial day: June 30 2019
- Website: https://websci19.webscience.org/callforworkshopstutorials.html

# SUMMARY

The 2019 WebSci Conference in Boston, MA is soliciting proposals for 
workshops and tutorials addressing the way Web Science research can 
illuminate key contemporary issues and global challenges. Workshops 
should reflect the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. The 
tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and 
methods, including but not limited to techniques for data collection, 
processing, and analysis, as well as substantive interpretation, best 
practices, and ethics.

Examples of potential WebSci workshop areas include:
- Using Web Science for social good
- Collective intelligence, collaborative production and crowdsourcing
- Bias on the Web
- Data ethics and algorithmic accountability
- Digital inequalities: access, quality, and participation
- Information privacy and cybersecurity
- Learning and education on the Web
- Misinformation and propaganda on the Web
- Social connections and social influence on the Web
- Internet politics and political participation
- The evolution of social media services
- Online health and wellness

# PROPOSAL FORMAT

Proposals should be up to 3 pages long and should  include the following 
information:
- Workshop/tutorial title
- Workshop/tutorial summary (1-2 paragraphs)
- Workshop/tutorial description, including the motivation and goals of - 
the proposal, as well as its relevance to the field of Web Science.
- Workshop/tutorial schedule and activities, including the format, 
proposed activities (panels, sessions, interactive exercises, etc.), as 
well as invited speakers or panelists.
- Workshop/tutorial organizer info, including names, affiliations, 
emails, and personal websites. Please indicate who would be the main 
contact person for the submission and if the workshop has been run in 
the past.
- Target audience and audience size: the expected number and type of 
attendees, along with any information about required skills or tools 
with which participants need to be familiar.
- Special requirements or equipment, if any.

# SUBMISSION

Proposals must be submitted to Easychair via 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci19 (workshop & tutorial 
track) by January 25, 2019.

# ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Workshop and tutorial proposals will be evaluated based on their 
academic rigor, timeliness, originality, potential to address important 
questions and attract large multidisciplinary audiences. Relevance to 
the field of Web Science is also a prerequisite for all submissions.

# PROCEEDINGS

Workshop organisers are free to publish workshop proceedings. WebSci19 
offers the possibility to include workshop papers as a companion 
collection of the ACM WebSci19 proceedings. In this case, it is crucial 
that workshop schedules are aligned with the schedule for the overall 
proceedings publication, i.e. camera-ready papers need to be ready by 1 
May 2019.

# CHAIRS

- Katya Ognyanova (Rutgers University)
- Stefan Dietze (GESIS, Germany)

# CONTACT

For any enquiries, please contact the chairs via 
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# IMPORTANT DATES

- Proposal submission deadline: January 25, 2019
- Acceptance notification: February 5, 2019
- Websites and CfPs of workshops/tutorials online: March 1, 2019
- Workshop & tutorial date: June 30, 2019

-- 
Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | http://www.gesis.org
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf | https://www.cs.hhu.de/
L3S Research Center | http://www.l3s.de

Phone: +49 (0)221-47694-421
Web: http://stefandietze.net

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