FINAL
CALL FOR PAPERS & ACCEPTED SATELLITE EVENTS ACM
Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington,
Indiana, USA websci14.org /
@WebSciConf / #WebSci14 Deadline
for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014
Web
Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications,
and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the
largest informational artifact constructed by humans in
history. Web
Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast universal information
network of people and communities. As such, Web Science includes
the study of social networks whose work, expression, and play take
place on the Web. The social sciences and computational
sciences meet
in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior
and social interaction contributes to our understanding of the
Web, while Web data is transforming how social science is conducted.
The Web presents us with a great opportunity as well as an obligation:
If we are to ensure the Web benefits humanity we must do our
best to understand it.
Call
for Papers
The
Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts
to integrate computer and information sciences, communication,
linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political
science, philosophy, digital humanities, and other disciplines
in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference
is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines
together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers
from all the above disciplines, and in particular those that cross
traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Following
the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11
in Koblenz, WebSci '12 in Evanston, and WebSci'13 in Paris, for
the 2014 conference we are seeking papers and posters that describe
original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science,
as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas
and works-in-progress.
Possible
topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following:
*
Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices,
and online
communities *
Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based *
large-scale social interaction *
Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human
communities on the
Web *
Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions * on
the Web *
Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing *
Theories and methods for computational social science on the
Web *
Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the
Web * The
architecture and philosophy of the Web * The
intersection of design and human interaction on the Web *
Economics and social innovation on the Web *
Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons *
Personal data, trust, and privacy * Web
and social media research ethics *
Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems * Big
data and the study of the Web * Web
access, literacy, and development *
Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web *
People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open
data, and
new interfaces *
Digital humanities * Arts
& culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web
resources * Web
archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives * New
research questions and thought-provoking ideas
Submission
Web
Science is necessarily a very selective single track
conference with a
rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct
traditions of its
many disciplines, we provide three different submission formats:
full papers, short papers, and posters. For all types of submissions,
inclusion in the ACM DL proceedings will be by default, but
not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All accepted research papers
(full and short papers) will be presented during the single-track
conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the
single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers
during a dedicated poster session.
Full
research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation
including Q&A)
Full
research papers should present new results and original work
that has
not been previously published. Research papers should present substantial
theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions
to research and/or practice.
Short
research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation
including Q&A)
Short
research papers should present new results and original work that
has not been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary
theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions
to research and/or practice.
Other
creative submission formats (flexible formats)
Other
types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the
exact format
and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic
performances or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations,
or other creative formats. For these submissions, the proposers
should make clear both what they propose to do, and any special
requirements they would need to successfully do it (in terms of
space, time, technology, etc.)
Review
The
Web Science program committee consists of a program committee
that covers
all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed
by three PC members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC
chair, to cover both the research background of each
submission as
well as the necessary interdisciplinary aspects.
(Optional)
Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library
All
accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science
2014 Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through
the ACM Digital Library, in the same length and format of the submission
unless indicated otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and
archived can "opt out" of the proceedings).
Satellite
Events
The
following is the list of accepted satellite events. All
workshops will
be held on June 23.
Full
day events
Altmetrics14
- Expanding Impacts and Metrics http://altmetrics.org/altmetrics14 Judit
Bar-Ilan, Rodrigo Costas, Paul Groth, Stefanie Haustein,
Vincent Lariviere,
Isabella Peters and Mike Taylor
Massive
Data Flow: Understanding the Complex Dynamics of the Web Seth
Bullock, Takashi Ikegami and Mizuki Oka
Computational
Approaches to Social Modeling (ChASM) http://www.chasm.ws Andrea
Baronchelli, Bruno Goncalves, Nicola Perra, Claudia Wagner, Markus
Strohmaier, Noshir Contractor, and Emilio Ferrara
The
web of scientific knowledge: current trends and future perspectives
in the big data era Filippo Radicchi, Stasa Milosevic, Ying
Ding, Cassidy Sugimoto, Vincent Leriviere, and Min Song Yonsei
Doctoral
Consortium Howard
Rosenbaum, Pnina Fichman, Lora Aroyo
Half-day
events
Interdisciplinary
Coups to Calamities http://www.icc.ecs.soton.ac.uk Clare
J. Hooper, David Millard and Norhidayah Azman
Web
Science Education: Sharing experiences and developing
community http://webscience-education-workshop.net Stephane
B. Bazan, Su White, Steffen Staab, Michalis Vafopoulos, Susan Halford,
Clare Hooper, Hans Akkermans and Mark Weal
Research
Methodologies for analyzing Cybercrime and Cyberwar http://webscience-cybercrime-workshop.net Dominic
Hobson, Neil Macewan, Lisa Sugiura, Stephane B. Bazan and Craig
Webber
2nd
International Workshop on Building Web Observatories
(B-WOW2014) https://sites.google.com/site/bwow2014 Ramine
Tinati, Thanassis Tiropanis, Ian Brown and Wendy Hall
Deadlines
Full
& Short Papers: * 23 February 2014:
Submissions of full and short papers * 13 April 2014:
Notification of acceptance for papers * 11 May 2014:
Camera-ready version of papers and posters due
Late
Breaking Posters: * 23 March 2014:
Submissions of posters * 13 April 2014:
Notification of acceptance for posters * 11 May 2014:
Camera-ready version of posters due
Authors
take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings
are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be
up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official
publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related
to published work. (If proceedings are published in the ACM Digital
Library after the conference is over, the official publication date
is the first day of the conference.)
Conference
calendar and rough program * 23 June 2014:
workshops, opening reception and keynote * 24 June 2014:
keynote(s), technical program, poster reception * 25 June 2014:
keynote(s), technical program, social event * 26 June 2014: keynote,
technical program, closing
General
chairs * Fil
Menczer, Indiana University * Jim
Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Bill
Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Program
chairs *
Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing) * Ciro
Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics) * Eric
T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social
Sciences)
Program
Commiteee *
Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University * Luca
Maria Aiello, Yahoo! Research *
William Allen, University of Oxford *
Sitaram Asur, HP Labs *
Alain Barrat, CNRS *
Fabricio Benevenuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais * Mark
Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc *
Paolo Boldi, Universita degli Studi di Milano *
Niels Brugger, Aarhus Universitet *
Licia Capra, University College London *
Carlos Castillo, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Lu
Chen, Wright State University *
Cristobal Cobo, Oxford Internet Institute *
David Crandall, Indiana University *
Pasquale De Meo, VU University, Amsterdam *
David De Roure, Oxford e-Research Centre *
Pnina Fichman, Indiana University *
Alessandro Flammini, Indiana University *
Matteo Gagliolo, Universite libre de Bruxelles *
Laetitia Gauvin, ISI Foundation, Turin *
Daniel Gayo Avello, University of Oviedo *
Scott Golder, Cornell University *
Bruno Goncalves, Aix-Marseille Universite *
Andrew Gordon, University of Southern California *
Scott Hale, Oxford Internet Institute *
Noriko Hara, Indiana University *
Bernhard Haslhofer, University of Vienna *
Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg *
Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft *
Jeremy Hunsinger, Wilfrid Laurier University *
Ajita John, Avaya Labs *
Robert Jaschke, L3S Research Center *
Haewoon Kwak, Telefonica Research *
Renaud Lambiotte, University of Namur *
Matthieu Latapy, CNRS *
Silvio Lattanzi, Google * Vili
Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute * Sune
Lehmann, Technical University of Denmark *
Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California *
David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College *
Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh * Huan
Liu, Arizona State University *
Jared Lorince, Indiana University *
Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University *
Massimo Marchiori, University of Padova and UTILABS *
Yutaka Matsuo, University of Tokyo *
Jaimie Murdock, Indiana University *
Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham * Eni
Mustafaraj, Wellesley College *
Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover *
Andre Panisson, ISI Foundation, Turin *
Hanwoo Park, Yeungnam University *
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano * Leto
Peel, University of Colorado, Boulder *
Orion Penner, IMT Lucca *
Nicola Perra, Northeastern University * Rob
Procter, University of Warwick *
Cornelius Puschmann, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for
Internet and
Society *
Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs *
Carlos P. Roca, Universitat Rovira i Virgili *
Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam *
Daniel Romero, Northwestern University *
Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University *
Giancarlo Ruffo, Universita di Torino *
Derek Ruths, McGill University *
Rossano Schifanella, Universita di Torino *
Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute *
Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin *
Xiaolin Shi, Microsoft *
Elena Simperl, University of Southampton *
Philipp Singer, Knowledge Management Institute * Marc
Smith, Connected Action Consulting Group *
Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau *
Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich * Lei
Tang, @WalmartLabs *
Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota *
Sebastiano Vigna, Universita degli Studi di Milano *
Claudia Wagner, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences *
Jillian Wallis, UC Los Angeles * Stan
Wasserman, Indiana University *
Ingmar Weber, Qatar Computing Research Institute *
Matthew Weber, Rutgers University *
Lilian Weng, Indiana University *
Christopher Wienberg, University of Southern California * Ben
Zhao, UC Santa Barbara *
Arkaitz Zubiaga, Dublin Institute of Technology Arkaitz
Zubiaga, *
Dublin Institute of Technology