[Wiki-research-l] [Mark Your Calendars] HCOMP 2019
Hello! ### Apologies for cross-postings ### The 7th AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP 2019) will be held Oct 28–30 at Skamania Lodge in Washington State near the Columbia Gorge River, just 45 minutes from Portland, Oregon. This year is the 10-year anniversary of the very first HCOMP workshop in Paris, and to celebrate, there will be special events, talks, and panels throughout the conference. HCOMP 2019 -- https://www.humancomputation.com/ HCOMP is the premier venue for disseminating the latest research findings on human computation and crowdsourcing. While artificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interaction (HCI) represent traditional mainstays of the conference, HCOMP believes strongly in inviting, fostering, and promoting broad, interdisciplinary research. The field is particularly unique in the diversity of disciplines it draws upon and contributes to, ranging from human-centered qualitative studies and HCI design, to computer science and artificial intelligence, to economics and the social sciences, all the way to digital humanities, policy, and ethics. We promote the exchange of advances in human computation and crowdsourcing not only among researchers, but also engineers and practitioners, to encourage dialogue across disciplines and communities of practice. --- IMPORTANT DATES Abstracts submission: 3 June 2019 (5pm EST) Full Papers Due: 5 June 2019 (5pm EST) Notification: 2 August 2019 Main Conference: 29-30 October 2019 Workshops & Doctoral Consortium: 28 October 2019 --- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - This year, we especially encourage work that generate new insights into the “human computation” side of HCOMP, such as new understandings about human cognition, human-in-the-loop intelligence systems, human-AI interaction and collaboration, algorithmic and interface techniques for augmenting human abilities to perform tasks, and other issues that affect how humans collaborate with AI systems (such as bias, fairness and interpretability). ## Topics of Interests ## HCOMP strongly believes in inviting, fostering, and promoting broad, interdisciplinary research on crowdsourcing and human computation. Submissions may present principles, studies, and/or applications of systems that rely on programmatic interaction with crowds, or where human perception, knowledge, reasoning, or physical activity and coordination contributes to the operation of computational systems, applications, or services. More generally, we invite submissions from the broad spectrum of related fields and application areas including (but not limited to): - Crowdsourcing areas: e.g., citizen science, disaster response and relief, crowdsourcing in health, travel, journalism, etc., collective action, collective knowledge, crowdsourcing contests, crowd creativity, crowd funding, crowd ideation, crowd sensing, distributed work, freelancer economy, open innovation, microtasks, prediction markets, wisdom of crowds, the future of work, etc. - Applications: e.g., gaming and gamification, knowledge bases, fact verification, computer vision, databases, digital humanities, information retrieval, machine learning, natural language and speech processing, optimization, programming languages, systems, etc. - Crowd/human algorithms: e.g., computer-supported human computation, crowd/human algorithm design and complexity, mechanism design, quality control, etc. - Human-centered crowd studies: human-computer interaction, social computing, cultural heritage, computer-supported cooperative work, design, cognitive and behavioral sciences (psychology and sociology), incentives, management science, economics, policy, ethics, etc. --- FOLLOW UPDATES - HCOMP 2019 Website -- https://www.humancomputation.com/ TWITTER -- #HCOMP2019 Cheers, Ujwal -- Dr. Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hannover, Germany ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] [CFP] HumBL 2019 : Augmenting Intelligence with Bias-aware Humans-in-the-Loop @ TheWebConf 2019
include diagrams and appendices. Submissions should be formatted according to the formatting instructions in the General Guidelines. Submit papers through https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=humblwww2019 All submissions must be written in English. Accepted papers will be published online via CEUR-WS. --- WORKSHOP CHAIRS -- Lora Aroyo, Google, USA Alessandro Checco, University of Sheffield, UK Gianluca Demartini, University of Queensland, AU Ujwal Gadiraju, L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, DE Anna Lisa Gentile, IBM Research Almaden, US Oana Inel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL Cristina Sarasua, University of Zurich, CH -- Dr. Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hannover, Germany DE811245527 Phone: +49. 511. 762-5772 Fax: +49. 511. 762-19712 E-Mail: gadir...@l3s.de Web: www.l3s.de/~gadiraju/ ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] Call for Registration and Scholarship Applications for the Web Science Summer School 2018 (WWSSS'18)
Hi, Apologies for cross-posting. Call for Registration and Scholarship Applications for the Web Science Summer School 2018 (http://wwsss18.webscience.org/) *** IMPORTANT DATES *** Scholarship applications by : 15 April 2018 Official registration open : 19 March 2018 Early bird registration by : 7 May 2018 WWSSS summer school : 30 July - 5 August 2018 The Web Science Summer School 2018 (WWSSS'18) will be held in Hannover, Germany. It is hosted by L3S Research Center and will take place from 30.07.18 till 04.08.18. Web Science is the emergent study of the people and technologies, applications, processes and practices that shape and are shaped by the World Wide Web. Web Science requires mining and understanding data from the Web, requiring both technical skills for handling big (Web) data as well as fundamental understanding of the social, psychological or legal aspects underpinning online activities. The WWSSS'18 will address the inter-disciplinary field of Web Science by focusing on lectures which tackle the aforementioned challenges in topics such as data science and data mining, big data processing, information retrieval, Web governance as well as the sociology and psychology of online interactions. (http://wwsss18.webscience.org/index.php/schedule/) The program includes keynote talks from prominent researchers in Web Science. Alongside lectures from experienced researchers, that will address major trends in Web Science, the Summer School will provide hands-on training in data processing, analysis and methods, team work, and opportunities to present current research. Participants shall work on specific tasks linked to the datasets provided, and will be mentored by local instructors. All teams will present the results of their work on the last day of the school. (http://wwsss18.webscience.org/index.php/speakers/) *** SCHOLARSHIPS & REGISTRATION *** Registration is open to everyone interested with a registration fee of 200 EUR (175 EUR for early bird registration). Full time-students enrolled for Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in computer science, digital humanities and related fields may apply for scholarship grants funded by the SoBigData project. The organizing committee will evaluate all applications. Every attendee with a successful application will receive a fee waiver. In addition, a minimum budget 300 EUR is reserved for every successful applicant for travel and accommodation refunds. More details are available on the website. CONTACT DETAILS Follow the updates at http://wwsss18.webscience.org/, and do not miss the chance to be a part of this enriching experience! Please feel free to contact the chairs of the summer school or the local organization team if you have any queries: wwss...@l3s.de. Best, Ujwal -- Dr. Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hannover, Germany DE811245527 Phone: +49. 511. 762-5772 Fax: +49. 511. 762-19712 E-Mail: gadir...@l3s.de Web: www.l3s.de/~gadiraju/ ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] [Call for Participation] Web Science Summer School 2018
Hi all, Apologies for cross-posting. *** WEB SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL 2018, Hannover, Germany *** The Web Science Summer School 2018 (WWSSS’18) will be held in Hannover, Germany. It is hosted by L3S Research Center and will take place from 30.07.18 till 04.08.18. Web Science is the emergent study of the people and technologies, applications, processes and practices that shape and are shaped by the World Wide Web. Web Science aims to draw together theories, methods and findings from across academic disciplines, and to collaborate with industry, business, government and civil society, to develop our knowledge and understanding of the Web: the largest socio-technical infrastructure in human history. Web Science requires mining and understanding data from the Web, requiring both technical skills for handling big (Web) data as well as fundamental understanding of the social, psychological or legal aspects underpinning online activities. The WWSSS’18 will address the inter-disciplinary field of Web Science by focusing on lectures which tackle the aforementioned challenges in topics such as data science and data mining, big data processing, information retrieval, Web governance as well as the sociology and psychology of online interactions. Alongside lectures that will address major trends in Web Science, the Summer School will provide hands-on training in data processing, analysis and methods, team work, and opportunities to present current research. Participants shall work on specific tasks linked to the datasets provided, and will be mentored by local instructors. All teams will present the results of their work on the last day of the school. Speakers, tutors and the full program are currently being finalized. Registration for the summer school will be made open for everyone. In addition, there will be a selection process for a few scholarships that will be awarded to students to cover participation costs. Follow the updates at http://wwsss18.webscience.org/, and do not miss the chance to be a part of this enriching experience! Please feel free to contact the chairs of the summer school or the local organization team if you have any queries. * -- Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hannover, Germany Phone: +49. 511. 762-5772 Fax: +49. 511. 762-19712 E-Mail: gadir...@l3s.de Web: www.l3s.de/~gadiraju/ ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] HT 2018 [Call for Workshop Proposals]
Hi all, This is a call for workshop proposals at HT 2018, Baltimore, Maryland. The ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT) is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on theory, systems and applications for hypertext and social media. The conference would be held in the beautiful city of Baltimore this year. HyperText is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research, including social media, adaptation, personalization, recommendations, user modeling, linked data and semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext, and its application in digital humanities, as well as with interplay between those aspects such as linking stories with data or linking people with resources. HT2018 will focus on the role of links, linking, hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community. *Apologies for cross-posting* - THE 29TH ACM CONFERENCE ON HYPERTEXT AND SOCIAL MEDIA - *** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS *** The goals of the workshops are to provide a more informal setting for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster the research community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics, related to the main conference themes, but may also include other (novel) topics, which might be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics addressed in the main conference. We welcome proposals for different types of workshops, from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like workshops. However, we prefer “interactive” workshops that guarantee richer active interactions among participants and provide significant room for controversial and stimulating discussions. Potential proposers are invited to discuss their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed proposal. Proposals for workshops should be no more than four pages in length (10pt, single column, with reasonable margins) with the following information: - Title of the workshop and suggested acronym - Keywords (describing the main themes) - Abstract - Description of the workshop (topics and goals) - Relevance of the workshop to Hypertext 2018 - Workshop organizers bios (1-2 paragraphs per organizer) - Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience) - Workshop and submission formats - Length (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for the need of a full day - Previous editions of the workshop series, if applicable (URLs, conference it was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information) - Any plan for further publication (e.g., special issue in journals) - Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee - Send your workshop proposals (in PDF format) by email to the workshop chairs, Haewoon Kwak (haew...@acm.org) and Ujwal Gadiraju (gadir...@l3s.de). For additional inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the workshop chairs. -- ***Key Dates*** (All deadlines are specified as Anywhere on Earth) -- Workshop proposal submission deadline: December 1, 2017 Workshop acceptance notification: December 14, 2017 Workshop paper submission: April 10, 2018 Workshop paper acceptance notification: May 8, 2018 Best Regards, Ujwal -- Dr. Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hannover, Germany Phone: +49. 511. 762-5772 Fax: +49. 511. 762-19712 E-Mail: gadir...@l3s.de Web: www.l3s.de/~gadiraju/ ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] Call for Participation in WebSci'16 Hackathon [Exploring the Past of the Web: Alexandria & Archive-It Hackathon]
Hello, ### APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING ### -- Exploring the Past of the Web: Alexandria & Archive-It Hackathon -- Web Science 2016 Hackathon: http://www.websci16.org/hackathon - Hackathon Chairs - Avishek Anand, L3S Research Center, Germany Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive, USA The Web has pervaded all walks of life and has become an important corpus for studying the humanities, social sciences, and for use by computer scientists and other disciplines. Web archives collect, preserve, and provide ongoing access to ephemeral Web pages and hence encode traces of human thought, activity, and history. This makes them a valuable resource for analysis and study. However, there have been only few concerted efforts to bring together tools, platforms, storage, processing frameworks, and existing collections for mining and analysing Web archives. We present the Alexandria & Archive-It Hackathon @ WebSci’16 as a forum for scientists, engineers, practitioners, and enthusiasts to work with Web archive collections at scale and use and help build tools that can help realize the largely untapped potential of using Web archives in their research and work. The goal of the Hackathon is to bring together a small and focused group of participants to collaboratively work with Web archive collections using open-source tools and platforms and to discuss new ideas in exploring and analyzing these collections. We will provide access to focused, subject-specific Web archive collections from a diverse set of institutions and topics. The data consists of collections from Archive-It, Internet Archive’s web archiving service, and is housed on a commercial data cluster (provided generously by www.altiscale.com) for processing and analysis, but can be browsed on the Web as well through their collection pages athttps://archive-it.org/. The topics range from web pages collected around events (like the U.S. Occupy Movement), interest groups (politics, art, et cetera), home pages (museums, universities) and more. All collections were archived over a notable period of time and can support multiple analytical approaches and tools. A range of collections will be available for use in the hackathon. Some examples of the types of collections to be included: [1]. Human Rights web archive collected by Columbia University: https://www.archive-it.org/collections/1068 [2]. Occupy Movement 2011/2012, collected by Internet Archive: https://archive-it.org/collections/2950 [3]. Auction Houses web archive, collected by New York Art Resources consortium: https://www.archive-it.org/collections/2135 [4]. Contemporary Women Artists on the Web, collected by National Museum of Women in the Arts:https://archive-it.org/collections/2973 To lower the entry barrier in accessing and analysing this data we will provide a small hands-on session on Day 1, using existing open source tools, and will be able to provide some coaching during the Hackathon to groups not yet fully fluent with working with large data clusters. We want to ensure that participation will be truly cross-disciplinary with the hope of fostering cross-fertilization of ideas from users and researchers from multiple disciplines, including social and political sciences, the humanities, and computer science. We will end the Hackathon on Day 4 with presentations of team accomplishments as well as discussions and exchange of ideas for future projects and collaborations. The Hackathon will run in parallel to the WebSci’16 conference, to allow participants to register and attend the conference, and will finish one day after the conference. Participants will receive promotional materials from the event hosts and Internet Archive and Archive-It. The research team with the most accomplished plan, project, or future work will receive a complimentary Archive-It account that can be used to build their own web archive collection for use in their own future research. Alexandria and Archive-It also plan on convening additional hackathons and web archive data mining challenges in conjunction with future conferences and events. - Registration - The registration for the Hackathon is free for WebSci'16 participants, however we waive off the charges for participating only in the Hackathon. If you want to register for "Hackathon Only": People who only want to attend the hackathon, can register on http://websci16.org/registration by selecting "Dinner only" first and on the next page below their personal details select "Hackathon only". Feel free to contact us if you have any questions at: websci-hackat...@l3s.de. Best Regards, Ujwal Gadiraju -- Ujwal Gadiraju L3S Research Center Leibniz Universität Hannover 30167 Hanno
