[Ci4cg-announce] Fwd: Registration Now Open: 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science

[Doug Schuler]

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Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 5:36 AM
Subject: Registration Now Open: 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in
Computational Social Science
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*The 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science*
Inequality and Imbalance

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*REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 6, 2017*
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November 15-17, 2017
Venue: The Alan Turing Institute and British Library, London, United
Kingdom
Website: symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu
For inquiries: css.eurosymposium at gmail.com

*ORGANIZERS*

General Chairs:
Luca Maria Aiello, Nokia Bell Labs
Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute

Organizing committee:
Katrin Weller, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Markus Strohmaier, RWTH Aachen & GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences
David Garcia, ETH Zurich
Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zurich

*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*

Eszter Hargittai, University of Zurich & Northwestern University

Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, NTENT, Pompeu Fabra University & University of Chile

Keith Payne, University of North Carolina




*IMPORTANT DATES *

October 13, 2017 Registration opens
November 6, 2017: Registration closes

November 15, 2017: Workshops and tutorials

November 16-17, 2017: Main conference



*REGISTRATION*



Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-symposium-on-societal-
challenges-in-computational-social-science-tickets-38227999977



The registration fee is 60 GBP. It covers the participation fee for the
workshop and tutorial day (November 15th, 2017) and the two main conference
days (November 16th-17th, 2017), including coffee breaks and lunch. To
secure a place for the workshop and tutorial day, don’t forget to register
early. A number of free registrations for the workshop and tutorial day are
available and will be given on a first come, first served basis.



*ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM*

This is the first in a series of three symposia that discuss societal
challenges in computational social sciences. In the first year, the focus
will be on “Inequality and Imbalance” (London, 2017). Future events will be
focused on “Bias and Discrimination” (Cologne, 2018) and “Polarization and
Radicalization” (Zurich, 2019).



With these three events we provide a platform to address one of the most
pressing challenges in today’s digital society: understanding the role that
digital technologies, the Web, and the algorithms used therein play in the
mediation and creation of inequalities, discrimination and polarization.



By addressing inequality as the topical issue for the symposium series we
intend to explore how CSS can contribute to opening up new ways of thinking
about, of measuring, detecting and coping with social inequality,
discrimination, and polarization. We will discuss how divides and
inequalities are proliferated in digital society, how social cleavages can
be observed via web data, how the organizational structure of the web
itself generates biases and inequality, and how, in contrast, algorithms
and computational tools might help to reduce discrimination and inequality.
We will also investigate how bias and unequal social structures foster
political tension and polarization, including issues of radicalization and
hate.



The Symposium series is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
<https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/foundation.html>.



*WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS*



*Full Day*

Workshop: Quantitative Tools for Qualitative Analysis: Computational Social
Science Meets Discourse Analysis
<https://robintschoetschel.github.io/CSS-for-DA-london17/#contact-and-organising-committee>

Tutorial: Integrating Social Theory with Computational and Spatial Methods
for Urban Data Science
<https://sites.google.com/view/urban-tutorial-eurosys17/home>



*Half-day*

Morning Workshop: Interpretability of Algorithmic Systems
<https://interpretability.wordpress.com/main/>

Morning Tutorial: Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media:
Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL
<http://www.smrfoundation.org/2017/10/09/november-15-18-2017-european-symposium-series-on-societal-challenges-in-computational-social-science-2017-inequality-and-imbalance-london-uk/>

Afternoon Workshop: Addressing Big Societal Challenges with Digital
Behavioral Data
<https://www.gesis.org/angebot/veranstaltungen/gesis-tagungen/addressing-big-societal-challenges-with-digital-behavioral-data/>

Afternoon Workshop: Developing Intelligent Decision Support Systems:
Societal Challenges and Technical Strategies
<https://h2020enliven.org/2017/09/21/workshop-developing-idss/>

Afternoon Tutorial: Quantitative Text Analysis Using R



*MEET THE SPEAKERS*



Do you want to discuss your work with experts in the field? Three of our
keynote speakers are available for counselling on the workshop and tutorial
day. Symposium participants can book individual consulting slots of approx.
15-20 minutes with the keynote speakers to discuss ideas for their future
work or planned projects. Please check the event website
<http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu> for details.



*SCIENCE SLAM AND DATA BEERS*



In the evening of November 16, starting at 6:30pm, we welcome you to join
us at ScienceSlam+Databeers (databeersldn.tumblr.com), a fun event with
short, entertaining science talks and **free beer**! The event will take
place at City, University London <https://goo.gl/maps/v4BGBy1iNwj>. If you
are interested, please remember to select the appropriate option on the
registration form.
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