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<p class="MsoNormal">***apologies if you receive this more than once***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ACM WebSci’20 – Second Call for Interdisciplinary PhD Symposium<br>
</b><br>
<b>Making the Web Human-Centric? New Directions in the Web and AI<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">12th International ACM Web Science Conference<br>
6-10 July 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Organised by the University of Southampton, UK – delivered online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Submission deadline: May 31, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Overview<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">One of the WebSci’20 events on
<b>Monday July 6, 2020</b> will be the Interdisciplinary PhD Symposium, offering PhD students the opportunity to present and discuss their research plans and ongoing research for an interdisciplinary audience. We aim for a lively and engaged discussion maximising
early-stage ideas exchange and interdisciplinary discussion on emerging or novel ideas/research.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Contributions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">To achieve this we are seeking 1-2 page PhD research descriptions that will be reviewed by the PhD Symposium chairs. Accepted submissions will be presented in (about) 20 minute slots during
the PhD Symposium on Monday July 6, 2020. Accepted submissions will also receive a fee waiver to the PhD Symposium, Workshops and Conference, which this year will be online.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The Web Science conference welcomes participation from all disciplines including, but not limited to, art, computer and information sciences, communication, economics, humanities, informatics,
law, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology, in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference is unique in bringing these disciplines together in creative and critical dialogue. We particularly welcome contributions
that seek to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Possible topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Theoretical, methodological and ethical approaches for Web Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web practices – individual and/or collective and/or institutional Humanities on the Web</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• The architecture and philosophy of the Web</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web Science approaches to Data Science and the Web of Data</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web Science and the Internet of Things</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Social machines, collective intelligence and collaborative production</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Social Media analytics for Web Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web economics, social entrepreneurship and innovation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web Science and Cybersecurity</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Personal data, trust, and privacy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web access, literacy, and development</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Health and well-being online</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Arts and culture on the Web</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Data curation and stewardship in Web Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">• Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Submissions should be up to 2 pages, ACM double column format. You can submit your contribution by email to
<b><a href="mailto:websci20@soton.ac.uk">websci20@soton.ac.uk</a></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Conference Website<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci20.webscience.org%2Fcall-for-phd-symposium%2F&data=01%7C01%7C%7Caac550cda6b741a89e2108d7fccb6216%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=GZLmtRJamzOKd9QpQJYvi3Vxvwxsdr6oVqlknI5dvPE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://websci20.webscience.org/call-for-phd-symposium/" shash="vxeE4NtwpDTU9dSZNozlp8Q9dih3hc2ONb8AbsVgzAcTOpoQk0d0WT+ggs5E67awYqPmOREF3xWNIYm0u6mSzn7FH0XQ2UuYaKkuG8OJvsjblTLuiXhXbNYDjoZP2H2RsnvOG21z8smdY47i1bwFzfyIs902HiyM8cjzrYCr9ms=">https://websci20.webscience.org/call-for-phd-symposium/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_____________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US">Mark Weal & Hemant Purohit (PhD Symposium Chairs)</span><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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