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<p class="MsoNormal">***apologies if you receive this more than once***<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><b><span style="color:windowtext">WebSci’21 | 13<sup>th</sup> ACM Web Science Conference | PhD Symposium Call for Contributions
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<p class="MsoNormal">21-25 June 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hosted by the University of Southampton, UK, delivered online<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2Fcall-for-phd-symposium%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C4b090b12cd77408cc34408d8f2c9bd3e%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637526295587483624%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=S2rRWXHFv%2FP6n4eBR2t91CZX9WuL2CS8TluGwo8sSi8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://websci21.webscience.org/call-for-phd-symposium/" shash="HRPfZwjxbYxuHICfolOPEU7GLsoF+VDCI4KE+jkFfNfbBnydY50U5TMVjgo2HDCfHe4tW8BTFhFp2/p1KDV4Yqa/Uw5ZAL83P+X9972WEoyaGKGa27A6vTxMQIHo2Hu6ghs0O1Rz2QrVhMymaifPwywP/pMu1A2AuU7x5CPqriw=">https://websci21.webscience.org/call-for-phd-symposium/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The WebSci’21 PhD Symposium aims to provide PhD students at different stages of their candidature with an
<b>international platform to showcase their research goals</b> and to receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students can use this opportunity within a dedicated session at WebSci’21 to receive
<b>guidance on various aspects of their work from leading international researchers</b> including Professor Dame Wendy Hall (Southampton), Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda (Klagenfurt), Noshir Contractor (Northwestern), Jim Hendler (RPI), Jie Tang (Tsinghua), Matt
Weber (Rutgers), Katrin Weller (GESIS), Clare Hooper (Independent) and Pauline Leonard (Southampton), as well as other PhD students working on topics related to Web Science. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The WebSci’21 PhD Symposium will take place on the first day of the conference, on
<b>Monday June 21, 2021</b>. We aim for a lively and engaged discussion maximising early-stage ideas exchange and interdisciplinary discussion on emerging or novel ideas/research.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
To be able to attend the Symposium you will need to provide a 1-2-page PhD research description that will be reviewed by the PhD Symposium chairs. Accepted submissions will be presented in short, pre-recorded videos and discussed in open (Zoom) sessions. There
will be prizes for the best presentations, which will be announced at the conference Awards Ceremony.
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<i>We particularly welcome contributions that seek to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Methodologically, Web Science is a discipline that is agnostic to specific methods. We welcome quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, including methods from the social sciences and computer science. In addition, we welcome
work that explores the ethics of Web-based data collection and research. This year’s conference themes particularly welcome contributions that<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have a broader perspective on the Web
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Combine analyses of Web data and other types of data (e.g., from surveys or interviews) to better understand user behaviour (i.e. online and offline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Examine trends in globalisation, fragmentation, rejoining, and Balkanisation of the Web<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Examine automation and AI in all its manifestations relevant to the Web<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Interrogate questions of discrimination, representation, and fairness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bring lenses such as intersectionality or design justice to questions of marginalisation and inequality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Consider the impact of COVID on technology adoption, risk perception and risk taking, rates of change, change management, digital health, and privacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More broadly, possible topics for submissions include (but are not limited to) the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ethical challenges of technologies, data, algorithms, platforms, and people in the Web<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Modelling Web-related structures, data, users and behaviours<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Impact of AI and machine learning on the development of Web Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Detecting, preventing and predicting anomalies in Web data (e.g., fake content, spam, algorithmic and data biases)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Data curation, Web archives and stewardship in Web Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Safeguarding and governance of the Web, including anonymity, security and trust<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Temporal and spatial dimensions of the Web as a repository of information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The architecture and philosophy of the Web<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Social machines, crowd computing and collective intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Analysis and modelling of human vs. automatic behaviour (e.g. bots) and their influence on the structure of the Web and responding behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk67903491"><b>Submissions<o:p></o:p></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk67903491">Submissions should be up to 2 pages, ACM double column format. Accepted submissions will be made available in a separate open access WebSci’21 Companion Proceedings volume that will accompany the
main conference Proceedings. You can submit your contribution through EasyChair at the following URL:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk67903491"></span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Dwebsci21phd&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C4b090b12cd77408cc34408d8f2c9bd3e%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637526295587493622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=mpnw4nNBFT7%2FqtO5yDtNGSw4Ehc8HCUzEUlf%2BvzFfYQ%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci21phd" shash="QuR3izwHhFKQ03see8OY8EVWGdE9G3rWuoH0UjssSsoFP9Yy0RIu0wFqffeNztuj2Q5wYMbzN0zaOlItSrHZayJKGDSLxR/KDsHUIt203MH1ABMZzsvCw0dOUn5F4BO5ShROJOyNmZohqEvmIsmC0fruwexs+o15d6Oeq6k7VB8="><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk67903491">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci21phd</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk67903491"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk67903491"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Important dates<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submission deadline: May 3, 2021<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notification: May 10, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Camera Ready Copy: May 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>All submission deadlines are midnight in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fair Access Fund<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The WebSci’21 organizing committee wants to help ensure broad participation in the conference and has set up a
<b>WebSci’21 Fair Access Fund</b> sponsored by SIGWEB. The Fair Access Fund has up to twenty free registrations available to this year’s PhD Symposium for participants from the Global South. The free registration also covers attendance at the rest of the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To apply for the Fair Access Fund:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submit the following by email to <a href="mailto:websci21phd@easychair.org">
websci21phd@easychair.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">a short statement (1-2 paragraphs) explaining your interest in participating in the WebSci’21 PhD Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">evidence of your connection to a university or research laboratory. This evidence can be a link to one or more institutional web pages, or it can be a brief letter or email from a supervisor or
advising professor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Applications should be sent no later than the submission deadline, May 3, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">PhD Symposium Chairs
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Les Carr<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jisun An<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fariba Karimi<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hemant Purohit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Weal<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<h2><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:websci21phd@easychair.org">websci21phd@easychair.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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