[Asis-l] Call for Workshops/Tutorials: Computational Social Science Winter Symposium. December 1-3, Cologne (Germany).

[Weller, Katrin]

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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS / TUTORIALS
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2nd COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM

Cologne, Germany

Pre-conference workshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015
Main conference dates: December 2-3, 2015

Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/

Hashtag: #cssws15
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ABOUT THE WINTER SYMPOSIUM
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The CSS Winter Symposium 2015 will be a three-day event consisting of:

* an exciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will provide different perspectives on current advances and limitations of computational social science
* an open call for contributed papers and posters that will provide opportunities for computational social scientists to present and discuss their own work.
* the opportunity to participate in workshops and tutorials on the day prior to the symposium
* plenty of possibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an evening event at the famous Cologne Christmas markets.


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech), Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University), Sune Lehmann (Technical University of Denmark), Jürgen Pfeffer (Carnegie Mellon University), Ralph Schroeder (University of Oxford)


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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop/Tutorial submissions:                                                            September 01, 2015

Workshop/Tutorial notification:                                                              September 16, 2015

(Posters+presentations submissions:)                                                 (September 28, 2015)

Registration deadline:                                                                                 November 19, 2015

Pre-symposium workshops and tutorials:                                          December 1, 2015

Main symposium dates:                                                                             December 2-3, 2015


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WORKSHOP / TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS
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We are looking for ideas for interactive workshops and instructional tutorials in the area of computational social science. Workshops may feature (invited) talks or explore novel formats for discussion. Tutorials should focus on teaching methodological and practical skills.
We welcome proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the following and related topics:

* introduction to programming skills for computational social science
* introductions to social science methods for computer scientists and other technical disciplines
* use cases for combining social science and computational methods
* core principles and future directions of computational social science
* introductions to tools for computational social science
* best practices for data analysis, data cleaning and processing
* comparisons of analysis techniques and tools
* evaluation of tools and their appropriateness for specific tasks
* network analysis
* statistics


Please see the call for workshops/tutorials for details about the submission format: http://www.gesis.org/en/css-wintersymposium/home/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials/

Proposals should be submitted as PDF files via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cssws15

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Organization
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GESIS will provide the basic infrastructure for the accepted workshops, e.g. the venue and refreshments. Workshop/tutorial organizers are responsible for organizing and conducting their events, including invitation or recruiting of speakers. A short description of each accepted workshop or tutorial has to be provided for the CSSWS website.


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CONTACT
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WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS CHAIR:
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Dr. Katrin Weller
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

E-mail: katrin.weller at gesis.org<mailto:katrin.weller at gesis.org>
Twitter: @kwelle
Phone: +49 221 47694472



LOCAL ORGANIZATION:
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Diana Lindner, M.A.
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

Email: diana.lindner at gesis.org<mailto:diana.lindner at gesis.org>
Phone: +49 (0221) 47694-401


CONFERENCE CHAIR:
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Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

E-mail: markus.strohmaier at gesis.org<mailto:markus.strohmaier at gesis.org>
Twitter: @mstrohm
Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225
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