[Asis-l] Call for workshop papers -- Computational Archival Science: digital records in the age of big data (deadline Oct. 10, 2017)

[Richard Marciano]

*Call for workshop papers: Computational Archival Science: digital records
in the age of big data.*

*The workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in Boston, MA,
USA, in conjunction with the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
(IEEE BigData 2017) <http://cci.drexel.edu/bigdata/bigdata2017/>.See call
for papers at: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2017_cas-workshop/
<http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2017_cas-workshop/>*****
Submission Deadline: October 10, 2017 *****The large-scale digitization of
analog archives, the emerging diverse forms of digital records and systems,
and new ways of engaging with archival material using technology, are
resulting in disruptions to traditional archival theories and practices.
Increasing quantities of ‘big archival data’ present challenges for the
practitioners and researchers who work with archival material, but also
offer enhanced possibilities for use and scholarly exploration through the
application of computational methods and tools.This workshop will explore
this conjunction of emerging methods and technologies around digital
records and big data with archival theory and practice, and will examine
new forms of records generation and historical, social, scientific, and
cultural research engagement with archival institutions. We aim to identify
and evaluate current trends, requirements, and potential in these areas, to
examine the new questions that they can provoke, and to help determine
possible research agendas for the evolution of computational archival
science in the coming  years, as well as addressing the questions and
concerns scholarship is raising about the interpretation of ‘big data’ and
the uses to which it is put.Full papers, of up to 10 pages, should be
submitted via the online submission system at
https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2017/bigdata17/scripts/ws_submit.php
<https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2017/bigdata17/scripts/ws_submit.php>. We
also encourage submission of short papers (up to 6 pages) reporting work in
progress. The submission deadline is October 10, 2017. All papers accepted
will be included in the proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society
Press.The workshop builds on a number of recent developments in
Computational Archival Science (see: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/
<http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/>), and in particular on the 1st Computational
Archival Science workshop at IEEE Big Data 2016 (see:
http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2016_cas-workshop/
<http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2016_cas-workshop/>), which
attracted a range of professionals and researchers, both from the DC area
and internationally.For more information, see the full workshop Call for
Papers at http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2017_cas-workshop/
<http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee_big_data_2017_cas-workshop/>*