Registration Open: 3rd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science

[Miu Ting Ho]

3rd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science
Euro CSS 2019: Polarization and Radicalization

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Venue: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Dates: September 2-4, 2019

Website: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/

Register here: https://bit.ly/2K3TSpf **Registration Close Date: August 17, 2019**

For enquiries: css.euro...@gmail.com

 

PROGRAM

The Euro CSS is an interdisciplinary symposium that brings together researchers from a diverse range of disciplines to contribute to the definition and exploration of the societal challenges in Computational Social Science, with the focus on polarization and radicalization this year.

 

The program features:

• 4 keynotes followed by discussant sessions

Keynote: Andreas Flache (University of Groningen)

– Discussant: Carter Butts (University of California, Irvine)

Keynote: Philip Leifeld (University of Essex)

– Discussant: Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology)

Keynote: Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute & The Alan Turing Institute)

– Discussant: Simon Hug (University of Geneva)

Keynote: Alice E. Marwick (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

            – Discussant: Lena Frischlich (University of Münster)

• 30 accepted talks
• 49 accepted posters
• Workshops & tutorials
• Doctoral Consortium
• Dataset Challenge 2019 – Machine Behavior Datathon
  The best project will be awarded the Euro CSS Dataset Challenge Award (250 EUR).
  
• Science Slam at bQm Culture Café & Bar
  If you would like to present at the Science Slam, email the title and a short description of what you want to do to gar...@csh.ac.at by August 10, 2019. The winners will receive the Euro CSS Symposium Science Slam Award (1^st winner: 200 EUR, 2^nd winner: 100 EUR).

Preliminary schedule here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2019/#schedule

 

The Symposium series is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

 

TICKETS

The registration fee is 60 CHF. It covers the participation fee, coffee breaks and lunch (September 2nd-4th, 2019). To secure a place for a workshop or tutorial on the first day, don’t forget to register early.

 

ORGANIZERS

Symposium Chairs:

David Garcia (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich)

 

Doctoral Consortium Mentor:

Jürgen Pfeffer (Technical University of Munich & Carnegie Mellon University)

 

Dataset Challenge Chairs:

Aniko Hannak (Complexity Science Hub & Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Simon Schweighofer (Complexity Science Hub Vienna & Medical University of Vienna)

 

Organizing Committee:

David Garcia (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich)

Katrin Weller (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

Markus Strohmaier (RWTH Aachen University & GESIS)

Luca Maria Aiello (NOKIA Bell Labs)