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Posted on behalf of Juljan Krause Paper Session 3: Networks Session Chair: Stuart Middleton It was all nodes, edges, webs and cores in today’s packed paper sessions on networks. The six presenters were asked to give an overview of 5min each (the full 20-min papers are available on the conference website). Kai from Arizona State University introduced his team’s work on ‘Joint Local and Global Sequence Modeling in Temporal Correlation Networks for Trending Topic Detection’. Continue reading →

Posted on behalf of Sofia Kitromili Web Science now more than ever The first spotlight panel of the Web Science conference 2020 saw the chair Rennie Fritchie welcoming attendees and introducing an elite of panellists (Wendy Hall, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel Weitzner, Noshir Contractor, Tim Berners-Lee) who were involved in the web science initiative that led to the web science that we know today. Continue reading →

Posted on behalf of Ian Brown Meet the Author: In Wednesday’s "Meet the Author" session Sasha Costanza-Chock, author of “Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need” spoke with Bindi Shah researcher at University of Southampton about Sasha’s work on Social Justice both as a methodology based on key design principles and also as a community of practice who are actively engaging in community-led design. Continue reading →

Posted on behalf of Sofia Kitromili  Paper sessions The first paper session was evolved around Identity and Privacy and presenters discussed novel work on a lot of cultural perceptions on people’s actions on the web. Continue reading →

Artist: Rowan Watts from More Than Minutes Posted on behalf of Anna Kent-Muller As data exists, with a life often beyond the individual and the present time, we are coming upon new challenges. The ethical and societal issues surrounding data ethics, and the collection of data with uses passed a single hypothesis have not yet been consequented and fully realised yet. Continue reading →

posted on behalf of Jo Dixon It’s an early start for the ‘Digital (In)Equality, Digital Inclusion and Digital Humanism (Online 07/07/2020) workshop, at least for those of us in the UK; with contributors from as far afield as India and Malaysia, it’s not so early in the day for everyone. Just before 8am UK time, I let WebSci2020 into my kitchen. Continue reading →

posted on behalf of Clare Hooper Jul 7, 2020 When I proposed a workshop for this year’s ACM Web Science conference, I believed I’d deliver it in Southampton, UK. COVID-19, of course, meant things ran rather differently, and I was up rather early today (on the west coast) to kick off this 2pm (UK time) workshop online. We had a lively discussion, examining the huge topics of personalisation / adaption of technology for individuals, and fostering community online. Continue reading →

https://twitter.com/AshKingdon/status/1280440522339909632 This interdisciplinary workshop brought together researchers, academics, and practitioners to examine and discuss some of the challenges currently surrounding socio-technical AI systems. Continue reading →

We have recently added a number of social events in the breaks. Continue reading →

The WebSci’20 PhD Symposium showcased a selection of the wide ranging Web Science topics that PhD students are currently researching. Allison Noble focused on the role of music recommender systems, the challenges of defining genre and the implications for music creators and users. Kholoud Al Ghamdi followed with her work devising a recommendation model for Wikidata, aimed at supporting both novice and experienced editors. Continue reading →