==============================================================CALL FORWORKSHOPS / TUTORIALS============================================================== 2ndCOMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM Cologne,Germany Pre-conferenceworkshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015Mainconference dates: December 2-3, 2015 Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/ Hashtag:#cssws15==============================================================   ------------------------------------------ABOUT THEWINTER SYMPOSIUM------------------------------------------ The CSSWinter Symposium 2015 will be a three-day event consisting of: * anexciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will providedifferent perspectives on current advances and limitations of computationalsocial science* an opencall for contributed papers and posters that will provide opportunities forcomputational social scientists to present and discuss their own work.* theopportunity to participate in workshops and tutorials on the day prior to thesymposium* plenty ofpossibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an evening event atthe famous Cologne Christmas markets.   KEYNOTESPEAKERS: Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech), Noshir Contractor (NorthwesternUniversity), Sune Lehmann (Technical University of Denmark), Jürgen Pfeffer(Carnegie Mellon University), Ralph Schroeder (University of Oxford)  -------------------------IMPORTANTDATES------------------------- Workshop/Tutorialsubmissions:                                                           September 01, 2015 Workshop/Tutorialnotification:                                                             September 16, 2015 (Posters+presentationssubmissions:)                                                (September 28, 2015)        Registrationdeadline:                                                                            November 19, 2015 Pre-symposiumworkshops andtutorials:                                         December 1, 2015 Mainsymposium dates:                                                                        December 2-3, 2015  ------------------------------------------------WORKSHOP /TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS------------------------------------------------ We arelooking for ideas for interactive workshops and instructional tutorials in thearea of computational social science. Workshops may feature (invited) talks orexplore novel formats for discussion. Tutorials should focus on teachingmethodological and practical skills.We welcomeproposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the following and relatedtopics: *introduction to programming skills for computational social science*introductions to social science methods for computer scientists and othertechnical disciplines* use casesfor combining social science and computational methods* coreprinciples and future directions of computational social science*introductions to tools for computational social science* bestpractices for data analysis, data cleaning and processing*comparisons of analysis techniques and tools*evaluation of tools and their appropriateness for specific tasks* networkanalysis*statistics  Please seethe call for workshops/tutorials for details about the submission format: http://www.gesis.org/en/css-wintersymposium/home/call-for-workshops-and-tuto...   Proposalsshould be submitted as PDF files via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cssws15  -------------Organization------------- GESIS willprovide the basic infrastructure for the accepted workshops, e.g. the venue andrefreshments. Workshop/tutorial organizers are responsible for organizing andconducting their events, including invitation or recruiting of speakers. Ashort description of each accepted workshop or tutorial has to be provided forthe CSSWS website.  ------------CONTACT------------  WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALSCHAIR: -------------------------------------------- Dr. KatrinWellerGESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667KölnGermany E-mail: katrin.weller@gesis.orgTwitter:@kwellePhone: +49221 47694472   LOCALORGANIZATION:----------------------------------- DianaLindner, M.A.GESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667KölnGermany  Email: diana.lindner@gesis.orgPhone: +49(0221) 47694-401  CONFERENCECHAIR:----------------------------- Prof. Dr.Markus StrohmaierGESISLeibniz Institute for the Social SciencesComputationalSocial Science DepartmentUnterSachsenhausen 6-8D-50667 KölnGermany E-mail: markus.strohmaier@gesis.orgTwitter: @mstrohmPhone: +49 (221) 47694-225