Dear AoIR colleagues, A friendly reminder that the CfP deadline for Web Science 2017 is fast approaching. Please do let me know if you have any questions. Best, Kristine *WEB SCIENCE 2017: Call for Papers and Abstracts* *Key notes:* - *DEADLINE: March 1, 2017 (intent to submit) * - *DEADLINE: March 8, 2017 (**Submission of long papers and short papers)* - Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci17 The Web Science conference <http://websci17.org/> is a unique venue where different disciplines are brought together in a creative and critical dialogue with the aim of understanding the Web. It welcomes participation from all fields including (but not limited to) art, anthropology, computer and information sciences, communication, economics, humanities, informatics, law, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. We particularly welcome contributions that seek to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. We are seeking papers and abstracts that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress. Topics Possible topics for submissions include (but are not limited to) the following: Current theoretical, methodological, and epistemological challenges of Web Science: - Ethical challenges of technologies, data, algorithms, platforms, and people in the Web - Interdisciplinarity in Web Science - Modeling Web-related structures, data, users and behaviours - Impact of big data on the development of Web Science - Web Science approaches to data science, data analytics, and the Web of data - Detecting, preventing and predicting anomalies in Web data - Data curation and stewardship in Web Science - Sharing Web research data, Web archiving, and scholarly uses of Web archives - The psychological, sociological, legal and technological aspects related to the temporal and spatial dimensions of the web as a repository of information Web practices of individuals, collectives, institutions, and platforms: - The architecture and philosophy of the Web - Social machines, collective intelligence, and collaborative production - Health and well-being online - Humanities, arts, and culture on the Web - Web Science and the Internet of Things - Web economics, social entrepreneurship, and innovation - Analysis of online social and information networks, social media analyses Governance, democracy, access, intellectual property: - Personal data and privacy - Anonymity, security and trust for Web access - Web access, literacy, divides, and development - Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web IMPORTANT DATES MARCH 1, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Intention to submit: Intent to submit long and or short papers via EasyChair <(https://easychair.org/confer ences/?conf=websci17).> MARCH 8, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Submission of long papers and short papers. PDFs of these submission must be uploaded by this date. APRIL 26, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Notifications: acceptance and rejections of long and short papers MAY 1, 2017 (MONDAY) - Submission of extended abstracts: PDFs of these must be uploaded by this date MAY 17, 2017 (WEDNESDAY)- Notification: acceptances and rejections of extended abstracts MAY 24, 2017 (WEDNESDAY): Presenters who do not opt out of having their contribution appear in the proceedings must upload the camera-ready copy of their paper to EasyChair by this date. -- Kristine Gloria, Ph.D. @gloriakt gVoice: (562) 448-2697 Skype: gloriakt1