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Map of the Virtual World
(Click on a room to spawn at the location)Types of sessions this year
Name | Description | Availability checkmarks |
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Attendee guide tutorial | A recorded video shared a few days before the conference and posted on the conference website with other attendee guides | Lite, Deluxe |
Spotlight sessions (2) | 4 best papers of the day showcased for one hour on June 9 and 10. | Lite, Deluxe |
Keynote sessions (2) | A talk from a renowned speaker in computational social science | Lite, Deluxe |
Panel sessions (3) | A panel of experts and their host conversing about a chosen topic with one another and the audience. Topics this year include publishing at ICWSM, women in computational social science, and global research in computational social science | Deluxe |
Paper sessions (20) | Except for the spotlighted papers, all other papers, demos, and short papers will be presented through pre-recorded talks and live Q&A sessions at a specific time. Thumbnails and videos are posted in a “gallery” where participants can walk around and explore each paper. If you missed talking to the authors during the live session, you can still watch the video on the virtual conference website or contact the paper’s authors through Gathertown or Slack. | Lite, Deluxe |
Social sessions (4) | Informal interactions between hosts and participants | Lite, Deluxe |
Sponsor session | Where people can mingle and find out about jobs | Deluxe |
Townhall | The traditional ICWSM closing session | Lite, Deluxe |
Keynote
Rediet Abebe / University of California, Berkeley
2021-06-08 (14:15-15:15 GMT)
Replay: 2021-06-09 (02:00-03:00 GMT)
Replay: 2021-06-09 (02:00-03:00 GMT)
A growing body of work in algorithmic fairness has brought issues around 'data bias' to the forefront. Often, these discussions have focused on ways in which marginalized communities are under- and mis-represented in datasets, contributing to unintended consequences in algorithmic decision-making. In this talk, we argue that these challenges are only a part of a broader set of data inequalities. We present a framework encompassing data exclusion, inclusion, accuracy, usability, access, and ownership. Using examples in criminal justice, public service provisions, and health, we demonstrate ways in which processes in data generation, access, and use create and amplify harms in algorithmic decision-making. We conclude with a discussion on ways to combat these challenges using interventions drawing from a range of disciplines.
Panel
Publish your Research at ICWSM
Ceren Budak, Afra Mashhadi, Kenny Joseph, Lexing Xie
Moderator: James Caverlee
2021-06-08 (13:15-14:00 GMT)
2021-06-09 (03:00-4:00 GMT)
2021-06-09 (03:00-4:00 GMT)
Are you new to ICWSM? Are you curious about the year-long submission cycles (May, September, and January deadlines)? Do you want to learn more about what makes for a successful submission for the ICWSM journal? Two of the ICWSM editors-in-chief (Budak and Xie) and two of the 2021 ICWSM program chairs will answer your questions about the publishing process at ICWSM. If you cannot attend the panel in person, please submit your questions at the above-provided link. A recording of the panel will be made available for later viewing.
Paper Sessions
Session P1 (Politics and Trump)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P2 (Patterns in User Attention)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P3 (NLP)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P4 (Networks)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P5 (User Dynamics)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P6 (Privacy and Moderation)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P7 (Memes and Misinfo)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P8 (Applications)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P2 (Patterns in User Attention)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P3 (NLP)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P4 (Networks)(15:30 - 16:30 GMT)
Session P5 (User Dynamics)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P6 (Privacy and Moderation)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P7 (Memes and Misinfo)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P8 (Applications)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Keynote
Virgilio Almeida / UFMG and Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University
2021-06-09 (14:15-15:15 GMT)
Replay: 2021-06-10 (02:00-03:00 GMT)
Replay: 2021-06-10 (02:00-03:00 GMT)
The list of governance challenges brought by digital technology is long and touches every aspect of modern life. Platforms such as Amazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube, and Twitter effectively control access to a wide variety of information, services, and products. Surveillance systems, algorithmic filtering of information, bias, discrimination, social and political rankings of citizens are a few examples of challenges of the digital world. I will first focus on the structural level to discuss three digital governance problems that are worth highlighting, namely the multistakeholder nature of the Internet, the climate of growing global polarization and the rampant online misinformation. I will also discuss how computing research can stimulate the development of future policies and regulation for the digital world, with novel conceptions of governance using new technologies of distributed systems. This talk will suggest new opportunities to construct the future of digital governance, in a legitimate, inclusive, and secure use of digital resources to produce sustainable services and public policies for the online world.
Panel
Women in Social Computing
Lada Adamic, Meeyoung Cha, Munmun De Choudhury, Natalie Glance, Sandra González-Bailón
Moderator: Eni Mustafaraj
2021-06-09 (15:30-16:30 GMT)
ICWSM has always been a conference that has uplifted women researchers and highlighted their excellent contributions to social computing/computational social science. For the 15th anniversary of the conference, we bring together some of the women who have shaped the conference and left their mark in the community. They will have a conversation with the audience about the past, present, and future of social computing. If you cannot attend the panel in person, please submit your questions at the above-provided link. A recording of the panel will be made available for later viewing.
Spotlight Papers
No Walk in the Park: The Viability and Fairness of Social Media Analysis for Parks and Recreational Policy Making
Afra Mashhadi, Samantha G. Winder, Emilia H. Lia, Spencer A. Wood,
Which Node Attribute Prediction Task Are We Solving? Within-Network, Across-Network, or Across-Layer Tasks
Kristen M. Altenburger, Johan Ugander,
Political Polarization in Online News Consumption
Kiran Garimella, Tim Smith, Rebecca Weiss, Robert West,
Political Bias and Factualness in News Sharing across more than 100,000 Online Communities
Galen Weld, Maria Glenski, Tim Althoff,
Paper Sessions
Panel
ICWSM and the Global Research Community
Anicia Peters, Francisco J. Marmolejo Cossío, Brooke Foucault Welles, Kokil Jaidka
Moderator: Jason Nurse
2021-06-10 (15:30-16:30 GMT)
ICWSM is an international and diverse community. As we seek to grow and mature further, it is important to reflect on where we are now and whether there are opportunities to improve our global equity and diversity efforts. This panel brings together a series of experts within, and outside of, the core ICWSM community to critically reflect on the first 15 years of ICWSM, and how diverse and inclusive the conference has been. With this basis we then discuss how ICWSM can develop in these areas in the future, including identifying key steps to facilitate this global growth. If you cannot attend the panel in person, please submit your questions at the above-provided link. A recording of the panel will be made available for later viewing.
Spotlight Papers
The Effect of Moderation on Online Mental Health Conversations
David Wadden, Tal August, Qisheng Li, Tim Althoff,
Understanding the Invitation Acceptance in Agent-initiated Social E-commerce
Fengli Xu, Guozhen Zhang, Yuan Yuan, Hongjia Huang, Diyi Yang, Depeng Jin, Yong Li,
Social Facilitation Among Gamblers: A Large-Scale Study Using Account-Based Data
Niklas Hopfgartner, Tiago Santos, Michael Auer, Mark Griffiths, Denis Helic,
Paper Sessions
Posters/Demos 1 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Posters/Demos 2 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Posters/Demos 3 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Posters/Demos 4 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Session P13 (Misinformation) (16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P14 (Text and Bias)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P15 (Social Networks)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P16 (Computation and Psychology)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Posters/Demos 2 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Posters/Demos 3 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Posters/Demos 4 (14:15 - 15:15 GMT)
Session P13 (Misinformation) (16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P14 (Text and Bias)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P15 (Social Networks)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)
Session P16 (Computation and Psychology)(16:45 - 17:45 GMT)