fyi:

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

Ich würde Sie bzw. Ihre Arbeitsgruppen gerne auf das Winter Symposium on
Computational Social Science am 2./3. Dezember bei GESIS in Köln hinweisen.

Wir haben eine Reihe ausgezeichneter eingeladener Vortragender (siehe
website), ca. 70 akzeptierte Poster, die Registrierung ist kostenfrei
und am Abend des 2. Dezember ist ein Besuch am Kölner Weihnachtsmarkt
vorgesehen.

Ich würde mich sehr freuen wenn es mit einem Besuch klappen könnte. Die
Registrierung ist noch bis 18. November geöffnet!

mit herzlichen Grüssen,
Markus Strohmaier


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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL NOV. 18, 2015
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2nd COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM

Cologne, Germany

Main symposium dates: December 2-3, 2015
Pre-symposium workshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015

Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/

Hashtag: #cssws15
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The main program for the CSS Winter Symposium 2015 has be announced:
http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/program/

We are looking forward to:

* an exciting program featuring a eight invited talks that will provide
different perspectives on current advances and limitations of
computational social science
* more than 70 contributed posters and presentations of recent research
from the area of computational social science
* the opportunity to participate in workshops and tutorials on the day
prior to the symposium
* plenty of possibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an
informal evening event at the famous Cologne Christmas markets.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
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Andrea Baronchelli (City University London): The Spontaneous Emergence
of Social Conventions - An Experimental Study of Cultural Evolution

Johan Bollen (Indiana University): Modeling critical transitions in
mental health from longitudinal social media data

Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech): Communities in Distress:
Opportunities and Challenges of Social Media in Mental Well-being

Andreas Flache (University of Groningen): Ethnic segregation and the
fragility of opinion pluriformity in a diverse society

Sune Lehmann (Technical University of Denmark): The fundamental
structures of complex social systems

Jürgen Pfeffer (Carnegie Mellon University): Know Your Data! Know Your
Methods!

Ralph Schroeder (University of Oxford): Big Data and Social Theory

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REGISTRATION
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Registration is free of charge and open until November 18th, 2015.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately we cannot take responsibility for support on
visa related issues.

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VENUE
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The CSS Winter Symposium will take place at the heart of Cologne, at
Maternushaus within walking distance of the central train station and
the Cologne cathedral.


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CONTACT
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CONFERENCE CHAIR:
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Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

E-mail: markus.strohmaier@gesis.org
Twitter: @mstrohm
Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225


WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS CHAIR:
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Dr. Katrin Weller
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

E-mail: katrin.weller@gesis.org
Twitter: @kwelle
Phone: +49 221 47694472


LOCAL ORGANIZATION:
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Diana Lindner, M.A.
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science Department
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
D-50667 Köln
Germany

Email: diana.lindner@gesis.org
Phone: +49 (0221) 47694-401



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