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*** Computational Social Science: Social Data Mining and Emergent News ***


http://lipari.cs.unict.it/LipariSchool/ComputationalSocialScience/


July 21 - July 28, 2012, Lipari Island, Italy


** REGISTRATION OPEN **

** Deadline: May 29th 2012 **


The 2012 summer school addresses PhD students and young researchers at the
forefront of research activity on Social Data Mining and Emergent News.

Recognized instructors in the field will give formal lectures tailoring
these to an interdisciplinary audience.

Participants will also have the opportunity to present results of their
research during a short communication session.

As a whole, the planned summer school will allow participants to be exposed
to cutting edge results in one of the most challenging research areas, while
at the same time enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of one of the most
beautiful Italian islands.

The news consumption style has changed dramatically with the proliferation
of modern always-connected computing devices, such as smart phones, tablets,
portable computers, and smart TVs. Compared to the old, somewhat romantic,
view of the morning paper sitting on the breakfast table, readers today want
to cherry-pick their news many times a day on various devices. Digital
footprints are left behind any such access on very detailed digital logs.
Such data logs provide a rich repository for social research and
optimization algorithms. The Computational Social Science field lies at
the intersection of social science and computational science, providing a
scientific framework for understanding this phenomenon. The 2012 Lipari
School on Computational Social Science will address this topic through
seminar sessions by world-class researchers in the field. The "Social Data
Mining" theme of this 2012 edition will focus on the current regime of
online news and text/data mining techniques to advance our understanding of
the new media and emergent news.

List of speakers

. David Beaver. Social Language Processing. Department of Linguistics, at
the University of Texas at Austin, USA

. Bonnie Blake. Director, Graphic Communications Management & Technology
M.A. Program at New York University
 
. Raghu Ramakrishnan. The Future of Media: Content Optimization, Social
Networks, Interactivity---And Who Will Pay? Chief Scientist for Search and
Cloud Platforms at Yahoo!


Tutorials

. Calogero Zarba. Recommendation algorithms for online news. Neodata
Intelligence s.r.l., Italy

. Alessandro Pluchino. Netlogo: An agent based simulation programmable
environment
University of Catania, Italy

. Diego Reforgiato. Opinion mining and sentiment analysis. SentiMetrix Inc.,
USA and University of Catania, Italy


Participants will be lodged in a comfortable hotel at very special rates.
The conference room is air-conditioned and equipped with all conference
materials. Special areas are reserved to students for the afternoon
coursework and study. The island of Lipari can be easily reached from
Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina and Reggio Calabria by ferry or hydrofoil
(50 minutes from Milazzo).

Two kinds of participants are welcome. Students: Participants who are
expected to attend afternoon courses and take a final exam (The grades will
be given following the ECTS grading scale). The course will involve a total
of 24 hours of teaching in morning sessions. According to our university
rules passing the final
exam gives right to an equivalent of 6 ECTS credits in any European Ph.D.
program.
Auditors: participants who are not interested in taking the final exam.
Registration fee is 470 Euros. The fee covers the course material,
bus+hydrofoil Catania airport-Lipari-Catania airport, social event. Late
registration is 570 Euros.

Deadline for application is May 29, 2012 (admission notification will start
on April 1st according to registration time). Applicants must include a
short curriculum vitae and names two professors who may be asked to write
letters of recommendation, if deemed necessary. Applicants will be
notified about admission by June 6, 2012.

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