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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 10, 2020
Joshua Preston
Research Communications Manager
GVU Center and College of Computing
Summary Sentence:
The value of online mental health communities, how crisis events are described differently over time on social media, and refining how cyberbullying is detected and classified are major topics of research from Georgia Tech at ICWSM 2020.
Full Summary:
The value of online mental health communities, how crisis events are described differently over time on social media, and refining how cyberbullying is detected and classified are major topics of research by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers at this week’s International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2020).
International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2020)The value of online mental health communities, how crisis events are described differently over time on social media, and refining how cyberbullying is detected and classified are major topics of research by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers at this week’s International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), taking place virtually. It was originally scheduled to be held in Atlanta near the Georgia Tech campus.
Over 220 academics at the 14th annual event are convening and discussing work that is especially relevant during a time of an ongoing global health crisis and social unrest that has taken root across the United States.
Research in the conference proceedings include many topics directly addressing social ills and injustices that are magnified online as well as potential ways to better understand and mitigate them.
Several College of Computing faculty, current and former students, and postdoctoral researchers are part of the organizing committee. Munmun De Choudhury (Interactive Computing) is serving as the general chair of the conference this year. Former Human-Centered Computing PhD student Stevie Chancellor is workshop chair, former Computer Science PhD student Tanushree Mitra is tutorials chair, current CS PhD student Koustuv Saha is web chair, and current postdoc Talayeh Aledavood is local/social chair. CoC faculty Diyi Yang (Interactive Computing) and Srijan Kumar (Computational Science and Engineering) are data challenge chairs.
One of the two keynotes at the conference is by IC faculty Amy Bruckman.
Georgia Tech has three papers in this year’s program:
For details about more research and to read the organizing committee’s full statement on the commitment to Black Lives Matter, fighting structural racism, and promoting inclusion and equity, go to https://www.icwsm.org/2020/index.html. In the wake of current events in the United States, the conference made 20 registration fee waivers available for Black scholars and individuals from other marginalized groups throughout the world, and provided scheduling flexibility to speakers and attendees participating in the Shutdown STEM walkout on June 10.
The conference is sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
