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<p class="MsoNormal">SWEEM 2018: 3rd International Workshop on the Social Web for Environmental and Ecological Monitoring<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<a href="http://www.sweem.polimi.it">http://www.sweem.polimi.it</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Held in conjunction with the 12th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM-18)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<a href="http://www.icwsm.org">http://www.icwsm.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>June 25, 2018 - Stanford, CA, USA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The exponential growth of the popularity of social media has provided not only novel techniques for public communication and engagement, but has also generated unprecedented volumes of publicly-available, user-generated social media content.
These trends open new opportunities for ecological and environmental applications, both in terms of alternative data sources and novel approaches for interacting with the public.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The goal of the workshop is to bring together a combination of academic and industrial participants to discuss ideas, challenges, and solutions at the intersection of Social Media and Environmental/Ecological Science.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out the call for papers! (<a href="http://www.sweem.polimi.it/index.php/2018/call-papers/">http://www.sweem.polimi.it/index.php/2018/call-papers/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The proposed workshop will address the below listed but not limited themes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*Social Media Data Mining for Environmental and Ecological Monitoring (EEM)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Social Media Analysis for EEM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Social Networks and EEM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing for EEM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Social Media Engagement, Motivation and Gamification for EEM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Submissions<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Full Papers: should not be longer than 10 pages (including references.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Short Papers: presenting novel, thought-provoking ideas and promising (preliminary) results in realizing these ideas, should be 5-page extended (including references.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Long Abstracts: presenting novel ideas and reporting work in progress, should not be longer than 2 pages (including references.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Format: Papers must follow <u>Springer LNCS format requirements</u> (except for the paper page limit).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Important dates:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Submission Deadline: April 10, 2018<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Camera-ready Deadline: April 24, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper Presentation: June 25, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Organizers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David J. Crandall, Indiana University Bloomington, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Darian Frajberg, Politecnico di Milano Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:darian.frajberg@polimi.it"><span lang="ES-MX">darian.frajberg@polimi.it</span></a><span lang="ES-MX"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Colorado Denver<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Campus Box 172<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1200 Larimer Street NC 3524<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Denver, CO 80204<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: <span style="color:black">303-315-7556</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax 303-556-6197<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno">
https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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