Important dates

• Workshop/Tutorial proposal submission: Wed, January 15, 2025
• Workshop/Tutorial proposal notification: Mon, January 28, 2025
• Workshop & Tutorials Day: May 20, 2025

Note that all submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

Overview and Purpose

We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials at the ACM Web Science Conference 2025 (WebSci’25). The conference will take place in New Brunswick, NJ, USA, from May 20 to 23, 2025, and serve as center stage for the special theme: “Maintaining a human-centric web in the era of Generative AI”. Workshops will take place on May 20, 2025, during the first day of the conference.

The ACM Web Science Conference 2025 will feature co-located workshops and tutorials to provide a forum for interdisciplinary research. Contributions may stem from a variety of disciplinary traditions including (but not limited to) Computer and Information Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, as well as Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences. Researchers and practitioners studying the complex and multifaceted impact of the Web and AI on society and vice versa can engage in discussions on relevant topics (including those mentioned in the CfP for the main conference program) . 

WebSci’25 workshops/tutorials may address any topic relevant to the global Web Science community, e.g., questions of basic research as well as applied research, Web-related practices of developers, creators, and consumers, new methodologies, emerging application areas, privacy, ethics, sustainability, or innovations. Each workshop/tutorial should strive to generate ideas that can give the community a fresh or synthesized perspective on the topic, or suggest promising directions for future work.  

The organizers are especially interested in topics that resonate with this year’s theme of maintaining a human centric web in the age of AI. For instance, how can the Web science community develop methods, tools, or frameworks to help us responsibly navigate the age of generative AI? How can we better understand web user behaviors and attitudes in the age of and with the aid of  LLMs? The tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and methods. If you are working in an emerging area in the broad landscape of Web Science research, do consider contributing or participating.

Submission Guidelines

Submission System: Submissions should be made on Easychair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci25

Please select the WebSci25 Workshops and Tutorials track as shown below.

Format & Length: All workshop proposals should adopt the current ACM SIG Conference proceedings template (acmart.cls available here). Please submit papers as PDF files using the ACM template, either in Microsoft Word format (available here under “Word Authors”) or with the ACM LaTeX template on the Overleaf platform, available here. In particular, please ensure you are using the two-column version of the appropriate template. Submission must be as a single PDF file: 4 (four) pages in length, including references.

Structure: Workshop/Tutorial proposals should conform to the following structure:

• A title and an acronym for the workshop/tutorial
• The names, affiliations, and contact information of ALL organizers
• Proposed duration of the workshop/tutorial – half or full-day (please specify your flexibility where applicable)
• A statement of the workshop/tutorial objectives (including the motivation, relevance, and desired outcomes)
• An outline of the proposed workshop/tutorial format, discussing the planned activities (where applicable) such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, breakout sessions, discussion sessions, etc.
• A brief description of the workshop/tutorial audience and the expected number of submissions/participants
• If the workshop/tutorial was held before, when applicable, please share details on the venues and dates, number of participants, format, number of submissions, and number of accepted papers, and indicate how the proposed edition will differ from earlier editions
• A short bio of the organizers, including a description of their relevant qualifications and past experience in organizing workshops/tutorials or similar gatherings

Review Process & Next Steps

The workshop and tutorial chairs, in consultation with the general chairs, will create a carefully curated list of workshops with an aim to reflect the needs and desires of the Web Science community at large. Please note that we might propose modifications and augmentations, such as suggesting that workshops be shortened or combined where appropriate. The workshops/tutorials ought to address timely topics and phenomena; therefore, it depends on the year which topics are considered particularly relevant and interesting. Workshop/tutorial series or follow-up workshops/tutorials from those in previous conferences will be given special consideration but are not automatically accepted. Space in the program and technical limitations will also influence the number and form of the selected workshops and tutorials.

• Once accepted, organizers are responsible for publicizing the workshop/tutorial and soliciting potential participants.
• Depending on the format of the workshop/tutorial, organizers may decide to cap the number of attendees.
• Workshop/tutorial organizers solicit participants for their workshop through their Call for Participation, which is posted to the Web Science 2025 website and includes a link to the workshop’s public website. The workshop organizers determine the submission format.
• The workshop organizers will review submissions using their own criteria (not set by the Workshop Chairs or the Web Science PC).

Proceedings option for Workshops

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, workshop proceedings are optional. However, if you wish to have your workshop papers included in the companion proceedings, you must ensure that the camera-ready versions of all accepted papers are prepared by April 15, 2025.

Workshops/Tutorials Chairs

Kiran Garimella (Rutgers University)
Yongfeng Zhang (Rutgers University)
Harsh Taneja (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

For any questions and queries regarding the workshops/tutorials, please contact the chairs at websci25-workshops@easychair.org