USN WRFDS 2020: USN Workshop: The Rise and Fall of Data Science Bologna 2020 I Portici Hotel, Via Indipendenza 69, Bologna, Italy Bologna, Italy, April 4, 2020 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usnbologna2020viaind |
Abstract registration deadline | March 7, 2020 |
Submission deadline | March 24, 2020 |
One of the most intriguing buzzwords of the second decade of the 21st century was DATA SCIENCE. It is a must on anyone’s CV, it overflows academic curricula and it appears to be a driving force behind, what we perceive today to be artificial intelligence. However, by looking at practices, computational models and software tools which data science has penetrated, there is hardly any evidence of scientific approaches to resolving modern computational problems. Are we now paying the price for creating computations, under the umbrella of data science, which might disappoint computer scientists? In this workshop, we would like to invite academics, research labs, practitioners and students to debate the current state and impact of data science on our modern and pervasive computational world. We are interested in problems and solutions relevant, but not limited to:
- The lack of formalism of computational models data science requires or creates;
- Unwillingness to look at changes in semantic of data, triggered by data science practices, without knowing how they affect computations;
- Belief that we are marching forward in creating computational intelligence, but do we understand the relationship between computational models and data science.
The topics above show a small range of problems data science may have created. Therefore, in 2020 we have to think forward in terms of where our computational intelligence is heading to and the answer, at this moment, might be in scrutinizing data science. We wish to extend the questions above with your views, perceptions, practices and experiences on what we have achieved with data science and where we are actually going to. We need open discussions, without heavy censorship, and exchange of views on how to move forward towards intelligent computational world, which embraces our hardly earned principles of computer science and thus the question “Is Data Science an answer"?
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
The workshop will accept, as an initial submission a maximum of two-page abstracts, where the authors would introduce their views/research results / future work on/of any topic relevant to Data Science. The authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to submit their full papers, ideally 2-4 pages, which will be blind peered reviewed by three academics, to qualify for the publishing into USN WRFDS Proceedings.
We would like to see submissions from both sides of Data Science spectrum: papers which emphasise and glorify the role of data science and papers which place doubts on its practices. Position papers are more than welcome and we encourage people from different disciplines to put forward their views on what they expect from Data Science. Therefore transdisciplinary and cutting edge research would encourage us to debate and synthesise our perception on pathways Data Science may take in future.
Committees
Program Committee
- Radmila Juric, USN, Norway, rju@usn.no
- Elisabetta Ronchieri, CNAF/INFN, Bologna, Italy elisabetta.ronchieri@cnaf.infn.it
- Karoline Moholth McClenaghan, USN, Norway, karolinem@usn.no
- Olaf Hallan Graven, USN, Norway, Olaf.Hallan.Graven@usn.no
Technical Committee Members
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Publication
USN WRFDS 2020 proceedings will be published by University of Sout Eastern Norway, Department of IRI, Kongsberg, Norway
Venue
The conference will be held in Bologna, Hotel I Portici, Via Independenza 69, Italy. Bologna is the 7th largest city in Italy by population, and home to the oldest university of the Western World, founded in the 1088. It is a lively historic capital of Emilia - Romagna. Its Piazza Maggiore is lined with arched colonnades, cafes and medieval and Renaissance structures such as City Hall, The Fountain of Neptune and Basilica San Petronio. Among the city's many medieval towers are the Two Towers, leaning Asinelli and Garisenda. Hotel I Portici is in the central part of Bologna and within the walking distance from all amenities and the University.
Contact
All questions about conference submissions should be emailed to Radmila Juric at rju@usn.no
Sponsors
University of South Eastern Norway, Department of IRI, Kongsberg, Norway