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CDT students showcase their research at WebSci’19

Published: 16 July 2019
WebSci'19
WebSci'19

The 11th ACM Web Science conference (WebSci’19) took place at Northeastern University in Boston from 30 June to 3 July with the theme of "Synergies for the Good: The Web and Society”. This annual event attracts an international audience and offers researchers from multiple disciplines the opportunity to discuss a wide range of topical social and technical topics.

This annual event attracts an international audience and offers researchers from multiple disciplines the opportunity to discuss a wide range of topical social and technical topics.

This year’s programme included sessions about Web content and emotional well-being; fairness and equality on the Web; user behaviour, prediction studies and information diffusion; and fake news, non-human actors and misbehaviour on the Web.

Seven CDT students were selected to present their latest interdisciplinary research at the PhD Symposium.  Their topics covered:

  • Entrepreneur Interactions and Relations when using Digital Platforms
  • Investigating populist engagement online
  • Authoring Digital Interactive Narratives
  • Reviewing Patient Information Leaflets for UK Clinical Trials in the UK
  • Teacher Voice in the Social Web
  • Assessing performance in a gaming environment
  • The role of technology in negotiating work boundaries for social media practitioners

To read their blogs please visit our Blog page .

The 2020 ACM Web Science conference will be hosted by the WSI at the University of Southampton.

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Justyna Jonak presenting her research Poster
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Keisha Taylor discussing her research
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Fernando Santos-Sanchez
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Sofia Kitromili
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Kiesha Taylor
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Justyan Jonak
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Sarah Hewitt
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Chira Tochia
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Northeastern University, Boston
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Phd Symposium attendees
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View from the Charles River, Boston
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