Dear colleagues,

we would like to point out that registration for the 3rd Compuational Social Science Winter Symposium will close on November 14. If you are planning to attend the symposium, please make sure to register on time.

All the best Katrin

============================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: REGISTRATION CLOSES on NOVEMBER 14, 2016 ==============================================================

3rd GESIS COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM

Cologne, Germany

Symposium dates: NOV 30 + DEC 01, 2016

Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/

Hashtag: #cssws16 ==============================================================

----------------------------------------- CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS -----------------------------------------

We are delighted to announce that the following keynote speakers will be giving talks at this years' CSS Winter Symposium:

* Noshir CONTRACTOR (Northwestern University) * Tina ELIASSI-RAD (Northeastern University) * Marko GROBELNIK (Jožef Stefan Institute) * Krishna GUMMADI (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems) * Petter HOLME (Sungkyunkwan University) * Helen MARGETTS (University of Oxford)

------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE WINTER SYMPOSIUM ------------------------------------------

The GESIS CSS Winter Symposium 2016 is a two-day event consisting of:

* an exciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will provide different perspectives on current advances and limitations of computational social science * 60 contributed posters and 12 short presentations selected in in open call for submissions, which showcase current work in the field of computational Social science * plenty of possibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an informal evening event at the famous Cologne Christmas markets

Please check out the program via our website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/program/

------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------

November 14, 2016: registration deadline

Nov 30 + Dec 01, 2016: symposium days

---------------------------- ORGANIZATION AND VENUE ----------------------------

The GESIS CSS Winter Symposium will take place at the heart of Cologne, at KOMED Im MediaPark 7.

Visit http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/registration/ for information about registration and fees.

------------ CONTACT ------------

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS: -----------------

Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: markus.strohmaier@gesis.orgmailto:markus.strohmaier@gesis.org Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225

Dr. Katrin Weller GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: katrin.weller@gesis.orgmailto:katrin.weller@gesis.org Phone: +49 (221) 47694-472