2016 Web Archiving Data Workshops: Travel Support for U.S. Students

近年来，大数据和计算社会科学研究界的重点已经转向档案数据源。网络存档数据的规模在范围和规模上都是史无前例的，这给学者们带来了重大挑战。2016年网络存档讲习班系列为接触网络档案和学习利用存档的网络数据进行知识发现所需的技能提供了一个主要场所。该奖项将资助美国大学博士生的旅行，这些博士生提交的研究建议已被接受为研讨会系列的一部分。这一系列研讨会的参与者将获得制定尖端研究议程所需的关键技能。为博士生提供的培训将有助于为下一代大数据学者做准备。研讨会系列将由两个活动组成；第一个研讨会将于2016年3月3日至5日在多伦多大学举行，第二个研讨会将于6月15日至17日在华盛顿特区的国会图书馆举行。研讨会的联合主席是马修·韦伯(罗格斯大学)、吉米·林(滑铁卢大学)和伊恩·米利根(滑铁卢大学)。该系列研讨会建立在以前为处理存档的Web数据而建立的跨学科研究议程的基础上。具体地说，这项工作响应了计算社会科学对改进对存档的Web数据的访问的持续呼吁。研讨会的参加者还将被要求参与各种具有社会重要性的话题。研讨会的产品重点是将计算机科学的学术与社会科学相结合，并展示跨学科大数据学术的潜力。有关详细信息，请参阅研讨会主页(http://archivesunleashed.ca).

In recent years, significant focus has turned to archival data sources in the Big Data and computational social science research communities. The scale of archived Web data is unprecedented in terms of scope and scale, creating major challenges for scholars. The 2016 Web Archiving workshop series provides a premier venue for engaging with Web archives, and for learning the skills necessary to utilize archived Web data for knowledge discovery. This award will support travel of Ph.D. students at U.S. universities who have submitted research proposals that have been accepted as part of the workshop series. Participants in this workshop series will gain critical skills necessary for developing cutting edge research agendas. Training provided to Ph.D. students will help to prepare the next generation of Big Data scholars. The workshop series will consist of two events; the first workshop will be held at the University of Toronto from March 3 - 5, 2016, and the second workshop will be held at the Library of Congress in Washington DC from June 15 - 17. The workshop co-chairs are Matthew Weber (Rutgers University), Jimmy Lin (University of Waterloo) and Ian Milligan (University of Waterloo). The workshop series builds on prior research agendas established across disciplines for working with archived Web data. Specifically, this work responds to ongoing calls in computational social science for improved access to archived Web data. Workshop attendees will further be asked to engage with a variety of topics of societal importance. The products of the workshop focus on integrating scholarship in computer science with the social sciences and demonstrating the potential of interdisciplinary Big Data scholarship. For further information see the workshop homepage (http://archivesunleashed.ca).