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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is the LAST CALL for the <b><span lang="EN-GB">1st International Symposium on the Science of Data Science, ISSDS 2021</span></b><b>,
</b>to be held as an Online event on June 8, 2021, as a satellite event of the 8th Swiss Conference on Data Science SDS 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0E101A">We are happy to announce that post-proceedings of ISSDS will be published in
<b>"Archives of Data Science Series A"</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0E101A">If you plan to join the conference/submit an abstract, please remind the deadline is
<b>April 30, 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For further background information, please refer to the email below, and the workshop web page (</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="https://www.sds2021.ch/1st-international-symposium-on-the-science-of-data-science" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A6EE0">https://www.sds2021.ch/1st-international-symposium-on-the-science-of-data-science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">).
<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Registration:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The <b>new deadline </b>for abstract submission and final registration is<b> April 30, 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are looking forward to <b>a short presentation (10-15 min.) and an accompanying abstract from each registered participant</b>. However, your abstract and presentation may outline preliminary ideas and hypotheses –
the symposium will then offer plenty of time to discuss these and move towards a synthesis of the individual views.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For the <b>registration and abstract submission</b>, you can either use this form
</span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://forms.gle/EP2xsEWbkgheLSPx7"><span lang="EN-GB">https://forms.gle/EP2xsEWbkgheLSPx7</span></a></span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">(Google account required) or, otherwise, send an email to
</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="mailto:flum@zhaw.ch"><span lang="EN-GB">flum@zhaw.ch</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> (please mention "1st International Symposium on the Science of Data Science" in the email).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The workshop will take place as an <b>ONLINE event on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.</b> You can find the workshop webpage at
</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="https://www.sds2021.ch/1st-international-symposium-on-the-science-of-data-science"><span lang="EN-GB">https://www.sds2021.ch/1st-international-symposium-on-the-science-of-data-science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">.
The workshop is organized as a satellite workshop of the <b>8th Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS 2021)</b>, which takes place the following day, June 9, 2021, as a hybrid event online and at KKL Lucerne, Switzerland:
</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="https://www.sds2021.ch/"><span lang="EN-GB">https://www.sds2021.ch/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">. See also the attached Flyer with the CfP and more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Data science, one of the most significant developments in computing in the 21<sup>st</sup> century, is a discipline in the
making, drawing principles, methods and tools from established fields like computer science, statistics, science, business, politics, and any domain with adequate data. Yet, data science is just starting. What are its underlying principles and techniques (models,
methods) that are applicable across different use cases and fields of application? What «science» underlies this emerging discipline?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">We are launching an activity to develop a reference framework for data science and invite your participation, organized in
a two-stage process:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">This <b>first symposium</b> on
<b>June 8, 2021, </b>to share and discuss preliminary thoughts and hypotheses.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">A future <b>second symposium</b> to solicit participation of a larger community (time and location TBD, e.g. co-located with a major data science conference), including
<b>published proceedings</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">We invite contributors to present their ideas at the first symposium and to continue the development of a reference framework
for data science as an activity in the intl. data science community, to be finalized during the second symposium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Data as a 3<sup>rd</sup> pillar of science: what input can the humanities give to this scientific upheaval?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Data science foundations drawn from, but not fully included in the constituent disciplines<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Data science models and methods with broad impact that emerged within the field<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Open research questions into the “more than the sum of its parts”-aspects of data science<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Engineering principles required to apply existing foundations, e.g., from statistics, in practice<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">Cross-field lessons learned, e.g., can data science help solve problems in which nobody has multi-year experience yet?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:#2000">The workshop is organized by researchers of Zuerich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW in Winterthur, Switzerland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Registration:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The <b>deadline </b>for abstract submission and final registration is<b> April
</b></span><b>30</b><b><span lang="EN-GB">, 2021</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are looking forward to <b>a short presentation (10-15 min.) and an accompanying abstract from each registered participant</b>. However, your abstract and presentation may outline preliminary ideas and hypotheses –
the symposium will then offer plenty of time to discuss these and move towards a synthesis of the individual views.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For the <b>registration and abstract submission</b>, you can either use this form
</span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://forms.gle/EP2xsEWbkgheLSPx7"><span lang="EN-GB">https://forms.gle/EP2xsEWbkgheLSPx7</span></a></span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">(Google account required) or otherwise you can send an email to
</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="mailto:flum@zhaw.ch"><span lang="EN-GB">flum@zhaw.ch</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> (please mention "1st International Symposium on the Science of Data Science" in the email).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please note that we are in contact with publishers regarding conference
<b>post-proceedings</b> of extended abstracts (based on your submission and incorporating any discussion results from the workshop itself you might have received). We will keep you updated about the progress. The goal is to produce one of the first volumes
on the substance of data science in terms of the different presented perspectives.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Looking forward to the discussion with you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann (ZHAW, Prof. AI/ML, Scientific Director ZHAW digital)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr. Frank-Peter Schilling (ZHAW, Senior Researcher Deep Learning)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Rudolf Fuechslin (ZHAW, Head of Applied Complex Systems Science)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr. Dandolo Flumini (ZHAW, Assoc. Prof., Applied Complex System Science)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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