Connectionists: BigSurv20 Call for Abstracts

[Adam Eck]

Computer Scientists, Data Scientists, and Social and Survey Scientists!

Following a very successful conference in Barcelona, Spain, in 2018, BigSurv returns in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2020.
 
The second international conference on Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv20) is currently accepting abstracts and session proposals <https://www.bigsurv20.org/abstracts> on the theme, “Continuing to Explore New Statistical Frontiers at the Intersection of Big Data and Survey Science.” The call for abstracts and session proposals closes on February 13, 2020. 
 
BigSurv20 Overview: BigSurv20 will be held November 4-6, 2020, at Utrecht University, in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The conference offers an opportunity to address the ongoing paradigm shift in how researchers produce, analyze, and use statistics. The event is intended to foster communication, collaboration, and understanding between two groups: (1) computer and data scientists focusing on Big Data sources and analysis techniques, and (2) methodologists and social science researchers working with traditional sources of data collection and statistical analyses. By uniting efforts, we can identify and overcome academic divides and make unified “Big Survey Data” population inference a reality. Utrecht is located a convenient 25-minute train ride from Amsterdam airport, and has excellent train connections to the rest of Europe.
 
Abstract Information: To be considered for the conference, presentations and papers should be broad and forward-looking; they may be original research or syntheses of the state of the art. The conference is organized along 12 presentation tracks and includes three presentation formats:
 
Papers,
Posters, and
Software demos.
The abstract submission form asks for author contact information, presentation format, presentation track, and an abstract of no more than 500 words. Additional information on the presentation formats and tracks can be found on the BigSurv20 website at https://www.bigsurv20.org/abstracts <https://www.bigsurv20.org/abstracts>.
 
Session Proposal Information: In addition to individual abstract submissions, we encourage session proposal submissions. Each session should consist of 4 to 5 papers. When submitting your session, you will need to provide a brief session description (150 words or fewer) and submit individual abstracts for each session paper. Additional information on the session proposals can be found on the BigSurv20 website at https://www.bigsurv20.org/abstracts <https://www.bigsurv20.org/abstracts>.
 
Publication Outlets: To promote the research presented at BigSurv20 while accommodating differences in publication objectives and cultures across disciplines, papers will be eligible for consideration in one of two selected publication outlets according to the conference’s two publication tracks: computer/data science and social science. Additional information on the publication outlets will be released in the coming months.
 
Student Paper Award and Early Career Scholar Travel Award: The BigSurv20 Scientific Committee is interested in supporting conference attendance by undergraduate students, graduate students, and early career scholars. BigSurv20 award opportunities include two student paper awards (students or recent 2019/2020 graduates) and early career scholar travel awards (graduate students or 2015-2020 graduates). The student paper awards include a monetary award and a conference travel stipend. The early career scholar travel awards include a travel stipend; students and early career scholars from underrepresented regions are encouraged to apply to this award. Additional information on the award application process will be released in the coming weeks.
 
Big Data Challenge: This year we are partnering with Statistics Netherlands. The 2020 edition of our Big Data Challenge will ask conference attendees to submit challenge proposals beforehand from which a subset will be selected by the scientific committee. Curious? We’ll soon be sharing more information on our website and via email.
 
BigSurv18 Reflections: If you are not familiar with the BigSurv conference and are interested in learning more, the full program with presentations from BigSurv18 is available on the BigSurv18 website <https://www.bigsurv18.org/>. Also, we encourage you to review the summaries of BigSurv18 in Survey Research Methods <https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/7467> and the Newsletter of the International Association of Survey Statisticians <http://isi-iass.org/home/wp-content/uploads/Survey_Statistician_January_2019.pdf>.
 
Questions: Any questions about BigSurv20 abstract and session proposal submissions can be directed to Antje Kirchner (akirchner at rti.org <mailto:akirchner at rti.org>) or Peter Lugtig (p.lugtig at uu.nl <mailto:p.lugtig at uu.nl>). If you have any other BigSurv20 questions, please email us at info at bigsurv20.org <mailto:info at bigsurv20.org>. 
 
We look forward to your submission,
Antje Kirchner and Peter Lugtig
 
On behalf of the BigSurv20 Scientific Committee (Amelia Burke-Garcia, Trent Buskirk, Ana Lucía Córdova Cazar, Piet J.H. Daas, John Finamore, Craig Hill, Don Jang, Lilli Japec, Stas Kolenikov, Daniel Oberski, Barry Schouten, Nan Zhang)
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