Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder that the deadline of contributions to this special
issue is December 31, 2021.
Happy Holidays!
Jun Yan
Editor, Journal of Data Science
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 6:33 AM Jun Yan <
jyan.statistics@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Call for Contributions:
>
> Special Issue of Journal of Data Science on
> Data Science Meets Social Sciences
> Deadline: December 31, 2021
>
> Journal of Data Science (http://jds-online.org) invites submissions
> for a special issue on “Data Science Meets Social Sciences”. Data
> science is playing an increasingly important role in the social
> sciences through the use of a wide variety of data (e.g., structured
> and unstructured, quantitative and qualitative) to facilitate our
> understanding of human and society. The social sciences, historically
> rich in theories and contextual knowledge, are well positioned to
> transform data products into meaningful decisions and practices. This
> special issue is dedicated to the conjunction of data science and the
> social sciences. It aims to discuss topics including but not limited
> to (1) methodological innovations in data science with applications to
> a social science domain; (2) applications of the state-of-art data
> science approaches that lead to new discoveries in the social
> sciences; (3) the role of the social science in developing data
> science tools; (4) unique challenges and opportunities that scientists
> are facing in the intersection of data science and the social
> sciences.
>
> The contributions can be from any branch of data science or related
> fields (e.g., math- ematics, statistics, epidemiology, economics,
> computer science, and engineering) and the social sciences (including
> but not limited to anthropology, communication, economics, ed-
> ucation, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology).
> Cutting-edge works in big data, visualization, machine learning, and
> artificial intelligence are welcome as well as classic methodological
> and applied works. The contributions can target any of our newly
> opened sections (Philosophies of Data Science; Statistical Data
> Science; Computing in Data Science; Data Science in Action; Data
> Science Review; Education in Data Science) or beyond, of
> time-sensitivity or lasting impact. All manuscripts submitted must
> contain original unpublished work that is not being submitted for
> publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts will go through the
> regular, fast (3-4 weeks) review process. Accepted manuscripts will be
> published online immediately. To submit, please visit https:
> //jds-online.org/journal/JDS/information/instructions-for-authors and
> mention the special issue in a cover note. A tentative deadline is
> December 31, 2021.
>
> Started in 2003, Journal of Data Science publishes research works on a
> wide range of topics that involve understanding and making effective
> use of field data. The journal has been reformed since July 2020 to
> better serve the data science community in the era of data science. We
> are confident that the special issue will advance our understanding of
> how to bridge data science and the social sciences. We look forward to
> receiving your submissions.
>
> Guest Editors:
> Elena A. Erosheva, Department of Statistics, School of Social Work,
> and the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of
> Washington
> Shahryar Minhas, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University
> Gongjun Xu, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
> Ran Xu, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut</
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