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Call for Papers


Third International Conference «Digital Transformation and Global 
Society» (DTGS 2018)


30 May - 1 June 2018 St. Petersburg, Russia


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Dear colleagues,


We invite you to participate in the 3rd international conference 
«Digital Transformation and Global Society» (DTGS 2018), which is to be 
held 30 May - 1 June 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia.


ABOUT


DTGS is an emerging international academic forum for the 
interdisciplinary Internet Studies field. The mission of the conference 
is to provide a collaborative platform for researchers and experts to 
discuss the transformative impact of digital technologies on the way we 
communicate, work and live. The event is jointly organized by the ITMO 
University and the National Research University Higher School of 
Economics (St. Petersburg Campus), both being the leading universities, 
globally known for their research in information technologies, 
communication and social sciences.


SCOPE


DTGS welcomes multidisciplinary papers that apply Social and 
Humanitarian Studies to the research on institutions, practices, 
communications and behavior in cyberspace. The general program falls 
into the following tracks:

- eSociety: Social Informatics, Virtual Communities, Ethical and 
Security Issues

- ePolity: Politics in Cyberspace, Electronic & Smart Governance, 
E-Democracy & Participation, Open Government & Data

- eHumanities: Digital Culture, Education and Communication Issues

- eCity: Smart Cities, Urban Governance and Planning using ICTS - 
eEconomy: Digital Economy and ICT – driven Economic Institutions and 
Practices

- eCommunication: Online Political Communication, the New Media and 
Social Relations

- Workshop on Internet Psychology: Online Cognition, Digital 
Socialization, Identity & Self-Presentation Online, Psychology of Gaming 
& Cybersport

- Workshop on Computational Linguistics: Computer Modeling of Language, 
Natural Language Processing, Speech Technologies, Digital Linguistic 
Resources, Linguistic Analysis of Social Networks


CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Stephen COLEMAN, Professor of Political Communication at the University 
of Leeds, author of Can the Internet Strengthen Democracy (Cambridge: 
Polity Press, 2017), How Voters Feel (Cambridge: Cambridge University 
Press, 2013) and other prominent books and articles on political 
communication and online democracy. Anthony FAIOLA, Professor and Head 
of the Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences at the 
University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Faiola's research is positioned 
at the intersection of health informatics and human-computer 
interaction—where he focuses on advancing the information science of 
socio-technical systems (such as mobile health technology) that support 
clinical work and personal health and wellness.


YOUNG SCHOLARS FORUM


The special Poster Track for PhD students and young scientists is 
organized on May 30. Authors of accepted posters will have a chance to 
discuss their papers and get feedback to advance their research. Best 
posters are to be expanded and published in the Conference Proceedings.


SUBMISSIONS

The language of the conference is English. All submissions will undergo 
a double-blind peer review by at least three PC members. We welcome 
original unpublished contributions presenting completed (12-15 pages) or 
ongoing (10-12 pages) research, as well as experience papers (10-12 
papers). All submissions are accepted via the EasyChair system only.


IMPORTANT DATES


The deadline for paper submissions is FEBRUARY 1, 2018


PROCEEDINGS

All accepted papers and the best posters are to be published in the 
Communications in Computer and Information Science proceedings series by 
Springer (indexed in Scopus).

See our previous volumes here:

2017: http://www.springer.com/la/book/9783319697833

2016: http://www.springer.com/la/book/9783319496993


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


Daniel A. ALEXANDROV, DTGS Conference Chair, Professor at the National 
Research University Higher School of Economics

Alexander V. BOUKHANOVSKY, DTGS Conference Chair, Professor at the ITMO 
University

Andrei V. CHUGUNOV, Head of the E-Governance Center at the ITMO 
University, DTGS Organization Committee Head

Olessia KOLTSOVA, Head of the Internet Studies Lab at the National 
Research University Higher School of Economics


  CONTACTS

http://dtgs-conference.org/ (new website)

  Conference Director: Yury KABANOV, National Research University 
Higher School of Economics ((dtgs /at/ corp.ifmo.ru))

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