Call for Papers: WSDM 2016 Workshop: Search and Exploration of X-Rated Information (SEXI 2016)
Posted November 7, 2015
website: http://sexi2016.org/
email: [email protected]
Submissions due: November 30, 2015
Conference Location: San Francisco
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Adult content is pervasive on the web, has been a driving factor in the adoption of the Internet medium, and is responsible for a significant fraction of traffic and revenues, yet rarely attracts the attention of researchers. This half-day workshop on Search and Exploration of X-Rated Information at the 2016 WSDM conference will discuss questions for information access tasks and search behavior related to adult content.
While the scope of the workshop remains broad, we will devote special attention to the privacy and security issues with respect to adult content. The recent release of the personal data belonging to customers of the adult dating site Ashley Madison provides a timely context for the focus on privacy and security (*). The data collected by adult sites, derived from both visitors to the site and providers of content, is arguably more sensitive than other commercial data, because of the controversial nature of the sites themselves.
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/
SUBMISSION FORMAT
We solicit short (2-page) position papers, and longer (4-page) research papers. Position papers identify an issue or problem related to adult information access, and outline a possible resolution or approach to address an issue. Research papers present academic research in areas within the scope of the workshop. Papers should not include examples of adult content, and papers containing adult content will be rejected without review. If in doubt, assume it is adult content.
Paper should be submitted using the ACM Proceedings templates http://www.acm.org/sigs/
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due: November 30, 2015 (before midnight, AoE time zone)
Notification: December 13, 2015
Workshop: February 22, 2016
ORGANIZERS
Vanessa Murdock
Charles L. A. Clarke, University of Waterloo
Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam
Jussi Karlgren, Gavagai & KTH Stockholm