The Web Conference

#TheWebConf24: Day 5 of The ACM Web Conference on May 17, 2024 began with a keynote by Jeannie Marie Paterson of The University of Melbourne on "AI deepfakes on the Web: the 'wicked' challenges for AI ethics, law and technology". After another full day of conference, with oral sessions as well as poster presentations of research tracks on recommender systems and mining, the program culminated in the Town Hall. After a presentation on ACM SIGWEB by its Vice Chair Irwin King, the Steering Committee Chair Dick Bulterman closed the conference by thanking the organizers and volunteers. The latter groups soon took off for the volunteer party by Singapore River.

#TheWebConf24: Day 4 of The ACM Web Conference on May 16, 2024 featured two keynotes. The morning keynote was delivered by Jon Kleinberg of Cornell University on "Revisiting the Behavioral Foundations of User Modeling Algorithms". The afternoon keynote was given by Bin Liu of National University of Singapore on "AI for Materials Innovation: Self-Improving Photosensitizer Discovery System via Bayesian Search with First-Principles Simulation". The day's program included two poster sessions, one for short papers and demos, while the other for the research papers on the following tracks: Security, Social, Semantics, and Systems. The social event of the day was the evening special at the Universal Studios Singapore. We had exclusive access to the park including major rides such as Transformers and the Battlestar Galactica roller-coasters. There was also a banquet area at the New York Street for some participants.

#TheWebConf24: Day 3 of The ACM Web Conference on May 15, 2024 began the Main Conference phase. The opening ceremony at the ballroom was kicked off by the Steering Commmittee Chair Dick Bulterman. The General Chairs Tat-Seng Chua and Chong-Wah Ngo gave a warm welcome, followed by the Program Chairs Ravi Kumar and Hady W. Lauw who briefly discussed the program and then announced the Best Student Paper Award and Best Paper Award. Wendy Hall announced the Test of Time Award. The program began proper with a keynote by Jie Tang and Bo Zhang. We then broke into seven parallel sessions covering research, industry, and Web4Good, and History of the Web tracks, before coming together again for a panel discussion on LLM Impact on the Web featuring Andrew Tomkins, Jon Kleinberg, Yoelle Maarek, and Jie Tang. There were two poster sessions that allowed authors to interact dynamically with attendees. All in all, a full and interesting programmes galore. Awards: https://lnkd.in/gNjTCnbQ

#TheWebConf24: The second day (May 14, 2024) of The ACM Web Conference 2024 featured more programmes: a well-attended Large Language Model Day, a meaningful Health Day, a co-located Web4All conference, a mentored PhD Symposium, as well as a series of 8 workshops and 10 tutorials on various topics. In the evening, we kick off the Main Conference phase, with a Welcome Reception hosted at Tipsy Unicorn, a beach club at Sentosa with a pool dance floor, which some attendees took a dip in while enjoying a live band, all while having bar snacks and drinks. Zhipu AI gave a sponsored talk to open the occasion. Though the evening began with a rain shower, it soon stopped and attendees were welcome by a sunset by the beach and a fun evening.

#TheWebConf24: The ACM Web Conference 2024 took off without a hitch on the first day May 13, 2024. The Online Trust & Safety Day also integrated the presentations by finalists of the Online Safety Prize Challenge run by AI Singapore. The Emerging World Symposium encouraged participation and presentations by underrepresented regions. Five tutorials ran concurrently in the morning, followed by another five in the afternoon. Eight workshops on diverse topics gathered communities of common interest. Food flowed at two coffee breaks and lunch. It's good to be back among friends, and making new ones.

#TheWebConf24 goodies. An umbrella to keep you cool and dry. A flask to keep you cool and fresh. And a backpack that is just cool.

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The Web Conference 2024 will run as a mostly in-person conference, and remote attendance is supported to some degree via Zoom and Whova. Register now while the standard rate applies till 30 April 2024, to avoid the higher late/onsite rates. The full program of this year’s edition is shown in https://lnkd.in/gf7R2Xa7. The highlights include four distinguished keynote talks by the world-renowned experts: Bo Zhang and Jie Tang from Tsinghua University, Jon Kleinberg from Cornell University, Bin Liu from National University of Singapore, and Jeannie Marie Paterson from The University of Melbourne. The high-quality program is composed of 16 workshops, 20 tutorials, research tracks with oral presentations and poster sessions, industry tracks with oral and poster presentations, short paper poster and demo sessions, a resource track, a panel and a PhD symposium. In addition, we have two special tracks (Web4Good, History of the Web) and three special days (Online Trust and Safety Day, Large Language Model Day, and Health Day). Following the tradition, we have the Web4All as a co-located conference, highlighting the latest research results in Web accessibility. We also have a journal track built in coordination with the TWEB journal, which offers the opportunity for authors of the three selected journal papers to come and present their works at the conference. Find the registration link at: https://lnkd.in/e58vAv8G