We are excited to announce the launch of the Competition Track for the International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2025). We invite industrial organizations, academic institutions, and non-profit groups to submit proposals for organizing competitions that address topics relevant to the WWW community. The competition track will run for a period of three months, with the winners honored during the WWW 2025 Conference. Winning teams will also be invited to publish their solutions in the WWW Companion Proceedings.
We particularly encourage submissions that tackle significant scientific or technological challenges with a positive societal impact. Proposals focusing on how Web technologies, AI, and data science can benefit communities or contribute to pressing societal issues are highly welcomed. In addition to societal impact, we seek competitions that push the boundaries of knowledge in areas where Web technologies and machine learning can have transformative effects, such as healthcare, environmental sustainability, and digital inclusion.
Given the evolving nature of Web technologies, we also welcome proposals that address potential negative impacts, such as misinformation, privacy concerns, and digital inequality. We strongly encourage submissions from researchers with diverse backgrounds and identities.
Proposals should emphasize inclusivity, both in terms of the organizing team and the participants. We encourage organizers to consider recognition tiers that promote broad participation, including awards for underrepresented groups or student participants. Collaborating with affinity groups to host online bootcamps or similar initiatives aimed at increasing diversity is also encouraged.
Accepted competitions will feature in a dedicated Competition Track at WWW 2025, where participants and organizers will present and discuss the results. We look forward to hosting innovative and impactful competitions that attract a diverse, interdisciplinary group of participants.
Competition proposals should be submitted via Easychair by Oct 20th, 2024 (AOE). Please adhere to the provided templates and guidelines when preparing your submission.
Proposals will be evaluated by a competition program committee based on:
Accepted competitions will submit a 4-8 page paper for publication in the WWW 2025 Conference Proceedings, outlining the problem, dataset, evaluation criteria, and competition outcomes. Additionally, post-competition analysis papers can be submitted to future tracks at WWW to highlight long-term impact.
Competition winners will be invited to submit a detailed paper on their approach and results, which will be published in the Companion Proceedings. This offers participants an opportunity to share insights, challenges, and lessons learned from their competition solutions.
All submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.
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