[Air-L] CFP: Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness at Aarhus 2025 Computing [X] Crisis Conference

[Katherine Harrison]

Call for Participation
Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness

Full-day, onsite workshop at Aarhus 2025 Computing [X] Crisis Conference

Organized by:

    Hannah Devinney (Linköping University)
    Katherine Harrison (Linköping University)
    Vagrant Gautam (Saarland University)
    Irina Shklovski (University of Copenhagen, Linköping University)

Synthetic data promises to address three key concerns for data-driven
technologies: sparsity, privacy, and bias or lack of diversity. This
workshop will interrogate the promise of creating better, more diverse,
more representative datasets, by critically examining how data are
understood to be “representative” in different senses, for example,
statistically, through stereotype, or more qualitative and individual
depictions of identity and other qualities.

We invite participation from anyone interested in the broad questions of
what it means to “represent” things and people in data. To ground the event
across our various disciplines and practices, we ask you to submit a short
(1-2 page) position statement on the topic of data “representation” in your
context.

Accepted submissions will be shared with all participants via the workshop
website before the event, allowing participants to introduce themselves to
each other and for asynchronous discussions of their position papers and
virtual network building from the start.
Important Dates

Submissions due – 28 May, 2025

Notification of Acceptance – 13 June, 2025

Workshop – 18 or 19 August, 2025 (TBC)
Submission information

Submissions should be 1-2 A4 pages, not including references. We welcome
alternative formats, such as artistic works, design fictions, or policy
statements. Please contact us to discuss how best to submit alternative
formats. Submit position papers via email to
synthetic-data-workshop at protonmail.com, following the template below:

SUBJECT LINE: Aarhus2025 Synthetic Data Represent – Submissions

BODY:

Name – [name]

Affiliation – [affiliation]

Pronouns – [Optionally, specify which pronouns you would like organizers to
use for you when discussing your submission]

Other information – [Optionally, include anything else you would like
organizers to know, for example accessibility requirements]