Program Chairs

Dr. Marc Najork​

Distinguished Research Scientist
Google DeepMind

Prof. Meeyoung Cha​

Director, MPI-SP
Professor, KAIST

Prof. Marie-Francine (Sien) Moens​

Director, LIIR Research lab​
Professor, KU Leuven​

General Chairs

Prof. Wolfgang Nejdl

Director, L3S Research Center​
Professor, Leibniz Universität Hannover​

Prof. Sören Auer

Director, TIB Hannover
Professor, Leibniz Universität Hannover​

Local Chair

Dr. Sandipan Sikdar

L3S Research Center
Assistant Professor, Leibniz Universität Hannover​ 

Local Organizing Team

Wadhah Zai El Amri

L3S Research Center​
Ph.D. Student, Leibniz Universität Hannover​

Dren Fazlija

L3S Research Center​
Ph.D. Student, Leibniz Universität Hannover​

Proceedings Chair

Dr. Oliver Karras

TIB Hannover
Post-Doc & Data Scientist

Demo and Poster Chair

Prof. Avishek Anand

Delft University of Technology
Associate Professor

Workshop Chairs

Prof. Ismail Sengor Altingovde

Middle East Technical University
Professor

Dr. Marco Fisichella

L3S Research Center​
Research Group Leader & Senior Strategy Officer

Tutorial Chairs

Dr. Gianluca Demartini

University of Queensland
Associate Professor

Dr. Noseong Park

KAIST
Tenured Associate Professor

WSDM Cup Chair

D. Sculley

Kaggle
CEO

Publicity Chairs

Dr. Megha Khosla

Delft University of Technology
Assistant Professor

Prof. Sanju Tiwari

Alliance University, Bangalore
Professor

WSDM Day Chairs

Dr. rer. nat. Zahra Ahmadi

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
Hannover Medical School
Junior Group Leader (CAIMed)

Dina Demner-Fushman, MD, PhD

Computational Health Research Branch, LHNCBC
Tenure Track Investigator

Best Paper Award Chairs

Dr. Yoelle Maarek

Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Chief Researcher

Dr. Elad Yom-Tov

Bar Ilan University
Professor

Industry Chairs

Dr. David Carmel

Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Distinguished Scientist

Dr. Besnik Fetahu

Amazon
Senior Applied Scientist

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Prof. Hamed Zamani

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor

Prof. Ricardo Usbeck

Leuphana University
Professor

Sponsorship Chair

M.Sc. Alexandra Garatzogianni

TIB Hannover
Senior Researcher

Diversity & Inclusion Chairs

M.Sc. Leonie Basso

Hannover Medical School
Research Associate

M.Sc. Marcel Mast

Hannover Medical School
Research Associate

Dr. Tereza Iofciu

Data Leadership
Trainer & Coach

Student Travel Award Chair

Dr. Hamid Karimi

Utah State University
Assistant Professor

Dr. Lu Cheng

University of Illinois, Chicago
Assistant Professor

Dr. Tyler Derr

Data Science Institute
Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor