Steering Committee

Dame Wendy Hall
Steering Committee

Dame Wendy Hall

DBE, FRS, FREng · Regius Professor of Computer Science
Director, Web Science Institute
University of Southampton

Noshir Contractor
Steering Committee

Noshir Contractor

Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences
McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern University

S Rajagopalan
Steering Committee

S. Rajagopalan

Professor & Head, IIITB Innovation Centre
MOSIP Initiative
IIIT Bangalore

Shalini Urs
Steering Committee

Shalini Urs

Founder Chairperson & Trustee
MYRA School of Business
Mysore

Organising Committee

Dr. Srinath Srinivasa
General Chair

Dr. Srinath Srinivasa

Professor & Dean (R&D)
Head, Web Science Lab
IIIT Bangalore

Dr. Sakthi Balan Muthiah
PC Co-Chair

Dr. Sakthi Balan Muthiah

Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
Shiv Nadar University, Chennai

Dr. Sushree S. Behera
Organising Chair

Dr. Sushree S. Behera

Professor
IIIT Bangalore

Dr. Tulika Saha
Publicity Chair

Dr. Tulika Saha

Professor
IIIT Bangalore

Dr. Jayati Deshmukh
Workshops & Tutorials Chair

Dr. Jayati Deshmukh

Professor
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Programme Committee

The full Programme Committee will be announced in early 2026. Researchers interested in serving as reviewers are welcome to contact the PC Co-Chairs. We especially seek reviewers with expertise in network science, computational social science, NLP, AI ethics, and digital governance.