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ACM Transactions on the Web Editor-In-Chief – Call for Nominations

Nominations are sought for the next Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on the Web (ACM TWEB; http://tweb.acm.org/). TWEB is a journal publishing refereed articles reporting the results
of research on Web content, applications, use, and related enabling technologies.

The term of appointment is three years, to begin in February 2027, with the possibility of renewal for a second term. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for following the editorial charter of
the journal, as well as for proactively adapting the journal’s mechanisms and charter to the evolving nature of the field. The EiC will also closely work with relevant ACM interest groups
such as SIGIR, SIGKDD, and SIGWeb, and relevant conferences such as SIGIR and the Web Conference series (formerly known as WWW).

A description of the duties of the EiC can be found at https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/position-descriptions, and the evaluation criteria can be found at https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/eic-evaluation.

For many years, TWEB used to receive 100 +/- 20 submissions per year. Last year, that number increased to 227 (of which half were special issue submissions), and the Editor-in-Chief should
be comfortable with that workload. Candidates for the position should be well-established researchers in areas related to the core mission of the journal, and they should have significant prior experience serving in senior roles on conference program committees and journal editorial boards.

Nomination Process and Deadlines

Nominations, including self-nominations, should be sent by email to the chair of the search committee, Evgeniy Gabrilovich (gabr@acm.org). All nominations must include the candidate’s
CV as well as a one to two-page statement of vision. Please use the subject line header “TWEB EiC Nomination” in your email.

The deadline for nominations is November 6, 2026.

Search Committee

  • Evgeniy Gabrilovich (Microsoft, USA), Chair
  • Sihem Amer-Yahia (CNRS / Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
  • Marti Hearst (University of California Berkeley, USA)
  • Irwin King (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
  • Gerhard Weikum (Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany)
  • ChengXiang Zhai (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

 

The ACM Publications Board Liaison is Mauro Pezze (Università della Svizzera Italiana and Constructor Institute of Technology, Switzerland).