2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL workshop on analytics for local events and news (LENS 2018) seattle, washington, USA - November 6, 2018

The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Analytics for Local Events and News (LENS 2018) was held in conjunction with the 26th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018). The workshop is intended to bring together experts in the workshop scope to exchange ideas on opportunities, challenges and cutting-edge techniques for local events and news analytics. The workshop has attracted 8 submissions, including 7 regular full-length research papers and one short paper, accepted 5 submissions for publications; with 62.5% acceptance rate. The papers are reviewed by 13 program committee members, where each paper is assigned to three reviewers. Total 7 attendants registered for the workshop. The actual number of attendants along the day fluctuated from 8 to 12, with an average of 9 attendants maintained almost all the time. The workshop has achieved its goal with bringing up together experts and conducted a set of productive discussions and talks.