Call for Papers - Social networks and collaboration
HICSS '46 Minitrack
January 7-10 2012
Maui, Hawaii, USA
The Hawaiian International Conference for System Science (HICSS - pronounced "hicks") is about to enter its 46th year. In 2012 there were about 950 people in attendance . Systems Science covers a wide range of
fields: the electric power grid, cybercrime, health, law, software development and much more. It is attended by scientists and scholars from all over the world. Last year the friends I met and hung out with the most were from Barahin, the Netherlands and Germany. Our track accepted papers from Korea and China as well as Western countries. The beautiful environment and frequent mixers allow participants to meet people not only in their on field and of their own nationality, but provides an opportunity to learn about exciting work that is going in other fields and in places across the globe.
The call reflects the varied interests of the three track chairs. One has more of a sociological background working with structural (network) sociologists studying social construction, another is interested cognitive psychology, mathematical networks and models and the third is interested in persuasion, social influence, the semantic web as well as social networks.
HICSS has provided a number of my long term collaborators and friends.
As a reviewer and mini-track chair I am told that if a paper is not technically perfect but exciting I should take it anyway. HICSS is not just about vetting papers like sausages, though the quality of feedback from reviewers is excellent, it is a place where real growth and discovery takes place. If you have a new and exciting idea related to human interaction and what it means to us, some new way to gather data about it using the on-line sources we have or have gathered the data by observation or other means this track will be a fun place to share your ideas and get feedback on them.
Important Dates:
Full Paper Submission: June 15, 2012
Author Notification: August 15, 2012
Final Version Submission and Registration: September 15, 2012
Conference: January 7-10, 2013
We invite papers that use social networks to help understand human behaviour by using network theory andanalysis to study and model human groups (teams, organizations, societies and individuals. We are interested in empirical papers that observe or visualize social relation and social graphs;theoretical papers that simulate society through software, design research that addresses social network based software and information systems; papers that use social networks to gain insight into human behaviour and other papers with empirical studies of social influence.
We are particularly open to papers that explore unusual ways of modelling social networks: models that demonstrate or reflect the influence of social systems on user behaviors, models that consider the multiple connections between people, technology, and institutions, models that break personal identity into sub-relations, and models that examine the emergence of roles, identity, and institutions.We are interested in applying the network sociology of Mark Granovetter, Harrison White, Charles Tilly and related scholars to information systems.
With respect to content, the track is open to analysis of collective intelligence websites, new knowledge creation, collaboration, persuasive technology, analysis of social graphs, organizational analysis, crowdsourcing as well as ad hoc social networks formed in response to pressing social needs, e.g. in the area of health and wellbeing. Thus the track is open to a wide range of content areas that lend themselves to the analysis of relations.
Topics we are interested include, but are not limited to:
•Collective intelligence websites (multimode interaction, like wikis)
•New knowledge creation
•Web collaboration (wikis, Skype, blogs, Facebook and social media in
general)
•Other collaboration (Notes, ERM and other proprietary systems)
•Applications of SNA
•New methods of SNA
•Novel insights from analysis of social networks and social graphs
•Crowdsourcing
•Social networks and identity
•Social networks and cognition
•Social networks an organizations
•Networks and influence (persuasive technology)
•Ad hoc social networks formed in response to pressing social needs, e.g. in the area of health and wellbeing.
Thus the track is open to a wide range of content areas that lend themselves to the analysis of relations.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors submit full papers by June 15. Follow the Author Instructions to be found on the HICSS web site (http://www.hicss.org), as deadlines approach. All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references.
Authors of accepted papers submit Final Version of paper by September 15. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by September 15 with specific plans to attend the conference.
Authors may contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime.
Minitrack organizers:
Donald F. Steiny (Primary Contact)
University of Oulu, Department of Information Processing Science
Rakentajantie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland
US Address: 251 Webster St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Departmental phone: +358-8-553-1900
Departmental fax: +358-8-553-1890
Direct phone: +1-650-646-5368
Email: steiny@steiny.com
Harri Oinas-Kukkonen
University of Oulu, Department of Information Processing Science
Rakentajantie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Direct phone: +358-8-553-1914
Departmental phone: +358-8-553-1900
Departmental fax: +358-8-553-1890
Email: Harri.Oinas-Kukkonen@oulu.fi
Jeffrey Nickerson
Mailing address: Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Direct phone: 201 216 8124
Email: jnickerson@stevens.edu
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Direct phone: 201 216 8124
Email: jnickerson@stevens.edu
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Final call: IPSA-NUS Methods Summer School
The IPSA-NUS Summer School for Research Methods in Social and Political Science will take place at the National University of Singapore from June 25 to July 6, 2012.
The following four Summer School courses are still open for registration:
• Experimental Methods (Prof. Rebecca B. Morton, New York University)
• Modern Regression Analysis (Prof. Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University)
• Case Study Methods (Prof. Derek Beach, University of Aarhus)
• Mixed Method Designs (Prof. Katrin Niglas, Tallinn University)
For more information on these Summer School courses and to register, please visit http://sg-summerschool.ipsa.org/ or contact Mr. Eugene Tan at ipsa@nus.edu.sg.
Please share this announcement with any colleagues, students, and friends who might be interested.
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IPSA-NUS Methods Summer School
National University of Singapore
Department of Political Science
AS1, #04-10, 11 Arts Link
Singapore 117570
ipsa@nus.edu.sg
www.sg-summerschool.ipsa.org
The following four Summer School courses are still open for registration:
• Experimental Methods (Prof. Rebecca B. Morton, New York University)
• Modern Regression Analysis (Prof. Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University)
• Case Study Methods (Prof. Derek Beach, University of Aarhus)
• Mixed Method Designs (Prof. Katrin Niglas, Tallinn University)
For more information on these Summer School courses and to register, please visit http://sg-summerschool.ipsa.org/ or contact Mr. Eugene Tan at ipsa@nus.edu.sg.
Please share this announcement with any colleagues, students, and friends who might be interested.
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IPSA-NUS Methods Summer School
National University of Singapore
Department of Political Science
AS1, #04-10, 11 Arts Link
Singapore 117570
ipsa@nus.edu.sg
www.sg-summerschool.ipsa.org
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Introduction to analysing social connections and occupational structure
University of Cambridge, 12 September 2012
A one-day workshop utilising Social Interaction Distance (SID) and Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Social connections between incumbents of occupations have long been analysed as a means of understanding social stratification and inequalities. The Cambridge Scale (www.camsis.stir.ac.uk), for instance, was first published in the 1970s and continues to the present to offer a useful means of understanding the relative advantage typically held by the incumbents of occupations (see www.camsis.stir.ac.uk).
This workshop will introduce, compare and contract SID and SNA techniques for analysing occupational structure. Talks and labs will enable researchers to:
Understand the principles of SID & SNA approaches
Identify existing CAMSIS schemes (based on SID)
Generate new CAMSIS schemes from their data
Perform SNA analysis of occupational data.
Key findings from a two-year ESRC-funded project will be communicated, with delegates taught the methodological skills utilised in the research.
Training will be provided in Stata, R and Pajek.
1030-1045 Registration and coffee
1045-1145 Talk: Introduction to the analysis of social connections data
1145-1245 Lab: Introduction to SNA and SID approaches with Stata, R and Pajek
1245-1345 Lunch
1345-1415 Talk: Using SID to analyse occupational structure
1415-1500 Lab: Creating CAMSIS scores from large-scale social surveys
1500-1515 Tea and Coffee
1515-1545 Talk: Using SNA to analyse occupational structure
1545-1630 Lab: Creating and analysing networks of occupational structure
Delegates are asked to bring a laptop for the software labs. Prior experience in Stata, R and/or Pajek is not required, but basic knowledge of using syntax within a quatitative software package is essential. Participation in the workshop is free and a sandwich lunch will be provided.
To register, please send an e-mail to: david.griffiths@stir.ac.uk by 31 August 2012. Please notify us of any special dietary or other requirements.
For further information, see www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/sonocs/workshops
Note: This workshop precedes the Social Stratification Research Seminar on 13/14 Sept. 2012 at the same venue. Further details of that event are found at: www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/stratif
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Dave Griffiths
Research Fellow
University of Stirling
A one-day workshop utilising Social Interaction Distance (SID) and Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Social connections between incumbents of occupations have long been analysed as a means of understanding social stratification and inequalities. The Cambridge Scale (www.camsis.stir.ac.uk), for instance, was first published in the 1970s and continues to the present to offer a useful means of understanding the relative advantage typically held by the incumbents of occupations (see www.camsis.stir.ac.uk).
This workshop will introduce, compare and contract SID and SNA techniques for analysing occupational structure. Talks and labs will enable researchers to:
Understand the principles of SID & SNA approaches
Identify existing CAMSIS schemes (based on SID)
Generate new CAMSIS schemes from their data
Perform SNA analysis of occupational data.
Key findings from a two-year ESRC-funded project will be communicated, with delegates taught the methodological skills utilised in the research.
Training will be provided in Stata, R and Pajek.
1030-1045 Registration and coffee
1045-1145 Talk: Introduction to the analysis of social connections data
1145-1245 Lab: Introduction to SNA and SID approaches with Stata, R and Pajek
1245-1345 Lunch
1345-1415 Talk: Using SID to analyse occupational structure
1415-1500 Lab: Creating CAMSIS scores from large-scale social surveys
1500-1515 Tea and Coffee
1515-1545 Talk: Using SNA to analyse occupational structure
1545-1630 Lab: Creating and analysing networks of occupational structure
Delegates are asked to bring a laptop for the software labs. Prior experience in Stata, R and/or Pajek is not required, but basic knowledge of using syntax within a quatitative software package is essential. Participation in the workshop is free and a sandwich lunch will be provided.
To register, please send an e-mail to: david.griffiths@stir.ac.uk by 31 August 2012. Please notify us of any special dietary or other requirements.
For further information, see www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/sonocs/workshops
Note: This workshop precedes the Social Stratification Research Seminar on 13/14 Sept. 2012 at the same venue. Further details of that event are found at: www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/stratif
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Dave Griffiths
Research Fellow
University of Stirling
Thursday, June 7, 2012
CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS AND RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS POSTERS
What: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media
Where: School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When: September 28-29, 2012
Website: http://SocialMediaLab.ca/influence12
Twitter hashtag: #Influence12
Industry Keynote Speaker: Gilad Lotan, VP of Research & Development, Socialflow.com
ABOUT THE EVENT: This is a two-day symposium and workshop organized and hosted by the Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at Dalhousie University and supported by MITACS, SSHRC, NCE GRAND, Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer Science and Faculty of Management.
It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks have exploded. With a multitude of voices all talking at once on social media, finding interesting and influential voices among the masses can be difficult. The objective of this 2-day workshop is to bring together experts in social media and online social networks from both the academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices around how to study the impact of social media on our society, and specifically how to measure influence on social media. The workshop will provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate their ideas, and provide graduate students with the opportunity to build academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective.
SCHEDULE: During the first day, the participants will present and conduct discussions based on their work in this area. Over the second day, the participants will be tasked to brainstorm and develop new metrics for studying and measuring influence and engagement on social media.
REGISTRATION FEE: None
STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES: A limited number of competitive travel subsidies ($500 + 3-night shared accommodation with another student in a local hotel) will be available to PhD and Postdoctoral students from Canadian academic institutions. Please indicate on your submission whether you would like to be considered for a travel subsidy.
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:
1) Position Papers: Proposals should be in the form of a position paper (up to 1,000 words excluding references) and formatted using the ACM Proceedings Format (a template is available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The position paper must be on a completed or well-developed project relating to the main theme of the workshop. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period.
2) “Work-in-progress” Posters: Posters will display visual presentations of early-stage projects. Proposals should be in the form of a short abstract (up to 500 words excluding references). If selected, author(s) will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated poster session during the workshop.
*All submissions are due June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)* and must be submitted via the EasyChair website at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=influence12
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE: • Influential User Detection • Information Visualization in Social Media • Mobile Applications • Online and Offline Social Networks • Online Community Detection • Online Identity • Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis • Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media • Scalability Issues and Social Media Data • Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) • Social Media Mining • Social Network Analysis
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated based on their relevance and potential contribution to the main theme of the workshop: How do we define and measure influence on social media? The goal is to select and invite up to 50 researchers to participate in the workshop. Accepted and finalized papers and posters will be published on the Social Media Lab website after the event and promoted through various media channels. The workshop presentations will also be streamed online.
IMPORTANT DATES: • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) • Notification Date: July 15, 2012 • Camera-Ready Deadline: August 30, 2012 • Workshop Dates: September 28-29, 2012
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
* danah boyd, Microsoft Research, USA * Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing * Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, Canada * Andrea Forte, Drexel University, USA * Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University, USA * Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada * Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada * Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA * Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford, UK * Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada * Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada * Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Diane Rasmussen Neal, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University, USA * Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation, USA * Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University, Canada * Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK
For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd@dal.ca
Where: School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When: September 28-29, 2012
Website: http://SocialMediaLab.ca/influence12
Twitter hashtag: #Influence12
Industry Keynote Speaker: Gilad Lotan, VP of Research & Development, Socialflow.com
ABOUT THE EVENT: This is a two-day symposium and workshop organized and hosted by the Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at Dalhousie University and supported by MITACS, SSHRC, NCE GRAND, Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer Science and Faculty of Management.
It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks have exploded. With a multitude of voices all talking at once on social media, finding interesting and influential voices among the masses can be difficult. The objective of this 2-day workshop is to bring together experts in social media and online social networks from both the academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices around how to study the impact of social media on our society, and specifically how to measure influence on social media. The workshop will provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate their ideas, and provide graduate students with the opportunity to build academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective.
SCHEDULE: During the first day, the participants will present and conduct discussions based on their work in this area. Over the second day, the participants will be tasked to brainstorm and develop new metrics for studying and measuring influence and engagement on social media.
REGISTRATION FEE: None
STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES: A limited number of competitive travel subsidies ($500 + 3-night shared accommodation with another student in a local hotel) will be available to PhD and Postdoctoral students from Canadian academic institutions. Please indicate on your submission whether you would like to be considered for a travel subsidy.
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:
1) Position Papers: Proposals should be in the form of a position paper (up to 1,000 words excluding references) and formatted using the ACM Proceedings Format (a template is available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The position paper must be on a completed or well-developed project relating to the main theme of the workshop. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period.
2) “Work-in-progress” Posters: Posters will display visual presentations of early-stage projects. Proposals should be in the form of a short abstract (up to 500 words excluding references). If selected, author(s) will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated poster session during the workshop.
*All submissions are due June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)* and must be submitted via the EasyChair website at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=influence12
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE: • Influential User Detection • Information Visualization in Social Media • Mobile Applications • Online and Offline Social Networks • Online Community Detection • Online Identity • Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis • Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media • Scalability Issues and Social Media Data • Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) • Social Media Mining • Social Network Analysis
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated based on their relevance and potential contribution to the main theme of the workshop: How do we define and measure influence on social media? The goal is to select and invite up to 50 researchers to participate in the workshop. Accepted and finalized papers and posters will be published on the Social Media Lab website after the event and promoted through various media channels. The workshop presentations will also be streamed online.
IMPORTANT DATES: • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) • Notification Date: July 15, 2012 • Camera-Ready Deadline: August 30, 2012 • Workshop Dates: September 28-29, 2012
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
* danah boyd, Microsoft Research, USA * Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing * Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, Canada * Andrea Forte, Drexel University, USA * Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University, USA * Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada * Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada * Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA * Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford, UK * Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada * Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada * Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Diane Rasmussen Neal, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University, USA * Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation, USA * Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University, Canada * Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK
For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd@dal.ca
Friday, June 1, 2012
9th Conference on the Application of Social Network Analysis (ASNA): Zurich, September 4-7 2012
Submission deadline for ASNA 2012 contributions is today (1 June).
Make sure you submit a paper title and an abstract with EasyChair.
Full papers can be delivered until 31 July:
http://www.asna.ch/index.php?id=91
Keynotes this year by John Skvoretz and Dirk Helbing, pre-conference workshops 4/5 September (SNA intros, Siena, ERGMs, visone, Pajek XXL).
For the organizers, Uwe Serdült
Full papers can be delivered until 31 July:
http://www.asna.ch/index.php?id=91
Keynotes this year by John Skvoretz and Dirk Helbing, pre-conference workshops 4/5 September (SNA intros, Siena, ERGMs, visone, Pajek XXL).
For the organizers, Uwe Serdült
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