[agents] CFP: International Conference on Social Informatics 2009

[Adam Wierzbicki]

Call For Papers

International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo'09)

22-24 June, 2009 				Warsaw, Poland

Social Informatics is an area of informatics that studies how information
systems can realize social goals, apply social concepts, and become sources
of information relevant for social sciences and for analysis of social
phenomena.

Social Informatics can be decomposed into two interacting areas. A branch of
Social Informatics research is devoted to the sensing of society through
information systems. A good example of such research is Webmining or the
design of social network services. A second branch of Social Informatics
concerns how information systems influence social systems. This branch is
devoted to the realization of social goals through the application of social
concepts. Examples of such research are Trust Management and Computational
Social Choice. Social Informatics also requires the collaboration of social
scientists for the evaluation of the effects of the influence of the
information system on society. An example of such research is the study of
the impact of information technology on organizations. 

The goals of Social Informatics are the improvement of both the sensing and
influencing of the social system by the information system. To achieve these
goals, Social Informatics must have a deeper understanding of social goals,
concepts and mechanisms. For this, Social Informatics must be an
interdisciplinary science that draws upon the results of sociology,
economics, psychology, anthropology, behavioral game theory, sociobiology
and others. Informatics has already sought inspiration from these areas. For
example, the problems of conflict of interests in open, distributed systems
(like Peer-to-Peer networks and the grid) have been modeled using concepts
from game theory and equity theory. A practical goal is the anticipation of
the social adoption and social effects of Web2.0 or other social ICT
applications.

In the context of realizing social goals, applying social concepts and
analysis of social phenomena, detailed research topics of interest for this
conference include, but are not limited to:
.	Design and analysis of Web2.0 applications
.	Computer supported collaborative work
.	Trust Management algorithms and protocols
.	Mechanisms for providing fairness in information systems
.	Social networks: discovery, evolution, analysis and applications
.	Web mining and its social interpretations
.	Algorithms and protocols inspired by human societies
.	Computational models of social phenomena and social simulation
.	Social choice mechanisms in the e-society
.	Social sciences research based on the sensing of the social system
by the information system 
.	Social sciences research studying the effects of the information
system's influence on society

Publication: Conference proceedings will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and
published in book form by the IEEE

Paper format: IEEE format, up to 6 pages (strict limit)

Submission deadline: March 15th, 2009 (submission site will open on March
1st, 2009)

Conference Web page: http://socinfo2009.pl

Conference location: Warsaw, Poland

Conference date: June 22-24