[agents] CFP: Social network: Computational Aspects and Network Mining - Springer 2011

[Ajith Abraham]

Call For Book Chapters


"Social Networks: Computational Aspects and Network Mining"

To be published  by  Springer   in  the Series  "Computer and
Communication Networks"   -  2011

Deadline for chapter proposal: 30 September, 2010

Volume editor's : Ajith Abraham and  Aboul Ella Hassanien

http://www.softcomputing.net/sn2011.html

Book Objectives: Mining social networks become  a very popular
research area not only for data mining and web mining but also social
network analysis. Social networks provide a powerful abstraction of
the structure and dynamics of diverse kinds of people or
people-to-technology interaction. Recently, many data mining
researches are focusing on developing new data mining techniques for
social networks. However, it is meaningless, if the discovered
valuable and useful data have not been applied in real application
environment. Web 2.0 has enabled a new generation of Web-based
communities, social networks, and folksonomies to facilitate
collaboration among different communities. Social network analysis is
a rapidly growing field within the Web intelligence domain. The recent
developments in Web 2.0 have provided more opportunities to
investigate the dynamics and structure of Web-based social networks.
Recent trends also indicate the usage of social networks as a key
feature for next generation usage and exploitation of the Web.   This
book  provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the ethological
approach to social behavior in animals (including the study of animal
tracks and learning by members of the same species) with web-based
evidence of social interaction, perceptual learning, information
granulation, the behavior of humans and affinities between web-based
social networks.  The main topics cover the design and use of various
computational intelligence tools and software, simulations of social
networks, representation and analysis of social networks, use of
semantic networks in the design and community-based research issues
such as knowledge discovery, privacy and protection, and
visualization. In this book, we aim at gathering the latest advances
of various topics in intelligence social networks and reporting how
organizations can gain competitive advantages by applying the
different emergent techniques in the real-world scenarios. Chapters
and studies which couple the intelligence techniques and theories with
specific networks technology problems are cordially invited. Survey
articles that emphasize the research and application of intelligence
social networks in a particular domain are greatly welcome.The primary
target audience for the book includes researchers, scholars,
postgraduate students and developers who are interested in
intelligence social networks research and related issues. The book
will provide reviews of the cutting–edge technologies and insights for
SN-based systems. In particular, the book will be valuable companion
and comprehensive reference for both postgraduate and senior
undergraduate students who are taking a course in Mining Social
Networks. The book will be organized in self-contained chapters to
provide greatest reading flexibility.

 Topics

 Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:



Intelligent Visualization of Social Network Analysis

Intelligent social network

Social Network Mining

Social Networks and Social Intelligence

Web Site Clustering

Link Topology and Site Hierarchy

Theories of Small-World Web

Virtual and Web Communities

Security, privacy and trust

Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems

Web-Based Cooperative Work

Knowledge Community Formation and Support

Ubiquitous Computing

Intelligent Wireless Web

Ubiquitous Learning Systems

Social network analysis of communities of practice

Network evolution and growth mechanisms

Information diffusion in social networks

Affiliation networks

Epidemics and rumors in networks

Geographical clusters, networks, and innovation

Effects of network structure and dynamics on knowledge transfer and sharing

Intra- and inter-organizational networks

Social capital, structural holes and Simmelian ties

Online communities and computer networks

Computational models and agent-based simulations of networks

Infrastructure and Tools for e-Social network

Interdisciplinary Research and e-Social network

International Collaborations in e-Social network



Submission Guidelines



- Each chapter must be self-contained and not exceed 30 pages,

- Please centralize all tables and figures with appropriate legends,

- Please carefully check for typos inside the text, figures, legends, etc.

- All equations must be numbered and please try to use standard fonts.

- Produce a LaTeX version of your chapter using the template provided
in the Author Guidelines



Researchers and practitioners are kindly invited to send on or before
September 30, 2010 a short email to aboitegypt at gmail.com , containing
a preliminary title and a short abstract of their chapter. This will
facilitate the planning of the review process.  Full chapters will be
expected by November 30, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
by at least three reviewers on a double-blind review basis.

Important Dates

Deadline for chapter proposal (title  and abstract)
 September 30, 2010

Deadline for chapter submission
 November 30, 2010

Notification of acceptance/rejection of chapters
 Januray 31 2011

Deadline for submission of final chapters
 Febrary 28 2011

Publication of book:
 3-4 months


Volume Editors:
Ajith Abraham and  Aboul Ella Hassanien (Abo)