[agents] CFP: The 1st International Workshop on Multi-agent Systems and Social Networks

[Mehmet Kaya]

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 1st International
Workshop on

Multi-agent Systems and Social
Networks (MASSN2012)


co–located
with the 2012 International Conference on Advances in 

        Social Networks Analysis and Mining
(ASONAM 2012)

26-29 August 2012, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TURKEY


It is our
pleasure to invite you to participate in the The 1st International
Workshop on Multi-agent Systems and Social Networks (MASSN2012)  that is held as a part of the International
Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2012).

Social networks and multi-agent systems share both the structure
and the scope, since they are composed 
of  individuals  connected 
with  some kinds  of 
relationship  and  they 
are  realized  for accomplishing individual and/or common
goals. A multi agent system is a system composed of multiple interacting
agents; therefore, it is natural to think about synergies between social
network and multi-agent system research and application. In fact, multi-agent
system models, techniques and technologies have been used and have important
potentialities for the study of social networks and the development of social
network models. Moreover, the results coming from the experimentation of the
more widespread social network systems could be used for the improvement of
multi-agent system models, techniques and technologies.

This workshop aims at promoting the interchange among the two
communities to allow a transfer of methodologies and to clarify the meaning of
the respective terminologies which share many concepts but only at an informal
level. 

    

The workshop aims not only at presentation of papers but also to
promote the discussion about the following research topics:

 

i)                   
to show the relationships of
multi-agent systems with social network models and techniques; and

ii)                  
to discuss about the use of
multi-agent systems in development of social network theories and systems.

 

Topic of Interest

 

The scope of the The 1st International Workshop on Multi-agent
systems and Social Networks (MASSN2012) includes, but is not limited to the
following topics:

 

·        
Multi-agent social network modeling
and analysis

 

·        
Multi-agent recommendation networks

 

·        
Multi-agent community discovery

 

·        
Multi-agent data mining and network
analysis

 

·        
Multi-agent evolution of patterns in
the Web

 

·        
Dynamics and evolution patterns of
social networks

 

·        
Organizational structure evaluation

 

·        
Collaborative environments, incl.
wikis

 

·        
Applications of multi-agent social
network analysis

 

 

Special Issue

The
extended versions of selected papers presented during the MASSN 2012 workshop
will be published in the special issue of the prestigious Social Network
Analysis and Mining (SNAM) journal.

 

Paper Submission

Papers reporting original and unpublished
research results pertaining to the above topics are solicited. New full paper
submission deadline is May 7, 2012.
These papers will follow an academic review process. Full paper manuscripts
must be in English with a maximum length of 8 pages (using the IEEE two-column
template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es),tel/fax numbers, abstract,
and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be
submitted to the https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=massn2012. If Web submission is not possible, manuscripts
should be sent as an attachment via email to kaya at firat.edu.tr by May 7, 2012. The attachment must be in PDF or Word
.doc format.

It
is important to note that IEEE CPS will publish the proceedings of ASONAM 2012
and hence all the rules and regulations of IEEE CPS will be applied as
explained in the following link:

http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/policies

Papers
will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance,
relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their
papers represent substantially new previously unpublished work. Paper
submission implies that the intent is for one of the authors to present the
paper if accepted and that at least one of the authors register for a full
conference fee.


Key Dates

·        
May 7, 2012 : Full paper
submission deadline

·        
June 1, 2012 : Notification
of acceptance

·        
June 15, 2012 : Camera-ready
papers due

·        
June 15, 2012 : Presenting
author registration due

·        
August 26, 2012 : Workshop

 

General Chair

·        
Brahim Chaib-draa,
Computer Science and Software Engineering Department,

Laval University, Canada

Email: chaib at ift.ulaval.ca

 

Workshop Co-Chairs

 

·        
Mehmet
Kaya, Department of Computer Engineering,

Firat
University, Elazig, Turkey

Email:
kaya at firat.edu.tr

·        
Mohsen Afsharchi,
Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering,

University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

Email: afsharchim at znu.ac.ir

 

 

Program Committee (To be extended)

 

·        
Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary,
Canada

·        
Kae Won Choi, SeoulTech, Korea

·        
Sertan Girgin, Google France, France

·        
Krzysztof Juszczyszyn, Wroclaw
University of Technology, Poland

·        
Keivan Kianmehr,
University of Western Ontario, Canada

·        
Tansel Ozyer, TOBB University of Economics and Technology,
Turkey

·        
Faruk Polat, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

·        
Mehmet Tan, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey