[agents] ACM TOIT Call for Papers: Special Section on Advances in Social Computing

[Amit Chopra]

Call for Papers for a Special Section on Advances in Social Computing

In the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
http://toit.acm.org/

Submission deadline: February 15, 2016

Social computing is computing applied to understanding, modelling, and
facilitating social interaction between people and organizations. It
promises improved decision making, richer collaborations, and enhanced
problem solving capabilities through a better understanding of human
behavior and social interaction in interpersonal, organizational, and
societal settings. Social computing is inherently interdisciplinary,
drawing from areas such as computational social science, information
processing, social informatics, distributed computing, and multiagent
systems, among others.

Despite the explosion of interest in social computing, its models and
methods fall substantially short of capturing and supporting the
richness, subtlety, and variety of social interactions.  To address
this gap, we seek high-quality submissions that focus on social
interaction for an ACM TOIT special section on social computing. We
especially welcome submissions that make significant computational
advances in one or more of the following dimensions.

- Novel computational models and analyses that give insight into
  social interaction and human behaviour.

- Novel software models, theories, and methodologies informed by
  social interaction.

- Novel and insightful case studies in relevant application domains,
  e.g., in healthcare, smart cities, disaster response, scientific
  collaboration, and so on.


We list below some indicative topics of interest organized by
themes. A relevant contribution will address one or more themes
highlighting the connection with social computing as motivated above.


Models
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Human behaviour in social settings
Interaction protocols
Norms
Regulations and contracts
Communities
Organisations
Social networks
Situations and contexts

Value
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Collective intelligence
Teamwork and collaboration
Decision-making
Accountability
Governance
Security, privacy, and trust
Entertainment

Methods
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Computational social science
Natural language processing
Data mining and analytics
Social informatics
Software engineering
Distributed computing

Technology
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Cloud computing
Internet of Things
Linked data
Wearable computing
Big Data


Guest Editors
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Amit K. Chopra
School of Computing and Communications
Lancaster University
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/chopraak

Vivek K. Singh
School of Communication and Information
Rutgers University
http://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/vsingh

Erez Shmueli
Department of Industrial Engineering
Tel-Aviv University
http://web.media.mit.edu/~shmueli

Deadlines
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Submissions: February 15, 2016
First decisions: May 15, 2016
Revisions: June 30, 2016
Final decisions: August 31, 2016
Final manuscripts: September 30, 2016
Publication date: February 15, 2017

Submission
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To submit a paper, please follow the instructions on
http://toit.acm.org/submission.html

Contact
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Please send any queries about this CfP to toit.asc.ge at gmail.com