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</span></b>[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Fifth International Conference
on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (SNAMS-2018)<br>
Valencia, Spain. October 15-18, 2018.<br>
</span><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2018/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2018/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u>Call for Papers </u><br>
We are pleased to invite you to
submit original contributions to SNAMS 2018 via the official submission system
at </span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snams2018" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snams2018</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. This can include, technical and experimental, theoretical,
conceptual, or a survey. All submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of
relevance, originality, importance and clarity. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference Topics:<span></span></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE<br>
Systems and algorithms for social search<br>
Infrastructure support for social networks and systems<br>
Dynamics and evolution patterns of large and complex networks<br>
Social properties in systems design<br>
Learnings from operational social networks<br>
Data Collection<br>
Big Data and Social Paradigms<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALGORITHMS AND MODELS<br>
Deep Learning and Knowledge Discovery.<br>
Measurement and analysis of social and crowdsourcing systems<br>
Benchmarking, modeling, performance and workload characterization<br>
Modeling Social Networks and behavior<br>
Management of social network data<br>
Streaming algorithms for social data<br>
Knowledge and innovation networks<br>
Methods for social and media analysis<br>
Models for network data<br>
Network analysis in human and social sciences<br>
Information propagation and assimilation in social networks<br>
Data mining and machine learning in social systems<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PRIVACY & SECURITY<br>
Privacy and security in social systems<br>
Trust and reputations in social systems<br>
Detection, analysis, prevention of spam, phishing, and misbehavior in social
systems<span></span></span></p>
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Novel social applications and systems<br>
Transient OSNs (e.g. Snapchat)<br>
Special purpose OSNs (e.g., Instagram, Vine)<br>
Communities in social networks<br>
Collaboration networks<br>
New models of advertising and monetization in social networks<br>
Mobile advertising on OSNs<br>
Network visualization<br>
Social networks and online education<br>
Sentiment analysis on OSNs<br>
Multilingual social networks<br>
Social networks as agents of societal change<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions Guidelines and
Proceedings:<span></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Manuscripts should be prepared in
10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column IEEE format. All
papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper
Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all
figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original
unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other
conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected
without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length
limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may
contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification.
All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers
will appear in the SNAMS Proceedings, and be submitted to IEEE for inclusion.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accepted types of submissions are
including:<br>
-Full papers ( up to 8 Pages),<br>
-Short papers (up to<span> </span>6 Pages),<br>
-Posters ( up to 4 Pages). <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u>Important Dates:</u><br>
Submission Date: <b><span style="color:red">5 July 2018</span></b><span style="color:red"> </span><br>
Notification to Authors: 20 August 2018<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 5 September 2018<br>
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Submission System<br>
</span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snams2018" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snams2018</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 6th International workshop on Big Data and Social Networking
Management and Security (BDSN 2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/BDSN2018/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/BDSN2018/</a>
<br>
The Fourth International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems,
Management, and Security (MCSMS 2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2018/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2018/</a>
<br>
The First International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Connected
Vehicles Technologies (ITCVT 2018). <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/ITCVT2018/index.php" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/ITCVT2018/index.php</a>
<br>
The First International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST
2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/FCST2018/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/FCST2018/</a>
<br>
The Second International Workshop on Data Science Engineering and its
Applications (DSEA 2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/DSEA2018/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/DSEA2018/</a>
<br>
The Fourth International Workshop on Online Social Networks Technologies(OSNT
2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/OSNT2018/default.php" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/OSNT2018/default.php</a>
<br>
The Second International Workshop on Advances in Natural Language Processing
(ANLP 2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/ANLP2018/default.php" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/ANLP2018/default.php</a>
<br>
The First International Workshop on Deep and Transfer Learning (DTL 2018) <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/DTL2018/default.php" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://emergingtechnet.org/DTL2018/default.php</a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<b><u>Journal Special Issues</u><span></span></b></span></p>
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papers will be invited to submit an extended version to number of journals.
Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to
the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must
represent original unpublished research work. <span></span></span></p>
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Management (IP&M)<span></span></span></p>
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Science (J.UCS)<br>
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Please send any inquiry on SNAMS 2018 to : </span><a href="mailto:emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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