CFP: Social Computing @ ITNG 2009
"Dion Goh" <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:07 -0000
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--sj2g-Xq8H1jlfWeJkDJAVEyUvHx7oeXsxq2Xw5b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ****** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS CALL FOR PAPERS SOCIAL COMPUTING TRACK 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New=20 Generations ITNG 2009 April 27-29, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA=20 Track Web site: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ashlgoh/itng2009/index.html Conference Web site: http://www.itng.info/=20=20 =20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 THEME With the Internet rapidly taking on the role of a global marketplace=20 for the exchange of ideas, experiences and knowledge, an interesting=20 research area has emerged: social computing. Social computing lies at=20 the intersection of social behavior and computing systems. It focuses=20 on the use of technology to create social conventions and contexts,=20 as well as the new relationships and power structures that result.=20 Three widely-agreed tenets of social computing are (i) the shift of=20 innovation from a top-down to a bottom-up model; (ii) the shift of=20 value from ownership to experiences; and (iii) the shift of power=20 from institutions to communities.=20 Social computing (also known as Web 2.0 and social media) has drawn=20 much interest in academia, the information technology industry and=20 among Internet users. This track at ITNG 2009 is therefore timely,=20 and will serve as a platform for those researching this area.=20 Submissions may include research, system, evaluation, policy and=20 position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to:=20 * Use of information communication technologies for social computing=20 * Infrastructure and architectures for social computing=20 * Mobility and social computing=20 * Online communities and social networking=20 * Social tagging and collaborative information organization=20 * Information retrieval and sharing techniques=20 * Usability and user needs=20 * Use and impact=20 * Management of information=20 * Applications and case studies in social computing=20 * Novel interfaces supporting user-generated content and social=20 interaction=20 * Social, institutional and policy issues in social computing=20 * Social computing in schools, enterprises and other organizations=20 * Collaboration and social computing=20 * Social computing trends and issues=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 PAPER SUBMISSION Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society.=20 Electronic submission in PDF or MS Word format are required. Papers=20 must represent high quality and previously unpublished work, not=20 currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal.=20 Interested authors should submit a 6-page summary of their original=20 and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format. Your=20 submission should include the author names, complete mailing=20 addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the=20 authors. For formatting and submission instructions, please refer to=20 http://www.itng.info/Submission.htm.=20 When submitting papers via the online submission system, remember to=20 indicate that the paper is meant for the "Social Computing" track.=20 This option is found in the "Submission Categories" section in the=20 system. If using the online submission system is somehow not=20 possible, you can also email your paper to the track co-chairs at=20 [email protected]=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20 EVALUATION PROCESS Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and=20 soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited papers, all papers=20 will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted=20 papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by=20 the IEEE Computer Society and available on the IEEE digital library.=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: November 7, 2008=20 Author Notification: December 19, 2008=20 Camera Ready Paper Due (6 pages): January 11, 2009=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 TRACK CO-CHAIRS Dr Dion Goh, Dr Chei Sian Lee, Dr Alton Chua=20=20=20 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore=20=20=20 Email: [email protected]=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 --sj2g-Xq8H1jlfWeJkDJAVEyUvHx7oeXsxq2Xw5b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin:0; padding:0 25px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>****** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS<br> <br> CALL FOR PAPERS<br> SOCIAL COMPUTING TRACK<br> <br> 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New <br> Generations<br> ITNG 2009<br> April 27-29, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA <br> <br> Track Web site: <a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ashlgoh/itng2009/index.html">http://www.ntu.<wbr>edu.sg/home/<wbr>ashlgoh/itng2009<wbr>/index.html</a><br> Conference Web site: <a href="http://www.itng.info/">http://www.itng.<wbr>info/</a> <br> <br> <br> THEME<br> <br> With the Internet rapidly taking on the role of a global marketplace <br> for the exchange of ideas, experiences and knowledge, an interesting <br> research area has emerged: social computing. Social computing lies at <br> the intersection of social behavior and computing systems. It focuses <br> on the use of technology to create social conventions and contexts, <br> as well as the new relationships and power structures that result. <br> Three widely-agreed tenets of social computing are (i) the shift of <br> innovation from a top-down to a bottom-up model; (ii) the shift of <br> value from ownership to experiences; and (iii) the shift of power <br> from institutions to communities. <br> <br> Social computing (also known as Web 2.0 and social media) has drawn <br> much interest in academia, the information technology industry and <br> among Internet users. This track at ITNG 2009 is therefore timely, <br> and will serve as a platform for those researching this area. <br> Submissions may include research, system, evaluation, policy and <br> position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to: <br> <br> * Use of information communication technologies for social computing <br> * Infrastructure and architectures for social computing <br> * Mobility and social computing <br> * Online communities and social networking <br> * Social tagging and collaborative information organization <br> * Information retrieval and sharing techniques <br> * Usability and user needs <br> * Use and impact <br> * Management of information <br> * Applications and case studies in social computing <br> * Novel interfaces supporting user-generated content and social <br> interaction <br> * Social, institutional and policy issues in social computing <br> * Social computing in schools, enterprises and other organizations <br> * Collaboration and social computing <br> * Social computing trends and issues <br> <br> <br> PAPER SUBMISSION<br> <br> Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. <br> Electronic submission in PDF or MS Word format are required. Papers <br> must represent high quality and previously unpublished work, not <br> currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. <br> <br> Interested authors should submit a 6-page summary of their original <br> and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format. Your <br> submission should include the author names, complete mailing <br> addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the <br> authors. For formatting and submission instructions, please refer to <br> <a href="http://www.itng.info/Submission.htm.">http://www.itng.<wbr>info/Submission.<wbr>htm.</a> <br> <br> When submitting papers via the online submission system, remember to <br> indicate that the paper is meant for the "Social Computing" track. <br> This option is found in the "Submission Categories" section in the <br> system. If using the online submission system is somehow not <br> possible, you can also email your paper to the track co-chairs at <br> <a href="mailto:itng2009%40ntu.edu.sg">itng2009@ntu.<wbr>edu.sg</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> EVALUATION PROCESS<br> <br> Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and <br> soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited papers, all papers <br> will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted <br> papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by <br> the IEEE Computer Society and available on the IEEE digital library. <br> <br> <br> IMPORTANT DATES<br> <br> Submission Deadline: November 7, 2008 <br> Author Notification: December 19, 2008 <br> Camera Ready Paper Due (6 pages): January 11, 2009 <br> <br> TRACK CO-CHAIRS<br> <br> Dr Dion Goh, Dr Chei Sian Lee, Dr Alton Chua <br> Nanyang Technological University, Singapore <br> Email: <a href="mailto:itng2009%40ntu.edu.sg">itng2009@ntu.<wbr>edu.sg</a> <br> <br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <span width="1" style="color: white;">__._,_.___</span> <!-- Start the section with Message In topic --> <div id="ygrp-actbar"> <span class="left"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webir/message/2552;_ylc=X3oDMTM0c3FyanNnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMzQ1ODUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMjA2BG1zZ0lkAzI1NTIEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjE2ODE2NDM3BHRwY0lkAzI1NTI-"> Messages in this topic </a> (<span class="bld">1</span>) </span> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webir/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwZnFhbGgwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMzQ1ODUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMjA2BG1zZ0lkAzI1NTIEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMjE2ODE2NDM3?act=reply&messageNum=2552"> <span class="bld"> Reply </span> (via web post) </a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webir/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlM203dTdqBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMzQ1ODUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMjA2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjgxNjQzNw--" class="bld"> Start a new topic </a> </div> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vitnav"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webir/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJlOTNrMnRnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMzQ1ODUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMjA2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA21zZ3MEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjgxNjQzNw--">Messages</a> </div> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-grft"> </div> <!-- yahoo logo --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-ft"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdjNxMjZsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMzQ1ODUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMjA2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMjE2ODE2NDM3"> <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/yg/img/logo/ma_grp_160.gif" height="15" width="106" border="0" alt="Yahoo! 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