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APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS
CALL FOR PAPERS
SOCIAL COMPUTING TRACK
8th
International Conference on Information Technology: New
Generations
ITNG 2011
April 11-13, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Submission
Deadline: October 30, 2010
THEME
With the Internet rapidly taking on the role of a global
marketplace for the exchange of ideas, experiences and
knowledge, an interesting research area has emerged: social
computing. Social computing lies at the intersection of social
behavior and computing systems. It focuses on the use of
technology to create social conventions and contexts, as well
as the new relationships and power structures that result.
Three widely-agreed tenets of social computing are (i) the
shift of innovation from a top-down to a bottom-up model; (ii)
the shift of value from ownership to experiences; and (iii)
the shift of power from institutions to communities.
Social
computing (also known as Web 2.0 and social media) has drawn
much interest in academia, the information technology industry
and among Internet users. This track at ITNG 2011 will serve
as a platform for those researching this area. Submissions may
include research, system, evaluation, policy and position
papers. Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Use
of information communication technologies for social computing
* Mobile social computing
* Infrastructure and architectures for social computing
* Online communities and social networking
* Social tagging and collaborative information organization
* Information retrieval and sharing techniques
* Usability and user needs
* Applications and case studies in social computing
* Novel applications supporting user-generated content and
social interaction
* Social, institutional and policy issues in social computing
* Social computing in schools, enterprises and other
organizations
* Collaboration and social computing
* Social computing trends and issues
PUBLICATION
Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Conference
Publishing Services and indexed in major databases. Electronic
submission in PDF or MS Word format are required. Papers must
represent high quality and previously unpublished work, not
currently under review by another conference, workshop, or
journal.
Interested
authors should submit a 6-page paper of their original and
unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format. Your
submission should include the author names, complete mailing
addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses
of the authors. For formatting and submission instructions,
please refer to
http://www.itng.info/submission.php.
When
submitting papers via the online submission system, remember
to indicate that the paper is meant for the "Social Computing"
track. This option is found in the "Submission Categories"
section in the system. If using the online submission system
is somehow not possible, please email the track co-chairs for
assistance.
EVALUATION PROCESS
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
clarity, and soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited
papers, all papers will be reviewed by at least two
independent reviewers.
IMPORTANT
DATES
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2010
Author Notification: November 26, 2010
Camera Ready Paper Due: February 4, 2011
TRACK
CO-CHAIRS
Dr Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: ashlgoh@ntu.edu.sg
Dr
Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: leecs@ntu.edu.sg