Journal of Computational Science Special Issue on Social Computational Systems
(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/721195/description)

Guest Editors: Nitin Agarwal (nxagarwal@ualr.edu) and Xiaowei Xu (xwxu@ualr.edu)

Social computing is concerned with the study of social behavior and social context based on computational systems. Behavioral modeling reproduces the social behavior, and allows for experimenting, scenario planning, and deep understanding of behavior, patterns, and potential outcomes. The pervasive use of computer and Internet technologies provides an unprecedented environment of various social activities.  Social computing facilitates behavioral modeling in model building, analysis, pattern mining, and prediction. Numerous interdisciplinary and interdependent systems are created and used to represent the various social and physical systems for investigating the interactions between individuals, groups, or nation-states. This requires an interdisciplinary effort leveraging the state-of-the-art research to create a better understanding of the problems from different perspectives in order to document lessons learned and develop novel theories, experiments, and methodologies in 
terms of social, physical, psychological, and governmental mechanisms. 

This special issue is interdisciplinary and provides a platform for researchers, and practitioners from sociology, behavioral science, computer science, psychology, cultural study, information systems, operations research to share and develop novel concepts, models, principles, simulations, and methodologies, aiming to bridge the gaps between paradigms, encourage interdisciplinary collaborations, advance and deepen our understanding of social and behavioral computing and evaluation in helping critical decision and policy making. 

Areas of Interests
Articles are solicited on research issues, theories, and applications. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, 
Social role identification and prediction
Influence process and recognition
Detection of hidden relationships
Public opinion representation
Psycho-cultural situation awareness
Search, data, and inference
Group formation and evolution
Analytic approaches
Cultural patterns and representation
Simulation methodology
Social conventions and social contexts
Tools and case studies
Causal and non-linear relationships
Metrics and evaluation
Modeling, projection, and forecasting
Social behaviors (norms, self-organizing, cooperation)
Social network analysis and mining
Viral marketing and information diffusion
Group interaction and collaboration
Data collection and benchmarks
Group representation and profiling
Social dynamics and infectious disease modeling
Cultural modeling and dynamics
Model and analysis complexity

Important Dates
Submission System (EES) opens: October 15, 2010
Abstract Submission: November 1, 2010
Full-Paper Submission deadline: November 15, 2010
Preliminary notification of acceptance: April 15, 2011
Camera-ready manuscript due: May 15, 2011

Submission Guidelines
Articles will be submitted online through the EES system (URL will be released as soon as it is setup). Detailed submission and format guidelines are available on JOCS website at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/721195/authorinstructions. Each article should not exceed more than 15 pages.

Contact Information
Website: http://ualr.edu/nxagarwal/SOCOMS/ 
Email: nxagarwal@ualr.edu (Please mention "SOCOMS" in the subject line)


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