Guest Editors: Nitin Agarwal (nxagarwal@ualr.edu) and Xiaowei Xu (xwxu@ualr.edu)
Update: Due to numerous requests, the SOCOMS full-paper submission deadline has been extended to November 22, 2010.
Social computing is concerned with the study of social behaviour and social context based on computational systems. Behavioural modelling reproduces the social behaviour, and allows for experimenting, scenario planning, and deep understanding of behaviour, patterns, and potential outcomes. The pervasive use of computer and Internet technologies provides an unprecedented environment of various social activities. Social computing facilitates behavioural modelling 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, behavioural 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 behavioural computing and evaluation in helping critical decision and policy making.
The issue aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines including computer science, economics, psychology, statistics, sociology, multimedia and semantic web technologies and foster discussions about ongoing research in the following (but not limited to) areas:
Submission System (EES) opens: October 15, 2010
Abstract Submission: November 1, 2010 (300-400 word limit)
Full-Paper Submission deadline: November 22, 2010 (12 Midnight - Pacific Standard Time)
Preliminary notification of acceptance: April 15, 2011
Camera-ready manuscript due: May 15, 2011
Articles will be submitted online through the EES system (http://ees.elsevier.com/jocs/). Please select "Special Issue: SOCOMS" when you reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. Detailed submission and format guidelines are available on JOCS website at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/721195/authorinstructions. Articles should not exceed 15 pages.
Website: http://ualr.edu/nxagarwal/SOCOMS/
Email: nxagarwal@ualr.edu (Please mention "SOCOMS" in the subject line)