CALL FOR PAPERS
SOCIAL COMPUTING TRACK
9th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations
ITNG 2012
April 16-18, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Track URL: http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ashlgoh/itng2012/index.html
Conference URL: http://www.itng.info/
Due to multiple requests, submission deadline is extended to November 4,
2011
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 2012 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 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 Papers must represent high quality and previously unpublished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 6-8 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unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format.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: November 4, 2011
Author Notification: December 9, 2011
Camera Ready Paper Due: February 10, 2012
TRACK CO-CHAIRS
Dr Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: ashlgoh@ntu.edu.sg
Dr Alton Chua, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: altonchua@ntu.edu.sg
Dr Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: leecs@ntu.edu.sg