SPAN 2016 - International Workshop on Sensor, Peer-to-peer and SociAl Networks (SPAN)

SPAN 2016 aims to attract attention from the research community to the interplay of algorithmic tools and techniques in the collective fields of Sensor, P2P and Social Networks. Smart, wireless, networked sensors will soon be all around us, collectively processing vast amounts of previously unrecorded data to help run factories, optimize farming, monitor the weather and myriad other applications. It is clear that wireless sensor networks will become as important as the Internet, capable of routing application-specific data across a wireless mesh, ad hoc peer-to-peer network in which they organize themselves and assist each other in transmitting data. These advances made in the area of sensor networks will naturally have a profound impact on our understanding and operation of traditional Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems which are widely used in today's Internet. The confluence of ideas driving sensor and P2P systems is expected to be intensified by social networks. By attracting more than half a billion users worldwide, social networks provide a new venue of innovation with many challenging and practical research problems. In particular, as time evolves, P2P and future sensor network applications will necessarily need to involve social information to enhance the user??s experience.
SPAN 2016, aptly named for its goal, is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers working on the intersection of Sensor, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), and Social Networks to present and discuss their latest research results and ideas, thereby promoting the development and SPANning the evolution of this combined body of knowledge. All submissions enabling cross-pollination of ideas on P2P, Sensor and Social Networks related to design, simulation, security, analysis and measurement are welcome. We highly encourage novel and innovative previously unpublished work, even reporting work in early stages. Topics revolve around the interplay of algorithms, tools and techniques applicable in sensor, p2p and social networks and include, but are not limited to:
- Social network analysis techniques applied to P2P, Sensor and distributed computing systems
- Socially informed Sensor/P2P infrastructures
- Social Network-inspired systems and designs for P2P and Sensor
- P2P and Sensor Network-based social networking architectures
- Socially Aware Sensor/P2P Overlay architectures and topologies
- Evolution of P2P and social communities and systems
- Reputation, incentives, and economics in P2P/Sensor/Social systems
- Mobile P2P and social networking systems
- User behavior analysis and modeling in Social Networks and applications to P2P and Sensor networks
- Decentralized Social Networks Applications
- Graph theoretic analysis of Sensor, P2P and Social networks
- Security, privacy and anonymity issues in SPAN
- Policy enforcement, participation incentives, trust, and reputation
- Cooperation, incentives, and fairness in SPAN.
- P2P, sensor and social network economics