MCSN 2011 - MCSN 2011 - The First IEEE/IFIP EUC Workshop on Mobile Computing and Social Network

MCSN 2011 - The First IEEE/IFIP EUC Workshop on Mobile Computing and Social Network

The organizing committee is delighted to invite you to MCSN 2011, co-located with IEEE/IFIP EUC 2011 on October 24-26, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.

The MCSN 2011 workshop provides a forum to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry to advance the application with social behavior in wireless mobile networks and online social networks. We encourage papers that propose new research directions or challenge the existing solutions at the workshop. The goal of the first MCSN 2011 is to facilitate cross-disciplinary discussion on a broad array of computational networking and social behaviours. The program will feature keynote presentations by prominent researchers in the field. The best contributed paper will be given an award. All the accepted papers will be published in the main conference proceeding.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

Mobile social net and architecture

System design for social networks

Routing/Energy Optimization design in mobile social network

Social-driven optimization design for Internet

Correlation of different types of social networks

API/application toolkit software architectures and system design for Online Social Network

Privacy/Security/trust issues in Online Social Networks

Social gaming applications

System design for social networks

Social metrics analysis in mobile and online social networks

Rating, review, reputation, filtering, expertise, social interest and trust

Identification of communities and their evolution

Information sharing and forwarding

Decentralized (ad hoc) network applications and services

Implications of social interaction in mobile and online social network

Editorial Review:

Manuscripts will be double-blind-peer reviewed by three experts and professionals in the field and the author(s) will receive the review results accordingly.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your paper to the submission web site at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mcsn20.... Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 6 pages including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Papers should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in single column and single spaced free style, with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation.

Best Paper Award:

Every paper submitted to workshop will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The selection criteria are based on our editorial board members' reports. The authors of the best paper award will receive an official recognition from workshop.

Important Dates:

Article Submission Deadline: June 10, 2011
Author Notification: July 1, 2011
Camera-Ready Paper Due: August 1, 2011

Program Committee:

Aaron Beach, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Peter Bertok, RMIT, Australia

Dario Bottazzi, University of Bolognam, Italy

Yao-Jen Chang, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

Zhong Chen, Peking University, China

Nan Du, Nokia, USA

Kutila Gunasekera, Monash University, Australia

Beihong Jin, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Wen-Ping Lai, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Bai Li, Deakin University, Australia

Naceur Malouch, UPMC-LIP6. France

Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain

Emiliano Miluzzo, Dartmouth College, USA

Rebecca Montanari, DEIS-University of Bologna, Italy

Ramana Polavarapu, IBM India Research Labs, India

Lakshmish Ramaswamy, University of Georgia, USA

Yanming Shen, Dalian University of Technology, China

Zahir Tari, RMIT University, Australia

Kuochen Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Wendong Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Bin Wu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Mingfang Wu, RMIT University, Australia

Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia

Mi-Yen Yeh, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Hamid Zargari, Ardebil Telecom, Iran

1. Huiqi Zhang, University of North Texas, USA

Workshop General Chair:

Ming Li, Deakin University, Australia

Workshop Organizing Chair:

Longxiang Gao, Deakin University, Australia

Alessio Bonti, Deakin University, Australia

Workshop Organizing Chair:

Longxiang Gao, Deakin University, Australia

Alessio Bonti, Deakin University, Australia

Contact:

Ming Li, Longxiang Gao, Alessio Bonti

E-mail: lxg-AT-deakin.edu.au