MOSN 2011 - MOSN 2011 : The First IEEE NSS Workshop on Mobile and Online Social Networks

MOSN 2011 - The First NSS Workshop on Mobile and Online Social Networks

The organizing committee is delighted to invite you to MOSN 2011, co-located with NSS 2011 in Milan, Italy (http://anss.org.au/nss2011).

The MOSN 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 MOSN 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 using the EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mosn20...). 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. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the main conference.

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 6, 2011, at 11:59pm Australian Eastern Time, UTC +10, no extension
Author Notification: July 11, 2011
Camera-ready version & early registration due: July 21, 2011, no extension

Program Committee:

Ming Li, Deakin University, Australia

Longxiang Gao, Deakin University, Australia

Alessio Bonti, Deakin University, Australia

Bin Zhou, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain

Yang Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Wen Dong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Santi Phithakkinukoon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Basit Qureshi, University of Bradford UK, UK

Bai Li, Deakin University, Australia

Yang Wang, Peking University, China

Guanfeng Liu, Macquarie University, Australia

Lei Tang, Arizona State University, USA

Rongxing Lu, University of Waterloo, Canada

Jie Tang, Tsinghua University, China

Guangtao Xue, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Guojie Song, Peking University, China

Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia

Paul Sant, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Xin Geng, South East University, China

Qiang Wu, University of Technology of Sydney, Australia

Qinghua Li, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Wei Gao, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

NSS 2011 General Chair:
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

MOSN Workshop Chair:

Ming Li, Deakin University, Australia

MOSN 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