The burgeoning social networks (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have changed the ways of web information production and consumption. The social network becomes an online tool of managing real-world social relations, as well as a platform of publishing, interchanging, and sharing information. Analyzing social networks would greatly contribute to national security, social management, and business and marketing. Hence, this field has gained more and more attention and many novel research challenges recently arise. This workshop focuses on analyzing social networks (especially the structures of the networks, the information flowing through the networks, and the groups being active on the networks). The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and developers in the field of social network analysis to identify current research foci, exchange research ideas and results, and encourage the development of social network analysis tools. This workshop is also intended for communicating and presenting the research sponsored by the 973 research project on the fundamental theories of social network analysis and information propagation.

Aims and Scopes

1. Modeling and analyzing the structures of social networks
2. Virtual community discovering and the evolution of social networks
3. Group behavior on social networks and sentiment analysis
4. The aggregation and the evolution of groups and communities on social networks
5. Group influence modeling and the interactions among groups
6. The representation and the computation of information on social networks
7. The propagation models and the evolution laws of information on social networks
8. Traceability of information and public option guidance
9. Tools and platforms for social network analysis

Steering Scientists

• Fang Binxing, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• Jia Yan, National University of Defense Technology, China

PC Chair

• Hu Changjun, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China

PC Members

• Li Yuxiao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• Qi Jiayin, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• Wu bin, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• Cheng Xueqi, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Yu Zhihua, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Li Jianhua, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Xie Gengtan, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Pan Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Huang Heyan, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Liao Lejian, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Zhang Huaping, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Wu Xindong, University of Vermont, USA and Hefei University of Technology, China
• Liu Yezheng, Hefei University of Technology, China
• Xu Jin, Peking University, China
• Shi Peng, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
• Zhu Yan, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
• Sun Chang-ai University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
• He Xiao, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
• Hu Yue, Institute of Information Engineering, CAS, China

Organizing Committee

• He Xiao, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China, hexiao83@gmail.com
• Li Yang, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China, mailbox.liyang@gmail.com

Submission Email Address

Important Dates

• Submission due: May 10, 2014
• Acceptance notification: June 10, 2014
• Workshop due: Sept 5, 2014