Begin forwarded message: > From: Anatoliy Gruzd <agruzd@gmail.com> > Date: June 6, 2012 4:45:56 PM PDT > To: <asis-l@asis.org> > Subject: [Asis-l] Last Call: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media > > Apologies for cross-posting > ******************************** > CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS AND RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS POSTERS > > What: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on > Social Media > Where: School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, > Nova Scotia, Canada > When: September 28-29, 2012 > Website: http://SocialMediaLab.ca/influence12 > Twitter hashtag: #Influence12 > > Industry Keynote Speaker: Gilad Lotan, VP of Research & Development, > Socialflow.com > > ABOUT THE EVENT: > This is a two-day symposium and workshop organized and hosted by the > Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at Dalhousie University and > supported by MITACS, SSHRC, NCE GRAND, Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer > Science and Faculty of Management. > > It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, > and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, > users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks > have exploded. With a multitude of voices all talking at once on social > media, finding interesting and influential voices among the masses can > be difficult. The objective of this 2-day workshop is to bring together > experts in social media and online social networks from both the > academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices > around how to study the impact of social media on our society, and > specifically how to measure influence on social media. The workshop will > provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate > their ideas, and provide graduate students with the opportunity to build > academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn > about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective. > > SCHEDULE: > During the first day, the participants will present and conduct > discussions based on their work in this area. Over the second day, the > participants will be tasked to brainstorm and develop new metrics for > studying and measuring influence and engagement on social media. > > REGISTRATION FEE: None > > STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES: > A limited number of competitive travel subsidies ($500 + 3-night shared > accommodation with another student in a local hotel) will be available > to PhD and Postdoctoral students from Canadian academic institutions. > Please indicate on your submission whether you would like to be > considered for a travel subsidy. > > TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: > 1) Position Papers: Proposals should be in the form of a position paper > (up to 1,000 words excluding references) and formatted using the ACM > Proceedings Format (a template is available at > http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The > position paper must be on a completed or well-developed project relating > to the main theme of the workshop. If selected, the author(s) will be > invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A > period. > > 2) “Work-in-progress” Posters: Posters will display visual presentations > of early-stage projects. Proposals should be in the form of a short > abstract (up to 500 words excluding references). If selected, author(s) > will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated > poster session during the workshop. > > *All submissions are due June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard > Time)* and must be submitted via the EasyChair website at > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=influence12 > > TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE: > • Influential User Detection > • Information Visualization in Social Media > • Mobile Applications > • Online and Offline Social Networks > • Online Community Detection > • Online Identity > • Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis > • Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media > • Scalability Issues and Social Media Data > • Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) > • Social Media Mining > • Social Network Analysis > > All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and > evaluated based on their relevance and potential contribution to the > main theme of the workshop: How do we define and measure influence on > social media? The goal is to select and invite up to 50 researchers to > participate in the workshop. Accepted and finalized papers and posters > will be published on the Social Media Lab website after the event and > promoted through various media channels. The workshop presentations will > also be streamed online. > > IMPORTANT DATES: > • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) > • Notification Date: July 15, 2012 > • Camera-Ready Deadline: August 30, 2012 > • Workshop Dates: September 28-29, 2012 > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE: > > * danah boyd, Microsoft Research, USA > * Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia > * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA > * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing > * Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, Canada > * Andrea Forte, Drexel University, USA > * Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University, USA > * Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada > * Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada > * Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA > * Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford, UK > * Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA > * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada > * Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada > * Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario, Canada > * Diane Rasmussen Neal, University of Western Ontario, Canada > * Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University, USA > * Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation, USA > * Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University, Canada > * Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK > > > For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd@dal.ca > > > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > Asis-l@asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l