As usual, apologies for cross-posting -- but do consider submitting an
abstract! Deadline: 30 June.
Taha
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SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ECCS '13
Computational Social Science: From Social Contagion to Collective Behaviour
Barcelona, 19th September 2013
http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/collectivecontagion/
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: June, 30 2013
Workshop date: September, 19 2013
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Intense scientific debate is going around the definition of the
foundational concepts and appropriate methodological approaches to deal
with the understanding of social dynamics. These challenges are aiming to
understand human behavior in its complexity driven by intentional (and not
necessarily rational) decisions and influenced by a multitude of factors.
The functioning of communication-based mechanisms requires individuals to
interact in order to acquire information to cope with uncertainty and thus
deeply rely on the accuracy and on the completeness of information (if
any). In fact, people's perceptions, knowledge, beliefs and opinions about
the world and its evolution, get (in)formed and modulated through the
information they can access. Moreover their response is not linear as
individuals can react by accepting, refusing, or elaborating (and changing)
the received information.
Technology-mediated social collectives are taking an important role in the
design of social structures. Yet our understanding of the complex
mechanisms governing networks and collective behaviour is still quite
shallow. Fundamental concepts like authority, leader-follower dynamics,
conflict or collaboration in online networks are still not well defined and
investigated - but they are crucial to illuminate the advantages and
pitfalls of this form of collective decision-making (which can cancel out
individual mistakes, but also make them spiral out of control).
The aim of this satellite is to address the question of ICT mediated social
phenomena emerging in multiple scales ranging from the interactions of
individuals to the emergence of self-organized global movements. We would
like to gather researchers from different disciplines to form a forum to
discuss ideas, research questions, recent results, and future challenges in
this emerging area of research and public interest.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
. Interdependent social contagion process
. Peer production and mass collaboration
. Temporally evolving networks and stream analytics
. Cognitive aspects of belief formation and revision
. Online communication and information diffusion
. Viral propagation in online social network
. Crowd-sourcing: herding behaviour vs. wisdom of crowds
. E-democracy and online government-citizen interaction
. Online socio-political mobilizations
. Public attention and popularity
Questions about the conference scope should be directed to the program
co-chairs at eccs2013collectivecontagion(a)bifi.es
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
One page abstracts are to be submitted in pdf via EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=eccs2013collectiveco
The deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2013.
The contributions to the event will be evaluated by the programme committee
through a peer review process that will account for the scientific quality
as well as for the relevance of the contribution to the aims of the
satellite.
The authors of accepted abstracts will be notified via e-mail by 15 July
2013.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
. Javier Borge-Holthoefer (BIFI, University of Zaragoza, Spain)
. Guido Caldarelli (IMT Lucca, Italy)
. Rosaria Conte (ISTC CNR, Italy)
. Sandra González-Bailón (Oxford Internet Institute, University of
Oxford, UK)
. Márton Karsai (Northeastern University, USA; Aalto University,
Finland)
. Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
. Walter Quattrociocchi (Northeastern University, USA)
. Luca Rossi (Northeastern University, USA)
. Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University, USA; ISI
Foundation, Italy)
. Taha Yasseri (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
. Javier Borge-Holthoefer (BIFI, University of Zaragoza, Spain)
. Sara Brunetti (University of Siena, Italy)
. Guido Caldarelli (IMT Lucca, Italy)
. Rosaria Conte (ISTC, CNR, Italy)
. Gennaro Cordasco (University of Naples, Italy)
. Santo Fortunato (Aalto University, Finland)
. Bruno Gonçalves (Aix-Marseille Université, France)
. Sandra González-Bailón (Oxford Internet Institute, University of
Oxford, UK)
. Márton Karsai (Northeastern University, USA; Aalto University,
Finland)
. Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
. Mario Paolucci (ISTC CNR, Italy)
. Walter Quattrociocchi (Northeastern University, USA)
. Luca Rossi (Northeastern University, USA)
. Antonio Scala (ISC CNR, Italy)
. Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Brescia)
. Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University, USA)
. Taha Yasseri (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
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Dr Taha Yasseri
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/yasseri/
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
1 St.Giles
Oxford OX1 3JS
Tel.01865-287229
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