The study of social networks originated in social and business
communities. In recent years, social network research has advanced
significantly; the development of sophisticated techniques for Social
Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM) has been highly influenced by the
online social Web sites, email logs, phone logs and instant messaging
systems, which are widely analyzed using graph theory and machine learning
techniques. People perceive the Web increasingly as a social medium that
fosters interaction among people, sharing of experiences and knowledge,
group activities, community formation and evolution. This has led to a
rising prominence of SNAM in academia, politics, homeland security and
business. This follows the pattern of known entities of our society that
have evolved into networks in which actors are increasingly dependent on
their structural embedding.
The international conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and
Mining (ASONAM 2012) will primarily provide an interdisciplinary venue
that will bring together practitioners and researchers from a variety of
SNAM fields to promote collaborations and exchange of ideas and practices.
ASONAM 2012 is intended to address important aspects with a specific focus
on the emerging trends and industry needs associated with social
networking analysis and mining. The industrial track of the conference
will be focussed on industrial applications of the social network analysis.
The list of topics is the same as the research track of the conference,
but the focus of the industrial track will be on papers which describe
real applications of social network analysis in an industrial setting.
The goal is to solicit papers which describe how social network research
have been applied to real problems.
Papers which describe interesting experiences, case studies or
lessons learned from such applications are welcome.
Instructions for Authors
Papers reporting industrial applications of research results in
social networks are solicited.
Full paper submission deadline is April 1, 2012. These papers will follow
an academic review process. Full paper manuscripts must be in English with
a maximum length of 8 pages (using the IEEE two- column template).
Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail
address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the
first page. Papers should be submitted to the conference web site.
Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, application
strength, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should
certify that their papers represent substantially new previously
unpublished work. Paper submission implies that the intent is for one of
the authors to present the paper if accepted and that at least one of the
authors register for a full conference fee.