[Asis-l] SLNA at IEEE SITIS2016 (Social Networks, Large Networks and their Applications

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!!!!!! Submission Deadline September, 24 !!!! 
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2016 IEEE International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & 
INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS 
Track on 

Social Networks, Large Networks and their Applications (SLNA) 
Naples Italy, 28 November – 1 December 2016 
http://www.sitis-conf.org/ 
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Recently, social networks have grown rapidly in size and popularity. 
The global internet population has witnessed a popular expansion to 
reach billions of users around the world. For connected users, 
social networks provide a most suitable space for sharing data, 
interacting with other users and forming communities with 
common interests. 
Social networks have important impacts on today’s society not only 
in terms of structure and dynamics, but also regarding scientific 
and technological aspects. Social networks raise new research 
challenges due to the numerous emerging needs and applications. 
The focus of this track is on emerging and novel concepts, 
architectures and methodologies for social and more generally 
large networks analysis, tools and applications, including issues 
related to complex graphs, semantics, big data, and security. 

The topics of interest for this track include, but are not limited to: 
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Social Network Analysis - methods, algorithms, processes 
Social graph processing / manipulation 
Usage / implementation of Big Data algorithms 
Avoiding fragmentation of the social graph 
*Open cross-platform interactions 
*Usage of Identity algorithms (OAuth, openID, etc.) 
*Usage of Identity APIs 
Dynamics and evolution patterns of social networks, trend prediction 
Information diffusion in Social Networks 

Social analytic tools 
Approaches based on Semantic Web Technologies 
Ontologies for managing social networks 
Social networks and cultural information 
Social Network Analysis of Terrorist Networks 
Cyber surveillance for unlawful activities for critical infrastructure protection 
Participatory surveillance 

Social Networks and Security 
Privacy-preserving Social network Analysis 
Social Networks Analysis for security applications 
Social network-based security measures and controls 
Social Networks Analysis for identifying and assessing cyber risks 
Security by means of Social Networks Analysis 
Information security measures and controls, to help in identifying and assessing cyber risks 
Architectures and methods for social network management 
Social media search and management in large scale environments 
Searching blogs, tweets, and other social media 
Frameworks and Methodologies for large scale Collaboration 
Collective Awareness Platforms for Social (CAPS) and business innovation 
Communities discovery and analysis in large scale online and offline social networks 
Traffic prediction for dimensioning media applications 

User-centric applications 
Exploiting user mobility and geolocation 
Ontology-based user profiling 
Social and Ethical Issues in a Networked World 
Human-powered community question answering and expert finding 
Social, mobile, pervasive content sharing and live media distribution 
Spam, opinions and adversarial interactions in social media 
Personalisation for social interaction 
Use of Social Networks for business and marketing 
Immersive Social Networks 
Social businesses, social CRM 
Social gaming 

Large networks 
Internet of People 
Internet of Things 
Networks of networks 

Submission and publication 
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The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, 
and regular and workshop sessions. SITIS’16 invites 
submissions of high quality and original papers on the 
topics included (but not limited to) the list above. 
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at 
least three reviewers for technical merit, originality, 
significance, and relevance to track topics. 
Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns 
publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the 
conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society 
and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes. 

Journal special issue 
Extended version of selected accepted papers will be considered 
for publication in a major journal. 

Important dates 
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Paper Submission: September 24, 2016 
Acceptance/Reject notification: October 17, 2016 
Camera ready: October 24, 2016 
Author registration: October 24, 2016 

Track Chairs 
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Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University & EBTIC (Abu Dhabi), University of Milan (Italy) 
Alessandro Provetti, Birkbeck, University of London (UK) 
Ana Roxin, University of Burgundy (France)