Social Networking Workshop at the International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2018-10-19
开会时间: 2019-01-11
会议难度:
CCF分类: 无
会议地点: Bangalore, India
Overview
Social networking has changed the way people communicate. Today, Online social networks (OSNs) have widely varying applications, including supporting information and resource sharing, aiding discovery of globally dispersed individuals, enabling measurement of research impact, and so on. Several novel applications, different access interfaces, and a large economic system has developed around OSNs. Going past simple characterization of social media, the community has shown significant interest in addressing various research problems associated with the field. This workshop strives to bring together academia and industry to present developments on both research and engineering challenges associated with social networks.
This year, the special theme for the workshop is “Social Media and Health”. Web and social media analytics have long been used to monitor, study, and perform interventions in the health domain. Traditional usage includes tracking spread of diseases and epidemics, such as Zika and Ebola. In recent years, social media is being used in many novel healthcare applications, ranging from detection of non-communicable diseases (e.g., substance abuse, depression), to studying the demographics of affected population, to tracking spread of health-related misinformation through social media. Healthcare authorities and practitioners are increasingly turning to social media to promote awareness, encourage patient engagement, and increase the spread of accurate health related information. This year's workshop invites original research on topics related to this theme, and will attempt to assemble thought leaders on the theme, through the keynote and invited talks.