[Forum SIS] CfP: Fifth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis (ARS?15)

[Giancarlo Ragozini]

Dear colleagues,

please find below the ARS'15 second call for papers.

May the New Year fill up days with all things that are nice and bright
I wish you a joyful 2015.

On behalf of the Scientific Committee

Giancarlo Ragozini

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Fifth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis (ARS?15)

Large Networks and Big Data: New Methodological Challenges

April 29-30, 2015, Capri, ITALY
http://www.ars15.unisa.it/


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IMPORTANT DATES
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Title and short abstract submission: Jan. 31, 2015
Notification of acceptance: Feb. 28, 2015
Abstract Final Version: Mar. 31, 2015


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SCOPE

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Following the four previous issues of the ARS  workshop in Salerno,  
Naples and Rome (http://www.ars15.unisa.it/past_ars) we are pleased to  
invite you to submit a paper to the fifth  issue of ARS that will be  
held in Anacapri (Capri island) on April 29-30, 2015.



ARS?15 aims at presenting the most relevant results and the most  
recent methodological developments in dealing with LARGE NETWORK and  
BIG DATA.

The workshop also aims to deepen existing scientific cooperation  
between social network analysts, to establish new cooperation between  
researchers, and to provide a multi-disciplinary forum for exchange of  
ideas

Papers of interest including (but not limited to) the following topics  
are solicited:

-          Analysis of Large-Scale Networks

-          Structural Large Network Properties

-          Community Detection and structure in Large Networks

-          Visualization of Large Networks

-          Methodological problems in large network studies

-          Dynamics and evolution patterns of large networks

-          Big data storage, processing and network analysis

-          Social network data mining and analytics



Applications in several fields (Telecommunications networks,  
Collaboration networks, Online Social Networks, Healthcare, etc.) are  
also strongly encouraged.



The scientific program includes plenary, invited and contributed paper  
sessions with oral presentation.


Plenary sessions:

Clustering and Large networks

Invited speakers:
Vladimir Batagelj (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Santo Fortunato (Aalto University in Espoo, Finland)
Renaud Lambiotte (University of Namur, Belgium)

Large networks and big data

Invited speakers:
Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University, USA)
Fosca Giannotti (University of Pisa, Italy)
Ludo Waltman (Leiden University, NL)



Building on successes in previous years, a two-day short course will  
be held before the Work Shop (April 27-28, 2015).

This year edition of the short course will be on "Large Network Analysis"

Instructors: Patrick Doreian, Vladimir Batagelj, Anuska Ferligoj,  
Natasa Kejzar

Detailed program is at http://www.ars15.unisa.it/shortcourse



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Instructions for authors:
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Detailed submission instructions are at Paper Submission page  
http://www.ars15.unisa.it/submission.

Length of abstract: max 500 words.

Registration is required.



All submitted abstracts are subject to acceptance by the Scientific  
Program Committee members. Accepted papers will be presented at the   
workshop as full talks.



For co-authored papers, at least one author must be registered and  
attend the conference.



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Post-Proceedings

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Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special or in  
a regular issue of the journal Social Network Analysis and Mining.
(guest editors Patrick Doreian And Ludo Waltman)



Post conference full papers could be submitted for publication in the  
series Lecture Notes in Social Networks
(guest editors Pietrp Panzarasa, Giancarlo Ragozini, Giuseppe Giordano)



Regular peer-review process will be followed.

Detailed call for papers will follow.

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Contact information:

Website http://www.ars15.unisa.it

Email:

  ars15 at unisa.it


Giancarlo RAGOZINI
giancarlo.ragozini at unina.it
Maria Rosaria D'ESPOSITO
mdesposito at unisa.it
-- 
Prof. Giancarlo Ragozini
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Via L. Rodinò 28 - 80138 Napoli
++39 081 2537460