- From: Andrea Varga <andrea.job06@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
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apologies for cross-posting=0A=0A=0A=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=0A=0AWorkshop on Understanding the Positive and Negative Sides= of Social Media (PANSOM'13)=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0at IJCAI-13 2013=0A= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://soccom.kmi.o= pen.ac.uk/pansom2013/=0A=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A03-5th Aug 2013. Beijing, China=0A=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0A=0A=0ATHEME=0A--=0AIn recent years, social media= has continued to grow in popularity and has become a=0Apowerful platform f= or people to unite together under common interests. The explosive=0Ause of = social media has turned it into a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the= =0Ainformation revolution has proven to have a positive impact in society. = Social=0Aplatforms introduce a canvas for self-expression where users can c= reate, manipulate=0Aand share content. Positive impacts of these platforms = in society include their use=0Ain bringing information out of conflicted na= tions to the World (e.g. Iranian=0Aelections 2009 and Egyptian revolution 2= 011). They have also proven to be an=0Aeffective way of propagating informa= tion, proving to spread the word before=0Amainstream media prints a story. = This has been particularly useful for word=0Aspreading-based mobilisation i= n emergency response and crisis situations.=0A=0AOn the other hand, social = media platforms have appeared to be also the catalyst in=0Afuelling violent= events (e.g. during the UK riots in 2011). The proliferation of=0Ainsults = and personal attacks online along with the appearance of socially disruptiv= e=0Apatterns in online social behaviour has become more and more common. Yo= ung people=0Aare becoming increasingly narcissistic, and obsessed with self= -image and shallow=0Afriendships partly due to the use of Facebook and othe= r social media platforms.=0ASocial media addiction also leads to low self-e= steem and even anti-social=0Abehaviours.=0A=0AThis workshop will explore th= e novel use of techniques from machine learning, data=0Amining, text mining= , information retrieval, statistics, information security and=0Aprivacy, an= d user modelling, to identify patterns of potentially positive and=0Anegati= ve activities in social media by examining the online content, social=0Aint= eractions, and user behaviours. It will also study the metrics in measuring= the=0Apositive and negative impact of social media on individuals, busines= s organizations,=0Aand government agencies. The analysis and mining of thes= e patterns aim to promote=0Apositive activities in social medial, while at = the same time reveal harmful aspects=0Aof social media and suggest ways to = tackle and to overcome the negative side.=0A=0AThe aim of this workshop is = to bring together researchers from various backgrounds=0Aincluding those fr= om computer science, social science, and psychology, to discuss=0Athe curre= nt and emergent topics, and cutting-edge approaches to address issues=0Arel= ating to both positive and negative sides of social media.=0A=0ATOPICS OF I= NTEREST=0A-------------------=0A=0A1. Social Media Content Understanding=0A= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Credibility of social media content=0A=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Information diffusion and propagation=0A=C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Event detection and prediction=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 * Linked data in social media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Sentim= ent analysis and opinion mining=0A=0A2. Promoting Positive Activities in So= cial Media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Topic=E2=80=93based recommendati= on systems=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Location-based recommendation sy= stems=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Social media in education=0A=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Social business=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Soci= al media in emergency response and crisis situations=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 * Social media-based knowledge management=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0* Citizen journalism=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Promoting= tolerance and diversity in social media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Su= pply chains for social content delivery =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=0A=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=0A3. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Tackling the= Negative Side of Social Media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Violence con= tents detection from social media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Offensive= language identification=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Cyberbullying=0A= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Cyberterrorism=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = * Inducing opinion bias in social media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Fak= e opinion recognition=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Boycott in topic diff= usion=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Rumour and spam detection=0A=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Social bot detection=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 *= Adult content in social media=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * Socially dis= ruptive behaviours=0A=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=0ASUBMISSIONS=0A----= -------- We invite authors to submit papers in one of the following types: * Long papers: up to 6 pages * Short papers: up to 4 pages * Position and demo papers: up to 2 pages Papers should be formatted according to the style guide of IJCAI13 (http://ijcai13.org/files/ijcai13.zip) and should be submitted in PDF format through the EasyChair Conference System at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pansom13. There will be no double blind review process. Author names and affiliations should be included in the paper. Paper selection will be based on a peer review process. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------- April 2027, 2013 – Paper submission deadline May 2027, 2013 – Paper acceptance notification May 30, 2013 – Camera-ready copy due ORGANISERS ----------- A. Elizabeth Cano, KMi, The Open University, UK Yulan He, Aston University, UK Kang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain PROGRAM COMMITTEE ------------------ Luca Aiello, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain Sofia Angeletou, BBC, UK Miriam Fernandez, Open University, UK Grégoire Burel, Open University, UK Wei Gao, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Marcel Karnstedt, DERI, Ireland Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro, University of Sheffield, UK Neal Lathia, University of Cambridge, UK Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University, UK Hassan Saif, Open University, UK Irina Temnikova, University of Wolverhampton, UK Chenghua Lin, University of Aberdeen, UK Milan Stankovic, Hypios & University Paris-Sorbonne, France Andrea Varga, University of Sheffield, UK Claudia Wagner, Joanneum Research, Austria Bin Wang, Chinese Academy of Science, China Aba-Sah Dadzie, The University of Sheffield, UK Xin Zhao, Peking University, China --2053635335-702358202-1366292146=:19397 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">apologies for cross-posting</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3466040243"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><br></div><div>==================================================================</div><div><br></div><div>Workshop on Understanding the Positive and Negative Sides of Social Media (PANSOM'13)</div><div> at IJCAI-13 2013</div><div> http://soccom.kmi.open.ac.uk/pansom2013/</div><div><br></div><div> 3-5th Aug 2013.. Beijing, China</div><div><br></div><div>==================================================================</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>THEME</div><div>--</div><div>In recent years, social media has continued to grow in popularity and has become a</div><div>powerful platform for people to unite together under common interests. The explosive</div><div>use of social media has turned it into a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the</div><div>information revolution has proven to have a positive impact in society. Social</div><div>platforms introduce a canvas for self-expression where users can create, manipulate</div><div>and share content. Positive impacts of these platforms in society include their use</div><div>in bringing information out of conflicted nations to the World (e.g. Iranian</div><div>elections 2009 and Egyptian revolution 2011). They have also proven to be an</div><div>effective way of propagating information, proving to spread the word before</div><div>mainstream media prints a story. This has been particularly useful for word</div><div>spreading-based mobilisation in emergency response and crisis situations.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, social media platforms have appeared to be also the catalyst in</div><div>fuelling violent events (e.g. during the UK riots in 2011). The proliferation of</div><div>insults and personal attacks online along with the appearance of socially disruptive</div><div>patterns in online social behaviour has become more and more common. Young people</div><div>are becoming increasingly narcissistic, and obsessed with self-image and shallow</div><div>friendships partly due to the use of Facebook and other social media platforms.</div><div>Social media addiction also leads to low self-esteem and even anti-social</div><div>behaviours.</div><div><br></div><div>This workshop will explore the novel use of techniques from machine learning, data</div><div>mining, text mining, information retrieval, statistics, information security and</div><div>privacy, and user modelling, to identify patterns of potentially positive and</div><div>negative activities in social media by examining the online content, social</div><div>interactions, and user behaviours. It will also study the metrics in measuring the</div><div>positive and negative impact of social media on individuals, business organizations,</div><div>and government agencies. The analysis and mining of these patterns aim to promote</div><div>positive activities in social medial, while at the same time reveal harmful aspects</div><div>of social media and suggest ways to tackle and to overcome the negative side.</div><div><br></div><div>The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from various backgrounds</div><div>including those from computer science, social science, and psychology, to discuss</div><div>the current and emergent topics, and cutting-edge approaches to address issues</div><div>relating to both positive and negative sides of social media.</div><div><br></div><div>TOPICS OF INTEREST</div><div>-------------------</div><div><br></div><div>1. Social Media Content Understanding</div><div> * Credibility of social media content</div><div> * Information diffusion and propagation</div><div> * Event detection and prediction</div><div> * Linked data in social media</div><div> * Sentiment analysis and opinion mining</div><div><br></div><div>2. Promoting Positive Activities in Social Media</div><div> * Topic–based recommendation systems</div><div> * Location-based recommendation systems</div><div> * Social media in education</div><div> * Social business</div><div> * Social media in emergency response and crisis situations</div><div> * Social media-based knowledge management</div><div> * Citizen journalism</div><div> * Promoting tolerance and diversity in social media</div><div> * Supply chains for social content delivery </div><div> </div><div>3. Tackling the Negative Side of Social Media</div><div> * Violence contents detection from social media</div><div> * Offensive language identification</div><div> * Cyberbullying</div><div> * Cyberterrorism</div><div> * Inducing opinion bias in social media</div><div> * Fake opinion recognition</div><div> * Boycott in topic diffusion</div><div> * Rumour and spam detection</div><div> * Social bot detection</div><div> * Adult content in social media</div><div> * Socially disruptive behaviours</div><div> </div><div>SUBMISSIONS</div><div>------------</div><div><br></div><div>We invite authors to submit papers in one of the following types:</div><div><br></div><div>* Long papers: up to 6 pages</div><div>* Short papers: up to 4 pages</div><div>* Position and demo papers: up to 2 pages</div><div><br></div><div>Papers should be formatted according to the style guide of IJCAI13</div><div>(http://ijcai13.org/files/ijcai13.zip) and should be submitted in PDF format through</div><div>the EasyChair Conference System at</div><div>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pansom13. There will be no double blind</div><div>review process. Author names and affiliations should be included in the paper. Paper</div><div>selection will be based on a peer review process. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><div>----------------</div><div><b id="internal-source-marker_0.1259139438625425" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 27, 2013 – Paper submission deadline</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May </span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.1259139438625425" style="font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.1259139438625425" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.15; display: inline !important;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.1259139438625425" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline;">20</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline;"> 27</span></b></div></b>, 2013 – Paper acceptance notification</span></div></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May 30, 2013 – Camera-ready copy due </span></div><div><br></div></b></div><div><br></div><div>ORGANISERS</div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div>A. Elizabeth Cano, KMi, The Open University, UK</div><div>Yulan He, Aston University, UK</div><div>Kang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China</div><div>Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain</div><div><br></div><div>PROGRAM COMMITTEE</div><div>------------------</div><div>Luca Aiello, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain</div><div>Sofia Angeletou, BBC, UK</div><div>Miriam Fernandez, Open University, UK</div><div>Grégoire Burel, Open University, UK</div><div>Wei Gao, Qatar Foundation, Qatar</div><div>Marcel Karnstedt, DERI, Ireland</div><div>Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro, University of Sheffield, UK</div><div>Neal Lathia, University of Cambridge, UK</div><div>Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University, UK</div><div>Hassan Saif, Open University, UK</div><div>Irina Temnikova, University of Wolverhampton, UK</div><div>Chenghua Lin, University of Aberdeen, UK</div><div>Milan Stankovic, Hypios & University Paris-Sorbonne, France</div><div>Andrea Varga, University of Sheffield, UK</div><div>Claudia Wagner, Joanneum Research, Austria</div><div>Bin Wang, Chinese Academy of Science, China</div><div>Aba-Sah Dadzie, The University of Sheffield, UK</div><div>Xin Zhao, Peking University, China</div><div> </div><div><br></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --2053635335-702358202-1366292146=:19397--
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