Social Computing can be broadly defined as computational facilitation of social studies and human social dynamics as well as design and use of information and communication technologies that consider social context.

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

• Social Computing Theories
• Social System Design and Architectures
• Social Network Analysis and Mining, Semantic web
• Social Behavior Modeling
• Social Intelligence, Social Cognition
• Social Computing Applications such as collaborative filtering, bookmaking, tagging and multi-agent systems
• Human Machine Interactions
• Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Dynamics, Opinion Representation, Influence Process
• Data Mining, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence in Social Contexts
• Trust, Privacy, Risk and Security in Social Contexts
• Social Engineering, Tools and Case Studies
• Services Science, Quality, Architecture, Management and Tools

Website: http://cse.stfx.ca/~socialcom09

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