SmartSociety is proud to have co-organised this event!

Important Dates

Submission deadline: February 10th, 2014
Notification of acceptance: March 3, 2014
Workshop takes place: May 6th, 2014

Abstract. Despite their success in general applications, social networks also present a series of challenges like attracting user signups, keeping a healthy contribution level, user privacy concerns, etc. This paper introduces the Social Core – a social network engine that adds semantic-based functionalities like semantic annotations, semantic search and semantic-enhanced access control; as a way to enhance and answer to the current challenges of social applications. The Social Core was integrated as part of the SmartCampus mobile platform, which is currently being live tested by around one hundred students.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-41242-4_50

Citation: F. Giunchiglia., I. Zaihrayeu, R. Chenu-Abente (2013). A semantic-enabled engine for mobile social networks. Poster presentation at ESWC 2013 Workshop paper presentation at co-located SWCS 2013. Montpellier (FR).

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Abstract. The physical space is populated with sense, which is gathered, manipulated and reinvented during its interpretation. Here is proposed a provisional list on how sense  imbricates places and some possible ways of making use of it for design purposes can be argued. Memory, emotions, reflexivity, sociality, and bewildering therefore become  qualities that can be explored in the physical space from HCI.

Author Keywords: Sense making, physical space, spatial reasoning, memory, emotions, reflexivity, sociality, bewildering.

ACM Classification Keywords: Design, Human Factors, Theory.

http://studiolab.ide.tudelft.nl/studiolab/sxdchi13/

Citation: S. Torsi (2013). Building Sense in the Infosphere. In Giaccardi, E.,Ciolfi, L., Hornecker, E., Speed, C., Bardzell, S. (2013) CHI 2013 Workshop “Exploration in Social Interaction Design”. Paris (FR), 28th. April 2013.

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Abstract. We see the local content from peers organized in directories (i.e., on local ordered lists) containing local representations of entities from the real world (e.g., persons, locations, events). Different local representations can give different “versions” of the same real world entity and use different names to refer to it (e.g., Fausto Giunchiglia, Giunchiglia F., Prof. Giunchiglia). Although the names used in these directories connect data that could complement each other, there are no links that allow peers to share and search across them. We propose a Distributed Directory of Entities that makes explicit these connecting links and allows peers to: (i) maintain their data locally and (ii) find the different versions of a real world entity based on any name used in the network. The model we present exploits the name as the central (multi-value) attribute of entities and aims to convince readers of the importance of such names in a peer-to-peer scenario.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-41242-4_47

Citation: F. Giunchiglia., A. Hume. (2013). A Distributed-entity Directory. Poster presentation at ESWC 2013 Workshop paper presentation at co-located SWCS 2013. Montpellier (FR).

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Social computing broadly refers to computing-supported approaches that facilitate interactions among people and organizations. Social computing has emerged as an exciting multidisciplinary area of research, driven by the wealth of easily available information and the success of online social networks and social media. Social computing applications are characterized by high interactivity among users, user-generated content, and in cases such as Wikipedia, more open governance structures. Much of the recent excitement in social computing is driven by data analytics and business models. What is still lacking, however, is a deeper conceptual understanding of social computing — e.g., relating to its conceptual bases, information and abstractions, design principles, and platforms. This event invites papers that take an explicitly multiagent perspective in addressing these gaps and do so in thought-provoking ways.

The First International Workshop on Multiagent Foundations of Social Computing is Co-located with AAMAS 2014

Important Dates

• Submission: January 22, 2014
• Notification: February 19, 2014
• Camera-ready due: March 5, 2014