MCSN 2011 — The First IEEE/IFIP EUC Workshop on Mobile Computing and Social Network

The organizing committee is delighted to invite you to MCSN 2011, co-located with IEEE/IFIP EUC 2011 on October 24-26, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.

The MCSN 2011 workshop provides a forum to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry to advance the application with social behavior in wireless mobile networks and online social networks. We encourage papers that propose new research directions or challenge the existing solutions at the workshop. The goal of the first MCSN 2011 is to facilitate cross-disciplinary discussion on a broad array of computational networking and social behaviours. The program will feature keynote presentations by prominent researchers in the field. The best contributed paper will be given an award. All the accepted papers will be published in the main conference proceeding.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
• Mobile social net and architecture
• System design for social networks
• Routing/Energy Optimization design in mobile social network
• Social-driven optimization design for Internet
• Correlation of different types of social networks
• API/application toolkit software architectures and system design for Online Social Network
• Privacy/Security/trust issues in Online Social Networks
• Social gaming applications
• System design for social networks
• Social metrics analysis in mobile and online social networks
• Rating, review, reputation, filtering, expertise, social interest and trust
• Identification of communities and their evolution
• Information sharing and forwarding
• Decentralized (ad hoc) network applications and services
• Implications of social interaction in mobile and online social network

Editorial Review:
Manuscripts will be double-blind-peer reviewed by three experts and professionals in the field and the author(s) will receive the review results accordingly.

Submission Guidelines
Please submit your paper to the submission web site at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mcsn2011. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 6 pages including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Papers should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in single column and single spaced free style, with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation.

Best Paper Award:
Every paper submitted to workshop will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The selection criteria are based on our editorial board members' reports. The authors of the best paper award will receive an official recognition from workshop.

Important Dates:
Article Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Author Notification: June 15, 2011
Camera-Ready Paper Due: July 15, 2011

Workshop General Chair:
- Ming Li, Deakin University, Australia

Workshop Organizing Chair:
- Longxiang Gao, Deakin University, Australia
- Alessio Bonti, Deakin University, Australia

Contact:
Ming Li, Longxiang Gao, Alessio Bonti
E-mail: lxg@deakin.edu.au