MISNC 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS
2016 Multidisciplinary International Social Networking Conference
August 15-17, 2016 Kean University, New Jersey, USA

MISNC is dedicated to exploring topics related to social networking, a dominant field of modern communication involving multiple disciplines. The conference brings together researchers and developers from industry and academia to discuss and conduct multidisciplinary social networks research. MISNC provides great opportunities for participants to share, interact and learn from each other and to inspire cross-field social networks research and potential collaboration. It is an excellent opportunity for the academic community to become more aware of subject areas critical to the social networking industry as practitioners bring their needs to the table. The MISNC 2016 conference will be held from August 15 to 17 at Kean University, New York City suburb, USA.

Topics of Interest
Papers related to the conference theme will receive priority consideration, including theories, methodologies, and emerging applications. We invite contributions on theory and practice, including but not limited to the following technical areas.

 Socionetwork strategies
 Education and social networks
 Intelligent informatics for social networks
 Software engineering for social networks
 Modeling, prediction, simulation, and evaluation
 Metrics, measurements, and analysis
 Data science and social informatics
 Social network penetration and protection
 Social network mining and data storage
 Social networks for health care
 Marketing and social networks
 Social networks for communication
 Social networks for collaboration
 Human interaction in social networks
 Mobile and smartphone applications
 Internet of things and cloud computing
 Information and knowledge management
 Benchmark, tools, and empirical studies


Important Dates

April 25, 2016 Deadline for submission of contributions for regular,
special, short, demo, and poster sessions
May 1, 2016 Deadline for submission of workshop and track papers
June 6, 2016 Acceptance notification for all categories of papers/posters
June 20, 2016 Final camera-ready papers due for regular, special, short,
and demo sessions and author registration due
August 15-17, 2016 MISNC Conference

Call for Regular Session Papers
Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers electronically through the submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=misnc2016. Papers should be concise, but contain sufficient detail and references to allow for critical review.

Call for Special Sessions
Special Sessions provide a focused discussion of new or innovative topics. Special session organizers collect at least five papers, download the special session proposal template from the MISNC website, and submit the completed proposal to the Special Sessions Chair.

Call for Short Paper Sessions, Demo Paper Sessions, and Poster Sessions
These categories of contributions are intended to promote applied research and applications, including work in progress, and encourage collaboration between industry and academic members of the MISNC community.

General Inquiries
Please contact Program Committee co-chairs at juli@kean.edu or iting@nuk.edu.tw.