Open Challenges In online social networks (oasis)

The diffusion of Online Social Networks (OSNs) has had a profound effect on the way we interact and a deep impact on society and business. Social Media have helped people to communicate, breaking down the geographical barriers that restricted communication. Through social networks, virtual communication, sharing of information, community participation is possible even among people in uncomfortable conditions. Today, Social Media are one of the main parts of daily life by affecting sociality, but they are also important channels through which information travels faster than ever. Analysis of OSN can help to foresee events to manage critical scenarios.

The rapid growth in popularity has opened new challenging problems which involve numerous fields in computer science. These issues have implications on social graph analysis, trust and security, and so on.

Moreover, privacy issues and the usage of mobile devices have opened new research fields in the design of decentralized online social networks, which can be considered one of the most important challenges.

Furthermore, the current improvement concerning the study and the proposal of new approaches for Social Networks and Media involve not only complex network analysis, and, in particular, the decentralization of social services, but also the introduction of new AI solutions.

The workshop targets researchers, doctoral students, people from industry and other people interested in discussing, reflecting and networking on central themes associated with the development and the use of social networks. Paper on both theoretical and design aspects of social networks are welcomed, which describe and evaluate novel design methods and system prototypes. The workshop also welcomes work in progress and position papers.

TOPICS

Authors are solicited to submit original, previously unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas:

• Social Networks Design and Analysis

• Security, Trust, and Privacy in Social Networks and Media

• Decentralized Social Networking applications: P2P, Cloud, and Mobile

• Blockchain Social Media: analysis and applications

• Social Sensing and Sentiment Analysis

• Text analysis in OSNs

• Data Mining for OSNs and Media

• Dynamic Network Analysis in OSNs

• AI for OSNs and Media

• Social Dynamics

• Mobility Data and Analysis for Social Media

• Ethics in Social Media Analysis

Important Dates

• Papers submission: July 23, 2021 (EXTENDED)

• Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2021

• Camera-ready paper due: September 5, 2021

• Workshop: August 30, 2021