Track: Collaboration Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Social Networks and Collaboration


We invite papers that model social networks. We are interested in empirical papers that observe social relations, as well as theoretical papers that simulate society through software.

We are particularly open to papers that explore unusual ways of modelling social networks: models that consider the multiple connections between people, technology, and institutions, models that break personal identity into sub-relations, and models that examine the emergence of roles, identity, and institutions. In addition, new ways of visualizing relations are of interest.

With respect to content, the track is open to the analysis of collective intelligence web sites, business processes, collaboration, patent and citation networks, as well as ad hoc social networks formed in response to pressing social needs. Thus the track is open to a wide range of content areas that lend themselves to the analysis of relations.

Minitrack Co-Chairs:

Jeffrey Nickerson (Primary contact)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-216-8124
Email: jnickerson@stevens.edu

Oinas-Kukkonen Harri
University of Oulu, Department of Information Processing Science
Rakentajantie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Direct phone: +358-8-553-1914
Departmental phone: +358-8-553-1900
Departmental fax: +358-8-553-1890
Email: Harri.Oinas-Kukkonen@oulu.fi

Donald Steiny
University of Oulu, Department of Information Processing Science
Rakentajantie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Departmental phone: +358-8-553-1900
Departmental fax: +358-8-553-1890
Email: steiny@infopoint.com