Call for Abstracts Now Open - Sunbelt XXXIV

Sunbelt XXXIV: Call for Abstracts
Deadline: 30 November 2013

The Sunbelt XXXIV program committee is soliciting abstracts for paper presentations at the upcoming 2014 conference 18 Feb - 23 Feb in St Pete Beach, Florida, USA. Submission begins on 11 Oct 2013 and closes on 30 Nov 2013 at 5:00 EST. We invite abstract submissions for posters (120 minute poster session) and oral presentations (20 minute talk) on topics relevant to social network analysis, including theory, methods, and applications of social network analysis. Please limit your abstracts to 250 words. If a series of papers are being submitted as a single panel or session, please indicate this fact with the name of the panel/session in the Comments section of the abstract submission website. Paper and poster presentations will begin on Wednesday (19 Feb) and end on Sunday (23 Feb). Presenting authors of accepted submissions must register for and present their work at the meeting. This stipulation applies to both oral and poster presentations. Each person may present only one paper at the conference.

To submit an abstract visit the conference website at www.sunbelt2014.org.

John Skvoretz, Professor of Sociology, AAAS Fellow
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus
President, International Network for Social Network Analysis
Department of Sociology
University of South Florida
4202 E Fowler Ave, CPR 107
Tampa, FL USA 33620-5550

Call for Proposals to Host the 2016 Sunbelt of INSNA

Dear Colleagues,

The Call for Proposals to host the 2016 Sunbelt of the International Network for Social Network Analysis is now open. Groups and individuals interested in hosting the Sunbelt should provide the information listed in the RFP to the Board of Directors of INSNA. Proposals should be submitted to the President of INSNA one month before the annual meeting which will be held in 2014 on February 18-23. 

Please forward any questions to John Skvoretz, President, International Network for Social Network Analysis

Please contact Julie@insna.org to request a copy of the proposal requirements.

Deadline Reminder! Submissions are due 4 October 2013 Sunbelt XXXIV

Deadline Reminder! Submissions are due 4 October 2013 The Sunbelt XXXIV program committee is soliciting workshop proposals for the upcoming 2014 conference in St. Petersburg Florida. Workshops precede the conference and are typically 3 hours or 6 hours in length. They feature a participant-centered and highly interactive approach. Workshops cover topics and skills that are important to researchers who use social network analysis and provide substantive training and opportunities for practice and critical discussion. Workshops will take place February 18-19, 2014 Please note that this time the workshop proposals have to be submitted through the INSNA website. INSNA has set the fee for all workshops: Students: 30$ for a 3-hour workshop, 60$ for a 6-hour workshop INSNA members and affiliate members: 50$ 3-hour workshop, 100$ 6-hour workshop Workshop submissions are due by 4 October 2013. No proposals can be accepted after this date. Workshop space is limited and it is possible that not all proposals can be accommodated. When submitting a proposal the following information will be required: - Name/s of workshops instructor/s with affiliation and email - Name and email of the lead instructor who will be responsible for conference correspondence - Title of the Workshop - Brief Synopsis (Abstract) of the workshop (500 Word limit) - Attendance limit - Workshop length Proceed to Workshop Proposals submission Specific questions concerning the Workshops can be addressed to jskvoretz@usf.edu The organizing committee: Russ Bernard Chris McCarty John Skvoretz

Second Position Available - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in organizational communication. A PhD is required at time of appointment. Senior candidates should have distinguished records of research and teaching appropriate to a tenured appointment. In addition, the ability to secure external funding is highly desirable. Assistant Professor applicants must have or show clear promise of developing a distinguished record of undergraduate and graduate teaching and independent research. Target start date is August 16, 2014. Salary level is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

We seek an outstanding candidate who specializes in any area of organizational communication. Particular areas of specialization within organizational communication might include (but are not limited to) globalization and global organizations, communication technology in organizations, interorganizational collaborations, workplace diversity, and social networks in organizations.

Successful candidates will join departmental colleagues with varied disciplinary backgrounds in a unit of 24 graduate faculty members. The department supports undergraduate and master's programs (including an online MS program in health communication) as well as one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished doctoral programs. For information about us, visit www.communication.illinois.edu.

To apply, create your candidate profile through http://go.illinois.edu/COMFaculty_OrgComm and upload application materials: application letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching materials (including evidence of teaching excellence). The online application will require the contact information for three professional references. To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 18, 2013.

For further information please contact John Lammers, Professor and Search Chair; phone: (217) 333-8912; email: jclammer@illinois.edu.

Illinois is an Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).

Job Announcement - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in new media technologies. A PhD is required at time of appointment. Senior candidates should have distinguished records of research and teaching appropriate to a tenured appointment. In addition, the ability to secure external funding is highly desirable. Assistant Professor applicants must have or show clear promise of developing a distinguished record of undergraduate and graduate teaching and independent research. Target start date is August 16, 2014. Salary level is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

We seek an outstanding candidate who specializes in new media technologies, including the role of new technologies in communication among individuals, groups, organizations, or cultures. Research on new media may be situated within any area of communication study, so topics might include social media, workplace communication, diffusion of technologies, new media and politics, communication technology design, mediatization of institutions and culture, or a wide range of other possibilities. Applicants should be developing theory that accommodates and transcends any particular new emerging technology.

Successful candidates will join departmental colleagues with varied disciplinary backgrounds in a unit of 24 graduate faculty members. The department supports undergraduate and master's programs (including an online MS program in health communication) as well as one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished doctoral programs. For information about us, visit www.communication.illinois.edu .

To apply, create your candidate profile through http://go.illinois.edu/COMFaculty_NewMediaTechnologies and upload application materials: application letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching materials (including evidence of teaching excellence). The online application will require the contact information for three professional references. To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 11, 2013.

For further information please contact Ned O'Gorman, Associate Professor, Associate Head, and Search Chair; phone: (217) 265-0859; email: nogorman@illinois.edu.

Illinois is an Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu)

Call for Workshop Proposals Now Open! Sunbelt XXXIV

The Sunbelt XXXIV program committee is soliciting workshop proposals for the upcoming 2014 conference in St. Petersburg Florida.

Workshops precede the conference and are typically 3 hours or 6 hours in length. They feature a participant-centered and highly interactive approach. Workshops cover topics and skills that are important to researchers who use social network analysis and provide substantive training and opportunities for practice and critical discussion. Workshops will take place February 18-19, 2014

Please note that this time the workshop proposals have to be submitted through the INSNA website. INSNA has set the fee for all workshops: Students: 30$ for a 3-hour workshop, 60$ for a 6-hour workshop INSNA members and affiliate members: 50$ 3-hour workshop, 100$ 6-hour workshop

Workshop submissions are due by 4 October 2013. No proposals can be accepted after this date. Workshop space is limited and it is possible that not all proposals can be accommodated.

When submitting a proposal the following information will be required:

- Name/s of workshops instructor/s with affiliation and email
- Name and email of the lead instructor who will be responsible for conference correspondence
- Title of the Workshop
- Brief Synopsis (Abstract) of the workshop (500 Word limit)
- Attendance limit
- Workshop length


Proceed to Workshop Proposals submission

Specific questions concerning the Workshops can be addressed to jskvoretz@usf.edu

The organizing committee:

Russ Bernard
Chris McCarty
John Skvoretz

CompleNet 2014 | Call for Papers and Abstracts

CompleNet 2014 | Call for Papers and Abstracts

CompleNet 2014
5th Workshop on Complex Networks
http://2014.complenet.org/


Bologna, Italy
March 12-14, 2014


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Important Dates
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Abstract/Paper Submission
October 6, 2013
Author Notification
November 10, 2013
Submission of Camera-Ready
December 10, 2013
Early Registration Date
December 10, 2013


Confirmed Speakers
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Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Raffaella Burioni, Università di Parma, Italy
Stephen Uzzo, New York Institute of Technology, NY, USA
Juyong Park, Social Computing Laboratory, KAIST, South Korea
Adriano Barra, Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
Giorgio Fagiolo, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Mirko degli Esposti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Bruno Gonçalves, Aix-Marseille Université, France


Description
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The 5th international workshop CompleNet 2014 aims at bringing together researchers working on areas related to complex networks. In the past two decades scientific research has witnessed a remarkable increase on studies in this field. Applied to problems that span from biology to computer sciences, from economics to social sciences, complex networks are becoming increasingly pervasive in many fields of science. It is this interdisciplinary nature of the complex networks approach that the workshop is addressing.

Authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished papers/abstracts on their research in complex networks. Both theoretical and applied papers are of interest. Specific topics of interest are (but not limited to):

Applications of Network Science
Behavioral & Social Influence
Community Structure in Networks
Complex Networks in Technology
Complex Networks and Epidemics
Complex Networks and Mobility
Complex Networks in Biological Systems
Complex networks in Statistical Mechanics
Emergence in Complex Networks
Geometry in Complex Networks
Interacting Social Networks
Information Spreading in Social Media,
Link Analysis and Ranking
Modeling Human Behavior in Complex Networks
Models of Complex Networks
Network Evolution
Networks as Frameworks
Rumor Spreading
Search in Complex Networks
Shocks and Bursts
Social Networks
Structural Network Properties and Analysis
Synchronization in Networks


Publication
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Original papers/abstracts in the above-mentioned and other related areas will be considered. Each submitted paper/abstract will be fully refereed and undergo a double-blind review process by at least two referees. Accepted papers (not abstracts) of registered authors will be published in the workshop proceedings to be published by Springer on the "Studies in Computational Intelligence" Series.

Accepted abstracts of registered authors will be presented at the conference but their abstract itself will not be included in the Springer book.

Instructions for Submissions
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Submit your paper/abstract electronically in PDF format. Neither hardcopy nor fax submissions will be accepted. Submissions should be printable on a standard printer on common paper formats such as A4 or letter.

Submitted papers/abstracts should follow the Springer format (please visit website for more details).

Abstracts length should not exceed 2 pages. Papers should not exceed 12 pages in this format. Some works may be accepted as short papers and shall be limited to 8 pages maximum.

All papers should be submitted electronically through the conference web site
 http://2014.complenet.org The website includes detailed information about the submission process.

Organisation
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General Chair
Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy


Program Chairs
Julia Poncela-Casasnovas, Northwestern University, USA
Pierluigi Contucci, Università di Bologna, Italy


Organizing Chair, Poster Chair
Enrico Denti, Università di Bologna, Italy


Webmaster
Ronaldo Menezes, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

Steering Committee
Giuseppe Mangioni, Università di Catania, Italy
José Mendes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Ronaldo Menezes, Florida Institute of Technology, USA


Main Contact for CompleNet
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info@complenet.org
complenet2014@easychair.org