2013 Call for Papers

Call for Papers is now closed
Internet Science Conference, Brussels, 10-11 April 2013

The Internet Science Conference is a highly multidisciplinary conference combining Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Complex systems analysis, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Law, Political Science, Epistemology and other relevant disciplines. This unique conference will be the venue fostering dialogue among scholars and practitioners belonging to these disciplines. We invite papers shedding light on Internet Science from all involved disciplines and in particular papers crossing rigid disciplines boundaries, describing original research and innovative ideas.

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR SUBMISSION, NOT LIMITED TO:

  • Design, implementation, and analysis of network architectures and algorithms
  • Techniques for Internet measurement and simulation
  • Economic aspects of the Internet
  • Virtual communities
  • Identity, Trust and Privacy
  • Governance and legal policies
  • Security, Resilience and Dependability Aspects
  • Internet for Sustainability
  • Analysis of human behavior and social interaction using data from social media, online networks and communities
  • Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale human interaction and behavior
  • Network analysis of the Web
  • Microlevel processes and interactions on the Web
  • Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing
  • Networking issues for emerging applications
  • Structure and organization on the Web
  • Web communities and online lifestyles
  • Web, society, and innovation
  • Intellectual property and the commons
  • Web access, literacy, and democracy
  • Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web
  • People-driven Web technologies, including social search, open data, and new interfaces
  • Using the digital records of user activity mediated by the Web
  • New research questions and thought-provoking ideas, emphasizing the intersection of design and social interaction

Accepted papers to the conference could be considered through a 2nd round review  for publication in a special issue of the IEEE Transaction on Emerging Topics in  Computing (to be confirmed).

We are happy to announce that an award will be given to the best student paper submitted to the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES

22 March 2013: Notification of acceptance for papers
31 March 2013: Camera-ready versions of papers