Department of informatics

The SoNet Research Center at the Department of Informatics, Mendel University in Brno, and the fLexSem Research Group, Autonomous University of Barcelona, under the patronage of the IBM Dublin Center for Advanced Studies, invite you to the Second International Workshop SoNet-2010 "Social Networks: Computing and Mining."

Social networks are structures made of individuals or organizations tied by specific types of interdependencies. The real-world structures are usually very complex, containing hidden, inapparent information and knowledge waiting for being revealed.

SoNet-2010 includes tutorials and survey presentations from invited speakers, and new research results from participants focused on the recent multidisciplinary topic Social Networks (SNs). Special attention is given to methods related to social networks and natural language processing. SoNet-2010 encourages young researchers to actively participate in the Workshop. The organizers will prepare a special student session with awards for winners.

General Information

• Web pages of the conference
• Date and Place: September 3-5, 2010, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
• Registration: Please, register (independently on submitting a paper or not) to support a smooth workshop organization.
• Workshop fee: 95 Euros. This covers producing the Proceedings or Journal issue, coffee-breaks, excursion, plus all the workshop technical expenses.
• Accommodation: Mendel University Residence (three categories, 9-19 Euros per person per night) or individually booked accommodation in Brno hotels.
• Workshop site: Mendel University Campus, The city of Brno
  

Registration and payment

• Standard conference fee is 95 EUR payable up to August 15, 2010. (Authors of accepted submissions must pay not later than on August 15, 2010, otherwise it will not be technically possible to include their submissions into the publication.)
• On-site payment for passive participants is 135 EUR.

You will receive your details for payment after filling in the registration form.

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Important dates

• Deadline for paper submissions: July 20, 2010
• Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2010
• Deadline for final copy submissions: August 5, 2010

Invited Speakers

• Ricardo Baeza-Yates (tentative), Director of Yahoo! Research, Barcelona, Spain
• Michael Thelwall, Head of Cybermetrics Research Group, Wolverhampton University, UK
• Alexander Troussov, Chief Scientist of IBM Dublin Center for Advanced Studies, Ireland

Contact

Please, send your questions to SoNet.RC@gmail.com

Jan Zizka
(Program Committee Chair)
Mendel University in Brno