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Call For Papers

2009 International Workshop on Location Based Social Networks (LBSN=9209)
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/xingx/LBSN2009.htm

Nov. 3, 2009, Seattle, WA, USA
Held in conjunction with the 17th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference o=
n
Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Aim and Scope
Social networking services have become extremely popular in recent years,
especially for young people. However, they are still rooted in the virtual
world. People usually need to sit behind a desktop computer to upload
photos, write blogs and communicate with friends. The development of
wireless networks and location sensing technologies have made it easier to
track and share personal location information on the fly. By adding a
location dimension, we can bring social networking back from the virtual
world into real life and allow real-life experiences to be shared in a more
convenient way. We define Location Based Social Networks (LBSN) as social
network services where people can track and share location related
information with each other, via either mobile or desktop computers. As
location is one of the most important aspects for people=92s everyday lives=
, a
lot of novel application scenarios can be supported by LBSN. For example, w=
e
can collect and share more trustworthy location recommendations within LBSN
and use them to rank interesting locations, discover new places, people and
activities.

The objective of this workshop is to provide a single forum for researchers
and technologists to discuss the state-of-the-art, present their
contributions, and set future directions in emerging innovative research fo=
r
location based social networks.

Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following aspects of
location based social networks:
?             Spatial data mining and knowledge discovery
?             Personal location/trajectory data mining
?             Spatial query log mining
?             Geo-tagged multimedia mining
?             Opinion mining for location related information
?             Spatial data indexing
?             Hybrid index for spatial, textual and multimedia data
?             Index for moving objects
?             Location based social network analysis
?             Geographical information extraction and retrieval
?             Spatial data acquisition and pre-processing
?             Spatial data visualization and computer human interface
?             Location privacy, data sharing and security
?             Navigation and traffic prediction
?             Systems, architectures and middleware

Submission
We seek three kinds of submissions related to location based social
networks:
?             Full research papers =96 up to 8 pages
?             Vision papers and short technical papers - up to 4 pages
?             Demo papers =96 up to 2 pages

Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers
that are not being considered for publication in any other forum.
Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM
camera-ready templates available at:
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Papers must be submitted electronically, via the submission website (
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dlbsn2009) on or before the
submission deadline. All accepted papers will be included in the ACM digita=
l
library.

Important Dates
Paper submission: Aug. 18, 2009
Notification of acceptance: Sep. 7, 2009
Camera-ready copies due:  Sep. 28, 2009
Workshop date: Nov. 3, 2009

General Chair
Xiaofang Zhou, University of Queensland (Australia)

Program Chair
Xing Xie, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

Demo Chair
Gang Guan, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

Program Committee
Xin Chen, NAVTEQ (USA)
Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP Research (Australia)
Wang-Chien Lee, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Iqbal Mohomed, Microsoft Research (USA)
Sung Hyon Myaeng, Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. and Tech. (Korea)
Yanwei Pang, Tianjin University (China)
Wen-Chih Peng, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)
Kazutoshi Sumiya, University of Hyogo (Japan)
Qiang Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
Nenghai Yu, University of Science and Technology of China (China)
Yang Yue, Wuhan University (China)

Contact Information
For enquiries and further information, please contact:
Xing Xie (xingx at microsoft.com)
Xiaofang Zhou (zxf at itee.uq.edu.au)
Gang Guan (gguan at Microsoft.com)

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<p>Call For Papers</p>
<p>2009 International Workshop on Location Based Social Networks (LBSN=9209=
)<br><a href=3D"http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/xingx/LBSN200=
9.htm">http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/xingx/LBSN2009.htm</a>=
 </p>

<p>Nov. 3, 2009, Seattle, WA, USA<br>Held in conjunction with the 17th ACM =
SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information S=
ystems<br>=A0<br>Aim and Scope<br>Social networking services have become ex=
tremely popular in recent years, especially for young people. However, they=
 are still rooted in the virtual world. People usually need to sit behind a=
 desktop computer to upload photos, write blogs and communicate with friend=
s. The development of wireless networks and location sensing technologies h=
ave made it easier to track and share personal location information on the =
fly. By adding a location dimension, we can bring social networking back fr=
om the virtual world into real life and allow real-life experiences to be s=
hared in a more convenient way. We define Location Based Social Networks (L=
BSN) as social network services where people can track and share location r=
elated information with each other, via either mobile or desktop computers.=
 As location is one of the most important aspects for people=92s everyday l=
ives, a lot of novel application scenarios can be supported by LBSN. For ex=
ample, we can collect and share more trustworthy location recommendations w=
ithin LBSN and use them to rank interesting locations, discover new places,=
 people and activities. </p>

<p>The objective of this workshop is to provide a single forum for research=
ers and technologists to discuss the state-of-the-art, present their contri=
butions, and set future directions in emerging innovative research for loca=
tion based social networks.</p>

<p>Topics of Interest<br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to=
 the following aspects of location based social networks:<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spatial data mining and knowledge discovery<br>?=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Personal location/trajectory data mini=
ng<br>
?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spatial query log mining<br>?=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Geo-tagged multimedia mining<br>?=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Opinion mining for location related information=
<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spatial data indexing<br>?=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Hybrid index for spatial, textual and multim=
edia data<br>
?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Index for moving objects<br>?=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Location based social network analysis<br>?=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Geographical information extraction an=
d retrieval<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spatial data acquisiti=
on and pre-processing<br>
?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spatial data visualization and comput=
er human interface<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Location privac=
y, data sharing and security<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Navig=
ation and traffic prediction<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Syste=
ms, architectures and middleware</p>

<p>Submission<br>We seek three kinds of submissions related to location bas=
ed social networks:<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Full research =
papers =96 up to 8 pages<br>?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Vision pa=
pers and short technical papers - up to 4 pages <br>
?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Demo papers =96 up to 2 pages</p>
<p>Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research paper=
s that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Manuscr=
ipts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-r=
eady templates available at: <a href=3D"http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/procee=
d/template.html">http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html</a> <br=
>
=A0=A0 <br>Papers must be submitted electronically, via the submission webs=
ite (<a href=3D"http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dlbsn2009">http=
://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dlbsn2009</a>) on or before the sub=
mission deadline. All accepted papers will be included in the ACM digital l=
ibrary. </p>

<p>Important Dates<br>Paper submission: Aug. 18, 2009<br>Notification of ac=
ceptance: Sep. 7, 2009<br>Camera-ready copies due:=A0 Sep. 28, 2009<br>Work=
shop date: Nov. 3, 2009</p>
<p>General Chair<br>Xiaofang Zhou, University of Queensland (Australia)</p>
<p>Program Chair<br>Xing Xie, Microsoft Research Asia (China) </p>
<p>Demo Chair<br>Gang Guan, Microsoft Research Asia (China)</p>
<p>Program Committee<br>Xin Chen, NAVTEQ (USA)<br>Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP R=
esearch (Australia)<br>Wang-Chien Lee, Pennsylvania State University (USA)<=
br>Iqbal Mohomed, Microsoft Research (USA)<br>Sung Hyon Myaeng, Korea Advan=
ced Institute of Sci. and Tech. (Korea)<br>
Yanwei Pang, Tianjin University (China)<br>Wen-Chih Peng, National Chiao Tu=
ng University (Taiwan)<br>Kazutoshi Sumiya, University of Hyogo (Japan)<br>=
Qiang Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)<br>
Nenghai Yu, University of Science and Technology of China (China)<br>Yang Y=
ue, Wuhan University (China)</p>
<p>Contact Information<br>For enquiries and further information, please con=
tact:<br>Xing Xie (xingx at <a href=3D"http://microsoft.com">microsoft.com<=
/a>)<br>Xiaofang Zhou (zxf at <a href=3D"http://itee.uq.edu.au">itee.uq.edu=
.au</a>)<br>
Gang Guan (gguan at Microsoft.com)</p>
<p>=A0</p>

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