Deadline Extended: CFP: Formation of Social Networks in Social Software Applications @ INFORMATIK 2006

DEADLINE EXTENDED

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„Formation of Social Networks in Social Software Applications“


Dresden, Germany, 2006-10-05 or 06 at INFORMATIK 2006

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#Background and motivation

An
increasingly important resource for companies especially in an economic
sense is knowledge. In this context, knowledge workers play a key role.
The greater the importance of people for a company’s success, the
greater the importance of interaction based on social relations within
the company. Social networks describe these social relations. The
instrument Social Network Analysis (SNA) is used to visualise and
evaluate social relations in various contexts, for example information
exchange and business processes. Social relations are a fundamental
part of Social Software applications. These applications define and
promote relations between persons and groups. Applications of social
software include social sharing (e.g. Flickr), social collaboration
(e.g. Wikipedia), social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us), social
communication (e.g. Skype), and social networking (e.g. OpenBC). With
the application of Social Software the role of people becomes more
central in the company.

#Topics

The workshop serve as a
platform for communication, to exchange the latest research results,
and also to develop advanced visions for applying Social Software in
organisations. Furthermore the workshop will work to sensitize the
scientific community about the relevance of Social Network Analysis.
Currently, SNA is generally an American-dominated research topic.
Submissions may cover the following topics:

* Technification of Social Networks through Social Software;
* Application of wikis in virtual companies or projects (knowledge databases, communities of practice);
* Weblogs as an instrument for internal and external communication;
* Visualisation and analysis of social relationships in Social Software applications, e.g. openBC;
* Social Software for collaborative knowledge management in organisations;
* Support of group formation processes through social software;
* Applications and concepts for visualisation of experts in organisations;
* Influences of applying Social Software on organisational culture (or vice versa);
* Approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of Social Software applications.

Primary
statistical evaluations are very welcome. In addition, contributions
that do not necessarily comply with the above mentioned topics, but are
related to Social Network Analysis and/or Social Software will also be
considered.

#Description of target groups

The workshop
will address both scientists and practitioners who deal with the topic
of Social Network Analysis and its possible application for group
interaction. Focus will be placed on theoretical concepts as well as
practical solutions, ideally accompanied by case studies.

#Important dates

Monday, 2006-06-26: Submission of workshop papers
Monday, 2006-07-13: Notification of acceptance
Monday, 2006-08-07: Final version (8 pages)

#Contact and organisation

Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Müller, cmuellerwi.uni-potsdam.de
Chair of Business Information Systems and Electronic Government
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau
University of Potsdam
August-Bebel-Str. 89
14482 Potsdam
Phone ++49 331/ 977-3355
Fax ++49 331/ 977-3406

#Extent, structure, and selection of contributions

Submitted
papers should not exceed the maximum length of eight pages and should
be sent to cmuellerwi.uni-potsdam.de in the PDF-format. Papers will be
evaluated anonymously by two independent evaluators from the program
committee. Accepted papers are published in the proceedings of the GI
conference. The paper layout should conform to the guidelines provided
by "Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)"
(http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/lni/). Note: please adhere
to the GI formatting style. It is expected that at least one author of
each accepted paper officially registers for the conference.
Submissions will be accepted in English and German. The workshop
language is English.

#Program comittee

Prof. Dr. Andrea Back, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Frank Kappe, Technical University of Graz (Austria)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau, University of Potsdam (Germany)
Dr. Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner, University of Passau (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen (Germany)
Dieter Pfister, PFISTER Marketing & Communication (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Detlef Schoder, University of Cologne (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel (Germany)
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Trier, Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Wagner, University of Karlsruhe (Germany)

Best regards
Claudia Mueller

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Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Mueller
Business Information Systems and Electronic Government
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau
University of Potsdam
August-Bebel-Str. 89; 14482 Potsdam
Phone ++49 331/ 977-3355, Fax -3406
http://wi.uni-potsdam.de
E-Mail: [email protected]

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