Aim of the workshop
@Recently, communication technology on the Web is rapidly developing. For example, blogs and social networking services are examples of the growing trends on the Web. Also Web mining techniques bring various kinds of networks from the Web, e.g, Web community, researchers collaboration network, corporate relation network and so on. These technology provides reratively easily large network data in the society. On the other hand, there has been a vast amount of research on network analysis in sociology. In this workshop, we bring together the recent development of Web technology and knowledge accumulation of sociology, and discuss the potential collaboration to benefit both fields. We welcome various researchers related to computer science and sociology.
Program
The Expanding SNS, the Shrinking World -- Network Structure of Social Networking Services -- (9:20-12:00, in Japanese)
This session focuses network data on social networking services in Japan. Mixi, which is the biggest social networking site in Japan, with more than one million people provides huge volume of social network data never seen before. Three presentations all talk about the analysis of the network data. Panel discussion will be made after the presentations.
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New Society and Network Analysis (15:00-17:30, in English)
This session consists of five talks, that targets social network data in this new society. We welcome Professor Barry Wellman as a guest.
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The Structure of Japanese Social Networks- A Preliminary Study
Shoko Oto (Dentsu Coummunication Institute Inc.)
- The word-of-mouth effect on the Web -- The case of the network of message board in site A --
Yufu Kuwashima and Daisuke Kobayashi (University of Tokyo)
- Network Autocorrelation Analysis: toward extraction and practical use of social network structure in mobile IT system
Satoru Watanabe*1 and Yoichiro Higuchi*2 (*1 Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd., *2 Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Mailing List Analysis for Understanding Leader Qualification
Naohiro Matsumura and Yoshihiro Sasaki (Osaka University)
- Extracting inter-business relationship from World Wide Web Yingzi Jin*1, Yutaka Matsuo*2, and Mitsuru Ishizuka*1 (*1 University of Tokyo, *2 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Call for papers
Submissions are invited on original research related to social network analysis and/or Web structure including blogs and social networking services. Papers must be no longer than 8 pages. Send a PDF file to the organizer.
IMPORTANT DATE:
- June 22: Deadline for papers
- July 1: Notification of acceptance
- July 15: Camera-ready copies of papers
Organizers
- Yutaka Matsuo (National Institute of AIST): y.matsuo@aist.go.jp
- Yuki Yasuda (University of Tokyo)
- Ikki Ohmukai (National Institute of Informatics)
Program Committees
- Hideaki Takeda (National Institute of Informatics)
- Satoru Watanabe (Fujitsu Laboratories LTD.)
- Masahiro Hamasaki (National Institute of Informatics)
Contact
Please mail me to y.matsuo@aist.go.jp if you have any inquiry.