International Conference on Location-based Social Media Data
March 13-14, 2015, Athens, Georgia, USA
Second Call for Papers
In the era of big data, increasingly sizeable datasets come
from social media, particularly location-based social media, in the form that
is widely known as user-generated contents. Many social media datasets are made
available at the finest spatial and temporal scales. The availability of such
data creates unprecedented opportunities for researchers to uncover what were
previously hidden in the era of small data. What kind of new research questions
may be addressed with the available social media data? What are the social, ethical,
and political implications of the wide use of social media platforms and the
availability of such data? Particularly, what can geographers, GIScientists,
and social scientists in general, contribute in response to the unique research
opportunities and challenges with social media data?
This conference is designed to bring together researchers
from various fields and perspectives to share ideas and findings of their
research related to social media data. The aim is to provide a forum for
participants to reflect upon what has been accomplished and to discuss what can
be pursued in the future. We look forward to your participation!
Submission
You are invited to submit full papers (5000 words) or
extended abstracts (1200-1500 words) at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclsm2015.
Example topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Theories and Data Models for Social Media Data
- GIS representation and data structure for social media data
- Theoretical models of social media data in geographic, temporal, and social dimensions
- Open GIS in the big data era
- Scalability issues with social media data
- Data quality and representativeness of social media data
Analysis and Applications
- Applications of social media data and analysis in any field of study
- Social media data mining
- Social or complex network analysis
- Fractal or scaling analysis of big data
- Big data analytics and place sentiments
- Human mobility and spatial interaction
Geovisualization for Social Media Data
- Geovisualization of social media data in space, time, and social dimensions
- Visual analytics tools for social media data
- Exploratory and visual data mining of social media data
- Agent-based simulations of human mobility and interaction patterns
All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Authors of accepted
submissions are expected to give oral or poster presentations at the conference.
Following the peer-review process, highest quality research papers will be
considered for publication in a special issue of Computers, Environment and
Urban Systems and possibly an edited book.
You are welcome to organize special sessions. If you would
like to organize a special session, please submit a brief proposal with a
suggested theme and possible participants (if available). Proposals or
questions about special sessions can be sent to lclsm2015@gmail.com or any one of the
conference organizers. The deadline for special session proposals is Nov. 15,
2014.
Student paper competition sessions will be organized, while
awards will be made to master’s student papers and doctoral student papers
separately.
Important Dates
Nov. 15, 2014: Special session proposals due
Dec. 20, 2014: Full papers due
Jan. 15, 2015: Extended abstracts due
Jan. 30, 2015: Notification of paper acceptance
Mar. 13-14, 2015: Conference
