****Apologies for multiple postings. The 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) will be held physically in Taipei as scheduled from 7 to 11, December 2020. The organizing team is closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 situation. In case of travel restrictions that prohibit physical appearance, video presentation will be accepted as an alternative of presentation. Welcome to visit the picturesque city of Taipei in December. CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2020 - Social Networks Selected Areas in Communication Track 7-11 December 2020 Taipei, Taiwan *********************** Important Dates Paper Submission: 15 April 2020 Notification: 25 July 2020 Camera Ready: 1 September 2020 *********************** Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27072&track=100637 *********************** Scope and Motivation Social networks, which target the development of social relations among people with common interest through web-based services, have contributed a large portion of Internet traffic nowadays and become dominant forms of social interaction on the Internet. This recent development brings significant research interests on the interplay between mobile communications networks, mobile computing and social networks. Due to its increasing prevalence and interdisciplinary nature, social networks have also attracted research attentions to a number of related technical areas, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data analytics, data mining, information security and privacy protection. This track aims to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia, industry, and government to present their cutting-edge innovations in all aspects of the field. Papers on practical applications and R&D results from industry and academic/industrial collaborations are encouraged. Topics of interest for the Social Networks Selected Areas in Communication Track include, but are not limited to: * Artificial Intelligence for social networks and applications * Blockchain-based social networks, decentralized social content, and cryptocurrency through social networks * Knowledge discovery with big mobile data analytics and information dissemination and propagation in social networks * New applications of large social network analysis and relational structure of social networks to design advanced wireless communication networks, and interplay with network science areas such as physics and biology * Social network modeling, analysis, measurements, and experiments using big data and data mining for better understanding of social network influence, reputation, recommendation, community structure, and advertisement etc. * Convergence and interplay between social networks and the underlying communications platforms, including characterization of social interactions in mobile communication networks and analysis of social network from communication theory perspective * Influence of social networks on communications networks design and operation as well as subsequent development of new paradigms of future communications networks * Numerical and analytical techniques as a foundation to enable social networks of massive networked (big) data (e.g., belief and message propagation, computational intelligence and machine learning, game and economical analysis, graph theoretical analysis etc.) * Trusted networking, privacy and security, user behaviors and dynamics, and digital right management for big data from social networks * System architecture, protocols, middleware and software engineering, terminal technology, user experience and interface technology, deployment and operations, and standards for social networks * Social networks applications and services to mobile Internet, multimedia networks, mobile-commerce, cyber-physical systems, and their potential social, economic, and cultural impacts ********* Symposium Chair Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini@unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE>