NSF Conference Sponsorship for the Third International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction

社会计算、行为建模和预测国际会议提供了一个跨学科的平台，鼓励社会学、心理学、行为科学、认知科学、数学、计算机科学、宗教研究和工程学等传统上互不相关的领域的研究人员交流思想和成果，增进对个别领域艺术发展状况的相互了解，发展跨学科意识，促进协作研究机会，并为研究生提供有利的环境。在过去的几年里，社交网络的出现对计算和社会产生了深远的影响。一个恰当的例子来自社交网络，来自不同文化和社会背景的个人在其中互动和交流信息。在这种情况下，了解这种社会网络的发展和作为这种网络一部分的个人的行为将是有用的，以洞察可以构成预测模型基础的不同文化和社会行为模式。这次研讨会的重点不仅是社会计算的应用，还包括可以提供洞察力的各个领域的包容性研究。计算机科学家是这个研究群体中的关键成员，但社会科学家也是不可或缺的。这是关于这个主题的系列活动中的第三个活动，它已经发展成为一个国际会议。这次会议为该领域新出现的研究课题提供了一个共同点。这次会议将在社区中引起人们对这种研究在各个领域的使用的认识，并将导致斯普林格出版一本书的会议记录。

The International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction provides an interdisciplinary platform to encourage researchers of traditionally disjoint fields such as sociology, psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, mathematics, computer science, religious studies, and engineering to exchange ideas and findings, enhance mutual understanding of state‐of‐the art development in individual fields, develop cross‐discipline awareness, promote collaborative research opportunities, and offer a conducive environment for graduate students.In the last few years, the emergence of the social web has had a profound influence on computing and on society. A pertinent example stems from social networks where individuals from various cultural and social backgrounds interact and exchange information. In such a scenario, it will be useful to understand the development of such social networks and the behavior of individuals who are part of such networks to gain insight into different cultures and patterns of social behavior that can form the basis for predictive models. The focus of this workshop is not only on applications pf social computing but also on the encompassing research from varied areas that can provide insight. Computer scientists are key members of this community of researchers but social scientists are integral as well.This is the third event in a series on this topic and it has developed into an international conference. The conference provides a common ground for emerging research topics in the area. This conference will create awareness among the community about the uses of such research to various areas and will result in a proceedings published as a book by Springer.