NSF III Workshop on Social Networks and Mobile Applications in the Cloud

社交网络、移动性和云计算代表了几个现有和新兴社区之间协同作用的特殊和独特的机会，这些社区现在往往在孤立的孤岛中发展。所有这三个领域都为计算的未来带来了很大的希望，并代表了大规模数据管理的重大挑战。随着这三个领域的发展，它们对彼此重大决策的直接影响变得明显和关键。这三个重要研究领域之间的交叉施肥潜力将推动学术界的大部分研究和工业界的产品。这个为期两天的NSF研讨会汇集了领先的研究人员，从业者和规划者，讨论和阐明社区在云环境中部署大规模移动的和社交网络应用程序时应该追求的有趣方向。工作坊包括专题讲座、小组讨论及分组讨论。工作坊对社会多个层面有广泛影响，包括：（1）社交网络及移动的应用有潜力显著提升生产力及生活质素;（二）该研讨会提出了一系列研究挑战和方向，为研究项目提供种子，并资助准备和教育下一代研究人员和学生的建议，对于构建未来计算的基础至关重要，无论是短期的工业还是长期的学术界和工业界;（3）研讨会扩大了三个主要社区的研究范围：社交网络，移动的应用程序和云环境，包括从与其他两个社区的整合中发展出来的新方面。 有关研讨会的更多信息，请访问http://NSFSocialMobilityCloud.cs.umn.edu/。

Social Network, mobility and the cloud represent special and unique opportunities for synergy among several existing and emerging communities that are now often evolving in isolated silos. All three areas hold much promise for the future of computing and represent significant challenges for large scale data management. As these three areas evolve, their direct influence on significant decisions on each other becomes evident and critical. The potential for cross fertilization among these three areas of important research will drive much of the research in academia, and the products in industry. This two-day NSF workshop brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and planners to discuss and articulate interesting directions that the community should pursue in deploying large-scale mobile and social network applications in the cloud environment. The workshop includes invited talks, panels and breakout sessions.This workshop has broader impacts across multiple segments of society as: (1) social network and mobile applications have the potential to significantly enhance productivity and quality of life;(2) the workshop produces a set of research challenges and directions that seed research projects and grant proposals that prepare and educate the next generation of researchers and students who will be critical for building the foundations of future computing, both short term in industry as well as long term in both academia and industry; and (3) the workshop widens the scope of research in each of its three main communities: social networks, mobile applications, and cloud environment, to include new aspects that evolve from integrations with the other two communities. More information on the workshop can be found at http://NSFSocialMobilityCloud.cs.umn.edu/.