International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling and Prediction

描述（由申请人提供）：社会计算和行为建模的研究旨在更好地理解社会互动、复杂行为、上下文模式和相关的兴趣结果。由于解决健康、文化和社会方面的挑战所需的专业知识的跨学科性质，这一领域的最新技术越来越依赖于跨学科的努力。社会计算，行为-文化建模和预测* (SBP)会议是一个平台，汇集了来自这个快速发展的研究领域的各种学科的研究人员，就其进展的核心研究问题进行互动，讨论和传播，并鼓励对其稳定发展和健康演变至关重要的新合作。在过去三年前几届会议（SBP08、SBP09和SBP10）取得成功的基础上，我们（指导委员会在咨询委员会的指导下）计划继续每年组织一次SBP会议，使其成为卫生、文化和社会研究领域的首要活动。该项目的资助将为2011年至2014年每年的会议提供一般支持，并为研究生和初级研究人员提供旅行奖励，否则他们可能无法参加SBP。*以前称为社会计算、行为建模和预测

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research in social computing and behavioral modeling is designed to achieve a better understanding of social interactions, complex behaviors, contextual patterns, and associated outcomes of interest. The state-of-the-art in this field is increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary efforts due to the cross disciplinary nature of expertise required to address challenges arising from health, culture, and society. The Social Computing, Behavioral- Cultural Modeling, and Prediction* (SBP) conference is a platform for bringing together researchers from a wide variety of disciplines in this rapidly developing area of research to interact, discuss and disseminate on research issues that are central to its progress and to encourage new collaborations that are essential to its steady development and healthy evolution. Based on the success of its previous editions in the last three years (SBP08, SBP09, and SBP10), we (the steering committee with the guidance of the advisory committee) plan to continue organizing the SBP conference yearly and make it a premier event in the confluence of health, cultural, and social research. Funding this project will provide general support for the conference annually from 2011 to 2014 as well as provide travel awards to graduate students and junior researchers who otherwise might not be able to participate SBP. *Formerly known as Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction