<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;color:red">IEEE/ACM ASONAM 2015</span></u></b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;color:red">The 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;color:red">Paris, France, August 25-28, 2015</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Full paper submission deadline  </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">April 17, 2015 (Friday)</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;color:red"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The study of social networks originated in social and business communities. In recent years, social network research has advanced significantly; the development of sophisticated techniques for Social Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM) has been highly influenced by the online social Web sites, email logs, phone logs and instant messaging systems, which are widely analyzed using graph theory and machine learning techniques. People perceive the Web increasingly as a social medium that fosters interaction among people, sharing of experiences and knowledge, group activities, community formation and evolution. This has led to a rising prominence of SNAM in academia, politics, homeland security and business. This follows the pattern of known entities of our society that have evolved into networks in which actors are increasingly dependent on their structural embedding.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The international conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2015) will primarily provide an interdisciplinary venue that will bring together practitioners and researchers from a variety of SNAM fields to promote collaborations and exchange of ideas and practices. ASONAM 2015 is intended to address important aspects with a specific focus on the emerging trends and industry needs associated with social networking analysis and mining. The conference solicits experimental and theoretical works on social network analysis and mining along with their application to real life situations.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Papers will be reviewed and assessed by the program committee and a "Best Paper Award" ceremony will be organized at the banquet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,96,146)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,96,146)">Keynote speakers:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1. Sinan Aral  </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2. Ricardo Baeza-Yates</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3. Vincent Blondel</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4. Jaideep Srivastava</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,96,146)">Key Dates</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Full paper submission deadline  </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">April 17, 2015 (Friday)</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Notification of acceptance   </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">June 19, 2015 (Friday)</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Camera-ready papers due   </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">July 3, 2015 (Friday)</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Conference events    </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">August 25-28, 2015</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All types of submissions are welcome, including full papers, short papers, extended abstracts, posters, demos.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You may consider one of the following options for your submissions:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Main Research Papers Track: </span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information visit:<b><u><span style="color:red"> </span></u></b><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/" target="_blank"><b>http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/</b></a><b><u><span style="color:red"></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"> </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Industrial Track:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> For more information visit: <a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFPInd.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFPInd.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPFP.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPFP.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"> </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">PhD Forum and Posters Track: </span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information visit:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPFP.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPFP.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Multidisciplinary Track: </span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information visit:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFPMulti.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFPMulti.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Exhibitions and Demos Track: </span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information visit: <a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPED.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CPED.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Tutorials: </span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information visit:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFT.php" target="_blank">http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/CFT.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">FOSINT-SI 2015:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> The 2015 International Symposium on Foundations of Open Source Intelligence and Security Informatics; <b><span style="color:red">Paris, France, August 26-27, 2015</span></b>. For more information visit: <a href="http://fosint-si.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/" target="_blank">http://fosint-si.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/</a></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">HI-BI-BI 2015:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> The 2015 International Symposium on Network Enabled Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics,  <b><span style="color:red">Paris, France, August 26-27, 2015</span></b>. For more information visit: <a href="http://hi-bi-bi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/" target="_blank">http://hi-bi-bi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">FAB 2015:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> The 2015 International Symposium on Foundations and Applications of Big Data Analytics, <b><span style="color:red">Paris, France, August 27-28, 2015</span></b>. For more information visit: <a href="http://fab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/index.php" target="_blank">http://fab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2015/index.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings which will be included in the digital libraries of both sponsors: ACM and IEEE Computer Society.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Following the trend from previous years, extended versions of accepted papers from ASONAM 2015 will be invited for publication in one of the following prestigious venues by Springer:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1. Social Networks Analysis and Mining Journal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://link.springer.com/journal/13278" target="_blank">http://link.springer.com/journal/13278</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics Journal  <a href="http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/13721" target="_blank">http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/13721</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3. Edited book in the Lecture Notes in Social Networks Series</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.springer.com/series/8768" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/series/8768</a></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px"></span></p><b><u><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br clear="all"></span></u></b><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.546667098999px;color:red;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></p></div>