SocialSens 2019 Program

Montreal, Canada; April 15th, 2019


F: Full Paper (20 mins each)
EA: Extended Abstract (10 mins each)
Panel: 1hr


8:30-8:45: Welcome by Chairs

 8:45-10:00 Keynote

Speaker: Dr. Kathleen M. Carley (Carnegie Mellon University)
Title: Social Cyber-Security Dynamics

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:50 Session 1: Social Networks and Social Sensing

Chair: Akhil Mathur (Nokia Bell Labs)

(F) Xudong Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Luoyi Fu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Jingfan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Xinbing Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Maximizing Influence Diffusion over Evolving Social Networks

(F) Alessandro Di Stefano (University of Catania), Marialisa Scata (University of Catania), Aurelio La Corte (University of Catania), (Sajal K Das Missouri University of Science andTechnology), Pietro Lio (University of Cambridge), Improving QoE in Multi-layer Social Sensing: A Cognitive Architecture and Game Theoretic Model

(F) Sofia Hurtado (Carnegie Mellon University), Poushali Ray (Carnegie Mellon University) and Radu Marculescu (Carnegie Mellon University), Bot Detection in Reddit Political Discussion

(EA) Nynke M. D. Niezink (Carnegie Mellon University), Offline Consequences of Echo Chambers

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:50 Session 2: Human-in-the-Loop and Social-Environment Interaction

Chair: Rong Zheng (McMaster University)

(F) Anooshmita Das (University of Southern Denmark), Fisayo Caleb Sangogboye (University of Southern Denmark), Emil Stubbe Kolvig Raun (University of Southern Denmark), Mikkel Baun Kjaergaard (University of Southern Denmark), HeteroSense: An Occupancy Sensing Framework for Multi-ClassClassification for Activity Recognition and Trajectory Detection

(F) Laura Guzman (Simon Fraser University), Stephen Makonin Simon Fraser University), Alex Clapp (Simon Fraser University), CarbonKit: Designing A Personal Carbon Tracking Platform

(F) J.Fernandes (University of Coimbra), D.Raposo (University of Coimbra), S.Sinche (University of Coimbra), N.Armando (University of Coimbra), J.Sa Silva (University of Coimbra), A.Rodrigues (University of Coimbra), L.Macedo (University of Coimbra), H.Gonçalo Oliveira (University of Coimbra), F.Boavida (University of Coimbra), A Human-in-the-Loop Cyber-Physical Approach for Students Performance Assessment

(EA) Akhil Mathur (Nokia Bell Labs), Fahim Kawsar (Nokia Bell Labs), Nadia Berthouze (University College London), Nicholas D. Lane (University of Oxford), A Vision for Adaptive and Generalizable Audio-Sensing Systems

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 Session 3: IoT Issues & Discussions

Chair: Giovanni Beltrame (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

(EA) Jinsong Han (Zhejiang University), Feng Lin (Zhejiang University), Wenbo Shen (Zhejiang University), Kui Ren (Zhejiang University), Trustworthy Authentication for IoT with Human-and-Environment-in-the-Loop

(EA) Zhenzhe Zheng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Weichao Mao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Fan Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), and Guihai Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Challenges and Opportunities in IoT Data Markets

Panel: "Social Sensing: A Synergy between Computer and Social Sciences"
Dr. Kathleen Carley (Carnegie Mellon University)
Prof. Derek Ruths (McGill University)
Prof. Emma Spiro (University of Washington)
Dr. Stephen Makonin (Simon Fraser University)
Prof. Xue Liu (McGill University)

16:50-17:00 End of Workshop

* F= Full Paper; EA= Extended Abstract