Social computing is an emergent field of computational sciences which harvests the collective intelligence and social relationships of users to create value. In contrast to the centralization and automation tendencies of many computing approaches, social computing shifts the locus of intelligence f…
Social computing is an emergent field of computational sciences which harvests the collective intelligence and social relationships of users to create value. In contrast to the centralization and automation tendencies of many computing approaches, social computing shifts the locus of intelligence from the computer to the human user, from the server to the client and from the core to the edge of the network.
Moreover, the widespread adoption of Web 2.0 related technologies has facilitated user collaboration and knowledge sharing. Thanks to these technologies, collaborative communities are today one of the emerging trends in the ICT ( Information and Communication Technology) area. Collaborative tools based on the Web 2.0 are today more and more used not only by single users, but also at the enterprise level to communicate, share information, taking decisions, and doing business. As such, the application of collaborative tools for social computing is creating both interesting opportunities and challenges.
The workshop aims to bring together researchers in various disciplines to explore the effect of social computing on different scenario. Our ultimate goal is to foster communication and collaboration across disciplines to enable interdisciplinary approaches for social computing.
