<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences,<span class=""> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">HICSS</span>-48 2015<br>

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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Minitrack:
 Design and Innovation of Social Networking Services</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(Collaboration Systems and Technology track)<br>
<br><br></font><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">INTRODUCTION</b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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Social networks are computer-mediated communities
whose members share common interests, needs or purposes. Consequently, most, if
not all, of the content, companionship and entertainment accessible from social
networks are dependent on the voluntary contributions of members. Unlike
formalized relationships however, social networks exercise little authority and
control over the behavior of members. For social networks to prosper, they must
therefore be proactive in delivering innovative and value-added services that
facilitate members in generating novel content, maintaining community cohesion as
well as providing advice and mutual support to one another in times of need.</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Social networking services embody both social
and technical elements that shape how members interact with one another.
Whereas social elements reflect communal policies that dictate the
participatory behaviors of members in social networks, technical elements refer
to actual technological functionalities, which support the enactment and
enforcement of these policies. The <i>design</i>
and <i>innovation</i> of social networking
services thus play an instrumental role in determining members’ participation
within such communities.</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This minitrack embraces both retrospective and
progressive views of how social networking services have evolved and would
transform with technological advances. We welcome papers that identify and
address knowledge gaps in the design and innovation of social networking
services in response to emergent technologies. Papers that subscribe to
inter-disciplinary perspectives and/or adopt mixed methods are particularly
welcome.</font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Topics of interest include but are not limited
to:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-- Big
data analytics in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Business
intelligence in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cloud
computing services in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Context
awareness in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Collaborative
services for social shopping networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Digital
service innovation in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Digital
service ecosystem in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Failure
and recovery of social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hedonic
design of social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Human-computer
interaction in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mobility
in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Performance
evaluation of social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Privacy
and security in social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Service
analytics in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Service
logic in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Service
quality in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Value
creating services in social networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Virality
and social networking services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Web
2.0 and social networking services</span></p>

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</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS</b></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bo Sophia Xiao</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Information Technology Management Department</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Shidler College of Business</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Honolulu, HI, USA</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tel: +1 (808) 956-7368</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fax: +1 (808) 956-9889</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:boxiao@hawaii.edu">boxiao@hawaii.edu</a> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://shidler.hawaii.edu/directory/bo-sophia-xiao/itm">http://shidler.hawaii.edu/directory/bo-sophia-xiao/itm</a> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eric Lim</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">School of Information Systems, Technology and Management</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Australian School of Business</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">University of New South Wales</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sydney, Australia</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tel: +61 (2) 9385-4688</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fax: +61 (2) 9662-4061</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au">e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au</a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/Pages/eric-t-k-lim.aspx">http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/Pages/eric-t-k-lim.aspx</a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chee-Wee Tan</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Department of IT Management</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Copenhagen Business School</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tel: +45 3815-4460</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:cta.itm@cbs.dk">cta.itm@cbs.dk</a> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://www.cbs.dk/en/staff/ctaitm">http://www.cbs.dk/en/staff/ctaitm</a> </font></p>
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<b>INSTRUCTIONS
FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS:</b><br>
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1.
 Submit an electronic copy of the full paper, 10 pages including title
page, abstract, references and diagrams using the review system available at
the<span class=""> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">HICSS</span><span class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="background-repeat:initial initial">site,
make sure that the authors' names and affiliation information has been removed
to ensure an anonymous review.</span></span><br>
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2.
  Do not submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The paper should
contain original material and not be previously published or currently
submitted for consideration elsewhere.<br>
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3.
  Provide the required information to the review system such as title,
full name of all authors, and their complete addresses including
affiliation(s), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).<br>
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4.
  The first page of the paper should include the title and a (max)
300-word abstract.<br>
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<b>DEADLINES:</b><br>
<br><span class=""><span style><span tabindex="0" style>June 15</span></span></span>:   Full papers uploaded in the directory of the
appropriate minitrack.<br><span class=""><span style><span tabindex="0" style><br></span></span></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class=""><span style><span tabindex="0" style>August 15</span></span></span>:   Notification of accepted papers mailed to
authors.<br>
<br><span class=""><span style><span tabindex="0" style>September 15</span></span></span>:   Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready,
uploaded; author(s) must register by this time.<br></font>
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<br>See you in Hawaii in January 2015!</font><br></div></div></div>