The International Workshop on Sentiment
Analysis and Mining of Social Networks (SAMSN 2020)



In conjunction with
The Seventh International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security(SNAMS-2020)

Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020.

When the first Social Networks were introduced in the beginning of this century, they were able to gain the attention of the whole world, and since then, more and more social networks have risen and have become increasingly popular and significantly effective. They have been able to change the way we live forever and how we interact with each other and with the environment. The world has become more and more connected. Nowadays, social networks are everywhere, and they play an important role in various aspects of our lives. With the rise of the era of social networks, many opportunities and challenges have appeared on the scene including but not limited to big data handling, security and privacy issues in social networks, the use of sentiment analysis and opinion mining in these rich environments, data analytics, recommender systems, and legal and ethical issues related to the offensive use of these environments. The objective of this workshop is to shed light upon all the issues, opportunities, challenges, and future trends that are related to online social networks. Authors are invited to submit their original work, which is not submitted elsewhere, to this workshop. The accepted papers of the workshop will be published by the IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries.

The International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS-2020) aims to provide a forum that brings together researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts for discussion and exchange of ideas on the latest theoretical developments in Data Science and Computing as well as on the best practices for a wide range of applications.

The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:

  • Social Networks Mining and Analysis
  • Social Networks Architecture
  • Social networks Data Representation and Visualization
  • Big Data and Social Networks
  • IOT and Social Networks
  • Cloud Mining tools and Services for Social Networks Data
  • Geolocation aspects of Social networks
  • Impact of Social Networks on Society
  • Social Networks Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Minings
  • Information Retrieval for Social Networks
  • Multilingual Natural Language Processing Tools for Social Networks
  • Machine Learning with Social Networks
  • Recommender systems Applications in Social Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence-based Emerging technologies
  • Privacy challenges in Social networks
  • Social Network and Data Analytics
  • Legal and Ethical issues for Textual Online Data
  • Online Hate-Speech detection
  • Case studies

Organising Committee

General Co-chairs

    Farshad Fotouhi, Wayne State University, USA

    Shadi AlZu’bi, AlZaytoonah University of Jordan

Technical Program Co-chairs

    Maysam Abbod, Brunel University-London, UK

    Tarek Kanan, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

    Bilal Hawashin, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

Publicity and Publication Chairs

    Ayman Mansour, Al Tafilah University, Jordan

    Sukyna AlQatawneh, AlZaytoonah University of Jordan

    Vikas Chouhan, IIT Roorkee, India

Invited Speaker and Panel Chair

    Bernard J. Jansen, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar

    Ahmad Obaidat, Avertra Corporation, USA

Technical Programme Committee

    Saeid Hosseini, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China

    Philippe Fournier-Viger, Sohar University, Oman

    Murad Alaqtash, Tafila Technical University, Jordan

    Abbes Amira, Qatar University, Qatar

    Farshad Fotouhi, Wayne State University, USA

    Maysam Abbod, Brunel University-London, UK

    Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech, USA.

    Ayman Mahmoud Abdalla, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan

    Bilal Hawashin, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

    Ghassan Kanaan, Amman Arab University, Jordan

    Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA

    Fikri Dweri, Sharja University, UAE

    Tarek Kanan, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

    Ahmad Obaidat, Avertra Corporation, USA

    Riyad Al-Shalabi, Yarmouk University, Jordan

    Husen AlZoubi, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

    Mohammad Elbes, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

    Nedal Ababneh, The University of New South Wales, Australia

    Alaa Mughid, Hashemite University, Jordan

    Ahmed Bouridane, University of Northumbria, UK

    Mohamed Abdel-Maguid, University Campus Suffolk, UK

    Vikas Chouhan, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

    Shadi AlZu’bi, AlZaytoonah University, Jordan

    Derrouiche Ridha, Strasbourg University, France

    S B Goyal, City University, Malaysia

    Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

    Elhadj Benkhelifa , Staffordshire University, UK E.Benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk

    Thuraisingham, Bhavani, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

    Mohammad AL-Smadi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

    Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

    Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, JUST, Jordan

    Qutaibah Althebyan, JUST, Jordan

    Suleyman Eken, Kocaeli University, Turkey.

    Andy Rindos, IBM Research, USA

    Jianwu Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA

    Ahmed Bouridane, University of Northumbria, UK

    Mohamed Abdel-Maguid, University Campus Suffolk, UK

    Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University UK.

Important Dates
  • Submission Date: 5 November, 2020 (Firm and Final)

    Paper Submission

  • 25 November, 2020

    Author's Notification

  • 5 December, 2020

    Camera-ready paper submission

  • 5 December, 2020

    Registration Deadline

Submission Instructions

Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SAMSN - SNAMS Proceedings, which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=samsn2020.

Journal Special Issue

Selected papers from the workshop will be invited to submit an extended version to the one of the following journals:
1. Information Processing & Management (IP&M).
2. The Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS).
3. International Journal of Spatio-Temporal Data Science.
Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage.


Workshop Program: TBA



Sponsors and Organizers