Introduction
The theme of cybersafety is an important emerging research topic on the Internet that manifests itself daily as users navigate the Web and networked applications. Examples of cybersafety issues include cyberbullying, cyberthreats, recruiting minors via Internet services for nefarious purposes, using deceptive means to dupe vulnerable populations, exhibiting misbehaving behaviors such as using profanity or flashing in online video chats, spreading rumors or hate speech via WWW services, and many others. These issues have a direct negative impact on the social, psychological and in some cases physical well-being of users. An important characteristic of these issues is that they fall in a grey legal area, where perpetrators may claim freedom of speech or rights to free expression despite causing harm.
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Submission Topics
We invite submissions of research on computational methods for addressing cybersafety. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
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Human-computer interaction issues surrounding cybersafety
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Data mining and machine learning approaches for cybersafety
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Social science aspects of cybersafety
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Cyberbullying
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Cyberthreats, coercion, and predation
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Hate speech
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Social media vandalism
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Misbehaving users in online video chat services
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Trolls in chat rooms, discussion boards, and other social media
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Deception to shape opinion, such as fake news, fake reviews
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Deceptive techniques targeted at vulnerable populations such as the elderly and K-12 minors
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Bad actors in social media
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Online exposure of inappropriate material to minors
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Education and promotion of safe spaces
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Interface design to improve cybersafety
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Remedies for preventing or thwarting cybersafety issues
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Grooming and sexual predation
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Radicalization via social media
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Apr 03
2017
Conference Date
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Jan 29 2017
Draft paper submission deadline
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Feb 05 2017
Draft Paper Acceptance Notification
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Feb 14 2017
Final Paper Deadline
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Apr 03 2017
Registration deadline
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