Guest Editors Introduction： Social Compu.pdfVIP

G u e s t E d i t o r s ’ I n t r o d u c t i o n Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kathleen M. Carley, Carnegie Mellon University roadly stated, social computing takes a computational approach to the study and Bmodeling of social interactions and communications. It also encompasses the devel- opment of information and communications technologies (ICTs) supporting these inter- actions. In recent years, we’ve seen social computing impact numerous technology fields. It’s attracted significant interest from not only re- been providing platforms and specific technological searchers in computing and social sciences but also components to enable social-computing implementa- software and online game vendors, Web entrepre- tion and applications. neurs, political analysts, and digital-government prac- Social computing plays a central role in develop- titioners, among others. ing current and next-generation social software, com- puterizing various aspects of human society such as Scope and applications community-based decision making, and helping ana-