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  社会计算：大数据时代的机遇与挑战* 孟小峰 1 李 勇 1† 祝建华 2 1 （中国人民大学信息学院北京 100872 ） 2 （香港城市大学媒体和传播系香港 999077 ） Social Computing in the Era of Big Data：Opportunities and Challenges 1 1 2 Meng Xiaofeng ，Li Yong and Jonathan J ．H ．Zhu 1 （School of Information， Renmin University of China ， Beijing 100872 ） 2 （Department of Media and Communication ， City University of Hong Kong ， Hong Kong 999077 ） Abstract With the rapid development of information technology ，especially sweeping progress in the internet of things， cloud computing，social networks and social media，the era of big data is coming ．As a data-intensive science ，social computing is an emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data with an unprecedented breadth and depth and scale ．It represents a new computing paradigm and an interdisciplinary research and application field ．A broad comprehension of major topics involved in social computing is important for both scholars and practitioners ． In this paper ， we give a brief survey of the various research fields in social computing ．We present key concepts and analyze state-of-the-art of the field．The article not only shed insights on social computing，but also afford conduit for future research in the field ．Social computing has two distinct foci．One is on the social science issues，such as computational social science，computational sociology，social network analysis etc ．The other focus is on the use of computational techniques ，such as social use，hedonic use and generative use ．Finally some new challenges ahead are summarized ， including interdisciplinary cooperation and training，big data sharing for scientific data mashups ，and privacy protect ． Keywords