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The 12th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC 2025)
https://besc-conf.org/2025/
The Education University of Hong Kong
Oct 16-18, 2025
https://besc-conf.org/2025/
The Education University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
ieee.besc@gmail.com
Oct 16-18, 2025
Hong Kong, China
ieee.besc@gmail.com

 

BESC
 

The 12th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing（BESC 2025）

 

BESC
Basic Information
 

Website: https://besc-conf.org/2025/

Conference Date: 16-18 October 2025 

Venue: The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Important Dates

  • Submission of Research-track Papers: 15 June 2025 15 July 2025
  • Submission of Extended Abstract: 15 June 2025 15 July 2025
  • Submission of Doctoral Consortium Papers: 15 June 2025 15 July 2025
  • Submission of Special Session Papers: 15 July 2025
  • Acceptance Notification: 15 August 2025
  • Camera-ready Submission: 01 September 2025
  • Conference Date: 16-18 October 2025

 

BESC
Brief Introduction
 

The International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC) is a major international forum that brings together academic researchers and industry practitioners from artificial intelligence, computational social sciences, natural language processing, business and marketing, and behavioural and psychological sciences to present updated research efforts and progresses on foundational and emerging interdisciplinary topics of BESC, exchange new ideas and identify future research directions.

Following the successful BESC 2014 in Shanghai, China, BESC 2015 in Nanjing, China, BESC 2016 in Durham, NC, USA, BESC 2017 in Krakow, Poland, BESC 2018 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, BESC 2019 in Beijing, China, BESC 2020 in Bournemouth, UK, BESC 2021 in Doha, Qatar, BESC 2022 in Ehime, Japan, BESC 2023 in Larnaca, Cyprus, and BESC 2024 in Harbin, China, BESC 2025 will take place in Hong Kong, China from 16-18 October 2025.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to seeing you at the conference!

 

Co-organizer
Supporting Organizations

 

 

BESC
Organizing Committee
 

Honorary General Chair

General Chairs

Steering Committee Chair

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John Lee Chi-Kin
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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Qing Li
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

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Bin Hu
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

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Guandong Xu
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Program Chairs

Special Session Chairs

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Tianyong Hao
South China Normal University, China

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Juan Velásquez
University of Chile, Chile

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Kaize Shi
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

 

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Yongqing Sun
Nihon University, Japan

Tutorial Chair

Workshop Chairs

Dan Lu
Harbin Engineering University, China

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Jianwei Zhang
Iwate University, Japan

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Konlakorn Wongpatikaseree
Mahidol University, Thailand

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Wenxiu Xie
Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China

Interdisciplinary Track Chair

Panel Chair

Demo Chairs

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Hao Chen
Nankai University, China

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Jianquan Liu
NEC, Japan

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Xin Li
iFlyTek, China

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Thittaporn Ganokratanaa
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

Extended Abstract Track Chairs

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

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Raian Ali
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

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Ala Yankouskaya
Bournemouth University, UK

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Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska
University of Wollongong, Australia

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Lin Li
Wuhan University of Technology, China

Local Chairs

Award Chairs

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Yu Yang
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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Zhiyuan Wen
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

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Jian Cao
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

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Xiaohui Tao
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Publicity Chairs

Proceeding Chair

Web Chair

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Dianer Yu
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

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Waiman Pang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

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Md Rafiqul Islam
Charles Darwin University, Australia

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Shiqing Wu
City University of Macau, Macao SAR

 

BESC
Topics of Interest
 

BESC 2025 invites submissions of original, high-quality research papers addressing cutting-edge developments from all areas of behavioural and social computing. The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to share their knowledge, experience, and perspectives on the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Social network analysis
  • Semantic web
  • Collective intelligence
  • Social recommendation
  • Social influence and social contagions
  • New theories, methods, and objectives in computational social science
  • Digital humanities
  • Crowd dynamics
  • Virtual communities
  • Decision analytics
  • Societal impacts of information system
  • Web mining and its social interpretations
  • Human behaviour and information system
  • Behaviour change
  • Technology and wellbeing 
  • Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining
  • Opinion mining and social media analytics
  • Credibility of online content
  • Personalization for individuals, groups and populations
  • Privacy, perceived security and trust
  • Ethics of computational research on human behaviour
  • AI and large Language models in social and behavioural computing
  • Generative AI for synthetic behavioral and social data generation
  • Agent-based modeling for human behavior and social dynamics
  • LLM-driven agents for social interaction and communication
  • Multimodal behavioral and social sensing and analytics

2) Special Sessions

Special Session #1: Knowledge + Data Driven AI model for Understanding Social Behavioral-Based Data

Website: Knowledge + Data Driven AI model for Understanding Social Behavioral-Based Data

Special Session #2: Integrated Smart Systems and Data-Driven AI for Urban, Healthcare, Sports, Environmental, and Sensing Applications

Website: Integrated Smart Systems and Data-Driven AI for Urban, Healthcare, Sports, Environmental, and Sensing Applications

Special Session #3: Learning from Interaction: Domain-Aware AI Models for Behavioral Understanding in Large-Scale Structured and Sequential Data

Website: Learning from Interaction: Domain-Aware AI Models for Behavioral Understanding in Large-Scale Structured and Sequential Data

Special Session #4: Emerging Technologies and Algorithms for Recommender Systems

Website: Emerging Technologies and Algorithms for Recommender Systems

Special Session #5: Human-AI Interaction in Educational Settings: Disciplinary Characteristics, Interaction Processes, and Learning Performance

Website: Human-AI Interaction in Educational Settings: Disciplinary Characteristics, Interaction Processes, and Learning Performance

Special Session #6: Knowledge-Driven AI Applications in Healthcare, Mobility, and Social Systems

Website: Knowledge-Driven AI Applications in Healthcare, Mobility, and Social Systems

Special Session #7: LLM-Driven Molecular Modeling and Drug Interaction Analysis in Behavioural and Social Computing

Website: LLM-Driven Molecular Modeling and Drug Interaction Analysis in Behavioural and Social Computing

3) Workshops

Workshop #1: The International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Law (WAIL 2025)

Website: https://wail2025-besc.github.io/

Workshop #2: The International Workshop on Knowledge-enhanced Intelligent Computing in Healthcare (KICH 2025)

Website: https://kic-h.github.io/2025/

Workshop #3: Intelligent Models for Language and Cross-Cultural Education (IMLCCE)

Website: http://besc-conf.org/2025/workshop-1

Workshop #4: The International Symposium on Machine Learning and Social Computing (MLSC 2025)

Website: https://www.ic-mlsc.org/

 

BESC
Submission
 

1. Conference Proceedings

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Paper submission system is available at: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/BESC2025. All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance to BESC 2025, originality, significance and clarity.

 

2. Journals Recommendation

Top-quality papers will be selected for extension and publication in several special issues of international journals.

  • lEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (SClE)

  • lEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (SCIE, SSCI)

  • EURASIP Journal on lmage and Video Processing (SCIE)

  • World Wide Web: Internet and Web Information Systems (SCIE)

  • CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction (EI)

  • Web intelligence (ESCl, El)

  • Social Network Analysis and Mining (ESCI)

  • lElCE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences (SClE)

  • Human-Centric intelligent Systems (EI)

  • Natural Language Processing Journal

 

BESC
Registration Fee
 
Registration Types Early Registration (RMB)
(before 08 September)		 Early Registration (USD)
(before 08 September)		 Late Registration (RMB)
(after 08 September)		 Late Registration (USD)
(after 08 September)
Full RMB 4161 $570 RMB 4891 $670
Student RMB 3066 $420 RMB 3796 $520
Registration Notes:
  • Every accepted paper must have at least one full registration. One full registration covers one paper.
  • Registration fees are based in US dollars, and the RMB amount is calculated according to the exchange rate. Participants can freely choose to register in either US dollars or RMB.
  • Additional page: $100 USD per page

 

BESC
Conference Hostory
 
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The proceedings of the past 11 sessions have all been indexed in the EI database.[Click]

 

BESC
Agenda
 

Please refer to conference official website.

 

BESC
Contact US
 

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Tel: +86 17320189207 (Wechat)

WhatsApp: +86 15093104912

Email: editor_hailey@163.com

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