On the morning of December 14, 2025, at Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU), the University of Danang, the 14th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks (CSoNet 2025) was officially opened. The event marks a significant international academic milestone, bringing together a large number of scientists, experts, and researchers from many countries around the world. CSoNet 2025 is hosted by VKU in collaboration with the international scientific community and under the academic sponsorship of Springer.

Overview of the Opening Ceremony of CSoNet 2025

Attending the opening ceremony on behalf of the Organizing Committee were Prof. Thai Tra My (University of Florida, USA), Conference Chair; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Cong Phap, Rector of VKU, Co-Chair; Dr. Tran The Son, Vice Rector of VKU and Head of the Local Organizing Committee; Prof. Alexander Semenov (University of South Florida, USA); and Prof. Anurag Singh (NIT Delhi, India). The conference also welcomed distinguished national and international experts and keynote speakers, including Prof. Bo Chen (University of Warwick, UK), Prof. Xingquan Zhu (Florida Atlantic University, USA), Prof. Hongchang Gao (Temple University, USA), Dr. Bo Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phi Le Nguyen (Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam), and Prof. Dr. Huynh Xuan Hiep (Can Tho University, Vietnam), together with nearly 70 authors, scientists, and researchers from various countries, as well as VKU lecturers and students.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Cong Phap, Rector of VKU, delivering the opening remarks

In his opening remarks, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Cong Phap, Rector of VKU and Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, extended a warm welcome to professors, experts, speakers, authors, and delegates, and expressed his sincere appreciation for the presence of the international academic community at VKU and in Da Nang, Vietnam. He noted that VKU’s selection as the host of CSoNet 2025 represents clear recognition by the international scientific community of the University’s research capacity, academic infrastructure, and international integration environment. In the context of a world increasingly shaped by data, connectivity, and artificial intelligence, the research presented and discussed at CSoNet 2025 not only holds strong academic value but also contributes to guiding the development of secure, transparent, trustworthy, and human-centered digital systems. VKU expects that the conference will create many new opportunities for collaboration, ranging from joint research projects and co-authored scientific publications to faculty and student exchanges and the establishment of sustainable research networks.

Prof. Thai Tra My (University of Florida, USA) introducing the International Conference on CSoNet

CSoNet is a leading interdisciplinary forum that brings together researchers and experts from all areas of large-scale data networks, including billion-scale network computing, data network analysis, data mining, security and privacy, and deep learning. CSoNet 2025 aims to address emerging yet critical computational challenges, with a focus on fundamental foundations, theoretical technology development, and practical applications related to the analysis, modeling, and deep learning of large-scale data networks.

Prof. Alexander Semenov (University of South Florida, USA) presenting information about this year’s International Conference on CSoNet

This year, CSoNet brings together nearly 200 scientists, experts, and doctoral researchers from Vietnam and around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Italy, Australia, India, Denmark, and Vietnam. With more than 60 research papers, the conference features eight parallel technical sessions and four poster sessions covering a wide range of topics, including:

•       Computer Vision & Visual Understanding
•       Social Networks & Society
•       Cybersecurity, Privacy & Digital Forensics
•       Multimodal Signal Processing and Pattern Analysis
•       Graphs, Language, and Multimodal Learning
•       Cybersecurity and Privacy
•       Machine Learning

Notably, the plenary sessions of CSoNet 2025 feature three high-quality keynote presentations by Prof. Bo Chen (University of Warwick, United Kingdom) on “Sequential Voting and the Reliability of Collective Decisions: From Condorcet to Computational Social Networks”; Prof. Thai Tra My (University of Florida, USA) on “Safe, Transparent, and Private: The Next Frontier for LLMs”; and Prof. Xingquan Zhu (Florida Atlantic University, USA) on “Rethinking Heterogeneous Network Learning: Label Distributions and Scalability”. In addition, the conference includes three Rising Star sessions delivered by leading experts from universities such as Florida International University, Temple University, and the University of Hong Kong. Alongside the main program, the AI-TECH Workshop features four thematic sessions focusing on computational energy, predictive analytics, LLM/AI frameworks, recognition, and classification.

CSoNet 2025 takes place from December 14 to 16, 2025, at VKU. The Organizing Committee will present awards for outstanding papers and presentations, including notable contributions by students. Through the successful hosting of this prestigious international conference, VKU continues to affirm its role as a trusted academic destination and a vital bridge connecting national and international scientific communities, thereby contributing to the advancement of research, innovation, and sustainable development in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies.

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