Welcome to the Feature Topic (FT) of Social-Aware Communication Networks and Systems and Innovative Social Network Application and Services of the IEEE Communications Magazine. Social dimension in conjunction with physical proximity offer a wealth of information that could be exploited across multiple disciplines and for a wide range of challenges. Without being exhaustive, developing social-aware networking algorithms for improving various networking operations, designing incentive mechanisms for promoting cooperation and establishing trust in order to address security concerns in open, uncertain and competitive environments, identifying graph topology structure as well as its evolution, along with influence paths for maximizing the impact of information dissemination and exploring decision making process in a social psychology context are prominent examples of social-aware networks and advanced applications. Yet, many challenges need to be solved. This issue includes three articles that have been reviewed and approved for publication by experts in the respective fields.

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客座社论：社交意识通信网络和系统以及创新社交网络应用程序和服务

欢迎来到 IEEE 通信杂志的社交感知通信网络和系统以及创新社交网络应用和服务专题主题 (FT)。社会维度与物理邻近性相结合提供了丰富的信息，可以跨多个学科利用这些信息并应对各种挑战。在不详尽的情况下，开发社交感知网络算法以改进各种网络操作，设计激励机制以促进合作和建立信任，以解决开放、不确定和竞争环境中的安全问题，识别图拓扑结构及其演化，以及在社会心理学背景下最大化信息传播影响和探索决策过程的影响路径是社会意识网络和高级应用的突出例子。然而，许多挑战需要解决。本期包括三篇文章，均已由各自领域的专家审阅并批准发表。