We propose a formal model of trust informed by the Global Computing scenario and focusing on the aspects of trust formation, evolution, and propagation. The model is based on a no...
Abstract. In this paper, we propose a Bayesian network-based trust model in peerto-peer networks. Since trust is multi-faceted, even in the same context, peers still need to develo...
This paper formalizes the semantics of trust and studies the transitivity of trust. On the Web, people and software agents have to interact with "strangers". This makes ...
Ensemble is a system that uses a collection of trusted personal devices to provide proximity-based authentication in pervasive environments. Users are able to securely pair their ...
Andre Kalamandeen, Adin Scannell, Eyal de Lara, An...
We present Aardvark, a social search engine. With Aardvark, users ask a question, either by instant message, email, web input, text message, or voice. Aardvark then routes the que...