Models for the processes by which ideas and influence propagate through a social network have been studied in a number of domains, including the diffusion of medical and technolog...
The increasing complexity of enterprise databases and the prevalent lack of documentation incur significant cost in both understanding and integrating the databases. Existing solu...
Social media sites (e.g., Flickr, YouTube, and Facebook) are a popular distribution outlet for users looking to share their experiences and interests on the Web. These sites host ...
Sponsored search is a multi-billion dollar business that generates most of the revenue for search engines. Predicting the probability that users click on ads is crucial to sponsor...
Tagging plays an important role in many recent websites. Recommender systems can help to suggest a user the tags he might want to use for tagging a specific item. Factorization mo...