This lecture treats some enduring misconceptions about modeling. One of these is that the goal is always prediction. The lecture distinguishes between explanation and prediction a...
Influence is a complex and subtle force that governs the dynamics of social networks as well as the behaviors of involved users. Understanding influence can benefit various applic...
Lu Liu, Jie Tang, Jiawei Han, Meng Jiang, Shiqiang...
How different are two images when viewed by a human observer? Such knowledge is needed in many situations including when one has to judge the degree to which a graphics representa...
David J. Tolhurst, Caterina Ripamonti, C. Alejandr...
For humans, it is useful to be able to visually detect an object's physical properties. One potentially important source of information is the way the object moves and intera...
When data instances are inter-related, as are nodes in a social network or hyperlink graph, algorithms for collective classification (CC) can significantly improve accuracy. Recen...