We have friends we consider very close and acquaintances we barely know. The social sciences use the term tie strength to denote this differential closeness with the people in our...
To understand the evolution of software researchers have developed a plethora of tools to parse, model, and analyze the history of systems. Despite their usefulness, a common down...
Websites that provide content creation and sharing features have become quite popular recently. These sites allow users to categorize and browse content using ‘tags’ or free-t...
With an explosion in the proliferation of user-generated content in communities, information overload is increasing and quality of readily available online content is deterioratin...
Information integration applications, such as mediators or mashups, that require access to information resources currently rely on users manually discovering and integrating them ...