Social networks have become a major focus of research in recent years, initially directed towards static networks but increasingly, towards dynamic ones. In this paper, we investi...
Jerry Scripps, Pang-Ning Tan, Abdol-Hossein Esfaha...
This paper presents an approach to automatically optimizing the retrieval quality of search engines using clickthrough data. Intuitively, a good information retrieval system shoul...
Every year almost 10 million children die before reaching the age of five despite the fact that two-thirds of these deaths could be prevented by effective low-cost interventions. ...
Brian DeRenzi, Neal Lesh, Tapan S. Parikh, Clayton...
In this work, we introduce the use of tags to support the near synchronous use of instant messaging (IM). As a proof-of-concept, we developed a plug-in in Lotus Sametime, an enter...
Gary Hsieh, Jennifer Lai, Scott E. Hudson, Robert ...
Pointing is a fundamental enabling operation for human-computer interaction across a broad spectrum of scenarios. The paper presents a study exploring how to develop a pointing sy...