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GLOBECOM
2010
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Constructing Secure Localization Systems with Adjustable Granularity Using Commodity Hardware
Proof of a user's identity is not always a sufficient means for making an authorization decision. In an increasing set of circumstances, knowledge of physical location provide...
Patrick Traynor, Joshua Schiffman, Thomas F. La Po...
WEBI
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
An Approach to Model and Predict the Popularity of Online Contents with Explanatory Factors
In this paper, we propose a methodology to predict the popularity of online contents. More precisely, rather than trying to infer the popularity of a content itself, we infer the l...
Jong Gun Lee, Sue Moon, Kavé Salamatian
AND
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Discovering voter preferences in blogs using mixtures of topic models
In this paper we propose a new approach to capture the inclination towards a certain election candidate from the contents of blogs and to explain why that inclination may be so. T...
Pradipto Das, Rohini K. Srihari, Smruthi Mukund
AVI
2010
13 years 6 months ago
An infrastructure for creating graphical indicators of the learner profile by mashing up different sources
The procedures to collect information about users are well known in computer science till long time. They range from getting explicit information from users, required in order to ...
Luca Mazzola, Riccardo Mazza
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Bubbles, gullibility, and other challenges for economics, psychology, sociology, and information sciences
Abstract. Gullibility is the principal cause of bubbles. Investors and the general public get snared by a "beautiful illusion" and throw caution to the wind. Attempts to ...
Andrew M. Odlyzko