In analyzing data from social and communication networks, we encounter the problem of classifying objects where there is an explicit link structure amongst the objects. We study t...
Most real-world data is heterogeneous and richly interconnected. Examples include the Web, hypertext, bibliometric data and social networks. In contrast, most statistical learning...
Online Social Networks (OSN) are experiencing an explosive growth rate and are becoming an increasingly important part of people's lives. There is an increasing desire to aid ...
Matt Spear, Xiaoming Lu, Norman S. Matloff, Shyhts...
It is well known that different types of social ties have essentially different influence between people. However, users in online social networks rarely categorize their contact...
Coarse-to-fine approaches use sequences of increasingly fine approximations to control the complexity of inference and learning. These techniques are often used in NLP and visio...