We present a novel problem of searching for `familiar strangers' in a social network. Familiar strangers are individuals who are not directly connected but exhibit some simil...
In the era of digital information, the value of data resides not only in its volume and quality, but also in the additional information that can be inferred from the combination (a...
Daniele Braga, Francesco Corcoglioniti, Michael Gr...
When searching large hypertext document collections, it is often possible that there are too many results available for ambiguous queries. Query refinement is an interactive proce...
Searching and extracting meaningful information out of highly heterogeneous datasets is a hot topic that received a lot of attention. However, the existing solutions are based on e...
The Web is rapidly moving towards a platform for mass collaboration in content production and consumption. Fresh content on a variety of topics, people, and places is being create...
Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio, David ...