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PCI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Exploring Gadget-Based Interfaces for the Social Semantic Desktop
— A large number of tools has recently emerged supporting information management for individuals in their social context. Semantic technologies play an important role in the deve...
Konstantinos Christidis, Niki Papailiou, Gregoris ...
KDD
2009
ACM
379views Data Mining» more  KDD 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
MetaFac: community discovery via relational hypergraph factorization
This paper aims at discovering community structure in rich media social networks, through analysis of time-varying, multi-relational data. Community structure represents the laten...
Yu-Ru Lin, Jimeng Sun, Paul Castro, Ravi B. Konuru...
SC
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Web 2.0-based social informatics data grid
The Social Informatics Data Grid (SIDGrid) is a new cyberinfrastructure designed to transform how social and behavioral scientists collect and annotate data, collaborate and share...
Wenjun Wu, Thomas D. Uram, Michael E. Papka
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A tag in the hand: supporting semantic, social, and spatial navigation in museums
Designers of mobile, social systems must carefully think about how to help their users manage spatial, semantic, and social modes of navigation. Here, we describe our deployment o...
Dan Cosley, Jonathan Baxter, Soyoung Lee, Brian Al...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Familiars: representing Facebook users' social behaviour through a reflective playful experience
In this paper, we describe the design and development of a social game called Familiars. Inspired by the daemons in Pullman’s “Dark Material” trilogy, Familiars are animal c...
Ben Kirman, Eva Ferrari, Shaun Lawson, Jonathan Fr...
CSE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Social Learning Applications in Resource Constrained Networks
Efficient design of social networking applications must take account of two guiding principles: the adaptive processes by which humans learn and spread new information, and the co...
Ali Saidi, Mahesh V. Tripunitara, Mojdeh Mohtashem...
HICSS
2002
IEEE
166views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2002»
14 years 3 months ago
Developing Legible Visualizations for Online Social Spaces
Although constructed for researchers to share news and information, Usenet quickly developed into a social environment with varied styles of interactions. Unfortunately, the brows...
Danah Boyd, Hyun-Yeul Lee, Daniel Ramage, Judith S...
EGOV
2003
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Local Democracy Shaping e-Democracy
This paper offers a fresh perspective to study the role and implications of information and communications technologies (ICT) in processes of local democracy. It moves away from ea...
Zahid Parvez
ER
2004
Springer
139views Database» more  ER 2004»
14 years 3 months ago
A Sociological Framework for Multi-agent Systems Validation and Verification
Social and intentional behaviours appear as two main components of the agent paradigm. Methods of conventional software engineering do not seem to be appropriate to gain a full kno...
Rubén Fuentes, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, ...
PDC
2004
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Lost in translation: a critical analysis of actors, artifacts, agendas, and arenas in participatory design
As computer technologies start to permeate the everyday activities of a continuously growing population, social and technical as well as political and legal issues will surface. P...
Rogério De Paula