Fall 2007
Tuesdays 12:15 ISTB1-401
Seminar Schedule:<http://math.la.asu.edu/~tom/cognition/math+cogsched.html>
On
Tuesday, October 2, at 12:15 Noon
in ISTB1-401,
the Mathematics and Cognition Seminar
will present a discussion with Huan Liu,
of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
on the topic of
"Issues of Searching for
`Familiar Strangers' on
Blogosphere"
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Abstract
In this work, we
examine familiar strangers on Blogosphere and issues of finding them.
In our daily life, familiar strangers, as coined by Stanley Milgram, do
not know each other, but frequently exhibit some common patterns.
Blogosphere is a part of the Web where bloggers post in individual or
community blog sites. The nature of the Web is a scale-free network,
which determines that a power law distribution applies to bloggers.
That is, the majority bloggers are only connected with a small number
of fellow bloggers, and these blogging groups are largely disconnected
from each other. Familiar strangers on Blogosphere are not directly
connected, but share some patterns in their blogging activities. We
present a new problem: Aggregating familiar strangers on Blogosphere
that allows for better personalized services, targeted marketing,
exploration of new business opportunities, and predictive modeling and
marketing. Finding familiar strangers on Blogosphere presents a
challenge resulting from their disconnectedness. We look at typical
blogs and understand the status quo, while seeking innovative
ways to improve business intelligence. We define the problem of
searching for familiar strangers on Blogosphere, elucidate the
significance of doing so, study the challenges of finding them, and
present and discuss some potential approaches.
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