Predicting Audience Engagement Across Social Media Platforms In The News Domain,
2019
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Predicting Audience Engagement Across Social Media Platforms In The News Domain, Kholoud Khalil Aldous, Jisun An, Bernard J. Jansen
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
We analyze cross-platform factors for posts on both single and multiple social media platforms for numerous news outlets to better predict audience engagement, precisely the number of likes and comments. We collect 676,779 social media posts from 53 news outlets during eight months on four social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube), along with the associated comments (more than 31 million) and the number of likes (more than 840 million). We develop a framework for predicting the audience engagement based on both linguistic features of the post and social media platform factors. Among other findings, results show that content …
Gender And Racial Diversity In Commercial Brands' Advertising Images On Social Media,
2019
Singapore Management University
Gender And Racial Diversity In Commercial Brands' Advertising Images On Social Media, Jisun An, Haewoon Kwak
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Gender and racial diversity in the mediated images from the media shape our perception of different demographic groups. In this work, we investigate gender and racial diversity of 85,957 advertising images shared by the 73 top international brands on Instagram and Facebook. We hope that our analyses give guidelines on how to build a fully automated watchdog for gender and racial diversity in online advertisements.
Automated Morgan Keenan Classification Of Observed Stellar Spectra Collected By The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Using A Single Classifier,
2019
Central Washington University
Automated Morgan Keenan Classification Of Observed Stellar Spectra Collected By The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Using A Single Classifier, Michael J. Brice, Răzvan Andonie
All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences
The classification of stellar spectra is a fundamental task in stellar astrophysics. Stellar spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey are applied to standard classification methods, k-nearest neighbors and random forest, to automatically classify the spectra. Stellar spectra are high dimensional data and the dimensionality is reduced using astronomical knowledge because classifiers work in low dimensional space. These methods are utilized to classify the stellar spectra into a complete Morgan Keenan classification (spectral and luminosity) using a single classifier. The motion of stars (radial velocity) causes machine-learning complications through the feature matrix when classifying stellar spectra. Due to the nature …
Integrating Mathematics And Biology In The Classroom: A Compendium Of Case Studies And Labs,
2019
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Integrating Mathematics And Biology In The Classroom: A Compendium Of Case Studies And Labs, Becky Sanft, Anne Walter
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Quantifying Pollen Traits To Build A Mathematical Model Of Pollen Competition - A Mathematician's Perspective,
2019
Westminster College
Quantifying Pollen Traits To Build A Mathematical Model Of Pollen Competition - A Mathematician's Perspective, Montana Ferita, Julie Fucarino, Alex Capaldi, Charlotte Beckford
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
Period Drift In A Neutrally Stable Stochastic Oscillator,
2019
Illinois State University
Period Drift In A Neutrally Stable Stochastic Oscillator, Kevin Sanft
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
An Agent-Based Model Of An Endangered Florida Tillansia Utriculata Population,
2019
Rhodes College
An Agent-Based Model Of An Endangered Florida Tillansia Utriculata Population, Erin N. Bodine, Alexandra Campbell, Anna C. Kula
Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research
No abstract provided.
On Analysing Supply And Demand In Labor Markets: Framework, Model And System,
2019
Singapore Management University
On Analysing Supply And Demand In Labor Markets: Framework, Model And System, Hendrik Santoso Sugiarto, Ee-Peng Lim, Ngak Leng Sim
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
The labor market refers to the market between job seekers and employers. As much of job seeking and talent hiring activities are now performed online, a large amount of job posting and application data have been collected and can be re-purposed for labor market analysis. In the labor market, both supply and demand are the key factors in determining an appropriate salary for both job applicants and employers in the market. However, it is challenging to discover the supply and demand for any labor market. In this paper, we propose a novel framework to built a labor market model using …
Inferring Accurate Bus Trajectories From Noisy Estimated Arrival Time Records,
2019
Singapore Management University
Inferring Accurate Bus Trajectories From Noisy Estimated Arrival Time Records, Lakmal Meegahapola, Noel Athaide, Kasthuri Jayarajah, Shili Xiang, Archan Misra
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Urban commuting data has long been a vital source of understanding population mobility behaviour and has been widely adopted for various applications such as transport infrastructure planning and urban anomaly detection. While individual-specific transaction records (such as smart card (tap-in, tap-out) data or taxi trip records) hold a wealth of information, these are often private data available only to the service provider (e.g., taxicab operator). In this work, we explore the utility in harnessing publicly available, albeit noisy, transportation datasets, such as noisy “Estimated Time of Arrival" (ETA) records (commonly available to commuters through transit Apps or electronic signages). We …
Topicsummary: A Tool For Analyzing Class Discussion Forums Using Topic Based Summarizations,
2019
Singapore Management University
Topicsummary: A Tool For Analyzing Class Discussion Forums Using Topic Based Summarizations, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman, Renjini Ramesh
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
This Innovative Practice full paper, describes the application of text mining techniques for extracting insights from a course based online discussion forum through generation of topic based summaries. Discussions, either in classroom or online provide opportunity for collaborative learning through exchange of ideas that leads to enhanced learning through active participation. Online discussions offer a number of benefits namely providing additional time to reflect and synthesize information before writing, providing a natural platform for students to voice their ideas without any one student dominating the conversation, and providing a record of the student’s thoughts. An online discussion forum provides a …
Cognitive And Social Interaction Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums,
2019
Singapore Management University
Cognitive And Social Interaction Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums, Mallika Gokarn Nitin, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Discussion forums play a key role in building knowledge repositories in an education institute. Asynchronous discussion forums enable part-time graduate professionals to have a better learning experience. This paper reports how a carefully curated discussion forum enhances the cognitive and social interactions among students in a graduate information systems course. In particular, we analyse the cognitive and social interactions and their impact on the student grades. To our surprise, the graduate students with their limited time resources, have higher order cognitive contributions and reasonable amount of social posts. We present the discussion forum design, cognitive and social behaviour analysis, grade …
New Challenges In Display-Saturated Environments,
2019
Singapore Management University
New Challenges In Display-Saturated Environments, Mateusz Andrzej Mikusz, Tsu Wei Kenny Choo, Rajesh Krishna Balan, Nigel Davies, Youngki Lee
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
We live in a world in which our physical spaces are becoming increasingly enriched with computing technology. Pervasive displays have been at the forefront of this progression and are now commonplace. In this paper, we focus on the natural end-point of this trend and consider the case when displays become truly ubiquitous and saturate our physical environments. We use as motivation a state-of-the-art display deployment in which mobile users navigating the space are simultaneously exposed to many hundreds of displays within their field of view and we highlight a number of new research challenges.
Knowledge Base Question Answering With A Matching-Aggregation Model And Question-Specific Contextual Relations,
2019
Singapore Management University
Knowledge Base Question Answering With A Matching-Aggregation Model And Question-Specific Contextual Relations, Yunshi Lan, Shuohang Wang, Jing Jiang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Making use of knowledge bases to answer questions (KBQA) is a key direction in question answering systems. Researchers have developed a diverse range of methods to address this problem, but there are still some limitations with the existing methods. Specifically, the existing neural network-based methods for KBQA have not taken advantage of the recent “matching-aggregation” framework for the sequence matching, and when representing a candidate answer entity, they may not choose the most useful context of the candidate for matching. In this paper, we explore the use of a “matching-aggregation” framework to match candidate answers with questions. We further make …
Self-Refining Deep Symmetry Enhanced Network For Rain Removal,
2019
Peking University
Self-Refining Deep Symmetry Enhanced Network For Rain Removal, Hong Liu, Hanrong Ye, Xia Li, Wei Shi, Mengyuan Liu, Qianru Sun
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Rain removal aims to remove the rain streaks on rain images. Traditional methods based on convolutional neural network (CNN) have achieved impressive results. However, these methods are under-performed when dealing with tilted rain streaks, because CNN is not equivariant to object rotations. To tackle this problem, we propose the Deep Symmetry Enhanced Network (DSEN) that explicitly extracts and learns from rotation-equivariant features from rain images. In addition, we design a self-refining strategy to remove rain streaks in a coarse-to-fine manner. The key idea is to reuse DSEN with an information link which passes the gradient flow to the finer stage. …
Generating Expensive Relationship Features From Cheap Objects,
2019
National University of Singapore
Generating Expensive Relationship Features From Cheap Objects, Xiaogang Wang, Qianru Sun, Tat-Seng Chua, Marcelo Ang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
We investigate the problem of object relationship classification of visual scenes. For a relationship object1-predicate-object2 that captures the object interaction, its representation is composed by the combination of object1 and object2 features. As a result, relationship classification models usually bias to the frequent objects, leading to poor generalization to rare or unseen objects. Inspired by the data augmentation methods, we propose a novel Semantic Transform Generative Adversarial Network (ST-GAN) that synthesizes relationship features for rare objects, conditioned on the features from random instances of the objects. Specifically, ST-GAN essentially offers a semantic transform function from cheap object features to expensive …
A Machine Learning Model For Clustering Securities,
2019
Southern Methodist University
A Machine Learning Model For Clustering Securities, Vanessa Torres, Travis Deason, Michael Landrum, Nibhrat Lohria
SMU Data Science Review
In this paper, we evaluate the self-declared industry classifications and industry relationships between companies listed on either the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) markets. Large corporations typically operate in multiple industries simultaneously; however, for investment purposes they are classified as belonging to a single industry. This simple classification obscures the actual industries within which a company operates, and, therefore, the investment risks of that company.
By using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques on Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, we obtained self-defined industry classifications per company. Using clustering techniques such as Hierarchical Agglomerative and k-means clustering we …
Longitudinal Analysis With Modes Of Operation For Aes,
2019
Southern Methodist University
Longitudinal Analysis With Modes Of Operation For Aes, Dana Geislinger, Cory Thigpen, Daniel W. Engels
SMU Data Science Review
In this paper, we present an empirical evaluation of the randomness of the ciphertext blocks generated by the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher in Counter (CTR) mode and in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode. Vulnerabilities have been found in the AES cipher that may lead to a reduction in the randomness of the generated ciphertext blocks that can result in a practical attack on the cipher. We evaluate the randomness of the AES ciphertext using the standard key length and NIST randomness tests. We evaluate the randomness through a longitudinal analysis on 200 billion ciphertext blocks using logistic regression and …
Texture-Based Deep Neural Network For Histopathology Cancer Whole Slide Image (Wsi) Classification,
2019
Kennesaw State University
Texture-Based Deep Neural Network For Histopathology Cancer Whole Slide Image (Wsi) Classification, Nelson Zange Tsaku
Master of Science in Computer Science Theses
Automatic histopathological Whole Slide Image (WSI) analysis for cancer classification has been highlighted along with the advancements in microscopic imaging techniques. However, manual examination and diagnosis with WSIs is time-consuming and tiresome. Recently, deep convolutional neural networks have succeeded in histopathological image analysis. In this paper, we propose a novel cancer texture-based deep neural network (CAT-Net) that learns scalable texture features from histopathological WSIs. The innovation of CAT-Net is twofold: (1) capturing invariant spatial patterns by dilated convolutional layers and (2) Reducing model complexity while improving performance. Moreover, CAT-Net can provide discriminative texture patterns formed on cancerous regions of histopathological …
Exploring Delay Dispersal In Us Airport Network,
2019
California State University, Northridge
Exploring Delay Dispersal In Us Airport Network, Brandon Sripimonwan, Arun Sathanur
STAR Program Research Presentations
The modeling of delay diffusion in airport networks can potentially help develop strategies to prevent the spread of such delays and disruptions. With this goal, we used the publicly-available historical United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight data to model the spread of delays in the US airport network. For the major (ASPM-77) airports for January 2017, using a threshold on the volume of flights, we sparsify the network in order to better recognize patterns and cluster structure of the network. We developed a diffusion simulator and greedy optimizer to find the top influential airport nodes that propagate the most …
Ai Education Matters: Data Science And Machine Learning With Magic: The Gathering,
2019
Gettysburg College
Ai Education Matters: Data Science And Machine Learning With Magic: The Gathering, Todd W. Neller
Computer Science Faculty Publications
In this column, we briefly describe a rich dataset with many opportunities for interesting data science and machine learning assignments and research projects, we take up a simple question, and we offer code illustrating use of the dataset in pursuit of answers to the question.
