Social media such as Twitter or weblogs are a popular source for live textual data. Much of
this popularity is due to the fast rate at which this data arrives, and there are a number of …

How can micro-blogging activities on Twitter be leveraged for user modeling and
personalization? In this paper we investigate this question and introduce a framework for …

Micro-blogging systems such as Twitter expose digital traces of social discourse with an
unprecedented degree of resolution of individual behaviors. They offer an opportunity to …

Microblogs have become an important source of information for the purpose of marketing,
intelligence, and reputation management. Streams of microblogs are of great value because …

As the most popular microblogging platform, the vast amount of content on Twitter is
constantly growing so that the retrieval of relevant information (streams) is becoming more …

Content popularity prediction finds application in many areas, including media advertising,
content caching, movie revenue estimation, traffic management and macro-economic trends …

User-generated content (UGC) on the Web, especially on social media platforms, facilitates
the association of additional information with digital resources; thus, it can provide valuable …

The TREC Video Retrieval Evaluation (TRECVID) 2018 was a TREC-style video analysis
and retrieval evaluation, the goal of which remains to promote progress in content-based …

As public discourse continues to progress online, it is important for mental health advocates,
public health officials, and other curious parties and stakeholders, ranging from researchers …

Television viewing coupled with audience interaction through a second screen has gained
popularity as second screen capable devices have become more pervasive and affordable …