Complementary to the fancy applications of social networks, influence analysis is an
indispensable technique supporting these practical applications. In recent years, this …

Matching the profiles of a user across multiple online social networks brings opportunities for
new services and applications as well as new insights on user online behavior, yet it raises …

Online social network (OSN) applications provide different experiences; for example, posting
a short text on Twitter and sharing photographs on Instagram. Multiple OSNs constitute a …

Abstract User Identity Linkage (UIL) aims to reveal the correspondence among account pairs
across different social platforms. It has been a popular but challenging task in recent years …

Anchor links connect information entities, such as entities of movies or products, across
networks from different sources, and thus information in these networks can be transferred …

Recommender systems can help provide preference-based personalized services to
consumers and help them make informed decisions. However, a key shortcoming of the …

Crowdfunding platforms have become important sites where people can create projects to
seek funds toward turning their ideas into products, and back someone else's projects. As …

The increasing pervasiveness of Internet-connected systems means that such systems will
continue to be exploited for criminal purposes by cybercriminals (including malicious …

Most current book recommendation and marketing strategies in online social media are
implemented by creating topics or posting advertisements for the brand. They do not …

Nowadays, people are overwhelmingly exposed to various kinds of information from
different information networks. In order to recommend users with the information entities that …