Markets with Strategic Multi-minded Mediators
Abstract We consider the design of mechanisms for multi-sided exchanges that interact with strategic players-some of which have multi-dimension strategic spaces or... Learn More
Exposing the Probabilistic Causal Structure of Discrimination
Abstract Discrimination discovery from data is an important task aiming at identifying patterns of illegal and unethical discriminatory activities against protected-by-law groups,... Learn More
CSD: A Multi-User Similarity Metric for Community Recommendation in Online Social Networks
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2016.01.003 Abstract Communities are basic components in networks. As a promising social application, community recommendation selects a few items (e.g., movies and... Learn More
Web Identity Translator: Behavioral Advertising and Identity Privacy with WIT
DOI: 10.1145/2834050.2834105 Abstract Online Behavioural targeted Advertising (OBA) has risen in prominence as a method to increase the effectiveness of online advertising.... Learn More
Assessing The Evolution of Google+ in its First Two Years
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2015.2433792 Abstract In the era when Facebook and Twitter dominate the market for social media, Google has introduced Google+ (G+) and reported... Learn More
Quantifying the Economic and Cultural Biases of Social Media through Trending Topics
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134407 Abstract Online Behavioural targeted Advertising (OBA) has risen in prominence as a method to increase the effectiveness of online advertising.... Learn More
I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me. Measuring Online Behavioural Advertising
Abstract Online Behavioural targeted Advertising (OBA) has risen in prominence as a method to increase the effectiveness of online advertising. OBA operates... Learn More
Understanding the detection of fake view fraud in Video Content Portals
Abstract While substantial effort has been devoted to understand fraudulent activity in traditional online advertising (search and banner), more recent forms such... Learn More
Individual privacy in social influence network
DOI: 10.1007/s13278-015-0312-y Abstract Online social networking platforms have the possibility to collect an incredibly rich set of information about their users: the... Learn More