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AI Seminar

Speaker: Marijn ten Thij, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Talk Title: Beyond tracking: modelling human behavior through social media

Abstract: In this talk, I present my ongoing work in modeling human behavior
using data from online platforms. I will discuss three of my projects
that focus on two online platforms Wikipedia and Twitter. First, I
will illustrate how I model the effect of promoting content on the
page view activity on Wikipedia by using the page view logs provided
by WikiMedia. I will then discuss the random graph model I designed
based on data from Twitter, which may be used to mimic the progression
of a trend through the network of Twitter. Finally, I will talk about
my current project, where we aim to capture business value from a
social feed for the Horticulture Industry.



Biography: Marijn ten Thij is a PhD student in Mathematics at Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, who graduated in Applied Mathematics at the Stochastic
Operations Research group at the University of Twente. His research
interest lies in the fields of Complex Science, Network Science and
Big Data. In 2014, Marijn was a member of the Dutch National
ThinkTank, where he worked on the question Can Big Data be used to
make the Netherlands more mobile, more social, and more healthy?
Marijn lives in Amsterdam and enjoys playing American pool billiards
in his spare time.

Host: Emilio Ferrara

More Info: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/d5714d851721421a857168a930b571e81d

Location: 11th floor large conference room

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Kary LAU

Event Link: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/d5714d851721421a857168a930b571e81d