I have always heard, for as long as I remember, that correlation and causality are not the same. That is OK. They are indeed different. But there is always this implication by many, if not the most, people that correlation is second class and causality is the first class. Causality should be respected while one [...]
Twitter became a very powerful medium and its popularity soared rapidly. Twitter became a major News source for the latest events. And it remains a popular site. Many academic researchers are exploring all aspects of twitter ranging from how it is used, how information propagates on it, how can one get information, how can one [...]
We are living in transformative times. Our society is going through a major transformation both at the individual level as well as at the global level. The most important factor in this transformation, the fuel powering this new engine, is the data; particularly the objective data collected using sensors. However, data from only a specific [...]
Since Google + came in and introduced circles in a playful manner, people seem to be fascinated by circles. I like them, but they are not what they appear to be. I want much more from my circles. It is very difficult to form useful circles except for some obvious ‘fixed’ relations in life — [...]
When ranking was introduced by search engines, the first step towards recommendation was taken. Ranking is a recommendation by the search engine only based on the keyword. As search engine technology progressed, more and more ‘recommendation’ was introduced. As is well known, one of the most active area in search is to create user profiles [...]