We propose a location-based query anonymization technique, LBS (k,T)-anonymization, that ensures anonymity of user's query in a specific time window against what we call know...
Amirreza Masoumzadeh, James Joshi, Hassan A. Karim...
—In this paper, we propose a Bayesian-inference based recommendation system for online social networks. In our system, users share their content ratings with friends. The rating ...
Instrumenting programs with code to monitor runtime behavior is a common technique for profiling and debugging. In practice, instrumentation is either inserted manually by progra...
Simon Goldsmith, Robert O'Callahan, Alexander Aike...
This paper aims to improve the accuracy of query result-size estimations in query optimizers by leveraging the dynamic feedback obtained from observations on the executed query wo...
This work presents the use of click graphs in improving query intent classifiers, which are critical if vertical search and general-purpose search services are to be offered in a ...