— We study the problem of dynamic learning by a social network of agents. Each agent receives a signal about an underlying state and communicates with a subset of agents (his nei...
Frank Bentley We present a study on current, real-world communication of location and activity information based on analyzing context-sharing practices in recorded mobile phone cal...
This dissertation research explores the invocation of emotional support from friends and family for parents who have a baby in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, through the use of t...
Managers and group leaders of a community may not have enough information to help them direct the community development. In this paper, we adopt social network analysis, graph the...
When experts participate in collaborative systems, tension may arise between them and novice contributors. In particular, when experts perceive novices as a bother or a threat, th...