Monday, March 15, 2010

Harnessing the Power of Social Media- Lecture

Lei Tang

Arizona State University

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010

1:00-2:00 p.m.

IMU Dogwood Room
Harnessing the Power of Social Media
Social media such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr enable people of all walks of life to express their thoughts, voice their opinions, and connect to each other anytime and anywhere. The boom of social media has spawned new research to study human interactions and collective behavior on an unprecedented scale. It is reshaping business models, providing trend analysis, aiding counter-terrorism efforts, and acting as grassroots information sources. In this talk, Lei Tang will discuss opportunities and research thrust, as well as future directions of computing with and mining social media

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