While advances in computing resources have made processing enormous amounts of data
possible, human ability to identify patterns in such data has not scaled accordingly. Efficient …

It has long been a significant but difficult problem to identify propagation sources based on
limited knowledge of network structures and the varying states of network nodes. In practice …

Professor Barabási's talk described how the tools of network science can help understand
the Web's structure, development and weaknesses. The Web is an information network, in …

This paper studies the problem of detecting the information source in a network in which the
spread of information follows the popular Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model. We …

We study the problem of estimating the origin of an epidemic outbreak: given a contact
network and a snapshot of epidemic spread at a certain time, determine the infection source …

Detecting rumor source in social networks is one of the key issues for defeating rumors
automatically. Although many efforts have been devoted to defeating online rumors, most of …

The ubiquity of handheld devices provides straightforward access to the Internet and Social
networking. The quick and easy updates from social networks help users in many situations …

With the development of modern technology, numerous economic losses are incurred by
various spreading phenomena. Thus, it is of great significance to identify the initial sources …

Graph diffusion problems such as the propagation of rumors, computer viruses, or smart grid
failures are ubiquitous and societal. Hence it is usually crucial to identify diffusion sources …

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have surged in popularity over the last decade. Although
Bitcoin does not claim to provide anonymity for its users, it enjoys a public perception of …