Narratives are fundamental to our understanding of the world, providing us with a natural
structure for knowledge representation over time. Computational narrative extraction is a …

Context Storytelling is an important asset in today's society. Digital platforms for storytelling
can facilitate collaborative development of stories. The storytelling process, if properly …

In recent years, the amount of information shared (both implicit and explicit) between
traditional news media and social media sources like Twitter has grown at a prolific rate …

Games can be effective teaching tools, if the games simulate faithfully some aspect of the
material being taught. Eurogames are a recent genre of games that allow for effective …

Market system dynamics theories often recognize that change in the market is due to
external influences, or the reflexive relationship between consumers and other market actors …

We explore the technological bases for argumentation combined with information fusion
techniques to improve intelligence analyses. We review various tools framed by several …

This dissertation is focused on the design and evaluation of machine learning algorithms for
modeling information precursors for use in event modeling and forecasting. Given an online …

Storytelling provides vertical alignment with engagement and connectedness, two important
points in philanthropy that can often prove elusive for nonprofit organizations …

Online social media often mirrors the social phenomenon of" Chinese Whispers" where
information mutates during dissemination. Many a time, Twitter and Facebook in conjunction …