Privacy leakage resulting from information sharing in online social networks (OSNs) is a
serious concern for individuals. One of the culprits behind the problem is that existing …

Because users of online social networks (OSNs) may encounter others whom they have
incomplete knowledge of or no previous experience with, trust propagation has become …

Today is the era of intelligence in machines. With the advances in Artificial Intelligence,
machines have started to impersonate different human traits, a chatbot is the next big thing …

Results from code clone detectors may contain plentiful useless code clones, and judging
whether a code clone is useful varies from user to user based on different purposes of them …

Research on social trust analysis has traditionally focused on the trustworthy/untrustworthy
behaviors that are exhibited by active users. By contrast, due to their inherent reticence to …

To properly capture the complexity of influence propagation phenomena in real-world
contexts, such as those related to viral marketing and misinformation spread, information …

In a distributed environment in which multiple self-interested entities interact, knowing who
to interact with is an important decision to make. Reputation is one metric to help with the …

Background Breast cancer is the leading cause of mortality among women worldwide.
However, female patients often feel reluctant and embarrassed about meeting physicians in …

With the development of Online Social Networks (OSNs), OSNs have been becoming very
popular platforms to publish resources and to establish relationship with friends. However …

Something in our mind does not always reflect with our fingers on keyboard and mouse, but
we respect our blood which might be the way out of the wariness in usage of social media …