Detecting and Quantifying Malicious Activity with Simulation-based Inference

no code implementations • 6 Oct 2021 • Andrew Gambardella, Bogdan State, Naeemullah Khan, Leo Tsourides, Philip H. S. Torr, Atılım Güneş Baydin

We propose the use of probabilistic programming techniques to tackle the malicious user identification problem in a recommendation algorithm.

Probabilistic Programming

People, Places, and Ties: Landscape of social places and their social network structures

no code implementations • 12 Jan 2021 • Jaehyuk Park, Bogdan State, Monica Bhole, Michael C. Bailey, Yong-Yeol Ahn

Due to their essential role as places for socialization, "third places" - social places where people casually visit and communicate with friends and neighbors - have been studied by a wide range of fields including network science, sociology, geography, urban planning, and regional studies.

Clustering Sociology