no code implementations • 6 Feb 2024 • Trilok Padhi, Ugur Kursuncu, Yaman Kumar, Valerie L. Shalin, Lane Peterson Fronczek
The prevalence of smart devices with the ability to capture moments in multiple modalities has enabled users to experience multimodal information online.
no code implementations • 9 Apr 2021 • Manas Gaur, Vamsi Aribandi, Amanuel Alambo, Ugur Kursuncu, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Jonanthan Beich, Jyotishman Pathak, Amit Sheth
In this work, we address this knowledge gap by developing deep learning algorithms to assess suicide risk in terms of severity and temporality from Reddit data based on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).
no code implementations • 1 Dec 2019 • Ugur Kursuncu, Manas Gaur, Amit Sheth
Learning the underlying patterns in data goes beyond instance-based generalization to external knowledge represented in structured graphs or networks.
no code implementations • 18 Aug 2019 • Ugur Kursuncu, Manas Gaur, Carlos Castillo, Amanuel Alambo, K. Thirunarayan, Valerie Shalin, Dilshod Achilov, I. Budak Arpinar, Amit Sheth
Our study makes three contributions to reliable analysis: (i) Development of a computational approach rooted in the contextual dimensions of religion, ideology, and hate that reflects strategies employed by online Islamist extremist groups, (ii) An in-depth analysis of relevant tweet datasets with respect to these dimensions to exclude likely mislabeled users, and (iii) A framework for understanding online radicalization as a process to assist counter-programming.
1 code implementation • 6 Jun 2018 • Ugur Kursuncu, Manas Gaur, Usha Lokala, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Amit Sheth, I. Budak Arpinar
Predictive analysis of social media data has attracted considerable attention from the research community as well as the business world because of the essential and actionable information it can provide.
Social and Information Networks