ELIS – Multimedia Lab
Laurens De Vocht, Erik Mannens, Rik Van de Walle (Ghent University – iMinds)
Selver Softic, Martin Ebner (Graz University of Technology)
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers
on Twitter using the Web of Data
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
1. Introduction
2. Use Case
3. Implementation
4. Evaluation
5. Aligning Multiple Resources
6. Conclusions & Future Work
Overview
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Introduction (1/3)
Who has scientific information
relevant for me?
Web users generate a huge
unstructured information flow
?
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Introduction: Research 2.0 (2/3)
Digital Libraries Google
Social Media
Online Events and
Announcements
?
Web of Data
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Introduction: Facilitate Research Collaboration (3/3)
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Use Case: Overview
Connecting researchers based on shared scientific events (conferences)
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Use Case: Example
Bob is giving an interesting presentation
at #ISEMANTICS2012 in Graz
Wondering how Graz people are
dealing with #semantics…
Linked
Data
Entities
Explicit
Connection
Implicit
Connection
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Implementation
Commonly used
Ontologies
e.g. FOAF, SIOC
Annotated Data from Social
Networks
Linked Open Data
Connect People and Resources
Conferences
Locations
Tags, Posts,
Mentions
General Concepts and Facts
9/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Implementation: Architecture
10/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Implementation: Match rating between two users
11/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Evaluation
‣ get User Profile
‣ find People or Events given a User Profile
‣ register a new User Profile
‣ get Event Details
Service for efficient discovery of people and events
12/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Evaluation: User Profile
13/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Evaluation: Find People
14/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Evaluation: Find Events
15/18
ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
How to combine information from multiple sources?
More connections from more sources would lead to more reliability
according to qualitative user evaluation. (De Vocht et al., 2011)
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Aligning Resources: Example
Linked
Data
Entities
More Connections!
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Conclusions & Future Work
Future Work
Measure precision and recall of presented results
Align more resources to obtain more reliability and information quality
Integrate user profile and context to improve matching and interlinking.
Conclusions
Enrichment of Social Media Data with Linked data:
Allows semantically motivated comparison between resources
Implemented framework with current state-of-the art technologies
Possible to discover connections between resources in big datasets
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ELIS – Multimedia Lab
A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
Laurens De Vocht
09-05-2013
Some References
De Vocht, L., Van Deursen, D., Mannens, E., & Van de Walle, R. (2012). A
Semantic Approach to Cross-Disciplinary Research Collaboration. International
Journal Of Emerging Technologies In Learning (IJET), 7(S2), pages 22 - 30.
Laurens De Vocht, Selver Softic, Martin Ebner, and Herbert Mühlburger. 2011.
Semantically driven social data aggregation interfaces for Research 2.0.
In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Management
and Knowledge Technologies (i-KNOW '11), Article 43, 9 pages.
laurens.devocht@ugent.be
@laurens_d_v
Contact

A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data

  • 1.
    ELIS – MultimediaLab Laurens De Vocht, Erik Mannens, Rik Van de Walle (Ghent University – iMinds) Selver Softic, Martin Ebner (Graz University of Technology) A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data
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    2/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 1. Introduction 2. Use Case 3. Implementation 4. Evaluation 5. Aligning Multiple Resources 6. Conclusions & Future Work Overview
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    3/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Introduction (1/3) Who has scientific information relevant for me? Web users generate a huge unstructured information flow ?
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    4/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Introduction: Research 2.0 (2/3) Digital Libraries Google Social Media Online Events and Announcements ? Web of Data
  • 5.
    5/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Introduction: Facilitate Research Collaboration (3/3)
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    6/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Use Case: Overview Connecting researchers based on shared scientific events (conferences)
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    7/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Use Case: Example Bob is giving an interesting presentation at #ISEMANTICS2012 in Graz Wondering how Graz people are dealing with #semantics… Linked Data Entities Explicit Connection Implicit Connection
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    8/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Implementation Commonly used Ontologies e.g. FOAF, SIOC Annotated Data from Social Networks Linked Open Data Connect People and Resources Conferences Locations Tags, Posts, Mentions General Concepts and Facts
  • 9.
    9/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Implementation: Architecture
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    10/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Implementation: Match rating between two users
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    11/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Evaluation ‣ get User Profile ‣ find People or Events given a User Profile ‣ register a new User Profile ‣ get Event Details Service for efficient discovery of people and events
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    12/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Evaluation: User Profile
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    13/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Evaluation: Find People
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    14/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Evaluation: Find Events
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    15/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 How to combine information from multiple sources? More connections from more sources would lead to more reliability according to qualitative user evaluation. (De Vocht et al., 2011)
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    16/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Aligning Resources: Example Linked Data Entities More Connections!
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    17/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Conclusions & Future Work Future Work Measure precision and recall of presented results Align more resources to obtain more reliability and information quality Integrate user profile and context to improve matching and interlinking. Conclusions Enrichment of Social Media Data with Linked data: Allows semantically motivated comparison between resources Implemented framework with current state-of-the art technologies Possible to discover connections between resources in big datasets
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    18/18 ELIS – MultimediaLab A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data Laurens De Vocht 09-05-2013 Some References De Vocht, L., Van Deursen, D., Mannens, E., & Van de Walle, R. (2012). A Semantic Approach to Cross-Disciplinary Research Collaboration. International Journal Of Emerging Technologies In Learning (IJET), 7(S2), pages 22 - 30. Laurens De Vocht, Selver Softic, Martin Ebner, and Herbert Mühlburger. 2011. Semantically driven social data aggregation interfaces for Research 2.0. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies (i-KNOW '11), Article 43, 9 pages. laurens.devocht@ugent.be @laurens_d_v Contact