Study tackles misinformation on Twitter by detecting and classifying rumors.
problem Detect and classify misinformation, specifically rumors, on Twitter.
method Used a standard dataset, explored novel features, and applied various preprocessing techniques. Achieved high f-measure scores.
result Achieved f-measure of over 0.82 in mixed rumors data set and 84 percent in a single rumor data set.
Deep learning ensemble detects social media rumors faster.
problem Timely detection of rumors on social media platforms.
method Ensemble model using deep neural networks and time-series tweet data.
result Improved rumor detection performance by 7.9%.
Enhanced neural model detects misinformation by considering author context.
problem Plateaued accuracy in traditional rumor classifiers.
method Ensemble neural architecture with word-level attention and author context.
result Promising results on Twitter dataset, detecting rumors more accurately.
We provide a systematic study of the problem of finding the source of a rumor in a network. We model rumor spreading in a network with a variant of the popular SIR model and then construct an estimator for the rumor source. This estimator is based upon a novel topological quantity which we term \textbf{rumor centrality…
Kernel analysis reveals rumor truth from diffusion patterns alone.
problem Detecting unverified rumors on Twitter using text and user identities.
method Graph kernels to extract diffusion patterns from Twitter cascade structures.
result Diffusion patterns are highly informative of rumor truth or falsehood.
Study explores rumor spread on Twitter using supervised learning.
problem Rumors spread quickly on social networks, affecting decision-making.
method Microscopic-level analysis of user interactions and features.
result Models predict rumor diffusion with 90% accuracy.
Speech Acts (SAs) are one of the important areas of pragmatics, which give us a better understanding of the state of mind of the people and convey an intended language function. Knowledge of the SA of a text can be helpful in analyzing that text in natural language processing applications. This study presents a diction…
Paper proposes HGAT for detecting fake news on HIN.
problem Viral spread of fake news causing social harm.
method Hierarchical Graph Attention Network (HGAT) for node representation learning in HIN.
result HGAT outperforms text-based and network-based models.
Botnet, a group of coordinated bots, is becoming the main platform of malicious Internet activities like DDOS, click fraud, web scraping, spam/rumor distribution, etc. This paper focuses on design and experiment of a new approach for botnet detection from streaming web server logs, motivated by its wide applicability, …
Temporal graph kernels improve classification of dissemination processes.
problem Lack of temporal information in current graph classification methods.
method Developed three temporal graph kernels and stochastic variants.
result Temporal kernels significantly outperform static kernels in accuracy.
Structural equation models (SEMs) have been widely adopted for inference of causal interactions in complex networks. Recent examples include unveiling topologies of hidden causal networks over which processes such as spreading diseases, or rumors propagate. The appeal of SEMs in these settings stems from their simplici…
This paper examines how wash traders exploit market conditions in Bitcoin, finding strategic timing and spillover effects.
problem Wash trading in cryptocurrency markets to inflate volume and manipulate market conditions.
method Analysis of 18 million Mt. Gox transactions, exogenous demand shock study.
result Wash trading intensifies in low legitimate trading volume and responds to demand shocks, indicating strategic behavior.
We focus on the influence of external sources of information upon financial markets. In particular, we develop a stochastic agent-based market model characterized by a certain herding behavior as well as allowing traders to be influenced by an external dynamic signal of information. This signal can be interpreted as a …
Stock trend prediction plays a critical role in seeking maximized profit from stock investment. However, precise trend prediction is very difficult since the highly volatile and non-stationary nature of stock market. Exploding information on Internet together with advancing development of natural language processing an…
Gringotts Wizarding Bank is well known as the only financial institution in all of the Wizarding UK as documented in the works recounting the heroics of Harry Potter. The concentration of power and wealth in this single bank needs to be weighed against the financial stability of the entire Wizarding economy. This study…
Fan tokens surged before World Cup matches, but declined during them, revealing cognitive biases.
problem Analyzing the impact of FIFA World Cup matches on fan tokens.
method Event study and intraday analysis of blockchain-based fan tokens.
result Fan tokens experienced a surge in returns six months before the World Cup, followed by a decline during the matches, revealing asymmetries in performance.
New method identifies diffusion sources on networks with statistical confidence.
problem Identifying sources of diffusion on networks without restrictive assumptions.
method Statistical framework and confidence set inference approach based on hypothesis testing.
result Efficiently produces a small subset of nodes covering the source node with any confidence level.
Human decision making by professionals trading daily in the stock market can be a daunting task. It includes decisions on whether to keep on investing or to exit a market subject to huge price swings, and how to price in news or rumors attributed to a specific stock. The question then arises how professional traders, w…
Social dynamics is concerned primarily with interactions among individuals and the resulting group behaviors, modeling the temporal evolution of social systems via the interactions of individuals within these systems. In particular, the availability of large-scale data from social networks and sensor networks offers an…
New algorithm estimates past and future diffusion processes on networks.
problem Estimating past and future states of concurrent diffusion processes on networks.
method Extension of independent-cascade model, Belief-Propagation algorithm.
result Scalable and convergent algorithm for estimating diffusion processes.
Infectious diseases are studied to understand their spreading mechanisms, to evaluate control strategies and to predict the risk and course of future outbreaks. Because people only interact with a small number of individuals, and because the structure of these interactions matters for spreading processes, the pairwise …
This paper shows that Hamiltonians and operators can also be put to good use even in contexts which are not purely physics based. Consider the world of finance. The work presented here {models a two traders system with information exchange with the help of four fundamental operators: cash and share operators; a portfol…
CovidSens uses social media to track COVID-19 spread.
problem Accurate and timely dissemination of COVID-19 information.
method Social sensing to analyze online user data.
result Real-time COVID-19 spread tracking system.
New link detection results using closures of 3-braids.
problem Link detection using homology theories.
method Closure operations on 3-braids and homology theories.
result Detection of specific links using link Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and annular Khovanov homology.
Deep learning improves anomaly detection across various fields.
problem Detecting anomalies in data with advanced approaches.
method Survey of deep learning methods for anomaly detection.
result Advancements in deep anomaly detection address unique challenges.
Graph energy helps detect communities in networks better than traditional methods.
problem Detecting communities in sparse networks where traditional methods fail.
method Using graph energy based on the full spectrum of adjacency matrices.
result The difference in graph energy between a planted partition model and an Erdős--Rényi network has a distinct transition at the detectability threshold.
Monitoring gas turbine combustors health, in particular, early detecting abnormal behaviors and incipient faults, is critical in ensuring gas turbines operating efficiently and in preventing costly unplanned maintenance. One popular means of detecting combustor abnormalities is through continuously monitoring exhaust g…
New ML-based detection improves PMH signal detection in load-modulated MIMO systems.
problem Detecting PMH signals without prior CSI is challenging and computationally expensive.
method Proposes HEM-ML and HEM-KD schemes using EM and KD-tree for efficient detection.
result Achieves comparable detection results to optimal ML detector with reduced complexity.
Develops slope detection for 3-manifolds with torus boundaries.
problem Determining slopes on the boundary of 3-manifolds with torus boundaries.
method Introduces order-detection and representation-detection of slopes, proving their equivalence.
result Shows how slopes' behavior changes with cabling, improving previous results.
2DSig-Detect detects adversarial perturbations in images.
problem Adversarial attacks degrade image model performance.
method 2D-signature embedded semi-supervised framework using rough path theory.
result 2DSig-Detect outperforms other methods in detecting adversarial perturbations.
Develops a method to detect changes in linear systems with temporal correlations.
problem Detect abrupt changes in time series data with temporal correlations.
method Data-dependent threshold for online change point detection in linear dynamical systems.
result Achieves a pre-specified upper bound on the probability of false alarms and provides a finite-sample-based bound for detection probability.
Tackles the computational hardness of HPC detection, conjecturing equivalence to PC detection.
problem Computational hardness of hypergraphic planted clique detection.
method No specific method mentioned; focuses on conjecturing equivalence.
result Equivalence of computational hardness between HPC and PC detection.
Real-time fuel leakage detection framework MOCPD improves accuracy.
problem Early detection of fuel leakage to prevent hazards and losses.
method Memory-based Online Change Point Detection (MOCPD) framework.
result MOCPD outperforms baseline methods in detection accuracy.
Study on detecting hierarchical community structures in networks.
problem Detecting hierarchical community structures in networks.
method Analysis of planted hierarchies of partitions in networks, identifying additional detectability phases.
result There are additional phases in which the presence of multiple consistent partitions can either help or hinder detection of hierarchical structures.
Deep object detection improves mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer biopsies.
problem Challenges in automated mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer histopathological images.
method Adapted Mask R-CNN for deep object detection, initially selects candidate regions with maximum recall, refines them with multi-object loss function.
result Improved discrimination ability (F-score of 0.86) and significant precision (0.86) for mitotic nuclei compared to two-stage models.
ECAD detects anomalies without data exchangeability, improving traffic flow detection.
problem Detecting anomalies in spatio-temporal data with missing values.
method ECAD uses conformal prediction to wrap around any regression algorithm, controlling Type-I error without data exchangeability.
result ECAD outperforms other methods in detecting anomalous traffic flow.
Autonomous driving requires 3D perception of vehicles and other objects in the in environment. Much of the current methods support 2D vehicle detection. This paper proposes a flexible pipeline to adopt any 2D detection network and fuse it with a 3D point cloud to generate 3D information with minimum changes of the 2D d…
PAC-Wrap provides provable guarantees for semi-supervised anomaly detection.
problem Ensuring reliable anomaly detection in safety-critical applications.
method PAC-Wrap wraps around existing anomaly detection methods to provide PAC guarantees.
result PAC-Wrap effectively provides rigorous guarantees for various anomaly detectors.
This paper offers a distribution-free method for post-detection changepoint localization.
problem Locating the exact time of a change in distribution after a sequential detection procedure.
method A distribution-free framework using conformal test martingales for sequential change detection and post-detection inference.
result Valid post-detection coverage guarantees and non-asymptotic bounds on confidence set size.
The study defines backdoor detection in ML and proves its infeasibility.
problem Backdoor detection in machine learning systems.
method Formal statistical definition and analysis of feasibility.
result Backdoor detection is impossible except for very small alphabet sizes.
Detects data drift in deep learning models using neural embeddings.
problem Detecting changes in data distribution in deep learning models.
method Formulates drift detection in a sequential decision framework and introduces a loss function to balance false alarms and quick detection.
result Demonstrates improved ability to balance false alarms and quick detection in change detection.
It follows from earlier work of Silver-Williams and the authors that twisted Alexander polynomials detect the unknot and the Hopf link. We now show that twisted Alexander polynomials also detect the trefoil and the figure-8 knot, that twisted Alexander polynomials detect whether a link is split and that twisted Alexand…
This research identifies flaws in drift detection methods and creates adversarial data streams to exploit them.
problem The challenge of detecting data distribution changes (drift) in real-time systems.
method Developed adversarial data streams to show weaknesses in existing drift detection schemes.
result Demonstrated that common drift detection methods can be fooled by adversarial data streams.
Multimodal deep learning improves flaw detection in software programs.
problem Current flaw detection relies on single software representations.
method Adapted multimodal deep learning models for flaw detection.
result Multimodal models outperform traditional deep learning models.
New method detects OOD samples using neural network trajectories.
problem Lack of comprehensive layer exploration in OOD detection.
method Functional data perspective, analyzing sample trajectories through multi-layer classifier.
result Empirically validated as effective compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Proposes OCGNN for detecting anomalies in graph data.
problem Detecting anomalies in graph-structured data.
method One Class Graph Neural Network (OCGNN) combining Graph Neural Networks and one-class classification.
result Significant improvements in anomaly detection compared to baselines.
Early detection of cyber-attacks is crucial for a safe and reliable operation of the smart grid. In the literature, outlier detection schemes making sample-by-sample decisions and online detection schemes requiring perfect attack models have been proposed. In this paper, we formulate the online attack/anomaly detection…
A method detects vehicles far from tunnel CCTV using AI.
problem Tunnel CCTV's height limits detection of far-away vehicles.
method Object detection algorithm with inverse perspective transform.
result Deep learning model trained on warped images detects vehicles more accurately.