2 papers
cs.CR2001
When being Weak is Brave: Privacy in Recommender Systems
Naren Ramakrishnan, Benjamin J. Keller, Batul J. Mirza +2
We explore the conflict between personalization and privacy that arises from the existence of weak ties. A weak tie is an unexpected connection that provides serendipitous recommen…
cs.IR2001
Evaluating Recommendation Algorithms by Graph Analysis
Batul J. Mirza, Benjamin J. Keller, Naren Ramakrishnan
We present a novel framework for evaluating recommendation algorithms in terms of the `jumps' that they make to connect people to artifacts. This approach emphasizes reachability v…