2 papers
cs.SI2018
What Propels Celebrity Follower Counts? Language Use or Social Connectivity
Jasabanta Patro, Rameshwar Bhaskaran, Animesh Mukherjee
Follower count is a factor that quantifies the popularity of celebrities. It is a reflection of their power, prestige and overall social reach. In this paper we investigate whether…
cs.SI2018
SAVITR: A System for Real-time Location Extraction from Microblogs during Emergencies
Ritam Dutt, Kaustubh Hiware, Avijit Ghosh +1
We present SAVITR, a system that leverages the information posted on the Twitter microblogging site to monitor and analyse emergency situations. Given that only a very small percen…