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IntentTune: Using user demand and personalization to resolve "unknown" query intents for e-commerce search
Rachith Aiyappa, Ishita Khan, Chester Palen-Michel +4
Understanding user intent is fundamental to delivering relevant search results in e-commerce. However, substantial fraction of real-world queries are under-specified (e.g., "watch"…
How the cascade inference problem distorts information diffusion
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Rachith Aiyappa +3
To analyze the flow of information online, experts often rely on platform-provided data from social media companies, which typically attribute all resharing actions to an original…
Emergence of Stereotypes and Affective Polarization from Belief Network Dynamics
Ozgur Can Seckin, Rachith Aiyappa, Madalina Vlasceanu +3
Our belief systems are shaped by social processes, such as observations and influence, and by cognitive processes, such as the drive for internal coherence. These processes steer h…
What Helps Language Models Predict Human Beliefs: Demographics or Prior Stances?
Joseph Malone, Rachith Aiyappa, Byunghwee Lee +3
Beliefs shape how people reason, communicate, and behave. Rather than existing in isolation, they exhibit a rich correlational structure--some connected through logical dependencie…
A semantic embedding space based on large language models for modelling human beliefs
Byunghwee Lee, Rachith Aiyappa, Yong-Yeol Ahn +2
Beliefs form the foundation of human cognition and decision-making, guiding our actions and social connections. A model encapsulating beliefs and their interrelationships is crucia…