6 citations · 6 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
cs.SI2015
DEFENDER: Detecting and Forecasting Epidemics using Novel Data-analytics for Enhanced Response
Donal Simmie, Nicholas Thapen, Chris Hankin
In recent years social and news media have increasingly been used to explain patterns in disease activity and progression. Social media data, principally from the Twitter network,…
cs.SI2015★ 6 cited
The Early Bird Catches The Term: Combining Twitter and News Data For Event Detection and Situational Awareness
Nicholas Thapen, Donal Simmie, Chris Hankin
Twitter updates now represent an enormous stream of information originating from a wide variety of formal and informal sources, much of which is relevant to real-world events. In t…