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The Impact of COVID-19 on Sports Betting Markets
Khizar Qureshi, Tauhid Zaman
We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the betting markets of professional and college sports. We find that during the pandemic, the moneyline betting markets of the…
Optimal Dispatch in Emergency Service System via Reinforcement Learning
Cheng Hua, Tauhid Zaman
In the United States, medical responses by fire departments over the last four decades increased by 367%. This had made it critical to decision makers in emergency response departm…
Mitigating the Backfire Effect Using Pacing and Leading
Qi Yang, Khizar Qureshi, Tauhid Zaman
Online social networks create echo-chambers where people are infrequently exposed to opposing opinions. Even if such exposure occurs, the persuasive effect may be minimal or nonexi…
Detecting Bots and Assessing Their Impact in Social Networks
Nicolas Guenon des Mesnards, David Scott Hunter, Zakaria el Hjouji +1
Online social networks are often subject to influence campaigns by malicious actors through the use of automated accounts known as bots. We consider the problem of detecting bots i…
Detecting Influence Campaigns in Social Networks Using the Ising Model
Nicolas Guenon des Mesnards, Tauhid Zaman
We consider the problem of identifying coordinated influence campaigns conducted by automated agents or bots in a social network. We study several different Twitter datasets which…
Penetrating a Social Network: The Follow-back Problem
Fanyu Que, Krishnan Rajagopalan, Tauhid Zaman
Modern threats have emerged from the prevalence of social networks. Hostile actors, such as extremist groups or foreign governments, utilize these networks to run propaganda campai…