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cs.SI2022★ 16 cited

Social Media Engagement and Cryptocurrency Performance

Khizar Qureshi, Tauhid Zaman

We study the problem of predicting the future performance of cryptocurrencies using social media data. We propose a new model to measure the engagement of users with topics discuss…

cs.SI2022★ 31 cited

Bots, Disinformation, and the First Trump Impeachment

Michael Rossetti, Tauhid Zaman

Automated social media accounts, known as bots, have been shown to spread disinformation and manipulate online discussions. We study the behavior of retweet bots on Twitter during…

cs.SI2020★ 4 cited

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…

cs.SI2018

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…

cs.SI2018

Optimizing Opinions with Stubborn Agents

D. Scott Hunter, Tauhid Zaman

We consider the problem of optimizing the placement of stubborn agents in a social network in order to maximally influence the population. We assume the network contains stubborn u…

cs.SI2018

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…