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City of the People, for the People: Sensing Urban Dynamics via Social Media Interactions
Sofiane Abbar, Tahar Zanouda, Noora Al-Emadi +1
Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of cities is in the heart of many applications including urban planning, zoning, and real-estate construction. So far, much of our unders…
Trump vs. Hillary: What went Viral during the 2016 US Presidential Election
Kareem Darwish, Walid Magdy, Tahar Zanouda
In this paper, we present quantitative and qualitative analysis of the top retweeted tweets (viral tweets) pertaining to the US presidential elections from September 1, 2016 to Ele…
The Quantified City: Sensing Dynamics in Urban Setting
Tahar Zanouda, Noora AL Emadi, Sofiane Abbar +1
The world is witnessing a period of extreme growth and urbanization; cities in the 21st century became nerve centers creating economic opportunities and cultural values which make…
Robustness and Resilience of cities around the world
Sofiane Abbar, Tahar Zanouda, Javier Borge-Holthoefer
The concept of city or urban resilience has emerged as one of the key challenges for the next decades. As a consequence, institutions like the United Nations or Rockefeller Foundat…
Using Twitter to Understand Public Interest in Climate Change: The case of Qatar
Sofiane Abbar, Tahar Zanouda, Laure Berti-Equille +1
Climate change has received an extensive attention from public opinion in the last couple of years, after being considered for decades as an exclusive scientific debate. Government…