As the amount of information on the Web has grown, particularly with the increase in non-textual media, it has become difficult for people to access what they need; this problem is compounded as data is often distributed across many sites, and requires a large effort to aggregate and sort. The anonymous nature of the Web also raises a problem with respect to the trustworthiness of data. At the same time, one of the largest trends on the web is the dramatic growth of social networks, and I argue that these are directly useful for improving the presentation of information.
In this talk, I will present a two-pronged approach to integrating social networks and user interfaces. I will begin by presenting methods for inferring trust relationships from social networks, and then demonstrate a system that uses trust to organize the way information is presented.
Dr. Golbeck is an assistant professor in the College of Information Studies, University of Maryland. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland in 2005. The theme of Dr. Golbeck's research is to leverage social information to build intelligent interfaces and improve information access.
This talk is part of the CLIP Colloquium Series, organized by Jimmy Lin (jimmylin -at- umd .dot. edu). For the complete schedule, please visit http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/research/CLIP/colloq/.