Social Attention in the Age of the Web
Event details
| Date | 25.02.2009 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Dr. Bernardo A. Huberman, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, USA |
| Location |
INM202
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The past decade has witnessed a momentous transformation in the way people interact and exchange information with each other. Content is now co-produced, shared, classified, and rated on the Web by millions of people, while attention has become the ephemeral and valuable resource that everyone seeks to acquire. This talk will describe our research on the interplay between popularity, novelty and collective attention in the Web, as well as the role that attention plays in solving the tragedy of the digital commons.
B. Huberman's homepage
Practical information
- General public
- Free