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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST 2011 |
| Pages | 127-132 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Nov 2011 |
| Event | 2011 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST) - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of Duration: 31 May 2011 → 3 Jun 2011 |
Publication series
| Name | IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies |
|---|---|
| ISSN (Print) | 2150-4938 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 2150-4946 |
Abstract
The great influx of Medical-Web data makes the task of computer-assisted gathering and interpretation of Social Media-based Epidemic Intelligence (SM-EI) a very challenging one. State-of-the-art approaches usually use supervised machine learning algorithms to gather data from a variety of sources in this medical ecosystem, mining this data for specific event patterns and information discovery. Supervised approaches not only limit the type of detectable events, but also requires learning examples be given to the machine learning algorithm in advance. On the other hand, the more generic and flexible unsupervised machine learning methods currently produce such complex results, that the domain experts are not capable of assessing the results in a natural and efficient manner. In this paper, we present a novel framework with which SM-EI field practitioners can interact with medical ecosystem data, and assess the results of such complex unsupervised SM-EI algorithms. The assessment framework and the unsupervised epidemic event detection algorithm have been fully implemented and a quantitative study is presented to show the validity of the new approach to SM-EI.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
Sustainable Development Goals
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Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST 2011. 2011. p. 127-132 5936610 (IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies).
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T1 - A User Study on Public Health Events Detected within the Medical Ecosystem
AU - Stewart, Avaré
AU - Herder, Eelco
AU - Smith, Matthew
AU - Nejdl, Wolfgang
N1 - Funding information: Acknowledgments. This work has been par tially funded by the European Union under the project Judicial Management by Digital Libraries Semantics (JUMAS FP7-214306) and by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, Heidelberg, Germany.
PY - 2011/11/2
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N2 - The great influx of Medical-Web data makes the task of computer-assisted gathering and interpretation of Social Media-based Epidemic Intelligence (SM-EI) a very challenging one. State-of-the-art approaches usually use supervised machine learning algorithms to gather data from a variety of sources in this medical ecosystem, mining this data for specific event patterns and information discovery. Supervised approaches not only limit the type of detectable events, but also requires learning examples be given to the machine learning algorithm in advance. On the other hand, the more generic and flexible unsupervised machine learning methods currently produce such complex results, that the domain experts are not capable of assessing the results in a natural and efficient manner. In this paper, we present a novel framework with which SM-EI field practitioners can interact with medical ecosystem data, and assess the results of such complex unsupervised SM-EI algorithms. The assessment framework and the unsupervised epidemic event detection algorithm have been fully implemented and a quantitative study is presented to show the validity of the new approach to SM-EI.
AB - The great influx of Medical-Web data makes the task of computer-assisted gathering and interpretation of Social Media-based Epidemic Intelligence (SM-EI) a very challenging one. State-of-the-art approaches usually use supervised machine learning algorithms to gather data from a variety of sources in this medical ecosystem, mining this data for specific event patterns and information discovery. Supervised approaches not only limit the type of detectable events, but also requires learning examples be given to the machine learning algorithm in advance. On the other hand, the more generic and flexible unsupervised machine learning methods currently produce such complex results, that the domain experts are not capable of assessing the results in a natural and efficient manner. In this paper, we present a novel framework with which SM-EI field practitioners can interact with medical ecosystem data, and assess the results of such complex unsupervised SM-EI algorithms. The assessment framework and the unsupervised epidemic event detection algorithm have been fully implemented and a quantitative study is presented to show the validity of the new approach to SM-EI.
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DO - 10.1109/DEST.2011.5936610
M3 - Conference contribution
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