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Finding Indicators of Epidemiological Events by Analyzing Messages from Twitter and Other Social Media

OTRUSINA, L.; SMRŽ, P. Finding Indicators of Epidemiological Events by Analyzing Messages from Twitter and Other Social Media. 20th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management workshop proceedings by ACM. Glasgow: Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. p. 1-4. ISBN: 978-1-4503-0950-9.
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Otrusina Lubomír, Ing., DCGM (FIT)
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D., DCGM (FIT)
Abstract

This paper deals with early detection of epidemiological events by means of text-based analysis on social networks data. We introduce a novel system that processes streams from Twitter, blogs and discussion fora, automatically categorizes messages according to various criteria and extracts data potentially relevant for public health-related events. A special attention is paid to the analysis of Twitter data. We quantify the data processed every day and show that many obstacles need to be overcome to fully realize the potential of the valuable resource.

Keywords

social media analysis, Twitter messages, public-health events

Published
2011
Pages
1–4
Proceedings
20th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management workshop proceedings by ACM
Conference
ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
ISBN
978-1-4503-0950-9
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Place
Glasgow
BibTeX 
@inproceedings{BUT76491,
  author="Lubomír {Otrusina} and Pavel {Smrž}",
  title="Finding Indicators of Epidemiological Events by Analyzing Messages from Twitter and Other Social Media",
  booktitle="20th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management workshop proceedings by ACM",
  year="2011",
  pages="1--4",
  publisher="Association for Computing Machinery",
  address="Glasgow",
  isbn="978-1-4503-0950-9"
}
Projects
National Support for Project Medical Ecosystem - Personalized Event-based Surveillance, MŠMT, Podpora projektů sedmého rámcového programu Evropského společenství pro výzkum, technologický rozvoj a demonstrace (2007 až 2013) podle zákona č. 171/2007 Sb., 7E10054, start: 2010-01-01, end: 2012-06-30, running
Security-Oriented Research in Information Technology, MŠMT, Institucionální prostředky SR ČR (např. VZ, VC), MSM0021630528, start: 2007-01-01, end: 2013-12-31, running
Research groups
Knowledge Technology Research Group (RG KNOT)
Departments
Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia (DCGM)
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