Time Based Activity Profiles to Recommend Partnership in a P2P Network

Author

Vivacqua, A.S. ; de Mello, C.E.R. ; de Souza, D.K. ; de Avilar Menezes, J.A. ; Marques, L.C. ; Ferreira, M.S. ; de Souza, J.M.

Author_Institution

UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 April 2007

Firstpage

582

Lastpage

587

Abstract

In large communities, finding experts or partners can sometimes be hard. Normally, to find new partners one asks for recommendations from known acquaintances. This is a form of social navigation, whereby one searches for others in the network, who might fit required profiles. Time is an important factor in this type of situation, as needs, interests and expertise levels change rapidly. This paper presents a peer-to-peer system to assist social network navigation and search. It builds user profiles through an analysis of ongoing activities that takes time into account, and matches these to find opportunities for collaboration.

Keywords

groupware; information retrieval; peer-to-peer computing; social sciences computing; CSCW; P2P network; opportunistic collaboration; recommendation system; social network navigation; social network search; time based activity profile; user profiling; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer networks; Computer science; Design engineering; Internet; Mathematics; Navigation; Peer to peer computing; Social network services; CSCW; P2P systems; opportunistic collaboration; recommendation systems; user profiling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2007. CSCWD 2007. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0962-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2007.4281501

Filename

4281501