Behavior Informatics: A New Perspective

This installment of Trends & Controversies provides an array of perspectives on the latest research in behavior informatics. Longbing Cao introduces the work in "Behavior Informatics: A New Perspective." Then, in "Behavior Computing," Longbing Cao and Thorsten Joachims provide a basic overview of the topic. Next is "Coupled Behavior Representation, Modeling, Analysis, and Reasoning" by Can Wang, Longbing Cao, Eric Gaussier, Jinjiu Li, Yuming Ou, and Dan Luo. The fourth article is "Behavior Analysis in Social Media," by Reza Zafarani and Huan Liu. The fifth article is "Group Recommendation and Behavior," by Guandong Xu and Zhiang Wu. Gabriella Pasi wrote the sixth article, "Web Search and Behavior." The seventh article, "Behaviors of IPTV Users," is by Ya Zhang, Xiaokang Yang, and Hongyuan Zha. Finally, "Should Behavioral Models of Terror Groups Be Disclosed?" is by Edoardo Serra and V.S. Subrahmanian.