Recent Updates

• 16 Oct 2010: Thanks to all attendees! Ths web site will remain up
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  comments on the tutorial.
• 07 Oct 2010: Tutorial website updated with downloads
  and other prerequisites for the practical session.
• 01 Aug 2010: Tutorial website online, with detail on its objectives,
  program schedule, target audience and preparation material.

Aims & Learning Objectives

This tutorial will provide an introduction to the use of knowledge media information
in applications. Specifically, the tutorial aims to:

• introduce social media platforms with a focus on exploiting
  the potential knowledge available from exchanges on social
  networking sites.
• explain the role of knowledge acquisition as a key
  enabling technique for developing intelligent applications on
  social media platforms.
• introduce basic knowledge acquisition technologies would
  enable participants to pursue more complex research and
  development in relevant directions.
• identify new issues related to knowledge acquisition in the
  context of social media platforms and the research questions
  these issues bring up.
• acquaint participants with state-of-the-art research on
  extracting and using this knowledge in the development of
  intelligent applications.