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Research and Advances Nov 1 2010

Relative Status of Journal and Conference Publications in Computer Science

Though computer scientists agree that conference publications enjoy greater status in computer science than in other disciplines, there is little quantitative evidence to support this view.

Computing Applications

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Research and Advances Feb 1 2008

Are People Biased in Their Use of Search Engines?

Assessing user search behavior when deciding which links to follow in rank-ordered results lists.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Mar 1 2006

Mobile Web Surfing Is the Same as Web Surfing

Even in the new context, users surf in the usual way.

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances May 1 2002

Personalization Techniques For Online Recruitment Services

Online recruitment services are among the most popular applications on the Internet. However, their usability is compromised by the information overload problem, as users must frequently search through hundreds or thousands of job advertisements for a given query. The CASPER project [1] seeks to enhance such services by providing users with more personalized information retrieval […]

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Aug 1 2000

A Personalized Television Listings Service

Mixing the collaborative recommendation approach with content-based filtering seems to bring out the best in both methods.

Computing Applications

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