SIGVerse: The Simulation Platform for Social Intelligence Research

A Support Platform for Event Detection using Social Intelligence

This paper describes a system designed to support event detection over Twitter. The system operates by querying the data stream with a user-specified set of keywords, filtering out non-English messages, and probabilistically geolocating each message. The user can dynamically set a probability threshold over the geolocation predictions, and also the time interval to present data for.

Virtual Space as a Platform for Student Research Practices

Online learning is becoming an increasingly popular request. Many universities are moving fully or partially to this form of study. In the article, the authors considered what is virtual space, what are its criteria, as well as applicability for teaching students and passing research practices. Based on an analysis of existing virtual spaces (platforms), an experiment was conducted. The study s...

The Epistemologies of Social Simulation Research

What is the best method for doing simulation research? This has been the basis of a continuing debate within the social science research community. Resolving it is important if the community is to demonstrate clearly that simulation is an effective method for research in the social sciences. In this paper, we tackle the question from a historical and philosophical perspective. We argue that the...

Facebook Platform as the Social Business and Marketing Model for Cosmetic Surgery: An Online Study

The Malmo Platform for Artificial Intelligence Experimentation

We present Project Malmo – an AI experimentation platform built on top of the popular computer game Minecraft, and designed to support fundamental research in artificial intelligence. As the AI research community pushes for artificial general intelligence (AGI), experimentation platforms are needed that support the development of flexible agents that learn to solve diverse tasks in complex envi...