We present MIA, a data marketplace which enables massive parallel processing of data from the Web. End users can combine both text mining and database operators in a structured query language called MIAQL. MIA offers many cost savings through sharing text data, annotations, built-in analytical functions and third party text mining applications. Our demonstration showcases MIAQL and its executio...

Since the United States presidential election of 2000, political campaigns have deployed volunteer lawyers to provide real-time information and assistance to poll observers. To assist with the routing of these rapid response attorneys (RRAs) among polling locations, we formulate two optimization models to equitably and efficiently allocate volunteer resources. We propose heuristic solution proc...

Social media enable individuals to share knowledge, experiences, opinions, and ideas among each other. With regard to political sector, social media can be an enabler for participation and democracy among citizens. As the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaigns have shown, social media platforms such as social network sites (SNSs), microblogging services or weblogs can also be successfully us...

The growing success of populist parties in western democracies has generated lively academic debate surrounding the changes this wave created various political systems. These have demonstrated their ability to shift from protest governing parties, consequently shifting experts’ attention toward effects populism power on democratic institutions. In light examples South America and Easter Europe,...