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Dr. Munindar P. Singh is a computer scientist specializing in social systems and organizations. His work focuses on referral systems, emergent Web structure studies, and the architectural power of social networks. He advocates for automating tasks to boost productivity yet retaining space for human input.
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Social Networks and Cyberinfrastructure Munindar P. Singh singh@ncsu.edu http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/
Personal Background Computer scientist who values insights from studies of social systems and organizations • B.Tech., IIT-Delhi, CS&E; Ph.D., U Texas, Austin • Professor, Computer Science, NCSU • EIC Emeritus, IEEE Internet Computing • MEB, J. Autonomous Agents & MultiAgent Systems; J. Web Semantics • Cochair, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & MultiAgent Systems, 2005 • NSF support: DST + ITR (past IDM)
Referral Systems and Networks • KM going beyond document management • Developed a prototype adaptive referral system for use by people, 1998-2003 • Studied effectiveness for searching experts • Studied emergent structural properties contrasting with static studies of Web structure and recommender systems, 1999-present • Quality inversely related with clustering • Distributions of degree and authority under various behaviors • Emergence of communities
Architectural Power of SNs • SNs are the right metaphor for dealing with open systems • Changing membership and relationships • Autonomous parties of unknown trustworthiness • SNs provide meaning, assessment of possibilities, basis for trust • SNs support service selection and system configuration • Computing challenge: automate the appropriate parts to improve productivity while still leaving a window for human insight