Social Media Network Data Mining and Optimization
The importance of social relationships in the lives of the poor has
been consistently documented. Poor individuals rely on members of
their social networks to help them meet basic needs through the
provision of food, shelter and money. Social relationships are also
a focus of community interventions that aim to improve conditions in
poor communities. This includes building relations among individuals
so they can organize to act collectively or to produce needed goods
and services for the community.
We are collaborating with social work researchers to develop software
tools that collect data about organizations both from offline
documents and from social media, such as Facebook or Twitter. These
tools would then analyze the text and the social media network
structure, provide feedback to the participating organizations on the
status of the network, and provide decision support to social workers
for improving collaborations between non-profit organizations.
Collaborators
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Jianhua Chen
CSE Division, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Louisiana State University
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Michelle Livermore
School of Social Work, Louisiana State University
Students
Former Students