Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Toronto Metropolitan University
$75,000.00
Social Information Retrieval
FY 2024-25
Summary
This proposed program will strategically address the increasing challenge of misinformation while providing foundational contributions in social information retrieval. From a practical perspective, it endeavors to (1) semantically model misinformation and identify causal relations between real-world events and misinformation in online platforms, and (2) effectively retrieve factual information counter to misinformation and selectively present it to optimize uptake. From a theoretical view, it will develop techniques to (1) model topically-focused temporal textual corpora in the context of knowledge graphs for measuring semantic association and causal relations, and (2) effectively retrieve content by considering aspects of coverage, trust, persuasion, and discord.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2020-00040
Name nom
Bagheri, Ebrahim
Department département
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Toronto Metropolitan University
Organization id
43
Institution établissement
Toronto Metropolitan University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
75000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Social Information Retrieval
Keywords
Knowledge Graphs; Web Mining; Information Retrieval; Semantic Computing; Misinformation; Knowledge Engineering; Social Media Analytics
Application summary
This proposed program will strategically address the increasing challenge of misinformation while providing foundational contributions in social information retrieval. From a practical perspective, it endeavors to (1) semantically model misinformation and identify causal relations between real-world events and misinformation in online platforms, and (2) effectively retrieve factual information counter to misinformation and selectively present it to optimize uptake. From a theoretical view, it will develop techniques to (1) model topically-focused temporal textual corpora in the context of knowledge graphs for measuring semantic association and causal relations, and (2) effectively retrieve content by considering aspects of coverage, trust, persuasion, and discord.
