Dr Matthew Rowe

Lecturer

Research Overview

My core research interest is in the area of Social Computing where I examine how users engage with the social web and social media, and how such engagement changes over time and the factors that are linked with such changes. To facilitate my research I examine the following topics:

  • Automated prediction methods based on machine learning (i.e. objective optimisation techniques)
  • Data mining using statistical models and scalable pattern recognition techniques
  • The semantic web and linked data, including user and community representation paradigms
  • Identity disambiguation and coreference resolution

Adaptive decision making in multi-cloud management
Samreen, F., Blair, G., Rowe, M. 12/2014 In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on CrossCloud Systems (CCB'14). New York : ACM 6 p.
Paper

SemanticSVD++: incorporating semantic taste evolution for predicting ratings
Rowe, M. 10/08/2014 In: Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT), 2014 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conferences on (Volume:1 ). IEEE p. 213-220. 8 p.
Paper

Text-based user-kNN: measuring user similarity based on text reviews
Terzi, M., Rowe, M., Ferrario, M.A., Whittle, J. 23/06/2014 In: User modeling, adaptation, and personalization. Springer p. 195-206. 12 p.
Paper

Mining and comparing engagement dynamics across multiple social media platforms
Rowe, M., Alani, H. 1/06/2014
Conference paper

Proceedings of the the 4th Workshop on Making Sense of Microposts co-located with the 23rd International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2014)
Rowe, M., Stankovic, M., Dadzie, A. 1/05/2014
Proceedings

Linked knowledge sources for topic classification of microposts: a semantic graph-based approach
Basave, A.E.C., Varga, A., Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 05/2014 In: Journal of Web Semantics. 26, p. 36-57. 22 p.
Journal article

Predicting online community churners using Gaussian sequences
Rowe, M. 2014
Conference paper

The semantic evolution of online communities
Rowe, M., Strohmaier, M. 2014 In: WWW Companion '14 Proceedings of the companion publication of the 23rd international conference on World wide web companion. Geneva : International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee p. 433-438. 6 p.
Paper

The semantics of microposts
Dadzie, A., Rowe, M., Stankovic, M. 2014 In: Semantic Web. 5, 5, 3 p.
Editorial

Towards tracking and analysing regional alcohol consumption patterns in the UK through the use of social media
Stacey, P., Kershaw, D., Rowe, M. 2014
Conference paper

Transferring semantic categories with vertex kernels: recommendations with SemanticSVD++
Rowe, M. 2014 In: The Semantic Web – ISWC 2014. Springer p. 341-356. 16 p.
Paper

Mining user lifecycles from online community platforms and their application to churn prediction
Rowe, M. 12/2013
Conference paper

Changing with time: modelling and detecting user lifecycle periods in online community platforms
Rowe, M. 11/2013 In: Social informatics. Springer-Verlag p. 30-39. 10 p.
Paper

Modelling and analysis of user behaviour in online communities
Rowe, M., Fernandez, M., Alani, H. 05/2013 Special Technical Community on Social Networking (STCSN) Newsletter
Letter

Harnessing linked knowledge source for topic classification in social media
Cano, A., Varga, A., Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 2013
Conference paper

Issue 1 of the Special Issue on Visualisation of and Interaction with Semantic Data
Rowe, M., Dadzie, A. 2013
Special issue

Measuring the topical specificity of online communities
Rowe, M., Wagner, C., Strohmaier, M., Alani, H. 2013
Conference paper

Proceedings of the Concept Extraction Challenge at the Workshop on Making Sense of Microposts 2013 (#MSM2013)
Cano, A., Rowe, M., Stankovic, M., Dadzie, A. 2013
Proceedings

The semantic evolution of general and specific communities
Rowe, M., Wagner, C. 2013
Poster

Who will follow whom?: Exploiting semantics for link prediction in attention-information networks
Rowe, M., Stankovic, M., Alani, H. 11/11/2012
Conference paper

Ignorance isn't bliss: an empirical analysis of attention patterns in online communities
Wagner, C., Rowe, M., Strohmaier, M., Alani, H. 4/09/2012 In: Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust (PASSAT), 2012 International Conference on and 2012 International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom). IEEE p. 101-110. 10 p.
Paper

What makes communities tick?: community health analysis using role compositions
Rowe, M., Alani, H. 1/09/2012 In: Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust (PASSAT), 2012 International Conference on and 2012 International Confernece on Social Computing (SocialCom). IEEE p. 267-276. 10 p.
Paper

What catches your attention?: an empirical study of attention patterns in community forums
Wagner, C., Rowe, M., Strohmaier, M., Alani, H. 4/06/2012
Conference paper

Behaviour analysis across different types of Enterprise Online Communities
Rowe, M., Fernandez, M., Alani, H., Ronen, I., Hayes, C., Karnstedt, M. 1/06/2012 In: ACM Web Science2012 : Conference Proceedings. New York : ACM Press p. 387-396. 10 p.
Paper

Finding co-solvers on Twitter, with a little help from linked data
Stankovic, M., Rowe, M., Laublet, P. 29/05/2012 In: The semantic web. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 39-55. 7 p.
Paper

Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Making Sense of Microposts (#MSM2012): Big things come in small packages
Rowe, M., Stankovic, M., Dadzie, A. 23/04/2012
Proceedings

Aligning tweets with events: automation via semantics
Rowe, M., Stankovic, M. 2012 In: International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems. 3, 2, p. 115-130. 16 p.
Journal article

Community analysis through semantic rules and role composition derivation
Rowe, M., Fernandez, M., Angeletou, S., Alani, H. 2012 In: Journal of Web Semantics. 18, 1, p. 31–47. 17 p.
Journal article

Anticipating discussion activity on community forums
Rowe, M., Angeletou, S., Alani, H. 1/10/2011 In: Privacy, security, risk and trust (passat), 2011 ieee third international conference on and 2011 ieee third international conference on social computing (socialcom). IEEE p. 315-322. 8 p.
Paper

Using behaviour analysis to detect cultural aspects in social web systems
Rowe, M. 1/10/2011
Abstract

Self-tracking on the web: why and how
d'Aquin, M., Rowe, M., Motta, E. 1/07/2011 In: W3C Workshop on Web Tracking and User Privacy 28/29 April 2011, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Paper

Predicting discussions on the social semantic web
Rowe, M., Angeletou, S., Alani, H. 2/06/2011
Conference paper

Hide the stack: toward usable linked data
Dadzie, A., Rowe, M., Petrelli, D. 1/06/2011 In: The Semantic Web. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 93-107. 15 p.
Paper

Modelling and analysis of user behaviour in online communities
Angeletou, S., Rowe, M., Alani, H. 1/06/2011 In: The Semantic Web – ISWC 2011 10th International Semantic Web Conference, Bonn, Germany, October 23-27, 2011, Proceedings, Part I. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 35-50. 16 p.
Paper

Forecasting audience increase on Youtube
Rowe, M. 30/05/2011 In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on User Profile Data on the Social Semantic Web co-located with 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference May 30, 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 15 p.
Paper

Proceedings of the ESWC2011 Workshop on 'Making Sense of Microposts': Big things come in small packages
Rowe, M., Stankovic, M., Dadzie, A., Hardey, M. 30/05/2011
Proceedings

The OU linked open data: production and consumption
Zablith, F., Fernandez, M., Rowe, M. 1/05/2011 In: Proceedings of Linked Learning 2011. CEUR Workshop Proceedings 15 p.
Paper

Approaches to visualising linked data: a survey
Dadzie, A., Rowe, M. 2011 In: International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems. 2, 2, p. 89-124. 36 p.
Journal article

D1.1: Representation of Risks in Online Communities
Nasser, B., Engen, V., Jacyno, M., Crowle, S., Sahani, B., Fliege, J., Avramidis, T., Tye, E., Hiscock, P., Rowe, M. 2011 Southampton : IT Innovation. 99 p.
Other report

The effect of user features on churn in social networks
Karnstedt, M., Rowe, M., Chan, J., Hayes, C., Alani, H. 2011
Conference paper

Disambiguating identity web references using Web 2.0 data and semantics
Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 07/2010 In: Journal of Web Semantics. 8, 2, p. 125-142. 18 p.
Journal article

The credibility of digital identity information on the social web: a user study
Rowe, M. 20/04/2010 In: WICOW '10 Proceedings of the 4th workshop on Information credibility. New York : ACM Press p. 35-42. 8 p.
Paper

Data.dcs: from legacy to linked data
Rowe, M. 2010
Poster

Data.dcs: converting legacy data into linked data
Rowe, M. 2010 In: Proceedings of the WWW2010 Workshop on Linked Data on the Web Raleigh, USA, April 27, 2010.. The Editors 10 p.
Paper

Harnessing the social web: the science of identity disambiguation
Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 2010 In: Proceedings of the WebSci10: Extending the Frontiers of Society On-Line, April 26-27th, 2010, Raleigh, NC: US..
Paper

Inferring web citations using social data and SPARQL rules
Rowe, M. 2010
Conference paper

Integrating and interpreting social data from heterogeneous sources
Rowe, M., Mazumdar, S. 2010
Conference paper

Mapping tweets to conference talks: a goldmine for semantics
Stankovic, M., Rowe, M., Laublet, P. 2010 In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2010) Workshop at the 9th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2010) - ISWC 2010 Workshops Volume I Shanghai, China, November 8, 2010.. The Editors 12 p.
Paper

Modeling and proving trustworthiness of web resources using veracity
Burel, G., Basave, A.E.C., Rowe, M., Sosa, A. 2010
Conference paper

Representing, proving and sharing trustworthiness of web resources using veracity
Burel, G., Basave, A.E.C., Rowe, M., Sosa, A. 2010 In: Knowledge Engineering and Management by the Masses 17th International Conference, EKAW 2010, Lisbon, Portugal, October 11-15, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 421-430. 10 p.
Paper

Interlinking Distributed Social Graphs
Rowe, M. 1/04/2009
Other chapter contribution

Applying Semantic Social Graphs to Disambiguate Identity References
Rowe, M. 2009 In: The Semantic Web: Research and Applications 6th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2009 Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 31–June 4, 2009 Proceedings. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 461-475. 15 p.
Paper

Assessing trust: contextual accountability
Rowe, M., Butters, J. 2009 In: Proceedings of the ESWC2009 Workshop on Trust and Privacy on the Social and Semantic Web (SPOT2009) Heraklion, Greece, June 1, 2009.. The Editors 12 p.
Paper

Improving support for web-based visual analysis of social graphs
Dadzie, A., Rowe, M., Basave, A.E.C. 2009
Poster

Learning to Classify Identity Web References Using RDF Graphs
Rowe, M., Iria, J. 2009
Poster

Mapping between digital identity ontologies through SISM
Rowe, M. 2009 In: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009), collocated with the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC-2009), Washington DC, USA, October 25, 2009.. The Editors 6 p.
Paper

Metasocial wiki: towards interlinked knowledge in a decentralized social space
Basave, A.E.C., Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 2009 In: Proceedings of the Fourth Semantic Wiki Workshop (SemWiki 2009), co-located with 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009). The Editors
Paper

The interoperability of lightweight semantics for social networks
Rowe, M. 2009 In: W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking Position Papers 15-16 January 2009, Barcelona.
Paper

Getting to me: exporting semantic social network from Facebook
Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 1/10/2008 In: Proceedings of the ISWC2008 Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2008) Karlsruhe, Germany, October 27, 2008.. The Editors
Paper

Disambiguating identity through social circles and social data
Rowe, M., Ciravegna, F. 2008
Poster