Abstract: With advancements in modern technology in the current era, very large volumes of big data have been generated and collected in numerous real-life applications. These have formed a connected world comprising webs of agents, data, people, things and trust. Some of these webs have also emerged in health and smart living. As valuable information and knowledge is embedded in these rich sets of webs, web intelligence is in demand. In this paper, we focus a data science task of web content mining. In particular, we conduct big web data analytics to cluster similar-sounding names based on their phonemes. Our phonetic based clustering groups similar-sounding names together, which helps users deal with name disambiguation problems by identifying web records on the same person but with multiple similar-sounding names.

Abstract: Open city data is critical for smart cities and is becoming increasingly available, thanks to open government initiatives. Yet, we still know little about the needs of users concerning open data reuse. Taking fragmented and scattered issues reported by users in several works as a starting point, this article formulates user needs statements for research at the intersection of the topics of web, city, and data reuse. The 27 user needs statements proposed can inform the design and evaluation of tools that facilitate open data reuse.

Abstract: Web farming can advance computational social science into a never-end learning process, in which social phenomena are dynamically and scientifically understood based on continuously produced, updated and expired data in the connected hyper world. Named entity recognition is a basic and core task of Web farming. However, the existing named entity recognition methods mainly depend on the complete, high-quality and well-labelled data sets and cannot meet the requirements of real-world applications. This paper proposes a continuous learning method for recognizing named entity by introducing the Web farming mode of Web Intelligence into the recognizing process. During the on-line stage, the domain contextual relevance of candidate entities is calculated by using the domain discrimination degree and the domain dependence function for recognizing the target entities. During the off-line stage, an active learning approach is designed to continuously improve the target corpus set by binding density-based clustering with semantic distance measurement. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively improve the accuracy of entity recognition and is more suitable for real-world applications.

Abstract: Fashion is an area that people experience every day. Fashion can be seen as homogenizing, since encouraging everyone to dress in a certain way that is influenced, e.g. by celebrities and social media. However, nowadays, fashion is also a search for individuality and personal expression. Hence, this work is about the development of an intelligent web application to help people by providing them with clothing suggestions based on their previous garment selections at the registration stage and after determining each user’s individual style thanks to machine learning techniques such as Naive Bayesian Networks. The resulting intelligent system has been thoroughly tested on real-world datasets as well as successfully released to end-users.

Abstract: Computational Social Science (CSS) is the use of Web Intelligence and the tools and technology capable of monitoring, analyzing, diagnosing, and resolving day-to-day problems of society. CSS is the development of intelligent systems and solutions to address the critical problems of the society such as poverty and hunger, slavery and torture, disease and suffering, and create tools that enable an illiterate person to be as productive as a PhD. The understanding was proposed and advocated by Dabbala Rajagopal (“Raj”) Reddy, who received the ACM Turing Award in 1994 for “pioneering the design and construction of large scaled artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial intelligence technology” [1]. In a keynote speech delivered at the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence in Leipzig, Germany on August 24, 2017, Reddy pointed out that “Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence must embrace CSS as the next frontier in Web intelligence.” His vision on Artificial Intelligence and Web Intelligence for creating a truly humane society is both thought-provoking and instrumental to bringing about new revolutions in the two related fields.

Abstract: A substantial number of international corporations have been affected by corruption. The research presented in this paper introduces the Integrity Risks Monitor, an analytics dashboard that applies Web Intelligence and Deep Learning to english and german-speaking documents for the task of (i) tracking and visualizing past corruption management gaps and their respective impacts, (ii) understanding present and past integrity issues, (iii) supporting companies in analyzing news media for identifying and mitigating integrity risks.Afterwards, we discuss the design, implementation, training and evaluation of classification components capable of identifying English documents covering the integrity topic of corruption. Domain experts created a gold standard dataset compiled from Anglo-American media coverage on corruption cases that has been used for training and evaluating the classifier. The experiments performed to evaluate the classifiers draw upon popular algorithms used for text classification such as Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Deep Learning architectures (LSTM, BiLSTM, CNN) that draw upon different word embeddings and document representations. They also demonstrate that although classical machine learning approaches such as Naive Bayes struggle with the diversity of the media coverage on corruption, state-of-the art Deep Learning models perform sufficiently well in the project's context.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: The series «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» contains publications on the theory and applications of distributed computing and artificial intelligence in the Internet of Things. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information sciences, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, health and life sciences are covered. The list of topics covers all areas of modern intelligent systems and computer science: computational intelligence, soft computing including neural networks, social intelligence, ambient intelligence, self-organising and adaptive systems, human-centred and people-centred computing, recommendation systems, intelligent control, robotics and mechatronics including human-machine collaboration, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, machine ethics, intelligent data analysis, knowledge management, intelligent agents, intelligent decision making and support, intelligent network security, trust management, interactive entertainment, web intelligence, and multimedia. The publications in the framework of «The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing in IoT Applications» are mainly the proceedings of seminars, symposia and conferences. They cover important recent developments in the field, whether of a foundational or applicable character. An important feature of the series is the short publication time. This allows for the rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

Abstract: Technology innovations with Web 4.0 influence on the quality of student learning and performance in blended learning. Development of the Web technology extends the capabilities of the recent e-learning. The report analyses the changes that occur in e-learning in accordance with the evolution of the World Wide Web. Web 3.0, Web 4.0 and trends in Web 5.0 to outline the new features of e-learning. Artificial Inteligence with Big Data, Linked Data, Cloud Computing, Data Driven science put different emphasis on e-learning. 'The Semantic Web will connect all the Web's data and information much more closely, enabling contextually based search and research. The Internet of Things will let Web-connected machines of all kinds communicate with each other and with us, creating a rich flow of data about their location and status.

Abstract: Criminals take advantage of internet communications to amplify the impact of their actions and to form international criminal networks. At the same time, vast amounts of information generated by their online activities have become available for analysis. Open source web intelligence is a valuable methodology for understanding and responding to these new global criminal phenomena. Collecting data from websites, social media platforms and online discussion forums enables researchers, investigators and policy-makers to study and to develop appropriate responses to emerging threats. Automated web intelligence tools such as web crawlers can be used to extract relevant information from target websites and to map the threat landscape of criminogenic environments online. For the study presented in this chapter, we used our web-crawling software to download contents of 28 Russian online marketplaces for illicit drugs. Drug names, types, prices, quantities and geographical locations of sales were extracted and mapped to identify drug trafficking hotspots. Findings indicate such marketplaces can operate due to the ability of their clients to pay anonymously with virtual currencies (specifically Bitcoin and Qiwi) and to deliver the drugs through non-contact methods. This type of service is available in all large cities within Russia and provides to the seller with a safer and more anonymous alternative to “street-level” purchases. The method described in this study can be used to investigate and to prioritize online threats according to their location and severity.