Mining Research Topic-Related Influence between Academia and Industry

BACKGROUND  Mining influence in networks, especially social networks has attracted tremendous attentions. BACKGROUND  Mining influence in networks, especially social networks has attracted tremendous attentions.  Topic-level influence between academia and industry is useful in many cases:  Students whose career goal is to be a researcher in a company's research lab often seek advisor with high influence in industry.  Funding agencies may choose to grant certain awards to researchers who work closely with industry companies, on certain topics.  Companies may want to collaborate with academia researchers who have tight industry connection.