As a consequence of the proliferation of multimedia contents, users are nowadays frustrated with the huge amount of available video information whose content is not targeted to their needs and preferences. Its challenging to analysis video content for video personalization due to the lack of semantic video summarization and retrieval techniques. In fact, most of current video personalization sy...

Recommendation and personalization attempt to reduce information overload and retain customers. While research in both recommender systems and personalization grew mainly out of information retrieval, both areas have emerged from nascent levels to veritable and challenging research areas in their own right. Whereas no technical or sophisticated methodologies exist by which to build such systems...

While the market needs evolve rapidly, personalization has assumed an enormous industrial impact, which has caused a “Cambrian explosion” of technologies, claiming support to the personalization process. Deploying a methodology for the design and development of a Web application enhances effectiveness, but does not guarantee optimization in the design process, mainly due to the fact that a smal...

Ecommerce web sites are increasingly introducing personalized features in order to build and retain relationships with customers and increase the number of purchases made by each customer. While survey data, (Personalization Consortium, 2000; Personalization Consortium, 2001), user studies (Karat, et al, 2003), and experience (Manber, 2000) indicate that many individuals appreciate personalizat...

OF THE DISSERTATION A Framework for Privacy-Enhanced Personalization By Yang Wang Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Computer Science University of California, Irvine, 2010 Professor Alfred Kobsa, Chair Web personalization has demonstrated to be advantageous for both online customers and vendors. However, its benefits may be severely counteracted by privacy constraints. Personalized system...

The present study set out to personalize a digital library aimed at new parents by reordering articles to match users’ inferred interests. The interests were inferred from reading behavior as well as parenting styles measured through surveys. As prior research has shown that parenting styles are related to how parents take care of their children, these styles are likely to be related to what co...