Social Interaction Based Audience Segregation for Online Social Networks.

Online social networking is the latest craze that has captured the attention of masses, people use these sites to communicate with their friends and family. These sites o er attractive means of social interac- tions and communications, but also raise privacy concerns. This paper examines user's abilities to control access to their personal information posted in online social networks. Online social networks lack common mechanism used by individuals in their real life to manage their privacy. The lack of such mechanism signi cantly a ects the level of user control over their self presentation in online social networks. In this paper, we present social interaction based audience segregation model for online so- cial networks. This model mimics real life interaction patterns and makes online social networks more privacy friendly. Our model uses type, fre- quency, and initiation factor of social interactions to calculate friendship strength. The main contribution of the model is that it considers set of all possible interactions among friends and assigns a numerical weight to each type of interaction in order to increase or decrease its contribu- tion in calculation of friendship strength based on its importance in the development of relationship ties

The Future of the Internet III

Presents survey results on technology experts' predictions on the Internet's social, political, and economic impact as of 2020, including its effects on integrity and tolerance, intellectual property law, and the division between personal and work lives

Smart Grid Communications: Overview of Research Challenges, Solutions, and Standardization Activities

Optimization of energy consumption in future intelligent energy networks (or Smart Grids) will be based on grid-integrated near-real-time communications between various grid elements in generation, transmission, distribution and loads. This paper discusses some of the challenges and opportunities of communications research in the areas of smart grid and smart metering. In particular, we focus on some of the key communications challenges for realizing interoperable and future-proof smart grid/metering networks, smart grid security and privacy, and how some of the existing networking technologies can be applied to energy management. Finally, we also discuss the coordinated standardization efforts in Europe to harmonize communications standards and protocols.Comment: To be published in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorial