Mining User Generated Content

Foreword

I am delighted to introduce the first book on multimedia data mining. When I

came to know about this book project undertaken by three of the most active

researchers in the field, I was pleased that it was coming in the early stages of

a field that will need it more than most fields do. In most emerging research

fields, a book can play a significant role in bringing some maturity to the field.

Research fields advance through research papers. In research papers, however,

only a limited perspective can be provided about the field, its application

potential, and the techniques required and already developed in the field. A

book gives such a chance. I liked ...