Social Reputation in Digital Worlds

Reputation is used in our social communities as a tool of regulating society by circulating evaluations about people as well as things. It has been also an important tool in computer science, especially after the emergence of e-markets. In this course, reputation systems, their main use and differences will be discussed. The course also covers: examples of reputation systems on famous sites, design guidelines, and connections to the real world.

Course Objectives

After completing this course successfully, the student can:

Describe the objectives and capabilities of reputation systems
Analyze the pros and cons of a reputation system in its contexts
Carry out theoretical, empirical, experimental, or applied research
See different research opportunities
Present the results

Fig. Examples of systems that use different reputation models

Assessment Method

Students select a research topic from the introduced topics, and get 50% on the paper. Students earn the remaining 50% by first presenting and discussing the paper with the rest of the group, and second by implementing a small project (per team). A short abstract must be submitted and approved prior to writing the paper.