Web Observatory: A Platform for Monitoring, Synthesizing, and Visualizing Massive Events in Real-Time

  • Walter dos Santos Filho UFMG
  • Gisele L. Pappa UFMG
  • Wagner Meira Jr UFMG
  • Dorgival Guedes UFMG
  • Adriano Veloso UFMG
  • Virgílio A. F. Almeida UFMG
  • Adriano M. Pereira UFMG
  • Pedro H. C. Guerra UFMG
  • Arlei L. da Silva UFMG
  • Fernando H. J. Mourão UFMG
  • Tiago R. de Magalhães UFMG
  • Felipe M. Machado UFMG
  • Letícia L. Cherchiglia UFMG
  • Lívia S. Simões UFMG
  • Rafael A. Batista UFMG
  • Filipe L. Arcanjo UFMG
  • Gustavo M. Brunoro UFMG
  • Nathan R. B. Mariano UFMG
  • Gabriel Magno UFMG
  • Marco Túlio C. Ribeiro UFMG
  • Leonardo V. Teixeira UFMG
  • Altigran S. da Silva UFAM
  • Bruno Wanderley Reis UFMG
  • Regina Helena Silva UFMG

Abstract


This work presents the Web Observatory, a portal designed for providing to end users a synthesis of the current topics and trends in the various types of Web-based media, including newspapers, magazines, portals, social networks, and other applications such as Twitter. This paper describes the conceptual model and the framework on which the Observatory was built and shows how it may be used for monitoring the 2010 Brazilian Presidential Elections on the Web. Preliminary results show how the information is delivered in the portal, showing indices such as visibility and polarity of political personalities.

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Published
2010-07-20
SANTOS FILHO, Walter dos et al. Web Observatory: A Platform for Monitoring, Synthesizing, and Visualizing Massive Events in Real-Time. In: INTEGRATED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SEMINAR (SEMISH), 37. , 2010, Belo Horizonte/MG. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2010 . p. 504-514. ISSN 2595-6205.