UMAP 2012 Best Paper Awards

The following papers have been awarded at UMAP 2012, the 20th conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (Montreal, Canada, 16-20 July 2012):

Alan Said, Brijnesh Jain, Sascha Narr and Till Plumbaum
Users and Noise: Estimating the Magic Barrier of Recommendation Systems (Springer Best Paper Award)

Qi Gao, Fabian Abel, Geert-Jan Houben and Yong Yu
A Comparative Study of Users' Microblogging Behavior on Sina Weibo and Twitter (James Chen Best Student Paper Award)

Michael Sao Pedro, Ryan S.J.D. Baker and Janice Gobert
Improving Construct Validity Yields Better Models of Systematic Inquiry, Even with Less Information
(James Chen Best Student Paper Award)

Alan Said

Qi Gao

Michael Sao Pedro