Dr Marco Palomino
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Dr Marco Palomino

Visiting Associate Professor

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Biography

Biography

Marco Palomino's research lies on the area of natural language processing and, particularly, sentiment analysis, the process of computationally identifying and categorising opinions expressed in text. Recently, Marco and his students have participated in the SemEval competition, an ongoing series of evaluations intended to explore the nature of meaning in language.

Marco has the following responsibilities at the University of Plymouth:

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science
Downing College, University of Cambridge
I investigated the fastest way to crawl the Web with the smallest amount of computational resources. I designed and implemented a prototype, Web crawler that preserved an up-to-date index of Web pages without making a priori assumptions about the way the Web changes.

Background

Research Areas

I have carried out work on the following research areas:
  • Web-based horizon scanning: A systematic examination of information to identify potential threats, risks, emerging issues and opportunities, allowing for better preparedness and the incorporation of mitigation and exploitation into the policy making process.
  • Web crawling: Search engines make use of large indices of word occurrences on Web pages to cross-reference Web sites to keywords. Such indices are maintained by crawlers, a special kind of computer program that browses the Web autonomously. I have reviewed several alternatives to split a crawler's work into multiple processes, and examine their weaknesses and strengths experimentally.

Professional membership

Roles on external bodies

Key publications

Haynes C, Palomino MA, Stuart L, Viira D, Hannon F, Crossingham G & Tantam K (2022) 'Automatic Classification of National Health Service Feedback' Mathematics 10, (6) 983-983 , DOI Open access
Palomino MA & Aider F (2022) 'Evaluating the Effectiveness of Text Pre-Processing in Sentiment Analysis' Applied Sciences 12, (17) 8765-8765 , DOI Open access
Taylor L, Downing A, Noury GA, Masala G, Palomino M, McGinn C & Jones R (2021) 'Exploring the applicability of the socially assistive robot Stevie in a day center for people with dementia*' 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 8-/-0/20218-/-0/2021IEEE , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Grad D & Bedwell J (2021) 'GoldenWind at SemEval-2021 Task 5: Orthrus – An Ensemble Approach to Identify Toxicity' The 15th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2021) 860-864 Publisher Site Open access
Giorgi I, Tirotto FA, Hagen O, Aider F, Gianni M, Palomino M & Masala GL (2022) 'Friendly But Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot' IEEE Access 10, 92084-92096 , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Taylor T, Göker A, Isaacs J & Warber S (2016) 'The Online Dissemination of Nature–Health Concepts: Lessons from Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Relating to “Nature-Deficit Disorder”' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
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Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

Academic Year 2019-2020

Undergraduate modules

  • ISAD157 - Databases: Analysis, Design and Development (Module Leader): An introduction to the analysis and design concepts that are essential for developing and implementing databases.

Postgraduate modules

  • SOFT562 - Software Development and Databases (Module Leader): A postgraduate module that provides knowledge and skills in software development and database design.

Academic Year 2018-2019

Undergraduate modules

  • ISAD156 - Databases: Analysis, Design and Development (Module Leader): An introduction to the analysis and design concepts that are essential for developing and implementing databases.
  • SOFT165 - Programme Introduction and Web Development: An introduction for first-year undergraduate students to the concepts, study methods and technical content relevant to their programme.

Postgraduate modules

  • SOFT562 - Software Development and Databases (Module Leader): A postgraduate module that provides knowledge and skills in software development and database design.
  • AINT514 - Computer Science Workshop: A workshop-based module that presents an overview of cutting-edge computer science topics through the research expertise and interests of the academic staff.

Research

Research

Research interests

I have carried out research work on the following subjects:

  • Sentiment analysis: The process of computationally identifying and categorising opinions expressed in a piece of text. The most basic task in sentiment analysis is classifying the polarity of a given opinion (i.e., determining whether an opinion expressed towards a particular topic or entity is positive, negative or neutral).
  • Web-based horizon scanning: A systematic examination of information to identify potential threats, risks, emerging issues and opportunities, allowing for better preparedness and the incorporation of mitigation and exploitation into the policy making process.
  • Web crawling: Search engines make use of large indices of word occurrences on Web pages to cross-reference Web sites to keywords. Such indices are maintained by crawlers, a special kind of computer program that browses the Web autonomously. I have reviewed several alternatives to split a crawler's work into multiple processes, and examine their weaknesses and strengths experimentally.
  • Keyword extraction: The automatic identification of terms that best describe the subject of a document.
  • Java-Based Distributed Object Systems: Under the supervision of Dr Stephen Gilmore, I implemented a distributed object management system that can be regarded as an extension of Babylon, a fully functional prototype system designed for the implementation of distributed Java applications. My work enhances Babylon with user-level components to assist with monitoring the progress of executing applications, and was developed to accommodate the more stringent Java 2 security model. It also improves the performance of Babylon by freeing it from its dependence on Sun's implementation of Java Remote Method Invocation.

Research groups

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Haynes C, Palomino MA, Stuart L, Viira D, Hannon F, Crossingham G & Tantam K (2022) 'Automatic Classification of National Health Service Feedback' Mathematics 10, (6) 983-983 , DOI Open access
Palomino MA & Aider F (2022) 'Evaluating the Effectiveness of Text Pre-Processing in Sentiment Analysis' Applied Sciences 12, (17) 8765-8765 , DOI Open access
Taylor L, Downing A, Noury GA, Masala G, Palomino M, McGinn C & Jones R (2021) 'Exploring the applicability of the socially assistive robot Stevie in a day center for people with dementia*' 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 8-/-0/20218-/-0/2021IEEE , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Grad D & Bedwell J (2021) 'GoldenWind at SemEval-2021 Task 5: Orthrus – An Ensemble Approach to Identify Toxicity' The 15th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2021) 860-864 Publisher Site Open access
Giorgi I, Tirotto FA, Hagen O, Aider F, Gianni M, Palomino M & Masala GL (2022) 'Friendly But Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot' IEEE Access 10, 92084-92096 , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Taylor T, Göker A, Isaacs J & Warber S (2016) 'The Online Dissemination of Nature–Health Concepts: Lessons from Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Relating to “Nature-Deficit Disorder”' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Ben Salamah F, Palomino MA, Craven MJ, Papadaki M & Furnell S (2023) 'An Adaptive Cybersecurity Training Framework for the Education of Social Media Users at Work' Applied Sciences 13, (17) 9595-9595 , DOI Open access
Giorgi I, Gianni M, Palomino M, Masala G, Minutolo A, Tirotto F, Hagen O & Esposito M (2023) 'I am Robot, Your Health Adviser for Older Adults: Do You Trust My Advice?' International Journal of Social Robotics , DOI Open access
Stuart L, Haynes C, Tantam K, Gardner R & Palomino MA (2023) 'Visualizing the recovery of patients in Critical Care Units' Information Visualization 147387162311580-147387162311580 , DOI Open access
Sankaran G, Palomino MA, Knahl M & Siestrup G (2022) 'A Modeling Approach for Measuring the Performance of a Human-AI Collaborative Process' Applied Sciences 12, (22) 11642-11642 , DOI Open access
Palomino MA & Aider F (2022) 'Evaluating the Effectiveness of Text Pre-Processing in Sentiment Analysis' Applied Sciences 12, (17) 8765-8765 , DOI Open access
Giorgi I, Tirotto FA, Hagen O, Aider F, Gianni M, Palomino M & Masala GL (2022) 'Friendly But Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot' IEEE Access 10, 92084-92096 , DOI Open access
Haynes C, Palomino MA, Stuart L, Viira D, Hannon F, Crossingham G & Tantam K (2022) 'Automatic Classification of National Health Service Feedback' Mathematics 10, (6) 983-983 , DOI Open access
Palomino MA, Varma AP & Connelly A (2020) 'Investigating the Lack of Consensus Among Sentiment Analysis Tools' Lecture Notes in Computer Science , DOI Open access
Guti´errez-Soto C, Palomino M, Curiel A, Cerda HER & Rain FB (2020) 'Evaluating the Effectiveness of Query-Document Clustering Using the QDSM Measure' Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal 5, (6) 883-893 , DOI Open access
Ollevier A, Aguiar G, Palomino M & Simpelaere IS (2020) 'How can technology support ageing in place in healthy older adults? A systematic review' Public Health Reviews 41, (1) , DOI Open access
Cloquet I, Palomino M, Shaw G, Stephen G & Taylor T (2017) 'Disability, social inclusion and the marketing of tourist attractions' Journal of Sustainable Tourism 1-17 , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Taylor T, Göker A, Isaacs J & Warber S (2016) 'The Online Dissemination of Nature–Health Concepts: Lessons from Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Relating to “Nature-Deficit Disorder”' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Palomino MA, Vincenti A & Owen R (2013) 'Optimising web‐based information retrieval methods for horizon scanning' Foresight 15, (3) 159-176 , DOI
Palomino MA, Bardsley S, Bown K, De Lurio J, Ellwood P, Holland-Smith D, Huggins B, Vincenti A, Woodroof H & Owen R (2012) 'Web‐based horizon scanning: concepts and practice' Foresight 14, (5) 355-373 , DOI
Books
Palomino M (2009) SharpSpider: A Continuous, Parallel and Distributed Spider - Design and Implementation of Software to Navigate the Web Autonomously. Saarbrücken, Germany VDM Verlag
Chapters
Palomino MA, Varma AP, Bedala GK & Connelly A (2020) 'Investigating the Lack of Consensus Among Sentiment Analysis Tools' Human Language Technology. Challenges for Computer Science and Linguistics Springer International Publishing 58-72 , DOI
Palomino M, Owen R, Depledge M, De Lurio J & Bardsley S (2014) 'Emerging Issues in Oceans and Human Health: Managing Uncertainty and New Knowledge' in Bowen RE; Depledge MH; Carlarne CP; Fleming LE Oceans and Human Health Implications for Society and Well-Being John Wiley & Sons 267-289
Conference Papers
Ben Salamah F, Palomino M, Papadaki M, Craven M & Furnell S (2023) 'Evaluating the Risks of Human Factors Associated with Social Media Cybersecurity Threats' IFIP International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance 7-/-0/20237-/-0/2023Springer Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Sankaran G, Palomino M, Knahl M & Siestrup G (2023) 'A simulation-based approach for measuring the performance of human-AI collaborative decisions' 26th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2022) 7-/-0/20227-/-0/2022Centre for Concurrent Enterprise
Palomino M, Allen R & Varma AP (2023) 'Depression in the Times of COVID-19: A Machine Learning Analysis Based on the Profile of Mood States' in Vetulani Z; Paroubek P 10th Language and Technology Conference 4-/-0/20234-/-0/2023, DOI Open access
Palomino M, Allen R, Aider F, Tirotto FA, Giorgi I, Alexander H & Masala G (2022) 'The Mood of the Silver Economy: A Data Science Analysis of the Mood States of Older Adults and the Implications on their Wellbeing' 17th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems 9-/-0/20229-/-0/2022PTI , DOI Open access
Ben Salamah F, Palomino MA, Papadaki M & Furnell S (2022) 'The Importance of the Job Role in Social Media Cybersecurity Training' 2022 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) 6-/-0/20226-/-0/2022IEEE , DOI Open access
Gutierrez-Soto C, Palomino MA, Roa E & Galdames P (2021) 'Improving Search Engine Performance Through Dynamic Caching' 2021 40th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society (SCCC) 1-/-1/20211-/-1/2021IEEE , DOI Open access
Taylor L, Downing A, Noury GA, Masala G, Palomino M, McGinn C & Jones R (2021) 'Exploring the applicability of the socially assistive robot Stevie in a day center for people with dementia*' 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 8-/-0/20218-/-0/2021IEEE , DOI Open access
Palomino M, Grad D & Bedwell J (2021) 'GoldenWind at SemEval-2021 Task 5: Orthrus – An Ensemble Approach to Identify Toxicity' The 15th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2021) 860-864 Publisher Site Open access
Palomino MA & Padmanabhan Varma A (2020) 'Any Publicity is Good Publicity: Positive, Negative and Neutral Tweets Can All Become Trends' 2020 39th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society (SCCC) 1-/-1/20201-/-1/2020IEEE Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Aguiar Noury G, Tsekeni M, Morales V, Burke R, Palomino M & Masala GL (2020) 'Experiment Protocol for Human–Robot Interaction Studies with Seniors with Mild Cognitive Impairments' International Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems (HCIS-20) Springer Singapore 243-253 , DOI Open access
Alruban A, Abduallah M, Bendiab G, Shiaeles S & Palomino M (2019) 'Improving Sentiment Analysis of Arabic Tweets' International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communication Springer 2-/-1/20192-/-1/2019Springer 146-158 , DOI Open access
Palomino M & Murali A (2019) '#Brexit vs. #StopBrexit: What is Trendier? An NLP Analysis' 8th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (NLP 2019) Open access
Pota M, Esposito M, Palomino MA & Masala GL (2018) 'A Subword-Based Deep Learning Approach for Sentiment Analysis of Political Tweets' 2018 32nd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA) 5-/-0/20185-/-0/2018IEEE , DOI Open access
Palomino MA, Ribac Q & Masala G (2018) 'The Nature of Twitter Trending Topics Analysing Intrinsic Factors Associated with the Twitter Ecosystem' 1004-1017 , DOI Open access
Plummer M, Palomino MA & Masala GL (2017) 'Analysing the Sentiment Expressed by Political Audiences on Twitter: The case of the 2017 UK General Election' 4th Annual Conference on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence (CSCI'17) Las Vegas, NV 2-/-1/20172-/-1/2017, DOI Open access
Palomino MA, Taylor T, McBride G & Owen R (2013) 'Instability in Search Engine Results: Lessons Learned in the Context of Horizon Scanning Applications' 2013 24th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA) 8-/-0/20138-/-0/2013IEEE , DOI
Palomino MA, Taylor T & Owen R (2013) 'Evaluating Business Intelligence Gathering Techniques for Horizon Scanning Applications' Springer Berlin Heidelberg 350-361 , DOI
Palomino MA, Taylor T, McBride G, Mortimer H, Owen R & Depledge M (2013) 'Optimising Web-Based Information Retrieval Methods for Horizon Scanning Using Relevance Feedback' 1139-1146
Palomino MA, Taylor T & Owen R (2012) 'Towards the Development of an Automated, Web-based, Horizon Scanning System' 1009-1016
Palomino MA & Wuytack T (2011) 'Unsupervised Extraction of Keywords from News Archives' Springer Berlin Heidelberg 544-555 , DOI
Palomino MA, Oakes MP & Wuytack T (2009) 'An evaluation of concept suggestion strategies for professional multimedia archives' 2009 International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology (IMCSIT) 0-/-1/20090-/-1/2009IEEE , DOI
Shih-Wen Ke G, Oakes MP, Palomino MA & Yan Xu (2008) 'Comparison between SVM-Light, a search engine-based approach and the mediamill baselines for assigning concepts to video shot annotations' 2008 International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing 6-/-0/20086-/-0/2008IEEE , DOI
Gilmore S & Palomino MA 'Monitoring and Controlling Distributed Applications with Relocatable Objects' 2nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGRID'02) IEEE , DOI
Connelly A, Palomino M & Kuri V 'Lack of consensus among sentiment analysis tools: A suitability study for SME firms' Technologies and languages conference Open access
Moody K & Palomino M 'SharpSpider: spidering the Web through Web services' First Latin American Web Congress IEEE Comput. Soc , DOI
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