chapter 1 Analysis of Text Patterns Using Kernel Methods / chapter 2 Detection of Bias in Media Outlets with Statistical Learning Methods / chapter 3 Collective Classification for Text Classification / chapter 4 Topic Models / chapter 5 Nonnegative Matrix and Tensor Factorization for Discussion Tracking / chapter 6 Text Clustering with Mixture of von Mises-Fisher Distribu- tions / chapter 7 Constrained Partitional Clustering of Text Data: An Overview / chapter 8 Adaptive Information Filtering / chapter 9 Utility-Based Information Distillation / chapter 10 Text Search-Enhanced with Types and Entities