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20192022
most citedEnvisioning Communities: A Participatory Approach Towards AI for Social Good

110 citations · 124 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.AI2022

Ranked Prioritization of Groups in Combinatorial Bandit Allocation

Lily Xu, Arpita Biswas, Fei Fang +1

Preventing poaching through ranger patrols protects endangered wildlife, directly contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 of life on land. Combinatorial bandits have…

cs.CY2021110 cited

Envisioning Communities: A Participatory Approach Towards AI for Social Good

Elizabeth Bondi, Lily Xu, Diana Acosta-Navas +1

Research in artificial intelligence (AI) for social good presupposes some definition of social good, but potential definitions have been seldom suggested and never agreed upon. The…

cs.LG20218 cited

Robust Reinforcement Learning Under Minimax Regret for Green Security

Lily Xu, Andrew Perrault, Fei Fang +2

Green security domains feature defenders who plan patrols in the face of uncertainty about the adversarial behavior of poachers, illegal loggers, and illegal fishers. Importantly,…

cs.LG20203 cited

Enhancing Poaching Predictions for Under-Resourced Wildlife Conservation Parks Using Remote Sensing Imagery

Rachel Guo, Lily Xu, Drew Cronin +3

Illegal wildlife poaching is driving the loss of biodiversity. To combat poaching, rangers patrol expansive protected areas for illegal poaching activity. However, rangers often ca…

cs.CY20203 cited

Game Theory on the Ground: The Effect of Increased Patrols on Deterring Poachers

Lily Xu, Andrew Perrault, Andrew Plumptre +4

Applications of artificial intelligence for wildlife protection have focused on learning models of poacher behavior based on historical patterns. However, poachers' behaviors are d…

stat.AP2019

Stay Ahead of Poachers: Illegal Wildlife Poaching Prediction and Patrol Planning Under Uncertainty with Field Test Evaluations

Lily Xu, Shahrzad Gholami, Sara Mc Carthy +11

Illegal wildlife poaching threatens ecosystems and drives endangered species toward extinction. However, efforts for wildlife protection are constrained by the limited resources of…