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A Dynamic Fusion Model for Consistent Crisis Response
Xiaoying Song, Anirban Saha Anik, Eduardo Blanco +2
In response to the urgent need for effective communication with crisis-affected populations, automated responses driven by language models have been proposed to assist in crisis co…
A fairness assessment of mobility-based COVID-19 case prediction models
Abdolmajid Erfani, Vanessa Frias-Martinez
In light of the outbreak of COVID-19, analyzing and measuring human mobility has become increasingly important. A wide range of studies have explored spatiotemporal trends over tim…
Constructing Evacuation Evolution Patterns and Decisions Using Mobile Device Location Data: A Case Study of Hurricane Irma
Aref Darzi, Vanessa Frias-Martinez, Sepehr Ghader +2
Understanding individuals' behavior during hurricane evacuation is of paramount importance for local, state, and government agencies hoping to be prepared for natural disasters. Co…
The Role of Rating and Loan Characteristics in Online Microfunding Behaviors
Gaurav Paruthi, Enrique Frias-Martinez, Vanessa Frias-Martinez
We propose an in-depth study of lending behaviors in Kiva using a mix of quantitative and large-scale data mining techniques. Kiva is a non-profit organization that offers an onlin…
Flooding through the lens of mobile phone activity
David Pastor-Escuredo, Alfredo Morales-Guzmán, Yolanda Torres-Fernández +10
Natural disasters affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide every year. Emergency response efforts depend upon the availability of timely information, such as information con…
Fermi's Sibyl: Mining the gamma-ray sky for dark matter subhaloes
N. Mirabal, V. Frias-Martinez, T. Hassan +1
Dark matter annihilation signals coming from Galactic subhaloes may account for a small fraction of unassociated point sources detected in the Second Fermi-LAT catalogue (2FGL). To…