Publications

For an up-to-date list of our publications, please contact Dr. Daphney-Stavroula Zois.

Journal Papers

M. R. Abubakari, K. DiNicola, W. Lee, "Empirical Insights on Technology Use for Navigating Human Services," Journal of Technology in Human Services, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 331-351, 2020. [pdf]

W. Lee, C. Chelmis, K. DiNicola, "Coordination Networks among Local Human Service Organizations: Insights into Super-connectors and Barriers," Journal of Social Service Research, pp. 1-12, 2020. [pdf]

Conference & Workshop Papers

C. Chelmis, W. Qi, W. Lee, S. Duncan, "Smart Homelessness Service Provision with Machine Learning," 2021 Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, Virtual, June 16-18, 2021.

C. Chelmis, Y. K. Angajala, "Cyberinfrastructure for Social Good: Ensuring That No Homeless Individual Stays Behind," 2021 Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, Virtual, June 16-18, 2021.

Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, "Optimum Feature Ordering for Dynamic Instance-wise Joint Feature Selection and Classification," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Toronto, Canada, June 6-11, 2021.

C. Chelmis, W. Qi, W. Lee, "Challenges and Opportunities in Using Data Science for Homelessness Service Provision," Data Science for Social Good Workshop (DSSGW), Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 14th, 2021.

I. Nazar, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "Knowing When to Stop: Joint Heterogeneous Feature Selection and Classification," Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ACSSC), Pacific Grove, CA, November 1-5, 2020.

I. Nazar, Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "Sequential Heterogeneous Feature Selection for Multi-class Classification: Application in Government 2.0," IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing for Machine Learning (MLSP), Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, September 21-24, 2020. [pdf]

Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "On-the-fly Feature Selection and Classification with Application to Civic Engagement Platforms," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, May 4-8, 2020. [pdf]

I. Nazar, Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "Automated Optimal Online Civil Issue Classification using Multiple Feature Sets," Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ACSSC), Pacific Grove, CA, November 3-6, 2019. [pdf]

C. Yong, C. Chelmis, W. Lee, D.-S. Zois, "Understanding Online Civic Engagement: A Multi-Neighborhood Study of SeeClickFix," IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 27-30, 2019. [pdf]

C. Chelmis, M. Yao, W. Lee, "Web and Society: A First Look into the Network of Human Service Providers," IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 27-30, 2019. [pdf]

C. Chelmis, M. Yao, "Creating Public Value by Democratizing the Ecosystem of Human Service Providers," Data Science for Social Good Workshop (DSSGW), San Francisco, CA, May 12-13, 2019. [pdf]

Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, M. Yao, "Automating the Classification of Urban Issue Reports: An Optimal Stopping Approach," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brighton, UK, May 12-17, 2019. [pdf]

Y. Liyanage, M. Yao, C. Yong, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "What matters the most? Optimal Quick Classification of Urban Issue Reports by Importance," 6th IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Anaheim, CA, November 26-29, 2018. [pdf]

D.-S. Zois, C. Yong, C. Chelmis, A. Kapodistria, W. Lee, "Improving Monitoring of Participatory Civil Issue Requests through Optimal Online Classification," Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ACSSC), Pacific Grove, CA, October 28-31, 2018. [pdf]

Posters & Abstracts

W. Lee, L. Lee, "How Do People Navigate Information Online? A Comparative Study of Service Users and Service Providers," 25th Annual Conference on Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Virtual, January 19-22, 2021. [link]

S. Ekanayake, C. Zhu, C. Chelmis, D.-S. Zois, "COMPASS: An end-to-end system for streamlining the delivery of human services ," Annual University at Albany Research Conference, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, April 28th, 2020.

I. Nazar, Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "Multi-class Classification of Online Civil Issue Reports with Multiple Feature Sets," Annual University at Albany Research Conference, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, April 28th, 2020.

Y. Liyanage, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "On-the-Fly Feature Selection and Classification with Application to Civic Engagement Platforms," Annual University at Albany Research Conference, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, April 28th, 2020.

W. Lee, C. Chelmis, M. Yao, "Understanding Interorganizational Collaboration through Network Analyses," Annual Conference on Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC, January 15-19, 2020.

C. Chelmis, M. Yao, W. Lee, D.-S. Zois, B. S. Jagini, "A First Look into the Network of Human Service Providers," NetSci, Burlington, VT, May 27-31, 2019.

W. Lee, C. Yong, C. Chelmis, D.-S. Zois, "Civic Participation through Online Platforms: Implications for Neighborhood Advocacy," 49th Annual Conference on Urban Affairs Association (UAA), Los Angeles, CA, April 27-29, 2019.

C. Chelmis, D.-S. Zois, W. Lee, "Making Non-Profit and Service-providing Agencies Smarter With Big Data," INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS), Phoenix, AZ, November 4-7, 2018. (invited)

C. Yong, C. Chelmis, D.-S. Zois, "Is it a pothole or graffiti? The Ins and Outs of Participatory Urban Issue Monitoring," IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, October 7-8, 2018.

C. Yong, D.-S. Zois, C. Chelmis, "Building Smarter Communities with Data Science: Resolving Reported Issues in SeeClickFix," 15th Annual University at Albany Undergraduate Research Conference, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, April 27th, 2018.