Publications

Insider stories: analyzing internal sustainability efforts of major US companies from online reviews

Published in Nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (1), 1-9, 2023

TL;DR While many modern corporations proclaim their commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), allegations of “greenwashing” are not uncommon. This study employs Glassdoor reviews to quantify an underexplored facet of CSR – internal sustainability. This broad term encapsulates various policies targeted towards internal stakeholders, such as advocating for a balanced work-life ecosystem, prioritizing gender equality and diversity, and fostering a harassment-free work environment.

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The role of the big geographic sort in online news circulation among US Reddit users

Published in Nature Scientific Reports 13 (1), 6711, 2023

TL;DR Our study challenges the traditional understanding of online news circulation, demonstrating that it is not just individual characteristics and social media algorithms at play, but also the influence of localized offline self-segregation (the Big Sort) in the US. The study underscores that the diffusion of news, especially misinformation, is significantly influenced by state-level personality, cultural factors, and education levels, highlighting the geographical nature of online interactions.

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Stress inference from abdominal sounds using machine learning

Published in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2022

TL;DR We present our pioneering findings that human stress levels can be determined with a certain degree of precision through abdominal sound analysis.

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Epidemic dreams: dreaming about health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published in The Royal Society Open Science, 2021

TL;DR We show that COVID dreams feature both common and specific symptom mentions, when compared to waking life COVID experiences. E.g., expressions in waking life described realistic symptoms (e.g. nasal pain, SARS, H1N1); while those in dreaming life reflected either conditions unrelated to the virus (e.g. maggots, deformities, snake bites), or conditions of surreal nature (e.g. teeth falling out, body crumbling into sand).

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Jane Jacobs in the sky: predicting urban vitality with open satellite data

Published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2021

TL;DR Our study demonstrates the utility of open Sentinel-2 satellite imagery in assessing the vitality of diverse city neighborhoods. This reinforces renowned urban theory by Jane Jacobs, identifying key elements that foster pedestrian activity and vibrant neighborhoods.

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