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- short-paperJune 2018
Empirical Analysis of the Presence of Power Elite in Media
- Anirban Sen,
- Priya,
- Pooja Aggarwal,
- A. Guru,
- Deepak Bansal,
- I. Mohammed,
- J. Goyal,
- K. Kumar,
- K. Mittal,
- Manpreet Singh,
- M. Goel,
- S. Gupta,
- Varuni Madapur,
- Vipul Khatana,
- Aaditeshwar Seth
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 46, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3212702Politicians, politically connected business persons, bureaucrats, celebrities, and highly placed government officials (collectively termed as the power elite in sociology literature) can influence national and regional policy for personal and ...
- short-paperJune 2018
Accessible Privacy-Preserving Web-Based Data Analysis for Assessing and Addressing Economic Inequalities
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 48, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3212701An essential component of initiatives that aim to address pervasive inequalities of any kind is the ability to collect empirical evidence of both the status quo baseline and of any improvement that can be attributed to prescribed and deployed ...
- short-paperJune 2018
Measuring Subnational Digital Gender Inequality in India through Gender Gaps in Facebook Use
- Yelena Mejova,
- Harsh Rajiv Gandhi,
- Tejas Jivanbhai Rafaliya,
- Mayank Rameshbhai Sitapara,
- Ridhi Kashyap,
- Ingmar Weber
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 43, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3212698Improving digital literacy and reducing gender inequalities in internet access and use have been recognized as important development targets within the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tracking progress on digital gender ...
- research-articleJune 2018
Automatic Annotation of Voice Forum Content for Rural Users and Evaluation of Relevance
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 12, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209875Voice forums are an effective intervention medium for marginalized communities to access information in a structured and localized manner. Users actively contribute by posting questions and responses in the form of audio messages, and thereby help in ...
- research-articleJune 2018
Reducing Incarceration through Prioritized Interventions
- Matthew J. Bauman,
- Kate S. Boxer,
- Tzu-Yun Lin,
- Erika Salomon,
- Hareem Naveed,
- Lauren Haynes,
- Joe Walsh,
- Jen Helsby,
- Steve Yoder,
- Robert Sullivan,
- Chris Schneweis,
- Rayid Ghani
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 6, Pages 1–8https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209869The most vulnerable individuals in society often struggle with long-lasting, multi-faceted challenges like mental illness, substance abuse, chronic health conditions, and homelessness. Individuals experiencing these difficulties tend to interact with ...
- research-articleJune 2018
Bike Angels: An Analysis of Citi Bike's Incentive Program
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 5, Pages 1–9https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209866Bike-sharing systems provide a sustainable and affordable transportation alternative in many American cities. However, they also face intricate challenges due to imbalance, caused by asymmetric traffic demand. That imbalance often-times leads to bike-...
- research-articleJune 2018
Three Population Covariate Shift for Mobile Phone-based Credit Scoring
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 20, Pages 1–7https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209856Mobile money platforms are gaining traction across developing markets as a convenient way of sending and receiving money over mobile phones. Recent joint collaborations between banks and mobile-network operators leverage a customer's past mobile phone ...
- research-articleJune 2018
Leveraging Web Data to Monitor Changes in Corporate-Government Interlocks in India
- Anirban Sen,
- A. Agarwal,
- Aditya Guru,
- A. Choudhuri,
- G. Singh,
- Imran Mohammed,
- J. Goyal,
- K. Mittal,
- Manpreet Singh,
- Mridul Goel,
- S. Gupta,
- S. Pathak,
- Varuni Madapur,
- Aaditeshwar Seth
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 15, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209822Corporate executives who are linked to politicians or administrative officials, or family members of public officials with links to corporate organizations, are known to build an interlocking social network that becomes a power structure of highly ...
- research-articleJune 2018
The Role of Demographics, Trust, Computer Self-efficacy, and Ease of Use in the Sharing Economy
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 37, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209816The digital sharing economy has introduced opportunities for economic growth, productivity, and technological innovation. However, the adoption of sharing economy applications may be inaccessible to certain demographics, including older adults, low-...
- research-articleJune 2018
Improving the Quality of Point of Care Diagnostics with Real-Time Machine Learning in Low Literacy LMIC Settings
- Camilo E. Valderrama,
- Faezeh Marzbanrad,
- Lisa Stroux,
- Boris Martinez,
- Rachel Hall-Clifford,
- Chengyu Liu,
- Nasim Katebi,
- Peter Rohloff,
- Gari D. Clifford
COMPASS '18: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesJune 2018, Article No.: 2, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209815The scalability of medical technology in low resource settings requires a higher level of usability and clear decision support compared to conventional devices, since users often have very limited training. In particular, it is important to provide ...