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    A Real-Time System for Detecting Landslide Reports on Social Media Using Artificial Intelligence

    This paper presents an online system that leverages social media data in real time to identify landslide-related information automatically using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence techniques. The designe...

    Ferda Ofli, Umair Qazi, Muhammad Imran, Julien Roch in Web Engineering (2022)

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    Detecting Natural Disasters, Damage, and Incidents in the Wild

    Responding to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, is a laborious task performed by on-the-ground emergency responders and analysts. Social media has emerged as a low-latency data sou...

    Ethan Weber, Nuria Marzo, Dim P. Papadopoulos, Aritro Biswas in Computer Vision – ECCV 2020 (2020)

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    Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media for Disaster Response and Management: An Overview

    The ever-increasing popularity of social media platforms has transformed the way in which information is shared during disasters and mass emergencies. Information that emanates from social media, especially in...

    Ferda Ofli, Muhammad Imran, Firoj Alam in AI and Robotics in Disaster Studies (2020)

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    Using Computer Vision to Study the Effects of BMI on Online Popularity and Weight-Based Homophily

    Increasing prevalence of obesity has disconcerting implications for communities, for nations and, most importantly, for individuals in aspects ranging from quality of life, longevity and health, to social and ...

    Enes Kocabey, Ferda Ofli, Javier Marin, Antonio Torralba in Social Informatics (2018)

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    Multi-disciplinary Design and In-Home Evaluation of Kinect-Based Exercise Coaching System for Elderly

    Physical activity is recognized as one of the most effective measures to reduce risk of injury and to improve the quality of life in elderly. Many of the elderly however lack the motivation, confidence and ski...

    Gregorij Kurillo, Ferda Ofli in Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Populatio… (2015)