2021-Present
This page is dedicted to celebrate and appreciate the amazing achievements of DDIHTS members. Specifically, this page presents the list of conference papers and journal articles (journal papers marked with 'J') co-authored by members of DDIHTS from 2021 to Present. To view the list of publications co-authored by Dr. Thakur, please visit the publications page of his website.
Please note: The names of (current or former) students are marked in bold.
- Nirmalya Thakur, Mingchen Shao, Victoria Knieling, Vanessa Su, Andrew Bian, and Hongseok Jeong, "Dynamics of COVID-19 Misinformation: An Analysis of Conspiracy Theories, Fake Remedies, and False Reports", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22 - June 27, 2024 (accepted for publication)
- Vanessa Su and Nirmalya Thakur, "COVID-19 on YouTube: a Data-Driven Analysis of Sentiment, Toxicity, and Content Recommendations", Proceedings of the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2025) Nevada, United States (accepted for publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Shuqi Cui, Nazif Azizi, Rishika Shah, and Riyan Shah, "Quantifying Public Response to COVID-19 Events: Introducing the Community Sentiment and Engagement Index", Proceedings of the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2025) Nevada, United States (accepted for publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Rishika Shah, Nazif Azizi, and Changhee Han "Investigation of the Global Fear Associated with COVID-19 Using Subjectivity Analysis and Deep Learning", Journal of Computation, Volume 12, Issue 6, Article 118 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 1.9]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Vanessa Su, Mingchen Shao, Kesha A. Patel, Hongseok Jeong, Victoria Knieling, and Andrew Bian, "A labelled dataset for sentiment analysis of videos on YouTube, TikTok, and other sources about the 2024 outbreak of measles", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 29 - July 4, 2024 (accepted for publication as a late-breaking paper)
- Shuqui Cui, Nirmalya Thakur, and Audrey Poon, "Emoji Retrieval from Gibberish or Garbled Social Media Text: A Novel Methodology and A Case Study", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 29 - July 4, 2024 (accepted for publication as a late-breaking paper)
- Victoria Knieling and Nirmalya Thakur, "Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Young Adults: Findings from a User Diversity-based Analysis", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2024) in Venice, Italy, August 26-28, 2024 (accepted for publication)
- Kesha A. Patel and Nirmalya Thakur, "Dissemination of Misinformation about COVID-19 on TikTok: A Multimodal Analysis", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 29 - July 4, 2024 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Victoria Knieling, Karam Khanna, and Mingchen Shao "Investigation of the Misinformation about COVID-19 on YouTube Using Topic Modeling, Sentiment Analysis, and Language Analysis", Journal of Computation, Volume 12, Issue 2, Article 28 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 1.9]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Karam Khanna, Victoria Knieling, Yuvraj Nihal Duggal, and Mingchen Shao "Investigation of the Gender-Specific Discourse about Online Learning during COVID-19 on Twitter using Sentiment Analysis, Subjectivity Analysis, and Toxicity Analysis", Journal of Computers, Volume 12, Issue 11, Article 221 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 2.6]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Rishika Shah, Nazif Azizi, and Changhee Han "A Comprehensive Analysis and Investigation of the Public Discourse on Twitter about Exoskeletons from 2017 to 2023", Journal of Future Internet, Volume 15, Issue 10, Article 346 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 2.8]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Kesha A. Patel, Isabella Hall, and Yuvraj Nihal Duggal "A Large-Scale Dataset of Search Interests related to Disease X originating from different Geographic Regions", Journal of Data, Volume 8, Issue 11, Article 163 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 2.2]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Kesha A. Patel, Nazif Azizi, Victoria Knieling, Changhee Han, Audrey Poon, and Rishika Shah "Marburg Virus Outbreak and a New Conspiracy Theory: Findings from a Comprehensive Analysis and Forecasting of Web Behavior", Journal of Computation, Volume 11, Issue 11, Article 234 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 1.9]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Yuvraj Nihal Duggal, and Zihui Liu, "Analyzing Public Reactions, Perceptions, and Attitudes during the MPox Outbreak: Findings from Topic Modeling of Tweets", Journal of Computers, Volume 12, Issue 10, Article 191 (link to the publication) [J, Impact Factor 2.6]
- Nirmalya Thakur, Karam Khanna, Shuqi Cui, Nazif Azizi, and Zihui Liu, "Mining and Analysis of Search Interests related to Online Learning Platforms from Different Countries since the Beginning of COVID-19", Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Hazel Cho, Haokun Cheng, and Hyunji Lee, "Analysis of User Diversity-based Patterns of Public Discourse on Twitter in the Context of Mental Health during Online Learning Due to COVID-19", Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Isabella Hall, and Chia Y. Han,"A Comprehensive Study to Analyze Trends in Web Search Interests Related to Fall Detection Before and After COVID-19", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE 2022), Guilin, China, October 21-23, 2022 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Isabella Hall, and Chia Y. Han, "Investigating the Emergence of Online Learning in Different Countries using the 5 W’s and 1 H Approach", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Saumick Pradhan, and Chia Y. Han, "Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Online Learning-based Web Behavior", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 (link to the publication)
- Isabella Hall, Nirmalya Thakur, and Chia Y. Han, "Trends in Remote Learning-based Google Shopping in the United States due to COVID-19", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 (link to the publication)
- Nirmalya Thakur, Cat Luong, and Chia Y. Han, "An Approach to Investigate Public Opinion, Views, and Perspectives Towards Exoskeleton Technology", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 (link to the publication)