LonelyText: A Short Messaging Based Classification of Loneliness

no code implementations • 22 Jan 2021 • Mawulolo K. Ameko, Sonia Baee, Laura E. Barnes

Loneliness does not only have emotional implications on a person but also on his/her well-being.

Classification General Classification

A Framework for Addressing the Risks and Opportunities In AI-Supported Virtual Health Coaches

no code implementations • 12 Oct 2020 • Sonia Baee, Mark Rucker, Anna Baglione, Mawulolo K. Ameko, Laura Barnes

Virtual coaching has rapidly evolved into a foundational component of modern clinical practice.

Ethics Fairness

Offline Contextual Multi-armed Bandits for Mobile Health Interventions: A Case Study on Emotion Regulation

no code implementations • 21 Aug 2020 • Mawulolo K. Ameko, Miranda L. Beltzer, Lihua Cai, Mehdi Boukhechba, Bethany A. Teachman, Laura E. Barnes

Our experimentation shows that the proposed doubly robust offline learning algorithms performed significantly better than baseline approaches, suggesting that this type of recommender algorithm could improve emotion regulation.

Management Multi-Armed Bandits +1

Cluster-based Approach to Improve Affect Recognition from Passively Sensed Data

no code implementations • 31 Jan 2018 • Mawulolo K. Ameko, Lihua Cai, Mehdi Boukhechba, Alexander Daros, Philip I. Chow, Bethany A. Teachman, Matthew S. Gerber, Laura E. Barnes

Negative affect is a proxy for mental health in adults.