Publications

• Weiwei Jiang, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Niels van Berkel, Chaofan Wang, Difeng Yu, Jing Wei, Jorge Goncalves, Vassilis Kostakos. 2021. “User Trust in Assisted Decision-Making Using Miniaturized Near-Infrared Spectroscopy”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), article 153, 16 pages. [Acceptance rate: 26%][Ranking: A*]
  [pdf] [doi]
• Yunke Zhang, Fengli Xu, Tong Li, Vassilis Kostakos, Pan Hui, Yong Li. 2021. “Passive Health Monitoring Using Large Scale Mobility Data”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 5, no. 1, article 49, 23 pages. [Ranking: A*]
  [pdf] [doi]
• Gabriele Marini, Benjamin Tag, Jorge Goncalves, Eduardo Velloso, Raja Jurdak, Daniel Capurro, Clare McCarthy, William Shearer, Vassilis Kostakos. 2020. “Measuring Mobility and Room Occupancy in Clinical Settings: System Development and Implementation”, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 8, no. 10, article e19874, 17 pages. [Impact factor: 4.773]
  [pdf] [doi]
• Yitong Chen, Niels van Berkel, Chu Luo, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Vassilis Kostakos. 2020. “Application of miniaturized near-infrared spectroscopy in pharmaceutical identification”, Smart Health, vol. 18, pp. 100126:1-100126:16. [Impact factor: 1.4] [pdf][doi]
• J. Wei, T. Dingler, E. Gong, B. Oldenburg, V. Kostakos. 2020. “Proactive Smart Speakers for Chronic Disease Management: Challenges and Opportunities”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems extended abstracts (CHI EA), pp. 1-6. [pdf] [doi]
• O. Amft, J. Favela, S. Intille, M. Musolesi, V. Kostakos. 2020. “Personalized Pervasive Health”, IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 11-13. [Impact factor: 4.418] [Ranking: A] [pdf] [doi]
• B. Tag, T. Dingler, A. W. Vargo, V. Kostakos. 2020. “Inferring Circadian Rhythms of Cognitive Performance in Everyday Life”, IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 14-23. [Impact factor: 4.418] [Ranking: A] [pdf] [doi]
• D. Hettiachchi, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Fraser Allison, N. van Berkel, Tilman Dingler, G. Marini, V. Kostakos, J. Goncalves. 2020. ““Hi! I Am the Crowd Tasker” Crowdsourcing through Digital Voice Assistants”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), pp. 1-14. [Acceptance rate: 24%] [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, G. Marini, N. van Berkel, C. Luo, W. Jiang, Kangning Yang, G. Wadley, Tilman Dingler, V. Kostakos, J. Goncalves. 2020. “Does Smartphone Use Drive Our Emotions or Vice Versa? A Causal Analysis”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), pp. 1-15. [Acceptance rate: 24%] [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• Chaofan Wang, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Xiuge Chen, Tilman Dingler, J. Goncalves, V. Kostakos. 2020. “Accurate Measurement of Handwash Quality Using Sensor Armbands: Instrument Validation Study”, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. e17001. [Impact factor: 4.313] [pdf] [doi]
• C. Luo, J. Goncalves, E. Velloso, V. Kostakos. 2020. “A Survey of Context Simulation for Testing Mobile Context-Aware Applications”, ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 21:1-21:39. [Impact factor: 7.790] [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• Kshitij Sharma, Evangelos Niforatos, Michail Giannakos, Vassilis Kostakos. 2020. “Assessing Cognitive Performance Using Physiological and Facial Features: Generalizing across Contexts”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 95:1-95:41. [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• Michail N. Giannakos, Sofia Papavlasopoulou, V. Kostakos, Ilias Pappas, Kshitij Sharma. 2020. “Fitbit for Learning: Towards capturing the learning experience using wearable sensing”, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. [Impact factor: 3.163] [Ranking: A] [pdf] [doi]
• W. Jiang, G. Marini, N. van Berkel, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Zheyu Tan, C. Luo, Xin He, Tilman Dingler, J. Goncalves, Yoshihiro Kawahara, V. Kostakos. 2019. “Probing Sucrose Contents in Everyday Drinks Using Miniaturized Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Scanners”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 136:1-136:25. [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• V. Kostakos. 2019. “Honey, I Shrunk the Spectrometer!”, AWE International. [pdf]
• G. Marini, J. Goncalves, E. Velloso, Raja Jurdak, V Kostakos. 2019. “Towards context-free Semantic Localisation”, Proc. International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct (UbiComp Adjunct), pp. 584-591. [pdf] [doi]
• Chaofan Wang, Z. Sarsenbayeva, C. Luo, J. Goncalves, V Kostakos. 2019. “Improving Wearable Sensor Data Quality Using Context Markers”, Proc. International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct (UbiComp Adjunct), pp. 598-601. [pdf] [doi]
• V. Kostakos. 2019. “What pill is that? Cheap and easy pill testing could soon be in your own hands”, The Conversation. [pdf]
• C. Luo, J. Goncalves, E. Velloso, V. Kostakos. 2019. “Using AI to make your smartphone smarter”, Pursuit. [pdf]
• Z. Sarsenbayeva, N. van Berkel, D. Hettiachchi, W. Jiang, T. Dingler, E. Velloso, V Kostakos, J. Goncalves. 2019. “Measuring the Effects of Stress on Mobile Interaction”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 24:1-24:18. [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• N. van Berkel, J. Goncalves, Peter Koval, S. Hosio, T. Dingler, D. Ferreira, V Kostakos. 2019. “Context-Informed Scheduling and Analysis: Improving Accuracy of Mobile Self-Reports”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), pp. 51:1-51:12. [Acceptance rate: 24%] [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• N. van Berkel, J. Goncalves, L. Lovén, D. Ferreira, S. Hosio, V. Kostakos. 2019. “Effect Of Experience Sampling Schedules On Response Rate And Recall Accuracy Of Objective Self-Reports”, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, vol. 125, pp. 118-128. [Impact factor: 3.163] [Ranking: A] [pdf] [doi]
• S. Hosio, J. Karppinen, E.-P. Takala, J. Takatalo, J. Goncalves, N. van Berkel, S. Konomi, V. Kostakos. 2018. “Crowdsourcing Treatments for Low Back Pain”, Proc. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), pp. 276:1-276:12. [Acceptance rate: 26%] [Ranking: A*] [pdf] [doi]
• W. Jiang, G. Marini, N. van Berkel, Z. Sarsenbayeva, C. Luo, X. He, T. Dingler, Y. Kawahara, V. Kostakos. 2018. “A Mobile Scanner for Probing Liquid Samples in Everyday Settings”, Proc. International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct (UbiComp Adjunct), ACM, pp. 1172-1177. [pdf] [doi]
• A. Visuri, K. O. Asare, E. Kuosmanen, Y. Nishiyama, D. Ferreira, Z. Sarsenbayeva, J. Goncalves, N. van Berkel, G. Wadley, V. Kostakos, S. Clinch, O. Matthews, S. Harper, A. Jenkins, S. Snow, m. c. Schraefel. 2018. “Ubiquitous Mobile Sensing: Behaviour, Mood, and Environment”, Proc. International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct (UbiComp Adjunct), ACM, pp. 1140-1143. [pdf] [doi]
• S. Klakegg, J. Goncalves, A. Visuri, C. Luo, A. Popov, N. van Berkel, Z. Sarsenbayeva, V. Kostakos, S. Hosio, S. Savage, A. Bykov, I. Meglinski, D. Ferreira. 2018. “Assisted Medication Management in Elderly Care Using Miniaturised Near-Infrared Spectroscopy”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 69:1-69:24. [Ranking: A*. Distinguished Paper Award] [pdf] [doi]