Paper presents AETN for efficient user modeling from mobile app usage.
problem Efficient user modeling from mobile app usage with reduced manual effort.
method AutoEncoder-coupled Transformer Network (AETN).
result AETN achieves effective user embeddings with reduced manual effort.
Study user engagement in mobile health apps for health workers in resource-poor settings.
problem Detect churn and tailor content for health workers in mobile health apps.
method Probabilistic and survival analysis of behavioral logs.
result Personalized measures of meaningful engagement can enhance health outcomes.
AppStreamer reduces mobile game storage by predicting needed files.
problem Expanding storage needs of mobile games and apps.
method Predictive streaming of app files from cloud or edge servers.
result Reduces storage by 87% for Dead Effect 2 and 86% for Fire Emblem Heroes.
AOBTM adapts online topic modeling for short app reviews, revealing coherent topics over time.
problem Challenges in inferring latent topics from short, dynamic app reviews over multiple versions.
method Adaptive Online Biterm Topic Model (AOBTM) that addresses sparsity and considers statistical data from previous versions.
result AOBTM finds more coherent topics and outperforms state-of-the-art baselines.
In this study, the authors develop a structural model that combines a macro diffusion model with a micro choice model to control for the effect of social influence on the mobile app choices of customers over app stores. Social influence refers to the density of adopters within the proximity of other customers. Using a …
Smart app tracks relapse history and predicts relapse based on spatial-temporal factors.
problem Relapse prevention for alcohol and tobacco addiction users.
method Records user profiles, tracks relapse history, uses machine learning for prediction, and recommends activities.
result Predictive machine learning algorithms help in preventing relapse.
The paper tackles carousel personalization in music streaming apps using contextual bandits.
problem Selecting relevant items to display in carousels for personalized content recommendation.
method Modeling carousel personalization as a contextual multi-armed bandit problem with multiple plays, cascade-based updates and delayed batch feedback.
result Empirically shows the effectiveness of the framework in capturing characteristics of real-world carousels.
As mobile devices become more and more popular, mobile gaming has emerged as a promising market with billion-dollar revenues. A variety of mobile game platforms and services have been developed around the world. A critical challenge for these platforms and services is to understand the churn behavior in mobile games, w…
StrokeSave app diagnoses stroke via mobile sensors and AI.
problem Inadequate stroke diagnosis in areas without quality medical facilities.
method Mobile app with sensors, facial and retinal images, deep learning model.
result Deep learning model achieves 95% accuracy in diagnosing stroke.
While mobile social apps have become increasingly important in people's daily life, we have limited understanding on what motivates users to engage with these apps. In this paper, we answer the question whether users' in-app activity patterns help inform their future app engagement (e.g., active days in a future time w…
Mobile gaming has emerged as a promising market with billion-dollar revenues. A variety of mobile game platforms and services have been developed around the world. One critical challenge for these platforms and services is to understand user churn behavior in mobile games. Accurate churn prediction will benefit many st…
OCC system speeds up in-app communications for Uber drivers and riders.
problem Improving efficiency in in-app messaging between drivers and riders.
method Intents are detected using unsupervised embedding and nearest-neighbor classifier. Replies are retrieved based on popularity in historical data.
result System achieves 76% accuracy in intent detection and 71% adoption rate of smart replies.
FLeet improves online FL for mobile apps with better performance and privacy.
problem Federated Learning's offline nature limits its applicability for online updates.
method Combines staleness awareness and performance prediction with adaptive learning.
result 2.3x quality boost with minimal battery consumption.
RL platform enhances user journeys in healthcare apps.
problem Improving user experience and personalization in healthcare apps.
method Reinforcement learning framework for adaptive interventions.
result Significant increase in basket size through personalized recommendations.
An app-based mHealth intervention uses reinforcement learning to send effective reminder notifications.
problem Designing an effective reinforcement learning algorithm for app-based mHealth interventions.
method Developed a reinforcement learning algorithm to send reminder notifications based on participant likelihood of app engagement.
result The algorithm improved app-based mHealth interventions by reducing participant burden and promoting behavior change.
Mobile app development in recent years has resulted in new products and features to improve human life. Mobile telematics is one such development that encompasses multidisciplinary fields for transportation safety. The application of mobile telematics has been explored in many areas, such as insurance and road safety. …
On-device inference of machine learning models for mobile phones is desirable due to its lower latency and increased privacy. Running such a compute-intensive task solely on the mobile CPU, however, can be difficult due to limited computing power, thermal constraints, and energy consumption. App developers and research…
Generative model predicts menstrual cycle lengths accounting for self-tracking artifacts.
problem Uncertainty in self-tracked health data due to user adherence.
method Hierarchical, generative model using machine learning.
result Model yields state-of-the-art performance in predicting menstrual cycle lengths.
New testing method for robust actor-critic bandit algorithms.
problem Balancing data collection for app performance and user adherence.
method Modified actor-critic algorithm and novel testing procedure.
result Testing procedure is robust to critic misspecification.
Mobile app uses CNN to help visually impaired cross streets.
problem Helping visually impaired cross streets safely.
method LytNetV2 deep learning model for pedestrian traffic light detection.
result 96% classification accuracy and 6.15 degree angle error.
Mobile apps and machine learning improve malaria prevention and treatment.
problem High malaria cases and deaths in low-income countries.
method Adaptive interventions using mobile health apps and machine learning.
result Increased malaria testing, adherence, and provider skills.
A new federated learning method protects privacy in mobile crowdsensing.
problem Data and model privacy protection in federated extreme gradient boosting for mobile crowdsensing.
method Secret sharing based federated learning architecture FedXGB.
result FedXGB achieves less than 1% accuracy loss while preserving model privacy.
Generalized linear models with nonlinear feature transformations are widely used for large-scale regression and classification problems with sparse inputs. Memorization of feature interactions through a wide set of cross-product feature transformations are effective and interpretable, while generalization requires more…
Paper uses UKS to improve BLE RSSI for proximity inference in mobile phone apps.
problem Improper BLE RSSI for accurate proximity inference during pandemics.
method Single-dimensional Unscented Kalman Smoother (UKS) with Gaussian process observation transforms.
result UKS outperforms traditional methods in predicting infection risk from BLE RSSI.
UrbanRhythm reveals urban dynamics from mobility data.
problem Understanding changing urban activities over time.
method Extracting staying, leaving, arriving attributes; using Saak transform; clustering for city states; motif analysis for short-term regularity.
result Characterized urban dynamics as city state transformations over time.
Smartphone app diagnoses pulmonary diseases from chest X-rays.
problem Scarcity of training data and class imbalance issues.
method Data Augmentation Generative Adversarial Network (DAGAN) and Convolutional Siamese Network with attention mechanism.
result Achieved 99.30% and 98.40% testing accuracy on Binary/Multiclass scenarios.
This paper proposes and implements an intuitive and pervasive solution for neonatal EEG monitoring assisted by sonification and deep learning AI that provides information about neonatal brain health to all neonatal healthcare professionals, particularly those without EEG interpretation expertise. The system aims to inc…
Mobile app improves speech recognition of names with user feedback.
problem Improving speech recognition of proper names on mobile devices.
method Data synthesis and user feedback for keyword-dependent metrics.
result User feedback can significantly improve speech recognition of names.
Study examines ridesourcing patterns in Chicago using K-prototypes segmentation.
problem Limited data on ridesourcing trips hinders research on urban mobility.
method Utilized K-prototypes algorithm for mixed data types segmentation.
result Six ridesourcing user segments identified based on various factors.
The soaring demand for intelligent mobile applications calls for deploying powerful deep neural networks (DNNs) on mobile devices. However, the outstanding performance of DNNs notoriously relies on increasingly complex models, which in turn is associated with an increase in computational expense far surpassing mobile d…
Detects synchronized behavior in streaming data.
problem Tracking synchronized behavior in time-stamped tuples.
method AugSplicing algorithm for streaming dense block detection.
result Effective and robust in detecting anomalous behavior.
Machine learning improves learning and memory retention by optimizing study sessions.
problem Improving learning and memory retention methods for factual material.
method Large-scale randomized controlled trial with machine learning optimization of study sessions.
result Study sessions optimized with machine learning lead to 67% longer retention and 50% higher return rate.
Real time bidding (RTB) enables demand side platforms (bidders) to scale ad campaigns across multiple publishers affiliated to an RTB ad exchange. While driving multiple campaigns for mobile app install ads via RTB, the bidder typically has to: (i) maintain each campaign's efficiency (i.e., meet advertiser's target cos…
Paper evaluates using app images for classification, improving accuracy.
problem Improving app classification accuracy when text descriptions are missing or inadequate.
method Used OCR, pic2vec, captionbot.ai, and object detection to convert images into text or vectors for classification.
result Improved classification accuracy of 96% for some app categories when images are added.
Calendar graph neural networks model user behavior with location and time data.
problem Modeling user behavior with location and time information for demographic prediction.
method Graph neural networks with a tripartite network of items, sessions, and locations, and a hierarchical calendar network.
result User embeddings preserve spatial and temporal patterns of various periodicity.
Deep learning solutions are being increasingly used in mobile applications. Although there are many open-source software tools for the development of deep learning solutions, there are no guidelines in one place in a unified manner for using these tools towards real-time deployment of these solutions on smartphones. Fr…
In this work we investigate intra-day patterns of activity on a population of 7,261 users of mobile health wearable devices and apps. We show that: (1) using intra-day step and sleep data recorded from passive trackers significantly improves classification performance on self-reported chronic conditions related to ment…
Building behavior profiles of Android applications (apps) with holistic, rich and multi-view information (e.g., incorporating several semantic views of an app such as API sequences, system calls, etc.) would help catering downstream analytics tasks such as app categorization, recommendation and malware analysis signifi…
Annotation guidelines used to guide the annotation of training and evaluation datasets can have a considerable impact on the quality of machine learning models. In this study, we explore the effects of annotation guidelines on the quality of app feature extraction models. As a main result, we propose several changes to…
It is not clear how to target patients who are most likely to benefit from digital care management programs ex-ante, a shortcoming of current risk score based approaches. This study focuses on defining impactability by identifying those patients most likely to benefit from technology enabled care management, delivered …
Model predicts VKA dosage for Indian patients, aiding in safe medication.
problem Safe and accurate dosing of VKA drugs for Indian patients.
method Support Vector Machine (SVM) Regression model trained on patient data.
result Predicted dosages closely match actual dosages.
This study analyzes app reviews to understand students' behavior in the app market.
problem Extracting sentiment from growing app reviews manually is impractical.
method Used machine learning algorithms with TF-IDF for text representation and ensemble learning for evaluation.
result SVM achieved the highest accuracy (93.37%) on tri-gram + TF-IDF scheme.
AppsPred predicts smartphone app usage based on context.
problem Predicting personalized usage behavior of smartphone apps based on contexts.
method Random Forest machine learning technique considering multi-dimensional contexts.
result AppsPred significantly outperforms other machine learning approaches in predicting smartphone apps.
Due to the popularity of the Internet and smart mobile devices, more and more financial transactions and activities have been digitalized. Compared to traditional financial fraud detection strategies using credit-related features, customers are generating a large amount of unstructured behavioral data every second. In …
Graph machine learning and Super-App data improve credit risk prediction for financial inclusion.
problem Improving credit risk prediction for financial inclusion.
method Two graph-based experiments using centrality, behavior, and transactionality features.
result Graph features enhance credit risk models, leading to more inclusive financial systems.
Paper uses Super-App data to improve income estimation models.
problem Improving accuracy of income estimation models.
method TreeSHAP method for Stochastic Gradient Boosting Interpretation.
result Alternative data from Super-Apps capture more information than traditional financial data.
Relational Graph Neural Networks improve fraud detection in Super-Apps.
problem Fraud detection in Super-Apps using alternative data.
method Relational Graph Convolutional Networks applied to heterogeneous graphs.
result Added value in fraud detection when considering alternative data and interactions.
Alternative app data improves credit scoring for underserved borrowers.
problem Improving credit scoring for low-wealth and young individuals.
method Use of alternative data from app-based marketplaces, validated with TreeSHAP method.
result Alternative data sources predict financial behavior better than traditional bureau data.