Conference Papers

SmartTransit.AI: A Dynamic Paratransit and Microtransit Application

New rideshare and shared mobility services have transformed urban mobility in recent years. Such services have the potential to improve efficiency and reduce costs by allowing …

Sophie Pavia
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Deploying Mobility-On-Demand for All by Optimizing Paratransit Services

While on-demand ride-sharing services have become popular in recent years, traditional on-demand transit services cannot be used by everyone, e.g., wheelchair-bound people. …

Sophie Pavia
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Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Hierarchical Coordination for Emergency Responder Stationing

An emergency responder management (ERM) system dispatches responders, such as ambulances, when it receives requests for medical aid. ERM systems can also proactively reposition …

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Amutheezan Sivagnanam
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Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Assessing False-Data Injection Attacks on Transportation Networks

The increasing reliance of drivers on navigation applications has made transportation networks more susceptible to data-manipulation attacks by malicious actors. Adversaries may …

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Taha Eghtesad
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Forecasting and Mitigating Disruptions in Public Bus Transit Services

Public transportation systems often suffer from unexpected fluctuations in demand and disruptions, such as mechanical failures and medical emergencies. These fluctuations and …

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Chaeeun Han
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Best Paper Award

An Online Approach to Solving Public Transit Stationing and Dispatch Problem

Public bus transit systems provide critical transportation services for large sections of modern communities. On-time performance and maintaining the reliable quality of service is …

Jose Paolo Talusan
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PhobosBC: A Blockchain-based Crowdsourced Post-disaster Mapping System and its Agent-based Simulation

After a major natural disaster strikes a region, emergency response often lacks information about the post-disaster state of the road network. Conflicting information about the …

Raunak Sarbajna
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Distinguished Paper Award

Bug Hunters’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Benefits of the Bug Bounty Ecosystem

Although researchers have characterized the bug-bounty ecosystem from the point of view of platforms and programs, minimal effort has been made to understand the perspectives of …

Omer Akgul
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The Benefits of Vulnerability Discovery and Bug Bounty Programs: Case Studies of Chromium and Firefox

Recently, bug-bounty programs have gained popularity and become a significant part of the security culture of many organizations. Bug-bounty programs enable organizations to …

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Soodeh Atefi
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Bayesian Models for Node-Based Inference Techniques

Cyber attackers often use passive reconnaissance to collect information about target networks. This technique can be used to identify systems and plan attacks, making it an …

Nazia Sharmin
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