Publication
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The Prevalence and Predictors of Digital Proxy Behaviour in the United States: Survey
Foong PS., Zakaria, C., Pakianathan PVS., Phua A., and Koh GCH.
JMIR 2025 | Journal of Medical Internet Research
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Eye on the Street: Computer Vision for Spatial-Temporal Mapping of Street Safety Elements
Zhang E., Zakaria, C., Hatzopoulou, M., Xu J., HubkaRao T., Tchana S., Rothman L., Sadeghi A., and Batomen B.
UbiComp Companion 2025 | Proceedings of the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
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WiSleep: Smartphone-driven Sleep Population Monitoring with Unsupervised Learning.
Mammen P., Zakaria, C., Molom-Ochir, T., Trivedi A., Shenoy P., and Balan R.
COMPASS 2025 | ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies
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Proxy Medical Decision-Making: National Survey
Phua A., Zakaria, C., Pakianathan PVS., Chan N., Lim MJR., Liew TM., Koh GCH., and Foong PS.
BMJ 2024 | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
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AeroSense: Sensing Aerosol Emissions from Indoor Human Activities
Chagglani, B., Zakaria, C., Peltier, R., Gummeson, J., & Shenoy, P.
IMWUT (UbiComp) 2024 | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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W4-Groups: Modeling the Who, What, When and Where of Group Behavior via Mobility Sensing
Atrey, A., Zakaria, C., Balan, R., & Shenoy, P.
CSCW 2024 | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
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BreathEasy: Exploring the Potential of Acoustic Sensing for Healthy Indoor Environments
Chagglani, B., Zakaria, C., Gummeson, J., & Shenoy, P.
EnvSys (MobiSys, Workshop) 2023| Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Advances in Environmental Sensing Systems for Smart Cities
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SleepMore: Inferring Sleep Duration at Scale with Multi-Device WiFi Sensing
Zakaria, C., Yilmaz, G., Mammen, P., Chee, M., Shenoy, P., & Balan, R.
IMWUT (UbiComp) 2023| Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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SleepLess: personalized sleep monitoring using smartphones and semi-supervised learning
Mammen, P., Zakaria, C., & Shenoy, P.
ICT 2023 | CSI Transactions on ICT
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Personalized Sleep Monitoring Using Smartphones and Semi-supervised Learning
Mammen, P., Zakaria, C., & Shenoy, P.
PervasiveHealth 2023 | 17th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
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Does Mode of Digital Contact Tracing Affect User Willingness to Share Information? A Quantitative Study
Zakaria, C., Foong, PS., Lim, CS., Pakianathan, V., Koh, G., & Perrault, S.
CHI 2022 | Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 Control Policies on Campus Occupancy and Mobility via Passive WiFi Sensing
Zakaria, C., Trivedi, A., Cecchet, E., Chee, M., Shenoy, P., & Balan, R.
TSAS 2022 | ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and System. Special Issue on Contact Tracing
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FlowSense: Monitoring Airflow in Building Ventilation Systems Using Audio Sensing
Chagglani, B., Zakaria, C., Lechowicz, A., Gummeson, J., & Shenoy, P.
IMWUT (UbiComp) 2022 | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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Detection of Students' Workgroup Identification using Passively Sensed WiFi Infrastructure
Zakaria, C., Balan, R., Lee, Y.
CSCW 2021 | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
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WiFiTrace: Network-based Contact Tracing for Infectious Diseases using Passive WiFi Sensing
Trivedi, A., Zakaria, C., Balan, R., Becker, A., Corey, G., & Shenoy, P.
IMWUT (UbiComp) 2021 | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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StressMon: Scalable Detection of Perceived Stress and Depression Using Passive Sensing of Changes in Work Routines and Group Interactions
Zakaria, C., Balan, R., Lee, Y.
CSCW 2019 | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
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Exploratory Analysis of Individuals' Mobility Patterns and Experienced Conflicts in Workgroups
Zakaria, C., Goh, K., Lee, Y., & Balan, R.
MSCSS, MobiSys 2019 | Proceedings of the 5th ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science
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A Comparative Study of Pointing Techniques for Eyewear Using a Simulated Pedestrian Environment
Roy, Q., Zakaria, C., Perrault, S., Nancel, M., Kim, W., Misra, A., & Cockburn, A.
INTERACT 2019 | 17th IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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Seeking independent management of problem behavior: A proof-of-concept study with children and their teachers
Zakaria, C., Davis, R. C., & Walker, Z.
IDC 2016 | Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
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Duplicate issue detection for the Android open source project
Jayarajah, K., Radhakrishnan, M., & Zakaria, C.
SoftwareMining, KDD 2016 | Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Software Mining
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K-Sketch: Digital Storytelling with Animation Sketches
Davis, R. C., & Zakaria, C.
ICIDS 2014 | Interactive storytelling: 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
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Thesis: StressMon: Large Scale Detection of Stress and Depression in Campus Environment using Passive Coarse-grained Location Data
Zakaria, C.
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Events
Crosstalk Series, Human-Centred AI for Supporting Decision-Making
Faculty of Information, UofT
Monday October 06, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
This crosstalk explores how human-centred AI can support decision-making by turning complex data into actionable insights. It highlights leveraging data in existing infrastructure to understand patterns of everyday behavior in the environment to derive health insights, alongside human-centred system design for interpretability and decision-making.
Expert Panel, Responsible AI for Scientific Discovery: Navigating Governance, Health, Cybersecurity, and Ethics
Science Summit United Nation General Assembly (UNGA80)
Monday September 09, 2025, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST
Discussion on how AI for science can be shaped to align with democratic values, inclusive innovation, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Expert Panel, Towards Sustainable Community-Designed AI Systems in the Public Sector
ACM COMPASS 2025
Tuesday July 22, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Informing qualitative model development for public sector AI with community engagement and qualitative exploratory methods.
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Expert Panel, Towards a research agenda on aging in cities
The School of Cities, University of Toronto
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
Discussion on technology in urban planning, data and information, and active aging.
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Invited Talk, Data Science Innovations in Descriptive Epidemiology and Surveillance: New Data Sources and Novel Methods
Innovative Data Science Applications in Epidemiology, Society for Epidemiologic Research
Friday March 08, 2024, 10:45 am - 12:00 pm EST
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Articles
DLSPH Faculty: Three innovative projects that earned DLSPH faculty 2025 NSERC grants
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
DLSPH Profs. Zahra Shakeri Hossein Abad, Patricia Trbovich and Camellia Zakaria received 2025 NSERC grants for innovative projects that apply cutting-edge technology to help catch health issues early, monitor operating room procedures, and map black carbon pollution from traffic.
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DLSPH Faculty: The importance of representation on women’s health outcomes
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
In this Q&A, DLSPH Profs. Shaza Fadel and Camellia Zakaria discuss the importance of representation on women’s health outcomes.
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DLSPH Faculty: Five DLSPH Researchers Awarded 2024 Canada Research Chairs
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
The prestigious appointment of five DLSPH faculty members as 2024 Canada Research Chairs, recognizes their leadership and contributions in their respected fields.
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How Singapore has kept the coronavirus off campus
The New York Times
Our work is the first network-side contact tracing method built to monitor user movements and co-occurrences for public health evaluation!
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The campus as a laboratory, Making an Impact
BBC
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Monitoring and addressing stress
Office of Research & Tech Transfer, Research@SMU Aug 2019 Issue
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