Papers under review
GPT Models Can Perform Thematic Analysis in Public Health Studies, Akin to Qualitative Researchers
Yuyi Yang*, Charles Alba*, Chenyu Wang, May Li, Xi Wang, Jami Anderson, Ruopeng An
Planned submission to Journal of Social Computing
* Co-first authors
Predicting postoperative risks using large language models
Bing Xue*, Charles Alba*, Joanna Abraham, Thomas Kannampallil, Chenyang Lu
Submitted to New England Medical Journal Artificial Intelligence
* Co-first authors
Learning through the social conditions experienced by orphans during #COVID-19 with social media mining
Charles Alba, Vahid Abbassian
Submitted to Children and Youth Services Review
Journal Publications
2024
Are Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restrictions on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Effective in Reducing Purchase or Consumption? A Systematic Review
Charles Alba, Xi Wang, Ruopeng An
Nutrients (Vol 16, no 10)
Attention Driven imitation of consumer reviews
Charles Alba, Lukasz Walasek, Mikhail Spektor
Forthcoming in Decisions (special issue on Machine Learning, AI & JDM)
2023
Using Mobile Phone Data to Assess Socio-Economic Disparities in Unhealthy Food Reliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Charles Alba, Ruopeng An
Health Data Science (vol 3, no 101)
2022
COVID-19’s impact on visitation behavior to US national parks from communities of color: Evidence from mobile phone data
Charles Alba, Bing Pan, Junjun Yin, William Rice, Prasenjit Mitra, Michael Lin & Yun Liang
Scientific Reports (vol 12, no 13998)
2021
Sociocultural behavioral traits in modelling the prediction of COVID-19 infection rates
Charles Alba & Manasvi Mittal
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences (vol 3, issue 5)