Research

AIJ focuses its efforts to undertake new frontier research. Dedicated to human-centered data science, we tackle important questions at the leading edge of computational social science.
Explore our research across:
+ Intimate Partner Violence/Dating Violence
+ Sexual Assault/Violence, Rape
+ School Bullying
+ Health Information Communication (COVID-19)
+ Computational Social Science
+ Information Communication Technology
+ App/Mobile Design
+ Data Mining
+ Human Centered AI
+ Human Centered Data Science
Research Project
Addressing Biases in Artificial Intelligence
This project aims to systematically engage with the problem of bias for the purpose of addressing the social ills that this form of discrimination can cause.
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AI-Powered Chatbot for Intimate/Sexual Violence Victims
The AI-powered Chatbot can provide immediate responses with information about mental health screening, diagnosis, support treatment......
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Covid-19 Research, Big Data, and Natural Language Processing
This project aims to provide a large-scale analysis of public discourse on COVID-19 related topics on social media.
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Domestic Violence, Weibo Data, and Machine Learning Approach
This project uses a sample of 1.16 million active Weibo users. Prediction models are developed and validated to measure mental health status......
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Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Child Abuse in China
Using data collected from social media, this project examines a series of issues in the area of domestic violence, dating violence and child abuse in China.
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Family Violence during Covid-19 Quarantine in Canada
Family violence (DV) increases in the wake of COVID-19. The project findings will provide rapid, real-time knowledge of family violence during the outbreak......
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Information Communication Technologies and Intimate Partner/Sexual Violence
How the use of ICTs affects college students’ experience of partner abuse...
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Intimate Partner/Sexual Violence, Twitter Data, and Machine Learning Approach
This project identifies IPV/sexual violence-related contents within Twitter’s conversational data.
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Mining Big Data: How Sexual Assault Nonprofit Agencies in Canada Use Twitter
How sexual assault nonprofit organizations use Twitter to achieve organizational outcomes...
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Rape Myths Studies in China
Scholars and advocates alike believe that endorsement of rape myths helps perpetuate rape and obscure the need for social changes by conveying false ideas......
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School Bullying Studies in China
Using a nationally representative survey of urban areas from China collected in 2016, we examine several research questions regarding school bullying......
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"Shut Up and Dribble" Take two: A Twitter Sentiment Analysis of Public Responses to Athletes Who Step Away From Sport
With machine learning approach, this project examine Twitter user's responses to high-profile male versus female athletes who walked away from their sport to protect their mental health.
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Technology-assisted Psychotherapy for Depression
This project aims to develop a technology-assisted psychotherapy for depression among adults with disabilities applying user-centered design.
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Virtual Reality for Bystander Interventions
This project explores the possibilities of designing and implementing VR/AR technology in the area of interpersonal violence.