Publications

Selected work at the intersection of large language models, agentic AI, geospatial intelligence, digital twins, and human-centered disaster systems.

Selected AI Conference Publications

Accepted work at leading international venues in artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

AI Conference Submission

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2025 2 articles View publications
  1. Analyzing Public Response to Wildfires: A Socio-Spatial Study Using SIR Models and NLP Techniques

    Ma, Z., Hu, G., Lin, T.-S., Li, L., Hu, S., Hagen, L., & Baecher, G. B. (2025). Analyzing public response to wildfires: A socio-spatial study using SIR models and NLP techniques. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 121, 102333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102333.
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  2. Toward Satisfactory Public Accessibility: A Crowdsourcing Approach through Online Reviews to Inclusive Urban Design

    Li, L., Hu, S., Dai, Y., Deng, M., Momeni, P., Laverghetta, G., Fan, L., Ma, Z., et al. (2025). Toward satisfactory public accessibility: A crowdsourcing approach through online reviews to inclusive urban design. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 122, 102329.
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2024 4 articles View publications
  1. Surveying the Use of Social Media Data and Natural Language Processing Techniques to Investigate Natural Disasters

    Ma, Z., Li, L., Mao, Y., Wang, Y., Patsy, O. G., Bensi, M. T., Hemphill, L., & Baecher, G. B. (2024). Surveying the use of social media data and natural language processing techniques to investigate natural disasters. Natural Hazards Review, 25(4), 03124003.
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  2. Large Language Models in Biomedical and Health Informatics: A Review with Bibliometric Analysis

    Yu, H., Fan, L., Li, L., Zhou, J., Ma, Z., et al. (2024). Large language models in biomedical and health informatics: A review with bibliometric analysis. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research, 8, 658–711.
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  3. A Bibliometric Review of Large Language Models Research from 2017 to 2023

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lizhou Fan, Lingyao Li, Sanggyu Lee, Huizi Yu, and Libby Hemphill. 2024. "A Bibliometric Review of Large Language Models Research from 2017 to 2023." ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology https://doi.org/10.1145/3664930
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  4. Investigating disaster response for resilient communities through social media data and the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model: A case study of 2020 Western U.S. wildfire season

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Li, L., Hemphill, L., Baecher, G. B., & Yuan, Y. 2024. " Investigating disaster response for resilient communities through social media data and the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model: A case study of 2020 Western U.S. wildfire season." Sustainable Cities and Society,106, 105362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105362
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2023 2 articles View publications
  1. ChatGPT in education: A discourse analysis of worries and concerns on social media

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li, Lizhou Fan, Sanggyu Lee, Huizi Yu & Libby Hemphill. 2023. "ChatGPT in education: A discourse analysis of worries and concerns on social media." Education and Information Technologies https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12256-9
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  2. Ex Post Project Risk Assessment: Method and Empirical Study

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Abdolmajid Erfani, Qingbin Cui, and Gregory B Baecher. 2023. "Ex Post Project Risk Assessment: Method and Empirical Study." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 149(2), 04022174. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12588
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2022 2 articles View publications
  1. How has airport service quality changed in the context of COVID-19: A data-driven crowdsourcing approach based on sentiment analysis

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li, Yujie Mao, and Yu Wang. 2022. "How has airport service quality changed in the context of COVID-19: A data-driven crowdsourcing approach based on sentiment analysis." Journal of Air Transport Management 102298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2022.102298
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  2. Dynamic assessment of the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance leveraging social media data

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li, Jiayan Zhou, Michelle T. Bensi, Molly A. Hall, and Gregory B. Baecher. 2020. "Dynamic assessment of the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance leveraging social media data." Journal of Biomedical Informatics 129, 104054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104054
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2021 2 articles View publications
  1. Data-driven investigations of using social media to aid evacuations amid Western United States wildfire season

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li and Tao Cao. 2021. "Data-driven investigations of using social media to aid evacuations amid Western United States wildfire season." Fire Safety Journal 126, 103480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103480
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  2. Can social media data be used to evaluate the risk of human interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic?

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li, Hyesoo Lee, and Sanggyu Lee. 2021. "Can social media data be used to evaluate the risk of human interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic?." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 56, 102142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102142
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2020 1 article View publications
  1. Leveraging social media data to study the community resilience of New York City to 2019 power outage

    Zihui Ma collaborated with Lingyao Li and Tao Cao. 2020. "Leveraging social media data to study the community resilience of New York City to 2019 power outage." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 51, 101776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101776
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