Research Output

Publications & Research

Cutting-edge research in urban computing, AI, and data visualization

All Topics Change Detection Computer Vision Human-AI Urban Analytics Visualization Smart Cities Sensing HCI

In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2025) • 2025

Where Can I Park? Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery

Jared Hwang, Chu Li, Hanbyul Kang, Maryam Hosseini, Jon E. Froehlich

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accessibility computer-vision urban-mobility
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In Proceedings of the UMFM 2025 Workshop at the 33rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL 2025) • 2025

StreetTransformer: Precedent Retrieval and Multimodal Fusion with Vision Language Models

Jon Atkins, Joao Rulff, Claudio T. Silva, Maryam Hosseini

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vision-language urban-design multimodal
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IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 • 2025

StreetWeave: A Declarative Grammar for Street-Overlaid Visualization of Multivariate Data

Sanjana Srabanti, G. Elisabeta Marai, Fabio Miranda

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visualization urban-analytics grammars
Abstract ArXiv

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 • 2025

VA-Blueprint: Uncovering Building Blocks for Visual Analytics System Design

Leonardo Ferreira, Gustavo Moreira, Fabio Miranda

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visual-analytics design-systems frameworks
Abstract ArXiv

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 • 2025

Urbanite: A Dataflow-Based Framework for Human-AI Interactive Alignment in Urban Visual Analytics

Gustavo Moreira, Leonardo Ferreira, Carolina Veiga, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda

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human-ai urban-analytics visualization
Abstract ArXiv

In Proceedings of ICCV Workshop on Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility • 2025

RampNet: A Two-Stage Pipeline for Bootstrapping Curb Ramp Detection in Streetscape Images from Open Government Metadata

John S. O'Meara, Jared Hwang, Zeyu Wang, Michael Saugstad, Jon E. Froehlich

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accessibility street-imagery deep-learning
Abstract ArXiv

In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2025) • 2025

NightLight: Passively Mapping Nighttime Sidewalk Light Data for Improved Pedestrian Routing

Joseph Breda, Daniel Campos Zamora, Shwetak Patel, Jon E. Froehlich

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smart-cities sensing hci
Abstract ACM Digital Library

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 • 2025

TiVy: Time Series Visual Summary for Scalable Visualization

Gromit Yeuk-Yin Chan, Luis Gustavo Nonato, Themis Palpanas, Claudio T. Silva, Juliana Freire

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time-series visualization scalability
Abstract ArXiv

In Proceedings of ICCV Workshop on Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility • 2025

Does the Cafe Entrance Look Accessible? Where Is the Door? Towards Geospatial AI Agents for Visual Inquiries

Jon E. Froehlich, Jared Hwang, Zeyu Wang, John S. O'Meara, Xia Su, William Huang, Yang Zhang, Alex Fiannaca, Philip Nelson, Shaun Kane

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geospatial-ai accessibility agents
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In Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 2025 • 2025

Magneto: Combining Small and Large Language Models for Schema Matching

Yurong Liu, Eduardo Pena, Aecio Santos, Eden Wu, Juliana Freire

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data-integration llm schema-matching
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IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, 2025 • 2025

Large Language Models for Data Discovery and Integration: Challenges and Opportunities

Juliana Freire, Grace Fan, Benjamin Feuer, Christos Koutras, Yurong Liu, Eduardo Pena, Aecio Santos, Claudio T. Silva, Eden Wu

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llm data-discovery integration
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In Proceedings of the Workshop on Human-In-the-Loop Data Analytics, 2025 • 2025

Hierarchical Table Semantics for Exploratory Table Discovery

Grace Fan, Juliana Freire

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table-search knowledge-graphs human-in-the-loop
Abstract ACM Digital Library

To appear in the proceedings of NeurIPS Workshop on UrbanAI: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities • 2025

StreetTransformer: A Large Scale Multimodal Benchmark for Change Detection in Urban Streets

Jon Atkins, Joao Rulff, Claudio Silva, Maryam Hosseini

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change-detection computer-vision benchmark
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