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Conference papers

  • Lei Kehua, Kathleen Lum, Namrata Keskar, Saba Kheirinejad, Shivani Potnuru, Amy Xing, Reina Itakura, Simo Hosio, and David T. Lee. “Exploring Communal Gratitude in Online Communities.” CSCW’2024.
  • M. Torres-Mendoza David, Saba Kheirinejad, Mustafa Ajmal, Ashwin Chembu, Dustin Palea, Jim Whitehead, and David T. Lee. "Evaluating Exploratory Reading Groups for Supporting Undergraduate Research Pipelines in Computing." ICER 2024.
  • Haliburton Luke, Saba Kheirinejad, Albrecht Schmidt, and Sven Mayer. "Exploring Smart Standing Desks to Foster a Healthier Workplace." IMWUT'23.
  • Kiarostami Sina, Ville Paananen, Lik Hang Lee, Aku Visuri, Saba Kheirinejad, and Simo Hosio. "Exploring Situated Empathy through a Metaverse Campus." Academic MT23.
  • Alorwu, Andy, Saba Kheirinejad, Niels Van Berkel, Marianne Kinnula, Denzil Ferreira, Aku Visuri, and Simo Hosio. "Assessing MyData Scenarios: Ethics, Concerns, and the Promise." In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-11. 2021.
  • Kuosmanen Elina, Aku Visuri, Saba Kheirinejad, Niles v. Berkel, Heli Koskimäki, Denzil Ferreira, Simo Hosio. "How Does Sleep Tracking Influence Your Life? Experiences from a Longitudinal Field Study with a Wearable Ring'', MobileHCI ’22, Sep 28–Oct 1, 2022, Vancouver, Canada. "Best Paper Honorable Mention Award".
  • Kheirinejad Saba, Noushin Riaihi, and Reza Azmi. "Persian Text Based Traffic Sign Detection with Convolutional Neural Network: A New Dataset." In 2020 10th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE), pp. 060-064. IEEE, 2020.
  • Kheirinejad Saba, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hasheminejad, and Nooshin Riahi. "Max-min ant colony optimization method for edge detection exploiting a new heuristic information function." In 2018 8th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE), pp. 12-15. IEEE, 2018.

Journal papers

  • Kheirinejad Saba, Aku Visuri, Sharadhi Alape Suryanarayana, and Simo Hosio. "Exploring mHealth Applications for Self-Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Survey of Features and Benefits." Heliyon journal, 2023.
  • Kheirinejad Saba, Aku Visuri, Denzil Ferreira, and Simo Hosio. "Leave Your Smartphone Out of Bed”: Quantitative Analysis of Smartphone Use on Sleep Quality." Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal, 2023.
  • Kheirinejad Saba, Andy Alorwu, Aku Visuri, and Simo Hosio. "Contrasting the Expectations and Experiences Related to Mobile Health Use for Chronic Pain: Questionnaire Study." JMIR Human Factors 9, no. 3 (2022): e38265.
  • Kheirinejad Saba, Noushin Riahi, and Reza Azmi. "Text-Based Traffic Panels Detection using the Tiny YOLOv3 Algorithm." Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 68-80 (2022).

Preprints and under review papers

  • Kheirinejad Saba, Junhao Lee, Aku Visuri, David Lee, Steven Dow, Shixian Geng, Koji Yatani, and Simo Hosio. "Understanding Perspectives on the Potential Roles of Chatbots in Online Synchronous Health Discussions" Submitted to Journal of Interacting with Computers.
  • Kiarostami Sina, Ville Paananen, Lik Hang Lee, Aku Visuri, Saba Kheirinejad, and Simo Hosio. "We are Oulu: Communicating Hardship Stories of Immigrants and Promoting Situated Empathy in a Virtual Reality Campus." Submitted to Virtual Reality Journal.
  • Kheirinejad Saba and Simo Hosio. "The Impact of Emotional Awareness in AI-Driven Chatbots on Human Interaction." Under preparation.