{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Influence Maximization: Raising Awareness about HIV among Homeless Youth","authors":[{"name":"Amulya Yadav","slug":"amulya-yadav","given":"Amulya","family":"Yadav","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Bryan Wilder","slug":"bryan-wilder","given":"Bryan","family":"Wilder","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Eric Rice","slug":"eric-rice","given":"Eric","family":"Rice","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Robin Petering","slug":"robin-petering","given":"Robin","family":"Petering","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Jaih Craddock","slug":"jaih-craddock","given":"Jaih","family":"Craddock","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell","slug":"amanda-yoshioka-maxwell","given":"Amanda","family":"Yoshioka-Maxwell","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Mary Hemler","slug":"mary-hemler","given":"Mary","family":"Hemler","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Laura Onasch-Vera","slug":"laura-onasch-vera","given":"Laura","family":"Onasch-Vera","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Milind Tambe","slug":"milind-tambe","given":"Milind","family":"Tambe","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"},{"name":"Darlene Woo","slug":"darlene-woo","given":"Darlene","family":"Woo","affiliation":"Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society , University of Southern California , LA , CA , 90089"}],"abstract":"This paper reports on results obtained by deploying HEALER and DOSIM (two AI agents for social influence maximization) in the real-world, which assist service providers in maximizing HIV awareness in real-world homeless-youth social networks. These agents recommend key \"seed\" nodes in social networks, i.e., homeless youth who would maximize HIV awareness in their real-world social network. While prior research on these agents published promising simulation results from the lab, the usability of these AI agents in the real-world was unknown. This paper presents results from three real-world pilot studies involving 173 homeless youth across two different homeless shelters in Los Angeles. The results from these pilot studies illustrate that HEALER and DOSIM outperform the current modus operandi of service providers by ~160% in terms of information spread about HIV among homeless youth.","doi":"10.24963/ijcai.2018/761","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2018/761","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2018/0761.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2018/761.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2018/bibtex/761","volume":{"slug":"2018","title":"Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 2018","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2018/","year":2018,"location":"Stockholm","dates":"13-19 July 2018","editors":"Jérôme Lang","isbn":"978-0-9992411-2-7","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization","doi_prefix":"10.24963/ijcai.2018"},"section":"Sister Conferences Best Papers","track":"Best Sister Conferences","number":761,"pages":{"first":5399,"last":5403},"keywords":["Planning and Scheduling: Planning under Uncertainty","Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications: Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications","Planning and Scheduling: Applications of Planning","Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications: Computational Sustainability"],"videos":[],"references":[{"position":1,"raw":"[Arnold and Rotheram-Borus, 2009] Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus. 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