Publications

@article{opriessnig2026life,
  title={{Life, Death, and 280 Characters: A Hashtag Analysis of \#AssistedSuicide on X (2015--2025)}},
  author={Opriessnig, Elisa and Litvinova, Olena and Ma, Zilin and Hua, Yining and MohanaSundaram, ArunSundar and Kletecka-Pulker, Maria and Atanasov, Atanas G. and Wochele-Thoma, Thomas},
  journal={{Frontiers in Digital Health}},
  volume={8},
  pages={1744855},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.3389/fdgth.2026.1744855}
}

@article{wochelethoma2026global,
  title={{Global English-Language-Dominated Discourse on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Three-Year Longitudinal Analysis of the \#AIinHealthcare Movement on X}},
  author={Wochele-Thoma, Thomas and Ijinu, Thadiyan Parambil and Sasidharan, Sreejith Pongillyathundi and Manakkadan, Anoop and Shine, Lathikakumariamma Sahadevakurup and Krishnakumar, Neenthamadathil Mohandas and Aruna, Selvaraj Indira and Pasupuleti, Nagarjuna and Aswany, Thomas and Deepthi, Divakaran Chandramathi and Ma, Zilin and Hua, Yining and Lawinski, Michal and Litvinova, Olena and Kletecka-Pulker, Maria and Atanasov, Atanas G.},
  journal={{Frontiers in Digital Health}},
  volume={8},
  pages={1795488},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.3389/fdgth.2026.1795488}
}

@article{ijinu2026mapping,
  title={{Mapping the Global Digital Discourse on Nutraceuticals: A Two-Year Hashtag Analysis of the X Platform}},
  author={Ijinu, Thadiyan Parambil and Sasidharan, Sreejith Pongillyathundi and Khakimovich, Tukhtaev Farkhodjon and Krishnakumar, Neenthamadathil Mohandas and Akhilesh, Valpasseri Purakkat and Varghese, Vijesh and Pasupuleti, Nagarjuna and Deepthi, Divakaran Chandramathi and Ma, Zilin and Hua, Yining and others},
  journal={{Animal Science Papers and Reports}},
  volume={44},
  number={2},
  pages={145--168},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.2478/aspr-2026-0010}
}

@article{hua2025charting,
  title={{Charting the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Mental Health Chatbots from Rule-Based Systems to Large Language Models: A Systematic Review}},
  author={Hua, Yining and Siddals, Steve and Ma, Zilin and Galatzer-Levy, Isaac and Xia, Winna and Hau, Christine and Na, Hongbin and Flathers, Matthew and Linardon, Jake and Ayubcha, Cyrus and Torous, John},
  journal={{World Psychiatry}},
  volume={24},
  pages={{383--394}},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1002/wps.21352},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21352}
}

@inproceedings{ma2025chatgpt,
  title={``ChatGPT, Don't Tell Me What to Do'': Designing AI for Context Analysis in Humanitarian Frontline Negotiations},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Mei, Yiyang and Bruderlein, Claude and Gajos, Krzysztof Z. and Pan, Weiwei},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK '25)},
  year={2025},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3729176.3729194},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1145/3729176.3729194}
}

@article{olivier2025assessing,
  title={{Assessing ChatGPT Responses to Patient Questions on Epidural Steroid Injections: A Comparative Study of General vs Specific Queries}},
  author={Olivier, Timothy and Ma, Zilin and Patel, Ankit and Shi, Weibin and Murtuza, Mohammed and Hatchard, Nicole E. and Pan, Xiaoyu Norman and Annaswamy, Thiru M.},
  journal={{Interventional Pain Medicine}},
  volume={4},
  number={2},
  pages={100592},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100592},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100592}
}

@article{olivier2025response,
  title={{In Response to ``Letter to the Editor Regarding `Assessing ChatGPT Responses to Patient Questions on Epidural Steroid Injections'''}},
  author={Olivier, Timothy and Patel, Ankit and Shi, Weibin and Ma, Zilin and Annaswamy, Thiru M.},
  journal={{Interventional Pain Medicine}},
  volume={4},
  number={3},
  pages={100621},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100621},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100621}
}

@article{bensz2025insights,
  title={{Insights from Antiaging-Related X Discussions: A Six-Year \#Longevity Hashtag Analysis Study}},
  author={Bensz, Joanna and Soldacki, Dariusz and Ma, Zilin and Matin, Farhan Bin and Matin, Maima and Atanasov, Atanas G.},
  journal={{Current Research in Biotechnology}},
  volume={9},
  pages={100280},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1016/j.crbiot.2025.100280}
}

@phdthesis{ma2025dissertation,
  title={{Designing Intelligent Interactive Systems for Vulnerable Populations}},
  author={Ma, Zilin},
  school={{Harvard University}},
  year={2025},
  url={https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42725195}
}

@inproceedings{ma2024evaluating,
  title={{Evaluating the Experience of LGBTQ+ People Using Large Language Model Based Chatbots for Mental Health Support}},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Mei, Yiyang and Long, Yinru and Su, Zhaoyuan and Gajos, Krzysztof Z.},
  booktitle={{Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}},
  year={2024},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3613904.3642482},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642482}
}

@inproceedings{ma2024usinglargelanguagemodels,
  title={{Using Large Language Models for Humanitarian Frontline Negotiation: Opportunities and Considerations}},
  author={Zilin Ma and Susannah Cheng Su and Nathan Zhao and Linn Bieske and Blake Bullwinkel and Jinglun Gao and Gekai Liao and Siyao Li and Ziqing Luo and Boxiang Wang and Zihan Wen and Yanrui Yang and Yanyi Zhang and Claude Bruderlein and Weiwei Pan},
  booktitle={{ICML 2024 Next Generation of AI Safety Workshop}},
  year={2024},
  url={https://openreview.net/forum?id=ekHAMI97qf}
}

@inproceedings{ma2024llm,
  title={{Schr{\"o}dinger's Update: User Perceptions of Uncertainties in Proprietary Large Language Model Updates}},
  year={2024},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Mei, Yiyang and Gajos, Krzysztof Z. and Arawjo, Ian},
  booktitle={{Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}},
  series={{CHI EA '24}},
  publisher={{ACM}},
  doi={10.1145/3613905.3651100}
}

@inproceedings{long2024affirmativeailgbtqfriendlyaudit,
  title={{AffirmativeAI: Towards LGBTQ+ Friendly Audit Frameworks for Large Language Models}},
  author={Yinru Long and Zilin Ma and Yiyang Mei and Zhaoyuan Su},
  booktitle={{Workshop on Human-Centered Evaluation and Auditing of Language Models (HEAL) at CHI 2024}},
  year={2024},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04652}
}

@inproceedings{dubiel2024sidm,
  title={{Speech as Interactive Design Material (SIDM): How to Design and Evaluate Task-Tailored Synthetic Voices?}},
  author={Dubiel, Mateusz and Aylett, Matthew P. and Schmitt, Anuschka and Ma, Zilin and Hsieh, Gary and Wambsganss, Thiemo},
  booktitle={{Companion Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces}},
  series={{IUI '24 Companion}},
  year={2024},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3640544.3645258},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1145/3640544.3645258}
}

@misc{wang2021learning,
  title={{Learning Interpretable Fair Representations}},
  author={Wang, Tianhao and Bu{\c{c}}inca, Zana and Ma, Zilin},
  year={2024},
  eprint={2406.16698},
  archivePrefix={arXiv},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16698}
}

@inproceedings{ma2023understanding,
  title={{Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Using Large Language Model-Based Conversational Agents for Mental Well-being Support}},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Mei, Yiyang and Su, Zhaoyuan},
  booktitle={{AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings}},
  volume={2023},
  pages={{1105--1114}},
  year={2023},
  organization={{American Medical Informatics Association}}
}

@inproceedings{ma2022not,
  title={{Not Just a Preference: Reducing Biased Decision-Making on Dating Websites}},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Gajos, Krzysztof Z.},
  booktitle={{Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}},
  year={2022},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3491102.3517587},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517587}
}

@inproceedings{egri2022detecting,
  title={{Detecting Hotspots of Human-Wildlife Conflicts in India Using News Articles and Aerial Images}},
  author={Egri, Gokhan and Han, Xinran and Ma, Zilin and Surapaneni, Priyanka and Chakraborty, Sunandan},
  booktitle={{ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)}},
  pages={{375--385}},
  year={2022},
  doi={10.1145/3530190.3534818}
}

@article{egri2021classifying,
  title={{Classifying and Analysing Human--Wildlife Conflicts in India Using News Articles}},
  author={Egri, Gokhan and Han, Xinran and Ma, Zilin and Chakraborty, Sunandan},
  journal={{EasyChair Preprint}},
  number={5898},
  year={2021}
}

@inproceedings{kovacs2019conservation,
  title={{Conservation of Procrastination: Do Productivity Interventions Save Time or Just Redistribute It?}},
  author={Kovacs, Geza and Gregory, Drew Mylander and Ma, Zilin and Wu, Zhengxuan and Emami, Golrokh and Ray, Jacob and Bernstein, Michael S.},
  booktitle={{Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}},
  year={2019},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3290605.3300560}
}

@article{angileri2019ethical,
  title={{Ethical Considerations of Facial Classification: Reducing Racial Bias in AI}},
  author={Angileri, John and Brown, Matt and DiPalma, Joseph and Ma, Zilin and Dancy, Christopher L.},
  year={2019}
}

@inproceedings{stough2018ventricular,
  title={{Ventricular Segmentation and Quantitative Assessment in Cardiac MR Using Convolutional Neural Networks}},
  author={Stough, Joshua V and DiPalma, Joseph and Ma, Zilin and Fornwalt, Brandon K and Haggerty, Christopher M.},
  booktitle={{Medical Imaging 2018: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging}},
  volume={10578},
  pages={{521--527}},
  year={2018},
  organization={{SPIE}}
}

@inproceedings{ma2017spreading,
  title={{Spreading of Waves in Disordered Media}},
  author={Ma, Zilin and Iyer, D.},
  booktitle={{APS March Meeting Abstracts}},
  pages={T1.026},
  year={2017}
}