This page showcases my publications, organized by categories such as journal articles, conference proceedings, and more. Each entry includes links to the full papers and BibTeX citation details. Publications are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent works listed first.

Last updated on Sep 22, 2026.

Journal Papers

  1. Evaluation of a spatial microsimulation framework for small-area estimation of population health outcomes using the behavioral risk factor surveillance system.
    E. Von Hoene, A. Gupta, H. Kavak, A. Roess, and T. Anderson
    International Journal of Health Geographics, 2026, doi: 10.1186/s12942-026-00485-3
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  2. Towards universal urban patterns-of-life simulation.
    S.M. Reia, H. Ferraz de Arruda, S. Ruan, T. Anderson, H. Kavak, and D. Pfoser
    npj Complexity, 2026, doi: 10.1038/s44260-026-00083-1
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  3. Plugged in, split apart: Partisan media sentiment and federal funding for electric mobility in the United States.
    C. Petri and H. Kavak
    Energy Research & Social Science, 2026, 134: 104633; doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2026.104633
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  4. A hybrid simulation methodology for identifying and mitigating supply chain disruptions.
    A. Rana, R. Patel, A. Goswami, S. Luke, A. Baveja, C. Domeniconi, B. Melamed, F. Roberts, W. Chen, A.T. Crooks, V. Menkov, V. Narayan, J. Jones, and H. Kavak
    Journal of Simulation, 2026, doi: 10.1080/17477778.2026.2628944
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  5. Synthetic population generation with public health characteristics for spatial agent-based models.
    E. Von Hoene, A. Roess, H. Kavak, and T. Anderson
    PLOS Computational Biology, 2025, 21(3): e1012439; doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012439
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  6. AI-Generated Messaging for Life Events Using Structured Prompts: A Comparative Study of GPT With Human Experts and Machine Learning.
    C.J. Lynch, E. Jensen, R. Gore, V. Zamponi, K. O’Brien, B. Feldhaus, K. Smith, J. Martínez, M.H. Munro, T.E. Ozkose, T.B. Gundogdu, A.M. Reinhold, H. Kavak, and B. Ezell
    IEEE Access, 2025
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  7. Function and Form of US Cities.
    SM. Reia, T. Anderson, HF. Arruda, KS. Atwal, S. Ruan, H. Kavak, and D. Pfoser
    Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024, 116(2024): 102221; doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102221
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  8. An OpenStreetMap derived building classification dataset for the United States.
    HF. Arruda, SM. Reia, S. Ruan, KS. Atwal, H. Kavak, T. Anderson, and D. Pfoser
    Scientific Data, 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-04046-w
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  9. In Silico Human Mobility Data Science: Leveraging Massive Simulated Mobility Data.
    A. Züfle , D. Pfoser , C. Wenk, A. Crooks, H. Kavak, T. Anderson, J-S. Kim, N. Holt, and A. Diantonio
    ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, 2024, doi: 10.1145/3672557
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  10. Leveraging newspapers to understand urban issues: A longitudinal analysis of urban shrinkage in Detroit.
    N. Jiang, A. Crooks, H. Kavak, and W. Wang
    Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2023, doi:10.1177/23998083231204695
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  11. Is More Always Better? Unveiling the Impact of Contributor Dynamics on Collaborative Mapping.
    A. McGough-Peker, H. Kavak, and R. Mahabir
    Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2023, doi:10.1007/s10588-023-09383-6
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  12. A General Epidemic Model and Its Application to Mask Design Considering Different Preferences towards Masks.
    C. Wang, and H. Kavak
    Complexity, 2022, doi:10.1155/2022/1626008
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  13. A method to create a synthetic population with social networks for geographically-explicit agent-based models.
    N. Jiang, W.G. Kennedy, A. Crooks, and H. Kavak 🏆 Top 3 Most-Read Computational Urban Science Paper (2022)
    Computational Urban Science, 2022, doi: 10.1007/s43762-022-00034-1
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  14. Urban life: a model of people and places
    A. Züfle, C. Wenk, D. Pfoser, A. Crooks, J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, U. Manzoor, J. Hyunjee
    Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2021, 10.1007/s10588-021-09348-7
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  15. Change of human mobility during COVID-19: A United States case study
    J. Elarde, J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, A. Züfle, T. Anderson
    PLOS One, 2021, 10.1371/journal.pone.0259031
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  16. Simulation for Cybersecurity: State of the Art and Future Directions
    H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla, D. Vernon-Bido, S.Y. Diallo, R.J. Gore, S. Shetty
    Journal of Cybersecurity, 2021, doi:10.1093/cybsec/tyab005
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  17. A content analysis-based approach to explore simulation verification and identify its current challenges
    C.J. Lynch, S.Y. Diallo, H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla
    PLOS One, 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232929
    [Paper] [BibTeX]

  18. Temporal and Spatiotemporal Investigation of Tourist Attraction Visit Sentiment on Twitter 🏆 Top 10% Most-Cited PLOS ONE Paper (2018)
    J.J. Padilla, H. Kavak, C.J. Lynch, S.Y. Diallo, R.J. Gore,
    PLOS One, 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198857
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  19. Applying Statistical Debugging for Trace Validation of Agent-Based Models
    R.J. Gore, C.J. Lynch, H. Kavak
    SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2016, doi:10.1177/0037549716659707
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  20. Towards a World Wide Web of Simulation
    S.Y. Diallo, R.J. Gore, J.J. Padilla, H. Kavak, C.J. Lynch
    The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2015, doi:10.1177/1548512915621974
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  21. Semi-Automated Initialization of Simulations: An Application to Healthcare.
    J.J. Padilla, S.Y. Diallo, H. Kavak, O. Sahin, J.A. Sokolowski and R.J. Gore
    The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2015, doi:10.1177/1548512915570143
    [Paper] [BibTex]

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

  1. Leveraging Large Language Models for Systematic Literature Review of Disease Spread Models. 📄 Accepted
    O.Y. Cinar, T.E. Ozkose, E. Von Hoene, A. Roess, T. Anderson, and H. Kavak
    Proceedings of the 2026 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

  2. Powering Agents with Generative AI: A Research Agenda for Generative Agent-Based Models. 📄 Accepted
    P.J. Giabbanelli, H. Kavak, S. Swarup, and Q. Wang
    Proceedings of the 2026 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

  3. Using Zero-Shot LLM-Generated Survey Data for Geographically Explicit Population Synthesis. 📄 Accepted
    T. Anderson, S. Von Hoene, O.Y. Cinar, E. Von Hoene, A. Roess, A. Crooks, and H. Kavak
    Proceedings of the 2026 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

  4. An Agent-Based Model of Recidivism. 📄 Accepted
    R. Rakkiappan and H. Kavak
    19th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRIMS), Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Hybrid), October 12-14, 2026

  5. Quantitative Comparison of Population Synthesis Techniques.
    D. Han, S. Islam, T. Anderson, A.T. Crooks, and H. Kavak
    2025 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 151-162
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  6. Evaluating the Transferability of a Synthetic Population Generation Approach for Public Health Applications.
    E. Von Hoene, A. Gupta, H. Kavak, A. Roess, and T. Anderson
    2025 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 628-639
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  7. HD-GEN: A Software System for Large-Scale Human Mobility Data Generation Based on Patterns of Life.
    H. Amiri, R. Yang, S. Ruan, J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, and C. Wenk
    Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL 2025); doi: 10.1145/3748636.3762751
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  8. Evolving Risk Communication: Analyzing Risk Response Effectiveness of Personalized Narrative Messages.
    T.B. Gundogdu, T.E. Ozkose, F. Ozeren, R. Gore, C.J. Lynch, V. Zamponi, J. O’Brien, B. Ezell, and H. Kavak
    2025 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), 92-97
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  9. Understanding Agent-Based Model Behavior through Virtual Reality.
    B. Yasakci, W.G. Kennedy, and H. Kavak
    2025 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), 302-306
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  10. Scaling Agent-Based Model Outputs Using Network Analysis.
    M. Malikov and H. Kavak
    Conference of the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA 2024), 211-223; doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-89692-7_13
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  11. The Patterns of Life Human Mobility Simulation
    H. Amiri, W. Kohn, S. Ruan, J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk, and A. Züfle
    2024 ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA; Oct 29-Nov 1, 2024; doi: 10.1145/3678717.3691319 [Paper] [BibTex]

  12. Simulating Elections in the Context of Voter Behavior and Election Rules
    M. Hammer and H. Kavak
    2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Washington, DC, USA May 20-23, 2024; IEEE; doi: 10.23919/ANNSIM61499.2024.10732640 [Paper] [BibTex]

  13. Incorporating Trauma Propagation and Transmission in Agent-Based Models: A Preliminary Framework
    N. Bishop and H. Kavak
    2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Washington, DC, USA May 20-23, 2024; IEEE; doi: 10.23919/ANNSIM61499.2024.10732632 [Paper] [BibTex]

  14. Massive Trajectory Data Based on Patterns of Life 🏆 Best Data Paper Award
    H. Amiri, S. Ruan, J-S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Kavak, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk, and A. Züfle
    2023 ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference, Hamburg, Germany, Nov 13-16, 2023; doi: 10.1145/3589132.3625592
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  15. The Effect of Empathy on Happiness in Social Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study
    N. Bishop and H. Kavak
    2023 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Hamilton, ON, Canada; May 23-26, 2023; IEEE
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  16. A Large-Scale Agent-Based Model Using The Spiral Software Development Process
    M. Malikov, F. Aloraini, H. Kavak, W. Kennedy, and A. Crooks
    2023 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Hamilton, ON, Canada; May 23-26, 2023; IEEE
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  17. Simulation and Optimization Techniques for the Mitigation of Disruptions to Supply Chains
    R. Patel, A. Rana, S. Luke, C. Domeniconi, H. Kavak, J. Jones, and A. Crooks
    2023 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Hamilton, ON, Canada; May 23-26, 2023; IEEE
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  18. Anti-american stance in Turkey: A twitter case study
    G. Prathap, A. Korb, L. Palmieri, E. Kaya, S. Karahan, and H. Kavak
    International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 2023, Towson, MD, USA, March 9-10, 2023; ACM, doi: 10.34190/iccws.18.1.1003
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  19. S-400s, Disinformation, and Anti-american Sentiment in Turkey
    A. Korb, S. Karahan, G. Prathap, E. Kaya, L. Palmieri, and H. Kavak
    International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 2023, Towson, MD, USA, March 9-10, 2023; ACM, doi: 10.34190/iccws.18.1.992
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  20. Human Mobility-based Synthetic Social Network Generation
    K. Gallagher, S. Kotnana, S. Satishkumar, K. Siripurapu, J. Elarde, T. Anderson, A. Züfle and H. Kavak
    2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Animal Movement Ecology and Human Mobility, Seattle, WA, USA, November 1, 2022; ACM, doi: 10.1145/3557921.3565540
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  21. Revisiting Linus’ Law in OpenStreetMap: An Agent-Based Approach 🏆 Best Student Paper Award
    A. McGough-Peker, H. Kavak, and R. Mahabir
    2022 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRIMS), Pittsburg, PA, USA, September 20-22, 2022; Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_12
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  22. Imitation Learning for Social Simulation
    J. Downes and H. Kavak
    2022 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRIMS), Pittsburg, PA, USA, September 20-22, 2022; Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_17
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  23. Evacuation in the Presence of Bad Actors
    C. Petri and H. Kavak
    2022 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRIMS), Pittsburg, PA, USA, September 20-22, 2022;
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  24. Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents
    A. Rana, H. Kavak, A. Crooks, C. Domeniconi, S. Luke, and J. Jones
    2022 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRIMS), Pittsburg, PA, USA, September 20-22, 2022; Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  25. Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Assist Synthetic Population Creation for Simulations
    S Kotnana, D. Han, T. Anderson, A. Züfle, and H. Kavak
    2022 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), San Diego, CA, USA, July 18-20, 2022; IEEE, doi: 10.23919/ANNSIM55834.2022.9859422
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  26. Phyloview: A system to visualize the ecology of infectious diseases using phylogenetic data
    MT. Le, D. Attaway, T. Anderson, H. Kavak, A. Roess, and A. Züfle
    23rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Paphos, Cyprus (Online), June 6-9, 2022; IEEE, doi: 10.1109/MDM55031.2022.00051
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  27. A System to Study Anti-American Misinformation and Disinformation Efforts on Social Media
    G. Prathap, E. Kaya, L. Palmieri, A. Korb, S. Karahan, and H. Kavak
    2022 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), Charlottesville, VA, USA (Online), April 28-29, 2022; IEEE, doi: 10.1109/SIEDS55548.2022.9799334
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  28. Investigating Disinformation Through the Lens of Mass Media: A System Design
    L. Palmieri, E. Kaya, G. Prathap, and H. Kavak
    2022 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), Charlottesville, VA, USA (Online), April 28-29, 2022; IEEE, doi: 10.1109/SIEDS55548.2022.9799320
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  29. Spatiotemporal Prediction of Foot Traffic
    S. Islam, D. Gandhi, J. Elarde, T. Anderson, A. Roess, T.F. Leslie, H. Kavak, and A. Züfle
    5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Recommendations, Geosocial Networks, and Geoadvertising, Seattle, Washington, USA (Online), November 2-5, 2021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  30. Towards a Verification and Validation Framework for COVID-19 Forecast Models.
    M. Lapoff and H. Kavak 2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Fairfax, VA, USA (Online), July 19-22, 2021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  31. Generation of Reusable Synthetic Population and Social Networks for Agent-Based Modeling
    N. Jiang, H. Kavak, W.G. Kennedy, and A. Crooks 2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Fairfax, VA, USA (Online), July 19-22, 2021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  32. Opportunities and challenges in developing covid-19 simulation models: Lessons from six funded projects
    P.J. Giabbanelli, J. Badham, B. Castellani, H. Kavak, V. Mago, A. Negahban, and S. Swarup
    2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Fairfax, VA, USA (Online), July 19-22, 2021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  33. Towards Large-Scale Agent-Based Geospatial Simulation
    U. Manzoor, H. Kavak, J-S. Kim, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, A. Züfle, and C. Wenk
    2021 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, Washington, DC, USA (Online), July 6-9, 2021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  34. Data-Driven Mobility Models for COVID-19 Simulation
    J. Pesavento, A. Chen, R. Yu, J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, T. Anderson, and A. Züfle
    3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities, Seattle, Washington, USA (Online), November 3, 2020
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  35. Location-Based Social Network Data Generation Based on Patterns of Life (~23% full paper acceptance rate)
    J-S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Kavak, O.C. Rouly, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk and A. Züfle
    The 21st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Versailles, France (Online), June 30-July 3, 2020
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  36. Modeling the Modeler: an Empirical Study on How Modelers Learn to Create Simulations
    H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla, S.Y. Diallo and A. Barraco
    The 2020 Spring Simulation Conference, Virtual, May 18-21, 2020
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  37. Simulating Urban Patterns of Life: A Geo-Social Data Generation Framework
    J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, U. Manzoor, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk and A. Züfle
    2019 ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference, Chicago, IL, Nov 5-8, 2019; doi: 10.1145/3347146.3359106
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  38. Location-Based Social Simulation 🏆 Best Vision Paper Runner-Up
    H. Kavak, J-S. Kim, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk and A. Züfle
    16th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD 2019), Vienna, Austria, August 19-21, 2019
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  39. Advancing simulation experimentation capabilities with runtime interventions
    J-S. Kim, H. Kavak, U. Manzoor and A. Züfle
    2019 Spring Simulation Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 29 - May 01, 2019
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  40. Fine-Scale Prediction of People’s Home Location using Social Media Footprints
    H. Kavak, D. Vernon-Bido and J.J. Padilla
    SBP-BRIMS Conference 2018, Washington, DC, July 10-13, 2018
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  41. Big Data, Agents, and Machine Learning: towards A Data-Driven Agent-based Modeling Approach
    H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla, C.J. Lynch, and S.Y. Diallo
    51st Annual Simulation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, April 15-18, 2018, doi: 10.22360/SpringSim.2018.ANSS.021
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  42. Assessing the Impact of Cyberloafing on Cyber Risk
    D. Vernon-Bido, G. Grigoryan, H. Kavak, and J.J. Padilla
    51st Annual Simulation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, April 15-18, 2018, doi: 10.22360/SpringSim.2018.ANSS.020
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  43. Storytelling and Simulation Creation
    J.J. Padilla, C.J. Lynch, H. Kavak, Shawn Evett, Devon Nelson, Calvin Carson, and Joshua del Villar
    Winter Simulation Conference, Las Vegas, NV, December 3-6, 2017, pp. 4288-4299
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  44. Incorporating Sound Cues in Simulations
    J. Deuro, C.J. Lynch, H. Kavak, and J.J. Padilla
    Winter Simulation Conference, Las Vegas, NV, December 3-6, 2017, pp. 4209-4219
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  45. Identifying Unexpected Behaviors of Agent-based Models through Spatial Plots and Heat Maps
    C.J. Lynch, H. Kavak, D. Vernon-Bido, and R.J. Gore
    Swarmfest 2017, Suffolk, VA, August 11-13, 2017
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  46. The Spread of Wi-Fi Router Malware Revisited
    H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla, D. Vernon-Bido, R.J. Gore, and S.Y. Diallo
    20th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium, Virginia Beach, VA, April 23-26, 2017
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  47. Using Simulation Games for Teaching and Learning Discrete-Event Simulation
    J.J. Padilla, C.J. Lynch, H. Kavak, S.Y. Diallo, R.J. Gore, A. Barraco, and B. Jenkins
    2016 Winter Simulation Conference, Arlington, VA, December, 11-14, 2016, pp. 3375-3384
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  48. Towards Modeling Factors that Enable an Attacker
    D. Vernon-Bido, J.J. Padilla, S.Y. Diallo, H. Kavak, and R.J. Gore
    Summer Simulation Conference Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 24-27, 2016
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  49. A characterization of cybersecurity simulation scenarios
    H. Kavak, J.J. Padilla, D. Vernon-Bido, S.Y. Diallo, and R.J. Gore
    19th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium, Pasadena, CA, April 3-6, 2016
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  50. Modeling and Simulation as a Service (MSaaS) for Education: Learning STEM Concepts through Simulation Use and Building
    J.J. Padilla, E. Romero-Hall, S.Y. Diallo, A. Barraco, H. Kavak, C.J. Lynch, R.J. Gore, and M. Sheth-Chandra
    2015 Summer Simulation Conference, Chicago, IL, July, 26-29, 2015
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  51. Cloud-based Simulators: Making Simulations Accessible to Non-Experts and Experts Alike
    J.J. Padilla, S.Y. Diallo, A. Barraco, H. Kavak, and C.J. Lynch.
    2014 Winter Simulation Conference, Savannah, GA, December, 7-10, 2014, pp. 3630-3639
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  52. Leveraging Social Media Data in Agent-based Simulations.
    J.J. Padilla, S.Y. Diallo, H. Kavak, O. Sahin, and B. Nicholson.
    47th Annual Simulation Symposium, Tampa, FL, April 13-16, 2014
    [Paper] [BibTex]

Book Chapters

  1. Bias, Fairness, and Assurance in AI: Overview and Synthesis
    A. Al-Khulaidy Stine and H. Kavak
    AI Assurance: Towards Trustworthy, Explainable, Safe, and Ethical AI, Edited by Feras A. Batarseh and Laura J. Freeman. Academic Press, 2023, 125-151; doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91919-7.00016-0
    [Paper] [BibTex]

Other Publications (non-peer reviewed)

  1. COVID-19 ensemble models using representative clustering
    J-S Kim, H. Kavak, C.O. Rouly, H. Jin, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk, and A. Züfle SIGSPATIAL Special, Volume 12 Issue 2, doi:10.1145/3431843.3431848
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  2. Location-Based Social Simulation for Prescriptive Analytics of Disease Spread
    J-S Kim, H. Kavak, C.O. Rouly, H. Jin, A. Crooks, D. Pfoser, C. Wenk, and A. Züfle SIGSPATIAL Special, Volume 12 Issue 1, doi:10.1145/3292390.3292397
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  3. Procedural City Generation Beyond Game Development
    J-S Kim, H. Kavak and A. Crooks
    SIGSPATIAL Special, Volume 10 Issue 2, doi:10.1145/3292390.3292397
    [Paper] [BibTex]

  4. Human Mobility Simulation Framework Using Big Data and Agents 🏆 Best Presentation Award
    H. Kavak and J.J. Padilla
    2016 Spring Simulation Conference, Poster Session and Student Colloquium, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4179.7522
    [Poster]

  5. A Data-Driven Spatial Agent-based Simulation Application with In-memory Caching Support
    H. Kavak and J.J. Padilla
    2017 Spring Simulation Conference, DEMO Session
    [Paper]

Publications in Progress

  1. Immersive Agent-Based Modeling through Virtual Reality: Implementation and Case Studies. M. Wang, N.E. Pinar, and H. Kavak. To be submitted to Journal of Simulation Practice and Theory.

  2. Synthetic Populations for Public Health Policy and Planning. E. Von Hoene, H. Kavak, and T. Anderson. Book chapter to appear in Synthetic Population: Predicting Futures with Realistic Digital Communities, edited by Ed Hua, Bianica Pires, and Jon Cline.

  3. Surrogate Modeling for Agent-Based Simulation. H. Kavak. Book chapter to appear in Artificial Intelligence in Modeling and Simulation, edited by Philippe J. Giabbanelli and Istvan David.