Publications & Media
General Research Interests
Artificial intelligence
Discussion Systems
Collective Intelligence
Social Network Analysis
WSNs, IoT, Internet of People, things, and everytings
Research Interest: Focusing out my research on AI-assisted electronic participation and digital democracy. I’m particularly interested in the impact of digitalization and algorithmification of society on communities.
Here's a brief summary of my research output:
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Journal Papers
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, R. Hadfi, T. Ito, et al. E-contact facilitated by conversational agents reduces interethnic prejudice and anxiety in Afghanistan. Communications Psychology 2, 22 (2024). [ Link | Nature ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, and T. Ito. Conversational AI as a Facilitator Improves Participant Engagement and Problem-Solving in Online Discussion: Sharing Evidence from Five Cities in Afghanistan. IEICE Transaction on Information and Systems, Vol.E107-D, No.4, pp.-, Apr. 2024. [ Link | Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) | IF: 0.7 (2022) ]
R. Hadfi, S. Okuhara, J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, S. Ohnuma and T. Ito. Conversational agents enhance women's contribution in online debates. Scientific Reports 13, 14534 (2023). [ Link | Nature | IF: 4.6 (2022) ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Facilitating discussion on COVID-19 with autonomous facilitator: A case study on the comparison of expert discussion versus the public paradigm ratio of reply for agent facilitation post. Journal of Intelligent Informatics and Smart Technology. Volume 8, Issue 2 October 2022, pp 22-1-22-8. [ Link | Artificial Intelligence Association of Thailand (AIAT) ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito, P. Rizzi. Using Decision Support System to Enable Crowd Identify Neighborhood Issues and Its Solutions for Policy Makers: An Online Experiment at Kabul Municipal Level. In Sustainability 2021. [ Link| MDPI | IF: 3.9 (2022) ]
R. Hadfi, J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Argumentative Conversational Agents for Online Discussions. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Volume 30, Issue 1 May 2021, Article No.: 5453, pp 1-34. [ Link | Springer | IF: 1.2 (2022) ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka. Design of Joint Cooperative Routing, MAC and Physical Layer with QoS-aware Traffic-based Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing, Volume 5, pp. 164-175 (2017). [ Link | Springer | IF: 1.7 (2022) ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka. An Intelligent Cross-Layer QoS-Aware Protocol with traffic Differentiation-based for Energy Communication in WSNs. International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing, Volume 5, pp. 80-92 (2017). [ Link |Springer IF: 1.7 (2022) ]
Conference Papers (peer reviewed):
[2024]
Takayuki Ito, Yihan Dong, Jawad Haqbeen, Sofia Sahab, and Tokuro Matsuo. Multiple AI Agents that Support Crowd Discussion. The 12th ACM Collective Intelligence 2024, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 26-29, 2024.
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Assessing the Impact of AI-mediation on Changing Extreme Perception in Online Discussion: Post-Intervention Responses in Post-2021 Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 25) 11-14 June, 2024, National Taiwan University, Taiwan [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. From Interactive Idea Development to Solution Planning: An AI-assisted Discussion Facilitation Timeline for Collaborative Planning. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 25), 11-14 June, 2024, National Taiwan University, Taiwan [ Link ]
Tainchen Wang, S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen T. Ito. Assessing the Impact of AI Conversational Agents on the Mental Health and Self-Efficacy of Afghan Women. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI2024), Kumamoto, Japan. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Examining the Impact of Conversational AI Interaction on Perceptions of Individuals with Extreme Views in Post-2021 Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI2024), Kumamoto, Japan. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Discussion Timeline for Collaborative Planning: Case of IBIS Element-specific AI-enabled Facilitation Policy. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI2024), Kumamoto, Japan. [ Link ]
[2023]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Facilitating Collaborative Consensus Building in Web-based Discussion through Collective Task-Based Roles: A Case Study. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS2023), Kitakyushu, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. A Digital Initiative to Address Girls Education Challenges in Collaboration with NPO in Post-2021 Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2023), Kitakyushu, Japan 2023. (Excellent Paper Award). [ Link ]
S. Okuboyejo, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Evaluating the performance of Machine Learning Classifiers on Predicting Hypothyroidism for Public Healthcare Good. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2023), Kitakyushu, Japan 2023.. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. A Case Study on the Comparison of AI-facilitated Threaded Conversation versus Threaded Conversation. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2023), Kitakyushu, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Facilitating the problems that lie within the solutions using Conversational AI: A Case Study of Post-2021 Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 23) [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. In Solidarity with Ukraine through Conversational AI via Facebook Ads: A Case Study of Online Discussion in 15 Countries. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 23) [ Link ] (Nominated for Best Poster Award; Top 3, got third position based on number of received votes)
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Facilitating Discussion Element-specific Problem-solving Conversations using Conversational Agent: Case of IBIS. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Tokyo, Japan June 11-15, 2023. Nominated for Best Paper Award Nomination (Top 4)
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Crowd-Selected “Quality Paper”: Selecting a Quality Paper based on Conference Attendees’s Decision using Conversational AI Platform. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Tokyo, Japan June 11-15, 2023.
Y. Dong, S. Ding, J. Haqbeen, and T. Ito. The significant factors that affect the accuracy on classifying english ibis datasets. The 85th National Convention of IPSJ, March 2023.
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. A Large-scale Labeled English Text Datasets for Machine Learning: Case of Issue-based Information System. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI2023), Kumamoto, Japan. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Talent-Spotting in Online Deliberative Crowdsourcing Initiative: Case of Afghanistan’s first ever Internet-based Idea Competition on Solid Waste Management. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI2023), Kumamoto, Japan. [ Link ] (Excellence Paper Award)
[2022]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. How did discourse shift among Afghan citizens during the fall of the republic: Early insights using conversational AI platform. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 22) [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Feature Influential Participants to Engage Crowd by Virtual Incentive in Crowdsourcing Contests. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS21), Kyoto, 2022.
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Evaluating Rank-Coherence among AI-enabled Ranking, Expert Rating and Crowd Voting for Selecting Winners in Incentivized Large-scale Idea Contest for Creative Works. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI22). [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. The image of a city through a digital participatory platform: A comparative study using “AI-mediated” and “non-mediated” discussion in the five major cities in Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI22). [ Link ]
[2021]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Empowering the vulnerable through online discussion support systems. To appear in Proceedings of the International Conference of Invisible Construction, Kyoto, Japan, September 1, 2021
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Facilitating Discussion on COVID-19 with Autonomous Facilitator: A Case Study on the Comparison of Expert Discussion Versus The Public Paradigm Ratio of Reply for Agent Facilitation Post. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS21), Online, 2021. [Best Presentation Award]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. Different or Alike? Motivation to Participate and Social Influence in Online Discussions by Age and Gender. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, pp.281-289. Vienna, Austria, September 7-10, 2021. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. What Makes a Participative Tool Elicit more Sample Views? Discussion with Supportive means for Mutual Benefit. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, pp.1089-1099, Vienna, Austria, September 7-10, 2021. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Text-based Discussion Environment using a Discussion Support System Enhances Participants' Engagement at International e-Conference; KICSS 2020 Online Experiment. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, pp.837-849, Vienna, Austria, September 7-10, 2021. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. How to deliberate online discussion on COVID-19 at scale? Artificially but with efficient turn-taking. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Toronto, Canada June 6-10, 2021.
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. The Effect of Competitors on Crowd Engagement in Incentivized Municipal Idea Contest Project. In Proceedings of the 9th ACM Collective Intelligence, Copenhagen, June 29-30, 2021. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, R. Hadfi, Z. Sahab, S. Sahab, T. Nishida, R. Amiryar. Usage & application of AI-based discussion facilitation system for urban renewal in selected districts of Kabul city: Afghanistan Experimental View. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI20), pp.1C3-OS-6a-01, Kumamoto-Jo, Japan, June 9-12, 2020. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab, T. Sato, S. Okuhara, M. Hofaini. Insights from a Large-Scale Discussion on COVID-19 in Collective Intelligence. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT20), pp.546-553, Melbourne, Australia, December 14-17, 2020. [ Link ]
[2020]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab, T. Sato, R. Hadfi, S. Okuhara. Meeting the SDGs: Enabling the goals by cooperation with crowd using conversational AI platform. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS20), Online, 2020. [Best Paper Award]
S. Sahab, T. Ito, J. Haqbeen, S. Okuhara. A Study on Neighborhood Functions Using Smart Discussion Platform: Kabul City Experiment. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS20), Online, 2020. [ Best Discussant Award ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, R. Hadfi, T. Nishida, Z. Sahab, S. Sahab, S. Roghmal, R. Amiryar. Promoting Discussion with AI-based Facilitation: Urban Dialogue with Kabul City. In Proceedings of the 8th ACM Collective Intelligence, Boston-Copenhagen, June 18-19, 2020. [ Link ]
T. Ito, R. Hadfi, J. Haqbeen et al.,. Agent-Based Crowd Discussion Support System and Its Societal Experiments. 18th International In Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), pp. 430–433, L’Aquila, June 16-19, 2020. [ Excellence Research Award ]
[2018]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka.Traffic adaptive hybrid MAC with QoS driven energy efficiency for WSNs through joint dynamic scheduling mode, 17th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, June 6-8, 2018. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka.Traffic adaptive hybrid MAC with QoS driven energy efficiency for WSNs through joint dynamic scheduling mode, 19th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNDP), Busan, South Kora, June 27-29, 2018. [ Link ]
[2017]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka. Joint Routing, MAC and Physical Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), p.935-940, Penang, Malaysia, November 5–8, 2017. [ IEEE Nagoya Section Best Presentation Award ] [ Link ]
[2016]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, M. Arifuzzaman, T. Otsuka. Intelligent Cross-Layer Protocol with Traffic-Differentiation-Based QoS for Wireless Sensor Networks", 2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, November 22–25, 2016. [ Link ]
Workshop Papers (peer reviewed):
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab.The Moderating Role of AI-Assisted Online Discussion Forums in Promoting Social Solidarity During Crisis: A Preliminary Analysis. In 2nd International Workshop on Democracy & AI (DemocrAI2023) in conjunction with 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Macua, 2023. [ Link ]
Takayuki Ito, Rafik Hadfi, Sofia Sahab and Jawad Haqbeen. Towards Hyperdemocracy: An AI-powered Web Discussion System and its Societal Implementation. In 2nd International Workshop on Democracy & AI (DemocrAI2023) in conjunction with 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Macua, 2023. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Assessing Conversational Agent Impact on Conversation Development and Changing People’s Sentiments Towards Certain Entities: A Case Study with Nations in War. In 3rd International Workshop on Democracy & AI (DemocrAI2023) in conjunction with 20th The Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Indonesia. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab. AI-based mediation improves opinion solicitation in a large-scale online discussion: Experimental evidence from Kabul Municipality. In International Workshop on AI for Social Good (AI4SG) in conjunction with 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), online, 2021. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T, Ito, S. Sahab, R. Hadfi, S. Okuhara, N. Saba, M. Hofaini, U. Baregzai. A Contribution to COVID-19 Prevention through Crowd Collaboration using Conversational AI & Social Platforms. In International Workshop on AI for Social Good (AI4SG) in conjunction with 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2020.[ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab, T. Sato, S. Okuhara, M. Hofaini. Insights from a Large-Scale Discussion on COVID-19 in Collective Intelligence. SMASH 2020 Summer Symposium. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, R. Hadfi, S. Sahab, T. Nishida, R. Amiryar. Usage & application of AI-based discussion facilitation system for city issues and town meeting: Kabul experimental view. In 2nd International Workshop on Agentbased Crowd Decision-making (AgentCrowd2020) in conjunction with 2020 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS20), May 9, Auckland, New Zealand, 2020.
Invited Local/International Workshop, Talk, and Discussion:
[2023]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Empowering Girls' Education with AI-assisted Online Forum in Post-2021 Afghanistan. In Proceedings of the FIT 2023 (第22回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2023）, Osaka, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. An IBIS-Focused Diverse Facilitation Timeline for Online Discussion: Preliminary Experiment. In Proceedings of the FIT 2023 (第22回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2023）, Osaka, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab, T. Ito. Exploring Public Sentiments Facilitated with and without Conversational AI: A Case Study of Russia and Ukraine. In the Symposium on Multi Agent Systems for Harmonization (JAWS 2023), Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen, T. Ito. An Extended IBIS-Focused Diverse Facilitation Timeline for Online Discussion. In the Symposium on Multi Agent Systems for Harmonization (JAWS 2023), Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 2023. [ Link ]
Member of Panel (Panelist). Research at the Intersection of Human Science and Information Technologies: Cultivating Relationships between Humans & Machines. MediaX, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Jan 20, 2021.
J. Haqbeen. Agents that facilitate participatory planning and collaborate among city and citizens in Afghanistan. In the Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS20), Singapore, January 12-15, 2020. [Interactive Session, Talk]
Tutorial (reviewed):
T. Ito, R. Hadfi, R. Arisaka, J. Haqbeen, S. Sahab. Towards Hyper-democracy, AI-enabled Crowd Consensus Making and Its Real-World Societal Experiments. In 18th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI21), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2021. [Tutorial]
R. Hadfi, T. Ito, S. Sahab, J. Haqbeen. Agent-based Discussion Platforms: Foundations, Development, and Social Applications. In The 24th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2022), Valencia, Spain, November 16, 2022. [Tutorial]
Conference Track (reviewed):
J. Haqbeen, T. Ito, S. Sahab, KJ Lin. Digital Democracy & AI. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 24) [ Link ]
Working Papers:
Reducing Ethnics Bias Using Conversational AI. Joint work with S. Sahab, R. Hadfi, T. Ito and S. Ohnuma.
Featured by Media and other Agencies:
We have been featured in a couple of news outlets such as NHK World, Asahi Shimbun and also been reported by the United Nations.
Our case study on promoting discusion about COVID-19 Awareness featured by TOLO News.
Closing Ceremony of Discussion League broadcasted LIVE by Kabul city. Kabul Mayor was one of participants.
How to Login to Discussion League. Prepared and advertised by Kabul City to Kabul citizen to participate in city process using our platform.
Our over 10 social experiments were featured by Kabul city Muncipal Goverment.
Our study featured by Kabul city Wikipedia page.
Our case study is being featured by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.
Our case study is being featured by United Nations. Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific.
Our study featured by Issue based Information System (IBIS) Wikipedia page.
Our case study is being featured by Asahi Shimbun. , one of the three largest newspapers (2022) in Japan. Also, the oldest in Japan and Asia.