Jay Chen - Research - Teaching


Publications

A Pluralist Approach to Democratizing Online Discourse
Jay Chen, Barath Raghavan, Paul Schmitt, Tai Liu
arXiv (arxiv.org), August 2021.
Karamad: A Voice-based Crowd-sourcing Platform for Under-served Populations
Shan Randhawa, Tallal Ahmad, Jay Chen, Agha Ali Raza
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Yokohama, Japan, May 2021.
The Case for Model-driven Interpretability of Delay-based Congestion Control Protocols
Muhammad Khan, Yasir Zaki, Shiva Iyer, Talal Ahmad, Thomas Poestch, Jay Chen, Anirudh Sivaraman, Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, March 2021.
Migration in the Stencil Pluralist Cloud Architecture
Tai Liu, Zain Tariq, Barath Raghavan, Jay Chen
arXiv (arxiv.org), February 2021.
An Empirical Comparison of Technologically Mediated Advertising in Under-connected Populations (Honorable Mention)
Mustafa Naseem, Muhammad Bilal Saleem, Sacha St-Onge Ahmad, Jay Chen, Agha Ali Raza
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Honolulu, USA, April 2020.
Beyond the Trees: Resilient Multipath for Last-mile WISP Networks
Bilal Saleem, Paul Schmitt, Jay Chen, Barath Raghavan
arXiv (arxiv.org), February 2020.
"Everyone Has Some Personal Stuff": Designing to Support Digital Privacy with Shared Mobile Phone Use in Bangladesh
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Md. Romael Haque, Irtaza Haider, Jay Chen, Nicola Dell
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Glasgow, UK, May 2019.
Taming the Amazon: The Domestication of Online Shopping in Bangalore, India
Priyank Chandra, Jay Chen
10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Ahmedabad, India, January 2019.
Computing Within Limits
Bonnie Nardi, Bill Tomlinson, Donald J. Patterson, Jay Chen, Daniel Pargman, Barath Raghavan, Birgit Penzenstadler
Communications of the ACM (CACM)
October 2018.
Zyxt: A Network Planning Tool for Rural Wireless ISPs
Thomas Potsch, Salman Yousaf, Barath Raghavan, Jay Chen
The 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)
San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2018.
Responses to Riverbank Erosion in Rural Bangladesh
Maruf Zaber, Bonnie Nardi, Jay Chen
The 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)
San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2018.
Digital Privacy Challenges with Shared Mobile Phone Use in Bangladesh
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Md. Romael Haque, Jay Chen, Nicola Dell
The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
New York, USA, November 2018.
The Barriers to Overthrowing Internet Feudalism
Tai Liu, Zain Tariq, Jay Chen, Barath Raghavan
Sixteenth ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets)
Palo Alto, California, USA, November 2017.
xCache: Rethinking Edge Caching for Developing Regions
Ali Raza, Yasir Zaki, Thomas Potsch, Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian
9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Lahore, Pakistan, November 2017.
Shelter Dynamics in Refugee and IDP Camps: Customization, Permanency, and Opportunities
Samar Sabie, Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied, Fatma Hashim, Harleen Kahlon, Steve Easterbrook
Third Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS)
Santa Barbara, USA, June 2017.
A Study of Hashtag Activism for Raising Awareness about Riverbank Erosion in Bangladesh
Maruf Hasan Zaber, Bonnie Nardi, Jay Chen
Third Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS)
Santa Barbara, USA, June 2017.
Money, God, and SMS: Explorations in Supporting Social Action Through a Bangladeshi Mosque
Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Jay Chen, Kentaro Toyama
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Denver, Colorado, USA, May 2017.
Infrastructure as Creative Action: Online Buying, Selling, and Delivery in Phnom Penh (Honorable Mention)
Margaret Jack, Jay Chen, Steven Jackson
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Denver, Colorado, USA, May 2017.
Helping the Lone Operator in the Vast Frontier
Thomas Potsch, Paul Schmitt, Jay Chen, Barath Raghavan
Fifteenth ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets)
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 2016.
A Strategy for Limits-aware Computing
Jay Chen
Second Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS)
Irvine, USA, June 2016.
printr: Exploring the Potential of Paper-based Tools in Low-resource Settings
Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied, David Hutchful, Joy Ming, Ishita Ghosh
8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Ann Arbor, US, June 2016.
From Alley to Landfill: Challenges of and Design Opportunities for Cleaning Dhaka’s Communal Trash
Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Aysha Siddique, Azza Abouzied, Jay Chen
8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Ann Arbor, US, June 2016.
The Increasing Sophistication of Mobile Media Sharing in Lower-Middle-Class Bangalore
Jacki O'Neill, Kentaro Toyama, Jay Chen, Berthel Tate, Aysha Siddique
8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Ann Arbor, US, June 2016.
One LED is Enough: Catalyzing Face-to-face Interactions at Conferences with a Gentle Nudge
Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
San Francisco, US, February 2016.
Codo: Fundraising with Conditional Donations
Juan Felipe-Beltran, Aysha Siddique, Azza Abouzied, Jay Chen
ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST)
Charlotte, US, November 2015.
Harnessing Data Loss with Forgetful Data Structures
Azza Abouzied, Jay Chen
ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SOCC)
Hawaii, US, August 2015.
Adaptive Congestion Control for Unpredictable Cellular Networks
Yasir Zaki, Thomas Pötsch, Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian, Carmelita Görg
ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM)
London, UK, August 2015.
Computing within Limits and ICTD
Jay Chen
First Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS)
Irvine, USA, June 2015.
The Persistence of Paper: A Case Study in Microfinance from Ghana
Ishita Ghosh, Jay Chen, Joy Ming, Azza Abouzied
7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Singapore, May 2015.
FlashPatch: Spreading Software Updates over Flash Drives in Under-connected Regions
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Jay Chen
Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV)
San Jose, USA, December 2014.
Dissecting Web Latency in Ghana
Yasir Zaki, Jay Chen, Thomas Potsch, Talal Ahmad, Lakshmi Subramanian
Internet Measurement Conference (IMC)
Vancouver, Canada, November 2014.
A Scalable and Self-Sustained Femtocell Architecture for Interference Mitigation
Sameera Palipana, Yasir Zaki, Umar Toseef, Jay Chen, Carmelita Goerg
6th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management (Monami)
Wuerzburg, Germany, September 2014.
The Garbage Problem and What Can We Do About It? (Vision Statement)
Azza Abouzied, Jay Chen
ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD)
New York City, USA, August 2014.
Exploring Internet Security Attitudes and Practices in Urban Ghana
Jay Chen, Michael Paik, Kelly McCabe
Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPs)
Menlo Park, USA, July 2014.
TAQ: Enhancing Fairness and Performance Predictability in Small Packet Regimes
Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian, Janardhan Iyengar, and Bryan Ford
European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys)
Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2014.
TroTro: Web Browsing and User Interfaces in Rural Ghana
Laura Li and Jay Chen
6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
Cape Town, South Africa, December 2013.
Interactive Web Caching for Slow or Intermittent Networks
Jay Chen and Lakshmi Subramanian
4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV)
Cape Town, South Africa, December 2013.
A Novel Machine-to-Machine traffic Multiplexing in LTE-A System using Wireless in-band Relaying
Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat, Yasir Zaki, Jay Chen, and Carmelita Goerg
5th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management (Monami)
Cork, Ireland, September 2013.
On the Feasibility and Utility of Web based Educational Lesson Plans
Sunandan Chakraborty, Jay Chen, Mangala Kanthamani, and Lakshmi Subramanian
2nd Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV)
Atlanta, USA, March 2012.
Cost-aware Mobile Web Browsing
Sindhura Chava, Rachid Ennaji, Jay Chen, and Lakshmi Subramanian
IEEE Pervasive Computing Special Issue - ICT4D (IEEE Pervasive)
PCSI-2011-09-0072, July - September 2012.
TrickleDNS: Bootstrapping DNS Security using Social Trust
Sriram Sankararaman, Jay Chen, Venugopalan Ramasubramanian, and Lakshmi Subramanian
4th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS)
Bangalore, India, January 2012.
Computing Security in the Developing World: A Case for Multidisciplinary Research
Yahel Ben-David, Shaddi Hasan, Joyojeet Pal, Matthias Vallentin, Saurabh Panjwani, Philipp Gutheim, Jay Chen, and Eric Brewer
5th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR)
Washington D.C., USA, June 2011.
Analyzing and Accelerating Web Access in a School in Peri-Urban India
Jay Chen, David Hutchful, William Thies, and Lakshmi Subramanian
20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)
Hyderabad, India, March 2011.
Design and Implementation of Contextual Information Portals
Jay Chen, Russell Power, Lakshmi Subramananian, and Jonathan Ledlie
20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)
Hyderabad, India, March 2011.
Comparing Web Interaction Models in Developing Regions
Jay Chen, Aditya Dhananjay, Saleema Amershi, and Lakshmi Subramanian
1st Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV)
London, UK, December 2010.
UjU: SMS-based Mobile Applications Made Easy
Wei-Chih Lu, Matt Tierney, Jay Chen, Faiz Kazi, Alfredo Hubard, Jesus Garcia Pasquel, Lakshmi Subramanian, and Bharat Rao
1st Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV)
London, UK, December 2010.
SMS-Based Mobile Web Search for Low-End Phones
Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian, and Eric Brewer
16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing (MobiCom)
Chicago, USA, September 2010.
Data Transmission over Unknown Voice Channels
Aditya Dhananjay, Ashlesh Sharma, Michael Paik, Jay Chen, and Lakshmi Subramanian
16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing (MobiCom)
Chicago, USA, September 2010.
Contextual Information Portals
Jay Chen, Trishank Karthik, and Lakshmi Subramanian
AAAI Spring Symposium on AI for Development (AAAI)
Stanford, USA, March 2010.
Document Classification for Focused Topics
Russell Power, Jay Chen, Trishank Karthik, and Lakshmi Subramanian
AAAI Spring Symposium on AI for Development (AAAI)
Stanford, USA, March 2010.
SMS-Based Contextual Web Search
Jay Chen, Brendan Linn, and Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking, Systems, Applications on Mobile Handhelds (Mobiheld)
Barcelona, Spain, August 2009.
Epothecary - Cost Effective Drug Pedigree Tracking Using Mobile Phones
Michael Paik, Jay Chen, and Lakshmi Subramanian
ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking, Systems, Applications on Mobile Handhelds (Mobiheld)
Barcelona, Spain, August 2009.
RuralCafe: Web Search in the Rural Developing World
Jay Chen, Lakshmi Subramanian, and Jinyang Li
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)
Madrid, Spain, April 2009.
Deadline Constrained Minimum Cost Data Transfer over Heterogeneous Connections
Jay Chen, Ghulam Murtaza, Srikanth Adimulam, Gursharan Singh, and Kentaro Toyama
First International Workshop on Wireless Broadband Access for Communities and Rural Developing Regions (WIRELESS4D)
Karlstad, Sweden, December 2008.
Scalability, Fidelity and Containment in the Potemkin Virtual Honeyfarm
Michael Vrable, Justin Ma, Jay Chen, David Moore, Erik Vandekieft, Alex C. Snoeren, Geoffrey M. Voelker, and Stefan Savage
ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles (SOSP)
Brighton, UK, October 2005.
Routing in an Internet-Scale Network Emulator
Jay Chen, Diwaker Gupta, Kashi V. Vishwanath, Alex C. Snoeren, and Amin Vahdat
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS)
Volendam, The Netherlands, October 2004.

PhD Thesis

Re-architecting Web and Mobile Information Access for Emerging Regions
Jay Chen
New York University
New York, NY, July 2011.

MS Thesis (Technical Report, Short)

Universal Honeyfarm Containment
Jay Chen, John McCullough, and Alex C. Snoeren
(UC - San Diego)
San Diego, CA, September 2007.