@article{uddin_albert_tamanna_ovid_alsharef_2024, title={ChatGPT as an educational resource for civil engineering students}, ISSN={["1099-0542"]}, DOI={10.1002/cae.22747}, abstractNote={Abstract The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the utility of ChatGPT, a state‐of‐the‐art language model developed by Open AI, in the context of civil engineering education. To achieve this objective, 44 civil engineering students from a large state university in the United States were recruited and asked to respond to three questions pertaining to Construction Surveying and Geomatics . The students were then introduced to ChatGPT and provided with guidelines on how the platform could be utilized for educational purposes, including obtaining answers to questions like those presented to them earlier. The students were then given the opportunity to leverage ChatGPT to obtain responses to questions they had been presented with earlier and any other related queries of interest. Subsequently, the students were asked to provide written responses to the same questions they were presented with earlier, but without access to ChatGPT or its response, to assess any knowledge gains. The investigation also captured the student's acceptance and perceived usability based on their experience of using ChatGPT. The findings indicated that the student's written responses were more thorough, detailed, and informative after utilizing ChatGPT. The results also revealed that ChatGPT was largely well‐received by the students and they held a positive perception of the AI platform. The findings can inform efforts targeted at successfully integrating AI tools for civil engineering education.}, journal={COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION}, author={Uddin, S. M. Jamil and Albert, Alex and Tamanna, Mahzabin and Ovid, Anto and Alsharef, Abdullah}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
@article{uddin_albert_tamanna_2024, title={Harnessing the power of ChatGPT to promote Construction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPtD)}, ISSN={["1365-232X"]}, DOI={10.1108/ECAM-03-2024-0314}, abstractNote={Purpose Co nstruction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPtD) is recognized as a pivotal strategy for enhancing workplace safety. Despite its theoretical potential, practical implementation faces challenges, particularly regarding designers' familiarity with field-level operations and hazard recognition. This study aims to investigate whether ChatGPT can address these challenges by assisting in hazard recognition during CHPtD sessions. Design/methodology/approach The research utilized a randomized controlled experiment to assess ChatGPT as an intervention in supporting hazard recognition during CHPtD sessions. The study involves 162 civil and construction engineering student participants, representing future professionals. Participants engaged in hazard recognition during CHPtD sessions either with or without the assistance of ChatGPT. Findings Participants who utilized ChatGPT during CHPtD sessions demonstrated a significant improvement in hazard recognition, identifying approximately 40% more hazards compared to those who did not use ChatGPT. These findings underscore the efficacy of ChatGPT in supporting CHPtD efforts. Practical implications The results highlight the practical utility of harnessing ChatGPT in CHPtD sessions to enhance hazard recognition and ultimately promote workplace safety. By leveraging ChatGPT, designers and engineers can better anticipate and mitigate potential hazards during the design phase, thus creating a safer working environment for field workers. Originality/value This research contributes to addressing the challenges associated with implementing CHPtD by introducing ChatGPT as a valuable tool to support hazard recognition. By demonstrating the effectiveness of ChatGPT in enhancing hazard identification during CHPtD sessions, this study offers a novel approach to promoting the adoption of CHPtD and advancing workplace safety initiatives.}, journal={ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT}, author={Uddin, S. M. Jamil and Albert, Alex and Tamanna, Mahzabin}, year={2024}, month={Oct} }
@article{leon_tamanna_kuttal_2023, title={Comparing Foraging Behavior Across Code Hosting and Q&A Platforms through a Gender Lens}, ISSN={["1943-6092"]}, DOI={10.1109/VL-HCC57772.2023.00040}, abstractNote={This study compares the information foraging behavior of developers on two prominent platforms, StackOverflow and GitHub, which are widely used for code hosting and question and answer purposes. Understanding how developers seek and retrieve information is crucial for designing effective interfaces. In a gender and expertise-balanced study involving 12 developers, we utilized Information Foraging Theory to analyze their foraging behavior. Our findings revealed contrasting patterns, with women spending 30% more time and utilizing 21.24% more cues on GitHub, while men utilized 55% more time and 19.7% more cues on StackOverflow. These insights have significant implications for optimizing website design and information presentation to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of developers' information seeking processes.}, journal={2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC}, author={Leon, Shahnewaz and Tamanna, Mahzabin and Kuttal, Sandeep Kaur}, year={2023}, pages={235–238} }
@article{uddin_albert_tamanna_alsharef_2022, title={YouTube as a source of information: early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of the construction industry}, volume={12}, ISSN={["1466-433X"]}, DOI={10.1080/01446193.2022.2162096}, abstractNote={Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest global crisis in recent decades. Apart from the countless deaths and health emergencies, the pandemic has disrupted several industries—including construction. For example, a significant number of construction projects have been interrupted, delayed, and even abandoned. In such emergencies, information gathering and dissemination are vital for effective crisis management. The role of social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, as information sources, in these contexts has received much attention. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate if YouTube can serve as a useful source of information for the construction industry in emergency situations—such as during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The assessment was undertaken by distilling the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to the construction industry from the content shared via YouTube by leveraging Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modelling. The investigation also compared the timeline with which relevant content was shared via YouTube and peer-reviewed research articles to make relative assessments. The findings suggest that YouTube offered significant and relevant coverage across six topics that include health and safety challenges, ongoing construction operation updates, workforce-related challenges, industry operations-related guidelines and advocacy, and others. Moreover, compared to the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the research literature, YouTube offered more comprehensive and timely coverage of the pandemic as it relates to the construction industry. Accordingly, industry stakeholders may leverage YouTube as a valuable and largely untapped resource to aid in combating similar emergency situations.}, journal={CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS}, author={Uddin, S. M. Jamil and Albert, Alex and Tamanna, Mahzabin and Alsharef, Abdullah}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }