Value of Information in Sensor Networks and the Web

A. Krause, B. McMahan, C. Guestrin, A. Gupta. "Robust Submodular Observation Selection". To appear in the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). Longer version: Technical report CMU-ML-08-100 [pdf].
A. Krause, J. Leskovec, C. Guestrin, J. VanBriesen, and C. Faloutsos. "Efficient Sensor
Placement Optimization for Securing Large Water Distribution Networks". To appear in the
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2008
A. Ostfeld, et al. "The Battle of Water Sensor Networks (BWSN): A Design Challenge for
Engineers and Algorithms". To appear in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (Joint publication by all participants of the BWSN challenge).
A. Krause, E. Horvitz, A. Kansal, F. Zhao. "Toward Community Sensing". In Proc. of Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) 2008 [pdf].
A. Krause, E. Horvitz. "A Utility-Theoretic Approach to Privacy and Personalization", In Proc. 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2008, Track: AI and the Web [pdf]
A. Krause, A. Singh, C. Guestrin. "Near-optimal Sensor Placements in Gaussian Processes: Theory, Efficient Algorithms and Empirical Studies". Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) 2008 [pdf]. Extended version: Technical report CMU-ML-07-108 [pdf].
A. Krause, B. McMahan, C. Guestrin, A. Gupta. "Selecting Observations Against Adversarial Objectives". To appear in Proc. of Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2007 [pdf], Longer version: Technical report CMU-ML-07-118 [pdf].
A. Krause, C. Guestrin. "Nonmyopic Active Learning of Gaussian Processes -- An Exploration--Exploitation Approach". In Proc. of 24th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2007 [pdf, longer version].
J. Leskovec, A. Krause, C. Guestrin, C. Faloutsos, J. VanBriesen, N. Glance. "Cost-effective Outbreak Detection in Networks". In Proc. of 13th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) 2007 [pdf, longer version]. Winner of the Best Student Paper Award.
A. Krause, C. Guestrin. "Near-optimal Observation Selection Using Submodular Functions". Survey paper, to appear in Proc. of 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2007 -- Nectar Track [pdf].
A. Meliou, A. Krause, C. Guestrin, J. Hellerstein. "Nonmyopic Informative Path Planning in Spatio-Temporal Models". Proc. of 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2007 [updated pdf].
A. Singh, A. Krause, C. Guestrin, W. Kaiser, M. Batalin. "Efficient Planning of Informative Paths for Multiple Robots". Proc. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2007 [pdf, longer version with proofs].
A. Krause, C. Guestrin, A. Gupta, J. Kleinberg. "Near-optimal Sensor Placements: Maximizing Information while Minimizing Communication Cost". In Proc. of Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) 2006. [extended pdf with proofs]. Winner of the Best Paper Award
A. Krause, C. Guestrin. "Near-optimal Nonmyopic Value of Information in Graphical Models". Proc. of Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2005 [pdf]. Winner of the Best Paper Runner-up Award
C. Guestrin, A. Krause, A. Singh. "Near-optimal Sensor Placements in Gaussian Processes". Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2005 [pdf]. Winner of the Best Paper Runner-up Award
V. Singhvi, A. Krause, C. Guestrin, J. Garrett, H.S. Matthews. "Intelligent Light Control using Sensor Networks". Proc. of the 3rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2005 [pdf]
A. Krause, C. Guestrin. "Optimal Value of Information in Graphical Models - Efficient Algorithms and Theoretical Limits". Proc. of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2005 [pdf]
A. Krause, C. Guestrin. "A Note on the Budgeted Maximization on Submodular Functions". Technical Report CMU-CALD-05-103, 2005 [pdf]

Activity Recognition and Mobile Computing

B. Mutlu, A. Krause, J. Forlizzi, C. Guestrin, and J. Hodgins. "Robust, Low-cost, Non-intrusive Sensing and Recognition of Seated Postures". Proc. of the 20th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2007. [pdf].
A. Krause, J. Leskovec, C. Guestrin. "Data Association for Topic Intensity Tracking". ICML 2006. [pdf]. Longer version: Technical Report CMU-ML-06-100 [pdf].
A. Krause, A. Smailagic, and D. P. Siewiorek. "Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Learning Context-Dependent Personal Preferences from a Wearable Sensor Array". IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 113-127, 2006 [pdf]. Winner of the NRW Undergraduate Science Award
A. Krause, M. Ihmig, E. Rankin, S. Gupta, D. Leong, D. P. Siewiorek, A. Smailagic, M. Deisher, U. Sengupta. "Trading off Prediction Accuracy and Power Consumption for Context-Aware Wearable Computing", In Proc. 9th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Osaka, Japan, 2005 [pdf].
A. Krause, D. P. Siewiorek, A. Smailagic, and J. Farringdon. "Unsupervised, Dynamic Identification of Physiological and Activity Context in Wearable Computing". In. Proc. 7th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), White Plains, NY, USA, 2003 [pdf]
D. P. Siewiorek, A. Smailagic, J. Furukawa, A. Krause, N. Moraveji, K. Reiger, J. Shaffer, F. L. Wong. "SenSay: A Context- Aware Mobile Phone" In. Proc. 7th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), White Plains, NY, USA, 2003 [pdf].

Computational Biology and Medical Informatics

H. Meier, A. Krause, and M. Kräutner. "Development and implementation of a parallel algorithm for the fast design of oligonucleotide probe sets for diagnostic DNA microarrays". Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 16:873-893, 2004 [pdf]
A. Krause, D. Hartl, F. Theis, M. Stangl, K. Gerauer, A. Mehlhorn. "Mobile decision support for transplantation patient data". International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73:461-464, 2004 [pdf]
A. Krause M. Kräutner, and H. Meier. "Accurate method for fast design of diagnostic oligonucleotide probe sets for DNA microarrays". In Proc. 17th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS2003), Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology, Nice, France, 2003 [pdf]

Theses

"Multimodal Projection Pursuit - Using the Dip to Measure Departure from Unimodality", Diplomarbeit in Mathematik (German Master's Thesis equivalent in Mathematics), Techn. Univ. München, 2004
"ARIUS: Adaptive Reflection of Individual User States", Diplomarbeit in Informatik (German Master's Thesis equivalent in Computer Science), Techn. Univ. München, 2004