PUBLICATIONS

Selected Journal Publications

  1. Dong, B. Liu, Y., Mu, W., …, Sonta, A., et al. (2022). A global occupant behavior database. Nature Scientific Data, 9(1), 369.
  2. Sonta, A. (2021). Magic walls. Joule, 5(8), 1930-1933 [PDF]
  3. Sonta, A., Dougherty, T.R., and Jain, R.K. (2021). Data-driven optimization of building layouts for energy efficiency. Energy and Buildings, 238, 110815. [PDF]
  4. Azar, A., O’Brien, W., Carlucci, S., Hong, T., Sonta, A., Kim, J., Andargie, M.S., Abuimara, T., El Asmar, M., Jain, R.K., Ouf, M.M., Tahmasebi, F., and Zhou, J. (2021). Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applications. Energy and Buildings, 224, 110292.
  5. Sonta, A. and Jain, R.K. (2020). Learning socio-organizational network structure in buildings with ambient sensing data. Data-Centric Engineering, 1, E9. [Github] [PDF]
  6. Sonta, A. and Jain, R.K. (2019). Building relationships: Using embedded plug load sensors for occupant network inference. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 12(2), 41-44. [PDF]
  7. Sonta, A., Simmons, P.E., and Jain, R.K. (2018). Understanding building occupant activities at scale: An integrated knowledge-based and data-driven approach. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 37, 1-13. [GitHub] [PDF]
  8. Sonta, A., Jain, R.K., Gulbinas, R., Moura, J.M.F., and Taylor, J.E. (2017). OESPG: Computational framework for multidimensional analysis of occupant energy use data in commercial buildings. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 31(4), 04017017.Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 31(4), 2017. [PDF]

Selected Conference Proceedings

  1. Sonta, A., Wei, P., Liu, Y., and Jiang, X. (2021). Data-driven simulation of room-level building energy consumption. In Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 (i3CE 2021), Orlando, FL, USA.
  2. Dougherty, T.R., Sonta, A., and Jain, R.K. (2020). Intelligent network topology based post- pandemic reintroduction policies for offices. In Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys ’20), Yokohoma, Japan (virtual). [PDF]
  3. Sonta, A. and Jain, R.K. (2019). Data-driven building layout optimization for energy efficiency. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2019), Västerås, Sweden. [PDF]
  4. Sonta, A. and Jain, R.K. (2019). Optimizing neighborhood-scale walkability. In Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2019 (i3CE 2019), Atlanta, GA, USA. [PDF]
  5. Sonta, A. and Jain, R.K. (2018). Inferring occupant ties: Automated inference of occupant network structure in commercial buildings. In Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Systems for Built Environments (BuildSys ’18). Shenzhen, China., November 7–8, 2018. Shenzen, China. [PDF]
  6. Sonta, A., Simmons, P.E., and Jain, R.K. (2017). Towards automated inference of occupant behavioral dynamics using plug-load energy data. In Proceedings of the ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2017 (IWCCE 2017). Seattle, WA, USA. [PDF]

Dissertation

  1. Integrating social and environmental perspectives in building design and operation. Stanford University, 2020. [PDF]

Posters/Talks

  1. Andrew Sonta and Rishee K. Jain. Inferring occupant ties in dynamic office environments. International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2019. Atlanta, GA. [PDF]