Publications by Rania Islambouli

Exploring the Negative Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students’ Digital Wellbeing: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

Denis Gillet, Juan Carlos Farah, Rania Islambouli

Informa UK Limited2025

Understanding and Enhancing Digital Wellbeing Dimensions: Empirical Studies on Smartphone Usage Patterns and Recommendations of Micro-Informative Content

Digital technology has become an integral part of our lives, offering various benefits from communication and entertainment to education and productivity. However, its pervasive use has also raised concerns about its potential negative impact on users' wel ...

EPFL2024

Understanding Digital Wellbeing Through Smartphone Usage Intentions and Regrettable Patterns

Denis Gillet, Rania Islambouli

The ubiquitous presence of smartphones raises significant concerns regarding their impact on users' digital well-being. This study delves into the complex relationship between smartphone usage patterns and digital wellbeing while focusing on the physical, ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Using Video Streaming Feeds to Encourage Informal Learning

Denis Gillet, Isabelle Barbara Marie-Hélène Cardia, Rania Islambouli

Social media have become an indispensable part of daily life, particularly among university students, who regularly browse social news feeds in their spare time. Due to their pervasiveness, social media platforms provide an opportunity for influencing user ...

Los Alamitos2023

Is Your Time Well Spent Online?: Focusing on Quality Experiences Through a User-Centered Recommendation Algorithm and Simulation Model

Denis Gillet, Sandy Ingram, Rania Islambouli

Spending an uncontrolled quantity and quality of time on digital news and social media platforms can negatively influence mental health and decrease cognitive abilities. In this paper, we propose a sequential news recommendation system employing deep reinf ...

IEEE2022

Learning Finance with Games: An Empirical Study

Sandy Ingram, Rania Islambouli

This paper presents an empirical case study on applying game-based learning in an undergraduate finance course. The paper describes the experimental study context, protocol, and results. Using multivariate regression analysis, a significant game effect on ...

IEEE2021

A User Centered News Recommendation System

Denis Gillet, Sandy Ingram, Rania Islambouli

Spending an uncontrolled quantity and quality of time on digital information sites is affecting our well-being and can lead to serious problems in the long term. In this paper, we present a sequential recommendation framework that uses deep reinforcement l ...

ACM2021