iSchool faculty and students will present their research at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), which will be held from April 26 to May 1 in Yokohama, Japan. The conference, considered the most prestigious in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, attracts researchers and practitioners from around the globe. The theme for CHI 2025 is “Ikigai” (sense of purpose).
Presentations (only iSchool researchers noted):
- Paper: From Scores to Careers: Understanding AI’s Role in Supporting Collaborative Family Decision-Making in Chinese College Applications, PhD student Haocong Cheng and Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: AI Literacy for Underserved Students: Leveraging Cultural Capital from Underserved Communities for AI Education Research, Assistant Professor Kahyun Choi
- Paper: AiGet: Transforming Everyday Moments into Hidden Knowledge Discovery with AI Assistance on Smart Glasses, Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: ViFeed: Promoting Slow Eating and Food Awareness through Strategic Video Manipulation during Screen-Based Dining, Associate Professor Yun Huang
*Recipient of an honorable mention paper award, given to the top 5% of conference papers - Paper: EyeSee: Enhancing Art Appreciation through Anthropomorphic Interpretations from Multiple Perspectives, Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: "I'd Never Actually Realized How Big An Impact It Had Until Now": Perspectives of University Students with Disabilities on Generative Artificial Intelligence, Affiliate Professor Karrie Karahalios
- Paper: Placebo Effect of Control Settings in Feeds Are Not Always Strong, Affiliate Professor Karrie Karahalios
*Recipient of a Best Paper Award, given to the top 1% of conference papers - Paper: Organize, Then Vote: Exploring Cognitive Load in Quadratic Survey Interfaces, Affiliate Professor Karrie Karahalios
- Paper: Learning Behaviors Mediate the Effect of AI-powered Support for Metacognitive Calibration on Learning Outcomes, PhD students HaeJin Lee, Frank Stinar, and Ruohan Zong; Associate Professor Dong Wang; and Assistant Professor Nigel Bosch
*Recipient of an honorable mention paper award, given to the top 5% of conference papers - Paper: Lessons from Real-World Settings: What Makes It Uniquely Difficult to Design Cognitive Training Programs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities, Postdoctoral Research Associate Hyanghee Park and Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: “AI on My Shoulder: Supporting Emotional Labor in Front-Office Roles with an LLM-based Empathetic Coworker,” Affiliate Assistant Professor Koustuv Saha
- Paper: “Does Positive Reinforcement Work?: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effects of Positive Feedback on Reddit,” Affiliate Assistant Professor Koustuv Saha
- Paper: “Talking About the Assumption in the Room,” Affiliate Assistant Professor Sharifa Sultana
- Paper: LLM Integration in Extended Reality: A Comprehensive Review of Current Trends, Challenges, and Future Perspectives, Informatics PhD students Yiliu Tang and Mengke Wu, and Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: Blending Code and Cause: Understanding the Dynamic Motivations of Volunteer Developers in community-driven FOSS projects, Professor Michael Twidale
- Paper: Using Affordance to Understand Usability of Web3 Social Media, PhD student Yaman Yu
- Paper: Evaluating Non-AI Experts' Interaction with AI: A Case Study In Library Context, PhD student Qingxiao Zheng, Postdoctoral Research Associate Hyanghee Park, Informatics PhD student Minrui Chen, and Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Paper: EvAlignUX: Advancing UX Evaluation through LLM-Supported Metrics Exploration, PhD students Qingxiao Zheng and Pranav Sharma; Informatics PhD students Minrui Chen, Yiliu Tang, and Yiren Liu; and Associate Professor Yun Huang
- Late Breaking Work: Skill, Will, or Both? Understanding Digital Inaccessibility from Accessibility Professionals’ Viewpoint, Associate Professor Rachel Adler
- Late Breaking Work: Teaching Accessibility: A Family Workshop for Middle School Students, PhD students Chunyu Liu and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou; undergraduate students Annie Wang, Mithali Iyer, Gwendolyn Slaughter, and Allie Bosch; and Associate Professor Rachel Adler
- Late Breaking Work: "Sighted People Have Their Pick Of The Litter": Unpacking The Need For Digital Mental Health (DMH) Tracking Services With And For The Blind Community, Assistant Professor JooYoung Seo
- Late Breaking Work: “Internet Disconnection as a Risk to Cross-Border Human Rights,” Affiliate Assistant Professor Sharifa Sultana
- Late Breaking Work: Incorporating Personality into AI Writing Companions: Mapping the Design Space, Informatics PhD students Mengke Wu and Weizi Liu, PhD student Kexin Quan, and Assistant Professor Jessie Chin
- Late Breaking Work: Negotiating the Shared Agency between Humans & AI in the Recommender System, Informatics PhD students Mengke Wu and Weizi Liu
- Late Breaking Work: "I Am a Blind Seller!": Picture Taking Assistance for Visually Impaired Individuals for Participation as Sellers in Customer to Customer (C2C) Marketplaces, PhD student Yaman Yu
- Special Interest Group: Bidirectional Human-AI Alignment: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities, Associate Professor Yun Huang