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Who Is Talking to the Agent? LLMs in Multi-User 3D Virtual Environments
Mohammad Al-Ratrout, Shayla Sharmin, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
When several people share a 3D virtual room with an LLM agent, the agent must decide not only what to say, but whether an utterance was addressed to it and, if accessible, what pro…
The Effectiveness of Virtual Patient Simulation Versus Peer Simulation in Providing Sexual Counseling During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Neslihan Yilmaz Sezer, Menekşe Nazlı Aker, Pinar Kullu +3
Although sexual health counseling is one of the important responsibilities of healthcare professionals, effective educational methods are needed to develop students' counseling ski…
Do Video-LLMs Actually Watch? Diagnosing Character-Tracking Failures in Long-Form Video
Mohammad Al-Ratrout, Shayla Sharmin, Aditya Raikwar +1
Can a Video Large Language Model (Video-LLM) follow one person through a long video, keeping track of who they are well enough to report, in order, how their outfit changes across…
Reading the Eyes in VR: Multimodal Modeling of Social Intelligence
Mohammad Fahim Abrar, Shayla Sharmin, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
Social intelligence, the ability to interpret others' emotions, beliefs, and intentions, is often assessed with the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), in which participants…
When LLM Tutoring Responses Work: Evidence from Student Programming Conversations
Mohammad Fahim Abrar, Shayla Sharmin, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
As students increasingly use LLM tutors in computer science education, one question becomes especially important: what kind of response helps a student continue productively? Prior…
Indirect and Direct AI Scaffolding for Computational Problem Posing: A Pilot Experience Report
Shayla Sharmin, Mohammad Fahim Abrar, Mohammad Al-Ratrout +1
Problem posing is a valuable learning activity in computing education, encouraging learners to actively construct, refine, and reflect on problems rather than simply solving them.…
Understanding Computing Identity Development Through Mentorship and Epistemic Network Analysis
Behdokht Kiafar, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
Computing identity plays an important role in students' participation, persistence, and sense of belonging in computing, yet identity development can be difficult to capture throug…
Micro-level AI Feedback Features and Student Responses in Consecutive LLM Tutoring Interactions
Shayla Sharmin, Mohammad Fahim Abrar, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
AI-assisted feedback research has shown that micro-level feedback features, such as concrete elaboration, affective language, and response length, are associated with learning outc…
How YouTube Frames ChatGPT Use in Education: An Epistemic Network Analysis with Supporting Multimodal Metadata
Shayla Sharmin, Mohammad Al-Ratrout, Mohammad Fahim Abrar +1
We examine educational YouTube videos through multimodal metadata, such as transcripts, titles, thumbnails, and viewer comments, to investigate how ChatGPT is framed across creator…
AFA: Identity-Aware Memory for Preventing Persona Confusion in Multi-User Dialogue
Mohammad Al-Ratrout, Pavan Uttej Ravva, Shayla Sharmin +3
When multiple people share a single voice assistant, the system conflates their histories: one resident's preferences can leak into another's responses, eroding utility and trust.…
Feedback Effects on Cognitive Dynamics: Network-Based Insights from EEG Patterns and Behavioral Performance
Behdokht Kiafar, Mohammad Fahim Abrar, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki
This study examines the impact of feedback on Electroencephalography (EEG) activity and performance during the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. In a within-subject design, eleven…