6 papers
"Code Is Cheap. Show Me the Talk.": Lessons from Teaching and Managing AI Coding Tool Usage in a Visualization Course
Zhongzheng Xu, Taehyun Yang, Fumeng Yang
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) coding tools are transforming visualization education. They can assist with implementation and design, but they can also let students byp…
Reheat Nachos for Dinner? Evaluating AI Support for Cross-Cultural Communication of Neologisms
Dayeon Ki, Yu Hou, Rachel Rudinger +3
Neologisms and emerging slang are central to daily conversation, yet challenging for non-native speakers (NNS) to interpret and use appropriately in cross-cultural communication wi…
Trace-Aware Workflows for Co-Creating Branded Content with Generative AI
Taehyun Yang, Eunhye Kim, Zhongzheng Xu +1
Generative AI tools have lowered barriers to producing branded social media images and captions, yet small-business owners (SBOs) still struggle to create on-brand posts without ac…
DuoZone: A User-Centric, LLM-Guided Mixed-Initiative XR Window Management System
Jing Qian, George X. Wang, Xiangyu Li +5
Mixed reality (XR) environments offer vast spatial possibilities, but current window management systems require users to manually place, resize, and organize multiple applications…
A Good Plan is Hard to Find: Aligning Models with Preferences is Misaligned with What Helps Users
Nishant Balepur, Matthew Shu, Yoo Yeon Sung +5
To assist users in complex tasks, LLMs generate plans: step-by-step instructions towards a goal. While alignment methods aim to ensure LLM plans are helpful, they train (RLHF) or e…
Whose Boat Does it Float? Improving Personalization in Preference Tuning via Inferred User Personas
Nishant Balepur, Vishakh Padmakumar, Fumeng Yang +3
LLMs are aligned to follow input instructions by learning which of two responses users prefer for a prompt. However, such preference data do not convey why users prefer responses t…