7 papers
Proactive Systems in HCI and AI: Concepts, Challenges, and Opportunities
Nima Zargham, Sharon Ferguson, Jaisie Sin +2
The last few years have seen a significant rise in interest in highly autonomous and proactive systems, fueled by advances in AI. Systems that anticipate user needs, take initiativ…
Finding Uncommon Ground: A Human-Centered Model for Extrospective Explanations
Laura Spillner, Nima Zargham, Mihai Pomarlan +2
The need for explanations in AI has, by and large, been driven by the desire to increase the transparency of black-box machine learning models. However, such explanations, which fo…
Bot Appétit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a VR Kitchen
Rachel Ringe, Leandra Thiele, Mihai Pomarlan +4
This study explores which factors of the visual design of a robot may influence how humans would place it in a collaborative cooking scenario and how these features may influence t…
MetaMorph -- A Metamodelling Approach For Robot Morphology
Rachel Ringe, Robin Nolte, Nima Zargham +2
Robot appearance crucially shapes Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) but is typically described via broad categories like anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, or technical. More precise approac…
Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham +2
The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs), enabling more dynamic, context-aware, and human-like interactions across div…
Level Up or Game Over: Exploring How Dark Patterns Shape Mobile Games
Sam Niknejad, Thomas Mildner, Nima Zargham +2
This study explores the prevalence of dark patterns in mobile games that exploit players through temporal, monetary, social, and psychological means. Recognizing the ethical concer…