3 papers
cs.AI2026
Rethinking Scaffolding in LLM Tutors: The Interactional Mismatch Between Benchmarks and Real-World Deployments
Alexandra Neagu, Jeffrey T. H. Wong, Marcus Messer +2
A central pedagogical value evaluated in AI tutor benchmarks is scaffolding: guiding students through graduated steps toward a solution. Alignment and evaluation methods for embedd…
cs.HC2026
"How Do I ...?": Procedural Questions Predominate Student-LLM Chatbot Conversations
Alexandra Neagu, Marcus Messer, Peter Johnson +1
Providing scaffolding through educational chatbots built on Large Language Models (LLM) has potential risks and benefits that remain an open area of research. When students navigat…
cs.DC2025
Automated MPI-X code generation for scalable finite-difference solvers
George Bisbas, Rhodri Nelson, Mathias Louboutin +3
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are crucial in modeling diverse phenomena across scientific disciplines, including seismic and medical imaging, computational fluid dynamics,…