3 papers
cs.IR2026
IntentTune: Using user demand and personalization to resolve "unknown" query intents for e-commerce search
Rachith Aiyappa, Ishita Khan, Chester Palen-Michel +4
Understanding user intent is fundamental to delivering relevant search results in e-commerce. However, substantial fraction of real-world queries are under-specified (e.g., "watch"…
cs.SI2026
Emergence of Stereotypes and Affective Polarization from Belief Network Dynamics
Ozgur Can Seckin, Rachith Aiyappa, Madalina Vlasceanu +3
Our belief systems are shaped by social processes, such as observations and influence, and by cognitive processes, such as the drive for internal coherence. These processes steer h…
cs.CL2025
What Helps Language Models Predict Human Beliefs: Demographics or Prior Stances?
Joseph Malone, Rachith Aiyappa, Byunghwee Lee +3
Beliefs shape how people reason, communicate, and behave. Rather than existing in isolation, they exhibit a rich correlational structure--some connected through logical dependencie…