4 papers
"The Only Thing Certain About This is Uncertainty": Exploring Informal Care Coordination Practices Among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Josey M. Benandi, Niharika Mathur, Sangha Park +3
Older adults aging in place often have informal support systems to help them maintain independence and quality of life. As they age, many older adults deal with the onset of Mild C…
TRACE: Temporal Reasoning over Context and Evidence for Activity Recognition in Smart Homes
Yingtian Shi, Abivishaq Balasubramanian, Jessica Herring +7
Human activity recognition (HAR) in smart homes remains challenging because many daily activities exhibit similar local sensor patterns, while minimally intrusive sensing provides…
"It feels like hard work trying to talk to it": Understanding Older Adults' Experiences of Encountering and Repairing Conversational Breakdowns with AI Systems
Niharika Mathur, Tamara Zubatiy, Agata Rozga +1
Designing Conversational AI systems to support older adults requires more than usability and reliability, it also necessitates robustness in handling conversational breakdowns. In…
Sometimes You Need Facts, and Sometimes a Hug: Understanding Older Adults' Preferences for Explanations in LLM-Based Conversational AI Systems
Niharika Mathur, Tamara Zubatiy, Agata Rozga +2
Designing Conversational AI systems to support older adults requires these systems to explain their behavior in ways that align with older adults' preferences and context. While pr…