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20242026
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8 papers

cs.AI2026

Ordered Network Analysis of Epistemic Emotions during Collaborative Problem Solving

Sifatul Anindho, Videep Venkatesha, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh +1

Investigating how affective states such as confusion and frustration persist and transition during co-situated collaborative problem solving (CPS) is important for understanding th…

cs.AI2026

Distributed Partial Information Puzzles: Examining Common Ground Construction Under Epistemic Asymmetry

Yifan Zhu, Mariah Bradford, Kenneth Lai +4

Establishing common ground, a shared set of beliefs and mutually recognized facts, is fundamental to collaboration, yet remains a challenge for current AI systems, especially in mu…

cs.HC2025

Dude, where's my utterance? Evaluating the effects of automatic segmentation and transcription on CPS detection

Videep Venkatesha, Mariah Bradford, Nathaniel Blanchard

Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) markers capture key aspects of effective teamwork, such as staying on task, avoiding interruptions, and generating constructive ideas. An AI sys…

cs.AI2025

A Linguistic Analysis of Spontaneous Thoughts: Investigating Experiences of Déjà Vu, Unexpected Thoughts, and Involuntary Autobiographical Memories

Videep Venkatesha, Mary Cati Poulos, Christopher Steadman +3

The onset of spontaneous thoughts are reflective of dynamic interactions between cognition, emotion, and attention. Typically, these experiences are studied through subjective appr…

cs.HC2025

An Exploration of Internal States in Collaborative Problem Solving

Sifatul Anindho, Videep Venkatesha, Mariah Bradford +2

Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is a complex cognitive, social, and emotional process that is increasingly prevalent in educational and professional settings. This study invest…

cs.HC2025

A Methodological Framework for Capturing Cognitive-Affective States in Collaborative Learning

Sifatul Anindho, Videep Venkatesha, Nathaniel Blanchard

Identification of affective and attentional states of individuals within groups is difficult to obtain without disrupting the natural flow of collaboration. Recent work from our gr…

cs.CL2025

TRACE: Real-Time Multimodal Common Ground Tracking in Situated Collaborative Dialogues

Hannah VanderHoeven, Brady Bhalla, Ibrahim Khebour +11

We present TRACE, a novel system for live *common ground* tracking in situated collaborative tasks. With a focus on fast, real-time performance, TRACE tracks the speech, actions, g…

cs.CL2024

Any Other Thoughts, Hedgehog? Linking Deliberation Chains in Collaborative Dialogues

Abhijnan Nath, Videep Venkatesha, Mariah Bradford +5

Question-asking in collaborative dialogue has long been established as key to knowledge construction, both in internal and collaborative problem solving. In this work, we examine p…