6 papers
Large Language Lovers: Lived Experiences of Negotiating Agency and Platform Control in AI Companionship
Patrick Yung Kang Lee, Jessica Y. Bo, Zixin Zhao +6
Individuals are turning to increasingly anthropomorphic, general-purpose chatbots for AI companionship, rather than roleplay-specific platforms. However, not much is known about ho…
Crystallizing Schemas with Teleoscope: Thematic Curation of Large Text Corpora on Reddit
Patrick Yung Kang Lee, Paul Hendrik Bucci, Leo Itsuki Foord-Kelcey +2
Large text corpora, such as Reddit posts, have become an increasingly prevalent site of qualitative inquiry. However, most large text corpora are intractable for qualitative resear…
Reflexis: Supporting Reflexivity and Rigor in Collaborative Qualitative Analysis through Design for Deliberation
Runlong Ye, Oliver Huang, Patrick Yung Kang Lee +3
Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) is a critical method for generating deep interpretive insights. Yet its core tenets, including researcher reflexivity, tangible analytical evoluti…
ScholarMate: A Mixed-Initiative Tool for Qualitative Knowledge Work and Information Sensemaking
Runlong Ye, Patrick Yung Kang Lee, Matthew Varona +2
Synthesizing knowledge from large document collections is a critical yet increasingly complex aspect of qualitative research and knowledge work. While AI offers automation potentia…
From Reality to Recognition: Evaluating Visualization Analogies for Novice Chart Comprehension
Oliver Huang, Patrick Lee, Carolina Nobre
Novice learners often have difficulty learning new visualization types because they tend to interpret novel visualizations through the mental models of simpler charts they have pre…
The Design Space of Recent AI-assisted Research Tools for Ideation, Sensemaking, and Scientific Creativity
Runlong Ye, Matthew Varona, Oliver Huang +3
Generative AI (GenAI) tools are radically expanding the scope and capability of automation in knowledge work such as academic research. While promising for augmenting cognition and…