12 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…
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…
Do MLLMs See What We See? Analyzing Visualization Literacy Barriers in AI Systems
Mengli, Duan, Yuhe +3
Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) are increasingly used to interpret visualizations, yet little is known about why they fail. We present the first systematic analysis of bar…
Narrative Scaffolding: A Narrative-First Framework for Data-Driven Sensemaking
Oliver Huang, Muhammad Fatir, Steven Luo +3
When exploring data, analysts construct narratives about what the data means by asking questions, generating visualizations, reflecting on patterns, and revising their interpretati…
Do You "Trust" This Visualization? An Inventory to Measure Trust in Visualizations
Huichen Will Wang, Kylie Lin, Andrew Cohen +4
Trust plays a critical role in visual data communication and decision-making, yet existing visualization research employs varied trust measures, making it challenging to compare an…