10 papers
Human-LLM Compound System for Scientific Ideation through Facet Recombination and Novelty Evaluation
Marissa Radensky, Simra Shahid, Raymond Fok +3
The scientific ideation process often involves blending facets of existing papers to create new ideas. We contribute Scideator, the first human-LLM system for facet-based scientifi…
Language Models Don't Know What You Want: Evaluating Personalization in Deep Research Needs Real Users
Nishant Balepur, Malachi Hamada, Varsha Kishore +7
Deep Research (DR) systems help researchers cope with ballooning publishing counts. Such tools synthesize scientific papers to answer research queries, but lack understanding of th…
Cocoa: Co-Planning and Co-Execution with AI Agents
K. J. Kevin Feng, Kevin Pu, Matt Latzke +6
As AI agents take on increasingly long-running tasks involving sophisticated planning and execution, there is a corresponding need for novel interaction designs that enable deeper…
HARPA: A Testability-Driven, Literature-Grounded Framework for Research Ideation
Rosni Vasu, Peter Jansen, Pao Siangliulue +4
While there has been a surge of interest in automated scientific discovery (ASD), especially with the emergence of LLMs, it remains challenging for tools to generate hypotheses tha…
Perspectra: Choosing Your Experts Enhances Critical Thinking in Multi-Agent Research Ideation
Yiren Liu, Viraj Shah, Sangho Suh +3
Recent advances in multi-agent systems (MAS) enable tools for information search and ideation by assigning personas to agents. However, how users can effectively control, steer, an…
IdeaSynth: Iterative Research Idea Development Through Evolving and Composing Idea Facets with Literature-Grounded Feedback
Kevin Pu, K. J. Kevin Feng, Tovi Grossman +6
Research ideation involves broad exploring and deep refining ideas. Both require deep engagement with literature. Existing tools focus primarily on idea broad generation, yet offer…