3 papers
cs.HC2026
Deco: Extending Personal Physical Objects into Pervasive AI Companion through a Dual-Embodiment Framework
Zhihan Jiang, Mengyuan Millie Wu, Ruishi Zou +14
Individuals frequently form deep attachments to physical objects (e.g., plush toys) that usually cannot sense or respond to their emotions. While AI companions offer responsiveness…
cs.CL2026
IntPro: A Proxy Agent for Context-Aware Intent Understanding via Retrieval-conditioned Inference
Guanming Liu, Meng Wu, Peng Zhang +8
Large language models (LLMs) have become integral to modern Human-AI collaboration workflows, where accurately understanding user intent serves as a crucial step for generating sat…
cs.HC2026
SoulSeek: Exploring the Use of Social Cues in LLM-based Information Seeking
Yubo Shu, Peng Zhang, Meng Wu +8
Social cues, which convey others' presence, behaviors, or identities, play a crucial role in human information seeking by helping individuals judge relevance and trustworthiness. H…