7 papers
LitPivot: Developing Well-Situated Research Ideas Through Dynamic Contextualization and Critique within the Literature Landscape
Hita Kambhamettu, Bhavana Dalvi Mishra, Andrew Head +4
Developing a novel research idea is hard. It must be distinct enough from prior work to claim a contribution while also building on it. This requires iteratively reviewing literatu…
Explorable Theorems: Making Written Theorems Explorable by Grounding Them in Formal Representations
Hita Kambhamettu, Will Crichton, Sean Welleck +2
LLM-generated explanations can make technical content more accessible, but there is a ceiling on what they can support interactively. Because LLM outputs are static text, they cann…
Attribution Gradients: Incrementally Unfolding Citations for Critical Examination of Attributed AI Answers
Hita Kambhamettu, Alyssa Hwang, Philippe Laban +1
AI answer engines are a relatively new kind of information search tool: rather than returning a ranked list of documents, they generate an answer to a search question with inline c…
Designing Mental-Health Chatbots for Indian Adolescents: Mixed-Methods Evidence, a Boundary-Object Lens, and a Design-Tensions Framework
Neil K. R. Sehgal, Hita Kambhamettu, Sai Preethi Matam +2
Mental health challenges among Indian adolescents are shaped by unique cultural and systemic barriers, including high social stigma and limited professional support. We report a mi…
PAL: Designing Conversational Agents as Scalable, Cooperative Patient Simulators for Palliative-Care Training
Neil K. R. Sehgal, Hita Kambhamettu, Allen Chang +3
Effective communication in serious illness and palliative care is essential but often under-taught due to limited access to training resources like standardized patients. We presen…
Exploring Socio-Cultural Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Mental Health Chatbots for Adolescents in India
Neil K. R. Sehgal, Hita Kambhamettu, Sai Preethi Matam +2
Mental health challenges among Indian adolescents are shaped by unique cultural and systemic barriers, including high social stigma and limited professional support. Through a mixe…