5 papers
How can LLMs Support Policy Researchers? Evaluating an LLM-Assisted Workflow for Large-Scale Unstructured Data
Yuhan Liu, Shuyao Zhou, Jakob Kaiser +5
Policy researchers need scalable ways to surface public views, yet they often rely on interviews, listening sessions, and surveys-analyzed thematically-that are slow, expensive, an…
FairFare: A Tool for Crowdsourcing Rideshare Data to Empower Labor Organizers
Dana Calacci, Varun Nagaraj Rao, Samantha Dalal +5
Rideshare workers experience unpredictable working conditions due to gig work platforms' reliance on opaque AI and algorithmic systems. In response to these challenges, we found th…
ConversAR: Exploring Embodied LLM-Powered Group Conversations in Augmented Reality for Second Language Learners
Jad Bendarkawi, Ashley Ponce, Sean Mata +6
Group conversations are valuable for second language (L2) learners as they provide opportunities to practice listening and speaking, exercise complex turn-taking skills, and experi…
LLMs Meet Finance: Fine-Tuning Foundation Models for the Open FinLLM Leaderboard
Varun Rao, Youran Sun, Mahendra Kumar +3
This paper investigates the application of large language models (LLMs) to financial tasks. We fine-tuned foundation models using the Open FinLLM Leaderboard as a benchmark. Buildi…
QuaLLM: An LLM-based Framework to Extract Quantitative Insights from Online Forums
Varun Nagaraj Rao, Eesha Agarwal, Samantha Dalal +2
Online discussion forums provide crucial data to understand the concerns of a wide range of real-world communities. However, the typical qualitative and quantitative methodologies…