3 papers
cs.HC2026
Search or Chat? Comparing How We Learn About Debated Topics
Ran Yu, Alisa Rieger, Rabia Karatoprak Ersen +1
As large language models (LLMs) become more integrated into everyday information platforms, chat-based systems are emerging as a popular alternative to traditional web searches, es…
cs.HC2026
ECHO: An Open Research Platform for Evaluation of Chat, Human Behavior, and Outcomes
Jiqun Liu, Nischal Dinesh, Ran Yu
ECHO (Evaluation of Chat, Human behavior, and Outcomes) is an open research platform designed to support reproducible, mixed-method studies of human interaction with both conversat…
cs.IR2025
A Research Vision for Web Search on Emerging Topics
Alisa Rieger, Stefan Dietze, Ran Yu
We regularly encounter information on novel, emerging topics for which the body of knowledge is still evolving, which can be linked, for instance, to current events. A primary way…