6 papers
Four Years of GenAI: How Educators and Industry Adapted Their Assessment Strategies
May Mahmoud, Nisa Shahid, Izah Sohail +3
GenAI's ability to solve a wide range of software engineering tasks is reshaping the software industry, raising the question of what an entry-level software engineer looks like tod…
GROW: A Conversational AI Coach for Goals, Reflection, Optimism, and Well-Being
Keya Shah, Himanshi Lalwani, Hanan Salam
College students face well-being challenges driven by academic pressure, financial strain, and social expectations. While campus counseling and student-success programs offer suppo…
The Supportiveness-Safety Tradeoff in LLM Well-Being Agents
Himanshi Lalwani, Hanan Salam
Large language models (LLMs) are being integrated into socially assistive robots (SARs) and other conversational agents providing mental health and well-being support. These agents…
Informing Robot Wellbeing Coach Design through Longitudinal Analysis of Human-AI Dialogue
Keya Shah, Himanshi Lalwani, Zein Mukhanov +1
Social robots and conversational agents are being explored as supports for wellbeing, goal-setting, and everyday self-regulation. While prior work highlights their potential to mot…
Ethically-Aware Participatory Design of a Productivity Social Robot for College Students
Himanshi Lalwani, Hanan Salam
College students often face academic and life stressors affecting productivity, especially students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who experience executive fu…
Supporting Productivity Skill Development in College Students through Social Robot Coaching: A Proof-of-Concept
Himanshi Lalwani, Hanan Salam
College students often face academic challenges that hamper their productivity and well-being. Although self-help books and productivity apps are popular, they often fall short. Bo…