Improving steering and verification in AI-assisted data analysis with interactive task decomposition

M Kazemitabaar, J Williams, I Drosos… - Proceedings of the 37th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
LLM-powered tools like ChatGPT Data Analysis, have the potential to help users tackle the
challenging task of data analysis programming, which requires expertise in data processing …

AI Should Challenge, Not Obey

A Sarkar - Communications of the ACM, 2024 - dl.acm.org
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Generative AI Uses and Risks for Knowledge Workers in a Science Organization

KB Wagman, MT Dearing, M Chetty - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.16577, 2025 - arxiv.org
Generative AI could enhance scientific discovery by supporting knowledge workers in
science organizations. However, the real-world applications and perceived concerns of …

The New Calculator? Practices, Norms, and Implications of Generative AI in Higher Education

A Simkute, V Kewenig, A Sellen, S Rintel… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Generative AI (GenAI) has introduced myriad opportunities and challenges for higher
education. Anticipating this potential transformation requires understanding students' …

Dynamic Prompt Middleware: Contextual Prompt Refinement Controls for Comprehension Tasks

I Drosos, J Williams, A Sarkar, N Wilson - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.02357, 2024 - arxiv.org
Effective prompting of generative AI is challenging for many users, particularly in expressing
context for comprehension tasks such as explaining spreadsheet formulas, Python code …

Diversity in Study Participants and a Critique of the “Representative Sample” in Human-Computer Interaction Research

A Sarkar - 2024 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We reflect on our experiences in improving the diversity of participants in our research,
focusing on geographic diversity and countering WEIRDness. Our reflections are grounded …

From PDFs to Structured Data: Utilizing LLM Analysis in Sports Database Management

J Merilehto - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.17619, 2024 - arxiv.org
This study investigates the effectiveness of Large Language Models (LLMs) in processing
semi-structured data from PDF documents into structured formats, specifically examining …

[PDF][PDF] The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers

HPH Lee, A Sarkar, L Tankelevitch, I Drosos, S Rintel… - 2025 - advait.org
The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) in knowledge workflows raises questions about its impact
on critical thinking skills and practices. We survey 319 knowledge workers to investigate 1) …