Ice-breaking technology: Robots and computers can foster meaningful connections between strangers through in-person conversations

AW Zhang, TH Lin, X Zhao, S Sebo - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Despite the clear benefits that social connection offers to well-being, strangers in close
physical proximity regularly ignore each other due to their tendency to underestimate the …

IntroBot: Exploring the use of chatbot-assisted familiarization in online collaborative groups

D Shin, S Kim, R Shang, J Lee, G Hsieh - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Many people gather online and form teams with strangers to collaborate on tasks. However,
while intrateam trust and cohesion are critical for team performance, such characteristics …

In Whose Voice?: Examining AI Agent Representation of People in Social Interaction through Generative Speech

AHC Hwang, JO Siy, R Shelby, A Lentz - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As generative artificial intelligence (genAI) applications gain popularity, there is a dearth of
research examining how applications may transform social interactions. One possible …

Who2chat: A Social Networking System for Academic Researchers in Virtual Social Hours Enabling Coordinating, Overcoming Barriers and Social Signaling

S Park, J Song, DR Karger, TW Malone - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Virtual academic networking is socio-technically challenging, however, fruitful for
researchers' success. We introduce a system called Who2chat to tackle the challenge and …

Groupnamics: Designing an interface for overviewing and managing parallel group discussions in an online classroom

AJ Sato, Z Sramek, K Yatani - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Instructors facilitating online classes have a limited ability to see and hear interactions of
student groups working in parallel, which prevents them from interacting with students …

On the potential of mediation chatbots for mitigating multiparty privacy conflicts-a wizard-of-Oz study

K Salehzadeh Niksirat, D Korka, H Harkous… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Sharing multimedia content, without obtaining consent from the people involved causes
multiparty privacy conflicts (MPCs). However, social-media platforms do not proactively …

Exploring the effects of AI-assisted emotional support processes in online mental health community

D Shin, S Park, EH Kim, S Kim, J Seo… - CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Social support in online mental health communities (OMHCs) is an effective and accessible
way of managing mental wellbeing. In this process, sharing emotional supports is …

What could a social mediator robot do? Lessons from real-world mediation scenarios

TH Weisswange, H Javed, M Dietrich, TV Pham… - ar** Community Storytelling Social Chatbots through LLMs
Y Sun, H Wang, PM Chan, M Tabibi, Y Zhang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We address the integration of storytelling and Large Language Models (LLMs) to develop
engaging and believable Social Chatbots (SCs) in community settings. Motivated by the …