Rock Yuren Pang

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Interactive Reasoning: Visualizing and Controlling Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in Large Language Models

The output quality of large language models (LLMs) can be improved via “reasoning”: generating segments of chain-of-thought (CoT) content to further condition the model prior to producing user-facing output. While these chains contain valuable information, they are verbose and lack explicit organization, making them t…

CHI '262nd AuthorBest PaperVisual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +3

GeoVisA11y: An AI-based Geovisualization Question-Answering System for Screen-Reader Users

Geovisualizations are powerful tools for communicating spatial information, but are inaccessible to screen-reader users. To address this limitation, we present GeoVisA11y, an LLM-based question-answering system that makes geovisualizations accessible through natural language interaction. The system supports map re…

CHI '265th+ AuthorGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +3

Decoupling of Usefulness and Novelty: Evaluating the Impact of Generative AI on Design Outputs and Novice Designers' Creative Thinking

People are increasingly leveraging generative AI (GenAI) for design tasks, making it critical to understand GenAI's impact on design outcomes and users' creative capabilities. We conducted a within-subjects experiment where 36 participants designed advertisements both with and without GenAI. Evaluations from clients a…

CHI '251st AuthorHuman-LLM Collaboration +1

Understanding the LLM-ification of CHI: Unpacking the Impact of LLMs at CHI through a Systematic Literature Review

Large language models (LLMs) have been positioned to revolutionize HCI, by reshaping not only the interfaces, design patterns, and sociotechnical systems that we study, but also the research practices we use. To-date, however, there has been little understanding of LLMs' uptake in HCI. We address this gap via a system…

CHI '252nd AuthorUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

Accessibility for Whom? Perceptions of Mobility Barriers Across Disability Groups and Implications for Designing Personalized Maps

Today’s mapping tools fail to address the varied experiences of different mobility device users. This paper presents a large-scale online survey exploring how five mobility groups—users of canes, walkers, mobility scooters, manual wheelchairs, and motorized wheelchairs—perceive sidewalk barriers and differences therei…

CHI '241st AuthorDark Patterns Recognition +1

BLIP: Facilitating the Exploration of Undesirable Consequences of Digital Technologies

Digital technologies have positively transformed society, but they have also led to undesirable consequences not anticipated at the time of design or development. We posit that insights into past undesirable consequences can help researchers and practitioners gain awareness and anticipate potential adverse effects. To…

CHI '232nd AuthorAI Ethics, Fairness & Accountability +1

"That's important, but...": How Computer Science Researchers Anticipate Unintended Consequences of Their Research Innovations

Computer science research has led to many breakthrough innovations but has also been scrutinized for enabling technology that has negative, unintended consequences for society. Given the increasing discussions of ethics in the news and among researchers, we interviewed 20 researchers in various CS sub-disciplines to i…

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