Latest papers from Adnan Abbas
Conversational agents have been studied as tools to scaffold planning and self-reflection for productivity and well-being. While prior work has demonstrated positive outcomes, we still lack a clear understanding of what drives these results and how users behave and communicate with agents that act as coaches rather th…
University research labs often rely on chat-based platforms for communication and project management, where valuable knowledge surfaces but is easily lost in message streams. Documentation can preserve knowledge, but it requires ongoing maintenance and is challenging to navigate. Drawing on formative interviews that r…
Effective planning and reflection are essential for knowledge workers' productivity and well-being, yet many struggle with them. While conversational agents (CAs) have shown promise, existing approaches rely on repetitive check-in without variance. We designed PITCH, a CA that checks in twice daily for morning plannin…
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