Alibaba

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Hesitation and Tolerance in Recommender Systems

Users' interactions with recommender systems often involve more than simple acceptance or rejection. We highlight two overlooked states: hesitation, when people deliberate without certainty, and tolerance, when this hesitation escalates into unwanted engagement before ending in disinterest. Across two large-scale surv…

CSCW '24Session 3f: Conversations with Machines

Designing the Conversational Agent: Asking Follow-up Questions for Information Elicitation

Conversational Agents (CAs) can facilitate information elicitation in various scenarios, such as semi-structured interviews. Current CAs can ask predetermined questions but lack skills for asking follow-up questions. Thus, we designed three approaches for CAs to automatically ask follow-up questions, i.e., follow-ups…

CSCW '23Social Connections

What makes virtual intimacy...intimate? Understanding the Phenomenon and Practice of Computer-Mediated Paid Companionship

Virtual romance service (VRS), as a notable commodification of intimacy, is currently emerging in China. Such service is not similar to the kind of intimacy that fans and idols generate through parasocial relationships, but behaves as the direct dyadic intimacy between service providers (\emph{virtual lovers}) and buy…

CHI '23Recommender System UX

Layout Generation for Various Scenarios in Mobile Shopping Apps

Layout is essential for the product listing pages (PLPs) in mobile shopping applications. To clearly convey the information that consumers require and to achieve specific functions, PLPs layouts often have many variations driven by scenarios. In this work, we study the PLPs layout design for different scenarios and pr…

IUI '21AutoML Interfaces

Auto-Icon: An Automated Code Generation Tool for Icon Designs Assisting in UI Development

Approximately 50% of development resources are devoted to UI development tasks [62]. Occupied a large proportion of development resources, developing icons can be a time-consuming task, because developers need to consider not only effective implementation methods but also easy-to-understand descriptions. In this study…

CHI '21Conversational Chatbots +2

Shing: A Conversational Agent to Alert Customers of Suspected Online-payment Fraud with Empathetical Communication Skills

Alerting customers on suspected online-payment fraud and persuade them to terminate transactions is increasingly requested with the rapid growth of digital finance worldwide. We explored the feasibility of using a conversational agent (CA) to fulfill this request. Shing, a voice-based CA, proactively initializes and r…

CHI '21Mixed Reality Workspaces +1

Scene-Aware Behavior Synthesis for Virtual Pets in Mixed Reality

Virtual pets are an alternative to real pets, providing a substitute for people with allergies or preparing people for adopting a real pet. Recent advancements in mixed reality pave the way for virtual pets to provide a more natural and seamless experience for users. However, one key challenge is embedding environment…

CHI '18Full-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +2

Redefining Natural User Interface

This SIG focuses on new definitions of Natural User Interface (NUI). With the adoption of wearable devices, VR & AR displays, affective computing, and voice user interface, we think it’s necessary to review our understanding and definition of NUI. This SIG aims to expand discussion and development related to NUI in tw…

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AI & Machine Learning Interaction

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Voice Interaction & Conversational Systems

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Information Retrieval & Search Interaction

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