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AI and My Values: User Perceptions of LLMs’ Ability to Extract, Embody, and Explain Human Values from Casual Conversations

Bhada Yun, Renn Su, April Yi Wang

Does AI understand human values? While this remains an open philosophical question, we take a pragmatic stance by introducing VAPT, the Value-Alignment Perception Toolkit, for studying how LLMs reflect people's values and how people judge those reflections. 20 participants texted a chatbot over a month, then completed…

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Understanding the Use of a Large Language Model-Powered Guide to Make Virtual Reality Accessible for Blind and Low Vision People

Jazmin Collins, Sharon Y Lin, Tianqi Liu, Andrea Stevenson Won

As social virtual reality (VR) grows more popular, addressing accessibility for blind and low vision (BLV) users is increasingly critical. Researchers have proposed an AI “sighted guide” to help users navigate VR and answer their questions, but it has not been studied with users. To address this gap, we developed a la…

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Belief Updating and Delegation in Multi-Task Human–AI Interaction: Evidence from Controlled Simulations

Shreyan Biswas, Alexander Erlei, Ujwal Gadiraju

Large language models (LLMs) increasingly support heterogeneous tasks within a single interface, requiring users to form, update, and act upon beliefs about one system across domains with different reliability profiles. Understanding how such beliefs transfer across tasks and shape delegation is critical for the desig…

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DuoMorph: Synergistic Integration of FDM Printing and Pneumatic Actuation for Shape-Changing Interfaces

Xueqing Li, Danqi Huang, Tianyu Yu, Shuzi Yin

We introduce DuoMorph, a design and fabrication method that synergistically integrates Fused Deposition Modeling(FDM) printing and pneumatic actuation to create novel shape-changing interfaces. In DuoMorph, the printed structures and heat-sealed pneumatic elements are mutually designed to actuate and constrain each ot…

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LiqMetCraft: A Toolkit for Creating Papercraft with Embedded Electronics By Directly Cutting and Folding Liquid-Metal-Dyed Paper-like Fabric

Qi Zhang, Shuwen Jiang, Zeshui Li, Yong Lyu

Creating interactive papercrafts often involves the processes of craft making (e.g., folding, cutting, gluing, etc.) and fabricating the embedded functional circuitry. These two processes are usually separated in the current practice, making the workflow laborious and affecting the in-paper circuit stability. To addre…

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Balancing Efficiency and Empathy: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on AI-Supported Workflows for Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department

Menglin Zhao, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijia Guan, Kai-Wei Chang

Serious Illness Conversations (SICs)—discussions about values and care preferences for patients with life-threatening illness—rarely occur in Emergency Departments (EDs), despite evidence that early conversations improve care alignment and reduce unnecessary interventions. We interviewed 11 ED providers to identify ch…

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Enhancing Error Awareness Under Cognitive Load: How Neurostimulation Improves Self-Monitoring via Working Memory

Xiaohan Huang, Jiahui Wu, Ming Zhou, Xuemin Zhang

Error awareness—the ability to detect errors, adjust strategies, and prevent mistakes—is critical in high-stakes human–computer interaction (e.g., aviation, autonomous system supervision), as well as in everyday life. However, this ability deteriorates under heavy cognitive load, and effective countermeasures remain s…

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Privacy is Not One-Click: Designing Robots That Adapt to Older Adults’ Changing Boundaries

Nishchal Jagadeesha, Chorong Park, Avery Kruppe, Yanfu Liu

Social robots in the home bring new privacy risks and concerns for older adults. Yet, current technology privacy mechanisms typically use a one-time and universal consent mechanism (e.g., user agreement checkbox, browser cookie setting, etc.), lacking consideration of how privacy is holistically experienced. Designing…

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D-MO: Depth from Motion and Occlusion as a Visual Channel for Information Visualization

Carla Coutant, Adrien Chaffangeon Caillet, Renaud Blanch

On a visualization, the position of the marks encoding data is the most expressive and effective visual channel. It conveys order and quantity without impairing the perception of other visual channels. In the field of Information Visualization, position is often restricted to two dimensions, because using the third…

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I-VAMOS: Independent Voting with Accessible Multimodal Offline System for Visually Impaired Users

Gyeongdeok Kim, Chungman Lim, Gyungmin Jin, Gunhyuk Park

Independent and secret voting is a constitutional right, yet blind and low-vision voters (BLVs) continue to face barriers when casting their votes. Existing methods such as tactile templates often require braille literacy or assistance, while electronic ballot-marking devices raise cost and security concerns. We prese…

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