Smit Desai

According to our database, Smit Desai authored at least 31 papers between 2021 and 2026.

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2026

The Differential Effects of Agreeableness and Extraversion on Older Adults' Perceptions of Conversational AI Explanations in Assistive Settings.

Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai

CoRR, March, 2026

Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Non-Display Smart Glasses Use.

Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld, Smit Desai, Eileen McGivney

CoRR, February, 2026

Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Smart Glasses Use.

Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld, Smit Desai, Eileen McGivney

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

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, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy W. Bickmore, Zhan Zhang, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang, Smit Desai

Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

Finding MeBo: Delivering Reminiscence Therapy for Older Adults Using LLM-Based Voice User Interfaces.

Manasi Atul Vaidya, Ryan Bruggeman, Jessie Chin, Maitraye Das, Smit Desai

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents' Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks.

Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai

Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

"Who wants to be nagged by AI?": Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults' Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants' Explanations.

Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman, Smit Desai

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

Non-Linear Journeys with Voice Assistants: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis of Older Adults' Long-Term Home Use.

Wen-Ning Chen, Smit Desai, Carrie O'Connell, Sarah Leiser, Kelly Quinn, Naoko Muramatsu, David Marquez, Catherine O'Brien, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

2025

Designing AI Tools for Clinical Care Teams to Support Serious Illness Conversations with Older Adults in the Emergency Department.

Menglin Zhao, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijia Guan, Kai-Wei Chang, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy W. Bickmore, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang, Smit Desai

CoRR, June, 2025

Toward Metaphor-Fluid Conversation Design for Voice User Interfaces.

Smit Desai, Jessie Chin, Dakuo Wang, Benjamin R. Cowan, Michael B. Twidale

CoRR, February, 2025

"It Felt Like I Was Left in the Dark": Exploring Information Needs and Design Opportunities for Family Caregivers of Older Adult Patients in Critical Care Settings.

Shihan Fu, Bingsheng Yao, Smit Desai, Yuqi Hu, Yuling Sun, Samantha Stonbraker, Yanjun Gao, Elizabeth M. Goldberg, Dakuo Wang

CoRR, February, 2025

DEBP-PVA: Designing and Evaluating Behavioral Paradigms With Proactive Virtual Agents.

Alafate Abulimiti, Paola Raquel Peña, Fatemeh Alizadeh, Shashank Ahire, Heloisa Candello, Smit Desai, Justin Edwards, Yuan He, Darragh Higgins, Alberto Jovane, Matthias Kraus, Guy Laban, Rachel McDonnell, Jairo Pérez-Osorio, Tanja Schneeberger, Jaisie Sin, Tobias Thejll-Madsen, Nima Zargham, Benjamin R. Cowan

Proceedings of the Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2025

Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface & Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots.

Mukesh Rajmohan, Smit Desai, Sanchari Das

Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2025

Beyond Functionality: Co-Designing Voice User Interfaces for Older Adults' Well-being.

Xinhui Hu, Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2025

Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities.

Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Thomas Mildner, Laura Spillner

Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2025

2024

Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood.

Jessie Chin, Smit Desai, Sheny (cheng-Hsuan) Lin, Shannon Mejía

Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2024

Human and LLM-Based Voice Assistant Interaction: An Analytical Framework for User Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors.

Szeyi Chan, Shihan Fu, Jiachen Li, Bingsheng Yao, Smit Desai, Mirjana Prpa, Dakuo Wang

CoRR, 2024

Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design.

Nima Zargham, Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Thomas Mildner, Hanz-Joachim Belz

Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 2024

EduCUI: The First International Workshop for Conversational User Interfaces in Education.

Justin Edwards, Adelson de Araujo, Smit Desai, Jan de Wit, Heloisa Candello, Daniel J. Rough, Leigh Clark, Anni-Sofia Roberts, Benjamin R. Cowan

Proceedings of the ACM Conversational User Interfaces 2024, 2024

Voicecraft: Designing Task-specific Voice Assistant Personas.

Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai, Nima Zargham, Anuschka Schmitt

Proceedings of the ACM Conversational User Interfaces 2024, 2024

Examining Humanness as a Metaphor to Design Voice User Interfaces.

Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Luis A. Leiva

Proceedings of the ACM Conversational User Interfaces 2024, 2024

CUI@CHI 2024: Building Trust in CUIs - From Design to Deployment.

Smit Desai, Christina Ziying Wei, Jaisie Sin, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham, Shashank Ahire, Martin Porcheron, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Minha Lee, Heloisa Candello, Joel E. Fischer, Cosmin Munteanu, Benjamin R. Cowan

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

2023

Metaphors in Voice User Interfaces: A Slippery Fish.

Smit Desai, Michael B. Twidale

ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact., December, 2023

Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood.

Jessie Chin, Smit Desai, Sheny Lin, Shannon Mejía

CoRR, 2023

A detailed review of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Nayak Bhatia, Sanchit Bansal, Smit Desai

CoRR, 2023

Using Experience-Based Participatory Approach to Design Interactive Voice User Interfaces for Delivering Physical Activity Programs with Older Adults.

Smit Desai, Xinhui Hu, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 2023

Using ChatGPT in HCI Research - A Trioethnography.

Smit Desai, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2023

"A Painless Way to Learn: " Designing an Interactive Storytelling Voice User Interface to Engage Older Adults in Informal Health Information Learning.

Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2023

OK Google, Let's Learn: Using Voice User Interfaces for Informal Self-Regulated Learning of Health Topics among Younger and Older Adults.

Smit Desai, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023

2022

Is Alexa like a computer? A search engine? A friend? A silly child? Yes.

Smit Desai, Michael B. Twidale

Proceedings of the CUI 2022: 4th Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 26, 2022

2021

Hey Google, Can You Help Me Learn?

Smit Desai, Jessie Chin

Proceedings of the CUI 2021, 2021